Materia Medica
Oxytropis
Loco-weed
Loco-weed (OXYTROPIS) Marked action on nervous system. Trembling, sensation of emptiness. Walks backwards. Congestion of spine and paralysis. Pains come and go quickly. Sphincters relaxed. Staggering gait. Reflexes lost.
Mind
Desires to be alone. Disinclined to work or talk. Worse, thinking of symptoms (Oxalic ac). Mental depression. Vertigo (Granatum).
Head
Vertigo. Full, warm feeling about head. Feeling of intoxication, with loss of vision. Pain in maxillary bones and masseter muscles. Mouth and nose dry.
Eyes
Sight obscured; pupils contracted; do not respond to light. Paralysis of nerves and muscles of eyes.
Stomach
Eructations with colicky pains. Epigastrium tender.
Rectum
Sphincter seems relaxed. Stools slip from anus, like lumps of jelly, mushy.
Urinary
Urging to urinate when thinking of it. Profuse flow. Pain in kidneys (Berberis).
Male
No desire or ability. Pain in testicles and along spermatic cord and down thighs.
Extremities
Pain along ulnar nerve. Numb feeling about spine. Staggering gait. Loss of co-ordination. Patellar tendon reflex lost. Pains come and go quickly, but muscles remain sore and stiff.
Sleep
Restless, dreams of quarrel.
Modalities
Worse, thinking of symptoms (mono-maniac tendency). Worse, every other day. Better, after sleep.
Relationships
Compare: Astrag; Lathyr; Oxal ac; Baryta (Loco plant is rich in Baryta). Lolium.
Dose
Third potency and higher.