SANTONINUM
Santonin
Is the lively precept of Santonica, the unexpanded flower heads of Artemisia Maritima-Cina, which see.
The eye signs and symptoms and these of the urinary tract are most prominent. It is of unquestioned cost in the remedy of worm diseases, as gastro-intestinal irritation, itching of nose, stressed sleep, twitching of muscles. Ascaris lumbricoides, and thread worms, however now not tapeworms. Night cough of children. Chronic cystitis. Laryngeal crises and lightning pains of tabes.
Head.–Occipital headache, with chromatic hallucinations. Itching of nose. Bores into nostrils.
Eyes.–Sudden dimness of sight. Color blindness; Xanthopsia. Strabismus due to worms. Dark rings about eyes.
Mouth.–Fetid breath, wicked appetite; thirsty. Tongue deep-red. Grinding of teeth. Nausea; higher after eating. Choking feeling.
Urinary.–Urine greenish if acid and reddish crimson if alkaline. Incontinence and dysuria. Enuresis. Feeling of fullness of bladder. Nephritis.
Relationship.–Compare: Cina; Teucr; Napth; Nat phos; Spigel.
Dose.–Second to 0.33 trituration. Lower preparations are frequently toxic. Do no longer supply to a toddler with fever or constipation.
