Senega

Seneca Snake Boot. Polygalacese.

This plant grows wild in all parts of the United States.

The alcoholic tincture is prepared from the powdered, dried root.

For general effects obtained from experiments with the powdered root and tinc- ture see Allen's Encyclopedia, including Seidel's and Lerabke's collections, vol. 8, p. 586.

Clinical, Authorities. — Hypopion, Noack, B. J. H., vol. 23, p. 341 ; Paresis of oculomotor nerve, Allen, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 106; Catarrh of pharynx, Gerstel,

A. H. Z., vol. 91, p 150; Sore throat, Haynes, Org., vol. 3, p. 97; Catarrh of blad- der, B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 142; Influenza, Hermann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 60; Trinks, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 706; Weinke, A. H. Z., vol. 91, p. 150; Asthma, Miiller, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 802; Whooping Cough, A. E., Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 728; Gerstel, A. H. Z., vol. 92, p. 148; Soreness in chest, Ockford, Org., vol. 3, p. 377; Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Hydrothorax, Gallavardin, Strecker, Lorbacher,

B. J. H., vol. 26, p. 338 ; Pleuro-pneumonia, Strecker, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 385; Pneumonia, Kallenbach, Pop. Horn. Ztg., 1867, No. 12; B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 141 ; Hydrothorax and Ascites, Lorbacher, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 64.

^ Sensorium. Confused or reeling sensation in head.

iDulness and stupefaction of head, with pressure in eyes and obscuration of sight. ^ Inner Head. Aching pain in head, in sinciput and occiput, not increased by pressure, every day when sitting in a warm room, accompanied by pressure in eyes which did not bear touch.

Pressing pain in forehead and orbits after dinner, espe- cially 1. side, < in open air. * Outer Head. Shuddering on hairy scalp. .^ Sight and Eyes. Drawing and pressure in eyeballs, with diminution of vision.

Weakness of sight and flickering before eyes when reading, necessitating frequent wiping of eyes, which aggravates.

While reading eyes feel dazzled.

Flickering and running together of letters when reading.

Flickering before eyes and weakness of sight when con- tinuing to read or write.

On walking toward setting sun, another small sun seemed to float beneath it, on turning eyes outward it changed into a compressed oval, disappeared on bending head and closing eyes.

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Weakness of eyes with burning and lachrymation.

Obscuration of cornea.

Sensitiveness of eyes to light.

Obscuration of sight, with glistening before eyes, < from

rubbing them. I iHypopion in scrofulous subjects.

■ To promote absorption of lens fragments after cataract

operations or injuries to lens.

■ Paralysis of muscles of eye.

I Iritis and specks upon cornea.

I I Opacities in vitreous.

I Paresis of superior oblique.

I I Oculo-motor paresis ; Mr. A., set. 33, four years ago eyes began to be weak with difficulty in seeing clearly ; droop- ing lids, was obliged to pull them open ; began to see double with r. image obliquely above real one ; stopped using eyes and improved ; this summer visited Mam- moth Cave, followed by a return of double vision ; walked into room with head thrown backward (occasion- ally shutting his 1. eye and holding his head straight), this position relieving confusion of vision ; double vision caused him to make missteps, etc.; paresis of 1. oculo- motor nerve, with paralysis of superior rectus ; upper lid very weak, falling half over eye ; difficult conver- gence ; weak back ; deficient muscular power ; subject to bilious headaches.

I Aching over orbits, eyes tremble and water when he looks at an object intently or steadily ; eyes weak and watery when reading.

I Eyes pain as if they were pressed out, as if eyeballs were being expanded, especially in evening in candlelight.

Congestion of blood to eyes, with pulsation in them on stooping.

Swelling of eyelids, with tingling in them.

Hardened mucus in morning in eyelashes.

Lachrymation in open air when looking intently at an object.

I Blepharitis ciliaris, < in morning, much smarting, dry, crusty lashes.

iCilia hang full of hard mucus; smarting of conjunctiva as if soap were in eyes, mornings ; blepharitis ; some- times lids stick so after sleep they must be soaked before they can be separated.

Pimple on margin of 1. lower lid.

Stye on lower lid.

Hydrophthalmia with intraocular compression. ® Hearing and Ears. Painful sensitiveness of hearing. ^ Smell and Nose. Sneezing for five minutes, so violent and

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long continued that the head became quite heavy and dizzy ; afterward a large quantity of thin watery fluid flowed from nose. Troublesome dryness of Schneiderian membrane. II Frequent coryza, commencing with feeling as if red pepper were throughout nostrils and air passages, fol- low^ed by distressing cough. /^Influenza. Smell of pus before nose. ^ Upper Face, l l Paralytic feeling in 1. half of face.

Heat in face. ^ Lower Face. Burning blisters on upper lip and in corners

of mouth. ^^ Taste and Tongue. Tongue coated white, yellowish -white or slimy in morning, with slimy unpleasant taste. Taste : metallic ; like urine. ^^ Inner Mouth. Increased secretion of saliva; offensive breath. Burning in throat, mouth and on tongue.

Purging, vomiting and anxiety ; watery stools, spurting

from anus. Stools: scanty, hard, dry and large, insufficient.

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■ Irritability of bladder.

I I Urging and scalding before and after micturition ; mu- cous shreds in urine ; on cooling becomes thick and cloudy, or deposits a thick sediment, yellowish-red with the upper stratum yellow and flocculent. /^Catarrh of bladder.

■ Subacute and chronic catarrh of bladder.

Burning and stinging in urethra during and after mictu- rition.

^^ Female Sexual Organs. Menses come on too soon ; has to press in her 1. side at tenth rib to relieve gnawing pain.

Tenacious mucus in larynx inducing frequent hawking, which results in discharge of small lumps of mucus.

Constant inclination to clear throat and swallow saliva.

Great dryness of throat impeding speech. '

Titillating, scraping feeling in throat.

I I Catarrh of pharynx in a tenor lasting six months; not hoarse but when mucus collected in fauces was uncer- tain of his ability to bring out either high or low tones ; voice feeble; throat red, covered with a thin layer of dark green, half-transparent mucus ; burning and raw feeling in throat and hawking.

■ Influenza: constant tickling and burning in throat and

larynx, leaving patient not a moment's rest and prevent- ing him from lying down ; fear of suffocation.

■ Grippe with stitches in r. eye when coughing.

■ Constant burning and tickling in larynx and throat, with

danger of suffocation when lying; copious expectora- tion of tough mucus ; relief by outdoor exercise. ^In- fluenza.

Laryngeal phthisis. ""^ - ^ar-ja.

Increased secretion of mucus in trachea, which he is con- stantly obliged to hawk up.

■ Copious accumulation of tough mucus in air tubes which

causes the greatest, often ineffectual, eff'orts at coughing and hawking for its expulsion. ^Bronchitis.

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^^Respiration. iSensation as if chest were too narrow, with tendency to relieve this feeling by taking deep inspira- tions and respirations. ^Asthma.

■ Short breathing and oppression of chest when going up-

especially in open air and when stooping. Shortness of breath from accumulation of mucus in chest

in throat. Frequent short and hacking cough, occasioned by an in- creased secretion of mucus in lar3'nx, especially in open

by warm air and rest. Irritating cough with secretion of mucus, with much pain

about chest.

■ Soreness of chest, dry cough; throat dry; hoarseness,.

later much mucus in bronchi and trachea. Cough < in morning, while dressing and before breakfast.

■ Irritating, shaking dry cough, in chronic bronchitis in the

aged.

Loose, faint, hacking cough, with expectoration of a little phlegm.

Cough often ends in a sneeze.

Shaking cough like whooping cough, from burning and

. tickling in larynx, in morning, with copious expectora- tion of tough, white mucus like white of egg.

I I Whistling cough ; great oppression of chest ; pressing pains when breathing; cough dry or yellow expectora- tion, at times streaked with blood; inflammatory con- ditions of chest; useless in convulsive stage. ^Whoop- ing cough.

■ Whooping cough : chubby children; tough expectoration

Tightness and oppression of chest, especially during rest.

Rattling in chest; loose but feeble cough with little expec- toration ; hydrothorax.

Feeling as if thorax were too narrow, with constant incli- nation to widen it by deep inhalation ; burning in chest.

Certain movements, especially stooping, cause a pain in VOL. IX. — 19.

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chest as if it were too tight ; there is a disposition to ex- pand chest by frequent stretching ; this leaves consider- able soreness in chest.

I I Soreness through chest, with feeling of oppression when in open air and when reposing ; headache > in open air.

Soreness in chest, < by pressure, coughing and sneezing.

Violent aching pain in chest, at night, when waking.

Burning sore pain under sternum, especially during mo- tion and on every deep inspiration.

Stitches in chest when coughing and breathing.

Shooting stitches in chest < during inspiration and rest.

Dull stitches and burning pain in chest when lying on r. side.

I Walls of chest sensitive or painful when touched or when he sneezes (often as a remnant of colds).

Stepping hard, walking fast or running causes pulling, sore pain as if through mediastinum.

Accumulation of mucus in chest.

I Constant accumulation of phlegm in bronchial tubes, with

irritation in bowels, tendency to diarrhoea; irritation may alternate from chest to bowels and vice versa.

I I Profuse secretion of mucus in lungs of old people, with loose, rattling cough.

I Great rattling of mucus in chest, with flying pains in chest.

Great soreness in walls of chest and great accumulation of clear albuminous mucus which is difficult to expecto- rate ; pressure on chest as if lungs were pushed back to spine.

I Profuse expectoration of clear, transparent mucus ; whole chest filled with large mucous rales. ^Grippe.

I Tough mucus causes the greatest, often ineffectual efforts of coughing and hawking for its expulsion. <?Bron- chitis.

■ Bronchitis of old people; irritating, shaking cough.

I I Twentieth day of pneumonia in a woman, set. 56, r. side, violent stitches, sinking strength, small, scarcely per- ceptible pulse, short rare cough without expectoration, great rattling of mucus in chest, somnolence, dejected features.

■ Adynamic pneumonia; low fever and much prostration, I iPleuro-pneumonia in 1. lung; at first Bry., Aeon., Bell.

had been given ; the lancinating pains had completely disappeared, but there was still some oppression ; expec- toration was without blood, but very difficult, and strength was greatly reduced ; in evening covered with cold sweat ; pulse very small and wiry ; oppression so great he must sit upright constantly ; mucus stagnating and rattling in chest.

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I I Pleurisy in a latent form; dulness in lower three-fourths of r. side of chest; segophony of same side toward upper part of lung; pulse 110; Seneg. removed not only the effusion but also the thickening of the pleura conse- quent on the pleurisy.

I I Pleurisy ; after inflammation has passed ; copious mu- cous secretion with difficult expectoration ; tightness and burning in chest.

■ Subacute or chronic exudations of pleura; catarrhal

pleuro-pneumonia. Hydrothorax and ascites after scarlatina; anasarca; as- cites; hoarse and feeble cough, with little expectoration.

■ Phthisis mucosa.

^* Heart, Pulse and Circulation, i Boring pain about heart. Heart's beat shakes the whole body ; violent palpitation

■ Soreness of walls of chest on moving arms, particularly

left. '^ Neck and Back. Pressing pain between scapulae, espe- cially when stepping hard, or on other movements which concuss the chest.

Pulse rather hard and accelerated.

Rest : dyspnoea ; dry cough > ; tightness of chest ; shoot- ing through chest.

Cannot lie down : tickling in larynx ; fear of suffocation.

Lying on r. side: pain in chest.

Stooping: oppressed breathing; pain in chest.

Motion : pain under sternum ; of arm, soreness of walls of chest.

Going up stairs : shortness of breathing and oppression of chest.

Stepping hard, walking fast or running: causes pulling, sore pain as if through mediastinum ; pressing pain be- tween scapulge.

Walking: fast, causes short, hacking cough; violent pal- pitation.

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^^ Nerves. Faintness when walking in open air.

Great mental and bodily lassitude.

Lassitude and slight trembling of upper extremities.

■ Sensation of trembling, with no visible trembling.

Legs feel weak, joints feel lame.

Great debility with stretching of limbs, confusion, heavi- ness and beating in head.

Great weakness which seems to originate in chest.

Mental and physical debility, with dropsical effusions. ^'^ Sleep. In evening, as soon as one lies down, heavy sleep;

in morning awakes frequently with dyspnoea. ^^ Time. Morning : hardened mucus in eyelashes ; blepha- ritis ciliaris < ; tongue slimy ; cough < ; awakes from dyspnoea.

Afternoon : heat in face and frequent pulse.

Evening: pressure in eyes < ; toward, whooping cough.

Night and morning: urine passed only.

Night: involuntary micturition; whooping cough <; ach- ing in chest. ^''Temperature and Weather. Warm air: dry cough <.

Warm room: pain in head.

Open air: pain in forehead <; lachr3aTiation; sore throat and cough < ; oppressed breathing ; short, hacking cough ; headache > ; oppression of chest; faintness when walking ; chilliness and chill only in.

Cold air: dry cough <. ^^ Fever. Shuddering over back, heat in face, weak, burning eyes, beating headache, difficult breathing, body feels bruised.

Flushes of heat; skin hot; skin becomes warmer and moister.

Chilliness and chill almost only in open air, with weak- ness in legs and dyspnoea.

Shudders over back with heat in face and chest symptoms.

Sudden flushes of heat.

Perspiration wanting. *' Attacks, Periodicity. Alternate : irritation from chest to bowels and vice versa.

For five minutes : sneezing.

Left: pain in forehead <; pimple on margin of lower lid ; paralytic feeling on half of face ; must press side to relieve pain; pleuro-pneumonia in lung; moving arm causes soreness of walls of chest. *' Sensations. Eyes pain as if they were pressed out ; as if e^^eballs were being expanded ; as if soap were in eyes;

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as if red pepper were throughout nostrils and air pas- sages; as if chest were too narrow ; dyspnoea as from stagnation in lungs ; as if lungs were pushed back to spine ; as if chest would burst ; as if wrist were sprained'; joints as if lame.

Pain: about chest; in walls of thorax; under r. shoulder blade.

Flying pains: inchest.

Boring pain : about heart.

Digging pain : in epigastrium.

Shooting stitches : in chest.

Stitches : in r. eye ; in chest..

Dull stitches : in chest.

Cramps : in stomach.

Gnawing : in bowels ; under tenth rib 1. side.

Pressing pain : in forehead and orbits ; in abdomen ; be- tween scapulae.

Drawing : in eyeballs.

Aching pain : in head ; over orbits ; in chest.

Stinging: in urethra.

Smarting: of conjunctiva.

Burning: of eyes; in throat, mouth and on tongue; in stomach ; in urethra ; in larynx ; in chest ; and under sternum.

Soreness : of chest ; in walls of chest.

Scraping feeling : in throat.

Heat: in face.

Beating: in head.

Pressure : in eyes ; below pit of stomach ; on chest.

Tingling: in eyelids.

Titillating feeling : in throat.

Dryness: of Schneiderian membrane of throat.

Oppression : in upper part of chest.

Tightness: of chest.

Dulness: in head.

Emptiness : in stomach.

Weakness: of legs.

Reeling sensation : in head.

Diseases of mucous membranes; especially of lining of larynx, trachea and bronchia.

Subacute or chronic exudations of pleura, catarrhal pleuro- pneumonia (after Bry.) in cachectic pleuritis, in hydro- thorax, oedema pulmonum, in diseases of heart, primary and secondary anasarca; in dropsies after albuminuria;

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hydrophthalmia with intraocular compression ; in as- cites accompanying hepatic diseases, peritonitis and abdominal tumors ; in lymphatic constitutions with tendency to mucous and serous exudations.

Dropsy of internal organs (especially after inflammation).

Pressure: on 1. side > ; pain; soreness of chest <.

Rubbing: glistening before eyes <.

Girl, set. 5 ; after scarlatina ; ascites.

Girl, eet. 13, after miliary fever; hydrothorax and ana- sarca.

Tenor singer, set. 26, suffering six months; catarrh of pharynx.

Miss X., set. 30, small stature, poor constitution, pale, thin face ; latent pleurisy.

Man, set. 33 ; oculo-motor paresis.

Man, set. 33, slender, leading a sedentary life, first noticed trouble with eyes four years ago ; paresis of oculo-motor nerve.

Woman, set. 56 ; pneumonia.

ost. in fat and plethoric people predisposed to catarrhs;

Caustic, in muscular asthenopia, loss of voice, paralytic

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