Materia Medica de A a Z

OENANTHE CROCATA (oena)

Epileptiform convulsions; worse, during menstruation and pregnancy. Puerperal eclampsia; uraemic convulsions. Burning in throat and stomach, nausea and vomiting. Red spots in face. Convulsive facial twitching. Skin affections, especially lepra and ichthyosis.

Head

Pains all over head, dizzy. Sudden and complete unconsciousness. Furious delirium, giddiness. Countenance livid, eyes fixed, pupils dilated, CONVULSIVE TWITCHING OF FACIAL MUSCLES, trismus, foaming at mouth, locked jaws. Much yawning. Tendency to cry over little things.

Respiratory

Tickling cough, with rattling in the lower part of the chest, and thick, frothy expectoration. Heavy, spasmodic, stertorous breathing.

Extremities

Convulsions; opisthotonos. Pain along crural and sciatic nerves, commencing in back. Cold hands and feet. Numbness of hand and foot.

Relationship

Compare: Cicuta (Cic); Kali brom (Kali-br).

Dose

First to sixth potency.