EUCALYPTUS.
Eucalyptus globulus, Labil.
Natural order
, Myrtaceæ. Common names, Australian fever or gum tree.
Preparation
, Tincture of the leaves.
(Eucalyptol is the essential oil.)
Authorities.
1,
Dr. A. Maurin, general effects of “large doses” (2 to 4
grammes and over), and of inhaling the vapors of the essence,
“L’Akhbar,” of Algiers, March 1st, 1872; Bibliothèque Homœop.,
March, 1872; 2, E. M. Hale; Dr. D.,
took tincture; 10 drops twice, first day; 10 drops, four times, third
day; 10 drops twice, 20 drops, once, fourth day; 30 drops, twice, sixth
day; 30 drops, four times, seventh day; 30 drops three times, eighth
day; Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1873, p. 694; 3,
Mrs. D., took same, in 5-drop doses, at two or three different times,
for three or four days each time. Had the same symptoms each time,
ibid.; 4, Dr. Fawcett took decoction
of 20 leaves to a pint of water, a tablespoonful three or four times
daily, for several days; 4a, 2d proving with same; 4b, 3d
proving with same; Month. Hom. Review, 1874, p. 90; 5, Fawcett, effects on a lad, aged 13 years,
of eating largely of the gum, and chewing many leaves, ibid.; 6, Theod. Siegen, effects of Eucalyptol, 4
doses of 20 drops, at intervals of an hour, and of 120 drops; London
Med. Record, Feb. 4th, 1874, p. 523; 7,
Ringer, general effects of Eucalyptol, 10 to 20 drops; Phil. Med. Times,
1874, p. 253, from London Med. Record.
MIND.
►
Intoxication is not constant; often it only stimulates. M. Gubler says
this excitement may amount to fever, [7].
► Four doses of twenty drops taken at
intervals of an hour did not impair the appetite, but produced a sort of
drunkenness, which in an hour and a half passed into mental depression
and exhaustion lasting for several hours, [6].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo (part of S. 31), [4a]. ► In one case it produced cerebral
congestion with much excitement, [7].
► Dull feeling in head (after first
dose, third day), [2]. ► Congestive headache, [1]. ► Sense
of fulness in the head (part of S. 3), [4a].
► General full feeling of head
(eighth day), [2]. ► Dull frontal headache (eighth day), [2].
EYE.
[10.]
► Eyes hot, burning, smarting (after
first dose), still burning and hot (after fourth dose, third day),
burning (sixth and eighth days), [2].
► Eyelids heavy (eighth day), [2]. ►
Dimness of vision (part of S. 31), [4a].
NOSE.
►
A cold in the head, [3]. ► Considerable coryza (fourth and eighth
days), [2]. ►
Some stiffness of the nose (after first dose, third day), [2].
MOUTH.
►
Relaxed, aphthous condition (fourth day), [2].
► Increased secretion of buccal mucus
and saliva, [1]. ► A slightly burning taste, extending into
the throat and œsophagus, [1].
THROAT.
►
Constant sensation as of phlegm in throat, and expectoration of slightly
thick white frothy mucus, not profuse, during the afternoon (after
second dose, fourth day), [2]. [20.] ► A
feeling of fulness and soreness in the throat on swallowing; some
burning in throat (after fourth dose, third day), [2].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Increased
appetite, [7]. ► Thirst. ►
Urgent thirst (in the fever), [1].
► Tormenting thirst (part of S. 31), [4a]. ►
Eructation. ► Eructations
smelling of the drug, [1]. ► Eructations tasting of the drug during
the entire evening (first day), Eucalyptus eructations continue (third
day), [2]. ►
Burning eructations, and tasting of the Eucalyptus (after first dose,
seventh day), [2]. ► Stomach. ►
Difficult and painful digestion, [1].
► Lack of prompt digestion continued
after the proving, [2].
► Twenty minutes after eating my
dinner, while sitting at the desk, putting up medicines, a very peculiar
sensation of faintness and goneness at stomach, accompanied by a
distinct sensation of beating, which, on consultation with Dr. Hale, I
concluded was a beating of the abdominal aorta, perfectly synchronous
with the heart. This sensation continued at times all the afternoon and
the next forenoon, [2]. [30.] ►
Some burning in stomach, after dinner (seventh day), [2]. ► Burning
sensation in the epigastric and umbilical regions, together with a
tormenting thirst, faintness, vertigo, dimness of vision, a sense of
fulness in the head, with dull frontal headache, and a tightness across
the bridge of the nose, as if profuse epistaxis would set in, [4a]. ►
Sensation of heat in stomach, [1].
► Fulness and pressure in stomach
(after third dose, fourth day), [2].
► Sensation in stomach as though it
were too full, as though he had eaten too much; not much pain; lasting
about an hour (three-quarters of an hour after first dose, first day), [2]. ►
Full, uncomfortable sensation in stomach, as if I had eaten or drank too
much (after first dose, sixth and seventh days), [2]. ► Weight
in stomach, [1]. ► Tenderness and burning sensation in the
stomach and bowels, with great heat in the rectum, which was followed by
tenesmus with discharge of mucus and great prostration. Violent
purgation and hæmorrhage from the bowels ensued, and a suspension of
the experiments became necessary (after the eruption), [4].
ABDOMEN.
►
Uncomfortable, uneasy feeling in umbilical region (after second dose,
first day), extending through the bowels farther; skirmishing, aching
pains in the upper portions of the bowels. Feel as if I would have a
diarrhœa (half an hour after first dose, third day), [2]. ► Sharp,
aching pains in lower part of bowels, accompanied with a thin, watery
diarrhœa, yellow in color, on getting up in the morning (fourth day), [2]. [40.]
► Considerable pain of a sharp aching
character, in hypogastric region, after dinner (seventh day), [2].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa smelling of the drug, [1].
► Thin diarrhœa, accompanied by
aching (rather sharp) pains running through the bowels, particularly in
the morning, [3]. ► Some irregularity of the bowels continued
after the proving, [2]. ► My bowels for a long time have been
perfectly regular, excepting since taking this drug. This morning
missed; have some urging (seventh day), [2].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Urine smells of violets; the powder and tincture, however, produce an
herbaceous smell, or leave the smell unaffected, [7]. ► Greatly
increased the elimination of urea, [7].
► Gimbert usually passes 20 grammes
of urea in twenty-four hours, but under the influence of this medicine
40 grammes in the same time, [7].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Increased sexual appetite, [7].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Breathing quickened (in the fever), [1].
HEART AND PULSE.
[50.]
► In one case, painful palpitation, [7]. ►
Acceleration of the pulse, [7].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Many nodular swellings over the
metacarpal and metatarsal joints, [5].
► In both upper and lower extremities
pricking sensations were first noticed, followed by a painful aching in
both arms and legs, together with a sense of fulness in the veins, and a
stiff, weary sensation, as if too lazy to move, [4a].
GENERALITIES.
►
Objective. ► General
excitement and desire for exercise, [1].
► Pleasant general excitement, shown
by irresistible desire for moving about and a feeling of buoyancy, [7]. ►
General calmness and soothing sleep, [7].
► Increased strength, [7]. ► Great
prostration (part of S. 37), [4]. ► Faintness (part of S. 31), [4a]. ►
Subjective. [60.] ► Malaise (in the fever), [1]. ► He
could neither walk nor carry anything without great pain, [5]. ► Pains
of a rheumatic character; they were mostly of a jerking, tearing,
stitchlike nature, and were worse at night (soon), [4a]. ► Feel
as though I had taken cold (after fourth dose, third day); still have
the cold (fourth day); it has almost entirely disappeared (fifth day);
returns (eighth day), [2]. ► Effects removed by a cup of coffee, [7].
SKIN.
►
Swellings in different parts of the body; one below the nipple on the
right side, about the size of a filbert-nut, was the seat of stabbing
and darting pains; it remained for upwards of two months, and at the
time the letter we have received was written, it was disappearing under
the influence of Phytolacca decandra,
[4b]. ►
Eruptions, sometimes, [7]. ► Eruptions upon the skin of an herpetic
character, glandular enlargement, and development of foul and indolent
ulcers (after several days), [4]. ► Eruptions of an herpetic character, [4b].
SLEEP.
►
Feel sleepy and dull (eighth day), [2].
[70.] ►
Drowsiness (in anæmic subjects), [1].
► Sleeplessness (in the fever), [1].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Temperature
falls considerably, [7]. [120.] ►
drops; (4.2 grammes) lowered the temperature of a healthy man 5° Cent.
(9° F.), and that too in the evening, when it would normally have
risen, [6]. ► Heat. ►
Attack of actual fever, [1]. ► He appeared to be suffering from
rheumatic fever, [5]. ► The essential oil escapes through the
skin, rendering the sweat odorous, [7].
► The sweat had a perceptible odor of
trimethylamine, [6].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Pains in bowels, etc. ► (Night),
Rheumatic pains. ► (After dinner), Burning in stomach; pain in
hypogastric region. ► Amelioration.
► (Coffee),
Removed effects.® 2000
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