Saponaria Officinalis
Soap Root
από William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(SAPONARIA)
Of great use in the treatment of acute colds, coryza, sore throat, etc. Will often "break up" a cold.
Mind
Utter indifference to pain or possible death. Apathetic, depressed, with sleepiness .
Head
Stitching pain, supraorbital ; worse, left side, evening, motion. Throbbing over orbits. Congestions to head; tired feeling in nape. Coryza . Sensation of drunkenness with constant endeavor to go left-wards. Left-sided trigeminal neuralgia, especially supraorbital. Stopped up feeling in nose, also itching and sneezing.
Eyes
Violent eye pains. Hot stitches deep in eyeball. Ciliary neuralgia; worse, left side. Photophobia. Exophthalmos, worse reading and writing. Increased intraocular pressure. Glaucoma.
Stomach
Difficult swallowing. Nausea, heartburn; full feeling not relieved by eructation.
Heart
Impulse weak; pulse less frequent. Palpitation with anxiety.
Modalities
Worse , at night, mental exertion, left side.
Relationship
Compare: Saponin -a glucosidal principle found in Quillaya, Yucca, Senega, Dioscorea and other plants (Tired, indifferent. Pain in left temple, eye , photophobia, hot stitches deep in eye. Fifth nerve affections. Migraine. Much pain before the menstrual flow; severe sore throat, worse right side; tonsils swollen, worse in warm room. Sharp burning taste and violent sneezing).
Compare, also: Verbasc; Coccul (both containing Saponin). Quillaya ; (Anagallis, Agrostema , Helonias, Sarsaparilla, Paris, Cyclamen and others contain Saponin).