GINSENG.
Panax quinquefolium, L.; (Aralia quinquefolia, Gray).
American and Chinese species probably identical.
Natural order
, Araliaceæ. Common names, Ginseng; (Chinese) Schinseng.
Preparation
, Trituration and tincture of
the root.
Authorities.
1,
Jouve, Bib. Hom. de Geneve, 8, 156 (from Roth. Mat. Med.); 2, Lembke, All. Zeit. für Hom. (appendix),
took 2 grains of root, afterward 1 grain, and 2 grains, afterward
tincture 5 drops, first day; 15 drops, second day; 25 drops, third day;
55 drops, fifth day; 4 grains, seventh day; 8 grains, eleventh day; 3, “B.,” aged 36, took 4 drops of
tinct. and after a week 3 1/2 drops, ibid.; 4,
“Q.;” aged 21, took tinct. 3 drops in morning, repeated at 11
A.M., and at 8 A.M., second day, ibid.; 5,
Bigelow, effects of half a root of American Ginseng; Amer. Med. Botany,
1818, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 86.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Mood quiet
and contented, with good courage (after two hours), [2]. ► Anxiety
after dinner (first day), [4]. ► Mind generally calm; still there are
impatient impulses and fear of accidents, with, at times, disposition to
weep, or to be anxious about the future, [1].
► Intellectual. ► Not inclined to thought or business
(eleventh day), [2]. ► Difficulty in thinking, [1]. ►
Forgetfulness, [1]. ► Memory weak; things that have just taken
place are forgotten (eleventh day), [2].
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Head confused, the whole day (first day), [2].
► Confusion and heaviness of the
head, [1]. [10.] ►
Confusion of the head, especially in the frontal region, followed by
sensations of vertigo, sleepiness, and heaviness in the upper lids, so
that the eyes almost close, soon, [4].
► Confusion in the forehead (second
day), [3]. ►
Vertigo soon (second day), [4]. ► Vertigo on going down winding stairs, so
that he was obliged to go quite slowly (second day), [3]. ► Vertigo
and obnubilation, [1]. ► Decided vertigo like reeling, with
indistinct vision (first day), [2].
► Transient vertigo, on going into
the open air (second day), [4]. ► Dizziness at times (after three hours), [2]. ►
Dizziness of the head, with unsteadiness in walking, which seems to
start from the hips, so that the thighs seem to him to be pushed outward
(first day), [3]. ► Dizziness in the forehead, soon, [3]. [20.]
► Dizzy sensation in the head, with
pains in the nape of the neck, and very large pupils (eleventh day), [2]. ►
While standing, the ground seems to waver at times (after two hours), [2]. ►
General Head. ► Reeling
sensation in the occiput with gray spots before the eyes (eleventh day),
[2]. ►
Heaviness of the head (second day), [4];
(seventh day), [2]. ► Head heavy and dizzy (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Heavy, painful head, after dinner, [1].
► Constant heaviness in the head and
pressure in the forehead, rhythmical with the pulse, and at the same
time the chest seems to have a tremulous motion rhythmical with the
pulse (eleventh day), [2]. ► Heat of the head, [1]. ► Fulness
of the head, after dinner (first day), [4].
► The head seems at times enlarged
and to sway to one side (third day), [2].
[30.] ►
Pressure deep in the brain, changing about (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Pressure in the longitudinal sinuses (first day), [3]. ►
Painfulness of the head, [1]. ► Forehead. ►
Heaviness and pressure in the forehead (soon), [2]. ►
Constant heaviness and pressure in the forehead (first day), [2]. ►
Painful sensation in the forehead, with drawing transversely through it
(after fifteen minutes), [2]. ► Drawing in the right side of the frontal
bone (eleventh day), [2]. ► Pressure in the forehead (seventh and
eleventh days), [2]. ► Pressure in the forehead and temples
(second day), [2]. ► Pressure in the forehead, with heat
(eleventh day), [2]. [40.] ►
Pressure and drawing alternating in the forehead, right forearm, toes,
tibiæ, and calves (third day), [2].
► Pressure in the upper part of the
forehead (first day), [2]. ► Pressure in the frontal bone and in the
muscles of the neck and loins (fifth day), [2]. ►
Pressure in the left frontal eminence, soon, [3]. ►
Pressive pains at times in the forehead (first day), [2]. ►
Lancinating pain in the forehead, [1].
► Lancinating pain in the right
frontal eminence, extending above the orbit, with heaviness of the
eyelid, [1]. ► Temples. ►
Pressure in the temples (after one hour), [2].
► Pressure in the right temple; in
the left temple a feeling as though it were too thick (after one hour), [2]. ►
Constant pressure in the temples and pulsation in them on exertion
(first day), [3]. [50.] ►
Pressive pain in the temples, [1].
► Vertex. ► Pressure on the vertex (second day), [2]. ►
Sides. ► Headache on the
right side, [1]. ► Occiput. ►
Sensation in the occiput as if the head were swaying towards one side,
twice while sitting (eleventh day), [2].
► Drawing in the occiput so that he
involuntarily bends the head backwards, in the afternoon, on exerting
the mind (second day), [3]. ► Pressure in the occiput, with a sensation
of impending vertigo (third day), [2].
► Pressure as if in the sinuses of
the cerebellum (first day), [3]. ► Sudden blow upon the occiput, followed by
a severe bruised pain, [1].
EYE.
►
A bright light wearies the eye, [1].
► Pressure on the eyes, from without
inwards, [1]. [60.] ►
Sticking in the eyes, with lachrymation, redness of the conjunctiva of
the bulb, and inclination to close the eyes (seventh day), [2]. ►
Sticking deep in the upper half of the eyes, followed by pressure, also
repeated in the evening by the light (first day), [3]. ► Lids.
► Drooping of the upper lids,
especially the right, [1]. ► Extreme difficulty in opening the lids,
they are heavy and painful, [1]. ► Heaviness in the eyes, so that the lids
almost close, with confusion of the forehead, soon, [4]. ►
Distressing burning and biting in the margins of the lids of both eyes
(after one hour), [2]. ► Sensation of constriction in the left
upper eyelid (first day), [3]. ► Biting in the margins of the lids (after
one hour and eleventh day), [2]. ► Biting and itching in the margins of the
lids (second day), [2]. ► Itching of the lids, [1]. [70.] ► Drawing stitches from the forehead to the
inner canthus of the right eye (second day), [4]. ► Ball.
► Unpleasant sensation of coldness on
the surface of the eyeball (seventh day), [2].
► Pupil. ►
Pupils large (first day), [2]. ► Pupils small (seventh day), [2]. ►
Pupils contracted (after one hour), [2].
► Pupils very much contracted, with a
decided sensitiveness of the eyes to daylight in dim weather (fifth
day), [2]. ►
Pupils alternately large and small, but frequently enlarged (first day),
[2]. ►
Vision. ► Vision
indistinct (eleventh day), [2]. ► At times objects were not clearly seen,
though distinct, [2]. ► Day-light blinds the eyes (first day), [2]. [80.]
► He mistakes the words when reading,
the letters run into one another, [1].
► On looking steadily at an object,
it appears double, [1]. ► On going into the open air objects swim
before the eyes, with unsteady gait, frequently (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Large white spots before the eyes (third day), [2]. ►
Somewhat irregular large white spots before the eyes (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Small black points float before the vision (first day), [2]. ► Black
tremulous points float before the eyes, he sees nothing distinctly, can
scarcely read, all the letters run together (second day), [4].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Frequent
sneezing (third day), [2]. ► Much sneezing (seventh and eleventh
days), [2]. ►
Nasal mucus thick, scanty, in the evening (eleventh day); thin and
copious (twelfth day), [2]. [90.] ►
Some bleeding from the right nostril, on slight touch, at 9 A.M. (second
day), [2]. ►
Slight bleeding from the right nostril (third day), [2]. ► Blowing
of two teaspoonfuls of bright-red blood from the left nostril, at 9 P.M.
(first day), [2]. ► Subjective. ►
Nose dry (eleventh day), [2]. ► Nose dry and sensitive to the passage of
air, lasting several hours (first day), [2].
► Nose dry and sensitive to the
ordinary air of the room (seventh day), [2].
► Nose constantly dry, with very free
passage of air (first day), [2]. ► Nose very dry, with much sneezing (fifth
day), [2]. ►
Nose quite dry, inspiration not impeded (after two hours), [2].
FACE.
►
Face alternately red and pale, [1].
► Cheeks. [100.] ►
Pressure in the zygomata (eleventh day), [2].
► Lips. ►
Lips red and dry; they crack and bleed, particularly the lower, [1]. ►
The lips are thick, rough and very dry completely covered with small
dry, rough scales (first day), [2].
► Lips rough (after one hour), [2]. ►
Lips dry, cracked, and rough (after two hours and a half), [2]. ►
Lips quite dry, rough and thick (after two hours), [2]. ► The
extremely distressing dryness of the lips, which are rough, of the mouth
and fauces, is aggravated by the open air and by talking; at the same
time there is a very scraping sore sensation in the fauces, aggravated
by empty swallowing and by drawing the air in through the nose, which is
dry (seventh day), [2]. ► Chin. ►
Drawing in the left side of the lower jaw (seventh day), [2]. ► Drawing
in the ascending ramus of the lower jaw, zygomata, and upper jaw of the
right side (seventh day), [2].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue. ► The tongue
becomes red and smarting, with thirst; then white in the middle, [1]. [110.]
► Tongue white, *completely dry, with large glistening
papillæ (first day), [2]. ► General Mouth. ►
Dryness of the mouth and lips, with scraping and sore sensation in the
fauces, worse in the open air, both relieved at dinner, but returning
again (after three hours, third day), [2].
► Dryness of the whole mouth,
especially of the tongue, arch of the palate, whole fauces, with stale
odor from the mouth (after two hours and a quarter), [2]. ► The
whole mouth and throat rapidly became dry; the lips and teeth were very
dry; all the parts stuck together; no collection of saliva was possible
(eleventh day), [2]. ► All parts of the mouth stick together on
account of dryness, so that he can speak only with difficulty (first
day), [2]. ►
The whole mouth, teeth, lips, tongue, and fauces are alike dry and
rough, as if covered with sand, in the open air, or on a little physical
exercise; with somewhat more rapid breathing (after three hours), [2]. ►
Lips, mouth, and fauces very dry, voice rough, scraping in the throat; a
little talking decidedly aggravates all whole these symptoms (seventh
day), [2]. ►
Constant, complete dryness of the mouth, lips, throat, as far as low
down into the pharynx, with a feeling as though the lips were swollen,
complete absence of saliva and a nauseous odor from the mouth (first
day), [2]. ►
Bread and butter could be swallowed only with difficulty on account of
dryness in the mouth, and it remained stuck in the back part of the
throat; with increased beating of the heart, [2]. ► A
swallow of water moistens the mouth for only a moment, the dryness
immediately returns (eleventh day), [2].
[120.] ►
Dryness of the mouth alternates with increased flow of saliva (first and
third days), [2]. ► At first dryness in the mouth, especially
in the arch of the palate and tongue, followed by flow of saliva for an
hour, [2]. ►
The troubles in the mouth and throat are aggravated in the free open air
and from talking, relieved at dinner (fifth day), [2]. ► The
dryness of the mouth is relieved by eating, but returns less than usual
an hour after, [2]. ► Dry sensation in the palate, together
with much accumulation of saliva, which is swallowed without difficulty
(after one hour), [2]. ► Dryness of the arch of the palate (after
ten minutes), [2]. ► Saliva. ►
Accumulation of much saliva and some nausea (seventh day), [2]. ►
Saliva scanty (after one hour), [2].
► The saliva repeatedly had an almost
grass green color, but latter became clear without odor (second day), [2]. [In this respect I was not
deceived; my nasal mucus is never green; could it be that the color had
come from blood that had been swallowed? I did not observe it
subsequently.] ► Taste. ► Taste of the root very nauseous, with
much accumulation of saliva, eructations, and aversion (first day), [2]. ►
Speech. [130.] ► Speech very difficult and indistinct, on
account of the troublesome affection of the mouth (first day), [2].
THROAT.
►
Obstinate dryness and scraping in the throat, especially on empty
swallowing; he can get scarcely a drop of saliva; the teeth also are
very dry (first day), [2]. ► Uvula. ►
The uvula, fauces, and posterior pharynx are red (after three hours), [2]. ►
Fauces and Pharynx. ► Some
redness of the fauces and uvula; they are painful on swallowing (empty
and of saliva), (first day), [2]. ► Fauces greatly reddened, completely dry
(first day), [2]. ► Fauces dry (after one hour), [2]. ►
Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, with rawness and scraping on empty
swallowing, which lasted nearly the whole day (first day), [4]. ►
Scraping, sore sensation in the fauces, extending down into the pharynx,
disappearing about 1.30 P.M., after dinner (first day), [2]. ► Fauces
sensitive to the ordinary air of the room (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Scraping in the fauces (second, third, and seventh days), [2]. [140.] ► Scraping in the fauces and throat, in the
afternoon (eleventh day), [2]. ► Scraping in the fauces, especially when
talking (seventh day), [2]. ► Much scraping and soreness in the fauces,
which make talking painful; after some hours there was more saliva than
before (second day), [2]. ► Sticking in the pharynx (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Stitches in the pharynx (after one hour), [2].
► Swallowing. ► A morsel of bread can be swallowed only
with great exertion, and with great pain in the throat; it has no taste
(eleventh day), [2].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Appetite
increased, [1], [4]. ► Great
appetite at the very unusual time (eleventh day), [2]. ► Thirst.
► Absence of thirst (first day), [2]. ►
Eructations. ► Frequent
eructations, which afford relief, [1].
[150.] ►
Eructations of air with relief, [1].
► Many eructations of air (seventh
and eleventh days), [2]. ► Inodorous eructations of air, [1]. ►
Sour eructations, [1]. ► Nausea. ►
Nausea, inclination to vomit, [1].
► Some nausea (after one quarter of
an hour), [2]. ► Inclination to vomit, with very severe
sore pain in the right flank, under the ribs, aggravated by contact, [1]. ►
Stomach. ► Swollen
stomach, with throbbing, anxiety, and inclination to vomit, [1]. ►
The stomach is distended by flatulence, [1].
► Constrictive pain, like a cramp in
the pit of the stomach, at 4 P.M., after eating (first day), [2]. [160.]
► Agonizing constrictive pain in the
gastric region, with difficult breathing, [1].
► Drawings in the stomach, [1]. ►
Painful drawings in the stomach, as if from hunger, preceded by chills, [1]. ►
Pressure in the stomach, with feeling of distension of it, with dyspnœa
and pressure in the left frontal eminence, soon, [3]. ►
Pressive sensation in the stomach (seventh day), [2]. ►
Pressive pain in the stomach, [1].
► The stomach is oppressed; the
clothes feel uncomfortable, [1]. ► The pressure of clothing is intolerable
in the epigastric region, [1]. ► Lancinating pain in the right side of the
epigastrium, [1].
ABDOMEN.
►
Abdomen distended by gas; painful in the umbilical region, aggravated by
pressure (eleventh day), [2]. [170.] ►
Inflation of the abdomen by flatulence, the discharge of which affords
relief, [1]. ►
Inflation of the abdomen, as by flatulence; tension and pressure in the
hypogastrium, [1]. ► Noises from wind in the abdomen, it goes
upward and downward (second day), [2].
► Emission of flatus downwards, [1]. ►
*Dull rumbling in the abdomen, [1].
► *Pain in the abdomen, with
inflation and borborygmi, [1]. ► Pain and swelling of the abdomen as far
as below the right ribs, [1]. ► Pains in the right side of the abdomen,
from the hip to below the ribs, [1].
► Wandering pain in the abdomen and
chest, [1]. ►
Pain as from a bar in the abdomen, with digging and starting in the
right hip, followed by internal pains, [1].
[180.] ►
Swollen feeling in abdomen, [1]. ► Tension of the abdomen, [1]. ► *Tense,
painful abdomen, [1]. ► Bellyache rising to the region of the
stomach, with pressure and pain on leaning against it, [1]. ► Digging
in the abdomen as far as the groin, rising to the stomach, with griping
in the whole hypogastrium, [1]. ► Colic, commencing on the right side, and
extending to the left, and then rising to the region of the heart, where
it ceases in a few minutes, [1]. ► Colic on the right side as far as the
groin, with formication reaching to the foot, [1]. ►
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. ►
Pains in the hypogastrium, with severe pressure in the groin, [1]. ►
*Pain in the right side of the hypogastrium, extending to the groin,
with painful formication as far as the great toes, causing violent
lancinations there for three minutes, [1].
► Acute wandering pains in the
hypogastrium, [1]. [190.] ►
Bruised pain, aggravated by pressure, in the right iliac region, [1].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Slight sticking in the rectum (first day), [2].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. ► Four thin
stools, preceded by short, violent pain, extending from within the
pelvis to the thighs, as though one must sink to the ground (eleventh
day), [2]. ►
Liquid stools in the evening, preceded by colic, [1]. ► Soft
stool, in the morning (third day), [2].
► Soft stool at 6 A.M. (Roth). ► Constipation. ►
Stool delayed (first day), [2]. ► Stool difficult, but not hard, [1]. ►
Stool hard (first day), [2]. ► Hard stools, passed with effort, followed
by smarting at the anus, tenesmus, and lancinations in the rectum, [1].® 2000
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