Dr. Reckeweg Apocynum Cannabinum (Mother Tincture)

Common Name:  Indian (American) Hemp.

• Provings were made with fresh plant-tinctures, or fresh or powdered root-tinctures or infusions. 
• Watery infusions (with just enough spirit to keep them from fermenting) are said to be more efficacious than tinctures.
• The whole fresh plant, root included, should be used for making the tincture or infusion.

Causes & Symptoms for Dr. Reckeweg Apocynum Cannabinum (Mother Tincture)

• Apocynum Cannabinum produce intense gastric disturbance, extreme depression of the heart's action, and control dropsical effusions and produce diuresis.
• Apocynum Cannabinum depresses the heart, kidneys, and intestines, relaxing sphincters.
• Apocynum Cannabinum causes and intense sinking sensation, drowsiness and a bewildered state of mind, Dizziness.
• The dropsies of Apocynum are general dropsies with or without organic disease, swelling of every part of the body, cardiac dropsies.
• The excretions are diminished, especially urine and sweat.
• Apocynum Cannabinum restore the menses when given in cases of dropsy.
• Diarrhoea is worse immediately after eating. Food or water is immediately ejected, though hungry.
• There is worse on waking in the morning. Many of the symptoms are worse after sleep.

Mind

• Bewildered, nervous, low-spirited.

Head

• Dizzy, Very marked piercing pain in right temple followed by vertigo.
• Vertigo suddenly appearing and disappearing.

Eyes

• Eyes inflamed, worse morning and evening. Sensation as if sand in them.

Nose

• Violent coryza, Nose and throat filled with thick yellow mucus on waking in morning.
• Peculiar dryness of mucous membranes of nose with sensation of stiffness, followed by secretion of thick yellow mucus, preceded in some cases by a thin, irritating discharge.

Face

• Face pale, covered with cold sweat (diarrhoea), Dry lips

Mouth      

• Dry tongue, immoderate thirst. Tongue coated, Constant spitting, increase of mucus and saliva.

Stomach

• Thirst on waking. Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain, and is immediately thrown off (Ars.).
• Cannot tolerate food or drink, which is immediately ejected.
• Distension after a moderate meal. Feels hungry, but when she eats it settles in epigastrium, turns sour, and hurts.