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Paris Quadrifolia

Paris quadrifolia
PAR · 10 entries across 10 books
HabitatMoist, shady woods in Great Britain. PreparationTincture of whole plant when in fruit. Clarke
3X
Third potencyDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Acts upon the cerebro-spinal system, causing neuralgic pains, and other symptoms of nerve irritation.

Its chief local action is upon the respiratory tract.

Characteristic symptoms.

The full Cowperthwaite text, by section

Mind

(Paris quadrifolia)

Loquacious mania ( Lach .) ; foolish talk and silly actions.

Head

(Paris quadrifolia)

Vertigo and dullness in the head.

Piercing and single stitches in the head.

Constrictive pressure in forehead and temples ; brain, eyes, and skin feel tense, and the bones scraped sore ; worse from motion, excitement, or using the eyes ; worse in evening.

Pressive pain in right temporal region, relieved by pressure of the hand.

Painful spot when touched in left parietal bone.

Eyes

(Paris quadrifolia)

Feel too large, or swollen, and orbits too large. (Carls., Phos. ac., Plumb.)

Eyes feel as if projecting, with a sensation as if a thread were tightly drawn through the eyeball, and backward into the middle of the brain, very painful ; sight weak.

Stitches through middle of eye.

Jerking and twitching of right upper lid. (Agar.)

Ears

(Paris quadrifolia)

Sudden pain in ear, as if forced apart by a wedge.

Ringing in left ear.

Nose

(Paris quadrifolia)

Red and greenish mucus blown from the nose.

Alternate fluent and stopped coryza. (Amm. carb., Natr. ars., Nux v .)

Face

(Paris quadrifolia)

Tetters around the mouth.

Vesicles on surface of lower lip.

Mouth

(Paris quadrifolia)

Tongue dry, rough, and coated white ; feels too large.

Dryness of mouth in morning.

Profuse tart saliva.

Throat

(Paris quadrifolia)

Sore throat, as if a ball were lodged in it.

Much mucus in fauces, causes hawking.

Stomach

(Paris quadrifolia)

Hiccough, after eating (Bry., Ign., Hyos.) ; eructations.

Heaviness in stomach, as from a stone ( Ars., Bry., Nux v., Puls .) ; better from eructations.

Weak, slow digestion.

Abdomen

(Paris quadrifolia)

Rumbling and rolling in abdomen (Aloe, Carb. v ., Cinch., Lyc .) ; cutting, griping pains.

Stool

(Paris quadrifolia)

Diarrhoea ; stools smell like putrid meat.

Urinary Organs

(Paris quadrifolia)

Burning and stinging in urethra.

Frequent micturition, with burning.

Dark-red urine, with red sediment, and a greasy-looking pellicle on surface ; acrid, excoriating urine.

Respiratory Organs.- (Paris quadrifolia)

Periodical, painless hoarseness.

Hoarseness, voice feeble, continuous hawking of mucus, and burning in larynx.

Expectoration of greenish, viscid mucus.

Oppression, with desire to draw a long breath.

Constant hawking and gagging from mucus in larynx and trachea.

Stitches in the chest. ( Bry., Kali c .)

Heart and Pulse.- (Paris quadrifolia)

Palpitation during rest and motion.

Pulse full but slow.

Neck and Back.- (Paris quadrifolia)

Nape of neck weary, as if a great weight were lying on it.

Neck feels stiff and swollen on turning it.

Stitches between the scapulae.

Limbs

(Paris quadrifolia)

Stinging pain in limbs.

All joints painful on motion.

Icy-cold feet (Sil., Verat. alb.) ; at night in bed.

Paralytic pain in limbs.

Fingers feel asleep.

Stitches in all the limbs.

Heaviness in all the limbs.

Contractive pressure in joints.

Skin

(Paris quadrifolia)

Papular eruptions, especially face and lips.

Skin sore ; crawling sensations.

Sleep

(Paris quadrifolia)

Restless broken sleep, with many dreams.

Yawning and sleepiness.

Fever

(Paris quadrifolia)

Chilliness, mostly toward evening.

Coldness of right side ; left side natural.

Chilliness, with gooseflesh.

Heat descending back from neck. (Reverse, Phos.)

Heat and sweat of upper part of body.

Sweat in morning, on waking, attended with frequent itching.

Therapeutic Range.- (Paris quadrifolia)

Neuralgia ; gastralgia ; scarlatina.

Compare

(Paris quadrifolia)

Led., Lyc., Rhus tox.

Antidote

(Paris quadrifolia)

Coff.

Copyright © Robert Séror 2003

Index

Complete text of the Paris Quadrifolia entry in Cowperthwaite - A Text-Book of 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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