SALIX PURPUREA.
Salix purpurea, Linn.
Natural order
, Salicaceæ.
Common names
, Red or purple willow.
Preparation
, Tincture of the bark.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. T. C. Duncan, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. State of N. Y., 1870, p. 328,
chewed the bark; 1a, same, took twice, a drachm of an
infusion; 2, same, Mrs. D., took
(for hæmorrhoids) about a drachm of an infusion.
MIND.
►
Very nervous and despondent, all day (second day), [1a]. ►
Nervous and very irritable all day, until evening (third day), [2]. ►
Dulness of the intellect (second day), [1a].
HEAD.
►
In a few minutes I felt a full dizzy feeling in the head, commencing
just in front of the ears and passing up to the vertex, like a wave;
this giddy feeling lasted for a few minutes; I had to sit down and keep
quiet until it passed off (after first dose); the same, full, giddy
feeling in the head, but in a less marked degree (second day), [1a], [2].
MOUTH.
►
It has a peculiar astringent taste, puckering the mucous membrane of the
buccal cavity and closing Steno’s duct, [1].
► Taste of undigested food (second
day), [1a].
THROAT.
►
Swelling of the right parotid gland (second day), [1a].
ABDOMEN.
►
Flatulence (second day), [1a]. ► Pain in the abdomen (second day), [1a].
STOOL.
[10.]
► Bowels loose; two stools to-day
(second day), [1a]. ► The bowels moved twice, with gripings in
the abdomen (third day), [2].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Urine slightly acid; excess of the triple and earthy phosphates and
epithelium; less uric acid crystals (?) (second day), [1a].
BACK.
►
Aching in the right acetabulum (second day), [1a].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Circulation torpid (second day), [1a].
► Pulse feeble (third day), [2].
SLEEP.
►
Rested poorly, waked often; first too hot, then chilly; and at last,
towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night), [1a].
FEVER.
►
First too hot, then chilly, and at last, towards morning, in a profuse
perspiration (first night), [1a].® 2000
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