VALERIANA.
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondrium. ► Painful
jerks in the right hypochondrium, [3].
► (Pressing sensation in the left
hypochondrium, just beneath the last short ribs, while in bed in the
morning; on coughing or deep breathing it became a cutting pain), [20a]. [Possibly caused by a cold.] ► Sides. [150.]
► Two evenings in succession, after
10 o’clock, he is attacked with violent colic in the left side of the
abdomen, as if there were subcutaneous ulceration (second and third
days), [2]. [The principal times
of day when Valerian produces its symptoms are noon and the first part
of afternoon and evening and the hours before midnight; the abdominal
symptoms especially are felt in the evening. -FRANZ.] ► Dull sticking, intermittent pressure on
the left side and over the pit of the stomach, in the region of a
cartilage of the ribs, [3]. ► Single stitches in the left side, below
the short ribs (after a quarter of an hour), [4]. ► General
Abdomen. ► Bloated abdomen,
[3]. ►
Distension of the abdomen, [26]. ► Great distension of the abdomen, causing
restlessness at night, [29a]. ► Abdomen moderately distended (first day),
[29]. ►
Hard abdomen, [1]. ► Much very offensive gas from the
intestines, [26]. ► Rumbling and gurgling in the intestines,
with some cutting pains, followed after half an hour by a normal
evacuation, [25]. [160.] ►
Rumbling and colic in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour), [29]. ►
Constant rumbling in the upper abdomen (second day), [29a]. ►
Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, [25a].
► Feeling in the abdomen as if it
would become excessively distended, even to bursting, [1]. ► Pain in
the abdomen when drawing it in, like a pinching and cutting, [3]. ►
The whole evening he feels a pain in various parts of the abdomen, which
is at one time felt as a pressing in the umbilical region (second day), [2]. ►
Aching pain in the abdomen, [1]. ► Dull aching pain in the abdominal
muscles, as if bruised, or as if from a cold, worse during an
inspiration, [3]. ► Colic in bed, in the evening; a pinching
in the lower abdomen (first day), [2].
► A sort of twisting in the abdomen,
with a sort of nausea, as if the menses would come on, [3]. [170.] ► Drawing pain, as if bruised, in the left
iliac region, spreading to the middle of the abdomen, soon followed by
rumbling in the bowels, at 2 P.M. (second day), [2]. ► Great
inclination to draw in the abdomen; he does it even involuntarily
(alternate effect), [3]. ► Cutting pain in the intestines, in the
region of the navel, [26]. ► Hypogastrium. ►
Severe aching-drawing pain in the hypogastrium, from 10 to 11 P.M.
(second day), [2]. ► Pain in the left side of the
hypogastrium, as if he had sprained the part, when sitting, at 7 P.M.
(second day), [2]. ► Pressing crampy pain in the left side of
the hypogastrium, when sitting, at 11 P.M. (second day), [2]. ► Bruised
pain in the hypogastrium, especially in the parts covering the os pubis,
increasing in paroxysms, as a painful pressure or drawing, [3]. ►
Drawing pressure in the inguinal glands, only when spreading the thighs;
the place is painful to touch (after one hour), [2].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
When emitting flatus the baby presses very hard, causing the dark-red
rectum to protrude, when a few drops of blood fall out, [3]. ► Boring
pain in the left side of the rectum, when standing, apparently, [1], in the sphincter, at 1 P.M. (second
day), [2]. [180.] ►
Boring in the rectum, at 10 P.M. (second day), [2]. ► Stitch
in the rectum, when standing (after one hour), [2]. ► Violent
tearing in the anus, when moving a little while sitting, [1]; at 2 P.M. (third day), [2]. ► On
getting up from stool he perceives a severe tenesmus in the anus, as if
diarrhœa would set in; this disappears gradually, but returns with
great violence in a few hours, obliging him to go to stool again, when
he has a natural evacuation, [3]. ► A bubbling pressure above the anus, in
the region of the os coccygis, apparently close to it, at 9 A.M. (second
day), [2]. ►
A bubbling pressure over the anus, in the parts covering the os
coccygis, at 9 A.M. (second day), [2].
► (When emitting flatus the baby
cries and presses; occasionally he passes a little blood by the rectum),
[2].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa, [19]. ► Diarrhœa twice, with tickling at the
anus, in the evening (second day), [29].
► Violent diarrhœa, in the morning
(third day), [29a]. [190.] ►
Two diarrhœic stools, preceded by rumbling and cutting in the
intestines (after seven and nine hours), [18a].
► Frequent evacuations, [10]. ►
(The baby, who had had frequent loose stools, has now many more looser
and more watery discharges, in which solid particles, resembling pieces
of curdled milk, are floating), [3].
► Pasty stools, [24]. ► On the
first day the stool looks natural; after twenty-four hours he has a
greenish papescent stool, with some blood, [2]. ► Stools
more frequent than usual, always evacuated with some effort, [26].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Stitches in the region of the kidneys, when sitting down (after two
hours and a half), [2]. ► Transient clawing in the region of the
bladder (second evening), [2]. ► Constant desire to urinate, which he
insisted upon doing through the window of the room, [30]. ► Frequent
emissions of urine, [7],
[8], [12]. [200.] ► Frequent emission of urine the first
three hours, [2]. ► Increased secretion of urine; on standing
the urine deposited a sediment of brown flakes, [23]. ►
Increased secretion of urine, [19],
[19a]. ►
Very abundant, highly-colored urine, [34],
[35], etc. ►
Urine very abundant, more highly colored, and of a stronger odor than
natural, [31]. ► Urine dark brown, [26]. ► The
urine seemed to contain bile, [26].
► Urine turbid, depositing a whitish
sediment (fourth morning); depositing a turbid sediment (fourth day), [17]. ►
White sediment in the urine, in the morning, [20]. ► Urine
dark red and turbid, depositing a vermilion-red sediment, [23]. [210.] ► Urine brownish and turbid, with a
brickdust sediment, [28]. ► Brownish flakes in the urine, [23a]. ►
Urine turbid, depositing a slimy white sediment, [17a]. ► Urine
deposited a cloud, [20a]. ► Urine depositing a sediment, [18b]. ►
Very copious sediment to the urine, the upper part of which was pale,
the lower thick, turbid, and reddish, [27].
► Mealy sediment in the urine, [18].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Creeping and drawing in the penis, as if it had gone to sleep; frequent
erections the day previous, early in the morning (third day), [2]. ►
Tensive-gurgling pain in the right testicle, when sitting, at 5 P.M.
(second day), [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Frequent hacking cough, [36]. [220.] ►
Dry cough, [36]. ► Difficulty of breathing and anxiety in
the chest, after the usual breakfast, at 9 A.M. (second day), [2].
CHEST.
►
Transient oppression of the chest, in the region of the lower true rib
of the right side (from the vapor), [2].
► *When walking, he feels a pressure across the lower half of the chest,
with oppression of breathing, at 10 P.M. (third day), [2]. ►
Darting-tearing pain in the chest, [1].
► A few sudden jerks, like electric
shocks, below the right axilla, [3].
► *Sudden stitches in the chest and in
the region of the liver, from within
outward, causing him to start in affright, at 2 P.M. (third
day), [2]. ►
Frequent stitches in the chest, during a slow horseback ride, at 5 P.M.
(third day), [2]. ► *Violent stitches and pressing from within outward, in the region of the last true ribs, when standing,
at 8 P.M. (third day), [2]. ► Dull stitch, resembling a pressing from within
outward, in the left side of the chest (below the axilla), during an
inspiration, especially a deep inspiration; the stitch lasts as long as
the inspiration; external pressure excites likewise a sore
pain, [3].
HEART AND PULSE.
[230.]
► Sudden stitches in the region of
the heart, when sitting erect or standing, abating when stooping, only
during an inspiration (after two hours), [2].
► Palpitation of the heart, [1]. ►
Increased pulse, [7]. ► Pulse 90, in the first quarter of an hour
the beats are full and vigorous, in the second the diastole is shorter,
the whole body being agreeably warm, and a tremulous anxious sensation
being experienced, which seems to come out of the abdomen (after two
hours), [2]. [The first and most
rapid effect of Valerian, which precedes any after symptom, is an
acceleration of the pulse and congestion of the head. -FRANZ.] ► The pulse is somewhat accelerated and
irregular, two or three beats being occasionally quicker than the
others; at the same time it is more tense, [3]. ► Pulse
85, at 10 A.M. (third day), [2]. ► Pulse 78, the beats of the heart being
weak and scarcely felt (after three-quarters of an hour), [2]. ►
Increase of 4 or 5 beats of the pulse (after a quarter of an hour), [26]. ►
Pulse somewhat diminished, subsequently (after three hours) rose by 20
beats, [31]. ►
The pulse at first fell 10 beats, but subsequently rose higher than the
normal, [32]. [240.] ►
Pulse 80 before taking, fell to 62, and afterwards rose to 96, [33]. ►
Pulse 64 before taking, fell to 56, afterwards rose to 78, [34]. ►
Pulse 80 before taking, fell to 64, and afterwards rose to 90, [35]. ►
Pulse 68 (before taking), 56 (after one hour), 78 (subsequently), [36]. ►
Pulse 72 before taking, fell to 60, afterwards rose to 74, [37]. ►
Pulse 70 before taking, fell to 52, then rose to 72, [38]. ► Pulse
69 (before the experiment); rose to 75, where it remained for some hours
(after two hours); associated with rush of blood to the head, feeling of
fulness and increased warmth of the face, [21a].
► Pulse frequent, tremulous, and
irregular, [30]. ► Pulse unequal, in one minute 60, and in
the next 90; weak and small, in the forenoon (after two hours), [2]. ►
Pulse small, [36].
NECK AND BACK.
[250.]
► Piercing drawing, with pressure
from the nape of the neck to the occiput, when bending the head
backwards, at 11 A.M. (after two hours), [2].
► Drawing pain in the back, [1]. ►
Rheumatic pains in the scapulæ, [1].
► Intense pain in the left lumbar region
above the hip, as if he had strained the part much, worse when standing, and especially when sitting, than
when walking, [3]. ► A drawing transversely across the small
of the back, in the evening, when in bed (first day), [2].
EXTREMITIES.
►
After walking a little, he feels a stiffness and painful weariness in
the bends of the arms and knees, at 5 P.M., [2]. ►
Rheumatic pains in the limbs, [1].
► *In the muscles of the left arm, from
the shoulder down to the fingers, a very painful drawing, mixed with
single stitches; a sort of tearing, which is neither increased or
decreased by any position of the limb; after taking a second
dose the tearing returned much more violently (although it had
disappeared for several hours); it disappeared
afterwards while walking, after a
violent stitch in the knee (so violent that she was scarcely able to
walk), and was replaced by a pain which moved up and down from the knee
to the toes, and back again (felt
less when walking than when sitting); finally it affected
likewise the right foot, although less, [4].
► *Slow, painful drawing and jerking, as
if in the bones of the upper and lower extremities, when sitting quietly, [3]. ►
Repeated darts as of electric sparks in the middle of the left thigh,
when standing, followed by a bruised pain in the same part, [3]. [On comparing symptoms which
Valerian causes in the limbs, they will be found very similar, both as
respects the parts (upper arm, thigh) and the nature of the pain. If, in
a practical case, such symptoms should occur in the lower limbs, whereas
they have been observed in the upper limbs by the proves, the remedy may
nevertheless be employed in spite of the difference. The symptoms of the
upper and lower limbs alternate frequently, both in the disease and the
proving of drugs. -FRANZ.] [260.] ► Bruised pain in the limbs, [1]. ►
Paralytic numbness in the limbs, [1].
► Paralytic pain in the knees,
elbows, and shoulder-joints when ceasing to walk (after four hours), [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Shoulder. ►
When laying the left arm on the table and bending it, while writing, a
drawing pain in the deltoid muscle, from above downward, and in the bend
of the elbow; if the lets the arm hang down the drawing changes into a
feeling of heaviness, pervading the whole arm as far as the fingers, as
if the limb were turgid with blood (after three-quarters of an hour), [2]. ►
A stinging pain in the region of the posterior border of the deltoid
muscle, at 11 P.M. (second day), [2].
► Smarting pressure, as from an
excoriation or dull stitch, as with a hard blunt instrument, in the
region of the shoulder and in other places, [3]. ► Arm.
► Dull pressure, as with the tip of a
finger, in the region of the head of the humerus, [3]. ► *Crampy
darting tearing, like an electric shock, repeatedly through the humerus,
in the bone, intensely painful, [3]. ► *Crampy
drawing in the region of the biceps, in the right upper arm, from above
downward, while writing (from the vapor), [2]. ► Sudden
crampy drawing (a sort of jerking) in the muscles of the upper arm, just
above the bend of the elbow and in the outer muscles of the thigh, at
noon (fourth day), [2]. ► Elbow. [270.]
► Pain as if bruised in the bends of
the elbows, when writing, afterwards extending as a drawing pain along
the biceps muscle of the upper arm, from 7 to 9 A.M. (third day), [2]. ►
(Tearing in the elbow-joint), [2].
► Stitches below the tip of the
elbow, at 6 P.M. (second day), [2].
► Forearm. ► Tearing in the inner side of the forearm,
from below upward, at 4 P.M. (third day), [2].
► Hand. ►
Tremor of the hands, heat and redness of the cheeks, with warmth of the
rest of the body, while writing; at 10 A.M. (third day), [2]. ► Sudden
violent jerks in the hand, which disappear again immediately; the place
is afterwards painful to touch, [3].
► Fingers. ► Stitches in the middle phalanges of the
fingers, in the bones, at 11 P.M. (third day), [2]. ► Crampy
jerks through the thumb, as if caused by electricity, several times, [3].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Hip. ►
Twitching and jerking in the muscles of the right hip, [3]. ►
Paralytic pain from the ischiatic region and great trochanter of the
right side down to the patella, so that walking was very difficult, [29a]. [280.]
► Feeling of heat like a burning pain
in the left hip in bed, at 11 P.M. (third day), [2]. ► Thigh.
► Drawing in the outer side of the
thighs from above downwards; it is felt only when extending the lower
limb sideways; early in the morning (after two hours), [2]. ► Crampy
pain in the front part of the thigh, extending as far as the groin, at
10 P.M. (second day), [2]. ► Pain as if bruised from the middle of the
right thigh to above the knee, along the outer side, while riding in a
carriage, especially when the carriage jolts; in the afternoon (after
six to eight hours), [2]. ► *Crampy tearing (tearing-darting) pain in the
outer side of the thigh, extending into the hip; in the
afternoon (fourth day), [2]. ► When beginning to walk, especially when
making a false step, a clawing the bend of the right knee, at 4 P.M.
(second day), [2]. ► Knee. ►
Excessive weakness in the bends of the knees and ankles, with a bruised
pain transversely across the thighs and in the small of the back, in the
morning after rising (after ten hours, third day), [2]. ► Dull
pressure recurring at intervals above the left knee, transversely across
the thigh; afterwards descending again from the thigh to the knee, [3]. ►
Tensive pain from the bend of the knee through the whole calf, when
sitting; at 1 P.M. (second day), [2].
► Pain in the patellæ (fourth day), [2]. [290.]
► Tearing in the bends of the knees
when sitting or standing; from 11 to 12 P.M. (second day), [2]. ►
After a violent stitch in the left knee she feels a pain extending from
the knee to the toes, and back again, afterwards affecting also the
other limb; preceded by pain from the shoulder to the fingers, [4]. ►
Leg. ► Excessive heaviness
and lassitude of the legs when standing, going off when sitting (after a
quarter of an hour), [3]. ► Bruised pain in the front part of the
middle of the tibiæ when walking, as if the bones had been broken in
that part, and had not entirely healed (continuing for days), [3]. ►
Lassitude and tension in the calves when standing, in the afternoon
(third day), [2]. ► Heaviness in the calves; when walking she
feels as if she could not get along, [4].
► *Twinging pain in the outer side of the
calf when sitting, at 5
P.M. (second day), [2]. ► When laying the right limb across the
left, tearing in the left calf, at 4
P.M. (second day), [2]. ► *Pulsative tearing in the right calf,
when sitting, in the afternoon
(third day), [2]. ► Even, dull pressure, as with the tip of
the finger, on the left side, below the left knee, [3]. [300.] ► Stitch in the front region of the
tuberosity of the tibia, at 11 A.M. (third day), [2]. ► Ankle.
► Continuous sticking directly over
the left malleolus, in the region of the tendo Achillis, at 1 o’clock
(third day), [2]. ► *Drawing and a weak feeling along the
tendo Achillis, towards the heel, as if the part had lost all strength, when sitting; disappearing when rising from a seat
(from the vapor), [2]. ► Pain, as if bruised, in the left ankle,
while riding in a carriage, when the carriage jolted, in the afternoon
(after six or eight hours), [2]. ► *Transient pain as if sprained in the right
ankle; the pain came on after running upstairs fast; it was most felt when standing, scarcely when walking;
on the contrary, the pain seems to disappear when walking, [3]. ►
*Sudden pain as if bruised, in the outer malleolus of the right foot;
he feels the pain more when standing than when
walking, [3]. ► *Drawing in the tarsal joints, when sitting, at 4 P.M. (second day), [2]. ►
Foot. ► *When sitting,
the heels, especially the right heel, feel painful (fourth day), [2]. ►
Constant pain in the heels (third day), [2]. ► *Stinging
and pain in the heels, when sitting
(fourth day), [2]. [310.] ►
Tearing in the balls of the soles, with subsequent warmth, in the afternoon (third day), [2]. ► Darting
tearing in the inner border of the right foot, repeatedly, as if caused
by electricity (after half an hour), [3].
► Toes. ►
The tips of the toes feel painful in the
evening (fourth day), [2].
► Heaviness in the tips of the three
middle toes, accompanied with a drawing pain, and as if there were
subcutaneous ulceration, and with a cooling sensation, as if a current
of air were moving through the soles as far as the calves, at 4 P.M.
(second day), [2]. ► Tearing in the dorsum of the toes,
especially the great toes, from 11 to 12 P.M. (second day), [2].
GENERALITIES.
►
Tremulousness, he has no rest anywhere, as one feels when expecting a
joyful event (after one hour and a quarter), [2]. ► General
malaise, [36]. ► General weariness, especially of the
extremities, [38]. ► Great debility and drowsiness in the
evening (second day), [2]. ► General discomfort, [18b]. [320.]
► General discomfort in the whole
body, [28]. ►► *Drawing in many places, now here, now
there, like transient jerks, [3].
► Twitching and jerking in various
parts of the muscles, superficially, [3].
► Smarting pressure as if excoriated,
or dull sticking, as with a bard, blunt tool, at a small spot in various
parts, [3].
SKIN.
►
Eruption, first red and confluent, afterwards numerous small white,
hard, elevated pimples, on the arm and chest, [2]. ►
Painfully disagreeable itching in the axilla, at 3 P.M. (third day), [2]. ►
Smarting as if excoriated, in various places that could be covered with
the tip of the finger, [3]. ► Smarting in the outer side of the left
knee, as if excoriated, [3].
SLEEP.
►
Yawning and stretching of the limbs, [3].
► Repeated yawning with chilliness,
soon, [33]. [330.] ►
Drowsiness, soon, [33]. ► Great tendency to sleep, [36]. ►
Tendency to sleep and irresistible sleepiness, [38]. ► She
and her baby sleep more quietly than before, without any anxious or
confused dreams (curative effect), [3].
► Sleepiness followed by profound
sleep for two hours; on waking the headache had disappeared, [35]. ►
Somnolence, [34]. ► *Sleeplessness, [1], [18b].
► *Unusually wide awake in the evening
and restless at night, could fall asleep only towards morning, when he
had vivid dreams, [17a].
► Sleep restless (third and fourth
nights), [17], [18]; (first night), [29]. ► Sleep
very restless, disturbed by pain in the stomach, [26]. [340.] ► Tossing about in sleep, [1]. ► Sleep
disturbed by dreams, [17a]. ► In the second night the sleep is
disturbed by anxious and partly voluptuous dreams; for instance, that he
is driving in a carriage through deep water, [2]. ► In the
first night the sleep is disturbed with many confused dreams; early in
the morning he feels very tired, [2].
► Much dreaming during sleep, [26].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chilliness, [1]. ►
Chilliness at intervals during the evening (second day), [29a]. ►
Thrills of chilliness creep over the whole body from above downward, [3]. ►
Tremulous, transient chilly feeling, at 11 A.M. (after two hours), [2]. ►
Sensation of icy coldness in the upper half of the head, when pressing
the hat firmly on the head; 5 P.M. (third day), [2]. [350.] ► Paroxysms of shuddering from the nape of
the neck downward, [3]. ► Heat. ►
Synochus, [1]. ► *Constant heat in the whole body, and uneasiness
(first four hours), [2]. ► Heat the whole forenoon, and sweat during
the slightest motion (third day), [2].
► Heat and sweat over the whole body,
especially in the face, as soon as he begins to walk (first day), [2]. ►
During dinner he feels heat in the whole body and face, with sweat in
the hair on the forehead (after three hours), [2]. ► Heat of
the skin, [36], [37]. ►
Feeling of heat in the whole body and face, with sweat in the hair on
the forehead, during dinner (after three hours), [2]. ►
Increased heat of the skin, [34]. ► Increased warmth of the body the whole
day, especially during motion, with sweat breaking out on the face, on
the forehead, etc., the pulse being strong, and 80 to 90 (first day), [2]. [360.]
► She feels warm all over, except in
the region of the hip, where she feels as if cold water were poured over
her, [3]. ►
Sensation of increased warmth spreading over the whole body, lasting a
quarter of an hour, passing off without perspiration, [20]. ►
Increased warmth the whole day, with quick and frequent pulse (second
day). [2]. ►
Increased warmth, [17]. ► General warmth, [26]. ►
Agreeable increase of internal and external warmth (first two hours), [2]. ►
Transient feeling of heat in the head when stooping (after a quarter of
an hour), [4]. ► *Dry heat in the face and the whole body,
in the evening when sitting, at 9
P.M. (second day). [2]. ► *Flushes of heat over the cheeks for two hours,
several times in the evening,
the pulse being 60; with feeling of dryness on the tongue, without
thirst and without previous chilliness (second day), [2]. ► In the
open air the cheeks become hot and red, without sweat; a quarter of an
hour afterwards sweat breaks out over the whole body, and especially in
the face; at noon (after three hours), [2].
► Sweat. [370.] ►
Frequent sweat, [13], [14]. ►
Marked perspiration, [38]. ► Perspiration at night, [28]. ► Much
perspiration during the night, [26].
► Slight perspiration of the odor of
Valerian (after three hours), [31].
► The hair of the forehead sweats
about noon, with stiffness of the loins, the pulse being 90 (third day),
[2]. ►
Sweat on the forehead about noon; after dinner the eyes feel weak as
after revelry (second day), [2].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Pressure in eyes. ► (Night),
Headache; sweat. ► (Inspiration), Aching pain in abdominal
muscles; stitch in left side of chest; stitches in region of heart. ► (Sitting),
Pain in left lumbar region. ► (Standing), Pain in left lumbar region; pain
in ankle. ► (Stooping),
Feeling of intoxication and vertigo; stupid feeling in head; drawing in
orbits.® 2000
Article