Dr Willmar Schwabe India Polyporus officinalis CH

This remedy has been for chills and fever with headache and flushed face. It is also indicated in liver disorders, jaundice and constipation. The chilliness is very marked with shuddering. The joints are painful and the pains are rheumatic and neuralgic. The pains are sudden, sharp and momentary. It is indicated in depression with disinclination to physical and mental exertion with aching in all joints.

Head: The head is aching in the morning on waking aggravated by stooping or shaking head. The brain is sore aggravated by motion and ameliorated by eructation. Dullness and fullness in the morning with light dizzy feeling. Pain in the forehead all day aggravated walking and motion. There is dullness, heaviness and tightness in forehead in the evening.

Mouth: Teeth feel as if forced out. The gums are sore. The tongue is coated yellow, red at tip and prickling in end. The taste is bitter, sweet, metallic and coppery.

Throat: The throat is raw and scraping in the evening and afternoon.

Stomach:The appetite is more with desire for sour foods relieves the symptoms. The appetite is little for breakfast and dinner, lost for supper. The eructation is acrid with heartburns.

Abdomen: The abdomen is full of flatus and rumbling. There is cutting pain in the abdomen and epigastrium waking at midnight with distress in umbilicus and urging to stool. The pain is present all night aggravated by touch and before stool.

Liver: The liver region is painful and the pain is stabbing in nature which is more on inspiration. There is sharp pain in the region of spleen, liver and abdomen. There is heavy pain in the region of right lobe of liver, after passing stool, in the morning.

Rectum: Pain and discomfort in the anus aggravated in the afternoon. The desire for stool is associated with pain and much flatulence.

Stool: The stool is watery, copious, forcible and frequent with pains. The stool contains undigested food mixed with water. The stool is constipated and passes dry stool, then yellow watery, then lumpy dark stool and mixed with blood and mucus.

Neck and back: There is drawing pain in the left side of neck after getting into bed. The pain in the back is more in the evening with stiffness. The pain extends through the spine and limbs and shooting between scapulae and neck and occipital region.

Extremities: The joints are painful in the afternoon which is rheumatic. The arms and legs are weak with lancination in the hip joint. Pain in the bends of knees and thighs, extending to feet and ankles which is aggravated by motion.

Fever: There is chilliness all night and the coldness of nose in open air. The fever comes after chilliness and sweat with pain in the hypochondrium. The chill creeps along the spine with hot flashes and disposition to yawn and stretch. Heat present all day and night with face hot and flushed and dryness of skin and hands. The hands and feet are hot and dry and sweat all night and midnight on waking.

Dosage: Please note that the dosage of single homoeopathic medicines varies from drug to drug depending upon the condition, age, sensitivity and other things. In some cases they are given as regular doses as 3-5 drops 2-3 times a day whereas in other cases they are given only once in a week, month or even in a longer period. We strongly recommend that the medication should be taken as per the physician’s advice.

Please avoid taking any food or drinks for a few minutes before and after taking the medication.

Side effects

No side effect of this remedy is known in therapeutic doses.

Contraindications

No contra-indication for the use of this remedy is known.