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General
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Dbbcbiption. — An indigenous plant, with a fleshy, horizontal, fibrotts root, or rhizoma. It is common tlirougliout the United States, growing in moist places, and presenting hlme or pwr^U jUrmerB from Hay ta July. The root resembles that of Acorus calamus (sweet-flag). It has a peculiar odor, augmented by rubbing or pulverizing, and a disagreeable taste, with, persistent acridity.
The active principle ia an oleo-resin, named Iridin (or Iridn).
Sphekb of Action. — The gastro-intcstinal mucous membrane, and, by refl.es action, the head and liver.
Officinal Pbeparatiokb.— Tincture of the fresh root ; Iridin {Main)
AHALOOuas. — AnHmonium eradum, Anenieum, Oolchiev/m, Ewpatorhim peTfoliatnm, Euphorbia eoroVMa, Ipecacuanha, Juglans cinerea, L^tatnd^a, MerewHun, PvhatiUa, Podophylkfm, Phytolaeea, Sobinia, Sangninaria, Ver atruin album.
* Despondency; low spirits; easily vexed. Confusion of mind, with great mental d
Head
* Dull, heavy headache in the forehead, with ii
* Shooting pains in the temples, generally the right, with con-
strictive feeling in the scalp.
* Severe pain in the occiput, more on the right side.
* Violent, stunning headache, with facial neuralgia, followed
by copious limpid urine and vomiting. " Sick headache of a gastric or hepatic origin.
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" Neuralgia, facial or cephalic, with nausea and vomiting. "Habitnal headache; a violent throbbing on either side of
frontal protuberance, worse in the evening or after exer.
tion. { Wesselhrnft.) ° Sick headache every Sunday regularlj', {Male.) The headache is aggravated by rest, but relieved by continued
motions. {Ehus.) " Pustular eruptions on the scalp in children.
a of the coniunctiva, as if from a cold.
Eyes feel dull, with pain over left superciliary ridge.
Severe burning pain in internal canthus, witli effusion of tears.
Eyes sunken, witli blueness around the eyes. ° Chronic inflammation of the eyelids.
(Kitahen^
liars. Singing and buzzing in the ears.
Face
* Facial neuralgia, involving the supra and infra-orbital and
the superior maxillary and inferior dental nerves; begins
after breakfast every morning with stupid headache and
lasts several hours. {HolcOTuhe^ *Pustiilar eruptions on the face, around nose, lips and cheeks,
secreting a sauious, irritating matter. "Tinea capitis; erustea lactea; porrigo; eczema of the face.
Mouth, Fauces, etc.
Greasy feeling over tongue and gums on rising in the morning.
Feeling of rawness in the month.
* Back part of the month and tauces feels on fire.
* Constant discharge of saliva, not fcetid.
* Ulcers on the mucous membrane of the cheeks.
" Stomatitis, with painful burning in the mouth and fauces.
Teeth feel sore and elongated, with dull aching.
" Salivation following diphtheria, with swelling of the parotids.
Gastric Syraptoms,
* Loss of appetite, with nausea and empty eructations.
* Constant nausea and vomiting of watei-y and sour fluids. Aching in the stomach before breakfast and after drinking
cold water.
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Great burning distress in the epigastric region (pancreas?).
* Colic-like pains every few minutes in epigastric I'egion. Vomiting, with pain in the stomach, with diarrJuBO,.
" Bilious vomiting, with great heat of the head and perspira- tion.
*Severe shocks of pain in umbilical region, passing upwards to epigastric region, with naneea, straining and belching of wind.
" Yoimtmg of ingesta; of add matters^ <f hile; of soured milk in children.
" Increase of {primm'y) or deficiency {secondary) of pancreatic juice; it cansed, in a cat, intense congestion and rupture of the minute vessels of the pancreas. {Bv/rt.)
" Chronic indigestion of mi^iy it sours and is vomited. {Hale.) Liver.
* Pain in the right hypochondria, worse on motion.
Pain above the crest of the ilium, on both sides, first on right.
Crampy pains in the right lumbar region.
Cutting pains in the region of the liver. ° Acute and chronic disorders of the liver. 'Increase of bile {pri/tnary), tlien deficiency of {secondary), with jaundice.
Abdomen, Stool, etc.
* Rumbling and cutting pain in lower part of the abdomen,
relieved by flatus,
* Colic, obliging him to bend forward for relief.
* Diarrhtea with slight pain, with rumbling and cutting in the
lower part of the abdomen. Constipation, succeeded by thin, watery diarrhtea.
* Copious watery stool, with or without tenesmus.
Stool tinged with green, copious, watery, mixed with undi- gestcd food.
* Stool of blood and mucus, with great tenderness, and a sen.
sation as if the anus wi^ on fire.
Swelling of the stomach and abdomen.
Great smarting and burning of anus after every stooL
* Autumnal iilioite diarrliwa and cholera ri
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IBIS VEESICOLOE. 379
Severe intermittent colic in umbilical region, with soft, mushy, sowr stools.
° A grumbling bellyache, witli stools twice a day, scanty; with mucus, fluid fteces, offensive, putrid odors, and discharge of very fcetid wind of a coppery odor. {Kitchen^
° Periodical night-diarrhceas, with pain and green discliarges.
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" Cholera infa/nl/wm,, with profuse sour discharges from stomach
and bowels, and pain in head. " Asiatic cholera, with rice-water discharges, cramps, etc. [Dr.
Lade, of England.')
TJrinary Organs.
Shai'p, cutting pain in the urethra on urinating.
Urine copious; strong, disagreeable smell of the urine.
Dark-red urine, with burning in the urethra.
* B'octnimal emissions, vnth amorovs dreams.
"Gonorrhcea; syphilis, mercurial syphilis. {Mclea^^ ° Spermatorrhcea.
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Oenital Organs. ° J^orning sickness during pregnancy. " Uterine leucorrhcea; metrorrhagia,
LurytLs. and Chest.
Short, dry cough, excited by a tickling in the larynx.
Pain in the left side, as though the ribs were pressing against
the lun^, and unable to take a long breath.
Hoarseness, with ringing in the ears.
Soreness and rawness of the fauces.
Sack.
Constant pain in the lumbar and sacral region, aggravated by motion.
Upper Extremities.
* Sharp, tensive pain in the right shoulder, worse on motion,
especially on raising the arm, mostly in the evening.
* Severe pains shooting about in the phalangeal and meta-
carpal-plialangea! articulations. RhenmatiBm of the shoulders, wrists and hands.
Lower Extremities. Pain in right knee joint, worse on motion.
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Violent tearing pain in right hip and knee joints, extending;
to right foot, worse on motion. Trembling and wealsness of the knees.
Calves of the legs painful when walking, especially the right. Pain in lower extremities and cramps in calves of legs, with nausea and retchings.
Wervous System. Nervous, irritable, with prostration of the whole system.
Skin
* Pustular eruption on the scalp, face, and other parts of the
body. " Paoriasis; irregular patches on knees, elbows, and all over
the body, covered with shining scales, edges slightly
raised and irregular; (cured in fifteen days with I-rk we.)
{^Dr.
Alabone, of Englamd.) " Psoriasis in relievo, skin fissured and irritable.
(^.) " Lepra vulgaris — obstinate, on the arms, (/i.)
Sleep
Sleepiness, with chills.
Eestless every night, with bad dreams..
Amorous dreams during sleep.
Pevep.
* Sweat over the whole body, particularly in the groin.
* Heat followed by chill, with cold hands and feet. Dry, hot skin; hands hot and dry.
" Typhoid fever, with symptoms similar to Bapiisia ° Bilious fever, after Bryonia or Aconite.
JUflLANS CINEREA.
BoTANTCAL DKBCRrpTiON
This is an indigenous forest tree, known in different sections of the country by the various names of Bv.tUo'nut, Oilnut, and White Walnut.
In favorahle situations it attains a great size, rising sometimes flflj feet in height, with a tnjnk three or four feet in diameter at the distance of five feet from the ground.
The stem divides at a small distance from the ground into numerous horizontal hranehea.wJiicli spread widely and form a large tufled head, giving to Hie tree a peculiar aspect.
The young brajioheB are smooth and of a grayish color, which has given origin to the specific nam.e of tie plant The leaves are very long.
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JtrOLAHS OINEREi. 3Sl
and consist of 8 'ghtpi f '1 1 fl t I ' 1 p f late
leaflet at tte ext y Th tv. Ih hi gtli i long-
lanceolate, rou lltthb mtfilj t Im what
downy.
The ml dfmlfl rs dt tp th snm tree.
The former are 1 g m t f fi
from the aides f tl h t f tl ] c extremity. Th f 1 1 fi t h 1 f tli 1 1 f Ih ame
spring. Tte gm m tllytwlgfthj lored
Stigmas. The fit Cm gl pddbytli ]1 able
peduncle; snm t m 1 tt b 1 t tl d d tr ty of
the same pedun 1 Tl d p hi g-o 1 w tb tern 1 j jection,
hairy, viscid, g th imm t ttltb wh pit con.
tains a hard, dakldblg] d twh Id ply aud
irregularly tnn w d rf Tl k 1 i tl ! k Ij 1 pi t to
lie taste. ■
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tliroughout the wb 1 N 1 E t d W t TJ It d S t In
the Middle States the flowers appear in May, and the fiuit ripens in Sep- tember.
The bark is nsed in dyeing wool a dark-brown color, thougii inferior for this purpose to that of the Black Walnut.
It is said, when applied to the skin, to have a mbefacient effect.
The inner bark is the medicinal portion, and that of the root being considered most efficient, is directed by tha National Pharmafiopteia.
It should be collected in May or June.
OFFtoiHAL Preparation'H — TlnctuTe of the inner bark (or leaves) ; tritu- rations oiJuglandin.
AKALoauES. — Bryonia, Ooloei/nfh, Pfelea, Oroton tig., Podophyiima, Irit, Sulphur, Bhus.
Sensorium.
Depreesion of spirits; mind depressed.
Vertigo, with faintness.
Head
Dull headache on rising, passing off on getting up, Fnllnesa of the head at night. ° Ernptiona on tlie scalp.
Byes. Inflammation, with pustules on the lids and around the eyes.
Ears
Pain on swallowing, wliicli is deep, drawing, tickling,
Nose
Coryza from the left nostril. Dryness of the nose.
Face
Erythematous redness.
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Mouth, Teeth and Throat.
Sore throat, with dry lips and mouth moist.
Tip of the tongue is sore, with dryness of the fauces. *Throat feels swollen, with. pain ou the right side, ° Chronic inflammation of the throat, with general debility. {Jlorton.)
Appetite, Taste, eto. Loss of appetite, with coppery taste.
Gastric Symptoms.
Nausea in the morning; vomiting, retching, with colic.
"Indigestion, with gastric irritability; flatulence.
Stomach
Sinking sensation at the stomach, and horing in the stomach.
Ahdomeu.
Deep-seated pain on left side near the kidneys.
Pain in the epigastrium.
Heat and pain in epigastrium.
Flatulence and aching in the abdomen after dinner.
Irritation and inflammation of tlie mucous membrane of the bowels, followed by dysentery.
Stool
Loose stool which smells lite onions.
Tenesmus and burning after stool lyprimary). ° Constipation pi-eeeded by diarrhcea (seeondary). ° Colic, very severe and prostrating, with purging.
" Diarrhcea of soldiers in camps. {Neidhard^
Lapynx and Trachea.
Rattling in bronchia on coughing, without expectoration.
Expectoration of very tenacious mucous and musty sputa.
Chest and Bespiration, Pain on the left side, worse on pressure.
Great oppression in the chest, with cutting pains in the lungs.
Congestion of the lungs.
Stitcliing pain under the right scapula.
" Scrofulous consumption, with great emaciation. {SmaU^
Back
Acliing pain in small of the back on stooping.
Aching pain in the lumbar vertebrre.
Shooting pain in the lumbar region.
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JUNIPERIS C0MM0NI8. 383
Upper Extremities.
Aching pains in amie and wrists, as if sprained.
Great pain in right axilla, exten(3ing down the arms, along the
eoLiree of the nerves. Aching in right elioulder.
Lower Extremities.
Heat on inner side of the thigh, and in the feet, with cramp
like pain in left hip at night.
Skin
*A peenliar esanthematous eruption, very much resembling
the flash of scarlet fever.
* Erjsipelatons inflammation of the skin of the body and
extremities,
* Erythematous redness of the face.
* Eruption resembling eczema simplex. {D/: Martin^
* Pustular eruptions.
[Dr.
A.
E.
Hortoa, of Bast Poultney.
Vermont, clairaa to have extensive experience with Juglan» in acute and chronic sltin diseases.
He claims that it is curative and homoeopathic to tiie " whoie range of skin diseases, from simple erythema to pemphigus," In tlie second edition of New Bemediea, and in the journals since, lie lias reported many cases of puslu. la/r, vesieulw, erj/thematoiis, and nlcers; also, other lesions of the skin cured promptly with the tincture and dilutions, or triturations of JwyiaMifl.
He mentions its snocesafui use in nearly ail cutaneous eruptions.
Tlje internal administration is aided by a lotion of the same medicine.]
[Dr. Bmali, of Ciiicago, reports a case of noli me iangere on tiie nose and month, cured by a cold infusion of the leaves; also, cases of scrofula and scrofulous swelling of Hie glands.]