The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
OPERCULINA TURPENTHUM
Nishope
(OPERCULINA TURPETHUM)
General.–A remedy for plague, fevers, diarrhœa.
Mind.–Delirium associated with restlessness, loquacity. Tendency to escape from bed; ravings, pains cause fainting.
Abdomen.–Watery diarrhœa, profuse with sinking sensation, Cholera morbus. Hæmorrhoids.
Skin.–Lymphatic glands enlarged and indurated. Boils and slowly suppurating abscesses.