Armoracea Sativa

Cochlearia armoracea. Horse-radish. N. O. Cruciferæ. Tincture of root.

Clinical

Albuminuria / Aphonia / Asthma / Cataract / Colic / Cornea, spots on / Eruptions / Eyes, affections of / Gonorrhœa / Gravel / Headache / Leucorrhœa / Lungs, œdema of / Rheumatism / Scurvy / Strangury / Toothache / Ulcers / Urinary disorders

Characteristics

Armor. sat., and also Cochlear. officin., are old-world anti-scorbutics, and homœopathic provings have confirmed the old experience. Armor. has the anti-scorbutic properties of the other Cruciferæ, and is specially efficacious in scurvy from eating salt. The essential oil is said to be identical with that of Sinapis. The mucous membranes are affected: mucous stools; gonorrhœa; leucorrhœa; pituitous asthma and pituitous phthisis have been benefited by it. There are peculiar symptoms in connection with the teeth. Some violent abdominal pains were experienced. Tearing pains from the belly through to back, down the back, and settling in sacrum. "Colic with backache" appears to be a leading indication. Wandering chronic rheumatism. Touch or slight pressure < many symptoms. Bending forward >.

Relations

Compare: The Cruciferæ generally. Canth., Caps., Rhus, Sinap.; Arg. n. (diarrhœa from nervous excitement).

Causation

Checked foot-sweat. Nervous excitement. Cold.

1. Mind

Difficult thinking in evening. Irresolution.

2. Head

Headache, now one side now the other; < opening the eyes (wide), but not on reading or motion. Violent headache with nausea; < sitting up. Aching, boring pains in head, as if brain bursting.

3. Eyes

Obscuration of sight for some minutes. Lachrymation. Spots on cornea. Swelling of eyes. Styes. Rheumatic ophthalmia.

6. Face

Twitching of l. corner of mouth, 4 a.m. Soreness of upper lip.

7. Teeth

Dull sensation in teeth, as if they were soft and became bent and moved in their sockets on chewing. Scurvy of salt-eaters. Dental fistula.

8. Mouth

Paralysis of tongue. Biting sensation on tongue. Tongue furred white. Very offensive odour from mouth and lungs.

9. Throat

Dryness of pharynx, larynx, and posterior nares. Scraping in throat with nausea. Hawking thick, viscid mucus.

11. Stomach

Unnatural craving for food with profuse painless diarrhœa. Belchings of sulphurous odour, like garlic. Bilious regurgitations. From region of stomach the pain draws through both sides towards back. Cramp in stomach; pain drives to despair. Crampy, tensive pain above epigastrium apparently in diaphragm, > by bending forward.

12. Abdomen

Spasms through to back and loins. Borborygmi in morning.

13. Stool and Anus

Profuse painless diarrhœa with craving for food. Diarrhœa after great nervous excitement. Tenesmus all night till morning, sometimes discharging a little blood. Mucous stools. Involuntary passage of mucus from anus. Itching and burning at anus.

14. Urinary Organs

Uneasiness in region of kidneys. Increased desire and increased secretion. Urination difficult, causing burning, tenderness, and inflammation of urethra as in first stage of gonorrhœa. Strangury. Gravel. Albuminuria.

15. Male Sexual Organs

Burning or cutting at glans during micturition; felt also before or after. Gonorrhœa. Impotence.

16. Female Sexual Organs

Stringy black blood passes from the vagina when urinating; also during the night. Menses: every ten or fifteen days; suppressed with chlorosis. Leucorrhœa and menostasis. Since climaxis cramp in stomach.

17. Respiratory Organs

Aphonia; with blood-spitting; oppressed breathing. Promotes expectoration, and relieves cough; increases activity of respiratory organs. Mucous asthma, and consumption. Œdema of lungs. Chest painful to touch.

21. Limbs

Twitchings in limbs. Towards morning pain in all joints when lying still; < lying on side; > on motion and when getting up. Suppressed foot sweat.

26. Sleep

Sleep very refreshing; awoke with clearer mind than usual.