Other names and synonyms
fago, polygonum sagittatum.Description Source
Concise Materia Medica - S.R. PhatakPharmacological Group
Common symptoms
Commonly known as вuckwheat, acts upon the skin and the digestive organs. Itching is marked and is felt in different parts of the body, eyes, posterior nares; anus; deep in hands; legs etc. Visible pulsations of carotids and other arteries. Discharges are offensive. Pain in streaks. Senile pruritus.
Psyche and consciousness
Inability to study, or remember. Depressed. Irritable. Exceedingly happy.
Head, face, and ears
Pain deep in head with upward pressure. Headache with tired neck, better bending backwards.
Itching of the eyes. As if eyeballs were pushed out. Pain along lachrymal duct. Swollen, red, hot.
Itching in and around.
Sore, red. Fluent coryza, with sneezing.
Itching of the eyes. As if eyeballs were pushed out. Pain along lachrymal duct. Swollen, red, hot.
Itching in and around.
Sore, red. Fluent coryza, with sneezing.
Mouth and throat
Itching in posterior nares. Post-nasal catarrh.
Gastrointestinal tract
Scalding, hot, sour eructations. Nausea persistent better eating.
Itching in anus.
Pruritus vulvae with yellow leucorrhoea, worse rest.
Itching in anus.
Pruritus vulvae with yellow leucorrhoea, worse rest.
Cardiovascular system
Pain around the heart extending to the left shoulder and arm better lying on back.
Limbs and spine
Stiffness and bruised feeling in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape would not support the head.
Pain in shoulders, with pain along fingers. Itching in arms and legs. Itching deep in hands. Feet numb, with pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Pain in shoulders, with pain along fingers. Itching in arms and legs. Itching deep in hands. Feet numb, with pricking. Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
Itching better cool bathing worse scratching, touch and retiring. Eczema. Erythema. Intertrigo. вlind boils. Skin hot, swollen.
Modalities
Cold applications. Pressure. сoffee.
Scratching. Sunlight. Motion.
Scratching. Sunlight. Motion.
Dif. diagnostics
Pulsatilla.