Ομοιοπαθητική ΒιβλιοθήκηCannabis Indica
Hale - Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies · Edwin Moses Hale · 13,946 χαρακτήρες
General EN
{Iniian Hemp)
BoTASICAii Description. — This plant is a native of Persia and tlio northern part of India. It is an annual, covered with a rongb iiut very line hair, almost invisible to Iho naked eye. Stem erect, branched, green, angular. Leaves opposite or alternate. Each leaf consists of five long, narrow, sharp-pointed leaflets, spreading from the extremity of a long las leafstalk. Flowers in axiHary clusters; in the mides drooping, and leafless at the base; in the females erect, and leafy at the haae.
There are two species of the Cannabis, or Hemp, recognized in cur Materia Mediea— Ihe Indica and the Sativa. Their difference, however, is rather in their physiological action Ihan in the Ijotanical characteristics, and these are undoubtedly owing to locality and cultivation.
Opb'icinal Phefakations. — Tincture and dilutions.
ANAI.O&UBS.— jlM/w'ie, Amiea, Sdladotma, Berberit, Bryonia, Owmpltw, Oa/tnabii eai., Gantha/i-ideg, Clematis, Gopaiea, Sigifalia, Dulcmno/ra, Sym- eyamus, Ladiesis, Lyeopodiv/m, Jfux vomica, Opiwm, Petroleum, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Spigelia, Stanawm, Straimonium, TerdiiuiMna, Thuja, U^a urii, Veratrvta.
Mind EN
Moaning and crj'ing.
Great anguish and despair.
Great appi-ehension of approaching death.
Horror of darkness.
Incoherent talking.
Stammering and stntterixig.
Exaltation of spirits, with great gaiety and disposition to
hiugh at the merest trifle.
Full of fun and mischief, and langlis immoderately.
Exaltation of spirits, with excessive loquacity.
Uncontrollable laughter, till the face becomee purple, and tlie
back and loins ache.
Langhs indiscriminately at epery word said to him.
He begins a sentence, but cannot finish it, becanee he forgets
what he intended to write or speak.
Imagines he is gradnally swelling, and that his body is becom- ing larger and larger.
Yery absent mijided.
Ima^nes some one calls him.
Inability to recall any thought or event, on account of the number of different thoughts crowding on his brain.
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Hfi fancies he hears numberless bells ringiticr most sweetly.
Imagines he hea/rs rrvusio, shuts his eyes, and is lost for some time in the most delicious thoughts and dreams.
While listening to the piano he loses conscionsness, and is seemingly raised gently through the air to a great height, when the strains of music become perfectly celestial; on regaining consciousness his head is bent forward, his neck is stiff, and there is a loud ringing in his ears.
His mind is filled with ridiculous speculative ideas.
Constantly theorizing.
His head feels very heavy, he loses conscionsness, and falls.
On regaining consciousness, violent shocks pass through hh brain.
In the daytime, dreams, returning periodically, or dreamy
He could not read, partly on account of dreamy spells, and partly becanse he had not full power of vision.
Jfixed ideas.
He forgot his last words and ideas, and spoke in a low tone, with a thick voice, as if tired.
Every few moments he would lose himself, and then wake up, as it were, to those aroumd him.
He was in constant fear that he would l>ecom,e insane.
Unpleasant shuddering through all the limbs, with a painful feeling of weight in the occiput, and a tetanic intermit- tent contraction of tlie muscles of the nape of the neck.
" Hallucinations and illusions following excesses in wine, and venery, and also arising from or during religious excesses, seem to me to demand this drug with the dietetic use of Phosphate of Lime. {Oray.)
" It has proved of great service against illusions of a spectral character, not accompanied by terror; such as arise in some forms of nervous fever and in puerperal mania. In this class of hallucinations my dose has not been less than 1-lOOth of a grain of the extract {Gunje) robbed in BUgar. {Gray.)
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Head EN
Vertigo on rising, witli a stnnniTig pain in the baeb part of his head, and he fails.
Fullness in the forehead, as if it wonld burst.
Burning pain in both temples.
Heavy insurmountable pressiire on the brain, forcing him to stoop.
Severe stitch in the right temple, gradually changing to a pressing pain.
Aching in both temples, most severe in the right.
Throbbing, aching pain in the forehead.
Dull, drawing pain in the forehead, especially over the eyes.
Dull, heavy, throbbing pain through tlie head, with a sensa tion like a heavy blow on the back of the head and neck.
Dull, sticking pain in the nght temple.
Frequsnt involtintary shakmg of his head.
Jerking in the right side of the forehead toward the interior and back part of the head.
Pain in the whole right side of the head.
" In my practice it has proved a wonderfa] remedy in subacute inflammation of the brain, in delirium tremens, and in a few cases of epilepsy. It has been eminently serviceable in hypocliondriac affections of females, especially those somewhat advanced in life. It exercises a peculiar con- trol over this class of maladies, and has sometimes effected, speedy cures of cases which were bordering upon actuaL insanity. Some years since I made a few experiments jipon Guinea pigs and rabbits with a tincture of Can- nabis indica, and in most instances it caused an injection, of the blood vessels of the entire brain; but its chief in- fluence appeared to be exerted upon the tubercular quad- rigemina and the parts in immediate vicinity.
Indeed,, the appearances it produced were very similar to those which have been observed from Opium, Belladonna, Ab- cohol, and from the ethers. — [Marei/.) " A lady, aged about forty years, had been confined to her bed' for seven months, with a morbid sensitiveness and great prostration of the entire nervous system. Her allopathic-
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physician Lad treated her with Iron, Cinchona, Opium, and the other usual remedies of his school, ■without any benefit, nntil she had been in her bed almost constantly for the period above indicated.
At this time she was placed under my care in the following condition: no ap- parent organic derangement in any part of her body.
The organs all performed their functions with considerable regularity, bnt sluggishly.
On attempting to make the slightest effort, in rising up in bed, or in making any exertion, she experienced a great sense of prostration, and a death-like sinking and weaknesa at the pit of her stora- ach, and to some extent in her chest.
Pulse eeventy-eix and regular, but weak.
Ecspiration and temperature of the skin natural.
We put her on Cannabis indica, and after six days she was able to sit up for fifteen minutes without any serious inconvenience.
The remedy was persisted in, and her improvement continued until at the expiration of six weeks she was able to sit up the entire day; to walk for half an hour at a time, and to ride out for an hour or two, with benefit.
All her un pleasant symptoms in the chest and stomach have dis- appeared, and she is now quite well with the exception of a slight debility.
(Ma/eey.)
Eyes EN
Injection of the vessels of the co-njunctwa in hoth eyes.
The vessels of the conjunctiva of both eyes are injected in a triangular patch extending from the intenial canthus to the cornea; worse in the right.
Twinkling, trembling, and ghmmering before the eyes.
Jerking in the external comers of the eye and eyelids.
Fixed gase.
While reading the letters run together.
Ears EN
Noise in the ears like boiling water.
Periodical singing in his ears, that always ceased as soon as he came to himself, and renewed itself whenever a dreamy spell came on.
Aching in both ears.
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Throbling and fullness in loth ears, and rinc/mg and bus- sing in the ears. Sensitiveness to noise.
Pace.
He looks drowsy and stupid.
Wearied, exhausted appearance.
Coldness of the i'ace, nose, and hands, after dinner.
Profuse si/ioky sweat standing out in drops on his forehead.
Blouth.
Dryness of the mouth and lips; the lips are glued togetlier.
White, thick, frothy and sticks/ saliva.
Throat EN
STie throat is parched, accompwnied hy intense thirst for cold water.
Appetite and Taste.
Increased appetite; every article of food is extremely palat- able.
Eavenous hunger, which is not decreased by eating enor- mously; he ceases eating onlj from f«ar of injuring himself. ° Pastry and fat food, which previously he never ate without suffering from rancid risings and headache, are now digested readily.
Gastric Symptoms. "While eating, his stomach felt swelled and his chest oppressed as if he would suffocate, so that he was forced to loosen his clothes.
Stomach EN
Pain in or near the cardiac oriftee.
Stool And Anus EN
" Costiveness.
Sensation in the anus as if he was sitting on a ball; as if the anus and a part of the urethra were filled up by a hard round body.
Urinary Organs EN
Aching in both kidneys, keeping him awake at night.
Sharp stitches in botli kidneys.
Burning in the kidneys.
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Pain in the kidneya when laughing.
Profuse colorless -wrine.
Urinating freqiientlj', hut in small quantities.
Urine dribbles out after the stream ceases.
He has to force out the last few drops with his hand.
He has to wait some time hefore the nrine iiowa.
Urging to urinate, hut he cannot pass a drop.
Frequent urination, with burning pain in the evening.
Bumimg and scaldiiig hefore, d^m/ng, and after wrmaiicn.
Urging to urinate, with much straining.
The urging continues after urination.
Pain and burning during urination.
Stinging ^in before, during, and after urination.
Uneasiness, with burning sensation in the penis and urethra, accompanied by frequent calls to urinate.
Intense burning at the orifice of the urethra during urination, and continuing afterwards.
Sharp pricklings like needles in the urethra, so severe as to send a thrill to tlie cheeks and head.
Feelings in the urethra as if there were a gonorrhceal dis- charge. .
On squeezing the glans penis a white glairy mucus oozes out.
° It lias also been useful in debility of the bladder with a para- plegic state of the lower limbs, used in alternation with Nux vomica of the same strength and continued many weeks. [Gray.)
Genital Organs.
Male — Itching of the glans penis.
Itching and burning of the scrotum.
Satyriasis; violent erections; priapism; ehordee.
Excessive venereal appetite, with frequent erections during the day.
Erections while riding, walking, and also while sitting sti]'; not caused by amorous thoughts.
Female EN
° Menorrhagia, dysnienorrhcea, and inefficient op absent labor pains.
" Profuse menstruation and metrorriiagia. [Mirschel^
' Metrorrhagia of parturient women. {Hirschel.)
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Larynx and Trachea. Rough cough scratching the breast immediately under the
stem/um.
Chest EN
Oppression of the chest, with deep, labored breathing.
He feels as if suffocated, and has to be fanned.
Anguish, accompanied by great oppression^ ameliorated in
the opoh air.
Pressing pain in the heart, with dyspncea the whole night.
Anguish at the heart.
Painful sticking, as with tlie prongs of a fork, in the heart. Pain in the heart, with palpitation wlien lying on the ieit sida Stitches in the heart; accompanied by great oppression; the
latter relieved by deep breathing.
It requires great effort to take a deep inspiration.
Palpitation of the heart, awakening him from sleep.
Back EN
Pain across the shoulders and spyne,forcmg him. to stoop,
and preventing him from walking erect.
ITpper Extremities.
Agreeable thrilling through the arms amd hands.
The hands feel monstrously large.
Coldness of the right hand, with stiffness and numbness of the
right thumb.
Lower Extremities. Weariness in both limbs, almost amounting to paralysis;
worse in the left.
rilUng in both lim,is, from, the knees down, vnth u as if a bird''s claws were clasping the knees.
The right limb feels paralyzed when walking.
The right limb suddenly gives way and falls.
He is unable to walk up stairs, on account of an almost entire
paralysis of the limbs, with stiffness and tired aching in
both knees. .Entire paralysis of the lower extremities. Unmb feeling of the sole of the left foot, then of the foot,
increasing to a numbness of the whole limb. On attempt- ing to walk he experienced intensely violent pains, as if
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he trod on a number of spikes, which penetrated the soles of his feet and ran upward through his limbs to his hips, worse in the right limb, and accompanied by drawing pains in both calves; these pains forced him to limp and cry out in agony.
Shooting pains in the joints of the toes of the left foot, worse in the grtJat toe.
Aching and stitching pain hi the ball of the left big toe.
Pricking and aching in the joints of the big toe of the left foot
" One taise of complete paraplegia was permanently cured by the Cannabis indica and Wax vomica, some three years since, in my practice. {Gray.) Fever,
Pulse below the natural standard, as low as 46.
General chilliness; loss of animal heat.
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Warner has snceessfully prescribed the Cannabis in Inany cases of ship fever [Typh/us petechialis).
Sleep EN
Excessvoe t^leepiiiesSj day sleepiness.
Starting of the limbs while sleeping, which awoke him, when he feared he would have a fit.
Grating and grinding of the teeth while sleeping.
Talking during sleep.
He wakes before midnight, in a state of semi-consciousness; witli inability to move; palpitation of the heart, slow, deep, labored and intermittent breathing, and a feeling as if he were dying.
Ho wakes before midnight overcome with di-eadfnl seusatione; imagines he is going to be choked; cries and moans for some time, when all the objects in the room appear double their respective sizes, and he falls asleep again.
Nightmare every night as soon as he falls asleep.
Sound sleep with melancholy dreams.
Dreams of danger and of perils encountered.
Dreams of dead bodies; vexatious dreams; prophetic dreams.
Voluptuous dreams, with erections and profuse seminal emis- Eione.
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