Homeopathy LibraryOrigin Plant · Loganiaceae · Simple
Habitat Strychnos ignatia? Strychnos multiflora?-The actual tree from which the so-called "beans" are obtained is not known
ClarkePreparation Tincture and trituration of the seeds.
Sources 19 entries across 17 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
200X
Sixth, to 200th potency
Reason for useLippe
Convulsive twitchings, especially after fright or grief. [145] Convulsions alternating with oppressed breathing. Hysterical spasms. Trembling of the limbs. Pressing pains, as from a hard-pointed body pressing from within to without. Sensation as of dislocation in the joints. [150] Lancinating stitches, as from a sharp knife.
By regionLippe
Mind And Disposition Sensitiveness of feeling ; delicate conscientiousness. Fearfulness, timidity. Irresoluteness ; anxious ; to do now this, now that. …
Head Heaviness in the head. Pressing, stinging pain, from within to without, in the forehead and root of the nose. …
Eyes Acrid tears in the eyes during the day ; agglutination during the night. [20] Pressing in the eyes, as if grains of sand were lodged under the upper lids. …
Stomach And Abdomen Sour taste in the mouth. Food has no taste. [55] Feeling of hunger in the evening, which prevents one going to sleep. …
Extremities Upper. Lancinating, cutting pain in the shoulder-joint, when bending the arm forward. Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if dislocated, on moving the arm. …
Sleep [140] Spasmodic yawning, with pain in the lower jaw, as if dislocated, with running of the eyes. …
Fever Pulse hard, full and frequent, or very variable. Chill and coldness, causing the pains to increase. Chill with thirst, and relieved by external heat. …
Skin Itching over the whole body, which disappears on scratching. [165] Itching when becoming heated in the open air. …
Books*
Antidoted by Pulsatilla Pratensis 5, Arnica Montana 3, Camphora 3 +18
Complementary Natrum Muriaticum
Follows well —
Compare Nux Vomica, Sepia Officinalis, Anacardium Orientale +33
* 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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