Senna
Remedy of infantile colic and exhaustion. Colic in infants with flatulence — the crying baby. Exhaustion. Sleeplessness from abdominal pain. Stools loose, greenish. Useful as an infant colic remedy.
Source
Prepared from the dried leaflets of Senna alexandrina (Fabaceae/Caesalpiniaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Infantile colic with flatulence — the crying, colicky baby. Exhaustion with the colic. Sleeplessness from abdominal pain. Stools loose, greenish, offensive. Body smells like the herb. Used in herbal medicine as a laxative but in homeopathy for its proving symptoms.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Irritable from colic. Exhausted child.
General Symptoms
GI — infantile. Worse from eating. Better from passing gas.
Physical Symptoms
Abdomen
Infantile colic with flatulence. Crying from abdominal pain. Bloating.
Rectum
Loose, greenish, offensive stools.
Sleep & Dreams
Sleepless from colic.
Modalities
Better From
Passing gas
Worse From
Eating, nursing
Constitutional Type
Colicky infants.
Clinical Indications
Infantile colic, flatulence, sleeplessness from colic, loose greenish stool
Comparative Materia Medica
Chamomilla has colic with anger. Colocynthis has colic better bending double. Magnesia phosphorica has cramps better from warmth.
Safety Information
Chamomilla.
Senna is a widely used stimulant laxative (Senokot). Contains anthraquinone glycosides. Non-toxic in normal laxative doses. Chronic crude use causes melanosis coli and dependency. Safe in potentised forms.
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