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MELASTOMA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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MELASTOMA.

Melastoma (Ackermani, of Mure), (plant figured in
Mure, Pathogén. Brésil.).


Natural order

, Melastomaceæ.

Preparation

, Tincture of the leaves.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogén. Brésil., p.
270.

HEAD.

►
Vertigo (first day). ► Headache, with
sensitiveness of the scalp (second day). ►
Lancination and prickings at the vertex (second day).

EAR.

►
Roaring in the left ear (first day).

NOSE.

►
Sneezing (first day).

FACE.

►
Pale face (second day).

MOUTH.

►
Looseness of the teeth (second day). ►
Digging in the teeth (second day). ►
White tongue (second day). [10.] ► Copious flow of saliva (first day). ► Bitter mouth (second day).

STOMACH.

►
Sour stomach (first day).

ABDOMEN.

►
Borborygmi (second day). ► Pain in
the abdomen (second day).

RECTUM AND ANUS.

►
Tenesmus, with constriction of the sphincter (second day). ► Heat and pricking at the anus (second
day). ► Pain at the perinæum (second
day). ► Fearful pain and pulling from
the perinæum to the anus, when sitting; not ceasing in any position;
lasting six hours (second day). ►
Lancinations in the perinæum, urethra, and testicles (second day).

STOOL.

[20.]
► (Cure of inveterate diarrhœa and
colic), (second day).

URINARY ORGANS.

►
Pricking in the urethra (second day). ►
Profuse urine (second day). ►
Light-colored and foaming urine (second day). ►
Red, odorless urine, with bloody clots (second day). ► Fetid urine (second day). ► Urine more cloudy and less foaming
(second day). ► The urine deposits a
white sediment (second day). ►
Albuminuria (second day).

SEXUAL ORGANS.

►
Hardness of the penis, without erection (second day).

CHEST.

[30.]
► Pain in the sternal region, in the
morning (first day).

HEART.

►
Palpitation of the heart (first day).

BACK.

►
Pain in the loins (second day).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.

► Weakness of the thighs (second day). ► Œdema of the legs (second day).

GENERAL SYMPTOMS.

►
Prostration (second day).

SKIN.

►
Eruption on the lips, especially the upper (second day). ► Itching and heat at night (second day). ► Pricking over the feet, ankles, and
wrists (second day).

SLEEP.

►
Drowsiness in the daytime (second day).

FEVER.

[40.]
► Chills, followed by sweat (first
day). ► Violent chills for four
hours, followed by heat without sweat (second day). ► General heat (first day). ► Internal heat (second day).

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