Cina
Worm-seed
Abdomen
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Stool. — White mucus, like small pieces of popped corn, preceded by pinching colic. Itching of anus. [Teuc.] Worms. [Sabad.; Naphth.; Nat. phos.] Urinf . — Turbid, white ; turns milky on standing. Involuntary at night.
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Tivisting pain about navel. [Spig.] Bloated and hard
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Relieved by stooping. [Meser.] Pain in head when using
Extremities
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Twitching and jerking distortion of limbs, trembling. Paralyzed shocks; patient will jump suddenly, as though in pain. Child throws arms from side to side. Nortnrnal convulsions. Sudden inward 240
Eyes
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Cold perspiration. White and bluish about the
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Dilated pupils; yellow vision. Weak sight from masturbation. Strabismus from abdominal irritation. Eyestrain, especially when presbyopia sets in. PiiUsatfon of superciliary muscle. BiitB. — Digging and scratching in
Face
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Intense, circumscribed redness of cheeks. Pale, hot, with dark rings around
Female
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Uterine haemorrhage before puberty.
Guiding symptoms
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This is a children’s remedy, corresponding to many conditions that may be referred to intestinal irritation, such as worms and accompanying complaints. An irrila bility of temper, variable appetite, grinding of teeth, and even convulsions, with screams and violent jerkings of the hands and feet, are all within its range of action. The Cina patient is hungry, cross, ugly, and wants to be rocked. Pain in shocks. Skin sensitive to touch.
Head
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Headache, alternating with pain in
Mind
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Ill-humor. Child very cross; does not want to be touched, or crossed, or carried. Desires many things, but rejects everything offered. Abnormal consciousness, as if having committed some evil deed.
Mouth
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Grits teeth during
Nose
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Itching of nose all the time. Wants to rub it and pick at it. Bores at nose till it bleeds.
Respiratory
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Gagging cough in the morning. Whooping-cough. Violent recurring paroxysms, as of down in
Sleep
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Choreic movements of face and hands.
Stomach
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Gets hungry soon after a meal. Hungry, digging, gnawing sensation. Epigastric pain ; worse, first waking in morning and before meals. Vomiting and diarrhopa immediately after eating or drinking. Vomiting with a clean
Throat
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Cough ends in a spasm. Cough so violent as to bring tear's and sternal pains; feels as if something had been torn off. Periodic ; returning spring and fall. Swallows after coughing. Gurgling from throat to stomach after coughing. Child is afraid to speak or move for fear of bringing on paroxysm of coughing. After coughing, moaning, anxious, gasps for air and turns pale.
Tongue
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Desires many and different things. Craving for sweets.
References
This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:
- James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
- Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
- Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain
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Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.