ATHAMANTA.
Peucedanum oreoselinum, Munch. (Athamanta oreoselinum, L.) Nat. order, Umbelliferæ. Common names,
(German) Grundheil, Hirschwurz. Preparation, Tincture of
the fresh herb.
Authority.
Franz, Archiv, 17, 3, 177.
HEAD.
► Pressive confusion
of the head and upper row of teeth (sixth hour). ►
Vertigo relieved by lying. ► Vertigo and drawing in the
brain, now here, now there. ► Constrictive headache in
the sides of the head, causing dizziness. ► Dull,
befogged headache (tenth hour). ► Severe pressure from
within outward, in the region of the temples. ► A
stupefaction and confusion rises like a vapor from the lower part of the occiput; on motion
and walking (ninth hour).
EYE.
► Pressure on one
eyeball from below upward.
EAR.
► Sensation as if the
ears were stopped with wool (one-quarter of an hour).
MOUTH.
[10.] ► Accumulation of water in the mouth and dry sensation at the
root of the tongue. ► The child has a bitter taste in the
mouth. ► Bitter taste in the mouth which is renewed every
time on eating.
STOMACH.
► Evenings before
supper very great hunger with flow of bitter saliva. ►
Incomplete eructations, which come as far as the throat and then subside. ► Tasteless eructations, after rumbling in the abdomen. ► Incomplete, frothy eructations with nausea, as if caused by
excessive hunger.
ABDOMEN.
► Rheumatic
drawing externally in the right groin especially on walking, it extends into the hip and
leg. ► Drawing and griping in the left groin (one and a
half hours).
STOOL AND ANUS.
► The stool
is sudden, almost involuntary, preceded by bellyache.
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
[20.]
► Bitter mucus in the air-passages, which does not loosen
by hacking. ► Evenings after supper, profuse watery fluid
in the larynx; crawling irritation in the air-passages provokes hacking (thirteenth hour).
CHEST.
► Sensation as if
the contents of the thorax were constricted. ► Burning
stitch in the left side of the chest externally when sitting (half an hour). ► Pinching pain in the right side of the thorax, worse on
inspiration.
HEART AND PULSE.
► At
evening, rapid pulse with increased warmth of the head and excitement of mind and the powers
generally, without thirst (fourteenth hour).
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
►
Drawing pain in the middle of the left metacarpal bone of the thumb and the external surface
of the metacarpus lying above it.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
► Warm
sensation on a part of the left thigh. ► Rheumatic
drawing across the thigh when walking, as if it were beaten. ►
Gnawing bruised pain across the thigh, even in sitting. [30.]
► Pressure inward in the front of the knee-joint, during
a walk; it even continues while at rest; it returns again on walking. ►
On the dorsum of the left foot a cold scraping sensation when sitting (seventh hour). ► Tearing burning in the muscles of the left little toe.
GENERALITIES.
► He feels
weak and depressed. ► He feels depressed and weak,
although if he exerts his strength he finds the contrary; especially his eyes seem weak
(fifth to sixth hour). ► Burning on several different
places, that disappears on laying on the hand; then great coldness with a deadened finger.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleep
good and sound; he sleeps longer, mornings, than usual.
FEVER.
► Hands and feet are
icy cold and he shivers through the whole body, with a kind of weakness that he must often
rest (two and a half hours).
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Sleeps
longer than usual. ► (Evening),
Before supper, very great hunger, etc.; after supper, watery fluid in the larynx, etc.;
rapid pulse, etc. ► (Eating),
Bitter taste in mouth. ► (Inspiration),
Pain in side of thorax. ► (Motion),
Stupefaction, etc., over lower part of occiput. ► (Sitting), Stitching in side of chest, externally; cold, etc.;
sensation in dorsum of foot. ► (Walking),
Stupefaction, etc., from lower part of occiput; drawing in right groin, etc.; drawing across
the thigh; pressure in front of knee-joint. ► Amelioration.
► (Laying on the hand),
Burning in different places, etc. ► (Lying), Vertigo.® 2000
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