Materia Medica de A a Z

CORNUS CIRCINATA (corn)

Chronic malaria, hepatitis, jaundice. Weakness in morning. Pain in pit of stomach, with distended abdomen. Vesicular eruption associated with chronic liver disease or aphthous stomatitis.

Mouth

Ulceration of tongue, gums and mouth; aphthae. Burning in mouth, throat and stomach.

Stool

Loose, windy, dark stool, immediately after dinner. Burning in anus. Dark, bilious, offensive diarrhoea, with sallow complexion.

Skin

Vesicular eczema of face in infants, with nursing sore mouth.

Relationship

Compare: Cornus alternifolia (Corn-a) - Swamp Walnut — (Weak and tired; disturbed sleep, fever, restlessness, eczema; SKIN CRACKED; chest feels cold, as if full of ice); Cornus florida (Corn-f) (chronic malaria; indigestion and distressing acid heartburn; general debility from loss of fluids and night sweats; neuralgic pains in arms, chest, and trunk, and sensation as if broken in two; intermittent fever, WITH DROWSINESS; feels cold, but is warm to touch; great exhaustion in intervals; general clammy sweat. Chill is preceded by drowsiness; heat is associated with drowsiness. Headache after quinine.).

Dose

Tincture to sixth attenuation.