Brassica Napus

(Rape Seed)

Pharmacy - Brass. Brassica napus. Rape seed. Cole seed. Wild com. Wild kale.

N.O. Cruciferae. Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.

Clinical

• Amenorrhea
• Arthritis
• Bulimia
• Carpal tunnel
• Contractures, joints
• Cough
• Cramps
• Dropsy
• Dysphagia
• Edema
• Gangrene
• Insomnia
• Jaundice
• Liver, enlargement
• Myalgia
• Nails, shedding
• Numbness
• Pes equinus
• Raynaud's disease
• Scleroderma
• Scurvy
• Ulcers
• Wasting, muscles
• Weakness

Homeopathic

Our knowledge of the toxic effects of Brassica napus is derived from the experience of the Irish famine during which people ate it freely.

Brass. has all the symptoms of impoverished blood, such as growth of downy, colorless hair. Dropsical swellings, scorbutic mouth, voracious appetite.

Tympanitic abdomen. Skin blotches like burns. Dropping off of nails and gangrene. Weariness, strength loss. Wasting, extreme weight loss. Jaundice.

Mind

• Irritability
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Distress
• Memory disorders

Abdomen

• Enlargement of liver
• Tympanitic abdomen
• Enlargement of spleen
• Liver disease

Back

Pitting edema.

Chest

• Pulmonary edema
• Chest wall restricted from motion
• Pain
• Pulmonary hypertension

Cough

Non-productive cough.

Eyes

Sicca syndrome, reduced or no lachrymation with consequent dryness and inflammation of conjunctiva.

Face

Edema. Scleroderma. Swollen to an enormous extent, the distended state of eyelids and upper lip producing great deformity. Burn-like blotches on nose and forehead (also hands and feet), varying from discoloration to ulceration.

Female

Transient amenorrhea.

Food

Appetite increased, sometimes voracious.

Head

Alopecia. Very distressing frontal headache and tension.

Kidneys

Urine deficient and irritating.

Limbs

• Chronic pain
• Hands and feet dry and shrunken, with blotches of a deep red, like burns, on backs of hands and dorsum of feet, the fingers and toes being frequently cold and livid
• Ulceration
• Loss of nails
• Myalgia
• Contractures, joints
• Claw-hand
• Hands, feet
• Genu flexum
• Pes equinus
• Raynaud's disease
• Cramps, muscles
• Wasting, muscles
• Arthritis
• Arthralgia
• Loss of reflex
• Weakness
• Numbness
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Tenderness

Lungs

Pneumonia. Dyspnea, worse on exertion. Respiratory failure.

Mouth

Mucus membrane of mouth and throat inflamed, ulcerated in parts, gums spongy.

Rectum

Bowels torpid.

Skin

Sallow and muddy-looking, covered with downy hair. Edema. Pitting edema. Tenderness. Itching. Blotches, deep red, like burns on backs of hands, feet, nose, and forehead, varying from simple discoloration to most troublesome ulceration. Destruction of cuticle and dropping off of nails. Gangrene. Skin rash. Maculo-papular rash. Jaundice. Scleroderma. Hypoaesthesia. Atrophy. Hyperpigmentation.

Sleep

Sleep disturbances. Insomnia.

Throat

Dysphagia. Mucus membrane of mouth and throat inflamed, ulcerated in parts, gums spongy.

Vision

Xerophthalmia.

Comments

Allen gives this account of Brass. poisoning: They all exhibited indications of deteriorated health, the hue of the skin being uniformly sallow and muddy-looking, totally different from the brown discoloration caused by exposure to the sun. The surface was always covered with that colorless downy hair, so characteristic of what the country people here call "impoverished blood."

An edematous state prevailed generally of the whole body, but always of the face and lower extremities, the former sometimes being swollen to an enormous extent, the distended state of the eyelids and upper lip especially producing remarkable deformity.

The abdomen was tympanitic. The bowels torpid. The mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx was inflamed, and in some parts ulcerated, and the gums spongy. The appetite was usually greater than natural; in some cases, voracious. The urinary secretion was deficient and irritating, and that of the skin suspended.

Very distressing frontal headache and tension was also complained of, but the most curious symptom, next to the edematous appearance of the patient, was the state of the hands and feet, which were dry and shrunken, with blotches of a deep red, resembling burns, on the backs of the hands and dorsum of the feet, the fingers and toes being frequently cold and livid.

Similar blotches existed on the nose and forehead, and these varied in their consequence from simple discoloration to ulceration of a most troublesome description, terminating in loss of the cuticle and dropping off of the nails, with a marked disposition in the aggravated cases to gangrene.

Relations

Compare: (I) Raph., Armoracia, Sinapis, Sec.

References

Allen. Clarke. Murphy. Sherr.