HERACLEUM.
(“Branca ursina.”) Heracleum sphondylium,
Linn.
Natural order
, Umbelliferæ. Common names, (Germ.), Bærenklau; (Fr.),
Branc-ursine.
Preparation
, Tincture of the whole plant.
Authority.
Dr. Rosenburg, Archiv f. Hom.,
17, pt. 2, p. 46, provings on self and three others, including a girl of
20, with the tincture; doses, 20 to 60 drops.
MIND.
►
Hypochondriac troubles. ► Fretfulness
and ill-humor, taciturn.
HEAD.
►
Vertigo while reading and sitting. ►
Headache, especially in the occiput and forehead, with nausea and
inclination to sleep, worse on moving in the open air, better by tying
the head up with a cloth. ► Excessive
oily secretion on the head. ► Violent
itching on the scalp; on scratching it, the ends of the fingers become
fatty.
EYE.
►
Lachrymation and weakness of the eyes while reading.
NOSE.
►
Frequent sneezing, with stitches in the region of the spleen.
MOUTH.
►
Bitter taste in the mouth.
THROAT.
[10.]
► Increased collection of mucus,
crawling, rawness and scraping in the throat. ►
Pressure in the throat, as from tenacious mucus.
STOMACH.
►
Hunger, with nausea, and dread of all food. ►
Increased thirst. ► Sweet and bitter
eructations, with gulping up of bitter fluid. ►
Qualmish nausea, bitter, bilious vomiting, with pains in the stomach,
and violent congestion of the head. ►
Pressure in the stomach, with nausea and pressure in the pit of the
stomach, after eating, as from a stone; these stomach troubles are
always accompanied by nausea.
ABDOMEN.
►
Throbbing and pain in the region of the spleen. ►
Flatulence and colic, with nausea and offensive eructations. ► Sticking and griping colic, obliging him
to bend up.
STOOL.
[20.]
► Slimy, offensive diarrhœa. ► Stool delayed, with urging and pain in
the anus.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Drawings in the penis. ► Stitches in
the glans penis. ► Emissions. ► Transient sticking in the labiæ.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Dry, hacking cough, with feeling of soreness and transient stitches in
the chest. ► Arrest of breathing on
ascending a mountain.
CHEST.
►
Oppression of the chest, with palpitation. ►
Oppression of the chest and chilliness. [30.]
► Stitches in the chest on
inspiration.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Gouty, tearing pains in the limbs. ► Sticking and burning in the feet.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Exhaustion, indolence, and weakness.
SKIN.
►
Violent itching on the skin, and moist eruption, like the itch. ► Dry eruption on the chest, burning after
scratching. ► Itching and biting on
the scrotum.
FEVER.
►
Chilliness, with frequent yawning and inclination to sleep, in the
afternoon.® 2000
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