by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
reflexes. .................... Flow of saliva. Nausea on awaking. Vomits on motion or raising up. Hyper-emesis. Sensitive stomach, with much gas. Ovarian pains extend toward uterus. Uterine torpor. Cervical pain. Sensitive womb. Menses late, scanty and watery.
Related: Senec. Ustil.
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Gossypium Herbaceum appears in 6 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Gossypium herbaceum, L. (include G. album, Ham., "short staple," and G. nigrum, Ham., Sea Island cotton). Natural order , Malvaceæ. Common name , Cotton plant. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authority. Dr. W. Williamson; proving by a lady (dose not mentioned); Hahnemannian Monthly, 4, 315. Uneasiness and anxiety…”
“Cotton-plant (GOSSYPIUM) A powerful emmenagogue, used in physiological doses. Homeopathically, it corresponds to many reflex conditions, depending on disturbed uterine function and pregnancy. Gossypium will relieve tardy menses, especially with sensation that the flow is about to start and yet does not do so. Tall…”
“Cotton Plant. N. O. Malvaceæ. Tincture of fresh inner root bark, chopped and pounded to a pulp. Abortion / Amenorrhœa / Dysmenorrhœa / Labia, abscess of / Ovaries, pains in / Pregnancy, vomiting of / Sterility / Tumour / Uterus, bearing down in Gossyp. has been mainly used in affections of the female generative…”
“Cotton Plant. Malvaceæ. The cotton producing plant of the South ; a native of Asia. The root possesses the medical virtues, and the tincture is prepared from the fresh inner root-bark, chopped and pounded to a pulp. Proved by Williamson. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 458 . Giddiness of head. Stinging pain in…”
“COMMON NAME: COTTON PLANT. Gossypium is a powerful emmenagogue. It has a wide reputation as an abortifacient. It produces firm, regular and strong uterine contractions, resembling Cimicifuga in its action (C.). Flow of saliva (Am-C., Arum-T., Bar-C., Bor., Fluor-Ac., Iod., Ipec., Kali-C., Lyso., Merc., Merc-C…”
Kent's Repertory lists Gossypium Herbaceum in 38 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in FEMALE GENITALIA (16), GENERALITIES (7), EXTREMITIES (5), ABDOMEN (2), MOUTH (2).
