{"id":1513,"remedy_name":"Fagopyrum Esculentum","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Sycotic Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Afternoon","keynote_indications":"Fagopyrum, commonly known as buckwheat, acts upon the skin and the digestive organs. \nIt has had an extensive proving. Though there is little clinical experience with this herbal remedy on record, \nsome features are sufficiently well marked to justify their being classed as characteristics. \nItching, felt in different parts of the body, eyes, posterior sinuses, anus, deep in hands, legs etc. Intense an \nitching of the arms and legs, becoming worse toward evening. Senile itching,pruritus. \nItching erythema. Blotches like fleabites, sometimes all over the body, sore to the touch and are multiplied by \nscratching. Persistent eruptions. Large blind boils. \nThe itching of the face is especially marked about the roots of the whiskers. Persistent itching of the hands \nwhich is \u201cdeep in,\u201d being supposed to be the result of irritation of the coats of the arteries.  \nOffensive excretions. Fluent coryza. Post nasal catarrh, dry crusts, granular appearance of posterior sinuses \nwith itching. Pain in streaks. Visible pulsation of the carotids and other arteries.","modalities":"Better coffee. Better cold water. Better cold applications. Better cold air. Better sitting still. Better \nin a warm room. Better pressure and motion. Worse in the afternoon. Worse from sunlight. Worse walking. \nWorse in bright sunlight. Worse from motion. Worse deep inspiration. Worse stooping. Worse ascending. \nWorse writing. Worse scratching. Worse riding in cars. Worse lying on right side. Worse after retiring.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Depressed and irritable. Irritable, cross. Exceedingly happy. Inability to fix attention, study or to \nremember what has been read. Aversion to being spoken to. Confusion of mind better after eating. \nRestlessness during mental labor, when attempting to study. Depressed and irritable. Irritable, cross. Exceedingly happy. Inability to fix attention, study or to \nremember what has been read. Aversion to being spoken to. Confusion of mind better after eating. \nRestlessness during mental labor, when attempting to study.","Head":"Itching in and around eyes and ears. Pains deep in head with upward pressure. Headaches with a \ntired neck, better bending backwards. Head hot, better bending backward with tired neck. Occipital headache. \nBursting pains. Cerebral hyperemia. Itching in and around eyes and ears. Pains deep in head with upward pressure. Headaches with a \ntired neck, better bending backwards. Head hot, better bending backward with tired neck. Occipital headache. \nBursting pains. Cerebral hyperemia.","Eyes":"Eyes swollen, red, hot, itching, as if sand in eyes. Itching and smarting, swelling, heat and soren\u00e9ss. \nItching in the margins. Aching deep in eyeballs. As if eyeballs were pushed out. Lachrymation, worse by \nreading. Pain along lachrymal duct. Meibomian glands of left lower lid inflamed.","Ears":"Itching in and around ears. Heat, itching and neuralgic pains in external ears. Itching along Eustachian \ntubes.","Face":"Face flushed. Soreness of left malar bone, also of temporal region. Lips dry and cracked, vertical crack \non upper lip.","Mouth":"Soreness of teeth on closing them, worse by cold water. Gums sore and bleed easily. Swelling in roof \nof mouth. Bad taste in mouth in morning. Taste of ingesta after dinner, with belchings. \nNeck - Parotid and submaxillary glands swollen, sore and painful. Stiffness of neck and soreness of all neck \nmuscles. Neck tired, as if unable to support head. Dull pain in back of neck, at base of occiput,\u2019 better bending \nhead backwards. \nNose - Itching in posterior sinuses. Post nasal catarrh. Fluent coryza with sneezing, followed by dryness and \ncrust formation. Nose red and sore externally. Septum deeply cracked.","Throat":"Soreness and a feeling of excoria tion deep down pharynx. Uvula elongated, tonsils swollen. Thick \nmucus collects in throat on rising. Badly-smelling cheesy mass coughed up. Feeling as if a lump in esophagus, \npainful on swallowing. Throbbing of carotids. \nCOMMENTS - Berridge recorded two cases in which Fago, was of service. The first case concerned a dull, \nbruised pain in top of left shoulder, rather posteriorly, extending up neck, worse on moving the part, appearing \non waking, going off after breakfast and returning later in the day. \nConstipation. Nausea a little before 11 a.m., afterwards dull pain in left temple and a feeling of heat all over. \nAfter aggravating the pain in the shoulder, Fago, removed the symptoms. \nIn the second case. Fago, permanently removed, after a week's aggravation, sink ing in the stomach about 6 \np.m. or 7 p.m., and temporarily removed a chronic diarrhea about 6 p.m. or 7 a.m. The diarrhea was later \nincreased and was met by Lach. \nHale mentioned that there was a popular belief that indulgen ce in buckwheat cakes is a prolific cause of skin \neruptions. He found it curative in cases of eczema, erythema and intertrigo.  \nDeep-seated and persistent effects upon the head. Vertigo, confusion. Severe pres - sive or bursting pain in \nmany parts of head wi th upward pressure. Pain in forehead, back of eyes, through temporal region on either \nside. Congestive headaches (Bell., Glon., Nux-v., Sep.). \nItching, smarting, swelling, heat and soreness in the eyes. Soreness in the ears. Erysipelas, frostbite (Agar.). \nSwollen, red, inflamed and sore nose. Fluent coryza with sneezing, followed by fullness, dryness and the \nformation of crusts. Burning, sore- \nFagopyrum esculentum ness and persistent pain from even gentle pressure. \nThe face is pale or unevenly flushed with dark semicircles below the eyes. Swollen, hot and dry, as though \nseverely sunburned, with cracked and sore lips. The mouth feels dry and hot and yet saliva is not wanting. \nSoreness and swelling of roof of mouth. Tongue is red and fissured along its edges. Bad taste in the morning \n(Puls.). \nSoreness with pain in throat, just back of the isthmus of the fauces. Feeling of exco riation and soreness \n \n \nextending deep down in the pharynx. Elongated uvula, swollen and red tonsils. Sensation of rawness in the \nthroat (Phyt.). Scarlet redness of the neck below the mastoid process. Throbbing of the carotids. Neck feels \ntired, the head heavy. Parotid glands are swollen and painful. \nPersistent morning nausea, vomiting of pregnancy. Appetite improved by eating (opposite of Ly c., Nux-m.). \nEmpty or \u201call- gone\u201d feeling at the stomach (Sep.). Fullness and pain in the abdomen, but no rumbling. Frequent \ndischarges of flatus. The region of the liver is painful, tender, worse from pressure, compelling the patient to \nlie on the left side. Stools are pappy or watery, profuse, offensive, followed by tenesmus.  \nScalding urine, pain extends from testicles to abdomen. Profuse, offensive smelling perspiration on the male \ngenital organ. Bruised or burning pain in the right ovary, particularly w hen walking. Pruritus with slight yellow \nleucorrhea, more when at rest than when exercising. \nPersistent, heavy, pulsating pain in chest, worse from deep inspiration. Dull pains around the heart, with \noppression and oc casional sharp pains passing through t he heart. Pressure with the hand increases the \noppression. Increased pulse, extremely variable. \nStiffness and soreness of all the muscles of the neck, with pain and a feeling as if the neck would hardly \nsupport the head. Dull pains in small of back with st itching pains in the region of the kidneys. Pains with \noccasional sharp stitches extend from the arms to muscles of both sides of chest.  \nDull, aching, rheumatic pains in the shoulder. Stinging and burning pains extend the whole length of fingers, \naggravated by motion. Streaking pains pass through arms and legs with sharp pains extending to feet. Pains \nextend from hips to small of back, frequently run down to the feet. \nSleepiness in the evening, stretching and yawning. Easily wakened when the mind is diverted, but soon falls \nagain into sleepiness. Sleep is disturbed by troublesome dreams and frequent waking.","Chest":"Heavy feeling, bruised pains and stitches in chest. Twinges of pain up and down left breast, outer \nside. Sharp, stitch-like needle prick in right breast on inspiration. After retiring, s evere sticking through breast \nfrom nipple backward, better by pressure. \nConstitutions - Weak constitutions. Pain around heart, better lying on back, extending to left shoulder and arm. Palpita tions with \noppression. Pulse irregular intermittent, rapid. Light feeling in chest. Throbbing in all arteries after retiring. \nKidneys - Stitching pains in region of right kidney. Cutting in urethra. Difficulty in voiding last drops of urine, \nseveral drops pass after he thinks he has finished. Touching the neck  occasions a cough with a smarting sensation extending to the ear and throat, \nunder lobe of right \near. Breath very offensive.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Bruised, sore feeling in stom ach. Uneasy, empty feeling in stomach. Belchings of scalding, hot, \nacid, watery substance, better coffee. Drooling. Persistent nausea, better eating. \nTemperature - Chills along back in after noon. Cold, clammy sweat at night, very profuse. Sweat of hands, \nthough cold. Hands and feet alternately hot and cold. Soles of feet moist, disagreeable odor in axilla. Face, \nhead and hands burn in afternoon. Heat and restlessness after retiring. Abdomen distended with flatulence, worse by pressure of clothes. Soreness in hypogastrium.","Urinary & Genital":"Profuse offensive sweat of genital organs. Itching, better by cold water. Pruritus vulvae with yellow leucorrhea, worse rest. Leucorrhea \nstaining yellow. Burning in right ovary. Pains in right ovary, on walking in afternoon.","Extremities":"Stiffness and bruised sensation in the muscles of the neck, with sensation as if nape of neck could \nnot support head. Pain in shoulder with pain along fingers. Itching in arms and legs, worse towards evening. \nItching deep in hands. Streaking pains in arms and legs. Feet numb and pricking.  \nLiver - Pain in region of liver on stooping. Bruised, sore feeling at 10 a.m., worse lying on right side. Sharp \nsticking through liver from the back.","Neck & Back":"Stiffness and bruised feeling in the muscles of the neck with sensation as if nape would not support the \nhead. \nBreasts - Breast less painful than usual before period.","Skin":"Eczema. Erythema. Intertrigo. Blind boils. Skin hot. swollen. Severe itching, better by bathing in cold \nwater, worse scratching, and touch. Itching of hands, deep within.Itching  of knees, elbows and hairy \nportions. Senile pruritus. Sore, red blotches. Vesicular, pustular and phlegmonous dermatitis.","Sleep":"Constant desire to yawn and stretch, 5 to 6 p.m. Restless night, wakes 5 a.m. and sleeps again, many \ndreams."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}