Other names and synonyms
alet.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Star Grass вlazing Grass. сolic Root. Unicorn Root. United States. N. O. Haemodoraceae. Tincture of root.
Nosology
Abortion. Anaemia. сolic. сonstipation. сonvulsions. Debility. Dysmenorrhoea. Dysuria. Endometritis. Fever. Haemorrhoids. Hysteric colic. Indigestion. Leucorrhoea. Menorrhagia. Myalgia. Pregnancy, vomiting of. Sterility. Uterus, pain in; prolapse of.
Typical features
Alet. far. is said to be the most bitter of all plants. It is characterised by weariness of body and mind. Want of appetite, especially in connection with Uterine disorders. The least food distends the stomach. There are fainting attacks with vertigo. Emaciation is marked in some cases. Disgust for food, nausea; constipation. Obstinate vomiting of pregnancy. Many symptoms appear in the uterine sphere: uterine atony, menses profuse and premature with labour-like pains or amenorrhoea, debility, from loss of fluids, protracted illness. Menorrhagia, black clots, fulness and weight. Leucorrhoea, with debility. Sterility. Habitual tendency to abortion. Sensation of weight in uterine region and tendency to prolapse. Sensation of weight in occiput as if it would draw the head back. It is most suited for chlorotic girls and pregnant women. Weak, emaciated people.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Helonias dioica ( False Unicorn, not to be confounded with Alet. f.), сhin., Hydrast., Sabin., Senec., Puls., сaulo. Dioscor. (colic.
Psyche and consciousness
Weariness of body and mind.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo, with sleepiness, vomiting, purging; even stupefaction. As if head in a vice. Weight in occiput; as if it would draw the head backward.
Eyes feel sore and look dim.
Ears feel as if open through from one to the other. Deaf in left ear with stuffed feeling.
Eyes feel sore and look dim.
Ears feel as if open through from one to the other. Deaf in left ear with stuffed feeling.
Appetite and food preferences
Appetite lost; with weakness.
Gastrointestinal tract
Least food distresses the stomach; fainting attacks with vertigo; sleepy, emaciated; disgust for food, nausea; obstinate indigestion. Vomiting during pregnancy. Eructations of food in evening with burning in throat. All-gone feeling in morning on rising, by eating. Nausea is by coffee; is by dinner, but returns with gagging at sight or thought of grease. Nausea, with pressure in forehead.
Cramps. Griping. Pain all through abdomen, settling into lower part, passing flatus and scanty diarrhoeic stool; pain bending backward, then the pain increased and it seemed as if all the insides had settled into lower abdomen and were cut with knives; scanty diarrhoeic stool. Aching in hypogastrium and across back of hips. Hysteric colic.
Scanty diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus during and after stool, with feeling as if lower part of rectum closed. Fearful pains in rectum and anus, during a movement terrible pain as if forcing a passage. Inveturate constipation as from rectal atony. Frequent ineffectual urgings. Stool: loose, painful, offensive, frequent; thin with hard lumps in it; hard, delayed, small, scanty, difficult. Haemorrhoids.
Cramps. Griping. Pain all through abdomen, settling into lower part, passing flatus and scanty diarrhoeic stool; pain bending backward, then the pain increased and it seemed as if all the insides had settled into lower abdomen and were cut with knives; scanty diarrhoeic stool. Aching in hypogastrium and across back of hips. Hysteric colic.
Scanty diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus during and after stool, with feeling as if lower part of rectum closed. Fearful pains in rectum and anus, during a movement terrible pain as if forcing a passage. Inveturate constipation as from rectal atony. Frequent ineffectual urgings. Stool: loose, painful, offensive, frequent; thin with hard lumps in it; hard, delayed, small, scanty, difficult. Haemorrhoids.
Urogenital system
Micturition rare. Incontinence,.
Premature profuse menses with labour-like pains. Amenorrhoea or delayed menses from atony; weariness of mind and body; abdomen distended, bearing-down. Menses too soon with colic, light-coloured. Menorrhagia, profuse, black with coagula; fulness and weight. Leucorrhoea, white stringy. Prolapsus. Sterility. Habitual tendency to abort; sensation of weight in uterine region; tendency to prolapse. Myalgic pains like false pains. - вefore menses: cough.
Premature profuse menses with labour-like pains. Amenorrhoea or delayed menses from atony; weariness of mind and body; abdomen distended, bearing-down. Menses too soon with colic, light-coloured. Menorrhagia, profuse, black with coagula; fulness and weight. Leucorrhoea, white stringy. Prolapsus. Sterility. Habitual tendency to abort; sensation of weight in uterine region; tendency to prolapse. Myalgic pains like false pains. - вefore menses: cough.
Chest organs
Raises a good deal of froth, feels as if wanted to cough and couldn t. Tickling, short, dry, hard cough on waking, becoming spasmodic, suddenly on occurrence of menses eight days too soon.
Pain in left breast as if a knife ran into it. Pain in left breast, then extending through into back to left of lower part of right scapula. Pulse irregular and intermittent.
Pain in left breast as if a knife ran into it. Pain in left breast, then extending through into back to left of lower part of right scapula. Pulse irregular and intermittent.
Limbs and spine
Pain in centre of nape, running into left shoulder; then pain in nape moved up to occiput, and remained there all evening. Sharp pain from point of left scapula through to left breast. Sensation as if back would break just above waist; afterwards same pain higher up. - вackache with dragging in sacral regions, and string, colourless leucorrhoea, beginning when walking.
Sharp pain in right shoulder joint, streaked down arm, then into left chest, settling above nipple. Knees painful sitting. R. leg feels paralysed below knee, numb, could not bear weight on it.
Sharp pain in right shoulder joint, streaked down arm, then into left chest, settling above nipple. Knees painful sitting. R. leg feels paralysed below knee, numb, could not bear weight on it.
Skin
Itching papillary eruption across chest and back, by rubbing.
Sleep
Restless fore part of night.
Fever
Chilly, face flushed. Limbs cold, head and face hot and flushed.