MACROTINUM.
“Resinoid” from Cimicifuga racemosa.
Preparation
, Triturations.
Authority.
Dr. C. P. Seip, Trans. of Penn.
Hom. Med. Soc. (eighth and ninth annual sessions), provings with the 3d
trit., doses 3 or 4 grains, three times a day, gradually increasing the
quantity until 24 grains a day were taken.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Melancholy;
at times very irritable; relieved when menstruation sets in. ► She feels miserable; words cannot express
how badly she feels. ► He is
constantly troubling himself about something. ►
Fear of impending danger. ► More or
less fear; apprehensive; thinks she has some incurable disease. ► Suspicious of everybody; thinks she has
not told the truth in regard to herself. ►
Intellectual. ► Mind is
dull, heavy; can’t collect her thoughts long enough to write a few
lines. ► She sits for a long time
thoughtless; moving her hands and feet; frequent sighing. ► Great forgetfulness, with inability to
concentrate her ideas, which makes her very angry.
HEAD.
[10.]
► Headache in the evening, relieved
as soon as eructations and nausea set in. ►
Headache, preceded by lachrymation. ►
Dull headache, commencing in the occiput, gradually extending to the
vertex and forehead; temporarily relieved by pressure; by sleep; next
day soreness in the eyeballs, aggravated by pressure. ► Severe sharp pain over the left eye,
extending through the head to the occipital protuberance. ► Throbbing headache in the afternoon,
increasing towards evening, worse during motion, must lie perfectly
quiet. ► Pain in the occiput, in the
morning.
EYE.
►
Dark circles around the eyes a week before menstruation, which disappear
after the menses have set in. ► Eyes
congested, particularly towards the inner canthus, worse in the open
air. ► Twitching of the upper
eyelids. ► Increased lachrymation
while reading. [20.] ► Eyeballs feel enlarged and sensitive to
pressure. ► Muscæ volitantes before
the right eye, in the morning.
FACE.
►
Face suddenly becomes flushed and hot.
MOUTH.
►
Tongue is pale and feels heavy. ►
Tongue slightly coated, yellowish; sense of taste impaired. ► Dry, sticky feeling in the mouth.
THROAT.
►
Dryness in throat, causing frequent hawking and coughing.
STOMACH.
►
Nausea and eructations, in the evening. ►
Faint feeling in the epigastrium, extending over the whole chest and
head, followed immediately by a throbbing sensation over the whole body.
► Faintness in the epigastrium,
brought on by meeting any person with whom he is acquainted. (This
symptom cannot be better described than by stating that it is similar to
that produced by a sudden fright).
ABDOMEN.
[30.]
► Sharp cutting pain in the umbilical
region, early in the morning, relieved after stool; large papescent
stool. ► During menstruation,
bearing-down pain, with sensation of tightness around the hips.
STOOL.
►
Large papescent stool. ► Alternate
constipation and diarrhœa.
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Frequent desire to urinate, but in normal quantity. ► Frequent desire, with profuse flow of
pale urine.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Menses scanty and dark; clotted; afterwards increased in quantity. ► Suppression of menses for six weeks. ► Dysmenorrhœa; pain not relieved for
several hours after the flow has commenced.
CHEST.
►
Darting pains in the chest (both sides), with palpitation of the heart. [40.] ►
Pain in the left side of the chest, extending through to the back. ► Sudden sharp pains a little below the
left nipple. ► The mammæ feel sore;
heaviness in the extremities before menstruation.
HEART.
►
Pain as if it were in the heart, extending down the left arm to the
fingers, with palpitation. ► Wakes up
at night with palpitation of the heart. ►
Palpitation from the least excitement or exertion. ►
Frequent palpitation at night in bed.
NECK AND BACK.
►
Sensation in the neck as if the muscles were too short. ► Pain in the whole back, as if all of the
muscles were bruised. ► Pulsating
pain in the lumbar region, relieved by supporting the back (in the
chair, or by pressure of the hands). [50.]
► Pulsating pain in small of the
back, relieved by pressure, and after menstruation.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Weakness in both arms, and inability to
move them. ► Pain in the left
shoulder shooting down to the fingers. ►
Dull pain in the right arm from the elbow to the shoulder.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Heaviness of the legs as if very tired. ► Pain in the muscles of the thigh. ► Pain in left knee, on inside of patella
and right ankle. ► The muscles in the
calves of the legs feel as if too short.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
The whole muscular system seems exhausted after the least exertion. ► Great restlessness; must move about, the
mind feels easier but doing so. [60.]
► Desire to move about constantly,
but feels so weak and tired as hardly to be able to get on his feet, yet
after walking awhile he feels better, but soon relapses into his
previous feeling of weakness.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleeplessness till 2 A.M. ► Disturbed
sleep; dreams much of trouble and danger. ►
Dreams of being on high places, and is in danger of falling. ► When falling asleep, starts up suddenly
for fear he will fall, or to avoid danger.
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Pain in occiput; muscæ volitantes;
early, relieved after stool, pain in umbilical region. ► (Evening),
Headache; nausea, etc. ► (Night), In bed, palpitation of heart. ► (Open air),
Congestion of eyes. ► (Motion), The acute pains; throbbing headache.
► (Pressure),
Dull headache; pain in small of back. ►
(Reading), Lachrymation. ► (Sleep),
Dull headache. ► Amelioration.
► (Walking),
Feeling of weakness.® 2000
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