Collinsonia canadensis

Common name: stone root.

Pelvic and portal congestion, resulting in dysmenorrhœa and hæmorrhoids (Aloe, Podo., Sulph.) (A.).

Flushes of heat, with oppressed breathing (Amyl-N., Arg-N., Ferr-P., Graph., Sang., Sep., Sulph.) (Br.).

Bitter taste in the mouth (Bry., Carb-V., Chel., Chin., Coloc., Merc., Nat-M., Nat-S., Nux-V., Puls., Sulph.) (Br.).

CONGESTION OF PELVIC VISCERA, WITH HÆMORRHOIDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATTER MONTHS OF PREGNANCY (Æsc., Am-M., Caps., Lach., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sep.) (A.).

Itching of the anus (Æsc., Aloe, Am-C., Calc., Caust., Fluor-Ac., Graph., Lyc., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Sulph.) (Br.).

The bowels are more apt to move in the evening (F.).

CHRONIC, PAINFUL, BLEEDING PILES (Æsc., Aloe., Carb-V., Graph., Ham., Lach., Lyc., Mur-Ac., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Rat., Sep., Sulph., Thuj.) (A.).

Hæmorrhoidal dysentery, with tenesmus (Aloe, Caps., Coloc., Merc-V., Nux-V., Rhus-T., Sulph.) (A.).

Constipation with prolapsus uteri and hæmorrhoids (Nat-M., Sep.) (D.).

Stools lumpy and light coloured, with straining and dull pain in the anus (Bt.).

SENSATION AS IF STICKS, SAND OR GRAVEL HAD LODGED IN THE RECTUM (Æsc., Caust., Graph., Iris, Nux-V., Sulph.) (A.).

Sense of weight in the rectum (Aloe, Cact., Caust., Hep., Sep., Sil., Thuj.) (C.).

Stools in form of balls (Alum., Alumn., Mag-M., Nat-M., Op., Plb.) (C.).

Alternate diarrhœa and constipation (Ant-C., Chel., Hep., Ign., Kali-B., Lach., Nit-Ac., Nux-V., Op., Podo., Sulph.) (A.).

Stools are preceded and followed by severe pains in the hypogastrium (Bt.).

Congestive inertia of lower bowels; stools sluggish and hard, with pain and great flatulence (A.).

Headache from suppressed hæmorrhoids (Aloe, Lach., Sep., Sulph.) (C.).

Membranous dysmenorrhœa (Bor., Brom., Cycl., Kali-B., Lac-C.) (Br.).

Pruritus in pregnancy (Ambr., Fluor-Ac., Helon., Merc., Sep.), with hæmorrhoids; unable to lie down (A.)

Dropsy from cardiac disease (Apis, Ars., Aur., Dig., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Naja, Phos., Rhus-T.) (A.).

Palpitation in patients subject to piles and indigestion (Carb-V., Dios., Lach., Lyc., Nux-V., Sep.) (A.).

Heart's action persistently rapid but weak (Dig., Lach., Phos., Sep.) (A.).

After heart is relieved old piles reappear, suppressed menses return (A.).

Cough from excessive use of voice (Arg-N., Arum-T., Caust., Rhus-T.) (Br.).

Yellow coating along the centre or base of the tongue (Ant-C., Calc-S., Chin., Kali-S., Merc., Merc-I-F., Nat-P., Nux-V.) (C.).

Functional paralysis, coming from fatigue or from mental emotions (Cocc., Ign., Nat-M., Phos., Stann.) (F.).

AGGRAVATION: From mental emotion; from mental excitement; from cold; at night; and during pregnancy.

AMELIORATION: From heat.

RELATIONSHIP. Compare: Æsc., Aloe, Caps., Carb-V., Dios., Ham., Lach., Lyc., Lycps., Merc., Mur-Ac., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Op., Plb., Rat., Sep., Sil., Sulph.

Antidote: Nux-V.

Has cured colic after Coloc. and Nux-V. failed.

In heart disease complicated with hæmorrhoids, consult Coll., when Cact., Dig., and other remedies fail.