Gratiola officinalis
Remedy for gastrointestinal complaints with excessive cramps and nausea. Green, watery, frothy diarrhea. Effects of excessive eating and drinking. Nymphomania. Extreme vanity and pride.
Source
Tincture of the fresh plant of Gratiola officinalis (Scrophulariaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Green, watery, frothy diarrhea gushing out. Cramps in stomach and abdomen after eating. Effects of excessive eating. Nymphomania with lewdness. Excessive vanity and pride — imagines herself to be someone great. Forehead feels contracted, too tight. Gastric complaints from overeating.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Extreme vanity and self-importance. Imagines herself great or important. Nymphomania. Pride. Irresolute. Hypochondriacal after eating.
General Symptoms
Acts on gastrointestinal tract and female sexual organs. Green watery diarrhea. Gastric cramps. Complaints from overeating or excess. Mental symptoms with vanity. Coldness of abdomen. Vertigo from gastric causes.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Sensation of contraction or band around forehead. Heaviness. Vertigo with nausea.
Stomach
Cramps in stomach after eating. Nausea. Retching. Sense of coldness in stomach. Empty feeling.
Abdomen
Cramping pains. Rumbling. Coldness in abdomen.
Rectum
Profuse, green, watery, frothy stools gushing out. Diarrhea from overeating. Cholera-like stools.
Female Genitalia
Nymphomania. Leucorrhea. Menses too profuse.
Modalities
Better From
Open air. Rest.
Worse From
Eating. Drinking. Overindulgence. Cold food.
Constitutional Type
Not strongly constitutional. Haughty, proud, vain persons. Those with gastric weakness from overindulgence. Women with excessive sexual desire combined with pride.
Clinical Indications
Gastric disorders from overeating. Green diarrhea. Nymphomania. Mental disturbances with vanity. Cholera-like diarrhea.
Comparative Materia Medica
Compare Antimonium crudum (gastric disorders from overeating with white tongue), Veratrum album (profuse watery diarrhea with coldness), Platinum (vanity with nymphomania). Gratiola's diarrhea is characteristically green and frothy.
Safety Information
Causticum. Nux vomica.
Gratiola officinalis contains cardiac glycosides (gratiogenin, gratiotoxin) and is toxic. Causes violent purging, vomiting, cardiac arrhythmias, and convulsions. Mother tincture should be used with caution.
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