Petroselinum sativum

Carum petroselinum. Petroselinum sativum. Apium petroselinum. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of whole fresh plant when coming into bloom.

Clinical

Catheter fever. Cystitis. Dysuria. Gleet. Gonorrhœa. Gravel. Intermittent fever. Night-blindness. Priapism.

Characteristics

Petrosel. is referred to by Hahnemann as a gonorrhœal remedy when frequent desire to urinate exists. It was proved by Bethmann. He obtained only thirty-six symptoms, all in the genito-urinary sphere, but these were very characteristic, and have given the remedy a definite place in homœopathic medicine, especially in gonorrhœa and gleet. The leading indication is: Sudden urging to urinate; and drawing, tingling, crawling, or itching in navicular fossa. During micturition, burning and tingling from perineum through whole urethra. After micturition cutting biting in fossa navicularis. Milky or yellow discharge. Parsley tea is a recognised remedy for gonorrhœa in domestic country practice. Parsley eaten after meals, with or without salad oil, is …

Parsley. (Umbelliferae.)

Intermittent fever: complicating traumatic or chronic urethritis or stricture; with abdominal affections and perverted or defective assimilation. Thirsty and hungry, yet as soon as they begin to eat or drink they loose all desire (rev. of, Cal.). Sudden urging to urinate (Canth.). Child suddenly seized with desire to urinate; if cannot be gratified at once, jumps up and down with pain. Burning, tingling from perineum throughout whole urethra. Frequent voluptuous tickling in fossa navicularis. Gonorrhoea: sudden irresistible desire to urinate; intense biting, itching, deep in urethra, must rub it with some rough article in urethra for >; pain at root of penis or neck of bladder. Gleet.

Urinary Organs

Intense itching in urethra.

Urinary Organs

Sudden desire to urinate; child jumps up and down.