Lobelia Coerulea

(Blue Lobdia.) Descbiption. — Tiila is named by Gray the L. syphilitica, because of the reputation (baselesB) which this plant once possessed. A common name is the " Great Lolioiia." It has a somewhat hairy stem, leafy to the lop, one to three feet high. Leafea, tliin, ovate, acute at both ends, two to six inches long, irregularly serrate. Flowers, light blue, rarely white, crowded in a long spilte. It is common in low grounds, flowering in August and

Officinal Pbepaeations. — Tincture of tlie leaves; dilutions. AnAi«atjBa. — Cistui (f ) ffepar sulph (?j HydrMtii (?)

*Great depression of spirits; unhappy state of mind, always associated with " pain about and under (not below) the short ribs, in the back, on the left side, and extending outward nearly to the left side; this embraces the pos- terior aspect of the region of the spleen." {Dr. Jacob Jea/nes^

frequent mistakes in writing and spelling, with aching and confusion in the head.

Pain on the left side of the head over the coronal suture.

Pains in the head and left arm, and a similar one in the same part of right arm.

Face flushed and headache after dinner, with drowsiness and lassitude, but inability to sleep when lying down ; some- what better going into the open air; restless sleep, with frequent wakings through the night; headache continuing until daylight.

Confused feeling, with slight aching in the head immediately.

A dull, aching pain in the forehead, over the centre, lasting, with slight intermissions, until the evening, increased by reading or writing.

Slight aching pain from the hack of the head down the nape of the neck.

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OppresBion in the forehead over tlie eyes ; dizziness, par ticularly in moving abont, lasting three hours. Ejres.

Drawing sensation under the right eye, with pain in both mastoid proceeees, first felt and worse in the right one.

Soreness of the eyeballs from turning them; boring pain in the right orbit.

Itching of internal canthus of left eye.

Burning in right eye; itching in external canthns; soreness of the tarsi of the right eyelid; feeling of a foreign body nnder the upper lid of the right eye, with smarting and burning.

Heaviness over the eyes, like a weight, but no pain.

Oppression over the eyelids and alight drowsiness.

Slight aching over the eyes, particularly left eye, 14'ose.

Itching and tingling feeling in the left nostril, as if abont to

A feeling of dryness aJid sensitiveness of the nostrils, so that the inhalation of air of a moderate temperature (sup- posed 60 degrees) ci'eates a slightly painful feeling in two hours, also second day,

Trequent sneezing, with copious discharge of thick mucus from both nostrils.

A dull aching pain over the root of the nose, in the centre, lasting until evening.

Face and Iiips.

Sensation of dropping under the left cheek bone.

Flnshed face with heat when lying down.

Drawing pain in right cheek bone.

Constrictive feeling of mouth and tongue, especially at left commissure of the jaws, afterwards toward the root of the tongue.

Perfect dryness of the lips.

Jaws and Teeth.

Constrictive feeling at left commissure of the jaws.

Frequent shooting pains through the teeth on the right side.

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Sensation of a lump in the upper portion of the ossophagus; dryness of the left half of the palate.

Bleeding of the gnms, with putrid taste.

Pain in the region of left tonsil immediately, also pain iu region of right tonsil.

Great soreness, rawness, pricking dryness of the lower surface of the palate, extending forward through the whole mouth.

Thick mucus seci-etion in the throat, ■with diminution of the very unpleasant feeling of constriction, rawness, dryness and soreness of throat; the soreness of palate and the astringent feeling in the left side of the mouth, though abated after the mucus secretion at noon, still continues to be felt after eleven hours.

A renewed secretion of thick mucus in thirty-six hours, appar- ently on the superior surface of the palate, removed by snutiling and hawking, with still further diminution of the soreness of the throat.

Much tickling about the top of the larynx, with disposition to hacking cough; dryness in back part of throat.

Throat moist, showing red, elevated spots.

Increased secretion of mucus from the tlu-oat.

° Catarrhal inflammation of posterior nares and fauces. {Hale.) Gastric Symptoms.

Violent pain in stomach tbllowed with copious eructations of watery fluid; morning hoarseness connected with the state of the stomach ; dyspeptic symptoms continue, but thoy are much lighter.

Sinking feeling in the stomach followed by borborygmi below the epigastrium, directly after dinner.

" Acid eructations from 5 to 6 p. m, ( WUUaTnaon.) Hypochondria and Abdomen.

Pain ill left hypochondria.

Pain from jolting, in the stomach and both hypochondria.

Pain in region of left kidney.

Increased quantity of urine, v/ith/ree discharge.

Pain in bladder, caused by retaining urine; when evacnated

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of a deep amber color; itching and Mnarting in the fore part of tke urethra.

Stool and. Anus.

Loose evacuations from the bowels.

Copious evacuations of watery stool, with tenesmus and sore- ness in the anus.

Ineffectual effort at stool, with free eructations of tasteless wind on rising from bed.

Pains in the abdomen, most below the umbilicus, followed by diarrhceal stools in the afternoon and evening.

Pain in left side of chest near the axilla, with acliing in left shoulder and arm.

" Oppression in the lower part of the chest, as if the breath did not reach there; distress in, the region of the hea/rt, and audible " knocking " respiration (like the sound of an axe in chopping wood); pain under the short ribs, and dry cough. {Neidha/rd^

" Dry Lacking congh of four weeks' duration, extremely trouble- some day and night, and pain in the right side about the junction of the sixth rib with its cartilage, of a year's duration; dryness of the hack part of the throat. (/6-)

DifSculty in breathing.

ITeck, Back and Loins.

Stiffness of the nape (worse in left side), from looking up,

Riieumatie pain along the right collar bone in the evening.

Flashing of heat in the back and shoulders.

iStitching pain in right back, passing ft'om eighth rib down- wards; pains between shoulders and in neck both sides.

Cutting pains in the back under the false ribs, cutting forwards and upwards.

Slight aching pain in the nape of the neck.

* A pain commencing at the right side of the small of tlio back, then going down to the os ischium, which, is very sore to touch, {Hfeidhard.)

"Great rigidity of the spine; least motion exceedingly pain- ful ; the pain goes from the right to the left side of the back, and shoots down the legs, (/i.)

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422 LOBELIA INFLATA.

' Pain in the eighth dorsal vertebrEe, and in the baet under the short ribs; the pain is increased hy movement and deep inspiration. (J^-)

Pain, heavy, aching, in the back nnder the false ribs, worse at night in bed, inci-eaaed to a cutting pain by deep inspira- tion and by turning in bed.

Painful weakness of the loins when standing. Upper Extremities.

Heavy pain in radial muscles of left arm.

Aching in left shoulder and Angers whilst writing.

Stiff, numb leeling in palm of right hand. Lower Extremities.

Pricking and stinging pain in soles of both feet, as if asleep.

Stitching pain in left tibia.

Pain in heel of left foot.