Granatum
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General EN
Granatum.
Punica granatum. Pomegranate. N. O. Granateae. Homoeopathic provings were made with a tincture or trituration of bark of root. An alkaloid, Pelletierine (C8 H13 NO), discovered by Bertrand Pelletier is obtained from the rind of the fruit.
Clinical EN
Ascarides. Gastralgia. Hernia, umbilical; inguinal. Jaw, cracking in. Leucorrhoea. Tapeworm. Toothache.
Characteristics EN
Pomegranate is a well-known vermifuge especially used for the expulsion of taenia. For this a decoction of the rind of the fruit is used, or else Pelletierine in the following manner. After a mild purge the previous night, in the morning 30 grammes of Sulphate of Pelletierine is administered in a solution containing 50 grammes of Tannic acid. This is followed by a glass of water in ten minutes, and a brisk purge in half an hour.
The homoeopathic provings bring out many symptoms of helminthiasis as: Pale blue rings round eyes. Itching, crawling tickling of nose. Ravenous hunger; craving for sour or juicy things; fruit; coffee. Loss of appetite.
Nausea; fermenting in abdomen; griping; dragging in inguinal region as if hernia would protrude. Itching and tickling in anus frequently during the day. Emaciation. Convulsive movements.
Among the general symptoms are: Great weariness and exhaustion, scarcely able to keep upright. Trembling. Discomfort and nausea. Itching of the skin of various places, face and body, as if pimples would break out.
Biting and itching in palms of hands. Yawning. Great sensitiveness. Swelling of navel; protrusions in inguinal rings.
All symptoms are > after dinner. Pain in abdomen is > after drinking cold water.
Relations EN
Compare: Ars., Chi., Iod., Cina, Teucr., Kousso., Cucurb.
Mind EN
Great sensitiveness and impressibility
Irritability and arrogance
Penurious and quarrelsome humour
Hypochondriacal scruples
Melancholy, gloomy temper, dejection, and discouragement
Stupefaction, and intellectual embarrassment.
Head EN
Vertigo, esp. during intellectual labour, or in the morning on rising, and sometimes with obscuration of the eyes, or with nausea and aching in the stomach
Sensation of emptiness in the head
Stupefying pain and painful heaviness in the head, esp. in the forehead
Pressure on the forehead and on the occiput
Acute drawing pains, chiefly on r. side of head
Shootings in forehead
Pustules on forehead and temples, with pain as from excoriation, leaving small tubercles on drying.
Eyes EN
Eyes hollow, and surrounded by a livid circle
Itching and burning smarting in the canthi
Dryness and smarting in the eyes
Yellowish tint of the sclerotica
Inflammation of the eyes, as in coryza
Pupils dilated
Convulsive movements of the eyelids
Obscuration of the eyes
Weak sight.
Ears EN
Cramp-like squeezing, acute drawing pains and shootings in the ears.—Tinkling and buzzing in the ears.
Nose EN
Burning heat and dryness of the nostrils, or an accumulation of tenacious mucus
Crawling itching in the nose
Coryza, alternately dry and fluent.
Face EN
Complexion sickly, yellowish, and earth-coloured
Burning heat in the face, sometimes transient
Gnawing itching in the face, and esp. in the cheeks
Swelling of the cheek, which is livid; burning heat, itching, tension, and crawling, as with chilblains
Squeezing and acute drawing pains in the face, in the cheek-bones, and in the root of the nose, often on one side only
Dryness of the lips and burning sensation in them.
Teeth EN
Acute drawing pain, tension, and squeezing in the maxillary joints, and cracking of the joints during mastication
Shooting pains in the teeth, even at night, in bed
The teeth seem to be elongated
Gums unfixed, and easily bleeding.
Mouth EN
Excessive accumulation of saliva, sometimes of a sweetish taste, in the mouth
Tongue moist and white
Excessive spitting of mucus.
Throat EN
Sensation of astriction in different parts of the mouth and of the gullet.—Contraction of the gullet.
Appetite EN
Great variableness of taste; taste alternately acute and dull
Appetite alternately diminished and increased
Extraordinary hunger and voracity, even after a meal
Great variableness of appetite; desire for different things, and esp. for coffee, for fruits, and for succulent and acid aliments
Great thirst for water
Liquid aliments, and potatoes cause nausea and eructations.
Stomach EN
Frequent and noisy eructations
Frequent nausea, sometimes with lassitude, flow of water in the mouth, pain in the abdomen and in the stomach, frequent want to evacuate without any result, shivering, sickly looks and ill-humour
Vomiting, even at night, and sometimes with lassitude, trembling, perspiration, or vertigo
Painful pressure, fulness, burning sensation, and anxiety in the precordial region
Cramps in the stomach when fasting in the morning.
Abdomen EN
Pains in the abdomen, frequent, and often prolonged, sometimes with nausea, flow of water in the mouth, shiverings, and prostration, or with vertigo
Pains in the abdomen after every meal, or when fasting in the morning
Pains in the abdomen, mitigated by external heat and by lying down, as well as by drinking cold water
Pinchings, shootings, and rotatory sensation round the navel, and in the stomach
Anxious sensation in the abdomen
Painful inflation of the abdomen, sometimes with voracity
Frequent production and evacuation of flatus
Swelling of the navel, as if from umbilical hernia
Fermentation in the abdomen
Traction in the abdomen, as if preparatory to a stool
Painful pressure and swelling in the groins, as if a hernia were about to appear.
Stool And Anus EN
Several evacuations during the day
Copious evacuations of a very deep colour
Diarrhoea, with frequent evacuations, and evacuation of faecal matter and mucus
Before the loose evacuations, nausea and fermentation in abdomen; during the evacuations, burning heat in face and pressure in rectum; afterwards burning heat in rectum
Tenesmus, with movements and fermentation in abdomen
Prolapsus of rectum during the evacuations
Insupportable itching and titillation of the rectum
Burning itching in the anus, on the buttocks and perineum, on the scrotum, and on the hair-covered parts of the genital organs, and esp. on the thighs
Shootings in anus and rectum.
Urinary Organs EN
Incisive, shooting, and gnawing pains in the urethra.—Inflammation and swelling of the urethra.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Mucus oozing from the urethra, as in a gonorrhoea, with burning traction in the cavernous parts, as far as the glans.—Excitement of sexual desire.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Catamenia premature, and too copious, and accompanied by colic and pressure from the sacral region to the groins.—Yellowish leucorrhoea.
Chest EN
Sensation of anxiety in the chest, and groaning
Great oppression of the chest, with lassitude in the legs
Pressure on the chest and across the sternum
Rheumatic pains, shooting and drawing in the diaphragm
Shootings in the chest, esp. when walking
Tension and painful squeezing in the ribs.
Heart EN
Palpitations of the heart, sometimes on the least movement.—Pains and cramp-like contractions in the muscles of the chest.
Back EN
Frequent bruise-like pains, pains as from an oppressive weight between and on the shoulders, and the loins.
Upper Limbs EN
Traction, rheumatic pains, crawling, and sensation of paralysis in the arms, with difficulty in raising them
Rheumatic pains in the joints of the hands and fingers, as well as in the forearms
Painful and paralytic stiffness in the fingers
Swelling of the ball of the thumbs, with livid colour, burning heat, and marbled swelling of the veins
Gnawing and insupportable itching in the palm and in the back of the hands.
Lower Limbs EN
Sensation of stiffness in the hips, as in sciatica
Acute drawing pain, paralytic pulling, heaviness, and shootings in the knee
Pain, as from a sprain in the instep
Painful corns on the feet.
Generalities EN
Great lassitude and fatigue, esp. in the legs, sometimes with inability to remain standing, and want to lie down.—Drowsy lassitude, with headache, as if after a nocturnal debauch.—Great dejection and prostration, sometimes with burning heat in the hands.—Trembling of the limbs.—Relaxation and flaccidity of the muscles, esp. in the lower extremities.—Emaciation.
Sleep EN
Yawning, sometimes convulsive, and frequent stretchings.—Agitated sleep, with frequent dreams, cries, and tossing.
Fever EN
Partial and semi-lateral shudderings, sometimes with semilateral headache
Dry, burning heat over the whole body, with inclination to throw off all covering
The shudderings and shiverings commonly take place in the morning; the heat manifests itself in the evening
Sweats on the least movement.