Tincture prepared from the fresh plant when in flower; the flowers con- tain active principles which combine the properties of bitters and etheral oils. The plant is a native of Europe, but is occasionally cultivated in our gardens; the leaves and flowers are small, thus diS"ering from the Anthemis nobilis or Roman chamomile ; it must not be confounded with the An- themis cotula or wild chamomile, growing abundantly by the wayside and in waste places in this country. A decoction of the plant in the shape of tea is much used, and abused, as a domestic medicine, particularly in Ger- many. Hahnemann classed Chamomilla with the polychrests. Two hun- dred and seventy-two symptoms observed by himself, and three by other authors, were published in his Fragmenta, and in Vol. Ill of his Materia Medica Para, second edition, these had increased to four hundred and sixty- one, besides containing thirty additional symptoms observed by Stapf. For later provings of the drug, see Allen's Encyclopedia, Vol. III. Clinical observations are found scattered through our entire literature, there proba- bly not being a physician in our ranks who has not tested the virtue of Chamomilla in either high or low preparations. Among the contributors to Chamomilla, we refer to : Hofi"man, H. H., Post Partum Hemorrhage, Trans. Horn. Soc. of Pa., 2, p. 433; Van Cutsem, Mental Symptoms the result of Poisoning, Rev. Horn., p. 100, Eaue's Record, 1875, marked t; Norton, Geo. J., Pustular Ophthal- mia, Trans. N. Y. S., 1874, 1, p. 419 ; Gross, W., Eclampia, Archives, p. 104, and Intermittent, Archives, 3, p. 52; Schubert, Ad., Archives, 1, 3, p. 158 ; Rummel, Fr., Intermittent, Archives 8, 1, p. 34; Kaemerer, etc., see A. H. Z , 83, p. 149 ; accidental proving from drinking Chamomile tea, reported by J. C. Burnett, Horn. Review, 21, p. 408, marked, tox. ^ Mind. I Child lies senseless, completely without consciousness; frequent changes in face, distortion of eyes, contraction of facial muscles, rattling in chest, with much cough; it yawns and stretches very much. Insensibility. ■ Absence of mind. I When writing or speaking, he omits whole words. ■ Dullness. I I A joyless dullness of senses, with sleepiness, without, how- ever, being able to sleep. I I Dullness of senses, diminished power of comprehension. I I Confusion of head, with transient painful pressure on eyes, in afternoon. voii. III. — 30. CHAMOMILLA. 466 Imbecility. B Imagines he hears voices of absent persons, at night, cannot compose himself to sleep. Ecstacies and delirium. Delirium with hallucinations; t. Delirium with fearful cries; t. Tries to get away from her friends if they seek to comfort her. B B Child cries; quiet only when carried. Her cries can be heard through the whole neighborhood; t. B Utters sudden, startling and piercing cries on waking out of sleep, vows there is some dreadful beast under his bed or in the room and will not be appeased until the gas is lit and the room searched; a boy, aet. 4. ^Nightmare. BB Piteous moaning of child because he cannot have what he wants. B Moaning on account of a very trifling offence, which had happened a long time ago. BB Whining restlessness; the child wants this and that, which, when offered, is refused or pushed away. B Involuntary moaning, with heat of face. BHe tosses about the bed, with febrile heat and redness of cheeks, and talks confusedly, with open eyes. B Tosses anxiously about the bed at night, full of fancies. Scratches at the walls with her hands; t. B Child becomes stiff and bends itself backwards, kicks with its feet when carried, screams immoderately, and throws every- thing off. BB Averse to talking, short and snappish. B Disinclined to talk, is angry if anyone speaks to her. B Introversion, she cannot be induced to say a word. BB Cannot endure being spoken to, or interrupted while speak- ing, especially after rising from sleep. B B Child does not wish to be touched. B B Patient can't bear anyone near him, and answers snappishly. Cannot bear music. Sadness. Melancholia, with constant moaning and muttering to herself, walks all the time with downcast eyes. Hopelessness. BVery anxious; everything she undertakes is very unsatis- factory; she is irresolute, with flushes of heat in face, and cool sweat in palms. B Attacks of anxiety. BFuII of anxiety, with great uneasiness. Great anxiety; feels excited in all the senses; t. B Anxiety, with ineffectual urging to urinate, without much urine in bladder. B Thoughts of dying. 467 CHAMOMILLA. Indifference. 1 1 Peevish disposition, nothing pleases. 1 1 Peevish about everything, with dyspnoea. I Quarrelsome. I I Peevishness; she seeks a cause for being peevish at every- thing; can't return a civil ansvi^er. ■ Fretful, and easily irritated. I Fretful, out of humor and obstinate, even to quarrelling, on appearance of menses. I Morose fretfulness; everything that another does is wrong; no one does anything to please him. I He frets internally about every trifle. I I Very irritable and fretful; child must be carried. ■ Very irritable; moaning and groaning. 1 1 Irritable, impatient mood. ■ Great impatience, everything seems to go too slowly. ■ She is sleepless and cross. ■ Ill-humored and irritable, the whole day. ■ She is always out of humor, particular-ly at her menstrual periods, when she is headstrong even unto quarrelling. Not applicable to persons patient under influence of pain. ■ The pains are very distressing, she feels that she can hardly bear them ; she wishes to get away from herself. ^Labor. ■ In all her sufferings there is a vein of ill-humor; she can hardly speak pleasantly ; feels like scolding about every- thing ; she often gives vent to her ill-humor in spite of all restraint. ■ She becomes almost furious about the pain; she cannot bear her clothes to touch the part affected. ■ ■Easily chagrined or excited to anger. Insulting, cross and uncivil in temper. Great tendency to quarrel, to speak in an obstreperous manner. ■ Obstinacy. Mistrust. ■ ■The child can only be quieted by carrying it on the arm. ■ Great restlessness and anxiety. ■ Restless and impatient, with fever. Bi Excessive uneasiness, anxiety, agonizing tossing about, with tearing pains in abdomen. ■ Great restlessness and inward chilliness. ■ SOversensitiveness to pain, which seems unbearable and drives to despair. ■ All bad effects following anger. ^Convulsions. ^Ghill. ^Fever. ^Bilious complaints. ■ Jerking and twitching in its sleep, or the nurse may have had a fit of anger which causes the convulsions in the child. ■ Bad effects of having feelings wounded. CHAMOMILLA. 468 ^ Sensorium. I Dullness of senses, with sleepiness, yet cannot