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Collinsonia Canadensis

Horsebalm
COLL · 11 entries across 10 books
PreparationTincture of fresh root. Trituration. Clarke
3X, Ø, ↑
Tincture, to third attenuation. Higher potencies where there is organic heart affectionDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Acts predominantly upon the gastrointestinal canal, especially the rectum, and affects in a marked degree the heart and generative organs.

Its special sphere of usefulness is in the treatment of haemorrhoids, caused by inertia and congestion of the portal system, and also in functional troubles (especially cardiac) arising therefrom.

Characteristic symptoms.

The full Cowperthwaite text, by section

Head

(Collinsonia)

Dull frontal headache.

Headache from suppressed haemorrhoids.

Mouth

(Collinsonia)

Tongue coated yellow along the center or base, with bitter taste in the mouth.

Nausea, with cramp-like pains in the stomach.

Abdomen

(Collinsonia)

Sharp, cutting pains in the hypogastric region.

Stool

(Collinsonia)

Constipation, stools light-colored and lumpy, with hard straining, followed by dull pains in the anus and hypogastrium.

Diarrhoea, mucous and bloody discharges ; or thin yellow matter, or watery, accompanied by violent tenesmus, and sharp cutting pains in the bowels. (Merc.)

Haemorrhoids, either blind or bleeding (Aesc.) ; sense of weight in rectum ; itching, feeling as of sticks or sand ; caused by congestive inertia of the lower bowel ; also for obstinate cases.

Male Organs.- (Collinsonia)

Varicocele, with characteristic rectal symptoms.

Female Organs.- (Collinsonia)

Violent itching of the genitals ; parts badly swollen, dark-red and protruding ; during pregnancy.

Dysmenorrhoea and other affections resulting from haemorrhoids and constipation.

Heart

(Collinsonia)

Irritation of the cardiac nerves ; cardiac hyperaesthesia.

Functional disturbances ; rapid pulse ; fullness and oppression of the chest ; difficult breathing and faintness. (Acon.)

Therapeutic Range.- (Collinsonia)

Haemorrhoids, and functional disorders arising therefrom ; constipation ; diarrhoea ; functional and organic diseases of the heart ; dropsy ; dysmenorrhoea, pruritus, and other diseases dependent upon disease of the rectum ; varicocele.

Compare

(Collinsonia)

Aesc., Aloe , Dios., Digit., Ham., Nux v., Podo., Sulph.

Copyright © Robert Séror 2003

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Complete text of the Collinsonia Canadensis entry in Cowperthwaite - A Text-Book of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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