Pharmacological and clinical notes
Momordica balsamina (balsam apple)
Gripping, colicky pains in the epigastrium, gastrocardiac syndrome, pancreopathy.
Jodum (iodine)
Emaciation accompanied by a good appetite (lycorexia), hunger pains, pancreopathy.
Podophyllum (may-apple)
Pancreopathy with spurting, painless diarrhoea.
Mercurius solubilis Hahnemanni (mixture containing essentially mercuroamidonitrate)
Acute and chronic inflammation of the whole Iymphatic apparatus, dysentery, hepatitis, cholangitis.
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)
"Tangled" sensation in the left side of the epigastrium, diabetes, splenic disorders.
Carbo vegetabilis (wood charcoal)
Flatulent colic, slow digestion (disorders start half an hour after a meal), conditions of collapse.
Lycopodium (club-moss)
Disturbed digestion, meteorism, dyspepsia, disorders of the hepatic and cystic duct.
Lachesis (bushmaster)
Sensation of globus; every time nourishment is taken disorders follow; sensitivity of the area of the liver, (clothes feel too tight), inflated abdomen.
Mandragora (mandrake)
Gastrocardiac syndrome, duodenal ulcers, cholecystopathy.
Argentum nitricum (silver nitrate)
Gastritis, ventricular ulcers, intestinal colic, flatulence.
Veratrum (white hellebore)
Gastroenteritis acuta, colic, tendency to collapse.
Based on the individual homoeopathic constituents of Momordica compositum, therapeutical possibilities result for the treatment of disturbances of the pancreatic function and to produce a regulatory antihomotoxic effect in pancreatitis.
Momordica compositum, due to its composition, is aimed specifically at the symptoms present in pancreas affections, it being recommended, in the case of somewhat obscure disorders, to combine the injections in alterna-
tion with Injeel-Chol and Hepeel; in chronic conditions, also with Hepar compositum, Coenzyme compositum ampoules and Ubichinon compositum ampoules. Also interpolated injections of Mucosa compositum are advantageous in the case of a duodenal contributory cause of a pancreatic affection; for diabetes also Syzygium compositum (orally); for accompanying coronary disorders Strophanthus compositum and possibly Cor compositum.
It is attempted to make as precise as possible a diagnosis in respect of the storm centre, the epigastrium, whereby the improvement through Momordica compositum can also provide an indication that the pancreas is or was participating. In this connection, Momordica compositum can also prove useful in certain cases of duodenal ulcers as intermediate injection (to Erigotheel and Anacardium-Homaccord).
An important alternating remedy is Leptandra compositum, especially in pancreatic affections, but also in hepatitis as well as in diseases of the bile duct (in alternation with Chelidonium-Homaccord and Injeel-Chol).
The dosage is adjusted according to the disease, the symptoms and the stage of the illness: in acute disorders 1 ampoule daily, otherwise 1 ampoule 1-3 times weekly i.m., s.c., i.d., i.v. Orally, in addition, Cardiacum-Heel, and further, Duodenoheel and Chelidonium-Homaccord, have proved effective in disorders which radiate to the heart; also Cralonin and Glonin-Homaccord and the other auxiliary remedies.