CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICA
Fringe-tree
(CHIONANTHUS)This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic,
periodical sick, menstrual and bilious. Taken for
several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit. The pain in the
forehead, chiefly over eyes. Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of nose. Hepatic
derangements. Jaundice. Enlarged spleen (Ceanoth). Jaundice with arrest of menses. A prominent liver
remedy. Gallstones (Berberis;
Cholest; Calc). Diabetes mellitus.
Paroxysmal, abdominal pain.
Head.–
Listless, apathetic. Dull frontal headache, over root
of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar. Yellow
conjunctiva.
Tongue.–
Broad with thick yellow fur.
Mouth.–
Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse
saliva.
Abdomen and Liver.–
Aching in umbilical region, griping. Feels
as if a string were tied in a “slip-knot” around intestines which was suddenly
drawn tight and then gradually loosened. Sore; enlarged, with
jaundice and constipation. Clay-colored stool, also soft, yellow and pasty.
Tongue heavily coated. No appetite. Bilious colic. Hepatic region tender. Pancreatic disease
and other glandular disorders.
Urine.–
Large amount of high specific gravity; frequent
urination; bile and sugar in urine. Urine very dark.
Skin.–
Yellow; marked moisture of skin. Sallow, greenish,
itching.
Relationship.–
Compare: Cinchona;
Ceanoth; Chelidon; Carduus; Podophyl; Lept.
Dose.–
Tincture and first attenuation.
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