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Cochlearia Armoracia

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General

Cochlearia armoracia, Linn. Nat. order , Cruciferae; Common names , Horseradish; (G.), Meerrettig; (Fr.), Raifort.

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authorities. 1 , Archive f. Hom., 17, 3, 176; 2 , Dr. Cate, proving, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1, 336.

Mind

Is extremely irresolute, [1] .

(Thinking is difficult in the evening, without confusion of the head) (after three hours), [1] .

Head

Dulness of the head, is unable to collect his thoughts with rapidity, [1] .

Headache in a small spot, now here, now there, a pressure deep in the brain, not aggravated by motion, but worse on widely opening the eyes, [1] . Pressive boring headache, as if the frontal bone would fall out, [1] .

Eyes

Eyes swollen, [1] . Obscuration of vision for a few minutes (after half an hour), [1] .

Mouth

Dull sensation in the teeth, as if they were soft, and became bent on chewing, [1] .

Throat

Scraping in the throat, with nausea, [1] .

Stomach

[10.] Retching and vomiting of bilious fluid, [1] . Crampy, tensive pain above the epigastrium, apparently in the diaphragm, relieved by bending forward, [2] .

Abdomen

Griping pain around umbilicus, [2] .

Anus. Involuntary passage of mucus from anus, [2] .

Stool

Stools increased in frequency, [2] .

Urinary Organs

*Burning and cutting at the glans during micturition; felt also before and after , [2] . *Increased inclination to urinate; urination eight or ten times daily instead of four , [2] .

Increased secretion of urine, [2] .

Urine pale and limpid, [2] .

Extremities In General.

Pain in all the joints, while lying still towards morning, worse when lying on the side; it disappeared on moving about and on rising, [1] .

Aggravation

( Night ), Towards morning, pain in joints.

( Lying on side ), Pain in joints.

( Opening eyes widely ), Headache.

Amelioration

( Bending forwards ), Pain above epigastrium. ( Moving about ), Pain in joints.

( Rising from bed ), Pain in joints.