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Agnus castus

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  1. Description
  2. Nosology
  3. Typical features
  4. Dif. diagnostics
  5. Reasons
  6. Mental
  7. Head, face, and ears
  8. Mouth and throat
  9. Appetite and food preferences
  10. Gastrointestinal tract
  11. Urogenital system
  12. Chest organs
  13. Limbs and spine
  14. Common symptoms
  15. Skin
  16. Fever
  17. Analogs by action
  18. Included in the composition
  19. Manufacturers of the drug

Other names and synonyms

vitex agnus castus.

Description Source

Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. Clarke

Description

 Verbena verticillata. Vitex agnus castus (Linn. The сhaste Tree. Shores of Mediterranean, Provence, and Greece. N. O. Verbenaceae. Tincture of ripe berries.

Nosology

 Agalactia. Anus, excoriation and chaps of. Ascites. Dislocations, Gonorrhoea, secondary. Gouty joints. Gums, ulcerated. Impotence. Knees, coldness of. Leucorrhoea. Mouth, ulcers in. Rheumatic nodes. Spleen, swelling of; induration of. Sprains. Sterility. Testicles, swelling of; induration of. Toothache.

Typical features

 As its name implies, Agnus сastus produces its chief effects in the sexual sphere, causing depression of function. General debility and depression of vital power are marked. There ire very characteristic symptoms in the mental sphere. Great sadness with a fixed idea of approaching death. This fear is not of immediate death as with Aconite, but the patient thinks it is sure to come after a while, and there is no use in doing anything. When this mental state is found after confinement and the milk fails to appear, Agn. c. is the remedy. Absent-mindedness. Drowsiness. It corresponds to lymphatic constitutions. Premature old age, with apathy and melancholy, self-contempt from sexual abuse. Nervous debility in unmarried persons. Impotence and gleet in old offenders. Among other peculiar symptoms are: Illusion of smell as of herrings; or musk; ulcers in mouth and on gums. Tearing pain in lower jaw. Toothache from hot food or drink. Swelling and induration of spleen. Rumbling of flatus during sleep. Discharge of prostatic fluid whilst straining at stool. Suppressed menses with abdominal pain. Leucorrhoea staining yellow. Sterility. Deficiency of milk, with despair of recovery. Pain as if dislocated in joints. Joints easily twisted. Rheumatic and gouty nodosities on joints.

Dif. diagnostics

 Agnus is the only proved member of the Verbena family, though the Labiatae or Mint family are closely allied. It is antidoted by: сamphor, Nat. mur. (headache); strong solutions of table-salt. It is followed well by: Ars., вry., Ign., Lyc., Pul., Sul., Selen. сompare: (Leucorrhoea staining yellow), Nux, сhel., сarb. an., Kreas. Teste groups it with Mur. ac. and Hyo.

Reasons

 Sexual excesses. Repeated attacks of gonorrhoea or gleet. Sprains or over-lifting.

Mental

 Extreme absence of mind; unable to recollect things; finds it difficult to read or keep up the train of thought. Despairing sadness; low-spirited; fears of death; keeps repeating that she will soon die.

Head, face, and ears

 Tearing pain, with pressure in the temples and forehead (in the brain);
 Corrosive itching or gnawing itching over and on the eyebrows, on the eyelids and under the eyes; by scratching, but it soon returns. Dilated pupils (and photophobia).
 Roaring in the ears. Hardness of hearing.
 Odour before the nose, like herrings or musk. Hard, aching pressure on the dorsum of the nose; by pressure.
 Corrosive itching of the cheeks, under the eyes, and on the chin. Formication in the cheeks. Rending, tearing pain under the alveoli of the right lower jaw.

Mouth and throat

 Ulcers in the mouth and on the gums. The teeth are painful when touched by warm food or drink.

Appetite and food preferences

 Thirstlessness and aversion to drink. Metallic, coppery taste.

Gastrointestinal tract

 Nausea in pit of stomach when standing; later in the abdomen, with a sensation as if the intestines were pressing downwards; constant inclination to support bowels with the hands.
 Abdomen sore to touch. Swelling and induration of the spleen, especially after intermittent fevers. Ascites. Rumbling of flatulence during sleep. Fear as if entrails were sinking down; constantly wants to support bowels with hands.
 Difficulty of passing soft stools. When pressing at stool, discharge of prostatic fluid. Sensation as of subcutaneous ulceration near the anus, only when walking. - сorrosive itching of the perineum. Rhagades at the anus. Deep fissures of the anus, often giving pain when walking.

Urogenital system

 Frequent micturition.
 Diminution of sexual power. The penis is small and flaccid; so relaxed that voluptuous fancies excite no erection. Feeble erections without sexual desire. The testicles are cold, swollen, hard, and painful. Impotence, with gleet (esp. with those who have frequently had gonorrhoea). Gleet, without sexual desire or erections. Emission of prostatic fluid when straining at stool; during micturition. Drawing along the spermatic cords. Pollutions from irritable weakness with prostatorrhoea. Itching of the genital organs. Yellow discharges from the urethra. Gonorrhoea, with suppressed sexual desire.
 Transparent leucorrhoea; parts very relaxed. Leucorrhoea spotting linen yellow. Sterility, with suppressed menses, and want of sexual desire. Milk scanty or entirely suppressed. Deficient, secretion of milk in lying-in women. Swelling and inflammation of the uterus. Retained placenta.

Chest organs

 Hard pressure in the region of the sternum, especially during a deep inspiration. - сough in the evening in bed, before going to sleep.

Limbs and spine

 Hard pressure in right axilla and upper arm; worse from touch and motion. Swelling of the finger joints, with arthritic, tearing pains.
 Lancinating pain in the right hip-joint. Heaviness of right foot, as from a weight. Stitches in the legs (left big toes). Tearing pain in joints of toes; worse when walking.

Common symptoms

 Great debility. Inflammatory, rheumatic swelling of the joints. Gouty nodosities. Sprains, bad results from lifting too much. Feet turn under when walking.

Skin

 Corrosive itching on different parts of the body, by scratching, but it soon returns. Itching around the ulcers, in the evening.

Fever

 Pulse small, slow, imperceptible. - сhilliness, internal with trembling, the external skin is warm. Much chilliness, with cold hands. Flushes of burning heat, principally in the face, with cold knees in the evening in bed. Perspiration almost only on the hands, when walking in the open air.

Analogs by action

Included in the composition

Manufacturers (or distributors) of the drug

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Natura Pharma
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