WYETHIA.
Wyethia helenioides, Nutt. (Alarconia helenoides, D.
C.; Melarhiza inuloides, Kellogg.)
Natural order
, Compositæ.
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authority.
J. M. Selfridge, M.D., copied
from original manuscript; the symptoms were observed by seven men and
two women; the green root in substance or the mother tincture was used
by each prover; when the tincture was taken, the dose varied from 5 to
40 drops; the taste of the root is herbaceous, aromatic, and slightly
bitter, leaving a sweetish sensation in the mouth; no symptoms were
manifested for some minutes after chewing the root or swallowing the
tincture.
HEAD.
►
Dizziness. ► Rush of blood to the
head. ► Severe headache. ► Pain in the forehead over the right eye,
at first sharp, followed by a feeling of fulness.
EAR.
►
Itching in the right ear.
MOUTH.
►
Mouth feels as if it had been scalded. ►
Increased flow of tough ropy saliva.
THROAT.
►
*Throat feels swollen; epiglottis dry, and has a burning sensation;
constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve the dryness, yet affording
no comfort; swallows with difficulty. ► *Pricking dry sensation in
posterior nares; sensation as if something were in the nasal passages;
an effort to clear them through the throat affords no relief.
[10.] ►
The uvula feels elongated. ► *Dryness of
the fauces; constant desire to clear the throat by hemming. ► Sensation of heat down the œsophagus,
into the stomach, worse while eating.
STOMACH.
►
Belching of wind, alternating with hiccough. ►
Nausea and vomiting. ► Sense of
weight in the stomach, as if something indigestible had been eaten.
ABDOMEN.
►
Pain and bearing down in the right side.
ANUS.
►
Itching of the anus.
STOOL.
►
Passages loose, diarrhœic, of a dark-brown color, came on in the night,
and lasted five days. ► Passages
small, dark brown; look burned. [20.]
► Passages previously light-colored,
irregular, and constipated, became dark-colored, regular, and soft. ► Great constipation, accompanied with hæmorrhoids,
not bleeding; never had them before or since (three provers).
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Pain in the left ovary, shooting down to the knee. ►
Leucorrhœa. ► Menses appear for the
first time in over a year, since birth of last child; color purple and
scanty, with great pain.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Burning sensation in the bronchial tubes. ►
Dry hacking cough, caused by tickling in the epiglottis.
CHEST.
►
Sharp pain just below the ribs on the right side, deepseated, followed
by soreness.
PULSE.
►
Slowness of the pulse, decreased in ten hours from 72 to 58 per minute.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Pain in the right arm, with stiffness of
the wrist and hand.
GENERALITIES.
[30.]
► Feels weak and nervous, uneasy; is
apprehensive that some calamity is about to occur. ►
Feels very weak, as a person feels after a severe illness. ► Unable to make much exertion; the least
exercise causes perspiration. ► All
the symptoms worse in the afternoon.
FEVER.
►
Cold sweat over the whole body, which soon dries off, and again comes
and goes as if by flashes.® 2000
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