Materia Medica de A a Z

SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS (sapo)

Of great use in the treatment of acute colds, coryza, sore throat, etc. Will often "break up" a cold.

Mind

Utter indifference to pain or possible death. Apathetic, DEPRESSED, WITH SLEEPINESS.

Head

Stitching pain, SUPRAORBITAL; worse, left side, evening, motion. Throbbing over orbits. Congestions to head; tired feeling in nape. CORYZA. Sensation of drunkenness with constant endeavor to go left-wards. Left-sided trigeminal neuralgia, especially supraorbital. Stopped up feeling in nose, also itching and sneezing.

Eyes

Violent eye pains. Hot stitches deep in eyeball. Ciliary neuralgia; worse, left side. Photophobia. Exophthalmos, worse reading and writing. Increased intraocular pressure. Glaucoma.

Stomach

Difficult swallowing. Nausea, heartburn; full feeling not relieved by eructation.

Heart

Impulse weak; pulse less frequent. Palpitation with anxiety.

Modalities

Worse: at night, mental exertion, left side.

Relationship

Compare: Saponin (Sapin) - a glucosidal principle found in Quillaya (Quill), Yucca (Yuc), Senega (Seneg), Dioscorea (Dios) and other plants (Tired, indifferent. PAIN IN LEFT TEMPLE, EYE, photophobia, hot stitches deep in eye. Fifth nerve affections. Migraine. Much pain BEFORE the menstrual flow; severe sore throat, worse right side; tonsils swollen, worse in warm room. Sharp burning taste and violent sneezing).

Compare, also: Verbasc (Verb); Coccul (Cocc) (both containing Saponin). Quillaya; (Anagallis (Anag), Agrostema (Agro), Helonias (Helon), Sarsaparilla (Sars), [Paris (Par), Cyclamen (Cycl) and others contain Saponin].