Materia Medica de A a Z

HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA (ham)

Venous congestion, hæmorrhages, varicose veins, and hæmorrhoids, with BRUISED SORENESS OF AFFECTED PARTS, seem to be the special sphere of this remedy. Acts upon the coats of the veins causing relaxation with consequent engorgement. Passive venous hæmorrhages from any part. Great value in open, painful wounds, with weakness from loss of blood. After operations, supersedes the use of morphia (Helmuth).

Head

Wants "the respect due to me" shown. Feeling as of a bolt from temple to temple. Fullness, followed by epistaxis. Numbness over frontal bone.

Eyes

Painful weakness; SORE PAIN in eyes; bloodshot appearance; inflamed vessels greatly injected. Hastens absorption of intraocular hæmorrhage. Eyes feel forced out.

Nose

Bleeding from nose profuse; flow passive, non-coagulable, with tightness in bridge of nose. Bad odor from nose.

Throat

Mucous membrane distended and bluish; varicosis of throat.

Stomach

Tongue feels burnt. Thirst. Blisters on side. Hæmatemesis of black blood. Throbbing and pain in stomach.

Stool

Anus feels sore and raw. HAEMORRHOIDS, BLEEDING PROFUSELY, WITH SORENESS. Dysentery. Pulsation in rectum.

Urine

Haematuria, with increased desire.

Female

Ovarian congestion and neuralgia; feel very sore. Vicarious menstruation. Uterine haemorrhage, bearing-down pain in back. Menses DARK, PROFUSE, WITH SORENESS IN ABDOMEN. METRORRHAGIA, OCCURRING MIDWAY BETWEEN MENSTRUAL PERIODS. Intermenstrual pain (Jas. W. Ward). Vagina very tender. Profuse leucorroea. Vulva itches. Milk-leg, haemorrhoids, and sore nipples, after confinement. Metrorrhagia; passive flow. Vaginismus, ovaritis, soreness over whole abdomen. Phlegmasia alba.

Male

Pain in spermatic cord, running into testes. Varicocele. Pain in testicles. Orchitis. Testicles enlarged, hot, and painful. Epididymitis.

Respiratory

Hoemoptysis; tickling cough. Chest feels sore and constricted.

Back

Sore pain down cervical vertebræ. Severe pain in lumbar and hypogastric region, extending down legs.

Extremities

Tired feeling in arms and legs. Very sore muscles and joints. Varicose veins. Chilliness in back and hips, extending down legs. Neuralgia of internal saphenous nerve.

Skin

Bluish chilblains. Phlebitis. Purpura. Varicose veins and ulcers; very sore. Burns. Ecchymosis. Traumatic inflammations (Arn).

Modalities

Worse: warm, moist air.

Relationship

Compare in hæmorrhoids: Calc-f; Aloe; Mur-ac in varicose veins. Mangifera indica (Mangi).

Compare: Arn; Calen; Trillium (Tril); Bellis (Bell-p); Sul-ac; Puls.

Antidote: Arn.

Complementary: Ferr.

Dose

Tincture, to sixth attenuation. Distilled extract locally.