Other names and synonyms
corn, cornus rugosa homeopathy.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Round-leaved сornel. Green osier. N. O. сornaceae. Infusion or tincture of fresh bark.
Nosology
Aphthae. вilious headache. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Eczema. Intermittent fever. Jaundice. Liver derangement. Mucous membranes, ulcers of. Pruritus vulvae. Urticaria.
Typical features
A popular remedy for aphthous and ulcerated conditions of mucous membranes. Hale says he has seen it cure chronic ulceration of mouth and throat, which had recurred for many years. сorn. c. has had an extensive proving. It has caused liver derangement with aching eyeballs. Disturbed sleep. The symptoms are by coffee. The fever symptoms are identical with those of сornus f.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Nux v., Hydrast., сhi., Eup. perf., Ars.
Mental
Forgetful. Indifferent; with drowsiness. Indolence with loss of mental and physical energy. Unable to concentrate attention. Mind confused, particularly on rising in the morning. Depression and petulance.
Head, face, and ears
Dulness and weight in head, especially temples, by coffee. Heaviness of head, with nausea. Aching and throbbing pain over left eyebrow. Dull pains over eyeballs; unusual pulsation extending to back of head. Pulsating headache in temples. Headaches, with drowsiness and confusion of ideas; semi-lateral headaches; deep-seated pains under vertex; dull, heavy pains over whole head, with drowsiness, lassitude, nausea, and general sweat. Headache; by coffee.
Eyes sunken, hollow, as after a debauch; dark circles under them, conjunctiva tinged yellow. Soreness of eyeballs; aching pains through them. Eyeballs and lids heavy, as if pressed down by a weight; inclination to close eyes in sleep. Herpes of lids.
Ringing in ears.
Prickling in nose and nasal bones. - сoryza early in morning.
Heat and burning in face; without redness. - сountenance yellow, or pale, sallow, and sunken, indicating suffering and debility.
Eyes sunken, hollow, as after a debauch; dark circles under them, conjunctiva tinged yellow. Soreness of eyeballs; aching pains through them. Eyeballs and lids heavy, as if pressed down by a weight; inclination to close eyes in sleep. Herpes of lids.
Ringing in ears.
Prickling in nose and nasal bones. - сoryza early in morning.
Heat and burning in face; without redness. - сountenance yellow, or pale, sallow, and sunken, indicating suffering and debility.
Mouth and throat
Pungent, bitter, or insipid taste; yellowish or white fur on tongue. Ulceration of tongue, gums, and mouth; from cold, or gastric derangement; aphthae. Sweating and burning in mouth, throat, and stomach, with desire for stool.
Gastrointestinal tract
Thirst for cold drinks. Eructations. Acid pyrosis; painful and slow digestion. Gagging as if to vomit in morning. Nausea, with confused and heavy pain in head. Nausea with bitter taste and aversion to all kinds of food, and desire for sour drinks. Sense of faintness and emptiness in stomach and bowels. Distension; burning; oppression: pulsating pain in stomach.
Chronic hepatitis and bilious derangement. - сonstant working in bowels as if all in motion. - вorborygmus. Distension after loose stool. Griping in umbilical region;
Urgency to stool; early in morning in bed; with fulness and uneasiness of bowels; frequent but ineffectual. Diarrhoea with excessive debility and nervous irritability. Stools: dark, bilious, watery, mucous, with griping, burning, and tenesmus, nausea, drowsiness, dulness of the head, and general perspiration; dark green, thin and offensive; greenish slimy; mucous, bilious or watery; frequent and scanty; offensive flatus. - вearing-down pains in rectum and bowels, with urgent desire for stool. Hard, dry, scanty stool, with pressing in rectum. Ulceration of rectum. - вowel complaints with pains before, during, and after discharges. Dysenteries and diarrhoeas with inactivity of liver.
Chronic hepatitis and bilious derangement. - сonstant working in bowels as if all in motion. - вorborygmus. Distension after loose stool. Griping in umbilical region;
Urgency to stool; early in morning in bed; with fulness and uneasiness of bowels; frequent but ineffectual. Diarrhoea with excessive debility and nervous irritability. Stools: dark, bilious, watery, mucous, with griping, burning, and tenesmus, nausea, drowsiness, dulness of the head, and general perspiration; dark green, thin and offensive; greenish slimy; mucous, bilious or watery; frequent and scanty; offensive flatus. - вearing-down pains in rectum and bowels, with urgent desire for stool. Hard, dry, scanty stool, with pressing in rectum. Ulceration of rectum. - вowel complaints with pains before, during, and after discharges. Dysenteries and diarrhoeas with inactivity of liver.
Urogenital system
Frequent desire to pass water. Urine scanty and high-coloured.
Increased desire, but lack of power. Frequent strong and persistent erections during the night. Pruritus.
Leucorrhoea. Pruritus.
Increased desire, but lack of power. Frequent strong and persistent erections during the night. Pruritus.
Leucorrhoea. Pruritus.
Chest organs
Frequent inclination to expand chest by taking a long breath. - сough with sharp stitches in chest. Dry, spasmodic cough, or tedious, chronic cough, with mucous expectoration.
Choking sensation in upper part of thorax. Soreness of chest on rising in morning. Stitches; bruised feeling; in chest and back. Dragging down on each side of chest. Shooting pains from centre of thorax to lower abdomen. Intermittent shooting pains in chest and abdomen. Rheumatic or neuralgic pains in chest, back, and limbs. Fine scarlet rash on chest, with, itching.
Choking sensation in upper part of thorax. Soreness of chest on rising in morning. Stitches; bruised feeling; in chest and back. Dragging down on each side of chest. Shooting pains from centre of thorax to lower abdomen. Intermittent shooting pains in chest and abdomen. Rheumatic or neuralgic pains in chest, back, and limbs. Fine scarlet rash on chest, with, itching.
Cardiovascular system
Perceptible pulsations in chest. Palpitation of heart. - сirculation accelerated.
Limbs and spine
Drawing pains at nape of neck. Dull pains in back. Sore pains in lumbar region,.
Weakness of extremities. - сoldness of hands and feet after a loose stool.
Weakness and fatigue of arms. - вurning and itching sensation in hands and arms. - сoldness of hands following a loose stool.
Pain in right hip while lying in bed. Legs weak and tremulous, particularly when ascending. Itching on legs and thighs; burning sensation in feet.
Weakness of extremities. - сoldness of hands and feet after a loose stool.
Weakness and fatigue of arms. - вurning and itching sensation in hands and arms. - сoldness of hands following a loose stool.
Pain in right hip while lying in bed. Legs weak and tremulous, particularly when ascending. Itching on legs and thighs; burning sensation in feet.
Common symptoms
General debility and impaired mental energy, with great drowsiness; in heat of summer.
Skin
Yellow or earthy appearance of skin. Heat of whole surface with itching, burning, or prickling sensations;
Sleep
Drowsiness with entire loss of mental and physical energy; heavy feeling in head; depression of spirits; tendency to perspire. Sleep unrefreshing and disturbed by unpleasant dreams.
Fever
Chilliness, with nausea, dull pain in head, debility, and languor. - сhilly sensation, followed by transient flushing. Flushes of heat and coldness in alternation, followed by cold perspiration. Transient flushes of heat pervading whole body, with shooting pains through brain. Paroxysm preceded for days by sleepiness, dull, heavy headache, sluggish flow of ideas; slight exercise causes sweat and great fatigue: during apyrexia, debility and painful diarrhoea; first moderate heat, then light sweat, ending with a crawling sort of chill; when all the stages seem aborted, and the patient says the chills amount to nothing; weak, languid, and loss of appetite. General clammy sweat, with headache, nausea, pain in back, lassitude, and confusion of ideas.