====== MYRTUS COMMUNIS ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Myrtus Communis.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Myrtle. {{anchor:s3}}Myrtaceae.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}A cultivated shrub or small tree native to countries bordering on the Mediterranean. {{anchor:s5}}It is mentioned by Hippocrates, Galen, Dioscorides, the Arabians and other ancient writers (see article by Hering, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 62, 1871).

{{anchor:s6}}No provings.

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

{{anchor:s8}}- <span grade2>Cough and coryza</span>, Wahle, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 842; <span grade2>Pain in left chest</span>, Landesmann, Raue's Rec., 1873, p. 110; <span grade2>Stitches in chest</span>, Wahle, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 842; <span grade2>Use in tuberculosis</span>, Payne, W. E. Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 355; <span grade2>Catarrhal fevers</span>, Hering, N. A. J. H., vol. 1, p. 74.

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s10}}Dryness in throat; pains in throat and chest, with expectoration of blood.</span>

====== COUGH. [27] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s12}}Dry, hollow cough, from tickling in upper anterior lobes of lungs; agg. in morning, amel. in evening; great lassitude in afternoon.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s13}}Cough with tickling in chest.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s14}}Cough, coryza and catarrhal fever, setting in with every atmospheric change.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s15}}Catarrhal fevers, with pain in elbow and knee joints, with dry, hollow cough, caused by a tickling in upper and front part of lungs, especially in morning, amel. in evening, accompanied by lassitude in afternoon.</span>

====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s17}}Pain in chest; cough, with tightness on breast.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s18}}Acute pain in chest; pressing pain in chest.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s19}}Pain in upper part of left chest through to shoulder, agg. taking a deep breath and making a strong motion.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s20}}Stitching pain in left chest; from upper portion straight through to left shoulder blade, agg. from breathing, yawning and coughing.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s21}}~</span> <span grade3>Tuberculosis.</span>\\ {{anchor:s22}}Burning pain in left chest, with throbbing, aching, tickling.\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s23}}Throbbing ache and stitching pain in left infraclavicular region, extending thence through to left shoulder blade, agg. on deep inspiration; sensation of burning in left breast.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s24}}~</span> <span grade3>Tuberculosis.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s25}}Haemoptysis in tuberculous subjects; acute pains in superior portions of left chest, radiating backwards to point of scapula of sound side.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s26}}Hepatization of left lung.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s27}}Useful in phthisis, particularly if caused by maltreated syphilis.</span>

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

{{anchor:s29}}Morning: cough agg.; tickling in upper part of lung.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Afternoon: great lassitude.\\ {{anchor:s31}}Evening: cough amel.; tickling in lung amel.

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

{{anchor:s33}}Every atmospheric change; cough, coryza and catarrhal fevers.

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

{{anchor:s35}}Left: stitching pain in chest through to shoulder blade; burning pain in chest; pain in infraclavicular region; burning in breast, acute pains in superior portion of chest; hepatization of lung.

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

{{anchor:s37}}Pain: in throat and chest; in elbow and knee joint; in upper part of left chest to shoulder.\\ {{anchor:s38}}Acute pain: in chest; in superior portion of left chest.\\ {{anchor:s39}}Stitching pain: in left chest; in left infraclavicular region.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Pressing pain: in chest.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Burning pain: in left chest.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Tickling: in upper anterior lobes of lungs; in chest.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Dryness: in throat.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Tightness: on breast.

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

{{anchor:s46}}Young man, tuberculous; coryza, cough, etc.\\ {{anchor:s47}}A nun who had been homeopathically cured of phthisis brought on by long continued use of Quinine for ague, from which she had suffered for five years; pain in left chest.

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

{{anchor:s49}}Compare: <span grade2>Bryon., Phosphor., Pix, Therid.</span> and <span grade2>Sulphur</span> in stitches through upper left chest.

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 07, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r847|Myrtus Communis]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r847|Myrtus Communis]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}