Valeriana

Valerian officinalis, Linn.

Natural order, Valerianacese.

Common names, Valerian ; (G.), Baldrian.

Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Authorities. (1 to 16 from Stapf’s Beitriige.) 1, Hahnemann; 2, Franz; 3, Gross; 4, Staph; 5, Wislicenus ; 6, Andrew, cases of epilepsy, p. 262; 7, Carminati opusc. therap. 1, 227 ; 8, Casp. Hoffm. Off., p., 583 ; 9, Dodonaeus, Pempt., p. 262; 10, Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helvet, Indig., p. 210; 11, Hill on Valerian; 12, Horstius, Pharmac. Cathol. f. GLX.; 13, Junker, Therap. General, p. Ill ; 14, Marchant, Mem. de I’Acad. des Sci. de Paris, 1705; 15, Ray, Hist. Plant, vol. i, p. 388; 16, Tissot, traite de Epilepsie, p. 309 ; (17 to 28, Jorg’s Provings, Materialien, etc., 1825); 17, Engler took infusions of root, part of 3 drachms (first day), j of 4 drachms (second day), of 5 drachms (third day), j of 6 drachms (fifth day) ; 17 a, same, took ^ drachm of powder of root, afterwards 1, 1^, and 2 drachms; 18, Giintz, took an infusion of 2 scruples (first day), of 1 drachm (second day), of 1^ drachm (third day), of 2 drachms (fourth and fifth days), afterwards of 4 ounces ; 18 a, same, took 10 drachms of an infusion of the strength of the root; 18 b, same, ^ and drachms of powder; 19, Halse, took various doses of infusions ; 19 a, same, took ^,1,1^ drachms of powder; 20, Heisterbergk, took infusions of 5 to 8 drachms, of which he took j part at a dose; 20 a, same, took 1, iP and 2 drachms of powder; 21, Kneschke, took j of infusions of 3 to 8 drachms, no symptoms ; 21 a, same, took whole infusion of ^ drachm without result, then 1 drachm ; 21 b, same, took 1^, and 2 drachms of powder without effect; 21 c, same, took 1|- and 2 drachms of powder; 22, Summer, took infusions; 23, Winkler, took various doses of an infusion ; 23 a, same, took 1, 11, 2, and drachms of powder ; 24, Pienitz, took various doses of infusions; 25, Siebenhaar, took various doses of the infusion ; 25 a, same, took 1, li, and 2 drachms of powder; 26, Jorg, took infusion; 27, Enders, took ^ drachm of powder without effect, then 1, and after two days 1^ drachms; 28, Strofern, took ^ and 1 drachm of powder ; 29, Peifer’s Thesis, A. H. Z., 19, 201, took 4 scruples tincture in the morning fasting ; 29 a, same, took powdered root; 30, E. D. Bell, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. liv, 1856, p. 117, Mr. E., JBt. forty, took nearly ^ ounce of the extract; (31 to 38, Barrallier, des Effects phys., et de I’Employ therap., de I’Huile essentially de Valeriane, Paris, 1860); 31, a healthy person, set. sixty-four years, took 2 drops tincture; 32, another person took same; 33, effects of 6 drops; 34, 35, other provers took same; 36, 37, 38, other provers took 10 drops each.

Mind

Extremely delirious, attempting to get out of the window, threatening and vociferating violently. He complained of not being able to see, and did not recognize me nor members of the family about him, and imagined himself away from home, and beset with all sorts of danger, from which he was attempting to escape, although unable to walk without staggering from side to side

Agitation

Remarkable liveliness with great courage, with slight acceleration of the pulse

More joyous and active mood than usual, in the evening (second and third days)

Very joyous mood all day (first day)

Unusually joyous mood (soon)

More cheerful than before; he comprehended everything more easily than before; a sort of joyfulness, as is sometimes felt after drinking coffee (first day)

Morbid irritation of the nerves; although he appears more cheerful and vigorous than before, nevertheless his eyes, arms, knees, feel very weak, in the forenoon (after twenty-eight hours, second day)

(Seriousness) (second day)

Anxiety

Anxious, hypochondriac feeling, as if the objects around him had been estranged from him; the room appears to him desolate, he does not feel at home in the room, he is impelled to leave it (from the vapor)

Fearfulness in the evening when sitting in the dark (imagining that some one might hurt him), (first day)

Ill-humor

Disinclination for mental work

Great flow of ideas, one chasing the other, as in intoxication ; confused, faint recollections of former thoughts and actions, presented themselves to his mind, but they chased one another with so much rapidity, that he at last became quite stupefied and lost his thoughts; he felt like one who is dreaming (from the vapor)

Head p. 60

Head much confused (second day)

Cloudiness of the head (from the vapor)

Feeling of intoxication and vertigo when stooping; sensation as if everything were turning around her (after half an hour)

Rush of blood to the head

Rush of blood to the head, with a feeling of fulness, especially under the vertex

Symptoms of congestion of the brain; pressing headache, extending from the right frontal region over the whole head, sometimes seated in the eyes and making them sensitive to every slight effort, at times also passing down to the angle of the lower jaw of the right side and causing a sensation as if asleep

Feeling of fulness in the head, apparently caused by rush of blood to the head, similar to the effect of a tight neckcloth (soon)

Dulness of the head, changing to a pressive-drawing pain, especially in the frontal region

sudden stupefaction in the head, causing him to stagger and almost to fall to one side, when standing

Stupid feeling in the head when stooping (after a quarter of an hour)

Feeling iu the head as after intoxication, somewhat elated (after half an hour)

Heaviness of the head

Headache

Headache at night

Intense headache

Headache, usually in the forehead, at times very intense

Pressive headache in one or another part of the head

Headache an hour after dinner; pressure over the eyes, as if the eyeballs would be pressed out, especially when moving them, at 1 p.m. (after four hours)

Headache, the aching especially violent over the orbits, at 11 p.m. (second day)

Transient pain as if he had just had a hard blow on the vertex, a painful, stupefying, contractive sensation, affecting the whole head, although it emanates from the vertex as the centre, afterwards disappearing from the other parts of the head, and lastly from the vertex

Sticking headache

Sticking headache for eight hours

Forehead, Pressing frontal headache

Violent pressure in the forehead, followed in a few minutes by sticking in the forehead, and especially over the orbits; soon the sticking changes again to pressure, and so on in constant alternation; the sticking is like a darting tearing, as if it would pierce the eyes from within outward, continuing a few hours (after a quarter of an hour)

Pressive pain extending from the right frontal region over the whole head ; the headache disappeared during a sound sleep at night, but returned the next morning and lasted three hours

Slight pressive headache, extending from the forehead to the vertex, especially towards the eyes, so that moderate exertion of the eyes caused a pressive sensation in the balls

Pressive pain in the right side of the forehead

Distressing pressive pain in the right frontal region, periodically extending to the left side

Supraorbital headache on the right side; this headache gradually increased for ten hours, and gave place to a sensation of heaviness

Numb tensive sensation behind the frontal eminence

A drawing together in the left half of the forehead, with a dull pressure

Constrictive drawing transversely across the forehead (after five minutes)

Violent stitches (darting tearing) in the middle of the forehead, deep interiorly, coming and going at intervals (after two, three, and four hQuv&),\-

Temples. Dull pressure in the right temple, from without inward, at intervals (after eight minutes)

Transient jerkings the right temple

Feifeoc and Pavietals. Pressing headache over the whole vertex

Sensation as if the vertex were spasmodically constricted

Sticking on the top of the head (10 p.m.)

Pressure on the parietal bones

Drawing-aching pain in the right side of the head, during the flushes of heat over the cheeks; the pain afterwards extends as an aching pain into the orbit of the right eye; colic one or two hours after (second day)

A current of air instantaneously causes a drawing pain in the right side of the head, at 5 p.m. (second Occiput. Pressure and drawing penetrating into the side of the occiput (from the vapor)

Sensation as if some one were hammering internally in the occiput, which became intolerable, so that he forcibly turned his head to and fro (while half asleep in the evening), (second day)

Eyes p. 61

The eyes shine

Pressure in the eyes only in the morning after rising; the margins of the eyelids seem swollen and sore, especially in the region of the left inner canthus; they look red (third day)

Sensation of pressure in the right eye, as of a stye, at noon (after three hours)

Smarting in the eyes, as if occasioned by smoke, at 3 p.m. (after six hours)

Burning smarting in the eyes, at 10 a.m. (second day),®.]

Orbit, Painful drawing around the orbits, more toward the side, especially when stooping (after half an hour)

Lids. Eyes somewhat agglutinated (first day)

Pain and swelling of the eyelids (from 1 to 2 p.m., third day)

Stitches in the inner canthus, at 11 a.m. (third day)

Eall. Tearing in the right eyeball (from the vapor), (after two hours)

Pupil. The pupils are somewhat dilated, at 9 a.m. (after half an hour)

Pupils of eyes dilated to nearly whole extent of cornea, even when approached by a lighted candle

Vision. Dimness of sight, early in the morning, and pain in the eyes, as if he had not slept sufficiently (third day)

He sees things at a distance more distinctly than usual

Scintillations before the eyes,b

Lights before the eyes, in the dark ; the closed and dark room seemed to him filled with the light of twilight, so that he imagined he distinguished the objects in the same ; this was accompanied by a sensation as if he felt that things were near him, even when not looking at them; on looking, he perceived that the things were really there, at 10 p.m. (after thirteen hours)

Ears p. 62

Slight jerkings in the right meatus auditorium (after a quarter of an hour)

Crampy drawing in the left ear

Ringing in the ears, in the evening when in bed, and illusion of hearing; he imagined he heard the bell strike, at 10 p.m. (after fourteen hours)

Nose p. 62

Violent sneezing

Face p. 62

Face injected

Quick painless twitching from time to time beneath the skin of the left cheek, which he thought might be seen ; this was not, however, the case; it went offfor a short time by moving the hand over the cheek

Repeated transient crampy jerkings in the region of the left malar bone

Painful crampy drawing in the right malar bone, transient (after a quarter of an hour)

Pimples in the white of the upper lip and on the cheek ; small white vesicles on an elevated red border, painful to touch (fourth day)

A pressure (almost resembling a darting) in the right side of the lower lip and in the gum of the right canine tooth (after one hour)

Repeated dartings, as of electricity, in the right ramus of the lower jaw (after seven hours)

Throat p. 62

Toothache

Drawing in the teeth of the lower jaw from before backwards, and in the upper jaw from behind forward

Shooting pains in the teeth

Feeling of dryness in the tip of the tongue, for a quarter of an hour, without thirst, early in the morning (after three-quartei’s of an hour)

Constriction of the tongue (after a few minutes)

Dryness of the mouth and pharynx, followed by salivation

Gradually increasing sticking pain in the region of the velum pendulum palate, accompanied towards the end with a bitter taste in the mouth and accumulation of saliva, inducing cough (after three-quarters of an hour, from the vapor)

Profuse and offensive salivation, immediately

Bitter taste on the tip of the tongue, a quarter of an hour after eating meat and vegetables, when licking the lips (after three hours)

Previous to dinner he has a taste and smell as of fetid tallow, at noon (second day)

* Early in the morning, after waking, he has a flat slimy taste in the mouth

Throat p. 62

Dryness of the throat

Scraping feeling in the throat

Scraping in the throat, lasting several minutes (soon)

Scraping sensation in the throat, with an ineffectual desire to hawk (after half an hour)

Great dryness of the pharynx

Stomach p. 62

Appetite. Violent appetite at dinner, affecting the stomach with a sort of nausea (canine hunger); although he remains indifferent when thinking of eating, yet he eats with much relish and a large quantity, at noon (after three hours)

Great hunger (after a few hours)

Loss of appetite

Great aversion to tobacco (the prover was a great smoker)

Disgust for food, from large doses

Eructations. Frequent eructations

Frequent eructations tasting of the drug

Insipid eructations

Early in the morning, immediately after waking, risings tasting of Hepar sulphuris

Eructations tasting of the drug

Tasteless eructations (after a quarter of an hour)

Warm rising from the epigastric region, arresting the breathing

Frequent empty eructations

Offensive eructations

Frequent empty risings before the meal (after two hours)

Gidping up of a rancid fluid, not rising into the mouth (heartburn), at 4 p.m. (after seven hours)

Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea (third day)

Slight nausea (after a few minutes)/®.

Long-continued nausea

Nausea amounting to vomit-

• Nausea and eructations,^®. Nausea and inclination to vomit on rising Ju the morning, relieved after eating and in the open air (second dn^y), . • N(xiis6(i with desire to voiiiit as if ct thvoctd wove coughing in the throat, arising from the region of the umbilicus and gradually rising to the fauces, and exciting a copious accumulation of sa/wa,h

She feels nauseated, faint, hei lips are white, and the body is icy cold, followed by vomiting of bile and mucus, with violent shaking chill

Transient nausea, as if one would vomit (after one-eighth of an hozv)

Disposition to Disposition to vomit and vomiting/®.

Fomifmy.i Nightly vomiting

Stotnach. The epigastrium and the region of the liver are painful to touch, at 11 p.M. (second day),l

Weakness of the stomach

Fulness of the stomach,*®'’ '**'=; (first day)

Feeling of fulness in the epigastric region, ”--Feeling of greater fulness in the stomach (after half an hour)

Sensation of fulness in the stomach and whole abdomen, and also rising up through the oesophagus

Sensation of fulness in the stomach, without eructations, changing after awhile to ravenous hunger

Heat in the epigastric legion, . Increased warmth in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour),*.-

Sensation of warmth in the stomach

Burning and Clamps in the stomach, in the epigastric region

Heaviness in the epigastric region,®®.-

Pressure and heaviness in the stomach

* Pressure in the epigastric region

Slight pressure in the epigastric region

Pressure, which suddenly rises in the pit of the stomach and disappears speedily, with gurgling in the abdomen

Shooting cutting from the pit of the stomach to the umbilical region (after half an hour)

Abdomen p. 63

Hypochondrium. Painful jerks in the right hypochondriura

(Pressing sensation in the left hypochondrium, just beneath the last short ribs, while in bed in the morning; on coughing or deep breathing it became a cutting pain),®'*‘.t

Two evenings in succession, after 10 oclock, he is attacked with violent colic in the left side of the abdomen, as if there were subcutaneous ulceration (second and third days),®.]

Dull sticking, intermittent pressure on the left side and over the pit of the stomach, in the region of a cartilage of the ribs

Single stitches in the left side, below the short ribs (after a quarter of an hour),h

General Abdomen, Bloated abdomen

Distension of the abdomen

Great distension of the abdomen, causing restlessness at night

Abdomen moderately distended (first day)

Hard abdomen

Much very offensive gas from the intestines

Rumbling and gurgling in the intestines, with some cutting pains, followed after half an hour by a normal evacuation

Rumbling and colic in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour)

Constant rumbling in the upper abdomen (second day)

Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen

Feeling in the abdomens if it would become excessively distended, even to bursting

Pain in the abdomen when drawing it in, like a pinching and cutting

The whole evening he feels a pain in various parts of the abdomen, which is at one time felt as a pressing in the umbilical region (second day)

Aching pain in the abdomen

Dull aching pain in the abdominal muscles, as if bruised, or as if from a cold, worse during an inspiration

Colic in bed, in the evening; a pinching in the lower abdomen (first day)A

A sort of twisting in the abdomen, with a sort of nausea, as if the menses would come on

Drawing pain, as if bruised, in the left iliac region, spreading to the middle of the abdomen, soon followed by rumbling iu the bowels, at 2 p.m. (second day)

Great inclination to draw in the abdomen ; he does it even involuntarily (alternate effect)

Cutting pain in the intestines, in the region of the navel

Hl/pot/asfPiuni, Severe aching-drawing pain in the hypogastrium, from 10 to 11 p.m. (second day)

Pain in the left side of the hypogastrium, as if he had sprained the part, when sitting, at 7 p.m. (second day

Pressing crampy pain in the left side of the hypogastrium, when sitting, at 11 p.m. (second day)

Bruised pain in the hypogastrium, especially in the parts covering the os pubis, increasing in paroxysm.s, as a painful pressure or drawing

Drawing pressure iu the inguinal glands, only when spreading the thighs; the place is painful to touch (after one hour)

Rectum and Anus p. 64

When emitting flatus the baby presses very hard, causing the dark-red rectum to protrude, when a few drops of blood fall out

Boring pain in the left side of the rectum, when standing, apparently iu the sphincter, at 1 p.m. (second day)

Boring in the rectum, at 10 P.M. (second day)

Stitch in the rectum, when standing (after one hour)

Violent tearing in the anus, when moving a little while sitting,^; at 2 P.M. (third day)

On getting up from stool he perceives a severe tenesmus in the anus, as if diarrhoea would set in ; this disappears gradually, but returns with great violence iu a few hours, obliging him to go to stool again, when he has a natural evacuation

A bubbling pressure above the anus, in the region of the os coccygis, apparently close to it, at 9 a.m. (second day)

A bubbling pressure over the anus, in the parts covering the os coccygis, at 9 a.m. (second day)

(When emitting flatus the baby cries and presses ; occasionally he passes a little blood by the rectum)

Stool p. 64

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea twice, with tickling at the anus, in the evening (second dav)

Violent diarrhoea, in the morning (third day)

Two diarrhoeic stools, preceded by rumbling and cutting in the intestines (after seven and nine hours)

Frequent evacuations

(The baby, who had had frequent loose stools, has now many more looser and more watery discharges, in which solid particles, resembling pieces of curdled milk, are floating)

Pasty stools

On the first day the stool looks natural ; after twenty-four hours he has a greenish papescent stool, with some blood

Stools more frequent than usual, always evacuated with some effort

Urinary Organs p. 64

Stitches in the region of the kidneys, when sitting down (after two hours and a half)

Transient clawing in the region of the bladder (second evening)

Constant desire to urinate, which he insisted upon doing through the window of the room,^j^Frequent emissions of urine .

Frequent emission of urine the first three hours

Increased secretion of urine; on standing the urine deposited a sediment of brown flakes

Increased secretion of urine

Very abundant, highly-colored urine **, etc.

Urine very abundant, more highly colored, and of a stronger odor than natural

Urine dark brown

The urine seemed to contain bile

Urine turbid, depositing a whitish sediment (fourth morning); depositing a turbid sediment (fourth day)

White sediment in the urine, in the morning

Urine dark red and turbid, depositing a vermilion-red sediment

Urine brownish and turbid, with a brickdust sediment

Brownish flakes in the urine,***. Urine turbid, depositing a slimy white sediment

Urine deposited a cloud

Urine depositing a sediment

Very copious sediment to the urine, the upper part of which was pale, the lower thick, turbid, and reddish

Mealy sediment in the urine

Sexual Organs p. 65

Creeping and drawing in the penis, as if it had gone to sleep; frequent erections the day previous, early in the morning (third day)

Tensive-gurgling pain in the right testicle, when sitting, at 5 p.M. (second day)

Respiratory Organs p. 65

Frequent hacking cough

Dry cough

Difficulty of breathing and anxiety in the chest, after the usual breakfast, at 9 a.m. (second day)

Chest p. 65

Transient oppression of the chest, in the region of the lower true rib of the right side (from the vapor)

* When walking, he feels a pressure across the lower half of the chest, with oppression of breathing, at 10 P.M. (third day)

Darting-tearing pain in the chest

A few sudden jerks, like electric shocks, below the right axilla

stitches in the chest and in the region of the liver, from within outward, causing him to start in affright, at 2 p.m. (third day)

Frequent stitches in the chest, during a slow horseback ride, at 5 p.m. (third day)

* Violent stitches and pressing from within outward, in the region of the last true ribs, when standing, at 8 p.m. (third day)

Dull stitch, resembling a pressing from within oidward, in the left side of the chest (below the axilla), during an inspiration, especially a deep inspiration; the stitch lasts as long as the inspiration; external pressure excites likewise a sore pain

Heart and Pulse p. 65

Sudden stitches in the region of the heart, when sitting erect or standing, abating when stooping, only during an inspiration (after two hours)

Palpitation of the heart

Increased pulse

Pulse 90, in the first quarter of an hour the beats are full and vigorous, in the second the diastole is shorter, the whole body being agreeably warm, and a tremulous anxious sensation being experienced, which seems to come out of the abdomen (after two hours),’.|

The pulse is somewhat accelerated and irregular, two or three beats being occasionally quicker than the others; at the same time it is more tense

Pulse 85, at 10 A.M. (third day)

Pulse 78, the beats of the heart being weak and scarcely felt (after three-quarters of an hour)

Increase of 4 or 5 beats of the pulse (after a quarter of an hour)

Pulse somewhat diminished, subsequently (after three hours) rose by 20 beats

The pulse at first fell 10 beats, but subsequently rose higher than the normal

Pulse 80 before taking, fell to 62, and afterwards rose to 96,®®.

Pulse 64 before taking, fell to 56, afterwards rose to 78,®

Pulse 80 before taking, fell to 64, and afterwards rose to 90,®®.

Pulse 68 (before taking), 56 (after one hour), 78 (subsequently)

Pulse 72 before taking, fell to 60, afterwards rose to 74,®

Pulse 70 before taking, fell to 52, then rose to 72,®®.

Pulse 69 (before the experiment) ; rose to 75, where it remained for some hours (after tw'o hours); associated with rush of blood to the head, feeling of fulness and increased warmth of the face

Pulse frequent, tremulous, and irregular

Pulse unequal, in one minute 60, and in the next 90; weak and small, in the forenoon (after two hours)

Pulse small

Neck and Back p. 65

Piercing drawing, with pressure from the nape of the neck to the occiput, when bending the head backwards, at 11 A.M. (after two hours)

Drawing pain in the back

Rheumatic pains in the scapulae

Intense pain in the left Ivmhar region above the hip, as if he had strained the part much, worse when standing, and especially when sitting, than when walking

A drawing transversely across the small of the back, in the evening, when in bed (first day)

Upper Extremities p. 66

After walking a little, he feels a stiffness and painful weariness in the bends of the arms and knees, at 5 p.m.

Rheumatic pains in the limbs

* In the muscles of the left arm, from the shoulder down to the fingers, a very painful drawing, mixed with single stitches; a sort of tearing, which is neither increased or decreased by any position of the limb ; after taking a second dose the tearing returned much more violently (although it had disappeared for several hours); it disappeared afterwards while walking, after a violent stitch in the knee (so violent that she was scarcely able to walk), and was replaced by a pain which moved up and down from the knee to the toes, and back again (felt less when walking than when sitting); finally it affected likewise the right foot, although less

* Slow, painful drawing and jerking, as if in the bones of the upper and lower extremities, when sitting quietly

Repeated darts as of electric sparks in the middle of the left thigh, when standing, followed by a bruised pain in the same part,®.t

Bruised pain in the limbs

Paralytic numbness in the limbs

Paralytic pain in the knees, elbows, and shoulder-joints when ceasing to walk (after four hours),I

Superior Extremities p. 66

Shoulder. When laying the left arm on the table and bending it, while writing, a drawing pain in the deltoid muscle, from above downward, and in the bend of the elbow; if he lets the arm hang down the drawing changes into a feeling of heaviness, pervading the whole arm as far as the fingers, as if the limb were turgid with blood (after three-quarters of an hour)

A stinging pain in the region of the posterior border of the deltoid muscle, at 11 p.m. (second day),l

Smarting pressure, as from an excoriation or dull stitch, as with a hard blunt instrument, in the region of the shoulder and in other places

Arm. Dull pressure, as with the tip of a finger, in the region of the head of the humerus

* Crampy darting tearing, like an electric shock, repeatedly through the humerus, in the bone, intensely painful

Crampy drawing in the region of the biceps, in the right upper arm, from above downward, while writing (from the vapor)

Sudden crampy drawing (a sort of jerking) in the muscles of the upper arm, just above the bend of the elbow and in the outer muscles of the thigh, at noon (fourth day)

Elboiv. Pain as if bruised in the bends of the elbows, when writing, afterwards extending as a drawing pain along the biceps muscle of the upper arm, from 7 to 9 A.M. (third day)

(Tearing in the elbow-joint)

Stitches below the tip of the elbow, at 6 p.m. (second day)

Forearm. Tearing in the inner side of the forearm, from below upward, at 4 p.m. (third day)

Hand. Tremor of the hands, heat and redness of the cheeks, with warmth of the rest of the body, while writing; at 10 a.m. (third day)

Sudden violent jerks in the hand, which disappear again immediately; the place is afterwards painful to touch.l

Stitches in the middle phalanges of the fingers, in the bones, at li p.m. (third day),l

Crampy jerks through the thumb, as if caused by electricity, several times,I

Inferior Extremities p. 67

HixJ. Twitching and jerking in the muscles of the right hip

Paralytic pain from the ischiatic region and great trochanter of the right side down to the patella, so that walking was very difficult

Feeling of heat like a burning pain in the left hip in bed, at 11 p.m. (third day)

Thigh, Drawing in the outer side of the thighs from above downwards; it is felt only when extending the lower limb sideways; early in the morning (after two hours)

Crampy pain in the front part of the thigh, extending as far as the groin, at 10 p.m. (second day)

Pain as if bruised from the middle of the right thigh to above the knee, along the outer side, while riding in a carriage, especially when the carriage jolts ; in the afternoon (after six to eight hours)

* Crampy tearing (tearing-darting) pain in the outer side of the thigh, extending into the hip; in the afternoon (fourth day)

When beginning to walk, especially when making a false step, a clawing pain above the bend of the right knee, at 4 p.m. (second day)

Knee. Excessive weakness in the bends of the knees and ankles, with a bruised pain transversely across the thighs and in the small of the back, in the morning after rising (after ten hours, third day)

Dull pressure recurring at intervals above the left knee, transversely across the thigh; afterwards descending again from the thigh to the knee

Tensive pain from the bend of the knee through the whole calf, when sitting ; at 1 p.m. (second day)

Pain in the patellae (fourth day)

Tearing in the bends of the knees when sitting or standing; from 11 to 12 p.m. (second day)

After a violent stitch in the left knee she feels a pain extending from the knee to the toes, and back again, afterwards affecting also the other limb; preceded by pain from the shoulder to the fingers

Leg. Excessive heaviness and lassitude of the legs when standing, going off when sitting (after a quarter of an hour)

Bruised pain in the front part of the middle of the tibiae when walking, as if the bones had been broken in that part, and had not entirely healed (continuing for days)

Lassitude and tension in the calves when standing, in the afternoon (third day)

Heaviness in the calves; when walking she feels as if she could not get along

* Twinging pain in the outer side of the calf when sitting, at 5 p.m. (second day)

When laying the right limb across the left, tearing in the left calf, at 4 p.m. (second day)

* Pulsative tearing in the right calf, when sitting, in the afternoon (third day)

Even, dull pressure, as with the tip of the finger, on the left side, below the left knee

Stitch in the front region of the tuberosity of the tibia, at 11 a.m. (third day)

Anhle. Continuous sticking directly over the left malleolus, in the region of the tendo Achillis, at 1 oclock (third day)

* Drawing and a weak feeling along the tendo Achillis, towards the heel, as if the part had lost all strength, when sitting; disappearing when rising from a seat (from the vapor)

Pain, as if bruised, in the left ankle, while riding in a carriage, when the carriage jolted, in the afternoon (after six or eight hours)

Transient pain as if sprained in the right ankle; the pain came on after running upstairs fast; it was most felt when standing, scarcely when walking; on the contrary, the pain seems to disappear when walking

* Sudden pain as if bruised, in the outer malleolus of the right foot; he feels the pain more when standing than when walking

Drawing in the tarsal joints, when sitting, at 4 p.M. (second day)/.

Foot When sitting, the heels, especially the right heel, feel painful (fourth day)

Constant pain in the heels (third day)

* Stinging and pain in the heels, when sitting (fourth day)

Tearing in the balls of the soles, with subsequent warmth, in the afternoon (third day)

Darting tearing in the inner border of the right foot, repeatedly, as if caused by electricity (after half an hour)

Toes. The tips of the toes feel painful in the evening (fourth day)

Heaviness in the tips of the three middle toes, accompanied with a drawing pain, and as if there were subcutaneous ulceration, and with a cooling sensation, as if a current of air were moving through the soles as far as the calves, at 4 p.m. (second day)

Tearing in the dorsum of the toes, especially the great toes, from 11 to 12 p.m. (second day)

GeneTCilities. Tremulousness, he has no rest anywhere, as one feels when expecting a joyful event (after one hour and a quarter)

General malaise

General weariness, especially of the extremities

Great debility and drowsiness in the evening (second day)

General discomfort

General discomfort in the whole body

* Drawing in many places, now here, now there, like transient jerks

Twitching and jerking in various parts of the muscles, superficially

Smarting pressure as if excoriated, or dull sticking, as with a hard, blunt tool, at a small spot in various parts

Skin p. 68

Eruption, first red and confluent, afterwards numerous small, white, hard, elevated pimples, on the arm and chest

Painfully disagreeable itching in the axilla, at 3 p.m. (third day)

Smarting as if excoriated, in various places that could be covered with the tip of the finger

Smarting in the outer side of the left knee, as if excoriated

Sleep p. 68

Yawning and stretching of the limbs

Repeated yawning with chilliness, soon

Drowsiness, soon

Great tendency to sleep

Tendency to sleep and irresistible sleepiness

She and her baby sleep more quietly than before, without any anxious or confused dreams (curative effect)

Sleepiness followed by profound sleep for two hours; on waking the headache had disappeared

Somnolence

* Sleeplessness Unusually wide awake in the evening and restless at night, coidd fall asleep only towards morning, when he had vivid dreams

Sleep restless (third and fourth nights); (first night)

Sleep very restless, disturbed by pain in the stomach

Tossing about in sleep

Sleep disturbed by dreams

In the second night the sleep is disturbed by anxious and partly voluptuous dreams; for instance, that he is driving in a carriage through deep water

In the first night the sleep is disturbed with many confused dreams; early in the morning he feels very tired

Much dreaming during sleep

Fever p. 68

Chilliness. Chilliness

Chilliness at intervals during the evening (second day)

Thrills of chilliness creep over the whole body from above downward

Tremulous, transient chilly feeling, at 11 A.M. (after two hours)

Sensation of icy coldness in the upper half of the head, when pressing the hat firmly on the head; 5 p.m. (third day)

Paroxysms of shuddering from the nape of the neck downward

Seat. Synochus

* Constant heat in the whole body, and uneasiness (first four hours)

Heat the whole forenoon, and sweat during the slightest motion (third day)

Heat and sweat over the whole body, especially in the face, as soon as he begins to walk (first day)

During dinner he feels heat in the whole body and face, with sweat in the hair on the forehead (after three hours)

Heat of the skin

Feeling of heat in the whole body and face, with sweat in the hair on the forehead, during dinner (after three hours)

Increased fieat of the skin

Increased warmth of the body the whole day, especially during motion, with sweat breaking out on the face, on the forehead, etc., the pulse being strong, and 80 to 90 (first day)

8he feels warm all over, except in the region of the hip, where she feels as if cold water were poured over her

Sensation of increased warmth spreading over the whole body, lasting a quarter of an hour, passing off without perspiration

Increased warmth the whole day, with quick and frequent pulse (second day)

Increased warmth

General warmth

Agreeable increase of internal and external warmth (first two hours)

Transient feeling of heat in the head when stooping (after a quarter of an hour)

Dry heat in the face and the whole body, in the evening when sitting, at 9 p.m. (second day)

Flushes of heat over the cheeks for two hours, several times in the evening, the pulse being 60; with feeling of dryness on the tongue, without thirst and without previous chilliness (second day)

In the open air the cheeks become hot and red, without sweat; a quarter of an hour afterwards sweat breaks out over the whole body, and especially in the face; at noon (after three hours)

Siveat. Frequent sweat

Marked perspiration

Perspiration at night

Much perspiration during the night

Slight perspiration of the odor of Valerian (after three hours)

The hair of the forehead sweats about noon, with stiffness of the loins, the pulse being 90 (third day)

Sweat on the forehead about noon; after dinner the eyes feel weak as after revelry (se(jpnd day)

Conditions p. 69

Aggravation.

(Morning'), Pressure in eyes.

(Night), Headache; sweat.

(Inspiration), Aching pain in abdominal muscles; stitch in left side of chest; stitches in region of heart.

(Sitting), Pain in left lumbar region.

(Standing), Pain in left lumbar region ; pain in ankle.

(Stooping), Feeling of intoxication and vertigo; stupid feeling in head; drawing in orbits.

Footnotes p. 61

† Valerian causes several kinds of these darting-tearing pains, which come and go. Similar to these pains are those which appear suddenly. If we compare with those two kinds of pains the jerking pains which are scarcely felt in any other than muscular tissues and the crampy pains, we have a very easy and natural indication of the grounds upon which Tissot’s recommendation of Valer. for epilepsy might be considered valid.—Franz. J These affections of the eyes, which had been entirely cured by Valer. without any disposition for such pains existing before, were excited at intervals for the period of four months, the cause being frequently unknown ; this shows that the symptoms of Valer. are deeply rooted in the organism, and that it is with great difficulty that they are removed. In this respect it is like the mercurial sufferings which frequently last years, and during the whole of one’s life, and sometimes return after being dormant for months. There are no mercurial or valerian particles in the system ; the organism had been so violently and deeply affected by the poison that the drug-disease had become permanently and constitutionally ingrafted upon the system.—Franz.

† Possibly caused by a cold. J The principal times of day when Valerian produces its symptoms are noon and the first part of the afternoon and evening and the hours before midnight; the abdominal symptoms especially are felt in the evening.—Franz.

† The first and most rapid effect of Valerian, which precedes any after symptom, is an acceleration of the pulse and congestion of the head.—Fkanz.

† On comparing symptoms which Valerian causes in the limbs, they will be found very similar, both as respects the parts (upper arm, thigh) and the nature of the pain. If, in a practical case, such symptoms should occur in the lower limbs, whereas they have been observed in the upper limbs by the provers, the remedy may nevertheless be employed in spite of the difference. The symptoms of the upper and lower limbs alternate frequently, both in the disease and the proving of drugs.—Franz.