Homeopathy LibraryViburnum Opulus
Hale - Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies · Edwin Moses Hale · 8,976 chars
General
{Oranberry tree, Cramp bark.) Description.— This shrub grows from five to fiPleen feet liigh, on low ground along streams; common in Canada and the Northern and Western States, extending south asiar as Virginia; very abundant in the Catekill and Alleghany mountains. Flowers in June and July, The acid fruit is a sub- stitute for cranberries, whence the name, Sigh cranberry bmh. The common, well-known Sn'iwbaU tree, or Oaelder rose of our gardens ia a cultivated variety of thia species, with the whole cyme turned by cultivation into showy, stto-ile flowers.
The Viburnum prunifolium [Black Haw), which is found in dry copses from New England, Canada, and Illintiis on the north, to Tennesaee and Virginia on the south, is a much larger shrub, and should not be confounded with Vi- burnum Opulus.
PaBPABATioN.^Tincture from inner bark of shrub, and bark of root.
Mind
Confused, and nnable to concentrate the mind on usual mental labor.
Stupid feeling, as if I could not tell where I was or what to do on awaking in the morning.
Inability to study to such an extent that he abandoned the proving.
Head
DuU/rontal headache, extending to the eyelmlls, aggravated by mental exertion, and relieved by moving about.
Dull, aching pain over left eye.
Dull, confusing frontal head- ache, extending to both temporal regions, as after nij;ht watching or loss of sleep, so severe as to compel cessation of mental exertion.
Headache beginning about 3 p.m., worse at night.
Vertigo with inclination to turn to the left.
Vertigo on rising from a seat ; feel as though would fall forward.
Vertigo on closing eyes.
Severe pressive pain in right supraorbital region.
Dull, snpraorbital and frontal headache, with pro- fuse flow of clear, watery urine.
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Severe pain in head just over the eyes on opening thcni ; the sore- ness extending bacii into the head.
Severe (eflsided headache, aggravated by a sudden jar, bending over, false step movement.
Eyes heavy; feel almost sick enough to go to bed.
Severe pain in left parietal region ; the pain is sharp and penetrates into the brain, aggravated by every cough, moving the head, when the bowels move.
Every cough hurts the head.
Eyes
Sore feeling in eyeballs.
Heaviness over the eyes and in the eyeballs, so severe that at times would have to look twice to be sure of seeing an object.
Eyes burn ; can hardly see on account of profuse flow of tears.
Ears
Sharp, jerking pains in ears as if stabbing with a sharp knife, lasting nearly an hour, with more or less severity.
Wouid awaken during, the night with great pain in ears ; deep in the bone.
External ear sore as if bruised ; could not lie on affected side.
Compelled to change position several times during the night in consequence of pain, first in one ear and then in the other.
Stomach
Deathly sickness at the stomach at night, not relieved by any posi- tion.
When lying perfectly quiet had no unpleasant feel- ing, but on moving, a deathly nausea in pit of stomach came on; would faint on attempting to get up.
Constant nausea (but no inclination to vomit), relieved by eating.
Nausea and faintness, at times very distressing, relieved by eating, but felt immediately afterwards. Aching pain in stomach in the afternoon, relieved by stretching the body and throw- ing the stomach forwards.
° Nausea and vomiting of pregnant women.
Hypochondria
Severe sticking, darting pain in left hypochondriuni, deepseated as if in spleen, with a sensation as if some hot fluid were running through the splenic vessels ; relieved by walking
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about the room, or by hard pressure, aggravaled by lying on left aide ; could not lie on the left side at all. luteuse pain in region of spleen, producing fainting, relieved by perspira- tion. Most intense pain in left lumbar region between iloating ribs and wing of ilium.
Abdomen
Whole abdomen tender and sensitive to pressure, especially about the umbilicus.
Rumbling, darting pain in bowels.
Cramping colic pains in lower bowels.
Bearing down pains in abdomen as during menstruation, with heavy aching pain over pubes.
Severe, heavy, aching, bearing down pain, accompanied by drawing pains in anterior muscles of the thighs, and occasionally by sharp shooting pains in ovarian regions.
Orampy colic pains m lower ab- domen, almost utihearable, the pains coming on suddenly and wiiJi terrible severity, as if going to be " unwell," mostly or wholly at night.
Stool
Constipation.
Great inactivity of rectum; no inclination for stiwl.
Stool dry, hard, scanty, painfnl, and difficult of ex- pulsion.
Obstinate constipation ; desire for stool, with much straining.
Stool large, hard, and when passed at- tended with a cutting sensation in rectum anil anus.
Dur- ing and immediately after stool, profuse haemorrhage of dark-red blood.
One prover had profuse, watery diarrhoea, accompanied by ter- rible chills and cold sweat on the forehead. Urinary Organs,
Profuse flow of clear, watery urine; compelled to urinate every hour.
A constant sensation as if the urine continued to flow, followed each urination.
Profuse and frequent flow of clear, watery urine, accompanying frontal headache.
Male
Severe pain and swelling of epididymis and testicle of left side.
Epididymis of right side so painful and swollen that a suspensory bandage was necessary.
(This prover was
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subject to attacks of epididymitie from exposure to cold or violent exercise, but in this case he had not been exposed to either.) Involuntary seoiiuai emissions without dreams.
Female, — Uneasy sensation in pelvic region and slight bearing- down pains. Pain in back, loins and lower abdomen, as if the menses were coming on, aggravated in early part of evening and in a close room ; ameliorated in open air and by moving about.
° Was "unwell" during second week while taking tlie remedy, but felt 90 perfectly free from pain and uneasiness so pecu- liar to that period, that I attributed my freedom from pain to the action of the remedy. Severe bearing-down pains as during menstruation, accompanied by drawing pains in anterior muscles of thigh and occasional sharp shooting pains over ovaries. Three days after discontinuing the drug the above pains were repeated in the morning, with great nemomnesa; could not sit or lie still but for a few minutes at a time, on account of the pain.
Ten days after commenc- ing the proving — which was at mid- menstrual period, regu- lar menstruation recurring two weeks before — a flow began which lasted two days, in all rejects like normal menstrua- tion, but with much cramping pain and great nervous rest- lessness. Menses delayed ten days; when flow appeared was scanty, thin, light-colored, and continued but a few hours, and attended with a sensation of light-headedness ; must lie down ; faintness when attempting to sit up.
During menses, nauseated all the time.
Lmcorrhcea, thin, yellowish-white for two days following men- struation. Lencorrhoea, thin and colorless, except with evacuation of the bowels, when it was thick, white, inodor- ous, blood-streaked mucus from the vf^ina.
° Excruciating colicky paJn through womb and lower abdomen, coming on quite suddenly just preceding the menstrual flow, relieved by 1" dilution.
" Pains, beginning in the back and going around to the loins (?) and across to the pubic bones, like labor-pains; have been promptly relieved.
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" Prevents miscarriage, and premature labor. ° Dysmenorrkcea.
Dystocia. ° Fake pains.
Chest Sharp shooting pains in left chest over sixth rib near the sternum.
During the proving an old heart trouble (remission every
third beat} returned. Felt as if the breath would leave her
body and her heart would cease beating.
Back and Neck.
Tired, braised pain in muscles of the back, extending from scap- ula to wing of ilium on eaeh side of spine, relieved by iirm pressure.
Wandering, tired pains in muscles of back, worse on left side.
Severe pain in back (region of kidney), ren- dering ordinary work difficult; relieved by pressing across the back.
Stiff, sore feeling in nape of -neck.
Neck stiff for several days, and attended with pain in occiput.
Extremities
Strange buzzing feeling in hands as if they would biu'st. Wan- dering tired pains, extending to hips and knees, with dis- inclination to move about.
° Cramps of the legs — in pregnant women.
1 unrefreshing sleep. Sleepy after dinner.
O-eneralitieB.
Could not lie on affected side. The muscles of entire left side of
body sore, as if bruised or strained by over-lifting.
Muscles of back lame and bruised, as after severe physical exer- tion.
Inability to lie on left side during entire proving.
Tired in the morning on rising.
ModalitdeB.
Aggravation
In a warm room ; evening or at night ; lying on
affected side. Amelioration, — In open air ; pressure ; motion, walking about.
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