Description
Southernwood
A very useful remedy in?marasmus, especially of lower extremities?only, yet with good appetite. Metastasis. Rheumatism following checked diarrh?a. Ill effects of suppressed conditions especially in gouty subjects.?Tuberculous peritonitis. Exudative pleurisy?and other exudative processes. After operation upon the chest for hydrothorax or empy?mia, a pressing sensation remains. Aggravation of h?morrhoids when rheumatism improves. Nosebleed and hydrocele in boys.
Great weakness after influenza (Kali phos).
Mind.–Cross, irritable, anxious, depressed.
Face.–Wrinkled, cold, dry, pale. Blue rings around dull-looking eyes. Comedones, with emaciation. Nosebleed.?Angioma of the face.
Stomach.–Slimy taste. Appetite good, but emaciation progresses. Food passes undigested. Pain in stomach; worse at night; cutting, gnawing pain.?Stomach feels as if swimming in water; feels cold. Gnawing hunger and whining. Indigestion, with vomiting of large quantities of offensive fluid.
Abdomen.–Hard lumps in abdomen.?Distended. Alternate diarrh?a and constipation. H?morrhoids; frequent urging; bloody stools; worse as rheumatic pains abate. Ascarides. Oozing from umbilicus. Sensation as if bowels were sinking down.
Respiratory.–Raw feeling. Impeded respiration. Dry cough following diarrh?a. Pain across chest; severe in region of heart.
Back.–Neck so weak cannot hold head up. Back lame, weak, and painful. Pain in lumbar region extending along spermatic cord. Pain in sacrum, with h?morrhoids.
Extremities.–Pain in shoulders, arms,?wrists, and?ankles. Pricking and coldness in fingers and feet.?Legs?greatly emaciated. Joints stiff and lame. Painful contraction of limbs (Amm mur).
Skin.–Eruptions come out on face; are suppressed, and the skin becomes purplish. Skin flabby and loose. Furuncles. Falling out of hair. Itching chilblains.
Modalities.–Worse, cold air, checked secretions.?Better, motion.
Relationship.–Compare:?Scrophularia; Bryonia; Stellaria; Benzoic acid, in gout.?Iodine, Natr mur?in marasmus.
Dose.–Third to thirtieth potency.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.