Materia Medica de A a Z

SARRACENIA PURPUREA (sarr)

A remedy for variola. Visual disorders. Congestion to head, with irregular heart action. Chlorosis. Contains a very active proteolytic enzyme. Sick headache; throbbing in various parts, especially in neck, shoulders and head, which feels full to bursting.

Eyes

Photophobia. Eyes feel swollen and sore. Pain in orbits. Black objects move with the eye.

Stomach

Hungry all the time, even after a meal. Sleepy during meals. Copious, painful vomiting.

Back

Pains shooting in ZIG-ZAG course from lumbar region to middle of scapula.

Extremities

Limbs weak; bruised pain in knees and hip-joints. Bones in arm pain. WEAK BETWEEN SHOULDERS.

Skin

Variola, aborts the disease, arrests pustulation.

Relationship

Compare: Tartar em (Ant-t); Variol (Vario); Maland.

Dose

Third to sixth potency.