Artemisia Vulgaris

Wormioood. Compositce.

A popular drug already known to the Greeks and Romans, in later times much given in epilepsy and spasms of children. The late Dr. Metcalf pub- lished in 1853, in the North American Journal of Homoeopathy, Vol. Ill, p. 74, a very valuable collection of cases cured by the Old School, defending at the same time the use of drugs (pro tem.) before proving.

It was also re- commended and given in our School before provings had been made, by Frederick Miller, now in Montreal, and his cures were subsequently cor- roborated. Only the corroborated symptoms are marked I.

What Noak had collected and Allen translated, are observations of Allo- pathists, on the sick only, but as they are very useful, they have been added, and marked -.

Tincture of the fibrillse of the root has been used.

^ Mind. Complete unconsciousne^'s. d Hydrocephalus. Insensible for two hours. 6 Epilepsy. I Stupor following the convulsions, d Child, ?et. 4.

■ Mental powers become gradually extinct, d Epilepsy. Delirium, d Hydrocephalus.

Hallucinations during the lucid intervals ; manifests fear and horror.

I Gets up every night and does her daily work as a house ser- vant, with closed eyes, lies down again and cannot remember anything next morning. 6 Somnambulism.

■ Inclination to steal. ^Boy, with epilepsy. Sudden whining, d Before eclampsia.

■ Piercing shriek, turns the eyes, with violent clonic spasms of

all the limbs, d Child with eclampsia. I I Picking of bed covers, making a fold of the skin on the back of her mother's hand, saying that it will not come off, wants a knife to cut it off. d Hydrocephalus.

■ Peevish and inclined to weep. 6 Chorea.

Very much vexed, irritable, depressed during the day before an attack at night, d Epilepsy.

■ Moroseness. ^Epilepsy.

■ Morose and tearful. ^Chorea.

Excitability all day before an attack at night, d Epilepsy. After a sudden fright, d Epilepsy.

■ Fright and other emotions are followed by epilepsy. Weakminded with epileptic fits.

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I Attacks brought on particularly by bodily exertion or by al- luding to the disease. 6 Catalepsy. ^ Sensorium. Great heaviness in the head on moving it.

Stupor ; after convulsions. 0 Hydrocephalus. See 3.

Insensibility after the fit. d Epilepsy.

Vertigo caused by colored window glass, but not by white light.

Epileptic vertigo. ^ Inner Head. Sharp, shooting pain through the head, d Hydro- cephalus.

Great heaviness and pressure, d Hydrocephalus.

Great heaviness in the head, morning. ^Nocturnal epilepsy.

■ Hydrocephalus acutus ; second stage.

Great congestion of cerebro-spinal vessels of the meninges. Extreme hyperaemia of medulla oblongata, spine and meninges. * Outer Head. Heaviness of head, d Hydrocephalus. Cannot hold the head up after the spasms. Head drawn backwards by spasmodic twitchings.

■ Head bent backwards and sidewards. ^Hydrocephalic

spasms.

Very copious sweat on the occiput during recovery. 6 Hydro- cephalus. ^ Sight and Eyes. I Colored light, as light falling through stained glass windows, naakes head dizzy ; white light does not. ,

I Letters run together while studying or reading.

Sees double ; eyes fatigue from study, sight dims.

Staring at the ceiling. 6 Hydrocephalus.

I Staring straight forward with immovable eyes, d Catalepsy.

Staring eyes with dilated pupils, d Hydrocephalus.

I Left pupil dilated more than the right. 6 Epilepsy.

I Eyes turned upwards, half open. 6 Hydrocephalus.

■ Turning up his eyes, only a trace of cornea to be seen ; before

the spasms. ^ A child. Turning the eyes ; iris out of sight. 6 Eclampsia.

■ Tears run from the eyes during the attack. 6 Catalepsy.

■ Eyes streamed water. 0 Catalepsy.

^ Face. ■Twitchings in the face, the only neuralgic movements. 6 Catalepsy.

■ Mouth drawn to the left side, d Epilepsy. Face pale, looks oldish. 6 Hydrocephalus.

^ Lower Part of Face. ■Lower jaw pressed forwards. ^Hy- drocephalus. Mouth cannot be opened except with great difficulty. 6 Hy- drocephalus. Chewing motion of gums ; grinding teeth. 6 Hydrocephalus. ^^ Teeth and Gums. ■Grinding of teeth, froth at the mouth, the thumbs drawn into the fist, eyes half open, drawn upwards. 6 Hydrocephalic spasms.

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^^ Taste, Speech, Tongue. Tongue bitten in the morning. d Epilepsy. Tongue dry. d Hydrocephalus. I Bites the tongue in the spasms.

I Considerable laceration of the tongue. ^Epilepsy.

Speech unintelligible — can utter but single words, and these only with great exertion, d Chorea. ^^ Month. I Froth at the mouth. ^ Spasm. ^Chorea. ^Hydro- cephalus. ^^ Palate and Throat. Hunger, but cannot get the food down. Swallowing difficult. 6 Chorea. 6 Cynanche cellularis.

■ Swallowing diflScult ; food escapes from the mouth. ^Chorea. ^^ Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea and vomiting.

^^ stomach. Cramp in stomach.

^^ Abdomen, l Occasionally slight colicky pain. ^Chorea.

I I Violent cramps in abdomen ; irregular, insufficient catamenia. ^Epilepsy.

Abdomen sunk in. 6 Hydrocephalus. Abdomen swollen, d Hydrocephalus.

• Worms.

^" Rectum and Stool. Greenish diarrhoea. 6 Hydrocephalus.

Passes feces and urine with the spasm, ^^ Urinary Organs, tt On the morning after the second dose in- creased urination of yellow unsedimentary urine. 6 Epi- lepsy. I Urine increased, yellowish. ^Epilepsy. Since midnight, several times, a thick, turbid urine ; dark red, yellow, d Hydrocephalus.

■ Obstinate strangury of a child.

^^ Male Sexual Organs. iNightly pollutions. ^ Youth, «t. 16.

Seminal ejaculations with the spasms. ^^ Female Sexual Organs, tt Prolapsus uteri.

7T Violent contractions of the uterus ; labor pains.

TT Rupture of uterus.

71 Metrorrhagia.

: Spasmodic affection during catamenia.

• Suppressed menstruation,

■ Irregular or deficient menstruation with epileptic convulsions. Suppressed menses or amenorrhoea. ^Epilepsy,

■ Nervous chlorosis with a very dry skin,

^* Pregnancy and Parturition, tt Miscarriage, Violent contractions of the pregnant uterus,

■ Retained afterbirth.

Spasms in childbed from fright, 71 Increase of lochial discharge, j Lochial discharge interrupted,

■ Eclampsia of sucklings,

^® Respiration. I Rattling breathing with the spasms.

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■ Breathing checked ; suddenly a deep inhalation ends the attack.

6 Catalepsy. ^^ Cough, A half dry, painless cough, disturbing sleep. 6 After

recovery from hydrocephalus. ^^ Lungs. Audible rattling in chest. ^Eclampsia. ^' Heart. I Palpitation. 6 Hysteria.

Small ecchymoses on endocardium and pericardium. ^^ Upper Limbs. Trembling hands, spasmodically affected are lifted and put near the head, d Hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalic spasms. Clenched thumbs. 3^ Lower Limbs, ll Overfatigue and weakness of the feet after

long walks, or after long illness. ^* Limbs in General. Spasms of hands and feet.

Tormenting stretching of the limbs. ^' Rest. Position. Motion. >Has to sit but cannot without support, or she would be thrown from the chair, d Chorea. Exertion : attacks ■< ; overfatigue. Motion : heaviness in head. ^ Nerves, tt Sensation of the nervous system.

I In a very nervous state; constantly picking with fingers. d Epilepsy.

I Very much exhausted, obliged to sit down after the attack.

6 Catalepsy. Dogs for a while motionless, remain standing half unconscious, head and tail lowered.

■ Paroxysms followed by a perfect though short soporous state. 71 Spasmodic twitchings, most in cervical muscles, drawing

head upward and backward, later extending also to shoulders and back.

I I Chorea. See 35.

1 1 Spasms and convulsions.

I Spasms lasting ten minutes or longer, ending in perfect relax- ation resembling paralysis, followed by a sound sleep of half an hour or more.

• Hysterical fits.

Convulsions, preventing falling asleep, more r. side. 6 Hydro- cephalus.

■ Right side convulsed, left paralyzed, d Hydrocephalus. Urine and feces pass involuntarily during the spasms. Tetanus in periodical attacks with pain in the whole chest and

increased trismus. Falling to the ground with trismus, tonic spasms of one side of body, followed by clonic spasms.

■ Remaining in the same position, she stares straight before her

with fixed eyes, d Catalepsy. Catalepsy since a great fright with anxiety and fear, in a man, get. 25 ; the attacks return after each vexation.

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I All the limbs in a violent clonic spasm lasting about ten min-

utes, leaving a paralytic relaxation. 6 Eclampsia. Exhaustion and sleep after eclampsia. Clonic spasms of hands and feet. 6 Eclampsia.

II Eclampsia of sucklings or teething children.

■ Epileptic spasms of children.

t: Increase of epileptic paroxysms.

I Epilepsy; often repeated attacks; the day before the attacks

excitable, irritable ; deep sleep after it ; later, oflFensive

sweat. 6 Epilepsy.

■ Suddenly seized with an electric shock, making him insensible

for two hours ; foaming at the mouth, which was drawn to . the left side ; has considerable laceration of the tongue after the fit, and left side numb for two days. 6 Epilepsy.

■ Epileptic convulsions mostly in the morning, at intervals of 2

or 4 months. Child set. 4 years.

■ Nocturnal epilepsy with a man, get. 42.

■ Frequent nocturnal epileptic paroxysms after suffering great

grief.

■ Epileptic attacks in childbed after a fright.

■ ■Epileptic spasms after cooling off while overheated from

dancing. Epileptic attacks consequent upon a drunken tumble into the water.

■ ■Epilepsy with menstrual disturbances.

■ Convulsions in the day time, consequent upon fever and diar-

rhoea.

■ ■Epileptic attacks, several every day.

I I Epileptic attacks follow each other so soon that the sick do

not come to a full and clear consciousness. : Epilepsy with imbecility. Epileptic vertigo. : Epilepsy with congestion to the head.

■ Convulsions every 10 or 15 minutes, bending head back-

wards and sidewards. 6 Hydrocephalus. Nocturnal epilepsy with violent trismus, injuring teeth. During epileptic attacks violent sweat of an offensive odor. ^^ Sleep. Long and deep sleep after the attack. ^Epilepsy. d Eclampsia.

■ Sopor. ^Hydrocephalus.

Dreams of snow and strange people in the room, d Hydroce- phalus.

■ No muscular motions at night. 6 Chorea. Somnambulism, gets up at night and resumes her daily work.

See 1. ^^ Time. Morning : heaviness in head ; tongue bitter ; increased urination ; epilepsy. Towards noon : epilepsy recurs.

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During day : irritable ; excitable ; convulsions.

Towards evening : fainting fit. ♦

Night : pollutions ; epilepsy ; walks in sleep.

After midnight : turbid urine. '^ Temperature and Weather. After a fall in the water, while

drunk, d Epilepsy. *° Fever. Chilly ; generally unwell and drawing in the limbs before an attack, d Convulsions.

Body cold. 6 Hydrocephalus.

Warm sweat all over, most on occiput; after the remedy.

I I Febris nervosa stupida. 6 Hydrocephalus. Sweat is a sign of relief, d Epilepsy.

71 Strong sweat, with a specific bad odor, cadaverous or gar- licky, d Ague. "Attacks. I Fits every five weeks, menses regular. ^Epilepsy.

II Often repeated attacks. ^Epilepsy.

■ Attacks of three to five minutes duration, twice within half

an hour, d Catalepsy.

Attacks recur : at night ; every five weeks. *^ Locality and Direction. ! Right side convulsed, left paral- yzed, d Hydrocephalus.

Right side somewhat lame since birth, still convulsions on both sides with a boy, set. 18 months.

Left : pupil dilated ; mouth drawn ; side numb.

Forwards : lower jaw protrudes.

Upwards : eyes turn.

Backward and sideways : head bends. *^ Sensations. Shooting : through head.

Drawing : in limbs.

Electric shock : in epilepsy.

Heaviness : in the head. ** Tissues. Extreme hypersemia of medulla oblongata.

■ Congestion of brain and spine. See Convulsions.

Small ecchymoses found on the pericardium and endocardium. *^ Injuries. B Epilepsy from a blow on the head, commencing

three years after. '*® Skin. TT Large scrofulous blotch after the recovery of hydro- cephalic spasms. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Strong, full-blooded, well-fed children, during dentition. ^Eclampsia. Boy, get. 14 weeks, 15 attacks in 24 hours. 6 Eclampsia. A child, set. 6 months; after the mother had suffered much from grief during pregnancy ; from 4 to 6 paroxysms a day for 2 months. 6 Eclampsia. llBoy, set. 18 months ; skull injured during birth ; frightened

by bite of a dog. d Croup and convulsions. I A weakly, miserable boy, set. 2, emaciated after typhus with

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diarrhoea, loss of consciousness and constant boring with occiput in the cushions, d Hydrocephalic spasms.

Girl, set. 10, delicate, irritable. 6 Chorea. (9 Scrofula.

Boy, set. 12, after ascarides had been removed, d Chorea.

A stout, active, healthy boy, aet. 13, suffering for three years from epilepsy, after a box on the ear, having for six months from 6 to 18 paroxysms a day, besides 3 to 5 at night.

Robust girl, set. 10, has not menstruated ; suffered since 18 months with somnambulisnl.

Girl, aged 16 ; attacked during her development ; occur every 48 hours ; cured by a single dose, d Epilepsy.

Girl, set. 16, 3 or 4 epileptic attacks within a week, with irreg- ular catamenia or after the menses.

Girl, set. 17, for 4 months 3 to 4 fits every day. ^Epilepsy.

A girl, set. 17, since 5 years affected with epileptic attacks.

Girl, set. 18, strong, well developed, plethoric. ^Epilepsy.

Man, set. 20, since 2 years. 6 Epilepsy.

Man, set. 20, after fright an epileptic paroxysm, later from taking cold, recurring every 3, 4 weeks, towards noon, finally every other day, between 9 and 10 a.m.

Girl, set. 27, fits since 12 years without an aura; menses regu- lar, d Epilepsy.

Weakly, hysteric women, d Menorrhagia.

Woman, set. 28, slender, weakly constitution, dry skin, after hearing frightful news, had two attacks of from 3 to 5 min- utes duration in half an hour. 6 Catalepsy.

Man, set. 29, periodically epileptic for four years.

Man, £et. 32, strong, powerful, fresh appearance and choleric temperament, epileptic attacks when he got angry.

A somewhat imbecile man, set. 36, attacked from childhood twice a week, sometimes oftener ; first reduced to one a month, and by a stronger dose entirely removed. ^Epi- lepsy.

Woman, set. 41, after changing an active for a sedentary life, attended by grief and menstrual irregularities, first hysterical difficulties, succeeded by convulsions passing into true epi- lepsy.

Man, set. 42, for a year and a half nocturnal epilepsy, recurring at intervals from 2 to 3 months.

Man, get. 45, lank, choleric, frequent attacks of catalepsy, six or more a day, aggravated by passion.

A healthy man, set. 60, suffering for years great care and grief, was attacked by fainting fit generally towards evening and finally decided epilepsy since 18 months. *^ Relationship. Acts better given with wine than with water.

Nearest relation: Absinth., Ahrot.

More distant : Cina, Tanac, Chamom., Arnic, 31illef.

Compare with : Caustic, Pulsat., JRuta, Secale, Stramon.

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In alternation : Stramon., Pulsat , Aurum.

After Aeon., Bellad., Bryon., Helleh., Cina ; on the 5th day. d Hydrocephalus acutus.

After lodiitm, acting well. 6 Epilepsy.

Caustic, in epilepsy after Artemisia.

Similar to: Absinth, (family relation) ; Oiciit. (staring, jerk- ing head, etc.) ; Cina{ejes); ^J)^'s (hydrocephalus) ; Melleh. (hydrocephalus) ; Bufo (irritable before epileptic attack) ; Caustic. Chamom.