Antidote: Arnica.

Back.--Sore pain down cervical vertebre. Severe pain in lumbar and hypogastric region, extending down legs.

Compare: Arnica; Calend; Trillium; Bellis; Sulph ac; Pulsatilla.

Complementary: Ferrum.

Venous congestion, hemorrhages, varicose veins, and hemorrhoids, with bruised soreness of affected parts, seem to be the special sphere of this remedy. Acts upon the coats of the veins causing relaxation with consequent engorgement. Passive venous hemorrhages from any part. Great value in open, painful wounds, with weakness from loss of blood. After operations, supersedes the use of morphia (Helmuth).

Dose.--Tincture, to sixth attenuation. Distilled extract locally.

Extremities.--Tired feeling in arms and legs. Very sore muscles and joints. Varicose veins. Chilliness in back and hips, extending down legs. Neuralgia of internal saphenous nerve.

Eyes.--Painful weakness; sore pain in eyes; bloodshot appearance; inflamed vessels greatly injected. Hastens absorption of intraocular hemorrhage. Eyes feel forced out.

Female.--Ovarian congestion and neuralgia; feel very sore. Vicarious menstruation. Uterine hemorrhage, bearing-down pain in back. Menses dark, profuse, with soreness in abdomen. Metrorrhagia, occurring midway between menstrual periods. Intermenstrual pain (Jas. W. Ward). Vagina very tender. Profuse leucorrhea. Vulva itches. Milk-leg, hemorrhoids, and sore nipples, after confinement. Metrorrhagia; passive flow. Vaginismus, ovaritis, soreness over whole abdomen. Phlegmasia alba.

Head.--Wants "the respect due to me" shown. Feeling as of a bolt from temple to temple. Fullness, followed by epistaxis. Numbness over frontal bone.

Male.--Pain in spermatic cord, running into testes. Varicocele. Pain in testicles. Orchitis. Testicles enlarged, hot, and painful. Epididymitis.

Modalities.--Worse, warm, moist air.

Nose.--Bleeding from nose profuse; flow passive, non-coagulable, with tightness in bridge of nose. Bad odor from nose.

Relationship.--Compare in hemorrhoids: Calc fluor; Aloe; Mur ac in varicose veins. Mangifera indica.

Respiratory.--Hemoptysis; tickling cough. Chest feels sore and constricted.

Skin.--Bluish chilblains. Phlebitis. Purpura. Varicose veins and ulcers; very sore. Burns. Ecchymosis. Traumatic inflammations (Arnica).

Stomach.--Tongue feels burnt. Thirst. Blisters on side. Hematemesis of black blood. Throbbing and pain in stomach.

Stool.--Anus feels sore and raw. Hemorrhoids, bleeding profusely, with soreness. Dysentery. Pulsation in rectum.

Throat.--Mucous membrane distended and bluish; varicosis of throat.

Urine.--Hematuria, with increased desire.