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Senecio Aureus

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Senecio Aureus Reference Specimen Botanical Specimen and Materia Medica Identification

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  • Miasm: Psoric Miasm
  • Temperament: ❄️ Chilly
  • Aggravation: 🌇 Morning

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🧬 Remedy Miasm: Psoric Miasm The Psoric miasm is considered the mother of all chronic diseases. It primarily manifests as functional nervous weakness, allergies, skin itching, eruptions, and hypersensitivity.
▲ GENERAL
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  • Small and others proved it and clinical additions have filled out the picture.
  • Like many other Compositae, the Ragworts or Groundsels, have power over hemorrhagic conditions, whether arising from disease or from wounds.
  • Marked action on female and urinary organs, especially bladder.
  • Lack of reac tion in genito -urinary tract.
  • Hemorrhagic tendency from other organs especially with suppressed or delayed menses.
  • DropsyFluid retention and swelling (edema)An old medical term for edema, which is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues. after hemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse..
  • Debilitating or vicarious discharges.
  • Backaches of cong ested kidneys.
  • Early cirrhosis of liver.
  • Tightness in nose, throat etc.
  • Muscles draw into a knot.
  • Nervous, pale, weak and sleepless hysterical women.
  • Globus.
  • Very sensitive to open air, tendency to catarrhs
▲ MODALITIES ETC
  • ColicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants. is better bending forward and better by stool.
  • Better at onset of menses, from menstruation.
  • Worse pubertyAdolescent sexual maturity phaseThe stage of physical growth and hormonal changes when a child's body matures into an adult body capable of reproduction., sexual excitement.
  • Worse dampness, cold open air.
  • Worse at night, in afternoon.
  • Worse sitting, must keep moving about
▲ RELATIONSHIPS
📊 Side-by-Side Comparison:

Compare: ( 1 ) Senec-j. - cerebrospinal irritation, rigid muscles, chiefly of neck and shoulders,
also in cancer. (2) Alet., Caul., Sep. (3) Arn., Calen., Bell-p. (4) Uterine, chest and bladder symptoms, Puls.,
Helon. (5) Vicarious menstruation, Bry. Senec. has bloody expectoration. (6) Homesickness, Caps., Ph - ac.
(7) Worse 4 p.m., Lyc. (8) Prostatitis and gonorrhea, Sabal., Solid., Puls., Pip-n., Cop., Thuj. (9) Nervousness,
Coff., Cham., Valer., Ambr. (10) Fidgety feet, Caust., Zinc.

▲ MIND
  • Despondent.
  • Nervous and irritable, whinin g.
  • Self centered.
  • Elated and sad al ternately.
  • Inability to fix mind upon any one subject.
▲ VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
  • Wave-like sensation of dizziness from occiput to sinciput.
  • COMMENTS - Hale noted that the country people call Senec.
  • “Wild Valerian,” and use it for nervousness, hysteria and low spirits, sleeplessness, especially in women.
  • He referred to this “globus” symptom of the pathogenesis: about the middle of the afternoon, sensation as if a ball was in the stomach.
  • Rising up into the throat, lasting for about an hour.
  • Sensation of tightness in the throat with a disposition to attempt to relieve it by swallowing.
  • Respiration as if greatly fatigued.
  • Coughs and tuberculosis.
  • “It is especially service able in mucus coughs.” “In chronic coughs, catarrhalRelating to membrane inflammation and mucusRelating to catarrh, which is inflammation of mucous membranes with increased watery discharge. affections, hemoptysisCoughing up blood from lungsThe spitting or coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus originating from the respiratory tract. incipient tu berculosis attended with troublesome cough, the result of obstructed menstruation.” Pains are radiating, shifting, lancinating.
  • Symptoms alternate.
  • “Dull, heavy pain in left spermatic cord, moving along cord to testicle.
  • Prostatic gland enlarged, feels hard and swollen to touch.
  • Lascivious dreams with pollutions.” Hemorrhagic function of menstruation.
  • Menses, profuse and early, retarded or ab sent.
  • Ailments from non - appearing menses.
  • Nosebleed or nasal catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane. when menses are suppressed.
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  • Foss reported the case of Miss L., 18, who had seen no period for fifteen m onths.
  • She was chlorotic, had a dry hack ing cough with frequent pulse, made still more frequent by any excitement, headache, poor sleep, constipationInfrequent or difficult bowel movementsA condition where stool is dry, hard, and difficult or painful to pass..
  • The abdomen had been gradually enlarging for six months and tapping had been decided upon when Senec lx was given.
  • All symptoms rapidly cleared up and the menses returned within a short time.
  • Senec lx also cured a girl, 21, who had suppression of urine in addition to chlorosis, ascitesFluid accumulation in the abdomenAn abnormal buildup of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of the abdomen, causing swelling, bloating, and discomfort. and suppressed menses.
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  • Talcott reported an important case bearin g on the same point.
  • Mrs.
  • X., 26, a mother of two children.
  • Before confinement, the patient was haunted with the idea that her child would be stillborn.
  • Nine days after its birth, strong andhealthy, she was admitted to hospital in a state of violent acute mania, which continued with high temperature, for three months, with great physical activity.
  • The mental state was that of a wild, violent and almost uncontrollable person.
  • There was severe pain in the head, great nervous irritability and sleeplessness and hysterical weakness.
  • These symptoms, coupled with the fact (now first ascertained) that the lochia had ceased suddenly after confinement and the menses had not come on, led to the choice of Senec., which was given in drop doses of the 3x every two hours.
  • Steady improvement resulted and after a few weeks the patient was allowed out on parole.
  • A relapse followed and Bell, did no good.
  • Senec was again given with good effect and complete recovery took place.
  • Talcott remarked that recovery from puerperal mania seldom occurs unless menstruation is re-established.
  • Talcott’s case becomes more significant in the light of Cooper’s observation of the brain action of Senec-j.
  • Hale reported the following case of dys menorrhea: Mrs.
  • X., mother of one child, had an misca rriage three years before and another (at the second month of pregnancy) four months before Hale saw her.
  • Since the last miscarriage she had suffered from painful menstruation, which had not been the case previously.
  • Menses every three weeks, profuse, lasting eight or nine days, accompanied by much cutting pain in sacrum, hypogastrium and groins.
  • Pale, weak, nervous, slight cough, generally at night.
  • Senec., 5 drops, was given three times a day until the next period, which came on at the twenty-ninth day and was perfectly normal in quantity and without pain.
  • Hale said he also found Senec useful in advanced stages of gonorrhea and in pros tatic disorders.
  • Small, who proved Senec., recorded the case of a woman, 30, who had been ill six weeks, the symptoms steadily increasing until the following picture was presented: face bloated, abdomen enlarged, feet edematous, urine alternately profuse and watery or dark and scanty, frequent desire to urinate day and night.
  • Senec., 10 drops, three times a day, cured quickly.
  • Small remarked that he has found Senec useful in the dysuriaPainful or difficult urinationDiscomfort, pain, or a burning sensation during urination, often indicating a urinary tract infection. of women and children when evidently of catarrhal origin and in dysuria with uterine displacement.
  • Mucus sediment in the urine is an indication.
  • But the benefits of Senec are not confined to the female sex.
  • Small related the case of a man, 50, nervo - sanguine, subject of kidney inflammation affecting right kidney generally, causing intense pain, fever, prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness..
  • On one oc casion the pain was particularly intense and the bladder seemed implicated.
  • Every time he passed water he cried out in agony.
  • Urine reddish, very hot and acrid.
  • Bowels constipated.
  • Dull headache, mouth and throat dry, chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets., fever and perspiration.
  • Senec., 20 drops in half a tumbler of water, a dessert spoonful every hour.
  • There was relief from the first dose and the pain soon subsided entirely, leaving the patient freed from recurrence of the attacks
▲ HEAD
  • Wave-like dizziness from occiput to sinciput.
  • Sharp pains over left eye and through the left temple.
  • Dull, stupefying headache precedes leucorrheaWhitish or yellowish vaginal dischargeA whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina, often indicating congestion or mild infection. and irritation in bladder.
  • Kidneys - Kidney colic (Pareir., Oci., Berb.).
  • NephritisInflammation of the kidneysAn inflammatory condition of the kidneys, affecting their filtering units, which can cause pain, blood in urine, or swelling..
  • Great heat and constant urg ing, with kidney pain.
  • Irritable bladder of children with headache.
  • Dysuria in women with dysmenorrheaPainful menstruation with abdominal crampsPainful menstruation, typically involving abdominal cramps. or uterine displace ments and in children with headache.
  • Scanty, high-colored, bloody with much mucus sediment and tenesmusPainful urge to empty bladder or bowelsA distressing, constant, and ineffectual urge to evacuate the bowels or bladder, accompanied by pain..
▲ EYES
  • Tears are irritating, causing itching
▲ EARS
  • Itching in Eustachian tube
▲ FACE
  • Sharp, cutting pain in left side.
  • Dryness of fauces, throat and mouth
▲ MOUTH
  • Twitching about mouth.
  • Teeth very sensitive.
  • Nose - Burning in nostrils.
  • Fullness of nasal passages, burning, sneezing, profuse flow.
  • Tightness in nasal passage.
  • Nosebleed or nasal catarrh take the place of menses when suppressed from any cause.
  • CoryzaCommon head cold with nasal dischargeAcute inflammation of the nasal mucous membranes, producing sneezing, congestion, and watery discharge. with nosebleed
▲ THROAT
  • Dry mouth, throat and fauces.
  • Burning in pharynx, raw feeling in nasopharynx, must swallow, though painful
▲ CHEST
  • Chest sore and raw.
  • Constitutions - Suited to women and little girls of nervous temperament.
  • DyspneaDifficulty or shortness of breathLaborious or painful breathing, often associated with respiratory or cardiac conditions. on ascending (Calc.) Acute inflammatory conditions of upper respiratory tract.
  • Loose cough with copious mucus expectoration and labored breathing.
  • Cough tickling with blood - streaked sputum with suppressed menses.
  • Dry teasing cough, stitching chest pains.
  • Hoarseness
▲ ABDOMEN
  • Sensation of a ball rising from stomach to throat.
  • Sourbelchings.
  • Nausea and vomiting of kidney origin.
  • Temperature - Hectic fever with anorexiaLoss of appetiteA medical term for lack or loss of appetite for food..
  • Pain about umbilical region, spreading in all directions better stools, bending double.
  • Ascites from suppressed menses.
  • Aversion to all food, especially sweets and coffee which she was very fond
▲ GENITALS ETC
  • Lascivious dreams with involuntary emissions.
  • Prostate enlarged, feels hard and swollen to touch.
  • Dull, heavy pain in spermatic cord, extending to testicles.
  • Before menses, inflammatory conditions of throat, chest and bladder after menstruation commences, these improve.
  • Feels like the menses would come.
  • Menses, retarded, suppressed with concomitant symptoms, dropsy, cough, backache.
  • AmenorrheaAbsence of menstrual periodsAn abnormal absence of menstruation. of young girls with backache.
  • Premature and too profuse menses (Calc., Er ig.).
  • MenorrhagiaAbnormally heavy or prolonged menstrual bleedingMenstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding., a copious flow which continues until they become anemic dysmenorrhea with urinary disturbances.
  • Dysmenorrhea after abortion.
  • Leucorrhea, thick, yellow, profuse, flows down thighs.
  • Profuse flow of mucus from vagina from sexual excitation.
  • Sexual irritation causing, itching, burning and swelling of labia.
  • Pains from ovaries to breasts
▲ EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
  • Wandering rheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues. pains, periodical.
  • Feet cold in bed.
  • Brittle nails (Sil., Thuj.)
▲ BACK AND NECK
  • Lumbar backache, as if to break with amenorrhea.
  • Kidney disease.
  • Breasts - Burning in left nipple.
  • Pains from ovaries to breasts.
  • Causations - Ill effects of suppressed or delayed menses, wounds, venesection
▲ SKIN
  • Dry
▲ SLEEP
  • Nervousness and sleeplessness.
  • Sleepless women with uterine troubles and amenorrhea.
  • Drowsy during day.
  • Great drowsiness with unpleasant dreams.
  • Many dreams, erotic
▲ GENERALITIES
  • As of a wave from occiput to sinciput.
  • As if he would pitch f orward.
  • As of a ball rising from stomach to throat

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📚 Literature Citation & References:
This clinical profile is compiled from: Robin Murphy, MD — Lotus Materia Medica, 3rd Edition; Samuel Hahnemann — Materia Medica Pura; William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica; and Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad — Homeopathy: Like Cures Like. Compiled in accordance with classical homeopathic provings and clinical practice.
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This profile has been verified by the Herbalhomeo medical team in accordance with authoritative homeopathic references.

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