COPAIVA OFFICINALIS
Balsam of Copaiva
(COPAIVA)
Acts powerfully on mucous membranes, specifically that of the urinary tract, the respiratory organs, and the skin, right here producing a well-marked nettle-rash. Cold and catarrhs.
Head.–Excessive sensitiveness; ache in occiput. Dull, frontal headache, passes to occiput and lower back again, with throbbing, worse proper aspect and motion. Scalp sensitive. Sensitive to sharp sounds.
Nose.–Rawness and anguish of nostrils with stopped-up feeling; dryness of posterior nares. Profuse, thick, fetid discharge from nasal passages, strolling down throat at night. Burning and dryness, crusts on turbinated bones. Marked catarrhal situation in higher respiratory tract.
Stomach.–Food appears too salty. Gastric troubles for the duration of menstruation or following urticaria. Gas and intestinal flatulence, urging to stool and challenging passage with pain.
Urinary.–Burning pressure; painful micturition with the aid of drops. Retention, with ache in bladder, anus, and rectum. Catarrh of bladder; dysuria. Swelling of orifice. Constant want to urinate. Urine smells of violets. Greenish, turbid color; ordinary pungent odor.
Rectum.–Mucous Colitis. Stools included with mucus, with colic and chilliness. Burning and itching of anus, precipitated by way of piles.
Male.–Testicles touchy and swollen.
Female.–Itching of vulva and anus, with bloody purulent discharge. Profuse, strong-smelling menstrual discharge, with pains radiating to hip bones, with nausea.
Respiratory.–Cough, with profuse, gray, purulent expectoration. Tickling in larynx, trachea, and bronchi. Bronchial catarrh, with profuse greenish, offensive discharge.
Skin.–Hives, with fever and constipation. Roseola. Erysipelatous inflammation, specifically round abdomen. Circumscribed lenticular patches, with itching; mottled appearance. Chronic urticaria in children. Bullous eruptions.
Relationship.–Antidotes: Bell; Merc.
Compare: Santalum–(aching in kidneys); Cannab; Canth; Barosma; Cubeb; Apis; Vespa; Erig; Senecio; Sepia.
Dose.–First to 0.33 attenuation.
