Armoracea Sativa
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General
Armoracea Sativa.
Cochlearia armoracea. Horse-radish. N. O. Cruciferae. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Albuminuria. Aphonia. Asthma. Cataract. Colic. Cornea, spots on. Eruptions. Eyes, affections of. Gonorrhoea. Gravel. Headache. Leucorrhoea. Lungs, oedema of. Rheumatism. Scurvy. Strangury. Toothache. Ulcers. Urinary disorders.
Characteristics
Armor. sat., and also Cochlear. officin., are old-world anti-scorbutics, and homoeopathic provings have confirmed the old experience. Armor. has the anti-scorbutic properties of the other Cruciferae, and is specially efficacious in scurvy from eating salt. The essential oil is said to be identical with that of Sinapis. The mucous membranes are affected: mucous stools; gonorrhoea; leucorrhoea; pituitous asthma and pituitous phthisis have been benefited by it.
There are peculiar symptoms in connection with the teeth. Some violent abdominal pains were experienced. Tearing pains from the belly through to back, down the back, and settling in sacrum. "Colic with backache" appears to be a leading indication.
Wandering chronic rheumatism. Touch or slight pressure < many symptoms. Bending forward >.
Relations
Compare: The Cruciferae generally. Canth., Caps., Rhus, Sinap.; Arg. n. (diarrhoea from nervous excitement).
Causation
Checked foot-sweat. Nervous excitement. Cold.
Mind
Difficult thinking in evening.—Irresolution.
Head
Headache, now one side now the other;
< opening the eyes (wide), but not on reading or motion
Violent headache with nausea;
< sitting up
Aching, boring pains in head, as if brain bursting.
Eyes
Obscuration of sight for some minutes
Lachrymation
Spots on cornea
Swelling of eyes
Styes
Rheumatic ophthalmia.
Face
Twitching of l. corner of mouth, 4 a.m.—Soreness of upper lip.
Teeth
Dull sensation in teeth, as if they were soft and became bent and moved in their sockets on chewing
Scurvy of salt-eaters
Dental fistula.
Mouth
Paralysis of tongue
Biting sensation on tongue
Tongue furred white
Very offensive odour from mouth and lungs.
Throat
Dryness of pharynx, larynx, and posterior nares
Scraping in throat with nausea
Hawking thick, viscid mucus.
Stomach
Unnatural craving for food with profuse painless diarrhoea
Belchings of sulphurous odour, like garlic
Bilious regurgitations
From region of stomach the pain draws through both sides towards back
Cramp in stomach; pain drives to despair
Crampy, tensive pain above epigastrium apparently in diaphragm, > by bending forward.
Abdomen
Spasms through to back and loins.—Borborygmi in morning.
Stool And Anus
Profuse painless diarrhoea with craving for food
Diarrhoea after great nervous excitement
Tenesmus all night till morning, sometimes discharging a little blood
Mucous stools
Involuntary passage of mucus from anus
Itching and burning at anus.
Urinary Organs
Uneasiness in region of kidneys
Increased desire and increased secretion
Urination difficult, causing burning, tenderness, and inflammation of urethra as in first stage of gonorrhoea
Strangury
Gravel
Albuminuria.
Male Sexual Organs
Burning or cutting at glans during micturition; felt also before or after
Gonorrhoea
Impotence.
Female Sexual Organs
Stringy black blood passes from the vagina when urinating; also during the night
Menses: every ten or fifteen days; suppressed with chlorosis
Leucorrhoea and menostasis
Since climaxis cramp in stomach.
Respiratory Organs
Aphonia; with blood-spitting; oppressed breathing
Promotes expectoration, and relieves cough; increases activity of respiratory organs
Mucous asthma, and consumption
Oedema of lungs
Chest painful to touch.
Limbs
Twitchings in limbs
Towards morning pain in all joints when lying still;
< lying on side;
> on motion and when getting up
Suppressed foot sweat.
Sleep
Sleep very refreshing; awoke with clearer mind than usual.