ABROTANUM


Homeopathic remedy Abrotanum drug symptoms and indications from Condensed Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, published in 1877….


      Southern Wood. Compositae. DEVENTER. GATCHELL. CUSHING.

Mind

      Feeble, dull.

Indolence, aversion to bodily motion.

Good-humored or gloomy.

Anxious, depressed. Gastralgia.

Child cross, depressed, very peevish. Marasmus.

Inner Head

      Left brain feels weaker.

As if squeezed on the temporal regions.

Outer Head

      Could not hold head up.

Scalp sore; itching.

Distended veins on forehead.

Eyes

      Blue rings around the eyes; eyes looking dull.

Chlorosis.

Inflamed eyes.

Ears

      Humming as of bees; wind rushes out of right ear.

Nose

      Inner nose dry.

Nosebleed with boys.

Face

      Face wrinkled as if old. Marasmus.

Comedones with emaciation.

Face feels cold.

Teeth

      Drawing, tearing in carious teeth.

Tongue etc

      Acid taste.

Slimy taste. Gastralgia.

Mouth

      Dry and sore; saliva increased.

Desires Aversions

      Gnawing hunger; ravenous appetite, all the while emaciating.

Craves bread boiled in milk.

Stomach

      Burning as from acidity.

As if stomach were hanging or swimming in water, with coldness. Gastralgia.

Pains cutting, gnawing, burning, worse at night. Gastralgia.

Abdomen

      Weak sinking in bowels.

Distended abdomen. Haemorrhoidal colic. Chlorosis.

Marasmus.

Hard lumps in different parts of abdomen.

Marasmus.

Stool etc

      Food passes undigested. Marasmus.

After suddenly checked diarrhoea. Marasmus.

Alternate diarrhoea and constipation. Marasmus.

Constipation. Gastralgia.

Protruding piles, with burning, from touch or when passing.

Piles worse when rheumatism abated.

With inclination to stool, only blood passes.

Urine

      Bladder full, urging; scanty urine.

Male Sexual Organs

      Hydrocele of children.

Female Sexual Organs

      Darting in. ovary; twitching in both ovaries.

Dysmenorrhoea or suppressed menses.

Pregnancy

      Blood and moisture oozing from navel of the newborn.

Larynx

      Sudden hoarseness or weak voice.

Breathing

      Breathing impeded, difficult.

Cough

      Troublesome cough. Rheumatism.

Lungs

      Cold air causes raw feeling.

Pressing sensation remains in affected side, impeding free breathing. Pleurisy.

Heart Pulse

      Pain across chest, sharp and severe in region of heart. Rheumatism.

Pulse weak and small. Chlorosis.

Ebullitions with general heat, and distended veins on forehead and hands, Hemorrhoidal colic.

Outer Chest

      Drawing in muscles, worse from motion,.

Back

      Back weak with ovarian pains.

Pains in sacrum Hemorrhoidal colic.

Sudden spinal inflammation; sudden aching pains in the back, better by motion.

Upper Limbs

      Aching from shoulder-joints to elbows.

Aching in fingers, first r. then side.

Pricking and coldness finger tips.

Numbs sensation in fingers.

Distended veins, legs emaciated. Marasmus.

Lower Limbs

      Stitching, tearing, itching in old foot sores.

Drawing in ankle-joint.

Dead cold feet.

Limbs in General

      Inability to move. Rheumatism.

Back and limbs sore and lame, worse mornings on awaking.

Position etc

      Lies prone.

Motion,.

Nerves

      Weak, sickly feeling, when excited trembling.

Lame and sore. Rheumatism.

Weak and prostrated after influenza,

Numbness, partial paralysis; spine affected.

Sleep

      Sleepless, restless. Hemorrhoidal colic.

Frightful dreams and trembling on awaking.

Time

      Night, Morning,.

Temperature and Weather

      Cold air, Chilblains itch; frostbitten limbs.

Chill Fever Sweat

      Creeping chill in brain with prickling.

High fever. Rheumatism.

Hectic fever with chilliness after influenza, very weakening. Marasmus.

Attacks

      Sudden hoarseness,.

Sides

      Left,

Right to left,.

Sensations

      Aching; coldness; deadness; pricking; stinging; itching; gnawing; drawing; darting; tearing; cutting; sticking; scraping; pressing; soreness; rawness; dryness; burning; hanging or swimming.

Tissues

      Gout in wrists and ankles.

After suppressed gastralgia.

Joints stiff with pricking-sore, lame, joints, agg. awaking.

Contraction of limbs from cramps or colic.

Inflammatory rheumatism before swelling.

Chlorosis.

Marasmus of children.

Emaciations,.

Contact Injuries etc.

      Worse from touch,.

Skin

      Skin flabby, hangs loose. Marasmus.

Furunculus; after; Hepar sulph.

Stages and States

      Children: emaciation.

Boys: Nosebleed. Hydrocele.

Newborn.

Relationship

      After Aconite and Bryon, pleurisy,

After Hepar

Concordances: Nux vomica, Agaricus

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.