Synonyms : Ergota (Ergot or Argot, Fr., a cock's spur) ; Ergot of rye ; Spurred rye : Secale clavatum ; Mater secalis ; Seigle ergoté (Fr.) ; Mutterkorn ; Kornmutter (G). CHARACTERISTICS Adapted to women of thin, scrawny, feeble, cachectic appearance ; irritable, nervous temperament ; pale, sunken countenance. Very old, decrepit, feeble persons. Women of very lax muscular fibre ; everything seems loose and open ; no action, vessels flabby ; passive hemorrhages, copious flow of thin, black, watery blood ; the corpuscles are destroyed. Hemorrhagic diathesis ; the slightest wound causes bleeding for weeks (Lach., Phos.) ; discharge of sanious liquid blood with a strong tendency to putrescence ; tingling in the limbs and great debility, especially when the weakness is not caused by previous loss of fluids. Leucorrhea : green, brown, offensive. Boils : small, painful with green contents, mature very slowly and heal in the same manner ; very debilitating.