Zingiber officinale
By Adolph von Lippe โ Text Book of Materia Medica
Head
Congestion of blood to the head, especially the temples.
Pressure over the left eye.
Drawing, aching pain over the eyebrows.
Hemicrania; nervous headache.
Eyes
Sensitiveness of the eyes to the light, with stinging pain in them.
Weakness of sight; dimness of the cornea.
Nose
Dryness and obstruction of the posterior nares.
Ozลna.
Face
Hot, red face.
Dry lips and mouth.
Mouth and Throat
Bad slimy taste in the mouth.
Breath smells foul to herself.
Dryness of the throat and difficulty of swallowing, as from an obstruction, with dryness of the posterior nares.
Stomach and Abdomen
Much thirst.
Complaints, from eating melons.
Weak digestion.
Belching, with diarrhลa.
Nausea; vomiting of mucus in drunkards.
Acidity of the stomach.
Heaviness, like a stone in the stomach.
Stitches in the spleen.
Unbearable sore pain on a small place in the right side of the abdomen.
Sharp pain in the left iliac region.
Flatulency in gouty persons.
Stool and Anus
Diarrhลa from drinking impure water.
Belching, with constipation.
Diarrhลa in the morning, followed by nausea.
Redness, inflammation, burning-itching at the anus.
Urinary Organs
Increased secretion of urine.
Thick, turbid urine.
Retention of urine (after typhus).
Acute pain in the orifice of the urethra while urinating.
Sexual Organs
Itching on the prepuce, which feels cold.
Painful erections.
Women. Menstruation too early and too profuse; blood dark, clotted.
Respiratory Organs
Smarting sensation below the larynx, followed by a cough, with rattling of phlegm.
Asthma humidum.
Dry, hacking cough, with pain in the lungs and difficult breathing; in the morning expectoration.
Violent stinging-pressing pain in the left side of the chest, in the region of the heart.
Stitches through the chest.
Back and Neck
Stiffness of the back of the neck, with headache and nausea.
Dull aching in both kidneys, with frequent desire to urinate.
Dull aching and sensation of heat in the left kidney; worse while sitting, with frequent desire to urinate.
Sleep
Great sleepiness; coma.
Fever
Chilliness, beginning in the lower limbs, going upwards.
Chilliness and sensibility in the open air.
Hot and chilly at the same time.