ABROTANUM 30dAction of Medicine: Marasmus most pronounced in lower extremities, from malnutrition. Epistaxis and hydrocele in boys. Diarrhoea alternating with rheumatism. Exudative pleurisy & other exudative processes. Inflammatory rheumatism before the swelling has appeared; also in cases of gout when the wrist and ankle joints are painful and swollen. Aggravation of haemorrhoids when rheumatism improves. Worse in cold air, checked secretions. Better by motion.