Materia Medica
Fagopyrum
Buckwheat
Its action on the skin, producing pruritus, is very marked. Visible pulsation of arteries. Fluent coryza. Offensive excretions. Itching erythema. Pruritus se- nilis. Post-nasal catarrh; dry crusts, granular appear- ance of posterior nares with itching.
Head
Inability to study or remember. Depressed and irritable. Itching of eyes and ears. Pains deep in head, with upward pressure. Itching in and around eyes and ears. Head hot, better bending backward, with tired neck. Occipital headache. Bursting pains.
Eyes
Itchhing and smarting, swelling, heat and sore- ness.
Nose
Sore, red, infammed. Fluent coryza, with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.
Throat
Soreness and feeling of excoriation, deep down pharynx. Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen.
Stomach
Eructations of scalding. hot, acid, watery substance; better, coffee. Bad taste in the morning. Persistent, morning nausea. Drooling. ·
Female
Pruritus vulva, with ycllozv lcucorrhaa, worse, rest. Burning in right ovary.
Heart
Pain around heart, better lying on back, ex- tending to left shoulder and arm. Throbbing in all ar- terics after retining. Palpitation with oppression. Pulse irregular, intermittent, rapid. Light feeling in chest.
Extremities
Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the ieck, with sensation as if nape of neck could not support head. Pain in shoulder, with pain along fingers. Vehement itching in arms and legs; worse towards evening. Feet numb and pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
Itchiny; worse scratching. touch and retiring. Sore red blotches. Blind boils. Itching of knees and elbows and hairy portions. Itching of hands, deep in. Vesicular, pustular, phlegmonous dermatitis. Skin hot, swollen. 329
Modalities
Better, cold water, coffee; worse, in afternoon; from sunlight, scratching.
Relationships
Compare: Dolichos; Bovista; Urtica.
Dose
Third potency and 12x.