Ustilago maydis
Remedy of passive uterine hemorrhage and hair loss. Dark, passive, stringy oozing of blood from uterus between periods. Hair falls out — head, eyebrows, eyelashes. Nails grow irregularly. Ovarian pain. Vicarious menses.
Source
Prepared from the fresh fungus Ustilago maydis growing on Zea mays (corn).
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Keynote Symptoms
Passive uterine hemorrhage — dark, oozing, stringy blood, between periods. Menorrhagia — profuse, dark, clotted. Hair loss — from head, eyebrows, eyelashes. Nails grow irregularly, distorted. Left ovarian pain. Flabby uterus. Post-menopausal hemorrhage. Tendency to form clots and strings of blood.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Depressed, sad. Irritable. Dull. Mental confusion during hemorrhage.
General Symptoms
Uterine and hair/nail. Worse from touch, motion, climacteric. Better from rest.
Physical Symptoms
Head
Hair falls out — from head, eyebrows, eyelashes. Alopecia.
Female Genitalia
Passive, dark, oozing hemorrhage — the keynote. Stringy, clotted. Between periods. Menorrhagia. Flabby uterus. Post-menopausal bleeding. Left ovarian pain, congestion. Cervical tenderness. Vicarious menses.
Male Genitalia
Spermatorrhea. Emissions.
Skin
Hair loss. Nails distorted, grow irregularly. Dry, rough skin.
Extremities
Nails — grow unevenly, distorted.
Modalities
Better From
Rest
Worse From
Touch, motion, climacteric, intermenstrual
Constitutional Type
Women with passive uterine hemorrhage. Those with alopecia and nail changes.
Clinical Indications
Passive uterine hemorrhage, intermenstrual bleeding, hair loss, distorted nails, post-menopausal bleeding, menorrhagia, left ovaritis
Comparative Materia Medica
Secale has passive hemorrhage but with burning and aversion to warmth. Trillium has profuse bright hemorrhage. Sabina has hemorrhage with pain from sacrum. Thlaspi has hemorrhage every two weeks.
Safety Information
Not well established.
Corn smut (huitlacoche) is eaten as a delicacy in Mexican cuisine. Low toxicity. Contains ustilagine. Safe in all potencies and mother tincture.
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