Materia Medica
Chionanthus
Fringe-tree
This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic, periodical sick, menstrual and bilious. Taken for several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit. The' pain in the forehead, chiefly over eyes. Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of nose. Jaundice. Enlarged spleen. [Ccanoth.] Jaundice, with arrest of menses. A promi- ment liver remedy. Gallstones. [Berberis; Cholest.; Calc.] Diabetes mellitus. Paroxysmal, abdominal pain.
Head
Listless, apathetic. Dull frontal headache, over root of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar. Yellow conjunctiva. Tongue. -- Broad with thick yellow fur.
Mouth
Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse saliva. Abdomen and Liver.— Aching in umbilical region, griping. Feels as if a string were tied in a "lip-knot" around intestines which was suddenly drawn tight and then gradually loosened. Sore; cnlurgcd, with jaun- ice and constipation.( Clay-colored stool, also soft, yel- low and pasty. Tongue heavily coated. No appetite. Bilious colic. Hepatic region tender. Urine. --- Large amount of high specific gravity; fre- quent urination; bile and sugar in urine. Urine very dark.
Skin
Yellow ; marked moisture of skin.
Relationships
Compare: Cinchona; Ccaoth.; Chel- idon.; Carduus; Podophyl.; Lept.
Dose
Tinrture and first attenuation.