Chimaphila Umbellata

(FHnce-'s Pine.) DEBCKm'ioN, — A small, evergreen plant, with a perennial, creeping root, which gives rise to several Bimple, erect, or drooping stems, from four to eight inches high, woody at their base. The leaves are wedge- Bhaped, leathery, serrate, smooth, a shining green on tlie upper surface, paler beneath, or irregularly wliite. Flower's in a terminal corymb, on nod- ding penduncles ; they are white, tinged with red, and exhale an agreeable odor. The 0. macalata is a variety only, with spotted leaves, or reined with greenish-white.

It may be used for our tinctures, as it possesses identical properties. Officinal Prepabatioks,— Tincture of the root and leaves; dilutions. Analosubs Cubeba, {?) Copaiva, Sudiu, Oalium, Fareira, Wna vrti, Oannabia aaliiia.

{No Fromng.)

* Scanty nrine, containing large quantity of muco-purulent

" Disease of the prostate, with waste of prostatic fluid. ° Hfeinaturia, from chronic gonorrhcea.

" Dysuria in plethoric, hysterical women; scanty, frequent urination, and pressing, scalding, smarting pain; high- colored urine, depositing a copious mucus sediment. ■* Urine thick, ropy, of brick color, and copious bloody sedi- ment, with hectic fever and night sweats.

Constipation, when connected with renal or cystic dieeaao. ° Enlargement of mesenteric g"

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Generative Organs.

* Kxeessive itehing and painful irritation of the urethra, trom

the end of the penis to the neck of the bladder.

* geneation of £■« ellirg in the perineum, ae if on sitting down

* Flnshing of the cheeks and general heat, with accelerated

° Hectic fever, from chronic renal disease.

° Glandular enlargements, especially of the lymphatics. " In scrofula it seems to rank with some of the anti-psorics.

CIMICIFUeA RACEMOSA.

(Slack Cohosh.)

Botanical Bescription. — Tliis indigenous plant is very stately In

appearance, aad is found growing abundantly in shady and rocky woods,

on ricli grounds, from Maine to Michigan, and sonthward to Florida.

The Cimicifuga is the Macrotys raceinosa, or Botcopliys serpcntarja of

; the Actea Racemosa of Lionffius. It is also known hy the

root, rattle weed, el

Tlie stem is s mpl m th f m f to eiglit foet high. The leaves are fine, alternat 1 1 w ly dical, divided several times, the

upper one two-p t d Tl 1 fl ta bl ng, ogg-sliaped, with tlie atom opposite, incised If m tl ^ to toothed. Tlie flowers are one

styled, white, fee d 1 g 1 d mes; sepals four or five, falling

off early; petal wl t f t 1 mall; stamens slender, white,

about one liund 1 t ea h fl to the raceme the appearance

of a long slend pi m p 1 1 w th a broad stigma. The fiuit

is a capsule, ov d d dry 1 g ly one cell, containing numer- ous flat, smooth d , wh h 1 ly p eked, horizontally, in two rows. In the late autumn and winter any motion of the plant causes a raUling of the seeds, so much resembling the alarm of the rattlesnake as to cause Ihe hunter to start involuntarily; hence its name of rattle weed, given bj- the country people. The root consists of a thick, irregularly bent, con- tracted body, tVom one-third to an inch in diameter, often several inches in length, furnished with, many slender radicles, and rendered extremely rough and Jagged in its appearance by the remains of the stems of sucoea sive years. The color is extremely dark brown, almost black; internally

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The root is the officinal portion, and should be gatliered early in autumn.

The Maorotin is a brown, dry, very bitter powder, and nearly ten times Btronger than the tincture, by weight. It should now be called Otmicifuffin.

* Great melaivihol/y, vnth sleeplessness {^primaryi. Exhilaration, with pleasant thoughts {secondary).

* She is often startled by the illasion of a mouse running from

under her chair.

* Delirium tremens, with nausea, retching, dilated pupils,

tremor of the limbs, incessant talking, and changing from one subject to another, sleeplessness, imagines strange objects about the bed, ae rats, sheep, etc., with quick, full puise, and peculiar wild look out of the eyes.

* Apprehensivenees and sleeplessness in pregnant women,

* Mental disorder; — " Sensation aeif a heavy black cloud had

settled all over her and enveloped her head, so that aU was darkness and confusion, while at the same time it weighed like lead upon her heart." (Cured by 1 x .) (Hale,'] She was suspicious of everything; would not take medi- cine if she knew it; indifference, taciturn, takes no inter est in household matters; frequent sighs and ejaculations. (Cured 'by Olmioifuga 200iA.) {Dunham.)

* Pain over the eyes, and in the eyes, extending along the base

of the brain to the occiput.

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20a CIMICIFHOA EACEM08A.

* Severe pain over the left or riglit eje, extending to the eye

* Dnllness and heaviness in the head, as if he had been on a

" spree." Brain feels too large for the craninm; a pressing from within,

outward. Excruciating pain in the forehead, extending to the temples,

on waking at 2 a. m., with coldness of the forehead. ° Severe remittent headache of long standing, occurring every

day at same hour. Moving the head, or turning the eyes, caused a sensation aa

at 10 A. M.

* Severe pain in forehead, extending to the temple and vertex,

with fullness, heat and throbbing; when going up stairs

sensation as if the top of the head would fly off. ° Pain in the head relieved in tlie open air, ° Excruciating pain in the forehead, with coldness of forehead;

the forehead, and increased by the slightest movement of

the head or eyeballs, "Dull pain in occipital regions, with shooting pains down

* Aching of the eyes, which feel heavy, lasting for days. *Eyehal!8 exceedingly painful; with increased secretion of tears, Stinging in the eyelids, with inilammation.

Eyes feel as if swollen; black specks before the eyes. " Congestion of the eyes during the headache. ° Intense and persistent pains in the eyeballs.

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OimCircGA KACEMOE

Ocular hyper

* Severe pain in the centre of the eyeballs, worse in the morn-

ing, lasting all day, aggravated by going up stairs,

* Sensation ot enlargement of the eyeballs; they feel as if

they would be pressed out of the head.

* Pain, as if situated between the eyeball and the orbital plate

* Neuralgia of the eyeballs, without much congestion, ° Catarrhal and rhenmatic ophthalmia.

The myopia was aggravated by large doses, "Amaurosis; amblyopia; double vision.

Jaws. Very severe pains in teeth and jaws, worse in under jaw and

its articulations. Pain in i-ight superior maxillary bone and teeth. ° Eheumatic and neuralgic toothache.

Stinging sensation in the nose in the evening.

" Frequent sneezing and fluent coryza during the day,

" Catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane.

Very profuse greenish and slightly sanguineous coryza.

Stuffed condition of the nostrils.

Severe pain in left jaw.

Heat on one side of the face, with lassitude ail over. ° Pains in the head and face are constant. " Catarrhal-rheumatic prosopalgia.

Oflensive breath. Dryness and soreness of the lips, with swelling of the back

swallow.

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•204 CraiCIFDGA EACEMOSA.

Soreness of the throat when swallowing, and on pressure, with

stiff neck. Inflammation of the nvula and palate, worse on the left side;

with copious coryza. " Hoarseness, roughness and scraping in the throat, ° Dry cough, from irritation and tickling at the lower part

of the larynx. " Rheumatic sore throat.

* Eructations, with nausea and vomiting, with headache. ° Acute, darting pain in the stomach.

Slight pain in the epigastrium, extending to the left hypo- chondrium.

* Faintness and emptiness in the epig^trium, almost constant;

(a very characteristic symptom.)

Sensation of internal tremor in the epigastrium.

Flatalenee, catising sensation of fullness in the abdomen.

Acute cutting pains in the unibilieal region.

Severe pains in the bowels, with weight and pains in the lum- bar region.

Dull griping, twisting at the umbilicus, more toward the left.

Periodic colic, with inclination to bend forward, relieved after stool,

° Kheumatism of the muscular structures of the abdomen.

° Neuralgia of the abdominal plexuses,

° Puerperal peritonitis, with suppressed lochia, delirium, etc

" Abdominal myalgia, after confinement.

Disposition to diarrhcea, with large papescent stool.

Constipation; fseces hard and dry.

Scanty diarrhcea with tenesmus.

"Non-inflammatory colics and diaiThceas of children. tTrine.

Frequent urination, with increased flow.

° Eetention for eighteen hours, followed by profuse urine.

Profuse flow of pale, watery urine, (priTTiary.)

Urine scanty and high colored, (secondary.)

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OIMICIFTJGA

* It increases the excretion of the solids of the urine in rhea-

matism.

Generative Organs. y-Female.) * A sensation of weight and bearing down in the uterine region, with a feeling of heaviness and torpor in the lower extremities.

* Tlie menses appear eight days befoi'e the time.

* Troublesome labor-like pains during pregnancy.

" Vaginal and cervical lencorrhoiia, without ulceration.

" Amenorrhcea, with excessive pain in the head, back and limbs; with dark circles aronnd the eyelids.

" Retarded menstruation, with pressive, heavy headache, etc.

"Suppression from a eold; febrile symptoms; rheumatic paina in the limbs; uterine cramps,

" Congestive dysmenorrhtea, and of rheumatic origin.

' Cterine ailments of a neuralgic type.

' Dysmenorrhea, with aching in the limbs, severe pain in the hack, down the thighs, with heavy, pressing down, labor- lilie pains, cramps, tenderness of the hypogastric region.

" Henorrhagia; profuse flow, of a passive character, daj-k coagu- lated, with the characteristic pains.

" Uterine inertia during and after labor,

* Spasmodic, painful and intensely powerful but intermitting

contractions.

" Suppression of the lochia, with severe uterine pain and threat- ened peritonitis.

" Threatened abortion, and habitual abortion.

"Prolapsus uteri, from deficient innervation.

° Ovaritis. "Irritable uterus.

'' Post-partem hemorrhage.

" Spasms of the broad ligaments.

" Sterility, from various causes.

" Puerperal melancholy and mania, with sleeples

Pain and tenderness of the testicles.

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Larynx,

Constant inclination to cough, from tickling sensation in the larynx.

Hoarseness; short dry cough; fluent eoryza.

" Troublesome hacking cough.

° Catarrhal wugh of children, especially at night. Cheat.

Acute pain in right chest, extending from top to bottom, abont two inches to the right of the eternnm, aggravated by inspirations.

Lancinating pain along the cartilages of the false ribs, left side, aggi-avated by inspiration.

Transient and fugitive pains all through the chest, with car- diac palpitations.

° Aching, wearing pains in under left marams.

" Neuralgic pains through the chest.

Stitches in the region of the heart, and pain in left side of tho chest.

* Pleurodynia, rheumatic or myalgic.

* Pleurisy, sub-acute (after Aconite and Bryonia). ° Chronic cough, dependent on nervous debility.

° Pains in the left side so common to females.

° A sore, aching pain in left side, below the nipple, relieved by a long inspiration, (in a man.)

Pain in the region of the heart, with palpitations, and stitches flying through various parts of the thorax.

Pain and anxiety in the heart, with pain in left shoulder; the arm feels bound to the side.

Transient but severe cardiac palpitations.

Pulse weak, irregular, eighty per minute.

" Paroxysms, several times a day (in a woman at the change of life), of intense pain in the region of the heart; great anxiety; livid or purple color of the face; cold perspira- tion on the hands; numbness of the whole body, espe- cially the arms; the heart's action seems suspended hy spasms; she cannot speak or move; she feels as if suflfo- cating; head forcibly retracted, and iineonscionsness.

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' Palpitation of the heart; numbness of the arms; (pain down the left arm into the hand, and great exhaustion).

" Intense anxiety and pain about the heart, with pain in the shoulder, extending down the left arm.

° Hheumatic affections of the heart,

" Pericarditis, sub-acute, during rheumatism.

° Cardiac myalgia (with pain, irregular action, etc.)

"Functional disorder, from mental depression,

" Angina pectoris.

" Palliation in some organic heart affections, hypertrophy, etc. Back,

* Stiffness of large muscles of the neck. Drawing and pulsating pain in lumbar region.

* Dull, heavy acliing in the small of the back, relieved by rest,

increased by motion. Stitches in the back, aggravated by motion or respiration.

* Cramping in the muscles of neck on moving the head.

* Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the neck and back. Trembling and weakness in the back — sacrum.

In the morning, on bending the neck forwai-d, a severe, draw- ing, tensive pain at the points of the spinons processes of the three upper dorsal vertebrce.

Dull pain in region of lower doi-sal and upper lumbar vertebrse.

Weight and pain in lumbar and sacral regions, sometimes extending all around the body, somewhat beTow the crest of ileum.

Feeling of stiffness and constriction in muscles of the back.

" Lumbago — one of the most useful remedies.

" A painful affection known as " crick in the hack,"

"Spiral w.yalffia, fa,\e<e\y called spinal irritation, with pain, soreness, tenderness along the spinal column; a disease seated in the ligaments and muscles of the vertebral column, and generally of a rheumatic origin, or due to weakness of tlie muscular fibi-es.

Superior Extremities. Dull pain in right arm, deep in the muscles, from the shoul- der to the wrist.

Itching and redness of dorsal surface of the hands.

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* Neuralgic pains in all the extremities.

Pains which are cramping, with lameness and numbness, ° Mnscnlar rheumatism of the extremities.

limb, ° Sciatica, with numb, erampy, and laming pains. ° E.heumatie- neuralgic pains. '■ Articular rheumatism; also muscular, especially in the largo

muscles.

Prickling, itching, and heat of the whole surface. Eruptions of white pustules over the face and neck, sometimes

large, red, papular. Papular eruption on back of hands and wrists. ° Varioloid — useful in some cases.

* Sleeplessness, from nervous irritation.

° Sleeplessness of children during teething. ° Sleeplessness, with melancholy mood.

" Rheumatic fever of an acute character. ° Typhoid fever in some eases. " Night sweats without organic disease.

* Chorea, from suppressed menses. " Chorea, from undue exposure to cold. ° Chorea, from rhenraatie irritation of motor nerves, or ante

rior column of spinal cord. "^ Chorea, ^Tom deranged menstrual functions; always worse at

the menstrua] periods. " Chorea; the whole body in constant motion, with loss of

there exists atony of the muscular system.

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OHIONANTHTTS VIEOINICA. 209

It eauBes first great irritability of the nervous system, and

system. Continual restlessness in afternoon; desire to move about, not

CHIONANTHUS VIR&INICA.

The leaves are often a foot long and nearly half as broad. There are three variefieii, but all have the same properties.