Apocynum cannabinum
Henry N. Guernsey tarafından — Key-Notes to the Materia Medica
Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.
Characterized by dropsical conditions; uterine hæmorrhages.
Mental.--Bewildered, low-spirited, stupid.
Head.--Heaviness of the head, aching in small of back and limbs. Hydrocephalus; stupor, sight of one eye totally lost, the other nearly so; constant involuntary motion of one arm and leg.
Eyes.--Sensation as if grains of sand were in one or both eyes, with heat, irritation and redness.
Nose.--Catarrh of the; nostrils and throat are filled with thick, yellow mucus, on wakening in the morning. Snuffles.
Face.--Face bloated; worse lying down, passes off on sitting up; color bluish or leaden.
Mouth.--Increased secretion of mucus and saliva in mouth and fauces, amounting to salivation.
Stomach.--Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain, or is immediately vomited. Nausea, with vomiting, or efforts to vomit. Sensation of sinking in the stomach.
Abdomen.--Distension of the abdomen after a moderate dinner. Ascites, often with chronic diarrhœa.
Stool.--Evacuations exceedingly scanty and very often bilious.
Urine.--Very scanty; sometimes very profuse; is often very yellow and without sediment. Sometimes cures nocturnal enuresis.
Chest.--Very great difficulty in breathing, even in a sitting posture; breath very short and unsatisfactory. Short, dry, hacking cough, sometimes incessant. Hydrothorax.
Heart and Pulse.--Palpitation troublesome on walking; heart action scarcely perceptible. Pulse feeble, quick, irregular.
Extremities.--Upper: Finger nails of bluish red color. Lower: aching in both knees. Œdema of feet, ankles and legs.
Sleep.--Drowsiness, vomiting, weak, restlessness. After sleep; nausea; thirst; dry mouth and lips; sinking at the stomach; oppression of chest.
Fever.--Body covered with large drops of cold sweat. Dropsy after scarlet fever; after abuse of quinine.
Sexual.--Male: Penis and scrotum swollen, dropsical. Female: Ovarian tumors. Metrorrhagia continuous or paroxysmal fluid or clotted; nausea, vomiting, palpitation; pulse quick, feeble, when moved; fainting when raised from a pillow. Cough during pregnancy.
Generalities.--Sense of general but transient debility.