Materia Medica de A a Z

COCCUS CACTI (coc-c)

Region

MUCOUS MEMBRANES (FAUCES. Throat. Larynx. Chest. Genito-urinary). Left side.

Worse

IRRITATING FAUCES. Periodically. Heat. Lying. Awaking. Cold exposure.

Better

Washing in cold water.

General

Catarrh. Spasms. Hæmorrhage. Uric acid. Gouty-rheumatic. STRINGY DISCHARGES, EXPECTORATION, hanging from mouth, urine, feeling in throat, black menses, etc. Sensitive, fauces, vulva, skin, etc. Intolerable internal tickle. Pulsations; in glans; as of a fluid forcing its way. Dark blood..................... Sad; on waking at 2-3 A.M. Hawking, brushing teeth, etc., excites cough, retching or vomiting. Profuse post-nasal discharge. Constricted throat. Violent kidney pain, with dysuria. Nephritic colic. Irritated bladder. Sticking along ureters. Urging to urinate; amel. bloody clots from vagina. Urine scanty, thick, heavy, sour; sediment; sandy, dark red, brown or white; bloody mucus. Nephritis. REGULAR PAROXYSMS OF VIOLENT TICKLING, RACKING COUGH, ENDING IN VOMITING OR RAISING MUCH CLEAR, ROPY MUCUS (Kali-bi); with a purple, red face and internal heat; periodically; with kidney symptoms; slowly increasing, then gradually declining; amel. cold air or drinks. Whooping cough. Soreness or stitches in apices of lungs. Coldness in back. Burning; as of pepper in nostrils, at tip of tongue, etc. (Lach).

Related: Ap. (Apis); Berb; Lach; Phos.