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Allen

Menyanthes trifoliata

Same remedy in Boericke: Menyanthes Trifoliata

Source: H.C. Allen, Keynotes and Characteristics (4th ed., 1916)

Buck Bean. (Genitanaceae.)

Complaints from abuse of Cinchona and Quinine. Fevers, in which the cold stage predominates; coldness felt most acutely in abdomen and legs. Headache: pressing in vertex from above downwards, > during hard pressure with hand (Ver.); as of a heavy weight pressing on the head at every step (Cac., Glon., Lach.); < ascending (Cal.); often with icy coldness of hands and feet (Cal., Sep.). Anxiety about the heart as if some evil was impending. Tension: in root of nose; in arms, hands, fingers; in skin, as if several sizes too small and was crowded into it by force.

Relations. - Compare: Cac., Cal., Gels., Sep., Mag. m., Paris.

Follow well: Caps., Lach., Lyc., Puls., Rhus, Ver.

Aggravation. - During rest; lying down.

Amelioration. - Pressure on affected part.