Quassia amara
Remedy of dyspepsia and worm complaints. Bitter taste. Loss of appetite. Flatulence. Thread worms (pinworms). Used as a bitter tonic for digestion. Rectal itching from worms.
Source
Prepared from the wood of Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Bitter taste — everything tastes bitter. Loss of appetite. Dyspepsia. Flatulence with rumbling. Pinworms (threadworms) with rectal itching. Used as an enema for pinworms traditionally. Bitter tonic for digestion.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, listless.
General Symptoms
GI and worms. Worse from eating. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Stomach
Bitter taste. Loss of appetite. Dyspepsia. Nausea.
Abdomen
Flatulence. Rumbling. Worms — pinworms.
Rectum
Itching from pinworms. Crawling.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Eating
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Digestive tonic and worm remedy.
Clinical Indications
Dyspepsia, pinworms, loss of appetite, bitter taste, flatulence
Comparative Materia Medica
Teucrium has pinworms with nose tickling. Cina has worms with irritability. Gentiana has bitter tonic action.
Safety Information
Not established.
Quassia wood is extremely bitter but non-toxic. Used as insecticide and bitter tonic. Safe in all potencies.
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