Nymphaea odorata
Plant · Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea Odorata is a minimally proved remedy with early morning diarrhoea, backache, and throat symptoms as its chief characteristics. It has a traditional reputation for suppressing venereal desires, related to Nuphar. Its indications remain tentative given the single proving and absence of clinical verification.
Key symptoms
- Early morning loose stools at 7 a.m. with pain and smarting at anus
- Looseness of bowels with pain; passage of foul flatus
- Severe coryza; throat sore as from a cold with painful deglutition and tingling
- Head feels very heavy
- Increased flow of urine with sensation of incomplete emptying and weakness in lumbar region
- Pain in hypogastrium and back with early morning stool
Worse (aggravation)
- Morning (bowels)
Sweet Water Lily. N. O. Nymphæaceæ. Tincture of the root.
Clinical
Back, pain in. Coryza. Diarrhœa. Throat, sore.
Characteristics
Hale mentions this emblem of purity and its traditional reputation as a dissipator of venereal desires. There has been only one proving (by Dr. Cowles), and no definite clinical experience. Like Nuphar, it has early morning looseness of bowels.
2. Head
Head feels very heavy.
5. Nose
Severe coryza.
9. Throat
Throat sore as from a cold, frequent desire to swallow with painful deglutition.─Tingling; roughness in throat.
12. Abdomen
Pain in hypogastrium and back, and a stool 7 a.m.
13. Stool and Anus
Stools in early morning, 7 a.m.; also 11 a.m.─Thin stool with a little pain and smarting at anus, 1.30 p.m.─Pain in bowels for a few moments at a time, sharp, and passage of foul flatus.─Looseness of bowels with pain.
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