{"id":943,"remedy_name":"Hydrastis Canadensis","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Hot","aggravation_time":"Night","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the root of  Hydrastis canadensis , a perennial herb in the Ranunculaceae. family, native to North America, prepared for homeopathic use through maceration, serial dilution,. and succussion to eliminate toxicity and enhance therapeutic action. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for  mucosal, digestive, respiratory,. psychological,  and  systemic  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  chronic  catarrh,  digestive. weakness,  and  mental  depression.  It  is  noted  for  symptoms  such  as  thick,  tenacious  mucus,. constipation, gastric distress, and low mood, often aggravated by warmth, night, or fasting, and. ameliorated by cool air, rest, or gentle motion. Modern Context : Indicated for  mucosal conditions  (e.g., chronic sinusitis, gastritis),  digestive. conditions (e.g., dyspepsia, constipation),  respiratory conditions  (e.g., bronchitis, pharyngitis),. psychological  conditions (e.g.,  depression,  anxiety),  and  systemic  conditions (e.g.,  fatigue,. cachexia).  It  suits  patients  with  chronic  symptoms  characterized  by  thick  mucus,  digestive. sluggishness, respiratory irritation, or emotional despondency, typically exacerbated by warmth,. night, or fasting, and often seen in individuals with chronic mucosal inflammation, gastrointestinal. disorders, or stress-related depression. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a sensitive,. debilitated constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like sticky nasal discharge or. bloating alongside psychological symptoms like hopelessness or irritability, commonly observed in. patients  with  chronic  rhinosinusitis,  irritable  bowel  syndrome,  or  major  depressive  disorder. triggered by chronic illness or environmental factors.","modalities":"Worse from: Warmth (weather, rooms, drinks), night, fasting, closed rooms, emotional. stress, heavy meals, talking, exertion, humidity, dust, sensory overload.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Absent-mindedness, forgetful. Dullness of memory. Forgetful. Weakness of memory. Can\u2019t remember \nwhat he is reading or talking about. Disturbed by least noise. So nervous that to hear any one speak is \nunbearable. Averse to conversation. \nApathetic. Indifference to everything. Moody. High -spirited. Extreme restlessness . Cheerful on rising in \nmorning. Nervous and sensitive. \nGloomy, taciturn and disagreeable. Hope lessness. Depression and gloom, sure of death and desires it. \nDiscouragement incidental to long suffering and weakness. Irritability after dinner. Irritable, disposed to be \nspiteful. Malicious. Desire to strike. Moaning with occasional outcries from pain. Absent-mindedness, forgetful. Dullness of memory. Forgetful. Weakness of memory. Can\u2019t remember \nwhat he is reading or talking about. Disturbed by least noise. So nervous that to hear any one speak is \nunbearable. Averse to conversation. \nApathetic. Indifference to everything. Moody. High -spirited. Extreme restlessness . Cheerful on rising in \nmorning. Nervous and sensitive. \nGloomy, taciturn and disagreeable. Hope lessness. Depression and gloom, sure of death and desires it. \nDiscouragement incidental to long suffering and weakness. Irritability after dinner. Irritable, disposed to be \nspiteful. Malicious. Desire to strike. Moaning with occasional outcries from pain.","Vertigo":"Feeling as if intoxicated. \nVision - Lack of accommodative power of eyes. Asthenopia. Sparks and light spots on closing eyes.  \nCOMMENTS - Grimmer noted that Hydr. has been proven highly effective in liver cancer. Even in advanced \ncases it has been of great assistance in the relief of pain, permitting the patient to retain consciousness \nHydrastis canadensis to the end without the need of narcotics or analgesics. \nAffinity for stomach, liver and colon cancer (Cadm.). Skin adheres to the tumor, mottled, bluish. Burning pains, \nknife-like pains at the site of tumors, especially rectal tumors. Colon cancer with severe constipation and lumpy \nmucus in the stools. Blood and yellow, stringy mucus in the stool with a knife -like cutting pain in the rectum \nevery time they have a bowel movement. \nCancer at the emaciation stage, the last stages of cancer. Loss of appetite with severe constipation. Tonic can \nrevive appetite (AIL). Cachexia, emaciation associated with chronic disease with yellowish tinge to the skin \nand sunken features. Weakness and faintness spells with sudden attacks of loss of energy and weakness. \nCold sweats. Excessive sweat, especially of the armpits or genitals. \nOffensive ulcers, chancroids, fissures. Ulcerations of the mucus membranes, espe cially the stomach. \nMalignant ulcers, with vomiting of ropy, sticky mucus. Useful in pre-cancerous stage, a period of undefined ill-\nhealth without any discernible new growth. Never well since cancer, emaciated and weak. Used in both potency \nand tincture for cancer treatment, commonly used as a supportive remedy in addition to primary treatment.  \nYellow or white, tough and stringy  catarrh of  almost all mucous surfaces, nasal catarrh, pharyngeal, \nbronchial, gastric, duodenal intestinal, urethral (gonorrhea, gleet), vaginal. \nSinusitis with yellow, thick, stringy, lumpy mucus. Chronic lung disease, coughing up thick, yellow globs. \nAsthmatic states. Chronic dry, harsh, rattling coughs. Chronic weakness and obstruction.  \nDull, heavy, sodden -looking facial expres sion, yellow-white in color. Large, flabby and slimy -looking tongue, \nbluish-white under the fur, which is yellow, slimy and sticky. Tongue is indented by the teeth. \nLittle appetite. Weak digestion of bread and vegetables. Sour, putrid belchings. Full ness and weight at \nstomach. Characteristic empty, aching \u201cgone\u201d feeling, worse after a \nmeal. Jaundice and liver enlargement. Gallbladder attacks. Bitter taste in the mouth. \nBowel movements are either infrequent and constipated or frequent with loose, soft, light-colored stools. Torpor \nof the bowels, stools lumpy, covered with yellowish, tough mucus. Continual pain in the head and a bad taste \nin the mouth with constipation. Severe backache, wakes in the night, worse damp weather.  \nHard, indurated cancer of the breast or cervix (Con.), with yellow, stringy mucus. Scirrhus of uterus or breasts. \nBreast ab scesses, or abscessed glands. Sore mouth nursin g-women, sore nipples. Vaginitis with yellow, \nstringy discharge. Metrorrhagia, leucorrhea. Pruritus vulva. Retained placentas. \nGarth Wilkinson found it an excellent remedy for smallpox taken externally and topically. Eczema, drying into \ncrusts and burning  like fire, has been cured with an application of one part Hydr. tincture to nine parts of \nglycerine. The burning was removed. \nClarke once saw a woman, 60, who had been given Hydr., 5 drops of tincture in water three times a day. After \na week she developed  a scarlet rash, raised and nodular, exceedingly irritable, especially at night. It was on \nevery part of the body except the face and was worse on her buttocks and elbows. It remained a week. At the \n \n \nsame time, the patient became very ill with sickness and general digestive disorder. \nWeiss gave a woman, 31, who had ad herent placenta in several confinements in succession, Hydr. 3x three \ndrops daily from the fourth month during her last three pregnancies. \nEach terminated without adherent placenta. Four other cases of habitual adherent placenta were successfully \ntreated in the same way. \nClifton noted that the dyspepsia occurred frequently in tubercular families and in cases of actual tuberculosis, \nthe loss of appetite and \u201cgoneness\u201d being especially prominent. He found that the tincture and lower potencies \nworked best in dyspepsia, while the higher potencies were better in catarrh of nose and fauces.","Head":"Frontal headache arising from ca tarrh. Headache from gastric difficulties. Sinusitis after coryza  \n(Kali-bi.). Neuralgia of the scalp and neck. Dull, pressing frontal pain, especially connected with constipa - \nHydrastis canadensis tion. Eczema on forehead along the line of hair, worse after washing. Eczema of scalp \nwith thick crusts. Frontal headache arising from ca tarrh. Headache from gastric difficulties. Sinusitis after coryza  \n(Kali-bi.). Neuralgia of the scalp and neck. Dull, pressing frontal pain, especially connected with constipa - \nHydrastis canadensis tion. Eczema on forehead along the line of hair, worse after washing. Eczema of scalp \nwith thick crusts.","Eyes":"Chronic inflammation of eyes. Dark greenish -yellow conjunctiva. Yellow eyes. Opacity of the cornea. \nOphthalmia with thick mucus discharge. Scrofulous ophthalmia, with or without ulceration. Profuse secretion \nof tears, smarting and burning of eyes and lids. Lids agglutinated. Lids greatly swollen and excoriated. Large \npainful stye on left lid. Blepha ritis. Conjunctivitis without discharge. Conjunctivitis with sensation of dryness \nand scratching.","Ears":"Ears red, thickened and covered with scales. Pain in right ear. Otorrhea, thick mucus discharge (fetid). \nFissures behind ears, where ears connect with head. Membrana tympani purplish and bulging. Perforation of \neardrum. Eustachian catarrh with high-pitched voice. Roaring in the ears like machinery. Tinnitus from \ncatarrh of inner ear. Deafness from eusta chian catarrh. Deafness after scarlet fever. Throat deafness. Thick, \noffensive, irritating, catarrhal and purulent discharges from external auditory meatus.","Face":"Thin, yellow, sunken face. Expression weary, dull, skin pale, or yellow -white. Erysipelatous eruption \nfollowing flushes of heat. Tenacious mucus hangs in shreds from mouth. Epithelioma of face, nose and lips. \nAphthae on lips with swelling of tongue. Comedones.","Mouth":"Aphthae. Stomatitis during course of eruptive fevers.  Stomatitis of nursing mothers or weakly \nchildren. Bitter taste. Peppery, flat taste in mouth. Excessive secretion of thick, tenacious mucus. Bleeding, \npainful cancerous growth or tumor on hard palate. Aphthae on the lips. Cancer of lips. Epithelial cancer of lip. \nBleeding painful cancerous growths on hard palate. \nNose - Burning pain in nose. Thick, tenacious yellow-green mucus. Coryza watery, excoriating, burning, \nsmarting and rawness. Sneezing, with fullness over eyes. Sinusitis after coryza  (Kali-bi.). Post -nasal \ndripping. Constant discharge of thick white mucus, sinus headache. Thick, white or yellow, tenacious nasal \ndischarge. Secretions so profuse as to be removed in long tenacious shreds or pieces. Ozaena, with bloody, \npurulent discharge. Ozaena, with ulceration of septum. Blows nose all the time. Tickling, like a hair in right \nnostril. Air feels cold in nose. Nosebleed with burning rawness, followed by itching. Nosebleed before menses. \nPerspiration - Profuse, offensive sweat on genitals. Profuse cold sweat all over. Sweats during frequent \nsudden attacks of fainty spells. Tendency to profuse perspiration and unhealthy skin (Hep.).","Throat":"Throat dry, raw, sore, smarting. Throat as if excoriated, on swallowing. Scraping in larynx. Uvula sore \nand relaxed. Hawking of yellow, thick mucus from posterior sinuses (Kali-bi.). Follicular pharyngitis. Ulcers \nin the throat, especially after mercury. Post-nasal dripping, waking from sleep. Cancerous ulcers. Goiter of \npuberty and pregnancy. Roughness in throat in morning on waking. Smarting and tingling in throat. Sore throat \nfrom gastric derangement. Sore throat, with increased mucus, with burning and rawness.  \nTongue - Tongue raw, with dark red appear ance and raised papillae. Tongue yellow, dirty.  Tongue white, \nswollen, large, flabby, slimy. Tongue coated with thick white fur. Tongue coated with a yellow stripe. Tongue \nshows imprint of teeth  (Merc.). Ulceration of tongue, fissures toward the edges. Tongue  as if burned or \nscalded, later a vesicle forms on the tip. Tongue cancer. Tongue and lips parched, red and dry.","Chest":"Chronic  cough  or  expectoration,  with  thick,  sticky  mucus,  resembling  chronic. bronchitis, worse with warm air, talking, or night. Hoarseness or throat irritation, with a sensation of rawness or tickling, resembling. laryngitis, aggravated by warm rooms or exertion. Chest oppression or wheezing, with a tendency to aggravation in humid conditions,. resembling asthma, worse with warmth or rest. Tendency to respiratory hypersensitivity, with aggravation in catarrhal or allergic. states. Psychological:. Depression or low mood, with a tendency to feel hopeless or despondent, resembling. major depressive disorder, worse with chronic illness, warmth, or night. Anxiety or irritability, with a sensation of inner tension or impatience, resembling. generalized anxiety disorder, aggravated by fasting, fatigue, or emotional stress. Mental fatigue or difficulty concentrating, resembling adjustment disorder, worse. with warmth or exertion. Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal) 1017. Tendency  to  psychological  hypersensitivity,  with  aggravation  during  mucosal  or. digestive flare-ups. Systemic:. Fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of debility or prostration, resembling chronic. fatigue syndrome, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress. Cachexia or weight loss, with a sensation of wasting or emaciation, resembling. malignancy-related cachexia, aggravated by chronic illness or night. Chilliness or cold intolerance, with aggravation in warm, stuffy conditions and a. desire for cool air or rest. Tendency to systemic hypersensitivity, with aggravation in catarrhal or debilitated. states.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Belchings of sour fluid. Sore feeling in stomach more or less constant. Faintne ss at the stomach, \nsinking, gone feeling in stomach with loathing of food or as of a sharp lump in stomach. Atonic dys pepsia. \nChronic gastritis. Weak digestion with debility.  Acute, distressing cutting pains. Chronic gastric catarrh, \nulceration. Painful e pigastric tumors with pulsations. Stomach ulcers with emaciation.  Marasmus. Ulcers \n \n \nand cancer. Stomach cancer with emaciation. Regurgitation of food by mouthful, without nausea. Vomits all \nshe eats, except milk and water mixed. \nStools - Feces in form of h ard balls coated over with yellowish, tough mucus. Slimy, tenacious discharges \nwith tenesmus. Stools hard and knotty, of a gray or brown color. Scanty stools alternating with discharge of \nmembranous casts. Stool light colored, soft, acrid, greenish. Stool lumpy, covered with yellow mucus. Greenish \nstools. \nTemperature - Chills at night. Chill morn ing or evening. Chilliness, especially in back or thighs, with aching, \npulse slow. Heat in flushes. Great heat of whole body. Constant dull burning pains all the e vening. Gastric, \nbilious or typhoid forms of fever, with gastric disturbances, jaundice and great debility following. Heat \nalternating with chill. Influenza in cold, weak, debilitated persons. Burning pain in umbilical region with goneness, faintness in epigastrium. Gastro-duodenal catarrh. \nColon cancer. Flatulent colic with faintness. Loud rumbling with dull aching, worse moving. Abdominal walls \npainful on pressure, during flatulent colic. Cutting, colicky pains, better after passing flatus. Sharp pain in the \ncecal region. Sharp pain spleen region. Pains in the groin as if he had strained himself. Griping pains with the \nstools. Groins as if sprained. Severe pain in bowels from getting feet wet during  \nmenses. Gurgling in ileocaecal region, with bloated abdomen. Intestinal catarrh, followed by ulceration. Poor appetite with constipation. Irritability after dinner.  Indigestion from atony of the stomach, \nespecially in elderly people. Bread or vegetables cause acidity, weakness, indigestion. i\/Vorse by excessive \nuse of alcohol.","Urinary & Genital":"Gonorrhea, in second stage, dis charge thick and yellow. Gleet, debility, copious, painless dis charge. \nDebility after spermatorrhea. Hydrocele. Dragging in right groin to testicle, then to left testicle, then to left groin. \nLong lasting gonorrhea, with great moral and physical depression. Endometritis. Profuse menses, flowing ten days or more. Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia with fibroids. \nCongestive dysmenorrhea. Leucorrhea, worse after menses (Bov., Calc.). Thick, acrid, yellow, ropy \nleucorrhea. Pruritus vulvae with profuse leucorrhea (Calc., Kreos., Sep.). Hot, watery, discharge from uterus. \nFibroid tumors at menopause. Uterine hemorrhage. Uterine complaints bet ter recumbent position. Removes \nthe tendency to habitual adherent placenta. Erosion and excoriation of cervix. Inflammation of cervix, with heat \nand itching of vagina. Vagina sore during sex, bleeding afterwards.","Extremities":"Rheumatic pains. Limbs tired, ache, feel weak, with coryza. Sharp, shifting pain, in right arm and leg, \nthen left leg. Pain from right hip to knee while walking. Aching in sole of left foot, no relief from change of \nposition. Irritable, indolent, atonic or scrofulous ulcers on the legs. \nLiver - Cutting pain from liver to right scapula, worse lying on back or right side. Jaundice, with catarrh of \nstomach and duodenum. Jaundice from structural disease of liver. Liver cancer. Atrophy of liver. Torpor of \nthe liver, with pale, scanty stools. Gallstones. Catarrhal inflammation of mucous lining of gall bladder and biliary \nducts.","Neck & Back":"Dull, heavy, dragging pain and stiffness, particularly across lumbar region, must use arms in raising \nhimself from seat.  Neuralgia of neck. Muscles of neck feel sore. Tired aching across small of back and in \nlimbs, knees ache, better by walking about. Chronic suppuration and swelling o f cervical glands with great \nweakness. Debility and weakness in back and lower limbs better walking about. Excoriation in folds of skin of \nneck. \nBreasts - Cracked and sore nipples of nursing women. Pain in breast (right) on sneezing. Pain in right breast \nand down arm. Breast cancer, pains like knives thrust into part. Nipple retracted. Hard, irregular tumor of left \nbreast, glands in axilla enlarged and painful, cachectic appearance.","Skin":"Fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of debility or prostration, resembling chronic. fatigue syndrome, worse with warmth, exertion, or emotional stress. Cachexia or weight loss, with a sensation of wasting or emaciation, resembling. malignancy-related cachexia, aggravated by chronic illness or night. Chilliness or cold intolerance, with aggravation in warm, stuffy conditions and a. desire for cool air or rest. Tendency to systemic hypersensitivity, with aggravation in catarrhal or debilitated. states.","Sleep":"Awakened by backache and dull pains in navel and hypogastric region. Restless sleep. Difficulty in \nawaking. Dreams wearisome."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}