Ferula Glauca

Ferula glauca, Linn. (F. Neapolitana, Ten.)

Natural order , Umbelliferae. Common name , Bounafa.

Preparation , Tincture of plant.

Authorities. 1 , Molin, effects from applying a compress steeped in tincture to the skin, Bull. de la Soc. Hom. de Paris, 1, 412; 2 , Ibid., "General Pathogenesis."

Desire for solitude, [2] . Aversion to any kind of work, [2] .

Sadness; inclination to weep, [2] .

Impatience; anger, [2] .

Sensation of icy coldness in the occiput, during the day, [2] . [10.] Lancinations, prickings, and small pulling pains in the occiput, [2] .

Eye.

Burning, itching, and pricking of the eyelids, [2] .

Ear.

Unpleasant sensation in the ears, [2] .

Whistling and humming in the ears, [2] .

Redness of the nose, with sensitiveness to touch, [2] . Scabs in the nose, with smarting and itching, [2] .

Pains of various kinds, in the molar teeth only, with aggravation at night, [2] .

Aphthae in the mouth, [2] . Heat in the mouth; sensation as if the tongue were burnt, [2] .

Scratching, burning, and lancinations in the throat, [2] . [20.] Difficulty in swallowing, [2] .

Remarkable decrease of appetite, [2] . Thirst.

Urgent thirst, [2] . Eructation.

Nausea, [2] .

Drawings in the stomach, [2] . [30.]

The pains of the stomach are worse after eating, [2] .

Lancinations, pullings in the right hypochondrium, [2] .

Inflation and tension of the abdomen, [2] .

Colic before and during stool, [2] .

Dull colic, [2] . Constant burning in the abdomen, [2] .

Heat and sensation of weight in the hypogastrium, [2] .

Anus.

Haemorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancination, and pricking at the anus, [2] .

Diarrhoea, day and night, but more severe in daytime; stools light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at the anus, [2] .

Diminished urine, [2] .

[40.]

Menses several days too early, and more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of the vulva, [2] .

Violent sexual excitement (in females only), [2] .

Respiratory Organs.

Dry or loose cough, worse in cold or damp weather, with thick yellow expectoration, [2] . Fetid breath, [2] .

Difficult breathing, [2] .

Constriction and heat at the heart, [2] .

Stronger beating of the heart, [2] .

Stiff neck, [2] . Pricking and lancination at the nape of the neck, [2] .

Superior Extremities. Stiffness of the arms; difficulty in bending them, [2] .

Inferior Extremities. [50.] Numbness of the thighs, [2] . Cold sensation along the course of the sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up, [2] .

Lancination along the nerves of the thighs and legs, [2] .

Deep redness, with swelling of the skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, [1] .

Eruption of small red pimples with incessant itching and irresistible inclination to scratch, [1] . Eruption of many small red pimples with white tips, in the beard and whiskers, [2] .

Boils on the nates, thighs, and legs, [2] .

Pricking and violent itching in different parts of the body, especially at night, [2] .

Sleepiness in daytime, [2] . Sleeplessness; nightly-restlessness, [2] . [60.]

Starting from sleep at night, [2] .

Burning heat and severe smarting of the skin, [1] .