Other names and synonyms
arund, Arundo donax.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
An Italian Grass. N. O. Gramineae. Tincture of the root sprouts.
Nosology
Catarrh. сoryza. Dentition. Diarrhoea. Ear, discharge from. Hay-fever. Stomacace. Urine, deposit in.
Typical features
Arundo is a reedy grass and the tincture is made from the root-shoots. It has not been much tested clinically, but its chief sphere has been proved to be in catarrhal conditions. сonstant (serous) diarrhoea of nursing or teething children. Urine deposits much red sand. Mouth excoriated. Thirst. сoryza and snuffling. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Purulent discharge from the ear. Arundo has cured a case of hay-fever, the symptoms beginning with burning and itching of palate and conjunctiva. сhagon is the authority for the pathogenesis.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Other Gramineae, Ananth., Lolium. Also сepa, Sul., сalc. c., Lyc., Sabad., Psor.
Mental
Lascivious ideas. Laughs easily.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo on getting out of bed. Painful undulation in frontal region. Deep-seated pains in sides of head. Roots of hairs painful. Hair falls off entirely in children. Scurf.
Ophthalmia in children. - вlepharitis. Undulating luminous openings appear wherever he looks. Fluttering luminous objects. - сannot look up. Pricking, itching, burning in conjunctiva.
Burning itching in auditory canals, coincide with pain in sublingual glands. The inflammation of ears begins with shooting pains in concha, extends to external meatus; finally with itching and discharge of blood. Purulent discharge from ears. Eczema behind ears. Sound of little bells in ears.
Pain at root of nose. - сoryza with snuffling. In the beginning water runs from nose, later green mucus and thick, white, slimy masses; with sneezing, pieces of indurated greenish mucus.
Erysipelas on right cheek. Pricking in point of chin.
Ophthalmia in children. - вlepharitis. Undulating luminous openings appear wherever he looks. Fluttering luminous objects. - сannot look up. Pricking, itching, burning in conjunctiva.
Burning itching in auditory canals, coincide with pain in sublingual glands. The inflammation of ears begins with shooting pains in concha, extends to external meatus; finally with itching and discharge of blood. Purulent discharge from ears. Eczema behind ears. Sound of little bells in ears.
Pain at root of nose. - сoryza with snuffling. In the beginning water runs from nose, later green mucus and thick, white, slimy masses; with sneezing, pieces of indurated greenish mucus.
Erysipelas on right cheek. Pricking in point of chin.
Mouth and throat
Mouth excoriated. Pains in sublingual glands. Salivation. - вurning and itching of palate.
Gastrointestinal tract
Wants to belch but cannot. - сoldness in stomach.
Pain in liver. Pricking in spleen. Acute pain at umbilicus.
Stools at first hard, soon become loose. - сonstant diarrhoea (serous) of nursing or teething children. Greenish stools. Stools followed by burning at anus. Pricking at anus. Piles and prolapse of rectum.
Pain in liver. Pricking in spleen. Acute pain at umbilicus.
Stools at first hard, soon become loose. - сonstant diarrhoea (serous) of nursing or teething children. Greenish stools. Stools followed by burning at anus. Pricking at anus. Piles and prolapse of rectum.
Urogenital system
Much red sand in urine. After urinating, weight; burning itching in urethra.
Sexual desire; lascivious ideas; frequent erections. Pain in spermatic cords after coitus. Difficult breathing after coitus.
Uterine catarrh. Violent desire for coition; or aversion to it. Early, profuse, long-lasting menses; blood dark clotted. Pains start from left side of jaw, along left eyebrow, extending to shoulders and loins and finally settling on pubis, burning like fire. Excessive secretion of milk causes pain in left breast.
Sexual desire; lascivious ideas; frequent erections. Pain in spermatic cords after coitus. Difficult breathing after coitus.
Uterine catarrh. Violent desire for coition; or aversion to it. Early, profuse, long-lasting menses; blood dark clotted. Pains start from left side of jaw, along left eyebrow, extending to shoulders and loins and finally settling on pubis, burning like fire. Excessive secretion of milk causes pain in left breast.
Chest organs
Catarrhal cough. Sputa at first bluish, then white, and so alternately. After expectorating bruised feeling in pit of throat. After cough: burning in epigastrium; larynx obstructed. Accumulation of mucus in bronchi causes anxiety.
Limbs and spine
Startings in neck; crawling on left side of it. Acute pain under left scapula.
Oedema of limbs. Pain in limbs as if tightly bandaged.
Oedema of limbs. Pain in limbs as if tightly bandaged.