Arundo Mauritanica

Arundo 1s a reedy grass and the tincture is made from the root-shoots.—It has

not been much tested clinically, but its chief sphere has been proved to be in catarrhal conditions.

Constant (serous) diarrhsa of nursing or teething children. Urine deposits much red sand. Mouth

• ▸excoriated.
• ▸Thirst.
• ▸Coryza and snuffling.
• ▸Scrofulous ophthalmia.
• ▸Purulent discharge from the ear.

Arundo has cured a case of hay-fever, the symptoms beginning with "burning and itching of

palate and conjunctiva." Chagon is the authority for the pathogenesis.

• ▸Itching; falling off of hair; roots of hair painful.
• ▸Pustules.
• ▸Pain in occiput, extends to right ciliary region.
• ▸Deep seated pain in sides of head.

Vertigo on getting out of bed.—Painful undulation in frontal region —Deep-seated

pains in sides of head.—Roots of hairs painful —Hair falls off entirely in children.—Scurf.

Ophthalmia in children. —Blepharitis—Undulating luminous openings appear wherever

• ▸he looks.
• ▸—Fluttering luminous objects.
• ▸—Cannot look up.
• ▸—Pricking, itching, burning in

conjunctiva.

Burning and itching in auditory canals. Eczema behind ears.

Burning itching in auditory canals, coincide with pain in sublingual glands.—The

inflammation of ears begins with shooting pains in concha, extends to external meatus; finally

with itching and discharge of blood.—Purulent discharge from ears.—Eczema behind

ears.—Sound of little bells in ears.

• ▸Hay-fever begins with burning and itching of palate and conjunctiva.
• ▸Annoying itching in the nostrils and roof of the mouth (Wyethia).
• ▸Coryza; loss of smell (Nat mur).
• ▸Sneezing, itching of nostrils.

Pain at root of nose.—Coryza with snuffling.—In the beginning water runs from nose,

later green mucus and thick, white, slimy masses; with sneezing, pieces of indurated greenish

mucus.

Burning and itching; bleeding of gums. Ulcers and exfoliations in the commissures. Fissures in tongue.

Mouth excoriated.—Pains in sublingual glands.—Salivation —Burning and itching of

palate.

Coldness in stomach. Longing for acids.

Movement as from something alive. Flatulence pain at pubic region.

Greenish. Burning at anus. Diarrhoea of nursing children (Cham; Calc phos).

Stools at first hard, soon become loose.—Constant diarrhsa (serous) of

• ▸nursing or teething children.
• ▸—Greenish stools.
• ▸—Stools followed by burning at anus.
• ▸—Pricking at

anus.—Piles and prolapse of rectum.

Burning. Red sediment (Lyc).

Menses too early and profuse. Neuralgic pains from face to shoulders and pubis. Desire with vaginal pruritus.

Uterine catarrh—Violent desire for coition; or aversion to

• ▸it.
• ▸—Early, profuse, long-lasting menses; blood dark clotted.
• ▸—Pains start from I.
• ▸side of jaw, along

1. eyebrow, extending to shoulders and loins and finally settling on pubis, burning like

fire—Excessive secretion of milk causes pain in I. breast.

Pain in spermatic cord after embrace.

Sexual desire; lascivious ideas; frequent erections.—Pain in spermatic

cords after coitus.—Difficult breathing after coitus.

Dyspnoea; cough; bluish expectoration. Burning and pain in nipples.

Catarrhal cough.—Sputa at first bluish, then white, and so

alternately.—A fter expectorating bruised feeling in pit of throat.—After cough: burning in

epigastrium; larynx obstructed.—Accumulation of mucus in bronchi causes anxiety.

Itching, burning; oedema of hands and feet. Burning and swelling of soles. Copious and offensive sweat of feet.

Eczema; itching and crawling, especially of chest, upper extremities. Fissures in fingers and heels.

• ▸Catarrh.
• ▸Coryza.
• ▸Dentition.
• ▸DiarrhSa.
• ▸Ear, discharge from.
• ▸Hay-fever.
• ▸Stomacace.

Urine, deposit in.

• ▸Compare: Other Gramineé, Ananth.
• ▸, Lolium.
• ▸Also Cepa, Sul.
• ▸, Calc.
• ▸c.
• ▸, Lyc.
• ▸, Sabad.
• ▸,

Psor.

Compare: Anthoxantum-sweet vernal grass (a popular medicine for hay-fever and coryza). Lolium; Cepa; Sabad; Silica.

Third to sixth potency.