CANNABIS SATIVA


Therapeutic symptoms of homeopathic remedy Cannabis Sativa, described by E.B. Nash in his book, Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics, published in 1898….


Is another remedy having a strong action on the urinary organs, particularly upon the urinary tract or urethra. It is the remedy par excellence with which to begin the treatment of gonorrhoea, unless some other remedy is particularly indicated, and such cases are very few. The most characteristic symptom is THAT THE URETHRA IS VERY SENSITIVE TO TOUCH OR EXTERNAL PRESSURE. The patient cannot walk with his legs close together because any pressure along the tract hurts him so. If the disease has extended up the urethra, or into the bladder, there will often be severe pains in the back every few minutes and the urine may be bloody. I used in my early practice to put five drops mother tincture into four ounces of water (in a four ounce vial)and let the patient take a teaspoonful three times a day. After about four days the inflammatory symptoms would have subsided, and the thin discharge have thickened and become greenish in appearance. Then MERC SOL. 3d. trituration, a powder 3 times a day, would often finish the case. Or if a little, thin, gleety discharge remained, i cured that with SULPH.,CAPS., or KALI-IOD. I have cured many cases in from one to two weeks this way. Later I have used the c.m. potency in the first stage, and sometimes never have to use the second remedy. If I do, mERC COR., C.M. is generally the remedy. Sometimes PULS., SULPH., or SEPIA, to finish up the case. There are exceptions, but the rule is that cases get well promptly under this treatment. After CANN SATIVA, MERC COR., if the discharge is thick and green, if the burning continues. PULS better, or SEPIA, if the discharge is thick and bland. SULPH.,, for gleet. Of course I have not mentioned all of the remedies that are necessary in this disease. I used them all in the c.m. and I know, having tried both, that they cure better then the low potencies. There is one curious symptom I have several times removed by this remedy, namely, a sense of dropping, around, or in the region of the heart. I do not know its pathological signification, but it is very annoying and the patient is very grateful to be rid of it.

E.B.Nash
Dr. E.B. Nash 1838- 1917, was considered one of our finest homeopaths and teachers. He was Prof. of Materia Medica at the N.Y. Homoeopathic Medical College and President of International Hahnemannian Assoc. His book Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics is a classic. This article is from: :The Medical Advance - A monthly magazine of homoeopathic medicine - edited and published by H.C. Allen, M. D.