Hippomanes
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General
Hippomanes.
"A normally white, usually dark olive green, soft, glutinous mucous substance, of a urinous odour, which floats in the allantois fluid, or is attached to the allantois membrane, of the mare or cow, chiefly during the last months of pregnancy" (Hering). Trituration of the dried substance taken from the tongue of a newly-born filly.
Clinical
Chorea. Melancholia. Prostatitis. Wrist, paralysis of; rheumatism of.
Characteristics
The clinical experience with this remedy has been so limited, that but few characteristic indications have been made out. These, however, are peculiar: Icy coldness in stomach. Violent pain in wrists. Paralysis of wrist in morning in bed.
Weakness of hands and fingers so that he cannot hold anything. A case of chorea was cured on these last symptoms. There is weakness, restlessness, melancholy. The headache is > lying on painful side, < walking in sun.
Chilliness, > from being covered. A peculiar sensation is as if the head would fall forward on walking; as of a plug in the throat; as if a swelling retarded the flow of the urine. There is desire to lie down, but no relief on doing so.
Relations
Antidoted by: Coffee. Caust. relieved the paralysis of wrist. Compare: Anac. (plug sensation).
Mind
Melancholy; a young man sits in the corner and does not want to have anything to do with the world.—Restlessness; must move from place to place.
Head
Sensation of lightness in head
Pressive pain in temples
Headache, with giddiness, heat in head, sleepiness, yawning, thirst
Violent headache; heaviness on vertex; when walking it feels as if head would fall forward
Headache > when lying on painful side;
< when walking in sun
The head feels so heavy that it falls forward if he raises himself
The hair becomes nearly dry; falling off of hair.
Eyes
The light of the candle looks blue
Stitches in eyes (with headache)
Painfulness of eyes when moving them, with headache.
Nose
Sensation of coldness when drawing the air in.—Bleeding of nose in morning.
Face
Involuntary twitching of under lip.
Mouth
Bitter taste in mouth
Tongue coated white, with redness of tip
Increased secretion of saliva, with headache or sore throat.
Throat
Painfulness of l. tonsil.—Sensation of plug in throat (l. side).
Appetite
Desire for acids, and aversion to sweet things.
Stomach
Nausea, esp. in a draught of air
Icy coldness in stomach
Sensation of emptiness in stomach (and head).
Stool And Anus
Soft stool, with vomiting; discharge of prostatic fluid after micturition
Hard stool, in balls
Spasmodic contraction of sphincter ani.
Urinary Organs
Frequent discharge of watery urine
Urine discharged in a small stream, with straining—it feels as if a swelling retarded it; prostatitis
Drawing pain from anus through urethra.
Male Sexual Organs
Sexual desire increased
Prostatitis
Drawing pain in testicles.
Female Sexual Organs
Menstruation too early.
Respiratory Organs
Larynx feels raw, as if air were too cold
Tickling in throat when breathing
Cough, barking, during sleep.
Chest
Stitches in l. side of chest.
Limbs
Heaviness in limbs.
Upper Limbs
Left arm feels as if paralysed
Violent pain in wrists
Paralysis of wrist, every morning in bed
Sensation in wrist as if sprained, esp. l
Great weakness of hands and fingers, so that he cannot hold anything
Formication on r. hand.
Lower Limbs
Weakness, and as if sprained, in knees
Weakness and sensation of dryness in foot joints and soles of feet
Cramps in soles of feet, in evening
Cold feet.
Generalities
Great weakness of body and mind.—Great weakness and debility, with pale face.—Desire to lie down, with no relief on doing so.—Chorea.
Skin
Itching as from flannel on skin, esp. on chest and between shoulders.
Fever
Chill, beginning in back
Chill, > being warmly covered in bed
Heat in evening, with dull headache.