Homeopathic Materia Medica

Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (Kent's New Remedies), James Tyler Kent

This most useful and neglected remedy has been frequently indicated in the complaints of women, especially in those predisposed to haemorrhagia; uterine haemorrhagia particularly whether it be after an abortion or in connection with menstruation. Copious bleeding from the uterus is characteristic; haemorrhagia when the uterus fills with blood until it becomes distended, and its contents are expelled in large clots, followed by copious haemorrhagia with or without painful contractions.

A copious menstrual flow followed by watery oozing during the intermenstrual period, now and then dilating into copious gushing flow with black clots; this remedy is useful at the critical period when it is attended with haemorrhagia. The haemorrhagia of this medicine are particularly due to a relaxed or debilitated state of the uterus. Weakness of the reproductive organs may be said to be the guiding feature; atony. Weakness of the uterus with repeated abortion or haemorrhagia with debility of the individual. Bruised feeling in the region of the ovaries, particularly in the right. Bearing down in the region of the uterus as if the contents of the pelvis would escape. Much worse while walking.

An attack of haemorrhagia that came on with great violence in the middle of the night, the patient waking, unable to speak, so exhausted from the flow: was cured by Aletris 45M. This patient lost her urine when coughing, sleeping or walking, and this symptom which has been present many years was entirely cured by Aletris. This involuntary escape of urine was always brought on by catching cold.

Disgust for food; nausea; obstinate indigestion.

The patient has a pale sickly chlorotic face, would like to lie down all day and do nothing but rest. Such debilitated patients, when they become pregnant, suffer from vomiting and colic; the stomach seems to be in the same weak condition as the reproductive organs. Until this remedy was known, Kreosotum was the most promising remedy for copious frothy eructations with vomiting; this remedy must take the place of Kreosotum in the vomiting of pregnant women, when the symptoms agree.

Most inveterate constipation. There are violent pains in the rectum and anus. Stool very large and hard, most difficult to expel. Painful constipation.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Star Grass Blazing Grass. Colic Root. Unicorn Root. (United States.) N. O. Haemodoraceae. Tincture of root.

Clinical.─Abortion. Anaemia. Colic. Constipation. Convulsions. Debility. Dysmenorrhoea. Dysuria. Endometritis. Fever. Haemorrhoids. Hysteric colic. Indigestion. Leucorrhoea. Menorrhagia. Myalgia. Pregnancy, vomiting of. Sterility. Uterus, pain in; prolapse of.

Characteristics.─Alet. far. is said to be the most bitter of all plants. It is characterised by weariness of body and mind. Want of appetite, especially in connection with Uterine disorders. The least food distends the stomach. There are fainting attacks with vertigo. Emaciation is marked in some cases. Disgust for food, nausea; constipation. Obstinate vomiting of pregnancy. Many symptoms appear in the uterine sphere: uterine atony, menses profuse and premature with labour-like pains or amenorrhoea, debility, from loss of fluids, protracted illness. Menorrhagia, black clots, fulness and weight. Leucorrhoea, with debility. Sterility. Habitual tendency to abortion. Sensation of weight in uterine region and tendency to prolapse. Sensation of weight in occiput as if it would draw the head back. It is most suited for chlorotic girls and pregnant women. Weak, emaciated people.

Relations.─Compare: Helonias dioica ("False" Unicorn, not to be confounded with Alet. f.), Chin., Hydrast., Sabin., Senec., Puls., Caulo.; Dioscor. (colic < bending forward); Caust., Puls., Fer., (discharge of urine during cough); Alumina (constipation; grasps the seat tightly, despairs of having a stool. During stool terrible pains as if a passage were being forced, Al. f.).

SYMPTOMS.

1. Mind.─Weariness of body and mind.

2. Head.─Vertigo, with sleepiness, vomiting, purging; even stupefaction.─As if head in a vice.─Weight in occiput; as if it would draw the head backward.

3. Eyes.─Eyes feel sore and look dim.

4. Ears.─Ears feel as if open through from one to the other.─Deaf in l. ear with stuffed feeling.

10. Appetite.─Appetite lost; with weakness.

11. Stomach.─Least food distresses the stomach; fainting attacks with vertigo; sleepy, emaciated; disgust for food, nausea; obstinate indigestion.─Vomiting during pregnancy.─Eructations of food in evening with burning in throat.─All-gone feeling in morning on rising, > by eating.─Nausea is > by coffee; is > by dinner, but returns with gagging at sight or thought of grease.─Nausea, with pressure in forehead.

12. Abdomen.─Cramps.─Griping.─Pain all through abdomen, settling into lower part, > passing flatus and scanty diarrhoeic stool; pain < bending forward, > bending backward, then the pain increased and it seemed as if all the insides had settled into lower abdomen and were cut with knives; > scanty diarrhoeic stool.─Aching in hypogastrium and across back of hips.─Hysteric colic.

13. Stool and Anus.─Scanty diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus during and after stool, with feeling as if lower part of rectum closed.─Fearful pains in rectum and anus, during a movement terrible pain as if forcing a passage.─Inveturate constipation as from rectal atony.─Frequent ineffectual urgings.─Stool: loose, painful, offensive, frequent; thin with hard lumps in it; hard, delayed, small, scanty, difficult.─Haemorrhoids.

14. Urinary Organs.─Micturition rare.─Incontinence, < walking fast or sneezing.─Urine scanty, phosphatic.

16. Female Sexual Organs.─Premature profuse menses with labour-like pains.─Amenorrhoea or delayed menses from atony; weariness of mind and body; abdomen distended, bearing-down.─Menses too soon with colic, light-coloured.─Menorrhagia, profuse, black with coagula; fulness and weight.─Leucorrhoea, white stringy.─Prolapsus.─Sterility.─Habitual tendency to abort; sensation of weight in uterine region; tendency to prolapse.─Myalgic pains like "false pains.".─Before menses: cough.

17. Respiratory Organs.─Raises a good deal of froth, feels as if wanted to cough and couldn't.─Tickling, short, dry, hard cough on waking, becoming spasmodic, < by talking; = discharge of urine.─Later, cough incessant, like whooping-cough; loses breath; cyanotic; > suddenly on occurrence of menses eight days too soon.

18. Chest.─Pain in l. breast as if a knife ran into it.─Pain in l. breast, then extending through into back to l. of lower part of r. scapula.─Pulse irregular and intermittent.

20. Neck and Back.─Pain in centre of nape, running into l. shoulder; then pain in nape moved up to occiput, and remained there all evening.─Sharp pain from point of l. scapula through to l. breast.─Sensation as if back would break just above waist; afterwards same pain higher up.─Backache with dragging in sacral regions, and string, colourless leucorrhoea, beginning when walking.

21. Limbs.─Sharp pain in r. shoulder joint, streaked down arm, then into l. chest, settling above nipple.─Knees painful sitting.─R. leg feels paralysed below knee, numb, could not bear weight on it.

25. Skin.─Itching papillary eruption across chest and back, < by scratching, > by rubbing.

26. Sleep.─Restless fore part of night.

27. Fever.─Chilly, face flushed.─Limbs cold, head and face hot and flushed.