Juglans Regia

Juglans regia, Linn.

Natural order, Juglandaceae.

Common name. Walnut (European).

Preparation, Tincture from leaves and from the rind of the green fruit (Clotar Muller).

Authorities. 1, Clotar Muller, proving with tincture of rind of fruit, repeated doses of 10 to 100 drops, Hygeia, vol. 22 ; la, same, proving with tincture of leaves, doses of 20 to 80 drops; 1 b, same, repeated doses of 1st dilution; 2, Fritz, took tincture of rind, doses 10 to 70 drops, from C. Muller’s provings; 2 a, same, took tincture of leaves, 80 drops; 2 h, same, proving repeated; 3. Dr. M. Muller, took tincture of rind, 10-drop doses, from ibid.; 4, Edward Begaud, took tincture of rind, 20 to 40-drop doses, ibid.; 4a, same, took tincture of leaves, 20 to 80 drops; 5, Otto Hessler, took tincture of rind, 10 to 50-drop doses, ibid.; 6, Kuchenmeister, took tincture of rind, doses of 20 to 50 drops, ibid.; 7, Paul Aselli, took tincture of rind, 10 to 70 drops, ibid.; 8, Ang. Wurzel, took tincture of nnd, 10 to 60 drops, ibid.; 9, Carl Teuzler, took tincture of rind, 10 to 40 drops, ibid.; 10, T. H. S., a servant girl, took tincture of leaves, 10 to 80 drops, repeated subsequently; 11, Dr. H. L. Sook, Ohio Med. and Surg. Rep., 1870, p. 216, proving with tincture of nut with shell, doses of 5 to 100 drops ; 11 ot, proving repeated three months later, doses 10 to 100 drops 12, cases of poisoning by Dr. Sook, ibid. _ _

Excited, as if intoxicated, in the evening in bed, and a feeling as if the head were floating in the air,^\—Peevish, discontented mood in the evening (first day),'*.—Disinclination to talk or argue, as was customary with him; mental indolence,^

Head p. 198

Confusion. Confusion of the bead (second day)

Confusion, at times vertigo, in the head (first day)

Confusion and heaviness of the head (second day)

Head confused and heavy

General Head. Heaviness and dull pain in the head

Heaviness of the head, which after eating increases to a pain, but wholly disappears after 7 p.m. (seventh day)

[lO-] Headache, especially above the left eye (third day)

Headache and flushed face (eighth day)

Dull headache after dinner and in evening

Violent headache

Pressive headache, especially in the forehead

Forehead. Pain in the forehead above the eyes, as if dizzy

Pain in the forehead, especially on shaking the head or moving the eyes (sixth day)

Pain in the left side of the forehead (third day)

Frontal headache, with yawning and great desire to sleep, although had slept well the previous night (sixth day)

Pressive pain in the forehead

Pressive pain in the forehead, especially above the left eye (after one hour, first day)

Sharp lancinating pain in the forehead for several minutes (after third dose, first day)

Fentples. Throbbing in both temples, and a sharp pain in front part of head, relieved by going into the open air, and returning on entering the warm room (half an hour after second dose, fourth day); continues (fifth day)

Favietols. Migraine (hitherto unknown) in the region of the left parietal bone, in a spot of the size of a dollar, lasting several hours, and so violent on speaking that he was obliged to cease

Eyes p. 198

Pressive pain above the eyes, aggravated by motion (third day)

Feeling as in the commencement of coryza in the eyes, nose, and head (first day)

Burning in the eyes (second day)

Far p. 198

Left ear commenced burning severely at 2.30 p.m. (two hours and a half after second dose); became very red and sw-oleu, and before bedtime a pimple began to form on the inside (second day) ; burning in the ear increased (third day) ; for eight days had a discharge of pus from my cal's (the left one more than the right), with a severe burning and redness of the external (left) ear; when walking, there was a feeling as if something was dropping inside of the ear at every step (after four days) ; during the greater part of the time I was taking the drug, I could not lay the left side of my head on the pillow on account of the soreness

Right ear aching, with a feeling of fulness (eleventh day) ; two days later, left ear commenced in the same way; I then had a discharge of pus from both ears for about a month ; the external part of the ear ivas very much inflamed, and had two large and painful sores on it, similar to those I have seen on children who have eaten freely of the nuts

Face p. 199

Flushed face and headache (eighth day)

Swelling of the left cheek and upper lip, with a swelling on the gum over the left upper incisors, without previous toothache; after five days this began to affect the cheek, and the skin became red; after a week there was a hard, reddish, extremely painful swelling in the left cheek, in the middle of which, about an inch and a half from the wing of the nose, was a round, sharplydefined circle of the size of a penny, rather depressed beneath the rest of the swelling, dark red, and yielding ; discharge of matter at this point was expected every minute, as it could be seen through only a thin layer of skin; I then had the tooth (which was apparently sound) drawn, when a large quantity of ichorous pus discharged through the cavity, and fortunately an external opening was avoided; after a few days the swelling wholly disappeared, and the natural color of the skin returned,^’’.t

Mouth p. 199

Teetll. Dull, tearing toothache in hollow teeth, aggravated by the warmth of the bed

Ton (file. Tongue coated white; (second day)

Tongue thickly coated white, with bitter, slimy taste in the mouth, in the morning after waking (eighth day),h

General 3Ioiit1i. After dinner he could not make up his mind to drink wine or water as usual; a kind of inclination to keep the mouth dry

Saliva. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth

Taste. Slimy taste in the mouth on waking in the morning (second day

Bitter taste in the mouth

Very bitter taste

Throat p. 199

Hawking of an unusually large amount of mucus from the throat

Stomach p. 199

Appetite. Increased appetite, soon,h

Unusual appetite (first day)

Great appetite

Great appetite through the whole proving

Unusually great appetite

Very great appetite (first day)

Great hunger (after one hour)

Unusually great hunger without increased thirst

Very great hunger the whole day

Loss of appetite,®. - Aversion to tobacco-smoking in the evening (first day)

Thirst. Thirst increased; (second day)

Eructation and Hie- COlKjll. Eructations

Eructations and flatulence

Frequent eructations,*^; (after half an hour)

Many eructations

Many loud eructations (seventh day)

Violent eructations

Eructations rather annoying (fifth day)

Eructations tasting of the drug (half an hour after first dose, first day),**; (half an hour after second dose, twenty-first day)

Eructations tasting as after eating fat (after second dose, first day)

Hiccough, especially violent after eating fat food

Nausea and Vomitinif. Nausea (sixth day),*; at 6 a.m. and after supper (first day)

Nausea, and inclination to vomit

Nausea and vomiting; soon

Woke suddenly from sleep and vomited food which he had eaten three hours before, after wdiich he slept without further trouble

Stomach. Burning in the stomach (sixth day)

Pressive pain in the epigastric region, and distension of the abdomen

Abdomen p. 199

Hifpochondiia. Stitches in the left hypochondrium, beneath the lowest ribs

Slight pressure in the region of the spleen, with eructations/

JJvnhtliccil and Sides. Pain in the intestines, above the umbilicus

Pain in the left side of the abdomen, beneath the false ribs, aggravated by taking a deep breath, laughing or stooping (third day),b

Dull pain in the left side of the abdomen, on walking rapidly (sixth day),h

Pressive pain over the whole left side of the abdomen, with wandering griping in the intestines

General Abdomen. Fulness in the abdomen, causing frequent desire for stool

Abdomen full and hard, with great accumulation of flatulence

Abdomen very full and distended, after eating

Distension of the abdomen, with frequent eructations

Distension of the abdomen, with rumbling and flatulence

Distension of the abdomen so great that he was obliged to loosen his clothes, together with violent pressure in the stomach,k

[80-] Tympanitic distension of the abdomen,®* k

Abdomen distended; (second day)

Abdomen distended and tense

Abdomen very much distended and hard

Abdomen very much distended, with emission of much flatulence, after dinner (second day)

Abdomen so distended that in spite of good appetite he could eat only a little, on account of a sensation of excessive fulness

Rumbling in the abdomen,®* ’* k

Rumbling and griping in the intestines

Rumbling in the intestines, with pressive pain in the epigastric region

Flatulence; (after second dose, third day)

Flatulence, especially emitted while lying down

Flatulency now becoming rather annoying (fifth day)

Emission of much flatulence

Profuse emission of flatulence

Pains in the abdomen

Violent pain over the whole abdomen, somewhat relieved by eructations

Wandering pains in the abdomen (after one hour, second day)

Pains in the abdomen, pressive and drawing, aggravated by motion, followed by appearance of menstruation fifteen days before the time, whereupon the pains moderated; during the eight succeeding days there was a very copious discharge of blood, blackish, often in large clots (while the menses usually lasted only three days); at the same time she complained of general exhaustion and loss of appetite

Unpleasant sensation of fulness in the abdomen

Disagreeable sensation of tension and fulness in the abdomen (sixth day)

Slight drawing in the intestines, with distended abdomen (after one hour)

Pressive pains over the whole abdomen

Hijpoffastrium. Violent pain in the whole lower portion of the abdomen, with nausea

Sharp cutting pains in the right hypogastric region, lasting a few minutes (five hours after third dose, fifth day)

Violent sticking pain in the hypogastric region, on moving or stooping

Rectum and Anus p. 200

Burning in the anus

Frequent burning and itching in the anus

Sharp painful stitches in the anus, so that he was frequently obliged to get out of bed, and was unable to sleep for two hours (fifth night)

(Burning itching in the anus, to which he had been accustomed for a long time, became greatly aggravated, with constant scratching)

Sudden desire for stool, with excessive fulness in the abdomen

Stool p. 200

Diarrhoea. Liquid evacuation from the bowels, preceded or accompanied by pressive pain in the abdomen

Liquid stool (first day) ; twice repeated (second day)

Stool thin (second day)

Thin, soft, or liquid stools throughout the whole proving

Stool large, soft, at last almost thin, at 4 p.m. (second day)

Evacuation large, followed by burning jjain and pressure in the anus

Stool hard

Stool very hard (fourth day)

Constipation. Bowels constipated (third day),”k

Bowels confined since commencing the proving (second day)

Bowels confined, in the morning; a natural evacuation, in the afternoon (fifth day)

Stool constipated (third day); hard and passed with great exertion (fifth day)

Stool scanty, hard, with effort (fifty-one hours after the preceding stool), (fourth day),h

Stool with great exertion,h

No evacuation of the bowels (eighth day)

Urinary Organs p. 201

3£ictuvitlon. Frequent desire to urinate, apparently dependent on loss of tone in the sphincter of the bladder

Constant urging to urinate, and involuntary dribbling of urine

More frequent micturition than usual

Obliged to urinate very frequently, and passed double the usual amount; he was obliged to rise at night to urinate

Obliged to urinate exceedingly often, and much at a time

Urinated profusely eight times during the forenoon,h

Secretion of urine profuse, so that he urinated profusely seven times during the day

Increased flow of urine (half an hour after second dose, first day)

Increased flow of urine, becoming rather annoying (fifth day)

Discharge of very much urine (seventh and eighth days)

Urine unusually profuse (first day)

TJrine, Urine dark-red (second day)

Urine dark-red, and two or three times as much as usual; was obliged to rise two or three times at night to urinate

Great increase of the urine

Urine increased at least one-half in quantity, in the forenoon (third day)

Urine twice as much as usual, though there was no thirst

Urine 94 ounces (first day) ; 110 ounces (second day) ; 96 ounces (third day) ; 108 ounces (fourth day); (normal, 70 to 80 ounces)

Urine 112 ounces (first day); 122 ounces (second day) ; 128 ounces (third day) ; afterwards normal (70 to 80 ounces a day)

Urine diminished in quantity (eighth day)

Secretion of urine scanty during the whole proving

Urine scanty, clear

Sexual Organs p. 201

Even on the first night he noticed, after coition with his wife, slight burning on the penis, and there appeared a slight abrasion in the skin at the point where the prepuce joins the penis; although it was washed with cold water the soreness increased, so that after eight days there was a suppurating streak several lines broad running half way around between the glans and prepuce; the spot was treated with charpie and linen, but continued to have an ugly look, the ulcer became larger, the margins hard, the base lardaceous, bleeding easily on slight pressure, so that it reminded one of a chancre ; frequently there was a small scab, beneath which pus continued to ooze, and which very frequently came off and left a suppurating ulcer as before; this continued for nineteen days; after a few days a hard healthy scab formed in the middle, which at last fell off, leaving healthy skin, so that the form of the ulcer was completely changed, instead of being one long narrow ulcer, there were nov two small round ones; these healed after thirty-seven days, leaving no visible scar,’*.f

Frequent erections during the day,K

Frequent erections day and night

Chest p. 201

Oppression of the chest

Transient stitches in the chest

Frequent short stitches in both lungs, not dependent on motion or respiration

Heart and Pulse p. 201

Pulse rapid (eighth day)

Pulse more rapid and fuller than usual

Back p. 201

Extremely violent transient stitches in the sacral region, causing him to start (fourth day)

Extremities in General p. 202

Frequent sticking and itching in the right leg, and in the fingers of the right hand Peculiar drawing pain in the first phalanx of the thutnb and joints of the left hand, worse on motion, not aggravated by pressure, feeling as if sprained, lasting the wlime evening, and after going to bed the same pain in the right great toe; the pain in the toe disappears after rising from bed in the morning, while that in the thumb remains the whole day, often noticed only on moving it, fr quently very violent, sometimes while at rest; the painfulness of the thumb continues for a few days . , ^ j

Superior Extremities p. 202

Electric starts in both forearms and hands wake him as he falls asleep

Feeling of weakness in the right hand

Pain in the right index finger, at times.

Inferior Extremities. Rheumatic pain within the kneejoint, impeding walking

Drawing and paralyzed feeling in the lower legs and knees, with remarkable weakness ; walking was difficult on account of frequent giving way of the knees, lasting several hours (after 80 drops)

Sticking and a feeling of impediment while walking, as if in the condyle in the inner side of the knee-joint

Pain and a sensation of impediment in the right instep, while walking

Generalities p. 202

Muscles somewhat relaxed

General exhaustion and disinclination for the usual business (third day),h

Skin p. 202

Objective. Have seen several cases of eruptions on and behind the ears of children who had eaten freely of the nuts, and a few cases of extremely itching eruption, which made its appearance over the entire body

Eruption on the face, neck, shoulders, and back, consisting of small red pimples, some of which were larger and contained a thickish fluid (a kind of acne)

Pimples on the face

Small pimples on the nape of the neck discharging some moisture when scratched off (like ordinary acne)

An old tetter on the dorsal surface of the hand, above the thumb, of the size of a penny (which had almost entirely disappeared under Mezereum), began to itch violently and became sore and red

Subjective. Itching in the skin in various parts of the body

Itching here and there in the skin

Restless sleep on account of itching here and there in the skin; many dreams and repeated erections

Burning and itching in the skin of the legs, arms, and abdomen, here and there, with restless tossing about in bed and inability to sleep (first night)

Violent burning and itching on the flexor surface of the right forearm, near the elbow-joint, and the appearance of a red spot as large as a half dollar, in the middle of which small pimples developed ; the next day the red spot had disappeared, the pimples had become larger, very painful, and another furuncle was dreaded; although some pus formed it did not increase in size but disappeared, so that nothing could be seen after six days,’®.t

Itching on the sternum obliging him to scratch

Itching on the dorsum of the right hand frequently obliging scratching ; afterwards on the feet, forehead, scalp, and abdomen, without visible appearance on the skin (seventh day),h

Itching on several fingers of the right hand, in the afternoon

Frequent itching of the hands

Constant itching of the right hand (after one hour)

The skin of the right axilla itched and burned, and became sore and cracked ; during the next month it continued very red and scaly; it became moist and a large tetter formed, consisting of small vesicles with very violent burning ; if I perspired much the tetter became much worse the next clay ; the perspiration together with the secretion from the eruption made a greenish-yellow stain and stiffened the linen; the pain became so great at times that all violent motion of the arm was impossible; the glands were not swollen; in order to relieve the itching and burning the spot was at times washed with cold water; nothing else was used. I noticed that increased burning and itching were always associated with aggravation and extension of the tetter, so that always a few hours after increased burning and itching a new eruption of vesicles and a larger extent of redness became apparent; during the succeeding month the same trouble broke out in the left axilla but did not become so violent; another month later a small furuncle appeared on the shoulder (on the coracoid process), suppurated and healed after a few days; ten days afterwards a very large and painful furuncle appeared over the biceps muscle, about two inches fiom the elbow ; it was surrounded by a circumscribed redness and induration; it ripened after ten days and discharged much bloody matter and speedily healed; after still another month there appeared two red spots on the right elbow-joint, which itched violently, and upon which there developed a small yellow pustule; these both disappeared after eight days. At this time the tetter in the axillae had not entirely healed ; in the right axilla there was almost nothing to be seen, in the left there appeared a new eruption of small burning vesicles, which afterwards formed a red moist spot; perspiration aggravated the burning and moisture very much, so that the shirt over a large space was stained yellow and stiffened; about this time there also appeared on the right side between the ninth and tenth rib another furuncle, with decided induration and violent pain, which ran a course of nine days and discharged some bloody matter, leaving an induration for a long time. About this time a red spot appeared on the arm, not far from the seat of the second furuncle, continuing to enlarge for ten days, becoming rather hard, something like a small cystic tumor or indurated gland, but quite painless; at this time there also appeared on the left instep and afterwards on the right (though here in a less degree) a peculiar skin-affection, a redness of the size of a half dollar, with itching and eruption of small vesicles, leaving behind a small hard scurf, whereby the whole place became elevated and very painful; the small scabs especially caused violent pain, since they were pressed in by the boot and rubbed off, so that the part became raw and w^as j)prevented from healing. This distressing trouble lasted for a month, after which it gradually disappeared, though the spot remained of a bluish-red color, thickish and swollen, for a long time

Sleep and Dreams p. 203

Sleepiness. Yawning and great desire to sleep, although had slept well the previous night (sixth day),^h

Considerable yawning (after second dose, first day)

Frequent yawning

Frequent yawning and stretching, in the afternoon (third day)

After lying awake half an hour, slept well (first night)

Sleeplessness. Restless sleep Avith frightful dreams

Was unable to sleep after dinner as usual, though inclined to do so

Dreams. Many restless dreams

Fever p. 203

Chilliness. Extremities icy cold (eighth day)

Seat. Heat over the whole body, in the evening

Flushes of heat, with confusion of the head (third day)

Alternations of heat and coldness over the whole body (seventh day*)

Hot head with cold extremities, after 9 P.M. (seventh day)

Head burning hot, in the evening (eighth day)

Hands burning hot, with rapid pulse (108), at 9 p.m. ; followed hy moderate perspiration over the whole body

Conditions p. 204

Aggravation.

-(J/onwnf/), On waking, slimy taste.

(Evening), After 9 oclock, hot head, etc.; at 9 oclock, hands burning, etc. (After fat food), Hiccough.

(Deep inspiration). Pain in side of abdomen.-

(Laughing), Pain in side of abdomen.

(Motion), Pain above eyes; pain in abdomen ; pain in hypogastric region.

(Speaking), Migraine.

(Stooping), Pain in left side of abdomen ; pain in hypogastric region.

(On walking rapidly). Pain in left side of abdomen.

(Warmth of bed). Toothache.

Amelioration p. 204

(Open air), Throbbing in temples, etc.

Footnotes p. 198

† For several years during winter I had been annoyed with a burning-itching eruption on the lower extremities, always commencing as soon as 1 would undress; after the proving I was relieved of it.

† During the last two years the prover had two or three times suffered from toothache, followed by a gumboil over the root of the left upper incisors, which, after some days, spontaneously broke through the gum. This prover would make no more provings. During my absence he consulted another physician for the affection of the cheek, who unhesitatingly pronounced it syphilitic, and gave a gloom}' prognosis, which terribly frightened poor Fritz.—Clotar Muller.

† Any one who was not cognizant of the origin and course of these ulcers would without doubt have pronounced them syphilitic.—Clotar Muller.

† I had never before these provings suffered from any skin disease whatever.— Clotar Muller.