Materia Medica de A a Z

CEREUS BONPLANDII (Cere-b)

Mind

Great desire to work and to be doing something useful.

Head

Occipital headache and PAIN THROUGH THE GLOBE OF THE EYES AND ORBITS [Cedron (Cedr); Onos]. Pain across the brain from left to right. Pain along right malar bone running to temple.

Chest

Convulsive pains at the heart; feels as if transfixed. Pain in chest through heart, with pain running toward spleen. Pain in left pectoral muscle and cartilages of left lower ribs. Sensation of a great weight on heart, and pricking pain. Hypertrophy of heart. Difficult, sighing respiration, as from some compression of chest.

Skin

Itching of skin [Dolich (Dol); Sulph].

Extremities

Pain in neck, back, shoulders, down arms, hands and fingers. Pain in knees and joints of lower extremities.

Relationship

Compare: Cactus (Cact); Spigel (Spig); Kalm; Cereus serpentinus (Cere-s) (Very irritable with tendency to swear; wild anger and low morals. Disturbance in speech; in writing leaves off the last syllable. Paralyzed feeling. Pains in heart, and dwindling of sexual organs. Emissions, followed by pain in testicles.).

Dose

Third to sixth attenuation.