Common Homeo
Name = China
Full
Name = China Officinalis
Abbreviated Name
= Chin.
English Name = Peruvian Bark
Guiding
Symptoms.
Patient suffer from chronic gout. It works well in the initial phases of acute cases.
Periodicity of symptoms has a great importance in this remedy. Patient very susceptible
to plan. Weakness due to loss of
essential fluids. Gas pains after operation having no relief from discharging
it.
Mind Symptoms. More thoughts jumble up in mind due to which
patient can’t sleep well. Starts crying suddenly with no reason. Thinks that
people will harm him. Uninterested, naughty, silent and hopeless.
Head Symptoms. Scalp sensitive and can’t combing hair well.
Strong aching of head. Intermittent
headache in apex, hurting pain in temples. Giddiness while walking. Face become
red after blood loss or too much involvement in sexual activities. Patient
feels that his brain is moving forward and bakward in the skull which resulting
extreme pain (compare with Sulphuric Acid and Sulphur in this condition). Headache relieved by
pressing and in humid room and worsens in fresh air, from temple to temple.
Fever Symptoms. Much
sweats at night time. Temperature become down in dawn. Patient desire to drink
more water during temperature. Perspiration even doing
slightest physical work. Alternating and convulsive fever which come
back after a week. Hay fever, eater like coryza and
pain in temples.
Eyes Symptoms. Eyeballs twisted. Yellow colored sclerotica.
Black small pieces, vivid dazzling delusion and night blindness in weak retina.
Blue colored rings around eyes. Photophobia complaints. Irregular ciliary
neuralgia. Eyelids feel heavy.
Skin Symptoms. Anasarca (compare with Apis and Arsenic in this condition). Skin become cold, much
sweat. One hand of the patient remains cold while the other one hot. High sensitiveness to touch. It can also be
used in dermatitis and erysipelas.
Nose Symptoms. Coryza, sneezing and thin and clear liberation
from nose. Easily bleeding from nose, especially on rising. Checked catarrh. Violent
dry sneezing. Cold sweat about
nose.
Sleep Symptoms. Nervous and dreadful nightmares with puzzled awareness
on waking up, terror of the dream remains even after awaking. Restlessness or steady
dizziness. Patient wakes up early in the morning. Prolonged insomnia. Tiredness
and snoring in children.
Mouth Symptoms. Tongue covered thick and unclean. Tip of the
tongue blazes. Taste of mouth sour. Toothache which relieves by pressing teeth tightly
mutually. Taste of foods feels more salty.
Stomach Symptoms. Stomach feels heavy after eating. Bad effects
of drinking more tea. Dashing pain moving diagonally in hypogastric are of abdomen.
Vomiting of food. Can’t digest milk. Weak digestion. Starving and patient wants
to eat something. Severe hiccough. Flatulence
worsens from eating fruits.
Male Symptoms. Orchitis patient. Recurrent discharge due to
which patient become weak.
Female Symptoms.
Pelvis feels heavy and painful.
Dark colored coagulate and abdominal
distention in menses. Plentiful menses with lot of hurt. Extreme desire for
sex. Menses come sooner. Blood comes in leucorrhea.
Abdomen Symptoms. Jaundice like symptoms. Liver and spleen
distended and inflamed. Pain in right hypochondrium region. Colic due to mass / stone in gallbladder.
Extreme flatulent colic which is relieved by bending. Interior chilliness of
stomach and abdomen.
Heart Symptoms. Patients feels that inhalation will stopped, anemia
and dropsy. Unbalanced with feeble quick pulse pursue by powerful heart beats.
Stool Symptoms. Patient feels weak after stool. Difficult stool.
Undigested, foam like, pale colored stool. Stool symptoms aggravate at night
time, after eating food and fruit,
drinking milk or wine.
Respiratory Symptoms. Difficult and sluggish inhalation. Flu, with weakness.
Shocking in chest, brutal cutting
cough after eating. Patient
can’t inhale well while head is in low position. Bleeding from lungs. Dyspnea, tearing
pain in left lung. Asthma aggravates in moist climate.
Extremities Symptoms. Patient feels that there is a thread around his
arms and legs. Joints become inflamed and susceptible. Limbs and joints feels sprained which worsen with a little stroke
and relieved by pressing hard. Tiredness of joints which worsens in morning. Weakness,
shaking and numbness. Dislike to work out
Modalities. Symptoms aggravate by least
touch, alternate day, loss of vital fluids after eating and bending over. Relieved by bending double, hard pressing and in fresh air.
Relationship.
i.
Antidoted by:- Nux
vomica, Ipecac, Arnica and Arsenic
ii.
Compare with:- Natrum
Sulph and Arsenic
iii.
Complementary medicines:-
Calcarea Phos and Ferrum Phos.
Dosage. Mother Tincture (Q) or up to 1M potency.
Sources & References
- Kent, J.T. — Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica
- Boericke, W. — Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica
- Allen, T.F. — Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
- Hahnemann, S. — Materia Medica Pura
- Clarke, J.H. — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Content is based on classical homeopathic texts and clinical experience. Homeopathic remedy pictures are drawn from traditional provings and materia medica literature.
Medical Disclaimer
This article is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Homeopathic remedies should be prescribed by a qualified homeopathic practitioner. Always consult a licensed healthcare provider before starting any treatment.