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COCHLEARIA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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COCHLEARIA.

Cochlearia armoracia, Linn. Nat. order,
Cruciferæ; Common names, Horseradish; (G.), Meerrettig;
(Fr.), Raifort.


Preparation

, Tincture of the root.

Authorities.

1, Archive f.
Hom., 17, 3, 176; 2, Dr. Cate, proving, N. Am. J. of
Hom., 1, 336.

MIND.

► Is extremely
irresolute, [1]. ►
(Thinking is difficult in the evening, without confusion of the head) (after three hours), [1].

HEAD.

► Dulness of the
head, is unable to collect his thoughts with rapidity, [1].
► Headache in a small spot, now here, now there, a
pressure deep in the brain, not aggravated by motion, but worse on widely opening the eyes, [1]. ► Pressive boring
headache, as if the frontal bone would fall out, [1].

EYES.

► Eyes swollen, [1]. ► Obscuration of
vision for a few minutes (after half an hour), [1].

MOUTH.

► Dull sensation in
the teeth, as if they were soft, and became bent on chewing, [1].

THROAT.

► Scraping in the
throat, with nausea, [1].

STOMACH.

[10.] ► Retching and vomiting of bilious fluid, [1]. ► Crampy, tensive pain above
the epigastrium, apparently in the diaphragm, relieved by bending forward, [2].

ABDOMEN.

► Griping pain
around umbilicus, [2].

ANUS.

► Involuntary passage
of mucus from anus, [2].

STOOL.

► Stools increased
in frequency, [2].

URINARY ORGANS.

► *Burning and
cutting at the glans during micturition; felt also before and after
, [2]. ► *Increased inclination
to urinate; urination eight or ten times daily instead of four
, [2]. ► Increased secretion of
urine, [2]. ► Urine
pale and limpid, [2].

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

►
Pain in all the joints, while lying still towards morning, worse when lying on the side; it
disappeared on moving about and on rising, [1].

CONDITIONS.

► Aggravation.
► (Night), Towards
morning, pain in joints. ► (Lying
on side
), Pain in joints. ► (Opening eyes widely), Headache. ►
Amelioration.
► (Bending
forwards
), Pain above epigastrium. ► (Moving about), Pain in joints. ►
(Rising from bed), Pain in joints.

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