# Pituitarium

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Herbal Remedy
- **Miasm:** Sycotic Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
The homeopathic indications are based upon 5 years of clinical observations by Dr. David 
Flores Toledo of Mexico, who named the remedy Hypo- physinum anterioris. 
He wrote, in The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, September, 1987, “Hypophysinum anterioris 
may well become one of the great polychrests. but it needs a careful proving. Numerous cases of acne, obesity, 
one of sterility, headaches related to menses, asthma, hemorrhoids, breast nodules, fungal infections of the 
nails, recurrent tonsillitis, vitiligo, and warts have been resolved with this medicine.”  
Hormonal, disorders. Sexual desire diminished, enjoyment absent (Sep.). Premenstrual syndrome. Hushes 
of heat in young girls. Weakness and cold perspiration on rising. Obesity. Allergy, metal dermatitis (Morg -g.). 
Worse before menses,  headache, coryza, pallor of face, nausea, vomiting, distended abdomen , yellow 
leucorrhea, pain in ovaries, pain in uterus, difficult respiration, painful swollen breasts, low backache, 
sleeplessness. Better after menses (Zinc-p.).

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Aversion to everything, to friends, husband.
- Dislike of oneself.
- Easily depressed and avoids her friends.
- Fear to be alone.
- Anticipatory diarrhea before a date or engagement (Arg-n.).
- Emotionally, worse before menses, fearfulness, irritability, sadness.
- Discour aged during menses.
- Causeless weeping.
- Weeping at trifles.
- Desire to weep, but finds it difficult.
- Ailments from disappointed love.
- Sexual desire diminished, enjoyment absent (Sep.).
- Irritability before and during menses.
- Ir ritability at trifles.
- Anger during ovulation.
- Anger in morning on waking.
- Anger from 
Pituitaria glándula anterior contradiction.
- Desire to strike.
- Screaming and crying from anger.
- Aversion to everything, to friends, husband.
- Dislike of oneself.
- Easily depressed and avoids her friends.
- Fear to be alone.
- Anticipatory diarrhea before a date or engagement (Arg-n.).
- Emotionally, worse before menses, fearfulness, irritability, sadness.
- Discour aged during menses.
- Causeless weeping.
- Weeping at trifles.
- Desire to weep, but finds it difficult.
- Ailments from disappointed love.
- Sexual desire diminished, enjoyment absent (Sep.).
- Irritability before and during menses.
- Ir ritability at trifles.
- Anger during ovulation.
- Anger in morning on waking.
- Anger from 
Pituitaria glándula anterior contradiction.
- Desire to strike.
- Screaming and crying from anger.

### Vertigo
- Vertigo with tendency to fall, worse before and during menses.
- Vertigo with trembling.
- Vertigo as if 
intoxicated.
- Vertigo worse entering dark room from 
a lighter place, lying on back, moving head, rising from stooping, better when sitting.
- Perception of colors (pink, 
red, yellow, green).

### Head
- Headache before or at beginning of menses.
- Headache in temples at beginning of menses.
- Headache 
worse light, noise, sun, warm room.
- Headache due to contact lenses.
- Perspiration on scalp at night.
- Headache before or at beginning of menses.
- Headache in temples at beginning of menses.
- Headache 
worse light, noise, sun, warm room.
- Headache due to contact lenses.
- Perspiration on scalp at night.

### Eyes
- Redness of eyes.
- Photophobia.
- Nausea preceded or attended by visual disturbances.

### Face
- Brown spots on fa ce.
- Pale discoloration about eyes (Ptel.).
- Sensation as if face were burnt.
- Acne 
before menses.
- Acne on forehead during menses.
- Cold perspiration on face before or at beginning of menses.

### Mouth
- Mapped tongue (Tarax.).
- Bad taste in mouth before menses.
- Nose - Susceptible to sinusitis and obstruction to nose.
- Obstruction in evening, alter nates with pain in root of 
nose.
- Discharge watery with sneezing (Cob-n.).
- Pain as if nose were extremely dry.
- Nosebleed during sleep.
- Perspiration - Perspiration of hands and feet during menses.
- Weakness and cold perspiration on rising.

### Throat
- Susceptible to tonsillitis.
- Sore throat.
- Voice, hoarseness in hot weather.
- Hoarseness from talking.

### Chest
- Palpitations while lying on back.
- Eruptions, confluent acne.
- Perspiration in axilla during menses.
- Asthmatic respiration in morning on waking.
- Asthma after anger.
- Asthma better copious expectoration.
- Asthma sudden attacks, from change of weather.
- Difficult respiration and headache.
- Difficult respiration before 
menses (Zinc.).

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Empty feeling in stomach without hunger.
- Nausea preceded or attende d by visual disturbances.
- Nausea on looking at or smell of fatty food.
- Nausea better after eating.
- Pains better after eating a little, 
eructations, worse rich food (Puls.).
- Distension, causing to bend double.
- Rumbling after eating, after milk.
- Flatulence, all food seems 
to turn to gas.
- Flatulence from fruit, vegetables.
- Pain after eating, after m ilk.
- Pain before and during menses.
- Diminished appetite during menses (Mag-c.).
- Thirst for large quantities.
- Craving for cakes, sweets and 
chocolate.
- Desires fried potatoes, fruit, solid food.
- Indigestion from eggs.
- Worse from milk, seafood, fruit, 
vegetables.
- Worse from fats and rich food (Puls.).

### Urinary & Genital
- Hormonal disorders.
- Premenstrual syndrome.
- Worse before menses, headache, coryza, pallor of 
face, nausea, vomiting, distended abdomen, yellow leucorrhea, pain in ovaries, pain in uterus, difficult 
respiration, painful swollen breasts, low backache, sleeplessness.
- Pain in ovaries before menses, worse 
stepping.
- Menses brown at onset, clotted.
- Menses coagulated during first day and last days.
- Menses irregular, 
protracted with clots.
- Lack of vital heat during menses.
- Offensive leucorrhea like fish brine.
- Metrorrhagia 
between menses.
- Sexual desire diminished, enjoyment absent (Sep.).
- Sterility.

### Extremities
- Discoloration, white, depigmen- tated burning spots on upper limbs, worse sun.
- Itching eruptions on 
upper limbs, worse summer.
- Nails do not grow ( Ant-c.).
- Swelling of thighs before menses.

### Neck & Back
- Acne, on back and cervical region.
- Low backache before menses.
- Pain in sacral region, coccyx, during 
menses.
- Bladder - Involuntary urination when rising from a seat.
- Breasts - Painful, swollen breasts before menses.
- Painful nodules in breasts.

### Skin
- Eruptions, confluent acne.
- Moist erup tions.
- Brown spots.
- Discoloration, itching white spots worse 
menses.
- Vitiligo.
- Warts pedunculated, soft and small.