Cubeba Officinalis

Exaltation of temper and of the mental faculties —On violent agitations he was

aroused for a moment; uttered some incoherent expression and sank back into a comatose sleep.

• ▸Face red and swollen.
• ▸—Veins of forehead and temples turgid.
• ▸—Lips dark purple.
• ▸—Lips

puffed, dry and shining.—Extraordinary twist of mouth to one side every time he attempts to

speak or smile.

Mouth containing viscid frothy saliva.—Aphthe of lips and gums.—Tongue furred

and moist or very white.

Constant need to swallow saliva to relieve dryness and burning in throat and larynx.

Diarrheea, with rumbling and cutting in the abdomen and burning in the

• ▸rectum.
• ▸—Suppuration of the rectum.
• ▸—Burning and itching of the anus.
• ▸—Stools: blackish,

yellowish, fecal; bilious; yellow transparent mucus; mingled with whitish, shining particles like

rice; bloody mucous (dysenteric); involuntary; < at night in bed; > from rising from bed and

moving about.

Foaming urine.—Albuminous, bloody urine, with increased

uroxanthine —Burning and itching in the fossa navicularis.—Nocturnal enuresis.

• ▸Urethritis, with much mucus, especially in women.
• ▸Cutting after urination, with constriction.
• ▸Haematuria.
• ▸Prostatitis, with thick yellow discharge.
• ▸Cystitis.

Urethro-vaginitis, severe and of long standing, with acute pains

and abundant discharge.—Leucorrheea profuse, yellow, greenish, very acrid, very offensive;

erythema of inner surfaces of thighs, pruritus vulve, intense desire for coitus; small burning

pimples; womb swollen and painful; menses too early, preceded and followed by leucorrhcea, or

in small quantity and consisting mostly of leucorrhoea.—Acrid leucorrhcea of children.

Discharge from the urethra of a dark-reddish colour

(gonnorrhcea).—Inflammation of the penis.—Sensation of pressure and heaviness in the

pelvis.—Testicles swollen —Thick, yellow-green discharge, with frequent obstruction of

urethra.—Prostatitis.

Catarrh of nose and throat, with fetid odor and expectoration. Mucus trickles from posterior nares. Rawness of throat and hoarseness.

Respiration slow, short and gasping; hurried and noisy.—Chest feels

full—Sense of suffocation—False membranes in larynx.—Voice harsh and wheezing.—Incessant

bronchial cough; < evening, by heat, in open air; throat dry and parched; hurried, noisy

respiration.—Harsh cough.—Barking, croupy cough.

Skin warm, moist, clammy.—Feverish tingling heat over whole body.—A flush of red

over whole body.—General eruption of roseolous papules without fever or itching, confluent on

face, buttocks and upper limbs, more scant on lower.—Intense itching.—Severe urticaria febrilis.

Heat flushes on face soles of feet and palms of hands.—Fever with heat at pit of

stomach.—Cold sweat in chest and back; burning in abdomen (in croup).

• ▸Albuminuria.
• ▸Aphthz.
• ▸Croup.
• ▸Diarrhoea.
• ▸Dysentery.
• ▸Enuresis.
• ▸Gleet Gonorrhcea.

• ▸Hernia.
• ▸Leucorrheea in children.
• ▸Orchitis.
• ▸Prostatitis.
• ▸Rheumatism.
• ▸Roseola.
• ▸Urticaria.

Characteristics—Cubeba corresponds to catarrh. It is an old-world remedy for gonorrhoea and

gleet, but it affects the mucous membrane of the nose, air passages and intestines, as well as that

of the urino-genital tract. It acts well in persons of bilious temperament with tendency to

constipation. Some of its most characteristic symptoms are: Burning in throat with dryness,

constant need to swallow saliva; burning in stomach; in abdomen; in rectum; in urethra; in fossa

navicularis. Nash defines its place in gonorrhoea thus: "After the inflammatory stage is passed

under the usual remedies for that stage, if there still remains burning in the urethra after

micturition, and the discharge remains thick, yellow, or pus-like (with Puls. the discharge is

bland; with Merc. all symptoms are < at night). Thin (gleety) discharge does not correspond to

any of the three." Prickling in soles of feet. There is a sensation of downward weight and

pressure in region of femoral ring, < on walking, riding, or lifting. Stools and colic are < at night

in bed; > getting up and walking about. Skin diseases concomitant with kidney affections. Urine

foaming, albuminous, bloody. Acrid leucorrhoea in children.

Compare: Copaiva (with which it is compatible). Piper methyst. Piper nigrum and

• ▸Matico (botanical).
• ▸Capsic; Canth.
• ▸(irritable bladder in females); Tereb.
• ▸; Cannab.
• ▸sat.
• ▸; Iod.

(membranous croup).

Compare: Cucurbita; Copaiva; Piper meth; Sandal.

Second and third attenuation.

Sensation of heat in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet—Numbness of

fingers and toes.