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ClarkePreparation prepared from the powdered seeds, which contain a crystallisable principle Picrotoxine (which see), a powerful poison.

Sources 17 entries across 16 books: Boericke, Kent, Clarke, Allen, Nash …

Inner Head ► Headache, with nausea and inclination to vomit. ► Headache as if the eyes were being torn out. ► Pressing headache from without inwards ; or as if compressed by a bandage ; or, as if screwed together. ► Pressing pain in forehead, from without inwards, with nausea ; aggravated by riding in a wagon ; from eating ; drinking and sleeping ; from thinking ; ameliorated during rest, in-doors. ► Violent headache, cannot lie on back of head, must lie on side ; worse least light ; noise excites vomiting. ► Beating in forehead, evenings, worse before and after eating ; also when riding, especially in cold air ; from talking ; better in-doors. ► Headache in occiput and nape, sensation of opening and shutting like a door ; even in spotted fever.

Eyes ► Dimsightedness ; obscured vision. ► Dark spot before the eyes, though objects appear clearly. ► Bruised pain in eyes, with inability to open lids, at night. ► Pupils : dilated ; contracted. ► Eyes protruding. ► Eyes closed, with the balls constantly rolling about. ► Eyelids inflamed.

Stomach ► Violent cramp of stomach ; also with flatulency and much saliva ; gastralgia. ► Contractive pain in the epigastrium, taking the breath. ► Painful sensation of fulness in the stomach.

Female Sexual Organs ► Menses profuse and too often, when rising upon the feet it gushes out in a stream. ► Scanty discharge of black blood. ► During the effort to menstruate, she is so weak that she is scarcely able to stand. ► Leucorrhoea in place of the menses. ► Leucorrhoea, like serum, mixed with a purulent, ichorous liquid. ► Dysmenorrhoea followed by hemorrhoids. …

Lungs ► Contractive tension of right side of chest taking the breath. ► Cramps in the chest, also hysteric. ► Audible rumbling in the left side of chest, as if from an emptiness, especially noticeable when walking.

Neck And Back ► Painful stiffness of neck when moving it. ► Disabling drawing in the small of the back. ► Paralytic pain extending over hips ; with anxiety and apprehension. ► Spasmodic constriction through the length of the spine ; worse on motion.

Limbs In General ► Involuntary motions of right arm and right leg, cease during sleep. ► Here and there in the limbs, a laming drawing, as if in the bones, continuous or in attacks. ► Cracking and creaking in joints ; painful stiffness of joints. ► Now the hands, and again the feet, "go to sleep", alternately, in short attacks.

Sleep ► Sleeplessness from night watching ; also from pure mental activity. ► Sleep disturbed by excessive anxiety and restlessness. ► Sleep aggravates all the symptoms, particularly of head. ► Anxious, frightful dreams.

Chill, Fever And Sweat ► Chill frequently alternating with heat. ► Internal chill in afternoon and evening ; attended with shivering through whole body, but more in back and on legs ; not relieved by external warmth. ► Continuous chilliness, with hot skin. ► Dry heat the whole night through. ► Flushes of heat, with burning heat of cheeks and cold feet. ► Sweat of the body from evening till morning, attended with cold sweat on the face. ► Morning sweat principally on the chest. ► Sweats over the whole body from the slightest exertion. ► Sweat of the affected parts.

Skin ► Much itching, especially in the evening when undressing, or at night in a feather-bed. ► Ulcers very sensitive to touch ; pains in thin peripheries.

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Compare Ignatia Amara, Nux Vomica, Antimonium Tartaricum +47