HEDEOMA.
Hedeoma puligioides, Pers.
Natural order
, Labiatæ. Common name, American Pennyroyal.
Preparation
, Tincture of the whole plant.
Authority.
Dr. Toothaker, Phil. J. of
Hom., 2, p. 655, a woman took a teaspoonful of the oil, repeated after
four days, for suppression of menstruation.
HEAD.
►
Dull, heavy feeling in the head in the morning, not continued through
the day (sixth day). ► Excessive
pains in the head (seventh day). ►
Severe pressive pains in the head, with dull, heavy feeling (seventh
day). ► Sore pain in the left
temporal ridge, as of a cut or wound, lasting about six weeks.
THROAT.
►
A sense as of something rising in the throat, or, as she expresses it,
as if her breast were coming up into her mouth (seventh day). ► Great difficulty in swallowing (first
day); it nearly took away her breath, (fourth day).
STOMACH.
►
Nausea, a rising-up sensation from the stomach, producing occasional
retching to vomit (seventh day). ►
Slight nausea and retching (immediately), (first day). ► Great nausea, with straining and retching
(seventh day). [10.] ► Excessive nausea and disposition to vomit
(sixth day). ► Excessive retching,
nausea, and straining to vomit (fourth day).
ABDOMEN.
►
Abdomen sore to touch, or very sensitive to pressure (seventh day). ► Bearing-down sensations in the lower
abdomen, with outward pressure in the genital organs and sense of
weakness in the limbs (after half an hour, first day); periodical
return, but each day with diminished force (second and third days). ► Excessive bearing-down pains, with
pressure outwards towards vulva, from the whole lower abdomen
accompanied by almost unendurable pains in the back, drawing down from
the upper sacral spine, extending also to the epigastrium and stomach;
these pains had all the characteristics of true labor pains, returning,
if she remained at rest, with regular periodicity, but greatly
aggravated by the least movement; she lay on the floor upon a small
mattress, from which she could not be removed, so great was the
aggravation from every motion, until the following day (seventh day). ► Intolerable bearing-down pains, like
labor pains which had continued through the day, recur now every few
minutes and extend to the stomach and back; these pains are periodical
if perfectly at rest, but recur at every movement of the chest or lower
limbs; pain in the back is especially seated in the sacral spine, near
the upper vertebra, dragging down from that point to the uterus; at 6
o’clock (seventh day). ► The least
food or drink taken into the stomach greatly increased the pain in the
abdomen and the nausea (seventh day).
STOOL.
►
Obstinate constipation (seventh day).
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Bearing-down pains, with pressing outward in the utero-vaginal region,
accompanied by a feeling of weakness in the limbs, so that she could
scarcely stand; these pains continued severe for about an hour, when
they gradually subsided (after one hour, fourth day); occasional return
of the same symptom till the next day, but with diminished force. ► Uterine troubles nearly the same as
yesterday (fifth day); bearing-down pains greatly increased, with
nervous weakness (sixth day). [20.] ► With some difficulty, she informed me
that she was laboring under suppression (seventh day).
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Shortness of breath, as if from an asthmatic attack (seventh day). ► Frequent but periodical dyspnœa and
oppression of the thorax; difficulty of breathing at times very great
(seventh day).
BACK.
►
Excessive pains in the back and head (seventh day).
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Nearly took away the use of her limbs
(fourth day). ► Semi-paralysis of the
limbs; could not stand or move nor endure the pain of movement or of
being moved, at about 6 o’clock (seventh day). ►
Sense of weakness in the limbs (first, second, and third days). ► Pains and coldness in the limbs,
particularly in the feet (seventh day).
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Affected all
her nerves (fourth day). ► Nervous
twitching in all parts of the body (seventh day). [30.] ►
Jerkings, not apparently muscular, but nervous twitchings in every fibre
of the body, sensible in the pulse or whenever my fingers touched the
flesh, and felt by her through the entire system (seventh day). ► Nervous weakness and oppression (seventh
day). ► Nervous weakness, with slight
nausea and retching, immediately (first day). ►
Semi-paralysis, a sort of inability to turn or move herself (seventh
day). ► Subjective. ► Weak, faint feelings, going off when
lying down, but could not sit up; everything turned black (sixth day). ► Great sense of weakness and prostration
following the retching and nausea (fourth day). ►
General soreness (seventh day).
FEVER.
►
Coldness of the feet and extremities (seventh day).
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Feeling in head. ► (Food or drink),
Pain in abdomen, etc. ► (Motion), Pains in lower abdomen, etc.® 2000
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