Abrotanum (southernwood)

<p>* A very useful remedy in marasmus, especially of lower extremities only, yet with good</p><p>appetite.</p><p>* Metastasis.</p><p>* Rheumatism following checked diarrhoea.</p><p>* Ill effects of suppressed conditions especially in gouty subjects.</p><p>* Tuberculous peritonitis. Exudative pleurisy and other exudative processes.</p><p>* After operation upon the chest for hydrothorax or empyaemia, a pressing sensation</p><p>remains.</p><p>* Aggravation of haemorrhoids when rheumatism improves.</p><p>* Nosebleed and hydrocele in boys.</p><p>Great weakness after influenza. [Kali phos.]</p><p>Mind</p><p>- Cross, irritable, anxious, depressed.</p><p>Face</p><p>- Wrinkled, cold, dry, pale.</p><p>- Blue rings around dull-looking eyes.</p><p>- Comedones, with emaciation.</p><p>- Nosebleed.</p><p>- Angioma of the face.</p><p>Stomach</p><p>- Slimy taste.</p><p>- Appetite good, but emaciation progresses.</p><p>- Food passes undigested.</p><p>- Pain in stomach; worse at night; cutting, gnawing pain.</p><p>- Stomach feels as if swimming in water; feels cold.</p><p>- Gnawing hunger and whining.</p><p>- Indigestion, with vomiting of large quantities of offensive fluid.</p><p>Abdomen</p><p>- Hard lumps in abdomen.</p><p>- Distended.</p><p>- Alternate diarrhoea and constipation.</p><p>- Haemorrhoids; frequent urging; bloody stools; worse as rheumatic pains abate.</p><p>- Ascarides.</p><p>- Oozing from umbilicus.</p><p>- Sensation as if bowels were sinking down.</p><p>Respiratory</p><p>- Raw feeling.</p><p>- Impeded respiration.</p><p>- Dry cough following diarrhoea.</p><p>- Pain across chest; severe in region of heart.</p><p>Back</p><p>- Neck so weak cannot hold head up.</p><p>- Back lame, weak, and painful.</p><p>- Pain in lumbar region extending along spermatic cord.</p><p>- Pain in sacrum, with haemorrhoids.</p><p>Extremities</p><p>- Pain in shoulders, arms, wrists, and ankles.</p><p>- Pricking and coldness in fingers and feet.</p><p>- Legs greatly emaciated.</p><p>- Joints stiff and lame.</p><p>- Painful contraction of limbs. [Amm. mur.]</p><p>Skin</p><p>- Eruptions come out on face; are suppressed, and the skin becomes purplish.</p><p>- Skin flabby and loose.</p><p>- Furuncles.</p><p>- Falling out of hair.</p><p>- Itching chilblains.</p><p>Modalities</p><p>- Worse, cold air, checked secretions.</p><p>- Better, motion.</p><p>Source book:</p><p>HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA</p><p>By William BOERICKE</p>