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Materia Medica by William Boericke

Materia Medica by
William Boericke
Materia Medica by William Boericke
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ZIZIA AUREA

Meadow Parsnip (THASPIUM AUREUM - ZIZIA)

Hysteria, epilepsy, chorea, hypochondriasis, come within the sphere of this remedy.

Mind.--Suicidal; depressed; laughing and weeping moods alternate.

Head.--Pressure on top, in right temple, associated with backache.

Male.--Great lassitude following coitus. Sexual power increased.

Female.--Intermittent neuralgia of left ovary. Acrid, profuse leucorrhoea, with retarded menses.

Respiratory.--Dry cough, with stitches in chest. Dyspnoea.

Extremities.--Unusual tired feeling. Chorea, especially during sleep. Fidgety legs (Tarant). Lameness in arms and spasmodic twitching.

Modalities.--Worse, during sleep.

Relationship.--Compare: Agar; Stram; Tarant; Cicuta; Aethusa.

Dose.--Tincture, to third potency.