Cotyledon umbilicus
Name: Cotyledon umbilicus. Umbilicus pendulinus
English: Pennywort. Navelwort. Kidneywort. Wall Pennywort. Wall Pennyroyal. Penny Pies. Many names are references to the round form of the leaf suggesting a coin.
Dutch: Waternavel
Sources: Clarke, Murhy, Vermeulen
Stage 13 or 16
The name Cotyledon is derived from the greek kotyle, a cup, alluding to its round, slightly concave leaves. Umbilicus refers to the navel-like depression in the centre of the leaves.
Mind
Part of body is absent, lost, confused, estranged on waking.
Lost and confused feeling.
Could not articulate for some time on awaking.
Feeling as if a part of the body were absent.
This is symbolic for the feeling of being amputated when a dear one is lost (and one cannot mourn)
Ailments from suppressed emotion.
"Head felt exceedingly light for some time as if there were no solid head; could not articulate for some time though she tried." [Clarke]
Estranged feeling in morning on waking.
Strong desire for company and excitement.
Feeling as if he would burst into tears & Choking sensation in throat & Sighing.
"It seems to affect the mental sphere like Ignatia, causing alternate states of exhilaration and depression." [Hale]
Sexual excitement; lascivious thoughts.
Generals
Better: Tea, motion, open air
Worse morning and evening.
Sensation as if cold air were rising upward from legs.
Physical
Cardiac affections & salivation.
Full, bursting feeling, as if from obstruction at heart.
Marked action on heart, oppression of chest, fullness in throat.
Well-marked pains through the breast to scapula.
Epilepsy.
Sinuses in buttock (sinus pilonidales probably caused by ingrowing hair)
Numb aching in muscular and fibrous tissue.
Sciatica.
Catarrh of larynx and trachea.
Among the most peculiar symptoms of Cot. are:
A feeling as if some part of the body like a foot or the head were absent.
The senses of sight and hearing are dulled.
A yellow patch follows the eyesight.
Disagreeable surging in ears, ears feel stuffed.