Stachys betonica stach.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Betony Wood (BETONICA)

Produces pains in various parts.

Stitches in right temple. Inability to concentrate mind.

Pains in abdomen, hepatic region and of transverse colon, also in gall-bladder and right inguinal region and spermatic cords.

Shooting pain in back of both wrist joints. Wrist drops. Pain in right popliteal space down leg, which feels paralyzed.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1902

Stachys betonica. Wood Betony. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Cold, Diaphragm, paralysis of. Headache. Vertigo.

Berridge published the proving of Stach . made by Croker and himself with some others. Dizziness, fulness in head and eyes with disposition to take cold were the most prominent symptoms. A feeling of oppressed breathing as from paralysis of diaphragm is a peculiar symptom. Stach . has been used in eye-waters, and as a remedy for headaches.

Compare Lycopus and the Labiatæ.

Dizziness > open air; < closing eyes, or moving head. ─ Fulness over and in eyes as if they would burst. ─ Dull, heavy action in frontal region > walking about in room.

Heavy, sleepy feeling in eyes. ─ Pain in eyeballs as if too tense; < looking at light, reading, thinking, bending head down.

Slight earache.

Frequent sneezing; on going indoors from open air; increased nasal mucus.

Eructations; tasting of drug. ─ Warmth in stomach; increasing to sharp cutting pain. ─ Weight in stomach with feeling of sickness.

Woke with desire to urinate in night. ─ Urine: high-coloured; ammoniacal.

Breathing oppressed as from paralysis of diaphragm; constriction just behind ensiform cartilage, on walking up hill must keep mouth open.

Tired, esp. in legs. ─ Great sensitiveness to take cold.

Free diaphoresis. ─ In night profuse sweat, limited to head, neck, avid chest.