COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA
Horse-radish
(ARMORACIA SATIVA)Frontal bone and sinus, antrum and salivary glands are specifically
affected by this drug. Bloated sensation. Raises vital forces. Used as a gargle in scorbutic
gums and sore throat. Hoarseness and in relaxed conditions of the fauces. Internally in
gonorrhœa. Useful as a condiment in enfeebled states of the stomach. An infusion of the
root in cider, for dropsy, causes copious diuresis. Locally cures dandruff.
Head.–
Thinking is difficult. Anxiety, driven to despair by
pain. Pressing, boring pain as if frontal bone would fall out. Violent headache with
vomiting. Impaired hearing.
Eyes.–
Sore and scrofulous;
traumatic inflammation of eyes, blearedness and cataract. Copious running from eyes.
Stomach.–
Pain towards back; worse, pressure on dorsal vertebræ.
Belching and cramps. Colic with backache. Violent cramp from
stomach through both sides around to back. Griping around navel.
Back.–
Pain in back as from incarcerated flatulence from abdomen through to back and down into sacrum.
Respiratory.–
Dry, hacking, laryngeal cough, also
post-influenzal cough, dry or loose, worse lying down. Chest painful to touch. Coryza, with
hoarseness. Mucous asthma. Œdema of lungs. Throat feels rough and hoarse.
Urinary.–
Burning and cutting at glans penis before, during,
and after urination. Frequent urination.
Modalities.–
Worse evening
and at night.
Relationship.–
Compare: Cannab;
Sinapis; Caps.
Dose.–
First to third attenuation.
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