Materia Medica de A a Z

CANCHALAGUA = ERYTHRAEA CHILENSIS (Canch)

Used extensively as a fever remedy and bitter tonic [Gentiana], antimalarial and antiseptic. Of use in severe type of intermittent fever in hot countries; also, in influenza. Sore, as if bruised all over. Sensation of drops falling from and upon different spots.

Head

Congested. Scalp feels tight; head feels as if bound; burning in eyes; buzzing in ears.

Fever

Chill all over; worse in bed at night. Sensitive to cold trade- winds on Pacific Coast. General sore and bruised feeling; nausea and retching.

Skin

Wrinkled like a washerwoman's. Scalp feels tight, as if drawn together by India-rubber.

Dose

Tincture, in drop doses. Must be made from the fresh plant. Its medicinal properties are lost in the dry.