Materia Medica de A a Z

SANICULA AQUA (sanic)

Has been found a useful remedy in enuresis, seasickness, constipation, etc. Rickets.

Head

Dread of downward motion (Bor). PROFUSE SWEAT ON OCCIPUT and in nape of neck, during sleep (Calc; Sil). Photophobia. Lachrymation in cold air or from cold application. Profuse scaly dandruff. Soreness behind ears.

Throat

Thick, ropy, tenacious mucus.

Mouth

Tongue large, flabby, burning; must protrude it to keep cool. Ringworm on tongue.

Stomach

Nausea and vomiting from car-riding. Thirst; drink little and often (Ars; Chin). Is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach.

Rectum

Stools large, heavy and painful. PAIN IN WHOLE PERINEUM. No desire until a large accumulation. After great straining only partially expelled; recedes, crumbles at verge of anus [Mag mur (Mag-m)]. Very offensive odor. Excoriation of skin about anus, perineum, and genitals. Diarrhoea; changeable in character and color; after eating.

Female

Bearing-down, as if contents of pelvis would escape; better, rest. Desire to support parts. Soreness of uterus. Leucorrhoea with ODOR OF FISH-BRINE OR COLD CHEESE (Hep). Vagina feels large.

Back

Dislocated feeling in sacrum and better lying on right side.

Extremities

Burning of soles of feet (Sulph; Lach). Offensive foot-sweat (Sil; Psor). Cold, clammy sweat of extremities.

Skin

Dirty, greasy, brownish, wrinkled. Eczema, fissured hands and fingers [Petrol (Petr); Graph].

Modalities

Worse: MOVING ARMS BACKWARD.

Relationship

Compare: Abrot; Alum; Calc; Sil; Sulph. Sanicula Aqua must not be confounded with the Sanicle (pool-root or wood marsh), also called Sanicula. This is used in various nervous affections, resembling Valeriana. It is used as a vulnerary, resolvent for sanguineous extravasations, and as an astringent (Has not been proved).

Dose

Thirtieth potency.