Petiveria

Petiveria tetrandra, Gom. [So given by Mure; but it is probably identical with the Mexican and West Indian species, P. alliacea , Linn. The figure given by Mure corresponds to the latter plant; moreover, Mure states that the plant exhales a strong alliaceous odor.]

Natural order , Phytolaccaceae.

Common names , (Brazilian), Pipi, Erva de Pipi, Raiz de Guiné.

Preparation , Trituration of the fresh root.

Authorities. Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne. 1 , Dr. Moreira; 2 , Mlle. Norma; 3 , Mlle. Sylvia; 4 , Mlle. Celia; 5 , Mlle. Nina; 6 , M. Cyprien Huet.

Inclination to sing, [3] . Disposed to laugh and jest (first day), [2] .

He laughs and sings all day, [6] . Sadness unto tears, with headache (second day), [4] .

Things occur to her for a moment, and then suddenly vanish from her recollection, [4] . Loss of memory, [4] .

Heaviness of the head, on waking (after eight hours), [1] .

Numbness and compressive sensation as if the head were bound with a warm cloth, [4] .

Feeling of fulness in the head, as if it would split, especially in the afternoon (third day), [1] . Feeling of fulness in the head (second day), [1] .

Deepseated dull pain in the upper part of the brain, worse from contact, when talking and when sitting; relieved by walking and motion in general (first day); pain less severe (second day), [1] .

Sensation as if hot water were dashed on the scalp, penetrating to the brain (second day), [1] . Feeling as if warm water were in the head, [4] . [20.]

Just when lying down in bed, feeling as from a loud explosion in the head, the noise passing through the ears (third day), [3] .

Headache, with a small and weak pulse; heat of the face, especially the right cheek, deeply felt, although the skin seems cool (first day), [2] .

The headache becomes lighter and changes, and finally disappears (third day), [1] .

Headache, on waking, [1] , [2] .

Headache, with weight on the eyes (second day), [4] . Forehead.

Severe lancinations at the upper part of the forehead, and within the head on the left side; lasting for a minute, at noon (second day), [6] .

Deepseated pain, at times in the forehead, at times in the nape of the neck, [3] .

Pain in the forehead, with compressive sensation in the brain, aggravated by walking, [2] . [30.]

Lancinating pain in the right temple, shifting suddenly to the left, and thence to the vertex, where there is a burning sensation (second day), [4] .

Stabbing sensation in the right temple, at 3 P.M. (first day), [2] .

Pressive pain in the temples, [2] .

Benumbing and deepseated pressive pain on both temples, with dull pain in the vertex (second day), [3] .

Dull pain, with beating in the left temple (third day), [2] .

Sensation as if a finger were pressed on the right temple, with great sensitiveness to contact, at noon (second day), [4] . Vertex.

Eye.

Eyes half closed, swollen externally, surrounded by blue rings, especially next to the nose, for three days, [2] . Rapid inflammation of the left eye, while at dinner, so that she had to leave the table; it continues three days, [3] .

Heaviness of the eyes, and prostration as from sleepiness, although she is not actually sleepy, [3] .

Great sensitiveness of the eyes to daylight, [3] . Weight on the eyelids, compelling her to close the eyes; on doing so, she sees a variety of figures (sixth day), [2] .

Boring pains in the right upper eyelid (first day), [6] . Painful burning at the margin of the eyelids, worse on closing them, [1] .

Lachrymation, with sensation of sand in the eyes, [5] . Redness of the conjunctiva, especially near the left inner canthus, [3] .

Sight weaker and dimmer than usual, [1] .

Dim sight after dinner (second day), [1] .

The flame of a candle looks yellow, and surrounded by a yellow halo, [3] .

Ear.

Attack of deafness in the right ear, as if it was stopped up, [6] .

Coryza (third to fifth day), [3] . Frequent sneezing, in the afternoon (fifth day), [3] . [60.]

Dull pain over the root of the nose, in the evening (first day), [4] .

Dull pain at the root of the nose, in the evening, [4] . Pain in the left wing of the nose, spreading to the opposite side; followed by congestion over the bridge of the nose, at noon (second day), [4] .

Slight pain within the nose, [6] .

Redness of the left cheek, [3] . Bruised pain in the zygomatic processes, [6] .

Sensation as if a needle were stuck into the upper lip, from within outwards; on rising, in the morning (eleventh day), [4] .

[70.]

Toothache, [4] . Burning tongue, as if scalded, on rising, in the morning (second day), [4] .

Sensation in the mouth and throat, as after eating acid and resinous fruit, in the morning (second day), [1] .

Dry mouth, [4] . Flow of watery and cold saliva, depositing a kind of ashy sediment, and whitish granules, which taste and smell like bile, but are not bitter; when rising, in the morning, [4] .

Sensation in the throat, as after eating something astringent, [1] , [6] .

Pain in the throat, with difficulty in swallowing saliva, [3] .

Stomachache, with sensation of internal coldness, [2] .

Long, blue horizontal spots, on the right hypochondrium, [6] .

Lancination in the hypochondria, [6] .

Sharp and lancinating pain which goes through the spleen from below upwards (second day), [4] .

Borborygmi, in the morning, in bed (second day), [6] . Dull pain in the bowels and hypogastrium (second day), [1] .

Frequently repeated slight acute and circumscribed pains in the groins, [6] .

Slight colic in the descending colon, [4] .

Diarrhoea of dark mucus, mixed with fecal matter, in separate hard pieces (third day), [6] . Constipation, for three days, [1] .

[90.]

Light-colored and copious urine (second and third days), [6] .

Light-colored, watery urine, without smell or sediment (third day), [1] .

Pale urine (after three days), [4] .

Respiratory Organs.

The voice seems to come from afar, [4] .

The voice becomes hoarse, from coughing, [1] . Suffocation, with cold feet, which obliges her to remain in bed, in the evening (sixth day), [2] .

Offensive breath, [1] .

[100.]

Deepseated, dull pain in the chest beneath the sternum, when moving the neck, at noon (second day), [4] .

Slight pain at the sternum, when bending the head forward, [1] .

Violent lancinations under the right breast, at each inspiration, [1] .

Contraction and throbbing in the region of the heart, in the evening (fourth day), [4] .

Strained feeling in the spine, on lying down, in the evening, as from lifting a heavy weight; it is aggravated by sitting upright, or bending backwards, and disappears on bending forwards (first and second days), [3] .

Numbness, which is felt three different times, in the upper and lower limbs, after rising from bed (second day), [6] .

Paralytic numbness of the arms and legs, in the morning (fifth day), [3] .

Painful numbness of the outer part of the arms and legs, [3] .

Numbness of the arms and legs, with deepseated pain, sometimes in the forehead, sometimes in the nape of the neck, and aversion to movement, in the morning (fifth day), [3] . Weariness of the arms and legs, with numbness, as after a long march, in the morning (fourth day), [3] . [110.]

Heaviness and numbness of the extremities, in the evening (first day), [6] .

Heaviness and weariness of the limbs, in the morning (sixth day), [2] .

Bruised pains in the arms and legs (sixth day), [2] .

Weariness and numbness of the left arm, with pain in the elbow-joint (first day), [1] . Dull pain and numbness, such as is felt on touching the brachial nerve, where it passes over the inner condyle of the humerus; aggravated by contact, at noon (first day), [6] .

Pains, like the stings of ants, in the muscles of the upper and inner portion of the elbow, [2] . [120.]

Internal sharp pain in the right wrist-joint, which appears more severe externally; a similar pain, but less intense, in the left wrist, [4] .

Numbness at the wrist, in the course of the cubital nerve, with sensitiveness to contact, in the evening (second day), [3] . Pain in the right hand, converging from the circumference to the centre, [4] .

Cramp in the right little finger (tenth day), [4] . Crampy pain in the left little finger, [6] .

Lancination and heat, as from a whitlow, at the tip of the right thumb, extending to the first joint, [6] .

Dull pain in the knee-joint and bend of the knee, especially on the first day, [6] .

Numbness of the legs, with aversion to movement, [2] .

Numbness and slight itching in the right leg down to the foot, at noon (second day), [6] . Numbness from the knees to the soles of the feet, where it became seated, at noon (first day), [4] .

Weakness and numbness of the legs, especially when rising, in the afternoon (first day), [4] . [150.]

Pricking pain in the left little toe; a few moments after, the toe seems to turn under, in the forenoon (eighth day), [3] .

Rigor all over, when lying down, [2] .

General prostration, with disposition to lie down, but no sleep, at 9 A.M. (third day), [3] .

Attacks of general weakness, every morning, after rising from bed, [6] . [160.]

Prostration as from drowsiness, but without inclination to sleep, [4] .

General prostration, as from sleepiness, [4] . Aversion to movement; she wants to keep quiet, [3] .

When walking, it seems as if she did not touch the ground, and would fall, [4] .

The body seems insensible when lying down, and she feels as if in a swoon, [4] .

Two small dark-yellow spots on the neck, [2] .

Dulness of the sentient faculty when lying down, as if the body were numb, [4] .

Sensation of a pustule on the cheek, as large as a pea, with tension of the skin; for some seconds. Violent itching at the same place, [6] .

Sensation under the left lower eyelid, as if stung by ants, [4] .

Lancinations all over, like the biting of ants, followed by itching on the back part of the forearm, in the morning (second day), [3] . [170.]

Lancinations all over, as if from needles, followed by itching from the elbow to the hands, with small blue spots on the arm, back, and feet (second day), [3] .

Itching of the last two fingers, [6] .

Drowsy all day, with frequent yawning, without any desire to lie down, [5] .

Drowsy after dinner, without going quite to sleep (second day), [1] .

Drowsiness all day, with frequent yawning, but no inclination to lie down, [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] .

Sleepiness after breakfast, with yawning (first day), [1] , [2] . [180.]

Sleepiness after dinner (second day), [2] .

Sleep regular and more prolonged than usual, for three days, [5] . Regular and even deep sleep, longer than usual, for the first three days, [1] , [3] .

Sleeps longer in the morning (first day), [1] , [2] .

Sound sleep, commencing early, and lasting longer than usual, for three days, [4] .

Deep sleep, at 10 A.M. (first day), [3] .

Deep sleep (second day), [3] .

Regular, prolonged, and deep sleep, the first three days, [2] . Deep sleep, beginning earlier and lasting longer than usual for four days, [6] .

Wakes at 4 A.M., and falls asleep again a quarter of an hour afterwards, [3] . [190.]

Sad dreams about sickness in her family (fifth day), [2] . Sad dreams, which she does not recollect, [3] .

Insignificant or unpleasant dreams, scarcely recollected on awaking, [1] .

Unpleasant dream which she does not recollect on waking, [3] .

Unpleasant dreams, not remembered on waking, [4] . Dreams about quarrelling, which she does not recollect on waking, [2] . [200.]

Dreams about bullying and fierce quarrels (second day), [6] . Dreams, which are entirely forgotten, [5] .

Cold feet, in bed, in the morning, [2] .

Cold feeling in the interior of the bones, at noon (fourth day), [3] .

Febrile heat, with pale face and cold hands, in the evening (sixth day), [2] .

Dry heat all over, especially in the palms of the hands, [6] .

Superficial heat all over, as from exposure to the sun, although the feet are cold, [3] . Redness and heat of the left ear, for some minutes (third day), [2] . [210.]

Sensation of heat in the face, although the skin feels cold, [4] .

Heat in the loins (second day), [6] .

Sweat in the palms of the hands, in the evening (second day), [4] .

( Morning ), Sadness and weeping; on rising, sensation as if needle were stuck in upper lip; burning tongue; sensation in mouth and throat, as after eating some resinous fruit; on rising, flow of watery saliva; lancinations in epigastrium; in bed, borborygmus; copious micturition; paralytic numbness of arms and legs; numbness of arms and legs, with pain in forehead; weariness of arms and legs, with numbness; heaviness and numbness of extremities; bruised feeling in muscles of right forearm; pains in muscles of right hand; pain in left little finger; on getting out of bed, numbness and itching of right foot; after rising from bed, general weakness; lancinations all over, followed by itching on forearm; lancinations and itching on upper part of forearm; long sleep; 4 A.M., wakes and falls asleep after a quarter of an hour; in bed, cold feet.

( Forenoon ), 11 A.M., pain at vertex and pain in left side of top of head; 11 A.M. till evening, micturition every five minutes; 11 A.M., redness and inflammation of outer portion of right forearm; pricking pain in left little toe; 9 A.M., prostration; 10 A.M., deep sleep; 9 A.M., after breakfast, light and broken sleep. ( Noon ), When bending head forward, heaviness in forehead; lancinations in forehead; sensation as if a finger were pressed in right temple; pain in right eye; pain in left wing of nose; when moving neck, pain in chest beneath sternum; pain and numbness at elbow; pain in last finger of right hand; numbness of knee and dull pain in tibia; numbness and itching in right leg; numbness from knees to soles of feet, where it becomes seated; cold feeling in interior of bones.

( Afternoon ), Head symptoms; feeling of fulness in head; 2 P.M., on opening eyes, weight in forehead; 3 P.M., pain and heat in forehead, with pressure in eyes; stabbing sensation in right temple; sneezing; numbness of right fingers; when rising, weakness and numbness of legs. ( Evening ), Pain at root of nose, pain over root of nose; suffocation, with cold feet; contraction and throbbing in region of heart; on lying down, sprained feeling in spine; paralyzed sensation in forearms and finger-joints; sharp pain in forearm; numbness at wrist; itching in left hand; febrile heat, with cold face and hands.

( Night ), Cramp in calves. ( Bending head forward ), Pain at sternum. ( Bending backward ), Sprained feeling in spine.

( After breakfast ), Sleepiness, with yawning. ( Contact ), Pain and numbness at elbow; pain in calves.

( Closing eyelids ), Burning at margin. ( While at dinner ), Inflammation of left eye.