Stillingia Sylvatica

BOTAMICAL DBBCTtrPTioH This plant is known also by the name of Qaeen's-delight, yaw^root ancl silner-leaf ; it is an indigenous perennial, with herbaceous stems, two nr three feet high. Tlio leaves are alternate, sessile, oblong or lanceolate oblong, obtuse, serralate, tapering at the base, and accompanied with stipules. The male and female flowers are distinct upon tie same plant ; they are yellow, and arranged in the form of a splko, of TOliich tlie upper part is occupied by the male, and the lower by the female.

The male florets are scarcely longer than the bracteal scales.

This plant is found growing in pine-barrens and sandy soils from Vir- ginia to Florida, anA in Mississippi and Louisiana, fl.owering from April to July. When wounded, the plant emits a millty juice.

The root, which is the officinal portion, is large, thick and woody, in long cylindrical pieces, from one-third of an inch to more than an inch thick, wrinkled wlien dried, externally of a dirty yellow isii-brown color, and exhibiting, when cut across, an interior soft, yellowiaii, ligneous portion, surrounded by a pinkish-colored hark. It has a alight, peculiar, somewhat oleaginous odor, wJiich is strong and acrimonious in tlie recent root, and the taste is bitterish and pungent, leafing an impression of disagreeable acrimony in the mouth and fauces. It imparts its vii-tues U> water or alco- hol, and deteriorates in activity by age. Its properties appear to be owing to a very acrid oil.

Officinal pREPAKATiOBB.— Tincture of the root with strong alcohol j dilutions. Stillingia ; triturations.

Analogues. — Aarum, Ammoaiwm mur., Argentum, Gorydalu, SepaTmU ■phur, G-uaco, Iodide ofpotaisivm, Phytolacca, Mercurius, EMts tax., StUphur,

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BTILLmGIA SYLVATICA. 59o

Slight headache, extending from anterior portion of the tem- ples,— pain is dull and constant; slight frontal headache, with high-eolored and frothy urine.

Headaciie in the evening. A constant flowing pain as if there was a current running from the median line of the fore- head over the vertex to the occipital process and left cere- bellum (this continued three days).

A slight, constant, doll headache, with depression of spirits and with spells of neuralgic toothache.

A stupid headache through the temples, with slight nausea and white-coated tongue.

A slight but persistent, dull headache in the vertex.

A dull, heavy pam in the right side of the head.

A feeling as of a heavy Bubstance pressing upon the brain (frontal region). After a time the pain becomes sharp and darting,— in fact, almost unendurable.

Pains in the head, with inflamed and watery eyes, and general soreness of the muBcles.

Violent frontal headache, with stinging, darting pains in the face.

" Bony swellings on the head and forehead — on the latter as large as a hen's egg.

" Mercurial periostitis of the skull.

Dizziness, with throbbing in the head.

Eyes inflamed and watery, with severe headache and muscular soreness, as though he had taken cold.

Burning sensation in the left ear (in the evening), on which in tlie morning tliere was a vesicular eruption.

Stinging, darting pains in the face.

Pain under malar -bone, extending transversely across the face. ° Periostitis of the facial bones.

Ifose. Catarrhal discliarge from the nose, at first watery, then muco-

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696 STILLDIGia SYLVATIOA.

Scalded sensation on the tongue, with soreness in the rE^on of the larynx.

Jaws and Teeth, Paroxysms of neuralgic toothache.

Slight inflammation of the left tonsil, lasting several dajB. Burning in the throat with painful deglutition.

G-astrio Derangements. Slight nausea, with white coated tongue, stupid headache and

lowness of spirits. Nansca and vomiting.

;, coming on about three o'clock p. m., each day, lasting until he went to sleep at night. (The prover not subject to this affection.) Pyrosis commenced about two p. m., and continued until bed- time.

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STILLINGIA Sn,VATIOA. 597

"Oolic, periodical; (?) (used as a preventive.) {Eclectia^ Stool and Anns.

StoOl nineteen hours after the regular tune, attended with con- siderable pain, which was confined to the rectum and sphincter ani.

Pain in the sphincter ani, as though it had been bruised.

Stool delayed four or five hours after the usual time. Urinary and Sexual Organs.

A short but severe pain in the region of the right kidney.

Dull pain across the region of the kidneys, and sharp pains in the penis, commencing in the morning and lasting all day.

Dull pains in the region of the kidneys.

Urine colorless; sp. gr., 1026, depositing, the next day, a white, flocculent, mucous sediment.

Urine increased from 33 to 45 ounces, and high colored, with brick-dust sediment.

Urine high colored, and inclined to foam and form bubbles.

Urine thick and milky — containing muchcldoride of sodium.

Abundant white sediment deposited soon after being voided.

All througli the proving a peculiar, copious, brownish-red, mottled-looking sediment or cloud, looking like sausage meat macerating in water.

Violent, smarting, burning pains throughout the entire course of the urethra, aggravated by micturition, with difficulty in passing urine; and dull pain in the region of the kid- neys. The pains in the urethra were so severe that it was impoaaible to remain quiet; but can detect no discharge.

While urinating, has a sharp pain in the glans penis, extend- ing up the uretlira.

The pains in the urethra were so severe as to cause the perspi- ration to start.

Urethral irritation and chordee.

* Gonorrhcea, ' Gleet, " Leueorrhcea.

° Syphihs — primary, secondary, tertiary and mercurial. Bespiratory Organs.

Slight uneasiness and tickling in the trachea and bronolii— worse on rising in the morning.

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■* Tickling sensation in the trachea toward evening, which caused a dry, epasmodic cough.

* A sensation of lameness, seemingly in the cartilages of the

trachea.

* Constriction in the region of the larynx, with stinging and

burning in the fauces.

* A bruised, sore ieeling of the cartilages of the trachea when

* Cough deep and loose,

Di-jnesB and soreness in the region of the larynx.

Oppression of the chest.

Short, hacking cough, with some inflammation of the fauces.

Darting pains through the thorax, with tickling in the throat,

and short, hacking cough. Sharp, darting pains through the chest and shoulders, quite

marked. ° Incipient phthisis, in strumous habits. " Bronchitis. ° Laryngitis.

Heart and Pulse. Boring pains about tiie region of the heart, with irregular

pulse and a feeling of distress. Pulse about ninety; weak and very irregular, except at times

during the day, when he would have spells as if the room

was too warm, and the pulse would become regular with

general perspiration. Pulse irregular in the morning, more regular at noon, and at

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SriI.LINGIA STLVATICA. 599

Vesicular eruption on the ear. " Pustular eruption on the arm, Itcliing of the skin below the knees upon exposure to the

Cold on going to bed; immediately afterward, broke out in

perspiration, but with excessive warmth all night. Feverish heat in the evening.

[Jnusnal drowsiness all day, with general malaise and headacha Very sleepy after eating. Dull and sleepy.

General Symptoms. Malaise and general drowsiness, Gleneral feeling of distress.

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600 STEYCHinA.

(respiration); exposure to air (akin). Ameliorated in tlie middle of the day (heart), by warmth and

covering (skin), Direotion of pains: — From before backward (head, chest and

penis). Character of pains; — Dull, heavy, stitching, boring, stinging

and neuralgic.

Scalding (throat); burning, smarting, dryness and constriction (throat).

STRYCHNIA.

StryJinia. — An alkaloid obtained from the Nux Vomica and the Ignatia

It is a white or grayish-white powder. When rapidly crystalized from its alcoholic solution, it has the form of a white granular powder; when slowly crystalized, that of elongated octahedra, or quadrilateral prisms, with quadrilateral terminations.

It is permanent in the air, inodorous, but excessively bitter, with a metallic atter-taste.

This bitterness is so intense that one part of It will impart a sensible taste to 600,000 parts of water.

It is soluble in 6067 parts of water at 50°, in 2O0O parts at boiling point In absolute alcohol and ether it is very sparingly soluble. Boiling ofScinal alcohol dissolves it without difficulty, and deposits it on cooling.

The Sulphate occurs iu colorless prismatic crystals, efflorescent on exposure, inodorous, extremely bitter, frilly soluble in water, sparingly soluble in alcohol.

Phoiphnte of Strychnia occurs in a white, amorphous powder, almost entirely insoluble in water, sparsely soluble in alcohol.

OffFiciHAii Preparations. — Triturations (centesimal).

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SULPHATE OF HICKBIL. 601

SULPHATE OF NICKEL

(NiecoU Sulphas.)

Pharmacology. — Formed by dissolviDg Oarbocate of Nickel in dilute Sulphuric a^id, conceotratiag the solution and setting it aside to crystalize.

It is in the form of emerald-green crystals, efflorescent in the air, solu- ble in three parts water, insoluble In alcohol or ether; has a sweet, astrin- gent taste.

Oppioinai Preparations. — Triturations; aqueous solutions.

AfTALOeoss. — Arseniaim, Atropine, China, Quinine, Oelaeminwm, Kali brom., Zinouim.

[This eminent physician found il useful in periodical bea^laches of various kinds, after Arsenic and Quinine had failed to prevent their recur- rence.] ° Periodical headache of many years standing. {Sale.)

than Morphine (in this case)."— Dr. . , Ridimond Medical -JTews.]

[The pathogenesis of Coritirtafe 0/ JficSei^ from Hartlaub & Trink'a Annual — see Symptomen Codex — is quite suggestive in this connection, and contains some notable headache symptoms; but it seems to be a ueg> looted remedy, as ai'e some other apparently well proven medicines. — Eale^

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603 BxmBVL.

S0MBUL.

OBFicrsAL Preparations. —Tincture and triturations of the barlt of tlie root; dilutions.

[Fi'om provings in Vol. is., No. sxxvi., of the British Journnl of Hottkb- opaihy^ by Dr. Cattel],]

Mental Sphere. Very mirthful disposition; inclined to be gay, witty and

smiling. .(^.) Fits of hysterical langhter and tears. Frequent mistakes of writing or summing; one letter or figure

is written for another. Depression of spirits; provoked and enraged by the least irri- tation, {s.)

Face, lieddish spots on the face, forehead, chin and cheeks, that con

tain either water or white, thick, curdy matter, Numerous black pores on the face.

BTose. Skin peels off the nose in dry patches.

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Tenacious yellow mucus vth the nose; worse in left ri

[This Eymptom ^vas prominent and persistent, and resembles the Sambu

CHS catarrh. It ought to pro^e curative in tlie worst form of nasal catarrh.

—Ea.ie.'\

Ei-osion, burning heat and rawness in tJie throat, 'with tena- cious mucus.

Brown coating on the tongue in the morning.

Tongue feels rougli, ae if scraped, with heat in the throat.

Tenacious inuoita m, the throat. [The same catarrhal condition of the nasal passages extends into the

throat and posterior nares. I would advise a trial of it in the cata/rrM of

ehUdren, mfh great nemmti irHtation, eieepleaane»» and even spmma. — Rale.]

Burning, dry heat in the atomaeh.

Shooting pains in cardiac end of tlie etomaeh, with

Increased appetite, (p.) Loss of appetite, (s.)

Eructations of wind, with taste of food.

Pain as if a linite was cutting the stomach.

Aching in the stomach, increased by pressure.

Tensive pain and gnawing in right liypogastrinm.

Bectum and Stool.

Constipation for eleven days.

Stool, with great expulsive efforte, preceded by sickliness, commotion of intestines and sickly pain in left inguinal region; rather soft, very long and tliin, with sensations as if rectum protruded and anus was not closed.

Frequent inclination to stool, which is likely to be loose.

Liquid and small stool, followed by burning and cutting in the anus.

Thin stools, scanty, with much tenesmus,

" Ascarides, with bloated, drum-like abdomen and constipa- tion; picking at the nostrils, (Two cases cured by the fitYeenth dilution.)

Urine clear, when passed, with white, small threads; alter

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604 euMBUL.

some hours, a white doud forms, in. which the threads

between glans and prepuce; glans and prepuce bluish-red

and swollen; testes on left side dark red, esuoriated. Saltish-smelling semen from genitals, with exudation of

greenish -yellow pus from excoriated surface of scrotum. Violent preputial gonorrhtea, oozing pains, feeling as if drops

cerebellum to frontal region. J^eucorrhcea (whites), especially after sitting, which continues, " " Cork-screw " pains in the left region of the uterus and ita

appendages. {Cattell.)

Cough from tickling in the throat. Cough, hacking, detaching sweet mucus into the throat.

Cheat. Dull pains through the left chest, worse on moving the left

arm or leaning forward. A jerking, inspiratory murmur, very distinct, below left nipple,

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breast and sternum, and in left breast, -^^-orse on inspira- tion. [It corresponds Co Ihe symptoms of spasmodic and hysterical astlima.

aatlima, and that it arrested the paroxysm in an "old case." I think it

will pro¥e useftil in cardiac-asthma.— SoJe.]

Heart and Circulation. [In the North American Journal of Somaopathy, May, 1873, 1 published

the following " Heart Symptoms of Sumbul," as a study, illustrative of

the beat plan of studying the cardiac sympl^jms of our medicines.— iTnie.] Motor Symptoms.

Palpitation of the heart, with transient flualies of heat, irreg- ular and weak pulse.

The heart beats softly, as if in water, with " sinking " of the heart, sicklineBS and faintness all over.

Palpitation of the heart, from the least exertion ; going up stairs; increased by paying attention to it.

Violent and irregular palpitation, with bellows sounds.

Palpitation and jerking of the heart, at intervals, worse dur- ing the flushes of heat, after drinking " stout," and in the evening.

Intermittent palpitation, nneasiness over the heart, jerking whilst lying down or sitting.

Pulse: irregular puhej at times weak, at other times strong, ranging from 100 to 70 per minute; always conhpreseihle, and attended with transient flushes of ieverish heat; skin moist.

Pnlse very irregular, strong, then " narrow," or weak, low, with occasional full, quick beats, 100 to 60, compressible; with coldness of the body.

Physical Signs,

The action of the heart full and sharp, strokes at times irreg- ular, beating rapidly eight or ten times, then slowly, (like Arnica and Spigelia.)

Heart's impulse strong, jerhing, especially after exertion, or when ascending stairs, and during digestion.

Posteriorly, over left scapular region, an indistinct viscid mnr- mur and purring sound, similar to that which has, been

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. to depend on muscular contraction, and often i with rheumatism (like Spigelia); this sound ii not heard at all, anteriorly.

Bellows sound of the heart, with violent and irregular palpi- tations, and flushes of heat in floods from the back. [Tiiese last two symptoms were removed by Spigelia 3d.] Sensory Symptoms.

Lancinations and biting pains in left breast, increased by a deep inspiration.

Sharp pains, like a knife, in the left chest, every day.

Tightness — a tensive, stretched feeling across the chest, be- tween left breast and sternum, and in left breast; worse on Inspiration.

Oppression in left chest, clogged sensation, as if it were diffi- cult to force the blood through that lung; (s.) worse on stooping.

Chest on left aide feels loaded and oppressed, with choking constriction (in chest). (1)

Dull, tensive pains and pricking in left ehest, under armpit and near nipple, in a line with it externally.

Dull pains through the left chest, worse on moving the left dj-m or leaning forward,

DuH, tightened pain in left chest, on blowing the nose.

Pain like a knife darting through left chest, from a spot a little below tlie breast, with flashes of heat; worse after meals; with irregular pulse.

Pricking as of needles in left chest.

Concomitant Sjrmptoms.

Near. — Aching, bruised, beaten sensation in the muscles of the left arm.

The hand (left) was ruddy, with distended veins, flushes of heat, and very irregular pulse.

The left hand red, with painfully distended veins; the veins become empty when raising the arm, but painfully dis- tended on depressing it.

Left arm numb, heavy, and weary, with sjiarp, wiry, shooting of the fingers, laterally, and in the joints of second and fourth fingers.

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The left arm easily numbed by the sliglitest cold, or by resting it on anything; causing tingling, pricking numbness; the lateral surfaces of the fingers felt sore, and the arm felt bruised. The left arm and hand is easily chilled and numbed ■ in the cold, despite gloves and friction ; the fingers, espeeiaOy the third and fonrth, are then bluish- white; the nails blue, with a sensation as if they were being rooted up; when brought into the warmth, this hand is slow in recovering itself, and held near a fire, or in a heated room, its vessels become distended much more than those of the right, and in a cool temperature this is some time in disappearing. (The left suspender is inclined to slide ofi" the shoulder.)

The whole left side of the body is similarly afiected, easily benumbed, with loss of elasticity in the blood vessels.

Flushes of heat, with dry or moist skin; palpitation of the heart, and irregular compressible pulse; sensation of throbbing in neck, head, (left side most.)

liemote. — Vertigo on stooping, or using warm water; faint- ing, swimming before the eyes, loud singing and hissing in both ears, weakness and trembling; worse in evening.

Faint feeling, and tendency to faint on slightest exertion, after excitement, and on hearing music.

Hysterical mood (even in men); alternate laughter and tears; easily excited; emotional; irritable; fidgety; at first the spirits are exalted, then depressed.

Dreams of falling from a great height.

An oily pellicle on the urine, and a tenacious, ropy, rose- colored sediment.

llheumatic pains in various parts of the body, joints, muscles, especially of the left side.

Pressive feeling on nape of neck, left side, which is swollen and hot.

Sensation of tiirobbing in neck and nape of neck, on left side. increased by heat.

Aching pain across the lumbar region of the back.

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Pains in left lumbar region of baet, and pricking in riglit side

vertebrie. Tensive pains and pulsations in swelling, extending down left

side of spinal column, not tender to touch or p

Aching, beating sensation in muscles, chiefly triceps of left

Eheumatic pain from right knee to ankle, when walking.

Tensive pain in left shoulder.

Aching pain down left arm, and in knuckle joint of the for(i finger.

Debilitated muscular power.

Jerking in the limbs and starts in the muscles, even to contor- tion of the whole body.

Aching in knee joints, worse from heat.

Sensation (painful) as if internal ligaments of right knee were loosened, on stepping.

Shooting pain from back of ring finger to wrist of left hand, (ulnar nerve).

Twitcliing pain in left iliac region.

Numbness of left arm.

Sleep, with prolonged amorous dreams.

Unpleasant dreams, not frightful.

Sleeplessness, from nervous excitation.

Dry, transient heat over tlie body, increased by exertion.

All the symptoms accompanied by heat.

Flushes of heat in the throat, mouth and head.

Sensation of cold wind blowing on the lumbar region.

Heat and profuse sweat at night in bed.

Coldness of the body; pulse 66.

° Marked benefit in low and nervous fevers succeeding typhaa.

*Typhoid fever, with cerebral excitement.

Numbness and coldness of the tips of tlie fingers.

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TANACETUM VDI.GAEE. BOU

Itching in the sMn; miliary spots on back, especially right

shonlder blade and bip, which provokes scratching till

* Porrigo in infant, on the left scalp; spots round and dry,

slightly raised and reddened at the edges, with bran-like scales in the centre. {Br. Cattell.)

" Dropsy, dependent on impaired nervous vitality.

° Hysteria and hysterical spasms.

" Epilepsy; she falls suddenly forward, foaming a+ the mouth; uneonsciousDess. {^Dr. Cattell.)

''Chorea, with ravenous appetite, constant jerking of limbs and head, with protrusion of the tongue; happy disposi- tion, with continued and inappropriate smiling; consti- pated bowels; vomiting of food; idiotic expression; fears she shall go mad. (/J.)

* Tendency to faint from the slightest cause, {/5-) A want of elasticity in the blood vessels.