ARISTOLOCHIA (MILHOMENS).
A. cymbifera, Mart. Nat. order,
Aristolochiaceæ. Common name, Brazilian snake-root. Preparation, Tincture from the flower.
Authority.
Mure (Brazilian provings).
HEAD.
► The head is burning
hot. ► Head heavy. ►
Acute lancination in the head. ► Throbbing in the right
frontal eminence for a minute. ► His temples are very
sensitive to touch during the whole day. ► Sensation of
torpor at the vertex. ► Acute lancination in the left
side of the head. ► Severe lancination behind the head. ► Shooting in the cerebellum. [10.]
► Sensation of torpor in the cerebellum.
MOUTH.
► Excoriations of
the lips and gums. ► Excoriations of the lips and gums,
as on the second day. ► Mouth pasty through the whole
morning.
STOMACH.
► Anorexia. ► Complete anorexia. ► Want
of appetite. ► Thirst. ►
Great thirst, with bitterness of the mouth. ► Continual
thirst and bitter mouth. [20.] ►
Borborygmus in the stomach and intestines. ► Fulness of
the stomach. ► Pain at the scrobiculus.
ABDOMEN.
► Pain in the
right groin.
STOOL AND ANUS.
► Burning
pains at the anus. ► Colic, followed by a stool, at first
soft, then diarrhœic, twice in succession. ► Easy stool.
URINARY ORGANS.
► He makes
water more frequently than usual.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Itching on
the skin of the prepuce. ► Pricking in the right
testicle.
CHEST.
[30.] ► Bruised pain over the left pectoral muscle, which is
sensitive to the touch at night. ► Pain in the right
side.
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Lancinating pain at the apex of the heart, which takes away his breath at night.
NECK AND BACK.
► Painful
spot under the scapula, as if from having received a blow. ►
Sharp pain between the shoulders. ► Uneasiness in the
lumbar region. ► Dull pain at the lower part of the
lumbar region, and in the hypogastrium. ► Acute pain in
the sacro-lumbar region.
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
► The
upper and lower parts of the left arm are painful to the touch. ►
Itching above the bend of the right arm. [40.] ► Pain in the hypothenar eminence of the right hand. ► Stinging in the hypothenar eminence of the left hand. ► Pain in the dorsal portion of the left index. ► Pricking in the joint of the first phalanx of the little
finger.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
► The
leg is swollen and violet-colored in the morning; it becomes inflamed by fatigue, and turns
blackish-red towards evening. ► The whole leg is covered
by large, irregular patches, formed by extravasated blood. ►
The pains in the legs continue. ► Stiffness of the leg,
with impossibility of standing up for a few minutes. ►
Numbness of the left leg. ► The left leg is red and
swollen. [50.] ►
Lancinations through the whole extent of the left inferior extremity. ►
Pricking on the internal surface of the right leg. ►
Itching on the anterior part of the right leg. ►
Uneasiness, then pricking, in the thighs. ► Malaise, as
if something were collected in the internal part of the right leg above the knee. ► Acute pain in the right thigh. ►
Smarting on the internal superior part of the right thigh. ►
Pricking in the right thigh. ► Itching on the right
thigh. ► Itching on the internal surface of the left
thigh. [60.] ►
Bruised pain in the left knee. ► Bruised pain under the
left patella. ► Painful lancinations in the internal part
of the left knee. ► The upper part of the left leg is
painful to the touch. ► Prick as from a pin in the lower
part of the left leg. ► Numbness of the lower part of the
calf. ► Cramplike pains in the left tendo-achillis. ► Uneasiness in the lower part of the tendo-achillis. ► Prick under the heel. ►
The malleoli appear swollen. [70.] ►
Partial numbness around the malleoli. ► Malaise after
waking in the morning; he cannot go to sleep again; he feels as if something incommoded him
about the malleoli for several hours; this pain increases, becoming a bruised pain. ► Feeling as if the lower part of the right leg had a tendency
to fall down upon the malleoli, as a stocking might do; he often carries his hand there as
if to raise it up. ► Pain above the right internal
malleolus. ► Cramplike pain in the right internal
malleolus. ► Lancinations in the lower part of the right
leg and internal malleolus. ► Persistent pain above the
left internal malleolus. ► Disagreeable sensation behind
the left internal malleolus. ► Lancinations in the
anterior part of the left external malleolus. ► The left
leg is painful as if excoriated; the pain passes to the right internal malleolus and becomes
more acute. [80.] ►
Itching on the left external malleolus. ► Itching on the
left internal malleolus.
GENERALITIES.
► Prickings
in different parts of the body.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Disturbed rest. ► Unquiet sleep. ►
Dreams. ► Disgusting dreams. ►
He dreams that he can neither work nor drink nor walk. ►
He dreams of a sheep and a dog covered with red scarves; the former, elevated above the
ground, shook his head, and was seized by the dog in the middle of his back; the dog himself
was suspended by the back by a man accompanied by many other individuals; afterwards, a very
amorous dream, with pollution.
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Mouth
pasty; leg swollen, etc.; after waking, malaise. ► (Towards Evening), Leg becomes inflamed etc. ►
(Night), Left pectoral muscle sensitive; pain at apex of
the heart.® 2000
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