Should prove curative in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Commentaries
Commentary and literature analysis from various clinical authorities:
- AGGRAVATION APPLICATION OF COLD WATER
- BACKACHE EXTENDING DOWN LEGS
- BEARING DOWN PAIN IN RECTUM
- BETTER APPLICATION OF HOT WATER
- CAUSED BY INJURY TO Dr. Calvin Brobst KnerrVE SUPPRESSION OF MENSES
- CONCENTRATE FOR STUDY DIFFICULT
- CURATIVE IN ECZEMA TYPHOID
- DERMATITIS AROUND KNEE
- DIFFICULT SOFT STOOLS WITH MUCH STRAINING SULPHUR
- DIFFICULT TO FOCUS EYE FOR CLOSE WORK
- DIFFICULTY OF RETAINING DRIBBLING WHEN WALK
- DULL CANNOT CONCENTRATE MIND FOR STUDY FORGET NAME
- DYSLEXIA DULL CANNOT CONCENTRATE MIND FOR STUDY
- ERUCTATION SOUR AFTER MEAL
- EYE FOCUS FOR CLOSE WORK DIFFICULT
- EYE PAINFUL AS OF SAND
- INTESTINAL FLATULENCE
- ITCH VULVA INFLAMED
- LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
- MUSCULAR LAMENESS TREMBLING
- POSTERIOR NARES RAW DISCHARGE THICK YELLOW MUCUS
- PUFFY UNDER EYES
- RESTORING CONTRACTILITY OF PARALYZED MUSCULAR COATS INTESTINES
- RUMBLING IN BOWELS WITH DESIRE FOR STOOL
- SEXUAL DESIRE WITH OVARIAN AND UTERINE PAIN
- SEXUAL DESIRE WITH OVARIAN AND UTERINE PAINS LEUCORRHOEA
- SKIN ROUGH AND CRACKED FEEL AS LEATHER
- TRACHEA SORE LUMPS FEEL CONSTRICTED
- URINE DIFFICULTY OF RETAINING DRIBBLING WHEN WALK
- VOMIT AT 2 PM
- VULVA INFLAMED WITH FURIOUS ITCHING
Clinical Applications
Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia .
Key Symptoms & Indications
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Should prove curative in eczematous conditions, poison-oak, early typhoid states, etc.
Mental & Emotional Symptoms
Dull, cannot concentrate mind for study; forgets names; writes last letters of words first ; misspells common words.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Feels full, stuffed up, pain across forehead and above eyes. Great pressure at root of nose. Bewildered. Loss of consciousness. Pulsating headache.
Eyes
Painful, as of sand, smarting; difficult to focus for close work. Eyes feel sore, burn.
Nose
Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.
Face
Bloated in morning. Puffy under eyes.
Throat
Stitching pain upon swallowing.
Stomach
Feels full and heavy. Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner. Vomiting at 2 pm.
Abdomen
Intestinal flatulence. In morning rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool.
Rectum
Constipation, stools hard, small lumps. Difficult, soft stools, with much straining. Much flatus. Bearing-down pain in rectum.
Urine
Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking. Frequent urination at night.
Female
Bearing-down sensation. Vulva inflamed, with furious itching. Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrha.
Respiratory
Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus. Sneezing. Trachea sore; lumps feel constricted.
Back
Feels hot from sacrum to scapulæ. Backache, extending down legs. Pain over kidneys. Heat deep in spine.
Extremities
Muscular lameness, trembling. Pain in knees. Limbs feel stiff ( Rhus ).
Skin
Erythema, with vesication and intense itching, stinging, and burning. Blisters, little lumps. Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather. Dermatitis, especially around knees. Inflammation resembling poison-oak. Inguinal glands and behind knee swollen.
Modalities (Better / Worse)
Worse (Aggravation)
, application of cold water, in afternoon and evening
Better (Amelioration)
, application of hot water, in morning, moving affected part
Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas
Explore detailed descriptions for this remedy across famous historical textbooks:
XEROPHYLLUM
Mind
Dull, cannot concentrate mind for study; forgets names; writes last letters of words first; misspells common words.
Head
Feels full, stuffed up, pain across forehead and above eyes. Great pressure at root of nose. Bewildered. Loss of consciousness. Pulsating headache.
Eyes
Painful, as of sand, smarting; difficult to focus for close work. Eyes feel sore, burn.
Nose
Stuffed; tightness at bridge of nose; acute nasal catarrh.
Face
Bloated in morning. Puffy under eyes.
Throat
Stitching pain upon swallowing.
Stomach
Feels full and heavy. Eructations sour; offensive, an hour after luncheon and dinner. Vomiting at 2 pm.
Abdomen
Intestinal flatulence. In morning rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool.
Rectum
Constipation, stools hard, small lumps. Difficult, soft stools, with much straining. Much flatus. Bearing-down pain in rectum.
Urine
Difficulty of retaining; dribbling when walking. Frequent urination at night.
Female
Bearing-down sensation. Vulva inflamed, with furious itching. Increased sexual desire, with ovarian and uterine pains and leucorrhœa.
Respiratory
Posterior nares raw; discharge thick, yellow mucus. Sneezing. Trachea sore; lumps feel constricted.
Back
Feels hot from sacrum to scapulæ. Backache, extending down legs. Pain over kidneys. Heat deep in spine.
Extremities
Muscular lameness, trembling. Pain in knees. Limbs feel stiff (Rhus).
Skin
Erythema, with vesication and intense itching, stinging, and burning. Blisters, little lumps. Skin rough and cracked; feels like leather. Dermatitis, especially around knees. Inflammation resembling poison-oak. Inguinal glands and behind knee swollen.
Modalities
Worse, application of cold water, in afternoon and evening. Better, application of hot water, in morning, moving affected part.
Relationship
Compare: Rhus; Anacard; Grindelia.
Dose
Sixth potency or higher.
Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights
"The condition which most frequently calls for OPIUM is paralytic ileus after an abdominal section. There is a loop of bowel which is completely paralysed, accompanied by reversed peristalsis and the pumping of bile back into the stomach. The patient is horribly sick and brings up masses of bile stained, rather foul smelling vomit and has an extreme sensation of abdominal distension. I think that is the commonest condition in which OPIUM is most useful. Incidentally, it is very interesting that in the majority of cases in which you get a paralytic ileus, you find there is a history that OPIUM or one of its derivatives has been given before or after operation."
By Dr. D.M.Borland, M.B.,Ch.B.
Paralytic Ileus
"OPIUM is indicated when retention of urine follows parturition. I have twice confirmed."
By Dr. E.A.Farrington, M.D.
Retention of Urine after Parturition
"OPIUM is a drug to be thought of for those abnormal children who lie and steal, and are heading for a mental institution."
By Dr. M.L.Tyler, M.D.
Lying & Stealing in children
"Paralytic intestinal obstruction - OPIUM."
By Dr. Younan
Intestinal Obstruction
"Diabetic coma"
By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines)
Diabetic Coma
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
Sixth potency or higher.
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