Teucrium Marum Verum
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General
Teucrium Marum.
Marum verum. Cat Thyme. N. O. Labiatae. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical
Anus, itching of. Eyelids, tumour of. Fibroma. Hiccough. Ingrowing toenail. Nose, catarrh of. Polypus. Psoriasis. Rheumatism. Urethra, excrescences in. Worms.
Characteristics
The Germander group of the Labiatae, to which the Teucriums belong, had an important place in old herbal medicine, and homoeopathy has placed Teuc. m. on a firm foundation. Stapf and others proved it. Marked symptoms of helminthiasis, irritation of anus and nose, were elicited, and Teuc. has well justified the labour of the provers in this respect. No remedy meets more cases of threadworms than Teucr.
The nasal symptoms have led to the use of Teuc. in nasal polypus. Guernsey gives this as guiding: "Polypus with stoppage of nose on side lain on; large red pimples under right nostril near septum, sore and smarting to touch." A snuff of Teuc. has been used in some cases in addition to the internal use of the remedy. But Teuc. has a relation to new growth in general as well as of the nose. It has removed a fibrous tumour of the eyelid; urethral granulations following gonorrhoea; and also uterine fibroids.
Worms and polypi suggest a tubercular taint, and I have used both Teuc. m. and Teuc. scorod. in phthisical cases. I was led to think of the remedies by reading an article on the latter, and not being able to obtain it I gave Teuc. m. Ø, in five-drop doses three times a day, to a man of 44 who had phthisis affecting the right lung with severe recurrent haemorrhages. Teuc. helped him much, and with other remedies he got quite well, and has now been at his work for some years. But whilst taking Teuc. he noticed that he passed a large quantity of threadworms, to which he was not at all subject.
C. M. Boger (Hahn. Ad., xxxviii. 40) relates this case of cough: Patient had with the cough a mouldy taste in the throat when hawking up mucus.
Expectoration profuse. Rapid loss of weight and strength. Anorexia. A brother had died of phthisis four years before with very similar symptoms.
Teuc. m. 3x helped, and 20x finished the cure. The italicised symptom is a keynote. Teuc. has the craving hunger of the antipsorics and worm remedies; it prevents sleep at night. Nervous, irritable, sensitive.
There are many rheumatic and gouty symptoms and scapular pains, both in the bones and joints. Limbs go to sleep with tingling when sitting. Peculiar Sensations are: As if air forced through mucus in ear. As if right nostril were partly stopped.
As if nail had grown into flesh of right great toe. Chill as from abdomen. Sensation as from fleabites. Teuc. is Suited to: Old persons and children.
When too much medicine has produced an over-sensitive condition and remedies fail to act. The symptoms are: < By touch. < Sitting. < Stooping.
< On side lain on. Moving >. Disinclined for exertion. < Evening and at night.
Desires exercise in open air, which does not fatigue. Warmth <. < Warmth of bed. Wet weather <.
Relations
Antidoted by: Camph. Compatible: Chi., Puls., Sil. Compare: Botan. Teuc. scorod. Sinking immediately after meals, Ars., Cin. Lyc., Sil., Staph. Hiccough, Ign. (Ign., < eating, smoking, emotions; Teuc. after nursing, in infants). Loquacity, Lach. Hyo. Singing, Bell, Croc., Hyo., Spo., Stram. Worms, Scirrh., Cin., Spi. Phthisis, Bac. Polypus < damp weather, Lemn. Nervous phenomena, Nux, Val. Nasal catarrh, K. bi. Nasal polypus, Pho., Sang., Sil. Nails growing in, Mgt. aust., Nit. ac.
Causation
Concussion (brain). Injuries likely to set up tetanus.
Mind
State of irritability, and irascibility, with sensitiveness so great that fatigue is produced by merely hearing the conversation of others
Irritability < after eating (with pressure in forehead)
Moroseness
Indolence, and great aversion to exertion, either mental or physical
Excessive moral excitement and loquacity
Irresistible inclination to sing.
Head
Headache, with dull, spasmodic pain
Pressive pains in head, principally in eyes, forehead, and temples, < on stooping
Skin of forehead feels sensitive to touch
Tearing by paroxysms, in r. side of head (alternating with the same sensation in r. frontal eminence, and in l. temple).
Eyes
Pains in eyes with pressure, as if sand were in them
Biting sensations
Smarting in eyes, esp. in internal canthi, with redness of conjunctiva
Eyes red and inflamed
Fibrous tumour inside lower lid, one-third inch in diameter; preventing closing lids; bedimmed, sight; no pain
Redness and puffiness of upper lids
Profuse smarting tears in open air
Eyes watery, with an appearance as after weeping.
Ears
Otalgia
Shootings and tearings in ears
Whistling in ears, when speaking, or when producing any sound whatever
A hissing sound in ear when passing hand over it, when talking, or when inhaling air through nose with force
Eruption of scaly tetters on the lobe of ear.
Nose
Sensation of obstruction in nose
Tingling in nose
Frequent sneezing, with tingling in nose; with crawling in nose without coryza
Stinging, lancinating pain in upper part of the nasal cavity
Violent crawling in r. nostril, with lachrymation of r. eye
Sensation as if nostrils were stopped; blowing nose or sneezing does not remove the obstruction; nasal polypus
Obstruction of nose
Polypus, with stoppage of the nose on the side he lies on; large red pimple under r. nostril, near septum, sore and smarting to touch
Fluent coryza in open air.
Face
Sickly, pale complexion, with hollow eyes
Flushes of heat on face, without redness
On both sides of under lip, two deep furrows with elevated edges
Pressive tearing in zygomatic process, extending to teeth.
Teeth
Toothache, with tearing pain in roots of teeth and gums (of the r. lower incisors).—Pain in teeth and gums during mastication.
Mouth
Mouth clammy
Much mucus in mouth
Smarting as from pepper, first on L, later also on r. side
Smarting and scraping in bottom of gullet, and in root of the tongue (esp. l. side).
Throat
Sore throat, with shooting pain, and impeded deglutition
Pressure or drawing and tearing in throat
Frequent necessity to hawk, and hawking up of much mucus of a mouldy taste.
Appetite
Hunger in morning and evening
Bitter taste in gullet after dinner
Appetite increased
Sensation of hunger, as if the food were unsatisfying, and which hinders sleep
Cuttings or nausea, with inclination to vomit after drinking water.
Stomach
Regurgitation of food, with bitter taste
Troublesome hiccough when eating, with violent blows in scrobiculus
Little children, emaciated, jerking hiccough after nursing, and belching without bringing anything up
Vomiting dark green mucus; hiccough with a stitch through stomach to back
Pain in stomach, as from emptiness, with gurgling
Faintness in pit of stomach
Pressure, and anxious oppression in scrobiculus.
Abdomen
Colic (cutting pain) after drinking beer or water
Colic, with tearing drawings, under hypochondria
Incarceration of flatus, with drawing, pinching, and gurgling in abdomen
Pressure in abdomen
Pressure towards inguinal ring
Frequent emission of silent, hot, hepatic-smelling flatulence
Expulsion of much flatus, having the smell of rotten eggs.
Stool And Anus
Copious fetid evacuations of the consistence of pap
Crawling in the rectum after stool
Expulsion of ascarides (with creeping and itching, and nightly restlessness;
< from warmth of bed)
Frequent itching and tingling in anus, often after the evacuations
Crawling and violent sticking in anus in evening, in bed
Swelling, itching, and creeping at anus as from ascarides.
Urinary Organs
Increased secretion of watery (pale) urine
Distressing sensation, as from excoriation, and smarting in the upper part of the urethra
Burning sensation, during and after the emission of urine
Diminished sexual desire.
Male Sexual Organs
Sexual desire decreased
Drawing pain behind l. side of root of penis, extending to l. side of scrotum, became sore to touch
Pressive, drawing sensation from abdomen into cords and testes
Burning, pressing, biting in fore part of urethra when not urinating
Excrescences in urethra following gonorrhoea removed by injections of Teuc. Ø for a week.
Female Sexual Organs
Smooth pedunculate, pear-shaped polypus of vagina, protruding three inches beyond hymen.
Respiratory Organs
Dry cough, excited by a tickling in trachea, as if dust had been inspired (which is < by coughing).
Chest
Chest loaded, with sensation of dryness in trachea.—Squeezing pressure in lower part of chest, with anxious uneasiness (without affecting the breathing).
Heart
Suddenly in evening pulse begins to be felt, beats rapidly, with gout-like pains in fingers.
Back
Burning in l. scapula.—Rheumatic drawing and tension in back.
Limbs
Rheumatism in the limbs, esp. in bones and joints
Tearing in the limbs, esp. in the joints
Jerking of the muscles
The limbs go to sleep.
Upper Limbs
Painful heaviness in arms and forearms
Jerking of muscles of arms
Drawing tearing (rheumatic pains) in bones and joints of arms, hands, and fingers
Burning in the tips of fingers
The finger-joints bend over easily
Panaritium
Painful pulsations and drawing in the forefinger.
Lower Limbs
Jerking of muscles of legs
Tearings in joints and bones of legs, feet and toes
Pain in great toe, as if the nail were entering the flesh
Nail of r. great toe grows in and ulcerates
Ingrowing of toe-nails with ulceration.
Generalities
Great irritability and nervous excitement, with trembling (sensation in whole body), and dizziness Staggering when walking; when walking, placing one foot over another Numbness and tingling in limbs Great desire for exercise in open air
Itching shootings in different parts.—[One of the strongest characteristics of this remedy is, patients can't sleep at night on account of an intense itching at the anus (which may be produced by ascarides), causing him to toss and roll about all night, the itching lasts all night Hiccough; flatus in general Very dry skin; entire absence of perspiration Affections in general of the finger-tips; joints of the toes
H. N. G.]
Skin
Sensation as from fleabites.—Rash, burning itching.
Sleep
Sleep retarded in evening
Unrefreshing sleep, and difficulty in waking in morning
Agitated sleep at night, from excessive excitement (sleeplessness, esp. before midnight; goes to sleep late), with vivid dreams and frequent starts
Very vivid, most agreeable dreams.
Fever
Shivering and shaking, often with icy coldness in hands, and frequent yawning
Chilliness after eating, and when talking about unpleasant things
Heat < in evening, with exaltation and great loquacity
Frequent feeling of flushing in face, without external redness.