Generalities
Commonly known as Buckwheat, acts upon the skin and the digestive organs. Itching is marked and is felt in different parts of the body, eyes, posterior nares; anus; deep in hands; legs etc. Visible pulsations of carotids and other arteries. Discharges are offensive. Pain in streaks. Senile pruritus.
Mind
Inability to study, or remember. Depressed. Irritable. Exceedingly happy.
Head
Pain deep in head with upward pressure. Headache with tired neck, better bending backwards.
Eyes
Itching of the eyes. As if eyeballs were pushed out. Pain along lachrymal duct. Swollen, red, hot.
Ears
Itching in and around.
Nose
Sore, red. Fluent coryza, with sneezing.
Throat
Itching in posterior nares. Post-nasal catarrh.
Stomach
Scalding, hot, sour eructations. Nausea persistent better eating.
Abdomen
Itching in anus.
Female
Pruritus vulvae with yellow leucorrhoea, worse rest.
Heart
Pain around the heart extending to the left shoulder and arm better lying on back.
Neck and Back
Stiffness and bruised feeling in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape would not support the head.
Extremities
Pain in shoulders, with pain along fingers. Itching in arms and legs. Itching deep in hands. Feet numb, with pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
Itching better cool bathing worse scratching, touch and retiring. Eczema. Erythema. Intertrigo. Blind boils. Skin hot, swollen.
Better
Cold applications. Pressure. Coffee.
Worse
Scratching. Sunlight. Motion.
Related
Pulsatilla