Witch Hazel (Hamamelaceae)
- This shrub flowers from September to November, when the leaves are falling.
- The seeds mature the following summer.
- It is adapted to venous haemorrhage from every orifice of the body; nose, lungs, bowels, uterus, bladder.
- Venous congestion; passive, of skin and mucous membranes; phlebitis, varicose veins; ulcers, varicose, with stinging, pricking pain; haemorrhoids.
- Patients, subject to varicose veins, take cold easily from every exposure, especially in warm, moist air.
- "Is the Aconite of the venous capillary system.".
- Bruised soreness of affected parts (Arn.); rheumatism, articular and muscular.
- Wounds: incised, lacerated, contused; injuries from falls; checks haemorrhage, removes pain and soreness (Arn.).
- Chronic effects of mechanical injuries (Con.).
- Traumatic conjunctivitis; suggillations, or extravasations into chambers of eye; from severe coughing; intense soreness (Arn., Calen., Led.).
- Nosebleed: flow passive, long-lasting, blood non-coagulable (Crot.); profuse > headache (Mel.); idiopathic, traumatic, vicarious, of childhood.
- Haemorrhage: profuse, dark, grumous, from ulceration of bowels (Crot.); uterine, active or passive; after a fall or rough riding; vicarious menstruation; no mental anxiety.
- Haemoptysis: tickling cough, with taste of blood or sulphur; venous, without effort or coughing; sometimes monthly, for years.
- Profuse discharges, which simulate a haemorrhage, and form a drain upon system as severe as loss of blood.
- Haemorrhoids: bleeding profusely; with burning, soreness, fullness, heaviness; as if back would break; urging to stool; bluish color; anus feels sore and raw.
- Menses: flow, dark and profuse; with soreness in abdomen; after a blow on ovary, or a fall; all suffering < at menstrual period (Act., Puls.).
- Uterine haemorrhage active or passive; from jolting while riding over rough roads; bearing down pain in back.
- After haemorrhage from piles, prostration out of all proportion to amount of blood lost (Hydr.).
- Bad effects from loss of blood (Cinch.).
Relations
- Complementary: Ferrum, in haemorrhages and the haemorrhagic diathesis.
- Compare: Arn., Calen., for traumatic, and to hasten absorption of intraocular haemorrhage.
