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Calendula officinalis, Linn. Nat. order , Compositae. Common name , Marigold; German, Todtenblume. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves and flowers.
Authorities. 1 , Franz, Archive für Hom. Heilk., 17, 3, 169; 2 , Dr. Price, Am. Hom. Observer, 6, 327, effects of a tablespoonful of the tincture.
Mind
Disposition, during the chill, anxious, morose, and solicitous, [1] .
Great irritability; he is easily frightened; hearing is very acute (after he had smelled of camphor), [1] .
Fretful, sleepy, dreamy, [1] .
Head
Confusion of the head, as after a night's debauch; in the morning, heaviness of the head, as after a long illness (third day), [1] .
Dull sensation, especially in the upper part of the occiput, [1] .
Headache in the forehead, after eating, with sensation of heat in it, [1] .
Dull, pressive sensation in the occiput, [1] .
Eye. Lids very much swollen (after one hour), [2] .
Dryness and biting in the margin of the lids, as from smoke, [1] . [10.] The white of the eye is inflamed, with pressive headache, now in the forehead, now in the temples, when lying down, not when sitting and standing, [1] . Pupils dilated (after one hour), [2] .
Ear. Sticking pain in the ears during the fever-heat; the adjacent parts are very red, [1] .
Face
Sensation of swelling extending from the lips to the eyes and forehead, accompanied by a burning-stinging sensation (after one hour), [2] .
Sensation as if the lips were swollen; from the lips it spread to the sides of the nose; increased rapidly in intensity (immediately), [2] . Drawing-tensive pain in the glands behind the left ramus of the lower jaw, on moving the head, [1] .
Mouth
Speech scarcely recognizable (after one hour), [2] .
Throat
Bitter taste of mucus in the throat, before eating; food, however, tastes natural, [1] . Pain in front beneath the chin, on motion and pressure; and at the union of the clavicle with the sternum (eighteenth day), [2] .
Rheumatic drawing pain in the right side of the throat, which is increased on bending the neck to the right side, and on raising the right arm; it extends to the shoulder, in the morning (second day), [1] . [20.]
The submaxillary glands are swollen and painful to the touch, as if suppurating; the axillary glands are also painful to touch (for four days), [1] . The submaxillary glands pain on touch, as if swollen, and at times cause a tensive pain, which, especially on swallowing, becomes a pressure in the throat (afternoon, second day), [1] .
Stomach
Diminished appetite for dinner, though he relishes the food when he eats, [1] .
Hiccough, after smoking, [1] .
Attacks of nausea, at times, in the forenoon, [1] .
Abdomen
A boring-digging pain, deep in the region of the navel, when walking, [1] .
Dull, coarse stitches in the middle of the right side of the abdomen, on moving; they disappear during rest, [1] .
Stool
A stool in the morning, preceded by griping and anxiety in the abdomen, and accompanied by a chill, [1] .
Urinary Organs
Tearings, at times in the urethra, during a chill, [1] . Frequent micturition; urine white as water, is very hot and burning, [1] .
RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [30.] Very deep inspiration, with heat in the chest and face, [1] . Great efforts were made to inflate the lower lobes of the lungs, which were only successful when sitting up (after one hour), [2] .
Chest
Pressive-drawing pain in the left side of the chest, and on the breast-bone, with stitches in the right side of the chest (second day), [1] .
Pressure and oppression in the left side of the chest, in the evening, when lying in bed, [1] . Drawing pressure in the left side of the chest, when standing, during inspiration, [1] .
Heart And Pulse. Pulse irregular and diminishing rapidly (after one hour), [2] .
Neck And Back.
Pressive-drawing pain between the shoulder-blades, [1] .
Pressive pain beneath the right lower tip of the shoulder-blade, with a sensation as if everything were suppurating and bruised (afternoon, second day), [1] .
Extremities In General.
Drawing-pressive tension in the wrists and ankles, during rest, [1] .
Inferior Extremities.
Tired, weary feeling in the lower extremities (after one hour), [2] . [40.]
Pains in the knees, while sitting, in the outer side, as if bruised, [1] .
Burning-tearing pain in the upper part of the calf, while sitting, [1] .
Drawing-pinching pain on the inner border of the sole, while sitting, [1] .
General Symptoms.
Very restless at night, he gets rest in no position; he continually wakes; is obliged to urinate frequently, and drinks very much, [1] .
A wound becomes raw and inflamed anew, [1] .
A wound is painful, in the morning, as if bruised, with smarting and throbbing in it, as if it would suppurate, [1] .
The rheumatic, drawing pains appear only during motion, and are very slight, [1] .
Skin
Eruption of small vesicles, in the left corner of the lower lip, [1] .
Fever
Chilliness.
Chilly the whole morning, and very sensitive to the air (second day), [1] .
He feels shivery, and has a kind of goose-flesh, while the skin seems to touch, [1] . [50.] Shivering in the back, with pressure in the last true ribs of the left side, with movements in the epigastric region and abdomen as if he would faint, [1] . Hands and feet cold (after one hour), [2] .
Chilliness in the hands and feet, the whole forenoon, without thirst, together with drawing pressive, rheumatic pains through the whole body; the ribs ache as if squeezed together and bruised, sometimes after eating (in the morning second day), [1] .
Heat. Great heat, the whole forenoon, with much sweat; he feels qualmish in the chest, and the axillae are very hot, [1] .
Heat in the afternoon, with creeping chills and great thirst; drinking, however, causes every time shivering and a shaking chill, [1] .
Great heat, in the evening, in bed, [1] .
Great heat, in the evening, in bed; he begins to sweat; especially the feet burn very much and sweat, [1] .
The heat abates after 5 P.M., without shivering, even in the open air, the head feels freer, the breathing easier, and the voice stronger and deeper, [1] .
The heat continues unabated after 5 P.M.; only that cold drinks cause shivering, [1] .
Flushes in the forehead, in the evening (after eight hours), [1] . [60.] Sensation of heat in the face after eating, of the hands and feet, and an hour afterwards, thirst (second day), [1] .
Towards evening, a feeling of heat in the otherwise cold hands and whole body, with creeping chills, without thirst, and almost dread of drinking, while sitting (after nine and a half hours), [1] .
Aggravation
( Morning ), Heaviness of head; wound painful; chilly.
( Forenoon ), Attacks of nausea; chilliness in hands, etc.; heat, etc.
( Afternoon ), Heat.
( Toward evening ), While sitting, feeling of heat, etc.
( Evening ), When lying in bed, pressure in left chest; in bed, heat; flushes in forehead.
( Night ), Restless, etc.
( Bending neck to right side ), Pain on side of throat.
( During chill ), Nearly all symptoms appear; anxious, etc.; tearings in urethra.
( After eating ), Headache in forehead, etc.
( When lying down ), White of eye inflamed, etc.
( On moving ), Stitches in abdomen; rheumatic pains.
( Moving head ), Pain in glands before jaw.
( During rest ), Tension in wrists, etc.
( While sitting ), Pains in knees; pain in calf; pain on border of sole.
( After smoking ), Hiccough.
( When standing ), During inspiration, pressure in left side of chest.
( When walking ), Pain in region of navel.
Amelioration
Feels best when walking about, or when lying perfectly still.
SUPPLEMENT: CALENDULA.
Authority. 3 , J.
H.
Fitch, M.D., copied from MS.; a man, aged twenty-seven years, took 15 minims of a strong alcoholic tincture, at 10.30 A.M. and 4 P.M.
(first day); same at 11.45 A.M.
(second day); same at 2.15 A.M.
(third day).
Very irritable, touchy. Afterwards fit of despair and deep anguish (second day), [3] .
Nervous exhaustion (third day), [3] . In a few minutes felt a disagreeable sensation in the occiput, [3] .
Immediately felt pain in the occiput (second day), [3] .
Itching of the scalp (after second dose), [3] .
An unusual amount of saliva in the mouth and fauces (after twenty-five minutes), [3] .
Scraping and mucus in the throat (second day), [3] .
Disorder of the function of the digestion, [3] . [70.] Stool soft, covered with mucus, at 1 P.M.
(third day), [3] .
Emission of semen (third day), [3] .
Slightly disagreeable sensation at the back of the neck, from the occiput (after second dose), [3] . Pain in the left lumbar region; afterwards in lumbar region, both sides (second day), [3] .
Itching of skin (second day), [3] .