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General
Capsicum annuum, Linn. Nat. order , Solanaceae. Common name , Cayenne, or red pepper. Preparation , Tincture of the powdered ripe pods, with the seeds; in the proportion of 20 grains of the powder to 400 drops of alcohol. (Hahnemann).
Authorities. 1 , Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 6; 2 , Ahner, ibid.; 3 , Hartung, ibid.; 4 , Mossdorf, ibid.; 5 , Wislicenus, ibid.; 6 , Browne, in Murray's App.
Med., general statement, ibid.; 7 , Fordyce, in Murray's App. Med., ibid.; 8 , Pelargus, Observ., ii, 206, case of poisoning, ibid.; 8 a , A few symptoms from Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M.
L., 1, 303; 9 , Baron Larrey, "Observ. on maladies of troops in Egypt," the results of large quantities of Capsicum (taken from Hempel's M. M., vol 2); 10 , Dr. David Hunt, poisoning of a lady by repeated teaspoonfuls of a solution of Caps., taken for a slight cold, N. E.
Med. Gaz., 4, 43; 11 , Dr. Farrington, Am. J.
Hom. M. M., 4, 96, effects of preparating some red peppers for "chow chow".
Mind
He makes reproaches and becomes angry at the faults of others; he becomes offended at trifles and finds fault, [1] . Even in the midst of joking he becomes offended at the slightest trifles, [1] .
Obstinate, with out-cries (after three hours), [1] . Indisposition to work or think, [3] .
Repugnance and fretfulness, [1] .
Anxiety and apprehensiveness; he imagines that he will die, [8] .
The aversion to everything and the fretfulness were dissipated by sleep (curative action. -H.), [1] .
Anxiety, which compels him to take a deep breath, [1] .
Fearfulness (after two hours), [1] . [10.]
He is very easily irritated, [1] .
Capricious; at one time constantly laughing, soon again crying, [1] .
An excessively busy uneasy mood, [1] .
Indifferent to everything, [1] . *He is taciturn, peevish, and obstinate , [1] . *He is taciturn, absorbed in himself , [1] .
Quiet mood (curative action), [3] .
Contentment (curative action), [1] .
Firmness, happy mood (curative action), [1] .
He is in a contented mood, is jocose, and sings, and still he becomes angry from the slightest causes (after four hours), [1] . [20.]
He makes jokes and utters witticisms, [1] .
Head
Confusion and Vertigo.
Intoxication , [1] .
Confusion of the head, [3] .
Confusion on first waking from sleep (fourth day), [10] . Obscuration and confusion of the head , [2] .
Dizziness and dulness in the head, like a heedlessness and awkwardness, so that she knocked against everything; with a febrile chill and coldness, together with anxiety, [1] .
Dizziness in the morning on waking, [1] .
Vertigo, staggering from one side to the other, [1] .
General Head.
*A bursting headache, or a feeling as if the brain were too full , [1] .
*Headache on coughing, as if the skull would burst , [1] . [30.]
Emptiness and dulness of the head (after twelve hours), [2] .
When he awoke from sleep his head was so dull that he did not even recognize himself, [1] . *Headache, as if the skull were bruised, on moving the head and on walking , [1] .
(Tearing headache), [1] .
A headache, more sticking than tearing, which was worse during rest, but relieved on motion , [1] . A sticking headache, [1] .
*Throbbing, beating headache in one or the other temple , [1] . Throbbing, beating headache, [1] .
Forehead. Bursting headache in the forehead, [1] . *Constant pressive headache in the forehead, above the root of the nose, together with some stitches through the ear and over the eye , [1] . [40.] Pressive headache in the forehead , as if it pressed from the occiput outward to the forehead, with a cutting from the occiput to the forehead (immediately), [1] .
Throbbing headache in the forehead , [1] . Tearing headache in the forehead, [1] .
Drawing-tearing pain in the frontal bone, more on the right side (after six and seven hours, and after third day), [2] .
Temples.
Pressive headache in the temples, [1] .
Pressive pain in the temporal region , [3] .
Vertex.
Severe, deeply penetrating stitches in the vertex, [2] .
Two sudden, violent stitches from the vertex to the forehead (after one hour), [8a] .
Sides. Drawing-tearing in the left side of the head (after seventeen and forty-eight hours), [2] .
A one-sided, pressive-sticking headache, like an hysterical migraine, which was increased by raising the eyes and the head, or by stooping, and was accompanied by forgetfulness and nausea, [1] . External Head. [50.] Slight shivering over the hairy portion of the head, followed by burning-itching on the scalp, which was relieved after scratching, but returned with increased severity (after two hours), [3] .
Eyes
The eyes protrude from the head, with paleness of the face (after sixteen hours), [1] .
Inflammation of the eyes, [1] .
Painful twitching beneath the right eyelid (after half an hour), [8a] .
Pressure on the eyes, so that he was unable to open them sufficiently wide, [2] .
A pressive pain in the eye, as from a foreign body , [1] .
A burning in the eyes, which become red and watery, in the morning, [1] .
Pupil.
Fine stinging pain in the eyes (from the dust), [1] .
Much dilated pupils, [1] .
Great dilatation of the pupils, [2] .
Vision. [60.] Dim vision in the morning, as if a foreign body floated over the cornea and obscured it, so that one saw clearly again for a moment on rubbing the eye, [1] .
All objects seem black, [1] .
Visual power almost lost, like blindness, [1] .
Ears
*A swelling on the bone behind the ear, painful to touch , [1] .
*Tearing pain behind the left ear (after six hours), [2] . Pain beneath the ear, [1] .
*A pressive pain very in the ear with every cough, as if an ulcer would open , [1] . *A pressive pain very deep in the ears (after one and eight hours), [1] .
Itching pain very deep in the ear (after sixteen hours), [1] . Tearing in the concha of the ear , [1] .
Nose
Objective. [70.] Painful pimple beneath the nostrils, [1] .
Stopped coryza , [1] .
Violent racking sneezing, with discharge of thin mucus from the nose (immediately), [4] . Bloody mucus from the nose, [1] .
Nose-bleed , in the morning, in bed, and blowing of blood from the nose, several times, [1] .
Subjective.
Burning-crawling in the nose, with violent sneezing and discharge of mucus (immediately, from the dust), [5] .
Burning-tensive sensation in the left nostril, as if a pimple would form, [4] .
Constrictive jerking pain on the left side of the nose, extending to above the left eye (after five hours), [2] .
Crawling-tickling in the nose, as in stopped coryza , [1] .
Face
Objective. Heat and redness of the face, with trembling of the limbs (immediately), [1] . [80.]
Unusual redness of the face, always followed, after half an hour, by a pale suffering expression (after three hours), [3] .
The face was at one time pale, at another red, with red lobules of the ears, with sensation of burning, without, however, special heat being felt by the hand, [1] .
Red cheeks, [1] .
Subjective.
Pain in the face, partly like bone-pains, excited by external touch, partly like fine pains piercing the nerves, which are tormenting when falling asleep , [1] .
Pain in the left side of the lower jaw, as from a boil or ulcer, lasting three-quarters of an hour, [2] .
Lips.
Ulcerating eruption on the lips (not in the corners), which only pain on motion, [1] .
Swollen lips , [1] .
Scaly lips, [1] .
Cracking of the lips; smarting of the lips , [1] .
Burning lips, [4] .
Mouth
Teeth and Gums. [90.] Drawing pain in the teeth, which was neither increased on touching the teeth nor on eating, [1] .
A tooth seems to him too long and raised up, and feels blunt, [1] .
Swelling of the gum, [1] .
Drawing pain in the gum, [1] .
Tongue.
Pimples on the tip of the tongue, which sting and pain when touched, [1] .
Dry sensation on the forepart of the tongue, without thirst, in the morning (after eight hours), [1] .
General Mouth.
Dryness of the mouth, [1] .
Saliva.
Tough mucus in the mouth (after two hours), [1] .
Salivation, [1] .
Taste
Sour taste of broth (after two hours), [1] . [100.]
Acid taste in the mouth, [1] .
A pungent acid taste in the mouth, [1] .
Taste as of bad water, [1] .
Flat, insipid, earthy taste (for example, of butter), [1] .
Watery, flat taste in the mouth, followed by heartburn , [1] .
Throat
Pain in the palate, as if it was pressed or pinched by something hard, at first more when not swallowing, afterwards worse when swallowing (after one hour and a half), [1] . Pain in the upper part of the throat, when not swallowing, as if the parts were sore; and spasmodic contraction as in waterbrash, [1] .
*Pain on swallowing as in inflammation of the throat, but when not swallowing, drawing pain in the throat , [1] . *Pressive pain in the throat, as if an ulcer would break, during a paroxysms of coughing , [1] . *Pain in the throat, only when coughing, as from a simple painful swelling , [1] . [110.]
A simple pain in the fauces, only when coughing, [1] . Sensation of rawness in the throat, for nearly two days, [4] . *Continued stitching in the throat, in the region of the epiglottis, which caused a dry coughing, without being relieved by coughing, [4] . *Spasmodic contraction of the throat , [1] .
Pain externally on the throat, [1] .
Appetite
Want of hunger, loss of appetite, [1] .
He was obliged to force himself to eat; he had no real appetite although food had a natural taste, [1] .
Thirst.
Desire for coffee (after eight hours), [1] .
Loss of thirst, [1] .
Eructations.
Eructations from the stomach only when walking, and with every eructation stitch in the side; when sitting, no eructations, and so no stitches, [1] . [120.] After eating, fulness and anxiety in the chest followed by sour eructations or heartburn; at last, thin stool, [1] .
Nausea and Vomiting.
Qualmishness of the stomach (after one hour), [1] .
Nausea, [1] .
Qualmishness and nausea in the pit of the stomach in the morning and afternoon (after twenty-four hours), [1] .
Nausea and spitting of saliva, after drinking coffee, [1] .
Cough excites nausea, [1] .
Vomiting and purging (immediately), [10] . Heartburn, [1] .
Stomach
Pressure in the stomach with nausea, [2] .
Pressure pain in the pit of the stomach, [2] . [130.] Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with nausea, during menstruation, [1] .
Pressure beneath the short ribs and the pit of the stomach, [1] .
Severe pressure in the pit of the stomach, increased by pressure (after half an hour), [8a] .
A pinching, boring-outward pain in he pit of the stomach, especially when sitting bent, lasting severely for eight minutes (after one hour and a half), [2] .
Fine sudden stitches in the pit of the stomach (after a few minutes), [5] .
Stitches in the pit of the stomach, when breathing deeply and suddenly, talking, or on touch, [8a] .
Coldness in the stomach; a feeling as if cold water were in it, followed by a sensation as if he were trembling, [1] .
A burning above the pit of the stomach, immediately after eating, at noon and evening, [1] . A burning in the stomach, extending up into the mouth, after breakfast, [1] .
Abdomen
Pinching in the upper part of the abdomen, [1] . [140.] A pressive tension in the abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, between the pit of the stomach and the navel, which is especially increased by motion, together with a pressive tension in the lower portion of the back , [1] . *Colic, with cutting-twisting pain about the navel, and passage of tough mucus, like diarrhoea, at times, mixed with black blood ; after every stool, thirst, and after every drink, shivering , [1] . Pain deep in the abdomen, rather burning than sticking, together with cutting in the umbilical region, on motion, especially on stooping and walking, with ill-humor about the pain and discontent and whining about inanimate objects (not about men or moral subjects), with fretfulness, a kind of apprehensiveness, with sweat in the face, [1] . Drawing and twisting in the abdomen , with and without diarrhoea, [1] .
Much flatulence, [2] .
Rumbling of flatus in the abdomen (after one hour), [1] .
Flatus moves painfully about the abdomen, [1] . Painless rumbling in the abdomen, [3] .
A rumbling extending upward and downward in the abdomen, [1] .
Pressure here and there in the abdomen, [1] . [150.]
Pressive-pinching pain in the abdomen, immediately after eating, with incarcerated flatus, [1] .
Unusually strong pulsations of the bloodvessels of the abdomen, [3] .
Increased internal warmth in the intestinal canal, [3] . *A tensive pain, extending from the abdomen to the chest, as from distension in the abdomen , [1] .
Distension and hardness of the abdomen, which would not endure tight clothes, [1] .
Distension in the abdomen, two hours after eating, followed by shooting headache towards the occiput and profuse sweat, [1] . *A feeling as if the abdomen were distended even to bursting, on which account breathing was impeded, even to suffocation , [1] .
A hernia, consisting of wind, forcibly and painfully protrudes from the abdominal ring, [1] .
Colic, as from flatus in the lower abdomen, [1] .
Hard, pressive, almost sticking pain in a small spot on the left side of the lower abdomen (after one hour), [1] .
RECTUM AND ANUS. [160.] Urging to stool, with pressive pain in the intestines, but he was constipated, [2] .
*Tenesmus , [1] , [6] . *Haemorrhoids in the anus, which itch at times , [1] . Blind haemorrhoids, haemorrhoids in the anus, which pain severely during stool, [1] .
Flow of blood from the anus, for four days, [1] . *Burning in the anus , [6] .
*Burning pain in the anus (after three, four, and eight hours), [2] .
*Biting-stinging pain in the anus, with diarrhoea-like stool , [1] . Itching in the anus (after three, four, and eight hours), [1] .
Stool
*Mucous diarrhoea, with tenesmus , [1] . [170.] *Diarrhoea, immediately, at once followed by an empty tenesmus , [1] .
Stool immediately after eating (at noon), with redness of the cheeks (after six hours), [1] . *After drinking, he was obliged to go to stool, but was constipated; only a little mucus passed , [2] . *As soon as he drank anything, he felt as though he would have diarrhoea, but only a little passed every time , [2] .
*Small stool, consisting of bloody mucus , [1] . *Small passages, which consist of only mucus , [1] .
*Small frequent passages, consisting of mucus, at times mingled with blood, and causing tenesmus , preceded by flatulent colic in the lower portion of the abdomen , [1] . Constipation, as from too much heat in the abdomen, [1] .
Urinary Organs
Bladder.
Tenesmus of the bladder, strangury; he is obliged to urinate frequently, with at times ineffectual urging to urinate (after four to eight hours), [1] .
*Pressure towards the bladder, and some stitches extending from within outward in the region of the neck of the bladder, while coughing, and for some time afterwards , [4] . [180.] Spasmodic contraction, with cutting pains in the neck of the bladder, without urging to urinate, at times intermitting, at times returning, in the morning, in bed; it seems to be somewhat relieved by passing urine (after twenty-four hours), [5] . Urethra.
Frequent desire to urinate, mostly when sitting, not when walking (after forty-two hours), [1] .
Purulent discharge from the urethra, a kind of gonorrhoea, [1] .
Gonorrhoea, [7] . [From carrying a linen filled with the powdered seeds of Capsicum baccattum on the naked abdomen.] (The gonorrhoea became yellow and thick), (after seven days), [1] .
The urethra is painful to touch (after seven days), [1] . Pain in the urethra, especially in the forenoon, [1] . *A burning in the orifice of the urethra, immediately before, during, and for a minute after urinating , [1] .
A cutting pain in the urethra, extending backward, when not urinating (after six hours), [1] . *Stitches, as with needles, in the forepart of the urethra, when not urinating (after eight hours), [1] . [190.] *Severe stitches in the orifice of the urethra, when not urinating , [1] .
Fine sticking in the urethra, immediately after urinating, [1] . *A burning-biting pain in the urethra, after urinating (after seven days), [1] . Micturition.
The urine passes by drops, and with great difficulty (immediately, and a long time), [1] . Burning urine , [1] .
Passage of a great quantity of urine, which she could not wholly control, [10] .
Urine
Urine scanty, light-colored (fifth day), [10] . The urine deposits a white sediment, [1] .