HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA
Indian Pennywort
(HYDROCOTYLE)
Curative in issues that showcase interstitial irritation and mobile proliferation in any part. Hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue. Has sizable popularity in leprosy and lupus, when there is no ulceration. The pores and skin signs are very important. Of first-rate use in ulceration of womb. Difficulty in retaining the upright posture. Very copious perspiration. Pains of cervical cancer.
Face.–Pain in left cheek-bones and about orbits.
Female.–Pruritus of vagina. Inflammation of neck of bladder. Heat inside vagina. Granular ulceration of womb. Profuse leucorrhoea. Dull ache in ovarian region. Cervical redness.
Skin.–Dry eruptions. Great thickening of epidermoid layer and exfoliation of scales. Psoriasis gyrate, on trunk and extremities, hands and soles. Pustules on chest. Circular spots, with scaly edges. Intolerable itching, specially of soles. Profuse sweat. Syphilitic affections. Acne. Leprosy. Elephantiasis (Ars). Lupus non-exedens.
Relationship.–Compare: Elaeis-South American Palm–(scleroderma, elephantiasis, leprosy, pores and skin thickened, itching and hardened. Anaesthesia). Hura; Trychnos Gaultheriana (bites of serpents, ulcers and cutaneous affections generally); Hoang-Nan. Chaulomoogra oil from seed of Taraktogenos; Hydrast; Arsenic; Aurum; Sepia.
Dose.–First to sixth potency.
