Wyethia

Wyethia helenioides, Nutt. (Alarconia helenoides, D. C.; Melarhiza inuloides, Kellogg.)

Natural order. Composite.

Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Authority. J. M. Selfridge, M.D., copied from original manuscript; the symptoms were observed by seven men and two women; the green root in substance or the mother tincture was used by each prover; when the tincture was taken, the dose varied from 5 to 40 drops; the taste of the root is herbaceous, aromatic, and slightly bitter, leaving a sweetish sensation in the mouth ; no symptoms were manifested for some minutes after chewing the root or swallowing the tincture.

Head

Dizziness.

Rush of blood to the head.

Severe headache.

Pain in the forehead over the right eye, at first sharp, followed by a feeling of fulness.

Ears

Itching in the right ear.

Mouth

Mouth feels as if it had been scalded.

Increased flow of tough ropy saliva.

Throat

Throat feels swollen; epiglottis dry, and has a burning sensation ; constant desire to swallow saliva to relieve the dryness, yet affording no comfort; swallows with difficulty.

Pricking dry sensation in posterior nares; sensation as if something were in the nasal passages; an effort to clear them through the throat affords no relief.

The uvula feels elongated.

* Dryness of the fauces; constant desire to clear the throat by hemming.

Sensation of heat down the oesophagus, into the stomach, worse while eating.

Stomach

Belching of wind, alternating with hiccough.

Nausea and vomiting.

Sense of weight in the stomach, as if something indigestible had been eaten.

Abdomen

Pain and bearing down in the right side.

Anus

Itching of the anus.

Stool

Passages loose, diarrhoeic, of a dark-brown color, came on in the night, and lasted five days.

Passages small, dark brown ; look burned.

Passages previously light-colored, irregular, and constipated, became dark-colored, regular, and soft.

Great constipation, accompanied with hseraorrhoids, not bleeding; never had them before or since (three provers).

Sexual Organs p. 169

Pain in the left ovary, shooting down to the knee.

Leucorrhcea.

Menses appear for the first time in over a year, since birth of last child ; color purple and scanty, with great pain.

Respiratory Organs p. 169

Burning sensation in the bronchial tubes.

Dry hacking cough, caused by tickling in the epiglottis.

Chest p. 169

Sharp pain just below the ribs on the right side, deepseated, followed by soreness.

Pulse p. 169

Slowness of the pulse, decreased in ten hours from 72 to 58 per minute.

Superior Extremities p. 169

Pain in the right arm, with stiffness of the wrist and hand.

Generalities p. 169

Feels weak and nervous, uneasy ; is apprehensive that some calamity is about to occur.

Feels very weak, as a person feels after a severe illness.

Unable to make much exertion ; the least exercise causes perspiration.

All the symptoms worse in the afternoon.

Fever p. 169

Cold sweat over the whole body, which soon dries off, and again comes and goes as if by flashes.