Panacea
T. F. Allen - Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica · Timothy Field Allen · 3,821 chars
General
This drug was obtained from an unknown but common tree in Brazil.
Brazilian names , Azougue dos pobres (Mercury of the poor); Cabedula; Erva carnevra.
Authority. Mure, Pathogénésie Brésil.
Mind
Desire for solitude (second day).
Dissatisfied with herself; everything wearies her (third day).
Head
Vertigo, which increases the headache, at 6 A.M.
(second day).
Dizziness; she bends backward as if she would fall over, at 7.30 P.M.
(second day).
Violent headache, worse when bending over to the left, at 6 A.M.
(second day).
Headache, which increases her dissatisfaction (third day).
Heaviness of the head (second day).
Pain as if a rusty saw were drawn rapidly across above the orbits (second day).
Heaviness over the forehead, worse when drowsy, at 10 P.M.
(first day). [10.]
Pain in the forehead and temples (second day).
Pain as if the temples were squeezed in a vice (second day).
Pressive pain in the vertex, with dizziness; this pain shifts to the left eye, followed by a sensation as if a rocket rushed out of it, at 7.30 A.M.
(third day).
Mouth
Pain in a decayed tooth, as if a penknife were thrust in it, at 7 A.M.
(third day).
Great heat in the tongue, with a sensation as if small drops of ice-water fell upon it, at 9 A.M.
(second day).
Very bitter mouth, on rising, at 5 A.M.
(second day).
Stomach
Hunger, causing a burning in the stomach (second day).
Hunger, with aversion to food (second day).
Nausea (second day).
Empty feeling in the stomach, with desire to eat (second day). [20.] Suffocative feeling, as from a ball, in the pit of the stomach; she cannot hook her dress (second day).
Abdomen
Pain as from a knife-stab, at the navel, going around the abdomen, and ending at the loins (second day).
Pain, as from knife-stabs, in the flanks and navel (third day).
Respiratory Organs And Chest.
Sense of strangulation, at 9 A.M.
(third day).
Tearing, increasing from the chest to the oesophagus, at 7 A.M.
(second day).
Pain rising up in the chest, with pulling (second day).
Back
Bruised pain in the loins, as from blows with a stick, at 6 A.M. (second day).
Extremities
Pain, as from a blow with a hammer, on the left shoulder (second day). Pain at the shoulder-blade, when inclining the head to the left side (second day).
Pain from the right wrist to the elbow (second day). [30.]
Great trembling of the right hand (third day).
Numbness of the left hand; it cannot be moved, at 6 A.M.
(third day).
Cramp from the index finger to the elbow (second day).
She cannot kneel for any length of time (second day).
The knees give way, at 4 P.M. (second day).
Cramps in the feet, extending into the bends of the knees (second day). Sensation as if the toe-nails were plucked out (second day).
Generalities
Weariness as after a long journey, at 8 P.M. (second day). Syncope (second day).
Sleep
Spasmodic yawning, which stops suddenly (second day). [40.]
Drowsiness (second day). Great drowsiness, with heaviness of the eyes, at noon (second day).
Fever
Chill, on going into the open air, at 7 P.M.
(second day).
Chilliness all over (third day).
Great heat, followed by considerable coldness, at 10.30 P.M.
(first day)
Aggravation
( Morning ), 6 A.M., vertigo; headache; 7.30 A.M., pain in vertex; 7 A.M., pain in decayed tooth; on rising, 5 A.M., bitter mouth; 9 A.M., heat in tongue; sense of strangulation; 7 A.M., tearing from chest to oesophagus; 6 A.M., pain in loins; numbness of left hand.
( Noon ), Drowsiness, with heaviness of eyes.
( Evening ), 7.30 P.M., dizziness; 10 P.M., heaviness over forehead; 8 P.M., weariness; 7 P.M., on going out chill; 10.30 P.M., heat, followed by coldness.
( Bending to left ), Headache.
( Bending head to left side ), Pain at shoulder-blade.
( When drowsy ), Heaviness over forehead.