Viburnum opulus should be purchased in mother tincture, and that prepared by an homoeopathic pharmacist is to be preferred. Taken in doses of ten drops repeated once in two or three hours, in hot water, it is one of the best means of relieving the cramps and colics associated often with difficult menstruation. Where this trouble returns every month the medicine should be taken in doses of two drops morning and evening throughout the interval between the periods.
The following indications are offered as a sort of index to the medicines just mentioned. The symptoms given are those most characteristic of the drugs to which they refer, with regard to their action in the sexual sphere. If a patient present one of the following symptoms, study what is said about the drug mentioned in the preceding pages, and if it then seem appropriate to the case give it in accordance with the directions at the beginning of this chapter. When two or more medicines are named in connection with a symptom, the one usually the best to use, in default of other indications, is printed in italics.
Abortion, bleeding of. Sabin.
Abundant urine, with painful menstruation. Gelsemium
Aggravation after sleeping. Lachesis
Aggravation from motion. Bryonia
Aggravation in warm room. Pulsatilla
Backache with delayed menses. Silicea
Bad odor from sweating feet. Silicea
Better by keeping quiet. Bryonia
Better in open air. Pulsatilla
Bleeding from womb. Sabina.
Bleeding from womb, bright blood, with nausea. Ipecac.
Bleeding instead of menses. Bryonia
Boils and felons, tendency to. Silicea
Bones, pains in, with delayed menses. Silicea
Burning leucorrhoea. Pulsatilla
Burning soles of feet. Sulph.
“Change of life,” see “Climax.”
Changing symptoms. Pulsatilla
Chilliness, with disordered menses. Pulsatilla
“Clap.” Sandal Oil.
“Climax,” disorders of. Lachesis, Sanguinaria
Clots and fluid-blood escape from womb. Sabin.
Cold, damp feet. Calcarea carb.
Colic with menses. Coccul., Vib.
Constipation with menses. Sulph.
“Courses,” see “Menses.”
Cramps with menses. Vib.
Debility. China, Phosphorus ac.
Delayed menses. Puls, Silicea
Diarrhoea with menses. Pulsatilla
Difficult menstruation. Coccul, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Difficult menstruation, with colic. Vib.
Disorders of the climax. Lachesis, Sanguinaria
Dizziness. China, Sanguinaria
Dizziness with painful menses. Gelsemium
Dysmenorrhoea. Coccul., Gelsemium, Pulsatilla Vib.
Early and painful menstruation. Coccul.
Early menses, last too long. Calcarea carb.
Ears. ringing in. China., Sanguinaria
Emission of semen. Phosphorus ac.
Excessive menstruation. China.
Faintness. China.
Fat, flabby flesh. Calcarea carb.
Feet, soles of, burn. Sulph.
Feet, wetting of, causes suppressed menses. Pulsatilla
Flooding, China, Sabin.
Flooding, with nausea. Ipecac.
Flushes of heat. Lachesis, Sanguinaria, Sulphur
Foot sweats, offensive. Silicea
Fulness of the head, with painful menses. Gelsemium
Gonorrhoea. Sandal oil.
Headache and nausea. Sanguinaria
Headache with painful menses. Gelsemium
Headache with scanty menses. Bryonia
Head, rush of blood to. Sanguinaria
Heat flushes. Lachesis, Sanguinaria, Sulphur
Haemorrhage from the womb. Sabin.
Hemorrhage from the womb, with nausea, blood bright red. Ipecac.
Indifference. Phosphorus ac.
Issue from privates of men. Sandal oil.
Itching of privates. Balsam of Peru, Borax, Nitrate of Silver, Sulphur
Late menses. Silicea
Left sided pains. Lachesis
Leucorrhoea like milk. Calcarea carb.
Leucorrhoea thick, milky. Pulsatilla
Lie down, constant desire to. Silicea
Long-lasting menses. Calcarea carb.
Membranous dysmenorrhoea. Gelsemium
“Menopause,” see “Climax.”
Menses delayed. Pulsatilla, Silicea
Menses profuse. Calcarea carb., China.
Menses profuse but brief Sulph.
Menses profuse with nausea. Ipecac.
Menses scanty. Pulsatilla
Menses suppressed. Calcarea carb., Pulsatilla, Silicea
Menses too early and last too long. Calcarea carb.
Menses too early, painful. Coccul.
Menses with constipation. Sulph.
Menstrual colic. Vib.
Menstruation, excessive. China.
Menstruation, painful, Coccul., Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Menstruation, painful, with colic. Vib.
Milky leucorrhoea Calcarea carb., Pulsatilla
Miscarriage. Sabin.
Motion makes all symptoms worse. Bryonia
Nausea with flooding. Ipecac.
Navel, pain near, with nausea and profuse menses. Ipecac.
Nervous dysmenorrhoea. Coccul.
Neuralgia, with delayed menses. Silicea
Nosebleed instead of menses. Bryonia
Odor of feet, bad. Silicea
Painful menses. Coccul., Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Painful menses, from getting feet wet. Pulsatilla
Painful menses, with colic. Vib.
Pains, chiefly on left side. Lachesis
Pains in abdomen, low down. Sabin.
Pains, rheumatic, at climax. Sanguinaria
“Periods,” see “Menses.”
Perspiration on the feet, of bad odor. Silicea
Perspiration on the head. Calcarea carb.
Privates, itching of, Balsam of Peru, Borax, Nitrate of Silver, Sulphur
Profuse menses. Calcarea carb., China.
Profuse menses, with nausea. Ipecac.
Profuse, short-lasting menses. Sulph.
Profuse urination, with painful menstruation. Gelsemium
Rheumatic pains at climax. Sanguinaria
Ringing in ears. China, Sanguinaria
“Running” from privates of men. Sandal oil.
Rush of blood to the head. Sanguinaria
Rush of blood to the head, with painful menses. Gelsemium
Scanty menses. Pulsatilla
Scanty menses, with nosebleed. Bryonia
Seminal emissions. Phosphorus ac.
Short-lasting menses. Sulph.
Sick stomach, with flooding. Ipecac.
Sight blurred, with painful menses. Gelsemium
Skin, itching of Sulph.
Sleep makes all symptoms worse. Lachesis
Soles of feet burn. Sulph.
Sparks before eyes China.
Spermatorrhoea. Phosphorus ac.
Suppressed menses. Calcarea carb., Pulsatilla, Silicea
Sweat on the head. Calcarea carb.
Symptoms ever changing. Pulsatilla
Tendency to boils and felons. Silicea
Thick, milky leucorrhoea. Pulsatilla
Urethritis. Sandal oil.
Urine abundant, with painful menses. Gelsemium
Vicarious menstruation, Bryonia
Vomiting, with profuse menses. Ipecac.
Weakness of male sexual organs. Phosphorus ac.
Weakness, wants to lie down. Silicea
“Wet dreams.” Phosphorus ac.
Wet feet cause painful or suppressed menses. Pulsatilla
“Whites,” like milk. Calcarea carb.
“Whites,” like milk, thick. Pulsatilla
Worse after sleep. Lachesis
Worse from every motion. Bryonia
Worse in close, warm room. Pulsatilla
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