Materia Medica
Stellaria Media
Chickweed
Induces a condition of stasis, congestion, and slug- gishness of all functions. 1 Morning aggravation. Sharp, shifting, rheumatic pains in all parts very pronounced. Rheumatism; darting pains in almost every part; stiffness of joints; parts sore to touch; worse, motion. Chronic rhcunatisin. Shifting pains. [Puls., Kali sulph.] Psoriasis. Fnlarged and inflamed gouty finger joints.
Head
General irritability. Smarting and burning in eyes, feel protruded. Dull, frontal headache; worse in morning and left side with sleepiness. Neck mus- cles stiff and sore.
Abdomen
Liver engorged, svollen, zeitl stitching pain and sensitive to pressure. Clay-coiored stools. Hepatic torpor. Constipation or alternating constipa- tion and diarrhoea.
Extremities
Rheumatoid pains in different parts of the body. Sharp pain in small of back, over kid- neys, in gluteal region. extending down thigh. Pain in shoulders and arms. Synovitis. Bruised feeling. Rheu- matic pains in calves of legs.
Modalities
IW'orse, mornings, warmth, tobacco. Better, evenings, cold air, motion.
Relationships
Compare: Pulsat. (similar in rheu- matism, pains shifting, worse rest, warmth; better cold air).
Dose
Tincture, externally. Internally, 2x potency.