SANICULA AQUA

The Water of Sanicula Springs, Ottawa, I11

(SANICULA)

Has been found a useful remedy in enuresis, seasickness, constipation, etc. Rickets.

Head

Dread of downward motion ( Borax ). Profuse sweat on occiput and in nape of neck, during sleep ( Calc; Sil ). Photophobia. Lachrymation in cold air or from cold application. Profuse scaly dandruff. Soreness behind ears.

Throat

Thick, ropy, tenacious mucus.

Mouth

Tongue large, flabby, burning; must protrude it to keep cool. Ringworm on tongue.

Stomach

Nausea and vomiting from car-riding. Thirst; drink little and often ( Ars; Chin ). Is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach.

Rectum

Stools large, heavy and painful. Pain in whole perineum . No desire until a large accumulation. After great straining only partially expelled; recedes, crumbles at verge of anus ( Mag mur ). Very offensive odor. Excoriation of skin about anus, perineum, and genitals. Diarrhœa; changeable in character and color; after eating.

Female

Bearing-down, as if contents of pelvis would escape; better, rest. Desire to support parts. Soreness of uterus. Leucorrhœa with odor of fish-brine or cold cheese ( Hepar ). Vagina feels large.

Back

Dislocated feeling in sacrum and better lying on right side.

Extremities

Burning of soles of feet ( Sulph; Lach ). Offensive foot-sweat ( Sil; Psor ). Cold, clammy sweat of extremities.

Skin

Dirty, greasy, brownish, wrinkled. Eczema, fissured hands and fingers ( Petrol; Graph ).

Modalities

Worse, moving arms backward .

Relationship

Compare: Abrot; Alum; Calc; Sil; Sulph . Sanicula Aqua must not be confounded with the Sanicle (pool-root or wood marsh), also called Sanicula . This is used in various nervous affections, resembling Valeriana. It is used as a vulnerary, resolvent for sanguineous extravasations, and as an astringent (Has not been proved).

Dose

Thirtieth potency.