HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS.
Helleborus orientalis, Lam.
Natural order
, Ranunculaceæ.
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authority.
V. Schroff’s proving on
Lederer, who took the alcoholic extract, 2 grains at a dose; Viertlj. f.
pr. Heilk., 1859.
HEAD.
►
Heaviness of the head (second day). ►
Feeling of fulness in the head (after half an hour). ► Headache.
MOUTH.
►
Accumulation of water in the mouth (second day). ►
Accumulation of water in the mouth, with clean tongue (second day) ► Bad taste in the mouth, with clean tongue
(second day).
THROAT.
►
Burning, extending from the stomach to the lower portion of the
œsophagus.
STOMACH.
►
Loss of appetite (second day). ►
Eructations. [10.] ► Hiccough. ►
Great nausea (second morning). ►
Slight burning in the epigastric region, which afterwards extended to
the intestines, followed by sensation of pressure in the stomach (after
three-quarters of an hour). ► Feeling
of fulness in the epigastric region, with inclination to vomit.
ABDOMEN.
►
Frequent, rumbling along the bowels, in the morning on waking, soon
following by four liquid evacuations in succession (second morning). ► Pain in the abdomen, especially in the
region of the left transverse colon (after two hours).
URINE.
►
Urine more profuse and paler than usual (second day).
PULSE.
►
Pulse rose from 80 to 92 during the first half hour, where it remained
for half an hour, and then fell to 76; as long as the pulse was
increased in the frequency, the warmth of the body was increased. ► The pulse was always diminished in
frequency, without previous increase, during the first two hours, as
much as 13 beats below the normal (after 3 grains of the alcoholic
extract).
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Disinclination to work (second day). [20.]
► Weakness and prostration (third and
fourth days). ► General prostration
(after a few hours). ► Exhaustion of
the whole body (second day). ► A
feeling of heaviness oppressing the whole body during the first night. ► Symptoms relieved by Coffee.® 2000
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