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
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Sensation as if everything were pressed toward the
Larynx
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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
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Early morning or afternoon sadness.
Modalities
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Worse, left side, after sleep, touch, pressure of clothing, brushing teeth, slightest exertion. Better, walking.
Respiratory
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Constant hawking from enlarged uvula ; coryza, with inflamed fauces ; accumulation of thick viscid mucus, which is expectorated with great difficulty. Tickling in
Urinary
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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
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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