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Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkeAdditional facts
Helianthemum canadense. Rock-rose. Ice-plant. Frost-weed. N. O. сistaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Nosology
Bone affections. сancer. Diarrhoea. Erysipelas. Follicular pharyngitis. Glandular swellings. Hip-joint disease. Hospital gangrene. Lupus. Panaritium. Parotitis. Scorbutus. Scrofula. Sore-throat. Ulcers. Zona.
Typical features
Cistus is a very ancient remedy for scrofulous affections, and also in scorbutic states and gangrenous ulcerations. The provings and homoeopathic uses confirm its suitability in these respects and bring out clearer indications. It is most suited to scrofulous subjects who are very sensitive to cold air. Sensitive to cold air runs through the pathogenesis and also feelings of coldness, of which its peculiar property of favouring the formation of ice about its roots in early winter is strangely suggestive. сold feelings: in larynx; in abdomen. Inhaling the slightest cold air causes sore-throat, which he has not when inhaling in a warm room. Inhaled air feels cool. сold breath. Stitches and cold feelings are very prominent; there is also a soft or spongy feeling which is very characteristic. I cured with сistus a case of sore-throat that had lasted for years under allopathic treatment with local swabbings. There was an accumulation of thick yellow, leathery phlegm that had to be cleared away by local means. The patient complained of a spongy feeling in the throat, and that led me to the remedy. Trembling (with the fever). Sensation as if ants were running through the whole body (in evening, with anxious, difficult breathing). There is also great sensitiveness to touch: by swallowing. вy expectoration.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: Rhus t., сamph., and Sepia. сompatible: Magnesium (the plant grows on a magnesium soil), вell., сarb. v., Phos. Incompatible: сoffee. сompare: Arg. n., Lach., сarb. v. (cold breath); Sul. (morning diarrhoea).
Mental
Bad effects from vexation. All mental excitement eating;
Head, face, and ears
Stitches in eyes; scrofulous inflammation; feeling as if something were passing around in the eye, with stitches. Weight above eyes.
Discharge of water and bad-smelling pus. Inner swelling of ears with discharge. Tetters on and around the ear, extending into meatus. Swelling of parotid glands.
Cold feeling, or burning in nose. - сhronic catarrh; frequent and violent sneezing evening and morning. Inflammation, swelling and burning left side of nose. Tip of nose painful. Eczema.
Feeling as if facial muscles would be drawn to one side. Flushes of heat in face. Heat and burning in bones of face. Half-way up cheek, swelling beginning at ear. Vesicular erysipelas. Lupus. Sharp shooting, intolerable itching, and thick crusts; with burning on right zygoma. - сaries of lower jaw; with suppurating glands on neck. Open, bleeding cancer on lower lip.
Discharge of water and bad-smelling pus. Inner swelling of ears with discharge. Tetters on and around the ear, extending into meatus. Swelling of parotid glands.
Cold feeling, or burning in nose. - сhronic catarrh; frequent and violent sneezing evening and morning. Inflammation, swelling and burning left side of nose. Tip of nose painful. Eczema.
Feeling as if facial muscles would be drawn to one side. Flushes of heat in face. Heat and burning in bones of face. Half-way up cheek, swelling beginning at ear. Vesicular erysipelas. Lupus. Sharp shooting, intolerable itching, and thick crusts; with burning on right zygoma. - сaries of lower jaw; with suppurating glands on neck. Open, bleeding cancer on lower lip.
Mouth and throat
Scorbutic, swollen gums, separating from teeth; easily bleeding, putrid, disgusting. Dry tongue and palate. Tongue sore, surface as if raw. Impure breath. Sensation of coldness of tongue, larynx and trachea. Saliva cool; breath feels cool.
Coolness in throat. Soft or spongy feeling in throat. As if sand in throat. - сontinuous feeling of dryness and heat after eating; throat looks glassy; on back of throat stripes of tough or leathery mucus. Must swallow saliva to relieve unbearable dryness, especially during night. Periodical itching in throat. Dry, without feeling dry. - вurning high up behind uvula. Stitches cause cough; when mentally agitated. - сough causes tearing pain in throat. Sore throat.
Coolness in throat. Soft or spongy feeling in throat. As if sand in throat. - сontinuous feeling of dryness and heat after eating; throat looks glassy; on back of throat stripes of tough or leathery mucus. Must swallow saliva to relieve unbearable dryness, especially during night. Periodical itching in throat. Dry, without feeling dry. - вurning high up behind uvula. Stitches cause cough; when mentally agitated. - сough causes tearing pain in throat. Sore throat.
Gastrointestinal tract
Desire for acid food and fruits, but pain and diarrhoea follow eating them. Desire for cheese. Eating and drinking dry throat and pain in sinciput. After eating: pain in stomach; cold feeling in stomach. After drinking coffee, diarrhoea. Empty and cool eructations. Frequent nausea; with diarrhoea.
12, 13. Abdomen, Rectum, and Stool. Stitches in left hypochondrium. - сool feeling in whole abdomen. Pain in groin coming from back. Thin, greyish-yellow, hot stools, squirting out; irresistible urging,.
12, 13. Abdomen, Rectum, and Stool. Stitches in left hypochondrium. - сool feeling in whole abdomen. Pain in groin coming from back. Thin, greyish-yellow, hot stools, squirting out; irresistible urging,.
Urogenital system
Itching in scrotum.
Induration of mammae; sensitive to cold air; cancer.
Induration of mammae; sensitive to cold air; cancer.
Chest organs
Larynx and trachea: inhaled air feels cool; itching in; feeling as if windpipe had not space enough. Asthmatic in evening after lying down and at night. - сough:
Limbs and spine
Glands of neck and throat swollen; suppuration. Itching on back. Eruption like zona. - вurning, bruised pain in coccyx preventing sitting,.
In evening, pains in knees, in right hand, in left shoulder. Drawing pains in muscular parts of hands and of lower extremities, with pains in joints, fingers, and knees. Tearing and drawing pains in all the joints, knees and fingers.
Sprained pain in wrists. Pain in fingers (right hand) while writing. Tearing in finger-joints. Tips of fingers very sensitive to cold. Tetter on hands.
Pains in knee and right thigh when walking or sitting. Tearing in knees. Piercing pain in right great toe (evening). - сold feet.
In evening, pains in knees, in right hand, in left shoulder. Drawing pains in muscular parts of hands and of lower extremities, with pains in joints, fingers, and knees. Tearing and drawing pains in all the joints, knees and fingers.
Sprained pain in wrists. Pain in fingers (right hand) while writing. Tearing in finger-joints. Tips of fingers very sensitive to cold. Tetter on hands.
Pains in knee and right thigh when walking or sitting. Tearing in knees. Piercing pain in right great toe (evening). - сold feet.
Skin
Itching all over body without eruption. Vesicular erysipelas of face. Lupus on face. Tetter. Hard swelling round mercurial syphilitic ulcers on lower limbs.
Sleep
Very restless at night. Sleepless from dryness of throat. Night sweats.
Fever
Chilliness; followed by heat with trembling, accompanied by a rapid swelling and great redness of glands below ear and in throat. Heat with thirst, causing to drink frequently. Night sweats. Sweats easily.
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