Cinnamomum ceylanicum
Cinnamomum verum · Plant · Lauraceae
Cinnamomum suits feeble patients with languid circulation who are prone to bright-red haemorrhages from various orifices, especially aggravated by physical exertion. Women with menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, or post-partum haemorrhage are particularly suited.
Key symptoms
- Haemorrhages bright red and profuse; worse from any physical exertion
- Nosebleed and haemorrhage from bowels; haemoptysis
- Profuse bright blood from a strain in the loins or a false step
- Post-partum haemorrhage
- Menses early, profuse, prolonged, and bright red
- Uterine haemorrhage from overlifting or during puerperal state
- Flatulency and diarrhoea
- Bearing-down sensation; fingers feel swollen
- Feeble patients with languid circulation
Worse (aggravation)
- Any physical exertion provoking haemorrhage
- Overlifting causing uterine haemorrhage
Cinnamon (CINNAMOMUM)
Cancer where pain and fetor are present. Best when skin is intact. Its use in hæmorrhages has abundant clinical verification. Nosebleed. Hæmorrhages from bowels, hæmoptysis, etc. A strain in loins or false step brings on a profuse flow of bright blood. Post-partum hæmorrhage. Flatulency and diarrhœa. Feeble patients with languid circulation.
Female
Bearing-down sensation. Menses early, profuse, prolonged, bright red. Sleepy. No desire for anything. Fingers seem swollen. Uterine hæmorrhages caused by overlifting, during puerperal state; menorrhagia.
Relationship
Compare: Ipec; Sil; Trill.
Antidote: Acon.
Dose
Tincture to third potency. For cancer, strong decoction, one-half pint in a day. Oil of cinnamon in aqueous solution best local disinfectant. 3-4 drops in two quarts of water as a douche, wherever a germicide and disinfectant is needed. Three drops on sugar for hiccough.
Cinnamomum Zeylanicum and Cinnamomum Cassia. N. O. Lauraceæ. Tincture.
Clinical
Ascites. Caries. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Hæmorrhages. Headache. Hysteria. Leucorrhœa. Menorrhagia. Metrorrhagia.
Characteristics
A leading feature of Cinnamon is hæmorrhage. The hæmorrhage is bright red and clear and < by any physical exertion. Cinnam. also causes gastric disturbance and hysterical attacks; pains in bones and in muscles, and great weakness as after loss of fluids. Hysterical attacks, going off with eructations; with nausea or vomiting. The symptoms are < while riding; from exertion; from talking; in afternoon and evening up to midnight. Talking = hysterical attacks. It has been used in large doses by the old school in cases of uterine cancer, and some success has been claimed for it.
Female Sexual Organs
Post-partum, or those haemorrhages caused by over- lifting; flow sudden, profuse and of a bright red color.
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