Helonias dioica

Unduly exhausted females. Uterine reflexes. Heavy, sore, aching-burning; kidneys; in muscles; in back. .................... Deep gloom. Melancholy. Irritable; wants to be let alone. Heat or upward pressure in vertex. Aphthæ. Dull ache and heat in region of kidneys. Excessive urine. Nephritis of pregnancy. Sugar and albumen in urine. Heavy, sore, tender, ulcerated or prolapsed womb. Dark, foul blood from uterus; hæmorrhage from atony. Foul, lumpy or curdled leucorrhœa. Inflamed, itching, aphthous vulva. Heavy dragging in pelvis. Squeezing in chest. Swelled, painful mammæ. Tender nipples. Aching between scapulæ. Sore pain in outer side of thighs. Anæmia. Hot, when tired.

Fatigue: Labor. Abortion. Stooping. Pregnancy. Pressure of clothes.

If busy. Diversion. Holding abdomen.

FEMALE ORGANS. Kidneys. Mind. Muscles.

Related: Senec. Sep. Tril.

Helonias dioica

Unicorn Plant. , Melanthaceae.

For women: with prolapsus from atony, enervated by indolence and luxury; worn out with hard zjuork, mental or physical; overtaxed muscles burn and ache; so tired cannot sleep.

Always better when occupied, when not thinking of the ailment (Cal. p., Oxal. ac.).

Restless, must be continually moving about.

Irritable, fault finding; cannot endure least contradiction or receive least suggestion (Anac.).

Profound melancholy; deep, mental depression.

Diabetes: first stages; urine profuse, clear, saccharine; lips dry, stick together; great thirst; restlessness ; emaciation ; irritable and melancholy.

Albuminuria: acute or chronic; during pregnancy, with great weakness, languor, drowsiness; unusually tired, yet knows no reason.

Menses : too early, too profuse, from uterine atony in women enfeebled by loss of blood; when patients lose more blood than is made in intermenstrual period; breasts swollen, nipples painful and tender (Con., Lac c.). Flow passive, dark, clotted, offensive.

Sensation of soreness and heaviness in pelvis (Lappa) ; a consciousness of a womb, feels it move when she moves, it is so sore and tender (Lys.).

For the bad effects of abortions and miscarriages.

Similar : to, Alet. in debility from prolapsus, protracted illness, defective nutrition.

Profound melancholy. Patient is better when kept busy, with mind engaged, when doing something. Irritable; cannot endure the least contradiction.

Unicorn-root Chamaelirium Sensation of weakness, dragging and weight in the sacrum and pelvis, with great languor and prostration, are excellent indications for this remedy. There is a

sensitiveness expressed as a consciousness of a womb. Tired, backachy females. The weakness shows itself also in a tendency to prolapse and other malposition of the womb. The menses are often suppressed and the kidneys congested. It seems as if the monthly congestion, instead of venting itself as it should through the uterine vessels, had extended to the kidneys. With it all, there is a profound melancholia. Patient must be doing something to engage the mind. Remember it, for women with prolapsus from atony, enervated by indolence and luxury (better when attention is engaged-hence when the doctor comes), or for those worn out with hard work; tired, strained muscles burn and ache; sleepless. Diabetes mellitus, and insipidus. Constant aching and tenderness over kidneys.

Better, when doing something (mental diversion). Worse, motion, touch.

Burning sensation on top. Headache, better mental exertion.

Albuminous, phosphatic; profuse and clear, saccharine. Diabetes.

Dragging in sacral region, with prolapse, especially after a miscarriage. Pruritus vulvæ. Backache after miscarriage (Kali c). Weight and soreness in womb; conscious of womb. Menses too frequent, too profuse. Leucorrhœa. Breasts swollen, nipples painful and tender. Parts hot, red, swollen; burn and itch terribly. Albuminuria during pregnancy. Debility attending the menopause.

Pain and weight in back; tired and weak. Aching and burning across the lumbar region; can trace outlines of kidneys by constant burning. Boring pain in lumbar region, extending down legs. Great languor, better exercising.

Sensation as if a cool wind streamed up calves of legs. Feet feel numb when sitting.

Compare: Agrimonia-Cockleburr––(painful kidneys, impaired digestion and menstrual difficulties; Bronchorrhœa and catarrh of bladder. Cough with profuse expectoration attended with expulsion of urine. Tincture 1- 10 gtt). Aletris; Lilium; Puls; Senecio; Stannum.

Tincture, to sixth attenuation.