Origanum


Origanum homeopathy medicine – drug proving symptoms from Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica by TF Allen, published in 1874. It has contributions from R Hughes, C Hering, C Dunham, and A Lippe….


    Common names: Sweat marjoram; Mairan; la Marjolaine.

Introduction

Origanum marjorana, L. Natural order: Labiatae.

Preparation: Tincture of the plant.

Mind.

It was impossible to remain tranquil. Her disposition was very much affected; after the fifth or sixth day she became earnest, fearful, silent, sad, discontented, despairing, and weary of life; afterwards (after ten or twelve days), irritable, restless, with great anxiety and full of ideas, with need of active exercise of running in open air. Sadness the whole day, followed by lively mood and excessive joyfulness, with thoughts of marriage, distraction of mind, and desire for active exercise, impelling her to run.

Head and Nose.

Vertigo on lying down in the evening. Headache in the temples.

Nosebleed (twenty-third day). Sensation of constriction and tickling in the tip of the nose (sixteen day).

Stomach and Abdomen

Loss of appetite. Excessive thirst at night. Hiccough. Violent pain in the abdomen woke her from sleep at night (eighth to tenth days).

Urinary and Sexual Organs

Frequent necessity to pass urine, waking from sleep as many as four times in one night. Desire for coition. Increased desire for coition.

Chest and Back.

Swelling and itching of the nipples, frequently recurring (after twenty-seventh day). Pains beneath the scapulae (first day).

Extremities

Cramp in the sole of the right foot, in the left leg, also in the fingers and in shoulder, at times in the morning, at other times in the evening (after ninth day). Pains in the right hand (first day). Rheumatic pains in the right foot, frequently recurring and disappearing (after nine days). Pains in the toes (after one day).

Generalities

Great physical prostration. Uneasiness. Pains in the legs and side, becoming so violent that Camphor was taken after five or six days. The pains continued to recur in varying degrees of severity during the first two weeks.

Skin

Pale red spots on the legs, thighs, and abdomen (after two weeks). Painful red pimples on the outer portion of both legs (fourteenth and fifteenth days). Itching of the nipples, with pain in the breast recurred during the whole proving.

Sleep

Frequent waking from sleep in fright. Frequent waking from sleep with trembling. Vivid anxious dreams. Lascivious dreams. Exciting dreams.

Fever

Heat of the head; a the heat increased, the head was involuntarily turned from side to side.

Conditions.-

Aggravation.

(Evening), On lying down, vertigo. (Night), Excessive thirst.

TF Allen
Dr. Timothy Field Allen, M.D. ( 1837 - 1902)

Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.