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Clarke - Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · John Henry Clarke · 5,134 chars
General
Aletris Farinosa.
Star Grass Blazing Grass. Colic Root. Unicorn Root. (United States.) N. O. Haemodoraceae. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Abortion. Anaemia. Colic. Constipation. Convulsions. Debility. Dysmenorrhoea. Dysuria. Endometritis. Fever. Haemorrhoids. Hysteric colic. Indigestion. Leucorrhoea. Menorrhagia. Myalgia. Pregnancy, vomiting of. Sterility. Uterus, pain in; prolapse of.
Characteristics
Alet. far. is said to be the most bitter of all plants. It is characterised by weariness of body and mind. Want of appetite, especially in connection with Uterine disorders. The least food distends the stomach.
There are fainting attacks with vertigo. Emaciation is marked in some cases. Disgust for food, nausea; constipation. Obstinate vomiting of pregnancy.
Many symptoms appear in the uterine sphere: uterine atony, menses profuse and premature with labour-like pains or amenorrhoea, debility, from loss of fluids, protracted illness. Menorrhagia, black clots, fulness and weight. Leucorrhoea, with debility. Sterility.
Habitual tendency to abortion. Sensation of weight in uterine region and tendency to prolapse. Sensation of weight in occiput as if it would draw the head back. It is most suited for chlorotic girls and pregnant women.
Weak, emaciated people.
Relations
Compare: Helonias dioica ("False" Unicorn, not to be confounded with Alet. f.), Chin., Hydrast., Sabin., Senec., Puls., Caulo.; Dioscor. (colic < bending forward); Caust., Puls., Fer., (discharge of urine during cough); Alumina (constipation; grasps the seat tightly, despairs of having a stool. During stool terrible pains as if a passage were being forced, Al. f.).
Mind
Weariness of body and mind.
Head
Vertigo, with sleepiness, vomiting, purging; even stupefaction
As if head in a vice
Weight in occiput; as if it would draw the head backward.
Eyes
Eyes feel sore and look dim.
Ears
Ears feel as if open through from one to the other.—Deaf in l. ear with stuffed feeling.
Appetite
Appetite lost; with weakness.
Stomach
Least food distresses the stomach; fainting attacks with vertigo; sleepy, emaciated; disgust for food, nausea; obstinate indigestion
Vomiting during pregnancy
Eructations of food in evening with burning in throat
All-gone feeling in morning on rising, > by eating
Nausea is > by coffee; is > by dinner, but returns with gagging at sight or thought of grease
Nausea, with pressure in forehead.
Abdomen
Cramps
Griping
Pain all through abdomen, settling into lower part, > passing flatus and scanty diarrhoeic stool; pain < bending forward, > bending backward, then the pain increased and it seemed as if all the insides had settled into lower abdomen and were cut with knives;
> scanty diarrhoeic stool
Aching in hypogastrium and across back of hips
Hysteric colic.
Stool And Anus
Scanty diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus during and after stool, with feeling as if lower part of rectum closed
Fearful pains in rectum and anus, during a movement terrible pain as if forcing a passage
Inveturate constipation as from rectal atony
Frequent ineffectual urgings
Stool: loose, painful, offensive, frequent; thin with hard lumps in it; hard, delayed, small, scanty, difficult
Haemorrhoids.
Urinary Organs
Micturition rare
Incontinence, < walking fast or sneezing
Urine scanty, phosphatic.
Female Sexual Organs
Premature profuse menses with labour-like pains
Amenorrhoea or delayed menses from atony; weariness of mind and body; abdomen distended, bearing-down
Menses too soon with colic, light-coloured
Menorrhagia, profuse, black with coagula; fulness and weight
Leucorrhoea, white stringy
Prolapsus
Sterility
Habitual tendency to abort; sensation of weight in uterine region; tendency to prolapse
Myalgic pains like "false pains."
Before menses: cough.
Respiratory Organs
Raises a good deal of froth, feels as if wanted to cough and couldn't
Tickling, short, dry, hard cough on waking, becoming spasmodic, < by talking; = discharge of urine
Later, cough incessant, like whooping-cough; loses breath; cyanotic;
> suddenly on occurrence of menses eight days too soon.
Chest
Pain in l. breast as if a knife ran into it
Pain in l. breast, then extending through into back to l. of lower part of r. scapula
Pulse irregular and intermittent.
Neck And Back
Pain in centre of nape, running into l. shoulder; then pain in nape moved up to occiput, and remained there all evening
Sharp pain from point of l. scapula through to l. breast
Sensation as if back would break just above waist; afterwards same pain higher up
Backache with dragging in sacral regions, and string, colourless leucorrhoea, beginning when walking.
Limbs
Sharp pain in r. shoulder joint, streaked down arm, then into l. chest, settling above nipple
Knees painful sitting
R. leg feels paralysed below knee, numb, could not bear weight on it.
Skin
Itching papillary eruption across chest and back, < by scratching, > by rubbing.
Sleep
Restless fore part of night.
Fever
Chilly, face flushed.—Limbs cold, head and face hot and flushed.