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upon the ganglionic nervous system, more especially upon that portion which presides over the functions of vegetation, producing a condition of general depression and exhaustion, diminishing the vital turgor, and modifying the digestive functions.
The quantity and quality of the blood are altered. It becomes thin and watery, the circulation lacks energy, and, as a consequence, we have general debility and erethism, while various functional disturbances are manifest, such as haemorrhage, profuse sweat and urine, watery diarrhoea, etc.
In the vegetative sphere Cinchona shows a special affinity for the liver and spleen, and here may be said to exist its most important relations.
In the liver it produces hyperaemia and congestion, prostrating all functional performance, and giving rise to a long train of biliary symptoms, of which jaundice is one of great importance.
In the spleen, it also produces hyperaemia, which tends to congestion, and finally to enlargement of the organ.
Through the ganglionic nervous system, and in connection with the disturbances of the system above set forth, Cinchona has a fever-producing power in an eminent degree, the latter almost invariably partaking of that character which in disease would indicate a malarial origin, periodicity being one of its most essential features.
The chief characteristic of Cinchona is an excessive sensitiveness of the nervous system, all symptoms being aggravated by the slightest contact, by motion, and by physical or mental effort.
Also prostration, with neither thirst nor hunger.
Characteristic symptoms.
▲ Worse
From slightest touch; from draught of air; in morning; at night; after eating or drinking; from milk; from walking; from motion; every other day
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Mind
(Cinchona or China)
Ideas and projects crowd on his mind, especially in evening and at night. ( Coff. c .)
Excessively anxious solicitude about trifles.
Excessive excitability, with despondency and intolerance of noise.
Indifference and apathy. (Berb., Merc., Phos., Phos. ac.)
Inconsolable anxiety ; fearful, apprehensive. (Acon., Aur., Bell., Ign., Phos.)
Peevish, ill-humored, easily angered. ( Bry., Cham .)
Dislike to all mental or physical exertion.
Head
(Cinchona or China)
Dullness and confusion of head, as from intoxication ( Coccul ., Nux v., Rhus tox., Puls .) ; or coryza, or from sitting up at night, and sleeplessness.
Vertigo ; head inclined to sink backward (Agar.) ; on waking at night ; on raising head (Bry.) ; after loss of animal fluids ; from anaemia.
Intense throbbing headache after excessive haemorrhage.
Headache from suppressed coryza.
Headache in occiput after sexual excesses or onanism. (Phos. ac., Staph.)
Headache as if the skull would burst (Bry., Merc., Natr. mur .) ; the brain beats in waves against the skull. (Glon.)
Pressive headache, from within outward.
Acute jerking, tearing pains in the head.
Headache worse from draft of air ; in the open air, from slightest touch ; better from hard pressure. ( Bell .)
Scalp sensitive to touch (Acon., Bell., Merc .) ; roots of hair hurt when hair is moved.
Profuse sweat on head ( Sil .), especially when walking in open air.
Eyes
(Cinchona or China)
Dimness and weakness of sight.
Yellow color of the eyes. (Canth., Chel., Iodi., Plumb.)
Eyes sensitive to bright light. (Acon., Bell ., Chin.)
Motion of eyes painful, with sensation of mechanical hindrance.
Ears
(Cinchona or China)
Ringing in the ears . (Calc. c., Merc., Nux v.)
Humming, roaring, or ticking in the ears. (Acon., Bell .)
Hardness of hearing.
Nose
(Cinchona or China)
Frequent nosebleeds, especially mornings. (Agar.. Ambr., Bry .)
Pressive pain in root of nose (Acon., Kali bi., Hep. s.), extending to side of nose.
Face
(Cinchona or China)
Complexion pale ; sometimes earthy, grayish-yellow, or black. (Ars.)
Face pale, sunken, pinched ; eyes sunken ( Ars., Verat. alb .), and surrounded by blue margins. (Ipec., Kali iod., Sec. c., Sulph.)
Pale, sickly appearance, as after excesses.
Lips dry, coated black, wrinkled, and chapped. (Ars.)
Submaxillary glands swollen. (Calc. c., Baryt., Iodi.)
Periodical prosopalgia ; pains excessive ; skin sensitive to touch ; mostly in infra-orbital and maxillary branch es. ( Spig .)
Mouth
(Cinchona or China)
The teeth are loose and painful only when chewing. (Carb. an., Merc., Nitr. ac.)
Throbbing toothache.
Toothache worse from least contact ; from draft of air (Sulph.) ; better from pressing teeth together.
Tongue coated yellow ( Chel .), white, dirty.
Burning stitches on the tongue.
Dryness of the mouth. (Ars., Bry., Nux v., Puls.)
Taste flat, insipid ; first sweetish, then sour ; slimy, bitter . (Acon., Bry ., Coloc., Nux v., Puls., Sulph .)
Salivation day and night, years after Mercury ; great weakness, especially of stomach.
Stomach
(Cinchona or China)
No desire for eating or drinking.
Desire for various things, without knowing what.
Longing for acid (Ant. crud., Ant. tart.), fruit, wine. (Bry.)
Violent thirst for cold water ( Acon., Bry., Op .) ; drinks often, but little at a time. (Ars.)
Empty eructations ; sour (Kali c., Nux v .), after milk (Carb. v., Sulph.) ; bitter (Bry., Nux v .) ; taste of food. ( Ant. crud ., Calc. c., Phos., Puls .)
Sensation of emptiness and qualmishness in stomach.
Heavy, long-continued pressure in stomach after even a small quantity of food. ( Lyc., Nux v .)
Milk deranges stomach easily. (Carb. v., Sulph.)
Pulsations in pit of stomach. (Puls., Sep .)
Stomach feels sore, as if ulcerated ; cannot bear the slightest touch.
Cold feeling in stomach ; constant satiated feeling, yet can eat, but feels worse afterward.
Slow digestion ; food remains long in the stomach, especially if eaten too late in the day.
Haematemesis ; great loss of blood ; weak, pale ; stomach very sensitive to touch.
Gastralgia after depletion ; acidity ; bloating.
Abdomen
(Cinchona or China)
Distention of the abdomen (Ant. crud., Bry.), with a wish to belch up ; or a sensation in the abdomen, as if it were packed full, not in the least relieved by eructations.
Abdomen tympanitic . (Arn., Brom.)
Fermentation in abdomen from eating fruit.
Pain in hepatic region, as from subcutaneous ulceration, very sensitive to touch. (Aesc., Bry., Chel ., Merc.)
Swelling and induration of liver. (Phos., Sulph.)
Swelling, inflammation, induration of spleen. (Phos.)
Flatulent colic, especially after eating and at night. ( Coloc .)
Emission of large quantities of flatus (Aloe, Carb. v.), sometimes with griping pains.
Stools.- (Cinchona or China)
Diarrhoea ; painless (Ars., Podo.) ; debilitating (Phos.) ; from eating fruit (Cist.) ; undigested feces (Ant. crud ., Calc. c., Phos., Podo .) ; black (Ars., Lept.) ; yellow (Chel.) ; thin, watery ; involuntary. (Ars., Hyos .)
Difficult passage of even a soft stool. ( Alum ., Carb. v., Nux m .)
Urinary Organs
(Cinchona or China)
Frequent micturition. (Apis, Arg. met., Cepa, Phos. ac.)
Urine dark, turbid, scanty ; brick-red sediment. (Arn., Natr. mur., Nuph., Phos.)
Male Organs.- (Cinchona or China)
Sexual desire ; lascivious fancies ; impotence. (Agar., Phos. ac., Camph.)
Nocturnal emissions, frequent and debilitating. (Aur., Gels., Phos., Phos. ac.)
Consequences of excessive seminal losses ; onanism. (Agar., Nux v., Phos. ac., Staph.)
Female Organs.- (Cinchona or China)
Congestion to the uterus ; fullness, pressing, and heaviness, worse when walking. ( Bell .)
Ovaritis from sexual excess or haemorrhage, parts very sensitive to touch.
Metrorrhagia ; blood dark ; fainting.
Discharge of bloody serum, alternating with pus.
Leucorrhoea, instead of or before the menses ; with spasmodic uterine contractions.
Nymphomania of lying-in women. ( Plat ., Verat. alb.)
Uterine haemorrhage, ringing in ears, fainting, cold, loss of sight ; discharge of dark clots ; uterine spasms ; twitches, jerks ; wants to be fanned.
Long-lasting lochia ; sometimes fetid, cheesy, or purulent.
Respiratory Organs.- (Cinchona or China)
Hoarse, rough voice. ( Carb. v .)
Spasmodic cough from irritation of larynx, as from fumes of sulphur (Ars., Ign.) ; at night and in mornings.
Cough with granular expectoration during day or evening ; none night or morning.
Cough worse after eating (Nux v.) ; from laughing (Phos.) ; talking (Phos., Psor.) ; lying with head low ; lightly touching larynx ; draught of air ; loss of fluids.
Oppression of chest ; also evenings when lying down.
Nightly suffocative fits (Acon., Ars.) ; from mucus in larynx. (Ant. crud., Samb.)
Wheezing and whistling in bronchi during respiration. ( Ant. crud ., Ipec.)
Pressive drawing pain across the lower portion of the chest while sitting, causing anxiety ; disappearing while standing and walking.
Haemoptysis, with subsequent suppuration of lungs ; stitches in chest, worse from slight touch.
Pain in side of chest, as if beaten. (Arn., Apis, Sil.)
Stitches in left side of chest, not affecting respiration.
Heart
(Cinchona or China)
Palpitation, with congestion to chest and face. (Acon.)
Back
(Cinchona or China)
Pressure as from a stone between the scapulae.
Pain in small of back, as from a heavy load, or after long stooping. ( Arn., Dulc., Puls .)
Intolerable pain in small of back, as from cramp, or as if bruised and crushed ; worse from least movement.
Sweat on back and neck from least motion.
Limbs
(Cinchona or China)
Laxity of all the limbs, and trembling of the hands.
Numbness and deadness of the limbs.
Heaviness in limbs, especially thighs.
Sensible though invisible trembling of limbs, combined with cooling sensation.
Upper Limbs.- (Cinchona or China)
Paralytic, jerking, tearing pains in bones of upper limbs ; increased by touch.
Hand trembles when writing. (Calc. c.)
Swelling of back of left hand.
Lower Limbs.- (Cinchona or China)
Drawing pains in bones of thigh, as if periosteum had been scraped with a knife. (Phos. ac.)
Hot swelling of right knee.
Sensation as if garters were too tight, and leg would become stiff and go to sleep.
Arthritic swelling of the feet.
Rheumatic pains in metatarsal bones and phalanges, worse from motion and contact.
Legs feel as after great fatigue from a long journey. (Arg. nit., Calc. c., Nitr. ac.)
Generalities
(Cinchona or China)
Great debility (Alum., Sulph.) ; sensitiveness of the nervous system (Nux v.) ; special senses too acute (Bell.) ; very sensitive to pain (Cham., Sep .) ; to draughts of air. (Aur., Coff. c.)
Excessive sensitiveness of all the nerves (Asar.) ; with a morbid sensation of general weakness.
Numbness of the parts on which he lies.
Oppression of all parts of the body, as if clothing were too tight.
Body sore all over (Arn., Bapt .) ; joints, bones, and periosteum feel as if sprained.
Pains, with lameness or weakness of affected parts.
Skin
(Cinchona or China)
Yellow color of the skin ( Bry .) ; jaundice . (Merc.)
Sleep
(Cinchona or China)
Sleepless from crowding of ideas, making plans.
Sleepless, with pressive pain in head ; anxiety on waking, from frightful dreams ; confused, senseless dreams after midnight.
Constant sopor or unrefreshing sleep. (Arn., Op., Lach.)
Fever
(Cinchona or China)
Pulse small, hard, rapid, and irregular.
Shivering and shaking chill over the whole body ; increased by drinking ; thirst before or after, but not during chill.
Internal violent chill, with icy-cold hands and feet, and congestion of blood to the head.
Heat with dryness of the mouth and lips, which are burning ; redness of face ; headache. ( Bell .)
General heat with distended veins. ( Puls .)
No thirst during chill or heat ; after heat violent thirst.
Thirst increased during sweat.
Perspiration very profuse (Chin. sulph.), and debilitating ( Aloe ) ; especially at night . ( Phos ., Phos. ac., Sil .)
Profuse sweat during sleep (Chin. sulph., Phos .), or on being covered up.
Perspiration on the side on which he lies.
Aggravation
Therapeutic Range.- (Cinchona or China)
Debility or other complaints after loss of blood, or other fluids ; particularly from nursing or salivation, bleeding, etc. ; or from leucorrhoea, night sweats, seminal emissions, onanism, etc. ; dropsical affections ; icterus ; chlorosis ; haemorrhages ; rheumatic, catarrhal and neuralgic affections ; periodical affections ; intermittent , bilious, gastric, and other fevers, especially of malarial origin ; hectic fever ; bilious and gastric disorders ; dyspepsia ; hepatitis ; enlargement and induration of spleen ; colic ; diarrhoea ; bronchial and pulmonary catarrh ; chronic gastritis in children.
Compare
(Cinchona or China)
Arn., Ars., Bell., Calc. c., Ced., Coff., Ferr., Graph., Lyc., Merc., Natr. mur., Nux v., Phos., Phos. ac., Puls., Sulph., Tarant.
Antidotes
(Cinchona or China)
Aran ., Arn., Ars ., Bell., Calc. c., Carb. v ., Eupat. perf., Ferr., Ipec ., Lach., Merc., Natr. mur., Nux v., Puls ., Sep., Sulph., Verat. alb .
Cinchona Antidotes.-
Ars., Ipec., Ferr., Cupr.
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