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APOCYNUM CANNABINUM

Indian hemp

Clinical Picture:
Acute inflammation of the serous membranes.
Oedema and ascites with thirst (Aceticum acidum); water disagrees or is vomited in disorders such as typhus, typhoid, exanthemata, cirrhosis or during medication with drugs.
Acute hydrocephalus, with sutures open; stupor, sight of one eye.
Impaired; constant motion of one arm and one leg (teft arm and left leg: Bryonia alba); forehead prominent.

Modalities:
Worse:

Cold weather
Cold drinks
Uncovering
Better:
Covering.

Relations:
Action similar to Aceticum acidum, Apis mellifica (no thirst), Arsenicum album, Cinchoninum sulphuricum and Digitalis purpurea in dropsical disorders.

Summary of Indications:
Disorders with inflammation of serous membranes - oedema, ascites -acute hydrocephalus.

Antidotes:
Camphora officinalis
Nux vomica