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FAGOPYRUM. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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FAGOPYRUM.


EAR.

►
External.
[170.] ► Left ear hot and burning, itches within
(thirteenth day), [3]. ► Neuralgic pain in the ear (tragus) early
in the evening (eleventh day), [10].
► Shooting pain in the region of the
right ear, going back to the occiput at 7.30 P.M. (second day), [3]. ►
Internal.
► Pain from
right ear to throat in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), [1]. ► Dull
pain extending from the left ear to the throat upon swallowing
(seventeenth day), [1]. ► Sharp pain in the right ear in the
forenoon (thirty-third day), [1]. ► At 8 P.M., sharp pain, extending from the
right ear down the Eustachian tube to the submaxillary gland; this
continued several minutes (twentieth day), [1]. ►
Soreness of left ear within the auditory canal; sensitive to the touch
(eighth day), [1]. ► Ears itch, and sounds seem muffled and
wavy, but only for a few minutes at a time (fifth day), [1]. ► Itching
of the auditory canals in the forenoon (fortieth day), [1]. [180.] ► Itching of the right auditory canal at 2
P.M. (twenty-third day), [1]. ► Itching of external auditory meatus
(sixteenth day), [10]. ► Itching of left external auditory meatus
(seventeenth day), [10]. ► Itching from right ear along the
Eustachian tube in the afternoon (fortieth day), [1]. ► Hearing.
► A momentary buzzing in the right
ear at noon; ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day), [3]. ►
Ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day), [3].
   

NOSE.

►
Objective.
► Nose is red
and sorer outside (forty-fifth day), [1].
► Septum nasi deeply, cracked, and
has a peculiar gnawing sensation, in the evening (thirty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Sore in the right nostril, just within the nasal bone (sixteenth day), [3]. ►
The sore in the right nostril noticed two days ago has been growing
worse, is an ulcer, and has discharged some today (eighteenth day), [3]. [190.]
► Crusts in the nose, which is still
somewhat sore, in the morning (seventeenth day), [1]. ► Crusts
from in the nose, which is very sensitive, and bleeds when they are
removed (twenty-eighth day), [10].
► Fluent coryza (ninth day), [3]; (soon), (fourteenth day), [1]. ►
Have a watery coryza, which soon passes off, before rising (forty-second
day), [1]. ►
Fluent coryza from the nose; sneezing, from tickling sensation in the
nose; nose sore internally, more upon left side; raw feeling throughout
the nose, on rising (fourteenth day), [3].
► Before rising, had a fluent coryza,
which passed off about 7.30 A.M., and my nose feels dry again; the whole
inner surface of my nose, as far back as can be seen, is ulcerated;
occasionally a white mucous discharge, but soon dry again, in the
afternoon; constant gnawing and heat; from it a bad feeling extends
through the head (forty-third day), [1].
► A sudden, most persistent fluid
coryza, wholly from the left side, with burning, stinging pain in the
left nostril, high up and very
severe (second day), [6]. ► Slight watery coryza in the forenoon
(fourth day), [3]. ► Through forenoon occasional thick, white
coryza; at 1 P.M., nose very dry, and mucous membrane feels as if
contracted (forty-sixth day), [1].
► Coryza a little bloody in the
morning (eighth day), [1]. [200.] ► Slight epistaxis soon after rising
(thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth day), [1].
► Subjective. ► Nose feels stopped up, as if I had taken
cold, in the morning (second day), [4].
► Upon rising, nose soon becomes
stuffed and full, with a feeling of pressure behind the eyes and through
the anterior portion of the head; nose is alternately stuffed and clear
through the day (fourteenth day), [1].
► Nose feels dry and is much sorer
(seventeenth day), [1]. ► Whole internal surface of nose feels dry,
and as if contracted; gnawing as before, at 2 P.M. (forty-second day), [1]. ►
Whole inner surface of nose far back feels dry and as if parched; itches
and burns; occasionally a watery flow, which dries up immediately
(eighteenth and nineteenth days), [1].
► Pain from the interior of the nose
to the eyes, which feel rough; motion aggravates (eleventh, twelfth and
thirteenth days), [1]. ► Pain, extending from the inner surface of
the nose up behind the eyes upon inhalation, in the morning (eighth
day), [1]. ►
Pain in the nose, caused by breathing cool air, not sharp, but aching
pain (fifth day), [1]. ► Pain from the raw dry surface of the nose
up through the back of the eyes; nose hot and swollen, and filled with
dry crusts, in the forenoon (thirty-first day), [1]. [210.] ► Nose burns, and there is a
stinging-gnawing pain; can hardly keep my hands from it, in the forenoon
(thirty-sixth day), [1]. ► Whole inner surface of my nose burns,
with a gnawing and stinging, especially the septum nasi, in the forenoon
(forty-first day), [1]. ► Nose and throat sore at 7 A.M.
(twenty-third day), [1]. ► Nose sore, more on right side, in the
evening (fifty-second day), [1]. ► Nose sore internally (twelfth day), [3]. ►
Nose sore and excoriated within, slightly swollen (second day), [1]. ►
Nose sore; formation of dry crusts in the nostrils, although a loose
cold in the head constantly (twentieth and forty-fourth days), [10]. ►
Nose still sore and filled with crusts, which are easily removed, but
this is followed by itching and burning (fifth day), [1]. ► A sore
nose for nearly three weeks; it is dry and parched, and the mucous
surface ulcerated far back; fills with dry crusts; it improves, and then
gets worse again (thirtieth day), [8].
► Nose quite sore, and burns (seventh
and eighth days), [1]. [220.] ►
Nose is very sore, and pain extends from it to the head (seventeenth
day), [1]. ►
Nose very sore, swollen, and hot, with a burning sensation, in the
evening (thirtieth day), [1]. ► Nose is very sore again; it never gets
quite well; the whole internal surface far back is sore and covered with
dry crusts (thirtieth day), [1]. ► Inner surface of nose continues sore,
also septum far back; touch causes burning and itching (fifth day), [1]. ►
Nose sorer at 9.30 P.M., which this afternoon seemed nearly well; cannot
sit still on account of the dull pain and peculiar uneasy feeling it
occasions (twenty-fourth day), [1].
► Nose not as sore inside, but
becoming so outside; nose usually less sensitive in the morning, but
becomes sorer in the middle of the forenoon, and still sorer during
afternoon (forty-fourth day), [1].
► Soreness in the nostrils, which are
dry, at 4 P.M. (thirteenth day), [3].
► Can hardly touch the nose; the
whole interior surface is dry and hot, and feels as if raw (seventeenth
day), [1]. ►
Upon breathing the cold air, a bruised pain extends from the sore
interior surface of the nose up behind the eyes (tenth day), [1]. ►
Itching of the alæ nasi, both externally and internally; sore and
excoriated internally, also hot and swollen; septum nasi begins to be
similarly affected (third day), [1].
   

FACE.

►
Objective.
[230.] ► Face flushed (thirteenth day), [7]. ►
Uneven redness of the face in the afternoon (forty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Face pale, at times flushed; dark under the eyes (twenty-seventh day), [1]. ►
Face swollen, with heat (eighteenth day), [3].
► Subjective. ► Face feels hot and dry, and as if it
would peel all over, in the evening (third day), [3]. ►
Neuralgic pain of the left side of the face (ninth day); in the face,
with a bruised sensation on closing the teeth firmly, or on moving the
jaw (tenth day), [10]. ► Cheeks. ►
The left malar bone becomes sore, and also the temporal region, towards
evening. This causes pain and pressure in left eye upon closing the jaws
firmly, as during mastication (eighteenth day), [1]. ► Lips.
► Lips dry, they crack and peel
(third day), [1]. ► Lips are dry, cracked, and painful, crack
extending longitudinally on the upper lip (seventeenth day), [3]. ►
Lips are dry, cracked, and sore, in the afternoon (forty-third day), [1]. [240.]
► Lips become sore and festered;
afterwards dry and scaly; black as ink (sixty-first day), [10]. ►
Burning of the lips (twenty-seventh day), [1].
► Corner of mouth, night side, is
sore, dry, hot, and deeply cracked, in the afternoon (thirty-first day),
[1]. ►
The upper lip has an itching and drawing sensation, as if the skin were
too tight, at 11 P.M. (seventh day), [1].
   

MOUTH.

►
Teeth.
► A sore and
bruised feeling on closing the teeth tightly together at any time during
the day; hurts to open the mouth (ninth day), [10]. ► Great
sensitiveness of left incisor on brushing teeth with cold water; never
so before; obliged to use warm water (fifty-fourth day), [10]. ► Gums.
► Tenderness of gums of left side in
region of lower molars (thirtieth day), [10].
► Soreness of the alveolar process
behind the lower incisor teeth; also swelling of the gums; gums bleed at
the slightest provocation (sixth day), [7].
► Tongue. ► Tongue very red, as it has been all the
time, in the morning (sixteenth day), [1].
► Tongue bright-red; moist and
fissured deeply along its edges at 2 P.M. (twenty-third day), [1]. [250.]
► Tongue bright-red, also isthmus of
fauces and soft palate (seventeenth day), [1].
► Tongue scarlet, so fauces, in the
afternoon (nineteenth day), [1]. ► Tongue coated in the morning (second
day), [4]. ►
Thin white coating of tongue (eighteenth day); (in the morning),
(twenty-first and twenty-second days), [1].
► General Mouth. ► Have a swelling in the roof of my mouth
from the edge of the palate-bone forward; a diffuse swelling, not very
sore, but feeling unpleasantly, in the afternoon (forty-first to
forty-third day), [1]. ► Have vesicles on the lips and in the
mouth, and yet have no indications of a cold (twenty-fifth day), [1]. ►
For two mornings and evenings, dryness of the mouth and pharynx; also
the lips are dry and scaly (sixty-first day), [10]. ► Dry
mouth, with tough mucus in its back part, at 4 P.M. (thirteenth day), [3]. ►
The inner surface of the mouth feels as if dry and parched, and yet more
than an ordinary amount of saliva (fifth day), [1]. ► Have a
swollen sore spot in roof of mouth (seventeenth day), [1]. [260.] ► In the afternoon, a rough, sore feeling
of the whole roof of the mouth back to the pharynx (fourth day), [4]. ►
Scraped feeling of the palate (second day), [4]. ► Saliva.
► Saliva in the mouth at 11.30 A.M.
(twenty-fourth day), [1]. ► Saliva in the mouth; incipient nausea
(sixteenth day), [1]. ► Saliva collects in the mouth, with gaping
and belching of wind (fifth day), [3].
► Accumulation of water in the mouth
in the afternoon (fifteenth day), [3].
► Considerable secretion of saliva
(sixty-first day), [10]. ► Saliva flews freely (eighth and tenth
days), [1]. ► Taste. ►
Bad taste in mouth in morning
(second day), [4]; (thirteenth day), [7]; (twenty-second day), [1]; in afternoon (twentieth day), [1]. ► Sour,
disagreeable taste in the mouth in the morning (eighth day), [3]. [270.]
► Bitter taste in the mouth
(thirteenth day), [7]. ► Tasting of ingesta after dinner (6 P.M.),
with eructations (sixteenth day), [10].
   

THROAT.

►
Objective.
► Thick mucus
collects in the throat, on rising (fourteenth day), [3]. ► Subjective.
► Throat sore and dry (thirteenth
day), [7]. ►
Throat is sore and aches just back of the isthmus of the fauces; feels
as if raw and a bruised aching pain extends downwards (fifth day), [1]. ►
Throat is sore and feels as if excoriated; swallowing aggravates (fifth
day), [1]. ►
Throat sore; stiffness and swelling of the fauces; feeling as if
swallowing would relieve the soreness, but find it difficult, and also
that it greatly increases the pain. Dull aching pain, extending to the
pharynx. Throat very sore and inflamed (thirteenth day), [7]. ► Throat
sorer and aches, especially the upper part of the pharynx, during the
afternoon (fifteenth day), [1]. ► Throat is quite sore, commencing on left
side, apparently at upper part of the œsophagus; feel as though a lump
were in the throat; hurts to swallow. Cannot say it is pathogenetic
(forty-first day), [10]. ► Throat very sore, not far back, but
isthmus of fauces feels as if raw; constant aching pain aggravated by
swallowing; this pain seems to diffuse itself through the head,
especially affecting the ears (twentieth day), [1]. [280.] ► Throat very sore, especially the soft
palate and the pillars of the fauces; this soreness does not extend back
into the pharynx; there is an irritation which provokes swallowing, but
this occasions a sore scraping sensation and a kind of dull pain
(twentieth day), [1]. ► Great soreness and aching of the throat,
which gets dry, and upon swallowing feels as if raw (seventeenth and
eighteenth days), [1]. ► Dry soreness in the throat and back nasal
fossæ, in the afternoon after eating (fourth day), [3]. ► Dry
soreness in the throat; submaxillary glands are swollen (seventh day), [3]. ►
Uvula and Tonsils.
► Uvula
is elongated, and there is a granular appearance of the soft palate
(fourth day); the granular appearance lasts until twenty-first day; (had
had nothing of the kind before), [4].
► Feeling of constriction and a
darting pain in the soft palate (after second dose, second day), [9]. ►
Smarting of the under surface of the soft palate when swallowing, at
4.30 P.M.; a feeling of dryness of the under surface of the palate and
back part of the mouth, soon after third dose; painful raw sensation of
the palate while swallowing, at 11 P.M. (first day), [4]. ► Tonsils
swollen and red (thirteenth day), [7].
► About 4 A.M., great soreness in
region of right tonsil. Succeeded in throwing off a hard, offensive,
cheesy mass about the size of a pea; at 8, soreness much diminished
(fortieth day), [1]. ► Fauces and Œsophagus. ► Feeling of dryness in the fauces and
posterior nares, causing an almost constant desire to swallow (after
twenty minutes, second day), [9]. [290.] ►
In evening, great dryness of the fauces, commenced at 8, and lasted for
an hour or two (nineteenth day), [10].
► Isthmus of fauces very sore, in the
evening (twenty-second day), [1]. ► Fauces feel scraped and sore, aggravated
by swallowing (seventeenth day), [1].
► Rising of sour fluid in the
œsophagus after retiring (11 P.M.), (twenty-ninth day), [10]. ►
Burning in the œsophagus, at 1 P.M. (fourteenth day), [3]. ► Swallowing.
► Frequent desire to swallow, in the
afternoon (first day), [4]. ► External Throat. ► Scarlet redness of neck below the mastoid
process, in the afternoon (forty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Swelling of the size of a pea over the trachea, which is very sore and
hard has continued for several days (thirty-third day), [1]. ► Carotids
throb
(sixth and subsequent days), [1]. ►
Throbbing of the carotids plainly seen by one observing, on rising in
the morning (twentieth day), [1]. [300.] ► Can look in the glass and count the pulse
by observing the throbbing of the carotids, at 2 P.M. (twenty-third
day), [1]. ►
Carotids throb violently, and even a light pressure over them causes a
bursting pressing in the head; neck feels tired and head heavy; pressure
increased by going upstairs, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), [1]. ►
Submaxillary glands are enlarged (fifth day), [1]. ► Parotid
glands swollen and very painful (thirteenth day), [7]. ►
Stiffness of the cords of the neck, left side, on bending the head
backward (thirteenth day), [7]. ► Pain from the left submaxillary gland,
which is sore to the ear, at 4.40 P.M. (thirty-second day), [1]. ►
Occasional pains from the submaxillary glands down the neck; the glands
are sore (fiftieth day), [1]. ► Frequent sharp pains down the left
anterior portion of the neck, with a feeling of soreness (fifty-third
day), [1]. ►
Sticking pain in the region of the parotid glands, especially the right,
in the afternoon (fourth day), [4].
► Soreness in the region of the
submaxillary glands, more especially on the left side (fifth day), [1]. [310.]
► Submaxillary glands sore, more on
left side (in the afternoon), (fifty-second day); (fifty-third and
fifty-fourth days), [1].
   

STOMACH.

►
Appetite.
► Appetite good,
and temporary relief of symptoms while eating supper, but soon return
(fifth day), [1]. ► Canine hunger soon after eating; easily
satisfied by eating a small amount of food (thirteenth day), [7]. ►
Appetite not so good as usual (fifth day), [5]. ►
Appetite is a little capricious, but comes on as I eat, so that I eat
very heartily (tenth day), [3]. ► No appetite at first, but after beginning
to eat it became excessive (eighth day), [3].
► No appetite for breakfast
(fourteenth day), [3]. ► Eat dinner, but have no desire for it
(thirty-first day), [1]. ► No special desire for dinner, but like to
eat after once beginning; this has been so generally since taking
Fagopyrum, esc. (seventeenth day), [1].
► Thirst. ► Thirst commencing at 9 P.M.; drink large
quantities (forty-fifth and forty-sixth days), [10]. [320.] ► Some thirst, in the morning (twenty-fifth
day), [1]. ►
Very thirsty (thirty-second day), [10].
► Very thirsty, in the evening
(forty-third day), [10]. ► Very thirsty in the evening; drank two
goblets of water in about five minutes (thirty-ninth day), [1]. ►
Excessive thirst all day (seventh day), [3].
► Excessive thirst in the evening;
drink large quantities (twentieth day), [10].
► Excessively thirsty in the evening
(also at meals); drank two or three goblets of water at short intervals,
and still somewhat thirsty (eleventh day), [10]. ►
Thirsty at night (thirty-third day), [10].
► Eructation. ► Eructations in the afternoon
(twenty-eighth day), [1]. ► Eructations, with general disturbed
feeling of the stomach (seventh day), [6].
[330.] ►
During the day, occasional eructations of scalding, acid, watery
substance coming up into the pharynx, and so hot as to almost cause
strangulation (second day), [4]. ► Eructations of an offensive taste (sixth
day), [6]. ►
Belching of wind follows the taking of the preparation (twelfth day), [3]. ►
Belching of wind and gaping (sixth day), [1].
► Watery regurgitation, at 10 A.M.
(fourth day), [3]. ► Heartburn and acidity of the stomach all
day long, extending from the stomach up through the whole length of the
œsophagus (twelfth day), [10]. ► Feel nauseated and sick all through, at
10.40 A.M. (thirty-first day), [1].
► Nausea every morning at breakfast
(sixty-fifth day), [10]. ► Nausea and heat, during forenoon
(twenty-fifth day), [1]. ► Nausea and weariness (seventeenth day), [1]. [340.]
► Nausea and heat in the stomach,
extending up to the throat; faintness and heat in the stomach later; in
the afternoon (eighth day), [3]. ► Frequent nausea almost to vomiting, and a
sore feeling in the stomach; all relieved by belching wind (sixth day), [1]. ►
Soon felt a slight nausea, which may have been from taking the alcohol,
at 7 A.M. (first day), [4]. ► Slight nausea during most of the day
(sixteenth and forty-eighth days), [10].
► Slight nausea every day, with
thirst at night regularly (fifty-fourth day), [10]. ► Slight
nausea, with itching here and there all over the body (forty-fourth
day), [10]. ►
Slight nausea in the abdomen, felt more or less continuously (fourth
day), [10]. ►
Faint nausea after dinner, at first slight, but increased towards
evening; became excessive upon witnessing an operation which enlisted
sympathies very much. ► Nausea
extended down into the bowels, with griping-cutting pains, followed by a
diarrhœic stool. Eating relieved the nausea (thirty-fourth day), [10]. ►
Faint nausea without hunger, in the evening (twenty-eighth day);
morning, afternoon, and evening, without desire for food (twenty-ninth
day), [10]. ►
Faint nausea at epigastrium each night, at a late hour. The pain passes
down into the bowels, and is wholly and invariably relieved by discharge
of flatus (twenty-eighth and preceding days), [10]. [350.] ► Incipient nausea (at 11.30 A.M.),
(twenty-fourth day), [1]. ► Stomach. ►
Stomach feels unsettled (at 9 A.M.), (twentieth day); (thirty-fourth
day), [1]. ►
Stomach feels unsettled, in the forenoon; have nausea and am hardly able
to sit, at 5 P.M.; some nausea at 12.30 P.M. (twentieth day), [1]. ►
Stomach feels uneasy (eighth day), [1].
► A peculiar sensation of uneasiness
in the stomach bordering upon nausea, in the evening (tenth day), [1]. ►
Disagreeable sensation at epigastrium (seventeenth day), [10]. ►
Stomach feels distressed, at noon (fifth day), [1]. ► Feeling
of emptiness in the pit of the stomach (thirteenth day), [7]. ► At 12
M. stomach feels badly; an empty feeling, and as if something to eat
would relieve (fifth day), [3]. ► An empty faint feeling in the stomach, at
6 P.M. (thirteenth day), [3]. ► Empty hot feeling in the stomach at noon
(seventh day), [3]. [360.] ►
Empty burning feeling in the stomach, flatulent distension, at 1 P.M.
(fourteenth day), [3]. ► Heat and empty feeling in the stomach;
heat extending up the œsophagus to the mouth, at 6 P.M. (fourth day), [3]. ►
Burning in the stomach, and a chill in the back soon after stool, in the
afternoon (fifteenth day), [3]. ► Stomach and back symptoms relieved by
eating, but there is a great sense of fulness, at 2 P.M. (seventh day), [3]. ►
Dull aching pain through the stomach and abdomen, which becomes severe
as the stomach becomes empty; it is relieved by eating, but soon
followed by a bruised pain, at times severe, lasting all the evening,
greatly aggravated by sitting still; relieved by motion (twenty-seventh
day), [1]. ►
Stomach feels oppressed and as if empty, at 11 P.M. (seventh day), [1]. ►
Stomach feels oppressed and as if empty, yet no desire for food, at 12
M. (sixteenth and seventeenth days), [1].
► Stomach oppressed, and an empty
feeling, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Oppression of stomach very great, before rising (forty-third day), [1]. ►
Oppression in the stomach, as if it had received some hot substance, no
real pain; a bruised sensation and uneasiness (after one hour); it
continues through the evening and (after four hours) it is almost
impossible to remain sitting; a feeling as if something to eat would
relieve. After belching wind this feeling passes off in part, but soon
returns. Do no remember belching wind before; it is an entirely new
symptom to me (third day), [1]. [370.] ►
Feeling as if my breakfast rested heavy and undigested in my stomach,
disappearing, but returning in a few minutes (second day), [8]. ►
Cutting pain in my stomach after eating an apple, at 9 P.M.
(twenty-fourth day), [1]. ► Symptoms mostly relieved while walking in
the open air, but the stomach feels as if something was moving in it,
causing a sore distressed feeling; belching wind relieves; never had a
similar feeling before; it continues until retiring (fifth day), [1]. ►
Tenderness over the stomach, in the morning (twenty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Some bruised pain in the stomach (sixteenth day), [1]. ► Stomach
feels as if bruised and hurt; oppression of the stomach and gnawing, no
hunger, relieved by eructation (fifth day), [1]. ► There
is a bruised sore feeling in the stomach, almost immediately (tenth
day), [1]. ►
I believe the whole digestive tract is affected (twenty-eighth day), [1]. ►
After breakfast feel much better; coffee relieves (forty-third day), [1].

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