Citrus Vulgaris cit-v.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Bitter Orange

General

Headache with nausea, vomiting and vertigo. Facial neuralgias mostly right-sided. Thoracic oppression. Frequent and irresistible yawning. Disturbed sleep.

Relationship

Citrus decumana-Grape-fruit (Tinnitus, head noises and ringing in ears. Sensation of pressure in the temporal region). Aurantium-Orange (neuralgic and skin symptoms. Itching, redness and swelling of hands. Diseases of the aged with coldness and chilliness. Boiled dried orange peel excites the intestine in a manner similar to other forms of cellulose or agar. There is an increased flow of bile which continues for hours. It unites both a cholagogue action with a mechanical stimulus to peristalsis). Compare: Citrus Limonum (scorbutus, sore throat and cancer pains; checks excessive menstruation). (Citric Acid.--Useful in scurvy and chronic rheumatism and hæmorrhages. All forms of Dropsy are benefited with Citric acid and lemon juice, tablespoonful every 3-4 hours. Pain from cancer of tongue. Used as a local application and mouth wash, one dram to 8 ozs of water. For cancer pains generally, often effective).

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Citrus Vulgaris ; Lemon. Aurantiaceæ.

Mind

Great excitement ; motions quick, brusque, and performed with uncontrollable zeal.

Sensorium

Feels drunken and giddy.

Inner head

Hemicrania ; right side.
Pressing headache, now over whole head, now on one part, and forehead.

Outer head

Promotes growth of hair.

Sight and eyes

Weakness of sight.

Hearing and ears

Noises in ears as from bells ringing.

Upper face

Aggravated periodical erysipelas.
Faceache sometimes changes into transient but frequently repeated epileptic-like convulsions of face.
Neuralgia in face, shooting, gnawing pains, most in temples, especially right side.

Teeth and gums

Constant toothache.
Teeth become carious.
Teeth wear off.

Taste, speech, tongue

Taste and Tongue
Tongue furred thickly, brown.

Palate and throat

Something seems to rise in throat and choke her.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

No appetite.
Great thirst, drinking little at a time.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Nausea and vomiting.
Smell of oranges always makes her sick.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Aching and heaviness in region of stomach ; with belching and thirst.

Hypochondria

Left side distended.

Stools and rectum

Constipation.

Urinary organs

Pains in kidneys and bladder.

Female sexual organs

Too copious menses.
Painful menstruation (tincture of seed of lemons).

Respiration

Oppression of chest.
Sensation in upper part of breast bone as if suffocating.
Constriction in throat.
Pleurodynia.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Palpitation.

Upper limbs

Pressure upon shoulders.
Small blister over whole arms, especially on hands and between fingers.
General itching but much oftener only on upper limbs with redness and swelling of hands.
Spasmodic pains in hands.

Lower limbs

Sciatica.

Limbs in general

Painful joints.
Trembling of limbs.
Cold limbs when traveling.
Stretching and drawing in limbs ; has to stretch and rub hands.

Nerves

Trembling all over.
Lameness.
Restlessness, fidgety.
Half-sided epileptiform convulsions, especially of face and shoulders.
The whole muscular system is in a state of irritation, cannot keep in an erect position.

Sleep

Constant irresistible gaping.
Sleep very restless, full of dreams.
Sudden starting, burning heat, tossing about in bed and sleeplessness.

Fever

Oranges are said to render gastric fevers milder, even when of a typhoid form.

Locality and direction

Right : hemicrania ; neuralgia in temple.
Left : hypochondrium distended.

Sensations

As if something rose in throat.
Shooting : in face and temples.
Gnawing : faceache.
Drawing : in limbs.
Aching : in region of stomach.
Pressing : headache ; upon shoulders.
Suffocating sensation : in upper part or breast bone.
Constriction : in throat.
Spasmodic pains : in hands.
Undefined pain : in kidneys and bladder ; in joints.
Heaviness : in region of stomach.
Itching : on upper limbs.

Skin

Dusky dry skin.
Red spots appear on different parts of body.
Children eating plenty of oranges peeled by themselves, get an eruption and other symptoms very similar to scarlatina.

Stage of life, constitution

Diseases of old men, especially with coldness and chilliness.

Relations

An orange eaten before breakfast is said to destroy desire for alcoholic drinks in drunkards.