Polygonum Hydropiperoides

Smart Weed ; Water Pepper. Polygonacese.

Provings by Payne, Trans. Amer. Inst, of Horn., 1859, p. 82, and Joslin and Cameron, Hale's New Remedies.

We include the symptoms arranged by Dr. Edward Bayard, Hom. Phys., vol. 5, 1885, p. 328.

Clinical Authorities. — Bysuria, Eosenberg, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 94 ; Amenorrhoea, Small, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 172 ; Sciatica, Shaw, Org., vol.3, p. 377 ; Ulcers, Small, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 246.

^ Mind. Great depression, followed by excessive irritability.

Gloomy views of life, dislike of change and excessive dread of death. ^ Sensorium. Dizziness. ^ Inner Head, l iPulsative and acute pain in 1. temple.

Under pressure of great weariness or excitement a dull depressing pain through whole head, causing a sensa- tion of torpor and a strong desire to sleep with inability to do so.

Pressure in back of head on lying down.

Pressure and soreness in head during menses.

Pain upon sudden rising, in back of head with pain over eyes.

Headache < in damp weather, > in moderately warm temperature. ^ Outer Head. A sensation of sudden rising of scalp, with

extreme irritation and increased dry exfoliation. ^ Sight and Eyes. Burning in eyeballs ; dry sensation in lids.

Convulsive twitching of lids when closed and when lying down, dizziness and wavering of sight.

Inflammation of edges of lids. * Hearing and Ears. Dulness of hearing.

Ringing sounds in ears.

Sudden sounds on tympanum, producing momentary ces- sation of hearing.

Acute pain in ear when bending head down ; > bending head backward.

Ear symptoms < in moist atmosphere.

Secretion of ears increased.

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' Smell and Nose. Inflammation of mucous membrane of nose. Tickling sensation in nostrils. Reddened or inflamed appearance of nostrils with a

swollen sensation. Feeling of congestion through eyes and nose. Coldness in external nose. '^ Upper Face. Acute pain in 1. side of face, extending to temple, sometimes darting through whole 1. side of head. Excruciating pain and heat in 1. side of face, < by cold or

damp. Coldness in r. side of face when pain is most severe in

left. After severe pain, sometimes drawing in 1. side of face from chin to temple; paleness, with a drawn, tired look. "^ Teeth and Gums. Tenderness of gums.

Cold or cooling temperature in mouth, producing acute toothache. '^ Taste and Tongue. Bitter taste.

'' Inner Mouth. Heat in roof of mouth, with excitation of salivary glands. Increased flow of heated saliva, affording no relief to parched condition. 13 Throat. Throat dry and hot, with sense of excoriation.

Glands feel swollen ; < from cold or moist air. Contracted feeling in throat after swallowing, followed by thirst. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions.

Loss of appetite. Food is tasteless, or nearly so. Repulsion to swallowing. No relief after drinking. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach.

Slight acidity. Feeling of weight in stomach. ■ Pressure of clothes causes distress.

Pain upon pressure, followed by throbbing and distress. General uneasiness in stomach and abdomen. '^ Abdomen. Pain and uneasiness in abdomen. Burning heat in stomach and bowels. 1 I Tympanitis and flatulent colic.

I I Cutting, lancinating, griping pains, with great rumbling as if whole intestinal contents were in a fluid state and in violent commotion, the movement proceeding from below upward, producing nausea and disposition to vomit, with liquid feces which were discharged with considerable force, with pain in loins. ^^ Stool and Rectum. Copious stool, followed by smarting in anus.

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Straining at stool, with mucous, jellylike discharges. Dark discharges, followed by burning in rectum. I 1 Cholera morbus and cholera infantum, a Dysentery, with burning and smarting in rectum. ■ Evacuations and pain < in cold temperature. I I Interior of anus studded with itching eminences, as from corrugation without contraction, a kind of hemor- rhoidal tumor.

I I Hemorrhoids, with itching and burning in tumors. I Pruritus ani (used as a wash). ^' Urinary Organs. ' ' Painful cutting and feeling of strangu- lation at neck of bladder while urinating, lasting a long time after, i Strangury; dysuria.

During an attack of gonorrhoea extremely violent pains on urinating causing him to tremble and cry, he be- came feverish, slept and ate but little, and within five days grew perceptibly thinner. Pains in bladder.

I I Deposit in urine of mucus and phosphates. Frequent and profuse discharge of clear, light or straw- colored urine. BKidneys affected by a cold; inflammation, urine high- colored, dark-red. I I Albuminuria. '"' Male Sexual Organs. Irritation of genitals.

Loss of power and semen, sometimes followed by inflam- mation of glans penis. Extremely convulsive action in the functional uses. " Female Sexual Organs. Intense dislike for coition fol- lowed by a perturbation and irritation if approached ; inaction of the flow of secretions. I I Aching pains in hips and loins and sensation of weight

and tension in pelvis. lAmenorrhoea.

i:P^Ienses: delayed six or seven days with distress and pain ; too copious, amounting almost to hemorrhage ; tardy, from inaction ; fetid. During menses : pressure and soreness in head ; gnndnig

pain through abdomen. Congestive weakness and loss of power. Congestion of ovaries ; tearing sensation in groin, espe- cially right. Acrid, excoriating leucorrhcea. "Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation, i Shooting pams through mammse, with great soreness, distension and tonciGriiGSS. '■• Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. Stifling

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sensation in larynx ; irritability of whole system ; weak- ness of sexual function. Crowding and pressure about larynx, with irritation of

bronchi. Roughness as of adhesion of mucus to larynx, producing spasmodic hacking and hoarseness. ^^ Respiration. Lungs enfeebled, breathing labored ; move- ment of abdomen on breathing becomes labored. '" Cough. Hacking cough < b}^ change of temperature. ^' Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Increased action of heart

with loss of rhythm. ^^ Neck and Back. iPain in back and at lower extremity, at times acute, and again a drawing pain, lateral in its action, as if hips were being drawn together. ^Kidney affection. Tearing and drawing in loins and on exposure to cold, followed by lameness and soreness. '^ Upper Limbs. Pain in arms and inability or sense of

weakness in lifting slightest weight. ** Lower Limbs. ' l Sciatica; the pain put him in mind of the Aurora Borealis. Swelling of legs and feet.

■ Superficial ulcers and sores upon lower extremities. ^* Limbs in General. Sensation of weakness in upper and lower limbs. Distension of bloodvessels in hands and feet. ^' Rest. Position.

Motion. Lying down : pressure in back of head ; dizziness and wavering of sight. Rising : sudden pain in back of head. Bending head down : acute pain in ears. ^^ Nerves.

Hysteria; slight vertigo, with sensation in extrem- ities as of a galvanic shock passing through them ; con- stant desire to urinate; warmth and peculiar sensation of tingling through whole body. I I Epilepsy ; a protracted case (cured by the extract). ^^ Temperature and Weather. Warm temperature : head- ache >. Damp weather: headache < ; ear symptoms < ; heat in

side of face < ; glands of throat feel swollen <. Cold : heat in side of face < ; swollen glands < ; evac- uations and pain < ; kidneys affected ; tension and drawing in loins. Change of temperature : hacking cough <. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : coldness in side of face ; tearing in groin. Left : pain in temple ; acute pain in side of face ; darting

through side of head ; heat in side of face. From below upward : movement in bowels.

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^^ Sensations. As of sudden rising of scalp ; as if whole intes- tinal contents were in a fluid state and in violent com- motion ; as if hips were drawn together ; pain put him in mind of Aurora Borealis ; as of a galvanic shock pass- ing through extremities.

Pain : in head ; over eyes ; in loins; in bladder; in back and lower extremities ; in arms.

Excruciating pain : in 1. side of face.

Extremely violent pains : when urinating.

Acute pain : in 1. temple ; in ears ; in 1. side of face and head ; in teeth.

Lancinating : in bowels.

Shooting pains : through mammse.

Tearing sensation : in groin ; in loins.

Cutting : in bowels ; in neck of bladder.

Griping : in bowels.

Grinding pain : through abdomen.

Pulsative pain : in 1. temple.

Aching pains : in hips and loins.

Dull, depressing pain : through whole head.

Drawing: in 1. side of face from chin to temple; as if hips were drawn together ; in loins.

Burning : in eyeballs ; in rectum ; in tumors.

Heat: in 1. side of face; in roof of mouth; in throat; in stomach and bowels.

Smarting : in anus ; in rectum.

Soreness : in head ; of mammae ; in loins.

Tenderness : of gum.s ; of mammae.

Tingling: through whole body.

Pressure : in back of head ; in head ; about larynx.

Weight : in stomach ; in pelvis.

Tension : in pelvis.

Swollen sensation : in nostrils.

Feeling of congestion: through eyes and nose.

Contracted feeling : in throat.

Distress : in stomach.

Stifling sensation : in larynx.

Uneasiness: in stomach and abdomen.

Weakness : in sexual functions ; in arms ; in upper and lower limbs.

Tickling sensation : in nostrils.

Dry sensation : in lids ; in throat.

Itching : in tumors.

Coldness : in external nose ; in r. side of face. " Tissues. Has a reputation in domestic practice as a fomen- tation in all internal inflammations.

Sprains ; lameness and bruises therefrom (locally). *^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Pressure : of clothes causes distress.

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*^ Skin. I I Chronic erysipelatous inflammations.

I Old and indolent ulcers. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Miss C. C, nervo-bilious temperament ; amenorrhoea. Man, subject to urinary difficulties, now suffering from gonorrhoea ; dysuria. ^^ Relations. Compare: Asarum, Ammon. carb., Caulophyl, Capsic, Pulsat., Senega, Senecio, Xanthoxylum.