MANDRAGORA.
Mandragora officinarum, Mill. (Also M. vernalis,
Berthol.) Atropa mandragora, Linn.
Natural Order
, Solanaceæ.
Common name
, Mandrake.
Preparation
, Tincture of plant without the
root (Dufresne).
Authorities.
1,
Dr. L. C. Dufresne, Bib. Hom. de Genève, 2, 498, 1834, effects on self
and another from smelling repeatedly at short intervals of the expressed
juice of the plant (which has a nauseating odor like reptiles’ (adders’)
flesh); 2, Dr. Benjamin W.
Richardson, Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1874, p. 242, vol. 53; also
vol. 51, effects of the tincture to 20 minims.
HEAD.
►
Heaviness and confusion of the head, [1].
► A sense of fulness in the vessels
of the brain, [2].
EYE.
►
Mandragora causes dilatation of the pupil, [2]. ► A
peculiarly enlarged and confused vision, [2].
EAR.
►
Exaggeration of sounds, [2].
NOSE.
►
Coryza, [1].
MOUTH.
►
The tincture benumbs the tongue when a little is placed upon it, [2]. ►
Singular taste, and sensation of acidity and dryness, which last for
several days, [2].
STOOL.
►
Inaction of the bowels, with white had fæces when the bowels are
induced to act, [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[10.] ►
Hoarseness, [1]. ► Slight cough, with expectoration, [1]. ►
Difficult breathing, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
A curious restless excitability, akin to hysteria, perhaps we might say
essentially hysterical, [2]. ► Lingering uneasiness and coldness after
the removal of other symptoms, [2].
► Bodily weariness, [1]. ► All the
unpleasant symptoms go off night in bed, and are succeeded by a gentle
perspiration, [1]. ► Great irregularities in diet, such as the
use of wine, coffee, and cigars, caused all the symptoms to disappear in
three days in one prover; with a careful diet they lasted eight days,
and were then removed by Nux vom.
and Belladonna, followed by Camphor, [1].
SLEEP.
►
Desire for sleep, [2].
FEVER.
►
Lingering coldness and uneasiness after the removal of other symptoms, [2]. [20.]
► Shivering sensation in the
afternoon, [1].® 2000
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