Author:
William Boericke
Book:
Boericke
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Urtica urensn
Urtica urens
A remedy for agalactia and lithiasis. Profuse discharge from mucous surfaces. Enuresis and urticaria. Spleen affections. Antidotes ill-effects of eating shellfish. Symptoms return at the same time every year. Gout and uric acid diathesis. Favors elimination.
Rheumatism associated with urticaria-like eruptions. Neuritis.
Head: Vertigo, headache with spleen pains.
Abdomen: Diarrhoea chronic disease of large intestine characterized by large secretion of mucus.
Male: Itching of scrotum, keeps him awake; scrotum swollen.
Female: Diminished secretion of milk. Uterine haemorrhage. Acid and excoriating leucorrhoea. Pruritus vulvae, with stinging, itching, and oedema. Arrests flow of milk after weaning. Excessive swelling of breasts.
Extremities: Pain in acute gout deltoid; pain in ankles, wrists.
Skin: Itching blotches. Urticaria, burning heat, with formication; violent itching. Consequences of suppressed nettlerash. Rheumatism alternates with nettle-rash. Burn confined to skin. Urticaria nodosa (Bov). Erythema, with burning and stinging. Burns and scalds. Chicken-pox (Dulc). Angioneurotic oedema. Herpes labialis with sensation of heat and itching. Itching and stinging of scrotum.
Fever: General heat in bed with soreness over abdomen. Fever of gout. Tropical fever.
Modalities: Worse, from snow-air; water, cool moist air, touch.