====== CHENOPODIUM VULVARIA ======
{{anchor:s1}}Chenopodium Vulvaria.
{{anchor:s2}}Stinkender Gnsefuss. {{anchor:s3}}Chenopodiaceae.
{{anchor:s4}}"This plant has an odor of decaying fish, and contains a large amount of Trimethylamine (Propylamine).{{anchor:s5}}" --Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 3, p. 180.
{{anchor:s6}}Recommended: by Cullen; by Jahn (decoction) in uterine complaints; by Houlton (extract), in 1829, for disturbances of uterine life, insufficient menses, hysteria, etc.; by Helbig (the tincture), in nocturnal enuresis.
{{anchor:s7}}Provings, in 1846, with 10 drops of the tincture, by C. Hering on himself and son Max, ten years old, also clinical verifications.
{{anchor:s8}}Proving by E. W. Berridge, on Mr. J. R. Croker, Malvern, Worcestershire, with 30 to 40 grains a day of the extract from the entire plant, excepting the root, for three weeks. {{anchor:s9}}--Mon. Hom. Review, vol. 15, p. 297.
====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======
{{anchor:s11}}Feeling of dullness, commencing in both sides of head behind ears, going upward.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Dullness more in back part of head, upper part of occiput, particularly behind both ears.\\ {{anchor:s13}}The dullness or fullness in head returns in waves, and is worse in back part of head.
====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======
{{anchor:s15}}Tenderness in left parietal region.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Pressure, first on left parietal region, posterior portion, then on vertex.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Pain in left parietal region.\\ {{anchor:s18}}In occiput sense of dullness coming in waves.
====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======
{{anchor:s20}}Dull feeling in ears and region of ears; sensation in right ear as if muffled by an obstruction within.
====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======
{{anchor:s22}}Peculiar sensation in tongue as if enveloped by saliva.
====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======
{{anchor:s24}}Saliva feels cold, particularly in left side of mouth.\\ {{anchor:s25}}Constant cold saliva.
====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======
{{anchor:s28}}Unusual thirst.
====== EATING AND DRINKING. [15] ======
{{anchor:s30}}Dullness and yawning, amel. after eating.\\ {{anchor:s31}}Better after drinking wine.
====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======
{{anchor:s33}}Sensation of fullness in stomach and scrobiculum.\\ {{anchor:s34}}Acidity with pain in stomach and epigastrium, extending to left side into chest, while in school.
====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======
{{anchor:s36}}Stitches in upper part of region of spleen while walking.
====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======
{{anchor:s38}}Cooling sensation, which is felt first in mouth, later in hypochondriac region, and finally in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s39}}Twitching in left abdomen, extending towards groins, followed by pain in left forearm.
====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======
{{anchor:s41}}Increased action of bowels, not amounting to actual diarrhea, sometimes attended with griping.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Urging to stool: stool softer than usual.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Constipation improved.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Often constipation, bowels not acting for three or four days, and then with difficulty; constipation was accompanied by external piles.
====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======
{{anchor:s46}}Increased secretion of urine of offensive odor.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Urging to urinate.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Nocturnal enuresis improved the first night.
====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======
{{anchor:s50}}Increased sexual desire, followed by diminished desire and erectile power, though secreting power of testicles was not diminished.
====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======
{{anchor:s52}}(OBS:) Amenorrhea.
====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======
{{anchor:s54}}Fullness in chest in region of last ribs.\\ {{anchor:s55}}Feeling in lower lobe of right lung, as if some fluid wanted to discharge itself into region of duodenum.
====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======
{{anchor:s57}}Very severe stitching-pressing in right side of back, amel. on bending backward.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Sensitive spot in back, in region of left hypochondrium, soon after having eructated.\\ {{anchor:s59}}Pain directly over spinous process of left scapula, as if pressed by two or three fingers, well marked but transient.\\ {{anchor:s60}}Pain in middle of back, on right side of spinal column, increasing gradually to a pressing, wedge-like pain, beneath right scapula, agg. when sitting.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Painful feeling of weariness and weakness in lumbar and lower dorsal region.
====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======
{{anchor:s63}}Weakness in hands and arms.\\ {{anchor:s64}}Twitching of left forearm while sitting still.\\ {{anchor:s65}}Jerking pain through left forearm like electric shocks, but without muscular contraction, shoots from the forearm to the fingers.\\ {{anchor:s66}}Pain on inner side of left forearm, deep in.\\ {{anchor:s67}}Pain in middle of left radius, particularly severe in small spot.\\ {{anchor:s68}}Stitch in second joint of right index finger.
====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======
{{anchor:s70}}Pricking here and there in legs, and also in other places, compelling him to move.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Pricking and restless feeling in legs in evening; also pricking in other parts of body, causing him to jump; this is accompanied by feeling of fullness, which makes him feel uneasy and restless.\\ {{anchor:s72}}Pain in anterior inner side of left thigh.\\ {{anchor:s73}}Stitching pain through right knee while walking.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Pain in right ankle; severe stitch from within outward.
====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======
{{anchor:s78}}When sitting: pain in back agg.; twitching of left forearm.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Bending back: amel. stitching-pressing in right side of back.\\ {{anchor:s80}}While walking: stitches in spleen; stitches through right knee.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Compelled to move: by pricking in legs and other places.
====== NERVES. [36] ======
{{anchor:s83}}Lassitude and heaviness through body.\\ {{anchor:s84}}Sensation of heaviness in whole body, which goes through all the limbs, causing a feeling of dullness and languor.
====== SLEEP. [37] ======
{{anchor:s86}}Yawning.\\ {{anchor:s87}}Frequent yawning preceding lassitude and heaviness.\\ {{anchor:s88}}Somnolence with weakness and lassitude in entire body.\\ {{anchor:s89}}Somnolence with deep inspirations and yawning.
====== TIME. [38] ======
{{anchor:s91}}In evening: pricking and restless feeling in legs.
====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======
{{anchor:s93}}In waves: dullness or fullness in head; dullness in occiput.
====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======
{{anchor:s95}}Left: tenderness in parietal region; pain and pressure in parietal region; saliva feels cold in mouth; pain in stomach and epigastrium extend into chest; twitching in abdomen; pain in forearm; sensitive spot in back, region of hypochondrium; pain over spinous process of scapula; twitching of forearm; jerking pain through forearm like electric shocks; pain on inner side of forearm; pain in middle of radius; pain in anterior side of thigh.\\ {{anchor:s96}}Right: muffled sensation in ear; as if fluid wanted to discharge from lower lobe of lung into duodenum; stitching-pressing in back, on side of spinal column, in middle of back; stitch in second joint of index finger; stitching through knee; stitch in ankle.\\ {{anchor:s97}}Both sides: dullness behind ears.\\ {{anchor:s98}}Going upward: dullness behind ears.\\ {{anchor:s99}}Within outward: stitch in right ankle.
====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======
{{anchor:s101}}Sensation in tongue as if enveloped by saliva.\\ {{anchor:s102}}As if fluid wanted to discharge into duodenum from lower lobe of right lung; spinous process of left scapula as if pressed by two or three fingers.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Pain: in left parietal region; in stomach and epigastrium, extending to left side of chest; in left forearm; over spinous process of left scapula; in middle of back to right of spine; inner side of left forearm; in middle of left radius; in anterior side of left thigh; in right ankle.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Stitch: in spleen; in second joint of right index finger; through right knee; from within outward in right ankle.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Stitching pressing: in right side of back.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Shooting: from forearm to fingers.\\ {{anchor:s107}}Pricking: here and there in legs; in various parts.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Jerking pain: through left forearm like electric shocks.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Twitching: in left abdomen to groins; of left forearm.\\ {{anchor:s110}}Griping: in bowels.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Wedge-like pain: beneath right scapula.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Pressure: left parietal region; on vertex; as from two or three fingers over spinous process of left scapula.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Tenderness: in left parietal region.\\ {{anchor:s114}}Sensitive spot: in back, region of left hypochondrium.\\ {{anchor:s115}}Fullness: in stomach and scrobiculum; in chest, region of last ribs; in legs.\\ {{anchor:s116}}Muffled sensation: in right ear.\\ {{anchor:s117}}Painful weariness: in lumbar and lower dorsal region.\\ {{anchor:s118}}Heaviness: through body.\\ {{anchor:s119}}Cooling sensation: in mouth; in hypochondriac region; in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s120}}Coldness: of saliva.\\ {{anchor:s121}}Dullness: in both sides of head, behind ears; in upper part of occiput; in region of ears.
====== RELATIONS. [48] ======
{{anchor:s123}}"Exhales pure ammonia during its whole existence."\\ {{anchor:s124}}Compare: Amm. carb.
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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 04, 1884 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r922|Chenopodium Vulvaria]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r922|Chenopodium Vulvaria]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1884 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}