ANACARDIUM.
Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn. Nat. order,
Anacardiaceæ. Common name, Marking nut. Preparation, Trituration of the layer of the nut between the
shell and the kernel.
Authorities.
[Nos. 1 to 8, from (Archiv. and) Hahnemann Chr Kr. (provings made with
powdered nut and tincture).] 1, Hahnemann; 2, Herrmann; 3, Hartmann; 4, Gross; 5, Franz; 6, Langhammer; 7, Becher; 8, Stapf; 9, Reil (Z. f. H.
K., 2, 44); 10, Trinks (Z. f. H. K., 2, 131); 11, Fox (Z. f. H. K., 1, 117).
MIND.
► Illusions of the
fancy; he imagines he hears his name called by the voice of his far-distant mother and
sister; accompanied by an apprehension of misfortune and anxiety, [7]. ► Excessive cheerfulness, [1]. ► In the afternoon
he is more cheerful than in the forenoon; as soon as the sleepiness after dinner is past he
is more cheerful and more disposed to work (after thirty-eight hours), [5]. ► He laughs when he should be
serious, [1]. ►
When occupied with serious things he is obliged to laugh on account of a tickling at the pit
of the stomach; when occupied with ludicrous things he is able to refrain from laughter, [1]. ► Sadness, [1]. ► In the forenoon he
is extremely hypochondriac, low-spirited, and desponding, with awkward and childish manners;
all his motions are extremely awkward and indolent (after third day), [5]. ► Melancholy illusion; he
imagines a bier is in the side-room, upon which either his friend or himself is lying, [1]. ► *He is separated from
the whole world, and has so little confidence in himself that he despairs of being able to
do that which is required of him, [1]. [10.] ► He is very indifferent and
unfeeling; neither agreeable nor disagreeable objects excite his interest; for
eight days, [1]. ►
*When walking he felt anxious, as if some one were pursuing him; he
suspected everything around him, [1]. ► Anxious apprehension and thoughtfulness, when meditating over
his present and future destiny, [6]. ► Anxious apprehension and peevishness, [4]. ► Anxiety, apprehension of
threatening misfortune, [7]. ►
The future appears dangerous to him, as if nothing but misfortune and danger were reserved
for him; want of confidence in his strength and despondency, [1].
► Anxiety in all his actions; everything appears to him
more terrible; he imagines himself surrounded with enemies; then he feels warm and the blood
seems to boil within him (seventh, eighth days), [1]. ► *Internal anxiety, which did not leave him any peace; he felt
solicitous on account of every trifle, as if it would lead to some great trouble; with
apprehension of the future, [1]. ► In the evening, anxiety and apprehension, after cheerfulness
through the day, [6]. ►
Irritable and contradicting, [4]. [20.] ► *A slight offence makes
him excessively angry, breaking out in personal violence, [1]. ► Peevish mood all day;
everything about him made a disagreeable impression upon him, [6].
► Gloomy, peevish mood, with desire to go into the open
air, [7]. ► Excessively
peevish and ill-humored, [8]. ► Very peevish and ill-tempered; extremely susceptible to all
annoyances, [1]. ► *He
takes everything in bad part and becomes violent, [1].
► Increased fancy; he constantly thinks of some new
objects to which the mind forcibly clings, [1]. ► His mind is much more animated than before; he likes to enter
upon acute analysis, but every effort of this kind causes a tearing, pressive headache in
the forehead, the temples, and the occiput, [5]. ► Extreme excitement of the fancy, with a number of projects,
in the evening, from 9 to 10 o’clock; he is not able to control his attention; little by
little the mind becomes dull, so that he is without any ideas (after sixteen hours), [5]. ► Indisposed to do
anything, [1]. [30.]
► Every kind of intellectual labor is difficult for him,
like a kind of absent-mindedness, [8]. ► Dread of labor; he is afraid of undertaking the least labor;
he likes nothing, [8]. ►
The mind is much confused, as if a cold were coming on, [1].
► He confounds the present with the future, [1]. ► Early in the
morning, after a sound sleep, he is unable to comprehend the slightest thing; his head feels
confused and empty, [3]. ►
Dulness of the senses, with confusion of the head, and prostration, [8]. ► Increase and greater
vividness of the memory; he spontaneously recollects the smallest circumstances of times
long past; he would be able to learn easily by heart if his attention were not diverted by
other thoughts, which, however, he finds it easy to control (after one and a half hours), [3]. ► Dulness of the
senses, with anxiety; he scarcely perceives what is taking place around him, [1]. ► Anacardium weakens the
understanding (Matthiolus). ►► *Great weakness of
memory; cannot remember anything; forgets everything
immediately, [1]. [40.]
► He remembers with difficulty; he retains nothing
in his memory; he is deficient in ideas and he soon loses his subject without being aware of
it, [3]. ►
Diminution of the imagination and the memory in the afternoon; he cannot recollect anything
(after five, six hours), [3]. ►
He can only reflect upon a subject which has been furnished to him; he does not remember
anything himself, [1]. ►
The memory is quite deficient, early in the morning, especially as regards single names, [3]. ► In the afternoon his
memory is better than in the forenoon, although his recollections only come to
him after the time when he was in need of them; however, he easily understands what he
reads, although he does not entirely remember it (after third, fourth days), [3]. ► Thoughts vanish, [8].
HEAD.
► His head feels very
heavy all day, [1]. ►
Early in the morning, after rising, his head feels so confused and heavy that he is scarcely
able to support it; he was obliged to lie down again, [1].
► Painful, dull confusion of the head when he lies in bed
in an uncomfortable position, [7]. ► Vertigo, as if all objects or himself were wavering; he is
obliged to steady himself (first day), [1]. [50.] ► Vertigo, he almost
fell down, [1]. ►
Vertigo when walking, as if all objects were too far distant, [1].
► *Vertigo on stooping, with a sensation of turning round
in a circle (after thirteen hours), [6]. ► Vertigo, black before the eyes, [4]. ► The head reels, [4]. ► Dizziness of the
head, as after spirituous drinks, [1]. ► Great giddiness after a walk, in the afternoon, [1]. ► The whole head
swelled, [10]. ►
Heat in the head, [1]. ►
Occasional pressure in the head, [1]. [60.] ► Pressure in the right
side of the head, interrupted by violent stitches (after three-quarters of an hour), [3]. ► Dull pressure from
without inward, here and there, in small places of the head, [4].
► Repeated tearings in the whole head, with chills all
over the body, low spirits, and restlessness; this does not permit her to remain in any one
place; always returns every third day, [4]. ► Tearing headache during hard labor (after fourth day), [3]. ► Repeated tearing
in the right side of the head, face, and neck, and immediately after, humming before the
left ear, [4]. ►
Violent, grinding headache, in the evening, [1]. ► Sharp stitches through the left side of the head, reaching
deep into the brain, [4]. ►
Dull, tremulous stitches on the left side of the upper part of the head; they are merely
incipient, and do not become distinct, [4]. ► Any effort of the mind causes a bruised sensation in the
brain, [1]. ►
Throbbing headache, [1]. [70.]
► Several violent jerks, so that he would like to scream
out loud; they come from behind, and reach across the left side of the upper part of the
head and the forehead (after half an hour), [4]. ► The headache is worse during motion, [3]. ► Hard, red, pustules on the
forehead and in the angle of the left wing of the nose, with a feeling of soreness, for
several weeks, [8]. ►
Dull, painful confusion of the forehead, extending down to the root of the nose, [4]. ► Constrictive headache
in the forehead, with extremely peevish mood, increasing from hour to hour, accompanied by a
violent grinding pain, which is diminished for a few moments by strongly pressing upon the
forehead; at last the pain takes hold of the whole head, with a painful sensation as if a
tense band were reaching from the nape of the neck to the ears; he is obliged to lie down;
the pain lasts from 5 P.M. to next morning, [4]. ► Violent constrictive pain in the right side of the forehead,
especially at the external border of the orbit, [4]. ► Pressive, pinching headache in the forepart of the head, with
single tearings towards the forehead (after twenty-four hours), [7]. ► Pain in the head,
especially in the forehead, stupefying, pressive, exciting vertigo; he threatened to fall to
the left side when sitting (after two, two and a half hours), [6].
► Pressure at the forehead from without, over the left
eyebrow (after two hours), [6]. ►
Hard pressure in the angle between the frontal and nasal bones (after three days), [2]. [80.] ► Pressure in the forehead, every morning on waking; worse in
walking, as if the brain were shaken, [1]. ► Dull pressure in the centre of the forehead, increasing at
slow intervals, becoming more and more deep, and gradually extending over the whole front of
the head in the evening, [4]. ►
Violent pressure in the right side of the forehead, from within outward[3]. ► Dull pressure coming out at
the right frontal eminence, [4]. ►
Compression and dull pressure below the left frontal eminence, [4]. ► Tearing-sticking in the
forehead over the right eye, [2]. ► Grinding in the right half of the forepart of the head,
especially along the border of the orbit; relieved by strong external pressure (and during a
meal), accompanied by intolerable pain, as if a heavy body were forced in there; the pain
diminishes in the evening when in bed, on lying with the painful spot upon the arm; on
falling asleep it subsides entirely, [4]. ► Itching of the forehead, [1].
► Painless pimples, with red areolæ at the top of the
left temple (after nine hours), [6]. ► Compression simultaneously in both temples, [4]. [90.] ► Pressure inward, and squeezing in both temples, with
continual constriction of the upper part of the head;
passes off towards evening, [4]. ►
Several times, when breathing, a long stitch drawing from the temple into the forehead
(after five and a half hours), [3]. ► Violent pressure in the region of the right temple, [2], [3]. ► Tearing pain in the brain, just above the right temple, [2]. ► Pressure from
without inward in the left temple, [4]. ► Sudden, acute, piercing and biting tearings in the temple,
extending into the brain (after three hours), [3]. ► Tearing pressure in the left temple, [2]. ► Sharp, pressive tearings in
the left temple, [3]. ►
Shootings and tearings in the left temple, [5]. ► Headache, with stitches in the left temple, [1]. [100.] ► *Pressive pain on the top of the head, when coughing, or taking a
deep inspiration, [1]. ►► *Dull pressure, as from a plug, on the left side of the vertex, [4].
► Confusion, first of the left, then of the right side of
the head, [4]. ►
Jerkings in the left side of the head, frequently repeated, close down in front of the ear, [4]. ► Drawing pain in
the left side of the head, [1]. ►
Pressure in the occiput, on the right side (after three hours), [7]. ► Tearing, which commences in
the lower part of the occiput on the right side and reaches as far as the forehead (after
thirty-five hours), [2]. ►
Tearing headache in the occiput, in distinct, successive attacks which reach as far as the
temple (after half an hour), [3]. ► Drawing pain in the forehead, in the left vertex, and in the
occiput, [2]. ►
Jerking shoots and tearing in the occiput and temples, mostly when bending the head backward
(after two hours), [3]. [110.]
► Many little boils upon the hairy scalp, of the size of
a flaxseed; they feel sore when touched or scratched, [6].
► Violent itching of the hairy scalp, [1].
EYE.
► Left eye swollen
shut, [10]. ►
Painful eyes, without redness, [1]. ► Violent pressure upon the eyes, especially upon the left, and
in the external canthus of this eye when looking long at one object (half an hour), [2]. ►► *Dull pressure,
as with a plug, on the upper border of the right orbit,
extending into the brain, with stupefaction of the whole side of the head, [4]. ► Rheumatic tearing pain in
the left eye (more in the lids), which extends as far as the temples, [5]. ► Lids so swollen that he
could scarcely see, [10]. ►
The eyelids felt swollen, but without pain, [10]. ► Sensation in the eyes as if there was something between the
ball and the upper lid, which causes rubbing, [2]. [120.] ► Something seems to
rub between the ball and the lower lid, [4]. ► Twitches in the eyelids; he imagines that one must see them, [4]. ► Pressure, as from
a sty, in the right inner canthus, and the neighboring tarsal cartilages, [2]. ► Pressure below the left
external canthus (after two hours), [2]. ►* Pain, as if a plug were pressed in under the upper
border of the orbits, and touched the balls, [4]. ► Pressure upon the eyeball, from before backward, or from
above downward, [2]. ►
Tearing in the balls and orbits, mornings when walking (after twenty-four hours), [5]. ► Great dilatation
of the pupils (after thirteen, fourteen, and nineteen hours; reaction), [6]. ► Contraction of the pupils
(after fourteen hours), [6]. ►
The pupil of the right eye becomes smaller for a short time (after forty-eight hours), [7]. [130.] ► Dimness of the eyes, as if they were full of water, which
forces one to wink often; in the evening (after sixteen hours), [3]. ► Shortsightedness; he
cannot distinguish anything at a distance, while he distinctly sees everything which is held
near his eyes, [5]. ►
Great sensitiveness of the eyes to the light, [1]. ► Frequent flickering before the eyes, [1]. ► The flame of a light
appears to flicker, and to alternately darken and brighten; on looking steadily at the light
he saw that it burnt calmly, [1]. ► *The light appears to be surrounded with a halo in the evening,
[1].
EAR.
► Twitches in the
external ear, [1]. ►
Pain, as from ulceration in the ear, mostly when swallowing, [1].
► Pain in the ear, as from ulceration, when biting the teeth together, [1].
► Painful pressure upon the external ear, [1]. [140.] ►
Sensation behind the ears, as if the part would become sore; he is obliged to rub it, [4]. ► Violent tearing
along the upper border of the cartilage of the right ear, [4].
► Violent sticking tearing in the left external ear
(after twenty-four hours), [4]. ►
Tearing in the left ear, down the cheek, [1]. ► Sensation of a cramplike contraction in the left concha
(after half an hour), [3]. ►
Feeling of obstruction in the left ear, as from cotton; he did not hear as well with this
ear as with the other (after half an hour), [2]. ► Violent stitches in the left ear, [1]. ► Tearing, sticking, dull
pains in the tip of the antitragus of the left ear, [4].
► Drawing pain behind the left ear, [1]. ► Cramplike contraction in
the left meatus auditorius, with a pressure against the tympanum, [5]. [150.] ►
Spasmodic, cramplike pain in the meatus auditorius externus, [3].
► Painful twinging in the right meatus auditorius, [4]. ► Painful drawing in
the left meatus auditorius internus (after three-quarters of an hour), [2]. ► Twitchings in the left
meatus auditorius at short intervals, and very painful, as if a nerve were put upon the
stretch, or like electric shocks, [4]. ► Itching in the ear, and discharge of a brownish matter, [1]. ► He sometimes heard
so feebly that he did not notice when some one opened the door with a noise; often his
hearing was so acute that he heard people through double doors walk in the antechambers
(after fifty-four hours), [7]. ► Humming in the ears, [1].
► Roaring before the ear, [1].
► Tingling in the right ear, [4].
NOSE.
► Pimples, with red
areolæ, at the angle of the right wing of the nose, [6].
[160.] ► *Red
pustules on the septum, in the right nostril, with soreness when touched, [2]. ► Obstruction of the
posterior nares, as by much phlegm, [3]. ► Sneezing, [4]. ► Violent coryza, lasting four weeks, [1]. ► Violent fluent coryza after
frequent sneezing, with lachrymation, [1]. ► Severe coryza, in the evening (after forty-eight hours), [5]. ► Bleeding at the
nose after violent blowing, [1]. ►
Dry coryza, [1]. ►
Short pain in the nose, such as arises from too great cold, which causes his eyes to run, [1]. ► Contractive pain
in the forepart of the nose, as from great cold, with lachrymation, [1]. [170.] ►
Bruised sensation in the left side of the nose; the pain seems to be in the bone, [4]. ► Smell seems to have
disappeared almost completely, although the nose is not obstructed (after five
hours), [2]. ►
*Illusory smell, as of burning tinder, early, when rising, [1]. ► *Constant smell before the
nose, like pigeon or chicken dung, especially when smelling his clothes, or his body
(after two hours), [5].
FACE.
► Face began to
swell, beginning from the eyes, [10]. ► Great paleness of the face shortly after taking the medicine,
[8]. ► Pale, sick,
wan color of the face, without, however, any other symptoms, [1].
► Paleness of the face, without coldness
(immediately), [7]. ►
The person looks sick, hollow-eyed, with blue rings around the eyes for several days
(shortly after taking the medicine), [8]. ► Violent burning on the face, [10].
[180.] ► Dry heat in
the face, and over the whole head, with confusion of the head and pale look; at the same
time he feels hot upon the skin, which he himself, however, does not perceive, [8]. ► After a meal, heat
in the face, and exhaustion, [8]. ► After dinner, heat in the face, with accumulation of sweetish
saliva in the mouth, and violent thirst, [5]. ► Left side of face exceedingly swollen, and covered with a
number of small, pock-like blisters, [10]. ► White, scaly herpes on the right cheek, close by the upper
lip (after four hours), [6]. ►
Drawing pain in the right cheek-bone, [2]. ► Dull pressure upon the left cheek-bone, [4]. ► Dull pressure in the face,
in the middle of the cheek, as if the place were squeezed with pincers, [4]. ► Dryness of the lips and
their corners, [1]. ►
Burning dryness of the external borders of the lips, almost as from pepper, [3]. [190.] ►
Frequently a drawing pain in the lower jaw, especially in the evening, [1]. ► Frequently repeated
tearings in the right ramus of the lower jaw, [4]. ► Occasional tearings in the articulations of the jaw (after
forty-two hours), [3]. ►
Suppuration and painfulness of a place under the chin, where there was a boil two years
before, [4]. ►
Small blisters on chin, discharging liquid when broken, [10].
► Violent burning on the chin, [10]. ► Externally, burning upon
the chin, and dull pressure, extending upward upon the left side of the chin, as after being
scraped with a dull razor, [4].
MOUTH.
► Tearing in all the
teeth, returning at intervals, [4]. ► Toothache upon taking something warm in his mouth, a few
jerkings, more pressive than drawing, [1]. ► The teeth feel longer, at night, when in bed, accompanied by
a pressive pain, [1]. [200.]
► Drawing pain in the gums and the roots of the lower
molar teeth of the left side, [2]. ► Cramplike drawing in the lower row of teeth of the right
side, reaching as high as the ear (shortly after taking the medicine), [4]. ► Tensive and drawing pain in
a hollow molar tooth, extending to the ear, for several days, at 10 o’clock in the evening, [8]. ► Violent tearing in
the teeth of the left side, [10]. ► Pain in one of the lower incisors, as if a toothpick had been
stirred about in it, made worse by contact with the tongue and the open air (second day), [7]. ► Swelling of the
gums, [1]. ► *Bleeding
of the gums upon slight rubbing, [1]. ► The tongue is white and rough, like a scraping-iron (after
three hours), [6]. ►
Heaviness of the tongue, and sensation as of swelling, so that he is unable to continue
speaking, [1]. ►
*Painful vesicles in the mouth, [1]. [210.] ► A quantity of liquid
comes into his mouth and throat, which causes a sensation of nausea in the chest, [5]. ► Insipid, foul
taste of the food, also without eating, [1]. ► Insipid taste of the beer, [1].
► Bitter dryness in the mouth and throat, [1]. ► Bitter taste in the mouth
after smoking tobacco, [1]. ►
Everything tastes to him like herring-brine, [1]. ► Tobacco does not taste, only causes biting, [1]. ► In the afternoon his speech
is firmer and surer than in the forenoon, [1]. ► When speaking, he finds it difficult to utter certain words,
as if his tongue were too heavy, [1].
THROAT.
► *Phlegm, firm and
tough, comes into the throat, obstructing at the same time, the posterior nares (after one
hour), [5]. [220.]
► Prickings as with needles, now here, now there, in the
throat, externally, [4]. ►
Dryness of the throat, passing off by eating, in the forenoon, [5]. ► Roughness of the throat, [1]. ► Roughness of the
throat, with deep tone of voice, after a meal, [5]. ► Hard pressure in the throat, on both sides of the larynx,
which sometimes interferes with deglutition, [2]. ► Pressure in the pit of the throat, [4]. ► Sudden, dull pressure, as
from a weight, on the left side of the throat, [4]. ► Slow, dull thrusts coming from both sides of the ears, and in
their cavities, as if two blunt plugs were penetrating, to meet in the centre, [4]. ► His throat feels
as if it were raw and sore, [1]. ► Sensation as if scraping in the throat, [4], [8]. [230.] ► Frequent itching of
the throat, [5]. ►
Great appetite, pressure at the stomach and nausea unto vomiting, after a meal, even when
without exercise, [1]. ►
He has no appetite for dinner; nevertheless, he takes it and relishes it, because it is
dinner-hour; bread, however, tastes a little bitter, [5].
► At times, violent hunger; at times, none at all, [1]. ► Constant thirst;
however, when drinking, his breath is interrupted, and he is obliged to swallow his drink
little by little, [1]. ►
Eructations of fluid, frequently repeated, which choke him, [4].
► Eructations with spasmodic pain at the stomach, [1]. ► Eructations, after
drinks and liquid food, [1]. ►
Eructations, after a meal, which burn in the throat, [1].
► Empty eructations, early in the morning, [4]. [240.] ►
Hiccough, [5]. ►
Qualmishness at the pit of the stomach, between meals, with anxiety as from a sprain;
without, however, real nausea, and with good taste in the mouth and good appetite, [1]. ► Several kinds of
food, of which he is generally very fond, disgust him so much, that he would like to vomit, [1]. ► Much nausea, early
in the morning, [1]. ►
Nausea, early in the morning, with a sensation of fasting in the stomach, [1]. ► Violent nausea
toward evening, constant accumulation of water in the mouth, and, at last, vomiting,
followed by great acidity in the mouth, [1]. ► Nausea, with retching returning shortly after drinking cold
water, and then vomiting of this water, with a sensation as if the œsophagus were pressed
asunder by a large ball, [1]. ►
Shaking in the pit of the stomach, at every step, after every meal, [1]. ► Rumbling and fermenting in
the pit of the stomach, [4]. ►
Sensitive, dull pressure at the pit of the stomach, slowly coming and going, [4]. [250.] ►
Dull pressure, at intervals, over and near the pit, during a meal, [4]. ► Pressure and tension in the
pit of the stomach, after every meal, [1]. ► Soft pressure, with drawing, in the pit of the stomach, which
disappears after a meal; when walking in the open air (after twelve hours), [5]. ► Pressive and drawing pain
below the pit of the stomach, when walking (after ten and a half hours), [5]. ► Compressive, painful
prickings at the pit of the stomach, when inspiring and expiring, which cannot be relieved
by any position, or by contact (after four hours), [6].
► First, sensation as of fasting at the pit of the
stomach, then pressure in the stomach the whole day, and as if obstructed emission of flatus
both above and below, and want of appetite, [1]. ► Burning, rising out of the stomach into the throat, [1]. ► Heartburn, after
soup, like sour air in the œsophagus, with a constricted sensation, [1]. ► Violent contractive pain in
the stomach, relieved by stooping, made worse by lifting the arm, and when turning the body,
[1]. [260.] ► Pressure at the stomach, from reflection and intellectual
exertions, [1]. ►
Pressure at the stomach, after a meal, [1]. ► After a slight breakfast, pressure in the region of the
stomach, towards the abdomen, as if he had eaten too much, [1].
► Pressure at the stomach after a meal, with a feeling of
extreme exhaustion and lassitude, with great thirst (after three and a half days), [5]. ► *During dinner, almost
all the symptoms disappear; they come on again two hours afterwards, [4].® 2000
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