COMMON NAME:
SHEPHERD’S PURSE.
Symptoms
Albuminuria during gestation (Apis.). (Br.).
Renal Colic (Berberis, Dioscorea, Nux vomica). (Bl.).
Phosphatic deposit in the urine (Calcarea phos., Acid phosphoricum., Sulphur) (Bl.).
Spasmodic retention of urine (Belladonna) (Bl.).
Dysuria (Cantharis, Ferr-P., Kali bichromicum, Lycopodium, Mercurius). (Bl.).
Cystitis (Apis, Belladonna) (Bl.).
Urine runs away in little jets (Br.).
Brick-dust-like sediment in the urine (Lycopodium). (Br.).
Profuse haemorrhage from all parts of the body (Crotalus horridus, Phosphorus, Secale); blood dark and clotted (Sabina, Secale). (A.).
Exhausting haemorrhage from uterine inertia; scarcely recovers from one period before another begins (Secale). (A.).
Menses: Too early and too profuse; protracted (eight, ten, even fifteen days); tardy in starting, first day merely a show; second day colic, vomiting, a haemorrhage with large clots; each alternate period more profuse (A.).
METRORRHAGIA: WITH VIOLENT CRAMPS AND UTERINE COLIC; AFTER ABORTION, MISCARRIAGE, OR LABOUR; WITH CANCER UTERI (Phosphorus, Ustilago) (A.).
Haemorrhage accompanying uterine fibroid (Calcarea, Lycopodium, Acid nitricum) (Bl.).
Leucorrhoea before and after menses; bloody, dark, offensive; stains indelibly (Br.).
Vertigo, worse on rising (Bryonia, China, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Sepia) (Br.).
Craves butter-milk (Br.).
Frequent epistaxis (Carbo vegetabilis, Lachesis, Phosphorus) (Br.).
Eyes and face puffy (Apis., Arsenicum, Kali carb., Phosphorus, Sepia). (Br.).
Spermatic cord sensitive to concussion of walking or riding (Br.).
Mouth and lips cracked (Graphites, Kali bichromicum, Natrum muriaticum, Acid nitricum, Sulphur). (Br.).
AGGRAVATION:
On alternate menstrual period; before, during and after menses; during gestation; after abortion, miscarriage, or labour; on rising; on rising; on riding; and from walking.
AMELIORATION:
From pressure; and from warmth.
RELATIONSHIP:
COMPARE: China, Ferrum, Kali-P., Lachesis, Acid nitricum, Phosphorus, Secale, Sinap., Tril., Ustilago, and Vib.