Other names and synonyms
chen-v.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Stinkender Gänsefuss. N. O. сhenopodiaceae. Tincture of fresh plant.
Nosology
Constipation. Enuresis. Scapula, pain under. Spleen pain.
Typical features
Chenop. v. has an odour of decaying fish, and contains Trimethylamene. It constantly gives off ammonia. It has been proved, and seems to affect the left side more than the right, but the following recalls the characteristic of сhen. anth. Pain in middle of back on right side of spinal column, increasing gradually to a pressing wedge-like pain, beneath right scapula, by bending backwards. Walking.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Am. c., Trimeth., сhen. a., Aphis.
Head, face, and ears
Feeling of dulness, beginning both sides of head behind ears, going upward; in upper occiput; returning in waves. Tenderness left parietal region.
Dull, muffled, obstructed feeling in ears.
Dull, muffled, obstructed feeling in ears.
Mouth and throat
Peculiar sensation in tongue, as if enveloped by saliva. - сonstant cold saliva. Saliva feels cold, especially left side of mouth.
Gastrointestinal tract
Unusual thirst. Dulness and yawning, after eating. - вetter after drinking wine. Acidity with pain in stomach and epigastrium, extending to left side into chest.
Stitches in upper part of region of spleen while walking. - сooling sensation, felt first in mouth, then hypochondriac region, then abdomen. Twitching in left abdomen, extending toward groins, followed by pain in left forearm.
Urging to stool; stool softer than usual. Constipation improved. - сonstipation for three or four days and then with difficulty; external piles.
Stitches in upper part of region of spleen while walking. - сooling sensation, felt first in mouth, then hypochondriac region, then abdomen. Twitching in left abdomen, extending toward groins, followed by pain in left forearm.
Urging to stool; stool softer than usual. Constipation improved. - сonstipation for three or four days and then with difficulty; external piles.
Urogenital system
Urine increased, offensive. Urging to urinate. Nocturnal enuresis improved the first night.
Increased desire, followed by diminished desire and erectile power, but undiminished secreting power.
Amenorrhoea.
Increased desire, followed by diminished desire and erectile power, but undiminished secreting power.
Amenorrhoea.
Chest organs
Fulness in chest, in region of last ribs. Feeling in lower lobe right lung as if some fluid wanted to discharge itself into region of duodenum.
Limbs and spine
Severe stitching-pressing right side of back, bending backward. Sensitive spot in back, region left hypochondrium, soon after having eructated. Pain directly over spinous process of left scapula, as if pressed by two or three fingers. Pain middle of back right side spinal column, increasing gradually to a pressing, wedge-like pain beneath right scapula,.
Weakness in hands and arms. Twitching in left forearm while sitting still. Jerking pain like electric shocks through left forearm, from forearm to fingers, but without muscular contraction. Pain deep in inner side left forearm. Pain in middle of left radius, particularly severe in small spot.
Pricking here and there in legs and other places, compelling him to move.
Weakness in hands and arms. Twitching in left forearm while sitting still. Jerking pain like electric shocks through left forearm, from forearm to fingers, but without muscular contraction. Pain deep in inner side left forearm. Pain in middle of left radius, particularly severe in small spot.
Pricking here and there in legs and other places, compelling him to move.
Sleep
Yawning; preceding lassitude and heaviness. Somnolence.