Sanicula Aqua
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General
SANICULA AQUA The Water of Sanicula Springs, Ottawa, I11 (SANICULA)
Has been found a useful remedy in enuresis, seasickness, constipation, etc. Rickets.
Head
Dread of downward motion (Borax).
Profuse sweat on occiput and in nape of neck, during sleep (Calc;
Sil).
Photophobia.
Lachrymation in cold air or from cold application.
Profuse scaly dandruff.
Soreness behind ears.
Throat
Thick, ropy, tenacious mucus.
Mouth
Tongue large, flabby, burning; must protrude it to keep cool. Ringworm on tongue.
Stomach
Nausea and vomiting from car-riding.
Thirst; drink little and often (Ars;
Chin).
Is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach.
Rectum
Stools large, heavy and painful.
Pain in whole perineum.
No desire until a large accumulation.
After great straining only partially expelled; recedes, crumbles at verge of anus (Mag mur).
Very offensive odor.
Excoriation of skin about anus, perineum, and genitals.
Diarrhoea; changeable in character and color; after eating.
Female
Bearing-down, as if contents of pelvis would escape; better, rest.
Desire to support parts.
Soreness of uterus.
Leucorrhoea with odor of fish-brine or cold cheese (Hepar).
Vagina feels large.
Back
Dislocated feeling in sacrum and better lying on right side.
Extremities
Burning of soles of feet (Sulph;
Lach).
Offensive foot-sweat (Sil;
Psor).
Cold, clammy sweat of extremities.
Skin
Dirty, greasy, brownish, wrinkled.
Eczema, fissured hands and fingers (Petrol;
Graph).
Modalities
Worse, moving arms backward.
Relationship
Compare: Abrot; Alum; Calc; Sil; Sulph. Sanicula Aqua must not be confounded with the Sanicle (pool-root or wood marsh), also called Sanicula. This is used in various nervous affections, resembling Valeriana. It is used as a vulnerary, resolvent for sanguineous extravasations, and as an astringent (Has not been proved).
Dose
Thirtieth potency.