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SEDINHA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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SEDINHA.

A name given by Mure to “an herb common near Rio
Janeiro.”


Preparation

, Tincture of the leaves.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogénésie
Brésilienne, p. 272.

HEAD.

►
Headache, as if from water-bubbles, in circumscribed portions of the
forehead. ► Bone-pains above the
eyes. ► Pressure in the temples and
vertex.

EAR.

►
Itching in the left ear, with abundant cerumen.

MOUTH.

►
Caries of an incisor tooth. ►
Toothache after eating, with great sensitiveness and bleeding of the
gums. ► The teeth are very sensitive
and set on edge, especially the right upper incisors. ► Pain in the decayed teeth. ► The gums are very sensitive, and the
incisor teeth set on edge.

STOMACH.

[10.]
► Pressive pain at the sternal
articulation of the fourth ribs. ►
Pain in the pit of the stomach on straightening up. ► Distress from seeing any one eat. ► Internal itching at the pit of the
stomach, with desire to scratch.

ABDOMEN.

►
Sensation as from penknife thrusts, in the hepatic region. ► Pain in the abdomen after dinner,
apparently proceeding from the pit of the stomach, with slight colic. ► Colic, in the evening, with incarcerated
flatulence; relief by discharge of wind.

RECTUM AND ANUS.

►
Tenesmus.

URINARY ORGANS.

►
Discharge from the urethra of water mixed with small mucous flakes. ► Raw feeling in the urethra. [20.] ►
Slight pain when urinating. ► The
urine scalds like boiling water.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

►
Expectoration of bloody mucus.

CHEST.

►
Digging pain in the right lung.

GENERALITIES.

►
Symptoms aggravated by coffee; the incisor teeth are set on edge, with
sensation of coldness in them, which passes downward at times.

SKIN.

►
Papular eruption, with itching on the back, chest, and arms. ► Desquamation on the back of the hand,
which extends to the nails, where the skin becomes loose and forms
hangnails. ► Itching at the pubis. ► Burning heat on the back of the hands, as
if scorched by the sun, with desquamation after a few days.

SLEEP.

►
Constant yawning, for two days in succession. [30.]
► Very ludicrous dreams. ► He is pursued by crocodiles, and drives
them away by sneezing. ► Troubled
dreams about murders and monstrous animals.

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