Jambos Eugenia

Malabar Plum tree ; Rose apple. Myrtacess.

A tree native to the tropics, never without flowers or fruit. The tincture is prepared from the fresh seeds, which are considered poisonous.

Introduced and proved by C. Hering. See Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 5, p. 231.

Clinical Authorities. — Epidemic catarrhal affections of respiratory passages, Hrg., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 13 ; Acne, C. Hg. and others, MSS.

^ Mind. Constantly desirous of sitting alone and reflecting.

Nothing seemed right, when sitting, he wanted to lie ; when lying, he wanted to rise again.

Slight but long continued drunkenness, which made him very talkative, but indolent.

Sudden, great change in him after micturition, everything seems more beautiful and bright, sky and trees more joyous and clear; but after quarter of an hour every- thing became gloomy again. ^ Sensorium. Whirling in head while sitting; houses at a distance seem to turn bottom upwards.

Vertigo after rising from lying down, caused by rush of blood to head.

Looking inattentively objects waver or tumble one over the other, on looking sharp all is right.

Confusion of head, and slight sticking in it.

Dulness and slight ticking in head.

Dizzy and nauseated, in evening. ^ Inner Head. Pressive, pinching pain in small spot deep in forehead.

■ Neuralgia in 1. forehead over eye.

Headache on r. side, deep in, as if a heavy board was lying there.

Headache as from a sticking from all sides at once, or as if everything was drawn together from within, recur- ring like a slow pulsation.

Headache, as if something was rolling in head, with burn- ing in it coming out at eyes, with lachrymation ; no re-

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lief from cold water; at last he became nauseated, was obliged to vomit, but headache was made < thereby; in evening lasting into night.

In evening, headache, nausea, vomiting, with subsequent bitterness of mouth, much thirst for cold water, and per- spiration after drinking.

Whole night, headache, burning in eyes, great thirst, and much micturition.

Pressive pinching pain on vertex, ^ Sight and Eyes. Darkness before eyes, everything seems double; on looking intently double vision disappears.

On looking intently at anything everything is in order, but if he only looks ahead of him, everything wavers before eyes and becomes confused.

Whirling before r. eye, as if it would become dark; eye becomes inflamed.

After micturition, suddenly bright before eyes.

Eyes look sleepy and drunken.

Red vessels from inner canthus to cornea.

It seems as though fire came out of eyes, and tears ran out of them in streams in evening and night.

Suddenly, biting in eyes, as from pepper.

Contractive, pinching pain in eyeball in small spot above r. inner canthus.

Right eye inflamed; needle-like stitches in inner canthus.

Unable to look at sun, eyes fill with w^ater.

Unable to close eyes in evening on account pf burning in them ; this also prevents sleeping at night.

Violent internal itching in eyes and nose in evening. ^ Hearing and Ears. 1 1 Catarrhal otitis. ® Upper Face. ' i Pimples on face, painful for some distance

about them. 6'Acne rosacese. ^" Teeth and Gums. Gums about hollow teeth inflamed and

painful. " Taste and Tongue. Pain on very small spot in region of

1. corner of hyoid bone, also when swallowing. '^ Inner Mouth. Frothy saliva in mouth when talking.

Mouth full of frothy, tenacious saliva; spits and hawks whole day.

Tenacious, yellowish, bloody mucus in mouth after mid- day nap. " Throat. At night, burning in eyes, violent thirst from dry- ness, low down in throat, so that he did not feel the drink, which also did not > the dryness.

Pain in a very small place in region of 1, corner of hyoid bone, also on swallowing.

iThroat inflamed. ^Catarrhal fever.

Cough felt in whole chest, but especially in pit of throat.

Mucus goes from nose into throat.

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" Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Eats and drinks

with a very good appetite, so that he takes too much ;

greater relish for tobacco. Much thirst for cold water, with perspiration, in morning;

on awaking. Wants to do nothing but smoke all day. ^® Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough

when eating, more like eructations than loud hiccough. Heartburn at night. Nausea, going off by smoking. I I Vomiting. '^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Sticking in pit of stomach. Pain in r. side near pit of stomach, under ribs as if it

would be drawn inward. Pressure and sticking in 1. side under ribs, near pit of

Contractive, pinching sensation deep in stomach. Sensation as of cramp in orifice of stomach, which results

in nausea. Nausea commences deep in stomach and rises uj) from end

transversely across abdomen, then becoming general. Colic, with laborlike pressing downward, much urging to

stool and to urinate, with scanty discharge. I I Colic.

I I Inguinal hernia from a fall. ^" Stool and Rectum. Urging to stool and colic; now and

then a somewhat diarrhoeic discharge is forced out

■ Scanty, hard stool, after much pressing, with spasmodic closure of anus after evacuation.

Very scanty, pasty, gritty stool.

Pressure as in diarrhoea, at first a hard, then a pasty stool.

After stool, stitching in abdomen from above downward.

It seems as if a ten pound weight was hanging upon rec- tum, and as if everything below would fall out.

Cramp or pinching pains in rectum.

I I Tenesmus.

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I Bleeding hemorrhoids, copious for days, with great relief of mind and body. ^^ Urinary Organs, l ' Tenesmus in bladder, ischuria. Burning during micturition.

■ Frequent urination during night.

^^ Male Sexual Organs. Violent erections with sexual desire, after midday nap.

Painful erections, with inward itching, without sexual desire.

Seminal discharge: too soon and almost without excite- ment in morning; retarded; the orgasm subsides sev- eral times before it leads to an ejaculation.

During coition no seminal discharge; penis relaxed.

No erections in morning.

■ Impotence.

■ Inflammatory affection of trachea. ^Catarrhal fever.

^^ Cough. Cough: from throat; in coughing, pain principally

in throat pit; more frequent in evening and at night;

not the least expectoration; causes dryness of throat. I I Cough raises something from pit of throat, but it always

gradually falls down again. Loose, deep cough, without expectoration and without

passes off; as soon as he swallows again is obliged to

■ Epidemic cough among children, with coryza, inflam-

mation of eyes and pain in ears.

■ Catarrh: with much phlegm and rheumatic pains ; with

rattling in chest.

Constantly obliged to expectorate.

When speaking, is obliged to spit out a frothy saliva.

Hawking; mucus yellowish and somewhat bloody.

Constant hawking, something is always loosening, but still something always remains adherent. ^^ Neck and Back. Fain deep in r. side of neck near oesoph- agus, a fine, sticking, cramplike, constant pain.

Pain in nape of neck which hinders turning.

Sticking pain in back as if something was sticking in spine, < by bending back.

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Pain in back, which makes him bend back inward, with heat in evening, disappearing in morning.

Sticking, burning, itching in a small spot on back, < after scratching.

I I Pain in small of back and in calves.

Pain as if a band was drawn from crest of one ilium to other; hip bones painful to pressure.

Pain in thighs and calves, he could hardly stand.

Paralytic pains in 1. tibia and feet.

Cramps in soles of feet when moving at night

Sitting: whirling in head; sticking above 1. crest of ilium < ; coldness as if he was naked.

Bending back: sticking pains <.

Bending inward: pain in back >.

Bending toward 1. side: sticking above 1. crest of ilium <.

Bending toward r. side: sticking above 1. crest of ilium >.

Standing: sticking above 1. crest of ilium <.

Could hardly stand: on account of pain in thighs and calves.

Moving: cramps in soles of feet.

Walking: much exhaustive yawning; perspiration. '^^ Nerves. Very much exhausted, but lively after drinking

coffee. ^^ Sleep. Much exhaustive yawning when walking in open air.

Forgetting all his business he crept into a corner and said he must sleep; he could not sleep, however, but still re- mained lying down.

After a sound midday sleep difficult waking, with much thirst and bruised sensation.

Sound sleep undisturbed by any difficulties.

Stupid midday sleep with confused dream. ^'^ Time. Morning: seminal discharge; no erections.

All day: spits and hawks.

After midday nap: yellowish, bloody mucus in mouth; violent erections.

Evening: dizzy and nauseated ; headache lasts into night; nausea, headache, vomiting; tears run out of eyes in streams; unable to close eyes oh account of burning; violent internal itching in eyes and nose; cough more frequent; heat in back.

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Before midnight: heat.

Night: headache, burning in eyes, great thirst, mnch mic- turition; tears run out of eyes in streams; burning in eyes prevents sleep; violent thirst; heartburn; frequent urination; cough more frequent; cramps of soles of feet. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Open air: much exhaustive yawning while walking, mornings.

Cold water: does not > burning in eyes; much thirst for. 40 Pever. Shiverings run over him after micturition.

Coldness, as if he was naked, while sitting.

I I Hot hands.

Fever; heat before midnight, with little thirst and much perspiration, thereupon falling asleep; during fever and for several hours in morning, pain in back, > bending inward.

Perspiration and thirst after unsatisfactory coition.

Perspiration when walking.

disease <. ^^ Locality and Direction. Right: headache on side; whirl- ing before eye; pain in eyeball above inner canthus; eye inflamed ; pain in side near pit of stomach ; pain deep in side of neck.

Left : neuralgia in forehead over eye ; pain in corner of hyoid bone; pressure and sticking in side under ribs; violent sticking, extending obliquely forward above crest of ilium ; paralytic pains in tibia.

Inward : as if stomach was drawn.

Backward : pressure in rectum.

Downward : labor like pressing in abdomen.

From above downward : stitching in abdomen. ^ Sensations. Internal pinching pains here and there.

Crawling, titillating pains.

Headache as if heavy board was lying on r. side ; as from a sticking from all sides at once ; as if everything was drawn together from within head ; as if something was rolling in head ; as if vision of r. eye would become dark ; as though fire came out of eyes ; biting as from pepper in eyes ; as if stomach would be drawn inwards ; as of cramp in orifice of stomach ; as if a ten pound weight was hanging upon rectum ; as if everything below rectum would fall out.

As if larynx was narrowed ; as if something was sticking spine ; pain as if a band was drawn from crest of one ilium to other ; coldness as if he was naked.

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Pain : in face some distance about pimples ; on very small spot in region of 1. corner of hyoid bone ; in r. side near pit of stomach ; in throat pit ; in ears ; deep in r. side of neck near oesophagus; in nape of neck; in back; in small of back ; in calves ; in thighs.

Violent sticking : above 1. crest of ilium.

Fine, sticking, cramplike, constant pain : in side of neck.

Sticking, burning, itching : in a small spot on back.

Sticking: in pit of stomach; in 1. side; under ribs; in back.

Slight stitching : in head.

Stitching : in abdomen.

Pressive, pinching pain ; in small spot deep in forehead ; on vertex.

Contractive pinching pain : in eyeball ; in small spot above r. inner canthus.

Contractive pinching sensation : deep in stomach.

Pinching pains : in rectum.

Cramps : in soles of feet.

Colic, with labor like pressing downward in abdomen.

Neuralgia: in 1. forehead over eye.

Paralytic pain : in 1. tibia and feet.

Aching: in sacrum and knees.

Drawing : about navel as from a purge.

Twisting: in scrotum.

Pressure : in 1. side under ribs ; backwards during diar- rhoea.

Burning: in head coming out at eyes; in eyes; in ab- domen.

Biting : in eyes.

Whirling : in head ; before r. eye.

Dryness : low down in throat.

Confused feeling : in upper abdomen like a coldness in it.

Violent internal itching: in eyes and nose.

From a fall : inguinal hernia. ^ Skin. I Comedones.

I Acne, with pain extending for some distance around; the

skin disease is < during menstrual period.

I I Pimples (sore acne) on face.

*^ Relations. Antidoted by Coffea; smoking tobacco antidotes nausea.

Lavroc. and drugs containing hydrocyanic acid ; Pulsat (fugitive rheumatic pains).

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