CROTON TIGLIUM: A REMEDY FOR DIARRHEA AND ECZEMA
CROTON TIGLIUM BOTANICAL NAME: Croton tiglium Linn. FAMILY: Euphorbiaceae COMMON NAMES: English: Purging nut. DESCRIPTION: A small evergreen tree. Young shoots sparsely stellately hairy. Leaves 5-10 cm long, thinly, membranous, glabrous, ovate. Capsule 8 mm long, white, turbinately ovoid obtusely trigamous 3 seeds, the seeds resemble castor beans in general structure. DISTRIBUTION: India PART USED: Oil from seeds. HOMEOPATHY USES DIARRHEA: Constant urging to stool followed by sudden evacuation of stools of yellow water, which is shot out of the rectum. Swashing sensation in intestines, as from water, before stool. SKIN: Intense itching of genitals of both sexes. Vesicular eruption on male genitals. So sensitive and scratching is painful. Better from gentle rubbing. POTENCY: 6-30 potency.
