ABROTANUM

A very useful remedy in marasmus , especially of lower extremities only , yet with good appetite. Metastasis. Rheumatism following checked diarrhœa. Ill effects of suppressed conditions especially in gouty subjects. Tuberculous peritonitis. Exudative pleurisy and other exudative processes. After operation upon the chest for hydrothorax or empyæmia, a pressing sensation remains. Aggravation of hæmorrhoids when rheumatism improves. Nosebleed and hydrocele in boys.

Great weakness after influenza ( Kali phos ).

Mind

Cross, irritable, anxious, depressed.

Face

Wrinkled, cold, dry, pale. Blue rings around dull-looking eyes. Comedones, with emaciation. Nosebleed. Angioma of the face .

Stomach

Slimy taste. Appetite good, but emaciation progresses. Food passes undigested. Pain in stomach; worse at night; cutting, gnawing pain. Stomach feels as if swimming in water ; feels cold. Gnawing hunger and whining. Indigestion, with vomiting of large quantities of offensive fluid.

Abdomen

Hard lumps in abdomen. Distended . Alternate diarrhœa and constipation. Hæmorrhoids; frequent urging; bloody stools; worse as rheumatic pains abate. Ascarides. Oozing from umbilicus. Sensation as if bowels were sinking down.

Respiratory

Raw feeling. Impeded respiration. Dry cough following diarrhœa. Pain across chest; severe in region of heart.

Back

Neck so weak cannot hold head up. Back lame, weak, and painful. Pain in lumbar region extending along spermatic cord. Pain in sacrum, with hæmorrhoids.

Extremities

Pain in shoulders, arms, wrists , and ankles . Pricking and coldness in fingers and feet. Legs greatly emaciated. Joints stiff and lame. Painful contraction of limbs ( Amm mur ).

Skin

Eruptions come out on face; are suppressed, and the skin becomes purplish. Skin flabby and loose. Furuncles. Falling out of hair. Itching chilblains.

Modalities

Worse , cold air, checked secretions. Better , motion.

Relationship

Compare: Scrophularia; Bryonia; Stellaria; Benzoic acid , in gout. Iodine, Natr mur in marasmus.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.