Menyanthes trifoliata

Menyanthes trifoliata
(buck-bean)
* 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.
Modalities
- Worse, during rest, ascending.
- better, pressure on affected part, stooping, motion.
Relationship
- Compare : Caps.; Puls.; Calc.; Phos. ac.; Sang.
- Antidote : Camph.
Dose
- Third to thirtieth potency.