Castanea Vesca

Chestnut. Cupuliferce.

Tincture of the leaves.

Symptoms marked 1 1 are those italicized in Allen's Encyclopedia, from provings of Houghton and others. Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counselor, Feb., 1880.

" Throat, l ■ Slight acrid feeling in throat.

" Desire. I l Desire for warm drinks.

^^ Abdomen. I l Abdominal walls sensitive.

I I An uncomfortable relaxed condition of the abdominal viscera all day, better when lying on back.

^^ Stool and Rectum. I l The soft stools consisted of short, small pieces, like chopped tape; this character of stool has con- tinued for three years, whenever loose stools occur. I 11.30 P.M., sudden and urgent desire for stool, accompanied by severe pain and rumbling; pain relieved by stool.

"Cough. I Pertussis, early stage, with violent spasmodic, very dry, ringing cough.

^^ Best. Position. Motion. Lying on back : > relaxed con- dition of abdominal viscera.

^" Fever. I l Perspiration very free after drinking.

*^ Sensation. Acrid : in throat. Pain: before stool.

*^ Relations. Compare: Amm.hrom.,lMephit. diUdillNaphthal. in whooping-cough.

CASTOEEUM. S88

CASTOREUffl.

Castor Fiber. Rodentia.

Tincture of secretion contained in preputial sacs of the beaver.

Mentioned by Galen, Hippocrates and Pliny, and in use among the Ara- bians, who gave it in hepatic and uterine troubles, and in epilepsy and convulsions. Eecommended later for hysterical complaints by Pomet and Hill; for deafness, by Lemery.

The only provings are by Caspar! and Nenning; the former proved the Russian, the latter the Austrian variety. See Allen's Encyclopedia, Vol. III. The original in Hartlaub and Trink's Annates, Vol. Ill, p. 314.

Clinical symptoms are from Gosewisch, Siegrist, Neidhard, Trousseau and Pidoux and H. M., 1879.

^ Mind. Very peevish humor, indisposed to talk.

Very sensitive to all kinds of impressions.

Irritable in morning ; cheerful abandon in evening.

B Melancholic and full of anxious longing. ^Hysteria.

Angry exclamations during sleep. ^ Sensorium. Giddiness and fainting. ^ Inner Head. Headache, with giddiness and fainting.

Heaviness, with drawing pain in head.

Transitory pressure in forehead.

Dull headache from in outwards in r. forehead. ^ Sight and Eyes. ■ Dimness of vision, and lachrymation. ^Ca- tarrh.

Appearance before eyes, as though he had not slept enough.

I 1 Eyes are agglutinated nearly all night. ^ Hearing and Ears. Earache and buzzing in ears.

Pain behind 1. ear.

Otorrhoea. '® Teeth and Gums. Pain in 1. lower row of molar teeth.

Swelling of gums. " Taste and Tongue. Swelling of tongue.

I A rounded elevation in centre of tongue, the size of a pea, sur- rounded by an angry suspicious-looking base, the size of a nickel five-cent piece, extremely sensitive to touch or food, with a drawing sensation as if a string was pulling centre of tongue towards hyoid bone, with burning in tongue. ^^ Inner Mouth. Bad smell from mouth. 13 Throat. Dryness of oesophagus. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Want of appetite.

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I I Thirst is so violent that she could not drink enough water, after dinner. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Belching, with stitches in chest. Nausea after urinating.

" Scrobiculum and Stomach. Weight at stomach. Griping in stomach.

Tenesmus in stomach, with constrictive pain under sternum. Tension and heaviness in stomach. Emptiness in stomach.

I Sensation in stomach as though it would go to sleep. ^^ Hypochondria. Pressure in region of liver from in outwards. ^^ Abdomen. Pain in 1. side of abdomen. Colic from flatulency. ■ Yawning, in abdominal complaints. Abdomen distended, in afternoon. I I Umbilical hernia, with colic, in a screaming infant. Abdomen feels as though full and distended. Above 1. ilium in flanks, sensation of soreness as though from

an internal wound. On taking a deep breath stitching pains on both sides in ab- domen, above hips to spinal column, extending to region of liver, as though he was being stuck, in various places above ilium, with needles. ^^ Stool and Rectum. Stools: l whitish, watery ; bloody mucus; greenish mucus; frequent. I Stools contain pus; patient is compelled to sit bent double;

feels gagged when lying down. Before stool : cutting or pinching colic ; painful rumbling ;

dragging in groin. During stool : fetid flatus ; I burning at anus. I After stool: burning at anus.

Accompaniments of bowel complaints : yawning ; chilliness ; bad smell from mouth ; violent thirst. ^^ Urinary Organs. Scanty urine; heat and burning when urin- ating. After urinating : nausea. 22 Male Sexual Organs. ■ Seminal emissions, with great excit- ability of sexual parts. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. During menses : pain commences in middle of thighs, extending over limbs, and more or less over entire body. • Dysmenorrhoea ; abdomen distended ; blood leaves uterus in drops, with tenesmus-like pain. ^' Pregnancy.

Parturition. Lactation. Nausea and vomit- ing in pregnancy. 2^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia.

Hoarseness with disposition to clear throat.

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^® Respiration. Shortness of breathing, in forenoon; when walk- ing fast.

■ Short, difficult breathing, with frequent, long inspirations. I Very deep inspirations, with heat in breast and in face.

■ Frequent, slow, deep inspirations, with short expirations. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Stitches in chest, with belching.

Heat in breast, as though a fire was burning there, in evening. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Feeling of oppression about

^^ Εξωτερικός θώρακας. Κραμποειδείς πόνοι που απλώνονται κατά μήκος του στήθους.

Πόνος κάτω από το στέρνο, όταν το αγγίζουν.

I Με τη βαθιά εισπνοή, αίσθηση σαν κάτι βαρύ να βρισκόταν κάτω από το στέρνο.

Πίεση στις πλευρές του στέρνου, ιδίως στην εκπνοή.

Αίσθηση εσωτερικής θερμότητας κάτω από το στέρνο. '^ Άνω άκρα. Πόνος στον δεξιό ώμο, σε ηρεμία και σε κίνηση, σαν να είχε κουβαλήσει κάτι βαρύ.

Καυτά χέρια, με διατεταμένες φλέβες. ^^ Κάτω άκρα. Μεγάλη αίσθηση καταβολής στα κάτω άκρα.

Πίεση στον αριστερό λαγό προς τα κάτω μέσω της βουβωνικής αδένας, όταν περπατά.

Αίσθηση βάρους σε όλο το σώμα.

Τρόμος των άκρων.

\ Χορεία, επιληψία, κοκίτης, νευρική αίσθημα παλμών, κράμπες σε διάφορα μέρη του σώματος και τέτανος.

Παράλυση. ^^ Ύπνος. Υπνηλία.

B Συνεχές χασμουρητό, αν και δεν κοιμάται ποτέ την ημέρα.

Στον ύπνο, θυμωμένες εκφωνήσεις.

Δεν μπορεί να κοιμηθεί μετά το φαγητό. ^^ Χρόνος. Πρωί: ευερέθιστος.

Νύχτα: μάτια κολλημένα.

Απόγευμα: κοιλιά φουσκωμένη. ^0 Πυρετός. Ρίγη σε μεμονωμένα μέρη, πλάτη, κορυφή κεφαλιού, μέτωπο, αγκώνας, πόδια.

I Τυφοειδής πυρετός. ^^ Τοποθεσία και κατεύθυνση. Αριστερά: πίσω από το αυτί, πόνος· κάτω σειρά γομφίων, πόνος· κοιλιά, πόνος· λαγόνιο οστό, ευαισθησία· λαγός, πίεση.

Καύσο: στη γλώσσα· στον πρωκτό· στο στήθος, σαν φωτιά.

Σουβλιές: πόνοι στις δύο πλευρές της κοιλιάς· στον θώρακα.

Σφιγκτικός πόνος: στο στομάχι.

391 CASTOREUM— CASTOR EQUORUM.

Amhra gris., Ignat., Moschus, Valer., ιδίως

σε νευρικές γυναίκες με πόνους, κράμπες και αδυναμία μετά από σοβαρή ασθένεια.