NYMPHÆA ODORATA.
Nymphæa odorata, Ait.
Natural order
, Nymphæceæ.
Common name
, Sweet water-lily.
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. Edwin Cowles, Hale’s New Remedies, second edition, took repeated
doses of 10 to 125 drops of one-tenth dil., and afterwards 20 to 120
drops of tincture; 2, same,
subsequently took 5 to 200 drops of tincture.
HEAD.
►
Head feels very heavy (seventh day), [1].
► Head aches a little, on getting up
(sixth morning), [1]. ► Heaviness in the temporal region (four
hours after third dose, fifth day), [1].
► Headache through the temples
(seventh day), [1]. ► Left temporal headache (sixth night), [1].
NOSE, MOUTH, THROAT, AND STOMACH.
► Free nasal flow, as in coryza (seventh
day), [1]. ►
Severe coryza (seventh day), [1]. ► Some coryzal discharge from the head
(eighth day), [1]. ► Some pain in an old hollow tooth, that
has ached before (third day), [1].
[10.] ►
Soreness of the throat, as in a cold; frequent desire to
swallow, with painful deglutition, [2]. ►
Soreness of the throat (after first dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Soreness of the throat, with disposition to cough, on waking (sixth
day), [2]. ►
Tingling in the throat (after second dose, sixth day), [1]. ► Some
roughness of the throat (after third dose, fifth day), [1]. ►
Appetite not quite so good (seventh morning), [1].
ABDOMEN AND STOOL.
►
Pain in the hypogastrium and back, and an evacuation, of the bowels,
with some pain, at 7 A.M. (fourth day), [1].
► Pain in the hypogastrium and back,
and an evacuation at 11 A.M. (fifth day), [1].
► A little pain in the hypogastrium,
in the evening and night (third day); at 7 A.M. (fourth day), [1]. ►
Some hypogastric pain (after second dose, sixth day), [1]. [20.] ► Evacuation of the bowels, with some pain,
at 7 A.M. (fourth day); an early evacuation, another at 11 A.M.; a thin
stool, with a little pain and slight smarting at the anus, at 1.30 P.M.
(fifth day), [1]. ► Pain in the bowels for a few moments at a
time, more sharp, and passage of foul flatus (after third dose, sixth
day), [1]. ►
Some pain in the bowels and back (fourth day), [1]. ► *Looseness
of bowels (fourth day), with some pain in bowels (fifth day),
[2]. ►
Loose evacuations, with some pain in the bowels (fifth day), [2].
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Increased flow of urine (fourth day), [2]. ►
Some involuntary passage of urine (fifth day), [2]. ►
Sensation as if urine was not quite all passed, with the feeling of
weakness in the lumbar region (after third dose, sixth day), [1]. ►
Slight excitement of the genitals (sixth night), [1]. ► Slight
increase of sexual feeling, at night (fifth day), [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[30.] ► (A
little cough and coryza), (second day), [1].
► Some cough, in morning (fourth
day), [2]. ►
A little cough, in the morning, and apparent effects of a cold (eighth
day), [1].
BACK AND EXTREMITIES.
► Some pain in the back (eighth day), [1]. ►
Pain in the back (sixth night), [1].
► A little feeling of weakness in the
lumbar region (third day), [2].
► Feel weak in the lumbar region,
with a sensation as if urine was not quite all passed (after third dose,
sixth day), [1]. ► Pain in the lumbar region (fifth night), [1]. ►
Pain in lumbar region (fifth day), [2].
► Some pain in the lower lumbar
region (fourth day), [1]. [40.] ►
Lumbar region and lower extremities dull and quite weak (seventh day), [1]. ►
Restless night, with pain in the back and lower limbs (sixth night), [1]. ►
Lower extremities and lumbar region dull and quite weak (seventh day), [1]. ►
Some pain in the lower extremities (eighth day), [1]. ► Pain in
the lower limbs (sixth night), [1].
GENERALITIES, SLEEP, AND FEVER.
► Felt very dull all the morning, with pain
in back and head; feel quite unfit for active duties (seventh day), [1]. ►
Great weakness in lower lumbar region, with headache through temples,
and severe coryza (seventh day), [1].
► On getting up, quite inclined to
stretch (seventh morning), [1]. ► Lascivious dream (third night), [1]. ►
Feeling as of a cold (fifth night), [1].
[50.] ►
Chilly feeling (fifth day), [1].® 2000
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