Gratiola Officinalis

Head

(Gratiola)

Determination of blood to the head, with heat and somnolence. ( Op .)

Sense of coldness on vertex changing to heat.

Pain in the occiput on early waking, relieved by rising or lying prone.

Face

(Gratiola)

Tensive feeling in face, as if swollen.

Every morning for weeks swelling of the upper lip (Bell., Calc. c.), disappearing after a few hours.

Mouth

(Gratiola)

Teeth ache from cold things or from cold air. ( Coccus , Staph.)

Stomach

(Gratiola)

Aversion to food ; eructations. Nausea and vomiting.

Vomiting of bilious matter (Iris, Nux v., Podo.) ; of yellow, bitter, sour water, without exertion.

Pain in stomach, with nausea and general discomfort.

Great distension of stomach after meals. (Cinch., Lyc.)

Pressure at pit of stomach as from a stone, worse after eating. ( Ars., Bry., Nux v., Puls., Sulph .)

Abdomen

(Gratiola)

Much rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen. (Aloe, Lyc.)

Uneasiness and griping pains in abdomen.

Stool And Anus

(Gratiola)

Constriction of and itching at anus.

Diarrhoea consisting only of yellow-greenish water , followed by burning in the anus.

Diarrhoea consisting of green, frothy water, forcibly evacuated (Crot. tig., Natr. carb., Thuja) ; without any pain ; also yellow watery feces ; thin fluid, bright-yellow feces, followed by chilliness ; thin watery feces, with soreness in anus.

Great rectal and anal irritation, with passage of fetid mucus.

Urinary Organs

(Gratiola)

Burning in urethra during and after urination. ( Can. sat., Canth ., Merc. cor.)

The urine is scanty and reddish, and becomes turbid on standing.

Therapeutic Range.- (Gratiola)

Has been used but little in homoeopathic therapeutics - mostly in the treatment of diarrhoea, such as its pathogenesis would indicate.

Compare

(Gratiola)

Crot. tig., Natr. carb., Thuja, Verat. alb.

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