JUGLANS CINEREA.
Juglans cinerea, Linn.
Natural order
, Juglandaceæ.
Common name
, Butternut.
Preparation
, Tincture of the bark of the
root.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. J. P. Paine, Inaug. Thesis, Hom. Med. Coll., Phil., 1852 (from
Hale’s New Remedies, 2d ed.), effects of 1st dil., 9 drops at night; 2
drops next morning; 1a, same, proving with tincture, 10 drops
first day, 15 drops second day, 25 drops third day, 30 drops eighth day,
60 drops twelfth day; 1b, same, with 7th dil., repeated doses; 1c, same,
with 1st dil., 10 drops at night; 1d, same, 5 drops of tincture (one dose); 2, L. Arthur Clark, Hale’s N. R., 2d ed.,
proving with tinct., repeated doses of 5 and 10 drops, and afterwards 20
drops three times a day; 3, same, in
Amer. Obs., 1871, p. 175, took tincture, beginning with 10 drops,
increased a drop each dose, three times a day for twenty-five days, also
36 drops on twenty-seventh day; 4,
Dr. C. C. Cressor; Note: The
symptoms recorded by this “most honest and conscientious
prover” cannot be admitted as belonging to the drug; “there is
no doubt that he would not have had them if his constitution had not
been diseased in that particular way.” C. Neidhard, M.D., in letter
to editor, October, 1876; 5, Dr. P.
H. Hale, Hale’s New Rem., 2d ed., effects of 45 grains of solid extract
daily for three weeks, in an old lady.
MIND.
►
Want to be alone; do not want to do anything but eat and sleep; cannot
think of concentrating my mind upon any one subject (twenty-first,
twenty-second, and twenty-third days), [3].
► Feet dull, and cannot remember
anything I read (tenth day), [3]. ► Mind confused, so much so I could not
study (third, fourth, and fifth days), [2].
► Absent-minded, forget what I am
about (eleventh and twelfth days), [3].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► Vertigo with
slight nausea, at 11 A.M. (second day), [1].
► Slight vertigo, with a sinking,
faint feeling in the stomach, extending to the abdomen (after half an
hour, first day), [1]. ► General Head. ►
Headache (third, fourth, and fifth days), [2];
(twenty-ninth day), [3]. ► Awoke in the morning with headache and
heavy yellow coating of the tongue (second morning), [2]. ►
Headache in the evening (third day), [3].
[10.] ►
Constant headache; considerable burning and smarting on passing urine,
which I am obliged to do frequently, as often as every hour or two
(twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days), [3].
► Severe headache; can hardly see
(eighteenth and nineteenth days), [3].
► Heavy headache (third morning), [2]. ►
Dull headache, more on the right side, which lasted three hours, in the
forenoon (seventh day), [1b]. ► Severe dull headache all the forenoon,
but somewhat relieved during the afternoon (thirteenth day), [3]. ►
Head feels as large as a barrel (twenty-sixth day); more aggravating
(twenty-seventh day), [3]. ► Forehead. ►
Slight feeling of fulness in frontal regions (second and third day), [3]. ►
Dull frontal headache (fifth and sixth days), [3]. ► Severe
frontal headache (fourteenth and fifteenth days), [3]. ► Temples.
► Aching pain in the right temple, which lasted three or four
hours, in the forenoon (eighth day), [1b].
► Occiput. [20.] ►
Aching pain in the occiput, in the morning, in bed, passing off on
getting up (fifth day), [1a]. ► External Head. ►
Head itches constantly (seventh day), [3].
► Scalp itches intensely; have to
scratch continually (twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days), [3].
EYE.
►
Eyes red and swollen (fifth day), [3].
► Burning in the eyes, in the
afternoon (seventh day), [1b]. ► Eyes feel drawn together (twenty-third
day), [3]. ►
Every sudden motion causes everything to turn dark so I cannot see; feel
giddy as though I should faint away (twentieth day), [3].
NOSE.
►
Discharge of thin watery mucus from nose (twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth,
and twenty-sixth days); more aggravating (twenty-seventh day), [3]. ►
Dryness of the nose (seventh day), [1a].
► Numb sensation at root of nose
(fourth day), [3]. [30.] ►
Intense numbness in bridge of nose; have to rub it, which relieves
(fifth day), [3].
FACE.
►
All through this day, dry burning sensation of face, with intense
erythematous redness (third day); the redness and heat seemed aggravated
(fourth and fifth days), [2].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue coated white (fourth day), [3].
► Tongue coated with a heavy whitish
fur (twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days), [3]. ► Heavy
yellow coating of the tongue (second morning), [2]. ► Each
dose produced a burning and pricking sensation of the mouth and throat,
lasting an hour or two (first day), [2].
► Coppery taste in mouth
(twenty-third day), [3].
THROAT.
►
Soreness of the throat (first day), [1d].
► Throat feels sore and swollen
(sixth day), [3]. ► Throat feels sore, hurts to swallow even
water (twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth days); more
aggravating (twenty-seventh day), [3].
[40.] ►
Roughness and soreness of the throat, in the forenoon (seventh day), [1b]. ►
Dryness of the fauces and a sensation as if the throat were swollen
(second day), [1a]. ► Pain in the right side of the fauces
(fourth day), [1a]. ► Burning in the pharynx (first day), [1c]. ►
Swelling in both submaxillary glands, more in
the right gland (after a week), [1d].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Appetite
ferocious, want to eat all the time (sixth day), [3]. ► Thirst.
► Thirsty, wants to drink all the
time; first day I have felt feverish during the proving (twenty-eighth
day), [3]. ► Nausea. ►
Nausea in the morning (second day), [1a].
► Nausea was more severe through the
night (eighteenth night), but is relieved to day so that I can eat quite
heartily (nineteenth day), [3]. ► Slight nausea with vertigo, at 11 A.M.
(second day), [1]. [50.] ►
Terrible nausea commencing soon after retiring (eighteenth day), [3]. ►
Stomach. ► Sinking faint
feeling in the stomach, extending to the abdomen, with slight vertigo
(after half an hour, first day), [1].
► Burning in the stomach (first day),
[1b].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondria. ► Pain in each hypochondria region (third day), [1b]. ►
Stitching pains in right side region of liver (tenth day), [3]. ►
Umbilical. ► Slight pain
in umbilical region (third day), [3].
► Dull heavy pain in umbilical region
(eleventh and twelfth days), [3]. ► General Abdomen. ► Burning in the abdomen after stool (first
day), [1d]. ►
Pains in different parts of the abdomen, caused by flatus (fifth day), [1b]. ►
Aching pains in the abdomen at intervals, with flatulence (thirteenth
day), [1a]. [60.] ►
Aching pain in the abdomen after dinner; soon after diarrhœa, with
burning in the anus (fourth day), [1a].
► Iliac Region. ► Aching pain in the region of the inguinal
rings, and great soreness felt on rising from a recumbent position
(ninth day), [1b].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. ► Diarrhœa
with cutting in the abdomen (first
day), [1d]. ►
Diarrhœa without pain, in the forenoon (sixth day), [1b]. ►
Diarrhœa with burning in the anus, soon after the aching pain in the
abdomen (fourth day), [1a]. ► Diarrhœa with burning in the anus before
and after stool (after three hours, first day), [1]. ► Yellow
frothy diarrhœa, with tenesmus and burning in the anus after stool, at
3 P.M. (second day), [1]. ► Full cathartic action, producing four or
five large bilious discharges, in twenty-four hours, without pain or
griping; at this point, as the diarrhœa was becoming unpleasant, the
proving was discontinued, after which the diarrhœa speedily subsided, [2]. ►
Soft stool, with pain and flatulence in the abdomen (fourteenth day), [1a]. ►
Stool again soft and brown (eighteenth and nineteenth days), [3]. [70.]
► Stool soft, and sticky, dark
(twenty-third day), [3]. ► Stool dark-brown (third day), [3]. ►
Stool small and brown (fourth day), [3].
► Stool hard and dark-brown
(twenty-ninth day), [3]. ► Stool first part hard and brown, latter
part diarrhœic and of a greenish-yellow color (ninth day), [3]. ►
Stools hard and in balls (twenty-sixth day); more aggravating
(twenty-seventh day), [3]. ► Constipation. ►
Constipation (seventh, ninth, and tenth days), [1a]; (tenth, eleventh, and twelfth days), [3]. ►
Bowels constipated, with considerable griping in the umbilical region
(twenty-eighth day), [3]. ► Bowels moved this morning with a great
effort, stool hard and brown (thirteenth day), [3]. ► No
movement of the bowels (twenty-fifth day), [3].
URINARY ORGANS.
[80.]
► Inclination to void urine more
frequently and more copiously than usual (fifth day), [3]. ►
Considerable burning and smarting on passing urine, which I am obliged
to do frequently, as often as every hour or two (twenty-fourth and
twenty-fifth days), [3].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Raising a quantity of dark-colored blood (first day), [1c].
CHEST.
►
Pain in the left chest (second day), [1].
► Oppression of the chest (first
day), [1c]. ►
Can hardly get a long breath, from a sense of oppression of chest
(twenty-ninth day), [3].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Accelerated pulse (fourteenth day), [1a].
► Pulse accelerated 15 beats, 75
being natural (twenty-eighth day), [3].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Rigid state of the
muscles of the neck (first day), [1d].
► Back of neck feels lame
(twenty-third day), [3]. ► Back. [90.]
► Pricking sensation up and down the
spine (eighth and ninth days), [3].
► Dorsal. ► Pain between the shoulders (fifth day), [1b]. ►
Pain under the right scapula, making breathing painful (sixth
day); pain continues (seventh and eighth days), slight (ninth day), [1a]. ►
Pain under the vertical border, of the right
scapula, increased by moving the part, and by drawing a long
breath (fifth day), [1a]. ► Pain under the left scapula (fourth day),
[1b]. ►
Aching in the right scapula (fourth
day), [1b]. ►
Stitchlike pain under the right scapula,
when stooping (fourth day), [1a]. ► Lumbar. ►
Pain in the lumbar and dorsal vertebræ, at night (thirteenth day), [1a]. ►
Violent pain in the region of the lumbar vertebræ and sacro-iliac
symphysis, worse when sitting down, in the forenoon (seventh day), [1b]. ►
Aching pain in the lumbar vertebræ, extending through the lumbar region
and up the spine (fourth day), [1a].
[100.] ►
Aching pain in the region of the lumbar vertebræ and right sacro-iliac
symphysis (third day), [1b]. ► Aching pain in the region of the lumbar
vertebræ, with restlessness, in the afternoon (fifth day), [1b]. ►
Occasional shooting pains in the lumbar region (fourth day), [1b]. ►
Sacral. ► Aching pain in
the region of the sacro-iliac symphysis, worse while sitting (fifth
day), [1b].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Aching pains in the limbs (fourteenth
day), [1a].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Shoulder. ►
Pain in the left shoulder (first
day), [1c]. ►
Pain in the left shoulder, in the
elbows, and in the knees (first day), [1d].
► Aching pain in the right shoulder
(third day), [1b]. ► Dull aching pain in the right shoulder
(fifth day), [1b]. ► Sharp rheumatic pain in both shoulders
and wrists (fourth day), [3]. [110.] ►
Numb pain in the right axilla,
extending down the arms along the course of the nerves (fifth and sixth
days), [1a]. ►
Aching pain in the right axilla, in the afternoon (seventh day), [1b]. ►
Dull, aching pain in the right axilla, extending down the arms (third
day), [1b]. ► Arm. ►
Dull pain in the left arm (fourth day), [1b].
► Aching pains in the arms and
wrists, as if sprained by hard work (fourth day), [1a]. ► Wrist.
► Numb pain in the wrists and arms,
in the forenoon (seventh day), [1b].
► Aching pains in the wrists,
extending up the arms (seventh day), [1a].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Cramplike pain in the hip, at night
(second day), [1]. ► Pain in the left knee and thighs, in the
forenoon (seventh day), [1b]. ► Pain in the right knee, felt on going up
stairs (sixth day), [1a]. [120.] ►
Occasionally sharp pains in the calves of the legs (third day), [1b]. ►
Aching pain in both ankles (fourth day), [1a].
► Left foot numb every time I sit
still (second day), [3].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Weight 136
1/2 pounds (before the proving); 132 1/2 pounds (thirty-fourth day), [3]. ►
Restlessness, with aching pain in the region of the lumbar vertebra, in
the afternoon (fifth day), [1b]. ► Subjective. ►
Feeling of lassitude (fourth day), [1a].
► Feeling of weakness and debility
(second day), [1]. ► Felt so faint I did not want to get up,
but was relieved of faintness after getting up and moving about
(twenty-sixth day); more aggravating (twenty-seventh day), [3]. ►
Deathlike feeling, with chills and shuddering all over the body
(seventeenth night), [3]. ► Feel sick and weary (twenty-eighth day), [3]. [130.]
► Aching pains in various parts of
the body (fourth day), [1a].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► From the time
of the subsidence of the diarrhœa until now, I have had an eruption
upon the upper front of the chest, the size of the hand, resembling very
much the eruption of the eczema simplex, which I feel confident is the
effect of the Juglans, always having been free from eruptions of any
kind; the eruption is not troublesome, except when heated from
overexertion, when it had the same itching pricking sensation that
occurred during the proving, [2]. ► Pustular eruption appears on the thighs,
hips, and nates, with intolerable itching and burning; a few pustules
appeared on the body, face, and arms; the eruption remained for three
weeks after the drug was discontinued, [5].
► Subjective. ► Violent itching over the whole body, in
spots, changing about first one place then another (twenty-sixth day),
more aggravating (twenty-seventh day), [3].
► Arms burn and itch, scratching
relieves (twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days), [3]. ► Arms
itch and burn, with redness of skin, also redness and flushed appearance
of face (twenty-third day), [3]. ► Itching and pricking sensation of head,
neck, and shoulders (third, fourth, and fifth days), [2].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Constant
yawning but not sleepy (fourth day), [3].
► Drowsy (twenty-fifth day), [3]. ►
Great tendency to sleep (first day), [1c].
[140.] ►
Feel unusually sleepy, want to sleep all the while (sixteenth and
seventeenth days), [3]. ► Sleeplessness. ►
Sleep light and uneasy; very troublesome dreams (fifth day), [3]. ►
Restless sleep (fifth and seventh night), [1b].
► Very restless in the night (eighth
night), [1b]. ► Very restless at night; tossing about a
great deal while asleep (fourth night), [1b].
► Great wakefulness (first day), [1d]. ►
Awoke at 3 o’clock in the morning and could not get to sleep again
(third day), [3]. ► Felt weary and unrefreshed, which is very
unusual for me, my sleep being generally good, seldom dreaming any
(third morning), [2]. ► Dreams. ►
Vivid dreams (third day), [1a]. ► Ridiculous dreams all the night (seventh
night), [3]. [150.] ►
Very troublesome dreams (sixth day), [3].
► Fearful dreams all night, waking
from sleep covered with sweat (twenty-eighth night), [3]. ►
Frightful dreams (first day), [1c].
► Very restless frightful dreams all
night (first night); same restless condition all night; dreamed of being
among Indians (second night), [2].
FEVER.
►
Some chilliness alternating with flashes of heat, yet feel refreshed
(twenty-ninth day), [3]. ► Cold chills along the spine (twenty-first
and twenty-second days), [3]. ► Severe ague chill when sitting near warm
fire, commencing in back, but no coldness of the flesh (seventh day), [3].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Headache. ►
(Forenoon), Dull headache;
roughness, etc., of throat; diarrhœa; worse when sitting down, pain in
region of lumbar vertebræ, etc.; numb pain in wrists, etc.; pain in
knee, etc. ► (Afternoon), Burning in eyes; restlessness. ► (Night),
Pain in vertebræ; pain in hip; restlessness. ►
(Ascending stairs), Pain in knee. ► (After dinner),
Pain in abdomen. ► (While sitting), Pain in region of sacro-iliac
symphysis. ► (After stool), Burning in abdomen. ► (When stooping),
Pain under scapula.
SUPPLEMENT: JUGLANS CINEREA.
Authorities.
(J. C. Burnett, M.D., Month.
Hom. Rev., vol. xxii, 1878, p. 205). 6,
Paine, the eclectic, effects of doses of 1 to 2 grains Juglandin; 7, Dr. Burnett prescribed Juglandin for acne
of the face in an otherwise healthy young man, who took 1-grain doses
three times in one day; 8, a healthy
lady, æt. forty years, took 1st for eczema of the hands; afterwards the
30th produced all the same symptoms, except the chest pain.►
Very pale complexion, [8]. ► Very
slight nosebleed daily, for five or six days, [8]. ► Feeling
as if all the internal organs were too large, especially those of the
left side, [8]. [160.] ►
It acts as a drastic purge, producing irritation and inflammation of the
mucous membrane of the bowels, [6].
► Pain in centre of chest at various
times, by day and night, with a foreboding feeling at night; walking
about did not aggravate the pain, [8].
► At 6 P.M. felt whilst walking, a
sharp wrenching pain in the left side, a suffocating sensation in the
chest, which compelled him to stand still for some minutes for breath,
which, however, did not alleviate the pain. Immediate relief from 5
drops of Bryonia θ.
When describing the suffocating sensation in the chest, he placed his
hand on his sternum, and gave a vivid picture of an attack of angina
pectoris, [7]. ► Feels very ill, all-overish, as if a bad
illness were coming on, [8]. ► If continued, it is followed by a
peculiar exanthematous eruption, very much resembling the flush of
scarlatina, [6].® 2000
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