Sanguinaria Canadensis

Questions

What is the common name, origin and preparation of this drug?

Bloodroot, indigenous to America, tincture from the fresh root.

What is its general action?

Sangitinaria is a right-sided remedy pre-eminently, and affects chiefly the mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract. It has marked vaso-motor disturbance, as seen in the circumscribed redness of the cheeks, flashes of heat, determination of blood to head and chest, distension of temporal veins, burning in palms, soles, etc.

What is the sphere of its Homoeopathic applicability ?

1. In nasal Catarrh and Polypi. 2. In Sick headache. 3. In respiratory affections. 4. In Rheumatism. 5. In climacteric disorders. Give its nasal symptoms. Great susceptibility to odors, which causes the patient to faint; burning and rawness in the nose, with fluent coryza which excoriates; nasal polypi which tend to bleed easily. Give its use during the climacteric. Flashes of heat, flatulent distension of stomach, leucorrhcea fetid and corrosive, menses offensive, profuse, uterine polypi. Breasts sore, palpitation, acne, burning in hands and feet.

What is the characteristic Sick headache?

Pains begin in the morning in the occiput, travel up over the head and settle in or over the right eye. The pains are so severe that the patient can neither tolerate noise nor light, and vomits everything; the patient buries the head in the pillow or presses it on something hard for relief. Temporal veins distended. Give three diflFerentiating symptoms between Sanguinaria and Belladonna in headache. Belladonna has hot head, more throbbing, flushed face, and cold feet. Belladonna is relieved by being propped up in bed, while Sanguinaria has relief from lying down. Belladonna has not so marked the pain coming up over the head from the occiput, and Sanguinaria is more useful in the gastric form.

What are the respiratory symptoms of Sanguinaria ?

Congestion of the lungs, bright red face and flushing of one or both cheeks. Burjmig in the chest; dry, hacking cough and feeling of dryness in the air passages. Oppres,sion of breathing and a tenacious, difficult expectoration, which is apt to be rust colored; there are also sharp stitching pains through the right lung.

In what diseases is it most likely to be indicated ?

Pnuemonia. Patient is always better when hing on his back, also Phthisis florida.

In caseof purulent expectoration, when should Sanguinaria be prescribed ?

When it smells bad, even to the patient himself.

What are the rheumatic pains of Sanguinaria ?

Sharp, stitching pains, with soreness and stiffness of the muscles. Rheumatism of the right devoid muscle, which is very painful. Give another drug having Rheumatism of the right shoulder. Magnesia carb.

What drug has Rheumatism of the left deltoid muscle ?

Ferrum met.

What are the members of the Compositae family that we make use of in our Materia Medica ?

Arnica, Artemisia vulgaris and absiiithium , Cordials marianus, Chamomilla, Cina, Erigeron, Eupatorium per- Joliatum and purpureum , Helonias, Millefolium, Senecio and Taraxacum.