Menyanthes trifoliata
Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 3rd ed., 1910, p. 184
Buck Bean. Gentianacece.
Keynotes
Complaints from abuse of Cinchona and Quinine. Fevers, in which the cold stage predominates; coldness felt most acutely in abdomen and legs.
Headache : pressing in vertex from above downwards, > during hard pressure with hand (Ver.) ; as of a heavy zv eight pressing upon the head at every step (Coc., Glon., Lach.) ; < ascending (Col.) ; often with icy coldness of hands and feet (Col., Sep.).
Anxiety about the heart as if some evil was impending.
Tension: in root of nose; in arms, hands, fingers; in skin, as if several sizes too small and was crowded into it by force.
Relationship p. 185
Compare: Coc., Col., Gels., Sep., Mag. m.', Paris. Follow well: Caps., Lach., Lyc., Puls., Rhus, Ver. Aggravation. — During rest; lying down. Amelioration. — Pressure on affected part.