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China Officinalis

China Officinalis China is placed by Teste in the Ferrum  group with Plumb, Carb, an. Puls, Zinc and others which "have the property of remaking the altered blood or increasing for the time being in a healthy person the relative amount of haematin, globulin, fibrin etc. It is useful to remember that Ipecac belongs to the same natural order of plants as China and the relation of the two to intermittent fever, hemorrhages and gasto-enteric disturbances is very similar. The tincture of China is antiseptic, destroying amaeboid motion and retarding tissue change. It weakens the heart and impairs the circulation, produces congestion and hemorrhages, anemia and complete relaxation and collapse. The debility in which China is particularly indicated is such as is caused by an excessive drain of fluids, as great loss of blood, excessive suppuration, loss of semen, also after prolonged strain of overwork, mentally or bodily. The Typical fever of China is the intermittent,