# Collinsonia Canadensis ## Remedy Classification - **Type:** Herbal Remedy - **Miasm:** Emotional Miasm - **Temperament:** Chilly - **Aggravation Time:** Night ## Keynote Indications Source: Derived from the fresh root of Collinsonia canadensis, a perennial herb in the Lamiaceae. family, native to North America, prepared for homeopathic use through maceration, serial dilution,. and succussion to enhance therapeutic action and eliminate toxicity. Traditional Context: Historically employed in homeopathy for pelvic, gastrointestinal, and. circulatory disorders, particularly those involving hemorrhoids, constipation, and venous. congestion. It is noted for symptoms such as rectal pain, sluggish bowels, and pelvic heaviness,. often aggravated by sitting, cold, or emotional stress, and ameliorated by warmth, standing, or. gentle motion. Modern Context: Indicated for pelvic conditions (e.g., hemorrhoids, pelvic congestion syndrome),. gastrointestinal issues (e.g., constipation, irritable bowel syndrome), circulatory symptoms (e.g.,. venous insufficiency, varicose veins), respiratory symptoms (e.g., hoarseness, laryngitis),. psychological conditions (e.g., irritability, depression), and systemic symptoms (e.g., fatigue, cold. intolerance). It suits patients with chronic or subacute symptoms characterized by pelvic. congestion, constipation, venous stasis, or mucous membrane irritation , typically exacerbated. by cold, sitting, or emotional stress, and often seen in individuals with chronic hemorrhoids,. digestive disorders, or venous insufficiency. The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a. chilly, sensitive constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like rectal discomfort or. throat irritation alongside emotional traits like irritability or sadness, commonly observed in middle-. aged adults with sedentary lifestyles, pregnant women, or patients with chronic venous or pelvic. issues. ## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations) Worse from: Cold (air, weather, drinks), sitting, standing (prolonged), emotional stress,. sensory stimuli (e.g., noise, odors), night, dietary indiscretions (e.g., rich foods, alcohol),. exertion, menstruation, pregnancy, contradiction. ## Symptoms by System ### Mind - Gloomy. - Sullen. - Excitable. - Irresolution. - Gloomy. - Sullen. - Excitable. - Irresolution. ### Vertigo - Vertigo with gastric and hemorrhoidal troubles. - Periodical spells of faintness. - COMMENTS - It has been proved twice, first by Burt and later by Dowla. - The former took the tincture, the latter the powder. - Both experienced headache, the former in connection with abdominal and rectal disturbance. - The latter with flushing, sensation of heat, numbness, feeling of enlargement. - The legs felt light, as if he could run like a deer. - Nux-v. - relieved the sensations, the symp toms passing off from above downwards. - In Dr. - Burt's case, the symptoms generally passed from above downwards. - The greatest number of Dr. - Burt's symp toms were experienced in the bowels and rectum, including pains in umbilicus and hypogastrium, constipation with hard light stools, great straining, faintness, stools of mucus and blood. - These symptoms suggested the use o f the remedy in cases of hemorrhoids, where it has proved most efficacious. - Hemorrhoids during the menses. - Prolapse of the rectum with hemorrhoids. - It reduces complications when given before operations on rectal disease. - It is, according to Hammond, “a sti mulant, a most valuable tonic, a positive diuretic and mild laxative.” Hammond commended it in the palpitations of the menopause. - Irritation of cardiac nerves, palpitation, faintness, oppression. - F. - S. - Smith mentioned that it has adomes - tic reputation in rheumatism. - He recorded a case (sub -acute) in a woodsman of 30. - It began in the foot and ankle and traveled over nearly every joint in the body. - A few drops of Coll, tincture was mixed in a tumbler of water and a teaspoonful given every two hours. - Rapid cure resulted. - Dewey mentioned that it cured a case in which there was severe constrictive pain about the heart in a man who habitually passed blood by stool, the heart symptoms coming on when the bleeding ceased and disappearing when it was re-established. - Coll, cured both. - Nash cured cases of the most obstinate constipation with Coll. - In one there was severe colic, which had recurred for several years, the concomitant symptoms being great flatulence and hemorrhoidal troubles. - He differentiated between Aesc. - and Coll., in that Aesc. - has a sense of fullness in the rectum, which Coll, does not. - and Aesc. - hemorrhoids do not bleed as a rule, while those of Coll, bleed persistently. - Aesc. - has pain, soreness and aching in the back. - Coll, has more persistently constipation with colic on account of it. - Aesc. - may have constipation or may not. - Coll, has shown marked power of disturbing the circulation and causing hemorrhages and also of disturbing cutaneous sensation. - Symptoms are worse in the evening and night, better in the morning. - Worse by slightest emotion or excitement. - Inveterate cases of dyspepsia with a weight in epigastrium and hemorrhoids. - Neuralgia and rheumatic pains were experienced by the provers in many parts: upper jaw, arms, hands, knees, joints. - Sens itiveness about the heart, fullness, oppressed breathing, faintness. - Heart disorders alternate with suppressed bleeding hemorrhoids. ### Head - Dull, frontal headache with consti pation or hemorrhoids. - Headache from suppressed hemorrh oidal discharge. - Headache with frequent flying pains in legs, tearing in knees. - Dull, frontal headache with consti pation or hemorrhoids. - Headache from suppressed hemorrh oidal discharge. - Headache with frequent flying pains in legs, tearing in knees. ### Face - Yellow discoloration around the eyes. ### Mouth - Tongue yellow with bitter taste (Coloc., Bry.). - Nose - Chronic catarrh. - Sinus congestion. ### Throat - Hoarseness. - Speaker's sore throat, sharp pain in larynx. ### Chest - Hoarseness or loss of voice, with a sensation of dryness or tickling, resembling. - laryngitis, worse with cold, overuse, or emotional stress. - Throat irritation or soreness, with a feeling of constriction, resembling chronic. - pharyngitis, aggravated by cold air, talking, or night. - Cough, dry or hacking, with laryngeal irritation, resembling post-viral cough, worse. - with cold or sensory stimuli. - Collinsonia canadensis (Stone Root) 711. - Tendency to mucous membrane hypersensitivity, with aggravation from cold or. - environmental irritants. - Psychological:. - Irritability or restlessness, with sensitivity to contradiction or physical discomfort,. - resembling adjustment disorder, worse with cold, pelvic pain, or night. - Depression or sadness, with apathy or hopelessness, resembling persistent depressive. - disorder (dysthymia), aggravated by chronic illness, isolation, or fatigue. - Anxiety or nervousness, often linked to physical symptoms, resembling somatic. - symptom disorder, worse with emotional stress or sensory stimuli. - Tendency to emotional sensitivity, with aggravation during pelvic or gastrointestinal. - flare-ups. - Systemic:. - Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of heaviness, resembling chronic. - fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or emotional. - stress. - Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. - or gentle motion. - Chills or cold sweats, particularly during pelvic or gastrointestinal episodes, worse at. - night or with cold exposure. - Tendency to hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli (e.g., cold, noise), with. - aggravation in congestive or irritative states. ### Stomach & Abdomen - Constant heaviness in stomach. - Cramplike pains in stomach with nausea. - Sharp, cutting pains in stomach, every five minutes while sitting. - Nausea with obsti nate constipation, during pregnancy. - V om - iting with pain and heat in stomach. - Stools - Sluggish stool with distended abdo men. - Chronic diarrhea of children. - Diar rhea after delivery. - Acrid diarrhea. - Light colored stools, lumpy with hard straining, mucus or black stools. - Dry feces. - Temperature - Flushes of heat with oppressive breathing, with hemorrhoids. - Distended abdomen. - Colic with flatulence and nausea. - Heavy, dig ging ache in pelvis. - Sharp, cutting pain in hypogastric region. - Severe pain in lower part of abdomen. - Congestion of portal system and of pelvic viscera. - Flatulent rumbling in stomach and bowels. - Loss of appetite. - Excessive appetite with spasms of stomach and flatulence. - Loss of appetite with dysmenorrhea. ### Urinary & Genital - Varicocele with rectal symptoms. - Spermatorrhea kept up by hemorrhoids and constipation. - Genitals considerably swollen and inflamed. - Amenorrhea from pelvic con gestion. - Dysmenorrhea, swelling and dark redness of genitals, pain on sitting down. - Membranous dysmenorrhea. - Terrible dysmenorrhea, with hemorrhoids, diarrhea and loss of appetite. - Cold feeling in thighs after menses. - Sensation of swelling of labia and of clitoris. - Lancinating pain in ovaries, worse right side. - Prolapsed uterus, hemorrhoids during pregnancy. - Leucorrhea with pruritus. - Itching of vulva with hemorrhoids during pregnancy. ### Extremities - Sensation as if limbs were enlarged. - Lower limbs seem not to belong to him. - Tearing pain in arms, hands and legs. - Cold feeling in thighs after menses. - Tearingpain in both knees, extending down inside of legs to feet, while sitting. - Liver - Dull pain in liver region. - Portal vein congestion. ### Skin - Chronic fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of heaviness, resembling chronic. - fatigue syndrome or post-viral exhaustion, worse after exertion, cold, or emotional. - stress. - Cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth. - or gentle motion. - Chills or cold sweats, particularly during pelvic or gastrointestinal episodes, worse at. - night or with cold exposure. - Tendency to hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli (e.g., cold, noise), with. - aggravation in congestive or irritative states. ### Sleep - Disposition to sleep during day. - Sleep disturbed by hypogastric pains. ### Generalities - Constriction and feeling of enlargement in various parts and organs of the body, limbs, vulva, clitoris etc.