(Peruvian Bark / Cinchona)
Debility from exhausting discharges, from
loss of vital fluids, together with a nervous erethism, calls for
this remedy. Periodicity is most marked. Sensitive to drafts. Seldom
indicated in the earlier stages of acute disease. Chronic gout. Chronic
suppurative pyelitis. Post operative gas pains, no relief from passing
it. | ||
| Mind.
Apathetic, indifferent, disobedient, taciturn, despondent. Ideas crowd in
mind; prevent sleep. Disposition to hurt other people's feelings. Sudden
crying and tossing about. | ||
| Head. As if
skull would burst. Sensation as if brain were balancing to and fro, and
striking against skull, receiving great pain. [Sulph.; Sul-ac.] Intense
throbbing of head and carotids. Spasmodic headache in vertex, with
subsequent pain, as if bruised in sides of head. Face flushed after
hemorrhages, or sexual excesses, or loss of vital fluids. Relieved from
pressure and warm room. Scalp sensitive; worse combing hair. Aches worse in
open air, from temple to temple. Worse by contact, current of air,
stepping. Dizzy when walking. | ||
| Eyes. Blue
color around eyes. Hollow eyes. Yellowish sclerotica. Black specks, bright
dazzling illusions; night blindness in anemic retina. Spots before eyes.
Photophobia. Distortion of eyeballs. Intermittent ciliary neuralgia.
Pressure in eyes. Amaurosis; scalding lachrymation. | ||
| Ears.
Ringing in ears. External ear sensitive to touch. Hearing sensitive
to noise. Lobules red and swollen. | ||
| Nose. Checked
catarrh. Easily bleeding from nose, especially on rising. Coryza, sneezing,
watery discharge. Violent dry sneezing. Cold sweat about
nose. | ||
| Face. Sallow
complexion. Face bloated; red. | ||
| Mouth.
Toothache; better pressing teeth firmly together, and by warmth. Tongue
coated thick, dirty; tip burns, succeeded by ptyalism. Bitter taste. Food
tastes too salty. | ||
| Stomach.
Tender, cold. Vomiting of undigested food. Slow digestion. Weight after
eating. Ill effects of tea. Hungry without appetite. Flat taste. Darting
pain crosswise in hypogastric region. Milk disagrees. Hungry longing for
food, which lies undigested. Flatulence; belching of bitter fluid or
regurgitation of food gives no relief; worse eating fruit.
Hiccough. Bloatedness better by movement. | ||
| Abdomen. Much
flatulent colic; better bending double. Tympanitic abdomen. Pain in
right hypochondrium. Gallstone colic. [Triumfetta
semitriloba.] Liver and spleen swollen and enlarged. Jaundice. Internal
coldness of stomach and abdomen. Gastroduodenal catarrh. | ||
| Stool.
Undigested, frothy, yellow; painless; worse at night, after meals,
during hot weather, from fruit, milk, beer. Very weakening, with
much flatulence. Difficult even when soft. | ||
| Male. Excited
lascivious fancy. Frequent emissions, followed by great weakness.
Orchitis. | ||
| Female. Menses
too early. Dark clots and abdominal distention. Profuse menses with
pain. Desire too strong. Bloody leucorrhea. Seems to take the place of the
usual menstrual discharge. Painful heaviness in pelvis. | ||
| Respiratory.
Influenza, with debility. Cannot breathe with head low. Labored, slow
respiration; constant choking. Suffocative catarrh; rattling in
chest; violent, hacking cough after every meal. Hemorrhage from
lungs. Dyspnea, sharp pain in left lung. Asthma; worse damp
weather. | ||
| Heart.
Irregular with weak rapid beats followed by strong, heart beats.
Suffocative attacks, syncope; anemia and dropsy. | ||
| Back. Sharp
pains across kidneys, worse movement and at night. Knife-like pains around
back. (D. MacFarlan.) | ||
| Extremities.
Pains in limbs and joints, as if sprained; worse, slight
touch; hard pressure relieves. Sensation as of a string around limb.
Joints swollen; very sensitive, with dread or open air. Great debility,
trembling, with numb sensation. Averse to exercise; sensitive to touch.
Weariness of joints; worse, mornings and when sitting. | ||
| Skin.
Extreme sensitiveness to touch, but hard pressure relieves.
Coldness; much sweat. One hand ice cold, the other warm. Anasarca. [Ars.; Apis] Dermatitis;
erysipelas. Indurated glands; scrofulous ulcers and caries. | ||
| Sleep.
Drowsiness. Unrefreshing or constant stupor. Wakens early. Protracted
sleeplessness. Anxious, frightful dreams with confused consciousness on
waking, so that the dream cannot be rid of and fear of dream remains.
Snoring, especially with children. | ||
| Fever.
Intermittent, paroxysms anticipate; return every week. All stages well
marked. Chill generally in forenoon, commencing in breast; thirst before
chill, and little and often. Debilitating night sweats. Free perspiration
caused by every little exertion, especially on single parts. Hay fever,
watery coryza, pain in temples. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, slightest touch. Draft of air; every other day; loss
of vital fluids; at night; after eating; bending over.
Better, bending double; hard pressure; open air; warmth. | ||
| Relationship.
Antidote: Arn.; Ars.; Nux-v.; Ip. Compare: Ars.; Nat-s. Complementary: Ferr.; Calc-p. | ||
| Dose. Tincture,
to thirtieth potency. |