Origanum

Origanum marjoram, L.

Natural order, Labiatse.

Common names, Sweet marjoram ; Mairan ; la Marjolaiue.

Preparation, Tincture of the plant.

Authorities, Provings by Dr. Consoles, Rev. Horn, du Midi (from A. H. Z., 37, 139),t 1, effects, on self, of, one drop of tincture, on two occasions; 2, a girl, aged 24, took daily doses of tincture increasing from one to five drops at a dose; 3, a young woman took one dose of 30th dil., repeated after eight days.

—It was impossible to remain tranquil,^.—Her disposition was very much affected ; after the fifth or sixth day she became earnest, fearful, silent, sad, discontented, despairing, and weary of life; afterwards (after ten or twelve days), irritable, restless, with great anxiety and full of ideas, with need of active exercise, of running in the open air,^—Sadness the whole day, followed by lively mood and excessive joy fulness, with thoughts of marriage, distraction of mind, and desire for active exercise, impelling her to run,*.

Heart and Pulse

Vertigo on Iving down in the evening

Headache in the temples

Nosebleed (twenty-third day)

Sensation of constriction and tickling in the tip of the nose (sixteenth day)

Stomach and Abdomen

Loss of appetite

Excessive thirst at night

Hiccough

Violent pain in the abdomen woke her from sleep at night (eighth to tenth days)

Sexual Organs

Frequent necessity to pass urine, waking from sleep as many as four times in one night

Desire for coition

Increased desire for coition

Chest

Swelling and itching of the nipples, frequently recurring (after twenty-seventh day)

Pains beneath the scapulae (first day),®. ^ ^

Upper Extremities

Cramp in the sole of the right foot, in the left leg, also in the fingers and in the shoulder, at times in the morning, at other times in the evening (after ninth day)

Pains in the right hand (first day)

Rheumatic pains in the right foot, frequently recurring and disappearing (after nine days)

Pains in the toes (after one day)

Generalities

Great physical prostration

Uneasiness

Pains in the legs and side, becoming so violent that Camphor was taken after five or six days

The pains continued to recur in varying degrees of severity during the first two weeks

Skin

Pale red spots on the legs, thighs, and abdomen (after two weeks)

Painful red pimples on the outer portion of both legs (fourteenth and fifteenth days)

Itching of the nipples, with pain in the breast recurred during the whole proving

Sleep and Dreams

Frequent waking from sleep in fright

Frequent waking from sleep with trembling

Vivid anxious dreams

Lascivious dreams

Exciting dreams

Fever

BesLi of the head; as the heat increased, the head was involuntarily turned from side to side

Conditions

(Evening), On lying down, vertigo.

(Night), Excessive thirst.

Footnotes

† Original not accessible.