Thlaspi bursa pastoris

by Adolph von LippeKeynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica

Common name: shepherd's purse.

Albuminuria during gestation (Apis) (Br.).

Renal colic (Berb., Dios., Nux-V.) (Bl.).

Phosphatic deposit in the urine (Calc-P., Phos-Ac., Sulph.) (Bl.).

Spasmodic retention of urine (Bell.) (Bl.)

Dysuria (Canth., Ferr-P., Kali-B., Lyc., Merc.) (Bl.).

Cystitis (Apis, Bell.) (Bl.)

Urine runs away in little jets (Br.).

Brick-dust-like sediment in the urine (Lyc.) (Br.).

Profuse hæmorrhage from all parts of the body (Crot-H., Phos., Sec.); blood dark and clotted (Sab., Sec.) (A.).

Exhausting hæmorrhage from uterine inertia; scarcely recovers from one period before another begins (Sec.) (A.).

Menses: Too early and too profuse; protracted (eight, ten, even fifteen days); tardy in starting, first day merely a show; second day colic, vomiting, a hæmorrhage with large clots; each alternate period more profuse (A.).

METRORRHAGIA: WITH VIOLENT CRAMPS AND UTERINE COLIC; AFTER ABORTION, MISCARRIAGE, OR LABOUR; WITH CANCER UTERI (Phos., Ust.) (A.).

Hæmorrhage accompanying uterine fibroid (Calc., Lyc., Nit-Ac.) (Bl.).

Leucorrhœa before and after menses; bloody, dark, offensive; stains indelibly (Br.).

Vertigo, worse on rising (Bry., Chin., Phos., Puls., Sep.) (Br.).

Craves; butter-milk (Br.).

Frequent epistaxis (Carb-V., Lach., Phos.) (Br.).

Eyes and face puffy (Apis, Ars., Kali-C., Phos., Sep.) (Br.).

Spermatic cord sensitive to concussion of walking or riding (Br.)

Mouth and lips cracked (Graph., Kali-B., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: On alternate menstrual period; before, during and after menses; during gestation; after abortion, miscarriage, or labour; on rising; on riding; and from walking.

AMELIORATION: From pressure; and from warmth.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Chin., Ferr., Kali-P., Lach., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sec., Sinap., Tril., Ust., and Vib.

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