Materia Medica
Gossypium
Cotton-plant
A powerful emmenagogue, used in physiological doses. Homceopathically, it corresponds to many reflex condi- tic.ns. depending on disturbed uterine function and pregnancy. Gossypium will relieve tardy menses, espe- cially with sensation that thie flow is about to start and yet does not do so. Tall, bloodless patients, with nervous chills.
Head
Pain in cervical region with tendency fcr head to draw backward with nervousness. ' Stomach.—- Nausea, with inclination to vomit be- fore breakfast. Anorexia, with uneasy feeling at scrobi- culum at time of menses.
Female
Labia swollen and itching. Intermittent pain in ovaries. Retained placenta. Tumor of the breast with swelling of axillary glands. Morning sick- ness, with sensitive uterine region. Suppressed men- struation. Menses too watery. Backache, weight and dragging in pelvis.
Relationships
Compare: Action similar to Ergot when made from fresh green root. Lilium; Cimicif.; Sabina.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth attenuation.