Cowperitis
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Remedy |
Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Aconitum Napellus | A state of fear, anxiety; anguish of mind and body Physical and mental restlessness Fright Acute, sudden, and violent invasion, with fever Does not want to be touched Sudden and great sinking of strength Complaints and tension caused by exposure to dry, cold weather, draught of cold air, checked perspiration, also complaints from very hot weather First remedy in inflammations, inflammatory fevers Serous membranes and muscular tissues affected markedly Burning in internal parts; tingling, coldness and numbness Its action is brief and shows no periodicity Its sphere is in the beginning of an acute disease and not to be continued after pathological change comes Thirst for cold water Bitter taste of everything except water Intense thirst Urine scanty, red, hot, painful Tenesmus and burning at neck of bladder Burning in urethra Urine suppressed, bloody Anxiety always on beginning to urinate Urine retention, with screaming and restlessness, and handling of genitals Renal region sensitive Crawling and stinging in glans Bruised pain in testicles, swollen, hard Frequent erections and emissions Painful erections Nightmare Nightly ravings Anxious dreams Sleeplessness, with restless and tossing about Starts up in sleep Long dreams, with anxiety in chest |
In warm room In evening and night Lying on affected side From music From tobacco-smoke Dry, cold winds |
In open air |
| Cannabis Sativa | Seems to affect especially the urinary, sexual, and
respiratory organs Sensations as of dropping water Great fatigue, as from over-exertion; weary after meals Choking in swallowing; things go down the wrong way Stuttering Confusion of thought and speech Wavering speech, hasty, incoherent Urine retained, with obstinate constipation Painful urging to urinate Micturition in split stream Stitches in urethra Inflamed sensation, with soreness to touch Burning while urinating, extending to bladder Urine scalding, with spasmodic closure of sphincter. Walks with legs apart Zigzag pain along urethra Sexual overexcitement Stoppage of urethra by mucus and pus Frightful dreams More tired in morning Sleepy during day |
Lying down Going upstairs |
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| Gelsemium | Centers its action upon the nervous system, causing
various degrees of motor paralysis General prostration Dizziness, drowsiness, dullness, and trembling Slow pulse, tired feeling, mental apathy Paralysis of various groups of muscles about the eyes, throat, chest, larynx, sphincter, extremities, etc Muscular weakness Complete relaxation and prostration Lack of muscular co-ordination General depression from heat of sun Sensitive to a falling barometer; cold and dampness brings on many complaints Children fear falling, grab nurse or crib Sluggish circulation Has no thirst Urine profuse, clear, watery, with chilliness and tremulousness Partial paralysis of bladder; flow intermittent Retention of urine Cannot get fully to sleep Delirious on falling asleep Insomnia from exhaustion; from uncontrollable thinking; tobacco Yawning Sleepless from nervous irritation |
Damp weather Fog Before a thunderstorm Emotion, or excitement Bad news Tobacco-smoking When thinking of his ailments At 10 am |
Bending forward By profuse urination Open air Continued motion Stimulants |
| Hepar Sulph | Suits especially scrofulous and lymphatic
constitutions who are inclined to have eruptions and glandular swellings Unhealthy skin Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles Great sensitiveness to all impressions Sweating patient pulling blanket around him Tendency to suppuration Chilliness Hypersensitiveness Splinter-like pains Craving for sour and strong things Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part The side of the body on which he lies at night becomes gradually insufferably painful; he must turn Aversion to fat food Frequent eructations, without taste or smell. Stool clay-colored and soft; sour, white, undigested, fetid Loss of power to expel even a soft stool Urine voided slowly, without force-drops vertically, bladder weak; seems as if some always remained Greasy pellicle on urine |
From dry cold winds Cool air Slightest draught From Mercury Touch Lying on painful side |
In damp weather From wrapping head up From warmth After eating |
| Mercurius Corrosivus | Salivation Taste salty and bitter Intense burning in urethra Urine hot, burning, scanty or suppressed; bloody, greenish discharge; albuminous Tenesmus of bladder Stabbing pain extending up urethra into bladder Perspiration after urinating |
Evening Night Acids |
While at rest |
| Petroselinum Sativum | Burning, tingling, from perineum throughout whole
urethra; sudden urging, to urinate; frequent, voluptuous tickling in
fossa navicularis Sudden, irresistible desire to urinate; intense biting, itching, deep in urethra; milky discharge Thirsty and hungry, but desire fails on beginning to eat or drink |
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| Fabiana Imbricata | Vesical tenesmus and burning after urination Excoriating urine and calculi |
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| Sabal Serrulata | Irritability of the genito-urinary organs General and sexual debility Of unquestioned value in prostatic enlargement, epididymitis, and urinary difficulties Acts on membrano-prostatic portion of urethra Fear of going to sleep Languor, apathy and indifference Belching and acidity Desire for milk Constant desire to pass water at night Paresis of sphincter vesicæ Difficult urination |
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| Silicea | Increased susceptibility to nervous stimuli and
exaggerated reflexes Periodical states Feeling of coldness before an attack Ill effects of vaccination Suppurative processes Silica patient is cold, chilly, hugs the fire, wants plenty warm clothing, hates drafts, hands and feet cold, worse in winter Lack of vital heat Prostration of mind and body Great sensitiveness to taking cold Intolerance of alcoholic stimulants Want of grit, moral or physical Disgust for meat and warm food Want of appetite; thirst excessive Sour eructations after eating Urine bloody, involuntary, with red or yellow sediment Prostatic fluid discharged when straining at stool Night-walking; gets up while asleep Sleeplessness, with great orgasm of blood and heat in head Frequent starts in sleep Anxious dreams Excessive gaping |
New moon In morning From washing During menses Uncovering Lying down Damp Lying on left side Cold |
Warmth Wrapping up head Summer In wet or humid weather |