Homeopathy LibrarySanguinaria Canadensis
Reason for use
Affects chiefly the respiratory mucous membrane, producing irritation and catarrhal inflammation.
It has a decided influence upon the pneumogastric nerve, and through it creates derangement of the liver and digestive tract.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
Morning and evening; from light, noise, and motion
▼ Better
When lying quiet; in the dark room; after vomiting
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Head
(Sanguinaria)
Vertigo on rising from a sitting or stooping position (Bry.) ; on quickly turning the head ( Calc . c .), or looking upward. (Calc. c., Cupr.)
Determination of blood to the head, with whizzing in the ears, and flushes of heat . (Acon.)
Dull, pressive, frontal headache. (Euphr., Merc. cor.)
Headache occurring in paroxysms. (Cinch.)
Headache begins in occiput (Verat. vir.), spreads upward, and settles over right eye.
Headache, as if it would burst (Bry., Caps ., Cinch., Puls., Natr. mur .), in forehead and temples ; mostly right ; better in open air. (Puls., Sep.)
Headache, with nausea and chilliness, followed by flushes of heat, extending from head to stomach.
Eyes
(Sanguinaria)
Pupils dilated. ( Ailanth., Bell ., Cic ., Hyos .)
Burning dryness in the eyes, followed by copious lachrymation. ( Ars ., Euphr.)
Ears
(Sanguinaria)
Burning of the ears ; cheeks red.
Earache, with headache, with stinging in the ears, and vertigo.
Nose
(Sanguinaria)
Fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing ( Acon ., Ars., Cepa , Gels., Iris, Rumex) ; worse in right nostril.
Face
(Sanguinaria)
Circumscribed redness of one or both cheeks. (Kreos.)
Cheeks livid in typhoid pneumonia.
Paleness of the face, with disposition to vomit.
Sensation of dryness of the lips.
Neuralgia in upper jaw, extending to nose, eye, ear, neck, and side of head ; shooting, burning pains ; must kneel down and hold head tightly to the floor.
Mouth
(Sanguinaria)
Loss of taste, with burnt feeling on the tongue. (Puls.)
Sores on gums and roof of mouth.
Throat
(Sanguinaria)
Feels swollen, as if to suffocation, when swallowing.
Feeling of dryness in the throat ; not relieved by drinking.
Throat sore, as if raw and denuded. (Arum, Arg. nit.)
Ulcerated sore throat. (Hydras., Merc., Nitr. ac., Phyt.)
Pearly diphtheritic coating on palate and fauces.
Stomach
(Sanguinaria)
Craving for he knows not what ; for spiced things. (Phos.)
Deathly nausea, in paroxysms ( Ant. tart.), with much salivation ; with headache, chill, and heat.
Nausea ; not relieved by vomiting.
Vomiting of bitter water ; of sour, acrid fluids ; of ingesta (Ipec., Phos., Verat. alb.) ; of worms. (Acon.)
Sensation of emptiness in the stomach, with faint, feverish feeling.
Soreness and pressure in epigastrium ; worse after eating.
Burning in the stomach. (Ars., Canth., Iris, Verat. alb.)
Stool
(Sanguinaria)
Diarrhoeic stool, mixed with much flatus. ( Aloe .)
Diarrhoea following coryza ; pains in chest, and cough.
Urinary Organs
(Sanguinaria)
Copious and frequent nocturnal urination, clear as water. (Natr. mur., Phos. ac.)
Female Organs.- (Sanguinaria)
Climacteric disorders, especially flushes of heat, and leucorrhoea. (Lach.)
Abdominal pains, as if menses would appear. (Aloe, Caul ., Cimic., Puls .)
Os uteri ulcerated ; fetid, corrosive leucorrhoea.
Stitches in both nipples ; soreness of nipples.
Respiratory Organs.- (Sanguinaria)
Dry, hacking cough, caused by tickling in throat pit (Hep. s., Phos., Rumex, Sep .), with dryness of throat ; crawling sensation, extending down behind the sternum.
Dry cough, awaking from sleep ; not ceasing until after he sits up in bed and passes flatus, upward and downward.
Cough, with circumscribed redness of the cheeks ; pain in the chest, and coryza.
Severe dyspnoea and constriction of chest, with inclination to take deep inspirations.
Constant pressure and heaviness in upper part of chest, with difficult breathing.
Sharp, pinching pain midway between sternum and right nipple.
Intense pain and burning under sternum, and in right side of chest.
Acute stitches in right side of chest, near nipple. ( Bry .)
Haemoptysis during phthisis pulmonalis.
Expectoration tough, difficult, rust-colored ; extreme dyspnoea ; pneumonia ; hepatization.
Pain in right chest to the shoulder ; can only with difficulty place hand on top of head.
Exceedingly offensive breath (Caps., Croc.) and expectoration.
Heart and Pulse.- (Sanguinaria)
Irregularity of the heart's action, and of the pulse, with coldness, insensibility, etc.
Neck and Back.- (Sanguinaria)
Rheumatic pains in nape of neck, shoulders, and arms.
Generalities
(Sanguinaria)
Great weakness and prostration.
General torpor and languor.
Heat flying from head to stomach.
Sensation as if hot water were poured from breast into abdomen.
An uncomfortable prickling sensation of warmth spreading over whole body.
Fever
(Sanguinaria)
Burning heat, rapidly alternating with chill and shivering.
Heat flying from head to stomach.
Flushes of heat ; glow of warmth over body. (Calc. c.)
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Sanguinaria)
Coryza ; croup ; whooping cough ; asthma ; pneumonia ; typhoid pneumonia ; haemoptysis ; hydrothorax ; pulmonary consumption ; jaundice ; diarrhoea ; rheumatism ; sick headache ; dyspepsia ; hectic fever.
Compare
(Sanguinaria)
Ant. tart., Bell., Bry., Chel ., Hep. s., Iris, Lyc., Merc., Phos ., Rumex, Squilla, Spong.
Sang. follows Bell. well in scarlet fever.
Sanguinaria Antidotes.-
Op., Rhus rad.
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