Parietaria
Plant · Urticaceae
The Parietaria patient may present with renal calculi, fitting the remedy's kinship with Urtica urens and Kali nitricum. The single curious mental/dream symptom — nightmare of being buried alive in ruins — may serve as a confirmatory keynote in suitable cases.
Key symptoms
- Renal calculus
- Nightmare of being buried alive amid ruins
Parietaria officinalis. Pellitory-of-the-Wall. N. O. Urticaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Calculi. Nightmare.
Characteristics
Pariet. belongs to the nettles. It grows on old walls, and its ashes contain much Nitre (K. nit.). Cooper has used it with success in a case of renal calculus; and in one case it produced nightmare, the patient dreaming of being buried alive in the midst of ruins.
Relations
Compare: Urt. urens, Kali nit.
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