Homoeopathy — Page 157
Cactus Grandiflorus 157 gets worse with physical labour and fatigue, and is relieved by rest. Movement makes it worse. The headache is on the right side , and is aggravated by noise and bright light. In Cactus, palpitation is also present. Sometimes, the entire body throbs. This also happens in Belladonna, where the body is warm and feverish, but is absent in Cactus. The tendency of numbness of the left arm along with the feeling of pull demands the use of Cactus. These symptoms sometimes develop in the beginning of a heart problem. However, it is not necessary that the pain in the left arm should always be due to a heart ailment. This can be caused by acidity of the stomach. In case there is tightness and sensation of suffocation (as if somebody has strongly squeezed the chest) or there is palpitation and numbness, the obvious treatment should be Cactus. In Cactus, if at all there is fever, it starts at 11 o’ clock in the morning. Before noon, the patient feels severe chill. Along with thirst, headache and the feeling of warmth at the time of contracting fever, there is difficulty in breathing. The feeling of warmth on the head on mental exertion is a characteristic of Cactus. The head feels as if caught in a vice. There is a fear of having apoplexy. The eyes are red. The hearing is affected due to congestion of ears with blood. The feeling of warmth and buzzing in the ear, spasm at the gullet (oesophagus), dryness of the tongue and difficulty in swallowing food without water, the feeling of tightness and twitching of the stomach , with the sensation of heaviness, blood-mixed vomiting , hard and dark stools, morning diarrhoea , painful swelling of piles and heaviness at the anal verge, are all the symptoms of Cactus. In malarial fever, as well as during heart trouble, the intestines may also bleed. In Cactus, there is contraction of the bladder neck, causing difficulty in passing urine. Sometimes, there is bleeding in the bladder and the blood may clot in the urethra, making the suffering still more grave. Swollen hands and feet , soft ice-cold hands and the feeling of feet being big, with restlessness in the legs, are all symptoms of Cactus which aggravate at night and on lying on the left side, along with noise light heat sun and hard work. Antidotes: Camphor, Aconite, China Potency: 30