Source: Indian Hemp
Family: Apocynaceae
Common Name: Indian Hemp
Miasm: Sycosis – Psora
Thermal State: Chilly
Abbreviation: Apoc. can.
KEYNOTE SYMPTOMS (Boericke + Allen Combined)
“Dropsy with great thirst, but drinking causes nausea or vomiting.”
“Effusion into serous sacs—chest, abdomen, pericardium, pleura.”
“Wants to lie quietly, is listless, indifferent, drowsy.”
- “A powerful anti-hydropic remedy.”
- Dropsy with thirst, but water is poorly tolerated.
CLINICAL INDICATIONS
Dropsy (Edema):
- General anasarca, especially post-acute illness (scarlet fever, malaria, typhoid)
- Cardiac dropsy with dyspnea and cough
- Abdominal dropsy (ascites) with distended abdomen
- Edema of face, extremities, scrotum, labia
- Scanty urine, often dark, hot, and passed in small quantities
Heart:
- Useful in cardiac dropsy, especially with weak pulse, faintness, and orthopnea
- Heart feels oppressed, beat irregular, pulse feeble
- Palpitations with faint feeling on slight exertion
Fever:
- Intermittent fever with cold skin and dry mouth
- Great thirst, but cannot retain water
- Perspiration relieves the patient
Urinary:
- Urine scanty, high-colored, or albuminous
- Suppression of urine with generalized swelling
- Urination relieves dropsical symptoms temporarily
- Burning in urethra
Mind:
- Dull, apathetic, drowsy, confused
- Indifference to surroundings
- Sleepy, but sleep is unrefreshing
MODALITIES
|
Worse From |
Better From |
|
After drinking (even though thirsty) |
Sitting up |
|
Warm room or warm weather |
Sweating |
|
Lying down, exertion |
Passing urine |
TONGUE & MOUTH
- Tongue dry, thickly coated
- Mouth dry, lips cracked
- Great thirst, but water aggravates
POTENCY & DOSAGE
- Low potencies like 3x, 6x in fluid retention cases
- Can also use tincture form (5–10 drops in water, 2–3 times/day)
- Frequent repetition needed in acute dropsy
MEMORY TRICK — “A.P.O.C.”
- A – Anasarca with thirst
- P – Pulse weak, palpitations
- O – Oedema general, urine scanty
- C – Cannot retain water despite craving
COMPARE WITH:
|
Remedy |
Differentiation |
|
Arsenicum alb. |
Similar dropsy, but with more restlessness and anxiety |
|
Apismellifica |
Dropsy without thirst, better by cold |
|
Digitalis |
Cardiac dropsy with irregular slow pulse |
|
Helleborus niger |
Passive dropsy with stupefaction and pale face |
|
China officinalis |
Dropsy post-blood loss or diarrhea, more debility |
CHARACTERISTIC
SYMPTOMS
- Dropsy with thirst but intolerance to water
- Scanty urine with general swelling
- Cardiac dyspnea with drowsiness
- No marked restlessness or anxiety
- Cold skin with internal heat
CONSTITUTIONAL TYPE
- Sluggish, dull, bloated, and puffy patients
- Those recovering from malarial or typhoid fevers
- Heart or kidney failure with fluid retention
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