Ομοιοπαθητική ΒιβλιοθήκηCorydalis Formosa
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General EN
(Turkey Oom) Botanical Debcriptioh This beautiful little plant is indigenous, found westward and southward of New York, Co North Carolina, growing in rich soil on hills and mountains, among rocks and old decayed timber, flowering very early in the spring. It is also known aa Wild Turkey Pea, Staggerweed, and Choice Dyelytra. It ia a perennial plant, from six to ten inches high, having a tnherous root.
Leaves radical, rising from ten to flflecn ioches liigh ; somewhat three fold, with Ihe incisions quite variahle. The^ower »tem is radical, naked, rising from eight to twelve inches high, with from four to eight bunches of flowers, each bunch consisting of from six to ten reddiah ptirple, nodding flowers. The infiorescence compound, having at the end of the branches a small tuft of hair. Corolla from eight to ten lines ]ong, broad at the base;
Xbe spines very short, obtuse and incurved; the flower leaves purple, and at the base of the pedicles; the
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style extended; the Stigma two horned at tlie apes; tepaU two, falling off at a stated time; the eaptale, pod-shaped and many-seeded.
Officinal PsBPAKArioNS. — Tincture with strong alcohol, from the fresh root; dilntionB; triturations of the dried root.
Analooues. — CMmaphila, Iodide of Potassium, Mereiirius corroaiiiui, StiUingia, Aurum; Phytolaeca,
Head, ° Syphilitic nodes on the stull. " Syphilitic and Ecrotiilons eruptions on tlie scalp.
Mouth And Throat EN
° Syphilitic ulceration of the t'anees. " Chronic ulceration of the month and lauees.
Stomach EN
* A peculiar derangement of the stomach, attended with pro- fuse morbid secretion of mucus; tongue always coated, with fetor of the breath; loss of appetite and indiges tion ;
(acute and chronic catarrh of the stomach).
Generative Organs. ° Syphilis, primary and secondary. ° Syphilitic nodes, with nocturnal pains.
OOSMOLIHE.
Phakmacoixjot
Is manufactured by sutijeeting crude Petroleum to distillation for the purpose of expelling tie light hydro-carbons.
The residue is purified without tlie use of chemicals, and deodorized by animal charcoal.
Cosmoline does not evaporate below 400° ; has no affinity of oxygen, and never Ijecomes rancid. It probably consists essentially of Paraffln and Bomc of the heavy coal oils.
OsTiOiNAL Pbbpabationb
Triturations; dilutions.
(Cerates.)
Anaiochjes. — Uriica urena, Duleamara, Petroleum, Calendula, GarlioUo acid, Mhiis.
[Cosmoline is purified and concentrated Petroleum, the substance which remains after all ethers, coloring matter, impurities, etc., have been re. moved. To obtain it, crude Petroleum is distilled and refined, withottt the v»e cf acids or alkalies, until only a pure, dense, neutral, concentrated, oleaginous body, having an absolute non-a^nity for oxygen or moisture, re-
[The following results were obtained from provings of the 3d x tritura- tion, and its effects on the worltmen engaged in its manufacture
Dr.
Malcom MacFarlan, of Philadelphia, Pen,n.\
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In all cases, speaking generally, the appetite failed.
Thert was a feeling of uneasiness and distress about tlie epigas- trium; eructations, month filled with sour water, and bowels disposed to be loose.
Several of the persons had diarrhcea (watery and offensive) on the second or third day; great indiiFerence and weariness; urination was free (profuse) and frequent. {Provers.')
Loss of appetite, with a feeling of disgust at the sight of food, especially fat meats; a distressed feeling about the epigas- trium ; extreme weariness and prostration, — at times a congestive headache.
They are unrefreshed by sleep, feel- ing tired and stiff on awakening.
In some instances they have had a severe diarrhcea, watery and offensive, without pain.
They have a constant desire for vegetable acids and fresh fruits.
( Workmen.)
The skin symptoms in all the cases were alike,— great apparent dryness of the skin and itchiness everywhere, with a con- stant disposition to scratch one's self.
In two cases the skin became dry and scurfy, in irregular patches or blotches, which were very itchy.
The skin, on being scratched slightly, would raise in welts or blotches.
In regai'd to the curative effects of it, I may say that I have cut short two eases herpes zoster, of a very violent char- acter. The eruption disappeared in both cases within ten days.
At the Clinic of the Hahnemann College, and before the class, Cosmoline has been used with wonderfully curative effect in the different varieties of eczema. As far as I know, it is tlie most reliable remedy we have in that obstinate dis- ease,— Petroleum, highly potentized, acting in a similar manner.
Tlie local application of Cosmoline removes the stinging, burning, and itching of eczema.
It has proved valuable as a topical application, not only in skin diseases, but for bums, scalds, blisters, cuts, bruises, sprains, and acute inflammation; also for haemorrhoids. {See Therapmtice, Vol. JI.)
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