Hydrocotyle

Hydrocotyle Asiatic, Linn.

Natural order, Umbelliferae.

Preparation, Tincture of the whole plant.

Aidhorities. 1, Audouit’s Monograph (reprint from J. de 1. Sac. Gal.), Devergie, symptoms on a leprous patient (otherwise in good health), by daily doses of 5 centigrammes of the aq. ext. for twenty-eight days; 2, from same, Cazenave, general effects of the extract in many cases of skin

Mind

40 disease; 3, Audouit, pathogenesis “obtained by pure experimentitalicized symptoms confirmed by cures.

Head p. 626

* (gayety (effect of reaction)

Loquacity (effect of reaction)

Unreserved, communicative disposition (effect of reaction)

Confidence in the future (effect of reaction)

Gloomy thoughts

Inclination for solitude

Misanthropy

Indifference

Head p. 626

Vertigo Vertigo

Vertigo and dizziness

Vertigo and giddiness

Vertigo, with torpor

Dizziness

General Head, Congestion of blood to the head

Heaviness of the head

Heaviness of the head

Headache,h

Painful drawing in almost all the cranial nerves (25 drops tinct.; medical student of 24)

Foveliead, Neuralgic pains in the external frontal nerve (“supraorbitar stitch of Valleix), (25 drops tinct.). Similar pains in a youth of 17 (10 drops, 6th dil.)

Occiput, Intense pain, with some tumefaction, in the posterior portion of the skull

Constriction of the back part of the skull

The occiput is acutely sensitive, especially to touch

External Head, Painful constriction of the posterior and superior integuments of the skull

Eyes p. 626

Look more or less unsteady

Pricking in the eyes (10 drops mother tincture)

Slight injection of the palpebral conjunctiva

Dimness of vision

Dazzling

Head p. 626

Very severe pain left internal auditory meatus (10 drops mother tincture)

Throbbing in the right ear (10 drops mother tincture)

Hearing ff, Confused noise in left ear (10 drops mother tincture)

Ringing in the ears (10 drops mother tincture)

Ringing in the left ear, which seems stopped up (10 drops mother tincture)

Blowing sound in the ears (10 drops mother tincture)

Nose p. 626

Objective. Swelling of the nose

Coryza

Dry coryza

Slight epistaxis

Huhjectlve. Stoppage of the nose

Feeling as if epistaxis were coming on

Tickling in the nose

Tickling in the nostrils, especially the left

Face p. 626

Expression of face more or less as if intoxicated

Very severe intermittent pain in the left cheek-bone (lady of 25; 3 drops 4th dil.)

Mouth p. 626

Four whitish places on the left side of the tongue, three on its upper, and one, about as large as a two-cent piece, on its under surface (3d dil'.)

Slight hyperemia of the buccal mucous membrane

Increased action of the salivary glands

Insipid or bitter taste (3d dil.)

Slight impediment in speech

Throat p. 626

Objective. Bright redness of the velum palate, with pain on swallowing saliva, and especially on swallowing food (3d dil.)

Redness of the tonsils

Subjective. Slight disorder of the constrictor muscles of the pharynx (6th dil.)

Pricking in the pharynx (6th dil.)

Dryness and roughness in the oesophagus (6th dil.)

Burning and pricking in the oesophagus

Stomach p. 626

Appetite. Anorexia

Anorexia, sometimes followed by very strong appetite (6th dil.)

Loathing of food, for fifteen days,h

Aversion to tobacco smoking (3d dil.)

Eructation. Frequent inodorous eructations (immediately), (6th dil.)

Acid eructations (6th dil.)

Eructations tasting of the drug (after six hours); (6th dil.)

Wausea.

Nausea (6th dil.)

Stomach. Swelling of stomach (6th dil.)

Sensation as if gases were collected into a ball in the stomach (6th dil.)

Anxiety and weight in the gastric region (6th dil.)

Heat spreading out like a bar in the gastric region (6th dil.)

Slight contraction of the stomach

Cramplike pains in the stomach, but without nausea (6th dil.)

Abdomen p. 627

Hypochondria. Obstruction in the whole hepatic region

Slight pain in the upper portion of the liver

General Abdomen. Borborygmus in different parts of the abdomen (12 drops mother tincture)

Flatus

Sensation as if all the abdominal organs were in motion (12 drops mother tincture)

* Very severe pain in all the bowels (12 drops mother tincture)

Very severe pain in the bowels, especially in the transverse colon (12 drops mother tincture)

Constriction in the whole abdomen

Violent contractions in the intestines

Colic coming on every five minutes, without stool (12 drops mother tincture)

Severe colic with borborygmi (12 drops mother tincture)

Rectum and Anus p. 627

Weight in the rectum

Burning at the anus

Slight itching of the anus

Stool p. 627

Increased evacuations, without colic

Easier stools

Urinary Organs p. 627

Kidneys and Bladder. Slight formication in the kidneys

Sense of constriction in the bladder

Irritation of the neck of the bladder

Urethra. Irritation of the urethra, ®.- Feeling of weight in the prostate gland

Frequent desire to urinate

3Micturition. More abundant urination

Increased secretion of urine

Urine. Urine becomes brown on cooling

Turbid urine, but without sediment

Sexual Organs p. 627

3Iale. Impotence for fifteen days

Relaxation of the scrotum

Slight drawing in the spermatic cords, especially the left

Indifference to sexual intercourse

Female. Dull pain in the ovarian region (in a woman of 25)

Redness of the cervix uteri, disappearing when the medicine is left off, and returning on taking it again

Heavy feeling in the uterus

Pain in the whole uterus, especially the left side (lady of 35, from 4 drops of 3d dil.)

Exceedingly severe pains in the uterus and appendages, compared by the prover to those of labor (lady of 35, from 4 drops 3d dil.)

Redness of the vulva and vagina

Considerable increase of leucorrhcea

* Heat in the bottom of the vagina; pricking and itching at its orifice

Respiratory Organs p. 627

Larynx. Slight irritation of all the airpassages

Dryness ofthe whole windpipe

[HO.] Sensation of dryness in the ventricles of the larynx

Intolerable pricking in the vicinity of the glottis

Foice. Weak voice

Speaking soon becomes fatiguing

Expectoration. Easy expectoration of bronchial mucus (secondary effect)

Difficulty in expectorating the bronchial mucus

Respiration. Respiration easier (secondary effect)

Respiration easier and deeper (secondary effect)

Short breathing

Chest p. 627

Wandering pains in the muscles of the chest and legs

Some oppression of the chest, which ceases suddenly and then returns, at longer or shorter intervals

Heart and Pulse p. 627

Prcecordium. Coxitis\c,ion of the heart, coinciding with a quiet and regular pulse, or with a few separate beats in certain arteries, or with hot flushes in different parts of the face (20 drops of mother tincture, by a man, set. 30 years)

Pressive constriction of the heart (young man, set. 18, mother tincture 10 drops)

Fears

Irregular beating of the heart (girl, set. 19)

Cardiac spasm (a man of 25, 6 drops 3d ({\\.)

False. Pulse stronger and fuller (Hunter)

Neck and Back p. 627

Small red spots, covered with whitish scales, on the left side of the neck (3d dil.)

Renewal of old rheumatic pains in the left rhomboid; they are aggravated by pressure

Bruised pain in the loins

Obstruction and heaviness in the region of the kidneys

Extremities in General p. 628

Irresistible inclination to stretch the limbs

Pains in all the joints

Pains in several joints, especially those on the left side

Dull pain in all the muscles of the extremities

Sensation as if hot water was running through the marrow of the bones

Superior Extremities p. 628

Painful weariness in all the muscles of the shoulders (deltoid, supra-spiuatus, infra-spinatus, subscapularis, teres minor)

Contractions in the forearms and legs

Crampy numbness in the right forearm, and also in the right hand and fingers

Pains in the finger-joints

Inferior Extremities p. 628

Ohjective. Unsteady gait,b

Tottering of the limbs,b

Inability to stand

Subjective. Pretty sharp pain in the hip-joints

Weariness in the muscles of the thighs, with crampy movements in the calves

Burning in the left tibia

Generalities p. 628

Objective, '^Depression, heaviness, and dull feeling throughout the system generally

General lassitude

* General weariness

Profound ennui

Debility

Lasting prostration of strength

Subjective. Excessive heaviness, dulness, and unfitness for everything

General malaise ®.

Drawings in several muscles

Bruised sensation on waking

Bruised feeling in all the muscles

Skin p. 628

Objective Erysipelatous redness

Erythema with much itching (girl of 22 ; 2 drops 30th dil.)

Erythema with copious sweat

* Three spots, almost completely circular, with slightly raised, scaly edges. (They appeared after taking 8 drops daily of the 6th dilution for six weeks, in a subject aged 19 years; as soon as the medicine was stopped they began to diminish, and disappeared entirely in fourteen days)

Small red points on the eyelids, the left side of the neck, and both hands (10 drops tincture)

* Yellowish spots on both legs

Spot of a light lilac color and shaped like an ear, on the sole of the right foot. The skin all over it is slightly depressed, and walking makes it quite painful (10 drops tincture)

Spot of like shape and color on the left sole (in a different prover)

Slight erythema on the face, neck, back, chest, arms, and thighs (10 drops tincture, 6 drops 6th dil., and 2 drops 30th dil,)

Papular eruption onjhe face (10 drops, 6th dil.)

Miliary eruptions on the neck, back, and chest

Sudamina on the abdomen

Two small pustules on the chestSubjective. "^Pricking on different parts (10 drops tincture)

Intolerable itching in several places

Very smart itching at the tip of the nose (in a lady who had a chilblain there every year), (with 3 drops of 24th dil.)

Sleep p. 628

Yawning and stretching

Drowsiness

Drowsiness in the daytime,®

Quiet sleep

Heavy, dreamless sleep

Fever p. 628

Chilliness. Coldness of the hands and feet; with a general condition resembling the precursory stage of fever, but without alteration in the pulse

Sensation of coldness in the forearm and hand, and in the left leg and foot. It went off on rubbing the parts, but returned as soon as the rubbing ceased. When the arm and hand were wrapped in woollen cloth, it was twenty-two minutes before they were warm again

■ Slight shivering in the afternoon

Heat. Increased heat of the skin,®

Febrile movement

Flushes of heat in the face

Hot flushes in several parts of the face, but especially in the temporal regions

Heat all through the hypogastrium

Heat in the hones of the Sweat. *Profuse perspiration