Materia Medica
Cornus Circinata
Round-leave Dogwood
Chronic malaria, hepatitis, jaundice. Weakness in morning. Pain in pit of stomach, with distended ab- domen. Vesicular eruption associated with chronic liver disease or aphthous stomatitis.
Mouth
Ulceration of tonge, gums and mouth; aphtha. Burning in mouth, throat and stomach.
Stool
Loose, wind, dark stool, immediately after dinner. Burning in anus. Dark, bilious, offensive diar- rhoea, with sallow complexion.
Skin
Vesicular eczema of face in infants, with nursing sore mouth.
Relationships
Compare: Cornus alternifolia -- Swamp Walnut — (Weak and tired; disturbed sleep, fever, restlessness, eczema; skin cracked; chest feels cold, as if full of ice) ; Cornus forida (chronic malaria ; indigestion and distressing acid heartburn; general debility from loss of fluids and night sweats; neuralgic pains in arms, chest, and trunk, and sensation as if broken in two; intermittent fever, with drowsiness; feels cold, but is warm to touch; great exhaustion in in- tervals; general clammy sweat. Chill is preceded by drowsiness, heat is associated with drowsiness).
Dose
Tincture to sixth attenuation.