Materia Medica de A a Z

INDIGO TINCTORIA (indg)

Marked action on the nervous system, and of undoubted benefit in the treatment of epilepsy with great sadness. Excited mood and desire to be busy. Neurasthenia and hysteria. Pure powdered Indigo placed on the wound cures snake and spider poison [Kali permang (Kali-perm); Golondrina (Euph-po); Cedron (Cedr)]. Stricture of oesophagus; blue color (Cupr).

Head

Vertigo with nausea. Convulsions. Sensation of a band around forehead. Undulating sensation through whole head. Sensation as if brain were frozen. Gloomy; cries at night. Hair feels pulled from vertex. Head feels frozen.

Nose

Excessive sneezing and bleeding from nose.

Ears

Pressure and roaring.

Stomach

Metallic taste. ERUCTATIONS. Bloating. Anorexia. Flushes of heat rising from stomach to head.

Rectum

Falling of rectum. Aroused at night with horrible itching at anus.

Urinary

Constant desire to urinate. Urine turbid. Catarrh of bladder.

Extremities

SCIATICA. Pain from middle of thigh to knee. Boring pain in knee-joint; better, walking. PAIN IN LIMBS WORSE AFTER EVERY MEAL.

Nerves

Hysterical symptoms where pain predominates Excessive nervous irritation. Epilepsy; flashes of heat from abdomen to head; fit begins with dizziness. Aura from a painful spot between shoulders. Reflex spasms from worms.

Modalities

Worse: during rest and sitting.

Better: pressure, rubbing, motion.

Relationship

Compare: Cuprum (Cupr); Oestrus cameli (Oest), an Indian medicine for epilepsy.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.