Podophyllum peltatum

Common names: may apple; mandrake.

Acts especially upon the liver and digestive tracts, its special affinity being for the mucous membranes, more especially of the duodenum and rectum, and for glandular structures, producing irritation, excessive secretions, inflammation and even ulceration or suppuration (C.).

Adapted to persons of bilious temperament (Bry., Nat-S., Sulph.), who suffer from gastro-intestinal derangements (A.).

"BILIOUS ATTACKS"-ESPECIALLY AFTER ABUSE OF MERCURY (Nux-V.) (A.).

Affects the right side of the throat, right ovary and right hypochondrium (Lyc.) (A.).

The liver is swollen and sensitive (Chin., Merc., Nat-S.) (D.).

Chronic congestion and torpidity of the liver; chronic hepatitis (Chel., Dig., Merc., Nat-S., Nux-V., Sep., Sulph.) (C.).

Gall-stone colic with jaundice (Chin., Mag-M., Merc., Nat-S., Sep.) (C.).

CONSTANTLY RUBBING AND SHAKING THE REGION OF THE LIVER WITH HIS LAND (A.)

Biliousness, with nausea and giddiness; bitter taste and risings; tendency to bilious vomiting and purging, with dark urine (Hg.).

Bad taste in the mouth (Nux-V., Puls.) (D.).

Vomits bilious matter mixed with blood (Bry., Nat-S., Sep.) (Bt.).

Vomiting, with very severe spasms of the stomach (Ant-T., Cupr., Ipec., Sec., Verat.) (Bt.).

Food turns sour, with belching of hot flatus, which is very sour (Ra.).

Colicky pain in the abdomen ameliorated by flexing the limbs (Bell., Bry., Chel. Coloc.) (K.).

Indented tongue (Ars., Carb-V., Chel., Dulc., Glon., Hydr., Ign., Iod., Kali-I., Merc., Plb., Rhus-T., Sep., Stram., Syph., Tell., Vib.) (K.).

Tongue seems too broad (Kali-B., Nat-M., Par., Plb., Puls., Vib., Ziz.) (K.).

Desire for something sour (Ant-T., Ars., Hep., Puls., Sep.) (C.).

Thirst for large quantities of cold water (Ars., Bry., Ferr-P., Nat-M., Phos., Sulph., Verat.)

Cramp-like pain in the abdomen with actual retraction of the abdominal muscles (N.).

Sudden shocks of jerking pains (A.).

RUMBLING AND GURGLING IN THE ABDOMEN BEFORE STOOL (Aloe, Coloc., Merc., Olnd.) (K.).

Flatulence during dentition, with green, sour stools in the morning (G.).

Diarrhœa of children during teething, after eating and drinking, or being bathed or washed. (A.).

SEEMS TO DRAIN ONE DRY, BUT SOON IS FULL AGAIN (A.).

Diarrhœa of long-standing (Aloe, Merc., Nat-S., Sulph.) (A.).

DIARRHOEA EARLY IN THE MORNING CONTINUES THROUGH FORENOON, FOLLOWED BY NATURAL STOOL IN THE EVENING (Aloe) (A.).

Stools watery and green, or they may be natural, but exhaustive (Bt.).

Changeable stools (Am-M., Berb., Cham., Colch., Dulc., Puls., Sanic., Sulph.) (K.).

Diarrhœa accompanied by sensation of weakness or sinking in the abdomen or rectum (Aloe, Sulph.) (A.)

Black stools only in the morning (Sulph.) (Ha.).

Stool: Green, watery, fetid, profuse, gushing out (Gamb., Jatr., Phos.); chalk-like (Calc.); jelly-like (Aloe, Kali-B.); undigested (Aloe, Chin., Ferr.); or, with yellow meal-like sediment (A.).

PROFUSE, WATERY STOOLS, POURING OUT LIKE WATER FROM A HYDRANT (D.).

Diarrhœic stools are preceded by retching and vomiting, and followed by a sensation of great weakness in the abdomen, and especially in the rectum (D.).

PROLAPSE OF THE RECTUM BEFORE (Ruta), OR DURING (Calc., Dulc., Gamb., Ign., Lyc., Sep.), OR AFTER STOOL (Aesc., Cocc., Hep., Lach., Merc., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sulph.) (K.).

Diarrhœa of dirty water, soaking the napkin through (Benz-Ac.), with gagging (A.).

Diarrhœa after taking milk (Calc., Mag-M.) or sour milk (K.).

PAINLESS CHOLERA MORBUS, OR CHOLERA INFANTUM (Kali-P., Ricin., Sulph.) (A.).

Severe straining during stool, with emission of much flatulence: mucous stools, with spots and streaks of blood; thirst, but no appetite (Sulph.) (An.).

Dysenteric diarrhœa, depending upon inflammatory irritation of the rectum (Aloe, Merc., Sulph.) (Hg.).

Constipation alternating with diarrhœa (Aloe, Nux-V., Sulph.) (G.).

Hæmorrhoids, with prolapsus ani and morning diarrhœa (G.).

Clay-coloured stools (Calc., Hep.), from absence of bile (D.).

Pale, hard, chalky stools (Calc., Chel., Lyc.) (B.).

Suppression of urine (Apis, Bell., Camph., Stram., Tereb.) (C.).

The whites of the eyes and the face are yellow (D.).

Moaning and whining during sleep (Ars., Aur., Bell., Cham., Crot-C., Hyos., Ign., Kali-P., Lyc., Mur-Ac., Nux-V., Op., Puls., Sep., Sil., Sulph.) (B.).

Restless sleep, especially in the forepart of the night (Phos.) (C.).

Pain under the right shoulder-blade (Abies-C., Bry., Card-M., Chel., Chen-A., Lycps, Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos., Pic-Ac., Ruta, Sanic.) (C.).

Drowsy, half-closed eyes (Op.); rolling the head from side to side (Bell., Hell., Hyos., Nux-V., Op., Stram., Tub.), with moaning and whining (Acon., Bell., Cann-I., Hyos., Kali-C., Phos., Puls., Stram., Sulph., Verat, Zinc.), especially children (N.).

Headache alternates with diarrhœa (Aloe) (A.).

Headache in winter, diarrhœa in summer (A.).

Difficult dentition (Calc., Calc-P., Sil.) (A.).

Intense desire to press the gums together (Phyt.) (A.).

Depression of spirits (Ars., Kali-P., Puls.) (A.).

Imagines he is going to die or be very ill (Ars.) (A.).

Disgust for life (Ars., Aur., Nux-V.) (A.).

Feels fatigued (Kali-P., Phos-Ac.) (G.).

Often useful in bilious fever of a remittent type, with pronounced bilious symptoms (Bry., Chin., Nat-S.) (C.).

GREAT, EVEN DELIRIOUS LOQUACITY, DURING CHILL AND HEAT (N.).

Fever paroxysm at 7 A.M. (A.).

Sleep during perspiration (Ars., Chin., Op., Phos-Ac., Puls., Rhus-T., Sabad.)

Suppressed menses in young girls (Alum., Calc-P., Cycl., Puls., Tub.) (A.).

Pain and numbness in the right ovary, running down the thigh of that side (Lil-T.) (A.).

In the early months of pregnancy, can lie comfortably only on the stomach (Acet-Ac.) (A.).

Prolapsus uteri: from overlifting or straining; from constipation; after parturition, with sub-involution (A.).

Weak, bearing down sensation in the abdomen after parturition (G.).

Pain in the lumbar and sacral region, worse during stool, and still worse afterward (G.).

Pendulous abdomen, after confinement (G.).

Leucorrhœa, consisting of thick, transparent mucus (G.).

AGGRAVATION: In the early morning; in hot weather; during dentition; after eating and drinking; while being bathed or washed; from overlifting or straining; during stool; and from motion.

AMELIORATION: From bending forward, from external warmth; from lying on the abdomen; and by stroking or massaging the liver; and in the evening.

RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Aloe, Berb., Chel., Chin., Collin., Ferr., Gamb., Hep., Ipec., Kali-P., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-S., Nux-V., Op., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Tub., Verat. and Zinc.

Useful after Ipec. and Nux-V., in gastric troubles, and after Calc. and Sulph. in liver diseases.

Complementaries: Nat-M. and Sulph.

Antidotes: Lact-Ac. and Nux-V.

It antidotes the bad effects of mercury.