CANTHARIS



Urinary Organs

Bladder and Kidneys. Inflammation of the uropoietic organs. Inflammation of the urinary organs, and bleeding form them. Great irritability and severe pain of the urinary organs, attended by frequent micturition. Cutting and contracting pains from the ureters down toward the penis; at times the pains pass from without inward; pressure on the glans relieves the pain somewhat. Kidneys inflamed. Inflammation of the kidneys. Inflammation of the kidneys, the bladder, and the penis, which becomes gangrenous. Inflammation of the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder, and the urethra. Renal congestion. Pain in kidneys. Dull pressing pains in both kidneys (second day). Pains in the region of the kidneys. Pains in the region of the kidneys and urging to urinate (after three hours), steadily increasing in severity. Pain in region of kidneys and bladder. Severe pain in the region of the kidneys and bladder (after two days). The region of the kidneys is affected by a continued dull painful sensation, late in the evening. Pains in the kidneys and whole tract of the ureters, extending to the bladder. Pains in kidneys and bladder. Violent paroxysmal cutting and burning pains in both kidneys; the region was very sensitive to the slightest touch; this alternated with equally severe pain and burning in the tip of the penis, urging to urinate, and extremely painful evacuation, by drops, of bloody urine; at times also he passed pure blood with some clots. Pain in right kidney (soon after). A couple of very violent stitches in the region of the right kidney, so that she could have screamed (after two and a half hours). A twitching and throbbing sensation in the region of the right kidney (after nine hours). Inflammation of the bladder. Inflammation of the bladder; burning on urinating, finally bloody urine (in a woman, from the application of a fly-blister to the nape of the neck). Ulceration of the bladder. (At the post- mortem, the bladder, urethra, and kidneys were found ulcerated). Ulceration of the bladder and the urethra. Gangrene of the lining of the bladder. Discharge of much dirty, purulent matter from the bladder. Irritation of the urinary organs, so that he can bear scarcely more that a spoonful of urine in the bladder, without urging to urinate the whole day. Pain in the bladder. Violent pains in the bladder, with frequent urging to urinate; intolerable tenesmus. Fearful pains in the bladder. Great heat in the bladder. Extraordinary heat at the bladder (after four hours). Burning of the bladder. Tenesmus vesicae. Intense vesical spasm (after one hour). Tenesmus of the bladder. Tenesmus and strangury. Most excessive tenesmus of the bladder and rectum. Painful pressure downward toward the bladder. A sort of paralysis of the neck of the bladder; the urine passes without the slightest power to force; this attack lasted for some time, and gradually increased to such an extent that the urine could scarcely be retained without effort (first days). Great pain in the neck of the bladder. Violent pain in the neck of the bladders. Violent burning, cutting pains in neck of bladder, extending to the navicular fossa of urethra, especially worse before and after urinating (second day). When there is urgency to urinate there is a sticking pain in the forepart of the neck of the bladder, and on continued urging to urinate only a few drops of urine are passed. Pressing-stitching pain in the neck of the bladder. Pressing-tearing pain in the neck of the bladder. Urethra. Mouth of urethra inflamed. The urethra is swollen internally. Urinary flatulence. White, watery discharge, like gleet. Discharge from the urethra of a small quantity of pasty, colorless liquid (fourth to fifth day). Discharge from the urethra like gleet, accompanied by constant desire to urinate. Yellow-colored gonorrhoea, which stains the linen yellow. Bloody gonorrhoea, (after four days). Passage of blood from the urethra. Flow of blood from the urethra; in a short time five drops of blood passed, (from external use). Passage of bright- red blood, with the most violent urging to urinate, and cutting, burning pains through the whole urethra (after nine hours). He passes five pounds of blood from the urethra. (Removes the urgent, inflammatory symptoms of incipient gonorrhoea). Every time on urinating there is a sensation in the forepart of the urethra, at the tip of the glans, as if the urine was retained at the point and could not come out, with a pressive pain there; the urine, however, passes freely. Painful sensation along urethra. Pain in urethra. On urinating, he has pain only toward the close; if much urine has collected, this pain is much less than with little urine. A few pains on urinating, with continual urging to urinate (after four and five hours). A peculiar pain on urinating, as if it were impossible to evacuate the urine, with an unpleasant pressure in the region of the bladder (first day). Could not pass urine without extreme pain; the quantity discharged was small and bloody. Violent pain, with continual urinating (from external use), (after a few hours). The most violent pain on urinating; it seems to her as if one were cutting with knives, with frequent urging, and yet she always passes but a few drops. Slight heat in urethra (soon after). Feeling of heat in urethra, with slight constriction at the prostate (after two hours). Burning in the forepart of the urethra, as if a drop of urine remained there (sixth day). (Burning before and during urinating). Ardor urinae, etc. Burning, when urinating, and when not (after two hours). Burning when urinating, and a white sediment in the urine, before the menses. Burning while urinating, etc. In the morning on urinating, he had a tensive sensation along the urethra, as if the urine were checked in its course (second day). Pressive pain in the urethra with the gonorrhoeal discharge. Cutting pain, extending from the back and the abdomen out through the urethra. Violent cutting before, during, and after urination (after six hours). Before, during, and after urinating fearful cutting pains in the urethra; she must double herself and scream from pains; in the afternoon. At times, an unlooked for sticking in the urethra, and burning, during the passage of urine. Coarse stitches in the orifice of the urethra, extending to the anus, in the evening and night (after ten hours). Biting pain in the urethra, while urinating. Twitching and burning pain on urinating. Smarting in the urethra during urination. The urethra is painfully sensitive (after twelve hours). Great soreness on urinating (after three weeks). A crawling and itching in the urethra, after urinating. Unpleasant tickling and voluptuous warmth in the urethra. Burning while urinating; urine yellow (fifth day). Violent burning on urinating. Burning on urinating, so violent that he could not pass a drop of urine without tears and blood (from the application of Cantharis powder, with yeast, to a cold swelling). Urine burns severely in passing (this symptom was a cold swelling). Urine burns severely in passing (this symptom was very troublesome in the case of two or three provers who had drank very little at dinner). Continual burning of the urine. Urine scalds him; it is passed drop by drop (third day). Burning along the urethra, after urinating. Slight burning in the urethra. Troublesome burning in the urethra, at night, with passage of a few drops of blood (one prover). Constant burning sensation in the urethra, even when not urinating (after ten hours). Itching in the urethra. Itching sensation in the external meatus urinarius, which at times is almost a cutting sensation, but without voluptuous sensation. Urging to urinate. Urging to urinate, with great pain at every attempt. Urging to urinate, with burning sensation in the urethra. Urging to urinate immediately; if the urine is passed at all, some of it passes in small quantities, at several times (from the vapor). Every moment urging to urinate, and always but one teaspoonful passes (after four hours). Urging to urinate, without being able to pass any (first hour); later, there passed several drops, with bloody streaks, and the most violent pains (after five and six hours). Urging to urinate, with strangury and ischuria. Urging to urinate, with increased secretion of urine, priapism, pain in stomach, and dysuria. Awakened at 3 1/2 A.M. by urging to urinate; after the discharge of some urine, an extremely tormenting burning in the urethra. I could not remain in bed; on sitting, the trouble was somewhat relieved; was obliged to pass urine every three or four minutes, with almost unendurable pains. I drank three glasses of cold water in rapid succession, and after thirty minutes, passed a large amount of urine, with relief of the pain. He has far greater urging to urinate when standing, and still more when walking, than when sitting (after five hours). Frequent urging to urinate, etc. Frequent urgent need to urinate, always preceded by severe pain at the end of the penis; the passage of urine is always attended by severe scalding; urine turbid, and slightly tinged with blood. Frequent urging to urinate, renewed every two or three minutes. Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty urine, without pains; only toward the end of micturition, pressing pain in the base of the urethra, extending to the external meatus (after eight hours). Excessive urging to urinate. Violent urging to urinate (after two hours). Violent urging to urinate, whereby two spoonfuls, at the most, of dirty, tenacious mucus pass, with violent cutting. Every three to four minutes the most violent urging to urinate, but at the most only a teaspoonful passes, and at the end of this scanty micturition, most intolerable burning-cutting pains in the urethra (after nine and a half hours). Constant urging to urinate, with intolerable pain. Constant urging to urinate; only a small amount passed, with frightful pains (first day). Constant urging to urinate; urine was passed drop by drop, with extreme pain. Constant urging, and always but one spoonful of urine, with great pain, in the morning. Constant urging to urinate, with which but a few drops pass, with such violent pain that she is forced to cry out. Constant urging to urinate, with passage of a few drops, causing severe smarting and burning along the urethra, especially in the neighborhood of the fossa navicularis. Finally, after long and painful straining to pass a few drops of bloody and albuminous urine, a convulsive tremor attacks all the limbs, the forehead and chest are covered with cold sweat, and he sinks on his bed half-exhausted; he cannot get a moment’s rest, on account of the immediate return of these sufferings. Constant painful urging to urinate, with dribbling discharge, reddish, sometimes mixed with blood (second day). Pressure and urging to urinate. Frequent desire to urinate. Violent desire to urinate. Very urgent desire to urinate, which must be attended to (fifth day). Painful efforts to pass urine and faeces. Every now and then she strains most painfully, and with all her might, only to pass a few drops of urine (after four hours). Fruitless efforts to urinate. At noon, ineffectual urging to urinate; at one o’clock, a few drops of blood-streaked urine. Increased secretion of urine. Urine increased (fifth day). Urine increased (fifteenth and sixteenth days), becoming cloudy immediately after passing (fifteenth day). Increased urine, which at times passes with difficulty (from small doses). The first hours, increased urination, without difficulty. Urine increased in quantity, containing organized lymph, and an substance resembling mother of vinegar. Urine more seldom, but increased (sixth day). Urination is increased; at times restrained. Urine, in an hour and a half, scarcely a pint and a half, with coagulated blood. The amount of urine passed varied between 31 7/8 ounces and 37 3/4 ounces. The urine amounted to 59 ounces in five discharges (first day), (probably the effect of the tincture taken the previous days); 32 1/2 ounces (second day); 35 1/2 ounces (third day); 35 ounces (fourth day); 38 ounces, 1 dose of 1st. trit.; 34 ounces (second day); 37 ounces (third day). 42 ounces of urine (third day); 33 ounces of urine (fourth day); 43 1/2 ounces in only three passages (fourth day); 43 1/2 ounces in only three passages (fourth day); 35 ounces of urine in three passages (sixth day). 24 1/2 ounces of urine (first day), (from 4 doses of 6th dil).; 29 ounces (second day); 28 1/2 ounces (third day), (from 4 doses of 3d dil).; 33 1/2 ounces (fourth day). 33 1/2 ounces (sixth day) (from 4 doses of 2d dil).; 34 1/2 ounces (second day), (from 2 drops of 2d dil).; 35 1/2 ounces (fourth day), (from 25 drops of 6th dil).; 48 ounces (fifth day), (from 30 drops twice, and 5 drops once of the 1st. dil).; the quantity passed at each time this day was as follows; 13, 10, 9, and twice 7 ounces; 39 1/2 ounces (sixth day), (from 50 drops of 1st. dil., morning and evening); 34 1/2 ounces (seventh day), (from 50 drops of 1st. dil. three times). The daily quantity of urine, while taking the tincture, varied between 33 1/2 and 43 1/2 ounces; in order to obtain the average amount, I included the quantity passed on the day after this proving (the first day of taking the 2d trituration), which amounted to 59 ounces, because it seemed to be the effect of the tincture, and not that of the trituration taken that day; the average thus amounted to 41 1/2 ounces. Copious urination (after two hours)(880). Copious, painful, and even bloody flow of urine. Very copious urination. Urine copious (after quarter of an hour). Urine copious and scalding, though but little fluid had been taken. Immoderate flow of urine. Frequent urinating. Frequent and copious urinating (fifth day). Urination more frequent and more copious than usual (five provers), (after two hours). Urine more frequent, but not increased (sixth day). Frequent urination, always with a small discharge. Frequent bloody urine. The bloody urine was passed more frequently, but always in smaller quantity (eight to ten hours). Frequent discharge of scanty, watery urine; at first it passes with pain, and, towards the end, with violent cutting pain; at last some passes by drops, or in a weak, intermitting stream. Micturition frequent and painful. Frequent, painful urination, constantly preceded by violent pain in the glans. Very frequent urinating (soon after). Makes water continually during the day, especially when walking; not at night; (urinated one day about forty times). Must rise twice at night to urinate. As many as sixty urinations in one hour. Fatal flow of urine (from external use on the nape of the neck). Dysuria. Dysuria (from a blister on the nape of the neck). Ischuria, etc. Difficult and painful micturition (ischuria). Urinating difficult and seldom. Difficult evacuation of clear, bloody urine. Strangury, etc. Strangury (in a woman). Drops of bloody urine; strangury. Strangury; ischuria. Strangury with burning sensation. Strangury, very painful and distressing, accompanied by a strong and disagreeable smell in the nostrils (third day). Frequent strangury, and pain in the back (from large doses). Severe strangury. Intense strangury; urine passed in small quantities (third day). Very obstinate strangury (two cases). Painful urination the whole day, with pain in the kidneys (third day). Extremely painful urination. Extremely painful urination of blood (from twelve Spanish flies). Painful discharge of a few drops of bloody urine, causing very severe sharp pain, as if a red-hot iron were passed along the urethra; this pain was most acutely felt at the membranous portion of the canal, and in the meatus urinarius. Painful dribbling discharge of albuminous urine, with membranous pieces which are rolled up, grayish-red, covered on both sides with blood-streaked mucus, and some large pieces, white on one side, red on the other, firm and elastic. The urethra is contracted internally, hence the urine passed in a thin stream (after twenty-four hours). The urine passed in a thin and divided stream, and with difficulty, especially at 9 A.M. The urine is passed in drops. Urine is passed only in drops. The urine passes only in drops, with cutting pains (after seven hours). While he is going to pass urine, he can only with difficulty prevent some from passing. Incontinence of urine (after six to eight days). Involuntary dribbling of urine (after seven hours). A few drops of watery blood followed the urine. Urine rather diminished than increased. Urine scanty and high-colored (second day). Very scanty urine, with violent cutting pains in the urethra, especially in the front part. Very scanty emission of bloody urine. He passes less urine in the morning than usual (second day). Inability to urinate. Retention of urine. Retention of urine (second day). Retention of urine, the urine was discharged every time by means of a catheter. Retention of urine (removed by local application of ice). Retention of the urine, without priapism (sexton). Retention of the urine, causing pain. Retention of the urine; only a few drops are infrequently discharged after violent exertion. Retention of urine, on account of too great fulness of the bladder, and consequent inability to pass the urine. Retention of urine; even the smallest and most flexible catheter could not be passed further than an inch. Urine and stool retained (first day). Suppression of urine. Urine suppressed for thirty-six hours. Suppression of urine on one occasion for four days. Urine. Hot and bloody urine. The urine seemed acrid. Discharge of white urine. Urine light and clear in the afternoon and evening, very light-colored in the morning (third day); somewhat darker (fifth day); very colorless, turbid when discharged (sixth day). Urine pale yellow, during the chill, with pain in the evening. Very pale yellow urine (second day, A.M). Reddish urine (soon after taking). Urine red (second day). Urine red, bloody. Red-colored urine, as if mixed with blood (after eight hours). Urine dark. The urine was dark-colored. The urine is again colored darker, and the pain on urinating is less (after twenty-four hours). Bloody urine, etc. Bloody urine (from external use). Bloody urine, which is passed with great pain, and only in drops. Bloody urine, with great pain. Bloody urine, convulsions, and death (in a girl, from the application of a salve containing Cantharides). Bloody urine till death. Urine mixed with blood. Urine mixed with blood and mucus, with great pain (even after the use of Camphor). Urine mixed with blood; somewhat gravelly. Discharge of blood and urine. He passes blood, or bloody urine. Urine turbid and scanty. Urine turbid and slightly bloody. Urine during the night cloudy like mealy water, with white sediment (second day). The urine was always very cloudy, from mucus. The urine frequently became cloudy immediately after passing, and frequently deposited a fine white sediment, which adhered to the glass (something I had never notices before); an iridescent film was at times notices on the surface of the urine, a short time after it was passed. Mucous urine. In the urine passed during the first hours, there was floating, after it had stood, some thready mucus. Mucus and sand at times discharges with the bloody urine. Albuminuria (after six to eight days). Urine deposits albumen, or contains it in solution. With the urine there passed at first bloody filaments, then blackish, coagulated masses of blood, and at last much mucus. Urine loaded with sediment and fibrinous matter (second day). Reaction of urine on the whole about normal; in the morning decidedly acid; in the evening slightly acid; and in the afternoon, neutral; twice it was slightly alkaline. The reaction of urine during the proving with the dilutions was slightly alkaline; neutral, however, always after meals, and often at other times, especially in the morning and late in the evening. Reaction of urine, three times alkaline, eight times neutral, at other times slightly acid. The sp. gr. was very high, varying between 10.18 and 10. 29. The sp. gr. was very high for the amount of colorless urine; it varied from 10.09 to 10.28; in general the amount seemed to be higher than the normal sp. gr. Sp. gr. 10.14, 10.05, in the morning; 10.26, 10.23, in the evening (third day); sp. gr. high (fourth day); 10.20, 10.28 (fifth day). Sp. gr. of the urine while taking the dilutions varied between 10.05 and 10.34; it increased, especially during the first and second days, when 10.05 was the lowest point marked. On the appearance of the urinary difficulties, all the other symptoms cease; in the evening. The urinary symptoms are permanently removed by Camphor (fourth day).

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.