Cina maritima

Cina

• Source : vegetable kingdom 
• Common name : worm seed 
• Family : compositae 
• Prover : Dr. Hahnemann 
• Miasm : psora 
• Temperament : irritable 
• Diathesis : scrofulous 

Sphere of action 

• GIT, Urinary system, nerves. 

Guiding symptoms + keynotes 

1. A/F : worms (ascaris lumbricoids/ round worms), after taking sweet or indigestible things.
2. Grinding of teeth, constant digging and boring of nose (arum). 
3. Canine hunger (lyc., staph.).
4. Desire for sweets (arg.nit.,lyc., sulp., bry.) and indigestible things (cal.c., alu.). 
5. Sleeps in knee-elbow position or on abdomen. 
6. Clean tongue.

Baby+

• Constitution : sickly body, whitish or bluish appearance around the mouth. Dark ring around the eyes.
• Mind : highly irritable, grinds teeth in anger. 
• Wants this and that but refuses when offered (cham., staph., bry., kreo.). 
• Nose : constant boring and digging of nose, itching and rubbing due to worms infestation. 
• Cough : dry, spasmodic cough with periodicity. 
• Child is afraid to speak because it brings cough. 
• Tongue : clean.
• Stomach : canine hunger, hungry soon after a full meal. 
• Desire for sweets and indigestible things. 
• Diarrhoea : stool is white, thin, watery with undigested food particles. 
• Urine : nocturnal enuresis.
• Character of urine : turbid when passing, turns into milky white semi solid. 
• Sleep : Sleeps in knee-elbow position or on abdomen. 

Modalities 

• Aggravation : anger, summer, night, speaking and movement specially in cough. 

Relation

• After dros. Has relieved some symptoms of cough. 

🔹nocturnal enuresis : bed-wetting at night

🔹Canine hunger : becomes hungry soon after having full meal, Needs something to eat frequently.