Murex purpurea

Common name: mollusk.

Especially adapted to nervous, lively, and affectionate women (Br.).

Useful for the sufferings during climacteric (Amyl-N., Glon., Graph., Lach., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Very weak and tired (Kali-P., Nux-M., Sep.) (B.).

Aching in the sacrum (Rhus-T.) (Bl.).

Lumbar pain impels walking, which ameliorates (Rhus-T.) (B.).

The secretions are profuse, such as the menses and urination (D.).

NYMPHOMANIA (Hyos., Plat., Stram.) (B.).

Fearful and anxious (Ars., Kali-P.) (B.).

Great depression of spirits (Aur., Ign., Kali-P., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.) (A.).

Violent excitement in the female sexual organs (Mosch., Plat.) (A.).

EXCESSIVE DESIRE FOR AN EMBRACE (Canth., Phos., Plat., Stram.) (A.).

LEAST CONTACT OF PARTS, CAUSES VIOLENT SEXUAL EXCITEMENT (Plat.) (A.).

Leucorrhœa alternating with mental symptoms (B.).

Leucorrhœa, worse from mental depression; happier when the leucorrhœa is worse (A.).

SORE PAIN IN THE UTERUS (A.).

A distinct sensation of a womb (Helon., Lyss.) (A.).

Menses: irregular; too early and too profuse; protracted; consisting of large clots (A.).

BEARING DOWN SENSATION, AS IF THE INTERNAL ORGANS WOULD BE PUSHED OUT; MUST SIT DOWN AND CROSS THE LIMBS TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE (but no sexual desire- Sep.) (A.).

Sensation as if something were pressing on a sore part in the pelvis (D.).

Sinking, all-gone sensation in the stomach (Carb-An., Sep., Sulph.) (A.).

Violent hunger, even after eating (Arg-M., Bov., Chin-S., Cina, Iod., Kali-P., Lyc., Phos., Staph., Sulph.) (B.).

Benign tumours in breast (Carb-An., Con., Sil.) (Br.).

Dysmenorrhœa (Caul., Coloc., Cupr., Mag-P., Nux-V., Plat., Sep., Xanth.) (Br.).

Chronic endo-metritis (Apis, Bry., Calc., Graph., Hydr., Kali-C., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Thuj.) (Br.).

Pain in the breast during menstrual period (Puls.) (Br.).

Urging in the bladder (Bell., Canth., Nux-V., Sep., Tereb.) (Br.).

Urine smells like valerian (B.).

Frequent urination at night (Merc., Phos-A., Sulph.) (Br.).

AGGRAVATION: In the sun; from touch; during climacteric; during menses; after eating; and at night.

AMELIORATION: From sitting and crossing the limbs; and from walking.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Lil-T. and Plat. in nymphomania and Sep. in bearing down sensation (with lack of sexual erethism).