Pinus silvestris
Pinus sylvestris · Plant · Pinaceae
Pinus silvestris suits scrofulous and rachitic children with weak ankles, delayed walking, and emaciation of the lower limbs. It is also indicated in adults with combined rheumatic, bronchial, and urticarial conditions.
Key symptoms
- Weak ankles and tardiness in walking in scrofulous and rachitic children
- Emaciation of the lower extremities
- Stiffness with gouty pain in all joints, especially finger-joints
- Cramps in the calves
- Nettle-rash with itching all over, especially about joints and abdomen
- Chest seems thin and gives way
Scotch Pine
Has been found of real use in the treatment of weak ankles and tardiness in walking, in scrofulous and rachitic children. Emaciation of lower extremities. Pinus sylvestris combines rheumatic, bronchial and urticarious symptoms; the chest seems thin and to give way.
Extremities
Stiffness; gouty pain in all joints, especially finger-joints. Cramps in calves.
Skin
Nettle-rash. Itching all over, especially about joints and on abdomen. Nose itches.
Relationship
Compare: Pinus Lambertina-Sugar Pine--(constipation, amenorrhœa, abortion). Pinus Lambertina sap is a decided carthartic. Delayed and painful menstruation.
Also, Abies can; Abies nig.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency.
Scotch Fir. Red, Norway, Riga, or Baltic Pine. (The typical pine of Europe.) N. O. Coniferæ. Tincture of leaves and young twigs.
Clinical
Ankles, weak. Anus, itching of. Bronchitis. Constipation. Diarrhœa. Dysuria. Emaciation of lower limbs. Glands, submaxillary and inguinal, swollen. Gout. Hæmorrhoids. Heart, palpitation of. Joints, stiff. Kidneys, pains in. Liver, enlargement of. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Squint. Tinnitus. Urine, increased; strong. Vertigo. Walking, late. Worms (lumbrici).
Characteristics
Pinus syl. was proved by Demeures in the Ø tincture; and Patzack observed the effects of bathing in an infusion of the leaves. Pine baths may also be made by adding Oleum Pini sylvestris to an ordinary bath in the proportion of one minim to the gallon. These baths have a reputation in the treatment of rheumatism, gout, paralysis, scrofula, and skin diseases. The provings show that this reputation is founded on a specific relationship. Rheumatic, gouty, and paralytic pains in limbs, bones, and joints; …
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