Homeopathy LibraryViburnum Opulus
Reason for use
Through the cerebro-spinal system Viburnum exerts its most marked action upon the female generative organs, its chief clinical use being in the treatment of congestion or neuralgic dysmenorrhoea, where it has proved of remarkable value.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
Evening and night; in warm room; left side most affected
▼ Better
In open air; from moving about
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Mind
(Viburnum opulus)
Depressed ; irritable.
Unable to perform mental labor.
Head
(Viburnum opulus)
Dull, frontal headache ; and throbbing, extending to eyeballs, worse on mental exertion ; better moving about.
Dull, heavy headache, mostly over eyes, worse on left side, at times extending to vertex and occiput, principally when delayed menses should appear (Cimic.) ; worse on sudden jar, bending over, false step or movement.
Eyes
(Viburnum opulus)
Heaviness over eyes and in balls ; must, at times, look twice to be sure of seeing an object
Sore feeling in eyeballs. (Bry., Spig., Physos.)
Face
(Viburnum opulus)
Flushed and hot.
Mouth
(Viburnum opulus)
Tongue dry, broad, and white ; center brown ; leaves impress of teeth. ( Merc .)
Taste coppery ; disagreeable.
Lips and mouth dry. ( Ars., Bry., Nux m., Puls .)
Stomach
(Viburnum opulus)
Constant nausea ; relieved by eating ; followed by vomiting ; deathly nausea every night.
Faint, nauseated feeling in stomach ; must lie down ; following menses, after flow ceases.
Empty, gone feeling in stomach (Cimic., Ign., Sep.) ; food lies heavy.
Abdomen
(Viburnum opulus)
Deep-seated, darting pain in region of spleen.
Sensation of hot fluid running through splenic vessels.
Intense pain in splenic region, faintness better by sweat.
Severe throbbing pain under left floating ribs ; better from hard pressure and walking ; cannot lie on left side.
Abdomen tender and sensitive, worse about umbilicus.
Cramping colic pains in lower abdomen, almost insupportable, coming suddenly and with terrible severity.
Stool
(Viburnum opulus)
Inactivity of rectum (Alum.), stools of large, hard, dry balls, voided with difficulty, requiring mechanical acid.
Dark blood after stool.
Diarrhoea profuse, watery, with chills, and, at same time, cold sweat that rolls off of forehead.
Urine
(Viburnum opulus)
Profuse, frequent, clear.
Female Organs.- (Viburnum opulus)
Before menses: severe bearing down,
drawing in anterior muscles of thighs ; heavy aching in sacral region and over pubes ; occasional sharp, shooting pains in ovaries ; pains make her so nervous she cannot sit still ; excruciating, cramping, colicky pains in lower abdomen and through womb ; pains begin in back and go around, ending in cramps in uterus.
During menses : nausea ; cramping pain and great nervous restlessness ; flow ceases for several hours, then returns in clots.
Flow scanty, thin, light-colored, with sensation of lightness of head ; faint when trying to sit up.
Congested feeling in pelvic organs as if menses would appear.
Leucorrhoea thin, yellow-white, or colorless, except with the stool, when it is thick, white, blood-streaked.
Threatened abortion ; intense cramp in uterus, and bearing down ; or pain around from back, ending in excruciating cramp in lower abdomen.
Neck and Back.- (Viburnum opulus)
Neck stiff, with pain in occiput.
Tired, bruised pain in muscles of back.
Limbs
(Viburnum opulus)
Buzzing feeling in hands, as if they would burst.
Sleep
(Viburnum opulus)
Restless, unrefreshing.
Amelioration
Therapeutic Range.- (Viburnum opulus)
Congestive, neuralgic , or membranous dysmenorrhoea ; neuralgia ; leucorrhoea ; threatened abortion.
Compare
(Viburnum opulus)
Cimic., Caul., Gels., Sep., Sec., Xanthox.
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