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Bites, stings, puncture wounds.
Chronic rheumatism > ice cold water application, though chilly
(subjectively and obectively). Gout.
Venous congestion, purple discoloration, passive oedema and haemorrhage.
Alcoholism.
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COMMON NAME
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Wild rosemary
Marsh tea or Marsh Cistus
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FAMILY
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Ericaceae
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SOURCE
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| - | Tincture of dried small twigs and leaves collected
after flowering begins |
| - | Tincture of whole fresh plant |
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A/F
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| - | Bad effects of colchicum |
| - | Injuries from sharp pointed instruments |
| - | Recent or chronic injuries |
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MODALITIES
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| < | Warmth; of covers, stove, air
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| > | HOLDING FEET IN ICE COLD WATER (Sec)
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MIND
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| - | Angry, out of humour. Cross and surly.
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| - | Dissatisfied, hates his fellow beings, avoids their company. |
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GUIDING INDICATIONS
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| - | RHEUMATIC and GOUTY DIATHESIS;
constitution abused by alcohol [Colch].
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| - | Gout, stones and nodosities in SMALL JOINTS LIKE wrist, fingers, ankles,
toes, etc.
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| - | Adapted to people who are CHILLY and feel cold all the time. General lack of
animal heat, yet heat of bed is intolerable.
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| - | Cold to touch but not cold subjectively to patient. In spite of coldness of
body, symptoms relieved by cold applications [Sec, reverse of Ars].
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| - | Sometimes the only amelioration obtained is by PUTTING FEET INTO ICE COLD
WATER.
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| - | PUNCTURED WOUNDS from sharp pointed instruments as awls, rat bites, nails
[Hyper], PARTICULARLY IF WOUNDED PARTS ARE COLD.
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| - | If given immediately after punctured wounds, it PREVENTS TETANUS [Hyper -
when tetanus develops].
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| - | LONG REMAINING DISCOLORATION AFTER INJURY. Black and blue places, before
green.
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| - | Weakness, numbness and EMACIATION of affected parts [Graph, Plb].
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| - | Haemorrhagic tendency. Bright red, frothy blood. Haemorrhage into anterior
chamber of eye after iridectomy.
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| - | Rheumatism or gout begins in lower limbs and travels upwards [Arn - descends,
Cact, Kalm]. ASCENDING RHEUMATISM.
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| - | TETANUS with twitching of muscles near the wound.
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| - | Head - Mottled, puffy and bloated.
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| - | Periorbital bruises (Symph, Arn).
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| - | Eyes
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BLOODSHOT
or bruised EYES. |
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Ecchymosis
of lids and conjunctiva from injury to eye. |
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BLACK
EYE - It is used to prevent or remove black and blue spots after blows or
bruises. |
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| - | Face - RED PIMPLES OR TUBERCLES on forehead and cheeks, as in brandy
drinkers, stinging when touched.
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Cough,
tormenting, then sobbing respiration < receding eruptions.
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DOUBLE
INSPIRATIONS.
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Bronchitis,
Haemoptysis.
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| - | C.V.S. - Rheumatic heart disease.
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| - | Extremities - Swelling of feet upto knees, with unbearable pain when
walking, as from a sprain or false step.
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| - | Ball of great toe swollen.
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| - | Painful heels as if bruised.
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| - | Diagonal, cross wise joint affections. Left shoulder and right hip joint
[Ant-t, Stram, Agar].
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| - | Stiffness of all joints, can only move them after applying cold.
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| - | Easy spraining of ankles [Carb-an] with marked bruising and effusion.
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| - | SOLES PAINFUL, can hardly step on them [Ant-c, Lyc, Sil].
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| - | HAEMOPTYSIS ALTERNATING WITH RHEUMATISM.
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| - | Skin - Intense itching of dorsae of feet, ankles at night < scratching
and warmth of bed (Puls, Rhus-t).
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| - | Puncture wounds with much suppuration.
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| - | Ecchymosis and bruising (Arn, Bell-p, Sul-ac).
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| - | Cellulitis with swelling and lymphangitis < heat > cold.
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| - | Eczema, very inflamed skin > cold applications. |
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KEYNOTES
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- Affected parts cold to touch, yet > cold
applications.
- Sometimes only relief is by putting feet into ice cold water.
- Rheumatism or gout begins in lower limbs and ascends.
- Long remaining discolouration after injuries.
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NUCLEUS OF REMEDY
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| - | Rheumatic and gouty diathesis.
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| - | Coldness of wounded parts > ice cold applications. |
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CONFIRMATORY SYMPTOMS
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| - | Parts cold to touch, yet averse to external warmth
>putting feet into ice cold water |
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CLINICAL
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| - | Alcoholism, Bites, Bruises, Ecchymosis,
Elephantiasis, Epistaxis, Gout, Haemorrhage, Paronychia, Purpura, Rheumatism,
Sprains, Stings.
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| - | Superior to Arnica and Rhus tox in sprained ankles - Dr. Benjamin Goldberg. |
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REMEDY RELATIONSHIPS
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Follows Well: Acon, Bell, Bry, Calc, Lyc, Merc, Nux-v, Puls,
Rhus-t, Sep, Sulph
Inimical: Cinch
Compare: Arn, Bell-p, Ham, Ruta
Similar: Arn, Croto-t, Ham, Ruta
Antidoted By: Apis, Camph
It Antidotes: Apis, Chin
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