MEZEREUM.
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning, [41b]; (second morning), [27]. ►
Yawning and stretching, in the forenoon (second day), [27a]. ► Great
yawning and stretching (immediately), [6]. ►
Excessive yawning and stretching of the limbs (third day), [27a]. ►
Sleepiness (after a quarter of an hour), [41c].
► Sleepiness during the day, [1]. ►
Sleepiness, while sitting and reading, [41b].
► Sleepy very early in the evening;
while at work, the eyes involuntarily jerked, at least the right leg, in
the evening (first day), [27]. ► Unusually sleepy, with dullness of the
head, in the evening (first day), [30a].
[1460.] ►
Very sleepy after supper (third day), [27a].
► Very sleepy, so that he fell
asleep, in the evening (first day), [27].
► Very sleepy, fell asleep while
reading, in the evening, [27]. ► Very sleepy, with much yawning, could
scarcely keep his painful eyes open, in the evening (first day), [27]. ►
*Irresistible sleepiness, [27].
[From debility [°]. -Lippe.] ► Irresistible sleepiness, five hours
before the usual time, [2]. ► Irresistible sleepiness after dinner,
with very painful pressure in the eyes; the conjunctiva of the lids
especially is very much inflamed, [27].
► Necessity to sleep (seventeenth
day), [42]. ►
Sleep more prolonged than usual (second night), [27]. ►
Sleeplessness. ►
Difficulty in falling asleep, in the evening, without special symptoms;
at night, he slept longer than usual (third night), [27]. 1470., ► Difficulty in falling asleep, on going to
bed at night; he woke several times during the night with pains in the
bones, especially in the left wrist and knees (first night), [27]. ►
Difficulty in falling asleep, in the evening; he only slept and became
warm after midnight or towards morning; previous to this he was
constantly waking on account of great flow of ideas, and was always
chilly; towards morning he became naturally warm, without sweat or heat
(first night), [27]. ► He could not fall asleep before 3 A.M.,
on account of great wakefulness, [8].
► Sleep restless, unrefreshing, [1]. ►
Sleep restless, full of dreams, [37].
► Seep restless, disturbed by
confused dreams, [1]. ► Sleep very restless, and disturbed by
anxious dreams (second night), [31].
► Night disturbed by frequent waking
and pain in the face (fourth day), [31].
► Frequent waking at night, with
violent erections and sexual excitement, [27].
► Woke at 2 A.M., an unusual time,
fell asleep again and woke at 5 A.M., with an emission, scanty and thin
(second day), [27a]. [1480.] ►
Frequent waking after midnight till toward morning; he then lay upon the
back with open mouth, dry tongue, tensive pain and heaviness in the
occiput, [11]. ► Woke at 3 A.M., with a feeling of great
heaviness in all the limbs and head; was unable to fall asleep for a
long time, and then was tormented by anxious dreams, [4]. ► He woke
at 2 A.M., after vivid dreams, and could not fall asleep again for a
long time, on account of excessive irritability, [3]. ►
Frequent starting up in sleep, [5].
► Rose early in the morning,
satisfied with a little sleep (second day), [27]. ► Dreams.
► Sleep dreamy, restless, disturbed
by formication in the fingers, [36].
► Sleep full of dreams, [1]. ►
Many unremembered dreams (second night), [27a].
► Unremembered dreams, [12]. ►
Numerous vivid and unremembered dreams (first night), [1], [27]. [1490.] ►
Very vivid unremembered dream (first day), [27a]. ► Many
very clearly remembered dreams, towards morning, [11]. (Revised by Hering, l. c.) ► Vivid dream, with starting up as if he
were falling from a height, [12]. ► Very vivid dreams, before midnight,
anxious; after midnight, ludicrous, [4].
► Woke at night from a very vivid
dream; could with difficulty collect his thoughts and find that he had
only been dreaming, afterwards he fell asleep (sixth night), [27]. ►
Voluptuous dream, and a sensation as if he had had an emission, [4]. ►
Many dreams of the most varied character he was journeying but did not
know where he was; could not recollect the names of the places where he
was or wished to go; the character of the dreams was especially uneasy,
with complete confusion of ideas (first night), [27]. ►
Frightful dreams, [1]. ► Dream that his back was covered with
warts and excrescences, [12]. ► Nightmare after midnight, and after
waking falling asleep of the limbs, and powerlessness of the hands, [4].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. [1500.]
► Chilliness (second day), [27]; (first evening), [27a]; especially towarde vening, [35]. ►
Chilliness and shivering, towards evening, [36]. ►
Chilliness, in the forenoon, with cold hands and feet, and somewhat
accelerated pulse; the skin, at least of the hands, seemed dead and
shrivelled, as if they had been in the cold a long time, and as if they
would desquamate (second day), [27].
► Chilliness out of bed; heat in bed,
[1]. ►
Chilliness, on motion, [1]. ► Chilliness and coldness over the whole
body, with asthmatic constriction and oppression of the chest, before
and behind, [1]. ► Chilliness in a warm room, with
sleepiness, [4]. ► Cold hands, with chilliness all over,
without shivering, with dryness of the mouth posteriorly, and
accumulation of saliva anteriorly, without desire for drinks, lasting
two hours, [10]. ► Chilliness, as if she were repeatedly
dashed with cold water, especially over the
arms, abdomen, hips, and feet, with yawning, lachrymation, and perfect
warmth of the face and hands, [5].
► *Constant chilliness, [37]. [1510.]
► *Great chilliness over the whole body,
[9]. ►
Great chilliness, with very cold hands, at 9 A.M., [39]. ► Great
chilliness, in the morning (second day), [27].
► Very chilly all day, fretful and
uncomfortable, sick and suffering, as before a severe illness; therewith
some appetite, though discomfort after the slightest food, only
tolerable in the open air, [5]. ► Internal chilliness, [5]. ► Before
and after the stool shivering chilliness, prostration, and great
sensitiveness to the cold open air, [11].
► Shaking chill, [9]. ► Shaking
chill, could not get warm all day (fourth day), [31]. ►
Constant shaking chill (fourth day), [31].
► Febrile chill, with thirst for cold
water, [1]. [1520.] ►
He became cold in the night, although he went to bed warm in the
evening, was cold also in the morning and during the day (third day), [27]. ►
Quite cold externally for thirty-six hours, with great thirst, without
longing for warmth, without dreading the open air, and without
subsequent heat, [1]. ► Shivering, in the evening, [38]. ►
Shivering over the whole body, after the stool, [1]. ►
Occasional shiverings, transient, but frequently returning (second day),
[31]. ►
Frequent shivering over the whole body, and also in different parts,
down the left leg, in the evening (third day), [27a]. ►
Frequent shivering over the whole body, with gooseflesh and icy-cold
hands and feet, in a warm room, [7].
► Constant shivering, in the forenoon
(third day), [31]. ► Very disagreeable sensation of shivering
(third day), [42]. ► Creeping shivering over the whole body,
with yawning and great warmth of the body, in a very warm room, [27]. [1530.]
► Shuddering of the whole body, while
awake and asleep, [36]. ► Violent shuddering of the body during
sleep, so that he even bit his tongue, [1].
► Chilliness over the abdomen and
arms, with dilated pupils (after thirty-five hours), [1]. ►
Chilliness over the back, with cold hands, at 8.30 A.M., [39]. ►
Chilliness and coldness in the arms and legs, [1]. ► An
unusual chilliness in the hollow of the left knee, in the afternoon
(second day), [31]. ► Much chilliness in the back, [39]. ►
Forehead cool, moist (third day), [42].
► Extremities cold, [51]. ►
Coldness of the arms and legs, without a feeling of chilliness, [26]. [1540.]
► Hands and feet cold, like those of
a dead person, [9]. ► Cold hands, at 4.30 P.M., [39]. ►
Sensation of coldness and perspiration on the legs, followed by heat all
over, mostly in the head, [1]. ► Cold feet, that, however, became warm in
bed, [9]. ►
Coldness of the whole foot; the foot frequently falls asleep, in the
afternoon (second day), [31]. ► Hands extremely cold (first day); both
hands cold (second day); hands very cold, for some time (third day), [27]. ►
Cold creepings on both sides of the upper arms, over the back and feet,
with yawning, [5]. ► Shivering over the back and arms, [1]. ►
Shivering and shuddering in the back, chest, and upper abdomen, [12]. ►
The right hand becomes cold while writing, the left warm, in a warm room
(second day), [27]. ► Heat. [1550.]
► Increased warmth over the whole
body, [9]. ►
Increased warmth of the body towards evening; was less sensitive to cold
air (first day), [27]. ► Feels too warm, in the evening, with
creepings of cold shivers, especially in the back and down the lower
extremities, in the evening (first day), [27].
► General intolerable heat, with
breaking out of sweat (first evening), [27a].
► Intense fever, [45]. ► Violent
hot fever, [14], [15]. ►
Typhoid fever, which lasted twelve weeks (after a few weeks); she
remained quite feeble, and finally died with hectic fever, [50]. ►
Increased warmth and pulsation in the right shoulder, [35]. ►
Unusual warmth of the hands, with coldness of the feet and legs as far
as the knees, and accelerated pulse (third day), [27]. ► The
face was hot and sweaty, in the house in the evening, [11]. [1560.]
► Great heat and warmth through the
whole hand and arm, even perceptible to touch, [1]. ► Sweat.
► Increased transpiration of the skin
(seventeenth day), [42]. ► Perspiration (second night), [27]. ►
Some perspiration, towards morning (first night), [27a]. ►
Excessive perspiration (first night), [27].
► Skin dripping with cold
perspiration, [51]. ► Cold moist feet, while sitting in a warm
room, [4].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), After waking, rawness, etc., in
palate, etc.; between 6 and 7 o’clock, cough; in bed, boring in
shoulders; after rising, pain in bones of wrist; in bed, pressure in
gluteal muscles; chilliness. ► (Afternoon), Nausea; towards evening, cutting
in abdomen; sticking in scapulæ; itching; towards evening, chilliness. ► (Evening),
General feeling, [11]; burning in
lip; pains in lip; toothache in back teeth; in bed, cracking in
shoulder-joint; in bed, tearing in tibia; in bed, burning in ulcers; in
bed, stitches in skin; itching; shivering; warmth. ►
(Night), Pressure in abdomen;
especially after midnight, cough; in bed, pain in long bones; pain in
shoulder; formication in great toes; perspiration. ►
(Walking in open air), Pain across
pectoral muscles, etc.; pain in muscles of forearm. ► (After eating),
Fiery taste; scraping in throat; cough. ►
(In house), Pain in occiput; nausea.
► (Motion),
Pain in nape of neck; pain in lumbar vertebræ; pain in shoulder-joint;
pain in wrist, etc.; chilliness. ► (Rest), The pains, [39]; boring in wrists, etc.; boring in shoulder;
pressure, etc., in elbow-joint; pressure in knees; pain about malleolus;
pain in ankle. ► (Sitting), Tightness of chest; weakness in
knees; pain in hollow of knee; jerking in knee;
tearing in different parts. ► (After sleep), Fretfulness. ► (After supper),
Tightness of chest. ► (After waking), Pains always experienced, [39]. ►
(Walking), Pain in parietal bone;
nausea in throat etc.; cough; pain in small of back; boring in shoulder,
etc. ► (Warm
room), Pressive headache. ►
Amelioration. ► (Afternoon), Towards evening, tightness of
chest. ► (Night),
No pains, [39]. ► (Walking in cool
open air), General feelings, [11].
► (In bed),
Pains less frequent, [39]. ► (Eating),
Burning in mouth; nausea in throat; pain in larynx. ► (Motion),
Pressure in temple; qualmishness. ► (Standing), Tightness of chest. ► (Work),
Dullness of head.
SUPPLEMENT: MEZEREUM.
Authorities.
53,
Lesser Writings of Hahnemann (Dr. Adolph Gerstel, North Am. Journ. of
Hom., New Ser., 9, 1878, p. 184); 54,
Pluskal, Oest. Woch., 1844 (ibid), effects of leaves; 55, Dr. Schwebe, Caspar’s Woch. (Lancet, 1849
(2), p. 637), two children, æt. four and two years, ate some berries; 56, J. B. Carruthers, M.D., Lancet, 1859 (2),
p. 378, a child, æt. three years, ate the berries.►
Somebody advised a young, pale girl,
æt. fourteen years, to use the leaves of Mezereum in order to become
fat and rosy. She went into the woods and made free use of them on her
cheeks and surrounding parts. Burning pains soon appeared, her whole
face swelled up enormously, especially the nose, eyelids, and hairy
scalp. Severe and painful sneezing, deliria, dull, unbearable, pressing
pains in the forehead, a nauseous dryness in the throat, and a constant
irritation to dry cough, showed that the acridity of the poison by its
inhalation affected the nose, and through the frontal sinuses the
cerebral membranes, also pharynx and larynx. The face soon took on the
expression of erysipelas bullosum, the nostrils closed, so that she
could only breathe through her mouth; febrile pulse, burning urine.
After external application of oil, cold compresses, and indifferent
external remedies, the swelling decreased after the second day, and
desquamated in large pieces. But health did not return. Debility, loss
of vitality, and mental depression, bordering on idiocy, were since that
time observed in her. A typhoid fever, lasting full three months,
prostrated her so much that she finally succumbed to it, [54]. ►
Dryness and burning of the throat, with attempts to vomit; intense
thirst; great heat of skin; great prostration of strength; pale
countenance; and a feeble quick pulse, [56].
► The eldest complained of a burning
sensation in the mouth and nausea; dryness of the throat and burning at
the pit of the stomach; a reddish mucus was discharged from the mouth.
In an hour both were plunged into complete narcotism, with coma,
convulsive movements of the eyes and the superior extremities,
dilatation and insensibility of the pupils, [55]. [1570.]
► A robust person took some bark of
Mezereum for some ailment, and continuing the drug after the
disappearance of his troubles, he soon complained of unbearable itching
all over the body, so that he could not sleep one moment. Even after
leaving it off for thirty-six hours, he assured me that the itching
still kept on increasing. A few grains of Camphor removed this itching, [53].® 2000
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