Hydrocotyle Asiatica hydrc.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Indian Pennywort (HYDROCOTYLE)

General

Curative in disorders that exhibit interstitial inflammation and cellular proliferation in any part. Hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue. Has considerable reputation in leprosy and lupus, when there is no ulceration. The skin symptoms are very important. Of great use in ulceration of womb. Difficulty in maintaining the upright posture. Very copious perspiration. Pains of cervical cancer.

Face

Pain in left cheek-bones and about orbits.

Female

Pruritus of vagina. Inflammation of neck of bladder. Heat within vagina. Granular ulceration of womb. Profuse leucorrhœa. Dull pain in ovarian region. Cervical redness.

Skin

Dry eruptions. Great thickening of epidermoid layer and exfoliation of scales. Psoriasis gyrate, on trunk and extremities, palms and soles. Pustules on chest. Circular spots, with scaly edges. Intolerable itching, especially of soles. Profuse sweat. Syphilitic affections. Acne. Leprosy. Elephantiasis (Ars). Lupus non-exedens.

Relationship

Compare: Elæis-South American Palm--(scleroderma, elephantiasis, leprosy, skin thickened, itching and hardened. Anæsthesia). Hura; Trychnos Gaultheriana (bites of serpents, ulcers and cutaneous affections generally); Hoang-Nan. Chaulomoogra oil from seed of Taraktogenos; Hydrast; Arsenic; Aurum; Sepia.

Dose

First to sixth potency.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Indian Pennywort (India and South Africa). N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Clinical

Acne rosacea . Constipation. Elephantiasis arabum . Favus. Gangrene after amputation. Gonorrhœa. Gout. Ichthyosis . Leprosy. Leucorrhœa. Liver, contraction of. Lupus . Neuralgia orbitalis. Skin, affections of. Syphilis. Uterus, follicular inflammation of . Vagina, pruritus of.

Characteristics

Hydrocot . has been long known as an Indian remedy. Boileau was the first to use it as a remedy in leprosy. It has been tested pathogenetically and clinically, and its place has been fairly well defined. The skin and the female generative organs are the chief seats of the drug's action; though the liver, the nerves, and the mucous membranes are also powerfully acted upon. A great variety of skin affections have been cured with it; acne, eczema, pemphigus, lupus, copper-coloured eruption; papular eruption on face; intolerable itching in various places. Auduit ( H. R ., ix. 434) cured this case: Girl, 20, weak and sickly-looking, since childhood troubled with glandular swellings, for eight years had lupus exedens of nose. (Her mother had coppery eruption on face.) On right of nose was a button the size of a sixpence covered with a thick crust covering yellow pus mixed with blood. Margins irregular and livid. Five other buttons size of lentils near root of nose both sides. Hydroc . was given in 6, 3, Ø, and 18th potencies in succession, with intermissions, and completely cured in five months. Other indications are: Stomatitis, aphthous and syphilitic. Irritation of the neck of the bladder; increased secretion of urine. Heat and itching in vagina. Weight in uterus. Granular ulceration. Hydrocotyle acts on the male sexual organs also, causing weight in the "male uterus," the prostate gland. Gouty and rheumatic disorders. Affections of the trigeminus nerve. Bruised feeling in all the muscles. A patient of mine who was taking Hydroc . for eczema with advantage complained of persistent dreaming all the time he was asleep; and an unpleasant mouth on waking in the morning.

Relations

Compare: Hydrast. (lupus); Fer. pic. (lupus); Hura (leprosy); Thlaspi b. p., Fraxinus (uterine affections); Mitchella, Eu. purp., Apis, Hydran. (irritation of neck of bladder).

Mind

Gloomy thoughts. ─ Misanthropy. ─ Inclination for solitude. ─ Indifference. ─ Gaiety (reaction). ─ Loquacity (reaction).

Head

Vertigo; with torpor. ─ Congestion of blood to the head; heaviness. ─ Painful drawing in almost all cranial nerves. ─ Neuralgic pain in external frontal nerve. ─ Intense pain with some swelling in posterior part of skull. ─ Occiput acutely sensitive, esp. to touch. ─ Constriction of back part of skull and integuments.

Eyes

Eyes look unsteady. ─ Injection of palpebral conjunctiva. ─ Pricking in eyes. ─ Vision dim; dazzling.

Ears

Pain in l. internal meatus auditorius. ─ Throbbing in r. ear; ringing in (l.), with stoppage. ─ Confused noise in l.; blowing sound.

Nose

Swelling of nose. ─ Tickling; < l. nostril. ─ Feeling as before bleeding. ─ Stoppage of nose. ─ Coryza; dry. ─ Bleeding. ─ (Lupus exedens of nose).

Face

Intoxicated expression. ─ Intermittent pain in l. cheek-bone.

Mouth

Whitish spots on l. upper and under sides of tongue. ─ Impediment in speech. ─ Redness of velum palati, with pain on swallowing, < by food. ─ Hyperæmia of buccal mucous membrane. ─ Saliva increased. ─ Taste insipid or bitter; unpleasant in morning.

Throat

Tonsils red. ─ Pricking in pharynx. ─ Disorder of constrictor muscles of pharynx. ─ Œsophagus dry and rough burning and pricking in œsophagus.

Stomach

Loathing of food. ─ Anorexia then strong appetite. ─ Aversion to tobacco smoking. ─ Eructations frequent; acid. ─ Nausea. ─ Swelling of stomach. ─ Contraction; cramp-like pain. ─ Sensation as if gases collected into a ball. ─ Anxiety in region of stomach. ─ Heat in stomach region spreading out like a bar.

Abdomen

Borborygmi in different parts. ─ Flatus. ─ Violent contractions of intestines. ─ Pain; every five minutes; < transverse colon. ─ Constriction. ─ Sensation as if all organs were in motion. ─ Pain in upper part of liver. ─ Obstruction in hepatic region. ─ Heat in hypogastrium.

Stool and Anus

Weight in rectum. ─ Burning in anus. ─ Itching in anus. ─ Ineffectual desire for stool. ─ Stools dry, dark. ─ Stools increased. ─ Stools easier.

Urinary Organs

Slight formication in kidney. ─ Irritation of neck of bladder. ─ Constriction of bladder. ─ Frequent desire to urinate. ─ Irritation of urethra. ─ Urine increased. ─ Urine becomes brown on cooling. ─ Urine turbid, without sediment.

Male Sexual Organs

Drawing in spermatic cords, < l. ─ Scrotum relaxed. ─ Impotence. ─ Indifference to intercourse. ─ Feeling of weight in prostate gland.

Female Sexual Organs

Vulva, vagina and cervix red. ─ Heat in bottom of vagina; pricking and itching at its orifice. ─ Leucorrhœa increased. Pain in ovarian region. ─ Weight in uterus. ─ Pain in whole uterus, esp. l. side. ─ Severe labour-like pain in uterus and appendages.

17, 18. Respiratory Organs and Chest. ─ Pricking in vicinity of glottis. ─ Dryness of windpipe; of ventricles of larynx. ─ Voice weak. ─ Speaking soon fatigues. ─ Irritation of air-passages. ─ Difficult expectoration of bronchial mucus. ─ Breath short. ─ Oppression of chest, which suddenly ceases and then returns at longer or shorter intervals.

Heart and Pulse

Cardiac spasm. ─ Constriction of heart; with quiet and regular pulse, or with a few separate beats in certain arteries, or with hot flushes in different parts of the face. ─ Irregular beating of heart. ─ Pulse stronger and fuller.

Neck and Back

Renewal of old rheumatic pains in l. rhomboid, < pressure. ─ Bruised pain in loins. ─ Obstruction in region of kidneys, with heaviness.

Limbs

Contractions of forearms and legs. ─ Irresistible inclination to stretch. ─ Pain in all joints; < l.; pain in all muscles. ─ Sensation as if hot water ran through marrow of bones.

Upper Limbs

Weariness in all muscles of shoulders. ─ Crampy numbness of r. forearm, hand, and fingers. ─ Pain in finger-joints.

Lower Limbs

Gait unsteady. ─ Inability to stand. ─ Sharp pains in hips. ─ Weariness in muscles of thighs, with crampy movements in calves.

Generalities

Bruised feeling in all muscles; on waking. ─ Wandering pains in muscles of chest and legs. ─ Drawings in several muscles. ─ Malaise. ─ Weariness (with depression, heaviness, and dulness); dull feeling throughout the system generally; and unfitness for everything.

Skin

Spots almost circular, with raised scaly edges. ─ Yellowish spots on legs. ─ Erysipelatous redness. ─ Red points on eyelids, l. side of neck and both hands. ─ Red spots, covered with whitish scales, on l. side of neck. ─ Lilac-coloured spot, shaped like an ear, on sole; the skin over it is depressed, and walking is painful. ─ Erythema on face, neck, back, chest, arms, and thighs; with much itching; with copious sweat. ─ Miliary eruptions on neck, back, and chest. ─ Sudamina on abdomen. ─ Papules on face. ─ Pustules on chest. ─ Pricking on different parts. ─ Itching in several places; itching at tip of nose (in one who had chilblain there every year).

Sleep

Yawning and stretching. ─ Sleepiness; in the daytime. ─ Heavy, dreamless sleep. ─ Persistent dreaming all the time he was asleep; mouth in unpleasant state in morning.

Fever

Shivering in afternoon. ─ Cold hands and feet, with general condition resembling precursory stage of fever, without alteration of pulse. ─ Sensation of coldness in forearm, hand, l. foot, and leg; > by rubbing, but returning when the rubbing ceased. ─ Febrile movements. ─ Heat: of skin; in bones of leg; in l. tibia; in face in flushes; in different parts of face in flushes, esp. temporal regions. ─ Profuse sweat.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

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

General

Indian Pennywort. Umbelliferæ.
A small plant long known as an Indian remedy, growing in India and Southern Africa. First employed by Boileau in the treatment of leprosy.
Experiments by Andouit ; see Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 625 .
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Lupus exedens of nose , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 585 ; Lupus, tuberculous, erythematic , Martin, Hom. Rec., vol. 2, p. 177 ; Ulceration cervix uteri , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 588 ; Pruritus vaginæ , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 588 ; Eczema , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, pp. 586-87 ; Lepra tuberculosa , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 584 ; Gangrene after operation , Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 589 ; Lepra , Boilieu, Sinnasamy, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 462 ; Syphilitic lesions , Martin, Hom. Rec., vol. 2, p. 177.

Mind

Gayety or gloomy thoughts.

Sensorium

Vertigo.

Inner head

Intense pain with some tumefaction in posterior portion of skull ; occiput acutely sensitive, especially to touch.
Tinea favosa ; painful constriction of posterior and superior integuments of skull ; general lassitude and prostration.

Sight and eyes

Tumors of lid, especially in epithelioma.

Upper face

Copper colored eruption on face ; large tubercle on right alæ nasi, as large as sixpence, and covered with a thick crust, under which yellowish matter mixed with blood ; edges of ulcer irregular and livid ; five other tubercles, as large as lentils, near root of nose at both sides, and painless. θ Lupus exedens.
Papular eruption on face.
Neuralgic affections of supra and infraorbital nerves.

Inner mouth

Stomatitis aphthosa.
Syphilitic patches in mouth.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Loathing of food.

Hypochondria

Cirrhosis of liver ; hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue ; obstruction in whole hepatic region ; slight pain in upper portion of liver ; crampy pains in stomach, without nausea.

Abdomen and loins

Flatulent colic.

Stools and rectum

Constipation.

Male sexual organs

Acute and secondary gonorrhœa.
Gonorrhœa, which had been suppressed for fifteen years.

Female sexual organs

Dull pain in region of ovary.
Pains in uterus, especially of left side.
Violent pains in uterus and neighborhood, like labor pains.
Uterus feels heavy.
Redness of os uteri and cervix.
Partly fungous, partly granular ulcer on upper lip of neck of uterus, with profuse leucorrhœa.
Granular ulceration of entire neck of uterus, which is very red ; prolapsus of uterus ; profuse leucorrhœa.
Menses too early.
Deep seated heat in vagina ; shooting and itching in orifice.
Insupportable itching of vagina.
Heat and redness of vagina and vulva.
Profuse leucorrhœa.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Alleviated the sufferings in stenosis of aorta.

Outer chest

Two small pustules on chest.

Neck and back

Swelling of lymphatic vessels of neck.
On lower third of inner surface of left loin a large oval patch, about four and three-fourths inches in length, covered with a powder resembling pulverized chalk ; the edges of a yellowish color ; small eruption having the appearance of millet.

Lower limbs

Yellowish spots on legs.
Insupportable itching of soles of feet.
Back of right foot, over a space of two inches in diameter, was covered with small indurations, having a large thick crust, some grayish-white, others light yellow, the whole resting on a purple base. θ Tuberculous, erythematic lupus.

Nerves

General weariness.
Depression, heaviness and dull feeling.
Bruised feeling in all the muscles.
Hyperemia of nervous centres.
Acts especially upon nervus trigeminus.

Locality and direction

Right : large tubercle on alæ nasi ; back of foot covered with small indurations.
Left : pains in side of uterus.

Sensations

Pains : in uterus.
Intense pain : in posterior portion of skull.
Violent pains : in uterus and neighborhood.
Shooting : in orifice of vagina.
Crampy pains : in stomach.
Neuralgic affections : of supra and infraorbital nerves.
Gout : with very severe paroxysms.
Dull pain : in region of ovary.
Slight pain : in upper part of liver.
Painful constriction : of posterior and superior integuments of skull.
Acute sensitiveness : of occiput.
Bruised feeling : in all muscles.
Deep seated heat : in vagina.
Heavy feeling : of uterus.
Insupportable itching : in orifice of vagina ; of vagina ; of soles of feet.

Tissues

Rheumatic disorders.
Gout with very severe paroxysms.
Gangrene in newly formed flap on little finger.
Syphilitic affections of skin and mucous membranes.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Touch : occiput acutely sensitive.

Skin

Intolerable itching in several places.
Pricking on different parts.
Erysipelatous redness.
Eczema.
Three spots, almost completely circular, with slightly raised, scaly edges.
Pemphigus benignus.
Lepra tuberculosa, especially in face, abdomen, thighs and genitals ; in latter there was a large tubercle, secreting a reddish pus.
Arabian elephantiasis.

Stage of life, constitution

It had a beneficial effect in fifty-seven cases of leprosy treated by Boileau.
Boy, æt. 15 ; lupus, tuberculous and erythematic, on right foot and left loin.
Man, æt. 16, has never suffered either from syphilis or scrofula, has lived for a long time in a damp dwelling, suffering about six months ; lepra tuberculosa.
Young woman, æt. 20, delicate, weakly, during childhood suffered frequently from swelling of glands, mother has a copper colored eruption on face ; suffered for eight years ; lupus exedens of nose.
Man, æt. 22, after an operation ; gangrene of flap.
Lady, æt. 30, suffering for two months ; pruritus vagina.
Woman, æt. 34, childless, tolerably robust constitution, melancholic, skin yellow, has suffered much from grief ; ulceration of cervix uteri.
Woman, æt. 40, melancholic temperament, mother of three children ; affection of uterus.
Married woman, æt. 46, delicate, has had nine children, and much anxiety ; ulcer on neck of uterus.

Relations

Compare Hydrast . (in lupus exedens).