Heliotropium peruvianum. Heliotrope. Cherry-pie. *N.O. Boraginaceae. Tincture of whole fresh plant when in flower.
Clinical
Clergyman’s sore throat. Dysmenorrhoea, membranous. Hoarseness. Leucorrhoea. Uterus, misplacement of.
Characteristics
*Heliotrope has been slightly proved. Symptoms of pressure and tension were produced in many parts: pressure on the sternum impeding breathing, pressure on the head, on mons veneries, pain as if beaten in leg muscles. Cooper has used this remedy clinically and considers hoarseness and “thick voice” a great indication. He has cured with in clergyman’s sore throat. It has also an action resembling that of *Natrum hyperchlorinosum in uterine displacement, leucorrhoea, backache. With *Nat-hyper. there is passive bearing down from heavy, water-logged condition of uterus. With *Heliot. the bearing down is active. The effect of *Heliot. given by Cooper to a lady who had been advised by several surgeons to have various organs either braced up surgically, or removed, was described by her as having made her “feel just as if braced up” six hours after taking the dose. It is especially indicated if there is also a tendency to loss of voice. It has cured membranous dysmenorrhoea. The head symptoms of the proving were better on walking in the open air. Other symptoms were worse after resting, worse on inspiration.
Relations
*Compare: Nat-hyperchl., Borax (membranous dysmenorrhoea), Symphytum (bruised pain in leg).
SYMPTOMS.
Head
Headache in forehead, like a pressure and drawing pressing, better walking in open air.
Eyes
Feeling of tension in left inner canthus extending down into nasal bone, as if a swelling were there, eye seems drawn together and smaller.
Stomach
Pressure in pit of stomach and internal surface of sternum, at times with fine sticking externally in the same place, especially worse on inspiration, and the epigastric region is sore to touch, most violent after eating and in evening.
Female Sexual Organs
Pressure on mons veneries only when sitting. (Membranous dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, uterine displacements, with backache, especially if subject to loss of voice.).
Respiratory Organs
(Voice thick, clergyman’s sore throat.) Pressure and oppression of external parts of chest, without affecting breathing.
Lower Limbs
Pain in outer part of leg above ankle, extending up the muscles, as if beaten, even when sitting. Itching on tibia, with sensations as if there was an eruption.
