Sambucus nigra

Acts especially on the respiratory organs. Dry coryza of infants, snuffles, œdematous swellings. Profuse sweat accompanies many affections.

Mind

Sees images when shutting eyes: Constant fretfulness. Very easily frightened. Fright followed by suffocative attacks.

Face

Turns blue with cough. Red, burning spots on cheeks. Heat and perspiration of face.

Abdomen

Colic, with nausea and flatulence; frequent watery, slimy stools.

Urine

Profuse urine with dry heat of skin. Frequent micturition, with scanty urine. Acute nephritis; dropsical symptoms, with vomiting.

Respiratory

Chest oppressed with pressure in stomach, and nausea. Hoarseness with tenacious mucus in larynx. Paroxysmal, suffocative cough, coming on about midnight, with crying and dyspnoea. Spasmodie croup. Dry coryza. Sniffles of infants; nose dry and obstructed. Loose choking cough. When nursing child must let go of nipple, nose blocked up, cannot breathe. Child awakes suddenly, nearly suffocating, sits up, turns blue. Cannot expire. [Meph.] Millar’s asthma.

Extremities

Hands turn blue. Œdematous swelling in legs, insteps, and feet. Feet icy cold. Debilitating night-sweats. [Salvia; Acet. ac.]

Fever

Dry heat while sleeping. Dreads uncovering. Profuse sweat over entire body during waking hours. Dry, deep cough precedes the fever paroxysm.

Skin

Dry heat of skin during sleep. Bloated and swollen; general dropsy; profuse sweat on waking.

Modalities

Worse, sleep, during rest, after eating fruit. Better, sitting up in bed, motion.

Relationship

Compare: Ipec.; Meph.; Opium; Sambucus Canadensis (great vlaue in dropsies; large doses required—fluid extract, ¼ to 1 teaspoonful three times daily).

Antidotes: Ars.; Camph.