====== HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Hydrocotyle Asiatica.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Indian Pennywort. {{anchor:s3}}Umbelliferae.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}A small plant long known as an Indian remedy, growing in India and Southern Africa. {{anchor:s5}}First employed by Boileau in the treatment of leprosy.

{{anchor:s6}}Experiments by Andouit; see Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 4, p. 625.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s8}}- <span grade2>Lupus exedens of nose</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 585; <span grade2>Lupus, tuberculous, erythematic</span>, Martin, Hom. Rec., vol. 2, p. 177; <span grade2>Ulceration cervix uteri</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 588; <span grade2>Pruritus vaginae</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 588; <span grade2>Eczema</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, pp. 586-87; <span grade2>Lepra tuberculosa</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 584; <span grade2>Gangrene after operation</span>, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 589; <span grade2>Lepra</span>, Boilieu, Sinnasamy, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 462; <span grade2>Syphilitic lesions</span>, Martin, Hom. Rec., vol. 2, p. 177.

====== MIND. [1] ======

{{anchor:s10}}Gayety or gloomy thoughts.

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s12}}Vertigo.</span>

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

{{anchor:s14}}Intense pain with some tumefaction in posterior portion of skull; occiput acutely sensitive, especially to touch.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Tinea favosa; painful constriction of posterior and superior integuments of skull; general lassitude and prostration.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s17}}Tumors of lid, especially in epithelioma.</span>

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s19}}Copper colored eruption on face; large tubercle on right alae nasi, as large as sixpence, and covered with a thick crust, under which yellowish matter mixed with blood; edges of ulcer irregular and livid; five other tubercles, as large as lentils, near root of nose at both sides, and painless.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s20}}~</span> <span grade3>Lupus exedens.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s21}}Papular eruption on face.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s22}}Neuralgic affections of supra and infraorbital nerves.</span>

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

<span grade2>{{anchor:s24}}Stomatitis aphthosa.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s25}}Syphilitic patches in mouth.</span>

====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s28}}Loathing of food.</span>

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s30}}Cirrhosis of liver; hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue; obstruction in whole hepatic region; slight pain in upper portion of liver; crampy pains in stomach, without nausea.</span>

====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s32}}Flatulent colic.</span>

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s34}}Constipation.</span>

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s36}}Acute and secondary gonorrhea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s37}}Gonorrhea, which had been suppressed for fifteen years.</span>

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

{{anchor:s39}}Dull pain in region of ovary.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Pains in uterus, especially of left side.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Violent pains in uterus and neighborhood, like labor pains.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s42}}Uterus feels heavy.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s43}}Redness of os uteri and cervix.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s44}}Partly fungous, partly granular ulcer on upper lip of neck of uterus, with profuse leucorrhea.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s45}}Granular ulceration of entire neck of uterus, which is very red; prolapsus of uterus; profuse leucorrhea.</span>\\ {{anchor:s46}}Menses too early.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s47}}Deep seated heat in vagina; shooting and itching in orifice.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s48}}Insupportable itching of vagina.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s49}}Heat and redness of vagina and vulva.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s50}}Profuse leucorrhea.</span>

====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s52}}Alleviated the sufferings in stenosis of aorta.</span>

====== OUTER CHEST. [30] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s54}}Two small pustules on chest.</span>

====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s56}}Swelling of lymphatic vessels of neck.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s57}}On lower third of inner surface of left loin a large oval patch, about four and three-fourths inches in length, covered with a powder resembling pulverized chalk; the edges of a yellowish color; small eruption having the appearance of millet.</span>

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s59}}Yellowish spots on legs.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s60}}Insupportable itching of soles of feet.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s61}}Back of right foot, over a space of two inches in diameter, was covered with small indurations, having a large thick crust, some grayish-white, others light yellow, the whole resting on a purple base.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s62}}~</span> <span grade3>Tuberculous, erythematic lupus.</span>

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s64}}General weariness.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s65}}Depression, heaviness and dull feeling.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s66}}Bruised feeling in all the muscles.</span>\\ {{anchor:s67}}Hyperemia of nervous centres.\\ {{anchor:s68}}Acts especially upon nervus trigeminus.

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

{{anchor:s70}}Right: large tubercle on alae nasi; back of foot covered with small indurations.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Left: pains in side of uterus.

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

{{anchor:s73}}Pains: in uterus.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Intense pain: in posterior portion of skull.\\ {{anchor:s75}}Violent pains: in uterus and neighborhood.\\ {{anchor:s76}}Shooting: in orifice of vagina.\\ {{anchor:s77}}Crampy pains: in stomach.\\ {{anchor:s78}}Neuralgic affections: of supra and infraorbital nerves.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Gout: with very severe paroxysms.\\ {{anchor:s80}}Dull pain: in region of ovary.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Slight pain: in upper part of liver.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Painful constriction: of posterior and superior integuments of skull.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Acute sensitiveness: of occiput.\\ {{anchor:s84}}Bruised feeling: in all muscles.\\ {{anchor:s85}}Deep seated heat: in vagina.\\ {{anchor:s86}}Heavy feeling: of uterus.\\ {{anchor:s87}}Insupportable itching: in orifice of vagina; of vagina; of soles of feet.

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s89}}Rheumatic disorders.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s90}}Gout with very severe paroxysms.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s91}}Gangrene in newly formed flap on little finger.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s92}}Syphilitic affections of skin and mucous membranes.</span>

====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======

{{anchor:s96}}Touch: occiput acutely sensitive.

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

<span grade3>{{anchor:s98}}Intolerable itching in several places.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s99}}Pricking on different parts.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s100}}Erysipelatous redness.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s101}}Eczema.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s102}}Three spots, almost completely circular, with slightly raised, scaly edges.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s103}}Pemphigus benignus.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s104}}Lepra tuberculosa, especially in face, abdomen, thighs and genitals; in latter there was a large tubercle, secreting a reddish pus.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s105}}Arabian elephantiasis.</span>

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

{{anchor:s107}}It had a beneficial effect in fifty-seven cases of leprosy treated by Boileau.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Boy, aet. 15; lupus, tuberculous and erythematic, on right foot and left loin.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Man, aet. 16, has never suffered either from syphilis or scrofula, has lived for a long time in a damp dwelling, suffering about six months; lepra tuberculosa.\\ {{anchor:s110}}Young woman, aet. 20, delicate, weakly, during childhood suffered frequently from swelling of glands, mother has a copper colored eruption on face; suffered for eight years; lupus exedens of nose.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Man, aet. 22, after an operation; gangrene of flap.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Lady, aet. 30, suffering for two months; pruritus vagina.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Woman, aet. 34, childless, tolerably robust constitution, melancholic, skin yellow, has suffered much from grief; ulceration of cervix uteri.\\ {{anchor:s114}}Woman, aet. 40, melancholic temperament, mother of three children; affection of uterus.\\ {{anchor:s115}}Married woman, aet. 46, delicate, has had nine children, and much anxiety; ulcer on neck of uterus.

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

{{anchor:s117}}Compare <span grade2>Hydrast.</span> (in lupus exedens).

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 06, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r378|Hydrocotyle asiatica]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r378|Hydrocotyle asiatica]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}