Cyclamen Europaeum

(CYCLAMEN)

Large doses produce violent purging and vomiting; disturbed digestion with very salty saliva. Anæmic and chlorotic conditions. Affections of uterus. Gastro-intestinal and genito-urinary tracts affected, inducing secondary anæmia and various reflexes. Sleepiness, moroseness, and lassitude . Cough at night while asleep without waking, especially in children ( Cham; Nitr ac ).

Head

Terrors of conscience. Grieves over duty neglected. Depression, with weeping desire to be alone. Aching in morning, with flickering before eyes ; sneezing with itching in ear. Vertigo; things turn in a circle; better in the room; worse, open air. One-sided headache. Frequent sneezing with itching in ears.

Eyes

Dim vision, worse on waking, with spots before eyes. Flickering of various colors . Convergent strabismus. Sees countless stars . Diplopia. Disturbance of vision, associated with gastric disturbances.

Stomach

Salty taste ; hiccough-like eructation worse, fat food. Diarrhœa after every cup of coffee; hiccough . Satiety after a few mouthfuls. Disgust for meat, especially pork. Desire for lemonade. No thirst all day.

Rectum

Pain about anus and perineum , as if a spot were suppurating, when walking or sitting.

Female

Menses profuse, black , membranous, clotted, too early, with labor-like pains from back to pubes. Flow less when moving about. Menstrual irregularities with megrim and blindness, or fiery spots before eyes. Hiccough during pregnancy . Post-partum hæmorrhage, with colicky bearing-down pains, with relief after gush of blood. After menses, swelling of breasts, with milky secretion.

Extremities

Pains in parts where bones lie near surface. Burning, sore pain in heels . Cramp-like contraction of right thumb and index finger. Pains in periosteum. Chilblains.

Skin

Acne in young women, pruritus better scratching and appearance of menses.

Modalities

Worse , open air, evenings, sitting, standing, and cold water. Better , during menstrual flow, by moving about, rubbing parts; in warm room, lemonade.

Relationship

Compare: Ambra; Pulsat; Cinchona; Fer cit et Chin .

Dose

Third attenuation.