Oxydendron arboreum

Oxydendron arboreum
(sorrel-tree)
* A remedy for dropsy-ascites and anasarca.
* Urine suppressed.
* Deranged portal circulation.
* Prostatic enlargement.
* Vesical calculi.
* Irritation of neck of bladder.
* Great difficulty of breathing.
* Tincture.
* Compare :Cerefolius (dropsy, Bright's disease, cystitis).
Oxytropis lamberti
(loco-weed)
* Marked action on nervous system.
* Trembling, sensation of emptiness.
* Walks backwards.
* Congestion of spine and paralysis.
* Pains come and go quickly.
* Sphincters relaxed.
* Staggering gait.
* Reflexes lost.
Mind
- Desires to be alone.
- Disinclined to work or talk.
- Worse, thinking of symptoms. [Oxalic. ac.]
- Mental depression.
- Vertigo. [Granatum.]
Head
- Vertigo.
- Full, warm feeling about head.
- Feeling of intoxication, with loss of vision.
- Pain in maxillary bones and masseter muscles.
- Mouth and nose dry.
Eyes
- Sight obscured; pupils contracted; do not respond to light.
- Paralysis of nerves and muscles of eyes.
Stomach
- Eructations with colicky pains.
- Epigastrium tender.
Rectum
- Sphincter seems relaxed.
- Stools slip from anus, like lumps of jelly, mushy.
Urine
- Urging to urinate when thinking of it.
- Profuse flow.
- Pain in kidneys. [Berberis.]
Male
- No desire or ability.
- Pain in testicles and along spermatic cord and down thighs.
Extremities
- Pain along ulnar nerve.
- Numb feeling about spine.
- Staggering gait.
- Loss of co-ordination.
- Patellar tendon reflex lost.
- Pains come and go quickly, but muscles remain sore and stiff.
Sleep
- Restless, dreams of quarrel.
Modalities
- Worse, thinking of symptoms (mono-maniac tendency).
- Worse, every other day.
- Better, after sleep.
Relationship
- Compare : Astrag.; Lathyr.; Oxal. ac.; Baryta (Loco plant is rich in Baryta).
- Lolium.
Dose
- Third potency and higher.