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

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BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM.

Myroxylon Pereiræ, Kl. Natural order,
Leguminosæ. Preparation, Tincture of the balsam that
flows from the stems.


Authority.

Lembke, N. Z. f. H. Kl., 12, 41, provings with
repeated doses of from 15 to 30 drops.

NOSE.

► Bleeding from the
right side of the nose without cause, without coryza, without sneezing, without having blown
the nose (eighth day). ► Repeated bleeding from the nose
without cause, at 7 P.M. Slight blowing of blood from the right side of the nose (ninth
day).

MOUTH AND THROAT.

► Redness
in the arch of the palate, and pain on every touch (thirteenth day). ►
Redness and pain in the arch of the palate persisted in during the whole time. ► The whole arch of the palate and uvula are dark-red, and very
painful, especially upon slightest touch; continued for several days. ►
After every dose, continued scraping of the fauces.

STOOL.

► The first day, two
soft stools. ► Profuse fluid stool without pain, at 3
P.M. (fifth day). ► A copious liquid stool, painless, at
2 P.M., and again at 7 1/2 P.M. (tenth day). ► Hard stool
(fourth day). ► Passage of blood with the normal stool
(does not suffer from hæmorrhoids), (seventh day).

URINARY ORGANS.

► Sticking
in the urethra. ► Cutting on urinating. ► More frequent urinating than usual in the night. ► Frequent urinating of much clear yellow urine (sixth and
seventh days). ► Much clear urine and much urinating
(sixth day). ► In the third night, more urine than usual.
► Urine more scanty and darker (eleventh day). ► Red coating on the urinal (fifth day).

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.

►
Scraping in the larynx in the forenoon. ► Severe scraping
in the larynx, and cough, a quarter of an hour after taking it. ►
The same dry cough with scrapings, evenings in bed (fifteenth day).

UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES.

►
Several times, severe oppressive pain in the right wrist (eleventh day). ► In the morning, severe pain in the left tibia, several times
repeated. ► Soon after rising, severe pain in the left
tibia. ► Violent boring in the right tibia, at 8 A.M.,
afterwards in the left (twelfth day). ► At times, severe
boring pain in the tibiæ and ankles; scratching in the throat, and long-continued dry cough
at 11 P.M., in bed (fourteenth day). ► Drawing in the
tibia. ► Tearing in the tibiæ, evenings in bed. ► Continued boring in the left ankle, afterwards in the right
(seventeenth day).

SLEEP AND DREAMS.

► Many
dreams of various things. ► In the night, very many
dreams, mostly concerning the duties of the day.

CONDITIONS.

► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Soon
after rising, pain in left tibia. ► (8 A.M.), Boring in right tibia. ►
(Forenoon), Scraping in larynx. ►
(3 P.M.), Profuse stool. ►
(7 P.M.), Bleeding from nose. ►
(2 P.M. and 7.30 P.M.), Copious stool. ► (Evening), In bed, cough,
etc.; pain in tibia; in bed, tearings in tibiæ. ► (Night), Frequent urination. ►
(11 P.M.), In bed, scratching in the throat, etc. ► (Touch), Pain in arch of palate; pain in arch of palate and uvula.

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