Materia Medica
Helonias
Blazing Star
Sensation of weakness, dragging and weight in the sacrum and pelvis, with great languor and prostration, are excellent indications for this remedy. There is a sensitiveness expressed as a consciousness of a womb. Tired, backachy females. The weakness shows itself also in a tendency to prolapse and other malposition of the womb.' The menses are often suppressed and the kidneys congested. It seems as if the monthly conges- tion, instead of venting itself as it should through the uterine vessels, had extended to the kidneys. With it all, there is a profound melancholia. Patient must be doing some
Mind
Profound melancholy. Patient is better when attention is engaged, when doing something. Irritable; cannot endure the least contradiction.
Head
Burning sensation on top. Headache, better mental exertion.
Female
Dragging in sacral region, with prolapse, especially after a miscarriage. Pruritus vuive. Back- ache after miscarriage. [Kali c.] Weight and sore- ness in womb: conscious of womb. Menses too fre- quent, too profuse. Leucorrhcea. Breasts swollen, nip- ples painful and tender. Parts hot, red, swollen; burn and itch terribly. Albuminuria during pregnancy. De- bility attending the menopause. Urine.— Albuminous, phosphatic; profuse and clear, saccharine.. Diabetes.
Back
Pain and right in back; tired and weak. Aching and burning across the lurmbar region; can tracc outlincs of kidneys by constant burning. Boring pain in lumbar region, extending down legs. Great languor, better exercising.
Modalities
Brttcr. when doing something (mental diversion). W'orse, motion, touch.
Relationships
Compare: -lgrinonia (painful kid- neys, impaired digestion and menstruial difficulties; Bronchorrhcea and catarrh of bladder.Tincture I-10 gtt.). Aletris; Lilium; Puls.: Senecio; Staunun.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth attenuation.