Upas tiente
Upas-tree—Strychnos Tiente
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 659
Produces tonic spasms, tetanus, and asphyxia.
Head
Disinclined for mental work. Irritable. Dull headache deep in brain.
Eyes p. 660
Pain in eyes and orbits, with conjunctivitis. Dull sunken eyes. Styes.
Mouth p. 660
Herpes on lips. Burning on the tongue. Pain in mouth, as from a splinter. [Nit. ac.]
Male p. 660
Desire increased, with loss of power. Dull backache, as after excessive coitus.
Chest p. 660
Lancinating pain throughout right lung toward the liver, stopping breathing. Violent palpitation; sensation of heaviness in stomach.
Skin p. 660
Numb hands and feet. Hangnails inflamed; itching and redness of roots of nails.
Relationship p. 660
Compare: Upas antiaris—resinous exudation of Antiarus toxicaria, (a deadly poison to the muscular system. It suspends both voluntary muscular action and that of the heart without causing convulsions. Used in Java as an arrow poison (Merrell). Differs in producing clonic spasms, violent vomiting, diarrhœa, great prostration). Oxal. ac. Upas when Bryonia fails (typhoid).
Antidote: Curare.
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.