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Cina.

Worm Seed. Compositae

Adapted to children with dark hair, very cross, irritable, ill-humored, want to be carried, but carrying gives no relief; does not want to be touched; cannot bear you to come hear it; averse to caresses; desires many things; but rejects everything offered (compare, Ant. t. , Bry. , Cham. , Staph. ).

Constantly digging and boring at the nose; picks the nose all the time; itching of nose; rubs nose on pillow, or on shoulder of nurse ( Mar. v. ).

Children, suffering from worms; pitiful weeping when awake, starts and screams during sleep; grinding of teeth ( Cic. , Sulph. ); ascarides ( Mar. v. ).

Face is pale; sickly white and bluish appearance around mouth; sickly, with dark rings under the eyes; one cheek red, the other pale ( Cham. ).

Canine hunger: hungry soon after a full meal; craving for sweets and different things; refuses mother's milk.

Urine; turbid when passed, turns milky and semi-solid after standing; white and turbid; involuntary.

Cough: dry with sneezing; spasmodic, gagging in the morning; periodic, returning spring and fall.

Child is afraid to speak or move for fear of bringing on a paroxysm of coughing ( Bry. ).

Relations. - Compare: Ant. c. , Ant. t. , Bry. , Cham. , Kreos. , Sil. , Staph. , in irritability of children.

In pertussis, after Drosera has relieved the severe symptoms.

Has cured aphonia from exposure when Acon. , Phos. and Spong. had failed.

Is frequently to be thought of, in children, as an epidemic remedy, when adults require other drugs.

[Santonine] sometimes cures in worm affections when Cina seems indicated, but fails ( Mar. v. , Spig. ).