INDIGO.
An oxidation product, from the juices of several
plants, chiefly Indigofera tinctoria, Linn.
Natural order
, Leguminosæ.
Preparation
, Triturations.
Authorities.
1,
Hartlaub and Trinks, Annales, 3, 329; 2,
Blaufuss took repeated doses of 1 to 3 grains, Martin’s provings, Hom.
Vierteljahrsschrift, 10, p. 81; 3,
Fries took 1 grain daily for three days, ibid.; 4,
Græfe took 1 grain first day, 2 grains second day, ibid.; 5, Gunther took 1 grain daily for three days,
afterward a dose of 1/100th grain ibid.; 6,
Hilper took 1 grain, first, second, and fourth days, proving
subsequently repeated, ibid.; 7,
Horn took 1 grain, first and second days, ibid.; 8, Kuntzmann, proving with 1-grain doses,
ibid.; 9, Martin, provings, 1-grain
doses, ibid.; 9a,
same 1/100th grain doses; 9b, same, 5 grains of 1st trit.; 10, Oehler took 1/100th grain in the morning
and afternoon, ibid.; 11, Reichmann,
effects of 1/100th grain in the morning and afternoon, ibid.; 12, Vulpius took 1 grain, first, second, and
third days, ibid.; 13, Werther took
1 grain daily for three days, ibid.; 14,
Wilcher took 1 grain first and second days, ibid.; 15, Dr. Lembke’s provings, A. H. Z., 45, 338,
repeated doses of 2d trit., 2 to 12 grains, afterward of 1st trit., 2 to
10 grains, and after a week 26 grains; 16,
Roth, Diss., Berlin, 1834, and Br. and For. Med. Rev., 1836, effects of
Indigo in epileptics; 17, Dr. G. von
Stahly, Jr. (reference as last), effects in epileptics; 18, Nankievitz, Preuss. Ver., 1837 (from
Roth, Mad. Med., I); 19, Hilsenberg,
ibid.; 20, Groszheim, ibid., 1833; 21, Doepp, Hufel. Journ., vol. 80 (from
ibid.); 22, Ideler, effects of doses
of from 1 scruple to 1 ounce in epileptic patients, Lancet, June, 1835,
from Berl. Med. Zeit.; 23, same as
17; 24, same as 16.
MIND.
►
Illusions of sensation; it constantly seems to her as though she had a
large goitre, which was very prominent; she was constantly obliged to
look down and feel whether it was so, [1].
► Very lively mood (third day), [6]. ►
*Sad, discontented, ill-humored, retired in himself, [1]. ►
Great irritability (second day), [9b].
► Ill-humor, in the evening (second
day), [14]. ►
Fretfulness, ill-humor, indolence, [1].
► Anxiety, [10]. ► Great
anxiety, [5]. ► Great desire to work (fifth day), [6]. [10.]
► Dulness of sense, [11].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► Vertigo (fourth
day), [3]. ► General Head. ►
Rush of blood to the head (after 3 grains), [2]. ►
Congestion of the head, transient, [10].
► Dulness and heaviness in the head
on moving it, in the forenoon (after one hour), [1]. ►
Heaviness in the head (twenty-second day), [15]. ►
Sensation of heaviness and swaying in the head (seventh day), [15]. ►
Head heavy and confused, with pressure deep within the brain
(twenty-third day), [15]. ► Head heavy, as if full, especially in the
forehead, with increased warmth of the forepart of the head and drawing
in the arms and legs, in the morning (second day), [15]. ►
Headache (second and fifth days), [9b].
[20.] ►
Headache, with redness and heat of the face (first day), [6]. ►
Headache, in the evening (third day), [3].
► Headache, about 8 or 9 P.M.;
disappearing, but returning violently at 11 P.M. (second day), [6]. ►
Violent headache, with chilliness (second day), [12]. ► Raging
and beating in the whole head as with a hammer (after two and a half
hours), [1]. ►
Warmth rushes into the head and distresses her for a long time as soon
as she goes into the house after walking in the cold air; the grumbling
also reappears frequently during the day, especially on suddenly rising
from sitting or stooping, but disappears in the open air (first day), [1]. ►
Feeling of heat in the head, [15].
► Heat in the head; pressure in the
temples from within outward (twenty-third day), [15]. ►
Transient heat mounts from the stomach into the head while sitting, [1]. ►
Feeling of distension, and as if everything were turning around in the
head, while reading at 8 A.M. (eleventh day), [15]. [30.] ► A peculiar sensation of distension in the
middle of the brain, with a trembling sensation on every step beneath
both eyes and extending to the temples, with a painful, weak sensation
in the lower legs (fourth day), [15].
► Bursting pressure deep within the
brain extending towards the ears, at 8 A.M. (ninth day), [15]. ► Dull
headache, in the evening (second day), [3].
► Boring in the bones of the head in
various places on the left side, several times (nineteenth day), [15]. ►
Drawing in the cranial bones (twenty-third day), [15]. ►
Drawing in the cranial bones and left side of the lower jaw (seventeenth
day), [15]. ►
Pressure in the brain (tenth day), [15].
► Pressure in the cranial bones
(twenty-third day), [15]. ► Pressure beneath the cranial bones,
lasting a long time, [15]. ► Pressure within the head, in various
places (nineteenth day), [15]. [40.] ►
Pressure deep within the head (fourteenth day), [15]. ►
Pressure deep within the brain (seventeenth and nineteenth days), [15]. ►
Pressure deep within the brain, as if upon the base of the brain,
followed by a sensation of distension extending from the middle of the
brain towards the temples (fifth day), [15].
► Tearing in the cranial bones,
especially on the right side (eleventh day), [15]. ►
Tearing beneath the right cranial bones (twenty-fourth day), [15]. ►
Beating at times in the cranial bones; now in the right, now in the left
side; at times in the whole head while sitting, in the forenoon (third
day), [1]. ►
Sensation in the head like a wavelike rushing, not unpleasant, almost
itching; extending forward through the whole head to the forehead,
whereupon the vision becomes indistinct; lasting a long time while
sitting, in the forenoon, [1]. ► Forehead. ►
Frontal headache (after a quarter of an hour), [9]. ►
Constant pain in the right side of the forehead (second day), [6]. ►
The forehead seems full and distended (nineteenth day), [15]. [50.] ► Bursting pain in the forehead (seventh
day), [15]. ►
Sensation as though the head were bound about the forehead with a band
(after two hours and a half), [1].
► Pressure in the forehead
(twenty-second day), [15]. ► Pressure in the forehead extending to the
sides of the head (fourth day), [15].
► Pressure in the right side of the
frontal bone (fourth day), [15]. ► Pressure in the left frontal bone (fifth
day), [15]. ►
Frequent pressure in the forehead (eleventh day), [15]. ►
Violent pressure in the left frontal bone (third day), [15]. ►
Sticking in the middle of the forehead, just above the root of the nose
(second day), [1]. ► Tearing in the forehead and vertex,
rather beneath the bones (nineteenth day), [15]. [60.] ► Tearing in the forepart of the forehead,
with sleepiness and prostration, in the evening (third day), [1]. ►
Tearing in the left side of the frontal bone (seventeenth day), [15]. ►
Bruised pain in the forehead (sixteenth day), [15]. ► Temple.
► Headache in the right temporal
region, after the late breakfast (fourth day), [3]. ►
Intermitting boring as with a borer just in front of the left ear, in
the temple, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the left temporal region
(second day), [6]. ► Pressure, or rather a cramplike pain, in
the left temple (after one hour), [1].
► Pressure from within outward at the
temples (fifth day), [15]. ► Pressing from within outwards in the left
temple (fourth day), [15]. ► Pressure from within outward in the
right, afterwards in the left temple (seventeenth day), [15]. [70.] ► Sharp stitches in the right temple, in
the forenoon (third day), [1]. ► Some tearings in the right temple, and
immediately afterwards in the chin and thumb, with gnawing in the middle
of the lower jaw, [1]. ► Painful tearing and sticking in the left
temple, deep in the brain; in the forenoon (third day), [1]. ► Vertex.
► Sensation as though something heavy
were lying upon the vertex (fourth day), [15].
► Heaviness in the head as if a heavy
weight were lying on the vertex, when stooping, in the afternoon, [1]. ►
Sticking in the top of the head, deep in the brain, and also externally
(first day), [1]. ► Acute though only transient sticking on
the vertex, in the afternoon (third day), [1].
► Tearing on the vertex, deep in the
brain, extending to the occiput, [1].
► Parietals. ► The head feels screwed in from both
sides, relieved by stooping, less violent on rising up (seventh day), [1]. ►
Drawing in the right side of the head (after four hours), [1]. [80.] ► Pressure on the right parietal bone
(third day), [15]. ► Sticking pain in the right side of the
head, extending thence to the ear (after one hour), [1]. ►
Sticking as with knives in the right parietal bone and at the same time
in the stomach, on sitting bent over, disappearing on becoming erect, in
the afternoon (first day), [1]. ► A coarse stitch in the right side of the
head extending deep into the brain, [1].
► Severe coarse stitches as with an
awl in the left side of the head (after two days), [1]. ► Painful
tearing in the right side of the head, extending forward, in the
forenoon, while sitting (third day), [1].
► Beating externally in the left
parietal bone; in the upper part near its union with the right;
immediately afterwards a similar beating in the left outer ear, while
sitting; after dinner, [1]. ► Violent jerking pain in the upper part of
the right parietal bone, in the morning after rising; disappearing after
some motion, [1]. ► Occiput. ►
Painful raging in the bones of the left side of the occiput, [1]. ►
Dull headache like a heaviness in the occiput, in the forenoon, [1]. ►
Warmth, and rushing like boiling water in the occiput (first day), [1]. [90.]
► Heat in the occiput, afterwards
more in the middle of the brain, lasting a long time (fifth day), [15]. ►
Drawing pain in the left side of the occiput, in the afternoon, [1]. ►
Pain in the left side of the occiput, lancinating, shooting through the
head to the occiput (second day), [14].
► Extremely violent sticking pain in
the right side of the occiput (after two hours), [1]. ► Some
violent fine stitches in the occiput, which reappear after a few minutes
while sitting (first day), [1]. ► Throbbing, together with painful stitches
in the occiput, at 7 P.M. (first day), [1].
► Pulsation in the left side of the
occiput, and in the right elbow-joint (first day), [15]. ► External
Head. ► Painful drawing in
the upper part of the head, externally (after half an hour), [1]. ►
A peculiar sensation of fine sticking and of coldness in the scalp in
front of and above the right ear, spreading out like rays from this
point, quite momentary (first day), [15].
► Several fine burning stitches as
when one pulls out a single hair (third day), [1]. [100.] ► Feeling as if some one pulled a lock of
hair on the vertex, [1]. ► Feeling as if some one pulled the air on
the left vertex, while sitting in the forenoon, [1].
EYE.
►
The eyes seem weak as though they would close, without sleepiness, [1]. ►
Pressure in the eyes, for several days, [6].
► Pressure in the left eye (after
half an hour), [8]. ► Orbit. ►
Pain in the left side of the orbit (after two hours), [14]. ►
Tearing in the bones of the left lower orbital margin, towards the nose,
while sitting (after two hours and a half), [1]. ► Lids.
► Inflammation of the meibomian
glands of the left lower lid (fifth day), [6].
► Jerking or twitching above the
right lid, painless (first day), [1].
► Jerking and burning in the right
lower lid, [1]. [110.] ►
Spasmodic twitching of the right lower lid (second day), [12]. ► An
agreeable sensation about the lids and nose (fourth day), [6]. ►
Sensation as if the upper lid were drawn down (after one hour and a
half), [1]. ►
Twitching in the right canthus so violent that it impaired vision, in
the evening (third day), [1]. ► Fine sticking in the right inner canthus,
disappearing on rubbing (second day), [1].
► Itching in the inner canthus, now
in one, now in the other eye, in the evening (third day), [1]. ► Ball.
► Pain in the left eyeball, in the
evening (second day), [14].
EAR.
►
Sudden sensation as if the ears were stopped and as though the head were
distended at both sides, immediately disappearing (third day), [15]. ►
Pain in the left ear, extending into the left parietal bone and left
temple, while sitting soon after dinner, [1].
► Boring-gnawing pain in the left
ear, extending towards the right, with undiminished mobility of the jaw,
disappearing on rubbing, in the afternoon, [1]. [120.] ► Violent boring pain deep in the right
ear, extending towards the parietal bone, and over the temple in the
afternoon, [1]. ► Pressure and roaring in the ear (after
one hour), [2]. ► Painful sticking in the right ear,
extending forward towards the temple; the pain extends into the right
lower jaw (after half an hour), [1].
► Stitches in both ears at the same
time (after one hour and a half), [1].
► Tearing deep in the right ear,
shooting thence into the left parietal bone, in the forenoon (second
day), [1]. ►
Tearing in the right inner ear, then changing into the lower back teeth
of the same side, while sitting in the afternoon, [1]. ► Painful
tearing in the left external meatus, frequently repeated (first day), [1]. ►
Violent tearing in the right ear for half an hour, in the evening (third
day), [1]. ►
Violent tearing in the right concha, in the evening (second day), [1]. ►
Violent tearing in the bone behind the left ear (third day), [1]. [130.]
► Violent painful tearing in front of
the right ear, in the bone (first day), [1].
► Roaring in the ears (fifth day), [6].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Bleeding of
the nose (thirteenth day), [15]. ► Bleeding from the nose, in the morning
(tenth day), [15]. ► Bleeding from the right nostril, in cool
weather and without apparent cause (fifth day), [15]. ►
Bleeding from the right nostril, in the evening during cool weather and
without being previously heated (ninth day), [15]. ►
Nosebleed, with vanishing of vision, in the afternoon (third day), [1]. ►
The right nostril bleeds easily (second day), [15]. ►
Blowing of some blood from the right nostril, in the morning (second
day), [15]. ►
Suddenly bright red blood from the right nostril, with a constricted
sensation in the region of the heart and palpitation (eleventh day), [15]. [140.]
► Ineffectual efforts to sneeze
(after two hours), [1]. ► Unusual sneezing (after a quarter of an
hour), [9]. ►
Frequent sneezing, especially violent at 11 P.M., often followed by
great irritability of the nose (fourth day), [6]. ► Violent
sneezing, repeatedly, in the afternoon (fifth day), [6]. ► Violent
sneezing four times in quick succession, followed by some blood from the
nose, which is bright red (fifth day), [6].
► Violent sneezing six or seven times
(after half an hour), [8]. ► Violent sneezing, lasting a quarter of an
hour, followed by profuse bleeding of the nose, lasting three-quarters
of an hour (after one hour), [5]. ► Subjective. ►
Stoppage of the nose (second to fourth day), [1]. ► Drawing
sensation extending up both nostrils (after one hour and a half), [1]. ►
Tearing, cutting as with knives in the bones and cartilages of the nose,
in the afternoon while sitting, [1].
[150.] ►
Fine tearing in the right side of the nose, lasting a long time, in the
afternoon (first day), [1]. ► Great irritation in the root of the nose
(fifth day), [6]. ► Tickling in the nose (after two hours), [1].
FACE.
►
Objective. ► Frequent rush
of blood into the face, with burning in the cheeks (third day), [1]. ►
Subjective. ► Tickling
sensation in the face, in the evening (fifth day), [6]. ► Cheeks.
► Sticking in the upper jaw and upper
lip, in the afternoon (first day), [6].
► Pain in the right zygoma, extending
to about the orbit, [14]. ► Very painful sticking as with an awl in
the right zygoma; in the afternoon while sitting (fifth day), [1]. ►
Lips. ► Jerking in the
right side of the lower lip, in the evening (third day), [1]. ► Chin.
► Tearing in the chin (after half an
hour), [1]. [160.] ►
Boring in the right side of the lower jaw, especially beneath the back
teeth (thirteenth day), [1]. ► A boring pain in the angle of the left
lower jaw, thence it extends up into the left temple and head,
afterwards back again, while sitting, relieved by rubbing; after dinner,
[1]. ►
Boring-jerking pain extending from the right temple into the bone of the
lower jaw, while sitting in the forenoon, [1].
► Tearing in the middle of the right
lower jaw, afterwards a similar pain in the teeth of the left upper jaw,
while sitting in the afternoon, [1].
► Tearing in right lower jaw, rather
towards the front from time to time, while walking in the open air, then
also continuing in the house, lasting till evening (first day), [1]. ►
Violent tearing in the middle of the lower maxilla, which then changes
to the back teeth, where it becomes a gnawing, while sitting in the
forenoon, [1]. ► Boring, gnawing, tearing pain in the
angle of the left lower jaw; thence it extends into the left parietal
bone, then into the inner ear, afterwards in the right and then again
into the left ear; together with throbbing deep in the bones; at 1 P.M.,
while sitting, [1]. ► Gnawing pain in the middle of the right
lower maxilla, which then changes to the teeth corresponding to the same
bone, disappearing when biting the teeth together; while sitting in the
afternoon, [1].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Pain in the
teeth, pressive (first day); intermitting (second day), [14]. ►
Toothache (fifth day), [6];
(fourteenth day), [15]. [170.] ►
Toothache, after dinner and supper (ninth day), [15]. ►
Toothache an hour after eating, lasting for two hours, and especially
violent when walking rapidly (tenth day), [15].
► Fine, sudden, transient stitches in
the upper incisors, nape of the neck, left ankle-joint (third day), [15]. ►
Tearing in the lower from incisors, and as she opens the mouth again two
violent tearings, in the forenoon (first day), [1]. ► Feeling
of crawling in the roots of the three lower right front teeth, lasting
an hour, transiently relieved by pressing upon them, at 7 P.M. (first
day), [1]. ►
Crawling and almost tickling in the three front lower incisors,
disappearing on biting upon them but immediately returning, at 4 P.M.
(first day), [1]. ► Pressive, frequent tearing pain in the
right upper teeth, and especially in the left back teeth (after two
hours), [14]. ► Sticking in the roots of several upper
teeth of the left side, at 2 P.M., especially violent about 4 P.M., and
frequently repeated (seventh day), [1].
► Tearing in the right lower teeth
(twelfth day), [15]. ► Tearing and gnawing now in the right, now
in the left lower molars, disappearing after lying down in the evening
(third day), [1]. [180.] ►
Sudden tearing in the right lower hollow back teeth, as though the teeth
would be drawn out; the tearing extends into the upper back teeth, the
ascending rami of the jaw, the right ear, and the temples, associated
with increase of saliva, perspiration of the right half of the head and
general perspiration, in the evening in bed; the pains are aggravated by
warmth, relieved by motion of the body; cold air seems to relieve for
the moment; pulsation in the whole right side of the lower jaw; (took
Nux 3, at 10 P.M., after which the pain gradually disappeared), (sixth
day); the pains in the right lower back teeth returned the next morning
after the dose, were paroxysmal, afterwards increased, were aggravated
by drawing in the warm air, and accompanied by accumulation of saliva;
in the afternoon the teeth felt as if protruding from their sockets,
returning at intervals for the next two days, [15]. ►
Frequent jerklike tearing in the right lower back teeth, causing
involuntary crying out, at 5 P.M. (eighth day), [15]. ►
Gnawing pain in three sound middle molars of the right upper jaw, which
extends into the zygoma; thence the pain extends into the left middle
upper teeth, and then into the corresponding zygoma, where it
disappeared, [1]. ► Some jerks in the right lower back teeth
(seventh day), [15]. ► Tongue. ►
Vesicle on the tip of the tongue, at 4 P.M., [11]. ►
Burning on the tip of the tongue, lasting a long time (after one hour), [1]. ►
Cooling burning, as from peppermint on the tongue in a small spot (after
three hours), [1]. ► Sensation of lateral contraction of the
tongue, immediately, [9]. ► Biting on the tip and forepart of the
tongue, as from pepper (soon), [1].
► General Mouth. ► Burning in the posterior portion of the
palate, [1]. [190.] ►
Feeling as though there was a bad odor in the mouth, only noticed by
himself (after one hour and a half), [1].
► Numbness of the whole inner mouth,
in the morning after waking, disappearing after rising (second day), [1]. ►
Saliva. ► Profuse
secretion of saliva (after one hour), [2].
► Expectoration of bloody saliva, [1]. ►
Accumulation of water in the mouth (after two hours and a half), [1]. ►
Taste. ► Metallic taste on
the tongue, soon a after first administering, in most instances, [24]. ►
Metallic taste on the tongue, with contracted feeling in the pharynx,
[16]. ►
The soup at noon seems sweet to her, [1].® 2000
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