{"id":16403,"remedy_name":"Stigmata Maydis","remedy_type":"Herbal Remedy","alternative_names":[""],"miasm":"Syphilitic Miasm","temperament":"Neutral","aggravation_time":"Neutral\/Anytime","keynote_indications":"Marked urinary s ymptoms. Organic heart disease with much edema of lower limbs and \nscanty urination. Enlarged prostate and retention of urine. Uric and phosphatic. Gonorrhea. Cystitis.  \nHansen confirmed the value of Stigm. in 20 drop doses of the fluid extract in organic heart disease with dropsy, \nmuch edema of lower limbs and scanty urination. He mentioned also as suitable cases kidney stones \nwith nephritic ulcer and discharge of small stones, red sand and blood. \nChronic pyelitis from catarrh. Chronic retention of urine w ith great tenesmus after urinating. Suppression of \nurine with lack of solids and low specific gravity. Bladder ca tarrh, tenesmus of neck of bladder, ammoniacal \nurine, much mucus. Chronic gonorrhea, prostate involved, painful urination.  \nBladder - Cystitis. Tenesmus after urinating. Bladder catarrh. Gonorrhea. \nKidneys - Kidney stones, nephritic colic. Suppression and retention of urine. Dysuria. Blood and red sand in \nurine. \nCOMMENTS - J. H. Cook gave an account of Stigm. in the Med. Cent. He quoted the re sults of Dumont\u2019s \ninvestigation of its action on the heart: \u201cIt makes the heart's action slower and stronger. Regulates its rhythm. \nIts diuretic action is manifested first. Its action is more powerful and evident in cardiac dis orders with dropsy. \nWith the disappearance of the dropsy arterial tension increases and venous tension diminishes.\u201d  \nCook gave the case of Mr. X., 63, florid, robust, temperature, had been many months under treatment with \nintense prostration, intermittent pulse, and dyspnea, traced originally to cooling off too rapidly when perspiring. \nThe urine contained much albumen, mucus and some blood, specific gravity 1010. Great tenderness over \nentire abdomen, especially in region of ureters. Under remedies he would improve for a few days, whe n a \nslight chill would be followed by fever and the symptoms would come back in full force.  \nThe microscope revealed pus cells and granular epithelial cells in abundance. Stigm. was then given, a \nteaspoonful of the fluid extract every four hours. In less th an a week there was visible improvement. The \nconstant calls to urinate ceased and the patient could go through the night without being disturbed more than \nonce or twice. \nThe specific gravity of the urine increased and pus, blood and albumen disappeared. On ly a little abdominal \ntenderness remained, which did not prevent the patient from attending to his business and enjoying life. \nAnother use of Stigm. was communi cated to the profession by Dr. J. W. Pruitt. Pruitt\u2019s son took a chill in the \nArkansas river bottom. The chills were stopped with the usual remedies, Chin., Fen., Pipe., but every fourteen \ndays would come back with increased severity. \nPresently gastric symptoms set in with anemia and other symptoms of chronic - ity. \u201cShuck tea\u201d was \nrecommended by a  lay friend and was taken for one day only. There was never a chill after. Pruitt thence \nforward used Stigm. largely and he found it was only in the chronic cases that it was beneficial.","modalities":"","symptoms_by_system":[],"schema_version":"1.0","api_provider":"Allahshafi"}