Murex Purpurea q Uses, Benefits – Murex Purpurea Materia Medica

• Pains are diagonal, from ovary to opposite breast
• Leucorrhoea is yellow, bloody; alternates with mental symptoms
• Violent sexual nymphomania from least contact with the parts
• Bearing down pains, must keep legs tightly crossed
• Great depression of spirits

Source: Animal kingdom
Synonyms: Purple fish Sea snail
Family: Gasteropoda
Prover: Dr Petroz of Spain in 1848
Temperament: Sanguine and lymphatic

Introduction and History: Petroz first proved the Purple fish, Murex, which, like the Ink fish, Sepia produced the chief intensity of its action on the female generative sphere. They are chiefly distinguished by the symptoms that Murex produces frantic sexual desire and tendency to excessive haemorrhages with large clots while Sepia, in general has a scanty flow.

Preparation and Parts Used: It is prepared from the of fresh juice of the purple fish. The fresh preparation is to be preferred though the dried is usually used. Trituration or tincture of fresh juice is used to prepare potencies.

Constitution and Physiognomy: It is suited to melancholic, sanguine or lymphatic temperaments. Also for menopausal sufferings. It is especially adapted to nervous, lively, affectionate women.

Seat of Action (Pharmacodynamics): It mainly acts on female sexual organs and kidneys.

Characteristic Mental Symptoms (Psychology)

1. Great depression of spirits, a sort of deep hypochondriacal state.
2. Patient is anxious, apprehensive; ameliorated by leucorrhoeal discharge. Leucorrhoea alternates with mental symptoms
3. Memory weak, cannot find correct words to express themselves.

Characteristic Physical Guiding Symptoms

Stomach: Sinking, all gone sensation in the stomach.

Climacteric: A very useful medicine for the sufferings of women during climacteric.

Sexual excitement: Least contact of part causes violent sexual excitement.

Desire: EXCESSIVE DESIRE FOR AN EMBRACE.

Uterus: SORE PAIN in uterus.

Bearing down sensation: Bearing down sensation, as if the internal organs would be pushed out. Hence, she must sit down and cross her limbs; ameliorated by pressure.

Menses: Menses are irregular, early, profuse, protracted, in large clots.

Leucorrhoea: Leucorrhoea is worse by mental exertion.

Important Characteristic Features

Female uterine affections: It is a very useful remedy for uterine prolapse. Conscious of the womb. Pulsations in the neck of the womb. Feeling as if something was pressing on a sore spot in the pelvis, worse by sitting. Sore pain in uterus; bearing down sensation as if the internal organs would be pushed out. Must sit down and cross limbs; ameliorated by pressure. Prolapse and enlargement of uterus with pelvic tenesmus and sharp pains. Menses are irregular, frequent, profuse, with large clots. Dysmenorrhoea and chronic endometritis. Leucorrhoea green or bloody, alternates with mental symptoms and aching in the sacrum. Nymphomania. Least contact of parts causes violent sexual excitement.

General Modalities

Aggravation: By least touch, in the sun, sitting, lying down, exertion, night, after sleep.

Amelioration: Before menses, eating, pressure and support, putting head back.

Comparison

Crossing limbs ameliorates: Lil-t, Murx, Sep.

Sexual desire increased in women: Aster, Lil-t, Murx.

Diseases of women attended with sudden prostration, sinking and faintness: Murx, Nux-m, Sep.

Dosage: 3c to 30c.

Repetition: Single dose is enough.

Therapeutic Value: Dysmenorrhoea, Leucorrhoea, Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia, Miscarriage, Nymphomania, Uterine prolapse.