ZINGIBER OFFICINALE

HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T

Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

Compare: Calad . Antidote: Nux.

Key Symptoms & Indications

  • States of debility in the digestive tract, and sexual system and respiratory troubles, call for this remedy. Complete cessation of function of kidneys.

Physical Symptoms

Head

Hemicrania; sudden glimmering before eyes; feels confused and empty. Pain over eyebrows.

Nose

Feels obstructed and dry. Intolerable itching; red pimples.

Stomach

Taste of food remains long, especially of bread and toast. Feels heavy, like from a stone. Complaints from eating melons and drinking impure water. Acidity ( Calc; Robinia ). Heaviness in stomach on awakening with wind and rumbling, great thirst and emptiness. Pain from pit to under sternum, worse eating.

Abdomen

Colic, diarrhœa, extremely loose bowels. Diarrhœa from drinking bad water, with much flatulence, cutting pain, relaxation of sphincter. Hot, sore, painful anus during pregnancy. Chronic intestinal catarrh. Anus red and inflamed. Hæmorrhoids hot, painful, sore. ( Aloe ).

Urinary

Frequent desire tu urinate. Stinging, burning in orifice. Yellow discharge from urethra. Urine thick, turbid, of strong odor, suppressed. Complete suppression after typhoid. After urinating, continues to ooze in drops.

Male

Itching of prepuce. Sexual desire excited; painful erections. Emissions.

Respiratory

Hoarseness. Smarting below larynx ; breathing difficult. Asthma , without anxiety, worse toward morning. Scratching sensation in throat; stitches in chest. Cough dry, hacking; copious morning sputa.

Extremities

Very weak in all joints. Back lame. Cramps in soles and palms.

Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas

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ZINGIBER OFFICINALE

Ginger (ZINGIBER)

States of debility in the digestive tract, and sexual system and respiratory troubles, call for this remedy. Complete cessation of function of kidneys.

Head

Hemicrania; sudden glimmering before eyes; feels confused and empty. Pain over eyebrows.

Nose

Feels obstructed and dry. Intolerable itching; red pimples.

Stomach

Taste of food remains long, especially of bread and toast. Feels heavy, like from a stone. Complaints from eating melons and drinking impure water. Acidity (Calc; Robinia). Heaviness in stomach on awakening with wind and rumbling, great thirst and emptiness. Pain from pit to under sternum, worse eating.

Abdomen

Colic, diarrhœa, extremely loose bowels. Diarrhœa from drinking bad water, with much flatulence, cutting pain, relaxation of sphincter. Hot, sore, painful anus during pregnancy. Chronic intestinal catarrh. Anus red and inflamed. Hæmorrhoids hot, painful, sore. (Aloe).

Urinary

Frequent desire tu urinate. Stinging, burning in orifice. Yellow discharge from urethra. Urine thick, turbid, of strong odor, suppressed. Complete suppression after typhoid. After urinating, continues to ooze in drops.

Male

Itching of prepuce. Sexual desire excited; painful erections. Emissions.

Respiratory

Hoarseness. Smarting below larynx; breathing difficult. Asthma, without anxiety, worse toward morning. Scratching sensation in throat; stitches in chest. Cough dry, hacking; copious morning sputa.

Extremities

Very weak in all joints. Back lame. Cramps in soles and palms.

Relationship

Compare: Calad.

Antidote: Nux.

Dose

First to sixth potency.

Zingiber.

Zingiber officinale. Ginger. N. O. Zingiberaceæ. Tincture of dried rhizome.
Clinical

Albuminuria. Asthma. Breath, offensive. Deltoid rheumatism. Diarrhœa. Dropsy. Flatulence. Ozæna. Post-nasal catarrh. Seminal emissions. Spleen, pains in. Urine, suppressed.

Characteristics

Zng. was proved by Franz and others, and their symptoms make a full pathogenesis. The genito-urinary and respiratory systems were strongly affected. Farrington says ginger is not a safe food to give in kidney affections, as it has caused Bright's disease. Prolonged retention of urine; or complete cessation of the function of the kidneys is an indication for Zng. In the provers it produced a cheerful, good-humoured state of mind; and when this occurs when the opposite might rather be expected, Zng. will probably be the remedy. For instance, in asthma, Farrington gives this indication: Asthma, of gastric origin; attacks come in the night, towards morning. Patient must sit up to breathe; but despite the severity of the paroxysm, there is no anxiety. The nasal mucous membrane is affected as markedly as that of the lungs. Ozæna and postnasal catarrh are among the symptoms. Like most condiments, Zng. has a specific action on the digestive organs, causing flatulence and other symptoms of indigestion; pressure in stomach as from a shot. Zng. has < from eating bread; and especially from eating melons. It causes diarrhœa or constipation, and sets up some irritation of the rectum. Peculiar Sensations are: As if head too large. Confused and empty in head. As if contents of head pressed into forehead and root of nose on stooping. As if right eye were pressing out, with headache. As if a board pressing through head. As if head were pressed. As from a grain of sand in eye. As if there were an obstacle in throat to swallow over. As of a stone in stomach. Empty feeling in stomach. As if beaten in lower back. A shock-like moving downward as from a dropping fluid in left loin. Pain as from weakness in sacral region. Pain as from over-work in left deltoid. As from over-strung muscles in bend of knee. As if going to faint. The symptoms are: < By touch. < Lying. > Sitting; standing. Motion <. Rising <. Laughing and talking < headache. < Evening and night. > Uncovering. < In cold air; cold, damp air. < From bread: from melons.

Relations

Antidoted by: Nux. Compare: Weight in stomach, Ab. n. Prepuce cold (Sul. glans cold). Wakes 3 a.m., Bels., Nux.

Causation

Melons. Bread.

1. Mind

Cheerful, good-humoured, a pleasing sensation in her system.Asthma without anxiety.Increased activity of brain.Forgetful; weak memory.Irritable and chilly in evening and during menses.Nervous and fidgety.Feet very uncomfortable, and did not know what to do.

2. Head

Vertigo, limbs heavy.Feels confused and empty in his head.Head feels too large.Frontal headache (drawing and pressive pains) over eyes and at root of nose; also when he exerts himself.Headache (pressure) < over l. eye; aching (drawing) over eyebrows, followed by nausea; later over r. eye and pressing in l. occiput; < in warm room, but continued in cold, damp air, in motion or sitting.Pressive drawing headache as if r. eye pressing out.Pain encircling head; dull, heavy pain, like a board pressing through whole head, 11 a.m.Heavy pressure in head from without inward, when walking in cold, damp air.Hemicrania; nervous headache.Congestion of blood to head, esp. temples.Itching on scalp, head, and cheeks.

3. Eyes

Smarting and burning in eyes; sensitive to light, with stinging pain in them; feeling as of sand in eyes.Pressure on eyes; on l.Weakness of sight; dimness of cornea.

5. Nose

Coryza, watery, sneezing, more in open air.Insupportable itching, tingling in nostrils.Dryness and obstruction in posterior nares, with discharge of thick mucus.Ozæna.

6. Face

Hot, red face.Exhausted look, blue under eyes, before menses.Dry lips and mouth.

7. Teeth

Painful sensibility of teeth, with pressive, drawing pain in their roots.

8. Mouth

Slimy, bad taste in mouth in morning.Mouth smells foul to herself, as from disordered stomach.

9. Throat

Dryness of throat and difficulty of swallowing, as from an obstruction, with dryness of posterior nares.Increased mucous secretion; no fever.

10. Appetite

Much thirst; mouth dry.Headache and pressure in stomach after eating bread.Complaints from eating melons.

11. Stomach

Belching and diarrhœa.Nausea; vomiting of mucus in drunkards.Acidity of stomach.Weak digestion, stomach heavy, like a stone.

12. Abdomen

Stitches in spleen.Unbearable sore pain on a small place in r. side of abdomen.Contractive pain passes through abdomen while standing; soon after, desire for stool.Sharp pain in l. iliac region.Great flatulency; in gouty persons.Constipation.

13. Stool and Anus

Diarrhœa: from drinking impure water; of brown mucus; < mornings; < from deranged stomach; from damp, cold weather.Diarrhœa in morning, followed by nausea.Belching with constipation.Redness, inflammation, burning-itching at anus and higher up back.

14. Urinary Organs

Increased secretion of urine.Urine thick, turbid; dark brown, of strong smell.Retention of urine (after typhus).Acute pain in orifice of urethra while urinating.Dull aching in both kidneys, with frequent desire to urinate.Dull aching, with sensation of heat in l. kidney; < while sitting, with frequent desire to urinate.

15. Male Sexual Organs

Itching on prepuce, which feels cold.Painful erections.Increased sexual desire; nightly emissions.

16. Female Sexual Organs

Menstruation too early and too profuse; irritable; blood dark, clotted.

17. Respiratory Organs

Burning, smarting sensation below larynx, followed by a cough, with rattling of phlegm, and sometimes with expectoration of thick mucus.Asthma humidum.Painful respiration; < at night, must sit up in bed; < two or three hours every morning; asthma.Dry, hacking cough, from tickling in larynx on l. side of throat; from smarting or scratching; with pain in lungs; difficult breathing; morning sputum, which is copious.

18. Chest

Stitches in (through) chest; pleuritic pains.

19. Heart

Violent stinging-pressing pain in l. side of chest, in region of heart.

20. Neck and Back

Stiffness of back of neck, with headache and nausea.Backache, as from weakness; < sitting and leaning against something; lower part of back lame, as if beaten, or from walking or standing; feels stiff.

21. Limbs

Dull, heavy, lame feeling in limbs; numbness.Rheumatic, drawing pains.Joints feel weak, stiff, lame.

22. Upper Limbs

Rheumatic drawing in backs of hands.

23. Lower Limbs

Painful swelling of feet.Soreness of heels after standing a long time.

24. Generalities

Foaming at mouth; free urination; spasms.Faint, weak, wants to lie down.Nervous, fidgety feeling at night.

26. Sleep

Sleepy and exhausted-coma.Sleepless, wakes at 3 a.m.; falls asleep again late in morning.

27. Fever

Chilliness beginning in lower limbs, going upwards.Chilly in evening.Chilliness and sensibility in open air.Hot and chilly at same time.

Zingiber Officinale.

Head.

Congestion of blood to the head, especially the temples.

Pressure over the left eye.

Drawing, aching pain over the eyebrows.

Hemicrania ; nervous headache.

Eyes.

[5] Sensitiveness of the eyes to the light, with stinging pain in them.

Weakness of sight ; dimness of the cornea.

Nose.

Dryness and obstruction of the posterior nares.

Ozoena.

Face.

Hot, red face.

[10] Dry lips and mouth.

Mouth and Throat.

Bad slimy taste in the mouth.

Breath smells foul to herself.

Dryness of the throat and difficulty of swallowing, as from an obstruction, with dryness of the posterior nares.

Stomach and Abdomen.

Much thirst.

[15] Complaints, from eating melons.

Weak digestion.

Belching, with diarrhoea.

Nausea ; vomiting of mucus in drunkards.

Acidity of the stomach.

[20] Heaviness, like a stone in the stomach.

Stitches in the spleen.

Unbearable sore pain on a small place in the right side of the abdomen.

Sharp pain in the left iliac region.

Flatulency in gouty persons.

Stool and Anus.

[25] Diarrhoea from drinking impure water.

Belching, with constipation.

Diarrhoea in the morning, followed by nausea.

Redness, inflammation, burning-itching at the anus.

Urinary Organs.

Increased secretion of urine.

[30] Thick, turbid urine.

Retention of urine (after typhus).

Acute pain in the orifice of the urethra while urinating.

Sexual Organs.

Itching on the prepuce, which feels cold.

Painful erections.

[35] Women. Menstruation too early and too profuse ; blood dark, clotted.

Respiratory Organs.

Smarting sensation below the larynx, followed by a cough, with rattling of phlegm.

Asthma humidum.

Dry, hacking cough, with pain in the lungs and difficult breathing ; in the morning expectoration.

Violent stinging-pressing pain in the left side of the chest, in the region of the heart.

[40] Stitches through the chest.

Back and Neck.

Stiffness of the back of the neck, with headache and nausea.

Dull aching in both kidneys, with frequent desire to urinate.

Dull aching and sensation of heat in the left kidney ; worse while sitting, with frequent desire to urinate.

Sleep.

Great sleepiness ; coma.

Fever.

[45] Chilliness, beginning in the lower limbs, going upwards.

Chilliness and sensibility in the open air.

Hot and chilly at the same time.

Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights

"CINA is a great remedy for xanthopsia. There is a yellow tint imparted to landscapes and objects looked at.These are effects perhaps most comparable to that of looking through yellow glass."

By Dr. N.M.Choudhuri, M.D. Xanthopsia

"The most careful analysis of clinical experience has demonstrated that CINA is most powerful for the elimination of round worms."

By Dr. Farrington, M.D. Round Worms

Remedy Profile

  • Type Remedy
  • Common Name HOMŒOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA by William BOERICKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T
  • Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency

First to sixth potency.

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