Castanea Vesca

Chestnut. Cupuliferce.

Tincture of the leaves.

Symptoms marked 1 1 are those italicized in Allen's Encyclopedia, from provings of Houghton and others. Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counselor, Feb., 1880.

" Throat, l ■ Slight acrid feeling in throat.

" Desire. I l Desire for warm drinks.

^^ Abdomen. I l Abdominal walls sensitive.

I I An uncomfortable relaxed condition of the abdominal viscera all day, better when lying on back.

^^ Stool and Rectum. I l The soft stools consisted of short, small pieces, like chopped tape; this character of stool has con- tinued for three years, whenever loose stools occur. I 11.30 P.M., sudden and urgent desire for stool, accompanied by severe pain and rumbling; pain relieved by stool.

"Cough. I Pertussis, early stage, with violent spasmodic, very dry, ringing cough.

^^ Best. Position. Motion. Lying on back : > relaxed con- dition of abdominal viscera.

^" Fever. I l Perspiration very free after drinking.

*^ Sensation. Acrid : in throat. Pain: before stool.

*^ Relations. Compare: Amm.hrom.,lMephit. diUdillNaphthal. in whooping-cough.

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CASTOREUffl.

Castor Fiber. Rodentia.

Tincture of secretion contained in preputial sacs of the beaver.

Mentioned by Galen, Hippocrates and Pliny, and in use among the Ara- bians, who gave it in hepatic and uterine troubles, and in epilepsy and convulsions. Eecommended later for hysterical complaints by Pomet and Hill; for deafness, by Lemery.

The only provings are by Caspar! and Nenning; the former proved the Russian, the latter the Austrian variety. See Allen's Encyclopedia, Vol. III. The original in Hartlaub and Trink's Annates, Vol. Ill, p. 314.

Clinical symptoms are from Gosewisch, Siegrist, Neidhard, Trousseau and Pidoux and H. M., 1879.

^ Mind. Very peevish humor, indisposed to talk.

Very sensitive to all kinds of impressions.

Irritable in morning ; cheerful abandon in evening.

B Melancholic and full of anxious longing. ^Hysteria.

Angry exclamations during sleep. ^ Sensorium. Giddiness and fainting. ^ Inner Head. Headache, with giddiness and fainting.

Heaviness, with drawing pain in head.

Transitory pressure in forehead.

Dull headache from in outwards in r. forehead. ^ Sight and Eyes. ■ Dimness of vision, and lachrymation. ^Ca- tarrh.

Appearance before eyes, as though he had not slept enough.

I 1 Eyes are agglutinated nearly all night. ^ Hearing and Ears. Earache and buzzing in ears.

Pain behind 1. ear.

Otorrhoea. '® Teeth and Gums. Pain in 1. lower row of molar teeth.

Swelling of gums. " Taste and Tongue. Swelling of tongue.

I A rounded elevation in centre of tongue, the size of a pea, sur- rounded by an angry suspicious-looking base, the size of a nickel five-cent piece, extremely sensitive to touch or food, with a drawing sensation as if a string was pulling centre of tongue towards hyoid bone, with burning in tongue. ^^ Inner Mouth. Bad smell from mouth. 13 Throat. Dryness of oesophagus. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Want of appetite.

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I I Thirst is so violent that she could not drink enough water, after dinner. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Belching, with stitches in chest. Nausea after urinating.

" Scrobiculum and Stomach. Weight at stomach. Griping in stomach.

Tenesmus in stomach, with constrictive pain under sternum. Tension and heaviness in stomach. Emptiness in stomach.

I Sensation in stomach as though it would go to sleep. ^^ Hypochondria. Pressure in region of liver from in outwards. ^^ Abdomen. Pain in 1. side of abdomen. Colic from flatulency. ■ Yawning, in abdominal complaints. Abdomen distended, in afternoon. I I Umbilical hernia, with colic, in a screaming infant. Abdomen feels as though full and distended. Above 1. ilium in flanks, sensation of soreness as though from

an internal wound. On taking a deep breath stitching pains on both sides in ab- domen, above hips to spinal column, extending to region of liver, as though he was being stuck, in various places above ilium, with needles. ^^ Stool and Rectum. Stools: l whitish, watery ; bloody mucus; greenish mucus; frequent. I Stools contain pus; patient is compelled to sit bent double;

feels gagged when lying down. Before stool : cutting or pinching colic ; painful rumbling ;

dragging in groin. During stool : fetid flatus ; I burning at anus. I After stool: burning at anus.

Accompaniments of bowel complaints : yawning ; chilliness ; bad smell from mouth ; violent thirst. ^^ Urinary Organs. Scanty urine; heat and burning when urin- ating. After urinating : nausea. 22 Male Sexual Organs. ■ Seminal emissions, with great excit- ability of sexual parts. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. During menses : pain commences in middle of thighs, extending over limbs, and more or less over entire body. • Dysmenorrhoea ; abdomen distended ; blood leaves uterus in drops, with tenesmus-like pain. ^' Pregnancy.

Parturition. Lactation. Nausea and vomit- ing in pregnancy. 2^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia.

Hoarseness with disposition to clear throat.

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^® Respiration. Shortness of breathing, in forenoon; when walk- ing fast.

■ Short, difficult breathing, with frequent, long inspirations. I Very deep inspirations, with heat in breast and in face.

■ Frequent, slow, deep inspirations, with short expirations. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Stitches in chest, with belching.

Heat in breast, as though a fire was burning there, in evening. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Feeling of oppression about

^^ Outer Chest. Cramp-like pains extending across breast.

Pain under sternum, when touching it.

I On taking a deep breath, sensation as though something heavy lay under sternum.

Pressure on sides of sternum, especially on expiration.

Sensation of internal heat under sternum. '^ Upper Limbs. Pain in r. shoulder, when at rest and in motion, as though he had carried something heavy.

Hot hands, with distended veins. ^^ Lower Limbs. Great feeling of lassitude in lower limbs.

Pressure in 1. flank downwards through inguinal gland, when walking.

Sensation of heaviness in whole body.

Trembling of limbs.

\ Chorea, epilepsy, whooping-cough, nervous palpitation, cramp in various parts of body, and tetanus.

Paralysis. ^^ Sleep. Sleepiness.

B Constant yawning, though never sleeping in day-time.

In sleep, angry exclamations.

Cannot sleep after eating. ^^ Time. Morning : irritable.

Night: eyes agglutinated.

Afternoon: abdomen distended. ^0 Fever, Shuddering of single parts, back, vertex, forehead, elbow, feet.

I Typhus. ^^ Locality and Direction. Left: behind ear, pain; lower row

of molars pain; abdomen, pain; ilium, soreness; flank, pressure.

Right : forehead, dull headache ; shoulder, pain.

Burning: in tongue; at anus; in breast, as of fire.

Stitching: pains on both sides of abdomen ; inchest.

Griping: in stomach.

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evacuations ; appearing suddenly after mental emotions, or

getting cold feet; accompanied by pallor, cold sweat and

fainting. Inflammatory and spasmodic afiections of digestive and sexual

Amhra gris., Ignat., Moschus, Valer., especially

in nervous women with pains, cramps and weakness after

severe illness.