Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Ipomoea bona-nox. Morning Glory. N. O. Convolvulaceae. Tincture of Flowers.

Clinical.─Eye, inflammation of. Headache. Rheumatism. Vertigo.

Characteristics.─Convol. d. was proved under Mure, and some symptoms that are peculiar have been recorded: Reveries in daytime. Numbness in limbs. Dreams of dead persons. Symptoms are < in morning and > after cold bath.

SYMPTOMS.

1. Mind.─Moral weakness.─Reveries in the daytime.

2. Head.─Vertigo with faintness.─Burning in frontal region, ceasing after a cold bath.─Pain in frontal region with heat at root of nose.─Pain in l. temple (corresponding to inflamed l. eye).

3. Eyes.─Inflammation of l. eye.

8. Mouth.─Toothache.─Swelling of gums.─Tongue feels swollen.

9. Throat.─Heat and dryness at anterior and upper part of oesophagus.

12. Abdomen.─Pain in abdomen with internal heat.─Violent colic with drawings.

13. Stool.─Constipation.

14. Urinary Organs.─Red urine.─Yellow sediment in urine.

22. Upper Limbs.─Numbness of arms,< when hanging down.─Pains in l. shoulder; in l. wrist.─Numbness of r. index and middle fingers.

23. Lower Limbs.─Lancinating pain in r. knee.─Pain fore part of l. leg for four days.─Deep-seated pain in calves.

26. Sleep.─Drowsiness in daytime.─Dreams: about quarrelling; about dead persons; falling out of his front teeth; of flying along a lighted street; appearance of a ghost; wakes with a start.