Fagopyrum esculentum

Fagopyrum esculentum
(buckwheat)
* Its action on the skin, producing pruritus, is very marked.
* Visible pulsation of arteries.
* Fluent coryza.
* Offensive excretions.
* Itching erythema.
* Pruritus senilis.
* Post-nasal catarrh; dry crusts, granular appearance of posterior nares with itching.
Head
- Inability to study or remember.
- Depressed and irritable.
- Itching of eyes and ears.
- Pains deep in head, with upward pressure.
- Itching in and around eyes and ears.
- Head hot, better bending backward, with tired neck.
- Occipital headache.
- Bursting pains.
- Cerebral hyperaemia.
Nose
- Sore, red, inflamed.
- Fluent coryza, with sneezing, followed by dryness and crust formation.
Eyes
- Itching and smarting, swelling, heat and soreness.
Throat
- Soreness and feeling of excoriation, deep down pharynx.
- Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen.
Stomach
- Eructations of scalding, hot, acid, watery substance; better, coffee.
- Bad taste in the morning.
- Persistent, morning nausea.
- Drooling.
Heart
- Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm.
- Throbbing in all arteries after retiring.
- Palpitation with oppression.
- Pulse irregular, intermittent, rapid.
- Light feeling in chest.
Female
- Pruritus vulvae, with yellow leucorrhoea, worse,rest.
- Burning in right ovary.
Extremities
- Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape of neck
could not support head.
- Pain in shoulder, with pain along fingers.
- Vehement itching in arms and legs; worse towardsevening.
- Feet numb and pricking.
- Streaking pains in arms and legs.
Skin
- Itching; better by bathing in cold water; worse scratching, touch and retiring.
- Sore red blotches.
- Blind boils.
- Itching of knees and elbows and hairy portions.
- Itching of hands, deep in.
- Vesicular, pustular, phlegmonous dermatitis.
- Skin hot, swollen.
Modalities
- Better, cold water, coffee; worse, in afternoon;from sunlight, scratching.
Relationship
- Compare : Dolichos; Bovista; Urtica.
Dose
- Third potency and 12x.