EPILOBIUM PALUSTRE.
Epilobium palustre, Linn., var.
lineare, Gray; (Epilobium lineare, Muhl.; E. squamatum, Nutt.).
Natural order
, Onagraceæ. Common names, “Willow” herb (Dr.
Wright), (name usually applied to Epilobium angustifolium).
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authority.
J. S. Wright, M.D., proving
with tincture of root, 1/2 ounce first day, 1 ounce second and third
days, U. S. Med. Investigator, N. S., 1, 325.►
Headache (part of S. 11). ► Face red (ninth day). ► Ptyalism (seventh and eighth days). ► In morning, throat commenced filling up;
at noon, could not swallow water; larynx sore to pressure, swollen on
outside, with hard lumps on both sides of larynx (sixth day). ► On an attempt to swallow water it would
fly out of my nose (ninth day). ► Can
swallow liquids (tenth day). ► Three
loose stools (eighth day); none (ninth day). ►
Urine red (ninth day). ► Hard chill
commenced at 11 A.M., lasted an hour; high fever came on, with aching
all over and severe headache; this lasted all night; could not sleep
(fourth day). [10.] ► Fever and headache passed off, but
returned in the afternoon and evening more severe, lasted all night
(fifth day). ► High fever and
headache all the time (sixth day). ►
Dull and sleepy, but could not sleep; the saliva would choke me (eighth
day).® 2000
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