Momordica Balsamica
Balsam Apple
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
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.