Polyporus Pinicola.
Polyporus pinicola. Pine agaric. N. O. Fungi. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical.─
Anus, prolapse of. Constipation.
Hæmorrhoids. Intermittent fever. Liver, affections of. Malar bone, pain in. Prolapsus ani.
Rheumatism. Spleen, affections of. Tonsils, enlarged.
Characteristics.─
The Pine agaric, Pol. pin., like the Larch agaric, Polyporus
officinalis (described in this work as Boletus Laricis,
its older and less correct name), was proved by Dr. Burt. The symptoms of the two have a
very close resemblance, and many are common to both. Despondency; aching distress in many
parts; stiffness of back; of fingers; enlarged tonsils with dysphagia and constant
inclination to swallow; neuralgic pains in head, face, and temples; pain in liver and spleen
with diarrhœa or constipation and piles─these are the chief features of
the proving. Hale says it is a remedy for ague in the Middle and Southern States, taken
during the intermission macerated in whisky. Quotidian fevers, he says, are most suited to
it. The symptoms are < by motion; by walking; > by rest. < In damp
air. < After stool.
Relations.─
Compare:
Bol. lar., Bol. lur., Agar.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
Despondency with the pain.─Gloomy;
spells of depression.─Wants to get away out of sight and lie down.
2. Head.─
Congestion to head and face; vertigo
when walking; lightness; fulness.─Severe headache, < reading or walking; with soreness over eyes.─Sharp,
neuralgic, cutting pains in temples.
3. Eyes.─
Smarting in eyes.─Dull
pains in eyeballs.─Agglutination of lids.
5. Nose.─
Nostrils constantly filled with thick
yellow mucus.
6. Face.─
Face congested.─Severe
aching distress in r. malar bone, with neuralgic pains in temples.
8. Mouth.─
Tongue: coated white; yellow.─Taste:
sweet, flat; flat, rough; slimy, coppery.
9. Throat.─
Throat dry, sore, frequent inclination
to swallow.─Tonsils much congested, enlarged; frequent efforts to
swallow, quite painful.
11. Stomach.─
Sour eructations.─Nausea.─Burning
in stomach and dragging in r. hypochondrium.─Constant very severe
distress in lower epigastrium, causing faintness; <
by pressure and by walking.─Severe pain in epigastrium all morning.
12. Abdomen.─
Dull, dragging, drawing, aching,
burning in both hypochondria.─Pain and distress in liver; and all dorsal
region; < walking.─Distress and
colicky pains in umbilical and hypogastric regions.─Rumbling.─Hard,
distressing, sickening pain in hypogastrium, causing faintness; followed by stool.─Drawing
in r. groin.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Stool: ran from bowels in
deep yellow stream; loose; hard, dry, lumpy, then mushy; lumpy with mucus and bile; costive,
hard, dry lumps, brought on piles and slight prolapsus ani.
14. Urinary Organs.─
Urine scanty and high
coloured.
17. Respiratory Organs.─
Pressing sensation in
larynx with dryness of fauces.
19. Heart.─
Burning distress in præcordial
region; sharp pains on full inspiration.─Pulse soft, feeble.
20. Back.─
Back stiff.─Aching
in back; and hips.─Felt ill with aching and sore sensations along spinal
column.
21. Limbs.─
Constant rheumatic, drawing pains in
fingers, wrists, knees, ankles, feet.
22. Upper Limbs.─
Drawing in elbows and flexor
muscles of both arms.─Fingers ache; feel quite stiff.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Hips ache.─Drawing
inside r. thigh.─Sharp pain in r. tibia.─Hard,
drawing pains in knees and ankles, causing restlessness.─Aching
distress, weakness of ankles and feet, walking very difficult.─Soles of
feet and heels feel as if pounded; < when boots on.
24. Generalities.─
Rheumatic pains in every part
of the body < in damp weather.
26. Sleep.─
Sleepy, yawning, and stretching.─Wakeful
after 3 a.m.
27. Fever.─
Paroxysms of chilliness, cold
shivering sensations followed by feverishness.─Chills and a shivering
sensation.─Face hot, flushed.─Hands and palms hot
and dry.─Slight perspiration.® 2000
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