Hydrastis canadensis

Common name: golden seal.

Adapted for debilitated persons, with viscid mucous discharges (A.).

Cachectic or malignant dyscrasia, with marked derangement of gastric and hepatic functions (A.).

Broken down by excessive use of alcohol (Carb-V., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (A.).

Sensation of sinking in the epigastric region (Dig., Hell., Hydr-Ac., Kali-B., Lept., Lyc., Merc., Murx., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sep., Staph., Tab., Verat.) (Bl.).

Nursing sore mouth (Bor., Merc., Nat-M., Nux-V., Puls., Rhus-T.) (A.).

Stomatitis after mercury or potash; peppery taste; tongue as if burned or raw (N.).

Atonic dyspepsia (Carb-V., Hep., Lyc., Nux-V, Puls.) (D.).

Torpidity of the liver (Nux-V.) (D.).

TONGUE LARGE; FLABBY; SHOWS IMPRINTS OF TEETH (Ars., Carb-V., Chel., Dulc., Ign., Iod., Kali-I., Merc., Podo., Rhus-T., Sep., Stram., Syph., Tell.) (A.).

Catarrhal jaundice (Nux-V., Sep.) (Bl.).

Constipation: stools like sheep dung; gray, hard, knotty or large; or light-coloured (K.).

PROFUSE DISCHARGE OF THICK, YELLOW, STRINGY MUCUS FROM THE NASAL PASSAGES (Cor-R., Kali-B.) (A.).

The nasal discharge is more profuse when out of doors (Ars., Carb-Ac., Dulc., Euphr., Iod., Nit-Ac., Puls., Sabad.) (D.).

Alternate diarrhœa and constipation (Ant-C., Chel., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Op., Podo.) (K.).

Hawks yellow, viscid mucus from posterior nares and fauces; ulceration, after abuse of Mercury or Chlorate of Potash; syphilitic angina (Kali-B.) (A.).

Constipation, especially of children and the aged (Ant-C.) (Bl.).

Stools often come mixed with mucus (Graph., Nux-V., Sulph.) (Bl.).

Constipation, after abuse of drugs (Bry., Chin., Coloc., Nux-V.) (K.).

After stool pain in the rectum (Ign., Nit-Ac., Thuj.) (N.).

LEUCORRHOEA: ROPY, THICK, VISCID, YELLOW; HANGING FROM THE OS IN LONG STRINGS (Kali-B.) (A.).

Pruritus vulvæ (Ambr., Ars., Calad., Calc., Caust., Coff., Dulc., Graph., Helon., Kali-Br., Kreos., Lap-A., Merc., Nat-M.) (A.).

Profuse albuminous leucorrhœa accompanied by sexual excitement (Bo.).

CANCER: HARD, ADHERENT; SKIN MOTTLED, PUCKERED; PAINS KNIFE-LIKE, SHARP, CUTTING; NIPPLE RETRACTED (A.).

Erosions, and superficial ulcerations of the cervix and vagina, with tenacious discharge (Ha.).

Balanitis or gonorrhœa (Cann-S., Kali-B., Puls., Sep.) (Bt.).

Pain the vertex every other day at 11 A.M., with excessive nausea, anguish and retching (A.).

Chronic bronchitis of old, debilitated people (Carb-V., Kali-B., Seneg.) (N.).

Catarrhal deafness (Calc., Phos., Puls.) (D.).

Muco-purulent discharge from the ears (D.).

Roaring in the ears (Chin., Puls.) (D.).

Small-pox: great swelling; redness and itching, with great soreness of the throat (Bt.).

Palpitation with weakness (Kali-P., Nat-M., Phos., Sep.) (B.).

Profuse sweating (Calc., Con., Kali-C., Merc., Nat-M., Verat.) (B.).

Heat alternating with chilliness (Ars., Bry., Chin., Nux-V., Rhus-T.) (B.).

CHRONIC CATARRH OF THE BLADDER WITH THICK, ROPY MUCUS IN THE URINE (Kali-B.) (R.).

Catarrhal ophthalmia, with thick, mucous discharge (Euphr., Kali-M., Nat-S., Puls.) (C.).

AGGRAVATION: During pregnancy; from abuse of wine; from abuse of drugs; after stool; every other day; and in the open air.

AMELIORATION: In dry weather; and from warm covering.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Ars., Bor., Chel., Con., Graph., Hep., Kali-B., Merc-C., Nat-M., Nat-S Phyt., Puls., Sep., Sil., Stram. and Sulph.

Antidote: Sulph.

Hydrastis antidotes: Merc. and Kali Chlor.