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Frequent symptoms associated with alternations of the menstrual cycle. Uterine cramping and copious menstrual flow. Mood alteration causing sadness, irritability, despair, and weeping. Breast swelling and tenderness. Bloating and distension of the abdominal area that affect both the uterine and intestinal systems.
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Frequent symptoms associated with alternations of the menstrual cycle. Uterine cramping and copious menstrual flow. Mood alteration causing sadness, irritability, despair, and weeping. Breast swelling and tenderness. Bloating and distension of the abdominal area that affect both the uterine and intestinal systems.
FormalPara MindAnger, alternating with weeping. Biting nails. Concentration difficult. Delusions that mind and body are separated, one is odd-looking and unattractive. Despair; as if in a dream. Irritability. Irritability before menses. Dullness during menses. Disturbed emotions before menses. Aversion to company before menses. Fearful before menses. Sadness before menses. Sensitivity before menses. Forsaken and isolated feeling. Indifference. Reproaches self. Desire for sympathy. Amorous thoughts. Tranquility. Weeping before menses; weeping during menses, causeless.
FormalPara VertigoDizziness on moving the head quickly, particularly when lying in bed.
FormalPara HeadConstriction like a band or hoop. Pain drawing, tightening; localized in the forehead; in the forehead extending to the occiput. Right-sided; pressing pain on waking.
FormalPara EyeTwitching, left-sided.
FormalPara NoseDischarge and sneezing in the morning.
FormalPara FaceEczematous eruptions. Premenstrual eruptions. Pimples. Tingling in forehead and nose, numbness in cheek and forehead. Heat in the morning.
FormalPara MouthAphthae on lips. Numbness of lips. Stitching pain under the tongue.
FormalPara ThroatInflammation with pain of the tonsils. Pain on swallowing. Swelling of the tonsils.
FormalPara External ThroatSwelling of left-side cervical glands.
FormalPara StomachNausea. Insatiable appetite. Burning pain after waking. Thirst during menses. Bitter vomiting.
FormalPara AbdomenDistension, after eating and during menses. Flatulence. Hardness after eating. Pain, burning, cramping. Cramping of the colon. Cramping with diarrhea. Cramping of the hypogastrium, lancinating on the right side; also dull and pressing, throbbing.
FormalPara RectumConstipation. Offensive flatus. Relaxed anus. Urging for stool suddenly.
FormalPara StoolFrequent.
FormalPara FemaleStitching pain in labia; burning of the labia. Coldness of the vagina. Vaginal dryness. Vaginal itching. Leukorrhea, between the menses, offensive, stringy. Menses copious, clotted, copious with large clots. Delayed onset of menses. Menses stops and restarts (menses intermittent). Menses sour, pungent offensive menstrual flow. Dysmenorrhea. Menses flow shorter than usual. Aching of uterus and vagina. Uterine cramping, especially during menses, also before menses. Uterine contractions like a pulling sensation; sense of prolapse of the uterus. Ovarian pain at ovulation and during urination. Increased sexual desire.
FormalPara UrethraCold, contracted feeling with pain on urination.
FormalPara UrineDark yellow.
FormalPara RespirationDifficult after exertion.
FormalPara ChestPainful sore mammae, especially before the onset of menstruation. Right- and left-sided soreness, swelling of the mammae. Awakes after midnight with rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath.
FormalPara BackPain, with constriction in the sacrum, in the lumbar region extending to the thighs; with a soreness and tearing pain of the sacral region, especially while sitting.
FormalPara ExtremitiesAwkwardness. Red eruptions on the thigh. Stiffness of the fingers and joints. Aching of joints and elbow. Generalized neuralgic pain; in the groin. Tearing in the hip while sitting; tearing in the joints.
FormalPara Fever & PerspirationFever alternating with perspiration.
FormalPara SkinRed, blotchy eruptions; eczematous eruptions; itchy, hard, inflamed pimples.
FormalPara SleepDeep sleep. Unrefreshing sleep. Waking from dreams and waking with the sensation of chest palpitations.
FormalPara DreamsDreams, amorous, of angry quarrels, that breasts appear bruised, nightmarish, prophetic.
FormalPara GeneralitiesDesire for open air in the morning. Desire for sugar. Sensation of heat; influenza-like feeling. Faintness. Motion or rubbing aggravates. Weakness, before eating, before menses, with nausea. Weariness, during menses, in the morning.
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Riley, D.S. (2022). Agnus castus. In: Riley, D.S. (eds) Materia Medica of New and Old Homeopathic Medicines. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65920-2_13
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