Materia Medica
Saponaria
Soap Root
Of great use in the treatment of acute colds, coryza, sore throat, etc. Will often "break up" a cold.
Mind
Utter indifference to pain or possible death. Apathetic, depresseu. with sleepiness.
Head
Stitching pain, supraorbital; worse, left side, evening, motion. Throbbing over orbits. Congestion to head; tired feeling in nape. Coryza. Sensation of drunkenness with constant endeavor to go left-wards. Left-sided trigeminal neuralgia, especially supraorbital. Violent eye pains.
Eyes
Hot stitches deep in eyeball. .Ciliary neu- ralgia; worse, left side. Photophobia. Exophthalmos, worse reading and writing. Increased intraocular pressure.
Stomach
Difficult swallowing. Nausea, heartburn ; full feeling not relieved by eructation.
Heart
Impulse weak; pulse less frequent. Palpi- tation with anxiety. Peculiar anxious suggestive ap- preciation of heart's action.
Modalities
Worse, at night, mental exertion, left side.
Relationships
Compare: Saponin. (Tired, indif- ferent. Pain in left temple, eye, photophobia, hot stitches deep in eye. Fifth nerve affections. Migraine. Much pain before the menstrual flow; severe sore throat, worse right side; tonsils swollen, worse in warm room.) Compare, also: Verbasc.; Coccul. (both containing Saponin). Quillaya; Senega; Grindel. (contains Sa- ponin).