The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
FEL TAURI
Ox-gall
General.–Increases the duodenal secretion, emulsifies fats and increases the peristaltic action of the intestines. Liquefies bile and acts as a purgative and chologogue. Disordered digestion, diarrhoea, and pain in nape of neck are among its chief symptoms. Obstruction of gall ducts. Biliary calculi. Jaundice.
Stomach.–Eructations, gurgling in stomach and epigastric region. Violent peristaltic movements. Tendency to sleep after eating.
Relationship.–Compare: Merc dulc; Cholesterin. In Biliary Lithiasis, China. Calculobili-Triturate Gall stones-10-12x (Gall stones).
Dose.–Lower triturations. Purified oxgall 1 to 10 gr.