Armoracia Sativa

Cochlearia armoracia. Horse-radish. N. O. Cruciferae. Tincture of root.

Clinical

Albuminuria. Aphonia. Asthma. Cataract. Colic. Cornea, spots on. Eruptions. Eyes, affections of. Gonorrhoea. Gravel. Headache. Iucorrfaoea. Lungs, œdema of . Rheumatism. Scurvy. Strangury. Toothache. Ulcers. Urinary disorders.

Characteristics

ilrmor. sat, and also Cochlear, office., are oldworld anti-scorbutics, and homœopathic provings have confirmed the old experience. Armor, has the anti-scorbutic properties of the other Cruciferae, and is specially efficacious in scurvy from eating salt. The essential oil is said to be identical with that of Sinapis. The mucous membranes are affected : mucous stools ; gonorrhoea ; leucorrhoea ; pituitous asthma and pituitous phthisis have been benefited by it. There are peculiar symptoms in connection with the teeth. Some violent abdominal pains were experienced. Tearing pains from the belly through to back, down the back, and setting in sacrum. '' Colic with backache '' appears to be a leading indication. Wandering chronic rheumatism. Touch or slight pressure < many symptoms. Bending forward >.

Relations p. 170

Compare: The Crucif erae generally. Canth., Caps., Rhus, Sinap. ; Arg. n. (diarrhoea from nervous excitement).

Causation p. 170

Checked foot-sweat Nervous excitement. Cold. BTHPTOHB.

Mind p. 170

Difficult thinking in evening. — Irresolution.

Head p. 170

Headache, now one side now the other ; < opening the eyes (wide), but not on reading or motion. — Violent headache with nausea; < sitting up. — Aching, boring pains in head, as if brain bursting.

Eyes p. 170

Obscuration of sight for some minutes. — Lachrymation. — Spots on cornea. — Swelling of eyes. — Styes. — Rheumatic ophthalmia,

Face p. 170

Twitching of l. corner of mouth, 4 a.m. — Soreness of upper lip.

Teeth p. 170

Dull sensation in teeth, as if they were soft and became bent and moved in their sockets on chewing. — Scurvy of salt-eaters. — Dental fistula.

Mouth p. 170

Paralysis of tongue. — Biting sensation on tongue. — Tongue furred white. — Very offensive odour from mouth and lungs.

Throat p. 170

Dryness of pharynx, larnyx, and posterior nares. — Scraping in throat with nausea. — Hawking thick, viscid mucus.

Stomach p. 170

Unnatural craving for food with profuse painless diarrhoea. — Belchings of sulphurous odour, like garlic. — Bilious regurgitations.- From region of stomach the pain draws through both sides towards back. — Cramp in stomach; pain drives to despair. — Crampy, tensive pain above epigastrium apparently in diaphragm, > by bending forward.

Abdomen p. 170

Spasms through to back and loins. — Borborygmi in morning.

Stool and Anus p. 170

Profuse painless diarrhoea with craving for food. — Diarrhoea after great nervous excitement. — Tenesmus all night till morning, sometimes discharging a little blood. — Mucous stools. — Involuntary passage of mucus from anus. — Itching and burning at anus.

Urinary Organs p. 170

Uneasiness in region of kidneys. — Increased desire and increased secretion. — Urination difficult, causing burning, tenderness, and inflammation of urethra as in first stage of gonorrhoea. — Strangury. — Gravel. — Albuminuria.

Male Sexual Organs p. 170

Burning or cutting at glans during micturition ; felt also before or after. — Gonorrhoea. — Impotence.

Female Sexual Organs p. 170

Stringy black blood passes from the vagina when urinating ; also during the night. — Menses : every ten or fifteen days; suppressed with chlorosis. — Leucorrhoea and menostasis. — Since climaxis cramp in stomach.

Respiratory Organs p. 170

Aphonia; with blood-spitting; oppressed breathing. — Promotes expectoration, and relieves cough ; increases activity

Respiratory Organs p. 170

Mucous asthma, and consumption. — CEdema of lungs. — Chest painful to touch.

Limbs p. 170

Twitchings in limbs. — Towards morning pain in all joints when l3ang still ; < l3dng on side ; > on motion and when getting up. — Suppressed foot sweat.

Sleep p. 170

Sleep very refreshing ; awoke with clearer mind than usual.