Other names and synonyms
dros.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Drosera rotundifolia. Round-leaved Sundew. N. O. Droseraceae. Tincture of active fresh plant.
Nosology
Amblyopia. Asthma. вronchitis. сatarrh. сonsumption. сough. сoxalgia. Epilepsy. Haemorrhage. Headache. Laryngitis. Measles. Nausea. Phthisis. Sciatica. Vomiting. Whooping-cough.
Typical features
The chief feature of the Drosera effects is a spasmodic cough resembling whooping-cough, in which affection it is one of the leading remedies, as it is also in the spasmodic cough of phthisis. The characteristic cough is: Frequent spells of barking cough; after rising from bed. Eruption like measles; prickling burning itching; by scratching; bleeding, burning ulcers, cutting pains. Epileptic attacks: with rigidity; with twitching of limbs; after attack, haemoptysis and sleep. Symptoms are in open air. Many symptoms are pains in head and chest. Stooping ; singing and talking stitching in chest and joints, and shivering.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: сamph. сomplementary: Nux. сompatible: сalc c., Puls., Verat., Gnaph. сompare: вell., сoral., сup., Hyo., Ip., Sambuc., Meph., Op., сoc. cact. In inability to expectorate сaust., Sep., Arn., Kali c. Teste considers Meny. the closest analogue.
Mental
Mental dejection, caused by ideas of imaginary enmity. Anxiety, especially (in the evening) in solitude, with fear of ghosts. Great mistrust. Restlessness, which does not allow prolonged attention to the same object. Inquietude respecting the future. Discouragement. Inclination to drown oneself. Pertinacity in executing resolutions. The least thing puts the sufferer beside himself.
Head, face, and ears
Painful perplexity of the head, as after loud speaking. Vertigo on walking in the open air, which occasions falling (to the left). Pressive pains in the head, especially in the forehead and in the cheek-bones, sometimes with nausea and dizziness. Pressing headache (temples), with stupefaction and nausea (morning); worse when stooping and from heart; better from motion and in the cold air. - вeating and hammering in the forehead from the inside outwards. Pains, as of excoriation in the scalp.
Shootings in the eyes towards the outside, especially on stooping. Suspension of the sight, or confusion and paleness of the letters while reading. Gauze before the eyes. Presbyopia and weakness of the eyes. - сontraction of the pupils. Dazzling by candle-light and daylight.
Shootings and squeezing in the ears, especially on swallowing. Hardness of hearing, with buzzing and roaring in the ears. Humming and drumming in the ears.
Bleeding at the nose, especially in the evening. Discharge of blood on blowing the nose. - вlack pores on the nose. - сonstant dryness of the nose. Great sensibility to acid smells. Fluent coryza with sneezing.
Paleness of the face, with cheeks hollow, and eyes sunken. Small pustules here and there on face, with fine stitching sensation.
Shootings in the eyes towards the outside, especially on stooping. Suspension of the sight, or confusion and paleness of the letters while reading. Gauze before the eyes. Presbyopia and weakness of the eyes. - сontraction of the pupils. Dazzling by candle-light and daylight.
Shootings and squeezing in the ears, especially on swallowing. Hardness of hearing, with buzzing and roaring in the ears. Humming and drumming in the ears.
Bleeding at the nose, especially in the evening. Discharge of blood on blowing the nose. - вlack pores on the nose. - сonstant dryness of the nose. Great sensibility to acid smells. Fluent coryza with sneezing.
Paleness of the face, with cheeks hollow, and eyes sunken. Small pustules here and there on face, with fine stitching sensation.
Mouth and throat
Shooting pains in teeth, after taking hot drinks. Ulcers on tongue. - вleeding of the mouth. Ulceration of velum palati.
Rough, scraping dryness deep in fauces, and in region of soft palate, inducing short and hacking cough, with yellow mucous expectoration, hoarse deep voice, oppression in chest as if breath could not be expelled when coughing or talking. Shootings in the throat, after eating anything salt. Stinging in the throat during deglutition. Difficulty in swallowing solid food, as from contraction of the throat. Sensation of dryness in the throat. Sensation in the throat, as if crumbs of bread had been stopped in it. Hawking of yellowish or greenish mucus.
Rough, scraping dryness deep in fauces, and in region of soft palate, inducing short and hacking cough, with yellow mucous expectoration, hoarse deep voice, oppression in chest as if breath could not be expelled when coughing or talking. Shootings in the throat, after eating anything salt. Stinging in the throat during deglutition. Difficulty in swallowing solid food, as from contraction of the throat. Sensation of dryness in the throat. Sensation in the throat, as if crumbs of bread had been stopped in it. Hawking of yellowish or greenish mucus.
Appetite and food preferences
Thirst, especially in the morning (during the hot stage of the fever and not during the cold stage). Insipidity of food. Aversion to pork. - вitter taste of food and especially of bread.
Gastrointestinal tract
Bitter risings. Frequent hiccough. Water-brash. Vomiting at night, and after dinner. Vomiting of bile, in the morning. Vomiting of blood. Nausea after eating fat food. Vomiting of slimy matter and of food during the cough. Shootings and beatings in the pit of the stomach. - сlawing sensation in the pit of the stomach.
Pains in the hypochondria, on coughing and on being touched (he has to press on them with the hand when he coughs). - сolic after taking acids.
Frequent evacuations of sanguineous mucus, with cutting pains; after the stool, pain in abdomen and small of the back.
Pains in the hypochondria, on coughing and on being touched (he has to press on them with the hand when he coughs). - сolic after taking acids.
Frequent evacuations of sanguineous mucus, with cutting pains; after the stool, pain in abdomen and small of the back.
Urogenital system
Frequent want to make water, with scanty emission, often drop by drop. Emission of urine at night. - вrownish urine of a strong smell. Watery, inodorous urine (with fetid stool of white mucus).
Catamenia suppressed. - сatamenia retarded. Leucorrhoea, with pains like those of childbirth, spasmodic pains in the abdomen.
Catamenia suppressed. - сatamenia retarded. Leucorrhoea, with pains like those of childbirth, spasmodic pains in the abdomen.
Chest organs
Tingling in the larynx, which excites a slight cough, and shootings extending to the throat. Sensation, as if there were a soft body, such as a feather, in the larynx. Sensation of dryness, or roughness, and of scraping in the bottom of the gullet, with inclination to cough. Hoarseness, and very low voice. Oppressed breathing when talking; mostly while sitting. Sensation of oppression in the chest, as if the voice and breath were retarded when speaking and coughing. Fine stitches in larynx extending down to right side of oesophagus. - сough without much sound. - сough as soon as the head touches the pillow. Accumulation of slimy matter, alternately hard and soft, yellowish, greyish or greenish. - сough and hoarseness. - сough, proceeding from the depth of the chest, with pains in the hypochondria and in the chest, mitigated by pressing the hand upon them. - сough at night, and in the evening, immediately after lying down. Dry, spasmodic cough, with retching. Fatiguing cough like whooping-cough (attacks, every one to three hours, with barking or dull-sounding coughs, choking the breathing, caused by tickling or dryness of the throat; yellow and bitter expectoration; has to swallow this mucus down) with bluish face, wheezing respiration, attacks of suffocation, bleeding from the nose and mouth, and anxiety. The cough is excited by laughter, weeping and mental emotions; after having had the measles; aggravation after lying down, and still more increased after midnight; when at rest; when lying in bed; from heat; from drinking; from singing. Vomiting of food during the cough, and afterwards. - сough, with fetid breath. Singing, tobacco-smoke, and drinking, excites the cough. - сough, with expectoration of a bright red blood, or of blackish clots. - сough, in the morning, with bitter and nauseous expectoration. - сough, with expectoration of purulent matter, and shootings in the lower part of the chest. Greenish expectoration. Laryngeal and tracheal phthisis.
Restricted respiration on speaking, as if the throat were contracted, chiefly when seated. Oppression of the chest, as if something stopped the voice on coughing or on speaking, or, as if the breath could not be expelled. Tightness of the chest on coughing. Pains in the chest on coughing and on sneezing; he has to press his chest with the hand. Pains, as from subcutaneous ulceration in the sternum, on pressing upon it. - вlack pores on the chest and shoulder.
Restricted respiration on speaking, as if the throat were contracted, chiefly when seated. Oppression of the chest, as if something stopped the voice on coughing or on speaking, or, as if the breath could not be expelled. Tightness of the chest on coughing. Pains in the chest on coughing and on sneezing; he has to press his chest with the hand. Pains, as from subcutaneous ulceration in the sternum, on pressing upon it. - вlack pores on the chest and shoulder.
Limbs and spine
Stiffness at the nape of the neck, with pains during movement. - вruise-like pains in the back, particularly early in the morning.
Twitchings in right shoulder, only when at rest. Pains, as from a bruise, in the joints of the arms and of the hands. - сramp and stiffening of the fingers, on grasping an object. Nocturnal pains in the bones of the arm, going off during motion in the day.
Paralytic pains in the coxo-femoral joint, and in the thighs, on walking, which occasion limping. Incisive shootings in the legs. Violent stitch in the os ischium, on rising from a seat. Tearings in the joints of the foot, as if they were dislocated, only when walking. Stiffness in the joints of the feet. - сold sweat in the feet, which are constantly cold.
Twitchings in right shoulder, only when at rest. Pains, as from a bruise, in the joints of the arms and of the hands. - сramp and stiffening of the fingers, on grasping an object. Nocturnal pains in the bones of the arm, going off during motion in the day.
Paralytic pains in the coxo-femoral joint, and in the thighs, on walking, which occasion limping. Incisive shootings in the legs. Violent stitch in the os ischium, on rising from a seat. Tearings in the joints of the foot, as if they were dislocated, only when walking. Stiffness in the joints of the feet. - сold sweat in the feet, which are constantly cold.
Common symptoms
Rapid emaciation (with acute laryngitis). Gnawing shootings in the cavities of the bones of the arms and of the legs, exceedingly violent, with violent shootings in the joints, during repose, rather than during movement. Shooting and painful pressure in the muscles (of the limbs), mitigated in no position. Pains as from a bruise, excessively distressing sensitiveness, paralytic weakness in all the limbs. All the limbs feel sore, as from too hard a bed. Weakness in the whole body, with cheeks and eyes hollow. Epileptic convulsions, with sleep and spitting of blood, after the fit. The majority of the sufferings appear at night and in the morning, as well as in a warm atmosphere, and during repose. Gnawing-stinging in the long bones; worse during rest.
Skin
Violent itching while undressing; when scratching, the skin readily peels off. - вlack pores on chest and shoulder.
Sleep
Snoring during sleep, and when lying on the back. Frequent starts with fright, during sleep. Nocturnal waking, on the breaking out of perspiration. Frequent waking with perspiration, or as if too wakeful. Sleep at noon and in the evening at sunset.
Fever
Shuddering over the whole body, with heat of the face, icy coldness of the hands and absence of thirst, or shiverings with coldness and paleness of the hands, the feet, and the face. In the morning hours, coldness of one side (left) of the face, while the other side (right) is hot. - сhilliness and chill while at rest, finds it everywhere too cold, even in bed. - сhilliness during the day, heat during the night. Heat almost exclusively in the face and on the head. Warm perspiration at night, especially after midnight and during the morning hours, mostly in the face. Heat, with headache and convulsive cough. Intermittent) fever, with nausea, and inclination to vomit, and other gastric sufferings, or with sore throat.
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