Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Cactaceae · Simple
Habitat Mexico and the West Indies
ClarkePreparation Tincture of youngest and tenderest stems and flowers collected in summer.
Sources 17 entries across 15 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X, Ø
Tincture (best made from flowers), to third attenuation. Higher in nervous palpitation
Reason for useT. F. Allen
Imperfectly known ; its action on the circulation is very decided, causing great disturbance in the heart's action, predisposing to haemorrhages, but, so far as we know, not producing fever ; its similarity to some forms of malarial fever, however, is pronounced, and has proved useful clinically.
By regionT. F. Allen
Mind Sadness ; hypochondriac mood. Wishes to be alone, and not to speak to any one. Fear of death ; thinks he will not get well.
Head Pain, like a weight, on the vertex, > pressure, and < talking and noise. Pulsating pain in the right side of the head, with a feeling of weight. …
Eyes Photophobia (with headache). Vision dim. Circles of red light before the eyes.
Stomach Vomiting blood. Gastro-enteritis, with violent pain ; sensation of constriction. Palpitation in the pit of the stomach. …
Extremities Tearing pains in the various joints. Numbness of the left arm at night, with prickling in the little finger. …
Sleep Sleeplessness, or restless sleep.
Fever Intermittent. Febrile attacks daily at same hour, generally about the middle of the day, from 11 to 1. …
Books*
Antidoted by Aconitum Napellus 3, Camphora 3, Cinchona Officinalis 3 +4
Complementary —
Follows well Aconitum Napellus, Arnica Montana, Arsenicum Album +8
Compare Digitalis Purpurea, Kalmia Latifolia, Aconitum Napellus +53
* Number of books that state the relation, where more than one. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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