CONFINEMENT AND POST-PARTUM DERANGEMENTS
Bryonia [Bry]
Soreness and tenderness of uterus, (<) from motion; constipation, coated tongue and thirst, bitter taste; headache.
Calcarea-carb [Calc]
Uterus low down, enlarged, mouth open to admit finger; bearing- down pain in pelvis; sense of weight and soreness in uterus, sometimes with difficulty in standing; profuse menses with consequent anaemia; stools, large hard, dry, knotty and difficult of passage.
China [Chin]
Haemorrhage in black clots from atony of uterus; deterioration of health from the protracted losses.
Kali-carb [Kali-c]
Hydraemia; pale, sickly, sallow complexion; weakness; stitching pains in and about the uterus, pains in lumbar region; leucorrhoea.
Lilium-tigr [Lil-t]
Bearing down in uterine region, as if everything would be pressed out, (>) by pressure of hand against vulva; aching over pubes with pain in knees; bloated feeling in uterine region; pelvic organs feel swollen; aching apparently AROUND, NOT IN THE UTERUS; urgent desire for stools; pain in sacrum; bloated feeling in abdomen; low-spirited and irritable.
Podophyllum [Podo]
Prolapsus uteri and haemorrhoids, with pain in sacrum; bearing down in genitals and in sacral region, with pain from motion, (>) lying down; constipation.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
Enlarged uterus presses upon bladder, with pains at the close of micturition; menses late, scanty, painful and interrupted.
Ruta [Ruta]
Prolapsus ani after confinement, before or during stool; bruised sensation all over body.
Secale-corn [Sec]
Constant bearing down in abdomen, with relaxed feeling in parts; difficult contraction of uterus; thin, black, foul-smelling discharge; GREAT WEAKNESS AFTER CONFINEMENT, REMAINS FOR LONG TIME.
Sepia [Sep]
Venous congestion of uterus, stitching pains felt mostly in neck of uterus or extending to abdominal cavity; bearing down as if everything would protrude through vulva, causing her to sit with limbs crossed for relief; hot flushes with weak spells; great weakness at pit of stomach, with pain and burning in lumbar region.
Ustilago [Ust]
Constant aching, referred to mouth of womb; bearing down as if everything would come through, pains shooting down legs; os uteri soft, pliable, dilatable; costiveness or black, lumpy stool.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.