{"id":16130,"remedy_name":"Clematis Erecta","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Emotional Miasm","temperament":"Chilly","aggravation_time":"Morning","keynote_indications":"Source: Derived from the fresh leaves and stems of  Clematis erecta , a perennial plant in the. Ranunculaceae family, native to Europe, prepared for homeopathic use through maceration, serial. dilution, and succussion to enhance therapeutic action and eliminate toxicity. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for  dermatological, genitourinary,. and  neurological  disorders,  particularly  those  involving  burning,  vesicular  eruptions,  and. glandular affections. It is noted for symptoms such as scalding skin eruptions, urinary irritation, and. mental dullness, often aggravated by cold, washing, or night, and ameliorated by warmth, open air,. or perspiration. Modern Context: Indicated for dermatological conditions (e.g., eczema, herpes), genitourinary. issues (e.g.,  urethritis,  orchitis),  neurological  symptoms  (e.g.,  neuralgia,  headaches),. psychological  conditions (e.g.,  depression,  apathy),  rheumatic  complaints (e.g.,  joint  pain,. stiffness), and systemic symptoms (e.g., fatigue, chills). It suits patients with chronic or subacute. symptoms  characterized  by  burning  eruptions,  urinary  discomfort,  mental  sluggishness,  or. glandular involvement , typically exacerbated by cold, damp conditions, or washing, and often. seen  in  individuals  with  chronic  skin  conditions,  urinary  infections,  or  depressive  states.  The. remedy is particularly relevant for those with a chilly, sensitive constitution, often presenting with. physical  symptoms  like  vesicular  rashes  or  testicular  pain  alongside  emotional  traits  like. indifference  or  sadness,  commonly  observed  in  middle-aged  or  elderly  patients  with  chronic. dermatological or genitourinary complaints.","modalities":"Worse from: Cold (air, water, weather), washing (especially cold water), night, damp. weather,  touch,  suppression  of  urine  or  perspiration,  emotional  stress,  mental  exertion,. contradiction, rest, scratching, isolation.","symptoms_by_system":{"Mind":"Confused feeling, better in open air.  Peevish, dissatisfied without any cause. Melancholy, \npreoccupied with sad thoughts. General sadness and  dread of misfortune. Sadness better after eating. \nCheerful alternating with sadness, followed by irritability and prostration. \nHomesick (Caps.). Ailments from homesickness. Memory weak. Indifference. Aversion to talking. Indolence in \nmorning, better evening. Aversion to reading, desires to be read to. Irritable, taciturn, doesn't want to go out. \nLow sex drive. Fear of being alone, but disinclined to meet even agreeable company. Sleepy, dreamy. Confused feeling, better in open air.  Peevish, dissatisfied without any cause. Melancholy, \npreoccupied with sad thoughts. General sadness and  dread of misfortune. Sadness better after eating. \nCheerful alternating with sadness, followed by irritability and prostration. \nHomesick (Caps.). Ailments from homesickness. Memory weak. Indifference. Aversion to talking. Indolence in \nmorning, better evening. Aversion to reading, desires to be read to. Irritable, taciturn, doesn't want to go out. \nLow sex drive. Fear of being alone, but disinclined to meet even agreeable company. Sleepy, dreamy.","Vertigo":"Giddiness if he lifts his head up, or when moving the head. \nCOMMENTS - Clematis was used by Stoerck before Hahnemann's time in cancerous and other foul ulcers, \ninveterate skin eruptions, syphilis and rheumatism. \nAffections of the urethra, penis in general, prepuce in particular. May have to wait a long time before he can \nurinate with intense pain along fore part of urethra. Flow of urine by fits and starts. Mucus in the urine, but not \npus. Beginning of inflammatory stricture. Stricture of the urethra \nSwelling of inguinal glands. Painful inflamed, swollen testicles. Great affinity for the testes. Useful for cases of \nundescended testicles, painful, partially descended tes ticles, and hydroceles where the scrotum swells with \nfluid (Con., Spong.). Indurated testicles. Testicular cancer. Gonorrhea that goes to the testes. Herpes. Breast \ncancer. \nGenerally a right -sided remedy. Great debility, twitching of muscles, vibrating sensation through body. \nGiddiness when lifting up head or when moving head. \nUseful for poison ivy and poison oak. Vesicles and weeping of yellow, acrid fluid on body (Rhus-t.). Fluid stings, \nworse bathing. Impetigo, fluid seeping from beneath the scabs.","Head":"Confused feeling, better in open air.  Hammering and strokes in the head. Boring pain in temples. \nHeadaches, worse bending head backward. Head feels full and heavy, hanging down. Erup tion on occiput at \nbase of hair, moist, pustular sensitive. Itching on the hairy scalp. Confused feeling, better in open air.  Hammering and strokes in the head. Boring pain in temples. \nHeadaches, worse bending head backward. Head feels full and heavy, hanging down. Erup tion on occiput at \nbase of hair, moist, pustular sensitive. Itching on the hairy scalp.","Eyes":"Complaints from bright sunlight. Chronic conjunctivitis. Pustular conjuncti vitis with tinea capitis, eyes \ninflamed and protruding. Chronic blephariti s with sore and swollen meibomian glands. Iritis with great \nsensitiveness to cold. Heat in eyes, sensitive to air, must close them. Burning, as if fire were streaming out \nand smarting, worse closing eyes. Lachrymation. Flickering before eyes.","Ears":"Burning pain in exterior of the ear. Tinkling, ringing in the ear.","Face":"White blisters on face and nose, as if sunburned. Pain in right side of face to eye, ear and temple, better \nholding cold water in the mouth. Swelling of the submaxillary glands with hard tubercles, throbbing, aggravated \n \n \non being touched. Lip cancer.","Mouth":"Breath offensive to others. Dryness of the tongue in the morning. Dull shootings and piercings in th e \nroot of the tongue. Small blisters on the tongue and in the throat, which soon become ulcers.","Throat":"Heat and burning in the mouth and throat. Sensation of roughness in the throat.","Chest":"Sharp stitches at heart, from within outwards. \nKidneys - Urethra feels constricted, like a large whip-cord painful on pressure. Stricture of urethra. Frequent, \nscanty urination, burning at orifice. Burning in urethra during urination. Urine stops and starts, emitted drop \nby drop. Must strain to pass a few drops, then full stream follows. Inability to pass all the urine, dribbling after \nurinating. Last drops of urine cause violent burning. Tingling in urethra lasting some time after urinating. Pain \nalong the spermatic cord, worse at night. Breathing impaired, worse ascend ing the hill or walking over uneven road. Barking, dry cough with \nstitches in chest. Expectoration of bloody saliva.","Stomach & Abdomen":"Disagreeable sensation of cold ness in the stomach. Weakness in all the limbs after eating with \npulsation in arteries. Nausea on smoking tobacco with weakness of legs. \nTeeth - Toothache, worse at night andfrom tobacco,  temporarily worse from heat of bed. Toothache in a \ndecayed molar tooth, much better by cold water. Shooting pains or successive pullings in the teeth. Sensation \nas if the decayed tooth were too long. The least contact is exceedingly painful.  \nTemperature - Pulse accelerated. Quartan fever, characterized by shuddering, fol lowed by sweat. Sweat on \nwaking, and sensitiveness of the skin, which the patient cannot bear to be uncovered. Dry heat, with sensation \nof general heat. Pain from abdomen to chest, worse breathing and du ring urination. Swelling of inguinal glands \nwith jerking pains, with scirrhus or suppressed gonorrhea, rheumatism of joints. Weakness, nausea and sleepiness after eating. Prolonged satiety, though the food continues pleasant \nto the taste. Increased thirst, with desire for ice. Aversion to beer. Nausea on smoking tobacco, with weakness \nof the legs.","Urinary & Genital":"Orchitis. Testes hang heavy or re tracted. Testicles indurated with bruised feeling.  Swelling of right \nhalf of the scrotum. Ilio-scrotal neuralgia. Swelling of the spermatic cord with burning and soreness, extending \nto abdomen. Violent erections with stitches in urethra. Burning in penis d uring seminal discharge during sex. \nAversion for sex. Menses too early. Swelling and induration of the mammary glands. Breast and uterine cancer.","Extremities":"Arthritic nodosities in the joints of the fingers. Axillary glands swollen. Weakness in limbs after eating \nor with nausea on smoking tobacco. Scaly tetters in the thigh.","Neck & Back":"Itching pustules around the neck, with excoriation after scratching .Humid tetters from the nape of the \nneck to the occiput. Eruption of pustules in the lumbar region. \nBreasts - Breast and uterine cancer. Swell ing and induration of breasts. Glandular induration and tumors of \nbreast.' Breast cancer with stitches in shoulders and uterus. Shooting pain in breast, worse urinating. Full, \nheavy, sensitive breasts. \nCausations - Homesickness. \nConstitutions - Suited to light-haired people with torpid, cachectic conditions, swellings and indurations of the \nglandular system. Syphilitic taint. Scrofulous, rhe\u00fa- matic, gonorrheal and syphilitic patients.","Skin":"Chronic  fatigue  or  weakness,  with  a  sensation  of  heaviness,  resembling  chronic. fatigue  syndrome  or  post-viral  exhaustion,  worse  after  exertion,  cold,  or  mental. strain. Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. or open air. Glandular swelling or lymphadenopathy, with tenderness or hardness, resembling. chronic infections or lymphoma, worse with cold or emotional stress. Chills or cold sweats, particularly during dermatological or genitourinary episodes,. worse at night or in cold conditions.","Sleep":"Sleepiness. Restless, dreamy sleep with vibratory sensation throughout the body."},"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}