Tincture of the _Acalypha Indica_, prepared and administered in the sixth decimal dilution, is specific in hæmorrhage from the lungs. In three cases in which I have employed it, the persons were affected with phthisis. In one case there was a tuberculous affection of the upper portion of the left lung, of some two years' standing. Hæmoptysis had been going on for three months; the expectoration had been in the morning pure blood; in the evening dark lumps of clotted blood, and the fits of coughing were very violent at night. In this case all homoeopathic remedies had been tried unsuccessfully, when I accidentally discovered the virtues of the _Acalypha Indica_, that remedy having been given me by a native for jaundice. I prepared the mother tincture upon the homoeopathic principle, and took 10 drops, which brought on a severe fit of dry cough, followed by spitting of blood. Having noted all the symptoms experienced by myself, and finding that they were nearly all similar to those of my patients, I gave six drops 6th [decimal] dilution in half a tumbler of water, a spoonful to be taken every half hour, beginning immediately (9 A.M.). At 6 P.M., the blood stopped. I continued this for eight days, and the blood has never reappeared (now three months since). The patient is improving, and auscultation proves the disease has decreased, and I am in hopes to affect a cure, yet one month since I have been giving them the medicine they have not spit any blood, although previously one of them never passed a day without spitting a great quantity. _Calcarea carb._ is an antidote to the _Acalypha_. Another transatlantic medical friend writes:--"I hope you obtained some of the _Acalypha Indica_ while you were here. I have found it perfectly successful in arresting hæmoptysis in three cases of consumption in the last stage; I could not perceive any other effect from its use, but the cessation of the hemorrhagic sputa was, I think, a great advantage." Its use in my hands has been very satisfactory, but I have only tried it in similar cases to those already cited. The first instance of my using it--in a hopeless case of phthisis--a continued and wearisome hæmoptysis succumbed to its exhibition, and quiet sleep succeeded its use--the patient eventually died of pulmonary paralysis. In a case of passive hæmorrhage from the lungs, after _Arnica_ was used with little benefit, _Acalypha_ benefited, and then failed; after which the use of _Arnica_ entirely stayed the hæmorrhagic flow. (Perhaps _Hamamelis_ would have at once cured, but it was not at hand.)[A] [A] Homoeopathic Review, vol. 1, p. 256. K., a phthisical patient, had hæmoptysis to a considerable extent; in a short time his voice failed him; he took half-drop doses of 7th [decimal] dilution of _Acalypha_ in water every half hour, and in a few hours the blood spitting left him entirely.