Carduus Marianus

▲   GENERAL

General

The action of Carduus Marianus is centered in the liver, and portal system, causing soreness, pain, jaundice. Has specific relation to the vascular system. Abuse of alcoholic beverages, especially beer. Varicose veins and ulcers. Diseases of miners, associated with asthma. Dropsical conditions depending on liver disease, and when due to pelvic congestion and hepatic disease. Disturbs sugar metabolism. Influenza when liver is affected. Debility. Hemorrhages, especially connected with hepatic disease.

Dose

Tincture and lower potencies.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Carduus Benedictus ^{Card. Benedictus} (strong action on eyes, and sensation of contraction in many parts; stomach symptoms similar); Chelidonium Majus ^Chelidonium; Chionanthus Virginica ^Chionanthus; Merc Viv ^Merc.; Podophyllum Peltatum ^Podophyl.; Bryonia ^Bry.; Aloe Socotrina ^Aloe.

▲   MIND

Mind

Despondency; forgetful, apathetic.

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

irritability

sensitive, oversensitive; to noise

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

Insecure, uncertain, scared; frightened easily; starting, startled

Memory

forgetful

weakness of memory

for what was about to do

for what was about to say

Restlessness, nervousness; night

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Vertigo, with tendency to fall forward

Tendency to fall over; falling forward

▲   HEAD

Head

Contractive feeling above eyebrows

Dull heavy, stupid, with foul tongue

Burning and pressure in eyes

Nose-bleed.

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness

Constriction, tension (see also pulling, pressing)

like band or hoop

forehead

over the eyes

Sensitive; head sensitive to cold air

Headache

Heaviness (see pain; pressing)

Pain, headache

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after eating

in forehead

back of head (occiput)

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead; over eyes

pressing (see bursting, pulling); back of head (occiput)

▲   EYES

Eyes

Discoloration

redness

yellow

Pain

right

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

margins of lids

pressing

Swellings

lids

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear; humming

▲   FACE

Face

Heat

Lips; dryness

Skin

discoloration; dirty looking

discoloration; yellow

▲   NOSE

Nose

Nose bleed

Itching

inside

right

right

then left

left

Pain

burning, smarting

burning, smarting; right

Smell; lost sense of smell

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Teeth

sensitive, tender

sensitive, tender; hollow tooth

Saliva

Salivation

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red; edges

tongue; red; tip

tongue; white; centre

Taste

Taste

bitter

flavourless; soup tastes flavourless, although it is salted as usual

metallic

food does not taste salty enough

Palate

Dryness; palate (roof of mouth)

Roughness; palate (roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

Larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing

Dryness; larynx

Irritation

larynx

throat-pit

Pain

larynx; on pressure

larynx; on swallowing

larynx; while talking

Swallowing; difficult

▲   CHEST

Chest

Stitching pains in lower right ribs and front; worse, moving, walking, etc

Pain in chest, going to shoulders, back, loins and abdomen, with urging to urinate.

Breast; milk; absent

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

breast

lung lining

Lungs

haemorrhage (see expectoration)

tuberculosis

Oppressed feeling; heart

Pain

movement

of the arms

stooping

while walking

sides

left

heart

pulling; front part of chest

pectoral muscles

pulling; sides; left

pulling; sides; extending to arm pit

pulling; in the heart

pressing; heart

stitching, sudden, sharp

coughing

stooping

extending to back

extending to shoulder

front part of chest

front part of chest; stooping

front part of chest; walking

breast; nipple; right; to left

sides

sides; right

sides; coughing

sides; lower part of; right

heart

Respiration

Asthmatic respiration

Pain

when breathing in

when breathing; breathing normally

stitching, sudden, sharp; when breathing in

stitching, sudden, sharp; respiration

deep

stitching, sudden, sharp; front part of chest; breathing in

Asthma attack

Deep; desire to breathe deeply

▲   COUGH

Cough

Night

Dry cough

night

From stomach

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); from irritation in air passages; in larynx

from irritation in air passages

in throat-pit

scraping; from larynx

Short

From spleen troubles

Coughs in sympathy with others

at night

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Mucous; bloody

▲   SKIN

Skin

Itching on lying down at night

Varicose ulcers ( Clematis vitalba.) Eruption on lower part of sternum.

Discoloration; yellow, jaundice, etc.

Abnormal growths; ulcers; varicose

Itching

night

on becoming warm; in bed

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back and neck

Pain

sore, bruised, beaten; dorsal (shoulder level); in shoulder blades; left

Neck

neck

spine; irritation; neck

pressing; neck

Back

Pain

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; edge of shoulder blade, near spine

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; under shoulder blade

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; under

lumbar (lower half of back)

on waking

spine

irritation; dorsal (shoulder level)

burning; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left

pulling

dorsal (shoulder level)

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right; inner margin of

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; below

lumbar (lower half of back)

pressing

dorsal (shoulder level); under shoulder blades

tearing; dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; left

Perspiration; after eating

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomach; Taste bitter

Aversion to salt meat

Stitches in left side of stomach, near spleen ( Ceanothus Americanus ^Ceanoth.) Gallstone disease with enlarged liver.

Pain in region of liver

Left lobe very sensitive

Fullness and soreness, with moist skin

Constipation; stools hard, difficult, knotty; alternates with diarrhoea

Stools bright yellow

Swelling of gall bladder with painful tenderness

Hyperaemia of liver, with jaundice

Cirrhosis, with dropsy.

Enlarged; liver

Sensation of fullness; behind lower ribs

Hard

liver

liver; left lobe

Inflammation

liver

chronic

neck of large intestine (right side, between hip and ribs. typhlitis)

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen

Noises from abdomen

rumbling; before stool

rumbling; lower part of abdomen

Pain

breathing in deeply

behind lower ribs; right

lower part of abdomen

while sitting

right side, above hip

liver

colic, gall-stones

lying down; on left side

sides; right

sides; left

sides; while riding

burning; lower part of abdomen

cutting; wandering pain

dragging, bearing down; behind lower ribs; when lying on left side

pulling

lower part of abdomen

groin region; right

groin region; during urination

sides; between ribs and hip

pressing; behind lower ribs; right

pressing; liver

pressing; sides; right

pressing; sides; while riding

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; behind lower ribs; right

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; sides; between ribs and hip

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.)

on pressure

behind lower ribs; right

right side, above point of hip bone

liver

liver; lying on left side

liver; lying on liver

liver; extending from right to left

spleen

spleen; on breathing deeply

spleen; on stooping

Pulsation

Swelling

from watery fluid; abdominal cavity

liver

left lobe of liver

Tension

behind lower ribs; right

behind lower ribs; right; lying on left side

Liver; withered liver

Bladder

gall stones

pain; while sitting

pain; burning

pain; pulling

while sitting

pain; pressing, pressure

Stomach

desires, cravings; tobacco; smoking

burping, belching; after eating

burping, belching; empty; after eating

pain; pulling

pain; sudden, sharp; breathing in

retching; painful

Eating

aversion to certain foods or drinks; salty, savoury food

Vomiting

Appetite small; tongue furred; Nausea; retching; vomiting of green, acid fluid

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

Stomach

vomiting; in women; during pregnancy

vomiting; black

vomiting; blood

black

vomiting; green

fluid

vomiting; sour

fluid

vomiting; water

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Hemorrhagic piles, prolapse or rectum, burning pain in anus and rectum, hard and knotting, clayey stools

10 drop doses (Wapler).

Constipation

alternating with diarrhoea

insufficient, incomplete, unsatisfactory stool

Flatulence

Haemorrhage from anus

Stool

Black

Clay-coloured (see light-coloured)

Hard

Knotty, nodular, lumpy

Light-coloured

Pasty, mushy

Scanty

White; milk like

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Cloudy; golden-colored.

Strong and sharp (acrid)

Containing bile

Cloudy

Colour

brown

dark

Milky

Scanty

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain

pain

on waking

pain; burning

while sitting

after urination

passage; after urination

swelling; sensation of swelling

Male

Male; pain; pulling; testes

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

pain; vagina

pain; burning; vagina

pain; pulling; vagina

Genitals

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

Menses

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; copious

period; suppressed

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Pain in hip-joint, spreading through buttocks and down thigh; Worse from stooping

Difficult rising

Weakness felt in feet, especially after sitting.

Chilliness; knee

Coldness

lower limbs; knee

lower limbs; toes

Constriction

sensation as if bandaged; leg; calf

leg; as with a garter

Cramps

fingers

calf

foot; sole

Heaviness; lower limbs; morning

Diseased hip-joint (see pain in hip)

Movements and positions

convulsion; leg

lameness; thigh

Pain

rheumatic

shoulder

raising the arm

rheumatic

upper arm

deltoid region (by top muscle of arm); right

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh)

stooping

lower limbs; extending to other parts; downward

hip

on rising; from a seat

on stooping

knee

hollow of

hollow of; on walking

lower leg; rheumatic

lower leg; shin bone

paralysing

foot; back of foot

burning; forearm

burning; fingers; first

pulling; upper arm

rheumatic

deltoid region (by top muscle of arm)

pulling; forearm

thumb side

pulling; hand

pulling; fingers; joints; first

rheumatic

pulling; knee

pressing; shoulder

pressing; wrist

sore, bruised; upper limbs

sore, bruised; buttocks

sore, bruised; leg

tearing; upper arm

Skin

chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs

itching; foot; heel

ulcers; lower limbs

varicose

Stiffness; knee

Swollen; foot; fluid accumulation

Tension, tightness; leg; calf

Weakness; upper limbs; morning; on rising

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness (see also whole body

temperature); night

temperature); on waking

When uncovering, undressing

On waking

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams; nightmare; while lying on the back

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness; while riding

Waking; frequent

Generalities

Fluid build up

external

internal

Movement

Pain; sudden, sharp; internally

Pressure

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

on waking

Weariness (see weakness); after eating

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