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

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PETROSELINUM.

Carum petroselinum, Benth.

(Petroselinum sativum, Hoffm., Apium petroselinum,
L.)


Natural order

, Umbelliferæ.

Common names

, Parsley, Petersilie, Le
Persil.

Preparation

, Tincture of the whole plant.

Authority

, Bethmann, Archiv. f. Hom., 18,
3, 34, symptoms observed.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS.

► *Discharge of a milky fluid from the urethra
(fifth day). ► *Orifice of the urethra
agglutinated with mucus
(sixth day). ►
(Yellow discharge from the urethra.) ►
(Albuminous discharge from the urethra.) ►
*Slight burning in the navicular fossa while urinating
(fifth
day). ► *Drawing and sticking in the
navicular fossa
, that after
urinating changed to a cutting biting
(fifth day). ► (Crawling rather than burning, extending
from the perineum through the whole urethra, while urinating.) ► Creeping crawling in the isthmus of the
urethra, in the morning, in bed (fourth day). ►
At first a creeping crawling, then a pressure in the urethra, in the
region of Cowper’s glands, in the morning in bed, relieved while
standing and sitting (fifth day). [10.]
► Drawing followed by itching of the
navicular fossa. ► Drawing and
pressure just behind the navicular fossa. ►
*(Frequent voluptuous tickling in the navicular fossa.) ► *Frequent desire to urinate, recurring nearly
every half hour, caused by a crawling stitch behind the navicular fossa
.
► *(Priapismus, without curvature of
the penis.) ► Profuse emission,
towards morning.

CONDITIONS.

►
Aggravation.
► (Toward morning), Emission. ► (Morning),
In bed, creeping crawling in the isthmus of the urethra; crawling, then
pressure, in the region of Cowper’s glands. ►
(While urinating), Burning in the
navicular fossa; crawling through the urethra. ►
Amelioration.
► (While standing and sitting), Crawling and
pressure in the region of Cowper’s glands.

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