SERPENTARIA.
Aristolochia serpentaria, Linn.
Natural order
, Aristolochiaceæ.
Common name
, Virginia snake-root.
Preparation
, Triturations of the dried
roots.
Authorities.
Jorg’s provings (Materialien
zu einer Künftigen Heilmittellehre, Leipzig, 1825). 1, Enders, took an infusion; 1a, same,
took powder, 1/2 drachm; 2, Engler,
took an infusion; 3, Guntz, took
infusion; 3a,
same, 15 to 20 grains of powder; 4,
Kneschke, took infusion; 4a, same, took powder, 1 to 4 scruples; 5, Pienitz, took infusions; 6, Seyfert, took infusions; 7, Siebenhaar, took infusions of 1 scruple to
1 1/2 drachm; 7a,
same, repeated in powder form; 8,
Jorg, took infusions of 1 scruple to 1 drachm; 8a, same, powder from; 9, Friedrich, took 1/2 drachm to 1 drachm; 10, Haase, took 1/2 drachm and 2 scruples.
MIND.
►
Peevish mood, [7]. ► Disinclined for every work, especially
for mental work, [6]. ► Disinclination to work, [7].
HEAD.
►
Confusion of the head, [4a]. ► Confusion of the head, so that work was
difficult, [7]. ► Dulness of the head, with sleepiness, [8]. ►
Dulness of the head, especially of the frontal region, [8]. ► Dulness
of the head, [5], [8]. ► Slight
dulness of the head, [6]. [10.] ►
Headache, [6]. ► Pressure in the head, [8]. ►
Transient pressive pains in the sides of the head, with confusion of the
head, so that thought and recollection were difficult, [8]. ► Forehead.
► Pressure in the forehead, with
transient stitches piercing through the whole head, [5]. ► Slight
pressive headache in the frontal region (after two hours), [3]. ►
Pain in the frontal region and in the right side of the occiput, [4a]. ►
Sticking in the forehead extending to the base of the brain, [7a]. ►
Temples. ► Transient
stitches in the left temple, [5]. ► Headache in the left temporal region, [9]. ►
Vertex. ► Heaviness in the
region of the vertex, followed by some confusion of the head, [8a].
MOUTH.
[20.]
► Copious salivation with frequent
spitting, [9].
THROAT.
►
Scraping sensation in the pharynx and œsophagus (soon), [7a].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Increased
appetite (after four hours); yet he was able to eat but little, since
the first morsels caused satiety, [4].
► On taking the drug he was hungry,
as he had eaten no breakfast; after a quarter of an hour the hunger
entirely disappeared, but there was fulness of the stomach and
distension of the abdomen, as after a large meal; a quarter of an hour
afterwards, eructations tasting of the drug, [8a]. ►
Diminished appetite, [5]. ► Loss of appetite, [4a], [7], [8]. ►
Eructations. ►
Eructations, [4a], [8], [10]. ► Eructations tasting of the drug, [7]. ►
Eructations during the first hour, [4].
► Nausea and Vomiting. ► Great nausea, [8]. [30.] ► Nausea, [9].
► Slight nausea, [3a]. ► Nausea
and vomiting, [1a]. ► Nausea, followed by vomiting; it did not
stop until the stomach had been completely emptied of the drug; the
nausea, however, continued for several hours, [1]. ► Stomach.
► Fulness of the stomach, [4a]. ►
Fulness and pressure in the stomach, especially in the upper part of the
right side, [4a]. ► The stomach feels distended, [8]. ►
Sensation as though the stomach were too full, [4]. ►
Sensation of fulness, with violent pressure in the cardiac region of the
stomach, [4]. ► Distressing pressure in the epigastric
region, [7a]. [40.] ►
Pressure in the upper part of the stomach, [4a]. ► Slight
pressive sensation in the upper part of the epigastric region, lasting
about fifteen minutes, [4]. ► Sensation of heaviness in the stomach,
relieved by emission of much flatus, [5].
► Heaviness in the epigastric region
(soon), [5]. ►
Painfulness in the epigastric region on pressure with the hand, [8a].
ABDOMEN.
►
Colic in the umbilical region, [8].
► Distension of the whole abdomen, [8]. ►
Abdomen distended, [5]. ► Rumbling in the bowels (first day), [3]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen, [7]. [50.] ► An
unusual rumbling in the intestines, waking from sleep, with violent
desire for stool, with some cutting pains, followed by an evacuation of
a large quantity of gas with some thin bilious fæces; similar
evacuations (seven) followed the next day, and five on the third day,
when the diarrhœa ceased, [8a]. ► Movements in the abdomen, with frequent
emission of flatus, upward and downward, [7a].
► Emission of flatus, [7]. ► Cutting
in the small intestines, [8a]. ► Cutting pain in the umbilical region,
with movements of the bowels, with at times emission of flatus, [8a]. ►
Uneasiness in the abdomen, with eructations and flatulence, [7]. ►
Abdomen greatly relieved by the emission of flatus and bilious liquid,
which after awhile had a very bad odor; these evacuations relieved also
the hæmorrhoidal trouble, [8a].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Distressing itching about the anus, [8a].
► Distressing itching in the anus
(after two days), [8]. ► Frequent desire for stool, with
evacuation of scanty, hard, tenacious fæces with much flatus, [8]. [60.]
► Urging to stool, with evacuation of
a large amount of gas, and somewhat hard tenacious fæces, [8]. ►
Urging to stool, with emission of gas and of scanty tenacious fæces, [8a]. ►
Frequent desire for stool, with evacuation of more gas than fæces, [8a].
STOOL.
►
Stools softer than usual (second day), [4].
► An additional large stool, in the
afternoon, [4]. ► Stool scanty, hard (second day), [4a].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
General irritation of the urinary and genital organs, [7]. ► Violent
desire to urinate, more frequently than usual, with great increase of
urine, [8]. ►
Frequent desire to urinate, but only a little brownish urine was passed,
[8]. ►
Frequent desire to urinate, the urine always small in amount, rather
dark-colored, [8a]. [70.] ►
Frequent micturition, [7a]. ► Micturition more frequent than usual, in
a large amount, [4a]. ► Copious micturition; large quantities of
watery urine, [6].
CHEST.
►
Oppression of the chest, [7].
PULSE.
►
Pulse somewhat accelerated and fuller for a short time, [2]. ► Pulse
hard, rapid (after one hour); afterwards smaller and slower, but
continuing hard, [7]. ► Pulse irritable, [7]. ► Pulse
small and rapid during the dulness of the head, [5].
NECK.
►
Pressive pain in the nape of the neck, [8].
SLEEP.
►
Sleep disturbed by frightful dreams, tossing about in bed; quiet sleep
only towards morning, [7].
FEVER.
[80.]
► Increased warmth of the head, [7].® 2000
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