SAMBUCUS NIGRA
Elder
Acts specifically on the respiratory organs. Dry coryza of infants, snuffles, oedematous swellings. Profuse sweat accompanies many affections.
Mind.–Sees photographs when shutting eyes. Constant fretfulness. Very without problems frightened. Fright accompanied through suffocative attacks.
Face.–Turns blue with cough. Red, burning spots on cheeks. Heat and perspiration of face.
Abdomen.–Colic, with nausea and flatulence; customary watery, slimy stools.
Urine.–Profuse urine with dry warmth of skin. Frequent micturition, with scanty urine. Acute nephritis; dropsical symptoms, with vomiting.
Respiratory.–Chest oppressed with strain in stomach, and nausea Hoarseness with tenacious mucus in larynx. Paroxysmal, suffocative cough, coming on about midnight, with crying and dyspnoea. Spasmodic croup. Dry coryza. Sniffles of infants; nostril dry and obstructed. Loose choking cough. When nursing baby have to let go of nipple, nostril blocked up, can’t breathe. Child awakes suddenly, almost suffocating, sits up, turns blue. Cannot expire (Meph). Millar’s asthma.
Extremities.–Hands flip blue. Å’dematous swelling in legs, insteps, and feet. Feet icy cold. Debilitating night-sweats (Salvia; Acet ac).
Fever.–Dry warmness whilst sleeping. Dreads uncovering. Profuse sweat over complete physique throughout waking hours. Dry, deep cough precedes the fever paroxysm.
Skin.–Dry warmth of pores and skin in the course of sleep. Bloated and swollen; well-known dropsy; profuse sweat on waking.
Modalities.–Worse, sleep, for the duration of rest, after ingesting fruit. Better, sitting up in bed, motion.
Relationship.–Compare: Ipec; Meph; Opium; Sambucus Canadensis (great price in dropsies; giant doses required-fluid extract, 1/4 to 1 teaspoonful three instances daily).
Antidotes: Ars; Camph.
Dose.–Tincture, to sixth potency.
