ÆSCULUS GLABRA.
Æsculus glabra, Willd, Nat. order,
Sapindaceæ. Common names, Fetid Buckeye, Ohio Buckeye. Preparation, Triturations from the whole fruit.
Authority.
Hale (“New Remedies”).
MIND.
► Confusion of mind,
always attended by vertigo, and may be followed by stupefaction and coma.
HEAD.
► Vertigo, with
staggering, reeling and unconsciousness. ► Vertigo with
fulness and heaviness of the head, dimness of sight, thickness of speech, nausea, and
vomiting.
EYE.
► Dimness of sight,
and even loss of sight. ► Eyes fixed and expressionless.
MOUTH.
► Thickness of
speech from paralysis of the tongue.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
►
Great distension of the stomach and abdomen. ► Nausea,
with loathing of food and vomiting, with cramp-like pain in stomach.
STOOL AND ANUS.
► Hard,
knotty stools. ► *Obstinate constipation.
NECK AND BACK.
► Wryneck
(spasmodic). ► *Great lameness and weakness of the back.
EXTREMITIES.
► Trembling of
the lower limbs, with spasmodic contractions.
GENERALITIES.
► Spasms and
convulsions, followed by paralysis. ► Great weakness.® 2000
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