Copaiva Officinalis

▲   GENERAL

General

Copaiva Officinalis acts powerfully on mucous membranes, especially that of the urinary tract, the respiratory organs, and the skin, here producing a well-marked nettle-rash. Colds and catarrhs.

Dose

First to third attenuation.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Santalum - (aching in kidneys); Cannab.; Cantharis ^Canth.; Barosma; Cubeba Officinalis ^Cubeb; Apis Mel ^Apis; Vespa Crabro ^Vespa; Erigeron Canadense ^Erig.; Senecio Jacobaea ^Senecio; Sepia ^Sepia.

Antidotes

Antidote: Belladonna ^Bell.; Merc Viv ^Merc.

▲   MIND

Mind

Aversions, dislikes

business

company

Delirium

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; about self; body; size; tall; as if were tall

Desires, wants; sex, lustful

Excitement

morning

during period

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome)

anger (see irritability and quarrelsome); with trembling

contemptuous (see scorn); of self

hatred; of all people (misanthropy)

irritability

loathing; before out-break on skin

loathing; life (see desires, death)

morose

unhappy; dwells on past disagreeable occurrences

unhappy; lamenting, regretting; moaning, groaning; with head ache on one side of head

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; morning

on waking

after waking

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; afternoon

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; during period

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; periodical

unhappy; sadness, mental depression; while walking

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

afternoon

from music; of piano

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; confusion

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

Insecure, uncertain, scared; fear; of death

Memory; weakness of memory

Restlessness, nervousness

after sexual intercourse

Work; impossible to work

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Preceding out-breaks on skin

On physical exertion

While riding; while riding horseback

While sitting

While standing

While walking

sensation of gliding in the air, as if feet did not touch the ground, while walking

▲   HEAD

Head

Sensitive to sharp sounds.

Congestion (see pulsation)

after eating

fullness

morning

fullness; pressure of hat

fullness; while reading

fullness; forehead

with heat of face

with redness of face

Hot; when contradicted

Movements in head; shaking sensation

Movements of head; trembling

Pulsating; back of head (occiput)

Headache

Excessive sensitiveness; pain in occiput

Dull, frontal headache, passes to occiput and back again, with throbbing, worse right side and motion

Heaviness (see pain

pressing)

pressing); pressure

pressing); back of head (occiput)

Pain, headache

late morning

in forehead; mental exertion

in forehead; above eyes

back of head (occiput)

morning

late morning

sides; one side

temples; morning

temples; evening

temples; night

temples; pressure

boring, digging, screwing; side of head

left

pressing (see bursting, pulling); forehead

pressing (see bursting, pulling); back of head (occiput)

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure

temples; right

temples; night

stitching, sudden, sharp

on washing face

back of head (occiput); deep seated

back of head (occiput); pulsating

temples

top of head (vertex)

Scalp

Scalp sensitive

Hair; falling

▲   EYES

Eyes

Lids; stuck together; morning

Discoloration; redness

Dryness

Inflammation

Infected; full of dark vessels, conjunctiva (external lining of eye)

Itching

Pain

aching

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

pulling

outward

Tension

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; black; floating

▲   EARS

Ear

Discharges from ear

pus

Itching; like insects crawling on skin

Noises in ear

while walking

buzzing

humming

reverberating, echoes

painful

walking

roaring

Pain

from sharp sounds

on touch

burning

left

when touched

stitching, sudden, sharp; left

stitching, sudden, sharp; night

stitching, sudden, sharp; behind the ear

Skin

discoloration; brown spots

out-breaks on skin

merging together

peeling in scales

scaly

around the ears; pimples

Hearing

Too sensitive

▲   FACE

Face

Bloated (see swelling, congestion)

Congestion (see heat)

while eating

Expression; sickly

Heat; with headache

Lips

cracked lips

dryness

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed)

Pain

burning (see heat)

sore, bruised; parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

sore, bruised; submaxillary gland (gland by neck, under jaw)

Skin

discoloration; pale

discoloration; red

out-breaks on skin; acne

out-breaks on skin; blotches

out-breaks on skin; eczema; elevations

out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash

Swelling

▲   NOSE

Nose

Rawness and soreness of nostrils with stopped-up feeling; dryness of posterior nares

Profuse, thick, fetid discharge from nasal passages, running down throat at night

Burning and dryness, crusts on turbinated bones

Marked catarrhal condition in upper respiratory tract.

Nose bleed

Catarrh

Discharge from nose

blood

copious

crusts, scabs, inside

greenish

offensive smelling

fetid

containing pus

thick

yellow

sh-green

behind nostrils (see catarrh)

Dryness; inside

Pain

burning, smarting

rawness

sore, bruised; inside

sore, bruised; behind nostrils

Picking nose

Skin or lining of nose; ulcers; septum (flesh between nostrils), round ulcers

Discharge

Running or blocked nose (coryza); blocked

left

running, wet

Sneezing

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Cold breath

Growths, blisters, swellings; ulcers

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive

offensive; morning

Pain

Speech; difficult

Swelling

Gums and teeth

Teeth

coldness

feel as if on edge

Saliva

Dryness

morning

Saliva; mucus, slime; thick and sticky

Salivation

Tongue

Discoloration

tongue; red; edges

tongue; white

Pain; sore; tongue

Taste

Saliva; sweet (see taste)

Palate

Discoloration

palate (roof of mouth); red

palate (roof of mouth); red; soft palate (back of roof of mouth)

Dryness; palate (roof of mouth)

▲   THROAT

Throat

Larynx (voice box); tension; during period

Choking, constricting

night

Discoloration

redness

redness; throat

redness; tonsils

Dryness

larynx

Feels hot

Inflammation

follicular

Irritation; larynx

Itching

Mucus

sweetish

clinging

yellow

Pain

throat

burning

pressing

sore

larynx

Roughness; from coughing

Swallowing

constantly

difficult

Swelling; tonsils

Tickling in the air passages

larynx

in trachea (wind pipe)

Voice

hoarseness

hoarseness; morning

during period

▲   CHEST

Chest

Anxiety

Catarrh

Constriction, tension

Fullness

Heart

palpitations

palpitations; after eating

palpitations; tumultuous, violent, intense

Heat

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

lungs

Lungs; haemorrhage (see expectoration)

Oppressed feeling

when stooping

Pain

sides

aching; sides

burning

pressing; breast bone

rawness

sore, bruised

from coughing

breast bone; on touch

stitching, sudden, sharp; arm pit; extending to chest

stitching, sudden, sharp; sides; right

Skin

itching; arm pit

small, purplish spot

Respiration

Cough, with profuse, gray, purulent expectoration

Tickling in larynx, trachea, and bronchi

Bronchial catarrh, with profuse greenish, offensive discharge.

Accelerated

Difficult (dyspnea)

while lying; lying with the head low

Interrupted; coughing

Panting

Rattling

Slow

Hiccup

Stomach; hiccup; after eating

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Evening

Dry cough

morning

when period is suppressed

evening

during measles

from suppressed measles

Hoarse

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); dryness from coughing; larynx

With measles

during measles

after measles

In women

during period

during period; morning

Painful to cough

Racking

Rough

Short

Tickling

in bronchia

larynx

in wind pipe

Violent

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Greyish

Greenish

Yellow

Copious

Difficult

Mucous

Noticeable smell

offensive smelling

offensive smell

Containing pus

Noticeable taste

flat

nauseous

salty

sweetish

▲   SKIN

Skin

HIVES, with fever and constipation

Roseola

Erysipelatous inflammation, especially around abdomen

Circumscribed, lenticular patches, with itching; mottled appearance

Chronic urticaria in children

Bullous eruptions.

Blisters

Discoloration

bluish

brown, liver spots

mottled

red

spots; rose-coloured

Hard; like parchment

Itching; stinging

Out-breaks on skin

eczema

elevated

measles

pus-filled pimples

white

rash (see granular)

red

red

scarlet

scabies

like nettle rash

night

during fever

nodular

nodular; rosy (erythema)

Pain; burning

Swelling

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

Skin; out-breaks on skin; neck; measly spots

Back

Pain

with breath

lumbar (lower half of back)

lying down

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); morning

aching; lumbar (lower half of back); during period

stitching, sudden, sharp, shooting; dorsal (shoulder level); between shoulder blades

when breathing

Stiffness

walking

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Gastric troubles during menstruation or following urticaria

Urinary Organs.

Burning pressure; painful micturition by drops

Retention, with pain in bladder, anus, and rectum

Catarrh of bladder; dysuria

Swelling of orifice

Constant desire to urinate

Urine smells of violets

Greenish; turbid color; peculiar pungent odor.

Heaviness

Pain

evening

bending double

during diarrhoea (colic)

before stool

during stool; during diarrhoea

after stool

wandering pain

lower part of abdomen

right side, above hip

groin region; right

groin region; glands

sore, bruised, tenderness, etc.; right side, between ribs and hip

sudden, sharp (sticking, etc.); behind lower ribs

tearing

during stool

Swelling; groin region; glands

Bladder

catarrh mucous-pus (see urine, sediment containing pus)

inflammation

cervix of bladder

pain

morning

comes on suddenly

on beginning to urinate

cervix of bladder

cervix of bladder; on attempting to urinate

aching

aching; cervix of bladder

burning

burning; cervix

burning; cervix; during urination

dragging

pulling; cervix

pressing, pressure

spasmodic

spasmodic; morning

retention of urine (see urination delayed); in children

every time child catches cold

retention of urine (see urination delayed); from catching cold

retention of urine (see urination delayed); painful

spasm

cervix

urge to urinate, but producing nothing

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); constant

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); old women

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); standing

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); after urinating

urination; dribbling (by drops)

with enlarged prostate

urination; feeble stream (slow)

urination; frequent; exposure to cold and wet

urination; delayed, difficult; must wait for urine to start

urination; thin stream

Kidneys; pain; region of

Stomach

appetite; reduced

appetite; increased (hunger in general); evening

distended (swollen from inner pressure); after eating

burping, belching

after eating

strong and sharp (acrid)

foul

hot

fullness; after eating

pulsation

after eating

retching; after eating

sinking (see emptiness)

thirst; during heat

thirst; for large quantities

often

Eating

Food seems too salty

burping, belching; food (regurgitation)

burping, belching; tasting like food

Flatus

Gas and intestinal flatulence, urging to stool and difficult passage with pain.

Nausea

Stomach; gagging (see nausea)

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Mucous colitis

Stools covered with mucous, with colic and chilliness

Burning and itching of anus, caused by piles.

Constipation; alternating with diarrhoea

Constriction, contraction, closure, etc.

Diarrhoea

morning

after catching cold

Dysentery

Flatulence; offensive

Involuntary stool

Pain

perineum (between rectum and genitals); needing to urinate

burning; after stool

pressing (pressure)

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during diarrhoea

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during dysentery

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; during stool

Urging, desire to stool (see pain; urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing); constant

Sensation of weight; perineum (between rectum and genitals)

Stool

Like balls

like sheep dung

Bloody

Brown

Clay-coloured (see light-coloured)

Copious

Fluffy

Green

Hard

Large

Food appears to be passed undigested (lientery)

Mucous, slimy; white; masses

Odour

offensive

sour

Pasty, mushy

Scanty

Soft

Thin, liquid

yellow

Watery

morning

white

yellow

White

normal consistency

milk like

Yellow

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Albuminous (white, thick)

after scarlet fever

Bloody

with dysentery

Burning (includes hot)

Cloudy

Colour

dark

greenish

pale

red

dark-red

Copious

night

Frothy

Milky

Odour; like violets

Scanty

Sediment

copious

mucous

red

sand

red (brick-dust)

thick

Thick

Thick and sticky

Urethra

Male; erections; painful (see urethra)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); painful during erection

constriction

while urinating

contraction

discharge; strong and sharp (acrid)

discharge; bloody

discharge; sharp mucous or pus

painless

discharge; greenish

discharge; milky

after urinating

discharge; mucous

discharge; profuse

discharge; containing pus

discharge; white

chronic; after urinating

discharge; yellow

sensation of dryness

inflammation

passage

itching

before urination

during urination

after urination

passage

pain; passage

pain; gnawing, biting; and itching, before urination

pain; gnawing, biting; after urination

pain; burning

before urination

during urination

after urination

pain; pulling

passage

pain; pressing

pain; pulsating, when not urinating

pain; soreness

passage

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; burning; while urinating

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp; when not urinating

pulsation

closing; spasmodic

swelling

passage

Male

Male

Testicles sensitive and swollen.

excoriated (as if grazed, chaffed); penis

inflammation; indurated (hard from inflammation); testes

after gonorrhoea

pain; penis; head (glans)

pain; aching; testes

pain; burning; scrotum

pain; gnawing, biting; penis; foreskin; after urinating

pain; pulling; testes

pain; sore; penis

pain; sore; scrotum; oozing fluid

pain; sore; testes

pulsation; penis

redness; scrotum

redness; between thighs and scrotum

thick emission from penis

swelling; penis

swelling; testes

left

tingling; penis

testes and scrotum (balls); moisture, scrotum

strong and sharp (acrid)

Female

Female

Itching of vulva and anus, with bloody purulent discharge

vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin

vaginal discharge; gonorrhoea

vaginal discharge; greenish

vaginal discharge; after period

vaginal discharge; milky

irritation; itching; vagina

pain; burning; vagina

pain; pulling; vagina

Womb

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen)

pain; cramping; womb

pain; pulling; womb

Genitals

Profuse, strong-smelling menstrual discharge, with pains radiating to hip bones, with nausea.

Male

erections; troublesome; morning

erections; excessive

during erotic thoughts

erections; violent

out-breaks on skin; like nettle rash

sexual passion; violent

sexual passion; lacking

prostate gland; enlargement

prostate gland; hardness

without enlargement

prostate gland; heaviness

prostate gland; inflammation

from suppressed gonorrhoea

indurated (hard from inflammation)

prostate gland; pain

while urinating

burning

stitching, sudden, sharp; while urinating

prostate gland; swelling

Female

out-breaks on skin

irritation; itching

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

pain; ovaries

pulsating

pain; burning

pulsating; ovaries

while standing

Menses

period; copious

period; dark

period; frequent

period; intermittent

period; offensive smell; strong

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Coldness

with diarrhoea

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs; thigh

night

lower limbs; knee

night

during period

lower limbs; foot; late morning

lower limbs; foot; night

lower limbs; foot; during period

Cracking noise in joints

knee

knee; when stretching

Cramps; hip

Hands and feet; chilblains

Movements and positions

trembling

trembling; hand

after contradiction

twitching; movement

Numbness (see tingling); while sitting

upper limbs

night

from lying on it

upper limbs; while lying on it

Pain

rheumatic

after suppressed gonorrhoea

joints

rheumatic; after suppressed gonorrhoea

shoulder

elbow; evening

wrist

left

hip

during period

knee

during period

rheumatic

ankle

foot; back of foot

on movement

aching; lower limbs; knee

burning; hand; in spots

burning; hand; back of hand

spots

burning; hand; palm

burning; foot; sole

pressing; shoulder

night

pressing; elbow

evening

pressing; knee

while walking

sore, bruised; shoulder

sore, bruised; hip

while lying down; while lying on it

on walking

as if sprained; foot

Paralysis

on one side of body (hemiplegia)

after disappearance of nettle rash

Restlessness; lower limbs

Skin

discoloration; upper limbs; small, purple spot

discoloration; upper limbs; red; spots

discoloration; hand; back of hand; brown; spots

discoloration; hand; back of hand; red; spots

discoloration; hand; back of hand; yellow in spots

discoloration; knee; reddish

itching; upper limbs

spots

itching; forearm

out-break on skin

merging together

elevations

like measles

pus-filled pimples

rash

like nettle rash

upper limbs

upper limbs; merging together

upper limbs; like measles

upper limbs; like millet seeds

upper limbs; pus-filled pimples

upper limbs; like nettle rash

forearm; pus-filled pimples

hand

hand; merging together

hand; back of hand; merging together

hand; back of hand; like measles

hand; back of hand; like nettle rash

hand; between index finger and thumb; like nettle rash

lower limbs

lower limbs; merging together

lower limbs; elevations

foot; merging together

foot; elevations

Swollen

upper limbs

knee

leg

ankle

foot

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness); upper limbs; side lain on

Weakness; leg

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Late morning

Afternoon

After eating

Fever with skin out-break; measles

▲   GENERALITIES

Fatigue

Lethargic, tired

Sleep and dreams

Dreams

amorous

frightful

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

Sleeplessness, insomnia

night; after sexual intercourse

Waking

early

frequent

Convulsions

Convulsions

Perspiration

Odour; rank

Profuse

Generalities

Fluid build up; external

Mucous secretions increased

Numbness; internally; parts lain on

Paralysis; one-sided

Pulsation

Swelling; in general

Trembling; from anger

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness)

after stool

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