Euphorbium Officinarum

Gum Euphorbium. Euphorhiacese.-

The acrid resinous exudation of a plant native to Morocco.

Was strongly recommended by Mesue in diseases of the joints, and for noises in the ears.

Clinical Authorities. — Headache, Berridge, Kaue's Eec, 1875, p. 208- Cataract, Bojanus, Allen & Norton, Ophtli. Therap. ; Crumbling of teeth, Hartmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 461 ; Toothache, Eiickert, Gutraann, Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 461 ; Epidemic influenza. Wells, Raue's Eec, 1873, p. 106; Cough, Chapman, B. J. H., vol. 8, p. 34 ; Spasmodic cough, Chapman, B. J. H., vol. 8, p. 34 ; Coccygeal affec- tion with diarrhoea, W. P. Wesselhceft, MSS. ; Erysipelas, (2 cases) Eaue, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 135.

^ Mind. Earnest, quiet, reflective mood ; seeks quiet, though with inclination to work.

Anxious, apprehensive, solicitous mood.

Temporary attacks of craziness, insists upon saying his prayers at the tail of his horse ; knows his freaks and wants to be by himself and in silence.

Imagines he sees the same man walking after him that he sees walking before him. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo when standing or walking in open air. ^ Inner Head. Dull, stupefying, pressive pain in forehead.

Sticking headache, especially in forehead.

Tensive pressure in head, especially in forehead and cer- vical muscles.

Screwed-in sensation in whole of brain and in zygomata, with toothache.

Headache as though head would be pressed asunder.

■ Bruised pain in head, especially in occiput and forehead,

< in morning, > by cold applications.

Sensation of soreness, as if beateii, in back part of head;

< in morning; when lying; from heat; sitting; in rest ; > by motion and cooling head.

^ Outer Head, l Erysipelas of head and face, with digging, boring, and gnawing pains, followed, when ameliorated, by creeping and itching of parts ; considerable swelling of affected parts, with small vesicles discharging a yel- lowish fluid.

■ Erysipelatous inflammation efface and external head.

* Sight and Eyes, Everything appears larger than it really

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is ; even in walking he raises his legs more than is neces- sary, because he imagines he has to step over elevations.

Diplopia ; seeing a person walk before him he imagines he sees the same man walking after him.

I Lens milk white; cannot see to go alone, though sees better on a dark day. ^Cataract.

I Biting and smarting of eyes, with lachrymation.

Inflammation of eyes, with itching of eyelids and canthi, which are excoriated.

Feeling of great dryness in eyes with profuse discharge.

Purulent discharge from eyes.

■ Chronic ophthalmia ; lids pain and itch severely, are wet

and agglutinated. Pale-red inflammation of eyelids ; with nightly secretion

of matter which agglutinates them. Swelling of lids, with tearing above eyebrows, on opening

Upper lids sink down ; they close irresistibly, with reeling

I Buzzing in r. ear, cannot sleep at night. ^ Smell and Nose. Sneezing.

Fluent coryza, without sneezing.

and digging from gum into ear ; itching and crawling in

cheek when the pain is relieved. I Red inflammatory swelling of cheek, with sensation of

burning heat.

■ Excessive red swelling of cheek, with many yellow vesi-

cles upon it, which open and discharge a yellowish moisture. ■Erysipelas of cheeks, preceded by alternating chills and heat ; constrictive headache, especially in occiput ; and burning, stinging and itching of parts ; yellow blisters.

■ ■Erysipelatous inflamed swelling of cheek, with vesicles

as large as peas filled with yellow liquid. ^^ Teeth and Gums. "Throbbing, beating pains, and sensa- tion as if teeth were being screwed together ; under eye- tooth a swelling extremely sensitive to touch, which ul- timately developed into an abscess; cheek greatly swollen and inflamed. /^Toothache.

■ Aching, stitching, or boring pains, with erysipelatous

swelling of cheek ; crumbling of teeth. /^Toothache. I I Toothache, as if screwed in, in a hollow tooth, with jerk- ing, as if it would be torn out.

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I Toothache < when touched or when masticating.

I The teeth crumble off.

^^ Taste and Tongue. Flat taste in mouth, after breakfast;

Burning in throat as from hot coal, extending to stomach,

I I Inflammation of stomach; erysipelatous gastritis.

^^ Abdomen. Sensation of emptiness in abdomen as after an

emetic; in morning. Spasmodic flatulent colic, in morning in bed, with pain as

if abdomen was pressed asunder, > by leaning his head

anus, and soreness in abdomen. Stools like glue, painful and flatulent, after previous

itching of rectum.

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Stool first thin, then knotty.

Constipation from torpidity of bowels ; hard stool, difficult

to pass. Violent itching of rectum during urgent desire for stool,

Frequent desire to urinate with slight discharge of urine.

Strangury.

Itching stitch in external portion of urethra between acts

^^ Female Sexual Organs. Ovaritis.

Itching of the nions veneris. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia, b Chills,

headache, frontal and occipital, with stiffness of cervical

muscles; pains in back and limbs; general malaise;

prostration ; watery discharge from eyes and nose, with

burning and smarting; also burning and smarting in

trachea, with profuse secretion of mucus; tickling in

larynx with cough. ^Influenza. Cough, caused by burning tickling in upper part of

trachea. ^^ Respiration. Oppression of breathing, as if chest were not

wide enough. ^ Cough. Dry, hollow cough, from tickling in chest and throat Constant, dry, titillating, hacking cough, day and night

with lachrymation. •Severe spasmodic cough, day and night, interrupting

sleep, and greatly wearing him out; cough dry, with

stitches which seem to proceed from pit of stomach to

body to the right side.

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sitting and beginning to move ; sensitive to touch ; three

times daily diarrhoeic stools, which < pain in coccyx. ^^ Upper Limbs. Scarlet red streaks on 1. forearm, itching

when touched. Paralytic tightness in shoulder-joint, mornings, from

moving arm. Pressive pain in upper arm, on outer side above elbow ;

in ball of r. thumb. Scarlet streaks on 1. forearm, disappearing when passing

thigh ; frequently awakened thereby several nights in

succession. iPains in hip joint on moving, as if sprained; burning

pain at night in femur and hip joint. I iTearing, stinging, pressing pains, > by motion, < during

rest; paralytic sensation, with difficulty of rising from

burning and stitching in 1. side of chest; tearing pain

pressure; pain in thigh >. Motion: soreness in head > ; burning in chest > ; heavi- ness in muscles when turning body; of wrist, paralytic

pain; pain in hip joints; tearing pains > ; ulcers >. Beginning to move : paralytic weakness in joints < ;

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Stretching limb after sitting : violent pain.

Walking: vertigo; pain in thigh <; ulcers >. ^^ Nerves. Weariness, faintness ; whole body seems relaxed and tired,

I I Prostration ; fainting spells.

Periodic attacks of cramps.

Writers' cramp.

Convulsions, with loss of consciousness and congestion of blood to head ; hot skin ; slow, full pulse. ^^ Sleep. Sleepiness during the day.

Sleeplessness, with tremulous tossing about before mid- night, roaring in ears, unable to close eyes.

Sudden starting up as from an electric shock at night, while lying awake in bed.

Anxious, vivid dreams at night, causing him to cry out,, whereupon he awakes. ^ Time. Morning: headache <; sensation of soreness <; sensation of emptiness in abdomen ; flatulent colic in bed; sputa copious; cold perspiration on legs; chill of whole body; sweat over whole body; sweat over neck, thighs and legs; sweat in bed; ulcers <.

Day: spasmodic cough; sleepiness; great heat.

Before midnight: sleeplessness.

Night: roaring at night; cannot sleep; spasmodic cough; burning pain in bones of hip and thigh; awakened by pain; burning pain in femur and hip joint; sudden, starting up in bed; vivid dreams. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Heat: soreness in head <; near fire < ulcers.

Open air: vertigo when walking; walking, sore pains in heel; chill when walking.

Cooling head > soreness.

Cold application: headache >. ^^ Fever. Chill : of whole body in morning ; while walking in open air; when beginning to eat.

Constant chilliness, with constant sweat.

Chill with sweat at the same time.

Shivering over whole body; over back, with glowing cheeks and cold hands.

The body is cold, with internal burning heat

Great heat the whole day ; all the clothes seem burden- some, even his whole body is too heavy for him, as if he had carried a great load.

Heat with aversion to be dressed, the clothing feels too heavy.

Heat only on the head.

Sweat: in morning, extending from feet over whole body;, some thirst.

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Morning-sweat, on neck, thighs and legs.

Sweat only on thighs.

Cold sweat on legs.

Sweat in morning in bed.

Right: buzzing in ear; turning body to side; heaviness of muscles; cramp pain in muscle of hand; sore pains in heel. ^Sensations. As though head would be; pressed asunder; soreness as if beaten in back part of head ; as if teeth were being screwed together; jerking in tooth as if it would be torn out; taste as if mouth w^as lined with rancid grease; burning in throat as from a hot coal; as if flames were rushing out of stomach and throat; empti- ness as if after an emetic ; as if abdomen was pressed asunder; as if chest were not wide enough; feeling in middle of chest as if hot food had been swallowed ; as if left lobe of lung was adhering; in lumbar region or joints as if paralyzed; pain in hip joint as if sprained; pain as of a sprain in 1. thigh ; sudden starting up in bed as from an electric shock; as if a thin cord lay under skin.

Pain: in eyelids; in stomach; in back and limbs; pain- fulness of coccyx; in hip joint.

Lancinating pains: on skin.

Tearing: above eyebrows ; in 1. groin; in limbs.

Beating pain: in teeth.

Gnawing pain: in head; from gum to ear.

Stitching pains: in cheek; from pit of stomach to sides of chest; in 1. side of chest.

Sticking pain: in forehead.

Throbbing pains: in teeth.

Digging pain: in head; from gum to ear.

Boring: in head; from gum to ear; in cheek.

Pinching pain : on posterior portion of ilium.

Griping: in stomach; through intestinal canal.

Cramp pain : in muscles of r. hand ; writers' cramp.

Screwed-in sensation: in brain; in zygomata.

Spasmodic: flatulent colic.

Stich-like pressure : upon sternum.

Stinging pain: in limbs.

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Itching stitch: in external portion of urethra between acts

about rectum at anus; in side of chest; in bones of hip

Pressive pain : in forehead ; in inguinal region ; in limbs. Tensive pressure: in head; in forehead; in cervical

prepuce; of mons veneris; of 1. forearm. ^ Tissues. Chronic inflammatory conditions of mucous mem-

Vjrane. Burning in the bones.

coccyx sensitive to touch ; < ulcers.

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Clothes too heavy. ^^ Skin. Sensation as if a thin cord lay under skin.

Biting, stinging, gnawing and burning itching.

Burning itching which induces scratching.

Biting and stinging on skin ; biting exanthema; red in- flammatory swelling; sensation of burning heat on either cheek, generally 1. side.

Eruptions on hairy and covered parts.

1 1 Erysipelas bullosa.

Blood-boils; chronic and erysipelatous eruptions; warts.

Swelling of face with pea-sized yellow vesicles ; old, indo- lent ulcers ; blood-boils.

Girl ; toothache.

Girl, set. 18 ; affection of coccyx and diarrhoea.

Man, ait. 55 ; cataract. ^ Relations. Antidoted by Camphor, Opium, large quantities of lemon juice.

It antidotes : Arsen., Nux vom.

Compare; Colchic, Elat, Tart, em., Veratr.

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