HIPPOMANE MANCINELLALiquid

Hippomanes mancinella  is a deep-acting and rare homoeopathic medicine prepared from a soft, mucous-like, urinous-smelling substance that floats in the allantoic fluid of the mare during gestation. Though originally of unusual origin, it belongs to a distinctive group of medicines known for their effect on the nervous system, mental-emotional state, genitourinary tract, and musculoskeletal system. Hippomanes is particularly suited to individuals suffering from melancholia, chorea, prostatitis, rheumatic wrist pain, and general debility, where the mind and body seem equally exhausted. The medicine is marked by sensations of heaviness, icy coldness, and emptiness, particularly in the head, stomach, and limbs, along with involuntary movements and weakness.

Common Name: Hippomanes

SBL’s Hippomane mancinella can be helpful in the following conditions:

Mental Lassitude and Restlessness

• Profound melancholy, especially in young individuals who isolate themselves or display indifference to life.
• Restlessness, with an urge to constantly move from place to place.
• Mental and physical lassitude, disinterest, and desire to lie down without relief.

Headache and Vertigo

• Violent headaches with a sensation of heaviness or heat, often localized at the vertex.
• Head feels so heavy it falls forward upon rising; better lying on the painful side, worse from sun exposure.
• Accompanied by yawning, giddiness, and thirst.

Visual Disturbance

• Blue light perception (e.g., candlelight appears bluish).
• Stitching pain in eyes with headache; soreness on eye movement.
• Involuntary twitching of under lip.

Nose Bleeding and Sore Throat

• Cold sensation when inhaling air through the nose.
• Nasal bleeding in the morning. White coated tongue with red tip.
• Sensation of a plug in the throat, especially on the left side.
• Left tonsil soreness with mucus accumulation and Increased secretion of saliva.

Nausea and Coldness of Stomach

• Nausea, especially from drafts of air.
• Icy coldness in the stomach, with a sense of emptiness.
• Craving for acids and aversion to sweets.

Hard Stool and Painful Urine

• Hard stool in balls or soft stool with vomiting.
• Spasmodic contraction of the anus; discharge of prostatic fluid after urination.
• Urine passes in a narrow stream, as if obstructed; pain extending from anus to urethra.
• Strongly indicated in chronic prostatitis.

Prostatitis and Early Menses

• Increased sexual desire, especially in men.
• Drawing pain in the testicles and prostate gland.
• In women, may help in cases of early onset menstruation.

Cough and Chest Pain

• Barking cough during sleep.
• Raw sensation in the larynx; tickling on breathing.
• Stitching pains on the left side of the chest.

Painful Back and Limbs

• Profound heaviness in limbs and joints.
• Paralytic sensation in the left arm, with morning wrist paralysis.
• Sprained feeling in wrists and knees, worse in the left.
• Formication, cramping, and coldness in feet; particularly useful in rheumatism of the wrist and chorea.
• Generalized weakness and sensation of dryness in foot joints and soles.

Itching of Skin

• Itching sensation, like from wool or flannel, especially on the chest and upper back.

Fever

• Chill beginning in the back, often with evening heat and dull headache.
• Cold feet despite being warmly covered; alternating sensations of chill and heat.