Generalities
It has a powerful action on LIVER; and on head, where it is useful for neurasthenia; periodical; sick, menstrual or bilious headaches. Bruised, soreness is felt in various organs; liver, eyeballs etc. Pains ascend upwards, from forehead, stomach etc. Jaundice occurring every summer.
Better
Lying on abdomen.
Worse
Jarring. Motion. Cold.
Mind
Feels played out. No desire to do anything; wants to be let alone.
Head
Severe bilious-sick headaches worse stooping, motion, jarring.
Eyes
Eyeballs feel bruised. Yellow conjunctiva.
Nose
Pressing at the root of nose, or squeezing on bridge.
Mouth
Dry, not better by water. Tongue; broad, with thick greenish yellow fur; feels drawn up. Salivation.
Stomach
Bitter, sour, hot; bilious; ropy, gushing; vomiting; sets the teeth on edge. Vomiting; with colic and cold sweat on forehead and back of hands.
Abdomen
Liver enlarged enormously; with uneasy ache and jaundice. Gripping at navel. As if a string were tied in a stop-knot, around the intestines; which was suddenly drawn tight and gradually loosened. Cholecystitis. Gall stones. Jaundice, with arrest of menses. Weakness in hypogastrium. Stools; tarry; clay coloured or undigested. Cold sweat on forehead and back of hand during stool. Affections of pancreas.
Urinary organs
Urine; orange yellow colour; thick black, syrupy. Bile and sugar in urine. Diabetes Mellitus. High specific gravity.
Respiratory organs
Astringent expectoration.
Skin
Yellow all over. Jaundice; chronic; recurring every summer; caused by drinking too much cider.
Fever
Heat with aversion to uncover. Cold sweat on back of hands.
Related
Bry; Iris; Lept; Mercurius