Lapathum

Lapathum Sylvestre fol. minus acutum (Grade). Rumex obtusifolius. Common Dock. N. O. Polygonaceae. Tincture of fresh root. GUniesL— Epistaxis. Headache. Kidneys, pain in. Leucorrhoea. Uterus, atony of.

Characteristics

Lapathum is the old name of the Docks now generally named Rumex. The word is of Greek origin and signifies, according to Grade, " to soften, ease, or purge the belly," and the name was given to "herbs used in pottage and medicine, very well known to have the power of cleansing. Lapaih, was proved by Widenhom. It produced some rather severe headaches and nosebleed. (Hansen says it is indicated in epistaxis following headache.) Weight in stomach. Pain in kidneys with pressure from without inwards. Weak feeling in genital parts ; leucorrhoea with uterine bearing down and pain in kidneys.

Relations p. 246

Rumex c. and Rheum (botan. — Phytolacca is a near ally) ; Sep., Lil. t. ; kidney ache, Santal.

Mind p. 246

Sadness and moroseness alternating with gaiety.

Head p. 246

Headache at vertex ; as after intoxication. — Pressive headache, in morning ; it seems as though the head were swollen.

Nose p. 246

Epistaxis. — Blowing of blood from nose.

Stomach p. 246

Pain in pit of stomach, with loss of appetite and weight in stomach.

Abdomen p. 246

Feeling of distension in l. hypochondrium. — Extension and pressure, esp. in morning, with prostration and emission of flatulence. — Drawings in L hypochondrium. — Pain in kidneys for five hours, with pressure from without inwards.

Female Sexual Organs p. 246

Weak feeling in internal genital parts.— (Leucorrhoeal flow for five or six days very copious, thick, whitish, with constriction and expulsive efforts from top to bottom of the womb, and pains in the kidneys. — This symptom is put in brackets and at the same time italicised by Allen.)

Limbs p. 246

Bruised pain in all the limbs.

Generalities p. 246

-Weariness.

Fever p. 246

Excessive coldness in feet, as well inside as outside, so that it was almost impossible to warm them.