Menyanthes Trifoliata

or simply Menyanthes

(Buck-bean)

A remedy for certain headaches, intermittent fever. Coldness of abdomen. Twitchings. Sensation of tension and compression. Fidgets and urinary difficulties in women. Diabetes.

Head
Pressing in vertex; better, hard pressure with hand. Pressing-together pain. Weight pressing on brain with every step on ascending. Pain from nape over whole brain; better, stooping, sitting; worse, going upstairs. Cracking in jaw and twitching of facial muscles.

Stomach
No thirst at any time. Revenous hunger; passing away after eating a little. Desire for meat. Sensation of coldness extending up to esophagus.

Abdomen
Distended and full; increased by smoking tobacco. Coldness of abdomen.

Extremities
Icy coldness of hands and feet. Cramp-like pain. As soon as patient lies down, legs jerk and twitch.

Fever
Coldness predominates; felt most acutely in abdomen and legs and tip of nose.

Modalities
Worse, during rest, ascending better, pressure on affected part, stooping, motion.

Relationship
Compare: Caps; Puls; Calc; Phos ac; Sang.

Antidote: Camph.

Dose
Third to thirtieth potency.

Reference: Homeopathic Materia Medica by William Boericke