Ceanothus americanus
The spleen remedy. Enormous enlargement of spleen with deep stitching pain in left hypochondrium. Cannot lie on left side. Chilly. Chronic malarial splenomegaly. Blood dyscrasia. Used in mother tincture for spleen support.
Source
Prepared from the fresh leaves and root bark of Ceanothus americanus (Rhamnaceae).
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Keynote Symptoms
Enormous spleen — the chief indication. Deep stitching, cutting pain in left hypochondrium. Cannot lie on left side from splenic pain. Chilly, cannot get warm. Chronic malarial splenomegaly. Blood dyscrasia — anemia, leucocytosis. Pain radiates to left shoulder. Liver may be co-involved. Mother tincture for spleen support.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Despondent. Dull. Chilly.
General Symptoms
Spleen and blood. Worse from motion, lying on left side, cold, damp. Better from rest, lying on right side, warmth.
Physical Symptoms
Abdomen
Enormous spleen — hard, painful, stitching. Left hypochondrium painful and tender. Cannot lie on left side. Liver enlarged too. Deep cutting pain. Chronic malarial spleen.
Chest
Dyspnoea from splenic pressure. Oppression left side.
Back
Pain in left side radiating to back and left shoulder.
Extremities
Chilliness. Cold extremities. Weakness.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Chilly, cannot get warm. Intermittent fever with splenic involvement.
Modalities
Better From
Rest, lying on right side, warmth
Worse From
Motion, lying on left side, cold, damp
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Organ remedy for spleen. Chronic malarial patients with splenomegaly.
Clinical Indications
Splenomegaly, chronic malaria with enlarged spleen, pain in left hypochondrium, leukemia (supportive), blood dyscrasias, splenic abscess
Comparative Materia Medica
China has splenomegaly from malaria with debility. Quercus has splenic enlargement with dropsy. Aranea diadema has splenic involvement with chilliness and periodicity.
Safety Information
Not well established.
New Jersey tea is non-toxic. Used historically as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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