MITCHELLA.
Mitchella repens, L.
Natural order
, Rubiaceæ.
Common name
, Partridge-berry.
Preparation
, Tincture of whole plant.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. T. C. Duncan, proving with repeated doses of 10 to 100 drops of
tincture, U. S. M. and S. J., 1, p. 252; 2,
Dr. P. H. Hale, a woman took teaspoonful doses of tinct. three times a
day for three weeks, Hale’s New Remedies, 2d ed., p. 714.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Depression of
mind; sighing (after two hours, seventh day), [1]. ► Great
depression of spirits (after five hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ►
Spirits begin to revive, at 1 P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ► Light
and buoyant in spirits, although the weather is gloomy and rainy (ninth
day), [1]. ► Intellectual. ►
Awoke from a most refreshing sleep, brain clear; feel light and buoyant
in spirits, much better than usual (second morning); brain feels dull,
and mind stupid, in morning (third day); brain still dull (fourth
morning); brain feels very dull, at 7.30 A.M. (fifth day); brain feels
lighter, but still far from being clear, in morning (sixth day); mind
very dull, brain very dull, cannot concentrate thought; could not keep
mind on subject in hand; whole perceptive faculties very dull (after
first dose, sixth day); brain very dull (after two hours, seventh day);
continued dulness of anterior lobes of brain (after three hours and a
half, seventh day); totally unable to attend to any regular duties
(after thirteen hours and a half, seventh day); great dulness of brain,
with feeling of fulness, at 9.30 A.M. (eighth day); brain feels somewhat
lighter, can think better, at 1 P.M. (eighth day), [15]. ► Memory
poor (after eleven hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ►
Forgetfulness (seventh day), [1]. ► Very forgetful (after thirteen hours and
a half, seventh day), [1].
HEAD.
►
Whole head feels bad at 11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. [10.]
► Headache; whole brain feels dull,
especially the cerebellum, in the morning (sixth day), [1]. ►
Headache continuous (after thirteen hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ►
Awoke with a very severe headache, in the morning (eighth day), [1]. ►
Head feels as if being relieved of great pressure from without, most of
which has been upon the anterior lobes, at 10 P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ►
Forehead. ► Feeling of
fulness of frontal region (after two hours, seventh day), [1]. ►
Anterior lobes of brain seem dull and heavy (three hours and a half
after first dose, fifth day), [1].
► Great frontal headache, lasting
thirty minutes (eleventh day), [1].
► Severe frontal headache for two
hours, just behind the superciliary ridges, at 10 P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ►
Vertex. ► Burning in
coronal region on inside of skull, at 11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth
day), [1]. ► Parietals. ►
Throbbing pain on right side of head, in region of “sublimity”
(after three hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. [20.] ► Spot on right side of head,
“sublimity” region, about the size of a silver dollar, feels
as if electricity was passing through there (after eleven hours and a
half, seventh day), [1]. ► Occiput. ►
Dull, heavy aching in cerebellum (after one hour, seventh day), [1]. ►
Throbbing in occipital region, on inside of skull, at 11 A.M. (after
first dose, sixth day), [1]. ► External Head. ►
Scalp feels hot, at 1 P.M. (eighth day), [1].
► Scalp sore to touch, especially
over region of benevolence, at 10 P.M. (eighth day), [1].
EYE.
►
Eyes feel dull and heavy, at 11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day); eyes
feel weak, at 11 P.M. (after first dose, sixth day); eyes feel dull and
weak (after two hours, seventh day); eyes feel dull, heavy, and filled
with tears (after three hours and a half, seventh day); eyes feel heavy
and dull, in the morning (eighth day), [1].
EAR.
►
Burning of the pinna of the left ear, at 11.10 A.M. (after first dose,
sixth day), [1]. ► Dull aching pain in right ear, at 1 P.M.
(eighth day), [1].
FACE.
►
Rush of blood to the face, nose feels as though it would bleed (after
two hours, seventh day), [1].
MOUTH.
►
Sharp shooting pain in an upper molar tooth, left side (after three
hours and a half, seventh day), [1].
[30.] ►
Burning in tongue (after two hours, seventh day), [1]. ►
Pricking sensation in tongue, back portion, in the centre (after second
dose, fifth day), [1].
THROAT.
►
Tonsils. ► Deglutition
difficult; tonsils enlarged, especially left one; it is not congested;
do not feel them, except when swallowing, in the morning (sixth day), [1]. ►
Fauces. ► Fauces feel dry
and slightly irritated (two hours and a half after first dose, second
day); fauces again dry (after second dose, third day); a good deal of
irritation of the fauces (after first dose, fourth day); fauces still
dry and irritable, at 7.30 A.M. (fifth day), [1]. ► Swallowing.
► Difficult deglutition, due to a
constriction of the pharynx (two hours after third dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Deglutition difficult, at 11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Some slight difficult in deglutition (ninth day), [1]. ► External
Throat. ► Some enlargement
of the left submaxillary gland (after three hours and a half, seventh
day), [1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► The appetite
is not so good (third morning), [1].
► Appetite not so good as usual, in
the morning, returning at 1 P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ► Thirst.
[40.] ►
Thirst (fifth day), [1]. ► Eructation. ►
Eructations (after first dose, fourth day); with hiccough (after
thirteen hours and a half, seventh day), [1].
► Acid eructations, at 11 A.M. (after
first dose, sixth day), [1]. ► Nausea. ►
Nausea (sixth and seventh days), [1].
► Slight nausea (seventh and eighth
days), [1]. ► Stomach. ►
Burning in stomach, which extends along the œsophagus its whole length
(sixth and seventh days), [1]. ► Dull pain in epigastrium, at 1 P.M.
(after first dose, sixth day), [1].
ABDOMEN.
►
Objective. ► Rumbling in
bowels; expulsion of flatus; feel as if going to have diarrhœa (ninth
day), [1]. ►
Much flatus in the intestines (third and fourth days), [1]. ►
Expulsion of flatus, in the morning (third day), [1]. ► Subjective.
[50.] ►
Whole alimentary tract feels cold; transverse colon tender under
pressure (three hours after second dose, fifth day), [1]. ► Abdomen
feels distended, as if with flatus, especially the transverse colon, in
the morning (third day), [1]. ► Griping pain in bowels (eighth day); in
colon (seventh day), in small intestines (ninth day), [1]. ► Dull
pain in the bowels, in transverse and ascending colon, at 11 A.M. (after
first dose, sixth day), [1].
RECTUM.
►
Urging to stool (eighth day), [1].
► Urging to stool, expulsion of
flatus (three hours and a half after first dose, fifth day), [1].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. ► Evacuation of
quite thin stools; not strictly diarrhœa, but just such stools as
generally usher in an attack of diarrhœa (three hours after second
dose, fifth day), [1]. ► Evacuation from bowels, at 7.30 A.M.;
stool quite soluble (fifth day), [1].
► Stool, which was quite soluble, at
9 A.M. (eighth day), [1]. ► Stool at 9.30 A.M., expelled with
difficulty; much flatus (after first dose, fourth day), [1]. ►
Constipation. [60.] ► Bowels costive (ninth day); at 9 A.M.
(third day), [1]. ► Bowels costive, fæces small in amount
and expelled with difficulty, tenesmus, at 8.30 A.M. (seventh day), [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Kidneys and Bladder. ►
Heat in kidneys (after three hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ►
Dull pain over the region of kidneys, and apparently in those organs, at
11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1].
► Uneasiness at neck of bladder,
urging to urinate, at 11 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Great burning sensation at neck of bladder, at 11.10 A.M. (after first
dose, sixth day), [1]. ► Urethra. ►
The urethra and neck of the bladder were swollen and irritated (after
three weeks), [2]. ► Urine. ►
The renal secretion was notably increased (after three weeks), [2]. ►
Voided 9 ounces of urine between 9.30 A.M. and 1 P.M.; it seems to be
much darker in color than usual; had voided 12 ounces more at 6 P.M.; 6
ounces more at 11 P.M. (fourth day); urging to urinate, voided 15 ounces
of high-colored urine in the morning; 42 ounces in the last twenty-four
hours; recent urine, sp. gr. 1040; after standing in a cool place for
three hours, sp. gr. 1038, color deep-yellow; a very strong acid
reaction; sediment white, flocculent, and large in amount; readily
responds to the tests for uric acid,
and chloride of sodium; the sp. gr. of the urine voided during the last
twenty-four hours, ending at 1 P.M., and taken from the top of the
vessel, was 1024; this would give us 1010.142 grains of solid matter
(the whole amount of urine being 42 ounces), but this not the true sp.
gr. nor the true amount of solid matter, as there was more than 1/2
ounces of sediment at the bottom of the vessel, which responded readily
to the tests for uric acid; I think that 1038 in the more accurate sp.
gr.; we would now have, according to Golding Bird, 1688.642 grs. of
solid matter passed in the last twenty-four hours, 5 ounces; sp. gr.
1031, at 10 P.M. (fifth day); urine of last evening, which stood in the
test-tube, 1040 sp. gr.; recent urine, sp. gr. 1032, in the morning; 19
ounces in the last twenty-four hours, sp. gr. of recent urine, 1024;
mean sp. gr. for last twenty-four hours, 1036, at 1 P.M.; 8 ounces at 6
P.M.; 4 ounces more, sp. gr. 1028, at 11 P.M. (sixth day); 6 ounces, sp.
gr. 1032; last night’s urine after standing in the test-tube, 1038, some
sediment, in the morning; 23 ounces, mean sp. gr. 1030, in last
twenty-four hours, at 1 P.M.; 8 ounces, sp. gr. 1034, at 9 P.M. (seventh
day); 9 ounces, sp. gr. 1030, acid reaction, in the morning; 29 ounces,
mean sp. gr. 1032, within last twenty-four hours; sp. gr. of recent,
1032, at 1 P.M.; 7 ounces, sp. gr. 1030, at 6 P.M.; afterwards, at 10
P.M., 3 ounces more, sp. gr. 1034 (eighth day); 7 ounces, sp. gr. 1022,
in the morning; 24 ounces, mean sp. gr. 1028, in last twenty-four hours,
at 1 P.M. (ninth day); mean sp. gr. 1024 (tenth day); natural (eleventh
day).
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Male. ► Pain, drawing in
the right testicle, at 1 P.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Female. [70.] ► The uterus became irritated, and the seat
of severe pain; examination revealed an engorged condition of the cervix
uteri; it appeared dark-red and swollen (after three weeks), [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Much mucus in the bronchi (eighth day), [1].
► Dry, hacking cough, in the morning
(eighth day), [1]. ► Breathing hurried, at 11 A.M. (after
first dose, sixth day), [1]. ► Breathing difficult, at 11 A.M. (after
first dose, sixth day), [1].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Uneasy feeling at heart, as if its contractions were interfered with, at
1 P.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1].
► Burning pains over region of heart,
with a feeling as if its action was being interfered with; beats, at
times, slow and regular, then quick and hurried, at 9.30 A.M. (eighth
day), [1]. ►
Pulse 80, in the morning, and at noon (fifth day); 72, at times labored,
then quick and hurried (after first dose, sixth day); 80 (after two
hours, seventh day); 80, after walking about, 72, when quiet, at 1 P.M.
(eighth day); 76 (ninth day), [1].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Back feels very weak (third day), [1].
► Pain in the back, running down
through the muscles of the limbs; these were aching pains (after one
hour, seventh day), [1]. ► Dorsal. [80.]
► Dull pain between the shoulders
(after second dose, fifth day), [1].
► Slight transient aching pains in
the trapezius muscles (three hours after second dose, fifth day), [1]. ►
Dull aching pain in the trapezii, at 11.10 A.M. (after first dose, sixth
day), [1]. ►
Muscles between shoulders somewhat sore (ninth day), [1]. ► Lumbar.
► Uneasiness in region of kidneys
(three hours after second dose, fifth day); dull aching pain in back,
over region of kidneys, in the morning (sixth day); dull pain in lumbar
region, in the morning (sixth day); burning in muscles of lumbar region
for ten minutes (after one hour, seventh day), dull, aching pain in
lumbar region (eighth day), [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► All muscles of extremities feel sore
(after first dose, fourth day), [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Dull aching pain in right shoulder, at 1
P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ► Burning in phalanges of right hand (after
three hours and a half, seventh day), [1].
► Burning sensation in right abductor
minimi digiti muscle (after eleven hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ►
Dull pain in the anterior surface of left fourth phalanges, seemingly in
the tendon of the flexor profundus digitorum (after two hours, seventh
day), [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
[90.] ►
Feel an unsteadiness in walking, as if I would fall over to the right
side; it passes away after walking some distance, in the morning (eighth
day), [1]. ►
Some little pain in the large muscles of inferior extremities and back,
such as quadratus femoris, gastrocnemii, solei, latissimus dorsi,
trapezii, and in the ligamentum patellæ and tendo Achillis (tenth and
eleventh days), [1]. ► Great aching pain in the inferior
extremities, especially in tendons and ligaments about the knee-joints
(after three hours and a half, seventh day), [1]. ► Muscles
of inferior extremities and both shoulders very sore, at 10 P.M. (eighth
day), [1]. ► Hip. ►
Dull aching pain in right hip-joint (after thirteen hours and a half,
seventh day), [1]. ► Knee. ►
Great pain in knee-joints, seems to be in the tendons and ligaments; it
is with great difficulty that I can ascend stairs; somewhat relieved by
motion (after thirteen hours and a half, seventh day); knee-joints very
stiff, in the morning (eighth day); great pain in the knee-joints, at 1
P.M. (eighth day), [1]. ► Leg. ►
Burning sensation in the left gastrocnemii (after thirteen hours and a
half, seventh day), [1]. ► Dull aching pain in gastrocnemii (after
two hours, seventh day), [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Lassitude (fifth and seventh days), [1].
► Great lassitude, general malaise
(three hours after second dose, fifth day), [1]. [100.] ► General malaise, relieved to a great
extent, by a shock of electricity, at 11 P.M. (after first dose, sixth
day), [1]. ►
Feel tired and sore, especially in the muscles, in the morning (fifth
day); muscles of entire body seem sore, especially of inferior
extremities (three hours after second dose, fifth day); all the muscles
of the body feel tired, especially the flexors and extensors of the
inferior extremities, in the morning (sixth day); whole muscles of body
sore, especially the bellies of the quadratus femoris, adductoris,
gastrocnemii, and other muscles of the inferior extremities, at 11 A.M.
(after first dose, sixth day); feel sore all over (after thirteen hours
and a half, seventh day); feel rather sore and stiff all over body,
especially in the joints of the inferior extremities, in the morning
(eighth day); pains of joints and ligaments moved up into the bellies of
the muscles, at 1 P.M. (eighth day); feel much better when walking, in
morning (eighth day), [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning and
stretching, at 11 and 11.10 A.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Drowsy, at 11 P.M. (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ► Dull
and drowsy, can drop to sleep at any moment (after thirteen hours and a
half, seventh day), [1]. ► Sleep more refreshing than the night
previous; think it due to the shock of electricity (sixth night), [1]. ►
Sleeplessness. ► Slept but
poorly (fourth night), [1]. ► Sleep very unrefreshing (third night), [1]. ►
Awoke in a fright, felt as if I had been up all night (sixth morning), [1]. ►
Slept very poorly, had troublesome, frightful dreams (second night), [1].
FEVER.
[110.]
► Chill over whole body, with flashes
of heat, very sensitive to cold air (after thirteen hours and a half,
seventh day), [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Soreness of muscles, etc. ► Amelioration. ►
(Walking), General feelings.® 2000
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