Hydrocotyle Asiatica
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General
Hydrocotyle Asiatica.
Indian Pennywort (India and South Africa). N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical
Acne rosacea. Constipation. Elephantiasis arabum. Favus. Gangrene after amputation. Gonorrhoea. Gout. Ichthyosis. Leprosy. Leucorrhoea. Liver, contraction of. Lupus. Neuralgia orbitalis. Skin, affections of. Syphilis. Uterus, follicular inflammation of. Vagina, pruritus of.
Characteristics
Hydrocot. has been long known as an Indian remedy. Boileau was the first to use it as a remedy in leprosy. It has been tested pathogenetically and clinically, and its place has been fairly well defined. The skin and the female generative organs are the chief seats of the drug's action; though the liver, the nerves, and the mucous membranes are also powerfully acted upon.
A great variety of skin affections have been cured with it; acne, eczema, pemphigus, lupus, copper-coloured eruption; papular eruption on face; intolerable itching in various places. Auduit (H. R., ix. 434) cured this case: Girl, 20, weak and sickly-looking, since childhood troubled with glandular swellings, for eight years had lupus exedens of nose. (Her mother had coppery eruption on face.) On right of nose was a button the size of a sixpence covered with a thick crust covering yellow pus mixed with blood.
Margins irregular and livid. Five other buttons size of lentils near root of nose both sides. Hydroc. was given in 6, 3, Ø, and 18th potencies in succession, with intermissions, and completely cured in five months. Other indications are: Stomatitis, aphthous and syphilitic.
Irritation of the neck of the bladder; increased secretion of urine. Heat and itching in vagina. Weight in uterus. Granular ulceration.
Hydrocotyle acts on the male sexual organs also, causing weight in the "male uterus," the prostate gland. Gouty and rheumatic disorders. Affections of the trigeminus nerve. Bruised feeling in all the muscles.
A patient of mine who was taking Hydroc. for eczema with advantage complained of persistent dreaming all the time he was asleep; and an unpleasant mouth on waking in the morning.
Relations
Compare: Hydrast. (lupus); Fer. pic. (lupus); Hura (leprosy); Thlaspi b. p., Fraxinus (uterine affections); Mitchella, Eu. purp., Apis, Hydran. (irritation of neck of bladder).
Mind
Gloomy thoughts
Misanthropy
Inclination for solitude
Indifference
Gaiety (reaction)
Loquacity (reaction).
Head
Vertigo; with torpor
Congestion of blood to the head; heaviness
Painful drawing in almost all cranial nerves
Neuralgic pain in external frontal nerve
Intense pain with some swelling in posterior part of skull
Occiput acutely sensitive, esp. to touch
Constriction of back part of skull and integuments.
Eyes
Eyes look unsteady
Injection of palpebral conjunctiva
Pricking in eyes
Vision dim; dazzling.
Ears
Pain in l. internal meatus auditorius
Throbbing in r. ear; ringing in (l.), with stoppage
Confused noise in l.; blowing sound.
Nose
Swelling of nose
Tickling;
< l. nostril
Feeling as before bleeding
Stoppage of nose
Coryza; dry
Bleeding.—(Lupus exedens of nose).
Face
Intoxicated expression.—Intermittent pain in l. cheek-bone.
Mouth
Whitish spots on l. upper and under sides of tongue
Impediment in speech
Redness of velum palati, with pain on swallowing, < by food
Hyperaemia of buccal mucous membrane
Saliva increased
Taste insipid or bitter; unpleasant in morning.
Throat
Tonsils red
Pricking in pharynx
Disorder of constrictor muscles of pharynx
Oesophagus dry and rough burning and pricking in oesophagus.
Stomach
Loathing of food
Anorexia then strong appetite
Aversion to tobacco smoking
Eructations frequent; acid
Nausea
Swelling of stomach
Contraction; cramp-like pain
Sensation as if gases collected into a ball
Anxiety in region of stomach
Heat in stomach region spreading out like a bar.
Abdomen
Borborygmi in different parts
Flatus
Violent contractions of intestines
Pain; every five minutes;
< transverse colon
Constriction
Sensation as if all organs were in motion
Pain in upper part of liver
Obstruction in hepatic region
Heat in hypogastrium.
Stool And Anus
Weight in rectum
Burning in anus
Itching in anus
Ineffectual desire for stool
Stools dry, dark
Stools increased
Stools easier.
Urinary Organs
Slight formication in kidney
Irritation of neck of bladder
Constriction of bladder
Frequent desire to urinate
Irritation of urethra
Urine increased
Urine becomes brown on cooling
Urine turbid, without sediment.
Male Sexual Organs
Drawing in spermatic cords, < l
Scrotum relaxed
Impotence
Indifference to intercourse
Feeling of weight in prostate gland.
Female Sexual Organs
Vulva, vagina and cervix red
Heat in bottom of vagina; pricking and itching at its orifice
Leucorrhoea increased.
Pain in ovarian region
Weight in uterus
Pain in whole uterus, esp. l. side
Severe labour-like pain in uterus and appendages.
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Respiratory Organs and Chest
Pricking in vicinity of glottis
Dryness of windpipe; of ventricles of larynx
Voice weak
Speaking soon fatigues
Irritation of air-passages
Difficult expectoration of bronchial mucus
Breath short
Oppression of chest, which suddenly ceases and then returns at longer or shorter intervals.
Heart And Pulse
Cardiac spasm
Constriction of heart; with quiet and regular pulse, or with a few separate beats in certain arteries, or with hot flushes in different parts of the face
Irregular beating of heart
Pulse stronger and fuller.
Neck And Back
Renewal of old rheumatic pains in l. rhomboid, < pressure
Bruised pain in loins
Obstruction in region of kidneys, with heaviness.
Limbs
Contractions of forearms and legs
Irresistible inclination to stretch
Pain in all joints;
< l.; pain in all muscles
Sensation as if hot water ran through marrow of bones.
Upper Limbs
Weariness in all muscles of shoulders
Crampy numbness of r. forearm, hand, and fingers
Pain in finger-joints.
Lower Limbs
Gait unsteady
Inability to stand
Sharp pains in hips
Weariness in muscles of thighs, with crampy movements in calves.
Generalities
Bruised feeling in all muscles; on waking.—Wandering pains in muscles of chest and legs.—Drawings in several muscles.—Malaise.—Weariness (with depression, heaviness, and dulness); dull feeling throughout the system generally; and unfitness for everything.
Skin
Spots almost circular, with raised scaly edges
Yellowish spots on legs
Erysipelatous redness
Red points on eyelids, l. side of neck and both hands
Red spots, covered with whitish scales, on l. side of neck
Lilac-coloured spot, shaped like an ear, on sole; the skin over it is depressed, and walking is painful
Erythema on face, neck, back, chest, arms, and thighs; with much itching; with copious sweat
Miliary eruptions on neck, back, and chest
Sudamina on abdomen
Papules on face
Pustules on chest
Pricking on different parts
Itching in several places; itching at tip of nose (in one who had chilblain there every year).
Sleep
Yawning and stretching
Sleepiness; in the daytime
Heavy, dreamless sleep
Persistent dreaming all the time he was asleep; mouth in unpleasant state in morning.
Fever
Shivering in afternoon
Cold hands and feet, with general condition resembling precursory stage of fever, without alteration of pulse
Sensation of coldness in forearm, hand, l. foot, and leg;
> by rubbing, but returning when the rubbing ceased
Febrile movements
Heat: of skin; in bones of leg; in l. tibia; in face in flushes; in different parts of face in flushes, esp. temporal regions
Profuse sweat.