Pinus Silvestris

Pinus silvestris, L.

Natural order, Coniferte.

Preparation, Tincture of leaves and young twigs.

Authorities. 1, Dr. Demeures, Journ. de la Sac. Gall., Ire ser., vol. iv, p. 114, proving with 3 drops of the tincture; 2, Attack, A. H. Z., 33, 241, general effects of baths of an infusion of pine leaves.

Mind

Anxiety

Despondency

Wishes to do a great many things, undertaking them all and finishing none of them (ninth and tenth days)

Dulness of mind, so that he was unable to think, caused by any exertion

Head

Vertigo, even to falling down

Dulness of the head

Fulness and heaviness of the whole head

Pressive headache

Tearing in the temples

Scalp sensitive

Eyes

I flammation of the eyes

Margins of the lids red

Dimness of vision, like a veil before the eyes

Ears

Sticking in the ears

Roaring in the ears

Nose

Violent nosebleed for several days in succession

Discharge of mucus from the nose

Sensation of coryza

Face

Alternations of redness and paleness of the face

Tearing in the face

Mouth

Pain in the teeth, with heat of the face and pain in the head

Dryness of the mouth, with increased thirst

Throat

Slight and transient uneasiness in the throat, as if something was in the way there (second to sixth days)

Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands

Stomach

Appetite at first decreased, afterwards increased

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, after eating, and great distension of the pit of the stomach, and also of the whole abdomen

Abdomen

Distension of the hypochondrium, with pressive-burning pains

Enlargement of the liver

Pressure and a sensation of fulness in the liver and spleen

Colic, with incarceration of flatus

Pain in the inguinal glands, with swelling

Retain and Troublesome itching at the anus (first day)

Stool

Stool thin, pasty, with colic and great excitement; bilious evacuations; discharge of round worms; itching and burning in the anus; bloody, slimy hemorrhoidal discharge for several days

Constipation

Urinary Organs

Violent boring-burning j)ains in the kidneys, extending along tue ureters

Spasm of the bladder

Burning pains when urinating

Micturition difficult

Very greatly increased secretion of urine (after some days)

Urine of a^strong odor

Sexual Organs

The usually scanty menses became more profuse,'. _Menses return earlier than usual

Menses delayed for several days

Respiratory Organs

Increased secretion of bronchial mucus

Hoarseness

Short dry cough

Expectoration greater when coughing

Tightness of breath, especially when walking

Chest p. 542

Great oppression of the chest

Next day, all the anterior portion of the chest is painful to touch ; it seems as if it was very thin, and ready to give way under the slightest pressure (second day),h

All the evening, sensitiveness to the touch in the walls of the chest (first day)

Burning in the sides of the chest

A quarter of an hour after, feeling in the middle of the sternum like a sensation such as might be supposed to result from a cupping-glass applied inside behind this bone,b

Head p. 542

Palpitation

Neck and Back p. 542

Drawing and stiffness in the nape of the neck, extending into the occiput/.

Pain between the shoulders and in the small of the back, a pressive tensive-drawing pain, so that motion was difficult

Upper Extremities p. 542

Stiffness of the limbs

Heaviness of all the limbs, and so great weakness that it was difficult to walk

Gouty pain in all the joints of the hands and feet, especially in the finger-joints

Pressive tensive pains in the limbs

Drawing paralytic pains in the limbs

Inferior Extremities p. 542

Stiffness of the knees, with stinging-burning pains, so that they gave out

Pain in the left tibia, when walking. This pain causes a sensation as if he would double up on himself, in the morning only (sixth day)

Same pain in the right tibia, with gripings in the whole abdomen (seventh day),b

Cramps in the calves, when stretching himself in bed, at night; the patient never before felt anything similar (ninth and tenth days),b

In the evening, itching lancinations, crosswise, under the fold which separates the first and second phalanges of the right great toe, the pain is relieved by applying the hand there (first day),h

Skin p. 542

Nettle-rash

Itching over the whole body, especially about the joints and on the abdomen

Itching of the nose

Slee p. 542

l'i0-'] Great sleepiness, especially in the forenoon, with restless sleep, in the evening

Sleeplessness

Dreams, which seem, when remembered, like real occurrences

Fever p. 542

Chilliness, especially towards evening, alternating with flushes of heat

General perspiration

Easy perspiration