MYRICA CERIFERA. – Condensed Materia Medica. – By Constantine Hering.

Condensed Materia Medica.

By Constantine Hering.
Presented by .

MYRICA CERIFERA.

[Myr. cerif.]
Wax Myrtle. Myricaceć.

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[1] Mind.

► Pleasant exhilaration, succeeded by depression and
pressure about the head.
► Despondent, dejected, irritable.
► Deficient concentrativeness.
► Dull, drowsy state.

   
[2] Sensorium.

► Vertigo : with dulness and drowsiness ; with
rush of blood to head and face, on stooping ; with nausea.

   
[3] Inner Head.

► Awakens with pains in forehead, temples and small of
back.
► Dull, heavy feeling over and in eyes ;
drowsiness ; jaundice.

   
[5] Eyes.

► Congested and yellow.
► Feel dull and heavy ; also on awaking.

   
[8] Face.

► Color : yellow, jaundiced.
► Fulness, with heat and throbbing, especially after being out in
open air.

   
[11] Tongue, etc.

► Thick, yellowish, dark dry and crusty
coating on the tongue, rendering it almost immovable.
► Taste : bad,
foul, he cannot eat because of it ; bitter, nauseous.

   
[12] Mouth.

► Adhesive coating over buccal membrane ;
dry, scaly crusts on roof of mouth, that what scarcely moistens or
dissolves.
► Mouth dry, thirst water relieves only partially and temporarily.

   
[13] Throat.

► Stringy, much detached with
difficulty ; offensive, tenacious mucus in nose and throat.
► Pharynx dry, sore as if it would crack, impeding and finally
obstructing deglutition.
► Slim, glutinous, frothy mucus in the pharynx, even gargling
scarcely detaches it ; it causes a disgusting taste, preventing
eating.

   
[14] Desires and Aversions.

► Hunger, yet full feeling as after a hasty meal.
► Imagines he cannot eat, hungry but when
food reaches pharynx it is expelled because of horrid nausea from mucus
there.
► Loss of appetite, loathing of food.

   
[17] Stomach.

► Fullness and pressure.
► Weak, sinking feeling.
► Indescribable feeling of distress in the epigastric region.

   
[18] Hypochondria.

► Jaundice : fulness of hepatic
region and of the upper abdomen ; drowsiness, debility ; stools
mushy, clay-colored. See 5, 8,
11, 21, 46.

   
[19] Abdomen.

► Griping pains, rumbling, urging to stool, passing only
flatus.
► Weak, faint feeling as if diarrhśa would ensue.

   
[20] Stool, etc.

► Passes very offensive flatus.
► Stools loose, mushy, with tenesmus and cramp-like sensations in
the umbilical region.
► Stools light yellow ; or mushy,
clay-colored ; jaundice.

   
[21] Urine.

► Urine beer-colored, with yellowish froth ;
pinkish-brown sediment ; scanty.

   
[29] Heart and Pulse.

► Impulse increased, but pulse sixty ; pulse feeble,
irregular.

   
[31] Neck and Back.

► Dull aching, dragging on waking ; lassitude,
headache.

   
[35] Position, etc.

► Stooping : 2.

   
[36] Nerves.

► Slight nervous excitement and restlessness ; but
soon followed by a sick, debilitated sensation that is most
characteristic.

   
[37] Sleep.

► Drowsiness, vertigo ; semi-stupor.
► Restless, or sleeps soundly until towards morning ; awakes
generally feeling worse.

   
[39] Temperature and Weather.

► Open air : 8, 40.

   
[40] Chill, Fever and Sweat.

► Chilliness on going out of doors, slight aching in
lumbar region.
► Excited, feverish feeling, alternating with chilliness ; warm
sensation along spine, then chill and gentle sweat.
► Face hot and flushed.

   
[44] Tissues.

► Catarrh of mucous membrane, mouth, pharynx, bile ducts,
etc.
► Muscular lameness, lassitude, depressed spirits.
► Seems to affect the system profoundly, and has proved curative in
low states with or without jaundice, when with necessary debility, there
is a viscous state of the mucous membranes, characterized by scanty,
tenacious, crust-forming secretions on the tongue and in mouth and
pharynx.

   
[46] Skin.

► Yellow, jaundiced appearance ; itching as from
fleabites.

   
[48] Relationship.

► Compare : Digit.
(jaundice), Chelid., Podoph.