Materia Medica

Sanguinaria

Blood Root

ls a right-sided remedy pre-eminently. and affects chiefly the mucous membranes, especially of the res- piratory trart. Jt has marked vaso-motor disturbances, as seen in the circumscribed redness oi the cheeks. flashes of heat, determination of blood to head and chest, distention of temporal veins. burning in palins and soles, and has been fouid very applicable to cli- macteric disorders. Burning sensations. like fivin ho: water. Phthisis. Suddci stopping of catarrh of cs- piratory truct followrd by diarrhaa.

Head

Worse rioht side. sun headache. Periodical sick headache; pain begins: in occiput, spreads upwards, and settles o?vcr cyes. especially righit. I'cins and tem- 657 ples are distended. (Arnica, China) Pain better lying down and sleep. Headaches return at climacteric; every seventh day. [Sulph.; Sabad.] Pain in small spot over upper left parietal bone. Burning in eyes. Pain in the back of head ·like a ash of lightning.

Ears

Burning in ears. Earache with headache. Humming and roaring. Aural polypus.

Nose

Hay-fever. Ozaena, with profuse, offensive yellowish discharges. Nasal polypi. ( Coryza. followed by diarrhoea. Chronic rhinitis; membrane dry and con- gested.

Face

Flushed. Neuralgia; pain extends in all di- rections from upper jaw. Rcdnrss and burning of checks. Hrctic fush. Fullness and tenderness behind angle of jaws.

Throat

Swollen; worse, right side. Dry and oil- stricted. Ulceration of mouth and fauces, with dry, burning sensation. Tongue white: feels scalded. Ton- sillitis.

Stomach

Aversion to butter. Craving for piquant things. Unquenchable thirst. Burning, vomiting. Nau- sea, with salivation. Sinking, faint all-gone feeling. catarrh.

Abdomen

Diarrhcea as coryza improves. Pain over region of liver. Diarrhoea; bilious, liquid, gushing

Stool

[Nat. sulph.; Lycop.] Cancer of rectum.

Female

Leucorrhcea fetid, corrosive. Menses of- fensive, profuse. Soreness of breasts. Uterine polypi. Before menses, itching of axilla. Climacteric disorders. [Sulph.; Lach.]

Respiratory

Edema of larynx. Trachea sore. Aphonia. Cough vf gastric origin; relieved by eructa- tion. Cough, with burning pain in chest; worse, right side. Sputum tough, rust-colored, offensive, almost im- possible to raise. Spasmodic cough after influenza and after whooping-cough. Cough returns with every fresh cold. Tickling behind sternum, causes a constant hack- ing cough; worse at night on lying down. Must sit up in bed. Severe soreness under right nipple. Hamopty- sis from suppressed menses. Severe dvspnea and con- striction of chest. Offensive breath and expectoration. Burning in chest as of hot steam from chest to ab- domen. Fibroid phthisis. Pneumonia; better, lying on

Back

Asthma with stomach disorders. [Nux.] Val- ular disease with lung development, phosphates in urine and loss of flesh. Sudden stoppage of catarrh of air passages brings on diarrhoea.

Extremities

Rheumatism of right shoulder and nape of neck. [Fluor. ac.; Urt.] Burning in soles and palms. Rlieumatic pains in places least covered by flesh; not in joints. Toes and soles of feet burn. Right- sided neuritis; better touching the part.

Skin

Antidotes: Rhus poisoning. F Red, blotchy eruptions; worse in spring. Burning and itching; worse by heat. Acne, with scanty menses. [Eug?n.; Bellis; Bcrb. aquif.] Circumscribed red spots over malar bones.

Modalities

Worse, sweets, right side, motion, touch. Better. acids, sleep, darkness.

Relationships

Complementary : Tart. em. Compare: Justicia (bronchial catarrh, coryza, hoarse- ness; oversensitive). Bell.; Iris; Meli.; Lach.; Ferr.; Op.

Dose

Tincture in headaches ; sixth potency in rheu- matism.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 650. Public domain.

Classical materia medica is provided for reference and study. It is not a prescription. Consult a qualified homeopath before taking any remedy.