Cinnamonum
Cinnamon
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 211
Cancer where pain and fetor are present. Best when skin is intact. Its use in hemorrhages has abundant clinical verification. Nosebleed. Hæmorrhages from bowels, hæmotysis, etc. A strain in loins or false step brings on a profuse flow of bright blood. Post-partum hemorrhage. Flatulency and diarrhœa. Feeble patients with languid circulation.
Female
Bearing-down sensation. Menses early, profuse, prolonged, bright red. Sleepy. No desire for anything. Fingers seem swollen. Uterine hemorrhages caused by overlifting, during puerperal state; menorrhagia.
Relationship
Compare: Ipec.; Sil.; Trill.
Antidote: Acon.
-Dose.—Tincture to third potency. For cancer, strong decoction, one-half pint in a day. Oz of cinnamon in aqueous solution best local disinfectant. 3-4 drops in two quarts of water as a douche, wherever a germicide and disinfectant is needed.
Three drops on sugar for hiccough.