Solidago.
Solidago virgaurea. Golden-rod. N. O. Compositć (Tribe, Corymbiferć).
Tincture of whole fresh plant. Tincture of flowers. (Infusion of dry leaves and flowers.)Clinical.─
Albuminuria. Calculus. Croup. Deafness.
Dysuria. Eruptions. Gout. Leucorrhśa. Ophthalmia, scrofulous. Phosphaturia. Prostate, enlarged. Rheumatism. Sciatica. Scrofula. Urine,
scanty; suppressed.
Characteristics.─
The common Golden Rod is the
only British species of Solidago. It is common in woods
and heathy thickets. “This herb,” says Rademacher, “is a very old and good
kidney medicine. It is a specific for kidneys, and brings the patients back to the normal
condition.” I quote from a paper by M. Gucken in H. R.,
iv. 205. Gucken confirms Rademacher’s observations and quotes further confirmations and
cures, by Dr. Buck of Würtemburg. According to Buck Solid. v.
is Specially Suited to scrofulous subjects, but not
exclusively to them. The grand keynote of this remedy lies in the
condition and the action of the kidneys and the quality of their secretions.
Diseases arising from or complicated with defective action of the kidneys are very likely to
be benefited by Solid. Pain and tenderness in kidney
region; pains extending from kidneys to abdomen, bladder, and down limbs; urine dark,
red-brown, scanty, thick, voided with difficulty; albuminous, mucous, and phosphatic urine─these
are the leading symptoms. Affections of any other parts or organs complicated with these
symptoms will probably find their remedy in Solid. Buck
mentions scrofulous inflammation of the eyes. I have seen very sharp attack of
conjunctivitis produced in a patient who was taking Solid.
for prostatic troubles. The following are Buck’s cases: (1)
A boy, ćt. 8, had severe membranous diphtheria with scarlet rash, which was removed by Merc. cy. and Bell.; but
fever of typhoid type remained. The urine was albuminous and scanty, pulse weak and
intermittent, feet swollen. Kali ars. 4 was given, but
the symptoms grew worse. A thorough examination of the patient showed great sensitiveness of the kidneys to pressure in spite of the
otherwise apathetic condition. Solid. 3x was given, and
in one day the urine became more profuse with corresponding improvement in the general
condition. The boy peeled and recovered completely. (2)
Clerk, 45, had sleeplessness and pain in the back. He casually mentioned that it took him a
long time to urinate for want of the necessary pressure. This he attributed to gonorrhśa,
which he had had years before. No sleep till 3 a.m., when he got some sleep, which was not
refreshing. On rising, tired, especially upper part of thighs; then would begin the pain in
the back, which extended to the loins and lasted till bedtime. Nux
did not relieve. The urine was found dark, slimy, reddish, slightly acid, not albuminous. Kidneys sensitive to pressure. Solid. 3x, taken steadily for
three months, cured. A year afterwards there was a relapse, but this time it took the form
of sciatica, and Solid. again proved to be the remedy. (3) Mrs. F., 53, wife of a farmer, stout, fresh-looking, had had
her present trouble twenty-six years. After her confinement, which was difficult, and
followed by prolapsus uteri─still existing─her legs
began to swell and an itching rash broke out by degrees. Menstruation had always come on at
the proper time, but suddenly stopped six months before Buck saw her. Since then the itching
had been almost intolerable, the legs more swollen, and always cold. Appetite very poor;
constant bitter taste in mouth, tongue thickly coated; at the same time a rising from the
stomach as if she would suffocate, and at the least exertion she lost her breath. Urinated
very little, and mostly at night. No pains in the back, but the kidneys
were sensitive to pressure. “The appearance of the lower limbs of this
patient,” says Buck, “frightened me. From knee to heel they formed a bluish-red
mass in the shape of a stove-pipe, and were covered with little blotches and crusts.”
The prolonged use of Solid. 3x, though it did not effect
a cure, produced a mitigation of the whole body, so that the lady induced her eldest son to
consult the doctor. (4) This man had also trouble in his
lower limbs not unlike his mother’s. A year before he had had some severe throat trouble,
after which his lower limbs began to swell and itch. They were also tinted blue-red and
covered with vesicles, his urine was scanty, and his kidneys
sensitive to pressure. Solid. 3x cured him in a few months. Gallavardin (Alcoholism., p. 131) tells of a lady who cured her husband, who
had been compelled to use the catheter for more than a year, by administering an infusion of
the dried leaves and flowers of Solid. morning and
evening. He mentions the case of seven patients, of ages varying from 42 to 74, who had been
obliged to catheterise themselves for weeks, months, and years, and who were all cured with Solid. 1x. “Clear, stinking urine” is an indication of
Cooper’s.
Relations.─
Compare:
In prostatic and urinary affections, Sabal., Santal., Hydrang., Triticum. Kidney-ache,
Santal. Gonorrhśa and its effects; sciatica, Medor.
SYMPTOMS.
2. Head.─
Headache.
3. Eyes.─
Scrofulous, herpetic inflammation.─(Given
in a case of prostatic enlargement it caused inflammatory redness of eyeballs.)
4. Ears.─
Sudden deafness, with ringing in ears
and albuminous urine.
5. Nose.─
Nose dry; inner surface covered with
blood-crust; scalding and very scanty brown urine.
8. Mouth.─
Flat ulcers in mouth and throat.─Continuous
bitter taste, disturbing rest, esp. at night.─Tongue heavily coated,
does not become clean till urine becomes normal.
12. Abdomen.─
Chronic catarrh of bowels.─Sensation
of pain in abdomen on both sides of the navel, on deep pressure.─Flatulent
distension.─Severe pricking in both hypochondria to region of kidneys,
reaching to lower limbs, with bitter taste, brown urine, &c.
13. Stool.─
Diarrhśa with scanty dark urine.─Dysentery.─Costiveness.
14. Urinary Organs.─
“A very old and good
kidney medicine” (Rademacher).─Pains in kidneys.─Region
of kidneys painful on pressure.─Pains in kidneys which extend forward to
abdomen and bladder.─Dysuria; scanty and difficult.─Urine:
dark, red-brown, with thick sediment; dark with sediment of phosphates; slightly sour,
neutral, or alkaline; with numerous epithelial cells or small mucous particles; epithelial
cells with gravel of triple phosphates or phosphate of lime.─Bright’s
disease.─Clear, stinking urine.
15. Male Sexual Organs.─
(Enlarged prostate;
obstructing flow of urine.)
16. Female Sexual Organs.─
Hćmorrhage.─Chronic
leucorrhśa in connection with copious watery urine and sediments of mucous particles and
uriniferous tubules; epithelium.
17. Respiratory Organs.─
Heavy expectoration on
coughing.─Croup, with little blotches on hands and diminished urine.─Chronic
catarrh of lungs.─Continuous dyspnśa.─Periodical
asthma with nightly dysuria.
18. Chest.─
Rheumatism of intercostal muscles.
20. Back.─
Chronic pains in loins.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Limping, dragging gait.─Rheumatic
pains in legs.─Pains in thigh.─The legs can be moved
horizontally, but when moved perpendicularly they feel lame.
25. Skin.─
Scrofulous rash.─Little
blotches on hands and feet, itching very much.─Very obstinate itching
exanthemas.─Exanthema of lower limbs without swelling of inguinal
glands, but with disturbance in urinating (catarrh of kidneys).
26. Sleep.─
Insomnia.
27. Fever.─
Rheumatic fever.─Very
frequent pulse.─High fever.® 2000
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