Menyanthes

COMMON NAME:

      BUCK BEAN.

Symptoms

      This remedy is indicated in malarial disorders, when the coldness predominated (Bl.).

Great debility, often accompanied by chilliness.

THE HANDS AND FEET ARE ICY COLD DURING CHILL (Aurum, Phosphorus, Veratrum) (K.).

Intermittent fever, with coldness in the abdomen.

Heat in the face, with cold hands and feet.

Heat without thirst (Apis., Gelsemium, Pulsatilla)

Shivering, with yawning (B.).

Rheumatic pains in the extremities (Bryonia, Ipecac., Rhus toxicodendron).

Pinching and stinging in the limbs and joints.

Coldness of the tip of the nose during chill (Apis, Ant-C., Cedr., Tarax.) (K.).

Tension in the root of the nose (A.).

Sensation of pressure on the vertex, relieved by hard pressure with the hand (Bl.).

Complaints from abuse of Cinchona Quinine (Ipecac., Natrum muriaticum, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Sulphur) (A.).

Visible, but painless twitching of the muscles.

Pinching and stinging in the limbs and joints.

Anxiety about the heart, as if some evil and impending (A.).

Inclination to shed tears (weight pressure upon the head at every step (Gloninum, Lachesis); worse on ascending (Calcarea) (A.).

As soon as the patient lies down, legs jerk and twitch (Br.).

Tension in the arms, hands, and fingers (A.).

Sensation of coldness extending up the oesophagus; with great nausea (C.).

Desire for meat (Ferr-M., Iodium, Kreosotum, Lil-T., Magnesia carb., Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Sanicula, Sulphur, Tuberculinum) (Br.).

FULLNESS IN THE ABDOMEN, MUCH INCREASED BY SMOKING TOBACCO (C.).

Frequent desire to urinate with scanty discharge (Belladonna, Cantharis, Nux vomica) (C.).

Misty vision (Calcarea, Cyclamen, Gelsemium, Kali carb., Phosphorus, Pulsatilla) (B.).

Vivid dreams (B.).

Hoarseness (Argentum nitricum, Calcarea, Carbo vegetabilis, Phosphorus, Rhus toxicodendron) (C.).

Dyspnoea (Arsenicum, China, Digitalis) (C.)

AGGRAVATION:

      By rest; towards evening; from lying from; and from ascending.

AMELIORATION:

      By motion; from pressure on the affected part; and from stooping.

RELATIONSHIP:

      Compare: Apis, Arnica, Aurum, Bel., Calcarea, Caps., Carb-An., Carbo vegetabilis, Gelsemium, Kali-Arsenicum, Mag-M., Paris, Pulsatilla, Sanguinaria, Sepia, Stramonium, and Veratrum

Follows well: Caps., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Rhus toxicodendron and Veratrum

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)