Stachys Betonica
By John Henry Clarke โ A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Wood Betony. N. O. Labiatรฆ. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical
Cold, Diaphragm, paralysis of / Headache / Vertigo
Characteristics
Berridge published the proving of Stach. made by Croker and himself with some others. Dizziness, fulness in head and eyes with disposition to take cold were the most prominent symptoms. A feeling of oppressed breathing as from paralysis of diaphragm is a peculiar symptom. Stach. has been used in eye-waters, and as a remedy for headaches.
Relations
Compare Lycopus and the Labiatรฆ.
2. Head
Dizziness > open air; < closing eyes, or moving head. Fulness over and in eyes as if they would burst. Dull, heavy action in frontal region > walking about in room.
3. Eyes
Heavy, sleepy feeling in eyes. Pain in eyeballs as if too tense; < looking at light, reading, thinking, bending head down.
4. Ears
Slight earache.
5. Nose
Frequent sneezing; on going indoors from open air; increased nasal mucus.
11. Stomach
Eructations; tasting of drug. Warmth in stomach; increasing to sharp cutting pain. Weight in stomach with feeling of sickness.
14. Urinary Organs
Woke with desire to urinate in night. Urine: high-coloured; ammoniacal.
17. Respiratory Organs
Breathing oppressed as from paralysis of diaphragm; constriction just behind ensiform cartilage, on walking up hill must keep mouth open.
24. Generalities
Tired, esp. in legs. Great sensitiveness to take cold.
27. Fever
Free diaphoresis. In night profuse sweat, limited to head, neck, avid chest.