Hydrocotyle The Homoeopathic Medicine

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass: Rosidae Order: Apiales Family: (Apiaceae Umbelliferae) – Carrot family Genus: Hydrocotyle L. – hydrocotyle

Common Name

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Thankuni

Sanskrit

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Nandukparni

Hindi

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Brahma manduki

English

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Indian pennywort

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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

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 Synonyms:- Hydrocotyle Nummularioides. Hydrocotyle Pallida.  Common Names: Indian Pennywort. Water Pennywort.

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 Synonyms: Hydrocotyle Nummularioides. Hydrocotyle Pallida.  Common Names: Indian Pennywort. Water Pennywort.  This perennial creeping plant is indigenous to tropical regions in both continents. Leaves smooth petiolate, grouped on the nodes of the stem, round-kidney shape, dark green in color, an inch broad, with crenate margin. Flowers pinkish, in three-flowered umbels. The fresh bruised leaves have a peculiar odor, and a bitter pungent taste

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 This is a small herbaceous plant with palmately nerved or dissected leaves and simple umbels of small flowers found throughout India from the Himalayas to Cape of Comerin at the altitudes updo 2000 ft above sea-level.  It is particularly grown in the damp places of West Bengal. The plant was known to the Sanskrit writers of very remote times. Its properties being similar to those of Herpestle Monniera (Brahmi). Both plants are regarded as a tonic, useful in the skin diseases, nervous system, blood and brain cells.

 Some parts of Indians are habituated in taking the leaves with milk for improving their memory and use as a body building tonic. The leaves are very effective in skin eruptions and syphilitic treatment

It can be administered for both internal or, external use. It has a special gravity on leprosy. Still the confirmatory actions on curing leprosy are under research.

 Water pennyworts, Hydrocotyles, are very common. They have long creeping stems that often form dense mats, often in and near ponds, lakes, rivers, marshes and some species in coastal areas by the sea.

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Leaves: Simple, with small leafy outgrowth at the base, kidney shaped to round. Leaf edges are scalloped. Flowers Flower clusters are simple and flat-topped or rounded. Involucral bracts Inconspicuous bracts at the base of each flower. Indistinct sepals. Fruits and reproduction Elliptical to round with thin ridges and no oil tubes (vitta) which is characteristic in the fruit of umbelliferous plants. The prostrate plants reproduce by seed and by sending roots from stem nodes.

 Medical use: The entire plant.

 Hydrocot. has been long known as an Indian remedy.  Boileau was the first to use it as a remedy in leprosy.

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 It was introduced into the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Dr. Audouit,

France.

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 Auduit cured a case: Girl, 20, weak and sickly-looking, since childhood troubled with glandular swellings, for eight years had lupus excedens of nose. Her mother had coppery eruption on face.  On right of nose was a button the size of six pence covered with a thick crust covering yellow pus mixed with blood. Margins irregular and livid. Five other buttons size of lentils near root of nose both sides.  Hydroc. was given in 6c, 3c, tincture and the 18c potencies in succession with intermissions and completely cured in five months. Planets: Mercury, Saturn 15/09/15


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 Gotu Kola is known as Indian Pennywort. It produces hypertrophy and induration of connective tissue. Curative in disorders that exhibit interstitial inflammation and cellular proliferation in any part.

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 Generals - MUCUS membranes, general - syphilitic Hydrc. MERC. Murphy Rep.

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 GENERALS - HYPERTROPHY - Connective tissue: hydrc.

Synthesis Rep. 9.0

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Preparation:-The carefully dried plant is coarsely powdered, covered with five parts by weight of alcohol, and allowed to remain eight days in a well-stoppered bottle, in a dark, cool place, being shaken twice a day. The tincture is then poured off, strained and filtered.

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 HYDROCOTYLE (GOTU KOLA) OVERVIEW INFORMATION  Gotu kola is an herb that is commonly used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. The above-ground parts are used to make medicine.

 Gotu kola is used to treat bacterial, viral or parasitic infections such as urinary tract infection (UTI), shingles, leprosy, cholera, dysentery, syphilis, common cold, influenza, H1N1 (Swine) flu, elephantiasis, tuberculosis and schistosomiasis.

 Gotu kola is also used for fatigue, anxiety, depression, psychiatric disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and improving memory and Intelligence. Other uses include wound healing, trauma and circulation problems (venous insufficiency) including varicose veins, and Blood clots in the legs.

 HYDROCOTYLE (GOTU KOLA) OVERVIEW INFORMATION:

 Gotu kola is sometimes applied to the skin for wound healing and reducing scars, including stretch marks caused by pregnancy.  Some people use gotu kola for sunstroke, tonsillitis, fluid around the lungs (pleurisy),liver disease (hepatitis), jaundice, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), stomach pain,diarrhea, indigestion, stomach ulcers, epilepsy, asthma, “tired blood” (anemia), diabetes, and for helping them live longer.

 Some women use gotu kola for preventing pregnancy, absence of menstrual periods, and to arouse sexual desire.

 HYDROCOTYLE (GOTU KOLA) OVERVIEW INFORMATION:

 Gotu kola is sometimes applied to the skin for wound healing and reducing the scars, including stretch marks caused by pregnancy.

 How does it work?  Gotu kola contains certain chemicals that seem to decrease inflammation and also decrease blood pressure in veins. Gotu Kola also seems to increase collagen production, which is important for wound healing.

Mind:  Gloomy thoughts,

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 Misanthropy

 A dislike of humankind.  Hatred of mankind,  Antisocial behaviour

Desire for solitude

 Isolation refer to a state of being or living alone.

Indifference

 lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

 Mind - CONFIDING hydrc. kres. mur-ac. op. spig. Synthesis Rep. 9.0

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 Tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others

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 Expression of face more or less as if intoxicated.  Very severe intermittent pain in the left cheek-bone.

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 Face - CANCER – lupus: alumn. Arg-n. ARS. aur-m. carb-ac. Carb-v. cist. HYDRC. kali-ar. Kali-bi. kali-chl. kreos. lach. psor. Sep. Sil.

Murphy Rep.

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 Face - ERUPTIONS, facial – coppery: ARS-I. Ars. Aur. benz-ac. calc. CARB-AN. Graph. Hydrc. Kali-i. Lyc. merc. Psor. rhus-t. ruta verat.

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 FACE - HEAT - heart, constriction of: hydrc.

Synthesis Rep. 9.0

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 Swelling of the nose.  Stoppage of the nose.  Feeling as if epistaxis were coming on.  Tickling in the nose.

 Nose - LUPUS - wing, on: Aur-m. Hydrc.

Synthesis Rep. 9.0

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A chronic inflammatory disease that is caused by autoimmunity

 The first symptom is a red (or dark), scaly rash on the nose and cheeks, often called a butterfly rash because of its distinctive shape. As inflammation continues, scar tissue may form, including keloid scarring in patients prone to keloid formation.

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 NOSE - Internal nose - eruptions, growths - Lupus Ars. calc. cic. hydr. Hydrc. merc. rhus-t. sulph. tub.

Boericke Rep.

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 General symptoms 

Depression, heaviness, and dull feeling throughout the system generally.

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General lassitude.

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General weariness.

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Profound ennui.

Ennui: A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.

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 Debility.  Lasting prostration of strength.  Excessive heaviness, dulness, and unfitness for everything.

 General malaise.  Drawings in several muscles.  Bruised sensation on waking.  Bruised feeling in all the muscles.

General head  Congestion of blood to the head.  Heaviness of the head.

 Head 

Vertigo with torpor; neuralgic pain in external frontal nerve; occiput acutely sensitive.

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Note - 'Sushruta' has found it useful in increasing memory.

BANERJEE P., Materia Medica of Indian Drugs

 Ear:

 Very severe pain left internal auditory meatus.

 Mouth  Four whitish places on the left side of the tongue, three on its upper, and one, about as large as a two-cent piece, on its under surface.  Slight hyperaemia of the buccal mucous membrane.  Increased action of the salivary glands.

ALLEN T. F., Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

 MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - white - patches - left upper and under side of tongue: hydrc.

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SYNTHESIS REPERTORY 9.0

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 MOUTH - DISCOLORATION - Tongue - white - Sides – patches: hydrc. sang.

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 Insipid or bitter taste.  Slight impediment in speech.

 Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where

'normal' speech is

disrupted.

This

can

mean stuttering, lisps, etc.

 A disorder affecting the capacity to produce normal speech ⇒ slight speech impediment made it difficult for me to understand him.

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 Throat  Bright redness of he velum palati, with pain on swallowing saliva, and especially on swallowing food.

 Redness of the tonsils.

 THROAT - PAIN - burning - Esophagus – prickling: hydrc.

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 Slight disorder of the constrictor muscles of the pharynx.  Pricking in the pharynx.  Dryness and roughness in the oesophagus.  Burning and pricking in the oesophagus.

 Stomach  Loathing of food,  Anorexia, then strong appetite.

 Aversion to tobacco smoking.

 Female:  Heat in the bottom of the vagina; pricking and itching at its orifice.

 Leucorrhoea; heaviness in uterus; vulva, vagina and cervix are red, severe labor-like pain in uterus.

 FEMALE SEXUAL SYSTEM - Ovaries - Pain - Dull – constant: aur-br. hydrc. nicc. sep.

 FEMALE SEXUAL SYSTEM - Uterus - Cervix - Redness hydrc. mit.

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BOERICKE REPERTORY

 FEMALE SEXUAL SYSTEM - Uterus - Inflammation - Chronic – follicular: Hydr. hydrc. iod. merc.

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BOERICKE REPERTORY

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 BACK - PAIN - Cervical region - cancer; from: hydrc.

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 Voice

 Weak voice.  Speaking soon becomes fatiguing.

 Larynx  Slight irritation of all the air-passages.  Dryness of the whole windpipe.  Sensation of dryness in the ventricles of the larynx.

 Expectoration

 Easy expectoration of bronchial mucus (secondary effect).  Difficulty in expectorating the bronchial mucus,

 Lungs - ASTHMA, general - recent, uncomplicated cases: ars. hydrc.

Murphy Repertory

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 Heart's action

 Irregular beating of the heart.  Cardiac spasm.  Constriction of heart.

 Pulse  Pulse stronger and fuller (Hunter)

 Urine

 Urine becomes brown on cooling.  Turbid urine, but without sediment.

 Sleep:  Yawning and stretching.  Drowsiness.  Drowsiness in the daytime.  Quite sleep.  Heavy, dreamless sleep.

ALLEN T. F., Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

 Male sexual system

 Drawing pain in spermatic cords.  Impotency.  Indifference to intercourse.

 Male - TUBERCLES, genitalia: Hydrc. Thuj.

Murphy Repertory

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 Rectum  Burning and itching in anus; weight in rectum

 EXTREMITIES - WATER - warm water were running through marrow of bones; as if: hydrc.

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 Clinical 

Excellent medicine in jaundice.

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Leprosy

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Leucorrhoea

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Skin diseases

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Elephantiasis.

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Syphilis

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It is a diuretic, aperient and tonic.

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Gonorrhoea

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Effacious in nervous debility and seminal weakness.

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Dropsy

 Skin: 

Erysipelatous redness,

 Three spots, almost completely circular, with slightly raised, scaly edges.(They appeared after taking 8 drops daily of the 6th dilution for six weeks, in a subject aged 19 years; as soon as the medicine was stopped they began to diminish, and disappeared entirely in fourteen days),

 Two small pustules on the chest.

 Yellowish spots on both legs.

 Papular eruption on the face.

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 Subjective  Pricking on different parts (10 drops tincture).  Intolerable itching in several places,

 Circular spots with raised scaly edges.  Miliary eruptions on neck, back, chest; itching at the tip of the nose.  Thickening of the epidermoid layer and exfoliation of scales.  Syphilitic affections.  Stomatitis, either apthous or syphilitic.

 SKIN - Lupus erythematosus apis cist. guar. Hydrc. Iod. Kali-bi. Phos. sep. Thyr.

 SKIN - Pruritus - of - feet - soles of anan. hydrc.

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Boericke Repertory

Hydrocotyle

Graphitis

 Forming massive, dirty scales, which mat the hair; scabs sore to touch.

 Almost completely circular,  Induration and hardening with slightly raised, scaly of the skin with vesicles edges. which turn into pustules and form scabs.

 Covered with filimsy exfoliations.

 Eczema with profuse serous, sticky exudations.

 Yellowish spots on both legs.

 Skin of arms thicker and rougher than natural

Eczema Capitis of entire scalp,

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 Chronic Eczema.

Kali Arsenicosum

 Dry Chronic Eczema.

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Erysipelatous redness.

Arsenic Album

 Dry, scaly eruptions upon scalp, face, legs and genitals.


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Hydrocotyle

Arsenic Album

Kali Arsenicosum

Graphitis

 With acrid and sometimes fetid discharge with terrible burning and itching.

 Itching and tingling on getting warm.

 In blondes, inclined to obesity, dryness of the skin and absence of perspiration.

 Small pustules on the chest.

 Itching at night and in cold air.

 Intensely fissured about joints.

 Eczema Impetiginoid, begins as moisture and eruptions behind the ears, spreading over cheeks and neck with fissures on and behind the ears.

 Intolerable itching in several places.

 Amel. By external warmth.

 Occasional exacerbation with eruption of distinct vesicles.

 Papular eruption on the face.

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Juglans Cinerea

Croton tiglium

 Eczema, especially on lower extremities, sacrum, hands and wrists.

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 Eczema frequently recurring.

 Eczema intolerable itching and soreness.

Pure idiopathic Eczema

Sarsaparilla

Rhus tox.

 Itching eruptions on forehead and face.

 Moist eruptions on head.

 Eczema Seen in children, eczema of face and genitals.

 Milk-crusts with burning, becoming humid on scratching.

 Forming thick crusts, with violent itching at night and extending to shoulders.

 Eczema relieved by slight rubbing

 Base of eruption is much inflamed, crusts become detached in open air.

 Eczema Scroti on inside of thighs, discharging watery freely.

 Child cries much

 Worse in wet and winter weather.

Natrum Mur.  White scaly scabs on the head from ear to ear.

Petroleum  Yellowish-green thick crusts on face and neck, occiput, scrotum, perineum, and thighs.

Sepia  Eruptions during pregnancy and nursing

Mezereum  Head covered with a thick, leathery crust under which pus collects and mats the hair.

 Eruptions about mouth,  Itching, sore places or  Itching on face, on arms, bends of knees and folds of deep cracks on skin chiefly hands, back, lips, feet, skin generally. on dorsa of hands. abdomen and genitals

 Violent itching on scalp, scratching increases the itching;

 Borders and corners of eye-lids raw and ulcerated oozing a corroding gluey fluid

 Continually scratches the face, and tears off the scab, so that the face becomes covered with blood and fat pustules form on the raw spots.

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 Eruptions between toes with foul sweat

 Often changing to burning on scratching


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Natrum Mur.

Petroleum  Worse in winter, better in summer.

Sepia  Eruption is dry, or soon becomes moist

 Eczema, itching intolerably, with copious serous exudation

 Becomes moist and discharges copious offensive pus-like fluid,

 Covering the whole area with elevated white scabs, and roughness and scaling here and there.

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Mezereum

Discharge becomes dry, cracks and exfoliates.


 Worse on parts devoid of fat, worse in warmth.

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