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Materia Medica by William Boericke

Materia Medica by
William Boericke
Materia Medica by William Boericke
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TRITICUM REPENS-AGROPYRON REPENS

Couch-Grass (TRITICUM)

An excellent remedy in excessive irritability of the bladder, dysuria, cystitis, gonorrhoea.

Nose.--Always blowing nose.

Urinary.--Frequent, difficult, and painful urination (Pop). Gravelly deposits. Catarrhal and purulent discharges (Pareira). Strangury, pyelitis; enlarged prostate. Chronic cystic irritability. Incontinence; constant desire. Urine is dense and causes irritation of the mucous surfaces.

Relationship.--Compare: Tradescantia; (Haemorrhage from ear and upper air passages; painful urination, urethral discharge; scrotum inflamed). Chimaph; Senecio; Populus trem; Buchu; Uva.

Polytrichum Juniperinum-Ground Moss--(Painful urination of old people; dropsy, urinary obstruction and suppression).

Dose.--Tincture or infusion by boiling two ounces in a quart of water until it is reduced to a pint. To be taken in four doses in 24 hours.