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homeopathic remedy
Cinchona (China)
homeopathy

definition

source: bark of cinchona tree
organ affinities: blood, circulation, nerves, liver, spleen, mucous membranes
associated conditions: hemorrhage, colic, neuralgia, edema, fever, headache; as an organ drainage remedy
miasms:
indications:
» DEBILITY from exhausting discharges; LOSS OF VITAL FLUIDS, ESP. HEMORRHAGES; excessive lactation, diarrhea, suppuration
» apathetic, indifferent, despondent, gloomy
» HEADACHE: as if skull would burst, intense throbbing, from occiput over whole head, » sitting or lying, after hemorrhage or sexual excesses
» FLATULENCE: excessive, belching gives no relief, < after eating fruit
» colic: at same hour, periodical, from gall-stones, < night and after eating > bending double
» great debility, SENSITIVE TO TOUCH, to pain, to drafts of air
» intermittent FEVER: every 7 or 14 days, never at night
as an organ drainage remedy:
» action on the liver
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bitter taste in mouth, abdominal distention
» yellowish diarrhea, after meals
» liver enlarged and tender
pulse:
» irregular, weak, small (Jones, p. 23)
» full and open (Scudder, 1903, p. 153)
modalities:
» worse: SLIGHTEST TOUCH, draught of air, every other day, loss of vital fluids, at night, AFTER EATING, bending over
» better: bending double, hard pressure, open air, warmth
relationships:
» complementary: Ferr., Calc-p.
» remedies that follow well: Arn., Ars., Bell., Calc-p., Carb-v., Merc., Lach., Puls., Sulph.
» incompatibles: Dig., Sel.
» antidotes: Arn., Ars., Calc., Carb-v., Ferr., Ip., Lach., Merc., Nat-m., Nux-v., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Sulph., Verat.
dosage: tincture to stop craving for alcohol, 6th for gallstone colic


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