Salix Purpurea.
Salix purpurea. Red or Purple Willow. N. O. Salicaceć. Tincture or
infusion of fresh bark.Clinical.─
Diarrhśa. Fever. Parotitis. Vertigo.
Characteristics.─
T. C. Duncan and his wife proved
Sal. purp., taking drachm doses of the infusion of the
bark. The chief symptoms produced were: Giddiness; loose stools; fever; swelling of the
right parotid gland. The fever was marked by heat preceding chill and perspiration. Duncan
chewed the bark on one occasion, and this caused the astringent effect on the mucous
membrane of the mouth. The only rheumatic symptom was aching in right acetabulum.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
Very nervous, irritable, and despondent
all day.─Dulness of intellect.
2. Head.─
In a few minutes dizzy feeling
commencing just in front of ears and passing up to vertex, like a wave; compelled to sit
down.
6. Face.─
Swelling of r. parotid gland.
8. Mouth.─
Peculiar astringent taste, puckering
mucous membrane and closing Steno’s duct.─Taste of undigested food.
12. Abdomen.─
Flatulence.─Pain
in abdomen.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Bowels loose; two stools in
one day; with griping.
14. Urinary Organs.─
Urine slightly acid; excess
of triple and earthy phosphates and epithelium; less uric acid crystals (?).
19. Heart.─
Pulse feeble; circulation torpid.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Aching in r. acetabulum.
26. Sleep.─
Rested poorly; waked often; first too
hot, then too chilly.
27. Fever.─
First too hot, then chilly, and at
last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration.® 2000
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