Equisetum Hyemale
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General EN
Equisetum.
Equisetum hyemale. Scouring Rush. A rush growing in damp soil in Europe and America. N. O. Equisetaceae. Tincture of fresh plant chopped and pounded to a pulp.
Clinical EN
Cystitis. Dropsy. Enuresis. General paralysis. Gleet. Gonorrhoea. Gravel. Haematuria. Urine, retention of.
Characteristics EN
The chief effects of Equisetum are found in the urinary organs. Pain in the kidneys (especially right), in the bladder and urinary passages. Constant desire to urinate, and passes large quantities of clear, light-coloured urine without relief. Pain in bladder as from distension.
Retention and dysuria; especially in women during pregnancy and after confinement. Enuresis. Wets bed at night; when he dreams he always sees a crowd of people. Equis. has: Severe dull pain which does not lessen after urination; irritation of the bladder, especially in women.
Linaria has enuresis, with frequent painful urging to urinate, causing the patient to rise at night (Farrington). It relieved loss of control over bladder and rectum in a case of general paralysis. Carcinoma uteri is said to have been cured by it. Pain in sacro-iliac joints.
< From pressure or contact; moving; sitting. Eating > pain in temples; lying on back > pain in back: continued motion > pains in back and knees.
Relations EN
Compare: Apis, Cannabis, Canthar., Fer. phos., Puls.; Canth. comes closest; there is less bleeding, tenesmus, scalding, and fibrinous flakes than with Canthar., but more mucus.
Mind EN
Very irritable and easily fatigued.
Head EN
Severe headache with intense pain in upper part of eyes or roof of orbit
Headache with heat of face without redness
Constrictive feeling across forehead
Sticking, darting pains changing locality
Constriction of whole scalp, as if drawn tightly over whole skull; continual desire to wrinkle up forehead
Skin over frontal bone very tight, with feeling of skin continuing to contract.
Eyes EN
Severe pain in roof of r. orbit.—Sharp pain in outer angle of r. eye.
Ears EN
Dull, transient pain and stiff feeling behind l. mastoid
Confused feeling in ears
Confusion of sounds; confused noises; fearful rumbling.
Face EN
Face flushed, feeling of heat
As if blood pressed into face
Heat and burning without redness.
Throat EN
Sharp sticking in throat.
Stomach EN
Excessive hunger; appetite greatly increased throughout the proving.
Abdomen EN
Distended feeling
Dull, heavy pains in either side of lower abdomen and bladder, with frequent desire to urinate; the desire to urinate, which is constant, is not > by urinating
Slight pain in bowels with desire for stool, not urgent, early in morning; three stools during the morning, quite thin; during the whole day frequent inclination for stool with slight pain in bowels; no diarrhoea
Severe pain in lower abdomen with passage of fetid flatus
Sharp pain in hypogastrium with sticking-like pains in anus (11 a.m.)
Sharp pains on either side of hypogastrium; extending to middle line.
Stool And Anus EN
Smarting in anus during and after stool
Stool with great flatulence
Stool with aching in anus and feeling as if rectum would protrude, followed by smarting in anus and a feeling as if some faeces still remained.
Urinary Organs EN
Slight pain in r. kidney, then in l., extending down l. side of sacrum
Dull pain in r. kidney, with urgent desire to urinate; had urinated only a few minutes before and now passed four ounces of clear light-coloured urine
Pain in bladder as from distension
Severe dull pain in bladder not > by urinating; continued some days after taking the drug, and caused him to fear inflammation of the bladder
Tenderness in region of bladder, and r. side of lower abdomen, extending upward from groin; same but less marked l. side
Pain and tenderness in bladder region with soreness of testicles, extending up spermatic cords
Excessive burning in urethra while urinating
Sharp, cutting pain in urethra
Pricking in urethra a short distance back from meatus
Biting itching in meatus < scratching
Great desire to urinate but only a small quantity passes
Urgent desire to urinate with prickling and soreness of meatus from contact and pressure
Obliged to rise several times at night to urinate
Profuse urination, with burning in urethra and sharp pain at root of penis
Later passes smaller quantities and darker
Passed small amount but felt as if he had not urinated for hours; the amount grew less each time but the desire increased
Urine cloudy
Great excess of mucus on standing
Enuresis, nocturnal and diurnal.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Violent erections; in the afternoon
Soreness of testicles and cords;
< l.
18, 19.
Chest and Heart
Sharp stitch in l. breast one inch to l. and over nipple
Sharp pain in region of heart < by inspiration.
Back EN
Pains in back esp. while sitting, > lying on back and walking
Heavy sensation like a lump in r. lumbar region
Severe rheumatic pains in region of sacro-lumbar joint, and through l. hip-joint extending down outer side of l. leg, ending in front three inches above knee.
Upper Limbs EN
Pain in upper part of shoulders and in region of vertebra prominens, < by least motion or contact
Pain in r. shoulder to middle of upper arm
Pain in l. shoulder with shivering over body and great heat of head.
Lower Limbs EN
Pain in r. hip-joint and near knee-joint
Knees very weak on least exertion
Dull, heavy pain under l. patella
On awakening, sharp pain inner side of l. knee, > after moving about a short time.
Sleep EN
Very sleepy, eyelids heavy.—Sleep much disturbed by tiresome dreams of many persons, places, and things.
Fever EN
Creeping chills beginning below and creeping up back.