Lepidium Bonariense
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General EN
Lepidium Bonariense.
Lepidium mastruco. N. O. Cruciferae or Brassicaceae. Tincture and trituration of fresh leaves.
Clinical EN
Breasts, affections of. Cough. Head, pains in. Heart, affections of. Indigestion. Rheumatism.
Characteristics EN
Lep. bon. is a Brazilian cress, "very common in the neighbourhood of Rio, where it is found along the roads and in stony regions" (Mure). It is a great remedy in domestic practice in Brazil, and is used for purposes similar to those for which Arnica is used. All the Lepidiums are anti-scorbutic, and L. oleraceum, the New Zealand variety, was eagerly sought after as a remedy for scurvy by the early voyagers. L. sativum is our common garden cress.
"Watercress," Nasturtium officinale, belongs to the same family; but the garden "Nasturtium," or "Indian Cress," belongs to a quite different family, and it receives its name of "cress" from the "acrid taste, similar to that which exists among the Cruciferae," which it possesses. Mure's proving brought out some distinctive symptoms on the left side of the head, in the limbs, and especially in the heart. Along with the latter was numbness and pain in the left arm, which should indicate usefulness in that sphere.
There was the sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach, indicating an action on the solar plexus. Many of the pains dart from one part to another. Lancinating pains and throbbing pains are frequent. There is < from stooping; and < from turning head to the right.
< When covered. It needs clinical elucidation.
Relations EN
Compare: Brass. nap., Cheiranthus cheiri., Thlaspi. burs. past., Arm. sat., Raphan., Sinap. (botan,); Spigel., Kalm., Lycopus, &c. (heart).
Mind EN
Imagined the floor sinking under her
Inability to think
Imagines herself pursued by a phantom in a churchyard, cries, with loss of voice next morning
Sad and quarrelsome.
Head EN
Vertigo with desire to vomit
Painful pressure on head
Constrictive pain in head
Beating headache as if brain were bounding
Pains in l. brain, spreading to occiput and nape
Throbbing in head causing one to bend it forward
Pulling at forehead and root of nose
Lancinations in l. side of head
Heaviness of the head, with indescribable malaise in brain, < l
Heat in head with cold sweat and fever
Sensitiveness of hairy scalp.
Eyes EN
Pricking and burning in eyes; redness; dartings in r.; pain in r. as from a round weight resting on it
Lids weary at night
Sight dim, as through white gauze.
Ears EN
Itching in r. ear, < stooping
Pricking pain round r. ear
Pains in teeth with deafness
Noise in ears; on swallowing.
Nose EN
Nose swollen and painful l. side
Coryza
Heat in nose with sensation of current of cold air in l. nasal fossa.
Face EN
Pain in r. cheek > pressing on bone
Cutting across face from temple to chin
Heat in l. side of face
Itching under chin from ear to ear.
Teeth EN
Sticking, beating lancinations in jaws
Pain in lower teeth with deafness
Toothache as if teeth soft and on edge.
Mouth EN
Pricking itching at tongue
Drawing pain from tongue to arm, tongue feels swollen
Smarting at tip of tongue.
Throat EN
Heat in throat with desire to vomit and noise in ears on swallowing.
Appetite EN
Aversion to meat
Desire: for tea; for fruit with loathing of (other) food; for cress with loathing on seeing it; for chocolate, salad, vinegar; for coffee
Prostration with loathing of food.
Stomach EN
Eructations: sour; foul
A piece of cake descends into stomach suddenly, with a sticking sensation
Oppression after eating
Faint feeling in stomach
Distress in pit of stomach, with desire to vomit
Stitching pain in pit of stomach after eating
Pain in pit of stomach as if cut through
Trembling at epigastrium.
Abdomen EN
Lancinations in abdomen and sides
Worm colic with tenesmus
Compression as by a band round the waist.
Stool EN
Diarrhoea.
Urinary Organs EN
Weight and pressure at bladder when urinating.—Dark urine.
Respiratory Organs EN
Cough: with hoarseness; hacking, with salt saliva; with slight spitting of blood.—Sputa, salt, thick.
Chest EN
Pain in r. side, arresting breathing
Twitching in muscles under r. breast
Coldness in chest from stomach to throat
Sensation as of a string at r. breast
Itching at nipples, swelling and hardness of breasts
Pricklings between the breasts.
Heart EN
Palpitation, with pain hindering breathing
Convulsive trembling of heart
Sensation as of knife slowly penetrating heart
Constrictive pain extending to l. axilla
Sharp stitching in heart region with lancinations under false ribs.
Neck And Back EN
Acute pain in muscles of neck and shoulder-blade
Sensation as if a string were pulled from shoulder to ear
Cramping pain r. side of neck extending to arm
Darting from ear to shoulder
Pain from shoulder round the neck like a band, with a stitch in pit of stomach and nape of neck
Pain in side of neck < turning head to r
Throbbing in back
Passing heat in back followed by shuddering all over
Darting in spine of shoulder-blade, shifting to the other shoulder
Pain from shoulder to back, with lancinations hindering breathing
Sticking pain at scapula
Shock across back
Pain in back as from a nail.
Upper Limbs EN
Cutting pain under l. axilla
Violent pain in l. arm, < when covered; she cannot stretch it
Pain as from a blow in r. arm, with numbness
Numbness of l. arm, with pain in shoulder as if beaten
Darting from elbow to scapula
Pain in l. arm, she can scarcely raise it
Laming pain in l. arm while holding it still
Cramping pain in l. hand
Itching on back of hand
Cramping pain in r. hand followed by shuddering all over
Lancinating pains in muscles of r. hand and shoulder-blades
Prickling at tip of index finger, which draws it up.
Lower Limbs EN
Bruised pain in r. hip
Pulling along l. sartorius muscle
Pain in l. gluteus maximus as if contracted
Contraction of leg with stiffness of bend of knee
Acute pain inner side of r. tibia
Pain from l. hip to knee, with weakness of the leg.
Sleep EN
Desire to yawn
No sleep after midnight, with pains all over when stirring
Heavy sleep with numbness and sensation as if bruised on waking
Drowsy, and shuddering in legs
Suffocative fit at night
Dreams she is talking with dead persons
Sad dreams with fear on waking.
Fever EN
Internal heat with restlessness, she has to rise
Heat after the cold, esp. in renal region
Shuddering and cold in the air.