Cupressus australis
Plant · Cupressaceae
Cupressus australis is suited to patients with gonorrheal or rheumatic complaints, with sharp, pricking, and piercing pains. Its urinary and genital symptoms resemble Thuja. A general feeling of warmth and increased appetite with subsequent loathing are characteristic.
Key symptoms
- Sharp, piercing pain from left occiput to left temple
- Pricking pains from kidneys to bladder with increased urinary urge
- Constriction along urethra toward neck of bladder
- Itching of glans penis and urethral orifice
- Aching in perineum and spermatic vessels with weight in testes
- Pinching, drawing pain in knees and along lymphatics of legs
- General feeling of warmth in the body
N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of fruit and leaves.
Clinical
Gonorrhœa. Headache. Rheumatism.
Characteristics
Cupress. Aust. has had a proving, which, though not extensive, is sufficient to show the analogue of its action with that of Thuja. Sharp, piercing and pricking pains are prominent. General feeling of warmth.
Relations
Compare: Abies, Sabina, Thuja.
1. Mind
Is in much better spirits.
2. Head
Sharp, piercing pain from l. occiput to l. temple.
11. Stomach
Increased appetite followed by loathing of food.─Voracious appetite.─Feeling of warmth in stomach.
14. Urinary Organs
Pricking pains from kidneys to bladder, with increased desire to urinate, stream smaller than usual.─Constriction along course of urethra, esp. towards neck of bladder.
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