This trouble is frequently occasioned by the administration of cathartics shortly after birth, and also from cold. There is yellowness of the whites of the eyes, skin, and urine. The bowels are sometimes costive, as others loose.

Chamomilla and Mercury may be given in alternation, two globules of one, a powder or three drops in a glass half-full of water, a teaspoonful at a dose, in the morning, and the same of the other at night. If after four or five days there is no improvement, Nux may be given in the same way, or it may precede the others, where there is restlessness and constipation.

China will be required, if the symptoms still continue after the administration of the other remedies.