CAPSICUM.
Capsicum annuum, Linn. Nat. order,
Solanaceæ. Common name, Cayenne, or red pepper. Preparation, Tincture of the powdered ripe pods, with the seeds;
in the proportion of 20 grains of the powder to 400 drops of alcohol. (Hahnemann).
Authorities.
1, Hahnemann,
R. A. M. L., 6; 2, Ahner, ibid.; 3, Hartung, ibid.; 4,
Mossdorf, ibid.; 5, Wislicenus, ibid.; 6, Browne, in Murray’s App. Med., general statement, ibid.; 7, Fordyce, in Murray’s App. Med., ibid.; 8, Pelargus, Observ., ii, 206, case of poisoning, ibid.; 8a, A few symptoms from
Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 1, 303; 9, Baron
Larrey, “Observ. on maladies of troops in Egypt,” the results of large quantities
of Capsicum (taken from Hempel’s M. M., vol 2); 10, Dr.
David Hunt, poisoning of a lady by repeated teaspoonfuls of a solution of Caps., taken for a
slight cold, N. E. Med. Gaz., 4, 43; 11, Dr. Farrington,
Am. J. Hom. M. M., 4, 96, effects of preparating some red peppers for “chow chow”.
MIND.
► He makes reproaches
and becomes angry at the faults of others; he becomes offended at trifles and finds fault, [1]. ► Even in the midst
of joking he becomes offended at the slightest trifles, [1].
► Obstinate, with out-cries (after three hours), [1]. ► Indisposition to
work or think, [3]. ►
Repugnance and fretfulness, [1]. ►
Anxiety and apprehensiveness; he imagines that he will die, [8].
► The aversion to everything and the fretfulness were
dissipated by sleep (curative action. -H.), [1]. ► Anxiety, which compels him to take a deep breath, [1]. ► Fearfulness (after
two hours), [1]. [10.]
► He is very easily irritated, [1]. ► Capricious; at one time
constantly laughing, soon again crying, [1]. ► An excessively busy uneasy mood, [1]. ► Indifferent to everything, [1]. ► *He is taciturn,
peevish, and obstinate, [1]. ► *He is taciturn, absorbed in himself, [1]. ► Quiet mood (curative
action), [3]. ►
Contentment (curative action), [1]. ► Firmness, happy mood (curative action), [1]. ► He is in a contented mood, is
jocose, and sings, and still he becomes angry from the slightest causes (after
four hours), [1]. [20.]
► He makes jokes and utters witticisms, [1].
HEAD.
► Confusion and Vertigo.
► Intoxication, [1].
► Confusion of the head, [3].
► Confusion on first waking from sleep (fourth day), [10]. ► Obscuration and confusion of the head, [2].
► Dizziness and dulness in the head, like a heedlessness
and awkwardness, so that she knocked against everything; with a febrile chill and coldness,
together with anxiety, [1]. ►
Dizziness in the morning on waking, [1]. ► Vertigo, staggering from one side to the other, [1]. ► General Head.
► *A bursting headache, or a feeling as if the brain were too
full, [1]. ►►
*Headache on coughing, as if the skull would burst, [1]. [30.] ►
Emptiness and dulness of the head (after twelve hours), [2].
► When he awoke from sleep his head was so dull that he
did not even recognize himself, [1]. ► *Headache, as if the skull were bruised, on moving the head and on
walking, [1]. ►
(Tearing headache), [1]. ►
A headache, more sticking than tearing, which was worse during rest, but relieved on motion,
[1]. ► A sticking
headache, [1]. ►
*Throbbing, beating headache in one or the other temple, [1]. ► Throbbing, beating
headache, [1]. ►
Forehead. ► Bursting headache in the forehead,
[1]. ► *Constant
pressive headache in the forehead, above the root of the nose, together with some stitches
through the ear and over the eye, [1]. [40.] ► Pressive headache in the
forehead, as if it pressed from the occiput outward to the forehead, with a
cutting from the occiput to the forehead (immediately), [1].
► Throbbing headache in the forehead, [1]. ► Tearing headache
in the forehead, [1]. ►
Drawing-tearing pain in the frontal bone, more on the right side (after six and
seven hours, and after third day), [2]. ► Temples. ► Pressive
headache in the temples, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in the temporal region, [3]. ► Vertex. ► Severe,
deeply penetrating stitches in the vertex, [2]. ► Two sudden, violent stitches from the vertex to the forehead
(after one hour), [8a]. ►
Sides. ► Drawing-tearing in the left side of the
head (after seventeen and forty-eight hours), [2].
► A one-sided, pressive-sticking headache, like an
hysterical migraine, which was increased by raising the eyes and the head, or by stooping,
and was accompanied by forgetfulness and nausea, [1]. ► External Head. [50.] ► Slight shivering over the hairy portion of the head, followed
by burning-itching on the scalp, which was relieved after scratching, but returned with
increased severity (after two hours), [3].
EYES.
► The eyes protrude
from the head, with paleness of the face (after sixteen hours), [1]. ► Inflammation of the eyes, [1]. ► Painful twitching
beneath the right eyelid (after half an hour), [8a]. ► Pressure on the eyes, so that he was unable to open them
sufficiently wide, [2]. ►
A pressive pain in the eye, as from a foreign body, [1]. ► A burning in the eyes,
which become red and watery, in the morning, [1]. ► Pupil. ► Fine stinging
pain in the eyes (from the dust), [1]. ► Much dilated pupils, [1].
► Great dilatation of the pupils, [2]. ► Vision. [60.] ► Dim vision in the
morning, as if a foreign body floated over the cornea and obscured it, so that one saw
clearly again for a moment on rubbing the eye, [1]. ► All objects seem black, [1].
► Visual power almost lost, like blindness, [1].
EARS.
►► *A swelling on
the bone behind the ear, painful to touch, [1].
► *Tearing pain behind the left ear (after six
hours), [2]. ► Pain
beneath the ear, [1]. ►
*A pressive pain very in the ear with every cough, as if an ulcer would open, [1]. ► *A pressive pain very
deep in the ears (after one and eight hours), [1].
► Itching pain very deep in the ear (after sixteen
hours), [1]. ► Tearing
in the concha of the ear, [1].
NOSE.
► Objective. [70.] ► Painful pimple beneath
the nostrils, [1]. ►
Stopped coryza, [1]. ►
Violent racking sneezing, with discharge of thin mucus from the nose (immediately), [4]. ► Bloody mucus from
the nose, [1]. ►
Nose-bleed, in the morning, in bed, and blowing of blood from the nose, several
times, [1]. ►
Subjective. ► Burning-crawling in the nose,
with violent sneezing and discharge of mucus (immediately, from the dust), [5]. ► Burning-tensive sensation
in the left nostril, as if a pimple would form, [4]. ► Constrictive jerking pain on the left side of the nose,
extending to above the left eye (after five hours), [2].
► Crawling-tickling in the nose, as in stopped coryza,
[1].
FACE.
► Objective. ► Heat and redness of the face, with trembling of the limbs
(immediately), [1]. [80.]
► Unusual redness of the face, always followed, after
half an hour, by a pale suffering expression (after three hours), [3]. ► The face was at one time
pale, at another red, with red lobules of the ears, with sensation of burning, without,
however, special heat being felt by the hand, [1]. ► Red cheeks, [1]. ► Subjective. ► Pain in the
face, partly like bone-pains, excited by external touch, partly like fine pains piercing the
nerves, which are tormenting when falling asleep, [1].
► Pain in the left side of the lower jaw, as from a boil
or ulcer, lasting three-quarters of an hour, [2]. ► Lips. ► Ulcerating
eruption on the lips (not in the corners), which only pain on motion, [1]. ► Swollen lips, [1]. ► Scaly lips, [1]. ► Cracking of the lips;
smarting of the lips, [1]. ► Burning lips, [4].
MOUTH.
► Teeth and Gums.
[90.] ► Drawing pain
in the teeth, which was neither increased on touching the teeth nor on eating, [1]. ► A tooth seems to
him too long and raised up, and feels blunt, [1]. ► Swelling of the gum, [1].
► Drawing pain in the gum, [1].
► Tongue. ►
Pimples on the tip of the tongue, which sting and pain when touched, [1]. ► Dry sensation on the
forepart of the tongue, without thirst, in the morning (after eight hours), [1]. ► General Mouth. ► Dryness of the mouth, [1].
► Saliva. ► Tough
mucus in the mouth (after two hours), [1]. ► Salivation, [1]. ► Taste. ► Sour taste of
broth (after two hours), [1]. [100.]
► Acid taste in the mouth, [1].
► A pungent acid taste in the mouth, [1]. ► Taste as of bad water, [1]. ► Flat, insipid,
earthy taste (for example, of butter), [1]. ► Watery, flat taste in the mouth, followed by heartburn, [1].
THROAT.
► Pain in the
palate, as if it was pressed or pinched by something hard, at first more when not
swallowing, afterwards worse when swallowing (after one hour and a half), [1]. ► Pain in the upper part of
the throat, when not swallowing, as if the parts were sore; and spasmodic contraction as in
waterbrash, [1]. ►
*Pain on swallowing as in inflammation of the throat, but when not swallowing, drawing pain
in the throat, [1]. ► *Pressive pain in the throat, as if an ulcer would break, during a
paroxysms of coughing, [1]. ► *Pain in the throat, only when coughing, as from a simple painful
swelling, [1]. [110.]
► A simple pain in the fauces, only when coughing, [1]. ► Sensation of
rawness in the throat, for nearly two days, [4]. ► *Continued stitching in the throat, in the region of the
epiglottis, which caused a dry coughing, without being relieved by coughing, [4]. ► *Spasmodic contraction of the
throat, [1]. ►
Pain externally on the throat, [1].
STOMACH.
► Appetite.
► Want of hunger, loss of appetite, [1]. ► He was obliged to force
himself to eat; he had no real appetite although food had a natural taste, [1]. ► Thirst. ► Desire for coffee (after eight hours), [1]. ► Loss of thirst, [1]. ► Eructations.
► Eructations from the stomach only when walking, and
with every eructation stitch in the side; when sitting, no eructations, and so no stitches, [1]. [120.] ► After eating, fulness and anxiety in the chest followed by
sour eructations or heartburn; at last, thin stool, [1].
► Nausea and Vomiting. ►
Qualmishness of the stomach (after one hour), [1]. ► Nausea, [1]. ► Qualmishness and nausea in the pit of the stomach in the
morning and afternoon (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Nausea and spitting of saliva, after drinking coffee, [1]. ► Cough excites
nausea, [1]. ►
Vomiting and purging (immediately), [10]. ► Heartburn, [1]. ► Stomach. ► Pressure in
the stomach with nausea, [2]. ►
Pressure pain in the pit of the stomach, [2]. [130.] ► Pressure in the pit
of the stomach, with nausea, during menstruation, [1].
► Pressure beneath the short ribs and the pit of the
stomach, [1]. ►
Severe pressure in the pit of the stomach, increased by pressure (after half an hour), [8a]. ► A pinching,
boring-outward pain in he pit of the stomach, especially when sitting bent, lasting severely
for eight minutes (after one hour and a half), [2]. ► Fine sudden stitches in the pit of the stomach (after a few
minutes), [5]. ►
Stitches in the pit of the stomach, when breathing deeply and suddenly, talking, or on
touch, [8a]. ►
Coldness in the stomach; a feeling as if cold water were in it, followed by a sensation as
if he were trembling, [1]. ►
A burning above the pit of the stomach, immediately after eating, at noon and evening, [1]. ► A burning in the
stomach, extending up into the mouth, after breakfast, [1].
ABDOMEN.
► Pinching in the
upper part of the abdomen, [1]. [140.] ► A pressive tension in the
abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, between the pit of the stomach and the navel,
which is especially increased by motion, together with a pressive tension in the lower
portion of the back, [1]. ► *Colic, with cutting-twisting pain about the navel, and passage of tough mucus, like diarrhœa, at times, mixed with black blood;
after every stool, thirst, and after every drink, shivering,
[1]. ► Pain deep in
the abdomen, rather burning than sticking, together with cutting in the umbilical region, on
motion, especially on stooping and walking, with ill-humor about the pain and discontent and
whining about inanimate objects (not about men or moral subjects), with fretfulness, a kind
of apprehensiveness, with sweat in the face, [1]. ► Drawing and twisting in the abdomen, with and without
diarrhœa, [1]. ►
Much flatulence, [2]. ►
Rumbling of flatus in the abdomen (after one hour), [1].
► Flatus moves painfully about the abdomen, [1]. ► Painless rumbling
in the abdomen, [3]. ►
A rumbling extending upward and downward in the abdomen, [1].
► Pressure here and there in the abdomen, [1]. [150.] ►
Pressive-pinching pain in the abdomen, immediately after eating, with incarcerated flatus, [1]. ► Unusually strong
pulsations of the bloodvessels of the abdomen, [3]. ► Increased internal warmth in the intestinal canal, [3]. ► *A tensive pain,
extending from the abdomen to the chest, as from distension in the abdomen, [1]. ► Distension and
hardness of the abdomen, which would not endure tight clothes, [1]. ► Distension in the abdomen,
two hours after eating, followed by shooting headache towards the occiput and profuse sweat,
[1]. ► *A feeling as if
the abdomen were distended even to bursting, on which account breathing was impeded, even to
suffocation, [1]. ►
A hernia, consisting of wind, forcibly and painfully protrudes from the abdominal ring, [1]. ► Colic, as from
flatus in the lower abdomen, [1]. ► Hard, pressive, almost sticking pain in a small spot on the
left side of the lower abdomen (after one hour), [1].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
[160.] ► Urging to stool, with pressive pain in the intestines, but he
was constipated, [2]. ►►
*Tenesmus, [1], [6]. ► *Hæmorrhoids in the anus,
which itch at times, [1]. ► Blind hæmorrhoids, hæmorrhoids in the anus, which pain
severely during stool, [1]. ►
Flow of blood from the anus, for four days, [1]. ► *Burning in the anus, [6].
►► *Burning pain in the anus (after three,
four, and eight hours), [2]. ►
*Biting-stinging pain in the anus, with diarrhœa-like stool, [1]. ► Itching in the anus (after
three, four, and eight hours), [1].
STOOL.
► *Mucous diarrhœa,
with tenesmus, [1]. [170.] ► *Diarrhœa, immediately,
at once followed by an empty tenesmus, [1].
► Stool immediately after eating (at noon), with redness
of the cheeks (after six hours), [1]. ► *After drinking, he was obliged to go to stool, but was constipated;
only a little mucus passed, [2]. ► *As soon as he drank anything, he felt as though he would have
diarrhœa, but only a little passed every time, [2].
► *Small stool, consisting of bloody mucus, [1]. ► *Small passages, which
consist of only mucus, [1]. ►► *Small frequent passages, consisting of mucus, at times
mingled with blood, and causing tenesmus, preceded by
flatulent colic in the lower portion of the abdomen, [1]. ► Constipation, as from too
much heat in the abdomen, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Bladder.
► Tenesmus of the bladder, strangury; he is obliged to
urinate frequently, with at times ineffectual urging to urinate (after four to
eight hours), [1]. ►
*Pressure towards the bladder, and some stitches extending from within outward in the region
of the neck of the bladder, while coughing, and for some time afterwards, [4]. [180.] ► Spasmodic contraction, with cutting pains in the neck of the
bladder, without urging to urinate, at times intermitting, at times returning, in the
morning, in bed; it seems to be somewhat relieved by passing urine (after twenty-four
hours), [5]. ► Urethra.
► Frequent desire to urinate, mostly when sitting, not
when walking (after forty-two hours), [1]. ► Purulent discharge from the urethra, a kind of gonorrhœa, [1]. ► Gonorrhœa, [7]. [From carrying a linen filled with the powdered seeds
of Capsicum baccattum on the naked abdomen.] ► (The
gonorrhœa became yellow and thick), (after seven days), [1].
► The urethra is painful to touch (after seven days), [1]. ► Pain in the
urethra, especially in the forenoon, [1]. ► *A burning in the orifice of the urethra, immediately before,
during, and for a minute after urinating, [1].
► A cutting pain in the urethra, extending backward, when
not urinating (after six hours), [1]. ► *Stitches, as with needles, in the forepart of the urethra, when not
urinating (after eight hours), [1]. [190.] ► *Severe stitches in the
orifice of the urethra, when not urinating, [1].
► Fine sticking in the urethra, immediately after
urinating, [1]. ► *A
burning-biting pain in the urethra, after urinating (after seven days), [1]. ► Micturition.
► The urine passes by drops, and with great difficulty
(immediately, and a long time), [1]. ► Burning urine, [1].
► Passage of a great quantity of urine, which she could
not wholly control, [10]. ►
Urine. ► Urine scanty, light-colored (fifth
day), [10]. ► The
urine deposits a white sediment, [1].® 2000
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