PLECTRANTHUS.
Plectranthus fruticosus.
Natural order
, Labiatæ.
Common name
, Gicht-baum.
Preparation
, Tincture of the plant.
Authorities.
(Provings by the Austrian
Verein, Zeit. f. Ver. Œst., 1862, Part 2). 1,
Dr. Alb, took 5 drops of tincture; 1a, same, 10 drops; 1b, same,
20 drops; 2, Dr. Eidherr, took 10
drops of 3d dil. daily, for eleven days; 2a, same, took tincture daily, 10 to
60-drop doses; 2b, same, 6th dil., daily doses for eight
days; 3, Jachimowicz, took 6th dil.
daily, for a week; 3a, same, 3d dil., for four days; 3b, same,
1st dil. daily, for three days, then every other day for four days; 3c, same,
tincture, 2 drops first day, 4 drops second day, 8 drops third day, 16
drops fourth day; 4, a girl, aged
twenty, took 6th dil., every morning for five days; 5, William Jeniseck, a boy, took 6th dil.,
several doses; 6, Dr. Jeniseck, took
tincture, 10 drops; 6a, same, 10 drops of tincture, daily; 6b, same,
15 drops tincture daily, for five days; 6c, same, 10 drops tincture daily, for four
days; 6d,
same, 30 drops tincture daily, for three days; 7,
Dr. Meyrhofer, took tincture, doses from 20 to 165 drops, symptoms only
after last dose; 8, Dr. P., took
10th dec. dil. daily, for ten days; 9,
Dr. Raidl, took tincture, 2 to 8-drop doses for five days, then after
four days, took 1 drop; 10, Dr.
Stern, took tincture, repeated doses of 5 to 50 drops; 11, Dr. Wurstl, took 30th dil. without
effect, then 12th dil. daily, for three days; 11a, same, took 6th dil. daily, for a few
days; 11b,
same, took tincture, 30 to 50-drop doses for three days, then again 50
drops after a few days.
MIND.
►
Fretful, morose mood, with inability to fix my attention upon the work
in which I was usually very much interested; also frequently answered in
a distracted way, and was in general disinclined to talk (fifth day), [3b]. ►
Ill-humored and morose (first day), [1a].
► Ill-humored (third day), [2]. ►
Ill-humor, discomfort, [8]. ► Peevish, irritable mood (second day), [1b]. ►
Indolent, on waking, in the morning, with no desire to rise (fifth day),
[2]. ►
Distracted in mind, so that he could not keep his attention upon a very
interesting subject (first day), [1a].
HEAD.
►
Head very much confused the whole day (third day), [9]. ► Head
confused and heavy (eighth day), [2].
[10.] ►
Heaviness of the head (third day), [2].
► Dulness of the head, on waking, in
the morning, [11]. ► Dulness of the head, [8]; (second and fifth days), [9]. ►
Frequent but not very violent headache, especially confined to the
frontal region, associated with a pressive sensation, [11a]. ►
Headache, towards evening (first day), [6d].
► (Violent headache, becoming almost
intolerable; it involved the whole anterior part of the skull as far as
the vertex; every motion caused a sensation of swashing, with
distressing throbbing and beating in the bloodvessels, not at all
relieved by cold applications, and only momentarily by ice, associated
with intolerance of the light, redness of the white of the eye, stoppage
of the nose, sore throat, yellow expectoration, burning hot fever and
prostration (first night); on the next day the headache had disappeared,
except on stooping there was still a sensation as though it might
return; the difficulty of swallowing was greatly diminished, and in the
afternoon I began to perspire; on the left shoulder there were transient
gnawing, paralytic pains, aggravated by motion and pressure; the
secretion of urine was increased, with more desire for water and also
appetite; on the third day there was still some difficulty of
swallowing, and persistent pain in the left shoulder, with continuance
of the thirst; the urine passed this day showed an iridescent film; on
the fourth day the symptoms had almost entirely disappeared, and a new
symptom occurred, transient pain in the urethra while urinating; on the
next day, there appeared hydroa febrilis on the lips), [6]. ► Forehead.
► Pressure in the right frontal
eminence, in the evening (second day), [3a].
► Pressive pain in the forehead, on
rising, at 6 A.M. (second day), [1b].
► Drawing pain in the right frontal
eminence, unaffected by position or motion, extending towards the right
temple, soon after waking, at 6.30 A.M. (fifth day), [3]. ► Drawing
pain in the right frontal eminence, returning on walking out of doors,
aggravated by pressure with the hand; afterwards it suddenly disappears
and reappears as a drawing in the occiput towards the nape, where it
continues for two hours; when it immediately disappears on going into
the open air (fifth day), [3]. [20.] ►
Violent boring pain in the forehead, extending toward the right temple
(first night), [6]. ► Pain in the forehead, transient, but
frequent (fourth day), [3a]. ► Slight pain in the forehead, in the
forenoon (sixth day), [4]. ► Stitches in the right frontal eminence, [8]. ►
Temples. ► Pressing pain
in the temples, aggravated by chewing, transient, at 5 P.M. (fourth
day), [3a]. ►
Tearing in the right temple (after 30 drops), [2a]. ►
Violent sticking pains in the temples, that at times extended into the
eyes and across the forehead (fifth night), [4]. ►
Sticking pains in the right mastoid process, [8]. ► Occiput.
► Pressive pain and tension in the
occiput, nape of the neck, and cervical muscles, extending downward
across the upper part of the scapulæ, and gradually involving the upper
arms, as far as the elbows and wrists, and even the first finger-joints
(in the fingers it was more on the flexor surface), in which it became a
jerking-tearing pain, lasting four or five minutes, then intermitting
for ten or fifteen minutes; it recurred twice in the same manner, and
then entirely disappeared (first day), [1b].
► Pressive pain in the occiput,
aggravated when lying on the back, compelling him to frequently change
his position, on waking, at 4 A.M. (second day); also on awaking at 6.40
A.M. (third day); at this time the pain extended after rising, over the
whole sinciput, forehead, eyebrows, into the upper lids, so that raising
the lids was difficult, [1a]. [30.] ►
Drawing pain in the right side of the occiput, in the evening (second
day), [3a]. ►
The drawing pain in the occiput became very intense, in the evening, so
that it disturbed me at my work; I was frequently obliged to rise and
walk about the room, which afforded transient relief (fifth day), [3]. ►
Drawing pain in the occiput, while outdoors, disappearing on entering
the house, in the evening (sixth day), [3b].
EYE.
►
White of the eyes, especially of the left eye, yellow (second day), [1b]. ►
Sensation as though vision were remarkably clear and distinct (though
the day was cloudy and dull), (fourth day), [3a]. ►
Flickering before the eyes (fifth day), [9].
EAR.
►
Stitches through the left ear at times, in the forenoon (first day), [4]. ►
Sticking continued, now in the right, now in the left ear (third night),
[4]. ►
Sticking in the right ear on entering the house, in the afternoon, at
first transient, afterwards violent and persistent, the pain extended
from within outward, and lasted several minutes (sixth day), [3]. ►
Violent stitches in both ears, obliging him to cry out, [5]. [40.] ► The left ear seems stopped, at times
(third day), [3b]. ► Roaring in the ears, lasting a long time,
[8].
NOSE.
►
Excessive catarrh, with frequent inclination to sneeze; great stoppage
of the nose, with at times discharge of tenacious yellow mucus (fourth
day), [6a]. ►
Great stoppage of the nose (first night), [6].
► Great dryness of the nose, in the
morning, gradually disappearing until in the afternoon much nasal mucus
was discharged (third day), [3c].
FACE.
►
Painful drawing in the right side of the cheek, involving the whole
right infraorbital region; the pain extended to the last upper molars;
this pain continued during the night, with fever, consisting of
alternations of heat and coldness, with accelerated pulse, that
prevented sleep; on the next day, the right side of the face was
swollen, very sensitive to the air and to the slightest pressure, [11b]. ►
Slight burning on the lips, immediately after the dose (fourth day), [3c]. ►
Lips very dry (first night), [4]. ► Dryness of the lips and palate, in the
afternoon and night (fifth day), [4].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Violent drawing
pain in both the upper and lower incisors, with heat of the cheek, that
was somewhat swollen (second day), [4].
[50.] ►
Acute drawing pain in the upper sound incisors, in the evening (second
day), [3a]. ►
Drawing pains in the teeth of the right upper jaw, extending to the
temple and ear; on attempting to chew there was a feeling of tension in
the right articulation of the lower jaw; these symptoms disappeared
after an hour, on going out (fourth day); they returned at 10 A.M., with
great intensity, and continued to recur periodically (frequently
intermitting for a few minutes) until going to sleep, in the evening
(fifth day), [2b]. ► A pressive pain in the sound teeth of the
right side of the lower jaw, in the evening (sixth day), [3]. ►
Frequent sticking in the right upper teeth, always in the morning (tenth
to twelfth day), [2b]. ► Sensitiveness of the upper incisors
(after 30 drops), [2a]. ► Tongue. ►
Tongue coated (first night), [6]. ► A sensation at the root of the tongue and
on the soft palate, at first cool, afterwards burning, in the evening
(sixth day), [3b]. ► General Mouth. ►
Opening the mouth became more and more difficult, so that in the evening
of the ninth day he could scarcely get the little finger between the
teeth, associated with stitches in the throat on swallowing; on
examining the throat, there was only some redness of the posterior wall
in the pharynx and right side of the palate, on the latter of which were
two small ulcers; the difficulty of swallowing had disappeared on the
thirteenth day, but the difficulty of opening the mouth remained the
same; the ulcers had entirely disappeared; about noon, on the thirteenth
day, there appeared without cause, a digging pain in the right upper
teeth, with increased secretion of saliva and feeling of soreness of the
gum of both sides; on the fourteenth day the sticking pain extended to
the right articulation of the jaw, and the burrowing pain in the upper
jaw continued and extended to the lower jaw, together with a sensation
in the angle of the right side of the jaw, as though I would get a tooth
at this point; on the sixteenth day the pain in the articulation of the
jaw was very slight, though the gum was still painful to the touch,
after which it entirely disappeared, [2].
► Opening the mouth painful; could
not open it as wide as usual; swallowing caused a sticking sensation,
especially in the right side of the neck (eighth day), [2]. ► Burning
through the mouth and fauces, as after the first dose, with the addition
that it was aggravated by all food and drink (immediately), [1a]. [60.]
► Burning in the palate, with dryness
of the throat, immediately after a dose (third day), [4]. ► Burning
sensation on the palate (first night), [4].
► Dryness of the mouth and throat
(first night), [6]. ► Taste. ►
Pasty taste (first night), [6]. ► Bitter taste in the mouth, [8].
THROAT.
►
Scraping in the throat, [8]. ► Scraped sensation in the throat, that
provoked frequent hawking, which relieved for the moment, in the morning
(third day), [3c]. ► Transient stitches in the throat, at 5
P.M. (second day), [3b]. ► Sensation of dryness in the throat, with
thirst, not relieved by a glass of water, in the evening (second day), [3c]. ►
Burning, as from much pepper, gradually extending from the tongue
through the fauces and œsophagus to the stomach, lasting from 6 A.M. to
4 P.M., when it began to diminish, but was still felt the next morning,
immediately, [1]. [70.] ►
Burning in the throat (fifth night), [4].
► Sensation as though a morsel were
sticking in the throat when eating, at noon (fifth day), [3a]. ► Fauces and
Pharynx. ► Disagreeable
scraped feeling in the fauces, immediately after a dose (third day), [9]. ►
Scraping in the fauces, after the dose (fifth day), [9]. ► Feeling
of tension in the pharynx when drinking, with a disagreeable tickling in
both ears, that obliges frequent hawking, in the evening (fourth day), [3a]. ►
Acute pressure in the pharynx, that on swallowing became a burning, not
affected by external pressure, at 5 P.M.; the sensation continued to
increase till 9 A.M., when it became a sensation of swelling, after
which it soon disappeared (fifth day), [3a].
► Swallowing. ► Painful swallowing (first night), [6].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite and Thirst. ►
Appetite great; I ate an unusual amount and with unusual haste, though
without a feeling of satiety; on rising from a meal there was a
distressing pressure in the stomach, as from a heavy weight, with desire
to drink a great deal; after taking a few steps there was a sensation as
if something were pulling in the stomach, that caused a feeling of
tension in the œsophagus (sixth day), [3c].
► Appetite diminished (eighth day), [2]; (second day), [9]. ► Loss of
appetite (first day), [11b]. [80.] ►
Complete loss of appetite (third day), [9].
► Thirst increased (eighth day), [2]. ►
Considerable thirst (third day), [9].
► Great thirst (fifth day), [9]. ►
Eructations. ► Frequent
eructations of gas (first night), [6].
► Frequent empty eructations,
followed after half an hour by vomiting of yellowish-green, bitter, and
astringent liquid (third day), [9].
► Empty eructations (fifth day), [9]. ►
Eructations and hiccough (after one drop), [9]. ►
Eructations (second day), [9]. ► Nausea and Vomiting. ► Nausea, with inclination to vomit, [9]. [90.]
► Qualmishness (after twenty
minutes), [1a]. ► Nausea and qualmishness, relieved after
repeated eructations of gas (after four hours), [1b]. ►
Vomiting twice (half an hour after 1 drop), [9]. ►
Vomiting (fifth day), [9]. ► Sudden, gushing vomiting twice at night,
without any other symptoms, [5]. ► Stomach. ►
Pressure in the stomach, aggravated after eating (fourth day), [4]. ►
Heaviness and pressure in the stomach, followed by a sensation of
qualmishness (fourth day), [4]. ► Violent cutting pains in the epigastrium,
followed by two thin, frothy stools, at 5 A.M., [8].
ABDOMEN.
►
Umbilicus. ► Contractive
pain in the umbilical region, always after eating, [5]. ► Slight
griping in the umbilical region, followed by a sensation as though
diarrhœa would occur, in the morning (third day), [3c]. [100.] ► Violent griping about the umbilicus, with
urgent desire for stool, half an hour after dinner; evacuation of a dark
pasty stool, followed by relief of the pain in the abdomen, in the
afternoon (third day), [2c]. ► Griping in the abdomen, at times violent,
at times slight, mostly about the umbilicus, sometimes associated with
great urging to stool (fifth day), [3c].
► Violent griping about the
umbilicus, with painful rumbling and the evacuation of gas from the
bowels, and at times desire for stool, while walking about in the open
air, in the forenoon; towards 11 A.M. the desire for stool was very
great, and gas was occasionally emitted, with transient relief; the
desire for stool increased, till at noon it became so violent that I was
obliged to return to the house, when there followed an evacuation which
was almost black, with painful griping and rumbling in the abdomen, and
violent painful dragging in the rectum; after the stool there was great
weakness of the lower extremities, coldness of the abdomen, and cold
sweat on the forehead (sixth day), [3c].
► Crawling about the umbilicus,
gradually disappearing along the rectus muscle towards the symphysis
pubis, in the evening, after going to bed (third day), [3b]. ► General
Abdomen. ► Rumbling in the
abdomen, followed by three serous evacuations, with burning in the anus
(after 1 drop), [9]. ► Rumbling in the abdomen (third and fifth
days), [9]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen, without emission of flatus (fifth day), [9]. ►
Painless rumbling and movements in the abdomen, with a flatulent
sensation, in the evening (sixth day), [3c].
► Rumbling and griping in the
transverse colon, followed by a watery stool mixed with mucus, at 4.45
A.M. (second day), [1b]. ► Griping, painless movement and rumbling
low down in the abdomen (third day), [3c].
[110.] ►
Sharp cutting pain low down in the abdomen, followed by desire for stool
(seventh day), [3]. ► Painless movement in the abdomen, in the
forenoon (seventh day), [3c]. ► Feeling of coldness through the abdomen,
in a warm room, in the morning (fourth day), [3c]. ► Slight
chilliness in the upper abdomen, even in a warm room, in the morning
(sixth day), [3c]. ► Drawing-sticking pains in the left
inguinal region (third day), [6b].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Painful pressure in the rectum, with constant griping in the abdomen,
followed by a profuse dark, pasty stool, succeeded by burning and
tenesmus in the anus, that lasted nearly half an hour, at noon; the
desire for stool returned and was sudden, but in spite of painful
pressure in the rectum no stool, only a little mucus and gas were
evacuated, though the burning in the anus lasted a quarter of an hour
(fifth day), [3c]. ► Discharge of white mucus from the anus,
provoking scratching of the anus, and followed by some burning (third
day), [1a]. ►
Desire for stool followed by copious watery and pasty stools, evacuated
suddenly and with a noise, without previous pain in the abdomen, at 7
A.M. (fourth day), [3c]. ► Sudden sensation as of diarrhœa, with
urgent desire for stool and a quite painless, dark pasty evacuation, in
the morning (fifth day), [3c]. ► Sudden sensation of diarrhœa, followed
by a desire for stool and evacuation of a scanty, light ochre-yellow,
pasty stool, with relief of the pain, in the morning (sixth day), [3c].
STOOL.
[120.]
► Pasty, yellowish-brown stool, at 9
P.M., followed after an hour by a similar evacuation, with griping pain
in the umbilical region (first day), [1b].
► Watery stool mixed with mucus,
preceded by rumbling and griping in the transverse colon, at 4.45 A.M.
(second day), [1b]. ► Stool at first hard, afterwards
diarrhœa-like, of a rusty-brown color, followed by tenesmus and burning
in the anus (seventh day), [3]. ► There was no stool for four days after
the diarrhœa; however, the stool which occurred subsequent to this
constipation was perfectly normal, [3c].
► Stool at first pasty, then liquid
(fifth day), [9]. ► (Evacuation of two round worms with the
stool), [5]. ►
The stool, which was usually daily, omitted for five days, when there
was a bluish, nodular stool, evacuated with great effort (after third
day), [1a].® 2000
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