ROBINIA.
CHEST.
[320.]
► Swelling of the thyroid region as
in goitre. ► Stertor, hissing and
crepitating noises in the chest. ►
Great oppression of the chest, with dilatation of the nostrils, fear of
asphyxia and impossibility to walk. ►
Cramps and oppression of the chest, with anguish and debility. ► Sensation of weight and fluctuations in
the sides of the thorax, as if they were full of liquid. ► Sensation as if the chest were crushed,
and every motion of the heart increases the pain. ►
Spasmodic and incisive pains in the chest. ►
Sensation as if the thorax were compressed by an iron band, and the
lungs depressed and torn in various places. ►
Contractions and stitching pains in the chest, with fear. ► Sensation as if the chest and stomach
were distended with gases. [330.] ► Heat and burning in the chest, with
sensation as if the lungs were swelled, contracted, and compressed. ► Heat and sensation of swelling in the
chest, as if the lungs were affected by erysipelas. ► Lancinating and stitching pains in the
chest, with great difficulty of breathing. ►
Pricking and sensation of rupture in the base of the lungs. ► Stitching and lancinating pains in the
chest, spreading to the heart. ►
Stitching pains in the chest, especially on the right side, with great
difficulty of breathing. ► Stitches
in the muscles of the chest, with sensation as if distended. ► Itching and burning in the chest, as if
an herpetic or eczematous eruption had been suppressed, with violent
cough and purulent and bloody expectoration. ►
Mammæ. ► Swelling of the
breasts, with great affluence of milk. ►
Inflammation, swelling, and induration of the mammary and axillary
glands. [340.] ►
Small tumors and hardness like scirrhous tumors in the breasts. ► Pricking, pulling, and cramping pains in
the breasts.
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Swelling and great sensitiveness of the præcordial region. ► The heart heavy, seeming to produce the
great weakness which he feels. ►
Sensation as if the heart swells, and then stops suddenly. ► Cramps and twisting pains in the heart,
especially when yawning or taking a deep respiration. ► Sensation as if there were a chafing-dish
in the region of the heart. ► The
heart feels as if affected by hypertrophy and aneurisma, and the
beatings sometimes accelerated, sometimes slow. ►
The heart seems at times to stop and remain paralyzed. ► Strong palpitations, especially at night,
or in bed, or on ascending steps. [350.]
► Pains and palpitations of the
heart, frequently with nausea and bloody vomiting, and desire to support
chest and head; weakness and dizziness. ►
Pulse strong and quick, sometimes intermittent, small and slow, but
always dicrotic or greatly accelerated; weak, imperceptible.
NECK AND BACK.
►
Inflammation and swelling of the cervical glands. ►
Painful stiffness of the neck, with impossibility to move the head. ► Stiffness of the neck, back, and kidneys,
with spasmodic, lancinating, and penetrating pains in those parts.
EXTREMITIES.
►
Agitation of the extremities, with spasmodic pains in the articulations.
► Pains of contraction and luxation
in the extremities:
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Swelling, red and violet spots, as if
from contusions of the arms. ►
Trembling and cramps in the arms and hands. ►
Pains in the arms, as if bruised by blows. [360.]
► Pulsative, burning, lancinating,
tearing pains in the articulations of the arms. ►
Stitches and cramps in the arms with impossibility to move them. ► Arms seem paralyzed, cannot perform
manual labor. ► Weakness of the arms,
with paralytic debility, inflammation, and swelling of the articulations
of the hands. ► Sensation as if the
shoulder-blades were dislocated downward. ►
Painful enlargement of the articulations of the fingers.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Difficult and stumbling gait. ► Infiltration and voluminous swelling of
the legs, especially during the night. ►
Debility and deformity of the bones of the legs. ►
Languor, especially of the legs, as in consequence of venereal excesses.
[370.] ►
Cramps and painful contractions in the legs, forming cords and nodes,
especially in the calf of the leg. ►
Rheumatic pains, with paralysis, in the lower extremities. ► Tightness and cramps in the lower
extremities. ► Pulsative burning,
lancinating, tearing pains in the articulations of the lower
extremities. ► Contractive and
pricking pains from the groins to the feet, frequently accompanied by
erysipelatous inflammation. ►
Lancinating, spasmodic, and pricking pains in the coxofemoral
articulations, with paralytic weakness of the extremities. ► Pains in the legs, as if they were struck
and bruised. ► Swelling of the feet,
with redness, heat, and arthritic pains. ►
Inflammation and swelling of the articulations of the feet.
GENERALITIES.
►
Insects over all the hairy parts of the body. [380.]
► Red and painful swellings like
chilblains, in different parts of the body. ►
Swelling of all the glands of the body with painful pulsations. ► Hypertrophy, suppuration, and induration
of the glands. ► Loss of serosity in
the internal organs, and also in the cellular textures. ► Cerebral congestions with apoplectic
attack, followed by paralysis of the tongue, extremities, and even of
the lungs. ► Hysteria; tonic and
clonic spasms; tetanic stiffness in different parts of the body. ► Epileptic paroxysms, preceded by
restlessness, salivation, and general chills, with falling down, loss of
consciousness, drivelling, biting the tongue, especially on the left
side; retraction of the thumbs, violent movements and jerks over the
whole body; after the attack, somnolence, hebetude, and great
prostration. ► Attacks of trembling
and anguish in consequence of a great fright. ►
Nervous agitation, irregular involuntary movements of the head, hands,
and fingers, as in chorea; movements stop when the affected parts rest
upon something, or during sleep, and are aggravated when the attention
is fixed upon them. ► During all the
suffering in the skin, great agitation and frequent desire to change the
position. [390.] ► Great restlessness, alternating with
great alacrity, without any motive. ►
Convulsive motions, contractions, and tonic spasms all over the body. ► Spasmodic attacks, with loss of
consciousness, agitation, and movements of the arms, as if he wished to
repel somebody. ► It seems as if he
would lose his senses at any moment, and the least motion produces
syncope. ► Great debility and
agitation on account of the stitches, cramps, and terrible pains all
over the body. ► Great debility with
desire to lie down, but he is ill at ease in any position. ► Debility and weariness, as from want of
nourishment. ► Attacks of debility,
weariness, prostration, and giddiness, provoked frequently by the least
movement. ► Sensation of debility and
molecular disorganization of the skin; with unbearable itching. ► General weakness, ascites, swelling of
the articulations, and deformities of the bones, as in rachitis. [400.] ►
General prostration, with complete absence of ideas, as if they did not
exist. ► Considerable prostration,
generally with cramps and tension in different parts of the body. ► Patience, with great loss of strength,
great weakness and insensibility. ►
Pains, producing frequently despair and dementia. ►
Sensation of fulness or emptiness, of separation or constrictions in the
splanchnic cavities; frequent cramps and bruised sensation in the back,
chest, abdomen, kidneys, thighs, calves of legs, and feet. ► Heat in the blood and nervous trembling,
after the least bodily exertion. ►
Contusive pains and stitches, accompanied by erysipelatous inflammation
of the affected parts. ► Rheumatic,
arthritic, and bone pains. ►
Lancinating, pulsating, burning, spasmodic, and intense pains. ► Stitching and contractive pains in the
articulations of the bones and in the kidneys. [410.]
► Time of aggravation from morning
till evening, by changing position, when rising from a seat, in spring
and fall, and in damp weather.
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Skin very
vulnerable; after the slightest cause, torn, excoriating, and
ulcerating. ► Rough tense skin, as if
tanned. ► Skin tender and keeps the
impression of the fingers. ► Loss of
the elasticity and sensibility of the skin, sometimes tense, at other
times soft and spongy. ► It seems
that by the least motion the skin retracts and becomes tense, on account
of which he is afraid to walk. ► Skin
saffron yellow, as in jaundice. ► The
skin blue, purple, cold, as if frozen. ►
The skin tumefied, red, of scarlet color. ►
The skin red and yellow in places. [420.]
► Desquamation of the skin. ► Great tendency of tumors to indurate. ► Œdematous swelling of the skin. ► Swelling, heat and redness in some parts
of the skin, as if produced by the stings of insects, with great
tendency to inflame. ► Spots and
tumefaction of the skin, as if caused by contusions. ► Tuberosities and tumors, like
subcutaneous abscesses. ► Eruptions
similar to small-pox, leaving indelible scars. ►
Phlyctenoid and petechial eruptions. ►
Eruptions having the aspect of measles or scarlatina. ► Ephelides, fiery and itching, so that he
tore the skin, especially at night. [430.]
► Urticaria on the face, or pustular
herpes like an acne rosacea, with varicose dilatation of the capillary
vessels of the cheek and nose. ►
Miliary eruptions and urticaria. ►
Itching and eruptions, similar to scabies, with great disposition to
disappear and to be followed by affections of the chest. ► Eruptions like an eczema, all around the
penis. ► Many pimples like small
furuncles over the whole body. ► Very
painful pimples, having a malignant character, irritable and ulcerating.
► A great number of red pimples in
the skin and beneath it. ► Hard
pimples, which take a great while to suppurate. ►
Heat in the beard, with eruption of small pimples with white heads. ► Nose greatly pimpled. [440.] ►
Eruption of small pimples on the back and chest, with heat, itching, and
sweat. ► Pimples on the penis similar
to syphilis. ► Pimples and small
furuncles, painful and stubborn, on the arms. ►
Eruptions of small white pimples on the fingers. ►
Vesicular eruption, as in scabies, on the arms and hands. ► Large vesicles on the lips. ► Formation of large painful vesicles, with
ulcers, on the legs. ► Erysipelatous
blisters, especially in the upper part of the body. ► Lymphatic tumors and ulcers, which
suppurate as if scrofulous, in different parts of the body. ► Eruptions and ulcers, like syphilis. [450.] ►
Ulcers, with intense pains, great suppuration and tendency to gangrene. ► Smarting ulcers and suppuration behind
the ears, frequently with swelling of the parotids. ► Ulcers on the lips and their commissures.
► Ulcers on the prepuce similar to
indurated and phagedenic chancres. ►
Swollen feet, with blackish ulcers, copiously suppurating. ► Pustular eruptions, raw and scaly. ► Subjective. ►
Skin exceedingly sensitive, or suddenly insensible, and seemingly
paralyzed, with attacks of vertigo. ►
Intolerable formication all over the body. ►
Formication all over the body; torpor and paralytic weakness of the
extremities. ► Formication on the
arms and fingers. [460.] ► The skin burning with sweat or calor
mordicus, and cold chills from time to time. ►
Itching heat and pricking over the whole body, as if in a bag of
nettles, aggravated in the afternoon and at night, in bed, and also by
cold and great heat. ► A burning
itching whenever any part of his face is touched. ►
Skin itches wherever he rests upon it. ►
Intolerable itching of the arms and hands.
SLEEP.
►
Irresistible desire to sleep, especially when he feels cold. ► Sleepiness with debility and weariness,
as if he had not slept for several days. ►
Comatose sleep, with snoring, and awakened with great difficulty. ► Sleep like coma vigil, with nightmare,
dread, screaming, crying, and great restlessness. ►
Very great somnolence, as if he were drunk, during the day, and
sleeplessness during the night, especially with heat. [470.] ►
He falls asleep only late at night. ►
When going to bed, restlessness, agitations, and visions. ► Sleep, with frequent waking, agitation,
and twitching of the extremities. ►
Agitated sleep, waking early. ► When
waking, red face, the head stupid and a mist before the eyes. ► At the moment of falling asleep,
accumulation of thoughts of business, disturbing sleep. ► Apparitions and increased fever during
the night, in the morning, and after meals. ►
Dreams of pleasures and travels. ►
Dreams full of disputes, scolding, anger, and cruelties, which have
happened or will happen.
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chills,
general coldness, with heat and cerebral congestions, intense thirst,
tightness, and violent cramps of the extremities. [480.] ►
Coldness and chills, especially in the afternoon and at night; he
frequently feels frozen, or as if the blood did not circulate. ► Cold hands. ►
Heat. ► Fever, with heat
and partial chills; constant intense thirst, the mouth full of thick
frothy saliva, pasty nauseous taste; pulse strong and accelerated. ► Fever, with soporous sleep; mouth open
and fuliginous. ► Fever continued or
intermittent, quotidian, tertian, or quartan, always with great
prostration. ► Heat and sensation of
drowsiness over the whole body, copious perspiration from head to foot,
also on the back and other parts of the body; pale face, with
circumscribed redness of the cheeks, headache, nausea, colic, ardent
thirst, and pains in the throat. ►
Heat and sweat, followed by cold chills, increasing to intense
shivering, debility, and malaise; desire to lie down; dry arid tongue,
coated white or yellow; bilious vomiting; constipation or diarrhœa;
great thirst, somnolence, and delirium. ►
Heat and general perspiration, with debility. ►
Heat, with contraction of the epidermis, at the least movement. ► Great heat of the head, with pain as if
the hair were pulled out. [490.] ► Heat and irritation in the head, with
excitable temperament. ► Sweat.
► Frequent sweats, even with the
chills; colliquative sweats. ► Sweat,
with bathes the scalp and face, with shuddering of the chest. ► Copious sweat, oily and fetid on the
scalp.
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Deafness; till evening, the
symptoms; apparitions and fever. ► (Afternoon), Cough; itching and pricking;
coldness and chills. ► (Evening), Pains in head; dryness of eyelids;
deafness. ► (Night),
Pains in head; dryness of eyelids; pain in teeth; colic; cough; in bed,
dyspnœa; palpitations; swelling of legs; itching and pricking;
apparitions and fever; coldness and chills. ►
(Strong air), Headache. ► (Ascending steps),
Palpitations. ► (In bed), Palpitations. ►
(Changing position), The symptoms. ► (Cold),
Itching and pricking. ► (Flat things), Nausea and vomiting. ► (While drinking),
Drowsiness. ► (Great head), Itching and pricking. ► (When lying down),
Sensation in brain. ► (After meal), Apparitions and fever. ► (Motion),
Headache; nausea and vomiting; colic. ►
(Noise), Headache. ► (Rising from
sitting), The symptoms. ►
(Speaking), Sufferings of larynx and
chest. ► (Spring
and fall), The symptoms. ►
(When taking a deep breath), Cramps
and pains in heart. ► (Damp weather), The symptoms. ► (Wet and windy
weather), Cough. ► (Walking), Nausea and vomiting. ► (When yawning),
Cramps and pains in chest. ►
Amelioration. ► (Salt), Some stomach symptoms.
SUPPLEMENT: ROBINIA.
Authority.
8,
Dr. Gendron, Ann. Clin. de Mont., 24, 68 (Journ. of Philad. Coll. of
Pharm., 1834, p. 285), some schoolboys chewed the bark and swallowed the
juice.►
Lethargy, [8]. ►
Vomiting, [8]. ► Slight convulsions, [8].® 2000
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