Momordica balsamica
Balsam Apple
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory · 1901 (9th ed. 1927)
Historical reference for practitioners and students.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.
Griping, colic, pain in back and hypogastrium with painful and excessive menses. Accumulation of flatus in splenic flexure of colon. Dropsy.
Head
Dizzy, contents of head feel lighter; mist before eyes.
Abdomen
Rumbling, griping, colicky pains, starting from back, spreading over abdomen.
Female
Painful and profuse menses; labor-like pains, followed by gushes of blood; pain at small of back coming towards front of pelvis.
Relationship
Momordica charantia -Indian variety--(more sever symptoms-intestines full of yellow watery fluid, discharged explosively -cramps, thirst, prostration. Choleraic symptoms. Similar to Croton, Elaterium. Use 3x).
Dose
Tincture. Used also externally as a liniment and poultice for burns, chapped hands, etc.