Dolichos Pruriens
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. IV, p. 167
Mucuna pruriens, D. C. (Dolichos pruriens, L.)
Natural order, Leguminosae. Common names, Cowhage, Cbw^itch ; (Fr.)' Pois a grather or pouillieux; (G.) Juck-borsten.
Preparation, Trituration (or tincture) of the whole pod.
Aidhority. Dr. Jacob Jeans, N. Am. J. of Horn., “ I took a portion of the 2d cent, dilution.”
*A painful sensation in the throat below the angle of the lower jaw on the right side; it loss as if a splinter of three-quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot; the pain was increased hy swallowing.—*A pain in the gum, so that she coidd not sleep half the night (observed in a patient after taking Dolichos).—Twitching of the muscles (observed in twa children after taking Dolichos).