Ocimum Canum

Ocimum canum, D. C. (O. incanescens, Mart.).

Natural order , Labiatae.

Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.

Authority. Mure, Pathogénésie Brézilienne.

STOMACH, ABDOMEN, AND STOOL.

*Nephritic colic (right side), with violent vomiting, every fifteen minutes; she twists about, screams and groans . [ Red (bloody) urine, with brickdust sediment, after the attack . -Lippe.] Swelling of the inguinal glands. Diarrhoea, several times a day.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS. Saffron-yellow urine. Turbid urine, depositing a white and albuminous sediment. Ardor urinae.

*Red urine, with brickdust sediment, after the attack . [See S. 1.]

Thick purulent urine, with an intolerable smell of musk. Heat, swelling, and excessive sensitiveness of the left testicle. [10.]

Prolapsus vaginae; it protrudes from the vulva. Lancinations in the labia majora. Swelling of the whole vulva.

Chest And Back.

Compressive pain in the breast, as in nursing women. Itching of the breasts. Congestion of the mammary glands; the nipples are very painful; the least touch upon them makes her scream. Crampy pain in the loins.

Extremities And Sleep. Numbness of the right thigh, for two days. Dreams about her relations, friends, and children. Dreams about being poisoned.

SUPPLEMENT: OCIMUM.

Authority. 2 , Mart, Arch. der Pharm., May, 1851, p. 226 (Pharm. Journ., vol. xi, 1852, p. 82), effects of a weak infusion of the entire plant.

It is employed in baths, for rheumatism, [2] . It acts as an irritant, [2] . [20.] Sudorific, [2] .