Coccus Cacti

Cochineal

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William Boericke 1922

Canth.; Cact.; Sars.

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Lower triturations.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

The clinical application of the symptoms of this remedy, place it among the medicines for spasmodic and whooping coughs, and catarrhal conditions of the bladder ; spasmodic pains in kidneys, with visceral tenesmus.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Suboccipital soreness : worse after sleep and exertion. Headache, worse from lying on back, better with the head high. Dull pain over right eye in morning.

Heart

William Boericke 1922

Sensation as if everything were pressed toward the

Larynx

William Boericke 1922

Sensation of a cruml) behind larynx, must swallow continually; brushing teeth causes cough. Fauces very sensitive. Suffocative cough ; worse, first waking, with tough, white mucus, which strangles. Spasmodic morning cough. Whooping cough attacks end unth vomiting of this tough mucus. Chronic bronchitis complicated with gravel ; large quantities of albuminous, tenacious mucus, are expectorated. Walking against ' wind takes breath away. [Mux. mosch.]

Mind

William Boericke 1922

Early morning or afternoon sadness.

Modalities

William Boericke 1922

Worse, left side, after sleep, touch, pressure of clothing, brushing teeth, slightest exertion. Better, walking.

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Constant hawking from enlarged uvula ; coryza, with inflamed fauces ; accumulation of thick viscid mucus, which is expectorated with great difficulty. Tickling in

Urinary

William Boericke 1922

Urging to urinate; brick-red sediment. Urinary calculi hcematuria, urates, and uric acid; lancinating pains from kidney to bladder. Deep-colored, thick urine. Dysuria. , — Menses too early, profuse, black and thick ; 4^rk clots, with dysuria. Intermittent menstruation ; coccus CACTI — COCHLEARIA 257 flow only in evening and at night. Large clots escape when passing water. Labia inflamed.

References

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