Momordica

Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. VI, p. 378

Moraovdica balsamina, Linn.

Natural order, Cucurbitacese.

(Common in gardens.)

Authority. A. Merrier, M.D., proving by Mrs. Merrier, with 24 drops of the tincture, Western J. of Horn., 1, p. 42.

Head

Feeling dizziness, great lightness in the head ; sensation as if the whole contents of the head had greatly diminished in weight; slight headache.

Eyes

Sensation of occasional mist or cloud passing before the eyes.

Face

Face at times red, but generally very pale.

Stomach

Slight sickness at stomach.

Abdomen

Griping, general colic pains, starting from the back and spreading over whole abdomen ; forcing pains, resembling labor pains, in the hypogastric regions.

Stool

Two or three healthy stools for several days.

Sexual Organs

Painful and too profuse menses, but lasting only the regular length of time; labor pains during menses, followed by gushes of blood ; white, light raucous discharge between the interval of the menses.

False

Pulse quick and weak.

Each

Pains in the small of the back at the time of the menses, sometimes very acute, beginning at the sacrum and coming towards the front of the pelvis.

Generalities

General feeling of weakness and sometimes of faintness.

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