MOMORDICA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Momordica balsamina, Linn.
Natural order , Cucurbitaceæ. (Common in gardens).
Authority.
A Mercier, M.D., proving by Mrs. Mercier, with 24 drops of the tincture, Western J. of Hom., 1. p. 42.
HEAD
- Feeling dizziness, great lightness in the head; sensation as if the whole contents of the head had greatly diminished in weight; slight headache.
EYE
- Sensation of occasional mist or cloud passing before the eyes.
FACE
- Face at times red, but generally very pale.
STOMACH
- Slight sickness at stomach.
ABDOMEN
- Griping, general colic pains, starting from the back and spreading over whole abdomen; forcing pains, resembling labor pains, in the hypogastric regions.
STOOL
- Two or three healthy stools for several days.
SEXUAL ORGANS. [10.]
- Painful and too profuse menses, but lasting only the regular length of time; labor pains during menses, followed by gushes of blood; white, light mucous discharge between the interval of the menses.
PULSE
- Pulse quick and weak.
BACK
- Pains in the small of the back at the time of the menses, sometimes very acute, beginning at the sacrum and coming towards the front of the pelvis.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- General feeling of weakness and sometimes of faintness.