Menyanthes Trifoliata
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General EN
Menyanthes.
Menyanthes trifoliata. Buck-bean. Bitterklee. N. O. Gentianaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Clinical EN
Amaurosis. Chest, affections of. Cramps. Fidgets. Headache, pressive. Heart, pains in. Intermittent fever. Jerkings. Paralysis.
Characteristics EN
The Buck-bean (or "Bog-bean," as it is also called in Ireland and in Lincolnshire) is a water plant, and abounds in the fen districts, where it is in great local repute as a remedy for ague. Hahnemann proved it and well defined its sphere of action. Teste, who also proved it, found it very similar to Drosera. Both these drugs caused in him, as one of the first symptoms, obscuration of sight, a sort of white mist, or vibrations, < in open air or during a walk.
This was so intense that he did not dare to cross a street. The pains of Dros. and Meny. were the same in character, but those of Dros. were more intense. This analogy has not proved as close in other respects as Teste imagined it would. The main features of Meny. are (1) chill;
(2) sensations and pains of tension and compression; and (3) spasmodic jerkings and visible twitchings; these are < during rest, and may be associated with neuralgia. As soon as the patient lies down the legs jerk and twitch so that he cannot rest. "When sitting, the outstretched thigh and leg are four times spasmodically jerked up, but when standing or in drawing up the knees towards him, this is not perceptible." Meny. has cured many cases of fidgets. "jumps," "fidgets," and "urinary difficulties in women" are Burnett's leading indications for Meny.
The twitching may appear in any part. Stitches, numbness, tension, and especially cramp-like and paralysing pains are very distinctive. The pressure is severely felt in the head—Headache: pressing in vertex from above downwards, > during hard pressure with the hand; when ascending stairs, as of a heavy weight pressing on the head and brain at every step. With the headache there is often associated icy coldness of hands and feet.
The tension culminates in a sensation as if the skin were several sizes too small and he was being crowded into it. R. Farley (Med. Adv., xxi. 240) reports this case: Miss D.
W., long a sufferer from spinal irritation, had terrible attacks of bursting headache, a terrible tension in membranes of brain in paroxysms, which caused her to scream. Began in right side of nape, ascended to forehead, and then spread over whole brain. Terrible sensation of loneliness with the pain; begged her mother to stay with her. < From light, noise, jar, even if one walked lightly across the room.
> From sitting bent, and by hard pressure on nape and vertex. Meny. 30 every ten minutes relieved immediately, and removed completely in two hours.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Camph. It antidotes: Effects of Quinine and China. Compatible after: Cupr., Lach., Lyc., Pul., Rhs., Ver., Compare: < Ascending, Calc. Headache > hard pressure, Ver.
Weight on vertex at every step, Cact., Glon., Lach. Intermittent fever, with cold extremities, Lach. (but Lach. has livid skin, great prostration, and filiform pulse). Icy cold feet and legs, Calc., Gels., Carb. v.
Bursting headache pushing skull open, Sil. (Sil. > warmth, Meny. > pressure).
Pressive headache, Puls., Paris, Mag. m. Fidgets, Pso., Caust., Zinc. Compare also, the Gentians.
Causation EN
Injuries to nerves (tooth broken in). Quinine.
Mind EN
Anxiety and apprehension
Anxiety about the heart, as if something evil were going to happen
Indifference to everything
Tearful sadness
Taciturn and self-reflecting
Buffoonery and excessive gaiety.
Head EN
Constant heaviness of head
Compressive, or pressive headache, with a sensation when going upstairs as if a very heavy load were resting on forehead, > by pressing the hand on head
Pressive pain from both sides of head
Head bewildered and confused in a room, with slowness of conception, > in open air
Tensive headache
Burning pains on skin of forehead
Drawing pain in r. lobe of cerebrum from below upward, ending in occiput
Single stitches in l. side of brain up to crown
When sitting, drawing in occiput
After eating, emptiness of head
External gnawing at vertex.
Eyes EN
Cloudiness of eyes, when reading (everything becomes black before eyes)
Frequent spasmodic stiffness of eyelids
Pressing in eyes
Mist and flickerings before eyes.
Ears EN
Tinkling in ears
Cracking in ear, when chewing
Discharge from ears (esp. after exanthemata)
Shootings in ears
Feeling of coldness in ear
Tinnitus when chewing.
Nose EN
Nauseous smell before nose, like that of rotten eggs.—Tension in root of nose.
Face EN
Redness and heat of face during sleep
Heat in face, with. coldness of feet
Visible (painless) twitching in muscles of face and eyelids
Pain and cracking in the articulation of jaw when masticating.
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Mouth and Throat
Sensation of paralysis on l. side of palate, when yawning and coughing
Great dryness of throat without thirst
Dryness of palate, causing a stinging when swallowing
Dryness and roughness in throat, which impede deglutition of saliva.
Appetite EN
Desire for meat, and dislike to bread and butter
Sweetish bitterness in mouth
Frequent empty risings
Troublesome confusion in head, after a meal
Bulimy, sometimes, after eating.
Stomach EN
Contractive cramps in stomach
Continual rumbling in stomach, as if it were empty
Heat in stomach, followed by excessive hunger
Sensation of coldness extending up oesophagus, with great nausea, following pressure in stomach.
Abdomen EN
Sensation of coldness in abdomen, esp. when pressing upon it with the hand, or in the morning when rising
Pain, as from excoriation, in abdominal integuments
Distension and fulness of abdomen, as if overloaded by food, with undiminished appetite, together with a sensation as of incarcerated flatulence, and frequent ineffectual efforts to emit flatus; fulness much < by smoking tobacco
Distension of abdomen by abundant flatus
Pinchings in abdomen.
Stool And Anus EN
Constipation
Hard faeces, with pinchings in abdomen
Bleeding, haemorrhoidal tumours.
Urinary Organs EN
Frequent want to make water, with scanty emission.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Increase of sexual desire, without excitement of the imagination, or erection
Both testicles drawn up, r. more than l
Spermatic cord painful to touch.
Respiratory Organs EN
When speaking hoarse and rough voice, with obstruction of ears, as if something had been introduced into them
Stitch in anterior regions of larynx, impeding deglutition
Dyspnoea
Spasmodic contraction of larynx, with excitation to cough, when drawing breath.
Chest EN
Shooting compression on both sides of chest
The stitches in (r.) chest are < during motion, and when breathing
Aching in chest after dinner.
Heart EN
Stitches in region of heart
Anxiety about heart as if some evil impending
Drawing pain in praecordia, < after eating.
Neck And Back EN
Rigidity and heaviness in muscles of neck (throat) and of nape
Troublesome contusive pain in loins, when seated, and when stooping
Dull and boring shootings in l. shoulder-blade, extending across spine
Extremely painful tearing between scapulae, extending downwards, esp. on deep breathing; disappearing when sitting; immediately returning on walking; during rest there remains a sensation of soreness.
Limbs EN
Cramp-like pains in all limbs.
Upper Limbs EN
Paralytic tearing and spasmodic drawings in arms, hands, and fingers
Spasmodic stiffness of arms, with involuntary retraction of fingers
Cramp-like pains in muscles of (l.) lower arm, extending as far as palm of hand (almost like paralysis)
Painful starting in (r. upper) arm and little finger.
Lower Limbs EN
Contusive pain in thighs
Shocks and convulsive movements in thighs
The (r.) thigh and leg are spasmodically jerked upward, when sitting with the leg outstretched, > when standing or when drawing up leg.
Generalities EN
Jerking (painless) of muscles in different parts (face, thigh), principally during repose No thirst at any time Jerking pain in outer parts, also pinching pain in outer parts Tension: in root of nose; in arms, hands, fingers; in skin, as if it was several sizes too small and he was crowded into it
Shooting pains, and pinching in limbs and joints (arthritic affections) Great general debility, esp. on walking, often accompanied by shivering Majority of sufferings < during repose, and towards evening > by movement, or by pressing the hand on part affected.
Sleep EN
Agitated sleep, with vivid, unremembered dreams.
Fever EN
Pulse slow during cold stage and accelerated during fever
Predominance of cold
Icy coldness of hands and feet
Chill, which is > by heat of stove and only remains in back
Shuddering over the upper part of body (with yawning), or in legs, with uprising of hair, as after a long walk, or after listening to some frightful tale
Sensation of coldness, esp. in fingers
Intermittent fever, with coldness in abdomen
Heat in evening, mostly on head, with cold feet
Perspiration in evening as soon as he lies down, continuing all night.