Clematis Erecta
Clarke - Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · John Henry Clarke · 10,777 χαρακτήρες · πηγή ↗
General EN
Clematis Erecta.
Upright Virgin's Bower. Flammula Jovis. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of leaves and stems.
Clinical EN
Cancer. Eyes, affections of. Face, pimples on. Gonorrhoea. Headache. Rheumatism. Testicles, inflammation of. Toothache. Urethra, stricture of.
Characteristics EN
Clematis, like other Ranunculi, is a direct irritant of the skin producing inflammation and vesication. It was used by Stoerck before Hahnemann's time in cancerous and other foul ulcers, inveterate skin eruptions, syphilis, and rheumatism. In the provings, the external head (left), eyes, teeth (left), skin, urinary and male sexual organs show the greatest number of symptoms. Inflammation of eyes (< left), smarting, burning, stitches, redness, lachrymation, photophobia.
Sensation as if fire were streaming from eyes. There is mucus in the urine, but not pus. Flow of urine by fits and starts; or has to wait a long time before he can urinate, with intense pain along fore part of urethra. Beginning of inflammatory stricture.
"Affections of urethra; penis in general; prepuce in particular." Swelling of inguinal glands. Painful, inflamed, swollen testicles. Clematis acts best on light-haired people; torpid, cachectic conditions; swellings and indurations of the glandular system; syphilitic taint. Great debility; twitching of, muscles; vibrating sensation through body.
The symptoms are < by touch and generally by motion; headache and toothache < lying down in evening. Eyes < on closing them. Headache < bending head backward. Great debility 3-5 p.m.; nearly all symptoms < night.
Weakness after eating. Aversion to be washed. < By cold water; cold air; cold weather; moist poultices. Toothache, temporarily > by drawing in cold air;
< from heat of bed. < During increasing, > during waning moon. Giddiness when lifting up head, or when moving head.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Bry. (toothache, urinary symptoms), Camph. Antidote to: Merc. Compatible: Sil.
Compare: Ars. (skin; Clem. has more redness, is < from washing; has moist, alternating with dry scabs); Puls.
(gonorrhoeal orchitis, testicle tender and hard as a stone); Bell., Bry., Calc., Canth., Con., Caust., Dulc. (syphilitic ulcerations); Graph., Merc.
(iritis, sensitive to cold); Petr. (impetigo on neck and occiput); Sars.
(syphilitic ulcers). In "aversion to be washed," compare Ant. c., Hep., Pho., Sep., Spi., Sul. In bending head back, Cinnabar. Cobalt. has < bending head forward.
Mind EN
Sadness and apprehension
Moroseness
Aversion to conversation
Indifference
Fear of being alone, but disinclined to meet otherwise agreeable company
Memory impaired.
Head EN
In the morning, confusion and heaviness of the head
Giddiness if he lifts his head up, or when moving the head
Head feels full and heavy, hanging down
Headache, aggravated by bending the head backwards
Pressive tension in the forehead and sides of the head, as well as in the bones of the cranium
Digging pressure on the brain
Piercing in the temples
Boring pains in the temple
Hammering and strokes in the head
Purulent pimples on the forehead, painful on being touched
Burning, incisive pains in the skin of the forehead
Eruptions on the head
Moist phlyctenae on the occiput and at the nape of the neck; sore, tingling and stinging-itching; often drying up in scales; when getting warm in bed, violently itching; only temporarily relieved by scratching; with soreness and rawness
Itching on the hairy scalp.
Eyes EN
Pressure on the ball of the eye
Smarting in the eyes, and in the margins of the eyelids, esp. on closing them
The closed eye is very sensitive to the air (cold air), and when it is opened very sensitive to the light
Shootings in the corners of the eyes
Itching in the canthi
Burning and heat in the eyes, with dryness, as if fire were streaming from the eyes
Inflammation of the iris
The white of the eyes has a yellow tint
While writing, the letters momentarily run into one another; at times, double vision, with flickering before the eyes
Inflammation of the eyes, with profuse lachrymation
Inflammation and ulceration of the margins of the eyelids
Photophobia.
Ears EN
Burning pain in exterior of the ear
Tinkling in the ear
Ringing, as from bells in the ear.
Nose EN
Purulent pimples, painful on being touched at the root, and on the point of the nose.—Fluent coryza (with sneezing), with abundant secretion of mucus, streaked with blood.
Face EN
Face pale and sickly
Sensation of burning in the skin of the cheeks (momentary flushes)
Incisive burning pains in the lower lip
Cancer of the lips
Phlyctenoid eruptions on the lip
White vesicles on the nose and on the face, as from a sunburn
Moist eruption on the face, preceded by stinging pain
Purulent pimples on the chin
Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with nodosities, hard, tensive, pulsative, and painful on being touched.
Teeth EN
Toothache, < by smoking tobacco
Toothache in a decayed molar tooth, much < from a crumb of bread coming into it; much > by cold water
Nocturnal pains in the teeth, which, in a horizontal position, are aggravated so as to occasion despair, with tossing, weakness, anxiety, and insupportable suffering on being uncovered
Shooting pains or successive pullings in the teeth, extending even into the head and producing incapacity for intellectual labour
Sensation as if the decayed tooth were too long; the least contact is exceedingly painful, with an excessive flow of saliva.
Mouth EN
Dryness of the tongue in the morning
Dull shootings and piercings in the root of the tongue
Small blisters on the tongue and in the throat, which soon become ulcers
Expectoration of sanguineous saliva.
Throat EN
Heat and burning in the mouth and throat.—Sensation of roughness in the throat.
Appetite EN
Prolonged satiety, though the food continues pleasant to the taste
After eating, nausea, and sleepiness
Nausea on smoking tobacco, with weakness of the legs
Aversion to beer
Increased thirst, with desire for ice.
Stomach EN
Disagreeable sensation of coldness in the stomach.—Tension of the stomach.
Abdomen EN
Pains, as from a bruise in the hepatic region, on touching the part, and on stooping
Stitches in the liver
When walking, incisive contractions in the regions of the loins
Pressure towards the exterior of the inguinal ring, as if a hernia were about to protrude
Swelling and induration of the inguinal glands, with jerking pains
Sensation of constriction in the lower abdomen, which is hard
Stitches: shooting up, < on breathing and urinating.
Stool And Anus EN
Frequent, liquid, or loose evacuations, without colic
Loose stools, with burning at the anus
Burning heat, and itching at the anus (in the evening); better after an evacuation
Haemorrhoids, itching, discharging some mucus
Hard stool, difficult to discharge (in the evening).
Urinary Organs EN
Increased secretion of urine
Purulent urine
Urine turbid, milky, dark, with flakes of mucus and frothy
Secretion diminished; the last drops cause violent burning
Secretion slow and in a small stream
During the emission of urine, pulling in the spermatic cord
Burning sensation and smarting in the urethra, on commencing to urinate
Stitches in the urethra; stitches from the abdomen into the chest
Contraction of the urethra, with the urine stopping suddenly, or only flowing drop by drop; jerk-like tearing in fore part of urethra in the intervals.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Itching on the genitals
Violent, long-continuing erections, with stitches in the urethra
Swelling of the r. half of scrotum
Drawing pains, in the testes and in the spermatic cord, extending to the groins and the thighs
Painful inflammation and swelling of the testes
Induration of the testes
Thickening of the scrotum
Aversion to sexual enjoyment, as after excessive indulgence
Burning pain in the penis, during emission in coition.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Swelling and induration of the mammary glands; cancer of the breast; and womb.—Menses too early.
Respiratory Organs EN
Violent cough, with irregular respiration, at times too slow, at times too rapid; barking cough, with burning pain in the sternum and stitches in both sides of the lungs.
Chest EN
Violent shocks, with dull shootings in the sides of the chest and of the abdomen.—Shootings in the chest, aggravated by breathing.
Heart EN
Sharp stitch in the heart, from within to without.
Neck And Back EN
Itching pustules round the neck, with excoriation after scratching
Humid tetters from the nape of the neck to the occiput
Eruption of pustules in the lumbar region.
Upper Limbs EN
Swelling and induration of the axillary glands
Pressure or pullings in the muscles of the arms and of the hands
Gnawing blisters on the hands and fingers, with swelling; cold water aggravates the sufferings
The hands feel as if they were too large; they are dry and hot
Arthritic nodosities in the joints of the fingers.
Lower Limbs EN
Tearing in the thighs
Scaly tetters in the thigh
Furunculi in the thigh
Itching of the toes and perspiration between them.
Generalities EN
Convulsive movements of the muscles in different parts of the body.—Relaxation of the muscles.—Great emaciation.—Fatigue of all the limbs, esp. after a meal, with beatings in all the arteries.—Vibration through the whole body, after lying down.—Great debility and weakness, 3-5 (p.m.).—Lancinations from below upward, < on breathing, or urinating, concomitant with uterine or other affections.
Skin EN
Obstinate miliary eruptions
Vesicular eruptions on the body
Scaly tetters, discharging a sanious pus, yellowish and corrosive, and with redness, heat and swelling of the skin
Obstinate tetters, red and moist, with insupportable itching in the heat of the bed, and after washing
Itching over the whole body
Aggravation of all skin symptoms by the heat of the bed and from washing
The tetters (painful, not itching over the whole body) are red and humid while the moon is increasing, and pale and dry when the moon is waning
Burning or tingling, and pulsation in the ulcers, with shootings in the edges when touched
Psoric pustules over the whole body
Painful swelling and induration of the glands.
Sleep EN
Great drowsiness during the day, even in the morning after rising
Sleeplessness in the evening and, at night
Sleep, with frequent dreams, agitation, and tossing; vivid, lascivious dreams; profuse perspiration after midnight
In the morning, sensation of not having slept enough.
Fever EN
Pulse accelerated
Quartan fever, characterised by shuddering, followed by sweat
Sweat on waking, and sensitiveness of the skin, which the patient cannot bear to be uncovered
Dry heat, with sensation of general heat (at night).