Homeopathic Materia Medica

by William Boericke, M.D.

ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM
Button Snake-root

A remedy for urinary disorders. Strangury, etc, with nervous erethism. Thick, yellow mucous discharges. Influenza. Uridrosis, sweat of urinous odor in evening.

Respiratory: Cough, with sense of constriction. Smarting in throat and larynx.

Urinary: Tenesmus of bladder and urethra. Difficult and frequent micturition. Pain behind pubes. Spasmodic stricture. Renal colic (Pareira; Calc). Congestion of kidneys with dull pain in back, running down the ureters and limbs. Irritable bladder from enlarged prostate gland, or from pressure of uterus.

Male: Discharge of prostatic fluid from slight causes. Seminal emissions without erections, with lassitude (Dioscor; Phos ac).

Relationship: Compare: Conium; Cannab; Dios; Ocim; Clemat.

Dose: Tincture, to third potency.

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