HELIANTHUS.
Helianthus annuus, Linn.
Natural order
, Compositæ. Common names, Sunflower; Sonnenrose; Le
Tournesol.
Preparation
, Tincture of the flower heads.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. Cessoles took expressed juice of the flowers, B. J. of Hom., 2, 169
(trans. from Bib. Hom. de Genève.); 2,
effects on a lady, aged 40, ibid.; 3,
A. H. Z., 31, p. 20 (apparently from Bib. Hom. de Genève., though the
symptoms differ very materially from preceding; the original is not
accessible), effets on a man; 4,
effects on a girl; 5, Davey, from
Med. Gaz., Oct. 1848; effects on a woman of eating a quantity of
sunflower seeds.
HEAD.
►
Headache, [5].
EYE.
►
Slight redness on the margin of the left upper lid, with smarting in the
inner canthus (ninth day), [3]. ► Eyes suffused, [5].
NOSE.
►
After a short time slight epistaxis occurred, and the nostrils became
free, and during the ensuing winter the secretions were healthy, and
discharged through the natural passages, [1].
[He was at the time in good health, with the exception of slight nasal
obstruction, the secretion from the nose passing constantly through the
posterior nares.]
FACE.
►
Anxious countenance, [5]. ► Face deeply flushed, [5].
MOUTH.
►
Sticking in the upper back teeth, [4].
► Tongue and fauces very red, and
inclined to dryness, [5]. ► They had an unusually hot taste while
eating, [5]. [10.] ►
Difficulty in articulating, [5].
THROAT.
►
Stiffness and dryness of the throat, [5].
► Sensation of glowing in the throat
and stomach, immediately, [5]. ► Severe burning sensation in the fauces,
œsophagus, and epigastrium, [5].
STOMACH.
►
Thirst, [5]. ►
Nausea, [5]. ►
Vomiting, produced apparently by too powerful a dose of the medicine;
this effect recurred frequently, though in slight degree when Helianthus
had been administered for an ordinary cold, [2]. ►
Symptoms increased in severity until she vomited freely, when she felt
rather better, [5].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Hæmorrhoids (fourth day), [3].
STOOL.
►
Stools soft, black, with emission of semen (seventh day), [3]. [20.] ► Hard, black stool every second day, [3].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Voice hoarse, [5]. ► Cough, in the forenoon, with gelatinous
expectoration streaked with blood (eighth day), [3]. ►
Breathing rather difficult and hurried, [5].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Rheumatic pain in the left knee on
descending stairs, [4].
SKIN.
►
Skin generally of a scarlet redness, and very hot, [5]. ► Groups
of red pimples on the inner side of the knee, with slight itching (sixth
day), [3]. ►
Many urticaria-like pimples, especially on the inner side of the
forearm, and afterwards on the leg, afterwards itching in external
warmth, in the morning and night, [4].
► Small, red tetter to the right of
the navel (seventh day), [3]. [30.] ►
Tingling of the skin, [5].® 2000
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