Athamanta.
A. oreoselinum, L. Peucedanum oreoselinum, Munch. “Grundheil.”
N. O. Umbelliferć. Tincture of fresh plant.Clinical.─
Head, confused. Headache. Indigestion.
Vertigo.
Characteristics.─
This medicine has been very
little employed. It was proved by Franz, and has produced some peculiar symptoms. There is a
dull, befogged condition of brain, recalling., Ćthusa,
“Fool’s parsley.” A stupefaction and confusion rises like a vapour from the lower
part of the occiput; on motion and walking. Vertigo >
lying. Pressure and numbness of head and upper teeth. Pressure on one eyeball from below
upward. Bitter taste and bitter mucus in air passages. Icy coldness of feet and hands. Sleep
heavy and profound, prolonged in the morning to later period than usual.
Relations.─
Compare:
Umbelliferć, especially Ćthus. cyn.
SYMPTOMS.
2. Head.─
Vertigo, decreased on lying down; or
else with dragging pains from side to side in the brain.─Stupidity, and
as if the head were paralysed at the occiput, with sensation as though a vapour ascended
there, while walking.─Pressure in the head, with numbness, and the like
sensation in the upper teeth.─Cloudiness, with dull pains in the head.─Constriction
in the sides of the head, attended with giddiness; pressure outwards at the temples.
3. Eyes.─
Pressure from above downwards on the
eyeballs.
4. Ears.─
Ears as if stopped up with cotton.
8, 11. Mouth and Stomach.─
Accumulation of water
in the mouth, with sensation of dryness on the tongue; bitter taste, chiefly after every
meal.─Eructations, sometimes incomplete, with uneasiness as from hunger,
or without taste, and preceded by borborygmi in the abdomen.─Extreme
hunger before supper, with an afflux of bitter saliva.
12. Abdomen.─
Pullings and pinchings in l.
hypochondrium.─Rheumatic shooting pains externally, esp. in walking,
extending to the legs.
13. Stools.─
Sudden stools, of a kind which cannot
be retained, preceded by cutting pains.
17, 18. Respiratory Organs and Chest.─
In the
larynx a bitter taste, which is not removed even by vomiting; after supper, an accumulation
of a serous liquid in the larynx, tickling in the trachea, which excites vomiting.─The
thoracic viscera are as if loaded; painful pinching in l. cavity of the thorax, increased
during inspiration; burning lancinations at the exterior of the chest, on l. side, while
sitting down.
22. Upper Limbs.─
Pullings in the metacarpal bones
of l. thumb.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Sensation of heat in l. thigh;
pain, as of a bruise, in the thighs, even while seated, as also on walking; pressure from
within outwards in the knee-joint, in walking, ceasing during repose, and recurring when
again in motion.─Sensation of scraping on l. instep, while sitting;
tearing and burning in l. little toe.
24. Generalities.─
Sensation of weakness and
heaviness, chiefly in the eyes.─Icy coldness of the feet and hands, with
shivering of the whole body, and a lassitude which renders frequent repose needful; burning
sensation, sometimes in one place, sometimes in another, which disappears when the part is
touched, leaving an excessive coldness and numbness (deadness) of one finger; increased heat
in the head, at night, with agitated pulse, and over-excitement of the mental and physical
powers, without thirst.─Nocturnal sleep, heavy and profound, prolonged
in the morning to a later period than usual.® 2000
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