Materia Medica de A a Z

GINSENG = PANAX QUINQUEFOLIA = ARALIA QUINQUEFOLIA (gins)

Said to be a stimulant to the secretory glands, especially salivary. Acts on the lower part of the spinal cord. LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, AND RHEUMATISM. Paralytic weakness. HICCOUGH. Skin symptoms, itching pimples on neck and chest.

Head

Vertigo, with gray spots before eyes; semi-lateral headache; occipital; difficult opening of eyelids; objects appear double.

Throat

Tonsillitis, just like Bellad, but in dark-complexioned people.

Abdomen

Tense, painful, rumbling. Pain in right side. Loud gurgling in ileo-caecal region. Perityphlitis.

Male

Rheumatic pains after frequent emissions. Weakness of genital organs. Voluptuous tickling at end of urethra. Sexual excitement. Pressure in testicles.

Extremities

Hands feel swollen. Skin feels tight. Contraction. Coldness in back and spine. Bruised pain in small of back and thighs; nightly digging in right lower limb to toes. Burning heat in tips of fingers. Eruption on upper inner thighs. STIFF, CONTRACTED JOINTS, heaviness of lower limbs. Crackling in joints. Stiffness in back.

Relationship

Compare: Aral; Coca, Hedera-Ivy (Hed)- mental depression and skin irritation antidoted by Gunpowder (Gunp).

Dose

Tincture, to third potency.