Apocynum Cannabinum

▲   GENERAL

General

Increases secretions of mucous and serous membranes and acts on cellular tissue, producing oedema and dropsy and on skin causing diaphoresis. Acute hydrocephalus. A diminished frequency of the pulse is a prime indication. This is one of our most efficient remedies, in Dropsies, ascites, anasarca and hydrothorax, and urinary troubles, especially suppression and strangury. In the digestive complaints of Bright’s disease, with the nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, difficult breathing, it will be found of frequent service. The dropsy is characterized by great thirst and gastric irritability. Arrhythmia. Mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. acute alcoholism. Relaxation of sphincters.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

Worse, cold weather; cold drinks; uncovering.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Relations

CYMARIN is the active principle of Apocynum Cannabinum., lowers pulse rate and increases blood-pressure. Strophanthus (extreme cardiac depression with intense gastric disturbance; dropsy). Aralia hispida - Wild Sambucus Nigra ^Elder - a valuable diuretic, useful in dropsy of the cavities, either due to hepatic or renal disease with constipation. Urinary disorders, especially with dropsy. Scudder advises doses of five to thirty drops in sweetened cream of tartar, Solution). Apis Mel ^Apis.; Arsenicum Album ^Arsenic; Digitalis Purpurea ^Digital.; Helleborus Niger ^Hell.

▲   MIND

Mind

Bewildered

Low spirited.

Aversions, dislikes; indolence, aversion to work

Fantasies; of exaltation

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

cheerful, happy

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; confusion; sudden confusion, when in pain

impaired thinking; vanishing of thoughts

thoughts wandering

Restlessness, nervousness

night

Unconsciousness

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

On rising

On rising; from stooping

After rising

from a seat

After stool

On stretching

Sudden

While walking; when climbing stairs

When yawning

▲   HEAD

Head

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; forehead

Expanded sensation (see swollen); enlarged sensation

Pulsating; forehead

Headache

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); evening

pressing); with pain in back and limbs

pressing); dull

pressing); after stool

pressing); forehead

Hydrocephalus (water on the brain: headache, drowsiness, vomiting)

Pain, headache

with other pains

pain in small of back

from stool; after stool

in forehead

temples

cutting, darting, stabbing; temples

right

stitching, sudden, sharp; temples

Scalp

Skin and scalp; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; falling of lids

Discoloration

redness

redness; morning

redness; evening

Eye feels hot; morning

Irritation; morning

Pain

as from something in eye; like sand in eye; morning

pressing; right

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

after stool

ringing; after stool

Pain

inside (in ear canal)

stitching, sudden, sharp

Hearing

Impaired; after singing

▲   FACE

Face

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

while lying

Lips

discoloration; bluish

dryness

Skin; discoloration; pale

Swelling

while lying

fluid accumulation

under eyes

▲   NOSE

Nose

Snuffles of children ( Sambucus Nigra ^Sambucus.) Chronic nasal catarrh with tendency to acute stuffiness with dull, sluggish memory

Dull headache

Discharge from nose; thick

Discharge

Long-continued sneezing

Takes cold easily, nostrils become congested and blocked up easily.

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

blocked

morning

morning; on waking

▲   MOUTH

Saliva

Dryness; morning; on waking

Saliva; mucus, slime

Salivation

Tongue

Dryness; tongue

Taste

Taste

strong and sharp (acrid)

bitter

▲   THROAT

Throat

Feels hot; larynx

Mucus; yellow

▲   CHEST

Chest

Heart; Tricuspid regurgitation; rapid and feeble, irregular cardiac action, low arterial tension, pulsating jugulars, general cyanosis and general dropsy.

Constriction, tension; fluid in chest cavity

Heart

fluid build up around heart

accumulation of fluid, pulmonary

palpitations

from exertion

on movement

walking

Inflammation; heart; pericardium

Lungs

fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema)

fluid build up in chest cavity (pulmonary oedema); with organic disease

haemorrhage (see expectoration)

Movements in and of chest; fluttering

Oppressed feeling

Pain

cutting (sudden sharp pain); heart

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

Respiration

Short, dry cough

Respiration short and unsatisfactory

Sighing

Oppression about epigastrium and chest.

Accelerated

Difficult (dyspnea)

after eating

lying down impossible

while lying down

sitting

from talking

after talking

while walking

Gasping

Panting

Rattling

Sighing

Wheezing

Hiccup

Stomach

hiccup; morning

hiccup; night

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Evening

Night

Constant

Dry cough

Hacking cough

Hard cough

evening

night

Hoarse

Loose

Short

alternating with deep cough

Sudden cough

evening

night

Suffocating

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

White

Scanty

▲   SKIN

Skin

Dry; inability to perspire (see inactivity)

Out-breaks on skin; small, purple spot

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back)

sore, bruised, beaten; lumbar (lower half of back); walking

Back

lumbar (lower half of back)

while walking

aching

lumbar (lower half of back)

lumbar (lower half of back); afternoon; evening

lumbar (lower half of back); walking

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; top, inner corner

Skin

out-breaks on skin; pimples; lumbar (lower half of back); red at night on scratching, better morning

like insects crawling on skin

itching; night

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Thirst on walking

Dull, heavy, sick feeling

Oppression in epigastrium and chest, impeding breathing ( Lobelia Influenzinum ^Infl.) Sensation of sinking in stomach

Abdomen bloated

Ascites.

Anxiety; after stool

Sensation as if diarrhoea would come on

Bloated

Emptiness; after stool

Noises from abdomen; rumbling

Pain

as if diarrhoea would come on

during diarrhoea (colic)

while eating; during breakfast

before stool

after stool

Pulsation; behind lower ribs; evening

Restlessness, uneasiness, etc.

Swelling

from watery fluid; abdominal cavity

from watery fluid; abdominal cavity; with chronic diarrhoea

Sense of weakness

Bladder

pain; cervix of bladder; after urination

pain; aching; cervix of bladder; after urinating

paralytic weakness; of sphincter

retention of urine (see urination delayed)

swollen

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); morning; on waking

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); frequent (see urination, frequent); from loss of tone of sphincter

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urination; dribbling (by drops); involuntary; after urinating

urination; painful or difficult urination

urination; feeble stream (slow)

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

urination; unconscious; no feeling in urethra (urinary part of genitals)

urination; weakness; sphincter

Kidneys

pain; aching

pain; aching; region of kidneys

pain; shooting (see sudden, sharp); while exerting the muscles

suppression of urine

Stomach

constriction; convulsive

distended (swollen from inner pressure); after eating

emptiness, weak feeling, faintness, hungry feeling

morning

morning; before breakfast

morning; on waking

burping, belching

fermentation

fullness; after eating

very little

heaviness, weight, oppression (see fullness)

pain; from coughing

pain; after drinking

pain; burning

during breakfast

pain; gnawing, biting

sinking (see emptiness)

morning

morning; on waking

on waking

thirst

morning

night; on waking

after sleep

Eating

Food or water is immediately ejected

Flatus

Flatulence

evening

before stool

during stool

Nausea

Stomach

Nausea, with drowsiness

nausea

morning

before sleep

after sleep

after stool

Vomiting

Excessive vomiting

Pain; with vomiting, blood and mucus in stool (intussusception); pain in region of liver

Stomach

vomiting

vomiting; after drinking

immediately after

cold water

vomiting; in women; during period

vomiting; violent

vomiting; on waking

vomiting; bile

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea

Sensation as before diarrhoea

Flatulence

Haemorrhoids

congested

external

Involuntary stool; on passing flatulence

Itching

Sensation of lump (see weight)

Open anus (see relaxed); sensation of anus being open

sensation of anus being open; after stool

Pain

after stool

burning

pressing (pressure)

after stool

soreness; after stool

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing

during stool

after stool

Prolapse

after stool

Relaxed anus

Urging, desire to stool (see pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after eating (see diarrhoea)

Weakness, weak feeling

Stool

WATERY, flatulent, with soreness in anus; worse after eating

Feeling as if sphincter were open and stools ran right out.

Bilious

Copious

Forcible, sudden, gushing

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

Odour; offensive

Pasty, mushy

Scanty

Soft

Thin, liquid

brown

Watery

brown

yellow

Yellow

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Bladder much distended

Turbid, hot urine, with thick mucus and burning in urethra, after urinating

Little expulsive power

Dribbling

Strangury

Renal dropsy.

Albuminous (white, thick)

during pregnancy

Burning (includes hot)

Cloudy

Colour

dark

pale

red; brownish-red

sherry

yellow; light

Colourless

Copious

Scanty

Sediment

albuminous (white, thick)

mucous

thick

Urine lighter than usual (in weight)

Urine heavier than usual

Thick

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); discharge; watery

numbness

sensation absent, when urinating

pain

after urinating

pain; burning; during urination

pain; burning; after urination

tingling

Male

Male

swelling; penis

swelling; penis; fluid accumulation

swelling; scrotum

fluid accumulation

Genitals

Female; Amenorrhoea, with bloating; metrorrhagia with nausea; fainting, vital depression

Hemorrhages at change of life

Blood expelled in large clots.

Female

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); clotted

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); continuous

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); intermittent flow

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding); thin, fluid blood

tumours; ovaries

Menses

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; clotted

period; copious

period; fluid blood containing clots

period; frequent

period; intermittent

period; irregular

period; membranous

period; pale

period; protracted

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; foot

Contraction of muscles and tendons; leg

Cramps; foot; sole

Heat

knee

leg

foot; sole

Movements and positions

involuntary movement; one arm and leg

jerking; one leg and one arm

jerking; lower limbs

twitching; one arm and one leg

Pain

evening

joints

rheumatic

upper limbs

forearm

knee

rheumatic

lower leg

toes

first toe (large toe); rheumatic

toes; first toe (large toe); joints

aching

lower limbs; knee

sore, bruised

morning

while walking

joints

stitching, sudden, sharp; hip

stitching, sudden, sharp; knee

stitching, sudden, sharp; ankle

Paralysis; lower limbs

Skin

discoloration; fingers; red

discoloration; fingers; nails; blueness

out-break on skin; boils

out-break on skin; lower limbs; boils

out-break on skin; thigh; boils

Stiffness

lower limbs

knee

Swollen

fluid in tissues

joints

lower limbs; fluid in tissues

lower limbs; during period

ankle

foot

fluid accumulation

Weakness

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Great restlessness and little sleep.

Deep

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

afternoon

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; with sleepiness

Convulsions

Convulsions

one-sided

as in kidney failure (uremic)

Perspiration

Generalities

Night

Physical exertion

Eating and food

after eating

cold drinks

Faintness, fainting; raising the head

Fluid build up

external

internal

Inflammation; thin, watery membranes

Lying down; lying down

Movement

Pain

pressing; externally

wandering

Pulse

full

irregular

slow

soft

Swelling; puffy

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); cold in general

Walking

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

morning

evening

from movement

after stool

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