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Menyanthes trifoliata

(Buck-bean)

General
A remedy for certain headaches, intermittent fever. Coldness of abdomen. Twitchings. Sensation of tension and compression. Fidgets and urinary difficulties in women. Diabetes.

Head.
Pressing in vertex; BETTER, HARD PRESSURE WITH HAND. Pressing-together pain. Weight pressing on brain with every step on ascending. Pain from nape over whole brain; better, stooping, sitting; worse, going upstairs. Cracking in jaw and twitching of facial muscles.

Stomach.
No thirst at any time. Ravenous hunger; passing away after eating a little. Desire for meat. Sensation of coldness extending up to oesophagus.

Abdomen.
Distended and full; increased by smoking tobacco. Coldness of abdomen.

Extremities.
ICY COLDNESS OF HANDS AND FEET. Cramp-like pain. As soon as patient lies down, LEGS JERK AND TWITCH.

Fever.
Coldness predominates; felt most acutely in abdomen and legs and tip of nose.

Aggravation.
WORSE, during rest, ascending.

Amelioration.
BETTER, pressure on affected part, stooping, motion.

Relationship.
Compare: CAPS.; PULS.; CALC.; PHOS-AC.; SANG.
Antidote: CAMPH.

Dose.
Third to thirtieth potency.

MM is by Boericke unless otherwise stated