Gentiana cruciata
Plant · Gentianaceae
Gentiana Cruciata suits individuals with marked gastric and abdominal disturbances, particularly pressure in the stomach as from a stone, with anxiety and throat constriction. The remedy is indicated where right inguinal hernia symptoms accompany digestive complaints, and where a peculiar sense of apprehensiveness and tension in the nerves is prominent. All complaints are aggravated after eating.
Key symptoms
- Pressure in stomach as if a stone were in it with inclination to vomit
- Swallowing difficult with anxious constrictive sensation in throat
- Symptoms worse after eating
- All symptoms of right inguinal hernia with dragging and protrusion
- Peculiar apprehensiveness with faintness and uneasy nervousness
- Distension, fullness, and tightness of abdomen
- Creeping over the body as from fleas in the evening
Worse (aggravation)
- Worse after eating
- Worse from standing and walking
- Worse after smoking
Better (amelioration)
- Better from warm soup
- Better from drinking fresh water
- Better in open air
- Better sitting or lying down
Kreutz-Enzian. Cross-leaved Gentian. N. O. Gentianaceæ. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Diarrhœa. Dyspepsia. Dysphagia. Hernia. Hoarseness. Stiff-neck. Stomach, affections of. Throat, sore.
Characteristics
"G. cruciata," says the Treasury of Botany, "has been invested with imaginary virtues, because its leaves grow in the form of a cross; it has been recommended in hydrophobia." Its virtues are not all imaginary, and its reputation as a remedy for hydrophobia is partly justified in the provings. The proving of Gent. cruc. (by Watzke and ten others) developed a number of striking symptoms in the throat and digestive tract. Movings about in stomach and abdomen. Pressure in the stomach as if a stone was in it, with inclination to vomit. All the symptoms of right inguinal hernia occurred in one prover. A peculiar sense of apprehensiveness; faintness; uneasiness. One prover felt as if all the nerves were tense, so that walking was difficult. Creeping over the body as from fleas in the evening. The symptoms are < after eating. > From warm soup; from drinking fresh water; in open air.
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