Materia Medica de A a Z

OXYTROPIS LAMBERTI (oxyt)

Marked action on nervous system. Trembling, sensation of emptiness. Walks backwards. Congestion of spine and paralysis. Pains come and go quickly. Sphincters relaxed. Staggering gait. Reflexes lost.

Mind

Desires to be alone. Disinclined to work or talk. Worse, thinking of symptoms (Ox-ac). MENTAL DEPRESSION. Vertigo [Granatum (Gran)].

Head

Vertigo. Full, warm feeling about head. Feeling of intoxication, with loss of vision. Pain in maxillary bones and masseter muscles. Mouth and nose dry.

Eyes

Sight obscured; pupils contracted; do not respond to light. Paralysis of nerves and muscles of eyes.

Stomach

Eructations with colicky pains. Epigastrium tender.

Rectum

Sphincter seems relaxed. Stools slip from anus, LIKE LUMPS OF JELLY, mushy.

Urine

Urging to urinate when thinking of it. PROFUSE FLOW. Pain in kidneys [Berberis (Berb)].

Male

No desire or ability. Pain in testicles and along spermatic cord and down thighs.

Extremities

Pain along ulnar nerve. Numb feeling about spine. STAGGERING GAIT. Loss of co-ordination. Patellar tendon reflex lost. Pains come and go quickly, but muscles remain sore and stiff.

Sleep

Restless, dreams of quarrel.

Modalities

Worse: thinking of symptoms (mono-maniac tendency). Worse every other day.

Better: after sleep.

Relationship

Compare: Astrag; Lathyr (Lath); Ox-ac; Baryta (Loco plant is rich in Baryta). Lolium.

Dose

Third potency and higher.