CLEMATIS ERECTA

  
CLEMATIS ERECTA
Virgin’s Bower

Scrofulous, rheumatic, gonorrhśal, and syphilitic patients. Acts
especially on skin, glands and genito-urinary organs,
especially testicles. A remedy of much importance in disturbances of sleep, and neuralgic pains in various parts. Many of these pains are relieved by
perspiration. Muscles relaxed or twitching. Great emaciation. Great
sleepiness. Distant pulsation in whole body.

Head.–

Boring pain in temples. Confused
feeling; better in open air. Eruption on occiput at base of hair, moist, pustular
sensitive, itching.

Eyes.–

Heat in eyes and sensitive to
air; must close them. Chronic blepharitis, with sore and swollen meibomain
glands. Iritis, great sensitiveness to cold. Flickering
before eyes. Pustular conjunctivitis, with tinea capitis; eyes inflamed and protruding.

Face.–

White blisters on face and nose, as if burned by sun.
Swelling of submaxillary glands, with hard tubercles, throbbing, aggravated on being
touched. Pain in right side of face to eye, ear and temple; better, holding cold water in
mouth.

Teeth.–

Ache; worse, at night and
from tobacco. Teeth feel too long.

Stomach.–

After eating, weakness in all limbs and pulsation in
arteries.

Male.–

Ilio-scrotal neuralgia. Testicles
indurated with bruised feeling. Swelling of scrotum (Orchitis).
Right half only. Troubles from suppressed gonorrhśa. Violent erections with stitches in
urethra. Testicles hang heavy or retracted, with pain along spermatic cord; worse, right
side.

Urinary.–

Tingling in urethra lasting some time after
urinating. Frequent, scanty urination; burning at orifice. Interrupted
flow. Urethra feels constricted. Urine emitted drop by drop. Inability to pass
all the urine; dribbling after urinating. Pain worse at night, pain along the spermatic
cord. Commencing stricture.

Skin.–

Red, burning, vesicular, scaly, scabby. Itches
terribly; worse, washing in cold water; worse face and hands and scalp
around occiput. Glands hot, painful, swollen;
worse inguinal glands. Glandular indurations and tumors of breast. Varicose ulcers.

Modalities.–

Better, in
open air. Worse, at night, and warmth of bed (washing in
cold water); new moon–(monthly aggravation).

Relationship.–

Compare: Clematis
vitalba (varicose and other ulcers); Sil; Staph; Petrol;
Oleand; Sarsap; Canth; Phos ac; Pulsat.

Antidotes: Bryon; Camph.

Dose.–

Third to thirtieth potency.