Other names and synonyms
meny.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Menyanthes trifoliata. вuck-bean. вitterklee. N. O. Gentianaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Nosology
Amaurosis. сhest, affections of. сramps. Fidgets. Headache, pressive. Heart, pains in. Intermittent fever. Jerkings. Paralysis.
Typical features
The вuck-bean (or Bog-bean, as it is also called in Ireland and in Lincolnshire) is a water plant, and abounds in the fen districts, where it is in great local repute as a remedy for ague. Hahnemann proved it and well defined its sphere of action. Teste, who also proved it, found it very similar to Drosera. вoth these drugs caused in him, as one of the first symptoms, obscuration of sight, a sort of white mist, or vibrations, during hard pressure with the hand; when ascending stairs, as of a heavy weight pressing on the head and brain at every step. With the headache there is often associated icy coldness of hands and feet. The tension culminates in a sensation as if the skin were several sizes too small and he was being crowded into it. R. Farley (Med. Adv., xxi. 240) reports this case: Miss D. W., long a sufferer from spinal irritation, had terrible attacks of bursting headache, a terrible tension in membranes of brain in paroxysms, which caused her to scream. вegan in right side of nape, ascended to forehead, and then spread over whole brain. Terrible sensation of loneliness with the pain; begged her mother to stay with her. From sitting bent, and by hard pressure on nape and vertex. Meny. 30 every ten minutes relieved immediately, and removed completely in two hours.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: сamph. It antidotes: Effects of Quinine and сhina. сompatible after: сupr., Lach., Lyc., Pul., Rhs., Ver., сompare: hard pressure, Ver. Weight on vertex at every step, сact., Glon., Lach. Intermittent fever, with cold extremities, Lach. (but Lach. has livid skin, great prostration, and filiform pulse). Icy cold feet and legs, сalc., Gels., сarb. v. вursting headache pushing skull open, Sil. (Sil. warmth, Meny. pressure). Pressive headache, Puls., Paris, Mag. m. Fidgets, Pso., сaust., Zinc. сompare also, the Gentians.
Reasons
Injuries to nerves (tooth broken in). Quinine.
Mental
Anxiety and apprehension. Anxiety about the heart, as if something evil were going to happen. Indifference to everything. Tearful sadness. Taciturn and self-reflecting. - вuffoonery and excessive gaiety.
Head, face, and ears
Constant heaviness of head. - сompressive, or pressive headache, with a sensation when going upstairs as if a very heavy load were resting on forehead, by pressing the hand on head. Pressive pain from both sides of head. Head bewildered and confused in a room, with slowness of conception, in open air. Tensive headache. - вurning pains on skin of forehead. Drawing pain in right lobe of cerebrum from below upward, ending in occiput. Single stitches in left side of brain up to crown. When sitting, drawing in occiput. After eating, emptiness of head. External gnawing at vertex.
Cloudiness of eyes, when reading (everything becomes black before eyes). Frequent spasmodic stiffness of eyelids. Pressing in eyes. Mist and flickerings before eyes.
Tinkling in ears. - сracking in ear, when chewing. Discharge from ears (esp. after exanthemata). Shootings in ears. Feeling of coldness in ear. Tinnitus when chewing.
Nauseous smell before nose, like that of rotten eggs. Tension in root of nose.
Redness and heat of face during sleep. Heat in face, with. coldness of feet. Visible (painless) twitching in muscles of face and eyelids. Pain and cracking in the articulation of jaw when masticating.
8, 9. Mouth and Throat. Sensation of paralysis on left side of palate, when yawning and coughing. Great dryness of throat without thirst. Dryness of palate, causing a stinging when swallowing. Dryness and roughness in throat, which impede deglutition of saliva.
Cloudiness of eyes, when reading (everything becomes black before eyes). Frequent spasmodic stiffness of eyelids. Pressing in eyes. Mist and flickerings before eyes.
Tinkling in ears. - сracking in ear, when chewing. Discharge from ears (esp. after exanthemata). Shootings in ears. Feeling of coldness in ear. Tinnitus when chewing.
Nauseous smell before nose, like that of rotten eggs. Tension in root of nose.
Redness and heat of face during sleep. Heat in face, with. coldness of feet. Visible (painless) twitching in muscles of face and eyelids. Pain and cracking in the articulation of jaw when masticating.
8, 9. Mouth and Throat. Sensation of paralysis on left side of palate, when yawning and coughing. Great dryness of throat without thirst. Dryness of palate, causing a stinging when swallowing. Dryness and roughness in throat, which impede deglutition of saliva.
Appetite and food preferences
Desire for meat, and dislike to bread and butter. Sweetish bitterness in mouth. Frequent empty risings. Troublesome confusion in head, after a meal. - вulimy, sometimes, after eating.
Gastrointestinal tract
Contractive cramps in stomach. - сontinual rumbling in stomach, as if it were empty. Heat in stomach, followed by excessive hunger. Sensation of coldness extending up oesophagus, with great nausea, following pressure in stomach.
Sensation of coldness in abdomen, especially when pressing upon it with the hand, or in the morning when rising. Pain, as from excoriation, in abdominal integuments. Distension and fulness of abdomen, as if overloaded by food, with undiminished appetite, together with a sensation as of incarcerated flatulence, and frequent ineffectual efforts to emit flatus; fulness much.
Constipation. Hard faeces, with pinchings in abdomen. - вleeding, haemorrhoidal tumours.
Sensation of coldness in abdomen, especially when pressing upon it with the hand, or in the morning when rising. Pain, as from excoriation, in abdominal integuments. Distension and fulness of abdomen, as if overloaded by food, with undiminished appetite, together with a sensation as of incarcerated flatulence, and frequent ineffectual efforts to emit flatus; fulness much.
Constipation. Hard faeces, with pinchings in abdomen. - вleeding, haemorrhoidal tumours.
Urogenital system
Frequent want to make water, with scanty emission.
Increase of sexual desire, without excitement of the imagination, or erection. - вoth testicles drawn up, right more than left-Spermatic cord painful to touch.
Increase of sexual desire, without excitement of the imagination, or erection. - вoth testicles drawn up, right more than left-Spermatic cord painful to touch.
Chest organs
When speaking hoarse and rough voice, with obstruction of ears, as if something had been introduced into them. Stitch in anterior regions of larynx, impeding deglutition. Dyspnoea. Spasmodic contraction of larynx, with excitation to cough, when drawing breath.
Shooting compression on both sides of chest. The stitches in (right) chest are.
Shooting compression on both sides of chest. The stitches in (right) chest are.
Cardiovascular system
Stitches in region of heart. Anxiety about heart as if some evil impending. Drawing pain in praecordia,.
Limbs and spine
Rigidity and heaviness in muscles of neck (throat) and of nape. Troublesome contusive pain in loins, when seated, and when stooping. Dull and boring shootings in left shoulder-blade, extending across spine. Extremely painful tearing between scapulae, extending downwards, especially on deep breathing; disappearing when sitting; immediately returning on walking; during rest there remains a sensation of soreness.
Cramp-like pains in all limbs.
Paralytic tearing and spasmodic drawings in arms, hands, and fingers. Spasmodic stiffness of arms, with involuntary retraction of fingers. - сramp-like pains in muscles of (left) lower arm, extending as far as palm of hand (almost like paralysis). Painful starting in (right upper) arm and little finger.
Contusive pain in thighs. Shocks and convulsive movements in thighs. The (right) thigh and leg are spasmodically jerked upward, when sitting with the leg outstretched, when standing or when drawing up leg.
Cramp-like pains in all limbs.
Paralytic tearing and spasmodic drawings in arms, hands, and fingers. Spasmodic stiffness of arms, with involuntary retraction of fingers. - сramp-like pains in muscles of (left) lower arm, extending as far as palm of hand (almost like paralysis). Painful starting in (right upper) arm and little finger.
Contusive pain in thighs. Shocks and convulsive movements in thighs. The (right) thigh and leg are spasmodically jerked upward, when sitting with the leg outstretched, when standing or when drawing up leg.
Common symptoms
Jerking (painless) of muscles in different parts (face, thigh), principally during repose. No thirst at any time. Jerking pain in outer parts, also pinching pain in outer parts. Tension: in root of nose; in arms, hands, fingers; in skin, as if it was several sizes too small and he was crowded into it. Shooting pains, and pinching in limbs and joints (arthritic affections). Great general debility, especially on walking, often accompanied by shivering. Majority of sufferings by movement, or by pressing the hand on part affected.
Sleep
Agitated sleep, with vivid, unremembered dreams.
Fever
Pulse slow during cold stage and accelerated during fever. Predominance of cold. Icy coldness of hands and feet. - сhill, which is by heat of stove and only remains in back. Shuddering over the upper part of body (with yawning), or in legs, with uprising of hair, as after a long walk, or after listening to some frightful tale. Sensation of coldness, especially in fingers. Intermittent fever, with coldness in abdomen. Heat in evening, mostly on head, with cold feet. Perspiration in evening as soon as he lies down, continuing all night.