Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Sweet Water Lily. N. O. Nymphaeaceae. Tincture of the root.

Clinical.─Back, pain in. Coryza. Diarrhoea. Throat, sore.

Characteristics.─Hale mentions this emblem of purity and its traditional reputation as a dissipator of venereal desires. There has been only one proving (by Dr. Cowles), and no definite clinical experience. Like Nuphar, it has early morning looseness of bowels.

SYMPTOMS.

2. Head.─Head feels very heavy.

5. Nose.─Severe coryza.

9. Throat.─Throat sore as from a cold, frequent desire to swallow with painful deglutition.─Tingling; roughness in throat.

12. Abdomen.─Pain in hypogastrium and back, and a stool 7 a.m.

13. Stool and Anus.─Stools in early morning, 7 a.m.; also 11 a.m.─Thin stool with a little pain and smarting at anus, 1.30 p.m.─Pain in bowels for a few moments at a time, sharp, and passage of foul flatus.─Looseness of bowels with pain.

14. Urinary Organs.─Increased flow of urine.─Some urine passed involuntarily.─Sensation as if urine was not all passed, with feeling of weakness in lumbar region.

15. Male Sexual Organs.─Slight increase of sexual feeling.─Slight excitement.

16. Female Sexual Organs.─(Used as an injection to stop leucorrhoea.)

17. Respiratory Organs.─Some cough in morning.

20. Back.─Pain in back.─Feeling of weakness in lumbar region; with sensation as if urine was not all passed.

23. Lower Limbs.─Weakness and pain in bones and lower limbs.

24. Generalities.─Dull, weak, and unfit for work.

26. Sleep.─Lascivious dreams.

27. Fever.─Chilly feeling.