Materia Medica de A a Z

CINNAMOMUM CEYLANICUM (Cinnm)

Cancer where pain and fetor are present. Best when skin is intact. Its use in haemorrhages has abundant clinical verification. Nosebleed. Haemorrhages from bowels, haemoptysis, etc. A strain in loins or false step brings on a profuse flow of bright blood. POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE. Flatulency and diarrhoea. Feeble patients with languid circulation.

Female

Bearing-down sensation. Menses EARLY, PROFUSE, PROLONGED, BRIGHT RED. Sleepy. No desire for anything. Fingers seem swollen. Uterine haemorrhages caused by overlifting, during puerperal state; menorrhagia.

Relationship

Compare: Ip; Sil; Tril.

Antidote: Acon.

Dose

Tincture to third potency. For cancer, strong decoction, one- half pint a day. OIL OF CINNAMON in aqueous solution best local disinfectant. 3-4 drops in two quarts of water as a douche, wherever a germicide and disinfectant is needed. Three drops on sugar for hiccough.