Salix nigra
Remedy of excessive sexual desire and nocturnal emissions. Sexual excitement with weakness. Spermatorrhea. Ovarian congestion. Lascivious dreams. Prostatic irritation with difficult urination.
Source
Prepared from fresh bark of Salix nigra (Salicaceae).
Available Potencies
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Keynote Symptoms
Excessive sexual excitement in both sexes. Spermatorrhea with great weakness afterward. Nocturnal emissions excessive. Ovarian congestion with pelvic fullness. Lascivious dreams. Prostatic congestion. Satyriasis/nymphomania. Genital irritation and sensitivity.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Lascivious thoughts. Inability to control sexual desire. Depression after emissions. Weakness of will.
General Symptoms
Sexual system primarily. Worse from sexual excitement, emissions, night. Better from cold bathing.
Physical Symptoms
Male Genitalia
Excessive sexual desire. Spermatorrhea — frequent emissions with weakness. Prostatic congestion, difficult urination. Satyriasis. Priapism. Gonorrhea.
Female Genitalia
Nymphomania. Ovarian congestion and pain. Menorrhagia. Lascivious dreams. Pelvic fullness.
Urinary
Frequent, painful urination from prostatic congestion.
Back
Lumbar weakness after emissions. Sacral pain with genital symptoms.
Modalities
Better From
Cold bathing, rest, abstinence
Worse From
Sexual excitement, emissions, night, warmth
Constitutional Type
Those with excessive sexual desire. Men with spermatorrhea. Women with nymphomania. Prostatic types.
Clinical Indications
Spermatorrhea, excessive sexual desire, prostatic congestion, nymphomania, nocturnal emissions, ovarian congestion
Comparative Materia Medica
Phosphoric acid has weakness from emissions but more apathetic. Staphysagria has sexual excess effects with suppressed anger. Origanum has excessive sexual excitement. Platina has nymphomania with haughtiness.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Willow bark contains salicin (aspirin precursor). Low toxicity. Widely used in herbal medicine for pain. Safe in all potencies.
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