Raphanus Sativus

Badish. Cruciferse.

The tincture is prepared from the fresh root.

Symptoms obtained from the effects of eating the root, also by proving the tinc- ture 2d, 15th and 30th dilutions, by Nusser, Eev. de la Mat. Med. Hom., vol. 1, p 545, 1840 ; Curie's Journ. de la Soc. Gall., vol. 5, p. 281 ; Martin, Am. J. of Hom. Mat. Med., 1870, p. 154 ; Berridge, Am. Observer, 1875, p. 307.

Authorities. — Flatulence and diarrhoea after ovariotomy, Bell, Eaue's Bee, 1873, p. 264, from Trans. Am. Inst., 1871, p. 269; Flatulence, Hom. Kec, vol. 3, p. 151.

^ Mind. Anguish with dread of death, which is supposed to

be near. ' Sensorium. Vertigo with dimness of sight. ' Inner Head. Pressure above root of nose. Stitches on vertex.

Brain feels tender and sore from least jar w^hen walking. ^ Sight and Eyes. Pressure above eyes, with difficulty of sight, going off after vomiting. QEdema of lower lids. ^ Hearing and Ears. Heat in 1. ear and over whole 1. side

of face. ^ Smell and Nose. Nose somewhat stopped. ^ Upper Face. Face pale.

Expression of pain and exhaustion. Cheeks burn, are red ; whole head and face red. " Taste and Tongue, i Taste: bitter; pasty. Tongue coated thick white.

Tongue pale and purplish, with a deep furrow and pale- red points in middle. ^^ Throat. Back of throat dry, > holding cold water in mouth. White tenacious mucus in throat after heavy sleep. " Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Loss of appetite.

iThirst: excessive; violent; constant. " Eating and Drinking. Worse after eating. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Nausea: with efforts to vomit ; when lying down ; constant; in paroxysms with faintness and inability to lie down. Vomiting : of food and white mucus, with oppression of chest, heaving of stomach and coldness; of bile and water.

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Shuddering over back and arms before vomiting. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Violent pressure in epi- gastric region.

I Pain in stomach, obliging. one to eat all the time. ^^ Abdomen. iPain in abdomen.

■ Griping about umbilicus.

Colic : after drinking milk or water ; after eating.

Pains in belly constant, but < after motion.

Bowels sore from least jar ; can hardly tolerate clothing.

■ Gurgling in abdomen (at night).

I I Accumulation and retention of flatus, no relief upward or downward.

■ Distension of abdomen, followed by griping, as if stool

would occur.

■ Abdomen much swollen, hard and painful to pressure,

especially hypogastrium.

■ Great swelling of abdomen, commencing at stomach;

abdomen hard as if filled with air, without pain ; cannot bear any pressure on stomach, I I Pains from incarcerated flatus, coming in paroxysms ; colon and other intestines project in little tympanitic tumors all over abdomen, which is flaccid in the interval; diarrhoea of yellow brown fluid, with no passage of flatus by mouth or anus for a long time ; •twenty-two days after performance of ovariotomy. ^° Stool and Rectum. ■ Stool: brown or yellow-brown fluid, coming with much force ; green, liquid, mixed with mucus and blood ; frothy, copious, undigested.

■ Constipation, bloating of abdomen, absence of gases, no

emission of gas upward or downward, prompt satiety when eating, sedentary life. ^^ Urinary Organs. ■Urine: more copious than the liquid drunk ; copious, yellow ; yellow, turbid, with a sediment resembling yeast.

■ Phos.-ammon.-magnes. in excess in urine; gravel. During micturition, burning in urethra.

^^ Female Sexual Organs. Sexual excitement; nymphomania. Great aversion to opposite sex. Constant titillations in genitals.

Sensation of a foreign body rising from uterus to chest. Mucous leucorrhoea, at times slightly tinged with blood. ^^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. Feeling as of something sticking in larynx; after quietly walking or much talking it becomes a dryness and excites a cough. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Pulse : quick, full but

soft, with heat at night ; small. ^^ Rest. Position. Motion. Lying down : nausea. Inability to lie down : nausea and faintness.

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Motion: pain in belly <. Walking: jar from, brain feels tender and sore. ^^ Nerves. l l Great weakness and languor ; weakness with tenderness of abdomen. I 1 Hysterical attack. ^^ Sleep. I Sleep restless with distressing dreams. Awoke in morning with cramping sore pain. ^^ Time. Morning: awoke with cramping pain; toward, perspiration after heat. Night : gurgling in abdomen ; pulse quick, full, soft, with

heat. After midnight : dry heat, thirst, ebullitions. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Cold water : held in mouth >

dryness of throat. *" Fever, i Chilliness: in back; along back and posterior sur- face of arms ; during meals. Heat in evening, in room, after walking in open air. Dry heat at night, with violent thirst and ebullition,

mostly after midnight. I 1 Disposition to perspire.

Perspiration after heat, toward morning, mostlj^" on fore- head. Intermittent fever after midnight ; heat and violent thirst, with full soft, quick pulse, followed by general perspira- tion, mostly on forehead. " Attacks, Periodicity. Paroxysms : pain from incarcerated flatus ; nausea. During meals : chilliness. *^ Locality and Direction. Left : heat in ear and side of