Mitchella repens
Plant · Rubiaceae
Mitchella Repens is indicated in women with pelvic congestion where bladder symptoms consistently accompany uterine pathology. The cervix is characteristically dark red and swollen, with painful menstruation or bright red uterine bleeding. It is a remedy of specific action in the female urogenital sphere with simple but reliable indications.
Key symptoms
- Bladder irritation accompanying all complaints, especially uterine congestion
- Irritation at neck of bladder with urging to urinate
- Dysuria and catarrh of bladder
- Cervix dark red and swollen
- Dysmenorrhoea and uterine haemorrhage with bright red blood
Partridge-berry (MITCHELLA)
Bladder symptoms accompany complaints, especially uterine congestion.
Urinary
Irritation at neck of bladder, with urging to urinate (Eup purp; Apis). Dysuria. Catarrh of bladder.
Female
Cervix dark red, swollen. Dysmenorrhœa and uterine hæmorrhage; blood bright red.
Relationship
Compare: Chimaph; Senecio; Uva; Geran; Gossyp.
Dose
Tincture.
Mitchella repens. Partridge-beans. N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of whole plant.
Clinical
Bladder, irritation of. Dysmenorrhœa. Dysuria. Kidneys, pain in. Metritis.
Characteristics
Mitchella is a small trailing evergreen bearing a scarlet bean, and is common throughout the United States. It belongs to the same order as China, Coffea, and Ipecac., and shows its affinity with these in its power over hæmorrhages. Indian women drink a decoction of it before confinement to make labour safe and easy. Eclectics use a concentrated decoction as an application to sore nipples. T. C. Duncan, in his proving, induced pains and burning in the kidneys, and H. P. Hale, who observed the effect on a woman, has recorded some characteristic symptoms in the urinary and uterine sphere. A leading indication is congestion of the uterus with bladder irritation as a concomitant.
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