Origin Plant · Rutaceae · Simple
ClarkePreparation Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Sources 16 entries across 14 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Hering, Allen …
Dose Boericke
1X–6X, Ø
First to sixth potency. Locally, the tincture for ganglia and as a lotion for the eyes
By regionHering
Mind ► Inclination to quarrel and contradict. ► Dissatisfied with himself and others. ► Anxious and low-spirited, with mental dejection. ► Melancholy disposition toward evening.
Inner Head ► Headache : as if a nail were driven into head ; like a stupefying pressure on whole brain ; after excessive use of intoxicating drinks. ► Pulsative, pressing pain in forehead. ► Stitching, drawing pain from forehead to temples. ► Heat in head, with much restlessness.
Eyes ► Itching at inner canthus and on lower lid, smarting after rubbing, eye becomes full of water. ► Eyes burn, ache, feel strained, sight blurred, from fine sewing ; reading too much, or otherwise overtaxing them ; worse using them in evening. ► Green halo around light in evening. ► Spots on the cornea. ► Eyes water in open air, not in-doors. ► Spasms of lower eyelids, afterward lachrymation.
Stomach ► Burning or gnawing in stomach. ► Dyspepsia from lifting heavy weights, with eructations and headache ; cannot eat meat, it causes eructations and pruritus.
Female Sexual Organs ► Corrosive leucorrhoea after irregular or suppressed menses.
Lungs ► Gnawing pain in chest. ► Phthisis after mechanical injuries of chest.
Neck And Back ► Pain on a spot, the size of palm of hand, below right scapula ; worse in evening, after exertion, deep inspiration, or moving right arm ; better from pressure. ► Pain in back or coccyx, as if bruised. ► Weakness in lumbar region ; prolapsus recti. ► Stitches in small of back when sitting, stooping or walking ; better by pressure and when lying down.
Limbs In General ► Rheumatism of right wrist and both feet ; instep puffy ; sour sweat.
Sleep ► Much sleepiness during the day, with stretching. ► Frequent waking at night. ► Confused dreams.
Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chilly mostly left-sided ; worse up and down back ; shakes even near warm stove. ► Chill with heat of face and violent thirst. ► External and internal heat of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and feet. ► Frequent attacks of quick flushes of heat. ► Heat, mostly afternoons, with anxiety, restlessness and dyspnoea ; but no thirst. ► Sweat, cold on face ; morning in bed. ► General sweat, after walking in open air.
Skin ► Itching of skin after eating meat. ► Jaundice from liver complaints. ► Ulcers and scabs on scalp, with copious discharge. ► Skin becomes easily chafed, from walking and riding ; also, in children. ► Fistulous ulcers in lower legs.
Books*
Antidoted by Camphora 3, Bothrops Lanceolatus, Ledum Palustre
Complementary Calcarea Phosphorica
Follows well —
Compare Rhus Toxicodendron, Arnica Montana, Conium Maculatum +34
* 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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