VERBASCUM – A Text-Book of Materia Medica. By Pr. Allen Corson Cowperthwaite

A Text-Book of
Materia Medica.

(Characteristic,
Analytical, and Comparative.)

By Pr. 
Allen Corson Cowperthwaite, M. D., PH. D., LL. D.

VERBASCUM

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(Verbascum Thapsus.)

Natural order.- Scrophulariaceae.

Common name.- Mullein.

General Analysis.-

Acts upon the cerebro-spinal nerves, giving rise especially to
headache, and prosopalgia, and producing a hoarse, dry cough, in which
condition its therapeutic range is almost entirely limited.

Characteristic symptoms.

Head.- (Verbascum)

Attacks of vertigo on pressing the left cheek.

Pressing, stupefying headache, principally in the forehead.

Sensation as if the temples were pinched and crushed together by
pincers.

Pressing, slow stitch from behind forward, through the left
hemisphere of the brain.

Ears.- (Verbascum)

Numbness in left ear.

Tearing, drawing pains in left ear.

Sensation as if the ears were obstructed, first the left, then the
right.

Face.-
(Verbascum)

Violent stupefying, pressive, or tensive pains in left malar and
cheek bones

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aggravated on pressure and in the open air, or in a draught of
air.

Violent tension in the integuments of the chin, masseter muscles
and throat.

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faciale

Mouth.- (Verbascum)

Root of tongue brown, without bad taste, in morning and during
forenoon.

Stomach.- (Verbascum)

Empty or bitter eructations.

Frequent hiccough.

Abdomen.- (Verbascum)

Violent painful pressure as from a stone upon the umbilicus (

Puls.), aggravated by stooping.

Urinary Organs.- (Verbascum)

Frequent profuse urination. (Apis, Apoc., Cepa, Puls.)

Nocturnal enuresis. (

Caust., Cupr., Graph.)

Respiratory Organs.- (Verbascum)

Hoarseness, when reading aloud. (Phos.)

Catarrh, with hoarseness and oppression of the chest.

Stitches in the chest. (Bry., Kali c.)

Deep, hoarse, dry, or hollow cough, especially in the evening and
at night. (Spong.)

Upper Limbs.- (Verbascum)

Stitches in the hands and fingers.

Lower Limbs.- (Verbascum)

Cramp-like pain in muscles of right thigh, while walking in the
open air.

Sudden pain through right knee.

Cramp-like pressure in sole of right foot, while standing,
disappears on walking.

Generalities.- (Verbascum)

Tearing, stitching pains in different parts. (Bry., Kali c.)

Much stretching and yawning.

Great sleepiness after a meal.

Coldness of the whole body.

Therapeutic Range.- (Verbascum)

Headache ; prosopalgia ; catarrhal coughs, especially in children ;
enuresis.

Compare.- (Verbascum)

Nux v., Plat., Stan.

Antidote.- (Verbascum)

Camph.