Petroselinum sativum
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: parsley.
Acts decidedly upon the urethral mucous membrane, producing a considerable degree of irritation and inflammation (C.).
The urinary symptoms give the keynotes for this remedy (Br.).
Piles with much itching (Aloe, Ign., Nux-V., Sulph.) (Br.).
Thirsty and hungry, yet as soon as they begin to eat or drink they lose all desire (reverse of Calc.) (A.).
Intermittent fever complicating with traumatic or chronic urethritis or stricture; with abdominal affections and perverted or defective assimilation (A.).
Priapismus, with curvature of the penis (Cann-S., Canth., Nux-V., Sulph.) (C.).
Profuse emission toward morning (Carb-V., Nux-V., Psor.) (C.).
SUDDEN DESIRE TO URINATE (Cann-S., Canth., Merc.) (A.).
CHILD JUMPS UP AND DOWN WITH PAIN IF CANNOT BE GRATIFIED AT ONCE (A.).
Pain at the root of the penis, or neck of the bladder (A.).
Burning, tingling from the perineum throughout the whole urethra (A.).
INTENSE ITCHING IN THE URETHRA (Berb., Cann-S., Chim., Ferr., Graph., Kali-Chl., Led., Lyc., Merc., Merc-C., Mezer., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Petr., Sep., Sulph., Sulph-I., Thuj.) (N.).
ITCHING IN THE URETHRA WITH GONORRHOEA (Merc-C., Nat-M., Petr.; following gonorrhœa-(Nit-Ac.; with gleet- Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Petr.) (K.).
VOLUPTUOUS ITCHING IN THE FOSSA NAVICULARIS (Thuj.) (K.).
Gonorrhœa: Sudden irresistible desire to urinate; intense biting, itching, deep in the urethra; must rub it with some rough article for relieving the pain (A.).
Gleet (or chronic gonorrhœa) (Agn., Brom., Calc-P., Ferr., Hydr., Kali-S., Med., Nat-M., Nat-S., Petr., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Thuj.) (A.).
Must hasten to urinate, or urine will escape (Arn., Canth., Clem., Kreos., Nux-V., Puls., Sep., Sulph.) (K.).
Milky discharge from the urethra (Cann-S., Caps., Cop., Ferr., Iod., Kali-C., Kali-Chl., Lach., Merc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sep.) (Br.).
Burning in the navicular fossa while urinating (Clem., Kali-B., Nat-M., Thuj.) (C.).
Orifice of the urethra agglutinated with mucus (Sep.) (C.).
AGGRAVATION: Before and during urination; during acute or chronic gonorrhœa; and towards morning.
AMELIORATION: From rubbing the urethra with some rough article.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Alum., Berb., Cann-S., Canth., Graph., Hep., Kali-B., Kali-S., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S., Petr., Puls., Rhus-T., Sep., Sulph., Thuj. and Zinc.