Artemisia Vulgaris
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. I, p. 558
A. vulgaris, Linn. Nat. order, CompositjB. Common names, "Wormwood, Mugwort, Beifiiss, etc. Preparation, Tincture of the root.
Aidhority. Nock and Trinks.
Increase of the epileptic paroxysms. — Irritation of the nervous system. — Profuse sweat, having a peculiarly characteristic, fetid, cadaverous odor, resembling the odor of garlic. — Violent contractions of the uterus; labor pains. — Prolapsus, rupture of the uterus. — Miscarriage. — Profuse menstruation ; metrori hagia. — Increase of the lochial discharge.
A. dracunculus, Willd. Nat. order, AraceiB. Preparation, Tincture fioin the root.
Authority. 1, Journ. d. 1. Sac. Gal, IV, 114: effects of cutting and pounding the root ; Dr. Demeures ; 2, Bibliotheque Homojopathique, III, 192, effects of tearing up the leaves and stems ; Dr. Pitet.
Styptic and metallic taste, mingled with bitterness at the back of the mouth,'. — Prickings as with thorns in the fingers of the right hand,^ — Feeling as if the hand were plunged among nettles,\ — ^On rubbing the finders together, sensation as if a vast number of stings were driven perpendicularly into them,\ — Pain in the right* index finger, as if it were forcibly pulled.\ — Pricking, mingled with intolerable itching, in the fingers,l