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

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LYCOPERSICUM.

Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill.


Natural order

, Solanaceæ.

Common names

, Tomato, Love-apple.

Preparation

, Tincture of ripe fruit.

Authorities.

1,
Dr. Gross, Archiv. f. Hom., 17, 3 p. 183; 2,
Dr. Helen J. Underwood, in letter to editor, “effects in many
women, who could not eat a saucer of fresh tomatoes without the
following effects.”

MIND.

►
Peevish about trifles, increased by the weakness of memory, [1]. ►
Thoughts disappear, worse when leaning the head upon anything; forgets
everything he wishes to recollect, [1].

HEAD.

►
Heavy confusion of the head, [1]. ► Dulness of the head, [1]. ►
Heaviness of the head, with weakness of the cervical muscles (after a
quarter of an hour), [1]. ► Sensation as if the head were compressed
or squeezed from both sides, [1]. ► Boring; therewith the skin of the
forehead becomes painfully tense, [1].
► Pressure beneath the frontal bone,
as if the brain would be forced out, relieved by leaning the head
against something, always in the evening and continuing awhile after
going to bed, [1]. ► Boring in the left side of the occiput, [1].

NOSE.

[10.]
► Stopped catarrh in the nose, [1].

FACE.

►
Pressure in the right zygoma, [1].
► A stitch in the left cheek, [1]. ►
Stitches in the left zygoma, [1].

URINARY ORGANS.

►
Must rise at night to urinate, [1].

SEXUAL ORGANS.

►
Profuse leucorrhœal discharge (immediately), [2]. ► In some
cases, what was thought to be too frequent menstruation, brought on by
free use of canned tomatoes, and the flow would return whenever this
food was eaten for a few meals, [2].

CHEST.

►
Slight sticking beneath the left side of the sternum; without difficulty
of respiration, [1].

BACK.

►
They will cause a depressing backache, in lower dorsal and lumbar
region, which will make any one feel gloomy and depressed, [2].

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.

► Sticking on the inner side of the left
forearm, [1].

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.

[20.] ►
Painful sticking behind the articulation of the left hip, [1]. ►
Sticking above the external malleolus of the right foot, during rest and
motion, [1].

GENERAL SYMPTOMS.

►
At night he lies upon the back, on account of a sensation of paralysis, [1].

SLEEP.

►
Is unable to fall asleep in the evening, tosses about, every position is
uncomfortable, [1]. ► Frequent waking and tossing about at
night, the limbs when pressed feel paralyzed, [1]. ► Is
wakened by an insignificant dream, [1].

CONDITIONS.

►
Aggravation.
► (Evening), Relieved by leaning head against
something, pressure beneath frontal bone. ►
(Leaning head against anything),
Disappearance of thought.

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