The Sanguinaria climacteric woman is especially disposed to hot flushes, due to congestion of the blood-vessels.
All these women are pycnic patients, who generally speaking, pass through the climacteric period without serious troubles, they are inclined to corpulence, hot fits and increased perspiration. In some cases Belladonna or Sulphuric acid is the suitable drug, the latter drug is especially suitable for women, suffering from sweats, followed by extreme exhaustion, whereas Belladonna is the suitable remedy for women feeling the sweats as as most agreeable relief.
Other cases, suffering from hot flushes are covered by the drug picture of Sulphur, here the face is extremely reddened, the patient complain of a sensation of intensive heat in the region of the crown; in other cases, again, where the flushes are coupled with salivation and the most profuse sweat, Jaborandum is the remedy.
No doubt the reader will find it much easier to select the most effective remedy by studying the following short review of drug according to the different symptoms of the patient. (Dr. Haehl, Wechseljahre der Frau.) For the special key symptoms see the attached Materia Medica.
(1) Headache and vertigo : Belladonna, China, Cimicifuga, Gelsemium, Glonoin, Sanguinaria, Xanthoxylum.
(2) Flushes and congestions : Aconite, Jaborandum, Lachesis, Sanguinaria, Sepia, Sulphur, Veratrum viride.
(3) Increased perspiration : China, Hepar sulphuris, Jaborandum, Sulphuric acid, Veratrum album.
(4) Palpitation of the heart : Aconite, Cactus, China, Crataegus, Kalium carbonicum, Lachesis, Lycopus virginicus, Veratrum album Ignatia.
(5) Haemorrhages : China, Crocus, Erigeron, Hamamelis, Hydrastis, Ipecacuanha, Lachesis, Plumbum, Sabina, Sanguinaria, Sanguisorba, Trillium, Ustilago.
(6) Disorders of the digestive organs : Anacardium ori., Nitrate of Silver, Carbo vegetabilis, Carduus marianus, China, Cocculus, Graphites, Ignatia, Lycopodium, Natrum phosphoricum, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur.
(7) Nervous disorders and exhaustion : China, Gelsemium, Ignatia, Moschus, Valeriana.
(8) Sleeplessness : Aconite, Avena sativa, Chamomilla, Cimicifuga, Coffea, Gelsemium, Lachesis.
(9) Itching around the genital organs (Pruritus Vulvae) : Ambra grisea, Caladium, Carbo vegetabilis, Collinsonia, Conium, Dictamnus, Sulphur.
(10) Senile genital discharge : Arsenicum album, Baryta carbonica, Helonias.
