Materia Medica
Piper Methysticum
Kava-kava
Urinary and skin symptoms have been verified. Marked modality. Arthritis deformans.
Mind
Very sensitive. Exaltation of mind. Meli- oration of pains for a time by divcrting attention. Rest- less desire to change position. Urine. --- Increased. Burning during micturition, gon- orrhoea and gleet. Cystitis. Chordee.
Extremities
Pain in right arm. Hands feel pa- ralyzed. Pain in thumb-joint.
Skin
Scaly. Fall of scales leaves white spots, which often ulcerate. Leprosy. [Chaulmugra.]
Modalities
Better, by turning mind to another topic; changing position.
Relationships
Compare: Piper nigrum (burning sensation and pressure; great flow of milk; dysuria. Palpitation, cardiac pain, also slow intermittent pulse. Mental depression in afternoo:. Full feeling at meal- time better by eating.
Dose
Tincture, and lower potencies.