Oophorinum
Ovary extract (Oophorinum / ovarian sarcode) · Sarcode
Oophorinum suits women suffering from disorders arising from deficient ovarian function, particularly those who have undergone oophorectomy or are passing through the climacteric. Women with nervous symptoms, skin eruptions, and adiposity following removal of the ovaries are the primary candidates for this remedy.
Key symptoms
- Climacteric complaints following excision of ovaries
- Hot flushes and nervousness at menopause
- Acne rosacea and seborrhoea in chlorotic women
- Prurigo temporarily relieved after the menstrual period
- Lichen-like eczema with nervous symptoms after oophorectomy
- Adiposity accompanying nervous climacteric symptoms
- Ovarian cysts and ovarian tumours
Worse (aggravation)
- Before and during menstrual period (prurigo cases)
Better (amelioration)
- Itching ameliorated temporarily after the menstrual period
Ovarian Extract. A Sarcode. Trituration of expressed juice of ovary of sheep or cow.
Clinical
Acne rosacea. Climacteric, sufferings of. Flushings. Nervousness, climacteric. Ovaries, tumours of; disease of. Prurigo.
Characteristics
On the analogy of the action of Thyroidin in myxœdema, Ooph. has been used with much success in cases of suffering following excision of the ovaries, and for the climacteric sufferings of women. I have had good results with it in such cases in the lower triturations. It has been suggested as a remedy in ovarian cysts. E. Saalfeld (quoted H. W., xxxii. 296), in view of Landau's observations on the effect of Ooph. on the nervous sufferings of women at the climacteric, gave Ooph. to women suffering from acne rosacea and other skin disorders of the climacteric. A woman, 20, after double oophorectomy had lichen-like eczema. This was greatly relieved by Ooph. as well as the accompanying nervous symptoms and adiposity. He obtained good results also in some non-climacteric cases …
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