{"id":1080,"remedy_name":"Ocimum Sanctum","remedy_type":"Homeopathic Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Psoric Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Ocimum canum is a species of this shrub which grows abundantly in Brazil. Dr. Mure, who \nproved and introduced it, noted that it is largely used in Brazil \u201cas a specific for diseases of the kidneys, \nbladder, and urethra.\u201d  He gave a short list of nineteen symptoms which are partly clinical and partly \npathogenetic. \nDr. Mure's experience was several times verified by several noted homeopaths. Drs. Pramada Prasanna \nBiswas of Pabna, Bengal, N. Sinha and N. C. Ghosh have made provings of this drug.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Memory weak. Forgetfulness. Mistakes in talking. Difficulty concentrating. Prostration and \ndrowsiness. Patient falls asleep while answering questions. Child is peevish and cries, does not  like to lie in \nbed. Irregular delirium, disturbed. Memory weak. Forgetfulness. Mistakes in talking. Difficulty concentrating. Prostration and \ndrowsiness. Patient falls asleep while answering questions. Child is peevish and cries, does not  like to lie in \nbed. Irregular delirium, disturbed.","Vertigo":"Vertigo on rising. \nCOMMENTS - Oci-s. has an assured place in the treatment of influenza and in common nasal catarrh. \nRemittent fever associated with cough, cold or diarrhea, pneumonia, broncho -pneumonia, bronchitis and \nasthma. \nTyphoid fever or fever associated with delirium, comatose condition, prostration, and falls into slumber or \ndrowsiness while answering questions (Bapt.). Fever in in fluenza, associated with cough, acute pains in the \nbody, bone pains, soreness of the muscles, and terrible headache (Eup-per.). \nFevers associated with cough, cold and diarrhea, especially in children. Fevers prevalent in rainy season, \nwinter or spring. Intermittent fever. Fever with thirst or absence of thirst. \nFever comes on in the afternoon with extreme chilliness, with shivering. Chilliness, even when exposed to the \nsun. Hands and the feet become cold and do not become warm easily. Numbness and tingling in hands and \nfeet. \nExtreme heat and flushes of heat felt over the face and eyes during hot stage. Burning sensation in the palms \nof hands and soles of feet, relieved by cold breeze or placing cold water on the head.  \nSweat with heat. Heat, sweat, and chilliness may appear alternately. Sweat, delirium, drowsiness or comatose \n \n \ncondition. \nRemittent fevers of children, fever during dentition period, diarrhea and worm affec tions (Cina.). \nWormcomplaints of children, fretful and peevish, start from sleep, and do not allow the physician to examine \nthem. The children become awfully peevish, always cry, become quiet while they are being carried (Cham.). \nAching pains, in the feet and legs. Pains are felt all over the body. Offensive and filthy odor. Putrefaction. \nContagious and infectious diseases caused by bacteria or bacilli. \nTerrible headache. Headach e due to con gestion, common cold, influenza or fever. Headache relieved by \napplication of cold water on the head or by fanning the head. Better from keeping quiet or wrapping the head \nwith a cloth, worse while walking or by motion. \nFace is flushed and hot . lips are red and parched, eyes are drowsy. Pain in the throat, felt while swallowing, \ncoughing or sneezing. Redness inside the throat, both tonsils are enlarged. \nOffensive smell comes out of the mouth, offensive salivation. Tongue is red or reddish and shining at the edges \nwith yellow or brown coating in the middle (Bapt.). Aphthae. Putrid ulcer in the mouth and teeth. Toothache, \nwith terrible pains, worse at night, from touch or cold. \nEyes congested, red, with lachrymation, especially in cases of the common cold. Watery discharges and sticky \ndischarges. Ophthalmia, ophthalmia neonatorum. Ear ache and purulent discharges from the ear. Shortness \nof hearing. \nDifficult respiration. Asthma, the patient cannot lie on the back. Bends forward and supports the head with the \nhands, the elbows resting on the knees or leans forward and puts the head on the hands lain flat on such \nsupport (Aral., Lob., Blatta.). Asthma of children. \nGastric and intestinal catarrh, with inflammation of the intestinal mucous membrane, \nfever and diarrhea. Pain in the region of liver and spleen. Abdomen distended, distension does not abate in \nspite of stools passed. \nAfter gurgling in the stomach, copious watery and offensive stools appear. Diarrhea with fever and cold, cough, \npneumonia, broncho-pneumonia and bronchitis. Involuntary stools. \nIrregular, long lasting menses. Leucor rhea. Uterine complications after delivery. Terribly offensive lochia, of \nunnatural color, long lasting. Discharge mixed with mucus, is pus-like and like washing of fish. \nOcimum sanctum is supposed to drive away mosquitoes; it may prevent malarial fevers if cultivated near a \nhouse. \nREFERENCES Ghose.","Head":"Headache as from a nail. Heavy, throbbing pain as if thousand nails were being driven into it, relieved \nby pressure. Giddiness of head, worse while walking, likes to keep quiet, relieved by wrapping up the head. \nHeat on the vertex, relieved by pouring cold water on the head or by fanning. \nKidneys - Kidney colic. Urethritis. Desire to urinate off and on. Burning in the urethra while urinating. Yellow \nlike saffron, urine. Discharge of mucus with urine. Involuntary urination of the children. Headache as from a nail. Heavy, throbbing pain as if thousand nails were being driven into it, relieved \nby pressure. Giddiness of head, worse while walking, likes to keep quiet, relieved by wrapping up the head. \nHeat on the vertex, relieved by pouring cold water on the head or by fanning. \nKidneys - Kidney colic. Urethritis. Desire to urinate off and on. Burning in the urethra while urinating. Yellow \nlike saffron, urine. Discharge of mucus with urine. Involuntary urination of the children.","Eyes":"Eyes red. Pain in the eyes, lachryma tion, eye complaints due to nasal catarrh. Ophthalmia. Foggy \nvision. Mist before eyes, especially when fixing them on something.","Ears":"Watery secretion from the ear. Of fensive pus fro m the ears. Ears painful due to nasal catarrh. Hot \nflushes come out from the ears. Noises in the ears, loud sound appears to be very painful. Short ness of \nhearing.","Face":"Face red or pale with reddish hue. Flushed and hot.","Mouth":"Lips bright red. Lips dry and black as if burnt. Watery salivation or spitting from the mouth. Putrid and \nbitter taste in mouth. Ulcer, aphthae in mouth. Ulcer in mouth and tongue of children. The tongue is bright red \nor its edges and sides are red and the middle portion is deeply coated. Toothache, better pressing the gums \ntogether, warmth, pressure. \nNose - Nasal obstruction. Nasal catarrh associated with frequent sneezing, white or yellow secretions. Coryza. \nWatery discharge from the nose. Nostrils ulcer \nated. Nosebleeds. \nPerspiration - Offensive sweats.","Throat":"Pain in the throat while walking or during cough. Pain and difficulty in swallowing. Redness, ulceration \nof throat. Glairy phlegm. Enlargement of tonsils. Hoarseness. Voice gets changed.","Chest":"Pains are felt on both sides of the chest, worse while coughing or sneezing. Pleuritic pains in the chest. \nPain is felt in the middle of sternum. Patient cannot lie quiet in bed. Asthmatic attack, wheezi ng and rattling sound felt in the chest. Asthma better from bending head \nforward, rocking. Asthma of infants and children. Croupy cough. Hacking cough, profuse expectoration.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Want of appetite. Thirstlessness during chill. Eructations, Hiccough. \nTemperature - Chills and fever. Influenza. Remittent and intermittent fevers. Bilious, continued fever. Quartan \nfever, tertian fevers. Typhus, typhoid fever. Abdomen distended. Heaviness in abdomen. Griping pain in the abdo men. Pain is felt over the \nregion of liver and spleen. Pain in the right iliac region. Hepatic pain. Gurgling sound can be felt on pressure.","Urinary & Genital":"Troublesome erections. Sexual desire increased or decreased. Impotency. Menses too late. Metrorrhagia. Leucorrhea alternating with bloody discharge. Leucorrhea offensive, \nprofuse, white, yellow. Metritis after childbirth. Profuse bloody discharges after delivery. Lochia offensive, \nprofuse, fetid, lasts for a long period. Sexual desire diminished or increased.","Extremities":"Aching pains, better from pressure.","Skin":"Skin disease."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}