HÆMATOXYLON.
Hæmatoxylon Campechianum, Linn.
Natural order
, Leguminosæ. Common names, Logwood; Bois d’Inde; (Germ.),
Blauholz.
Preparation
, Tincture of the heart-wood.
Authority.
Jouve, Pathogénésie
Symptomatique de la Bib. Hom., 2de Série, 1839, “Symptoms obtained
from two healthy persons of different sexes, who took the tincture for
fifteen days, in doses gradually increasing from 1 drop to 20
drops.”
MIND.
►
Sadness. ► Desire to weep. ► Bad temper. ►
Spitefulness. ► Morose disposition. ► Dulness of mind.
HEAD.
►
Confusion, heaviness, and dulness of the head, with difficulty in
thinking and expressing himself. ►
Head burning hot. ► Headache, as from
indigestion, with swelling of the stomach and abdomen, anxiety,
inclination to vomit, sour eructations of food; at night. [10.] ►
Pain in the forehead; inclination to vomit when stooping. ► Pain in the left forehead, spreading over
the face, and affecting the teeth on that side. ►
Head affected in the frontal and occiput, left side, extending to the
ear. ► Head affected in the frontal
region; sensation of a weight (soon). ►
Bruised pain on the upper portion of the left temple.
EYE.
►
Sunken eyes, with blue rings around them. ►
Heaviness in the eyes. ► Sensation of
sand in the eyes. ► Violent pinching
and pressive pain above the left eye near the temple; after a quarter of
an hour, it shifts to the corresponding spot on the right side. ► Painful pressure over the eyes, with
feeling of constriction on raising the lids. [20.]
► Heaviness of the lids, compelling
them to close; inability to look long at anything. ►
Redness of the ocular conjunctiva, especially inwardly; also of the
caruncula lachrymalis. ► Contracted
pupils. ► Dimness of vision. ► Mist before the eyes; in reading, the
letters vanish. ► Appearance of a
veil before the eyes.
EAR.
►
Pain in the external auditory meatus, with sensation as if there was a
flea in it.
FACE.
►
Pale face, with sad, dejected, uneasy expression. ►
Pain on the left lower jaw, with lancination in the teeth and cheek of
that side.
THROAT.
►
Sore throat; difficulty in swallowing saliva. [30.]
► Constriction of the œsophagus,
with inclination to swallow. ► Severe
pain, starting from the right ear and descending along the side of the
neck, with constriction and smarting of the throat, difficult
deglutition, and frequent spitting.
STOMACH.
►
Eructations of air. ► Swelling of the
stomach, with eructation of inodorous air. ►
Pain in the stomach, aggravated by pressure. ►
Critical pain in the stomach and hypogastrium, with tearing, as after
taking poison. ► Pressure in the
epigastrium, painful swelling of the stomach, and eructations, which
afford relief.
ABDOMEN.
►
Borborygmi colic, and diarrhœa in the morning (after twelve hours). ► Bellyache with inclination to vomit, and
a painful digging, which ascends from the abdomen to the throat,
settling in the region of the heart and there causing a sort of bruised
pain, aggravated by touch; with oppression. ►
Colic, with pain in the kidneys and nausea. [40.]
► Colic in the left side of the
abdomen, with yawning and stretching, and desire to vomit. ► The colic is sometimes constant,
sometimes severe, sometimes slight; then there is a cold feeling. ► Very painful abdomen, with colic,
borborygmi, digging in the bowels, soft stools with griping, weariness
in the legs, strong palpitations; uneasiness and extreme anxiety,
followed by shivering and general coldness. ►
Uneasiness in hypogastrium, as if the menses were coming on. ► Pain in the abdomen, as if the menses
were coming on, with a white, mucous, leucorrhœal discharge. ► Severe colic and griping in the entire
hypogastrium, with tension and swelling, followed by a soft stool, with
relief; transient pain in the sacrum. ►
Very severe colic in the hypogastrium, as if diarrhœa was coming on,
with inflation and tension, the swelling being very sensitive to touch.
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Urine red, scanty, and burning.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Pressure on the genitals.
CHEST.
►
Constriction of the chest as far as the epigastrium, with sensation of
smarting and burning, aggravated by contact on the left side of the
chest posteriorly. [50.] ► Sensation as if a bar lay transversely
across from the region of the heart to the right side, with acute pain
in the left upper portion of the chest.
HEART AND PULSE.
►
The region of the heart is very painful, causing extreme anxiety, with
violent palpitation, small pulse, burning hands, and general shivering.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Pain in the left shoulder, as from
inflammation.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Short-lasting lancinating pain, from the
left hip to the knee. ► Stiffness of
the knees, as after a long march, in the evening (after twelve hours). ► Sensation of painful swelling in the
lower part of the legs, as from inflammation, with shuddering and great
lassitude, in the evening (after twelve hours).
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Inclination for repose. ► General
malaise, with anxiety, starting from the stomach, and colic.
SKIN.
►
Gooseflesh.
SLEEP.
►
Yawning and stretching; sensation as from a foreign body in the throat;
frequent spitting of saliva. [60.] ► Frequent yawning. ►
He thinks he is going to sleep.
FEVER.
►
General coldness, rather internal than external. ►
General coldness when the colic ceases, with burning heat in the palms. ► Horripilation. ►
Dry skin, especially on the palms, which are usually moist. ► Diminished perspiration of the feet, with
palpitation of the heart.
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Borborygmi, etc. ► (Evening),
Stiffness of the knees; sensation in legs. ►
(Night), Headache, etc. ► (Stooping),
Inclination to vomit. ► Amelioration.
► (In open
air), The symptoms.® 2000
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