Baptisia Tinctoria

General

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA. [Baptis.] Wild indigo. W. H. Burt. Leguminosae.

Mind

► Stupor ; falls asleep being spoken to, or answering. ► Confusion of ideas confused as if drunk. ► Cannot confine his mind, a short of wild, wandering feeling. ► Indisposed to think, want of power ; mind seems weak. ► Body feel scattered about, tosses about to get the pieces together ; cannot sleep because cannot get pieces together. ► Delirium, especially at night, or constant. ► Mentally restless, but too lifeless to move.

Sensorium

► Head feels heavy as if he could not sit up. ► Frequent fainting ; tongue dry, brown in the morning. ► Vertigo and weak feeling of entire system, especially of lower limbs and knees.

Inner Head

► Dull, heavy, pressive headache. ► Soreness of brain, worse stooping. ► Frontal headache : with pressure at root of nose ; with feeling of fulness and tightness of the whole head. ► Dull pain in anterior lobes of brain and right frontal sinus ; afternoon. ► Excitement of brain, such as precedes delirium. ► Frequent pain in right temple, sharp pains by spells in both. ► Head feels large and heavy ; with numb feeling of head and face ; stitches or shocks in various parts of head. ► Heavy pain at base of brain ; pain in base of brain with lameness and drawing in cervical muscles.

Outer Head

► Top of head feels as if it would fly off. ► Great tightness of the skin on forehead. ► Scalp feels sore.

Eyes

► Vessels congested, eyes look red, inflamed. ► Eyes feel swollen, slight lachrymation, with burning. ► Cannot bear light, eyes burn, but do not water. θ Chronic ophthalmia. ► Eyeballs feel sore ; sore and lame on moving them.

Ears

► Dull hearing. ► Roaring in ears with mental confusion.

Nose

► Thick mucus from the nose. ► Dull pain at root of nose. ► Sneezing and feeling as after taking cold.

Face

► Face : swallow ; cheeks yellow, with central deep flush ; dark red, with a besotted expression ; flushed, dusky ; hot and perceptibly flushed. ► Burning, prickling of left side of face and head. ► Cheeks burn. ► Face and whole head feel numb. ► Muscles of jaw rigid.

Lower Face

► Pain in articulation of lower jaw. θ Typhus.

Teeth

► Teeth and gums sore ; by pressing with the finger, large quantities of blood ooze out. ► Sordes on teeth and lips.

Tongue, Etc

► Taste : flat, bitter. ► Tongue feels swollen, thick, makes talking difficult. ► Tongue yellow along the centre ; at first white, with red papillae here and there, followed by a yellow-brown coating in centre, edges being red, shining ; dry, brown down the centre. See 17, 20. ► Cracked, sore, ulcerated.

Mouth

► Fetid odor ; also after mercury. ► Putrid ulceration of buccal cavity with salivation ; well developed ulcers. ► Cancrum oris, copious saliva ; gums loose, flabby, dark, red or purple, fetid. ► Mouth and tongue very dry. θ Fevers. ► Stomatitis materna ; breath fetid ; feeble state. ► Saliva rather abundant, somewhat viscid, tasting flat.

Throat

► Constrictive feeling causing frequent efforts at deglutition ; throat sore, feels contracted. ► Fauces dark red ; dark, putrid ulcers ; tonsils and parotids swollen ; unusual absence of pain. ► Tickling in throat provoking cough ; uvula elongated. ► Can swallow liquids only ; the least solid food gags. ► Mucus abundant and viscid, can neither swallow it nor bring it up. ► Oesophagus feels as if constricted from above down to the stomach ; can only swallow water.

Desires And Aversions

► Constant desire for water ; nausea, want of appetite.

Eating And Drinking

► All symptoms worse from beer. ► After breakfast, dull feeling.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Pressure at the stomach, belching of large quantities of wind. ► Nausea with eructations, followed by painful vomiting. ► Feeling as if he would vomit, but no nausea, with severe shooting in left kidney and to the left of the umbilicus.

Stomach

► Sinking, gone feeling at the stomach, fainting ; tongue brown in the morning. ► Constant burning distress in epigastrium, severe colicky pains in the umbilical, and especially in the hypogastric region ; rumbling in bowels. ► Cramp in the stomach, evening.

Hypochondria

► Pain in liver, from right lateral ligament to gall-bladder ; can scarcely walk. ► Must stir about, yet motion is painful ; pain over gall bladder.

Abdomen

► Distress, dull pain in umbilical region. ► Distended abdomen ; fullness ; flatulence, rumbling, feels as if vomiting would relieve ; mushy stools. ► Sharp shooting pains in bowels. ► Dull aching, distress in bowels. ► Right ileac region sensitive. ► Abdominal muscles sore on pressure. ► Glands of the left groin swollen ; painful on walking.

Stool, Etc

► Stools : dark, thin, fecal, offensive ; soft papescent, with large quantities of mucus ; of pure blood or bloody mucus. ► Fetid exhausting diarrhoea, causing excoriation. ► Offensive diarrhoea day and night ; child can swallow nothing but milk. See 13. ► Dark brown mucus and bloody stools ; brown tongue. θ Typhus. ► Constipation : hemorrhoids in the afternoon. ► Dysentery ; rigors, pains in the limbs, and small of the back ; stools small ; all blood, not very dark, but thick ; tenesmus ; great prostration, brown tongue, low fever ; in the autumn, or in hot weather.

Urine

► Shooting pains in region of left kidney. ► Urine : scanty, dark red. ► Burning when urinating.

Male Sexual Organs

► Dull drawing in right groin and testicle, also in legs and knee-joints. ► Orchitis ; cannot sleep because he feels as if his body was scattered about the bed.

Pregnancy

► Threatened abortion. θ Typhoid. ► Stomatitis materna. ► Lochia acrid, fetid ; great prostration. ► Puerperal fever, with typhoid symptoms.

Larynx

► Very sore to the touch, swallowing or speaking. ► Hoarseness. ► Aphonia. ► Swelling of epiglottis, mornings. ► Increased secretion from the bronchial tubes and fauces, with expectoration of mucus.

Breathing

► Oppressed breathing, 6 P.M. with cough, right lung sore, sneezing. ► A woke with great difficulty of breathing ; lungs felt tight, compressed ; could not get a full breath ; must open window and get his face to the fresh air, burning heat of the skin, dry tongue, accelerated pulse. ► On lying down difficult breathing, but no constriction of chest, must rise ; afraid to go to sleep, fears suffocation.

Cough

► Tickling in throat provoking cough. See 13.

Lungs

► Tightness of the chest ; constriction. ► Pain in right lung ; less in the left, with soreness.

Heart And Pulse

► Compass and frequency of the heart's pulsations seem increased ; they seem to fill the chest. ► Pulse first accelerated, afterwards slow and faint.

Neck And Back

► Neck so tired he cannot hold it easy in any position ; sore down the neck. ► Cervical muscles stiff, lame. ► Back and hips very stiff ; ache severely. ► Dull lumbar backache, worse walking. ► Dull sacral pain, as from pressure, fatigue, long stooping ; soon extends around hips and down right leg. ► Feels as if lying on a board ; changes position often, bed feels so hard ; worst part is region of sacrum.

Upper Limbs

► Pain in left shoulder, extending down arm. ► Feels sore and stiff about shoulders and chest. ► Numbness of left hand and forearm, with pricking, worse from movement ; sharp darting pains through fingers. ► Hands feel large, tremulous.

Lower Limbs

► Lower limbs weak, vacillating when walking. ► Soreness in anterior portion of thighs, worse after sitting awhile. ► Drawing in the hips and calves. ► Cramp in calves whenever he moves them. ► Left foot numb, prickling.

Limbs In General

► Aching in limbs. ► Drawing in arms and legs.

Position, Etc

► Motion : 18, 32, 33, 36. Moving eyes : 5. ► Walking : 18, 19, 31, 33. Must walk : 18, 36. Stooping : 3, 31. Going to bed : 19. Lying down : 26. Wants to lie down : 35. Cannot lie down in one place, must rise : 26. Position of head not easy : 31. Sitting : 33 ; by a fire : 40. Parts rested on : 40. Lower jaw dropped ; slides down in bed, lies with head thrown back.

Nerves

► Restless, uneasy, could confine himself to nothing ; wanted to be moving from place to place, evening. ► General weak feeling, but worse of lower limbs. ► Great languor ; wants to lie down. ► Paralysis of whole left side ; left hand and arm numb, powerless. ► Slides down in bed ; feels as if sinking away. ► Indescribable sick feeling all over.

Sleep

► Delirious stupor ; falls asleep while answering a question or while being talked to. ► Afraid to go to sleep, fears nightmare and suffocation. See 26. ► Drowsy, stupid, tired feeling ; disposition to half close eyes. ► Slept well until about 3 A.M., then restless until morning ; tosses about. ► Restless ; does not sleep quietly. ► Cannot sleep ; head or body feels scattered about the bed. ► Restless, with frightful dreams. ► Quiet but persistent wakefulness ; melancholy.

Time

► Morning : 2, 17, 25, 37. Forenoon : 40. Afternoon : 3, 20. Evening : 17, 36, 40. Night : 1, 40. 3 A.M. : 37, 40. During the day : 40. Day and night : 20.

Temperature And Weather

► Warmth of fire : 40. Open air : 26. Hot weather : 20. Autumn : 20. ► Averse to open air. θ Sore throat. ► Chilly, 10 or 11 A.M., afternoon glowing heat. θ Lung troubles.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Chilly all day ; whole body feels sore ; chill over the back while sitting by a fire, forenoon. ► Chilly going into the open air ; chills over the back and lower limbs ; evening. ► Whole surface hot and dry, with occasional chills, mostly up and down the back. ► Heat at night ; burning in the legs preventing sleep. ► Limbs feel hot, except the feet, which are cold. ► On awaking at 3 A.M., flashes of heat, feeling as if sweat would break out. ► Flashes of heat from small of back in all directions ; dull, heavy aching, great prostration. ► Excellent in phthisis ; chills 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. ; high fever, drowsiness. ► Typhoid and cerebral forms of fever ; beginning of typhus when so-called nervous symptoms predominate. ► Fever originating from confinement on shipboard, without good care or food. ► Early stages, white tongue, red edges ; or brown, or yellow-brown down centre ; bitter or flat taste ; cannot digest food ; stools frequent, yellow ; gurgling and slight sensitiveness of right iliac region ; pulse high ; fever tends to increase ; parts rested on are sore. θ Typhoid. ► Sensation as if there was a second self outside of him. θ Typhoid. ► Sweat breaks out and relieves ; critical sweat on forehead and face. θ Typhus. ► Fetid sweat ; frequent sweating ; also worse from small of back in all directions.

Attacks

► Pain in spells : 3.

Sides

► Right : 3, 17, 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 31, 40. Left : 8, 16, 17, 19, 21, 28, 32, 33, 36. Above downwards : 13, 31, 32, 43. Up and down : 40. From small of back in all directions : 40.

Sensations

► As if too large : head, hands.

Tissues

► Prostration, with disposition of the fluids to decompose. ► Stiffness of all the joints, as though strained ; rheumatic pains and soreness all over the body. ► Discharges and exhalations fetid. ► Ulceration of mucous membranes, especially that of the mouth, also with tendency to putrescence.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Intolerance of pressure ; hence must often change position ; feels as if bed-sores would form. ► Touch : 25. Pressure : 10, 19.

Skin

► Burning all over the skin, worse in the face. ► Livid spots in the body and limbs ; not elevated ; of irregular shape. ► Eruption like measles, urticaria. ► Eruption thick on palatine arch, tonsils and uvula ; breath fetid ; salivation ; prostration, θ Variola.

Stages And States

► Children ; offensive diarrhoea. ► Old people ; dysentery.

Relationship

► Cognates : Arnic. ; Arsen ; Bryon ; Gelsem. (especially in the malaise, nervousness, flushed face, or drowsiness and muscular soreness in early stages of typhoid) ; Hyosc. ; Kali chlor. ; Laches ; Mur. ac. ; Nitr. ac. ; Nux vom. ; Opium ; Rhus tox.