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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 61 of 653cacuanha, Veratrum, lodium.For the toothache which so often accompanies and precedes themenses, and constitutes one of the most t.oublesome torments ofwomen, if setting in previous to the menses : Aconitum, ChamomillBelladonna, Pulsatilla, and more particularly Arsenicum; if durinthe menses : Cole. Carb., Sepia, Phosphorus.For hemicrania which generally is present during a scanty,scarcely ever during a profuse menstrual flow : Sepia, Nuz vomicaPulsatilla.Convulsive symptoms may of course vary, sometimes being purelylocal, at times general, then again tonic and at other times clonthey may even appear like epileptiform spasms so that they seemmuch more threatening than they really are. We may consider itas an established fact that the epileptiform spasms which occur athe time of the menses, never partake of the. dangerous nature ofepilepsy. The most important remedies are : Ignatia amara, Cocculus, Cuprum, Platina, Secale comutum and Causticum.The mental disturbances belonging in this category, mostly partake of the character of exaltation, for which remedies like Platina, Veratrum album, Hyoscyamus, Belladonna, Stramonium, are indicated ; states of depression which occur much less frequently,require Lycopodium or Natrum muriaticum.Menstrual Anomalies. 63We will conclude this chapter by givinjg a general hint bearingupon the selection of a remedy for menstrual difficulties : our cattention should be directed to the conduct of the discharge,whether it appears at the right season or not, whether it is tooscanty or too profuse, or whether it occurs normally. These pointare essentially characteristic ; if the remedy does not meet themcorrespondence with the other phenomena may be ever so perfect,the remedy will not suit the requirements of the case,[Recently a number of drugs have been introduced into the Materia Medica of our School, some of which are being used withgreat success in various diseases, and more particularly in abnormenstruation.Aletris farinosa, or the star-grass, is recommended for the prelinary symptoms of miscarriage, such as dizziness, nausea, headachefulness in the region of the womb, colicky pains.Caulophytlum thalictroides, or the blue cohosh, has been extensivused by homoeopathic physicians for painful menstruation, with ascanty flow of blood, or when the appearance of the menses is preceded by severe spasmodic pains, for which Coccvlus is generallj*recommended. We give the Cohosh as soon as the pains commence,and resume the medicine a few days before the next period. Thiscourse of treatment has a tendency to effect a radical cure.Cimicifuga racemosa, or the black cohosh, is eminently useful invarious forms of menstrual disorder, menostasia, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, also tendency to miscarriage, menorrhagia. The resihttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt