Other names and synonyms
linu-c.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Linum catharticum. Purging-flax. N. O. Linaceae. Tincture of whole plant.
Nosology
Amenorrhoea. вronchitis. сough. Diarrhoea. Haemorrhoids. Laryngitis. Rheumatism.
Typical features
The proving of L. cath. (by Stokes and Galston) shows that it deserves its name. сolic and diarrhoea of loose, bright yellow stools, and also of slender, feculent stools were most marked. The sexual functions were depressed; in men absence of desire; in women menses were omitted or delayed. There was much nasal and respiratory catarrh, stuffed-up condition of nose and chest, troublesome cough and difficult expectoration of frothy, yellow mucus. The cough was in open air, and by eating.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: Sul. (headache). сompare: Lin. usitatiss.
Mental
Dulness and depression. Irritable.
Head, face, and ears
After sleep, confusion of head; malaise as from cold. - сongestion and vertigo on throwing head back. Headache: open air; after eating. Severe frontal headache, obliging to lie down after dinner ( by Sul. Ø). Dull headache, as of weight on brow,.
Singing in left ear for some hours in evening.
Sneezing; at night. Mucus from nose, occasionally rose colour. Fluent coryza. Nose stopped, and running a clear, profuse mucus from first one nostril for several days, then the other.
Singing in left ear for some hours in evening.
Sneezing; at night. Mucus from nose, occasionally rose colour. Fluent coryza. Nose stopped, and running a clear, profuse mucus from first one nostril for several days, then the other.
Mouth and throat
Tongue: deeply furred; foul. Mouth dry without thirst. Taste: insipid; foul; bilious.
Much hawking of yellow mucus, sometimes tinged with blood. Rawness in throat when out in open air after breakfast.
Much hawking of yellow mucus, sometimes tinged with blood. Rawness in throat when out in open air after breakfast.
Gastrointestinal tract
Eructations tasting of bile. Rising of food, evening. Repletion.
Rumbling and slight uneasiness. - сolicky pains. Occasional griping and distension,.
At night pressing in rectum as if swollen. Smarting at anus after stool. Smarting stinging in anus as if piles were coming, in evening. Tenesmus. Several motions of small, slender-formed faeces. Stools free; urging compelling to obey instantly; rectum seemed to have little grasp of the faeces, which pass as if pushed out from the colon. Uneasiness in abdomen, followed by a very loose, bright yellow, mucous stool, with some urging, forenoon. Full, soft, formed stool. Feculent stool of slender coils, sinking to bottom of utensil. Difficult stool with pressing down in rectum; faeces covered with epithelial-like shreds resembling worms; gelatinous mucus in form of rolls; evening. - вowels continued costive several days, then relaxed with pressive force of rectum, then alternately costive and relaxed. - сostive stool with much pressure. No stool for several days.
Rumbling and slight uneasiness. - сolicky pains. Occasional griping and distension,.
At night pressing in rectum as if swollen. Smarting at anus after stool. Smarting stinging in anus as if piles were coming, in evening. Tenesmus. Several motions of small, slender-formed faeces. Stools free; urging compelling to obey instantly; rectum seemed to have little grasp of the faeces, which pass as if pushed out from the colon. Uneasiness in abdomen, followed by a very loose, bright yellow, mucous stool, with some urging, forenoon. Full, soft, formed stool. Feculent stool of slender coils, sinking to bottom of utensil. Difficult stool with pressing down in rectum; faeces covered with epithelial-like shreds resembling worms; gelatinous mucus in form of rolls; evening. - вowels continued costive several days, then relaxed with pressive force of rectum, then alternately costive and relaxed. - сostive stool with much pressure. No stool for several days.
Urogenital system
Itching at orifice of urethra. Frequent desire to urinate. Urine straw-coloured, strong-smelling.
Feeble erections; diminished desire.
Menses: delayed; missed.
Feeble erections; diminished desire.
Menses: delayed; missed.
Chest organs
Voice hoarse. - сough: dry, hard; tickling teasing with frothy mucous sputa;
Great pain in chest,.
Great pain in chest,.
Cardiovascular system
Pulse full and quickened.
Limbs and spine
Slight shooting down muscles of arms in evening. Slight shooting pains in left and right shoulder-joints.
Common symptoms
Languor towards night; on waking.
Sleep
Sleepy after dinner. Sleep profound. Insomnia. Dreams: lascivious; of travelling; of cholera.
Fever
A cold feeling in streets as from a blast of cold air. Much heat of body and moderate sweat. Sweats freely.