CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA
(Nata—Indian)
General.–fever, headache, etc.
Mind.–Mental depression; lack of enthusiasm.
Head.–Terrible headache; better by wrapping, by pressure.
Eyes.–Terrible pain as if burn before and during invasion of fever, relieve by cold application.
Tongue.–Slight white coating on tongue; bloodless white moist tongue; thirst for cold water.
Stomach.–Gurgling in lower abdomen; enlargement of liver and spleen, which is painful to touch; desire for boiled rice, meat or other hard substance; aversion to liquid food.
Stool.–Hard, saffron-colored, or liquid and yellow colored.
Fever.–Regular fever with chill and shivering on one day, and on the other day it appears with slight chill; fever comes 8 to 10 am or 2 to 4 pm. In intermittent fever, there is no thirst when fever comes afternoon; again in morning fever there is thirst in hot stage. Flushed face; hot breath; hurried respiration. After remission of fever, patient feels extremely weak, disinclined to do any work even to talk, with closed eyes, likes to sleep.
Skin.–Dry, dirty, small eruption like mosquito bite.
Back.–Drawing pain in back after cold bath.
Dose.–Mother tincture, 2x, 3x.