Caesalpinia sapan = dried powdered heartwood
Repertory: [Dr.
Mohamed Muneer]
Mind: Concentration difficult < afternoon.
Euphoria all morning and day/fresh and well feeling in the morning.
Calmness of mind.
Increased determination.
Lack of interest in doing anything,
Seeks consolation.
Sympathy for suffering others.
Mental tension by slightest cause.
Mental tension relieves.
Concentration difficult < afternoon fresh in the whole morning and day
Calmness of mind.
Vertigo: < morning/> lying down/< standing
Tendency to fall.
„As if turning in a circle“ > morning/< afternoon/> after food/> lying down.
Head: l.
Heaviness - < waking from sleep/< 5 h./>lying down.
Frontal headache < afternoon till evening/rising from chair/bed/
R. (occipital) headache < reading
Stitching < motion.
Vertex headache < afternoon.
Dull headache < 4 h. till 18 h. – 19 h. > at night
Headache from cold bathing < in the early morning/l. head/l. face of head < evening
Heaviness and sleepiness due to night watching > after sleep.
Headache both temporal (l./< evening)
Eyes: Pain l. (eyelid)
Stitching (< closing the eye).
Pain in (r.) eye „As if protruded“.
Aching
Eye opening difficult due to weakness of body.
Ears: Pain in l. ear < empty swallowing
Nose: Pain in l. nostril.
Watery discharge from nose < evening
Sneezing < morning.
„As if stopped“ < morning.
Coryza and nasal obstruction (l.).
Clear jelly like, thick mucus from nose (l./< warm room/> open air).
Face: Pain in face l. < evening/in l. maxillary region (< stooping/< evening/< stooping)
Mouth: Ulcers on the tongue. Bitter taste in mouth < evening.
Teeth: Pain in l. molar tooth < eating/< 7 h.
Toothache < eating/< drawing cold air
Throat: Itching of throat < 12 midnightMust clear the throat constantly.
Mucous glairy clearing/from the throat
Tendency to clear throat constantly
Itching of throat
Stomach: Appetite increased [on waking/during morning/10 h/<12 h./< empty stomach/ravenous (< morning 8 h.)]
Burning in stomach < morning.
Emptiness in stomach at 10 h. (> after eating 1 - 1½ hour after food).
All gone feeling in epigastrium (before noon/before food/without eructation/with palpitation).
Heartburn from slightest mental exertion/< 10 h.
Nausea while waking < 5 h. – 9 h.
Thirst decreased.
Abdomen: Allgone feeling < before food/< before noon/with palpitation.
Pain in abdomen < 4 h. (waking hours).
Colicky pain lasted for about 10 minutes
Pain in l. inguinal region.
Fullness feeling in hypogastrium without pain < after food/> evening
Discomfort and distension of abdomen < after journey/< before food
Rectum: Constipaton/Diarrhoea .
Pain and dryness at the margin of anus < morning/< hard stool.
Stool: Like chopped eggs/hard and dry/watery
Bladder: Frequently full. Has to urinate intermittently
Urination profuse.
Pain during urination
Female genitals: Menses 3 days early/profuse
Respiration: Breathing difficult < evening/> rest.
Couh: Dry < 22 h.
With itching of throat.
Cough with sensation „As if it would end in a vomit“.
Several paroxysm
Chest: Palpitation with all gone feeling in abdomen
Back: Pain (bursting/wants to lie on back/> lying/in shoulder ext. to fingertipp)
Extremities: Weakness - < 12 h./< after supper/< after lunch/> after rest.
Pain in l. arm.
Pain in shoulder to finger Tipp/in wrist joint r.
Heaviness/coldness
Sleep: Deep at night.
Sleepy: early night/due to weakness
Sleep disturbed
Dozing < early morning/drowsy.
Sound sleep
Perspiration: Increased with vertigo/< morning
Skin: Hard and black coloured eruption on forearm and leg. Eruption on forearm and leg
Eruption on forearm and legs turn to black after itching
Generals: Desires: Coffee/Choc;
Modalities: < Morning 10 h./< afternoon/< evening/< before food/< after food
> after food/> lying down
Vergleich: Siehe: Fabales (Fabaceae)
Wirkung: anti-bacterial/anti-coagulant
Allerlei: Quelle von Sappanwood
dye called brazilin for fabric/paints/inks.
Phytologie: Emmenagogue/astringent and sedative.
Skin diseases
(lichen).
Wounds/haemorrhages/disturbance of menstrual functions.
Dysentery and diarrhoea
Ayurvedic: vata/bilious/fever/delirium/ulcer/strangury/urinary concretions/mental disorder;
cures boils/blood
complaints; improves the complexion
Yunani System: The wood is bitter; stops bleeding from the chest
and lungs; heals wounds, ulcers; improves the complexion;
useful in rheumatism.
Vertigo associated with hypertension. Reduces blood pressure
to 80/50 mm of Hg
Tincture from
Sphere of action: It has prominent action on the gastro intestinal
system, eye and head. Other important sites are the nose,
throat, urinary system, locomotor system, and respiratory
system.
Side affinity:
Predominantly Left sided.