Serpentaria

Aristolochia serpentaria, Linn.

Natural order , Aristolochiaceae.

Common name , Virginia snake-root.

Preparation , Triturations of the dried roots.

Authorities. Jorg's provings (Materialien zu einer Künftigen Heilmittellehre, Leipzig, 1825). 1 , Enders, took an infusion; 1 a , same, took powder, 1/2 drachm; 2 , Engler, took an infusion; 3 , Guntz, took infusion; 3 a , same, 15 to 20 grains of powder; 4 , Kneschke, took infusion; 4 a , same, took powder, 1 to 4 scruples; 5 , Pienitz, took infusions; 6 , Seyfert, took infusions; 7 , Siebenhaar, took infusions of 1 scruple to 1 1/2 drachm; 7 a , same, repeated in powder form; 8 , Jorg, took infusions of 1 scruple to 1 drachm; 8 a , same, powder from; 9 , Friedrich, took 1/2 drachm to 1 drachm; 10 , Haase, took 1/2 drachm and 2 scruples.

Headache, [6] . Pressure in the head, [8] .

Transient pressive pains in the sides of the head, with confusion of the head, so that thought and recollection were difficult, [8] . Forehead.

Pressure in the forehead, with transient stitches piercing through the whole head, [5] . Slight pressive headache in the frontal region (after two hours), [3] .

Pain in the frontal region and in the right side of the occiput, [4a] .

Sticking in the forehead extending to the base of the brain, [7a] .

Vertex. Heaviness in the region of the vertex, followed by some confusion of the head, [8a] .

[20.]

Copious salivation with frequent spitting, [9] .

Scraping sensation in the pharynx and oesophagus (soon), [7a] .

Increased appetite (after four hours); yet he was able to eat but little, since the first morsels caused satiety, [4] .

On taking the drug he was hungry, as he had eaten no breakfast; after a quarter of an hour the hunger entirely disappeared, but there was fulness of the stomach and distension of the abdomen, as after a large meal; a quarter of an hour afterwards, eructations tasting of the drug, [8a] .

Diminished appetite, [5] . Loss of appetite, [4a] , [7] , [8] .

Eructations.

Eructations, [4a] , [8] , [10] . Eructations tasting of the drug, [7] .

Eructations during the first hour, [4] .

Nausea and Vomiting. Great nausea, [8] . [30.] Nausea, [9] .

Fulness of the stomach, [4a] .

Fulness and pressure in the stomach, especially in the upper part of the right side, [4a] . The stomach feels distended, [8] .

Sensation as though the stomach were too full, [4] .

Sensation of fulness, with violent pressure in the cardiac region of the stomach, [4] . Distressing pressure in the epigastric region, [7a] . [40.]

Heaviness in the epigastric region (soon), [5] .

Painfulness in the epigastric region on pressure with the hand, [8a] .

Colic in the umbilical region, [8] .

Distension of the whole abdomen, [8] .

Abdomen distended, [5] . Rumbling in the bowels (first day), [3] .

Rumbling in the abdomen, [7] . [50.] An unusual rumbling in the intestines, waking from sleep, with violent desire for stool, with some cutting pains, followed by an evacuation of a large quantity of gas with some thin bilious faeces; similar evacuations (seven) followed the next day, and five on the third day, when the diarrhoea ceased, [8a] . Movements in the abdomen, with frequent emission of flatus, upward and downward, [7a] .

Uneasiness in the abdomen, with eructations and flatulence, [7] .

Abdomen greatly relieved by the emission of flatus and bilious liquid, which after awhile had a very bad odor; these evacuations relieved also the haemorrhoidal trouble, [8a] .

Rectum And Anus.

Distressing itching about the anus, [8a] .

Distressing itching in the anus (after two days), [8] . Frequent desire for stool, with evacuation of scanty, hard, tenacious faeces with much flatus, [8] . [60.]

Urging to stool, with evacuation of a large amount of gas, and somewhat hard tenacious faeces, [8] .

Urging to stool, with emission of gas and of scanty tenacious faeces, [8a] .

Frequent desire for stool, with evacuation of more gas than faeces, [8a] .

Stools softer than usual (second day), [4] .

An additional large stool, in the afternoon, [4] . Stool scanty, hard (second day), [4a] .

General irritation of the urinary and genital organs, [7] . Violent desire to urinate, more frequently than usual, with great increase of urine, [8] .

Frequent desire to urinate, but only a little brownish urine was passed, [8] .

Frequent desire to urinate, the urine always small in amount, rather dark-colored, [8a] . [70.]

Oppression of the chest, [7] .

Pressive pain in the nape of the neck, [8] .

Sleep disturbed by frightful dreams, tossing about in bed; quiet sleep only towards morning, [7] .

[80.]

Increased warmth of the head, [7] .