Lachnanthes Tinctoria

{Spvnt-weed)

BOTABTCAL DKSCRrPTiON PeWa«(ft woolly outside; six-parted down ti>> the adherent ovnry. Stamens three, opposite tlie three larger or Inner diTlaions; JUaminte long, exserted; antliers linear, fixed by the middle.-.

Sfytethread-like.exaerted, declined; pod globnlar; seeds few on each fiesliy placenta, flat and rounded, fixed by tie middle, ^erb with a red, fibrous,, perennial ivot, equitant, aword-shaped leaves, clustered at the base andi scattered on tlie stem, which is hairy at tlie top and terminated by a dense- compound cyme of clingy yellow and loosely woolly ^dtsef*. Grows chiefly in sandy swamps, souUiward near the coast, but has been seen in Miode Island and New Jersey.

Officinal Pbbpahatiosb,— Tincture of the leaves and root^ ailutiouiif.

Analogues.— --iEWHHO, Agaricua^ Belladonna, Gieitta, Grotalit*, Oimiei- fuga. Cannabis indiea, Gelsemittam, Qlonoiite, Ophnoeladvs, Sifosciamu*,. LaiAms, Opium, PkiUna, Phosphorus, Sansuinaria, Stramoniiam.

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Mental Sphere.

Ill -humored, and sleepy, whining mood, with the headache.

Great loquacity, afterwards stupid and irritable.

" Delin'nm during pneumonia, with circumscribed red cheeks, worse from one to two a. m.

Griddiness in the head, with sensation of heat in the chest and around the heart.

Sensation as if the vertex was enlarged and was driven npwarda.

Headache pressing the eyes outward (^Sepia, Cimieifuga).

Head feels enlarged, and as if split open with a wedge from the outside to within; the body is icy cold, she cannot get warm; the whole face becomes yellow; the head burns like Are, with much thirst; during the cold sensation the face is moist and sticks.

Tearing in the forehead, from left to right.

A continuous stitch in the left forehead from within to with- out, leaves after a few minutes a pressing pain, and extends over the whole forehead, pressing from within outwards.

Sensation as if the hair was standing on end, with soreness of scalp.

Obscuration of sight, if he looks on anything fixedly he sees gray iixed rings.

Wliile reading in the forenoon, a large yellow spot as large as a hand on the paper, which follows as he reads.

Looking at an object tor some time, it becomes dark before his eyes. {Gels., Calabar, ChloTal.)

Pupils very much enlarged, with brilliant eyes.

If he suddenly moves his head it becomes dark before his eyes. {Gels.)

" Brilliant eyes, red face, and delirium during pneumonia.

Compression of the left eyeball from below upwards.

Pressing in the eyes, with secretion of white mucus.

When closing the eyes the upper eyelids twitch visibly; when he closes them tight it grows worse.

Eedness on the left upper eyelid, covered with little vesicles; they itch a great deal.

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Tearing in the left ear, and in t!ie right (frequent Bymptora).

Crawling sensation in the ears,

" Almost complete deafness, in pneumonia nervosa. Ifose.

Nose bleeds profnsely — blood pale. ■pace.

Tearing pressure in the lett cheek, toward the eye, as if the eye shonld be pressed out.

Tearing from the right side of forehead into the cheek.

" Circumscribed redness of the face in the morning, with yio-

lent delirium and brilliant eyes in pneumonia nervosa.

Pain in all the teeth fi'om warm drinks.

Sensation as if the upper incisors and eye-teeth have broken loose, with sensation of soreness, worse when touching them with the tongue and when closing them.

All the teeth pain, feel loose and too long, worse in bed.

Saliva of tough mucus.

Eoughnesfi and swelling, with pricking when swallowing; continually increasing dryness of the throat, with sleep- lessness, followed by hoarseness,

" Great dryness in the throat, especially on awakening during the night, with much coughing (in a patient who had an ulcerated sore throat).

" Sore throat, with short cough,

"jD^p^^Aer/a, with stiffness of the neck; head drawn to one side. Appetite and Taste.

Aversion to meat.

The headache in the forehead is better after supper.

Rising of sweetish water, with nausea.

Sudden sensation of squalmisbness in the stomach.

Fullness in the pit of the stomach, with borborygmus.

Twirling and twisting sensation in the upper part of the abdomen.

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388 LAOHNANTHES

right Bide, Cutting in the right side of the abdomen. Sensation of heat through the abdomen; teels aa if the bowels

would be moved.

Frequent desire to evacuate, without result. Evacuation as usual, bnt with much discharge of flatulency

and purging; after the passage the sensation of heat in

the abdomen becomes less. Continuous stitch in the anas.

and around it. Perspiration and itching of the scrotum and penis.

Iiarynx and Trachea. "Hoarseness; drj cough from irritation of the throat, worse

in bed. Burning in the right side of the larjnx.

" Congh dry as if it came from the larynx; expectoration is

streafeed with blood, with severe pain in the chest, in

pneumonia nervosa. When inhaling, deep pressing pain under the short ribs near

the spine. Stitches like knives in the region of the left clavicle, previously

stitches like knives in the right chest. She feels hot and oppressed in the chest, with mild perspira- tion all over.

Stitches like kniv^ following one another in quick succession

in the right side of the chest, below themammse, white at

I'est and when moving. Boiling and bubbling in the chest and region of the heart; it

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rises to the head and he becomee giddy; he breaks out

witli a prespiratjon. Sensation of heat in the region of the heart, going and eomina.

Sensation as if sprained in the neck when turning or moving

the head backwards. Pressing pain under the sliort ribs near the right side of the

spine, deep inside when taking a deep inspiration. Burning in the region of the left kidney, deep, extending

Upper Sxtremities. Tearing in the upper part of the arm, beginning at the elbow

joint and running up into the shoulder. Tearing in both elbow joints, at times upwards and then down-

wai-ds, frequently through the whole day, * Burning of the paims of the hands and soles of the feet. Tearing in the knuckles of the middle fingers of the right hand.

[The hogs (except the hlack ones) which eat the roots and leaves of thli plant, lose their hoofs, which fall off (from ulceration t) {Barwin.)]

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390 LAPIS ALBCB.

Restless sleep at night, with disturbed dreams, followed by

perBpiration. Sleeplessness, with continually increasing dryness of the throat.

* In the night, in bed, short cough, with sore throat, followed

by coryza. Awakens at 2 a. m. with a cramp pain in his breast, extending from the right to the left side.

Icy coldness of the body; skin is cold, dainp and clammy dnr-

ing the coldness. Flashes of heat alternating with chilliness.

* Burning heat, with redness of the face, more on the right

side, followed by circumscribed redness of the cheeks.. , Evening fever, worse from 6 to 12, with redness of the face. "Pever, with delirium, circumscribed redness of the cheeks,

bnbbling in the cheeks and region of the heart, " Pneumonia nervosa and typhus fever.