VERBASCUM.
Verbascum thapsus, Linn.
Natural order
, Scrophulariaceæ.
Common names
, Mullein; (G.),
Königs-kerze; (F.), Molène.
Preparation
, Tincture of the fresh herb at
commencement of flowering.
Authorities.
(Nos. 1 to 5,
from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 5) 1,
Hahnemann; 2, Gross; 3, Hartmann; 4,
Langhammer; 5, Mossdarf; 6, Butler, Provincial Med. and Surg. Journ.,
1843, vol. vi, p. 89, experiments on healthy individuals, with doses of
1/2 to 2 drachms of tincture of dried leaves of either V. nigrum or
Blattaria or both; daily limit, between 30 and 40 ounces.
MIND.
►
Excited fantasies, especially of a sensual nature, for several days, [1]. ►
Excessive joyfulness with laughter (after two hours and a half), [3]. ►
Depressed all day, all his efforts and hopes seem unavailing, [4]. ►
Anxious mood all day; more lively towards evening, [4]. ► Very
fretful and morose mood without cause; but with desire and inclination
for work; also he finds satisfaction in having people about him and in
talking with them (after two hours and a half), [3]. ►
Indifferent to things to which he is usually attentive (after four
hours), [5]. ►
Disinclination for work (after eighth hours), [3]. ►
Distraction of mind; different trains of thought and fantasies throng
upon him (after eight days), [1]. ► Diminished memory; it was with great
difficulty that he could recall the thoughts he had just had (after four
hours), [5]. [10.] ►
The narcotic effects usually worse off in one or two hours, [6].
HEAD.
►
Sudden vertigo, as from a pressure upon the middle of the whole head, [2]. ►
Attacks of vertigo on pressing the left cheek, while supporting the head,
[2]. ►
Dulness of the head (after five hours), [5].
► Dull painful heaviness of the head
(after three-quarters of an hour), [1].
► His head is dull and confused, as
if everything would press out at the forehead, [1]. ► Slight
sense of weight about the head, with vertigo, often to a considerable
extent, but at the same time somewhat pleasurable, [6]. ►
Tingling in the head, while walking (after four hours and a half), [5]. ►
Forehead. ► Intermittent
pressure and beating near the left frontal eminence, [2]. ► Violent
pressure in the whole forehead, [2].
[20.] ►
Violent pressing pain extending from within outward, in the forehead,
disappearing on stooping (after two hours and a half), [3]. ► Violent
stupefying pressure deep in the right frontal eminence on going from the
cold into warmth, [2]. ► Pressing benumbing headache rather external,
especially in the forehead, in every position (after
three-quarters of an hour), [4]. ► Pressing stupefying headache, especially
affecting both sides of the forehead, in every position (after half an
hour), [4]. ►
Violent pressing inward in the left side of the frontal bone, like a
benumbing, [2]. ► Incessant pressure from within outward,
in the forehead, especially between the eyebrows (after three hours), [3]. ►
Benumbing drawing in the left frontal eminence in a draught of air
(after seventy-two hours), [2]. ► Slow hammering in the left frontal
eminence, immediately, [2]. ► Violent slowly appearing and disappearing
stitch extending from within outward in the left frontal eminence (after
two hours), [3]. ► Deep, sharp, intermittent stitches
between the left frontal eminence and the parietal eminence, [2]. [30.]
► Intermittent fine needlelike
stitches in the left side of the forehead (after one hour and
three-quarters), [4]. ► Sticking in the left frontal sinus (after
five hours), [5]. ► Temples. ►
*Dull pressure in the articular eminences of the temporal bone, just in
front of the left ear, [2].
► Dull pressure in the articular
eminence of the temporal bone painfully aggravated on biting the teeth
together, [2]. ► *Sensation as if both articular eminences of the
temporal bone were violently pinched
and crushed together with pincers, [2]. ► A
pressing pain in the right temple, immediately, [1]. ►
Pressure from behind forward, in the left temple, [1]. ►►
*Sensation as if the temples were pinched together with pincers,
[2]. ►
*Benumbing sticking piercing deeply in the right temple while eating,
aggravated by external pressure; after a few hours it extended into the
upper teeth of the same side like a tearing, [2]. ► Sharp,
benumbing, knifelike stitches just above the right temple, [2]. [40.]
► Burning and prickling in the left
temple (after eight minutes), [2].
► Sticking jerking externally, first
in the left temple, afterwards in the right (after one hour), [5]. ►
Vertex and Parietals. ►
Tension in the left side of the vertex, which gradually becomes a sharp
pressure, at the same time the left ramus of the lower jaw seems pressed
against the upper jaw, [2]. ► Pressing headache on the crown, [1]. ►
Violent pressing, but very transient pain, extending from within outward
in the whole right half of the brain, which gradually diminishes (after
four hours), [3]. ► Tearing pressure in the right half of the
brain (after four hours), [3]. ► Benumbing pressure in the whole left side
of the head and face (cheek), [2].
► Jerking pressure in the left half
of the brain (after five hours), [5].
► Pressing, long-drawn stitch from behind
forward, through the left hemisphere of the brain (after two
hours), [3]. ►
Violent intermittent deep sticking behind the left parietal eminence, [2]. ►
Occiput. [50.] ► Pressing pain in the occiput (after an
eighth of an hour), [1]. ► Violent pressure in the right occipital
protuberance (after four hours and a half), [3]. ► Stitch
in the left side of the occiput (after one hour and a half), [1].
EYE.
►
Heat in the eyes and sensation of contraction of the orbits (after half
an hour), [1]. ► Pain more pressing than tearing above the
left orbit (after two hours and a quarter), [3]. ► Pupils
dilated (after seven hours and a half), [4].
► Dimness of sight, [6]. ► A
short-sighted person becomes still more short-sighted (dimness of
vision?); could scarcely recognize objects a yard away, on account of
watery dimness of vision; objects seem indistinct and enlarged, and the
daylight seems less bright than usual, which is not the case (after
eight hours and a half), [4].
EAR.
►
Sudden pressure, associated with a violent stitch behind the right ear,
which gradually disappears (after three-quarters of an hour), [3]. ►
*Feeling of numbness in the left ear, [2]. [60.] ► *Painful tearing and drawing in the left ear,
extending inward, [2]. ► *Sensation as if the left ear would be drawn
inward, [2]. ► Violent tearing within the right ear, [2]. ►
Tearing stitches in front of the left ear extending downward,
immediately, [1]. ► A tearing stitch in the left ear (while
eating), (after two hours), [1]. ► *Sensation as if something stopped the ears,
first the left, then the right, [2].
NOSE.
►
Sensation of stoppage of the nose, larynx, and ears, which, however,
does not affect the hearing, while reading aloud (after eight hours), [4].
FACE.
►
Face pallid, after large doses, [6].
► *The whole cheek becomes involved in a
dull pressure in the left articulation of the jaw, and on pressure
becomes a benumbing tension,
[2]. ►►
*Sensation as if one were violently pressing upon the left malar bone as
far as the ear, aggravated by
pressure with the hand, frequently during the day, in the evening before
going to bed, and in the morning on waking, [2]. [70.] ► *Tension in the left malar bone, in the
articular elevation of the temporal bone, and in the frontal eminence,
on going into the open air and in a draught of air, [2]. ►
Violent pressure on the right malar bone (after thirty-six hours), [2]. ►
*Benumbing, intermittent pressure on the upper margin of the left malar
bone, [2]. ► *Dull pressing-sticking sensation in the left
zygoma (after two hours and a half), [3]. ►
Intermittent frightful sticking in the left malar bone, [2]. ► *Violent
tension in the integuments of the chin, masseter muscles, and throat,
but the jaws can be moved easily (after ten minutes), [2]. ► *Pressing
pinching pain
on the right side of the lower jaw (after half an hour), [3].
MOUTH.
►
Intermittent tearing in the small molars of the left lower jaw, [2]. ►
Tearing in the large molars of the right lower jaw, [2]. ► The root of
the tongue is brown, without bad taste, in the morning on rising and in
the forenoon, [2]. [80.] ►
Root of the tongue brown, with a flat, nauseous taste, in the forenoon, [2]. ►
Tongue brownish yellow, coated with tenacious mucus, without a bad
taste, immediately after dinner, [2].
► (Salt water collects in the mouth),
[1]. ►
Flat taste for some time after dinner, [2].
► Flat taste with an offensive odor
to the breath, with a brownish-yellow coated tongue, in the morning
(after ninety-six hours), [2].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite and Thirst. ►
Hunger without appetite through the day; nothing is relished, and yet he
wishes to eat, [2]. ► Unquenchable thirst (after two hours and
a half), [3]. ► Eructations. ►
Many empty eructations, [1]. ► Bitter qualmish eructations, immediately,
[5]. ►
Uprising of tasteless liquid (after five minutes), [3]. [90.] ► Empty eructations, immediately, [4]. ►
Hiccough. ► Hiccough
(after half an hour), [1]. ► Frequent hiccough (after two hours and a
quarter), [4]. ► Pressure in the stomach, [1]. ►
Sensation of great emptiness in the pit of the stomach, which
disappeared with a rumbling in the region below the left ribs, [3].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondrium. ► Sticking
pinching beneath the right hypochondrium (after half an hour), [3]. ►
Umbilicus and Sides. ►
Constriction of the abdomen at the umbilical region at various times, [2]. ►
Sensation as if the intestines at the umbilicus were adherent to the
wall of the abdomen and were being torn away forcibly, aggravated by
external pressure, [2]. ► Hard painful pressure as from a stone upon the
umbilicus, aggravated by stooping, [2]. ►
Stitches as from many needles in the whole umbilical region around to
the back, and even in the dorsal vertebræ, on deep inspiration and on
stooping, [2]. [100.] ►
Incessant rumbling and gurgling in the region beneath the left ribs
(after five hours), [3]. ► Intermittent dull sticking in the left
side beneath the navel, aggravated on bending the body forward after
eating (after three hours), [2]. ► Intermittent dull needle stitches in the
right side, by the navel, [2]. ► Sharp intermittent stitches in the left
side above the navel, [2]. ► A deep sharp stitch in the left side,
where the ribs cease, so violent that he started, [2]. ► General
Abdomen. ► Abdomen
tympanitic, followed by frequent rumbling in the region beneath the left
ribs, which caused several violent loud eructations (after four hours), [3]. ►
Griping in the abdomen as from incarcerated flatus, in every position
(after one hour and three-quarters), [4].
► Cutting-griping colic, here and
there, though always rising towards the ribs, where it becomes seated
(after three hours), [3]. ► Cutting griping in the whole abdomen,
with frequent eructations, [3]. ► A pain in the abdomen, extending low
down, causing spasmodic contraction of the sphincter ani and a transient
desire for stool, [3]. [110.] ►
Tearing sticking in the abdomen, extending downward, [1]. ►
Gurgling in the lower abdomen (after a quarter of an hour), [2]. ►
Acute, deep, knifelike stitches in the right side of the lower abdomen,
above the pubis, [2].
STOOL.
►
Soft stool, with straining (after three hours), [1]. ►
Evacuation of scanty fæces in small hard masses, like sheep-dung, with
pressure (after fifteen hours), [4].
► The bowels were invariably somewhat
relaxed, [6]. ► No stool (first day), [5].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Frequent desire to urinate; a large quantity of urine is passed (after
two hours), [1]. ► Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty
discharge (after seven hours), [4].
► Very frequently obliged to pass much
urine (after half an hour); an
unusually small amount is passed (after thirty-six hours), [3]. [120.]
► The urine passed within ten minutes
of taking the medicine always had the odor of Verbascum, and a
considerable tendency to diuresis remained subsequently. In several
careful series of observations there was found an increase in the bulk
of the urine of from 15 to 50 per cent., from moderate doses; in one
instance, the quantity of urine, after taking the drug for two days,
rose from 47 1/2 ounces of 57 ounces, 6 drachms; and the two subsequent
days, the medicine being omitted, it fell to 40 ounces, [6].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Emissions at night, [1]. ► Nightly emission, without lascivious
dream, [4].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Hoarseness on reading aloud, [4].
CHEST.
►
Invariably pain and oppression at the chest, with disinclination to
frequent breathing, [6]. ► Painful tension across the chest, with
stitches in the region of the heart, immediately after lying down in bed
in the evening, [1]. ► Intermittent, benumbing, frightful
cutting near the left side of the ensiform cartilage, below the last
ribs, [2]. ►
Sharp pressure just beneath the left nipple, [2]. ►
Intermittent dull needlelike stitches near the left side of the ensiform
cartilage, [2]. ► A benumbing oppressive stitch taking away
the breath, in the region of the first and second costal cartilages
(after five minutes), [2]. [130.] ►
Pressing-sticking pain in the next to the last rib where it passes into
the cartilage, suddenly disappearing on external pressure, but
immediately returning, [3]. ► Violent stitch on inspiration several
times, beneath the left nipple, which slowly disappeared, but which
always returned on deep inspiration (after four hours), [3].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
According to the state of the system the pulse was more or less readily
reduced in number and force, especially in the latter, [6].
BACK.
►
Sharp intermittent stitches in the left scapula, [2]. ► A very
fine persistent stitch in the last dorsal vertebra, on sitting bent over
(after half an hour), [3]. ► In the middle between the right loin and
spine intermittent deep, sharp, knifelike stitches, quite internal in
the intestines, [2].
EXTREMITIES.
►
Stretching in the limbs (after half an hour), [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Pain on the top of the shoulder, pressing
rather than tearing, disappearing on motion (after five hours and a
half), [3]. ►
Cramplike pressure in the left elbow, extending into the forearm, in
every position (after three hours and a half), [4]. ► Tearing
extending downward, in the left ulna, [1].
[140.] ►
Tensive pain in the left wrist, during rest and motion (after twenty
minutes), [1]. ► Pain on the back of the right hand,
pressing rather than tearing (after one hour), [3]. ►
Cramplike pressure, now in the right, now in the left metacarpus on
moving the arm, disappearing during rest (after two hours and a
quarter), [4]. ► Pain on the outer side of the metacarpal
bone of both little fingers, as from a bruise, only noticed on touch, [2]. ►
Violent sticking, as with a dull knife, in the thick flesh between the
metacarpal bone of the right thumb and in the index finger, [2]. ►
Tearing sticking in the palm of the hand, [1].
► Dull sticking in the external
condyle of the palm, [2]. ► Numbness and insensibility of the thumb, [1]. [From the external application of
the juice. -Hahnemann.] ► Cramplike
pressure in the first phalanx of the right thumb, disappearing on motion
(after seven hours), [4]. ► Paralytic pain in the left fingers,
especially in their metacarpal joints, [2].
[150.] ►
Paralytic drawing in the whole of the left index finger, [2]. ► Some dull
stitches in the joint where the carpal bone of the thumb articulates
with the radius, like a kind of sprain (or numbness), [2]. ►
Violent picking (intermittent dull stitches) in the middle joint of the
index finger, [2]. ► Violent tearing stitch through the whole
of the left little finger (after four hours), [2]. ► Sharp
sticking in the first phalanx of the left thumb, [2]. ► Violent
dull intermittent sticking in the last phalanx of the index finger; on
moving the finger the pain extended into the first joint, [2].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Gait tottering, while walking in the open
air, as if the limbs could not support the body on account of weakness
(after four hours), [4]. ► Weariness of the lower extremities (after
five hours and a half), [5]. ► Very great heaviness in the lower
extremities, as if a weight were hanging upon them, on going up and
downstairs (after two hours), [3].
► While riding the right thigh over
the left, weakness and sensation of weariness in the bone of the right
thigh, not noticed on walking (after three hours and a half), [3]. [160.]
► Paralytic pain on the inner side of
the right thigh, while the leg is drawn up in a sitting position; on
stooping the pain extended towards the knee, painful like a sticking, [2]. ►
Drawing pressing sensation, extending from the middle of the right thigh
to the knee, while sitting (after three hours), [3]. ► A cramplike
pain in the muscles of the right thigh, while walking in the open air
(after four hours and a half), [4].
► A pressing cramplike pain in the
muscles above the right knee, while sitting and standing (after
three-quarters of an hour), [3]. ► Dull stitches just above the left
patella, only on stepping on it (after twenty-four hours), [2]. ►
The knees tremble as if one had received a great fright (after two hours
and a half), [3]. ► Sudden pain through the right knee, while
standing, sitting, and walking (after thirty-six hours), [3]. ►
Tearing from above downward in the leg, [1].
► Cramplike pressure on the left leg
near the ankle (after two hours and a quarter), [4]. ► A cramplike
pressure in the sole of the right foot, while standing, which disappears
on walking (after two hours and a half), [4]. [170.] ► Violent intermittent dull sticking in the
metatarsal bones of the great and adjacent toes of the left foot, during
rest, [2].
GENERALITIES.
►
Sensation of sinking, [6]. ► Indolence and sleepiness in the morning
after rising, [2].
SKIN.
►
Pimple on the cheek in front of the right ear, with stinging pain when
touched (after twenty-four hours), [1].
► A large red pimple on the neck near
the thyroid cartilage, painful on pressure, lasting two or three days
(after two days), [1]. ► Itching on the forearm (after
three-quarters of an hour), [1]. ► Itching, crawling tickling on the side of
the left middle finger, provoking scratching (after three hours and a
quarter), [4].
SLEEP.
►
Frequent yawning and stretching, as though he had not slept enough
(after two hours), [4]. ► He cannot keep awake immediately after
dinner, the lids close (after seven hours), [5]. ► More or
less inclination to sleep, [6]. [180.] ►
Sleep only till 4 A.M., filled with dreams of war and of corpses,
several nights, [1]. ► Restless sleep at night, he tosses from
side to side, [4].
FEVER.
►
Shivering, especially over one side of the body, from the shoulder to
the thigh, as if cold water were poured over it, [1]. ► Slight
transient coldness over the whole body, even perceptible externally, on
the hands and feet, [2]. ► When the doses were large, the
extremities became cold and the face pallid, [6].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Bending body forward), Sticking in left side
of navel. ► (Biting
teeth together), Pressure in articular eminences of temporal
bones. ► (Going
from cold into warmth), Pressure in right frontal eminence. ► (Deep
inspiration), Stitches in umbilical region. ► (Motion),
Pressure in metacarpus. ► (Pressing left cheek while supporting head),
Vertigo. ► (Pressure),
Sticking in right temple; pressure on left malar bone; sensation in
abdomen. ► (Stooping),
Pressure upon umbilicus, stitches in umbilical region. ► Amelioration. ►
(Motion), Pain in shoulder. ► (Stooping),
Pressing from within outward in forehead.® 2000
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