Medorrhinum

Prepared from the urethral discharge of a patient with gonorrhoea. A nosode remedy deeply linked to the sycotic miasm, chronic inflammation, and inherited predisposition.

Originally proved by Dr. J. C. Burnett, then extensively clinically observed by Dr. J. H. Clarke, Margaret Tyler, and others

Medorrhinum is the embodiment of suppressed vitality, the deep shadow of the sycotic miasm. It often appears where disease has been repeatedly suppressed, especially in the generative sphere or mucous membranes. The patient is impulsive, restless, and tormented—longing for stimulation, freedom, and release. Whether the suppression is emotional, physical, or inherited, Medorrhinum helps bring it to the surface and transform it. It is the remedy of paradox and extremes—great energy yet deep exhaustion, excessive passion followed by detachment, clarity alternating with confusion.

• Pelvic and urogenital organs (prostate, ovaries, uterus, urethra)
• Nervous system (especially peripheral nerves and sensorium)
• Mucous membranes (inflammation, overgrowth, discharge)
• Mind and emotions (guilt, secrecy, wildness)
• Spine and extremities (tenderness, burning, restlessness)

The Medorrhinum patient is restless, impulsive, and intense—often described as driven by passions or urges they cannot fully explain. There is a tendency toward extremes: wildness alternating with apathy, euphoria alternating with despair. They feel guilt or shame, often linked to sexual experiences or imagined wrongdoing, even when unwarranted [Tyler].

Their mind is quick but erratic. Memory may be poor—especially for names, places, or recent events. Time seems to pass too slowly or too quickly. Anxiety about the future is common, along with a strange sensation of living disconnected from one’s past. Children may be precocious, hyperactive, or “strange” in behaviour. Adults may experience deep psychological turmoil, repression, and secrecy.

Sleepless until early morning, despite great fatigue. Sleep disturbed by vivid dreams or sexual fantasies. Daytime sleepiness. Falls asleep late, wakes unrefreshed. Sleeps in the knee-chest position, especially children.

Intense, sexual, or frightening. Dreams of falling, flying, ghosts, and past guilt. Often wakes in fright. Recurring dreams of being pursued or punished. Dreams may be prophetic or clairvoyant.

A deep-acting remedy for inherited or acquired sycosis—the chronic miasm of overgrowth, suppression, and hidden disease. Symptoms are shifting, violent, and paradoxical. Chronic fatigue with bursts of energy. Oversensitive to weather, heat, and emotion. Suited to those who have been treated with suppressive methods (e.g. antibiotics, steroids). Feels better at night, which is unusual. Symptoms often begin on the left and move to the right.

Low-grade fever with evening rise. Heat alternates with chilliness. Night sweats. Periodic fever in children with inherited miasm. Chronic, slow-burning fevers after suppressed infections.

Chilliness during day, burning heat at night. Sweat profuse on head, feet, or genitals. Sour, offensive perspiration. Heat localised in face or palms.

Heaviness in the head with burning heat. Bursting headaches in the forehead and temples. Headaches from the back of the neck or base of skull radiating forward. Vertigo with heat in the face. Head feels enlarged or swollen. Scalp sore to touch, hair falling out after suppressed gonorrhoea or pelvic inflammation.

Eyes red, bloodshot, and burning. Profuse, acrid lachrymation. Photophobia worse in artificial light. Blurred vision with sensation of film over the eyes. Pressure in the eyeballs, < heat. Pupils may be dilated. Recurrent conjunctivitis, iritis, or styes in sycotic constitutions. Useful in chronic ophthalmia.

Roaring, buzzing, or ringing in the ears. Oversensitive to sound. Otitis media with thick, yellow-green discharge. Hearing dull or echoing. Pain extending from throat to ears.

Chronic catarrh with thick, greenish-yellow, offensive discharge. Anosmia or loss of smell from chronic inflammation. Sneezing worse at night or in damp weather. Stuffed nose in morning, fluent in evening.

Flushed and burning, especially across cheekbones. Acne in oily, seborrhoeic skin. Greasy sheen to the face. Dark circles under the eyes. Twitching or tremulousness from nervous tension. Chin or jaw soreness from grinding.

Tongue red, slick, and sore. Ulcers or vesicles on tongue or inside cheeks. Bad breath, metallic taste. Teeth may be loose or decaying. Sensitive gums that bleed easily. Frothy saliva. Burning in palate or throat.

Sensitive to cold or sweets. Toothache worse at night, or from lying down. Gums bleed easily, feel sore or spongy. Often used for dental neuralgia in sycotic constitutions.

Dryness, rawness, and constant desire to swallow. Sensation of lump or constriction. Thick, sticky post-nasal mucus. Pharyngitis or tonsillitis, often recurrent. Hoarseness worse in morning.

Asthma < 3–5 a.m. or after exertion. Tightness in chest with wheezing. Needs open air and fanning. Short breath from suppressed gonorrhoea or pelvic discharges. Oppression of chest from emotional suppression. Chronic bronchitis in children with sycotic inheritance.

Palpitations from excitement, exertion, or lying on the left side. Weak pulse. Pain under the sternum. Constriction from emotion. Fear that heart will stop.

Wheezing, sighing, gasping. Cannot get enough air. Suffocative attacks at night. Dry cough in sycotic children. Coughs that are worse from lying down and warm rooms. Chest feels raw and sore.

Nausea with aversion to meat or greasy food. Great hunger at odd hours—wakes at night ravenous. Desire for salt, sour, and ice. Dyspepsia with flatulence. Painful distension of the stomach with loud eructations. Craving for stimulants.

Distended, sore, and full of gas. Liver region tender. Pain in iliac fossae, especially the right. Cutting pains radiating from pelvis. Irregular stools—diarrhoea alternating with constipation. Sycotic abdominal tumours.

Constipation with hard, knotty stools followed by diarrhoea. Painful urging, incomplete evacuation. Haemorrhoids with burning or moisture. Itching and soreness, worse from heat and touch.

Frequent urging, with scanty flow. Burning and tenesmus before, during, and after urination. Incontinence, especially in children. Enuresis in passionate or excitable children. Dark, cloudy urine with strong odour.

Craves ice, cold drinks, green fruits, oranges, and salty things. Aversion to meat, milk, and fatty foods. Craving for stimulants (coffee, alcohol). Complaints follow overeating or dietary excess.

Gonorrhoeal history or chronic prostatitis. Sexual desire excessive or completely lacking. Nocturnal emissions. Enlarged prostate. Gleet with thick, yellow discharge. Genital warts or sycotic lesions. Pain in testes or cords. Sterility from chronic infection.

Chronic pelvic inflammation. Ovarian pain—especially left-sided and burning. Menstrual flow profuse, dark, and clotted, with offensive odour. Leucorrhoea acrid, greenish-yellow, < before menses. Pruritus vulvae. Habitual miscarriages. Sexual desire too strong or totally absent. Children born after Medorrhinum parents are often weak, pale, or prone to skin eruptions.

Burning in the spine, especially sacral and cervical regions. Spine feels too weak to hold up the head. Lumbago worse after sexual activity or suppression. Coldness or trembling of the back.

Restlessness of limbs, especially at night. Cannot keep still. Numbness, formication, or tingling. Cold hands and feet despite warm body. Oedema of legs. Rheumatic pains shift rapidly. Burning soles of the feet at night—must uncover them. Fingers may twitch or cramp.

Warts, moles, and condylomata. Skin greasy, moist, with eruptions behind ears or on genitals. Acne, especially on forehead or chin. Eruptions suppressed may lead to internal illness. Urticaria from excitement. Skin slow to heal.

• Thuja – Also sycotic, but more fixed ideas, warts, and coldness; Medorrhinum is more restless and wild
• Sulphur – Restlessness and burning feet shared, but Sulphur is more philosophical, ragged, hot-headed
• Lachesis – Talkative, passionate, and left-sided, but Lachesis worsens at night; Medorrhinum improves at night
• Pulsatilla – Soft, yielding, < heat, > open air; Medorrhinum has more aggression, secrecy, and intensity
• Tuberculinum – Restlessness and inherited miasm, but Tub has desire to roam and travel, Medorrhinum is more guilty and sexual

• Complementary: Natrum sulph., Thuja, Syphilinum
• Antidotes: Pulsatilla, Nit-ac., Thuja
• Follows well: Thuja, Sulphur
• Precedes well: Carcinosinum, Tuberculinum

• Powerful nosode in deep chronic cases with sycotic history
• Key for restless children with intense behaviour and poor sleep
• Great for chronic pelvic complaints, especially when worse from heat
• Consider after long history of suppressive treatments or recurring infections
• Night improvement is a major keynote

Mind

• Restlessness, intense
• Memory weak
• Fear of dark, of being alone
• Guilt, chronic, unfounded

Female Genitalia

• Leucorrhoea, acrid, green
• Ovarian pain, left side
• Menses, dark, clotted, offensive

Extremities

• Burning soles, must uncover
• Restlessness, must move
• Twitching, night-time

Skin

• Warts, genitals
• Moist eruptions
• Acne, seborrhoeic

Sleep

• Sleeps on abdomen, knee-chest
• Sleepless till early morning
• Dreams, vivid, sexual, frightful

Generalities

• Better at night
• Worse from heat, damp
• Inherited sycosis
• History of suppression

Dr. J. C. Burnett – The Cure of Gonorrhoea by Homeopathy: Original nosode use and indications

John Henry Clarke – Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica: Mental symptoms, urogenital affinities

Margaret Tyler – Homeopathic Drug Pictures: Psychological profile, burning feet, sleep position

C. Hering – Guiding Symptoms: Sycosis theory, modality contrasts

James Kent – Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica: Deep miasmatic themes, sexual disturbances