CASCARILLA.
Croton Eleuteria, Bennett. Nat. order,
Euphorbiaceæ. Common name, (Spanish) Cascarilla.
Preparation
, Tincture of the bark.
Authority.
Stapf, Archiv. f. Hom., 15, 1, 184.
MIND.
► Disinclined to
think, [1].
HEAD.
► Confusion of the
head, [1]. ► Heat
and confusion of the head, [1]. ►
Dull drawing pain in the right temporal region, lasting two days, [1].
MOUTH.
► Bitter, rough
taste, when smoking, [1].
THROAT.
► A sensation of
deep swelling deep down in the throat, when not swallowing, and especially when swallowing,
as if he has swallowed the stone of a fruit, [1].
STOMACH.
► Hunger at 3
P.M., though he had eaten a few hours previously, [1].
► Eructations with bitter taste, [1]. ► Frequent empty eructations
(after one hour), [1]. [10.]
► Slight empty eructations at times; at times ineffectual
attempts at eructations, [1]. ►
Burning in the pit of the stomach, [1]. ► Severe pressure in the stomach, [1]. ► Slight tensive pressure in
the epigastric region, as if one had eaten too much; every step caused a painful shattering
in the epigastric region, which did not feel tense and was not hard (worse when walking than
when sitting), [1].
ABDOMEN.
► Troublesome
sensation of pressure and tension in the hypochondria, almost like incarcerated flatus,
though associated with a sensation of hardness, [1]. ► Movings about the abdomen like flatulence, with slight
painful sensation, without passage of flatus (after one hour and a quarter), [1]. ► Unusual griping in the
abdomen before the usual morning stool, followed by the normal stool (after one hour), [1]. ► Pressure and
rumbling in the abdomen; passage of flatus (after two hours), [1].
STOOL.
► The usual evening
stool omitted, and the customary morning stool was passed with great exertion, consisting at
first of large brownish lumps, mingled here and there with masses of mucus, followed by a
naturally formed and colored stool, which was here and there mixed with much bright blood, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Momentary
painful sensation in the orifice of the urethra after urinating, as from a soreness, as if a
few drops would still pass, which caused a burning, [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[20.] ► Short dry cough, from tickling in the trachea, [1].
CHEST.
► A stitch extends
up towards the left breast, as if caused by incarcerated flatulence, [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Weariness and indolence of all the limbs, [1]. ► A pressive-tensive pain in the right shoulder-joint, during
rest and motion, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleep,
with semiconsciousness; he thought he was awake, though he still slept; he lay in various
places during sleep, dreamed much, though without anxiety, and remembered distinctly his
dreams after waking in the morning, [1].
FEVER.
► Anxious heat of
the whole body and a slight sweat, followed by sleepiness (after half an hour), [1]. ► Slight sweat on
the back, when walking in the open air, with slight chilliness, which immediately
disappeared on standing still, but returned after walking again, [1].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (When smoking),
Bitter, etc., taste in mouth. ► (Walking),
Pressure in epigastric region. ► Amelioration. ► (On standing still),
Chilliness disappears.® 2000
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