Hydrocotyle Asiatica

Indian Pennywort. UmbeUiferas.

A small plant long known as an Indian remedy, growing in India and South- ern Africa. First employed by Boileau in the treatment of leprosy. Experiments by Andouit ; see Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 625.

Clinical Authorities Lupus exedens of nose, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p, 585;

Lupus, tuberculous, erythematic, Martin, Hom. Kec, vol. 2, p. 177; Ulceration cervix uteri, Andouit, B. J.

H., vol. 16, p. 588; Pruritus vagime, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 588;

Eczema, Andouit, B. J. H., vol. 16, pp. 586-87 ; Lepra tuberculosa, Andouit, B.

J. H.,. vol. 16, p. 584; Gangrene after operation, Andouit, B. J.

H., vol. 16, p. 589; Lepra, Boilieu, Sinnasamy, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 462;

Syphilitic lesions, l^Lartin, Hom. Kec, vol. 2, p. 177

^ Mind. Gayety or gloomy thoughts.

'^ Sensorium. i Vertigo.

* Outer Head. Intense pain with some tumefaction in poste- rior portion of skull; occiput acutely sensitive, especially to touch. Tinea favosa; painful constriction of posterior and superior integuments of skull ; general lassitude and prostration.

^ Sight and Eyes, l l Tumors of lid, especially in epithelioma.

® Upper Face. iCopper colored eruption on face; large tubercle on r. alse nasi, as large as sixpence, and cov- ered with a thick crust, under which yellowish matter mixed with blood; edges of ulcer irregular and livid; five other tubercles, as large as lentils, near root of nose at both sides, and painless. ^Lupus exedens.

■ Papular eruption on face.

■ Neuralgic affections of supra and infraorbital nerves. ^^ Inner Mouth. 1 1 Stomatitis aphthosa.

I I Syphilitic patches in mouth.

" Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. 1 1 Loathing of food.

^^Hypochondria. ■Cirrhosis of liver; hypertrophy and in- duration of connective tissue; obstruction in whole hepatic region; slight pain in upper portion of liver: crampy pains in stomach, without nausea.

^^ Abdomen. ■Flatulent colic.

^^ Stool and Rectum. ■Constipation.

^^ Male Sexual Organs. ■ Acute and secondary gonorrhoea.

■ Gonorrhoea, which had been suppressed for fifteen years. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. Dull pain in region of ovary.

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Pains in uterus, especially of 1. side.

Violent pains in uterus and neighborhood, like labor pains.

I I Uterus feels heavy.

I I Redness of os uteri and cervix.

■ Partly fungous, partly granular ulcer on upper lip of

neck of uteiais, with profuse leucorrhoea. I Granular ulceration of entire neck of uterus, which is

very red; prolapsus of uterus; profuse leucorrhoea. Menses too early. I Deep seated heat in vagina; shooting and itching in

orifice. I Insupportable itching of vagina. I I Heat and redness of vagina and vulva.

■ Profuse leucorrhoea.

■^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation, i i Alleviated the sufferings

in stenosis of aorta. ^" Outer Chest. ■Two small pustules on chest. ^' Neck and Back, l i Swelling of lymphatic vessels of neck.

■ On lower third of inner surface of 1. loin a large oval

patch, about four and three-fourths inches in length, covered with a powder resembling pulverized chalk; the edges of a yellowish color; small eruption having the appearance of millet. ^^ Lower Limbs. ■Yellowish spots on legs.

■ Insupportable itching of soles of feet.

■Back of r. foot, over a space of two inches in diameter, was covered with small indurations, having a large thick crust, some grayish-white, others light yellow, the whole resting on a purj)le base. ^Tuberculous, erythe- matic lupus. ^^ Nerves. ■ General weariness.

■ Depression, heaviness and dull feeling.

■ Bruised feeling in all the muscles. Hypersemia of nervous centres.

Acts especially upon nervus trigeminus. ■*' Locality and Direction. Right: large tubercle on alas nasi; back of foot covered with small indurations.

Left: pains in side of uterus. *' Sensations. Pains : in uterus.

Intense pain : in posterior portion of skull.

Violent pains: in uterus and neighborhood.

Shooting: in orifice of vagina.

Crampy pains: in stomach.

Neuralgic affections: of supra and infraorbital nerves.

Gout: with very severe paroxysms.

Dull pain : in region of ovary.

Slight pain : in upper part of liver.

Painful constriction: of posterior and superior integu- ments of skull.

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Acute sensitiveness: of occiput. Bruised feeling: in all muscles. Deep seated heat: in vagina. Heavy feeling : of uterus.

Insupportable itching: in orifice of vagina; of vagina; of soles of feet. *' Tissues. ' Rheumatic disorders.

I I Gout with very severe paroxysms.

■ Gangrene in newly formed flap on little finger.

■ Syphilitic affections of skin and mucous membranes.

*^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Touch : occiput acutely

sensitive. ^^ Skin. ■ Intolerable itching in several places.

■ Pricking on different parts.

■ Erysipelatous redness.

■ Eczema.

■ Three spots, almost completely circular, with slightly

raised, scaly edges.

■ Pemphigus benignus.

■ Lepra tuberculosa, especially in face, abdomen, thighs

and genitals ; in latter there was a large tubercle, secret- ing a reddish pus.

■ Arabian elephantiasis.

*^ Stages of Life, Constitution. It had a beneficial effect in

fifty-seven cases of leprosy treated by Boileau. Boy, set. 15; lupus, tuberculous and erythematic, on r. foot

and 1. loin. Man, 8st. 16, has never suffered either from syphilis or

scrofula, has lived for a long time in a damp dwelling,

suffering about six months; lepra tuberculosa. Young woman, set 20, delicate, weakly, during childhood

suffered frequently from swelling of glands, mother has

a copper colored eruption on face; suffered for eight

years; lupus exedens of nose. Man, set 22, after an operation ; gangrene of flap. Lady, set. 30, suffering for two months; pruritus vaginae. Woman, set. 34, childless, tolerably robust constitution,

melancholic, skin yellow, has suffered much from grief;

ulceration of cervix uteri. Woman, set. 40, melancholic temperament, mother of three

children; affection of uterus. Married woman, set. 46, delicate, has had nine children,

and much anxiety ; ulcer on neck of uterus. *^ Relations. Compare Hydrast. (in lupus exedens).

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