Melastoma


Melastoma signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Melastoma is used…


      Melastoma Ackermani. *N. O. Melastomaceae. Tincture of leaves.

Clinical

Diarrhoea. Perinaeum, pains in. Prostatic affections.

Characteristics

Mure figures and describes this plant. He made a proving of the leaves. On the second day of the proving the prover lost an inveterate diarrhoea with colic. The most notable symptoms were a pain in the perineum and testicles, and shuddering followed by heat without sweat.

SYMPTOMS.

Head

Vertigo. Headache with sensitiveness of scalp.

Mouth

Digging in teeth. White tongue. Copious saliva.

Stomach

Sour stomach.

Abdomen

Borborygmi. Pain in abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Tenesmus with constriction of sphincter. Heat and pricking at anus. Fearful pain and pulling from perinaeum to anus when sitting, not ceasing in any position, lasting six hours. Lancinations in perinaeum, urethra, and testicles. (Inveterate diarrhoea and colic cured.).

Urinary Organs

Pricking in urethra. Urine: profuse, light foaming, red, odourless, with bloody clots, fetid, white sediment, albuminous.

Male Sexual Organs

Hardness of penis without erection.

Heart

Palpitation of heart.

Back and neck

Pain in loins.

Lower Limbs

Weakness of thighs. Oedema of legs.

Generalities

Prostration.

Sleep

Drowsy in daytime.

Fever

Chills followed by sweat. Violent chills followed by heat without sweat. Intense heat.

Skin

Eruption on lips, especially upper. Itching and heat at night. Pricking over feet, ankles, and wrists.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica