CALENDULA.
Calendula officinalis, Linn. Nat. order,
Compositæ. Common name, Marigold; German, Todtenblume. Preparation, Tincture of the leaves and flowers.
Authorities.
1, Franz,
Archive für Hom. Heilk., 17, 3, 169; 2, Dr. Price, Am.
Hom. Observer, 6, 327, effects of a tablespoonful of the tincture.
MIND.
► Disposition, during
the chill, anxious, morose, and solicitous, [1]. ► Great irritability; he is easily frightened; hearing is very
acute (after he had smelled of camphor), [1]. ► Fretful, sleepy, dreamy, [1].
HEAD.
► Confusion of the
head, as after a night’s debauch; in the morning, heaviness of the head, as after a long
illness (third day), [1]. ►
Dull sensation, especially in the upper part of the occiput, [1].
► Headache in the forehead, after eating, with sensation
of heat in it, [1]. ►
Dull, pressive sensation in the occiput, [1].
EYE.
► Lids very much
swollen (after one hour), [2]. ►
Dryness and biting in the margin of the lids, as from smoke, [1].
[10.] ► The white of
the eye is inflamed, with pressive headache, now in the forehead, now in the temples, when
lying down, not when sitting and standing, [1]. ► Pupils dilated (after one hour), [2].
EAR.
► Sticking pain in the
ears during the fever-heat; the adjacent parts are very red, [1].
FACE.
► Sensation of
swelling extending from the lips to the eyes and forehead, accompanied by a burning-stinging
sensation (after one hour), [2]. ►
Sensation as if the lips were swollen; from the lips it spread to the sides of the nose;
increased rapidly in intensity (immediately), [2]. ► Drawing-tensive pain in the glands behind the left ramus of
the lower jaw, on moving the head, [1].
MOUTH.
► Speech scarcely
recognizable (after one hour), [2].
THROAT.
► Bitter taste of
mucus in the throat, before eating; food, however, tastes natural, [1]. ► Pain in front beneath the
chin, on motion and pressure; and at the union of the clavicle with the sternum (eighteenth
day), [2]. ►
Rheumatic drawing pain in the right side of the throat, which is increased on bending the
neck to the right side, and on raising the right arm; it extends to the shoulder, in the
morning (second day), [1]. [20.]
► The submaxillary glands are swollen and painful to the
touch, as if suppurating; the axillary glands are also painful to touch (for four days), [1]. ► The submaxillary
glands pain on touch, as if swollen, and at times cause a tensive pain, which, especially on
swallowing, becomes a pressure in the throat (afternoon, second day), [1].
STOMACH.
► Diminished
appetite for dinner, though he relishes the food when he eats, [1]. ► Hiccough, after smoking, [1]. ► Attacks of nausea,
at times, in the forenoon, [1].
ABDOMEN.
► A boring-digging
pain, deep in the region of the navel, when walking, [1].
► Dull, coarse stitches in the middle of the right side
of the abdomen, on moving; they disappear during rest, [1].
STOOL.
► A stool in the
morning, preceded by griping and anxiety in the abdomen, and accompanied by a chill, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Tearings,
at times in the urethra, during a chill, [1]. ► Frequent micturition; urine white as water, is very hot and
burning, [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[30.] ► Very deep inspiration, with heat in the chest and face, [1]. ► Great efforts were
made to inflate the lower lobes of the lungs, which were only successful when sitting up
(after one hour), [2].
CHEST.
► Pressive-drawing
pain in the left side of the chest, and on the breast-bone, with stitches in the right side
of the chest (second day), [1]. ►
Pressure and oppression in the left side of the chest, in the evening, when lying in bed, [1]. ► Drawing pressure
in the left side of the chest, when standing, during inspiration, [1].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Pulse
irregular and diminishing rapidly (after one hour), [2].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Pressive-drawing pain between the shoulder-blades, [1].
► Pressive pain beneath the right lower tip of the
shoulder-blade, with a sensation as if everything were suppurating and bruised (afternoon,
second day), [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Drawing-pressive tension in the wrists and ankles, during rest, [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Tired, weary feeling in the lower extremities (after one hour), [2]. [40.] ►
Pains in the knees, while sitting, in the outer side, as if bruised, [1]. ► Burning-tearing pain in the
upper part of the calf, while sitting, [1]. ► Drawing-pinching pain on the inner border of the sole, while
sitting, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
► Very
restless at night, he gets rest in no position; he continually wakes; is obliged to urinate
frequently, and drinks very much, [1]. ► A wound becomes raw and inflamed anew, [1]. ► A wound is painful, in the
morning, as if bruised, with smarting and throbbing in it, as if it would suppurate, [1]. ► The rheumatic,
drawing pains appear only during motion, and are very slight, [1].
SKIN.
► Eruption of small
vesicles, in the left corner of the lower lip, [1].
FEVER.
► Chilliness.
► Chilly the whole morning, and very sensitive to the air
(second day), [1]. ►
He feels shivery, and has a kind of goose-flesh, while the skin seems to touch, [1]. [50.] ► Shivering in the back, with pressure in the last true ribs of
the left side, with movements in the epigastric region and abdomen as if he would faint, [1]. ► Hands and feet
cold (after one hour), [2]. ►
Chilliness in the hands and feet, the whole forenoon, without thirst, together with drawing
pressive, rheumatic pains through the whole body; the ribs ache as if squeezed together and
bruised, sometimes after eating (in the morning second day), [1].
► Heat. ► Great
heat, the whole forenoon, with much sweat; he feels qualmish in the chest, and the axillæ
are very hot, [1]. ►
Heat in the afternoon, with creeping chills and great thirst; drinking, however, causes
every time shivering and a shaking chill, [1]. ► Great heat, in the evening, in bed, [1]. ► Great heat, in the evening,
in bed; he begins to sweat; especially the feet burn very much and sweat, [1]. ► The heat abates after 5
P.M., without shivering, even in the open air, the head feels freer, the breathing easier,
and the voice stronger and deeper, [1]. ► The heat continues unabated after 5 P.M.; only that cold
drinks cause shivering, [1]. ►
Flushes in the forehead, in the evening (after eight hours), [1].
[60.] ► Sensation of
heat in the face after eating, of the hands and feet, and an hour afterwards, thirst (second
day), [1]. ►
Towards evening, a feeling of heat in the otherwise cold hands and whole body, with creeping
chills, without thirst, and almost dread of drinking, while sitting (after nine and a half
hours), [1].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning),
Heaviness of head; wound painful; chilly. ► (Forenoon), Attacks of nausea; chilliness in hands, etc.; heat,
etc. ► (Afternoon),
Heat. ► (Toward evening),
While sitting, feeling of heat, etc. ► (Evening), When lying in bed, pressure in left chest; in bed,
heat; flushes in forehead. ► (Night),
Restless, etc. ► (Bending neck
to right side), Pain on side of throat. ► (During chill), Nearly all symptoms appear; anxious, etc.;
tearings in urethra. ► (After
eating), Headache in forehead, etc. ► (When lying down), White of eye inflamed, etc. ► (On moving), Stitches in
abdomen; rheumatic pains. ► (Moving
head), Pain in glands before jaw. ► (During rest), Tension in wrists, etc. ►
(While sitting), Pains in knees; pain in calf; pain on
border of sole. ► (After smoking),
Hiccough. ► (When standing),
During inspiration, pressure in left side of chest. ► (When walking), Pain in region of navel. ►
Amelioration. Feels best when walking about, or when lying perfectly still.
SUPPLEMENT: CALENDULA.
Authority.
3, J. H. Fitch,
M.D., copied from MS.; a man, aged twenty-seven years, took 15 minims of a strong alcoholic
tincture, at 10.30 A.M. and 4 P.M. (first day); same at 11.45 A.M. (second day); same at
2.15 A.M. (third day).►
Very irritable, touchy. Afterwards fit of despair and deep
anguish (second day), [3]. ►
Nervous exhaustion (third day), [3]. ► In a few minutes felt a disagreeable sensation in the
occiput, [3]. ►
Immediately felt pain in the occiput (second day), [3].
► Itching of the scalp (after second dose), [3]. ► An unusual amount
of saliva in the mouth and fauces (after twenty-five minutes), [3]. ► Scraping and mucus in the
throat (second day), [3]. ►
Disorder of the function of the digestion, [3]. [70.] ► Stool soft, covered
with mucus, at 1 P.M. (third day), [3]. ► Emission of semen (third day), [3].
► Slightly disagreeable sensation at the back of the
neck, from the occiput (after second dose), [3]. ► Pain in the left lumbar region; afterwards in lumbar region,
both sides (second day), [3]. ►
Itching of skin (second day), [3].® 2000
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