Menyanthes

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Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Menyanthes in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….

Generalities

      It produces icy coldness; of prominent; or of single, or affected parts; nose; ears, fingers, knees, abdomen etc. Tensive and compressive pains. Spasmodic jerking and visible twitchings; with neuralgia. Jumpy, fidgety women with urinary troubles.

Worse

      Walking; even lightly. Ascending. Rest. Light. Noise. Jar.

Better

      Hard pressure. Twilight. Laying on hand. Stooping.

Head

      Bursting headache; pain ascends from nape, better stooping; sitting bent. Heavy pressure; on vertex better hard pressure with hand. As of weight in nape. Head cold, as if cold wind blowing on it.

Eyes

      Misty Vision.

Ears

      Tinnitus, when chewing.

Nose

      Cold. Nauseous smell before nose, like that of rotten eggs.

Face

      Visible twitching of the facial muscles, worse rest.

Stomach

      Coldness extending up to oesophagus. Desire for meat. Aversion to bread and butter.

Abdomen

      Coldness; worse pressing upon it with hand.

Urinary

      Frequent desire to urinate; with scanty urine.

Heart

      Anxiety about; as if some evil was going to happen. Slightest exertion causes irregular action.

Back

      Boring at scapula (left). Bruised pain in sacrum worse stooping, walking.

Extremities

      Cramps in posterior thighs worse sitting. Cramps from ankles to calf (right). Icy coldness of hands and feet. Legs jerk and twitch; worse lying down.

Skin

      Feels tight.

Sleep

      Vivid dreams, with agitated sleep.

Fever

      Shivering with yawning. Quartan malaria.

Related

      Veratrum

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S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.