Anagallis Arvensis

Scarlet Pimpernel. Primulaceoe.

The common red chickweed. A little herb growing by the wayside, in fields and gardens, known since Dioscorides, and a famous polychrest through all ages. Allen has only Schreter's provings, not the French. We add Dr.

Giinther's valuable proving. He collected the plaoits in Rhode Island. Giinther and his son took 10 drops of the tincture in water, finally the tincture itself from 10 to 15 drops every day, from Jan- uary 27th to February 14th, 1854. He took the red flowered variety ; some make a distinction between this and the blue flowered, or coerulea.

^ Mind. Exhilarated, mind very active ; thinks of everything.

Cannot collect his thoughts while listening to a sermon, on ac- count of very joyful feelings, without special cause.

Great hilarity for several days ; every thing gives him pleasure.

Frenzy in continued fever ; febrile delirium.

Anxiety in the chest. See 29.

Despondency.

After mental exertion, great prostration.

•Hypochondriasis, (hence its Greek name, signifying "to laugh ").

\ Mania. Sensorium. I l Vertigo (coerulea).

\ Epilepsy. ^ Inner Head. Heat rising to the head, slight sweat on the forehead, followed by pressing stitching in the eyeballs and a tickling, pricking in the urethra, inclining him to coition.

Headache just over the supra-orbital ridges, with eructations and rumbling in the bowels.

Spasmodic lancinations in both temples, extending to the eyes.

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Headache with fever (coerulea).

Pressive aching in forehead and occiput from a current of air

blowing on him. Intense headache and nausea, with pains throughout the

body. Occiput : dull or tearing pains and inclination to vomit ;

violent headache, with hard, knotty stools ; knocking pain

in left side ; dull pain all night. Headache relieved by coffee. ^ Outer Head. Skin of the forehead feels too tight.

When closing the eyes or wrinkling the brows, < on 1. side.

Vehement itching on vertex and occiput.

Stitches on several places of the scalp, chiefly over the left ear

and on the occiput. Chilly sensation on the right frontal protuberance. Violent pain as if occasioned by external pressure on occiput

behind 1. ear. ^ Eyes. I I Things seem to float to and fro, he cannot write. \ Amblyopia.

• Cataract.

Glittering before the left eye ; evening, by candle-light. Pressing in the eyes after the headache. See 3, 6. Stitches in the temples extending into the eyes. ' Pain in the right eyeball, worse from touching the lids. Itching of the eyelids.

• Spots on the cornea.

* Ears. Obstruction and pain in r. ear following the pressure in the eyes. See 5. Violent stitches in the right ear. Pain in the right ear as if the meatus auditorius externus was

obstructed. 1 1 Tickling and itching in the left ear. '' Nose. iNosebleed. d Syphilis.

Violent sneezing, expelling a lump of viscid yellow phlegm. Unpleasant tickling on the tip of the nose, with violent

sneezing. Violent sneezing following pain in r. side of back. Frequent running of water from the nose. Copious secretion of yellow phlegm. ^ Face.

Neuralgic pains in the r. cheek bone, extending to supra- orbital region ; during the night. Pains in the facial muscles. I I Bran-like, ring-shaped tetters on the face. Itching on the cheek bones. ^ Lower Part of Face.

Itching and tickling stitches on left corner of the mouth and lower lip, just under the border. ^^ Teeth. Dull pain in a hollow tooth, with trembling of the heart. See 29.

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Dull pain in upper molars and tearing pain in r. cheek bone.

Teeth pain as from cold ; worse from touch ; chilly sensation in the teeth.

Gums swollen around a hollow tooth. See 48.

I I Dull pain in gums, accompanied by very hard stools. " Tongue. Sensation on the tongue as if something cold were

placed upon it ; also near the frsenum. ^^ Mouth, Viscid saliva in the mouth, raised by coughing.

Collection of water in the mouth, with slight tearing pains in the molars. ^^ Palate and Throat. Il Sensation of dryness in the throat, with scraping.

Tickling at the soft palate at night, as from the touch of some- thing cold. " Eating and Drinking. After eating : scratching in the throat, 25 ; pressure on the lungs.

Coffee: relieves headache. ^® Belching, Eructations, nausea, inclination to vomit and

rumbling in bowels, with headache. ^'' Stomach, Inflammation of stomach (horses). ^^ Hypochondria. • Hepatitis and indurated liver. ^' Abdomen. Abdomen distended with wind.

Weak feeling in the abdomen.

Rumbling in bowels, with headache.

• Visceral obstructions. ^" Rectum and Stool, fnflammation of rectum (horses).

Itching in the rectum ; pressure in the sacrum ; piles.

Passes offensive flatus.

Stools soft and pappy.

Diarrhoea watery.

Stool hard like stone, knotty. See 3, 10.

Itching at the anus after the evacuation of the bowels.

J Hemorrhoids. ^^ Urinary Organs. • Inflammation of kidneys.

Burning in the urethra when urinating, mostly in the morning.

Orifice seems agglutinated ; presses to urinate ; urine escapes in a divided stream.

Tickling, prickling along the urethra, inclining to coitus.

Urine dark, sometimes straw-colored.

Copious urination (horses).

I Gravel. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Desire for coition. See 3, 21.

I Is said to be useful in syphilis with deranged mind, nosebleed, pain in small of back; skin itches.

The burning in urethra before and during erection ceases during coition.

I I Drawing pains in right testicle and cord.

I I Tearing pains in spermatic cords.

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Tickling in the symphysis pubis. I Gonorrhoea. ^* Female Sexual Organs. ! Amenorrhoea.

\ Cancer of mammiTe. ^* Pregnancy. Is given to cows if they fail to become pregnant. ^^ Larynx. Sensation as if a brush were brought in contact with the epiglottis, with hoarseness. I I Scratching and scraping in the throat, especially after meals. 1 I Hoarseness proceeding from the trachea. ^^ Cough, Cough dry : with a scratching sensation when reading aloud ; with yellow phlegm from the nose ; with spitting of saliva.

'^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. A kind of restlessness in chest. I Soreness on the chest with fever.

Pressure on the right lung after a meal or when walking fast. Stitches in the left side in the region of the fourth and fifth ribs. Pulsations in r. side of chest. Pains in the lungs felt in front and in the back up to the

scapulae. Suddenly a feeling internally in the chest, as if struck with a

cushion full of pins. I Consumption.

Bluish-red spot on condensed lungs. ^^ Heart, Pulse. Violent trembling of heart, with general trem- bling and weakness, preceded by aching in a carious tooth

and anxiety in the chest in the evening in bed. See 1, 10,

28, 36. I 1 Palpitation.

Coagulated black blood in chambers of heart (horses). ^^ Outer Chest. Itching on left side of chest, principally on nipple.

I I Eruption on the chest. ^^ Neck. Back. Tensive drawing from left shoulder up to neck ;

returns when lifting or stretching the arm. Itching on neck and scapula ; on right scapula. Pains in r. side of back, followed by violent sneezing. Trembling of muscles of neck (horses). See 34. Violent pains in the sacrum when lifting a slight load, they

take her breath. See 48. ^^ Upper Limbs. Tensive drawing ascending from 1. shoulder to

the nape of neck, < raising and extending the arm. Pain in the shoulder (coerulea).

Pain in lungs and back into the shoulder blade. See 28. Pains in the muscles of the upper arm, outside, near the

shoulder. Drawing pains in the muscles of the upper arm, lasting for

some time, especially felt when moving the hand or arm, e.

g., in writing.

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Pains in the muscles of the upper arm, outside, near the shoulder.

Vehement pains in the muscles of the forearm, inside, near the elbow-joint.

Pains in the muscles of the forearm, inside, near the elbow- joint.

Violent pains in carpal and metacarpal bones, extending up the arm to the shoulder.

Cramps in r. thenar, like that when cutting with scissors ; ceas- ing on the r., it appears on the 1.

Drawing pains in the carpal and metacarpal bones of the r. hand.

Violent pains in the carpal and metacarpal bones of the r. hand, extending up the arm to the shoulders.

Pains in the 1. thumb, violent twitching in it.

Violent pains in the palm of the right hand, in the fork of thumb and forefinger.

Drawing tearing in r. metacarpus, sometimes left, returning at regular intervals.

In the metacarpus of the thumb a dull drawing, or tearing mostly r. side, sometimes also in the 1.

When cutting with the shears cramp in the ball of the thumb, when it ceased it appeared on the left, in the evening.

Intense pains in the palm of the r. hand, in the fork of thumb and forefinger, with a sensation as if a pin were thrust through it.

Gouty swellings on the joints of the fingers.

Itching on the upper arm, inside, immediately above the joint of the elbow.

Itching on the back of the r. hand.

I I Skin of the hands and fingers very dry, sticky and dirty looking.

I I Tetter on the hands dry, bran-like, st^uamous ; or groups of small vesicles, smarting and itchmg, oozing a yellow-brown lymph when scratched, which soon turns into a scurf; new vesicles appear beneath.

I I Dry, bran-like, squamous tetters on hands and fingers, prin- cipally on the fore and middle fingers of r. hand.

Tetter consisting of grape-like groups of small vesicles, violently smarting and itching when scratched, exuding a yellow or brownish lymph, which soon turns into a scurf, beneath which rise again such vesicles. ^^ Lower Limbs. ■ Pain in hip (coerulea).

Lumbago and itching.

I I Tickling pains in the right leg and at the os ileum.

Drawing pains in the muscles of the left leg ; tearing during the night.

I I Weakness like lameness in the right leg, as if it was too short.

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I I Pains in the bend of the left knee.

Slight pain near the left knee and in the posterior muscles of

the left leg. I I Sensation of tightness in the bend of the left knee, as if there

was something swollen or sore. Pains in the right leg, above the knee, in the knee and shin- bone, when in a sitting posture and having legs lightly

crossed. Stitches in the left shin-bone, when in a sitting posture, but

only in moving leg or foot. Pain in r. shin-bone when extending the leg. Cramps in the r. calf. Slight cramps in 1. calf.

Pain at the upper part of the metatarsus of right foot. Pains in the great toe and little toe of 1. foot, in the morning. Pain in the curved or concave part of the left sole. Pain in the sole of the left foot near the toes. ^* Limbs, in General. Trembling of muscles of hind legs and

neck (horses). • Gout. ^^ Rest. Position. Motion. In bed : trembling of the heart

with toothache ; chilliness. Sitting with legs crossed : pains in and about right knee. Stretching the arm : tensive drawing from left shoulder up to

feeling in chest ; toothache. *° Fever. Trembling with chills.

Crawling and trembling. See 36.

I I Chilliness followed by heat (coerulea).

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Spells of chilliness towards evening and in bed.

Chilliness penetrating the teeth. See 20.

Fever with headache and sore chest.

Heat rises into the head, with sweat on forehead, followed by sensation in eyeballs and tickling in urethra.

\ Bloody sweat ; murrain of calves. *^ Locality and Direction. Below upwards : pains in upper limbs.

Right : chilly sensation on frontal protuberance ; pain in eye- ball; pain and stitches in ear; drawing in testis and cord; pressure on lungs ; itching on scapula ; pains in palm of hand ; tickling pains in leg and os ilium ; weak, lame feel- ing in leg ; pains in and about knee and tibia ; pain in foot.

Left : knocking in side of occiput ; stitches over ear ; glitter- ing before the eye ; itching in ear ; itching and stitches in corner of mouth ; itching on side of chest ; tensive drawing from shoulder, 31 ; drawing in muscles of leg ; pain in knee and posterior muscles of leg ; tight feeling in bend of knee ; pain in tibia ; pain in feet. *^ Sensations. Teeth pain as from cold.

Sensation in lungs as if struck with a cushion full of pins.

Stitches: in eyeballs; in temples; in scalp; in r. ear; in 1. corner of mouth ; in 1. side, region of fourth and fifth ribs ; in 1. tibia; disturb sleep.

Neuralgic pains : in r. cheek bone.

Tearing pain : in occiput ; in r. cheek bone ; in molars ; in spermatic cords ; in muscles of left leg ; disturbs sleep.

Drawing pain : in r. testicle and cord ; tensive drawing from 1. shoulder to neck ; in r. metacarpus, also tearing ; in mus- cles of left leg.

Pressing pain : and stitching in eyeballs ; in forehead and oc- ciput; in eyes ; on lungs ; in sacrum.

Scratching : in throat, after eating ; when reading aloud.

Soreness : on chest.

Dull pain : in hollow tooth ; in upper molars ; in gums.

Tension : in skin of forehead ; tensive drawing from 1. shoulder to neck ; in bend of 1. knee.

Cramp in r. thenar; in r. calf, slightly in left.

Burning : in urethra.

Heat : rising to head.

Dryness : in throat with scraping ; of hands.

Cold or chilly sensation : on r. frontal protuberance ; in teeth ; as if something cold were placed on tongue ; at soft palate, as from touch of something cold; a sort of chilly trembling.

Tickling : and pricking in urethra ; in 1. ear ; on tip of nose ; at soft palate as from something cold ; in urethra, and prick- ling ; on symphisis pubis ; as from a brush against epiglottis ; pains in r. leg and at os ilium.

Itching : on vertex and occiput ; of eyelids ; in 1. ear ; in face ; in rectum ; at anus ; on 1. side of chest ; on neck and scap- ula ; tetter ; all over skin. ** Tissues. Pains in the joints going from place to place (coerulea).

Rheumatic and gouty pains.

\ Dropsy. ^^ Touch, Injuries. Touch : aggravates pain in r. eyeball ; teeth painful.

I Used in snake-bites and hydrophobia. *® Skin. Skin itches all over.

Skin rough, dry.

I I Dry, bran-like tetter in rings. See 8, 32.

Ulcers and swelling on the joints.

\ Ill-conditioned ulcers.

j Promotes the expulsion of splinters. *^ Relationship. Collateral relation : Cyclam.

Smelling of Rhus tox. and an hour later taking Ooloc, relieved the sacral pain, 31 ; Rhus tox. relieved swollen gums, 10.

Coffee relieved the headache.

It is said to form an important part of Stoy's medicine for hy- drophobia.