NARCISSUS PSEUDONARCISSUS
Daffodil
(NARCISSUS)Symptoms of nausea followed by violent vomiting and diarrhœa.
Daffodil bulbs contain an alkaloid the action of which, according to
authorities, varies as to whether the alkaloid is extracted from the flowering bulb or from
the bulb after flowering. Thus in the former case the alkaloid produces
dryness of the mouth, checks cutaneous secretions, dilates the pupil of the eye, quickens
the pulse, and slows and weakens the heart contractions. On the other hand, the
alkaloid from the bulbs after flowering produces copious
salivation, increases cutaneous secretion, contracts the pupil of the eye, produces slight
relaxation of the pulse, and slight faintness and nausea.–The Lancet.A remedy for cough and bronchitis. Continuous cough, Coryza; frontal
headache. Convulsive stage of whooping-cough.
Skin.–
Erythema of a papular, vesicular and pustular type,
aggravation in wet weather.
Dose.–
First attenuation.
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