Fringe-tree
- This remedy is often of service in many types of headaches, neurasthenic, periodical sick, menstrual and bilious.
- Taken for several weeks, drop doses, will often break up the sick headache habit.
- The pain in the forehead, chiefly over eyes.
- Eyeballs very painful, with pressure over root of nose.
- Hepatic derangements.
- Jaundice.
- Enlarged spleen (Ceanoth).
- Jaundice with arrest of menses.
- A prominent liver remedy.
- Gallstones (Berberis; Cholest; Calc).
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Paroxysmal, abdominal pain.
Head
- Listless, apathetic.
- Dull frontal headache, over root of nose, over eyes, through temples, worse stooping, motion, jar.
- Yellow conjunctiva.
Tongue
- Broad with thick yellow fur.
Mouth
- Dry sensation not relieved by water, also profuse saliva.
Abdomen and Liver
- Aching in umbilical region, griping.
- Feels as if a string were tied in a "slip-knot" around intestines which was suddenly drawn tight and then gradually loosened.
- Sore; enlarged, with jaundice and constipation.
- Clay-colored stool, also soft, yellow and pasty.
- Tongue heavily coated.
- No appetite.
- Bilious colic.
- Hepatic region tender.
- Pancreatic disease and other glandular disorders.
Urine
- Large amount of high specific gravity; frequent urination; bile and sugar in urine.
- Urine very dark.
Skin
- Yellow; marked moisture of skin.
- Sallow, greenish, itching.
Relationship
- Compare: Cinchona; Ceanoth; Chelidon; Carduus; Podophyl; Lept.
Dose
- Tincture and first attenuation.
