Materia Medica de A a Z

FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM (fago)

Its action on the skin, producing pruritus, is very marked. Visible pulsation of arteries. Fluent coryza. Offensive excretions. Itching erythema. PRURITUS SENILIS. Post-nasal catarrh; dry crusts, granular appearance of posterior nares with itching.

Head

Inability to study or remember. Depressed and irritable. Itching of eyes and ears. Pains deep in head, WITH UPWARD PRESSURE. Itching in and around eyes and ears. Head hot, better bending backward, with tired neck. Occipital headache. Bursting pains. Cerebral hyperaemia.

Nose

Sore, red, inflamed. Fluent coryza, with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.

Eyes

ITCHING and smarting, swelling, heat and soreness.

Throat

Soreness and feeling of excoriation, deep down pharynx. Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen.

Stomach

Eructations of SCALDING, HOT, acid, watery substance; better, coffee. Bad taste in the morning. Persistent, morning nausea. Drooling.

Heart

Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm. THROBBING IN ALL ARTERIES after retiring. Palpitation with oppression. Pulse irregular, intermittent, rapid. Light feeling in chest.

Female

PRURITUS VULVAE, WITH YELLOW LEUCORRHOEA, worse, rest. Burning in right ovary.

Extremities

Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape of neck could not support head. Pain in shoulder, with pain along fingers. VEHEMENT ITCHING IN ARMS AND LEGS; worse towards evening. Feet numb and pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.

Skin

ITCHING; better by bathing in cold water; worse scratching, touch and retiring. Sore red blotches. Blind boils. Itching of knees and elbows and hairy portions. ITCHING OF HANDS, DEEP IN. Vesicular, pustular, phlegmonous dermatitis. Skin, hot, swollen.

Modalities

Better cold water, coffee;

Worse: in afternoon; from sunlight, scratching.

Relationship

Compare: Dol; Bov; Urt-u.

Dose

Third potency and 12x.