Origin Plant · Ericaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of dried small twigs and leaves collected after flowering begins. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Sources 18 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency
By regionHering
Mind ► Desire for solitude. ► After nightmare, fears to go to sleep, lest she die. ► Inclined to be out of humor and angry ; vehement. ► Dissatisfied ; hates his fellow-beings.
Inner Head ► Stupefying headache, causing dulness. ► Raging, pulsating headache. ► Pressing headache, with distress, when head is covered. ► Headache, as if something was gnawing in her temples, occiput and ears. ► Head affected after getting wet.
Eyes ► Photophobia, with severe pain on attempting to open lids. ► Pupils dilated. ► Pressure (or dull pain) behind eyeballs, as if they would be pressed out. ► Ecchymoses of the conjunctiva. ► Nightly agglutination of eyes, with inflammation or pain. ► Burning on border of lids and feeling of stand in eyes. ► Lachrymation : the tears are acrid, and make the lower lids and cheeks sore.
Female Sexual Organs ► Menstruation too early and too profuse ; the blood is bright red ; absence of vital heat. ► Profuse leucorrhoea ; pale face ; copious urination, even at night.
Lungs ► Congestion to the chest, with haemoptysis. ► Burning soreness in the chest ; soreness under the sternum. ► Stitches in the chest. ► Suppuration of the lungs. ► Haemoptysis alternating with rheumatism.
Neck And Back ► Painful stiffness of the back and loins when rising from a seat.
Limbs In General ► Rheumatism begins in the lower limbs and ascends. ► Heat of hands and feet, evenings. ► Long-lasting warm sweat of the hands and feet.
Sleep ► Sleepiness as from intoxication, during the day. ► Sleeplessness at night : with restlessness and fantastic illusions as soon as closing the eyes ; with restless tossing about. ► Talking in her sleep ; nightmare, throat feels swollen, sense of suffocation.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Coldness, want of animal heat. ► Chilliness, thirst, sensation as of cold water pouring over the parts ; chilliness morning and forenoon. ► Shivering over the back, with heat of the cheeks, without redness, on thirst, cold hands. ► General coldness, with heat and redness of the face. ► Parts cold to touch, but not to the patient himself. ► Heat no thirst ; on awaking covered with sweat, with general itching. ► Burning in hands and feet in the evening. ► Heat and sweat in alternation. ► Night-sweats putrid or sour, with inclination to uncover ; itching. ► Sweat, mostly on the forehead, from the least exertion.
Skin ► Purple (bluish) spots over the body, like petechiae. ► Dry, violent itching herpes, burning in the open air. ► Blood-boils. ► Dry skin, want of perspiration. ► Scurfs, on dry, small nodules, often renewed. ► Punctured wounds ; stings of insects especially of mosquitoes.
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 3, Angustura Vera, Apis Mellifica +2
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Arnica Montana, Croton Tiglium, Hamamelis Virginiana +23
* 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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