Cina Maritima

Mind

(Cina)

Delirium and crying out.

Child cries piteously if taken hold of or carried. (Reverse, Cham .)

Ill-humored (Bry., Cham.) ; cannot be quieted ; averse to being caressed, and rejects everything offered . ( Cham .)

Child does not want to be touched. ( Ant. crud .)

Head

(Cina)

Stupefying headache, especially in the forehead, afterward in occiput, when walking in open air.

Drawing from left frontal eminence to root of nose, causing confusion of head.

Intermitting pressure, as from a heavy weight, on middle of vertex.

Child leans its head sideways all the time.

Eyes

(Cina)

Slow stitch, extending from above upper orbital margin deep into the brain.

Pupils dilated. ( Bell., Hyos ., Op ., Stram .)

On rising from the bed, black before the eyes, with dizziness in head, and faintness ; totters to and fro ; relieved on lying down. (Dulc.)

Ears

(Cina)

Dull stitches below the mastoid process.

Cramp-like jerking in the external ear, like earache.

Dullness of hearing.

Nose

(Cina)

Violent sneezing. (Acon., Gels., Sang.)

Boring in the nose with the finger . (Arum, Selen.)

Face

(Cina)

Pale, with sickly look about the eyes (Ars.) ; pale and cold. (Camph., Verat. alb.)

White and bluish about the mouth.

Pain, as if the malar bones were pressed together with pincers ; worse from external pressure.

Mouth

(Cina)

Grinding of teeth at night. (Ars., Cic., Hell.)

Whitish sore place on margin of tongue, very painful to touch.

Throat

(Cina)

Dryness of the throat.

Frequent motion, as though swallowing something.

Inability to swallow, especially fluids. (Bell.)

Stomach

(Cina)

Great hunger soon after eating. (Lyc.)

Desires many and different things.

Thirst. (Acon., Ars., Bry., Rhus tox.)

Violent vomiting, only mucus. ( Ant. crud .)

Gnawing sensation in the stomach, as from hunger. (Ign.)

Abdomen

(Cina)

Painful twisting about the navel. ( Coloc .)

Pinching or cramp-like pressure transversely across epigastric region after a meal.

Abdomen hard and distended. ( Ars., Calc. c., Coloc .)

Stool And Anus

(Cina)

Itching of the anus. (Alum., Ars., Graph ., Sulph.)

Watery diarrhoea. (Acon., Ars., Cinch., Podo .)

Urinary Organs

(Cina)

Frequent urging, with passage of much urine. (Apis.)

Urine becomes turbid immediately. ( Chel ., Coloc.)

Respiratory Organs.- (Cina)

Short, interrupted breathing.

Gagging cough in morning after rising ; from irritation, as of dust.

Hoarse, gagging cough in evening.

Violent, periodically recurring paroxysms of whooping cough (Dros.) ; excited by sensation, as if down were in the throat, or by adherent mucus in the larynx.

Back and Neck.- (Cina)

Drawing, tearing pain down along the whole spine.

Tearing, jerking pains in middle of spine.

Fatiguing pains in loins, as if he had stood a long time.

Generalities

(Cina)

Twitchings of the limbs . (Calc. c., Ign.)

Jerkings and distortions of the limbs. (Cic.)

Trembling of the body, with shivering sensation, while yawning.

Epilepsy, with rigidity and full consciousness.

Convulsions ; child becomes suddenly stiff ; there is a gurgling noise, as though water were poured out of a bottle, from the throat to the abdomen.

Dull twinges, sometimes like a pinching, at others like a pressure, or a blow, or jerk, or again like an itching of various places, but especially at the posterior portion of the crest of the ilium, on the hip ; the places are painful on pressure, as if sore or bruised.

Child restless, uneasy, pale, and weak ; wants to be carried.

Sleep

(Cina)

Tossing about in sleep, with cries and lamentations. (Acon.)

Fever

(Cina)

Chill, with shivering and shaking, even near warm stove, with hot cheeks ; no thirst.

Heat most severe over head and face. (Acon., Bell.)

Burning heat of face, glowing redness of cheeks ; thirst for cold drinks. ( Bell .)

Fever daily at same hour. (Cact.)

Cold sweat on forehead, nose, and hands. ( Verat. alb .)

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Cina)

Most used in vermicular affections, especially lumbrici ; in convulsions, chorea, epilepsy, etc., especially when resulting from intestinal irritation ; in intermittent and remittent fevers ; diarrhoea ; whooping cough ; enuresis.

Conditions

(Cina)

Especially suitable for children with worm affections.

Compare

(Cina)

Ars., Bell., Calc. c ., Cham., Cinch., Ferr., Ign., Phos., Puls., Spig.

Antidotes

(Cina)

Camph., Caps., Cinch ., Ipec., Pip. nigr.

Cina Antidotes.-

Caps., Cinch., Merc.

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