Podophyllum

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Abdomen

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Distended ; heat and emptiness. Sensation of weakness or sinking. Can lie comfortably only on

William Boericke 1922

Griping pain, with great rumbling, nausea, and liquid faeces. Flatulent colic.

Compare

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Carduus mar. (ulcers); Hamam.; Puls.; Senccio; Polygonum persicaria (renal colic and calculi ; gangrene) ; Polygonum aviculare — knot-grass — (in material doses of tincture, found useful in phthisis pulmonalis and intermittent fever, and especially in arteriosclerosis. Erythema).

William Boericke 1922

Aloe; Chelid.; Mere.: Nux; Sulph.

Dose

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Tincture to sixth potency. The 200th and 1000th seem to do good work in cholera infantum, when indicated. POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM (hydropiper) (Smartweed) Amenorrhoea in young girls. Rectal pockets. Burning in stomach followed by feeling of coldness in the pit of the

Extremities

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Pain between shoulders, under right scapula, in loins and lumbar region. Pain in right inguinal region ; shoots down inner thigh to knee. Paralytic weakness on left side.

Female

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Pain in uterus and right ovary, with shifting gases along ascending colon. Suppressed menses, 606 PODOPHYLLUM — POLYGONUM PUNCTATUM with pelvic tenesmus. Prolapsed uteri, especially after parturition. Haemorrhoids, with prolapsus ani during pregnancy. Prolapsus from overlifting or straining; during pregnancy. Frequent urination at night.

Fever

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Chill at 7 a. m., with pain in hypochondria, and knees, ankles, wrists. Great loquacity during

Guiding symptoms

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engorgement with a tendency to haemorrhoids, hypogastric pain, fullness of superficial veins, jaundice.

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Is especially adapted to pci sons of bilious temperament. It affects chiefly the duodenum, small intestines, liver, and

Head

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Vertigo, with tendency to fall forward. Headache, dull pressure, worse morning, with heated face and bitter taste; alternating ivith diarrhoea. Roll’ ing of head from side to side, with moaning and vomiting and eyelids half closed. Child perspires on head during

Mind

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Loquacity and delirium from eating acid fruits. Depression of spirits.

Modalities

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Worse, in early morning, in hot weather, during dentition.

Mouth

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Grinding the teeth at night; intense desire to press the gums together. [Fhytol.] Difficult denw tition. Tongue broad, large, moist. Foul, putrid taste. Burning sensation of

Rectum

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Many troubles during pregnancy; p^hlous abdomen after confinement; prolapsus uteri; p4it^less cholera morbus. Torpidity of the

William Boericke 1922

Cholera infantum and morbus. Diarrhoea of long standing; early in morning; during teeth’ ing, with hoi, glowing cheeks while being bathed or washed; in hot weather after acid fruits. Morning, painless diarrhoea when not due to venous stasis or intestinal ulceration. Green, watery, fetid, profuse, gushing. Prolapse of rectum before or with stool. Constipation; clay-colored, hard, dry, difficult. Constipation alternating with diarrhoea [Ant. crud.] Internal and external piles.

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Interior of anus studded with itching eminence. Heemorrhoids. Liquid faeces. ItvUrinary. — Painful constriction at neck of bladder, a long time. — Aching pains in hips and loins. Sensation POLYGONUM PUNC. — POLYPORUS PIN. — POP. CAN. 607 as if hips iverc being drawn together. Sensation of weight and tension within pelvis. Shooting pains through breasts. Amenorrha:a.

Skin

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Superficial ulcers and sores on lower extremities, especially in females at climacteric.

Stomach

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Liver region painful, better rubbing part. Rumbling and shifting of flatus in ascending colon.

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Hot, sour belching; nausea and vomiting. Thirst for large quantities of cold water. [Bry.] Vomiting of hot, frothy mucus. Heartburn ; gagging or empty retching. Vomiting of milk.

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Alternate chills and heat. Varicosis.

References

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