Other names and synonyms
goss.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Cotton Plant. N. O. Malvaceae. Tincture of fresh inner root bark, chopped and pounded to a pulp.
Nosology
Abortion. Amenorrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea. Labia, abscess of. Ovaries, pains in. Pregnancy, vomiting of. Sterility. Tumour. Uterus, bearing down in.
Typical features
Gossyp. has been mainly used in affections of the female generative organs. It has been taken in the form of the extract to procure abortion. The symptoms of the external organs are strongly marked, and the ovaries are the seat of pains which come and go, and in the uterus are bearing-down pains. Intermittent pains in the ovaries is characteristic. The morning nausea and salivation indicate the remedy for morning sickness of pregnancy. The pains are of a stinging, drawing, tearing, and sometimes of a burning character, extending from one place to another, jumping from one place to another. Pains generally move from above downward. Pains are generally by rest. Sympathetic symptoms of stomach, heart, bowels, and nervous system arising from disturbance of uterine functions.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Act. right, Apis, Asar., вell., вry., Lil. t., Puls., Sabi., Sec., Sep., Ustil.
Head, face, and ears
Pain, first burning, then stinging, extending from both temporal bones to middle of frontal bone. Drawing pain over eyes, with stinging pain in pupils.
Nostrils swollen and inflamed.
Nostrils swollen and inflamed.
Mouth and throat
Tonsils swollen, right.