{"id":13623,"remedy_name":"Coccus Cacti (HMT)","remedy_type":"Remedy","alternative_names":["Cochineal"],"miasm":"Tubercular Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Coccus Cacti is commonly used in the treatment of day-to-day\nsuperficial and short-lived ailments.  Yet, it is a profoundly active\nmedicine with the capability of curing chronic illnesses within its\njurisdiction.  So it should not only  be taken as a simple, temporary\ntype of remedy.\n\nIn Coccus, all the discharges are sticky long and threadlike.  The\nthreadlike pus resembles wool or a woven rope.  The presence of\nsimilar type of expectoration in whooping cough  is suggestive of\nCoccus Cacti.  In this way, Coccus is like Kali Bichrome which it\nresembles in the sense that its expectoration is also sticky and thready,\nand it is also useful in whooping cough.\n\nCoccus patients remain sick during the winter season and do not get\nbetter until the onset of summer.  They cannot get rid of cold and\ncatarrh.  If the nasal discharge is threadlike, then Coccus should be\nutilized without hesitation.  In fact , it works promptly, effectively and\nfor a long time.  The cough and the cold become worse in a warm\nroom, while the cold and cold water relieve them however the\nsymptoms recur soon.  This contradicting behaviour of the remedy\nshould always be remembered.  Body heat resulting from exercise\nproves harmful.  Exposure to cold establishes the a ilments deeply,\nwhile inner heat also aggravates the symptoms.  Sometimes, external\nheat may also make the symptoms worse.\n\nThe difficulty in breathing experienced while making an ascent is due\nto the accumulation of sputum in the chest.  It is not related to the\nweakness of the heart.  Once the pa tient vomits out the expectoration,\nthe chest feels light and going up heights will not be difficult\nanymore.\n\nIn Coccus, the cough arises out of the need to expel the expectoration\n(which causes spasm in the throat).  The distinguishing sign of Coccus\nis the sensitivity of skin and inner linings, resembling the plant\n\u2018Touch-me-not\u2019, which withdraws on touch.  Sensitivity of the throat\n\nis a special symptom of the Coccus  ailment.  In Coccus, there is\nsometimes difficulty in swallowing also.\n\nIn Coccus the urinary symptoms such as the urgent need to urinate,\npassing small brick red particles a nd gravel in the urine, and the\npresence of uric acid causing a st abbing type of pain from the kidney\ndown to the bladder (renal colic), ar e of great importance.  Sometimes\nthe urination may suddenly stop altogether.\n\nRegarding the symptoms in women, menstrual blood is thick, dark and\ncontains large blood clots.  This may be associated with an inability to\npass urine (i.e. retentio n of urine).  The periods become interrupted,\nresuming only at night.\n\nAfter the running nose stops, the ye llowish sticky secretions stick\ninside the nose.  After blowing the nose, the inner lining feels as if it is\nburning.  The patient feels extremel y thirsty.  Ment al depression,\nsolitude and silence or excessive ta lking, are also the symptoms of\nCoccus (like Lachesis).  In Coccus, the catarrh can also affect the\nstomach, intestines and inner linings.\n\nPotency: usually 30","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}