CHIMAPHILA.
Chimaphila umbellata, Nutt. Nat. order,
Ericaceæ; Synonyms, Pyrola umbellata, Linn., Chimaphila
corymbosa, Pursh; Common names, Pipsissewa, Prince’s
Pine.
Preparation
, Tincture of whole plant when in flower.
Authority.
Dr. S. A. Jones, collection from various sources,
Am. Obs., 12, 300.In one case of ague its diuretic operation was evident; the urine
discharged was almost black; it appeared as if a few drops of sulphate of iron had been put
into an astringent infusion.Patient laboring under ascites took a strong infusion of the plant; the
following nights he voided more urine than he had in the three nights and days previous put
together; “the color of his water has changed from that of brickdust to the exact hue
of the infusion drank” (that is, like green tea).Organic disease of the liver. Tapping necessary; took the infusion.
“Its influence on the kidneys was apparent in two days, for the quantity of urine
discharged in twenty-four hours amounted to two pints, and was soon increased to three and
occasionally four pints; a decided effect was produced upon the stomach which we had not
looked for, namely, an increase of appetite; the strength improved daily, the countenance
became less sallow, and the abdomen did not begin to fill for several weeks.”A young man, who had drank a pint of the infusion, “would have slept
well if he had not been constantly waked by calls to make
water.”An agreeable sensation was perceived in the stomach soon after taking it,
followed in some instances by an extraordinary increase of appetite.It has produced sickness at the stomach, so that the patient could not
continue its use.“A young woman, who took the extract, experienced great increase of
appetite, as well as augmentation of the discharge of urine of a greenish color. She adds
that at the same time she felt a most uncommon sensation in the
small of her back in the region of the kidneys, sometimes on one side of the spine, and
sometimes on the other, as if something were fluttering within, without occasioning pain or
uneasiness of any sort; she has never experienced the same sensation since she
left off taking the medicine.”The bruised leaves, held to the fire until they were as hot as could be
endured, were applied to a shoulder affected with acute rheumatism for three hours.
“The application produced great heat, irritation, and redness, followed by such sharp
pain that profuse sweat over the whole body ensued.”
SUPPLEMENT: CHIMAPHILA.
Authorities.
(2 to 4, Essay by John S. Mitchell, Philada., 1803). 2, W. M. Walmsley took 40 grains of fresh leaves of P. mac. at
10.30 A.M. (pulse 80); 3, Dr. A. Gregg, Jr., took 55
grains of same plant, with no effect; 4, grains of fresh
leaves of P. umbel., after twenty minutes 20 grains more, pulse 70, at 1.30 P.M.; 3a, same, took 25 grains at
11 A.M., pulse 72; 3b,
same, took at 9 A.M. 30 grains, pulse 76; 4, Dr.
Mitchell applied the bruised leaves of P. mac., wet occasionally with vinegar, to one arm,
without result, as when given internally; at the same time applied P. umbel. in same way to
the other arm; 5, H. P. Gatchell, Am. Hom. Obs., vol.
xiii, New Ser., 3, 1876, p. 73, proving of P. rotund.; 6,
H. P. Gatchell, Am. Hom. Obs., vol. xiii, New Ser., 3, 1876, p. 75, proving of P. mac.; 7, ibid., another proving.
MIND.
► Very nervous,
cannot bear anything at all; hot, irritable, restless; thinks diseased state of the blood
irritates the skin, as before the eruption of erysipelas, scarlet fever, or measles; itches
terribly, [7]. ►
Melancholy, [5]. ►
Stupid and sleepy, [5]. ►
Becomes partially unconscious, feels like fainting, as if brain paralyzed, mind gone, [5].
HEAD.
► Some dizziness in
the head (after seventy minutes), [3a]. ► Head heavy, feels as if he would fall down on it, [5]. ► Wants the head
pressed, [7]. ►
Slight headache (after forty minutes), [3b]. ► Headache, with pain in the bowels, [7]. [10.] ►
Feeling of weight, as if in brain, along the brow, [5].
► Sharp pains and heat in interior of head, unfitting for
exertion, [7]. ►
Pain in and above the forehead, [7]. ► Dull heavy pain in the whole front and top of the head, [6]. ► Pain over right
eye, [5].
EYE.
► At first eyes clear,
now they burn; lids feel sore, [5].
NOSE.
► Nose runs, [5].
MOUTH.
► Hollow teeth ache,
[5]. ► Tongue feels
stiff and thick in the middle, cannot raise it, [5]. ► Mouth dry, [5].
STOMACH.
[20.] ► Extreme gnawing hunger, [7].
► Slight nausea at the stomach (after fifteen minutes);
nausea stationary after repeating the medicine (after twenty minutes), [3]. ► Feels drunk, and as if
stomach burnt up with liquor, as if hard, dry, and tough, and as if rennet would be good for
it, [5]. ► Burning
in stomach, [5].
ABDOMEN.
► Sharp pain in
right hypochondrium, [5]. ►
Liver feels as if enlarged, [5]. ►
Bowels hard and swollen; thinks the glands are swollen; bowels very painful, sore, and hard;
feels as if dropsy of abdomen, [7]. ► As if bowels were sore and swollen on right side, [5]. ► Coliclike pains
between the pubes and navel, [7]. ► Pain in bowels, [7]. [30.] ► Uneasy sensations in
his bowels (after one hundred minutes), [3].
STOOL.
► After the colic
pains a diarrhœa, not very weakening, [7].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Aching in
vagina, as if labia inflamed, [5]. ► Sensation of swelling in labia, [6]. ► Stinging in labia, as if
boils there, [6]. ►
Excitement of sexual system, [7].
PULSE.
► In five minutes,
pulse 80; ten, 80; fifteen, 80; twenty, 80; thirty, 79; thirty-five, 79; forty, 80; sixty,
80. No increase either in fulness or force, [2]. ► In five minutes, pulse 74; ten, 84, fifteen, 88; twenty, 75;
twenty-five, 76; thirty, 79; thirty-five, 76; forty, 74; forty-five, 71; fifty, 71;
fifty-five, 70; sixty, 65; sixty-five, 66; seventy, 69; seventy-five, 66; ninety, 64; one
hundred and five, 64; one hundred and twenty, 60. Pulse somewhat weaker (after one hundred
minutes), [3]. ► In
ten minutes, pulse 66; fifteen, 66; twenty, 64; twenty-five, 62; thirty, 62; forty, 60;
fifty, 60; sixty, 62; seventy, 60; eighty, 57; ninety, 60. Pulse fuller (after ten minutes);
weak (after seventy minutes), [3a]. ► In five minutes, pulse 76, ten, 76; fifteen, 78; twenty, 80;
twenty-five, 80; thirty, 80; forty, 78; fifty, 76; sixty, 76; seventy, 72; eighty, 73;
ninety, 72; one hundred and five, 76; one hundred and fifteen, 76. Pulse fuller and harder
(after twenty minutes), [3b].
NECK AND BACK.
[40.] ► Feels as if the neck were too small and tired, [7]. ► Needlelike pains in the
sacrum, [7].
EXTREMITIES.
► Limbs feel
full, as if distended; feeling like that from erysipelas, [7].
► Sensation of swelling in the arm-pits, [6]. ► Pain from armpit to scapulæ,
[6]. ► Right arm as
if paralyzed, [7]. ►
Pain in bones of forefinger, [7]. ► Needlelike pains in the hip-bones, [7]. ► Legs and arms weak, [5].
GENERALITIES.
► Seems to
run all through the blood as a stimulant, [5]. [50.] ► Thinks it a very
penetrating medicine, [5]. ►
Feels like fainting, [5]. ►
Whole system utterly relaxed, not strength, no vigor, [5].
► Pains as in all the bones, [7].
SKIN.
► A great deal of
inflammation, which continued for six or eight days, accompanied with intolerable itching in
the part, and succeeded by desquamation; this was considerably different from the vesication
produced by Cantharides; for besides that the cuticle was very little raised with water, the
inflammation extended to a much greater distance round the part, and the next day the
blister was circumscribed with an eruption, which continued to increase for some time,
having very much the appearance of a ringworm, [4].
SLEEP.
► Continued to be
drowsy, with very weak feeling in head, [5].
CHILL.
► Chill seems all
over, flesh quivers, [5]. ►
As if blood on fire, [7]. ►
Exceedingly hot, as of blood boiling, but cannot sweat; skin feels dry, [7]. ► Blood as if heated, with
prickling, [7]. [60.]
► Hot flashes, [5].
► Feet burn, [5].® 2000
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