Illicium

Illicium anisatum, Linn.

Natural order, Magnoliacese. Common names. Anise, Star Anise (seeds).

Preparation, Tincture of the seeds.

Authorities. 1, Dr. Franz, Archiv f. Horn., 17, part 3, page 175, effects of 100 drops of tincture; 2, Mure, “selected symptoms,” Pathogen. Bresil.

Head

Dizziness

Indefinite pains in the head

Ears

Ringing (in the ears) as of great bells, followed by sleep

Roaring in the ears

Loud roaring in the ears, with hissing sensation

Nose

Acute catarrh

Watery discharge from the nose

Sharp stitches beneath the tip of the nose,k

Sensation of warm biting in the nose, like that felt when looking at the sun, immediately followed by sneezing (after a quarter of an hour),k

He constantly notices the sharp biting odor of the drug on expiring the breath through the nose; this disappears after he has eaten something

Face

Dryness in the upper lip, and a feeling as if drawn towards the teeth, so that it lies hard against them,b

Burning on the inner side of the lower lip, and a feeling as if it were asleep,b

Sensation in the upper lip as if blood were forcing out, a sticking; it disappears as soon as he touches it in order to wipe away the fancied blood,k

Mouth

Flow of saliva

Food, excepting bread, tastes too salt and bitter, though he has a good appetite; bread has a good taste and a strong smell,k

Stomach

When eating, soon satisfied

Acidity in the stomach

Nausea

Nausea in the stomach, which, however, only extends to the chest, and then again disappears,k

Qualmishness in the stomach and chest,k

Swelling of the stomach

Sensation as of an ulcer in the stomach,k

Abdomen p. 92

Pain in the spleen,I

Pain at the navel and in the oesophagus

Borborygmi in the abdomen

Pain in the loins

Stool p. 92

Bilious evacuations

Solid stools, of a deep yellow color Constipation

Urinary Organs p. 92

Retention of urine

Sexual Organs p. 92

Violent erections

Nocturnal pollutions

Respiratory Organs p. 92

White expectoration

Chest p. 92

Pains in the chest, with sensation of emptiness after coughing

Transient pains on the left side of the chest

Heart and Pulse p. 92

Pain in the back and chest

A cramplike drawing on the left side of the dorsal vertebrae, as after taking cold (after three hours)

Superior Extremities p. 92

Jerking and tearing in the bend of the left elbow, and at the same time in the palm of the hand ; a feeling as if an artery had been injured by a blow

A pressure on the back of the right hand, between the two middle metacarpal bones, as though something hard were lying between them, very perceptible if the hands were pressed against anything hard, not when touched

Inferior Extremities p. 92

The left thigh feels as if broken in the middle while sitting; it disappears on standing

Skin p. 92

Stitches as with pins in the palm of the left hand, between the first and second fingers; these disappear after scratching, but afterwards return with burning

Dull painful stitches in the skin of the lower portion of the forearm

Crawling itching-like stitches in the palm of the right hand

Itching of the skin in front of and above the left ear, disappearing as soon as he touches it

Sleep p. 92

Sleepiness at nightfall

Sleep disturbed

Fever p. 92

Heat from the abdomen to the stomach and chest, running over different places, and abating in the course of the day

Conditions p. 92

Aggravation.

(Forenoon), The pain

(When sitting), Feeling in thigh.

Amelioration p. 92

(Evening), The pains.