COMMON NAME:
WILD FARN.
Symptoms
Calls things by wrong names (C.). Irritability and restlessness (Arsenicum, Phosphorus)
Persons of feeble digestive powers, old or young (Ant-C.,Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sep) (A.).
Belching of large quantities of offensive gas (Asafoetida, Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium, Nat-S.) (Br).
Burning in the stomach (Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Iris., Lachesis, Lycopodium, Natrum phos., Phosphorus, Sulph,) (G).
Mouth every day, bitter and clammy in the morning (N).
Pains shoot from liver to right nipple (Chel) (B.).
Griping pains in the abdomen about the umbilicus (Nux-V) (A.).
Hurried desire for stool (Aloe, Sulphur) (B).
Flatulence after meals or after eating, especially of tea-drinks (China, lachesis, pulsatilla, Thuj). (A.).
Distressing pyrosis (Nux vomica, Pulsatilla) (Hlm.).
VIOLENT TWISTING COLIC OCCURRING IN REGULAR PAROXYSMS, AS IF THE INTESTINES WERE GRASPED AND TWISTED BY A POWERFUL HAND (A.).
Dull, hard, grinding pain in liver or in region of gall bladder (N.).
COLICKY PAINS WORSE FROM BENDING FORWARD AND WHILE LYING: BETTER ON STANDING ERECT OR BENDING BACKWARDS (reverse of Coloc) (A).
Colic with rumbling and passing of much flatus (Carbo vegetabilis, Lycopodium) (N).
Colic pain begins at umbilicus and radiates to all parts of the body even extremities (N).
Seminal emissions during sleep; vivid dreams of women all night (Staph); knees weak; genitals cold; great despondency (Phosphorus, Staphysagria) (A).
Strong-smelling sweat on the scrotum and pubes (Br).
Haemorrhoidal tumours like red cherries, with pain and distress in the anus (C.).
Diarrhoea early in the morning, driving out of bed (Aloe, Sulphur) (C).
Very profuse, thin, yellow stool in the morning (Aloe, Sulphur) (C).
Sciatica; right side; only felt when moving the limb or when sitting; better when lying perfectly quiet (C.).
Violent dysmenorrhoea (Belladonna, Coloc., Magnesia phos., Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, (B).
Dysentery with violent lancinating pains in the bowels (Rg.).
Spasmodic stricture of the urethra (Apis, Berberis, Cantharis, Clem., Gelsemium, Hepar, Kali bichromicum, Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Petroleum, Sepia, Silicea, Thuja) (Bt.).
Renal colic (Berberis, Lycopodium,, Nux vomica, Ocimum., Puls).
Pain particularly in the right ureter (Lycopodium).
Pain from the ureter extending to the penis and testes (Nux vomica).
Constant desire to pass urine.
Disposition to paronychia (Hepar, Silicea) (A).
Felons: early when pains are sharp and agonizing; when pricking is first felt (A).
Nails brittle (Ant-C., Graphites, Thuj) (A).
AGGRAVATION:
From lying down; from sitting: from bending double; in the evening; at night; from seminal emissions.
AMELIORATION:
From motion; from bending backwards from standing erect; from pressure; from walking; and from riding.
RELATIONSHIP:
Compare: Belladonna, Bryonia,Chamomilla, Coloc., Gelsemium, Kali carb., Lycopodium, Magnesia carb., Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Podophyllum, Rhus toxicodendron, Silicea, Staphysagria, Thuja
ANTIDOTES: Camph., Chamomilla