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FERULA GLAUCA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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FERULA GLAUCA.

Ferula glauca, Linn. (F. Neapolitana, Ten.)


Natural order

, Umbelliferæ. Common name, Bounafa.

Preparation

, Tincture of plant.

Authorities.

1,
Molin, effects from applying a compress steeped in tincture to the skin,
Bull. de la Soc. Hom. de Paris, 1, 412; 2,
Ibid., “General Pathogenesis.”

MIND.

►
Desire for solitude, [2]. ► Aversion to any kind of work, [2]. ►
Sadness; inclination to weep, [2].
► Impatience; anger, [2].

HEAD.

►
Frequent dizziness, [2]. ► Burning in the head, [2]. ► Strong
heat in forehead, [2]. ► Hemicrania, [2]. ►
Sensation of icy coldness in the occiput, during the day, [2]. [10.] ► Lancinations, prickings, and small
pulling pains in the occiput, [2].

EYE.

►
Burning, itching, and pricking of the eyelids, [2].

EAR.

►
Unpleasant sensation in the ears, [2].
► Whistling and humming in the ears, [2].

NOSE.

►
Redness of the nose, with sensitiveness to touch, [2]. ► Scabs
in the nose, with smarting and itching, [2].

MOUTH.

►
Pains of various kinds, in the molar teeth only, with aggravation at
night, [2]. ►
Aphthæ in the mouth, [2]. ► Heat in the mouth; sensation as if the
tongue were burnt, [2].

THROAT.

►
Scratching, burning, and lancinations in the throat, [2]. [20.] ► Difficulty in swallowing, [2].

STOMACH.

►
Appetite.
► Remarkable
decrease of appetite, [2]. ► Thirst. ►
Urgent thirst, [2]. ► Eructation. ►
Bitter eructations, [2]. ► Spitting up of bile, [2]. ► Nausea.
► Nausea, [2]. ► Stomach.
► Slow digestion, with bitter
eructations, [2]. ► Constant heat in the stomach, with
cutting pain, [2]. ► Stomachache, [2]. ►
Drawings in the stomach, [2]. [30.] ►
The pains of the stomach are worse after eating, [2].

ABDOMEN.

►
Lancinations, pullings in the right hypochondrium, [2]. ►
Inflation and tension of the abdomen, [2].
► Colic before and during stool, [2]. ►
Dull colic, [2]. ► Constant burning in the abdomen, [2]. ►
Heat and sensation of weight in the hypogastrium, [2].

ANUS.

►
Hæmorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancination, and pricking at the
anus, [2].

STOOL.

►
Diarrhœa, day and night, but more severe in daytime; stools
light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at the anus, [2].

URINARY ORGANS.

►
Diminished urine, [2].

SEXUAL ORGANS.

[40.]
► Menses several days too early, and
more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of the vulva, [2]. ►
Violent sexual excitement (in females only), [2].

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

►
Dry or loose cough, worse in cold or damp weather, with thick yellow
expectoration, [2]. ► Fetid breath, [2]. ►
Difficult breathing, [2].

HEART.

►
Constriction and heat at the heart, [2].
► Stronger beating of the heart, [2].

NECK.

►
Stiff neck, [2]. ► Pricking and lancination at the nape of
the neck, [2].

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.

► Stiffness of the arms; difficulty in
bending them, [2].

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.

[50.] ►
Numbness of the thighs, [2]. ► Cold sensation along the course of the
sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up, [2]. ►
Lancination along the nerves of the thighs and legs, [2].

SKIN.

►
Deep redness, with swelling of the skin and subcutaneous cellular
tissue, [1]. ►
Eruption of small red pimples with incessant itching and irresistible
inclination to scratch, [1]. ► Eruption of many small red pimples with
white tips, in the beard and whiskers, [2].
► Boils on the nates, thighs, and
legs, [2]. ►
Pricking and violent itching in different parts of the body, especially
at night, [2].

SLEEP.

►
Sleepiness in daytime, [2]. ► Sleeplessness; nightly-restlessness, [2]. [60.]
► Starting from sleep at night, [2].

FEVER.

►
Burning heat and severe smarting of the skin, [1].

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