Persons of scrofulous diathesis, with dark or black hair and eyes; a low cachectic condition, with profound debility and great emaciation ( Abrot. ).

Great weakness and loss of breath on going upstairs ( Calc. ); during menses ( Alum , Carbo an. , Coc. ).

Ravenous hunger; eats freely and well, yet loses flesh all the time ( Abrot. , Nat. m. , Sanic. , Tub. ).

Empty eructations from morning to nigh, as if every particle of food was turned into air ( Kali c. ).

Suffers from hunger, must eat every few hours; anxious and worried if he does not eat ( Cina , Sulph. ); feels > while eating or after eating, when stomach is full.

Itching: low down in the lungs, behind the sternum, causing cough; extends through bronchi to nasal cavity ( Coc. c., Con. , Phos. ).

Hypertrophy and induration of glandular tissue – thyroid, mammae, ovaries, testes, uterus, prostate or other glands – breasts may dwindle and become flabby.

Hard goitre, in dark haired persons (light haired, Brom. ); feels > after eating.

Palpitation, worse from least exertion (compare, Dig. – from least mental exertion, Cal. ars. ).

Sensation as if the heart was squeezed together; as if grasped with an iron hand ( Cac. , Sulph. ).

Leucorrhoea: acrid, corrosive, staining and corroding the linen; most abundant at time of menses.

Cancerous degeneration of the cervix; cutting pains in abdomen and haemorrhage at every stool.

Constipation, with ineffectual urging > by drinking cold milk.

Croup: membranous, hoarse, dry cough, worse in warm, wet weather; with wheezing and sawing respiration ( Spong. ).

Child grasps at larynx ( Cepa ); face pale and cold, especially in fleshy children.

Relations. – Complementary: to, Lycopodium.

Compare: Acet. ac. , Brom. , Con. , Kali bi. , Spong. in membranous croup and croupy affections; especially in overgrown boys with scrofulous diathesis.

Follows well: after, Hep. , Mer. ; is followed by Kali bi. in croup. Acts best in goitre when given after full moon, or when moon is waning – Lippe.

Should not be given during lying-in period, except in high potencies- Hering.

Aggravation. – Warmth; wrapping up the head (reverse of, Hep. , Psor. ).