SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS

(SAPONARIA)

Of great use in the treatment of acute colds, coryza, sore throat, etc. Will often "break up" a cold.

Mind

Utter indifference to pain or possible death. Apathetic, depressed, with sleepiness .

Head

Stitching pain, supraorbital ; worse, left side, evening, motion. Throbbing over orbits. Congestions to head; tired feeling in nape. Coryza . Sensation of drunkenness with constant endeavor to go left-wards. Left-sided trigeminal neuralgia, especially supraorbital. Stopped up feeling in nose, also itching and sneezing.

Eyes

Violent eye pains. Hot stitches deep in eyeball. Ciliary neuralgia; worse, left side. Photophobia. Exophthalmos, worse reading and writing. Increased intraocular pressure. Glaucoma.

Stomach

Difficult swallowing. Nausea, heartburn; full feeling not relieved by eructation.

Heart

Impulse weak; pulse less frequent. Palpitation with anxiety.

Modalities

Worse , at night, mental exertion, left side.

Relationship

Compare: Saponin -a glucosidal principle found in Quillaya, Yucca, Senega, Dioscorea and other plants (Tired, indifferent. Pain in left temple, eye , photophobia, hot stitches deep in eye. Fifth nerve affections. Migraine. Much pain before the menstrual flow; severe sore throat, worse right side; tonsils swollen, worse in warm room. Sharp burning taste and violent sneezing).

Compare, also: Verbasc; Coccul (both containing Saponin). Quillaya ; (Anagallis, Agrostema , Helonias, Sarsaparilla, Paris, Cyclamen and others contain Saponin).