Cyclamen europaeum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: sow bread.
It has many things in common with Pulsatilla (Bl.).
Best suited for leuco-phlegmatic persons with anæmic or chlorotic conditions (A.).
Easily fatigued, and in consequence not inclined to any kind of labour (A.).
Pale, chlorotic, with deranged menses, and accompanied by vertigo, headache and dim vision (A.).
Satiety after a few mouthful (Lyc.); food then becomes repugnant, causes nausea in throat and palate (A.).
THIRSTLESSNESS (Ant-T., Apis, Chin., Colch., Gels., Hell., Ipec., Meny., Nux-M., Phos-Ac., Puls., Sabad.).
BAD EFFECTS FROM EATING MUCH FAT FOOD (PORK) (Puls.).
Saliva and all food has a salty taste (A.).
Desire for lemonade (Bell., Calc., EupPer) (K.).
Hiccough during pregnancy (Op.) (B.).
Aversion to bread and butter (Mag-C.) (C.).
Chilly all over (Nux-V., Puls.) (B.).
CATAMENIA TOO PROFUSE (Bov., Calc., Chin., Cocc., Erig., Ferr., Helon., Ipec., Mill., Murx., Nat-M, Phos., Sabin.).
MENSES: TOO EARLY; TOO PROFUSE; BLACK AND CLOTTED; MEMBRANOUS; FEELS BETTER DURING THE FLOW (Lach., Zinc.) (A.).
Post-partum hæmorrhages, with colicky, bearing-down pains, which are relieved after a gush of blood (Bl.).
Milk in virgin breasts (Asaf., Merc., Puls., Tub., Urt-U.) (B.).
Sensation of something alive in the abdomen (Croc., Hyos., Sep., Thuj.) (K.).
Inclined to weep (Gels., Ign., Puls.) (A.).
Irritable, morose, ill-humoured (A.).
Great sadness and peevishness (Nat-M.) (A.).
Ailments: from suppressed grief and terrors of conscience from duty not done, or bad act committed (A.).
Desire for solitude (Anac., Gels., Ign., Nat-M., Nux-V.) (A.).
Pressing, drawing and tearing pain, principally in the periosteum.
Chilblains of the feet (Agar., Anac., Carb-An., Lyc., Merc., Petr., Puls., Zinc.).
As long as he walks about, he feels well with the exception of languor, but as soon as he sits down, especially in the evening, he suffers various inconveniences.
Burning, sore pain in the heels, when sitting, standing or walking in open air (Agar., Caust., Phyt., Valer.) (A).
Aversion to open air (reverse of Puls.) (A.).
Acne in young women (Calc-P.) (Br.).
Palpitation in the evening (Puls.) (C.).
Headache in anæmic patients (Calc-P., Ferr., Nat-M.) with flickering before eyes or dim vision, on rising in the morning (A.).
Flickering before eyes (Bell., Carb-S., Graph., Lach., Nat-M., Phos., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).
Sees fiery sparks, as of various colours, and glittering needles (A.).
Dim vision of fog or smoke (Ars., Calc., Chin., Croc., Gels., Phos., Puls., Sulph., Zinc.) (A.).
Sees countless stars (Aur., Calc., Con., Hyos., Kali-C., Puls) (Br.).
The catarrhal discharges are thick and bland (Kali-M., Puls., Stann.) (Bl.).
Nasal catarrh, with loss of taste and smell (Puls.) (F.).
Periodical, semilateral headache, with dizziness (Bt.).
Frequent sneezing (Am-M., Ars., Carb-V., Coc-C., Merc., Nux-V., Sulph.) (K.).
Spasmodic sneezing (Ars., Gets., Kali-I., Rhus-T., Sabad.).
AGGRAVATION: In the evening; while at rest; in open air; from cold water; from cold bathing; before menses; from fat food; when sitting; and when standing.
AMELIORATION: Whilst walking; during menses; in a warm room; from moving about.
RELATIONSHIP: Antidote: Camph., Coff., and Puls.
Compare: Ambr., Chin., Ferr., Kali-P., Lach., Merc,, Nux-V., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep., Sil. and Sulph.
Compare, especially Chin., Ferr. and Puls. in chlorosis, and anæmic affections.