Materia Medica
Zingiber
Ginger
States of debility in the digestive tract, and sexual system and respiratory troubles, call for this remedy.
Head
Hemicrania ; sudden glimmering before eyes ; feels confused and empty. Pain over eyebrows.
Nose
Feels obstructed and dry. Intolerable itch- ing; red pimples.
Stomach
Taste of food remains long, especially of bread and toast. Feels heavy, like from a stone. Com- plaints from eating mclons and drinking impure water. Acidity. [Calc.; Robinia.]
Abdomen
Colic, diarrhcea, extremely loose bowels. Diarrhoea from drinking bad water, with much flatu- lence, cutting pain, relaxation of sphincter. Hot, sore, painful anus during pregnancy. Chronic intestinal ca- tarrh. Anus red and inflamed. Hxmorrhoids hot, pain- fyl, sore. [Aloe.]
Urinary
Complete cessation of function of kidneys. Frequent desire to urinate. Stinging, burning in orifice. Yellow discharge from urethra. Urine thick, turbid, of strong odor, suppressed. Complete suppression after typhoid. After urinating, continues to ooze in drops.
Male
Itching of prepuce. Sexual desire excited; painful erections. Emissions.
Respiratory
Hoarseness. Smarting below larynx; breathing difficult. Asthma, without anxiety, worse to- ward morning. Scratching sensation in throat; stitches in chest. Cough dry, hacking; copious morning sputa.
Extremities
Very weak in all joints. Back lame. Cramps in soles and palms.
Relationships
Compare: Calad. Antidote: Nux.
Dose
First to sixth potency.