Other names and synonyms
hera, branca ursina homeopathy.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Heracleum sphondylium. Branca ursina. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of whole plant.
Nosology
Debility. Dyspepsia. Gout. Headache. Seborrhoea capitis. Skin, affections of. Spleen, pain in.
Typical features
Heracl. has been proved. It was found to exercise a pronounced action on the digestion, producing hunger, with inability to eat, nausea, vomiting; colic, diarrhoea, and pains in the spleen. It also affected the sexual organs and the skin. A characteristic is Headache with drowsiness; tying up the head with a cloth. Exhaustion, indolence, and weakness were complained of.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: сon., Abies n., сean.; in headache with drowsiness, вrucea, Ginseng, Gels., Nat. s., Nux mos., Sul.
Mental
Prostration of strength, indolence, moral depression; fits of hypochondriasis. Ill-humour, capriciousness.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo, on reading while seated. - сephalalgia, especially in the sinciput and occiput, with inclination to vomit, and drowsiness, especially by wrapping up the head. Violent itching on the scalp, on scratching which, the fingers become greasy; much fatty perspiration on the head.
Lachrymation and fatigue of the eyes while reading.
Frequent sneezing, with stitches in region of spleen.
Lachrymation and fatigue of the eyes while reading.
Frequent sneezing, with stitches in region of spleen.
Mouth and throat
Pressure in the throat, as from mucus, which it is impossible to detach; accumulation of mucus, tickling roughness and scraping in the throat.
Gastrointestinal tract
Bitter taste; sweet bitter risings, with regurgitation of bitter liquid; craving, with loathing and horror of all kinds of food; increased thirst; nausea; vomiting, bitter, bilious, with pains in the stomach, and much congestion in the head. Pressure at the stomach, with nausea, or else in the scrobiculus, as from a stone (after a meal); the pains in the stomach are always accompanied by an inclination to vomit.
Lancinating and pinching colics, which force the patient to writhe; pulsation and pains in region of spleen; flatus and colic, with nausea and disgusting risings. Frequent sneezing, with lancination in the region of the spleen.
Stools tardy, with pressure and pain in the anus. Slimy, fetid stools.
Lancinating and pinching colics, which force the patient to writhe; pulsation and pains in region of spleen; flatus and colic, with nausea and disgusting risings. Frequent sneezing, with lancination in the region of the spleen.
Stools tardy, with pressure and pain in the anus. Slimy, fetid stools.
Urogenital system
Drawing pain in the penis; shootings in the glans. Itching and smarting in the scrotum; pollutions.
Transient sticking in the labiae.
Transient sticking in the labiae.
Chest organs
Dry, hacking cough, with feeling of soreness in the chest and shooting pains.
Oppression of the chest, with chilliness, or else with palpitation of the heart; difficulty of respiration on ascending a staircase. Stitches in chest during inspiration; dry eruption on chest, burning after scratching.
Oppression of the chest, with chilliness, or else with palpitation of the heart; difficulty of respiration on ascending a staircase. Stitches in chest during inspiration; dry eruption on chest, burning after scratching.
Limbs and spine
Gouty tearing in the limbs. Shooting and burning pains in the feet.
Skin
Violent itching in the skin and moist itch-like eruption.
Fever
Chilliness, with frequent yawning and inclination to sleep in afternoon.