Benzoin
Styrax benzoin (resin) · Plant · Styracaceae
The Benzoin patient experiences an unpleasant sinking sensation that makes lying down in bed disagreeable. There is an empty hollow feeling in the stomach and lower bowels with general feverishness. The remedy suits those who are worse after sleep, with an oily scalp and cold extremities.
Key symptoms
- Empty sensation at the stomach and lower bowels
- Head swims on lying down with a sinking sensation
- Wakes from sleep with sick feeling in stomach and bowels
- Hair oily
- Feet and legs cold up to knees remaining cold in bed
- Frequent small dark urination requiring rising twice at night
Worse (aggravation)
- Lying down (vertigo and sinking sensation)
- After sleep
Lindera Benzoin. Laurus Benzoin. Benzoin oderiferum. Spice bush. Fever-bush. N. O. Lauraceæ. Tincture of twigs.
Clinical
Fever. Hair, oiliness of. Vertigo.
Characteristics
The symptoms of Benzoin as shown in a short proving somewhat resemble those of Laurocerasus. Empty sensation at the stomach and lower part of bowels. < On lying down: head swims, with sinking sensation which makes lying down in bed unpleasant. The hair is oily. Feverish. < After sleep. Sense of touch fine, quick and pleasant.
Relations
Compare. Lach (< after sleep).
1. Mind
Unpleasant, fearful feeling.
2. Head
Hair oily.
11, 12. Stomach and Abdomen
Wakes from sleep with a sick feeling in stomach and bowels; tired feeling; turns often in bed at night.─Empty feeling in stomach and lower part of bowels.
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