Loco-weed
(OXYTROPIS)

Marked action on nervous system. Trembling, sensation of emptiness. Walks backwards. Congestion of spine and paralysis. Pains come and go quickly. Sphincters relaxed. Staggering gait. Reflexes lost.

Mind.--Desires to be alone. Disinclined to work or talk. Worse, thinking of symptoms (Oxalic ac). Mental depression. Vertigo (Granatum).

Head.--Vertigo. Full, warm feeling about head. Feeling of intoxication, with loss of vision. Pain in maxillary bones and masseter muscles. Mouth and nose dry.

Eyes.--Sight obscured; pupils contracted; do not respond to light. Paralysis of nerves and muscles of eyes.

Stomach.--Eructations with colicky pains. Epigastrium tender.

Rectum.--Sphincter seems relaxed. Stools slip from anus, like lumps of jelly, mushy.

Urine.--Urging to urinate when thinking of it. Profuse flow. Pain in kidneys (Berberis).

Male.--No desire or ability. Pain in testicles and along spermatic cord and down thighs.

Extremities.--Pain along ulnar nerve. Numb feeling about spine. Staggering gait. Loss of co-ordination. Patellar tendon reflex lost. Pains come and go quickly, but muscles remain sore and stiff.

Sleep.--Restless, dreams of quarrel.

Modalities.--Worse, thinking of symptoms (mono-maniac tendency). Worse, every other day. Better, after sleep.

Relationship.--Compare: Astrag; Lathyr; Oxal ac; Baryta (Loco plant is rich in Baryta). Lolium.

Dose.--Third potency and higher.