MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA



Single stitches in the forehead towards the crown (aft. 6 h.). [Mkl.]

30. Feeling of sore pain in the skin of the left temple, on touching it (aft. 26 h.). [Gn.]

Gnawing pain externally on the crown (aft. 16 h.). [Ws.]

Burning in the scalp above the right side of the forehead (aft. 7 h.). [Gn.]

Burning above the left supeciliary arch. [Gn.]

Burning pricks in the forehead, less on the hairy scalp, with heat of the face without increased warmth of the rest of the body (aft. 12 h.). [Ws.]

35. Stitch-like tearing on the right side of the forehead, near the temporal region (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Lr.]

Visible, but not painful twitching in the facial muscles, especially of the right side, more severe when at rest than when walking (aft. 6.1/2 h.). [Mkl.]

Dimness of the eyes, only in the open air (aft. 6 h.).[Mkl.]

On reflecting when reading frequent occurrence of blackness before the eyes (aft. 8 h.). [Mkl.]

Flickering before the eyes, so that all objects appear to be in a hopping movement, for four minutes(aft. 4 h.). [Mkl.]

40. Contracted pupils (aft. ¾, 1 h.). [Lr.]

Dilated pupils (aft. 4.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Burning tension above the left upper eyelid, which went off by touching. [Gn.]

Aching on a small point in the eye, as if in the crystalline lens, with a sensation like vertigo, or as if the eyes became filled with tears, or of distortion of them (squinting), but without dimness of vision (when sitting). [Fz.]

Sensation inside the left lower eyelid, as if a not very hard body lay beneath it (aft. 4.1/2 h.). [Gn.]

45. Obtuse stitches in the eyeballs. [Fz.]

In the eyes a sensation as from swelling of the eyelids, or a stye on them, when keeping the eyelids still. [Fz.]

Tearing stitches in the inner canthi, during which the eyes fill with water (aft. 12 h.). [Ws.]

From time to time weeping of the eyes. [Gn.]

In both eyelids a quivering and a pressure on both eyeballs, which, however, is soon allayed after eating.

50. Sometimes rigidity of one or other eyelid, like tonic spasm, so that he cannot move it. [Fz.]

Nasty smell that excites loathing, as from rotten eggs, before the nose both in the room and in the open air, for a quarter of an hour (aft. 9 h.). [Mkl.]

Persistent ringing in the right ear, which ceases when the ear is rubbed inside, but returns immediately (aft. 4 h.). [Mkl.]

In the right ear as if he heard bells ringing (immediately). [Hnl.]

First in the right them in the left ear, some fine stitches. [Hnl.]

55. Obtuse stitches though the ear into the head, and in the facial muscles of the same side, below the eye (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]

Small stitches in rapid succession in the left ear internally (aft. 7.1/2 h.). [Mkl.]

Pinching in the right and left ear. [Hbg.]

Itching in the interior of the right ear for three days. [Gn.]

Cold feeling in the internal ear, just as though water had got into it (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]

60. On blowing the nose roaring in the left ear, just as if air were rushing out of it (aft. 26 h.). [Ws.]

Slight chirping before the ears, as from crickets (aft. 48 h.). [Ws.]

Shooting tearing in the posterior aspect of the cartilage of the ears and on the mastoid processes (aft. 14 h.). [Ws.]

Tension in the root of the nose.

In the morning he blows blood from the nose.

65. Painful cramp in the muscles of the right cheek, when at rest. [Htn.]

Dry, chapped lips, without thirst and without perceptible heat (aft. 3 h.). [Mkl.]

Tension in the jaws.

Stitch-like tearing in the left upper jaw, when at rest and when moving (aft. 2 h.). [Lr.]

A grumbling in the upper teeth, not increased by biting.

70. Transient very fine stitch in the right side of the neck (aft. 1 h.). [Hnl.]

Heavy feeling in the cervical muscles; he must bend the neck backwards. [Hbg.]

Cramp-like pain ending in a stitch in the right cervical muscles, which went off after touching them, but returned again (aft. 2.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

In the evening stiffness in the nape.

On moving the neck stiff feeling in the muscles of the nape (aft. 9 h.). [Ws.]

75. Tearing pressure in the nape (aft. 8 h.). [Ws.]

On walking in the open air pain in the muscles of the nape as if contused, paralysed, and tense, as after bending back for a long time (aft. 6 h.). [Lr.]

Drawing stiff sensation in the nape, with confusion of the occiput. [Fz.]

Fine stitches on the under surface of the tongue, which went off on moving it (aft. ¾ h.). [Gn.]

Aching on the top of the palate.

80. When yawning and coughing, sensation as if the left side of the palate were paralysed.

Dryness of the palate, which causes a shooting when swallowing, without thirst and with a sufficient quantity of saliva in the mouth (aft. 1 h.). [Fz.]

Dry and at the same time so rough in the oesohpagus that it is difficult for him to swallow his saliva, increasing for several days. [Gn.]

Feeling of dryness in the throat (aft. 20 m.). [Hnl.]

From the morning onwards dryness in the oesophagus, for two days. [Gn.]

85. Increased secretion of saliva (immediately). [Hnl.]

Saliva collects in his mouth, without nausea (aft. 8 m.). [Hnl.]

Water collects in his mouth, with nausea (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Hnl.]

Persistent stitch in the throat, in the anterior part of the larynx, only when swallowing, which is hindered by it (aft. 8 h.). [Lr.]

Bitter sweetish taste in the mouth (aft. 2 h.). [Fz.]

90. Bread and butter have no taste; he has only appetite for meat, which is relished. [Hbg.]

Though he has no hunger, food tastes to him as usual and he eats almost more than usual. [Fz.]

After eating emptiness of the head.

After eating, increase of the headache like painful confusion of it. [Fz.]

After eating, drawing pain in the precordial region of the heart. [Hnl.]

95. After dinner, aching in the chest. [Fz.]

Empty eructation.

Empty eructation (immediately). [Htn.]

Frequent empty eructation (immediately, aft. ¼ h.). [Lr.]

Frequent hiccup (aft. 4.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

100. Nausea, rapidly passing off, without eructation (aft. 10 h.). [Mkl.]

Heat in the stomach suddenly occurring and lasting twenty minutes; thereafter violent hunger (aft. 3 h.). [Mkl.]

After aching in the stomach a cold sensation up the oesohagus, with great nausea, for twenty minutes (aft. 10.1/2 h.). [Mkl.]

Voracious hunger rapidly occurring and lasting half an hour, contraction on the stomach, but without eructation (aft. 10.1/2 h.). [Mkl.]

105. Contractive sensation in the stomach (aft. ¼ h.). [Hbg.]

An aching pinching in the region of the stomach, which extends slowly down towards the rectum and goes off after the discharge of some flatus, but recurs shortly afterwards, urges to stool, and then ceases (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]

A constant rumbling in the region of the stomach, such as often occurs when the stomach is empty, though the stomach is not empty (aft. 2 h.). [Htn.]

Shooting pain beneath the short ribs, when sitting, unaltered by inspiration or expiration, removed for an instant by external pressure with the hand (aft. 3 h.). [Trn.]

Aching cutting in the subcostal region (aft. 8 h.). [Ws.]

110. Sore pain of the external abdominal integuments, when touched and rubbed by the clothing, just as if they were covered with pimples (aft. 72 h.). [Ws.]

Sore pain in the skin of the upper pof the abdomen, when lying, and also when moving, but worst when stooping (aft. 2 h.). [Gn.]

Cold feeling in the abdomen, especially when passed on by the hand.

On rising from bed in the morning, cold feeling in the abdomen; a coldness runs over the back and side, like a shudder when one hears a horrible story.

Tension and aching in a part of the abdomen.

115. Long-continued pinching in the umbilical region, which sinks down towards the hypogastrium like a weight, and goes off after a discharge of flatus (aft. ½ h.). [Htn.]

Pinching in the hypogastrium (aft. ½ h.). [Gn.]

Flatulence moves about in the abdomen, during which he feels quite qualmish. [Hbg.]

Audible rumbling in the bowels (after eating). [Hbg.]

All day long distension and fulness of the abdomen, as if overloaded by food, with undiminished appetite; at the same time sensation as from incarcerated flatulence and frequent ineffectual urging to discharge flatus, in the evening the fulness of the abdomen was much increased by smoking tobacco. [Trn.]

120. Distension of the abdomen (aft. 14 h.); two hours afterwards frequent discharge of flatus. [Mkl.]

A cutting pain darts suddenly from the spine through the abdomen (aft. 12 h.). [Ws.]

When walking, a persistent sharp stitch in the left side of the hypogastrium, followed by small, quick jerks, when standing still (aft. 12 h.). [Fz.]

Quick shooting in the side of the hypogastrium when sitting; it goes off when touched, but returns immediately. [Fz.]

(In the mons veneris a tensive aching pain, when walking and sitting.)

125. Severe pressure in the groin, as if the spermatic cord, which is also painful to the touch.

Muscular twitching in the right loin (when sitting)(aft. 3 h.). [Gn.]

Bruised pain of the left loin in the renal region, in the evening, when sitting still. [Fz.]

In the left side of the hypogastrium, shaking, twitching, quick stitches when sitting. [Fz.]

Bubbling movements o the right side of the abdomen, with feeling of heat all over the abdomen, and internal feeling as if diarrhea were coming on, when at rest and when moving (aft. ½ h.). [Lr.]

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.