Abrotanum

General

ABROTANUM. [Abrot.] Southern Wood. Deventer. Gatchell. Cushing. Compositae.

Mind

► Feeble, dull. ► Indolence, aversion to bodily motion. ► Good-humored or gloomy. ► Anxious, depressed. θ Gastralgia. ► Child cross, depressed, very peevish. θ Marasmus.

Inner Head

► Left brain feels weaker. ► As if squeezed on the temporal regions.

Outer Head

► Could not hold head up. ► Scalp sore ; itching. ► Distended veins on forehead. See 29.

Eyes

► Blue rings around the eyes ; eyes looking dull. θ Chlorosis. ► Inflamed eyes.

Ears

► Humming as of bees ; wind rushes out of right ear.

Nose

► Inner nose dry. ► Nosebleed with boys.

Face

► Face wrinkled as if old. θ Marasmus. ► Comedones with emaciation. ► Face feels cold.

Teeth

► Drawing, tearing in carious teeth.

Tongue, Etc

► Acid taste. ► Slimy taste. θ Gastralgia.

Mouth

► Dry and sore ; saliva increased.

Desires And Aversions

► Gnawing hunger ; ravenous appetite, all the while emaciating. ► Craves bread boiled in milk.

Stomach

► Burning as from acidity. ► As if stomach were hanging or swimming in water, with coldness. θ Gastralgia. ► Pains cutting, gnawing, burning, worse at night. θ Gastralgia.

Abdomen

► Weak sinking in bowels. ► Distended abdomen. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. θ Chlorosis. θ Marasmus. ► Hard lumps in different parts of abdomen. θ Marasmus.

Stool, Etc

► Food passes undigested. θ Marasmus. ► After suddenly checked diarrhoea. θ Marasmus. ► Alternate diarrhoea and constipation. θ Marasmus. ► Constipation. θ Gastralgia. ► Protruding piles, with burning, from touch or when passing. ► Piles worse when rheumatism abated. ► With inclination to stool, only blood passes.

Urine

► Bladder full, urging ; scanty urine.

Male Sexual Organs

► Hydrocele of children.

Female Sexual Organs

► Darting in left ovary ; twitching in both ovaries. ► Dysmenorrhoea or suppressed menses.

Pregnancy

► Blood and moisture oozing from navel of the newborn.

Larynx

► Sudden hoarseness or weak voice.

Breathing

► Breathing impeded, difficult.

Cough

► Troublesome cough. θ Rheumatism.

Lungs

► Cold air causes raw feeling. ► Pressing sensation remains in affected side, impeding free breathing. θ Pleurisy.

Heart And Pulse

► Pain across chest, sharp and severe in region of heart. θ Rheumatism. ► Pulse weak and small. θ Chlorosis. ► Ebullitions with general heat, and distended veins on forehead and hands. θ Hemorrhoidal colic.

Outer Chest

► Drawing in muscles, worse from motion.

Back

► Back weak with ovarian pains. ► Pains in sacrum. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. ► Sudden spinal inflammation ; sudden aching pains in the back, better by motion, see 36.

Upper Limbs

► Aching from shoulder-joints to elbows. ► Aching in fingers, first right then left side. ► Pricking and coldness finger tips. ► Numbs sensation in fingers. ► Distended veins, see 29. ► Legs emaciated. θ Marasmus.

Lower Limbs

► Stitching, tearing, itching in old footsores. ► Drawing in ankle-joint. ► Dead cold feet.

Limbs In General

► Inability to move. θ Rheumatism. ► Back and limbs sore and lame, worse mornings on awaking.

Position, Etc

► Lies prone. ► Motion : 28, 30, 31.

Nerves

► Weak, sickly feeling, when excited trembling. ► Lame and sore. θ Rheumatism. ► Weak and prostrated after influenza, see 4. ► Numbness, partial paralysis ; spine affected.

Sleep

► Sleepless, restless. θ Hemorrhoidal colic. ► Frightful dreams and trembling on awaking.

Time

► Night : 17. Morning : 31.

Temperature And Weather

► Cold air : 28. ► Chilblains itch ; frostbitten limbs.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Creeping chill in brain with prickling. ► High fever. θ Rheumatism. ► Hectic fever with chilliness after influenza, very weakening. θ Marasmus.

Attacks

► Sudden hoarseness : 25.

Sides

► Left : 3, 23. ► Right to left : 32.

Sensations

► Aching ; coldness ; deadness ; pricking ; stinging ; itching ; gnawing ; drawing ; darting ; tearing ; cutting ; sticking ; scraping ; pressing ; soreness ; rawness ; dryness ; burning ; hanging or swimming.

Tissues

► Gout in wrists and ankles. ► After suppressed gastralgia. ► Joints stiff with pricking -sore, lame, joints, agg. awaking. ► Contraction of limbs from cramps or colic. ► Inflammatory rheumatism before swelling. ► Chlorosis. ► Marasmus of children. ► Emaciations, see 8, 14.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Worse from touch, 20.

Skin

► Skin flabby, hangs loose. θ Marasmus. ► Furunculus ; after Hepar sulph.

Stages And States

► Children : emaciation. ► Boys : θ Nosebleed. θ Hydrocele. ► Newborn, 34.

Relationship

► After Acon. and Bryon., pleurisy, see 28. ► After Hepar, see 46. ► Concordances : Nux vom., Agar.