CONVOLVULUS DUARTINUS.
Ipomœa bona-nox, L. (styled “Convolvulus duartinus” by Mure).
Natural order
, Convolvulaceæ. Common
name, Morning-glory.
Preparation
, Tincture of the flowers (obtained by Mure from
gardens in Rio Janeiro).
Authority.
Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne.
MIND.
► Moral weakness (in
two provers). ► Discouragement. ►
Hypochondria. ► Reveries in the daytime. ► Mental languor.
HEAD.
► Vertigo, with
fainting. ► Dizziness (in three provers). ► Pain all over the head, especially on the median line. ► Pain in the whole head, from morning till 5 o’clock in the
evening. [10.] ► Two
small spots on the forehead, disappearing in a few minutes. ►
Heaviness and dizziness in the frontal region, two days in succession. ►
Burning in the frontal region, ceasing after a cold bath. ►
Pain in the frontal region. ► Pain in the frontal region,
with heat at the root of the nose (in three provers). ►
Pressure at the frontal region. ► Pain in the temples. ► Pain in the left temporal region, corresponding to the eye. ► Acute pain in the
morning, in the left temporal region, two days in succession (in two provers). ► Slight pain at the vertex. [20.]
► Violent pain at the vertex, in the morning. ► Violent pain at the vertex, in the evening. ► Headache, sometimes in the vertex, sometimes in the occiput. ► Headache on the left side.
EYE.
► Inflammation of the
left eye.
FACE.
► Dark redness of the
face. ► Red spot on the right cheek when rising from bed;
it disappears in the course of the day. ► Pain in the
right cheek.
MOUTH.
► Toothache. ► Swelling of the gums. [30.]
► The tongue feels swollen. ►
Spitting of mucus. ► Bad taste in the mouth.
THROAT.
► Slight pain on
each side of the thyroid cartilage. ► Sore throat for
more than eight days. ► Slight heat in the upper part of
the œsophagus. ► Heat and dryness at the anterior and
superior part of the œsophagus (in three provers).
STOMACH.
► Appetite on
getting up in the morning (in two provers). ► Pain in the
stomach for three days. ► Diminished appetite.
ABDOMEN.
[40.] ► Pain in the abdomen with internal heat. ►
Violent colic, with drawing (in two provers).
STOOL.
► Constipation the
first days (in eight provers).
URINARY ORGANS.
► Red
urine. ► Yellow sediment in the urine.
CHEST.
► Deepseated pain
under the right breast.
NECK AND BACK.
► Small red
spot on the right side of the neck. ► Numbness in the
left scapular region.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Numbness of both arms. ► Numbness of the arm, worse when
hanging down. [50.] ►
Pain at the left shoulder. ► Deepseated pain in the left
forearm. ► Pain in the left wrist-joint. ► Numbness of the right index and middle fingers.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Paralytic pain of the legs and thighs for several days. ►
Pain in the right knee. ► Deepseated pain, first in the
left, then in the right thigh. ► Lancinating pain in
right knee. ► Numbness of left leg and heel. ► Pain at the forepart of the left leg, for four days. [60.] ► Deepseated pain in the
calves.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Drowsiness in daytime (in two provers). ► Drowsiness in
the evening (in three provers). ► Dreams about
quarrelling. ► Dreams about dead persons, and the falling
out of his front teeth. ► Dreams of flying along a
lighted street; appearance of a ghost; wakes with a start.
FEVER.
► Shivering several
times in the course of the day. ► Heat and burning of the
skin all over, with prickings like the bites of ants. ►
Profuse sweat in bed, several nights in succession.
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Pain in
temporal region; pain at vertex; when rising from bed, spot on cheek. ►
(Night), In bed, profuse sweat. ►
(When lying down), Numbness in arm. ► Amelioration. ► (Morning), On getting up, appetite. ►
(After cold bath), Burning in frontal region ceases.® 2000
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