EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM.
Eupatorium perfoliatum, Linn.
Natural order
, Compositæ. Common names, Thorough-wort, Boneset.
Preparation
, Tincture of the whole plant.
Authorities.
[The numerous clinical
symptoms, from cases cured with the drug, are not here included; those
wishing to learn its application to disease are referred to the
original, and to textbooks on Materia Medica.] 1,
Dr. W. Williamson; 2, Dr. Neidhard;
both from the list of symptoms in the Trans. of the Am. Inst. of Hom.,
1846; 3, Dr. Tuller, Vineland, New
Jersey, from preface to Hering’s Résumé of Eupat. pert., suffered from
beating pain in occiput aggravated by motion, pain and soreness of
eyeballs and habitually from palpitation; took two drops of the
tincture; 4, Berridge, N. Am. J. of
Hom., N. S., 3. p. 501, Mr —, took one drop of the 12th dil.; 5, C. Hering, effect of a tea taken for a
cough. Hering’s Résumé of Eup. perf.
HEAD.
►
Pain extending from the forehead to the occiput; greatest of the left
side, [1]. ► *Headache, with the sensation of soreness
internally; better in the house; aggravated when first going into the
open air; relieved by conversation, [1]. ► Temples.
► Darting pains through the temples,
with the sensation of blood rushing across
the head, [1]. ► Vertex. ►
Heat on the top of the head, with pain, which is relieved by pressure, [1].
EYE.
►
Lids. ► Redness of the
margins of the lids, with glutinous secretions from the Meibomian
glands, [1]. ► Lachrymal Apparatus. ► Increased lachrymation, [1]. ► Ball.
►► *Soreness of the eyeballs,
[1]. ►
Vision. ► Dimness over the
eyes when looking at small things; she could not see for a whole week,
all being dark, [5].
NOSE.
►
Nose very dry and stopped up, [5].
FACE.
[10.]
► Flushed face, [1]. ► Redness
of the cheeks, with dry skin, [1].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue. ► *Tongue coated with
white fur, [1]. ► Mouth. ►
Paleness of the mucous membrane of the mouth, [1]. ► Taste.
► Insipid taste in the mouth, [1].
THROAT.
►
Dryness of the throat, [1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Desire for
ice-cream, [1]. ► Loss of appetite, [1]. ►
Distaste for food, [1]. ► Thirst. ►►
*Thirst for cold water, [1].
[20.] ►
Nocturnal thirst for something cold, [1].
► Eructation. ► Belching of tasteless wind, with a
feeling of obstruction at the pit of the stomach, [1]. ► Nausea and
Vomiting. ► *Nausea
(part of S. 92 and 93), [1]. ► Nausea and vomiting of food, [1]. ►
Nausea and vomiting, with free perspiration, and copious expectoration, [1]. ►
Qualmishness from odors; the smell of food cooking, etc., [1]. ►►
*Retching and vomiting of bile, [1]. ►
Distressing disposition to vomit, [1].
► *vomiting after every draught,
[1]. ►►
*Vomiting preceded by thirst, [1].
► Stomach. [30.] ►
Feeling of obstruction at the pit of the stomach (part of S. 21), [1]. ►
Sensation of something in the stomach that ought to come up, without the
ability to raise it, [1]. ► Heat in the stomach, [1]. ►
Sensation of fulness in the stomach, [1].
► The stomach seemed contracted from
side to side, [4]. ► Beating in the epigastrium, in the night,
[1].
ABDOMEN.
►
Tight clothing is oppressive, [1].
► Tightness in the left
hypochondrium, [1]. ► Soreness and fulness in the region of the
liver, [1].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Tenesmus, with a small discharge of loose stool, [1].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. [40.] ► Morning diarrhœa, [1]. ► Purging
stools, with smarting and heat in the anus, [1]. ► Four or
five watery stools in the day, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Copious evacuation of limpid urine, [1].
► Urine less in quantity, [4]. ►
Urine scanty and high-colored, [1].
► *Dark-colored clear urine, [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Cough. ►
Cough aggravated in the evening, [1].
► *Cough, with soreness and heat in the
bronchi, [1]. ► Cough causing sore pain in chest; the
pain was so bad that to go down on his knees, as in that position the
pain from coughing was less severe; this lasted a month (after
twenty-four hours); the cough lasted afterwards slightly for a long
time, and was finally removed by one dose of Eupat. perfoliatum 200
(Leipzig), [4]. [50.] ►
Hacking cough in the evening, [1].
► Copious expectoration (part of S.
24), [1].
CHEST.
►
*Soreness in the chest, from taking a full inspiration, [1]. ►
Grating sensation in the chest at every deep inspiration, [1]. ► Front.
► Heavy weight behind the sternum, [3]. ►
Pain and soreness behind the sternum, [3].
► Cannot take a natural inspiration
or twist the body either to the right or to the
left, because of the soreness behind the sternum, [3]. ►
Sides. ► Inability to lie
on the left side, [1]. ► Mammæ. ►
Aching pain under the left breast, [1].
HEART.
►
Pressure as if the heart was in too small a nape, [1].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. [60.] ► Beating pain in the nape, [1]. ► *Beating
pain in the nape and occiput; better after rising, [1]. ►
Back. ► *Trembling in the back
during fever, [1]. ► Lumbar. ►►
*Pain in the back, as from a bruise, [1]. ►
Deepseated pain in the loins, with soreness from motion, [1]. ► *Weakness
in the small of the back, [1].
► *Aching pain and soreness, as if from
having been beaten in the small of the back (part of S. 80), [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►► *Aching in the bones of the extremities,
with soreness of the flesh, [1].
►► *Soreness in the bones,
[1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► *Stiffness of the arms, [1]. [70.] ►► *Aching pain and soreness, as if from
having been beaten in the arms, above and below the elbows
(part of S. 80), [1]. ►► *Soreness and aching in he arms and
forearms, [1]. ►► *Painful soreness in both wrists, as if
broken or dislocated, [1].
► Stiffness of the fingers, with
obtuseness of the sense of touch, [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► *Stiffness and general soreness of the lower
extremities when rising to walk, [1]. ►►
*Soreness and aching of the lower limbs, [1]. ► Hip.
► Aching pain in the right hip, while
sitting, [1]. ► Thigh. ►
Pain, with extreme sensitiveness in the left glutæi muscles, passing
round in front of the trochanter major, [1].
► Leg. ►► *Calves of the legs feel as if they had
been beaten, [1]. [80.] ►
Aching pain and soreness, as from having been beaten in the calves of
the legs, small of the back, and in the arms, above and below the
elbows, [1]. ► Foot. ►
Pain and soreness of the upper part of the left foot, with increased
sensibility of the left big toe. The pain in the foot is increased by
standing upon it, [1]. ► Heat in the soles of the feet in the
morning, [1]. ► Pricking in the soles of the feet, [1]. ►
Toes. ► Pain in the first
joint of the left great toe, which suddenly moves to the corresponding
joint of the right one, [1]. ► For some time had shooting pain in the
right great toe before rain or a thunderstorm, so that he always knew
when it was coming on; this ceased and did not return, [4].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Cannot twist the
body either while standing, or sitting, or lying, [3]. ►
Subjective. ► Could not
lie in bed on account of a feeling as if every bone was bruised, which
caused a feeling of despair, moaning, and crying out, [4]. ► The
symptoms reached their culminating point on the third night, and
gradually abated, so that, on the seventh day, they were entirely gone,
and with them disappeared the trouble with the heart, from which he has
not since suffered, [3]. ► The patient feels worse in the morning on
one day, and in the afternoon of the next, [1]. [90.] ► He feels best while lying on his back
with his arms down and legs straight, but cannot move either to the
right or left, [3].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► *Chilliness in
the morning, heat throughout the rest of the day, but no perspiration, [1]. ► *Chilliness
though the night, and in the morning, with nausea from the least motion,
[1]. ►
Chilliness, with excessive trembling and nausea, [1]. ►
Alternate chilliness and flashes of heat, [1].
► General shuddering, proceeding from
the stomach, [1]. ► Heat. ►
Pungent heat attending the perspiration at night, [1]. ► *The
paroxysm (of fever) generally commences in the morning. Thirst several hours before the chill, which continues
during the chill and heat, [1].
► Sweat. ►
Nocturnal sweat, with chilliness from motion or removal of the covering,
[1]. ►
Free perspiration (part of S. 24), [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Diarrhœa; heat in soles; paroxysm
of fever. ► (Forenoon),
Fever. ► (Afternoon),
From 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., inflammation of knee, etc. ►
(Evening), Cough.
► (Night),
Beating in epigastrium; sweat. ► (On first going into open air), Headache, etc.
► (While
sitting), Pain in hip. ►
Amelioration. ► (Conversation), Headache. ► (In house),
Headache. ► (After
rising), Pain in nape, etc.
SUPPLEMENT: EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM.
Authority.
6,
Dr. Jeanes, Hahn. Month., vol. iii, 1867, p. 151, a gentleman drank a
few spoonfuls as a tea.
[100.]
►
An attack early in the morning, as of whirling
around in the brain, or, as he described it, “as if he
had been placed in a coal screen, and whirled around two or three times,
repeated after a short cessation,” [6].® 2000
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