Manganum: Tired anaemic and weakly women with scanty menstrual
flows lasting for a day or two but coming on too soon. Menses pale
fluid or a little leucorrhoea. Rawness in the larynx; hoarseness and loss
of voice.
Ammonia Carb: Anaemic complexion, severe headache with vertigo,
frequent vomiting, tongue coated, thirst, poor appetite, menses absent,
respiration short, palpitation from every motion, pulse weak and slow.
Antim Crud: Frequent headaches; whimsical and angry mood, loss of
appetite. Great laziness which forces her to sleep much in daytime.
Menses stopped which were regular before. Skin pale and lips and
tongue lost their natural colour.
Arsenic Alb: It is the head remedy for green sickness; there are
tremors, frequent fainting spells, severe physical exhaustion.
Cocculus: Green sickness due to abuse of coffee or other narcotic
drugs. Suppressed or scanty and irregular menses, leucorrhoea,
dyspnoea. Cramps in the chest, sadness, uneasiness. Sensitiveness to
open air
Calcarea Carb: A specific for chlorosis with scant y and delayed
menses, severe palpitation; heart beat audible over the entire chest.
Severe throbbing of temporal arteries. Pressing pain in stomach. Legs
tire easily. Oedematous swelling of legs reaching up into thighs.
Dyspnoea after taking few steps. Pale, waxy; sickly; pale lips, pale ears,
and pale fingers point to the use of this remedy, especially in anaemic
girls.
Lycopodium: Should be given after favourable action of Calcarea
Carb, or when there is complete suppression of menses. Lassitude with
trembling of limbs and numbness, drowsiness, melancholy, aversion to
company. Falling of hair, desire for sweets.
Carbo Veg: Chlorosis with leucorrhoea and scabies. Gum s scorbutic,
teeth loose.
China Off: Chlorosis with oedema of extremities, especially of the
soles of feet; blue rings around eyes; bloating of abdomen; constipation
with abdominal pains; poor digestion; acid eructations; craving for
indigestible things.
Ferrum Met: An excellent remedy, for chlorosis when other remedies
fail. Iron is always good for chlorosis. Its compounds are also useful.
They are Ferrum Sulph. and Ferrum Carb. The Ferrum patients have
pale bloated face, skin cool; pressure on skin leaves deep impressions,
especially around ankle. Exhaustion, tired feeling, weeps easily, no
appetite, aversion to food, acidity in stomach. Menses scanty or
suppressed.
Phosphorus: Chlorosis with suppression of menses, difficulty in
breathing, no appetite, frequent daily vomiting, bad disposition. This
proved efficacious after Ferrum had failed.
Sepia: Cause is always traceable in the sexual system with irritability
of various kinds in sexual organs. Painful downward tension in pelvis
as if the uterus will come out of the vagina. Twitchings and stitches
upward in vagina, times with discharge of single drop of blood.
Swelling of pubic region with burning and mucus discharge. Face pale,
wax-like, expression of apathy. Patient is always chilly. Throbbing and
buzzing in head. Least exertion causes severe palpitation.
Sulphur: As an inter-current remedy. Treatment may be commenced
with this remedy.
Pulsatilla: Due to abuse of iron. Metrorrhagia. Burning in the ears,
heaviness of the legs, dyspnoea, gastralgia. Marked desire for spicy
things. Timid or gentle disposition.
Nux Vom: Chlorosis due to sedentary habits.
Natrum Mur: Respiration suppressed or difficult. Chlorosis of long standing.
Ignatia: Chlorosis due to mental emotions, grief, fright and
disappointed love.
