Melilotus Alba
Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 3rd ed., 1910, p. 184
Sweet Clover. Leguminosce.
Keynotes
Congestions, relieved by hemorrhage. Engorgement of blood-vessels in any part or organ. Violent congestive or nervous headaches; epistaxis affords relief (Bufo, Ferr. p., Magn. s.).
Convulsions : of nervous children during dentition (Bell.); infantile spasms, eclampsia, epilepsy.
Religious melancholy with an intensely red face; insanity, in early stages, to relieve brain from pressure and irritation.
Nosebleed preceded by intense redness, flushing of face and throbbing of carotids (Bell.) ; with general relief.
Very red face precedes haemorrhage from every organ.
Constipation: difficult, painful, constriction in anus; throbbing, fulness; no desire until there is a large accumulation (Alum.).
Relationship
Compare: Amyl., Ant. c. in epistaxis after headache, but does not relieve; Bell., Glon., Sang, in congestive headache, red face, hot head, etc.
Aggravation. — Approach of a storm; rainy, changeable weather.