====== GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Gossypium Herbaceum.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Cotton Plant. {{anchor:s3}}Malvaceae.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}The cotton producing plant of the South; a native of Asia. {{anchor:s5}}The root possesses the medical virtues, and the tincture is prepared from the fresh inner root-bark, chopped and pounded to a pulp.

{{anchor:s6}}Proved by Williamson. {{anchor:s7}}See Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 4, p. 458.

====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s9}}Giddiness of head.</span>

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

{{anchor:s11}}Stinging pain in head, going from forehead to vertex.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s12}}Pain, first burning, then stinging, extending from both temporal bones to middle of frontal bone.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s13}}Drawing pain over eyes, with stinging pain in pupils.</span>\\ {{anchor:s14}}Knocking pain in right parietal bone.

====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======

{{anchor:s16}}Nostrils swollen and inflamed, left agg.

====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======

{{anchor:s18}}Taste of bad eggs, amel. after breakfast.

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s20}}Tonsils swollen, right agg.

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

{{anchor:s22}}Nausea, with accumulation of saliva in mouth.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s23}}Nausea with inclination to vomit in morning before breakfast.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s24}}Morning sickness.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s25}}~</span> <span grade3>Pregnancy.</span>

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

{{anchor:s27}}Rotating sensation in pit of stomach, with uneasiness, anxiety and sighing.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s28}}Anorexia, with uneasy, depressed feeling at scrobiculum cordis, at time of menses.</span>

====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======

{{anchor:s30}}Stitching in right hypochondrium, lasting for a few minutes, and then drawing pain from both hypochondriac regions to pit of stomach.

====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======

{{anchor:s32}}Stinging pain in both ovarian regions, and at the same time drawing towards uterus, lasting about ten minutes at a time.\\ {{anchor:s33}}Soreness between thigh and vulva, with a watery secretion.\\ {{anchor:s34}}Soft tumor between left thigh and vulva, first as large as pea, and increasing to size of pigeon's egg, secreting a watery fluid, with sticking pain as if caused by a needle, agg. at night.\\ {{anchor:s35}}Swelling of outer part of left labium, accompanied by intolerable itching; some swelling in right labium.\\ {{anchor:s36}}Outer skin of both labia studded with innumerable pale, somewhat reddish granules.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s37}}Amenorrhea; dysmenorrhea; menorrhagia.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s38}}Scanty and painful or painless menses.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s39}}Amenorrhea, with anemia, and dyspeptic symptoms.</span>\\ {{anchor:s40}}Menstrual flow lasts about twenty-four hours, and then becomes very sparse and painful.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Menses too watery and nineteen days too late.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s42}}Sterility, from uterine torpor.</span>

====== PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s46}}Morning sickness during early months of pregnancy; sensitiveness over hypogastric region; prostration of nervous system almost to syncope; nausea from least motion in morning soon after waking, with distress in pit of stomach; and immediately on raising head, retching and violent efforts to vomit; at first very little comes up, except wind, with a loud noise; soon after, saliva and some thick fluid is discharged, and, occasionally, after much retching, a little bilious matter, but rarely any ingesta; wind is often discharged from bowels during efforts to vomit.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s47}}Morning vomiting, followed by faintness; she was unable to rise from bed.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s48}}Great distress, weakness and prostration.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s49}}~</span> <span grade3>Morning sickness.</span>\\ {{anchor:s50}}Miscarriage.\\ {{anchor:s51}}In cases of lingering almost painless labors, where the uterine contractions are feeble or entirely inefficient. {{anchor:s52}}The case presents negative rather than positive symptoms.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s53}}Retained placenta.</span>

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s55}}Tearing pains in right arm and hand, and jumping pain from one finger to another.\\ {{anchor:s56}}Pale, red, papular eruption on back of both hands, with intense itching and watery exudation.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Heavy feeling in both hands, amel. when hanging them down, agg. in warmth of bed.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Crawling sensation in all the fingers, as if from worms.

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

{{anchor:s60}}Stinging, drawing, tearing, and burning pain in lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Trembling, twitching, and weary sensation in legs.\\ {{anchor:s62}}Small, round, dark red spots, with pale red spots around patella, on skins and ankles, itching intensely.

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s66}}On raising head: retching and violent efforts to vomit.\\ {{anchor:s67}}Unable to rise from bed: from faintness and nausea.\\ {{anchor:s68}}When hanging hands down: heavy feeling amel.\\ {{anchor:s69}}Motion: nausea from least motion.

====== NERVES. [36] ======

{{anchor:s71}}General lassitude, with pains as if beaten.

====== TIME. [38] ======

{{anchor:s73}}Morning: nausea with inclination to vomit.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Night: sticking pain in tumor agg.

====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======

{{anchor:s76}}Warmth of bed: agg. heavy feeling in hands.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s78}}General external chilliness, with internal heat.

====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======

{{anchor:s80}}The pains are wandering, come and go.\\ {{anchor:s81}}A few minutes: itching in hypochondrium.\\ {{anchor:s82}}About ten minutes at a time: drawing towards uterus.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Twenty-four hours: menstrual flow.\\ {{anchor:s84}}Menses nineteen days too late.\\ {{anchor:s85}}During early months of pregnancy: morning sickness.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s87}}Right: knocking pain in parietal bone; tonsil swollen; itching in hypochondrium; some swelling of labium; tearing pains in arm and hand.\\ {{anchor:s88}}Left: soft tumor between thigh and vulva; swelling of outer part of labium; itching of labium.\\ {{anchor:s89}}Pains are generally from above downward; agg. by motion; amel. by rest.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s91}}As if caused by a needle; pain in soft tumor; crawling sensation in fingers as if from worms; as if beaten.\\ {{anchor:s92}}Painful menses: pains as if beaten.\\ {{anchor:s93}}Tearing pains: in right arm; in hand; in lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s94}}Stinging pain: in head from forehead to vertex; from both temporal bones to middle of frontal bone; in pupils; in both ovarian regions; in lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Sticking pain: in soft tumor between left thigh and vulva.\\ {{anchor:s96}}Burning pain: from both temporal bones to middle of frontal bone; in lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s97}}Jumping pain: from one finger to another.\\ {{anchor:s98}}Knocking pain: in right parietal bone.\\ {{anchor:s99}}Drawing pain: over eyes; from both hypochondria regions to pit of stomach; in lower extremities.\\ {{anchor:s100}}Soreness: between thighs and vulva.\\ {{anchor:s101}}Anxiety: in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s102}}Sensitiveness: over hypogastric region.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Uneasiness: in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s104}}Uneasy, depressed feeling at scrobiculum cordis at time of menses.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Drawing: towards uterus.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Twitching sensation: in legs.\\ {{anchor:s107}}Trembling sensation: in legs.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Rotating sensation: in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Crawling sensation: in all fingers.\\ {{anchor:s110}}Distress: in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Heavy feeling: in both hands.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Weary sensation: in legs.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Weakness.\\ {{anchor:s114}}Itching: in right hypochondrium; in outer part of left labium; intense on backs of both hands; intense on red spots on shins and ankles; of skin all over body.\\ {{anchor:s115}}Itching changes to burning after scratching.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s117}}Sympathetic symptoms of stomach, heart, bowels and nervous system, arising from disturbance of uterine functions, connected with menses or pregnancy.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

{{anchor:s119}}Itching of skin over whole body.\\ {{anchor:s120}}Itching changes to burning after scratching.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s122}}Compare: <span grade2>Act. rac., Apis, Asar., Bellad., Bryon., Lil. tig., Pulsat., Sabina, Secale, Sepia, Ustil.</span>

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 05, 1887 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r550|Gossypium herbaceum]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r550|Gossypium herbaceum]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1887 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}