Materia Medica de A a Z

MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA (meny)

A remedy for certain headaches, intermittent fever. Coldness of abdomen. Twitchings. Sensation of tension and compression. Fidgets and urinary difficulties in women. Diabetes.

Head

Pressing in vertex; better: HARD PRESSURE WITH HAND. Pressing-together pain. Weight pressing on brain with every step on ascending. Pain from nape over whole brain; better, stooping, sitting; worse, going upstairs. Cracking in jaw and twitching of facial muscles.

Stomach

No thirst at any time. Revenous hunger; passing away after eating a little. Desire for meat. Sensation of coldness extending up to oesophagus.

Abdomen

Distended and full; increased by smoking tobacco. Coldness of abdomen.

Extremities

ICY COLDNESS OF HANDS AND FEET. Cramp-like pain. As soon as patient lies down, LEGS JERK AND TWITCH.

Fever

Coldness predominates; felt most acutely in abdomen and legs and tip of nose.

Modalities

Worse, during rest, ascending.

Better, pressure on affected part, stooping, motion.

Relationship

Compare: Caps; Puls; Calc; Ph-ac; Sang.

Antidote: Camph.

Dose

Third to thirtieth potency.