Cactus Grandiflorus

William Boericke 1922

Stool. — Hard, black stools. Diarrhoea in morning. Haemorrhoids swollen and painful. Sensation of great weight in anus. Haemorrhage from bowels in malarial fevers and with heart symptoms. Urine. — Constriction of neck of bladder, causing retention of urine. Haemorrhage from bladder. Clots of blood in urethra. Constant urination.

William Boericke 1922

Favors formation of clots speedily.

William Boericke 1922

Constriction in chest, as if bound, hindering respiration. Inflammation of diaphragm. Heart-constriction, as from an iron band. Angina pectoris. Palpitation ; pain shooting down left arm. Hiemoptysis, with convulsive, spasmodic cough. Diaphragmitis, with great difficulty of breathing.

William Boericke 1922

Oppressed breathing as from a weight on

William Boericke 1922

Digital; S pig el; Convallar.; Kalmia; Naja; Magnol

William Boericke 1922

Tincture, to third attenuation. Higher in nervous palpitation. 160

William Boericke 1922

Dim sight. Rightsided prosopalgia, constricting pains, returns at same hour daily. [Cedron.]

William Boericke 1922

(Edema of hands and feet. Hands soft; feet enlarged. Numbness of left arm. Icy-cold hands. Restless legs.

William Boericke 1922

Constriction in uterine region and ovaries. Dysmenorrhra : pulsating < pain in uterus and ovaries. Vaginismus. Menses early, dark, pitch-like. [Cocc.; Mag. c.] ; cease on lying down, with heart symptoms.

William Boericke 1922

Fever every day at same hour. Coldness in back and icy-cold hands. Intermittent; paroxysms about midday (11 a. M.) incomplete in their stages, accompanied by haemorrhages. Coldness predominates; cold sweat, with great anguish.

William Boericke 1922

and melancholv. Ilccmorrhagc, constrictions, periodicity, and spasmodic pains. Whole body feels as if caged, each wire being twisted tighter. Atheromatous arteries and weak

William Boericke 1922

Headache if obliged to pass dinner hour. \Ars.; Lack.; Lyc.] Sensation as of a weight on vertc.v. Right-sided pulsating pain. Congestive headaches, periodical, threatening apoplexy. Blood-vessels to the head distended. Feels as if head were compressed in a vise. Pulsation in

William Boericke 1922

Endocarditis with mitral insufficiency together with violent and rapid action. Acts best in the incipiency of cardiac incompetence. Heart weakness of arteriosclerosis. Violent palpitation ; ijuorse lying on left side, at approach of menses. Angina pectoris,- with suffocation, cold sweat, and ever-present iron-band feeling. Pain in apex, shooting down left arm. Palpitation, with vertigo, dyspnoea, flatulence. Constriction; very acute pains and stitches in

William Boericke 1922

pulse feeble, irregular. Endocardial murmurs, excessive impulse, increased praecordial dullness, enlarged ventricle.

William Boericke 1922

Congestions; irregular distribution of

William Boericke 1922

Melancholy, taciturn, sad, ill-humored. Fear of death. Screams with pain.

William Boericke 1922

Worse, lying on left side ; walking, going upstairs, 11 a. m. and 11 p. m. Better, open air.

William Boericke 1922

Fluent coryza.

William Boericke 1922

Profuse bleeding from

William Boericke 1922

Antidotes: Aeon.; Camph.; China.

William Boericke 1922

Sleepless on account of pulsation in different parts of body. Frightful dreams.

William Boericke 1922

Constriction, pulsation, or heaviness in

William Boericke 1922

Vomiting of

William Boericke 1922

Acts on circular muscular fibers, hence constrictions. It is the heart and arteries especially that at once respond to the influence of Cactus, producing very characteristic constrictions, as of an iron band. This sensation is found in various places, oesophagus, bladder, etc. The mental symptoms produced correspond to those found when there are heart affections, sadness, 158

William Boericke 1922

Constriction of oesophagus. Dryness of tongue, as if burnt; needs much liquid to get food down. Suffocative constriction at throat, with full, throbbing carotids in angina pectoris.