Medusa

(various species). Jelly-fish. Sea-nettles. Class, Acalephæ. Tincture of living animal taken in summer.

Clinical

Lactation, abnormal / Nettle-rash / Urine, suppression of

Characteristics

The effects of encountering jelly-fish whilst bathing are well known. These have been studied experimentally, and in addition the effects of drinking two cupfuls of a decoction, warm, by a woman affected with disease of the stomach and leucorrhœa has been recorded. In this case there was rapidly produced œdema, anxiety, and difficult speech. Secretion of urine, which had been suspended for days, returned, and milk came into the breasts three years after the birth of her last child. Pricking heat and numbness of skin of face, arms, breasts, and vesicular eruption; followed later by desquamation.

Relations

Compare: Ast. fl., Homar., Murex, Sepia, Apis, Bombyx, &c.

1. Mind

Extreme anxiety with difficult speech.

3. Eyes

Eyes puffed and œdematous.

6. Face

Face (eyes, ears, nose) puffed and œdematous (soon).

14. Urinary Organs

Secretion. of urine, which had been suspended for twelve days, returned.

16. Female Sexual Organs

Secretion of milk re-established in a woman's breasts three years after birth of last child; she had had twelve children and had not suckled any of them, having had no milk (effect of two cupfuls of a decoction).

25. Skin

Desquamation. Burning sensation very soon after contact; in five minutes a slight redness; then lentil-shaped elevations. Vesicular eruption. Pricking heat, numbness, and burning of skin of face, arms, shoulders, and breasts (soon).