Momordica

Momordica balsamina, Linn.

Natural order , Cucurbitaceæ. (Common in gardens).

Authority.

A Mercier, M.D., proving by Mrs. Mercier, with 24 drops of the tincture, Western J. of Hom., 1. p. 42.

HEAD

• Feeling dizziness, great lightness in the head; sensation as if the whole contents of the head had greatly diminished in weight; slight headache.

EYE

• Sensation of occasional mist or cloud passing before the eyes.

FACE

• Face at times red, but generally very pale.

STOMACH

• Slight sickness at stomach.

ABDOMEN

• Griping, general colic pains, starting from the back and spreading over whole abdomen; forcing pains, resembling labor pains, in the hypogastric regions.

STOOL

• Two or three healthy stools for several days.

SEXUAL ORGANS. [10.]

• Painful and too profuse menses, but lasting only the regular length of time; labor pains during menses, followed by gushes of blood; white, light mucous discharge between the interval of the menses.

PULSE

• Pulse quick and weak.

BACK

• Pains in the small of the back at the time of the menses, sometimes very acute, beginning at the sacrum and coming towards the front of the pelvis.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• General feeling of weakness and sometimes of faintness.