Colchicum Having now studied the properties and uses of Bryonia, Aconite and Rhus, remedies which, in addition to their applicability in fevers and various other affections, are eminently adapted to

Cocculus indicus Menispermum cocculus, Cocculus indicus, Cocculus suberosus, Anamirta cocculus.” The seeds or berries are the parts used in medicine. This substance was employed by the ancients as a poison

Cina The Wormseed or Tartarian Southernwood, of which the unexpanded flower-heads are used in medicine, is found in Asia Minor, the Levant, Africa and Persia. The flowers have a strong

Chamomilla matricaria The name of this medicinal plant is derived from MATRIX, because of the specific action supposed by the ancients to be exerted by it on the uterus.   It

Causticum This drug is known only to the homeopathist, at least under this name. What is it? Hahnemann directed it to be prepared as follows: Take a piece of recently

Carbo vegetabilis CARBO LIGNI. VEGETABLE CHARCOAL. Charcoal possesses the power of absorbing gases in large quantities in vastly greater proportions than the relation of its bulk. It condenses the gases

Carbo animalis The symptoms of Carbo animalis are, however, in the main identical with those of Carbo vegetabilis. In those of the eye long-sightedness is noted instead of myopia. In