Secale cornutum – Medicine



Weak memory after exhausting coition; impotence.

Clonic spasmodic stricture of urethra.

Female genitalia

      Uterus and right ovary much congested, very sensitive to touch.

Pain in ovaries and uterus.

Pains of an expulsive character in uterus.

Prolonged bearing down and forcing pains in uterus; thin and scrawny subjects.

Burning pains in greatly distended uterus, which felt hard and was painful to touch.

Putrescence of uterus; abdomen distended, not very painful; discharge from vagina, brownish, offensive; ulcers on external genitals discolored and rapidly spreading; burning hot fever, interrupted by shaking chills, small, sometimes intermittent pulse, great anguish, pain in pit of stomach, vomiting decomposed matter; offensive diarrhoea; suppressed secretion of urine, skin covered with petechial and miliary eruptions or shows discolored, inflamed places, with a tendency to mortification, the patient lies either in quiet delirium or grows wild with great anxiety and a constant desire to get out of bed. Metritis.

Metritis; tendency to putrescence; inflammation caused by suppression of lochia or menses; discharge of thin black blood, a kind of sanies, with tingling in legs and great debility. Metritis.

Cancer and gangrene of uterus.

Uterine ulcers feel as if burnt, discharge putrid, bloody fluid.

The uterus that had previously been in a normal condition descended so that it almost protruded, was hot and painful; os open as large as middle finger; excessive desire to urinate; labor pains only relieved by wet bandages or pressure upon abdomen; lasted three days, did not miscarry though os remained open during this period, afterwards uterus gradually ascended, pains diminished, and after five or six days os contracted; went on to eighth month, when she miscarried.

Uterus about an inch from labia inferiora, membrane around it felt hard, while rest of mucous membrane of vagina was very much relaxed and gathered into a fold at lower part.

Partial prolapsus of uterus for eight months after a forceps delivery; dysuria; sense of weight over pubes as if contents of abdomen would fall forward.

Prolapsus of three months standing; frequent severe cutting pains in abdomen, occasional nausea.

Dreadful bearing down, dragging out feeling in lower abdomen, so that her life is almost unbearable, every four or five day profuse, thick, yellow discharge from vagina, hesitation in urinating, rheumatism. Hysteralgia.

Hemorrhage from uterus; apparent death of newborn child.

Incessant metrorrhagia.

Uterine hemorrhage: when uterus is engorged; with pains in sacrum, extending down thighs and pressing into lower abdomen of a pregnant woman, profuse protracted flow; tearing, cutting colic, cold extremities and cold sweat, weak, hemorrhage agg. from slightest motion, blood thin and black, black, lumpy or brown fluid, of disgusting smell, black liquid blood.

A woman, age 45, passed through a normal confinement seven years ago; miscarried about two years ago, hemorrhage kept up for five months under allopathic treatment, with exacerbation during time of menstruation; after ceasing for seven months, hemorrhage set in again with slight intermission of one or two weeks; excessive anemia; sunken features; skin cold and dry; pulse small and quick; heavily coated tongue; loss of appetite; headache; since five days, daily ten or twelve painless stools, of mucous, watery, sometimes foul-smelling masses; thin, black, foul- smelling bloody discharges.

Feeble and extremely emaciated, skin flaccid, face very pale and sunken, with an expression of suffering, mucous membranes pale and cool, hands and feet deficient of natural warmth, action of heart, quickened, breathing short and oppressed, pulse very small, 120; abdomen distended; os uteri very open, with indented and puffy edges, flaccid and soft, vagina tender and cool, manual examination caused much uneasiness and flooding; violent headache limited to one spot, throbbing in temples, roaring in ears, giddiness on slightest movement; enfeebled nervous system showed extraordinary excitability; many times in day, and especially at night, cramps in calves and spasmodic twitching of limbs, causing exhaustion, remains several hours in bed as if paralyzed; digestion and sleep disturbed to some extent; hemorrhage still continued, even in horizontal position, and elevation of pelvis caused no diminution in large quantity of blackened coagula which were constantly passing, while least movement increased discharge in a very great degree. Chronic passive hemorrhage.

Uterine hemorrhage, flow passive, dark and may be offensive, tingling or formication all over body, holds her fingers spread asunder, asks to have her limbs rubbed, finally lies unconscious and cold. Metrorrhagia; relaxed condition of body; depressed, anxious state of mind, unusual drowsiness by day, gush of thin black blood on least movement of body, general feeling of prostration; diminished temperature of body, wooden, numb feeling in lower extremities.

Uterine hemorrhage; did not wish to be covered, desired windows to be open, though room was very cold and surface of body like a corpse.

Painless flooding in feeble, cachectic, dyscratic women, or such as have long resided in tropical climates.

Since last delivery menses too seldom and very irregular, last time rather copious in consequence of unusual exertion; at night dreamed she was ascending the stairs with a heavy load, and suddenly a clot of blood came away and the blood seemed to gush forth; the alarm awakened her she found that she was bleeding fast, on following morning strength greatly reduced, lips and whole body, even tongue, deathly pale, pulse could not be distinguished, frequent fainting fits; periodic pains with expulsion of clots of blood and between these attacks constant oozing of thin bright blood.

An excessive menstrual flow every two weeks, lasting seven to nine days; for last four weeks flow is continuous, very weak and thin, has severe pains in loins and uterine region, bearing down pains as if in labor.

Menses: too profuse and lasting too long; with tearing and cutting colic, cold extremities, cold sweat, great weakness and small pulse, or with violent spasms.

Menstrual blood: thin and black, black, lumpy or brown fluid and of disgusting smell.

Menstrual colic; pains so severe as to frequently cause spasms; uterine region very sensitive to touch; high fever; pains amel. when flow appears.

Menstrual colic; pale face; coldness of limbs; cold sweat; small, suppressed pulse, tearing, cutting pains in abdomen.

Menses irregular; every four weeks for three to four days, copious dark-red fluid discharge of blood, with pressing, labor like pains in abdomen; constipation; pressure in occiput; afterwards continuous discharge of watery blood, until next period.

Suppression of menses with pain.

Gangrene of whole vaginal mucous membrane, on holding apart the labiae this membrane was found of a dark slate color, emitting the characteristic odor.

Vagina hot or cool.

Discharge from vagina almost black, fluid and very fetid.

Leucorrhea: in thin, scrawny women, with prolapsus uteri; green, brown, offensive, like cream, from weakness and venous congestion.

Ulcers on outer genitals, discolored and rapidly spreading.Sharp pains in left ovarian region, week before menses.

Menses a week too soon (always regular before to a day).

Flow bright red and coagulable; many clots.

Offensive in odor; a cold cadaverous smell.

Before the menses (four or five days) a dark colored leucorrhea was observed, not very profuse, but with a very uneasy feeling about the pelvis.

Menses appeared very profuse, lasting for ten days, but only profuse for the first three or four days, accompanied by a great deal of pain and an uneasy sore feeling (more than usual), and a dull headache during entire proving, especially in forehead and eyes.

Catamenia occurred on time. Flow easy, abundant, painless and entirely without clot.

Passed a membrane. Period ceased (fifth day), having been entirely free from discomfort.

At second period the flow was of good color, rather fluid, a few clots.

Continuous exercise stopped it on the second day, but no backache, headache or other disagreeable symptoms appeared in consequence.

Next period appeared at proper time “with few premonitory symptoms, ” but with a feeling all day as if I must keep still or have the flow checked. Passed a membrane. In four days menses ceased. (During the spring months of the past two years have passed membranes at the monthly period, but never before in consecutive months). The flow is usually attended with uneasy feelings and is always greatly clotted.

Leucorrhea the week before, discharge like white of egg (many times daily), changed just before menses to a yellowish offensive discharge, irritating; relieved by bathing parts in cold water.

After menses sharp pains in uterus and pelvic region, with dragging, bearing down sensation, and aching across small of back.

Genital organs feel as if full of hot blood, pressed to their utmost capacity. The surface did not burn, but felt as though blood-vessels were filled with hot blood.

H. C. Allen
Dr. Henry C. Allen, M. D. - Born in Middlesex county, Ont., Oct. 2, 1836. He was Professor of Materia Medica and the Institutes of Medicine and Dean of the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College. He served as editor and publisher of the Medical Advance. He also authored Keynotes of Leading Remedies, Materia Medica of the Nosodes, Therapeutics of Fevers and Therapeutics of Intermittent Fever.