PARIS QUADRIFOLIA.
Paris quadrifolia, Linn.
Natural order
, Liliaceæ.
Common names
, Herb Paris; Embeere; La
Parisette.
Preparation
, Tincture of the whole plant,
when in fruit.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 7,
from Stapf’s collection, Archiv. f. Hom., 8, 1, 177.) 1, Hahnemann; 2,
Gross; 3, Hartmann; 4, Langhammer; 5,
Stapf; 6, Teuthorn; 7, Wislizenus (Nos. 8
to 12, from Hartlaub and Trinks, R.
A. Ml., 3,149); 8, Hering, from H.
and T., and also additional symptoms, Archiv. f. Hom., 13, 1, 171; 9, Bethmann; 10,
Hartlaub; 11, Ruckert; 12, Nenning; 13,
Gesner, Epist. Med., fol. 53, from Roth. Journ. de la soc. Gall., Mat.
Méd., 1, p. 471; 14, Berridge, N.
Am. J. of Hom., N. S., vol. 3, p. 504, a woman took a dose of
“9m” (Fincke).
MIND.
►
Foolish; talks a great deal about every subject, changes from one
subject to another, talks in order to talk, and even would do so if
alone, is even delighted with his own frivolity and ridiculous talk
(first day), [8]. ► Lively, talkative (first day), [12]. ►
Inclined to be vexed and dissatisfied with people for insignificant
reasons, and to relieve himself in a few contemptuous words (first day),
[8]. ►
Disinclination for mental work, [10].
HEAD.
►
Sudden whirling vertigo, especially while sitting, [2]. ►
Vertigo; everything whirls around with her, [8]. ► Vertigo
after reading aloud; talking and looking intently were difficult, and he
felt as if a violent headache would come on; aggravated by going
upstairs, which caused a pressure from within outward, in the whole
head, with a sensation of intoxication, [8].
► Dulness of the head, [2], [10]. ► Dulness in the head, like vertigo,
disappearing on walking in the open air (after two hours), [12]. [10.]
► The head is heavy; the cervical
muscles will not hold it upright; it sinks forward, [2]. ►
Internal headache like a bubbling, on waking at night; he was unable to
fall asleep again on account of internal restlessness, [1]. ►
Headache, while smoking the customary tobacco (after five hours), [4]. ►
It seemed as though a violent headache would come on; increased towards
evening, in the open air, [8]. ► Sharp stitches in the top of the head, to
the left of the vertex, [12]. ► Pressure in the whole head, from within
outward, [8]. ► *Sticking pain in the middle of the head and in
the temples; afterwards a heavy pressure upon the forehead, especially
on stooping, [11]. ► *In the evening everything was worse; the pain
in the forehead involved the whole sinciput; it seemed as though the
scalp were contracted and the bone scraped sore; the margins of the lids
were red and hot; it seemed as
though a thread were tightly drawn through the eye to the middle of the
head, which was very painful (second day), [11]. ► The
pains in the head were aggravated by thought, [12]. ►
Sensation in the head, as though the meninges and brain were tense, with
a tensive sensation in the occipital region as if the skin there were
thicker and could not be wrinkled (first day), [8]. [20.] ► A sensation as if the dura mater were
drawn tight over the brain, lasting a long time, especially in the
occiput, [8]. ► Feeling of swelling of right forehead,
right temple, and right side of head, for a minute; before midnight
(fourth day), [14]. ► Sensation through the whole head, as if
it were puffed up; especially as if the temples and eyes were forced
outward (after one hour), [8]. ► Forehead. ►
Painful pressure above the left orbit, that seems to press down the
upper lid, [3]. ► Constant painful pressure, deep in the
right frontal eminence (after one hour), [3].
► Sensation as if a sharp point were
pressed against the right frontal eminence (a superficial sticking
pressure), (after one hour), [11].
► Constrictive pressive pain in the
forehead (first day), [11]. ► Stupefying headache, throbbing like the
pulse, in the left forehead, [2]. ► A slight waving and throbbing headache
(in the left side of the forehead), on going upstairs, [8]. ►
Sticking and gnawing in the left frontal region, followed by gnawing in
the left lower jaw, very painful (first day), [12]. [30.] ► Benumbing stitches in the left side of
the forehead (after one hour), [4].
► Temples and Parietals. ► *Pressive pain in the right temporal region,
that is relieved by pressure of the hand (after two hours), [3]. ►
Frequent persistent pressure in the head, especially in both temples, [11]. ►
Slight pressure in the left temple, [8].
► Fine stitches in the left temple, [10]. ► A
very sore painful spot, only when touched, in the left parietal bone
(occurring in the night), as after a hard bruise, although nothing
abnormal is to be seen (after twenty-four hours), [2]. ►
Stitches in the right side of the head (after one hour), [12]. ► Occiput
and External Head. ►
Pressure in the occiput, [11]. ► Intermitting drawing pain in the muscles
of the right side of the occiput (after three hours), [4]. ► The
hair falls out and is painful on the vertex, [8]. [40.] ► Some fine scurf on the head, [10]. ►
Tension in the skin of the forehead and occiput; it seems as though the
skin were tightly adherent to the bone and almost immovable, [2]. ►
Itching over the whole head, with some burning after scratching, [10]. ►
Pain in the scalp when touched, as if the hair were painful (after one
hour and a quarter), [4].
EYE.
►
Discharge of thin mucus from the eyes and nose, that caused sighing, [8]. ►
Much purulent mucus in the eyes, in the morning, [8]. ► The
eyes seem swollen, as if their orbits were too small (so that he could
not easily move the eyes); with inability to fix the vision steadily
upon anything, as if all objects were moving, [8]. ►
Sensation of slight burning and biting in the eyes, [8]. [From the exhalations of the juice of the
plant.] ► Burning and lachrymation of
the eyes (fourth day), [12]. ► A cool sensation in the right eye (first
day), [11]. [50.] ► *Some
stitches through the middle of the eye, and some cloudiness
before it, [11]. ► Painful tension beneath the left eye, [12]. ►
Orbit and Lid. ► Painful
pressure in the upper margin of the orbit, as if in the bone, [12]. ►
Jerking and twitching of the right upper lid (after half an
hour), [7]. ►
Hardened matter in the inner canthi during the day, with burning pain,
especially when touched, [2]. ► Crawling on the margin of the right upper
lid (after two hours and a half), [7].
► Painful burning in the inner
canthi, [2]. ► Lachrymal Apparatus and Ball. ► Lachrymation, in the morning, after
rising, [2]. ► *The eyeballs seem too large (first
day), [11]. ►
Tearing pressure on the upper surface of the right eyeball, [10]. [60.]
► Pupils dilated (after a quarter of
an hour), [4]. ► Unsteady vision, as if he had been
weeping, [11]. ► A swimming before the eyes, [11].
EAR.
►
A sudden pain in both ears, as if a wedge were being driven into the
meatus, that forces it open; at last it was very violent only in the
right ear; relieved for only a short time on boring in with the finger
(while walking in the open air, in the evening), (after ten hours), [5]. ►
Tearing in the right ear, as if the ear would be torn from the head
(after ten minutes), [2]. ► Tearing in the left ear, [12]. ►
Sensation as if burning heat were coming out of both ears, [12]. ►
Sensation as of a thick mist before both ears, as though he could not
hear well (after half an hour), [2].
► Ringing in the left ear
(after four hours), [4], [10]. ►
Ringing and twinging in the ear, [11].
NOSE.
[70.]
► Violent sneezing, [10]. ►
Frequent sneezing, [11]. ► Bleeding of the nose (after three hours);
violent (after six hours), [6]. ► Red and greenish nasal mucus is blown from the
nose, [2]. ► Alternation of fluent and stopped coryza,
[2]. ►
Stopped coryza, [2]. ► Nose very much stopped, in the morning
after rising; with difficulty he blows out some mucus mixed with blood, [2]. ►
Feeling of fulness in the upper part of the nose, with blowing of thick
mucus streaked with blood from the nose, [8].
► Smell altered; milk and bread smell
like bad meat, [9].
FACE.
►
Paleness of the face (after twelve hours), [4]. [80.] ► Tension and pressure in the left cheek
(after five minutes), [2]. ► A scratching pressure beneath the malar
bone (after three-quarters of an hour), [7].
► Hot stitches in the bone of the
left cheek, that was also somewhat painful to touch, [10]. ► The
upper lip is thick and cracked, with tetter about the mouth, [11]. ►
A blister within the lower lip (after half an hour), [4]. ►
Stitches in the upper lip, nape of the neck, hands, and feet, as if
under the skin, [11].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth and Gums. ►
Toothache, almost like a tickling, aggravated in the afternoon, and
worse at night; aggravated by cold and warmth (third and fourth days), [12]. ►
Painful drawing in a hollow back tooth; cold causes a jerking pain;
worse in the forenoon; relieved by walking; lasting five days (after
three days), [12]. ► Drawing pain in a hollow tooth, [10]. ►
Drawing and throbbing in the teeth, [11].
[90.] ►
Pain, as if all the teeth were loose; the open air penetrated them and
caused a sensation of coldness; together with a wrinkled sensation of
the gum and a pain, as if burnt (second day), [11]. ►
Sensation as if the gum were loose (first day), [11]. ► Pain
every morning, as if a knife were cutting the gum, [11]. ► Tongue.
► Tongue rough and coated white, as
if covered with millet-seeds (after one hour and a quarter), [4]. ►
Root of the tongue brown, in the morning, after rising, [2]. ► Tongue
dry and rough, [12]. ► The tongue seemed too large and broad, [12]. ►
General Mouth. A tense swelling on the hard palate, near the
last back tooth, as large as a pigeon’s egg, almost without pain, [10]. ►
The mouth was completely dried up, in the morning, on waking, [2]. ►
At times a very sudden sensation of dryness, with a scraping sensation,
far back on the palate, with accumulation of much tasteless water in the
mouth, as in hunger, [5]. [100.] ►
Dryness and tickling burning on the hard palate, [8]. ► On the
palate a sensation as if denuded, [11].
► Pain in the skin of the palate; the
next day it desquamated in large pieces, [8].
► Saliva and Taste. ► Profuse accumulation of water in the
mouth, after breakfast, [12]. ► Accumulation of saliva in the mouth that,
though tasteless, puckered the mouth like an astringent, [5]. ► He was
frequently obliged to spit out watery saliva (after four hours), [9]. ►
White slimy froth in the corners of the mouth, in the morning, [8]. ►
Taste and odor of cresses and onions in the mouth, [8]. ► Bitter
taste, with dryness and roughness of the tongue (after a quarter of an
hour), [4]. ►
Flat slimy taste in the mouth, [10].
THROAT.
[110.]
► Pressure, from within outward, in
the throat, as from a ball that continued to grow larger and would burst
the throat open, on stooping, and especially in the evening, [11]. ►
Pressure, like a ball in the throat, when swallowing, and at other
times, frequently returning (first day), [11].
► Scraping in the throat (first day),
[8]. ►
Sharp sticking scratching in the throat, especially in the evening, [11]. ►
Tearing in the muscles of the throat and nape of the neck, [12]. ►
Pressure in the right tonsil, [11].
► Hawking, caused by accumulation of
mucus in the fauces, [2].
► Dryness of the pharynx, [13]. ►
Burning, and afterwards scratching, in the pharynx, [8]. ► A sharp
stitch in the pharynx, [10].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. [120.] ► Great appetite (first day), [9]. ►
Hunger, soon after a nutritious meal, [5].
► Smoking tobacco is not relished, [1]. ►
Eructations. ► Frequent
empty eructations, with pressure, extending up into the chest, in the
forenoon, [12]. ► Clear tasteless water rises from the
stomach, in the morning, without nausea, [12].
► Disagreeable nauseous eructations, [9]. ►
Uprising from the stomach, [10]. ► Hiccough. ►
Hiccough (after three-quarters of an hour), [4]. ►
Constant hiccough, after eating, [3].
► Nausea. ► Nausea and acid taste, [11]. [130.] ► Qualmishness in the stomach [11]. ►
General Stomach. ► The
epigastric region was distended, as from flatulence, and was sensitive
to touch (first day), [12]. ► Audible rumbling, extending from the
stomach to the throat, [12]. ► Violent griping in the stomach, relieved
by eructations, in the afternoon, [12].
► Burning, extending from the stomach
into the abdomen, [12]. ► Burning, like heartburn and nausea,
rising from the abdomen into the chest, after breakfast, [12]. ►
Pressure in the stomach, relieved by eructations (first day), [1]. ►
In the morning, a sensation as of a store lying in the stomach (second
day), [9]. ►
Sensation of fulness in the stomach (first day), [12]. ► Warmth
in the epigastric region, [8]. [140.] ►
Digestion was not as good as usual, [9].
ABDOMEN.
►
Sticking in the right hypochondrium, [12].
► Acute pressure in a small spot in
the left side of the abdomen, [10].
► A pressure, as if something hard
were lying in a small spot to the left, above the navel, [2]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen, below the stomach, as from emptiness (after one
hour and a half), [3]. ► Moving about in the abdomen and emission
of flatus, [10]. ► Violent cutting colic, with ineffectual
desire for stool, after dinner, [12].
► Cutting and rolling in the abdomen,
with two stools, [12]. ► Griping in the whole abdomen, especially
about the navel, in the afternoon, while sitting, relieved by walking, [12]. ►
The abdomen became full and uncomfortable, after eating, [1]. [150.] ► Sensation of tension in the whole
abdomen, [8]. ► Uneasiness in the abdomen, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in the abdomen, [1].
► Cramplike tearing in the whole of
the abdominal muscles, extending up to the pit of the stomach, worse
while sitting bent over than while walking (after a quarter of an hour),
[7]. ►
Painless rumbling and gurgling in the lower abdomen, [2]. ► Cutting
in the left groin, while walking (after one hour), [12].
RECTUM AND STOOL.
►
Ineffectual desire for stool, [12].
► He was obliged to go to stool more
frequently than usual; the evacuation was always unsatisfactory and
somewhat pasty (first and second days), [9].
► Two normal stools in quick
succession, [12]. ► Diarrhœa-like stool (second day); twice
(third day), [12]. [160.] ►
Stool very offensive, like bad meat, [1].
► Stool somewhat thin, slimy (after
three-quarters of an hour), [3]. ► Frequent stools (after fifteen hours), [4]. ►
Stool somewhat hard, difficult (after three hours and a half), [5].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Tenesmus of the bladder, in the morning, always after urinating (after
three-quarters of an hour), [4]. ► Violent burning in the orifice of the urethra,
while sitting (after two hours and a half), [4]. ► Burning
in the urethra, above the glans penis, during micturition, [9]. ►
Drawing in the anterior part of the urethra (after eighteen hours), [9]. ►
Fine stitches in the forepart of the urethra (after one hour
and a quarter), [4]. ► Desire to urinate every ten or fifteen
minutes, with burning during micturition, [1].
[170.] ►
Micturition delayed; there was urging, but he was obliged to wait a few
minutes before any passed, [9]. ► The urine seems to be increased (first
day), [12]. ►
Urine more scanty than usual (first day), [8].
► Urine very dark-yellow for several
days, that, however, deposited no sediment, even after standing a long
time, [5]. ►
Urine very pale-yellow (after three hours), [12]. ► The
urine is somewhat acrid, [12]. ► Urine fiery; after standing, a flocculent
film in the middle, and later a reddish sediment is deposited, and a
thin iridescent film forms upon the surface, [8]. ► The
urine becomes very turbid and covered with an iridescent film, after
standing, [8].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Increased sexual desire; very hard erection, [8]. ►
Increased sexual desire and increased voluptuousness during coition, [8]. [180.]
► Nightly emission, [1]. ► Menses
three days too early, [12].® 2000
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