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MEPHITIS · T. F. Allen - Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica · Timothy Field Allen · 7,828 chars
General
Mephitis putorius; M. chinga, Tied.
Class , Mammalia.
Order , Carnivora. Family , Mustelidae.
Common names , Skunk, stinkthier.
Authorities. Hering, Corresp. Blatt., symptoms obtained from 30th dilution, and several from inhaling the substance while preparing the dilutions. (Dr. Neidhard's report of the effect of the substance on a young man " afflicted with symptoms of consumption ," producing a spasmodic cough with a crowing sound, lasting all night and returning several times, N. Am. J. of Hom., 3, 505, is not admitted).
Mind
Emotional.
Excited mood, with warmth of the head, [1] .
(Very talkative, almost as if intoxicated), [1] .
Fretful about trifles or only fancied occurrences, [1] .
Intellectual.
Disinclination to work, with inclination to stretch , [1] .
Aversion to mental labor, on account of distracting fancies, [1] .
Head
Confusion and Vertigo.
Dull confusion of the head, as if it became enlarge, with ill-humor and nausea, [1] .
Vertigo on stooping; suddenly while sitting; on various motions of the head; or on turning over in bed, [1] .
General Head. Feeling of heaviness; a dull pressure, especially in the occiput, as if here and there pressed in with the finger, [1] .
Headache on riding a carriage, [1] . [10.]
Violent headache follows fulness, which presses upward, [1] .
Eye.
Red vessels in the eyes, [1] . Pain as from exerting the eyes, [1] .
Pain as if something were in the eye, [1] .
Heat, burning and burning pressure in the eyes, especially in the morning and evening, [1] . Stitches as if with needles in the eyes , [1] .
Pain above the eyes , [1] .
Pressure upon the lids, a burning in the margins as if styes would develop, [1] . *Redness of the conjunctivae, as if injected with blood , [1] .
Pain in the eyes on turning them in various directions, [1] .
Vision. [20.]
Weakness of vision; also, usually, pain in the eyes or head, [1] . Dimness of vision, [1] .
Short-sighted; he is unable to distinguish letters ; they run together, [1] .
(Night-blindness), [1] .
Ear.
Earache, [1] . Tearing in the ear, or in the jaws and teeth, [1] .
Nose
Fluent coryza and cough, with soreness of the chest, [1] .
Nose-bleed, [1] . Nose dry, [1] .
Long-lasting irritation to sneeze, [1] .
Mouth
[30.]
Pains in the hollow back teeth , especially of the lower jaw; sudden jerking in the roots of the teeth; tearing drawing, [1] . Coppery taste in the mouth, [1] .
Throat
Distressing irritation to ineffectual hawking, [1] .
Choking while drinking and talking, [1] .
Pain in the right side of the throat, [1] .
Tension in the cervical muscles of the right side, [1] .
Appetite
Appetite at one time great, at another slight, [1] .
No appetite in the morning , not even for smoking, [1] . Eructations.
Eructations relieving the flatulent troubles, [1] .
Hiccough-like eructations, [1] . Nausea. [40.]
Nausea, with a feeling as if the head were distended; with emptiness, [1] .
Nausea , with scraping in the palate, [1] .
Stomach
Feeling of emptiness and nausea, [1] .
Pressure in the stomach, with colic , [1] .
Abdomen
Pain in the hepatic region, [1] . Pain as from flatulence in the left side, [1] .
Colic as in diarrhoea, without stool, [1] .
Stool
Diarrhoea, [1] . Stool infrequent but thin , [1] .
Urinary Organs
Urging to urinate, very frequent micturition, especially at night; urine clear, [1] . [50.]
Urine turbid, with sediment, in the morning after the evening fever, [1] .
Sexual Organs
Warmth of the genitals, [1] . Soreness of the female genitals, with swelling of the labia, [1] .
Respiratory Organs.
Cough on reading aloud, while talking, and after drinking; caused by choking, [1] .
Chest
Rheumatic pain in the right side, [1] .
Sore pain behind the last ribs and posteriorly, extending up into the chest internally, on deep breathing or moving the back, [1] . Pain in the lowest ribs of the left side, to touch, pressure, especially on coughing and sneezing, [1] .
Back
Stitches in the spine on moving, [1] .
Weariness in the small of the back, in the morning, [1] .
Superior Extremities. Trembling of the arm, on resting upon it, [1] . [60.]
Uneasiness in the left arm , which seems insensible, [1] .
Rheumatic pains in the arms ; paralytic drawing pains, better on moving, [1] .
Tearing a bruised feeling in the bones of the arms, [1] .
In the first joint of the index finger, a disagreeable feeling, that obliges him to stretch and crack it, [1] .
Inferior Extremities.
Woke at night with rush of blood to the legs ; heat in them, [1] .
Drawing rheumatic pains in the thighs and hip, especially in the lower leg, extending down to the foot, [1] .
The knees feel beaten, [1] . *Uneasiness in the both lower legs , as if they would become insensible, [1] .
Sudden cramplike pain in the left foot, that compels him to hop, [1] .
Stitches in the foot, [1] . [70.]
Pain like gout in the heel, [1] .
Burning in the little toe, [1] . Throbbing like a pinching in the great toe, [1] .
Burning and pain in the corns , [1] .
General Symptoms.
Great weakness and weariness, whereby the muscles are painful to touch and motion, [1] . Prostrated and sleepy after eating, [1] .
Uneasiness of the whole body internally, with an indescribable extremely unpleasant sensation, [1] .
Paralyzed sensation , especially with the pains, [1] .
Pain in the back and all the limbs, with paralysis, [1] .
Wandering pains, with desire to urinate, [1] . [80.]
Rheumatic pains of various kinds in different provers, [1] . Frequent sensations like electric shocks, [1] .
Very fine nervous vibrations causing great uneasiness , as if extending into the interior of the bones, [1] .
In the evening vertigo, headache, symptoms in the eyes, toothache, colic, a feeling of coldness, uneasiness, [1] .
Some of the symptoms rapidly alternate with others quite different, during the first days; afterwards they become more constant, until at last, after several weeks, they disappear, [1] .
Smelling Camphor relieved for only a short time, without removing the symptoms, [1] .
Washing in ice-cold water is very agreeable, [1] .
Skin
Pimples on the forehead, lower jaw, back, nates, and the inner side of the thighs, [1] . Itching, heat, redness, and erysipelas, with vesicles on the right external ear, [1] .
Itching on the scalp, face, and chin, [1] . [90.]
Itching on the scrotum, [1] .
Sleep And Dreams.
Sleepiness. Frequent yawning, so that the eyes fill with tears, [1] .
Sleepiness, sleep in the midst of society, [1] .
Sleep the greater part of the day, after good sleep at night, [1] .
Extremely sleepy in the morning , stretching for an hour as if stupefied, with burning in the eyes, tearing in all the limbs; he was uncommonly refreshed by turning upon the other side, [1] .
Sleeplessness. *Woke earlier than usual in the morning , [1] .
Dreams. Very vivid remembered dreams of water, fire, spitting, blood, of disheartening loss, [1] .
Nightmare, [1] .
Fever
Chilliness. Pressure and chills in the abdomen, as from taking cold, with a feeling of coldness, shivering, and desire to urinate, better by a warm stove, [1] .
Coldness and desire to urinate, with colic as before diarrhoea; in the evening, [1] . Heat. [100.]
Increased warmth, especially in the morning ; is less chilly in the cold air, and does not dread cold water, [1] . Warmth in the head, genitals, and legs, at night, [1] .
Aggravation
( Morning ), No appetite; weariness in small of back; warmth .
( Evening ), Vertigo, etc.; coldness, etc.
( Night ), Frequent micturition; rush of blood to legs; warmth in head.
( Motion ), Pains in arms.
( Riding in carriage ), Headache.
Amelioration
( Washing in ice-cold water ), Is very agreeable.