Carduus marianus
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: st. mary's thistle.
Sad, depressed and hypochondriacal (Ign., Nux-V., Sep., Staph., Sulph.) (Bl.).
Dull frontal headache (Bry., Chin., Kali-M., Nux-V., Puls., Sep.) (B.).
Dark or brown urine (Benz-Ac., Bry., Chel., Merc-C., Phos., Sep., Sulph., Zinc.) (K.).
Want of appetite, with nausea and vomiting of a sour green fluid (Calc.) (Bl.).
TERRIBLE ATTACKS OF GALL-STONE COLIC (Ars., Bell., Berb., Chel., Chin., Dios., Lyc., Mag-P., Nat-S., Nux-V., Podo., Sep., Verat.) (A.).
Pain in the region of the liver, with dizziness, bad-tasting mouth, and jaundiced skin (Chel., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S., Podo.) (N.).
The gall-bladder is enlarged and tender (Chin., Lach., Merc., Nat-S., Sep.) (Bl.).
CLAY-COLOURED STOOLS (Aur-M-N., Berb., Chel., Chin-Ars., Chion., Dig., Gels., Hep., Iod., Kali-B., Lach., Lept., Merc., Nat-S., Podo., Sep.) (K.).
Jaundice: with dull headache, bitter taste in the mouth, and white tongue (especially in the middle with red tips and edges); the stools are bilious, and the urine golden yellow (F.).
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER (Chel., Cupr., Hep., Hydr., Mur-Ac., Phos., Plb,, Sulph.) (A.).
Uncomfortable fulness in the region of the liver (Chel., Chin., Lach., Merc., Nat-S., Sep., Sulph-Ac.) (F.).
Vertigo, with tendency to fall forward (Alum., Calc-P., Ferr., Graph., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Nux-V, Podo., Rhus-T., Sil., Sulph.) (K.).
Alternate diarrhœa and constipation (Aloe., Ant-C., Bry., Dig., Lach., Lyc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Op., Podo., Sulph.) (Br.).
Tension in the liver when lying on the right side (Aloe, Bry., Calc., Carb-V., Ferr., Mur-Ac., Nat-M., Nat-S., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (K.).
Stitches in the region of the seventh rib, when stooping; afterwards the pain spreads all over front of the chest, making movement of arms, walking and stooping almost impossible (Chel.) (C.).
Severe spell of coughing, compelling him to sit up in bed (Hyos.) Bl.).
AGGRAVATION: When lying on the right side; from stooping; from motion; and from pressure.
AMELIORATION: From sitting up in bed; and from lying on the unaffected side.
RELATIONSHIP. Similar to: Alum., Bry., Chel., Chin., Dig., Hep., Iod., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-T., Nit-Ac., Plb., Podo., Sep., Sulph. and Zinc.