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Mandragora

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General EN

Mandragora officinarum, Mill. (Also M. vernalis, Berthol.) Atropa mandragora, Linn.

Natural Order , Solanaceae.

Common name , Mandrake.

Preparation , Tincture of plant without the root (Dufresne).

Authorities. 1 , Dr. L. C. Dufresne, Bib. Hom. de Genève, 2, 498, 1834, effects on self and another from smelling repeatedly at short intervals of the expressed juice of the plant (which has a nauseating odor like reptiles' (adders') flesh); 2 , Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1874, p. 242, vol. 53; also vol. 51, effects of the tincture to 20 minims.

Head EN

Heaviness and confusion of the head, [1] .

A sense of fulness in the vessels of the brain, [2] .

Eye.

Mandragora causes dilatation of the pupil, [2] . A peculiarly enlarged and confused vision, [2] .

Ear.

Exaggeration of sounds, [2] .

Nose EN

Coryza, [1] .

Mouth EN

The tincture benumbs the tongue when a little is placed upon it, [2] .

Singular taste, and sensation of acidity and dryness, which last for several days, [2] .

Stool EN

Inaction of the bowels, with white had faeces when the bowels are induced to act, [2] .

Respiratory Organs. [10.] Hoarseness, [1] . Slight cough, with expectoration, [1] .

Difficult breathing, [1] .

General Symptoms.

A curious restless excitability, akin to hysteria, perhaps we might say essentially hysterical, [2] . Lingering uneasiness and coldness after the removal of other symptoms, [2] .

Bodily weariness, [1] .

All the unpleasant symptoms go off night in bed, and are succeeded by a gentle perspiration, [1] .

Great irregularities in diet, such as the use of wine, coffee, and cigars, caused all the symptoms to disappear in three days in one prover; with a careful diet they lasted eight days, and were then removed by Nux vom . and Belladonna , followed by Camphor , [1] .

Sleep EN

Desire for sleep, [2] .

Fever EN

Lingering coldness and uneasiness after the removal of other symptoms, [2] . [20.]

Shivering sensation in the afternoon, [1] .