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Podophyllum Peltatum
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Origin Simple
Sources 9 entries across 8 books: Hering, Nash, Farrington, Lippe, Dunham …

Dose
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No dose stated in the library’s books

By regionHering
Mind ► Conscious during chill but cannot talk, forgets the words he wishes to use. ► Delirium loquacity during heat ; afterwards forgetful of what has passed. ► Depression ; imagines he is going to die, or be very ill. ► Depression of spirits ; also, in gastric affections. ► Disgust for life, headache.
Inner Head ► Stunning headache through temples, better from pressure. ► Pressing in temples in forenoon, with drawing in eyes as if strabismus would follow. ► Mist before eyes ; the fleeting pains, worse at occipital protuberances, down the neck and shoulders, better when lying down in a quiet and dark place, and from sleep. ► Head hot, rolling the head from side to side, moaning. ► Dentition. ► Momentary darts of pain in forehead, obliging one to shut eyes. ► Headache alternating with diarrhoea. ► Morning headache with flushed face.
Eyes ► Ulceration of cornea ; conjunctiva hyperaemic ; smarting aching heaviness (from grinding root). ► Scrofulous ophthalmia, worse in morning.
Stomach ► Hollow sensation in epigastrium. ► Stitches in epigastrium from coughing. ► Stomach contracts violently during retching. ► Dyspepsia after abuse of calomel ; tongue shows teeth prints conjunctiva yellow ; aching behind eyes ; clayey stools. ► Gastric catarrh.
Female Sexual Organs ► Numb aching in region of left ovary ; heat down thigh ; third month of pregnancy. ► Pain in region of ovaries, especially the right ; also when extending down the anterior crural nerve ; worse straightening the leg. …
Lungs ► Catarrh of chest during dentition.
Neck And Back ► Nape of neck stiff, with soreness of muscle of neck and shoulders. ► Pain between shoulders, in the morning. ► Pain under right scapula. ► Fishes up the back, with stool. ► Pain in lumbar region, withered sensation ; worse at night and from motion. ► Pain in loins, worse when walking on uneven ground, or from a misstep. ► Backache after washing, with prolapsus uteri.
Lower Limbs ► Sharply defined ache in sacro-ischiatic foramen, with tenderness on pressure. ► Pain and weakness in left hip, like rheumatism from cold, worse going up stairs. ► Cramps in calves, thighs and feet, with painless, watery stools. ► Knee-joints crack during motion. ► Joints weak, especially knees. ► Legs heavy and stiff, as after long walk. ► Aching of limbs, worse at night. ► Feet cold. ► Feet sweat, evening.
Sleep ► Heavy sleep ; fatigue on waking. ► Drowsy, half-closed eyes, moaning, whining, especially children. ► Sleepy, especially forenoon. ► Restless sleep, whining.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chilliness while moving about during fever and in act of lying down, with sweat immediately afterward. ► Chilly at first on lying down in evening, followed by fever and sleep, with talking and imperfect waking. ► Chill 7 A.M., pressing in both hypochondria, dull aching in knees and ankles, elbows and wrists. ► Backache before chill. ► During fever : pain in head, thirst, shaking and cold sensation continue for some time. ► Sweat with sleep.
Skin ► Sallow skin ; jaundice ; also in children. ► Skin moist, with preternatural warmth. ► Scabs on skin. ► Rawness and itching about genitals ; also pustules (from grinding the root).

Books*
Antidoted by Colocynthis, Lactuca Virosa, Leptandra Virginica +2
Complementary —
Follows well —
Compare Aloe Socotrina, Apis Mellifica, Arnica Montana +13

* 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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