Homeopathy LibraryMenispermum Canadense
Hale - Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies · Edwin Moses Hale · 4,245 chars
General
{Tellow PitriUa. Moonseed.)
Botanical Description— This is a climbing piaat, growing in various parts of the United States, from the nortJierii boundary to the Gulf of Mexico. The root, or rhijoma, is long, of a yellow color, and a very bitter taste.
Officinal Pbefarationb. — Tincture of the fresh root with strong alco- hol; dilutions.
Analogues.— jlieiM's, Bryonia, China, Cocnulu», Ms, Ignalia, EydTistit, Nwx vomica, Plelea, Slieum.
Mind
Tery low spirited, but attends to business with rapidity.
Absent minded, but the thoughts were clear.
Torpor of the mental faculties, with physical languor.
Feels surly, ill-natured, and stubborn.
Quick tempered and irritable.
Sleep
Restless sleep with troubled and confused dreams. Sudden starting from sleep.
Sleep well, but inclined to dream pleasant dreams.
Sleeps late and heavy in the morning.
Dreams of heavy cannonading.
Dreams of innumerable rats, which creep under my clothing.
Head
Dull, heavy headache, with a feelilig oi fullness.
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MENISPERMUM CANADENSB, 438
Intense headache, with stretching, yawning and cMlUness.
Feeling of fullness in the head at night.
Headache, restlessness, and a swollen sensation in the eyes at
night.
Headache, with pressure from within outwards, in the morning.
Intense headache, feeling as thongh it would bui-st, with pain
the whole length of tlie back. Slight headache in upper frontal region, and through _tlie
temples. Headache through the temples, ^tending to the occi^dial
Eyes feel swollen and dry at night.
JSoae.
Nostrils feel dry, especially the left, and itches painfully.
Painful soreness within the nostrils, ° Thick yellow mucus, becoming scanty.
Mouth And Throat
Slight coating, of milky appearance on the tongue.
Very thirsty.
Tongue coated yellowish-white, with much thirst, and hurried
respiration.
Burning sensation of the tongue.
Tongue feels raw, as if burned.
Tongue coated yellow, in morning thicker posteriorly, with
raised papillas. Tongue dry and parched.
Tongue coated all over with a yellowish substance- Throat feels dry and parched. Mouth and throat dry.
Yellow coating on the tongue, thickest at the base. Tongue muGh swollen.
(Edema of the fauces, with some inflammation. Excessive discharge of saliva.
" Hypertrophy of the liver. ( ? }
" Results of chronic hepatitis. (?)
" Cirrhosis and induration of the liver. (!)
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440 MENISPEEMUM CAHADENaB.
Stomach- Slight nausea in the morning upon rising. ° Induration of the gastric glands.
(?) Increased appetite.
Yiolent vomiting and purging.
Abdomen
Pain in the mnbilica! region.
Tenesintis, hut stool natural.
Loose, frequent Btool.
IJrinary Organs.
Urine high-colored, scanty, and hot {secondary).
Urine thirty-four ounces, white, with cloud in bottom (^t-
ma/ry).
Urine yellow and clondy, voided thirty ounces {prvmary).
Urine dark yellow and scanty {secondary).
Profuse flow of urine {primary).
" Dro^y, with great debility.
Skin
Sensation of itching over the whole surface of the body,
aggravated by warmth. Pimples on the face.
Itching of surface, the pimples bleed easily. ° SyphiUs (tertiary). (? ) " Chronic herpetic eruptions.
Upper Extremities.
Aching in the npper arm and in the left scapnla.
Drawing of the brachialis anticus.
Aching, drawing pain in the shoulder joints, in the region of
the Bcapulfe. Slight, jerfeing pains near the elbow, probably in the biceps muscle.
Lower Extremities.
Aching, drawing pains in the muscles of the thigh.
Aching in the upper part of the left femur, and left hip joint.
Legs feel sore, as if bruised, with pain in the bones.
" Arthritic, and rheumatic complaints.
Circulatory System.
Pulse hai-d and quick.
Hiirried respiration.
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MITCHELLA EEPEKB. 441
Fevei'ishness at night, with lieadache and r General Charaotsristics.
Headache and pains resemble those caused by taMng large doses of ([uinine, and were relieved by China 1,
Many of the symptoms resemble those occurring in the differ- ent forms of ague.
The headache was relieved by Bryorda, and by walking in the open air.
Nearly all the symptoms appeared to be aggra- vated in the morning.
It exerts its influence principally on the salivary and gastric glands.
Great debility in dropsii^I affections.