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Apocynum Cannabinum

Indian (American) Hemp
APOC · 14 entries across 14 books
Apocynum Cannabinum
HabitatAmerican. Preparationtinctures, or fresh or powdered root-tinctures or infusions. infusions (with just enough spirit to keep them from fermenting) are said to be more efficacious than tinctures. tincture or infusion. Clarke
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Tincture (ten drops three times daily) and in acute alcoholism 1 dram of decoction in 4 oz waterDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Characterized by dropsical conditions; uterine haemorrhages.

Mental.-- Bewildered, low-spirited, stupid.

The full Guernsey text, by section

Head

Heaviness of the head, aching in small of back and limbs. Hydrocephalus; stupor, sight of one eye totally lost, the other nearly so; constant involuntary motion of one arm and leg.

Eyes

Sensation as if grains of sand were in one or both eyes, with heat, irritation and redness.

Nose

Catarrh of the; nostrils and throat are filled with thick, yellow mucus, on wakening in the morning. Snuffles.

Face

Face bloated; worse lying down, passes off on sitting up; color bluish or leaden.

Mouth

Increased secretion of mucus and saliva in mouth and fauces, amounting to salivation.

Stomach

Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain, or is immediately vomited. Nausea, with vomiting, or efforts to vomit. Sensation of sinking in the stomach.

Abdomen

Distension of the abdomen after a moderate dinner. Ascites, often with chronic diarrhoea.

Stool

Evacuations exceedingly scanty and very often bilious.

Urine

Very scanty; sometimes very profuse; is often very yellow and without sediment. Sometimes cures nocturnal enuresis.

Chest

Very great difficulty in breathing, even in a sitting posture; breath very short and unsatisfactory. Short, dry, hacking cough, sometimes incessant. Hydrothorax.

Heart and Pulse.-- Palpitation troublesome on walking; heart action scarcely perceptible. Pulse feeble, quick, irregular.

Extremities

Upper : Finger nails of bluish red color. Lower : aching in both knees. Oedema of feet, ankles and legs.

Sleep

Drowsiness, vomiting, weak, restlessness. After sleep; nausea; thirst; dry mouth and lips; sinking at the stomach; oppression of chest.

Fever

Body covered with large drops of cold sweat. Dropsy after scarlet fever; after abuse of quinine.

Sexual.-- Male : Penis and scrotum swollen, dropsical. Female : Ovarian tumors. Metrorrhagia continuous or paroxysmal fluid or clotted; nausea, vomiting, palpitation; pulse quick, feeble, when moved; fainting when raised from a pillow. Cough during pregnancy.

Generalities

Sense of general but transient debility.

Complete text of the Apocynum Cannabinum entry in Guernsey - Key-notes to the Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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14 entries across 14 books · abbreviations: APOC · Family: Apocynaceae

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1 Boericke

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2 Kent

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3 Clarke

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4 Hering

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5 Allen

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7 Hering

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9 Farrington

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14 T. F. Allen

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Timothy Field Allen · 24,447 chars

16 Guernsey · shown above

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 2,153 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 2,095 chars

18 Dewey

Apocynum Cannabinum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,086 chars

21 Hale

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22 Roberts

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23 T. F. Allen

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  1. An integrative therapeutic approach to elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: A case reportNwabudike LC, Buzia O, Elisei AM et al. · Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022 · Case Reports · doi
  2. [Contributions to an additional edition for the homoeopathic pharmacopeia. VI. Apocynum and apocynum androsaemifolium]SCHINDLER H · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 1951

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