RAPHANUS.
Raphanus sativus, L. (and R. Raphanistrum, L.).
Natural order
, Cruciferæ.
Common names
, Radish, Rettich (R. Raph.
charlock).
Preparation
, Tincture of fresh root of R.
sativus.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 11,
from Nusser, Rev, de la Mat. Méd. Hom., 1, 545, 1840). 1, a child, six years old, ate radishes,
black and white (about twenty); 2,
M. W. ate grated radishes; 3, Mrs.
A., proving with a dose of 2d dil.; 4,
a woman ate a large radish with bread; 5,
a man ate one with bread and salt, in the evening; 6, a woman ate three radishes; 7, a man, always affected by eating them; 8, effects observed on several persons; 9, J. N., aged twenty-eight, took 2 ounces of
tincture; 9a,
same, subsequently took 1 1/2 ounce of tincture; 9b, same,
subsequently took 1 ounce of tincture; 9c, same, subsequently ate five black
radishes; 9d,
same, took 3 ounces of tincture; 9e, same, additional experiment; 10, Nusser (“J. N.”), took the
round variety, ate a large quantity; 11,
same, repeated with R. Raphanistrum; 12,
Curie, Journ. de la Soc. Gall., 5, 281, 1re, Louis, took 15th dil., then
30th dil., third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh days; 12a,
same, took tincture, 1 drop twice, first day; 15th dil. twice second
day; 30th dil. twice, third, fourth, and fifth days; 13, H. N. Martin, Am. J. Hom. M. M., 1870, p.
154, effects in a woman of eating, freely, radishes, in the evening; 14, Berridge, Am. Observer, 1875, p. 307,
effects of eating radishes, in a girl.
MIND.
►
Feeling of aversion towards all women; she is provoked by seeing women
going and coming about her; their approach threw her into a fury; the
mere contact with a woman’s dress caused intolerable distress; if even a
female, to whom she was much attached, took her by the hand, she felt
weariness, disgust, and a degree of rage which almost consumed her. She
is attracted towards all men without distinction; when she gives her
hand to a man, she feels great agitation, which she is scarcely able to
control; these symptoms increase even to furious delirium. When left
alone for an hour in the evening, she gave herself a very deep wound in
the lips with a penknife, in hopes to put an end to this condition.
Moral feeling was completely extinct, the physical nature alone ruled
and threw her into a frightful state. From morning to noon she would not
have been able to resist the advances even of a man for whom she had not
the least friendly feeling; from noon to 6 P.M. she could not have held
out against any man whatsoever; from 8 to 11 the demands of sense were
so importunate as to silence the voice of shame and reason; she became
even furiously delirious, and would have thrown herself into the arms of
the first man she met. In the course of the day she recovered reason
enough to recognize her condition; she was deeply affected by it, but
she was still unable to control her impulses; in the evening there was
no more of it; constant less voluptuous ideas (seventh day), [12]. ►
Capricious mania, stupefaction, sadness and tears, alternating with
hopefulness; she fears she will become a burden to every one (second
day), [12]. ►
Very great excitement of the brain; the night passes without sleep;
excessive activity of the brain (fifth day), [12a]. ► A
great deal of agitation until half-past one; she then begins to be calm
and sleeps heavily (third day), [12].
► Sensation of intoxication in the
morning, on waking, [11]. ► After dinner, at which she drank only
water, she feels as if intoxicated (second day), [12a]. ► Great
tension of the nervous system; much nervous distension, and sometimes
nervous attacks; extraordinary activity of the head; strange ideas, she
forgets what she has to do every day, and some dangerous fancies assail
her, but she restrains herself from putting them into execution (after
fifth day), [12a]. ► She was nervous in the morning; aversion
to children, especially little girls (seventh day), [12]. ► Great
physical and moral inactivity; loss of memory; she tries all day to
recall an idea or a thought which had occurred to her; she is constantly
wishing to recover her memory, and this state of mind fatigues her very
much; she is beside herself, and at every turn forgets what she was
going to do (sixth day), [12]. [10.] ►
She was nervous, sad; everything at first enrages her, and finally
depresses her (third day); great sadness (fourth day), [12a]. ►
Sadness and irrepressible tears; the voice has a sound of melancholy,
and the eyes a similar expression (first day), [12a]. ►
Melancholy and numbness (second day), [12a].
► Less melancholy and capricious than
yesterday, inactivity and dulness of mind (third day), [12]. ► After
a quarter of an hour very deep melancholy, drawing, and throbbing pains
running over the head, body, and limbs; when these pains are felt in the
abdomen or in the chest they make her weep, [12a]. ►
Sadness on waking, with impulse to weep; afterwards apathy, indolence of
mind; she takes no interest in what she is engaged in, nor in anything
else (second day), [12]. ► Her condition troubles her, and for a
moment she cannot believe it to be owing to the medicine; she forgets it
entirely and believes she has a disease which is not recognized (fourth
day), [12a]. ► *Extreme anxiety, she thought she would die,
[6]. ►
Apprehension and fear of death, [5].
► Great fatigue of body and mind,
loss of memory; she is obliged to make a great effort, and only
remembers with difficulty that which happens to be said; great indolence
and indifference; horror of noise (third day), [12]. [20.] ► Excessive fatigue of the intellect, which
is almost asleep (fourth day), [12].
► Great indolence and indifference
(third day), [12]. ► Dulness and inclination to weep at the
least word (second day), [12]. ► When the prover wishes to pursue a train
of thought, her head becomes confused, she grows stupefied, can think of
nothing, and looks at things without seeing them (third day), [12]. ►
Complete inactivity; it seems to her as if she was carried somewhere
else, and conversed with another person; very calm and indifferent, it
was also like a picture (second day), [12a].
► She begins to lose her memory
through inactivity of the brain (third day), [12]. ► Memory
returns, she is very lively; quick intelligence; everything disturbs
her, even things apparently most insignificant (third day), [12a].
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Confusion of the head, with pressure in the forehead (second day), [9c]. ►
Vertigo, in the evening; the head feels as if tightly bandaged (sixth
day), [12]. ►
Some vertigo, with dimness of vision (third day), [4]. ► General
Head. [30.] ► Woke between 3 and 4 A.M., complained of
headache, and drank much water (second night), [1]. ►
Headache, on waking from sleep, [1].
► Headache; pressure on the eyes from
without inward, extending to behind the ear (second day), [12]. ►
General headache after dinner (fourth day), [12]. ► 11
A.M., violent rush of blood to the head and chest, causing vertigo and
cough, preceded by burning (second day), [12].
► When writing, the prover feels a
shock in the brain, as when sitting down suddenly, and a sensation in
the ears, as when diving (third day), [12].
► Headache, in the morning; confusion
in the head, on the vertex, and in the forehead, succeeded by flushes of
heat, which terminate in external coolness of the whole body (second
day), [12a]. ►
Headache; head stupefied (second day), [12a].
► In the morning, very bad headache
in the eyes, the temples, and the root of the nose; great fatigue, as
from being bruised (fifth day), [12a].
► Sensation in the head, throat, and
chest, as at the commencement of a bad cold (third day), [12]. [40.] ► Brain feels tender and sore from the
least jar, when walking (third day), [13].
► Forehead and Temples. ► Violent headache in the forehead and
occiput, in the morning, [6]. ► Violent pain in the forehead, [1]. ►
Headache in the forepart of the head, on waking, at night, [9a]. ►
Dull headache, especially in the skin of the frontal eminences,
particularly on the left side, in the open air, ceasing in the house, [11]. ►
Pain in the left upper side of the forehead, like a pressure, [9a]. ►
Violent pressure in the forehead, especially over the eyes, that almost
prevented vision, [5]. ► Constant dull pressure in the forehead
over the eyes (third day), [9c]. ► Frequent dull pressure and sticking in
the region of the frontal eminence, [9d].
► Dull pressure in the forehead,
above the root of the nose, [11]. [50.] ►
Slight pressure in the forehead, at the root of the nose, [5]. ► When
she turns her eye in the direction of the ear, she feels a pain in the
temple, the ear, and the parietal bone (third day), [12a]. ► Vertex.
► Sharp sticking on the vertex, [9d]. ►
Burning in a small spot on the vertex, [11].
► A kind of tightness in the skin of
the vertex, [11]. ► Occiput. ►
Headache; dull pain in the occiput, relieved by throwing the head back;
when leaning the head to one side, sensation of a sharp substance
inside, which pricks into the temple, near the ear, ceasing on lifting
the head again (second day), [12].
► In the evening, headache,
especially in the occiput; the head is excessively fatigued (third day),
[12]. ►
In the morning, headache, especially in the occiput, when she presses
her hand on the occiput, the pain in the head becomes general; when
placing the finger on the middle of the occiput, sensation of tickling,
or rather shudderings in the back, the chest, and the arms, with loss of
thought; appearance as of a sheet of water before her eyes (third day), [12]. ►
Pain in the occiput, a kind of uneasiness, of fatigue; some drawing
sensation behind the head and in the neck (fourth day), [12]. ►
Gnawing pains in the occiput, followed by numbness (second day), [12].
EYE.
[60.]
► The eyes are surrounded by blue
rings; she is pale (sixth day), [12].
► Eyes red, [1]. ► Eyes
sunken (sixth day), [1], [5]. ►
Fatigue of the eyes (third day), [12].
► Coldness on the eyes; something
which presses upon the eyes (third day), [12].
► The eyes smart and weep a little
(third day), [12]. ► The eyes smart; they are red in the
morning, and a very little agglutinated; when she shuts the eyes she can
scarcely open them, owing to her nervous condition; she winks when
looking at anything (sixth day), [12].
► Pricking in the eyes; heat when
shutting them; feeling of coldness when opening them; every moment it
seems to her that she sees double, that she squints (fourth day), [12]. ►
Itching of the left eye, with deep stitches, [10]. ► Lid.
► Lower lids somewhat œdematous
(seventh day), [1]. ► Lachrymal Apparatus. [70.] ►
Tobacco causes weeping, and pains in the nasal bones at the root and in
the ear (second day), [12]. ► Pupil. ►
Pupils dilated (sixth day), [1]. ► Vision. ►
Vision very acute, [9e]. ► Congestion, with dimness of vision, on
waking, in the morning, [10]. ► Weak sight; short-sightedness (sixth
day), [12]. ►
Very weak sight; it is completely lost in the right eye (third day), [12a]. ►
She lost her vision and hearing just before vomiting, followed by
vomiting with great effort, [6]. ► Far-sighted, [9e].
EAR.
►
When bending the head to the left, sensation of swelling in the
posterior part of the ear, and when pressing on this spot, drawing pain
in the eye, as if it was pulled inward, with drawing in the ear
corresponding to the part pressed on (second day), [12]. ►
Sensation of stoppage of the ears, and fulness of the head, as from rush
of blood there (sixth day), [12]. [80.] ►
*Sharp sticking in the right ear, [11].
► *Violent sticking pain within the
right ear, [9]. ► Sticking tearing in the left ear, as if
in the bone, [9d]. ► Stitches in the right ear, [9a].
NOSE.
►
Frequent sneezing, [9]. ► Nose pointed (sixth day), [1]. ► She
brings pure blood from her nose, of a deep-red color, every time she
blows it, since yesterday evening; this clears her head (third day), [12a]. ►
She continually blows blood from the nose; it seems to her that she does
not blow it all out, and that there is a deposit deep in the nose
(fourth day), [12a]. ► *Nose somewhat stopped (third day), [4]. ►
Dull pain in the root of the nose, extending to the occiput (second
day), [12]. [90.] ►
Pressure on the back of the nose, as if caused by a weight, [10]. ►
The breath feels burning hot, and the odor she perceives seems to her to
come from the interior of the head or the root of the nose; she feels as
if there was a sore place there, which causes a gnawing sensation (after
five days), [12a]. ► Alteration of smell; the prover believes
she smells spoiled eau de Cologne, or a suppurating spot, or bad oil
burning (after five days), [12a].
FACE.
►
*Face pale, with an expression of anguish and suffering, [6]. ►
Pallor and blue circles round the eyes (fifth day), [12a]. ►
Cheeks yellowish (sixth day), [1].
► Face yellowish, on rising, in the
morning (seventh day), [1]. ► Face very red and tumid, [1]. ► Face
livid, sunken, [5]. ► Face sunken (sixth day), [10]. [100.] ► Tearing in the right zygoma, [11]. ►
Tearing in the right malar bone, [9d].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Tearing in the
molars, [11]. ► Toothache in a hollow tooth; the mouth is
filled with water in consequence of the pains (first day), [12a]. ►
In the lower jaw, sensation as if the two middle incisors were enlarged
and were starting from the gums (third day), [12]. ► Two
lower incisor teeth become loose; the gum ulcerates (third day), [12]. ►
Toothache; an abscess on the gums and another in a hollow tooth; the
decayed teeth become loose, and the front teeth in the lower jaw shake;
the lower gums are all black (fifth day), [12a].
► The two lower incisor teeth are
loose, with ulcerated violet colored gums (sixth day), [12]. ►
Toothache; the teeth prick and burn (sixth day), [12]. ►
Toothache; excoriating dull and gnawing pains in the teeth and in the
gums; the teeth feel as if made of papier mâché, (seventh day), [12]. ►
Gums. [110.] ► The lower gum black in front of the
incisors, pale behind, with little vesicles (after five days), [12a]. ►
The lower gum is inflamed and ulcerated; the teeth are loose (fourth
day), [12a]. ►
Pain in the gums; it seems to her that they separate from the teeth
(fifth day), [12a]. ► Tongue. ►
Tongue covered with a thick white coating (third day), [1]. ► Tongue
white, [4], [6]. ► Tongue
extremely white, even on the edges (after five days), [12a]. ►
Tongue pale reddish-blue, with a deep fissure in the centre; pale-red
points on the margins (sixth day), [1].
► Heat at the root of the tongue, [11]. ►
Frequent burning in the forepart of the tongue, [11]. ► Taste.
► *Pasty taste, [4]. [120.] ► Taste bad, [6].
► *Taste bitter, [9e]. ►
Taste of pepper, [9e].
THROAT.
►
Constant secretion of mucus in the throat, as in catarrh, with a slight
cough (fourth day), [9c]. ► Contraction of the throat (third day), [12]. ►
Dry feeling in the throat (third day), [12].
► It seems as if everything swallowed
is dry (third day), [12]. ► Pain in the throat; sensation of swelling
in the top of the œsophagus; sensation as if a particle of tobacco had
stuck in the œsophagus, owing to quite a small, almost imperceptible,
pimple behind the posterior nares (second day), [12]. ► Every
evening pain in the throat, which increases daily; it seems as if the
throat was all alive when the air reaches it; very sharp pain in the
tonsils and uvula, behind the nasal fossæ, and all along the
œsophagus, as if they were alive; cramps in the neck; the nerves of the
neck behind the ear are very painful; it seems to her as if there were
viscid mucus at the bottom of the throat which she could not cough up;
coughing does not seem to reach it, but the breathing appears to loosen
it, although the cough makes it more adherent (sixth day), [12]. ►
Sore throat, on waking, every day; she coughs and expectorates;
expectoration greenish and salty, [12a].
[130.] ►
Scraping in the throat, obliging him to clear the throat, without being
relieved thereby; expectoration of much white mucus, as in catarrhal
fever, while in bed, at night, [11].
► Tickling in the posterior portion
of the throat, as if in the larynx, without cough, [11]. ►
Burning in the throat, below the larynx, not aggravated by talking or
swallowing (sixth day), [1]. ► Constant slight burning in the throat,
like a hot iron, [9a]. ► Tonsils. ►
Swelling, redness, and sensation of constriction in the tonsils, lasting
three days, [9e]. ► Pain in the left tonsil, [11]. ► In the
pharynx, in the region of the tonsils, sensation obliging him to clear
the throat, in order to relieve it of viscid mucus, which is almost
always obstinately adherent, or else is detached in so small a quantity
that it is impossible to expectorate it; the hawking causes an
irritation, which excites a dry cough, returning quite often, and
producing a painful shock in the head and in the sides of the chest
(third day), [12]. ► Pharynx and Œsophagus. ► Burning and stitches in the pharynx and
tonsils, lasting twenty-four hours (after a few hours), [3]. ► Burning
in the pharynx, [9]. ► Uneasiness in the œsophagus, high up;
the air when inspired feels cold in the mouth, when expired, burning
hot; wine and also vinegar increase the activity of the remedy (fourth
day), [12]. ► External Throat. [140.] ►
Right submaxillary gland hard, slightly swollen (sixth day), [1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Voracious
appetite, and when she has eaten she finds herself smaller and less
tight than before (seventh day), [12].
► After eating very hearty, voracious
appetite; after dinner, sensation of emptiness; hollow sensation in the
stomach; her stays feel too large for her (sixth day), [12]. ►
Constant appetite, with aversion to food, thirst (second day), [12]. ►
A kind of appetite without hunger, at 4 A.M., in bed, [11]. ►
Repletion; vomiturition, bitter risings, or rather acrid vapor which
ascends into the œsophagus; sugar produces this symptom; the swallows
everything with disgust, in the evening (fourth day), [12]. ► *Loss
of appetite (second day), [1]. ► Aversion to food and tobacco, [5]. ►
Thirst. ► *Excessive thirst
(third day), [1], [6], [9a]. ► *Violent thirst (second day), [1]. [150.]
► Very violent thirst, [6]. ►
*Constant violent thirst, [1]. ► Some thirst, [5]. ► He
drank much more than he urinated though he urinated considerable (sixth
day), [1]. ► Eructations. ►
Eructations having the odor of radishes, especially after drinking, [9]. ►
Frequent eructations, very offensive, almost putrid, [7]. ► Bilious
eructations leaving a bitter taste (second day), [12a]. ►
Regurgitation of liquids (second day), [12].
► Frequent regurgitation of water and
mucus, sometimes mixed with blood, without efforts to vomit (second
day), [4]. ►
Discharge of gas, upward and downward, smelling of radishes (this
condition is not noticed after eating larger quantities of radishes), [8]. ►
Nausea and Vomiting. [160.]
► Nausea, [9]. ►
Constant nausea, so that she could not lie down; in spite of great
weakness she was obliged to sit up, [6].
► Nausea, with efforts to vomit, [5]. ►
Attacks of nausea like faintness, for a moment, [6]. ► Nausea,
every moment, [5]. ► Qualmishness in the region of the
stomach, [5]. ► *Nausea, with efforts to vomit
(soon), [6]. ►
Repeated vomiting, [5]. ► Vomiting of a large quantity of
undigested radishes and white mucus, at 7 A.M. (third day), [1]. ►
Vomiting of the radish with mucus and bread, [5]. [170.] ► Frequent efforts to vomit (second night),
[9c]. ►
Efforts to vomit when coughing, with pressure mounting up into the chest
and regurgitation of a very acrid colorless liquid, [4]. ► Efforts
to vomit, while walking in the evening, [10].
► Efforts to vomit, in the afternoon
(third day), [9c]. ► Stomach. ►
Eau sucrée gives her wind in the stomach (first day), [12a]. ► *Violent
pressure in the epigastric region, [6]. ►
*Violent pain at the base of the stomach, [11].
► Sticking pain in the pit of the
stomach, [9]. ► Sticking in the stomach and in the region
of the liver, [10]. ► Cutting in the epigastric region, [9d]. [180.]
► Cutting pain in the pit of the
stomach, [9b]. ► Sensation of throbbing at the
epigastrium, and of swelling of the stomach; she can scarcely, sit still
(third day), [12].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondria. ► Violent
pain in the right lobe of the liver, like tightness, or like
lancinations, [11]. ► Pressure in the region of the liver, as
from an internal abscess, [9d]. ► Sticking in the hepatic region, [9a]. ►
Stitches in the region of the liver, [9].
► Umbilicus and Sides. ► Violent colic about the umbilicus after
the ordinary breakfast, [9e]. ► *Griping about the umbilicus, [5]. ►
Constant griping about the umbilicus (third day), [9a]. ►
Burning above the umbilicus, [9a].
[190.] ►
Some sharp pains in the abdomen at the side of the umbilicus with
pressure, [9]. ► Acute sticking three finger’s breadth to
the left of the umbilicus, [10]. ► Slight pinching to the left of the
umbilicus, as before a soft stool, [11].
► Lancinations like colic in the left
side of the abdomen, [11]. ► General Abdomen. ► *Distension of the abdomen, followed by griping,
as if a stool would occur, [9a]. ► Distension of the abdomen after eating a
little, as after eating a large amount, [11].
► *The abdomen is much swollen, very
hard, and painful to pressure, especially the hypogastrium,
it seems to her that she will choke with the swelling, yet the breathing
is easier than yesterday (fourth day), [12a].
► *Great swelling of the abdomen,
commencing at the stomach; the abdomen is hard, as if filled with air,
without pain. She cannot bear any pressure on the stomach
(after five days), [12a]. ► Some trembling in the abdomen (sixth
day), [1]. ►
Frequent rumbling in the abdomen, at night, [6]. [200.] ► Frequent rumbling in the abdomen, [6]. ►
A great deal of flatulence (second day), [12a].
►► *No emission of flatus
(third day), [9c]. ►► *No emission of flatus, either upward or
downward (sixth day), [1].
► Stool preceded by colic,
accompanied and followed by burning heat and pains of swelling in the
intestines (first day), [12a]. ► Slight griping in the abdomen (fifth
day), [9a]. ►
In the morning awoke with cramping sore pains in her abdomen
(hypogastric region), with some distension and great tenderness on
pressure; could hardly bear to have her clothes touch her; pains are
constant, but much worse on motion; no aggravation before stool nor
relief after stool (second day); same conditions continue, with
additional tenderness and soreness in the abdomen; bowels feel sore and
tender from the least jar, when walking (third day), [13]. ► *Pain in
the abdomen (seventh day), [12].
► When she leans on her side, the
loins are immediately relieved, but at the same time a pressing pain in
the lower bowels and a sensation as of a round body which, impelled from
beneath, rises suddenly and stops in the throat, where it feels like a
morsel too large to be swallowed, thence the substance seems to descend
into the stomach, where it caused a sensation of something hard to
digest, and leaves an empty sensation, accompanied with hunger and
lancinations in the lower abdomen. Each lancination causes a flushing as
if the blood rushed to the eyes; the eyes burn; dizziness; ebullition of
blood throughout the body; coldness in the feet, with prickings;
sensation as if she had put her cold feet into very hot water; and then
great heat (after five days), [12a].
► Sensation of heat in the abdomen,
especially about the umbilicus, [9a].
► Hypogastrium. [210.] ►
Pain in the hypogastrium and kidneys, as before menstruation; lassitude
in the groins and top of the thighs; pain with heat in the sides, almost
every time she draws breath (third day), [12].
► Feeling in the hypogastrium as if a
hernia was about to protrude (after five days), [12a]. ► Lower
abdomen painful to pressure, [11].
► Sensation of heat in the lower
abdomen, especially in the side, [11].
RECTUM.
►
Frequent desire for stool, especially about noon (second day), [9c].
STOOL.
►
*Nine stools, mostly in the morning, yellowish, brown, liquid, rather
copious (second day), [9c].
► Stool soft, consistent yellowish
(third day), [9c]. ► Very profuse soft stool, in the morning
and at noon (second day), [9a]. ► *Three liquid, brownish, frothy, very profuse
stools, evacuated forcibly (second day), [1]. ►
Frequent stools through the day, five in the afternoon as yesterday
(third day), [1]. [220.] ►
Liquid stool, at 7 A.M. (sixth day), [1].
► *Diarrhœa, dark-brown
(seventh day), [1]. ► *Very liquid copious stools, evacuated with
great force, but without pain, [5].
► Dark, very profuse stools, [2]. ►
Soft stool, colored like café, au lait (third day), [12a]. ► A
soft stool without colic (fourth day), [12a].
► Stool came very free and with
considerable force; liquid, but not watery; no blood or mucus (second
day), [13]. ►
Diarrhœa of small soft passages, yellow, like fresh butter, as in some
infantile diarrhœas. Two stools with much urging, but without colic
(second day), [12]. ► Diarrhœa every time she eats, stools
more liquid, and of the color of coffee with cream (third day), [12]. ►
Two stools as last night, preceded by a little colic, the second more
than the first (third day), [12]. [230.] ►
One stool in the morning, less soft, of deeper color, and almost without
colic (sixth day), [12]. ► A stool harder and deeper-colored than
yesterday (seventh day), [12]. ► Hard stool (seventh day), [12]. ► No
stool (fourth day), [12].® 2000
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