Cahinca

▲   GENERAL

General

Cahinca has been found of use in dropsical affections. Cahinca's urinary symptoms are well marked. Albuminuria, with dyspnoea on lying down at night. Ascites and anasarca, with dry skin.

Dose

Third potency or lower.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Apocynum Cannabinum ^Apocyn.; Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; Coffea Tosta ^Coffea (similar botanically and in relieving effects of fatigue).

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes; aversion to mental work

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); evening

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); violent

boredom, dissatisfaction (see loathing of life)

irritability; evening

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting); during coughing

Insecure, uncertain, scared; anxiety

Memory; forgetful

Restlessness, nervousness; night

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

With nausea

While walking; when climbing stairs

▲   HEAD

Head

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; forehead

Headache

Heaviness (see pain; pressing); back of head (occiput)

Pain, headache

from exertion; mental exertion

in forehead; during period

▲   EYES

Eyes

Growth, tumour; sty

Inflammation

Pain

extending to other parts; downward

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

pressing

extending downward

sore, bruised, tender

Pupils

dilated

insensitive to light

Swellings

lids; lower lids

lids; upper lids; left

Vision

Foggy

afternoon; 4 p.m. after sleep

Sees only halves of objects (hemiopia)

lower lost

▲   EARS

Ear

Noises in ear

buzzing

hissing

roaring

▲   NOSE

Nose

Discharge from nose

wearing away skin

wearing away skin; daytime

watery

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

running, wet

▲   MOUTH

Gums and teeth

Teeth

feel as if on edge

mucus on teeth (see deposits on teeth during illness); thick

pain; tearing; evening

Saliva

Saliva

suppressed

thick (see thick and sticky)

Salivation

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red

tongue; white

dirty

Dryness; tongue

Taste

Taste

bitter

fatty, greasy (see rancid)

flavourless

▲   THROAT

Throat

Larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing

Sensation of coldness; gullet

Dryness

Hawks often

Feels hot

trachea (wind pipe)

Inflammation

Irritation; in air passages

Itching

gullet

throat

Mucus; trachea (wind pipe)

Pain

burning

burning; gullet

pressing; gullet

rawness

Roughness

Tickling in the air passages

morning

night; 3 a.m.

Ulcers

Voice

hoarseness

hollow

lost

rough

▲   CHEST

Chest

Constriction, tension

Oppressed feeling

Pain

evening

in bed

while lying down

on side; left

cutting (sudden sharp pain)

evening

sides; right

pulling; evening, in bed

when lying on the left side

pressing

stitching, sudden, sharp

sides; right

Skin; itching; like insects crawling on skin

Respiration

Difficult (dyspnea)

Interrupted; coughing

▲   COUGH

Cough

Evening; 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Night

after midnight; 3 a.m.

after midnight; 3 to 4 a.m.

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); sensation of crawling

sensation of crawling

chest

from irritation in air passages

scraping; from larynx

Rattling

Tickling

morning

night

3 a.m.

larynx

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Greyish

Greenish

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Pain in region of kidneys; better lying bent backward

General fatigue.

Pain

dorsal (shoulder level); shoulder blades; right

lumbar (lower half of back)

lying bent backward

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Sensation of fullness

Noises from abdomen; rumbling; after diarrhoeic stool

Pain

periodical

wandering pain

behind lower ribs; right

liver

navel

cutting

after breakfast

after eating

before stool

spleen

stabbing, piercing; sides; right

stabbing, piercing; spleen

pressing; behind lower ribs

pressing; liver

pressing; sides; right

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); spleen

Pulsation

after eating

after supper

Bladder

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); after drinking coffee

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

urination; frequent; daytime; and night

urination; frequent; after drinking coffee

Kidneys

pain

pain; morning

pain; movement

pain; region of

Stomach

coldness

burping, belching; empty

pain; cutting

pain; sudden, sharp

retching

tension

Eating

Pain; cutting; after dinner

Flatus

Flatulence

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; after stool

Vomiting

vomiting; bile

vomiting; vomit like stool

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Constipation; ineffectual urging and straining

Diarrhoea; morning; after rising

Flatulence; while urging for stool, but only flatulence is passed

Itching

evening

in bed

after stool

in warm bed

Pain

stool

burning

pressing (pressure)

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; stool

Urging, desire to stool (see pain

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing)

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); frequent

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); after rising

Stool

Copious

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

Scanty

Soft

Thin, liquid

Watery

Yellow

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Copious

morning

after drinking coffee

Odour; like ammonia

Urinary organs

Urinary Organs.

Constant desire to urinate. Polyuria while traveling. Urine fiery. Burning pain in urethra, especially glandular portion.

Urethra

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); pain; aching

pain

burning; during erections

pain; pulling

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; with urging

Male

Male

Drawing in of testicles and spermatic cord

pain; cutting; testes

pain; pulling; testes; while urinating

thick emission from penis; morning

testes and scrotum (balls); relaxed, scrotum

Genitals

Pain worse during passage of pungent smelling urine.

Male; sexual passion; increased

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Cramps; lower limbs

Heaviness

lower limbs

leg

Movements and positions; trembling; hand

Pain

knee

sensation as if broken; upper limbs; left

as if dislocated; upper limbs; joints; left

pulling; leg; calf

pressing; foot; back of foot

stitching, sudden, sharp; hand

stitching, sudden, sharp; lower limbs

stitching, sudden, sharp; toes; first toe (large toe); under nails

tearing; foot

after dinner

Swollen

lower limbs; fluid in tissues

foot; fluid accumulation

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); foot; sole

Weakness

knee

foot

after eating

foot; sole

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Afternoon

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

amorous

of falling

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

morning

afternoon

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; from before midnight; until morning

Yawning

Perspiration

Evening

Evening; even when resting

Generalities

Eating and food; after eating

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

after dinner

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