Collinsonia

COMMON NAME:

      STONE ROOT.

Symptoms

      Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhoea and haemorrhoids (Aloe., Podophyllum, Sulphur) (A.).

Flushes of heat, with oppressed breathing (Amyl. nitrosum, Argentum nitricum, Ferr-P., Graphites, Sanguinaria, Sepia, Sulphur) (Br.).

Bitter taste in the mouth (Bryonia, Carbo vegetabilis, Chelidonium, China, Coloc., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Nat-S., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sulphur) (Br.).

CONGESTION OF PELVIC VISCERA, WITH HAEMORRHOIDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER MONTHS OF PREGNANCY (Aesculus, Am-M., Caps., Lachesis, Natrum muriaticum, Nux vomica, Sepia) (A.).

Itching of the anus (Aesculus, Aloe., Am-C., Calcarea, Causticum, Fluor-Ac., Graphites, Lycopodium, Acid nitricum, Nux vomica, Sulphur) (Br.).

The bowels are more apt to move in the evening (F.).

CHRONIC, PAINFUL, BLEEDING PILES (Aesculus, Aloe., Carbo vegetabilis, Graphites, Hamamelis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mur-Ac., Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Rat., Sepia, Sulphur Thuja) (A.).

Haemorrhoidal dysentery, with tenesmus (Aloe, Caps., Coloc., Merc-V., Nux vomica, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur) (A.).

Constipation with prolapsus uteri and haemorrhoids (Natrum muriaticum, Sepia) (D.).

Stools lumpy and light coloured, with straining and dull pain in the anus (Bt.).

SENSATION AS IF STICKS, SAND OR GRAVEL HAD LODGED IN THE RECTUM (Aesculus, Causticum, Graphites, Iris., Nux vomica, Sulphur) (A.).

Sense of weight in the rectum (Aloe., Cact., Causticum, Hepar, Sepia, Silicea, Thuja) (C.).

Stools in form of balls (Alumina, Alumn., Mag-M., Natrum muriaticum, Opium, Plb.) (C.).

Alternate diarrhoea and constipation (Ant-C., Chelidonium, Hepar, Ignatia, Kali bichromicum, Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Nux vomica, Opium, Podophyllum, Sulphur) (A.).

Stools are preceded and followed by severe pains in the hypogastrium (Bt.).

Congestive inertia of lower bowels; stools sluggish and hard, with pain and great flatulence (A.).

Headache from suppressed haemorrhoids (Aloe., Lachesis, Sepia, Sulphur) (C.).

Membranous dysmenorrhoea (Borax, Bromium, Cyclamen, Kali bichromicum, Lac-C.) (Br.).

Pruritus in pregnancy (Ambr., Fluor-Ac., Helonias, Mercurius, Sepia), with haemorrhoids; unable to lie down (A.).

Dropsy from cardiac disease (Apis., Arsenicum, Aurum, Digitalis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Naja, Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron) (A.).

Palpitation in patients subject to piles and indigestion (Carbo vegetabilis, Dioscorea, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Sepia) (A.).

Heart’s action persistently rapid but weak (Digitalis, Lachesis, Phosphorus, Sepia) (A.).

After heart is relieved old piles reappear, suppressed menses return (A.).

Cough from excessive use of voice (Argentum nitricum, Arum-T., Causticum, Rhus toxicodendron) (Br.).

Yellow coating along the centre or base of the tongue (Ant-C., Calcarea sulph., China, Kali-S., Mercurius, Merc-I-F., Natrum phos., Nux vomica) (C.).

Functional paralysis, coming from fatigue or from mental emotions (Cocc., Ignatia, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Stann.) (F.).

AGGRAVATION:

      From mental emotion; from mental excitement; from cold; at night; and during pregnancy.

AMELIORATION:

      From heat.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare: Aesculus, Aloe., Caps., Carbo vegetabilis, Dioscorea, Hamamelis, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Lycps., Mercurius, Mur-Ac., Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Opium, Plb., Rat., Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur

Antidote: Nux vomica

Has cured colic after Coloc. and Nux vomica failed.

In heart disease complicated with haemorrhoids, consult Collinsonia, when Cact., Digitalis, and other remedies fail.

Adolph Lippe

Adolph Lippe (born near Goerlitz, Prussia, 11 May 1812; died in Philadelphia, 23 January 1888) was a homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. Adolph got a legal education at Berlin. After completing his legal studies, Lippe became interested in homeopathy, and emigrated to the United States in 1837 to further his study. In 1838, he enrolled in the North American Academy of Homeopathy at Allentown, Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 1841. He settled in Philadelphia, where from 1863 until 1868 he was professor of materia medica in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Besides some essays and treatises from the French, German, and Italian which became standards, Lippe was the author of:
Comparative Materia Medica (Philadelphia, 1854)
Text-Book of Materia Medica (1866)