Materia Medica

Haematoxylon

Logwood

Logwood (HAEMATOXYLON) Sense of constriction is characteristic. Sensation as if a bar lay across chest. Angina pectoris.

Head

Feels constricted; heavy, hot. Eyelids heavy.

Stomach

Painful digging from abdomen to throat, causing pain in region of heart with oppression. Colic, tympanitis. Borborygmi and diarrhoea. Swollen, painful.

Chest

Constriction, extending to epigastrium. Sensation of a bar across chest. Convulsive pain in heart region with oppression. Great soreness in region of heart. Palpitation.

Female

Pain in hypogastrium, attended with slimy, whitish leucorrhoea. Weak feeling, with painful bearing down sensation at menstrual period.

Relationships

Compare: Cactus; Colocy; Naja.

Dose

Third potency.