Aurantium.
Citrus vulgaris. Orange. N. O. Rutaceæ. Tincture of peel of Seville
orange.Clinical.─
Choking, sensation of. Faintness.
Headache. Metrorrhagia. Neuralgia. Palpitation. Throat, rising in.
Characteristics.─
The tincture of the peel is used
as a pleasant bitter tonic in the old-school practice. On sensitive individuals oranges in
any form produce pathogenetic effects. One patient of my own could never eat an orange
without experiencing a fearful taste at the back of the nose and throat, lasting many days
and causing choking sensations and faintness. Nervous affections predominate; neuralgias of
various kinds. The skin is the seat of many symptoms.
Relations.─
Compare:
Citrus Limonum, Ruta, Angustura.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
Great excitement; quick motions.
2. Head.─
R. side hemicrania.
6. Face.─
Neuralgia in face; shooting, gnawing
pains, most in temples, esp. r. side.
7. Teeth.─
Constant toothache.─Teeth
become carious; wear off.
9. Throat.─
Something seems to rise in throat and
choke her.─Fearful taste at back of nose and throat, lasting for days
and causing choking sensation and faintness.
14. Urinary Organs.─
Pains in kidneys and bladder.
16. Female Sexual Organs.─
Too copious menses.
18. Chest.─
Pleurodynia.
19. Heart.─
Palpitation.
24. Generalities.─
Suited for diseases of old men,
esp. with coldness and chilliness.─An orange eaten before breakfast is
said to destroy the craving for alcohol in drunkards.
25. Skin.─
Itching, general or more often only in
upper limbs, with redness and swelling of hands.─Eruption and other
symptoms like scarlatina.® 2000
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