Actaea Spicata

Baneherry. Jtanunculacece.

Grows in the woods of Europe and Asia, as does the racemosa in North America. Proved by Petroz and Lemercier in France, and Macfarlan of Philadelphia.

^ Mind. Weakness of memory, incapacity to recollect.

Occasional absence of mind.

Judgement perplexed.

Bewildering fits, almost to the degree of insanity.

Self deception.

Furious delirium ; also during the fever.

Great desire to work, though incapable of it.

Inclined to debauchery.

Indisposed to close thinking.

Self satisfaction.

Mental enjoyment while exercising.

Sad, lamenting and sighing.

Dejection with inclination to weep.

Melancholy.

Hopelessness.

Constant apprehension.

Anxious solicitude when quiet.

Anxiety with urging in the heart. See 29.

Fear of death, especially at night in bed.

Distaste of life.

Desperation about the success of every, even the most trifling undertaking.

Irresolution, inconstancy and caprice.

Obstinacy and anger.

Impatient and restless, d Rheumatism.

Mental exhaustion.

After exertions of the mind. See 40.

Worse from fright : 23 ; from mental anxiety : 6. ^ Sensorium. Loss of consciousness.

A kind of drunkenness.

Giddiness and reeling in the open air.

Vertigo with darkness before the eyes.

Dizziness; forehead feels empty when stooping. ^ Inner Head. Twitching in the temples ; I pain from a de- cayed tooth to temples.

Pressure in the vertex.

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Hammering pain in the occiput. Boring pain in the head.

Pressure in the forehead after having been in the sun. Head symptoms worse at night, from walking ; return period- ically; I also after the fever. Tearing and dullness in forehead.

Racking in the vertex, extending to eyebrows, causing despair. ^ Outer Head. Pain, seemingly in the periosteum, and even in the bones. I Warm sweat on the head. I Small pimples on the scalp. ' Sight and Eyes.

Objects seem colored blue. Spots before the eyes when looking steadily. Catarrhal inflammation of the eyes. Sharp pain through the eye into the head.

Flow of burning tears . " Hearing and Ears. Murmuring in the ears after sleeping ; worse from mental anxiety. Twitching pain in the ears when blowing the nose or sneezing.

"^ Nose. Nose bleed during oppression of chest. Nostrils red.

Nasal mucus blood- tinged; bruised pain in the nose. * Face. Face sensitive.

I Pain as of rheumatism in the face; pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to the temples ; worse from the slightest touch or movement of the muscles. The cheek he lies on sweats. ' Lower Part of Face. Yellow around the mouth. Lips chapped.

Submaxillary glands hurt during mastication. ^^ Teeth. Pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to the temples. ^^ Inner Mouth. Increased saliva.

Fetid odor from the mouth. ^^ Throat' Throat becomes sore when speaking.

Tearing pains in the throat, especially when breathing cold air. ^* Appetite. Hunger, with aversion to food. More appetite in the morning. Disgust for food, d Rheumatism. ^^ Eating and Drinking. Worse from salt meat ; beer ; smok- ing tobacco. After a meal : uneasiness ; lassitude. After drinking, shuddering. ^^ Belching. Nausea and Vomiting. Belching during the chill. Nausea; vomituritio, with dizziness. Sour vomiting. 6 Cancer of stomach.

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^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Painful pressure in the pit of

tlie stomach. Drawing in the epigastrium.

■ Tearing, darting pain in the epigastric region, with vomiting.

d Cancer. Cramp in the stomach. ^^ Hypochondria, Beating, throbbing in hypochondria, d Hepa- titis. Pressure in region of liver hurts, d Hepatitis. Region of spleen insensible. ^* Abdomen. Spasmodic contraction of the bowels. Uneasiness ; as before diarrhoea. Abdomen sensitive. ^^ Stool. Copious emission of wind ; no stool ; constipation

from lack of bile. ^^ Urinary Organs. Throbbing in the region of the kidneys, Renal calculi.

Frequent urging ; pains in passing urine. White sediment.

Urine deposits a brick-dust sediment. ^Rheumatism. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. Menses suppressed by fright.

Menses suppressed from cold. 6 Pleurisy. ^^ Respiration. Too weak to breathe ; obvious mostly during expiration. Nosebleed, with oppression of the chest.

Difficult inhalation ; stitches in the epigastrium during deep breathing or a painful shock ; or pain in the hip. ■^^ Heart and Pulse. Urging sensation in the heart towards the abdomen and region of the liver, with great anxiety at night. Pulse, 120. ^ Fever, ^Rheumatism. ^' Back. Bruised pain in the sacral region, when lying on the

side. ^^ Upper Limbs. I Lameness in the right arm.

1 1 Right wrist pains intolerably, is swollen; motion impossi- ble ; slightest pressure on the palm of the hand near the little finger causes him to cry out. 6 Rheumatism. I Pain, as from paralytic weakness of the hands. Fingers numb, cold, discolored. ^^ Lower Limbs. Boring pains, better from stretching. Thighs tremble when raised. Knees weary.

Legs weak after changes of temperature. ^* Limbs in General. I Swelling of the joints after slight fatigue.

■ Rheumatism of the small joints, especially of those of the

hands.

■ Small joints swell after walking. ^Rheumatism.

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^^ Rest. Position. Motion. After slight fatigue, joints swell. Lying on side : bruised pain in sacral region. Motion : rheumatic pains of face worse ; impossible in right

wrist. Exertion : causes cold sweat. Walking : afterwards small joints swell : 34 ; debility results :

36. Raising thighs : they tremble. Stretching : relieves boring : 33. ^^ Strength. Sudden lassitude.

Debility from walking in the open air.

■ Weakness and tingling.

^^ Time. Night : headache worse.

Morning : appetite better. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Change of temperature : legs weak afterwards.

Sun : pressure in forehead from being in it.

Open air : debility when walking in it.

Cold air : tearing pains in throat when breathing it. ^^ Fever. Chill, with belching.

Shuddering, with vomiting after heat.

Delirium during fever.

After fever, headache persists.

Sweat : viscid ; cold after the slightest exertion of mind or body in nervous people.

Suppressed sweat, d Rheumatism. ■'^ Attacks. Periodical : headache and other symptoms. ^^ Locality. Right: lameness of arm ; wrist pains and is swollen. ^^ Sensations. Throbbing in the whole body.

I Tearing, drawing pains.

Sharp, acute, rheumatic pains in small spots. ** Tissues. Aifections of parenchymatous organs.

Seat of old inflammations.

Active sanguineous congestions.

BiRheumatism showing itself partly in the small joints; pains in the wrists or finger-joints, very tender to the touch, ex- cruciating, worse at night. *^ Touch. Touch : rheumatic pains of face worse.

Pressure : causes pain in palm of hand. ^'' Stages of Life, Constitution. Especially suited to men {Act. 7XIC. to women).

Weak, nervous ; cold sweat. See 40.

■ Rheumatic diathesis.

^- Relationship. Answers well after Niix vom.

Collateral relations : Act. rac. and other Ranunculacege. Discrete relations : Aryiic; Bryon.; Caulojjh. (rheumatism of fingers) ; Lycop.; Rhus tox.; Sal. ac. and Sticta (small joints).

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