Ornithogalum umbellatum
Star of Bethlehem
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
To be considered in chronic gastric and other abdominal indurations, possibly cancer of intestinal tract, especially of stomach and Cæcum. Center of action is the pylorus, causing painful contraction with duodenal distention.
Depression of spirits. Complete prostration. Feeling of sickness keeps patient awake at night.
Stomach
Tongue coated. Agonizing feeling in chest and stomach, staring from pylorus with flatus that rolls in balls from one side to the other, loss of appetite, phlegmy retchings and loss of flesh. Gastric ulceration even with hæmorrhage. Pains increased when food passes pyloric outlet. Vomiting of coffee-ground -looking matter. Distention of stomach. Frequent belching of offensive flatus. Painful sinking across epigastrium.
Dose
Single doses of mother tincture and await action.