🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile
This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Chimaphila Umbellata. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
▲HERBAL GENERAL ACTIONS
Chim acts principally on the kidneys and bladder, producing gravelSmall sand-like deposits in urineSmall, sandy or stony deposits passed in the urine, causing painful urination or colic. in kidneys and acute
and chronic catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane. in the bladder (cystitisInflammation of the urinary bladderInflammation of the urinary bladder, typically caused by a bacterial urinary tract infection, causing painful urination.).
Scanty urine loaded with
ropy, muco-purulent sediment.
CalculusStone in kidney, bladder, or gall bladderA hard mass or stone formed from mineral deposits in the urinary tract or gallbladder..
Hepatic and kidney dropsies.
Passive kidney, uterine and intestinal hemorrhages.
LeucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection..
Gonorrhea.
Chim also acts on the prostate
and liver.
Prostatic enlargement.
Prostatic irritation.
CatarrhalRelating to membrane inflammation and mucusRelating to catarrh, which is inflammation of mucous membranes with increased watery discharge. states with mucus, pus and blood, offensive or
not.
Affects lymphatic and mesenteric glands and female breasts.
Plethoric young women with dysuriaPainful or difficult urinationDiscomfort, pain, or a burning sensation during urination, often indicating a urinary tract infection..
Women
with large breasts.
Chronic alcoholics.
Incipient and progressive cataracts
▲HERBAL PROPERTIES & MODALITIES
Better from walking.
Worse in damp weather, washing in cold water, si tting on cold stones
orpavements, beginning urination, and on left side
▲HERBAL INTERACTIONS & SAFETY
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( 1 ) Chim-m. - intense gnawing hunger, burning fever, sensation of swelling in arm
pits.
Kidneys - Acute inflammation of the uri nary tract.
NephritisInflammation of the kidneysAn inflammatory condition of the kidneys, affecting their filtering units, which can cause pain, blood in urine, or swelling..
Suppressed urine in infants.
Urging to urinate.
Urine turbid offensive, containing rop y or bloody mucus and depositing a copious sediment.
Burning and
scalding during urination and straining afterwards.
Must strain before
flow comes.
Scanty urine.
Fluttering in region of kidney.
Cystitis.
Bladder tenes mus, worse sitting, better
walking.
Cannot pass urine without standing with feet apart and body inclined forwards.
Clots of blood pass
with urine.
Sugar in urine.
Cystitis.
▲VISION & EYES
Halo around the light.
Stabbing pain in the left eye with lachrymation
▲FACE & COMPLEXION
Flushing of cheeks with some general heat and quickened pulse
▲ORAL CAVITY
Jaws feel stiff, cannot close mouth at night, sleeps with the mouth open.
Vesicular ulcers in mouth
▲RESPIRATORY & THROAT
Palate sore, very sensitive to warm drink or food.
Rawness of upper and back part of palate.
Tongue smarting, sore.
Full of vesicles, great thirst and desire to cool the tongue is furred,
more towards root, no appetite.
COMMENTS-Chim has been proved by Jean
G.
Bute and H.
P.Gatchell.
Itcauses flushing of cheeks with some general heat and accelerated pulse.
Increase
of appetite.
Worse in cold damp weather, after washing in cold water, from sitting on a cold, wet stone.
Acute rheumatismJoint, muscle, or tissue painInflammatory pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints, muscles, or surrounding connective tissues. of shoulder.
EdemaSwelling caused by excess fluid in tissuesA condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. of arms (right).
Inward trembling without mental disturbance.
Cannot close jaws at night jaws feel stiff, sleeps with mouth open.
Toothache worse after eating and from
exertion, better by cold water.
Palate sore, very sensitive to warm drink or food, rawness of upper and back
part of palate.
Inflammation of liver with ascitesFluid accumulation in the abdomenAn abnormal buildup of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of the abdomen, causing swelling, bloating, and discomfort., abdominal and kidney dropsies.
Enlarged mesenteric glands.
Gallstone colicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
Particularly indicated for kidney and liver problems in conjunction (Berb., Lyc.).
Co nstant pain in region of
kidneys, as if something fluttering in kidney region, first one side, then the other.
Obstinate constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass. and hemorrhoidsPiles or swollen veins in the rectumSwollen, inflamed blood vessels around the anus or lower rectum, causing pain, itching, or bleeding..
Deep -seated shooting pain in the left side of anus.
“Sensation of
swelling in perineum on sitting, as if a ball was pressing against it.”
Pressing fullness in region of bladder tenesmusPainful urge to empty bladder or bowelsA distressing, constant, and ineffectual urge to evacuate the bowels or bladder, accompanied by pain., strangurySlow, painful, drop-by-drop urinationA painful condition characterized by the slow, spasmodic discharge of urine drop-by-drop, accompanied by a constant urge..
Constant desire to urinate, must rise
several times in the night.
Great quantities of thick, ropy mucus in urine.
Blood in urine.
Smarting pain, painful
irritation from neck of bladder, whole length of urethra to meatus.
Prostatic disorders.
Loss of prostatic fluid.
Bruised pain in testicle, with stricture.
Leucorrhea.
Rapid atrophy of
breasts ortumors.
In homeopathic practice, Coburn reported the cures i n several cases.
The first concerned a case of stricture
in a man, 30.
He had dysuria, severe pain, scalding and burning.
At times urine voided in a large gush, at
others in thready stream and towards the end, drained off drop by drop.
Merc -c and Canth had temporarily
relieved.
Coburn also noted a case of prostatitis after sitting on cold stone.
There was pain and a sensation as if he had
bruised one of the testicles.
The third case Coburn recorded concerned a case of breast cancer in a 21 year old patien t.
Tumor in left
breast, hard, movable, sharp pains at site.
For four months, under Arn., Ars., Cic., Thuj., the tumor increased,
skin became contracted, nipple drawn in eight months, it broke out into an irregular ulceration with lacerated
edges, fetid discharge.
Axillary glands swollen.
Chim.
1c in 10 drops doses, every four hours was given and the same locally applied.
The pains diminished.
Swelling decreased, and in six months the patient was well
▲GASTROINTESTINAL & ABDOMEN
Aching pain below right hypochondrium while writing.
Organic disease of the liver with ascites.
ScrofulousProne to swollen glands or tuberculosisRelating to scrofula, a constitutional tendency to tuberculous swelling of the lymph nodes. mesenteric gland
▲REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Acute prostatitis with retention and dysuria and feeling of a ball in perineum, as if sitting on aball
(Cann-i.).
Gonorrhea and prostatitis.
Smarting in urethra from n eck of bladder to meatus, excessive itching.
Gonorrhea, gleet, syphilis, prostatorrhea.
Loss of prostatic fluid.
Prostatic enlarge ment and irritation.
Atrophy
of testicles.
Labia inflamed, swollen.
Pain in vagina.
Hot flashes.
Prolapsed uterus or vagina.
Leucorrhea
▲MUSCULOSKELETAL & LIMBS
Feeling of a band above left knee.
Acute rheumatism of shoulder.
Pain in right arm, about upper half
of biceps and shoulder joint.
Fistulous ulcerOpen painful sore on skin or mucous membraneAn open sore on an external or internal surface of the body, caused by a break in the skin or mucous membrane. on right forearm, with stinging and crawling.
Paronychia
▲SPINE, BACK & NECK
Sensation in region of kidneys, as if something were fluttering within.
Painful tumor of breasts, not
ulcerated, with undue secretion of milk.
Painful breast tumor in young unmarried women with very
large breasts and tumor in the breast gland with sharp pain through it.
Constitutions - Suited to cachectic, scrofulous individuals and broken -down constitutions.
Abdominal and
kidney dropsies in broken-drown constitutions and intemperate subjects.
Women with large breasts or plethoric
women with dysuria
▲DERMATOLOGY & SKIN
Scrofulous ulcers.
Glandular enlargements.
Redness, vesication or desquamationPeeling or shedding of skin layersThe shedding or peeling of the outer layers of the skin, typically in scales or sheets, following inflammation or infection..
Eruption of dark red
spots without sensation.
Malignant ulcers.
Scarlet fever.
Teeth - Toothache, as if being gently pulled, worse after eating or from exertion, better by cold water.
Temperature - Hectic fever and night sweats.
Flushing of checks with general heat
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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