Stellaria media
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
Chickweed
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General
Induces a condition of stasis, congestion, and sluggishness of all functions. Morning aggravation. Sharp, shifting, rheumatic pains in all parts very pronounced. Rheumatism; darting pains in almost every part; stiffness of joints; parts sore to touch; worse, motion. Chronic rheumatism. Shifting pains (Puls; Kali sulph). Psoriasis. Enlarged and inflamed gouty finger joints.
Modalities
Worse, mornings, warmth, tobacco. Better, evenings, cold air, motion.
Head
General irritability. Lassitude, indisposition to work. Smarting and burning in eyes, feel protruded. Dull, frontal headache; worse in morning and left side with sleepiness. Neck muscles stiff and sore. Eyes feel protruded.
Abdomen
Liver engorged, swollen, with stitching pain and sensitive to pressure. Clay-colored stools. Hepatic torpor. Constipation or alternating constipation and diarrhœa.
Extremities
Rheumatoid pains in different parts of the body. Sharp pain in small of back, over kidneys, in gluteal region, extending down thigh. Pain in shoulders and arms. Synovitis. Bruised feeling. Rheumatic pains in calves of legs.
Relationships
Compare: Pulsat (similar in rheumatism, pains shifting, worse rest, warmth; better cold air).
Dose
Tincture, externally. Internally, 2x potency.
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