Homeopathy LibraryComocladia Dentata
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General
BoTAKicAL Dbboription A tree growing In 8t. Domingo and Cnba. The stem erect, not mucU branched.
Leaves divided, shiny and green above, with a round footstslk six inches in length. Sis to ten leaflets nn each side, with an odd one, which are oblong, sharp-pointed, toothed, furry and somewhat downy al the back. Juice milky, glutinous, becoming black by exposure to air, staining the linen or skin the same color, and cannot be wivshed oft'. It is sapposed by the natives of Cuba to be death to sleep beneath tiiis tree, especially for persons of a sanguine or fat habit of body.
Ofpicinai Prkpakatiok, — Tincture with strong alcohol, ot tJie leaves or bark; dilutions.
Analogues.— .dun Mfrfiuin, Rhui tox., Wiue rad., and Bhag nen., etc
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Head
Feeling of heaviness in the head — aggravated by holding the
head down. Shooting paine through the left temple.
On arising from bed everything loolis dark; pains, relieved by motion and in the open air.
Pace.
"Left side of face swollen; the left ear also all cracked and desquamating a substance like powdered starch.
Cured in five weeks. {Navm-ro.)
Eyes
Aching soreness in the eyeballs, which feel heavy.
Inflammation of the eyes; sees from right eye a red ring around the light of the lamp; closing the eye, the ring disappears.
Eyeballs seem too large.
Pains in the eyes increased by being near warm room, with
profuse lachrymation.
Severe pains through the eyeballs, extending to occiput.
Painful, pressing out sensation in the head, as if something was pressing on top of the eyeballs.
Nose
Intolerable itching of the nose.
Mouth, Teeth and Jaws. Aching pains in the teeth.
Sensation as if the tooth was drawing out of its socket.
Sensation as if all the molar teeth on the right side were loosa Pains in the teeth, relieved by pressure.
Inflammation of the gums of tlie lower jaw.
Tongue coated dirty yellow.
Lower lips blistered and swollen, "When the toothache stops the head feels large.
Larsmx. Spasmodic dry cough at night, with tickling in the throat, and
constant dull pain under the left nipple. Tittilating cough; hacking cough in the daytime
Abdomen
A pale red flush, as if an eruption would make its appearance across the abdomen.
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Acnte, sore pains extending across tlie abdomen above the
umbilicus, aifeeting the breathing.
Genital Organs.
Continued tingling, itching of the scrotum during the night.
Intense itching on the lower part of the penis, also on inner
side of the prepuce.
Chest
Acute, sharp pains in left mammary gland, about one inch
above the nipple, and leaves a burning sensation; it goes
to right side and down right arm. Oppression of breath, on aeeonnt of sharp pains in left side. ■^ A sloughing ulcer on the right breast of a lady of thirty
eight.
(Cured in six weeks.) {Dr.
Nava/rro^ Constant pain across the chest.
Eheumatic or pleurodynic pains in chest.
Back
Eheumatic pains and stitches in the back; the stitches leave a
burning,
Superior Extremities.
Frequent rheumatic pains in the hands, arms and legs.
Vesicular eruption on the arms and hands.
Lower Extremities. Severe pains in both knees; pressing down to the feet on the
inside of the legs. Pains, relieved by movement. * Vesicular eruption on the legs; changing to pustules, and!
sometimes to deep, unhealthy ulcers. '^ An indolent ulcer on lower third of right Jeg, near the exter- nal malleolus — of irregular shape and hajd edges; the
nicer wm deep, and discharged a sanious and fcetid pus;.
it had lasted six years, (Cured in four weeks by Como-
cladia 30iA.) {^Dr. li'avarro.') "Inflammation of left leg and foot, with violent fever; the
swelling increased enormously, when the pain subsided;
the skin became white and covered with shiny scales;.
craj^ked and discharged a sanious fluid. (Cured by Gorno-
cladia 6iA.) {Navarro.)
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Skin
Violent itching, redness and erysipelatous swelling of the face, hands, and other parte of the body, followed by yellow vesication and desquamation, of the cnticle.
Painful burning on face and arms; face enormously swollen
Kaah resembling scarlet fever,
° Erysipelas, herpes, zona, etc.
Inflammation of the ekin, followed by deep, hard-edged nlcera, discharging a tliiek, purulent, greenish-yellow matter, having a very fcetid smell; the parts looking like raw meat; the skin covered by email shiny scales.