{"id":1527,"remedy_name":"Gaultheria Procumbens","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Several cases of poisoning with the oil have been recorded in which symptoms of acute \ngastritis appeared. Prolonged vomiting, set up afresh by the least thing taken, as a cup of water. Severe pain \nin epigastrium. Slow, laborious breathing. \nInsensibility and hot skin. Inflammatory arthritis, rheumatism, sciatica and other neuralgias. Pleurodynia. \nBladder and prostatic irritation. Kidney inflammation. Undue sexual excitement.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Head":"Neuralgia of head and face. Neuralgia of head and face.","Ears":"Marked dullness of hearing.","Chest":"Pleurodynia with pain in anterior mediastinum.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Acute gastritis, severe pain in epigastrium. Prolonged vomiting.  Uncontrollable appetite, with \nirritable stomach. Stomach pain from nervous depression. \nTongue - Tongue dry, smooth and slightly swollen. Speech rather indistinct from the swelling.  \nCOMMENTS - B. F. Lang related his experience with material does in ciliary neuralgia, facial neuralgia, gastric, \novarian, uterine and menstrual neuralgias, sciatica and inflammatory rheumatism. \nAnshutz wrote on the action of Gaultheria: \u201cMy attention was first called to its use about ten years ago southern \nOhio, where I re ceived most pleasing results in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatism. Afterwards to \ncomplaints in form of neuralgia.\u201d \n\u201cWhile I am not a champion of any specific, I want to say that this drug has given me the quickest and most \nsatisfactory results of any remedy in  the Materia Medica. If there is anything that a person wants relief from \nquick and now, it is from these excruciating pains.\u201d \n\u201cOften was I called to treat some obstinate cases of ciliary neuralgia or facial or in fact nearly every form of \nneuralgia and found my skill taxed to its utmost to bring out the balm. Did I find it in the homeopathic indicated \nremedy? I trust so, but not in any Materia Medica. I don't say but what I got some results from them, but I found \nit in this a \u201chelper\u201d, it came to my relief immediately and to the great comfort of the patient.\u201d \n\u201cIn severest cases of neuralgia of the head and face it would do its work quick and well.  \nEqually well has it served me in very severe cases of neuralgia of stomach and bowels, while for the past few \n \n \nyears it has done faithful work in ovarian and uterine neuralgia following or preceding difficult menstruation. I \nhave many a dear friend today whose relief from suffering was found in this remedy. I am satisfied that it should \nbe given a prominent place in our Materia Medica.\u201d \n\u201cLest this article should become tedious, I will cite a few cases. Mr. A., traveling man from Chicago, a few years \nago called on me for temporary relief of a severe case of ciliary neuralgia. He had suffered for many years with \nit, every spring especially and that he had consulted great numbers of physicians of Chicago, Milwaukee and \nCincinnati. He said, \u201chad taken bushels of drugs, both old and new school,\u201d with only temporary relief.\u201d  \n\u201cSo he expected nothing more, as he was told he must wear it out. I told him I thought I could give him relief. I \nfurnished him one- half ounce of Gaultheria with directions to take, did not see him again for two years.\u201d  \n\u201cWhen he came into my office one day and greeted me by saying I was the only man that could ever give him \nany permanent relief from his sufferings, that he never had any return after first day taking medicine.\u201d  \n\u201cMiss B., dressmaker, came to me suffering terribly with facial neuralgia and greeted me similar to No. 1, that \nshe expected nothing but temporary relief, as she had been afflicted for a long time. Gave her 2 drachms of \noil of Wintergreen told her to take one dose immediately and another in two hours if the pain did not quiet \ndown.\u201d \n\u201cShe was careful to ask if it was an opiate, as she objected to that. I assured her it was not, saw her next day, \nsaid that pain disappeared and had not returned. I was acquainted with the lady for three and one - half years \nand she only had one return of the disease, which the same remedy relieved immed iately. Many cases more \ncould I cite in which it never has failed me.\u201d \n\u201cAnother case: Mrs. G., 1 was called to relieve a severe case of neuralgia of stomach and bowels this last \nsummer, who had been under the care of two of my worthy competi tors. They had exhausted their pill case \nand for about three weeks the poor woman had suffered everything but death itself.\u201d  \n\u201cAfter diagnosing the case I put her on this remedy and in two hours she was relieved. After two days was able \nto be about and cured shortly by no other remedy than it. I want to say you will find a true friend in this remedy \nin all forms of neuralgia and only give a few suggestions now, but if it should be necessary could give scores \nto prove its value. I mentioned in the beginning that it had been of great value in inflammatory rheumatism.\u201d \n\u201cA word as to the best way of giving the drug. I have found that the dose should never be less than five drops \nand if pain is severe fifteen drops repeated in half hour afterwards two hours apart. For adult it may be \nnecessary to give twenty drops at first. It always should be dropped on sugar and taken.\u201d  \n\u201cOne suggestion: I would like to have it put in a tablet of about two to five drops pure oil, as 1 think it could be \ntaken more satisfactorily. While the crude oil is very pleasant to take at first, yet, on account of its strong odor, \nwill nauseate after awhile if not removed from room. I am confident that if you make this into a tablet and place \nit among your remedies you would have a weapon that you could plac e into the hands of doctors of untold \nvalue in these troubles.\u201d Very severe pain in epigastrium and inferior part of the hypochondria, greatly worse by pressure \nof finger. Inordinate, uncontrollable appetite for food. Irritability of the stomach, ev erything, even cold water, is \nimmediately rejected.","Skin":"Smarting and burning. Intense ery thema, worse cold bathing, better olive oil and cool air blowing on \npart."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}