Taraxacum Officinale

Dandelion. Cowpositse.

Introduced and proved by Hahnemann, assisted by Franz, Gutmann, Kummer, Langhammer and Rasazerasky.

CLiNiCAii Authorities. — Ague, Bartl., Newmarin, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 990; Typhoid fever, Bcenningliausen, Horn. CI., vol. 3, p. 54; Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 790.

^ Mind. I ' Constant muttering to himself. ^Typhus. Inclined to talk, laugh and be merry. Undecided, shunning labor, but after beginning, works well. ^ Sensorium. l l Vertigo when walking about ; apyrexia of ague.

Dulness of head during a walk in open air, with reeling and dizziness ; unsteady gait, head inclines at times to 1., at others to r. side. ^ Inner Head. Drawing pain or needlelike stitches in 1, tem- ple while sitting, ceasing when walking and standing. ■ Violent tearing in occiput. ^Typhus. Pressure with heaviness in lower part of occiput, after

lying down. Sharp stitches externally in 1. side of forehead. I 1 Pressive pain in r. temple. Sensation in head as if brain were constricted on all sides

by pressure. Nausea with headache ; anxiety. * Outer Head. Head falls now to 1., now to r. side, with ver- tigo. I I Sweat on falling asleep, most on head. ^Quotidian ague. ^ Sight and Eyes. Aversion to light. Burning in 1. eyeball. Burning sticking in 1. eyeball, toward external canthus.

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^ Hearing and Ears. Drawing pain in external ear. ''Smell and Nose. Nosebleed, 1. side.

I I Nose cold. /^Quotidian ague. ^ Upper Face. Face hot and red.

rimples on cheeks, alse nasi and corners of mouth. ^ Lower Face. Upper lip cracked.

^'^ Teeth and Gums. Teeth : feel dull ; set on edge, as from acids, when chewing food. Bleeding from carious teeth, blood having a sour taste. "Taste and Tongue, i Taste: bitter, before eating; bitter, rising from pharynx into mouth ; sour ; saltish, espe- cially of butter and meat.

II White spots on tongue among the red.

I Tongue: coated white; cleans off in patches, leaving dark-red, tender, very sensitive spots ; mapped tongue. '^ Inner Mouth. Tough, ropy, sour-tasting saliva. Sour water accumulates in mouth. Accumulation of saliva in mouth, with sensation as if

larynx were compressed. Suppurating pimple in right corner of mouth. Smarting, burning and rawness in mouth and fauces. 13 Throat. Throat and larynx feel as if closed.

During and after swallowing of food, aching across clavi- cles, up 1. side of her neck into ear; gullet feels too small for food. Dryness in throat.

Hawking up of sour mucus setting teeth on edge. Sharp pressure in anterior wall of pharynx and larynx, disappears on swallowing. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. 1 1 Great thirst, day and night. I I Loss of appetite. ^Jaundice. ^^ Eating and Drinking, i After taking anything to eat or drink, great chilliness. ^Typhus.

Coughs after eating. Bitterish taste in mouth before eating. Empty belching, after drinking. Burning in throat from smoking, > from drinking.

Irresistible drowsiness after a meal. '^Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Eructa- tions bitter; hiccough. I I Belching, gagging, nausea at night. ^Ague. Nausea, with headache, anxiety ; after fat food. "' Scrobiculum and Stomach.

Rawness extending from mouth to stomach, with burning in stomach, rising up toward throat. I I Digestion disturbed. ^Jaundice.

I Bilious dyspepsia; bitter taste; nausea as after fat food ; mapped tongue ; pain in legs > when moving.

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'^ Hypochondria, l Liver enlarged, indurated. /? Jaundice. I I Pain in region of spleen. ^Ague.

I Tongue mapped, bitter taste in mouth, chilliness after eating or drinking, pain and soreness in region of liver, bilious diarrhoea. '^ Abdomen. Motions in lower abdomen as if bubbles were forming and bursting. I I Abdomen puffed. ^Jaundice. Stitching pains in abdomen, especially in sides. ^^ Stool and Rectum. ' l Ineffectual urging, with much press- ing; scanty hard stool. ^Ague.

I I Stool difficult, even if not hard. ^Ague. Voluptuous itching in perineum, compelling scratching. I Constipation. ^Jaundice. ^' Urinary Organs. Frequent, profuse pale urine. ^Diabetes. ^^ Male Sexual Organs.

I l In a hard swelling in 1. epididy- mis, following an inflammation after contusion, violent shooting pains, running upward and spreading over whole pubic region, after urinating. ^' Female Sexual Organs, i i Suppressed menses. ^^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. As if larynx were compressed, with saliva in mouth, hoarse in speak- ing, with bitter phlegm in throat. ^^ Respiration. With deeper inhalations tensive pain in region of diaphragm.

With exhalation, more than with inhalation, burning

pressure in sternum. With exhalation, pressure from inside to short ribs in

region of liver, extending up chest. Deeper respirations > pressive stitch in r. chest. ^'' Cough. Sour- tasting sputa.

^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Stitches in chest, during inspi- ration. I I Boring, digging in chest. Pressing pain in chest. ^° Outer Chest, l l Twitching in r. intercostal muscles.

Pressure on xiphoid process. ^' Neck and Back. Tearing from ear down to neck.

Rolling and gurgling sensation in r. scapula, feeling chilly. Pressing stitches along spine, mostly in sacrum, with

dyspnoea. Twitching in lower portion of side of- neck. Sticking, as with a somewhat blunt needle, in 1. side of nape of neck, disappearing on sitting down. ^^ Upper Limbs. Twitching in muscles of arms. Numbness in 1. arm, side of head and ear. Pressive pain in r. middle, ring and little fingers. Hands hot or cold.

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Finger tips icy-cold. Twitching of muscles of 1. forearm. ^^ Lower Limbs. Stitches in thighs, calves and soles. Tension in 1. thigh when stooping. Pressive pain in 1. calf.

Jerking pain in r. calf, ceases quickly when touched. I I Tearing pains only in lower limbs, < during rest.

^Typhus. Pressure in dorsum of r. foot, while sitting. Burning in knees, legs and toes.

Drawing pain in dorsum of r. foot, when standing; ceas- ing when sitting. Severe, or fine stitching pains in r. sole from within out- ward, while sitting. '* Limbs in General. Can move limbs, but they feel as if bound or powerless. Limbs painful to touch and when in a wrong position. ^Rest. Position. Motion. Rest: tearing pains in limbs <. Lying : pressure in occiput.

Sitting : pain in 1. temple ; pressure in dorsum of r. foot ; drawing in dorsum of r. foot > ; stitching pains in r. sole; yawning. Standing : drawing in dorsum of r. foot. Stooping : tension in 1. thigh. A wrong position : causes pain in limbs. Walking: vertigo; in open air, dulness of head.

I I Unconquerable desire to sleep on leaving table; fright- ful dreams, of which he preserves no recollection other than a painful impression. ^Time. 8 p.m.: hands and nose cold.

Night: nausea; heat in face and hands; chilliness, with sweat. *^ Temperature and Weather, i Inclined to open air.

In open air: chill. *" Fever. I l Tips of fingers icy-cold.

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Heat: at night, on waking; most in face and hands; without thirst.

■ Sweat : mostly with thirst; copious, debilitating, at night,

causing biting on skin.

I I Chilliness of long duration, often whole day, followed in night by general and profuse sweat ; gastric disturb- ances; nausea; belching; stools delayed, scanty, hard, with much pressing; pain in region of spleen. 6 Ague.

I I About 8 P.M. hands and nose get cold, desires to go to bed and is soon asleep ; is hardly asleep before a profuse sweat appears, particularly on head, lasting an hour; lassitude ; tendency to vertigo when moving about. ^Quotidian ague.

I I Great prostration, loss of appetite; profuse sweats at night, was compelled to change his shirt three times every night; great thirst, day and night; restless sleep. ^Ague.

I I A hard chill, after eating or drinking. ^Typhus.

■ Ague: where Cinchona has only slightly delayed parox-

ysms, and where disease degenerated into a slow fever, especially in dry and bilious subjects.

■ Typhoid fever; during rest intolerable tearing pains, in

lower extremities; constant muttering delirium; vio- lent tearing pain in occiput ; great chilliness after eat- ing or drinking; mapped tongue.

■ Violent pains of typhoid or typho-malarial fevers, par-

ticularly in thighs. *^ Locality and Direction. Left : drawing or stitches in tem- ples; stitches in forehead ; burning sticking in eyeball ; nosebleed; aching from neck into ear; epididymitis; sticking in side of neck ; numbness of arm ; twitching in forearm ; tension in thigh ; pressive pain in calf.

Right: pressive pain in temple; pimple in corner of mouth ; twitching in intercostal muscles ; rolling and gurgling in scapula ; pressive pain in fingers ; jerking pain in calf; pressure in dorsum of foot; stitching pains in sole. *^ Sensations. As if brain were constricted ; as if teeth were set on edge; as if larynx were compressed; as if closed, throat and larynx; as if bubbles were forming and bursting in abdomen ; as if rolling and gurgling in r. scapula; as if limbs were bound or powerless.

Pain : in region of spleen ; in region of liver.

Jerking pain : in r. calf.

Needlelike stitches : in 1. temple.

Stitches: in 1. forehead ; in abdomen, especially sides; in chest; in thighs, calves and soles; in r. sole.

Pressing stitches : along spine ; in sacrum.

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Shooting: from epididymis over pubic region.

Sticking : in 1. eyeball ; as with blunt needle on 1. side of nape.

Stinging: in skin.

Tearing : in occiput; from ear to neck ; in lower limbs.

Boring digging : in chest.

Drawing pain: in 1. temple; in external ear; on dorsum of r. foot.

Burning : in 1. eyeball ; in mouth and fauces ; in throat ; in stomach ; in knees, legs and toes.

Burning pressure: in sternum, < with exhalation.

Biting : in skin with sweat.

Smarting : in mouth and fauces.

Soreness: in region of liver.

Rawness: in mouth and fauces; from mouth to stomach.

Pressure: in occiput; from region of liver into chest; in chest; on xiphoid process; in fingers; upon back of foot.

Aching : across clavicles ; up 1. neck into ear.

Tensive pain : in region of diaphragm with deep inhala- tion.

Pressive pain: in r. temple; in 1. calf.

Tension : in 1. thigh when stooping.

Dulness : of head.

Heaviness : in occiput.

Numbness: in 1. arm.

Itching: in perineum. ^* Tissues, I Gastric bilious attacks, with mapped tongue.

limbs painful. *^ Skin. I I Unhealthy, pimply, sycotic skin.

Stinging in skin.

Eruption over body and limbs, itching severely and ap- pearing to be a mixture of lichen and urticaria.

Girl, set. 19, servant; typhoid fever.

Man, set. 46 ; ague.

A man; unhealthy, pimply, sycotic skin. ^^ Relations. Compatible: ^rsm. in night-sw^eats.

Chelid., Hydrast, Pulsat.

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