====== MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS ====== {{anchor:s1}}Melilotus. {{anchor:s2}}(Melilotus Officinalis.) {{anchor:s3}}Sweet Clover. {{anchor:s4}}Leguminosae. {{anchor:s5}}Introduced and proved by Bowen in 1852. {{anchor:s6}}He used both the white and yellow species, and made a second proving fifteen years later (See Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 6, p. 176). {{anchor:s7}}More recent provings of the white species were made by H. C. Allen, assisted by Kraft, Gee, Waddell, and two students (See Medical Advance, vol. 20, p. 322). ====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ====== {{anchor:s9}}- Religious melancholy, Nash, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 323; Headache (several hundred cases cured), Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 108; Cheeseman, Org., vol. 2, p. 233; Sick headache, Willard, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1871, p. 188; Nervous headache and dysmenorrhea, Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 108; Epistaxis, Nash, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 325; Relief from nosebleed, Brown, Org., vol. 2, p. 113; Bilious colic (three cases reported cured), Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 108; Cramps in stomach, Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc., Pa., 1872, p. 107; Pneumonia, Waddell, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 327; Infantile spasms (fourteen cures reported), Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 105; Spasms during dentition, Bowen, Raue's Path. and Therap., p. 904; Eclampsia, Bowen, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 108; Clinical extracts from Rev. Hom. Belge, June 1877; Hahn. Mo., vol. 13, p. 122. ====== MIND. [1] ====== {{anchor:s11}}Loss of memory.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Confusion of thought.\\ {{anchor:s13}}Inability to fix mind; stupid; indifferent; omits letters and words in writing.\\ {{anchor:s14}}Irascible; fairly furious.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Indolent; an overpowering stupor.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Total inability to study.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Weeping.\\ {{anchor:s18}}Religious melancholy of four months' standing; intensely red face. ====== INNER HEAD. [3] ====== {{anchor:s20}}Throbbing frontal headache, preceded by great prostration.\\ {{anchor:s21}}Intense frontal headache, preceded by hot, flushed face and feverish sensation.\\ {{anchor:s22}}Distressing headache in left temple, commencing at about 4 P. M., amel. by remaining out of school.\\ {{anchor:s23}}Severe headache.\\ {{anchor:s24}}Almost delirious with headache.\\ {{anchor:s25}}A frightful, heavy, oppressive headache for three days.\\ {{anchor:s26}}Headache, agg. from 9 to 12 A. M.\\ {{anchor:s27}}Severe headache, followed by profuse epistaxis and afterwards by haemoptysis of bright red blood in considerable quantity.\\ {{anchor:s28}}Headache lasting four days, with oppression of chest, severe stitching or cutting pains in womb and through hernia; was confined to bed for four days and only amel. by profuse bleeding of nose.\\ {{anchor:s29}}Sick headache; retching, vomiting, excessive pains in temples, sense of pressure over orbits, coldness of feet and hands, pallor, loss of sight, or appearance of black spots before eyes.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Headache, with extreme nervousness; irritability; forgetfullness; confusion of thoughts; palpitation; relaxation of bowels; amel. from epistaxis.\\ {{anchor:s31}}Violent congestion to head.\\ {{anchor:s32}}Headache so intense as to cause purple redness of face and bloodshot eyes, culminating in epistaxis, which affords relief.\\ {{anchor:s33}}Young man, aet. 20, of lymphatic temperament, subject to congestive headaches for several years at intervals of one to three months; more frequent in hot weather; during attack face and head swell, become purple, with bloodshot eyes; had frequently fallen in streets, and would wander around unconsciously through streets by day or night, and was always left weak, trembling and nervous for two or three days after. ====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ====== {{anchor:s35}}Eyelids very heavy. ====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ====== {{anchor:s37}}Excessive dryness of nose.\\ {{anchor:s38}}Profuse and frequent epistaxis, with general relief.\\ {{anchor:s39}}Epistaxis during a fever; one attack followed another, once or twice in twenty-four hours, usually at night; loss of blood alarmingly great; every attack preceded by intense redness, flushing of face and throbbing of carotids. ====== UPPER FACE. [8] ====== {{anchor:s41}}Great redness of face and head, with throbbing of carotids.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Very red face precedes hemorrhage from nose, lungs and uterus. ====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ====== {{anchor:s44}}Cramps in stomach every time he gets his feet wet, or after any unusual exposure. ====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ====== {{anchor:s46}}Bilious colic. ====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ====== {{anchor:s48}}Looseness of bowels.\\ {{anchor:s49}}Shooting, cutting in rectum while walking, amel. sitting down.\\ {{anchor:s50}}Heavy throbbing and fullness in rectum from internal piles.\\ {{anchor:s51}}Constipation, difficult, painful stool, constriction in rectum, discharge of stringy, milky white mucus. ====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ====== {{anchor:s53}}Menses painful and difficult, accompanied by nervous headache (prolapsus uteri and left inguinal hernia).\\ {{anchor:s54}}Severe, sharp, shooting, sticking pains in external genitals (especially labia), lasting only a moment, but recurring frequently and very annoying; at times so sharp as to cause involuntary starts; with nausea and dull heavy pain in pelvis (at close of menses). ====== RESPIRATION. [26] ====== {{anchor:s56}}Difficult breathing from climbing or rapid walking.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Could not get air enough, felt as if smothering. ====== COUGH. [27] ====== {{anchor:s59}}Cough: dry, harsh, spasmodic, horribly distressing, causing great anxiety; amel. by epistaxis; amel. by slight expectoration. ====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ====== {{anchor:s61}}Haemoptysis; blood bright red.\\ {{anchor:s62}}Both lungs greatly congested; face and eyes very red; nosebleed every few minutes; high fever; constant, severe, racking cough and very rapid respiration. {{anchor:s63}}~ Pneumonia.\\ {{anchor:s64}}Chest very sore and oppressed, as if garments were too tight. ====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ====== {{anchor:s66}}Palpitation of heart. ====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ====== {{anchor:s68}}A broken sensation in lumbar sacral region, agg. sitting, amel. walking or standing, alternate with headache. ====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ====== {{anchor:s70}}Rheumatic pains in joints on approach of a rain storm, or in rainy, changeable weather. ====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ====== {{anchor:s74}}Sitting: cutting in rectum amel.; broken sensation in lumbar sacral region agg.\\ {{anchor:s75}}Standing: a broken sensation in lumbar sacral region amel.\\ {{anchor:s76}}Walking: cutting in rectum; rapid, difficult breathing; broken sensation in lumbar sacral region amel. ====== NERVES. [36] ====== {{anchor:s78}}Extreme nervousness.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Infantile spasms.\\ {{anchor:s80}}Spasm during dentition, with great congestion of head.\\ {{anchor:s81}}Convulsion of nervous children during dentition.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Eclampsia. ====== TIME. [38] ====== {{anchor:s84}}At 4 P. M.: distressing pain.\\ {{anchor:s85}}Day or night: wanders unconsciously through streets; epistaxis. ====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ====== {{anchor:s87}}Approach of a rain storm or in rainy, changeable weather: rheumatic pains in joints.\\ {{anchor:s88}}After exposure or getting feet wet: cramps in stomach.\\ {{anchor:s89}}Hot weather: congestive headache more frequent. ====== FEVER. [40] ====== {{anchor:s91}}Febris nervosa stupida; deaf and dumb; involuntary stools, mixed with blood; epistaxis; unconsciousness; loss of memory; confusion of ideas. ====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ====== {{anchor:s93}}Alternate: broken sensation, with headache.\\ {{anchor:s94}}Every few moments: nosebleed.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Lasting only one moment, but recurring frequently: sharp pains in external genitals.\\ {{anchor:s96}}From 9 to 12 A. M.: headache agg.\\ {{anchor:s97}}Once or twice in twenty-four hours: epistaxis.\\ {{anchor:s98}}For two or three days after headache: nervous and trembling.\\ {{anchor:s99}}For three days: oppressive headache.\\ {{anchor:s100}}Lasting four days: headache.\\ {{anchor:s101}}For several years at intervals of one to three months: congestive headache. ====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ====== {{anchor:s103}}Left: distressing pain in temple; inguinal hernia. ====== SENSATIONS. [43] ====== {{anchor:s105}}As if smothering; as if garments were too tight across chest.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Intense frontal headache.\\ {{anchor:s107}}Excessive pains: in temples.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Severe pain: in head.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Distressing pain: in left temple.\\ {{anchor:s110}}Stitching or cutting pains: in womb and through hernia.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Severe, sharp, shooting, sticking pains: in external genitals.\\ {{anchor:s112}}Sudden, sharp, shooting, stinging, burning, rheumatic pains: in joints.\\ {{anchor:s113}}Shooting, cutting: in rectum.\\ {{anchor:s114}}Frightful, heavy, oppressive pain: in head.\\ {{anchor:s115}}Throbbing pain: in frontal region.\\ {{anchor:s116}}Rheumatic pain: in joints.\\ {{anchor:s117}}Cramps: in stomach.\\ {{anchor:s118}}Bilious colic: in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s119}}Dull, heavy pain: in pelvis.\\ {{anchor:s120}}Soreness: of chest.\\ {{anchor:s121}}Broken sensation: in lumbar sacral region.\\ {{anchor:s122}}Constriction: in rectum.\\ {{anchor:s123}}Pressure: over orbits.\\ {{anchor:s124}}Heavy feeling: of eyelids.\\ {{anchor:s125}}Fullness: in rectum.\\ {{anchor:s126}}Oppression: of chest.\\ {{anchor:s127}}Throbbing: of carotids; in rectum.\\ {{anchor:s128}}Dryness: of nose.\\ {{anchor:s129}}Coldness: of feet and hands. ====== TISSUES. [44] ====== {{anchor:s131}}Congestion relieved by hemorrhage.\\ {{anchor:s132}}Congestive or nervous headaches; engorgements of bloodvessels in any part or organ; spasms, infantile, eclampsia and epilepsy; insanity, to relieve brain from pressure and irritation. ====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ====== {{anchor:s134}}Child, aet. 5, sick two days; pneumonia.\\ {{anchor:s135}}School-girl; headache.\\ {{anchor:s136}}Man, aet. 20, lymphatic temperament; congestive headaches.\\ {{anchor:s137}}Woman, aet. 30, nervo-bilious temperament, suffering for years; nervous headache and dysmenorrhea.\\ {{anchor:s138}}Woman, subject since childhood to frequent attacks of nosebleed; epistaxis.\\ {{anchor:s139}}Man, aet. 64 energetic, suffering fifteen years; cramps in stomach, after exposure. ====== RELATIONS. [48] ====== {{anchor:s141}}Compare: Amyl nitr. on circulation; Antim. crud. in epistaxis after headache, but does not amel.; Bellad, Glon. and Sanguin. in congestive headache, red face, hot head, etc.; Stramon. in mental conditions. ---- ====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ====== ^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 07, 1888 | ^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r455|Melilotus officinalis]] | ^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r455|Melilotus officinalis]] | ^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. | ^ Year: | 1888 | ^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting | ^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}