Gentiana Cruciata

Kreutz-Enzian. Cross-leaved Gentian. N. O. Gentianaceae. Tincture of root.

Clinical

DiarrhaBa. Dyspepsia. Dysphagia. Hernia. Hoarseness. Stiffneck* Stomach, affections of. Throat, sore.

Characteristics

'' G. crudata says the Treasury of Botany ' has been invested with imaginary virtues, because its leaves grow in the form of a cross ; it has been recommended in hydrophobia." Its virtues are not all imaginary, and its reputation as a remedy for hydrophobia is partly justified in the provings. The proving of Gent croc. (by Watzke and ten others) developed a number of striking symptoms in the throat and digestive tract. Movings about in stomach and abdomen. Pressure in the stomach as if a stone was in it, with inclination to vomit All the symptoms of right inguinal hernia occurred in one prover. A peculiar sense of apprehensiveness ; faintness ; uneasiness. One prover felt as if all the nerves were tense, so that walking was difficult. Creeping over the body as from fleas in the evening. The symptoms are < after eating. > From warm soup ; from drinking fresh water ; in open air.

Relations

Coma/v ; Gent, lut ; Lyc. (> from warm drink|) ; Bry., Puls., Ab. n., &c. (pressure in stomach as from a stone) ; Kal. bi. (tenacious mucus in throat).

Mind

Weeping mood, with disinclination to talk. — Very peculiar apprehensiveness, and acceleration and difficulty of breathing, swelling of the temporal veins and feeling of pressure in the temporal region ; on reading, print seemed indistinct and as if covered with a veil.

Head

Confusion and whirling. — Sensitiveness of whole head and whole brain after dinner, < by violent motion of head. — Swelling of temporal veins and feeling of pressure in temporal region. — Sudden stitch through 1. temple. — Distressing tension, and at times transient jerking in region of vertex; tension soon became a very acute constant pressure, < by exerting eyes, or constant thought.

Eyes

Sensation as though eyes were lying deep in orbit ; piercing inward sensation in r. eye. — Print indistinct as if covered with a veil.

Mouth

Two aphthous ulcers on margin of lower lip on either side of frenum. — Flow of saliva increased.

Throat

Slight redness and distressing sensation of constriction within the throat, so that swallowing is very difficult ; constantly obliged to hawk up tenacious and firmly adherent mucus. — Rawness and scraping, causing frequent hawking; with constriction on swallowing. — Intermittent, deep redness of fauces. — Stitches in tonsils. — Swallowing difficult ; with an anxious constrictive sensation ; slight redness of fauces.

Stomach

Appetite increased; or lost. — Acid eructations; watery vomiting.— Great nausea, with inclination to lie down.— Vomiting, with some difficulty, a small quantity of mucus of an add odour, intensely bitter, leaving a scraping and rawness in throat — Movings about in stom2u:h, and afterwards in abdomen, disappeared on walking. — Sensation in stomach and oesophagus as though he had swallowed a morsel of hot food followed by cold water ; lasted the whole day, < by eating ; > by drinking fresh water.— Burning ; fulness ; pressure in stomach. — Pressure in stomach as if a stone were in it, with inclination to vomit. — Sensation of pressing inward in pit of stomach.

Abdomen p. 816

Sensitive, griping, sore sensation in umbilical region, < after dinner, > sitting and lying, < standing, walking, and after- smoking, obliging him to bend forward; therewith umbilicus seemed to be drawn inward. — Movings about in intestines with slight headache, followed by copious pasty evacuation. — Distension ; fulness ; tightness ; constriction in abdomen. — Dragging in r. inguinal region with feeling of protrusion, > sitting or lying ; on violent sneezing actual protrusion occurred, size of hazel-nut, very sensitive.

Stool and Anus p. 816

Constant violent urging, followed by three watery evacuations. — Pasty diarrhoea.— Free pasty stools without the usual itching in anus.

Female Sexual Organs p. 816

Menstruation three days earlier than usual, during which there was a headache as if head too full, with feeling of distension in the skull, > during rest and < by motion, preventing sleep for a long time.

Respiratory Organs p. 816

Hoarseness ; voice gave out in middle of speech. — Frequent attacks of hoarseness and sensitiveness of the throat

Neck and Back p. 816

Drawing and jerking along r. side of neck, extending to shoulder. — Drawing in cervical muscles, extending to ears, < by turning head, an uneasiness so that he could not remain long in one position. — Repeated drawings in cervical muscles. — Tension in lumbar region.

Upper Limbs p. 816

Distressing drawing in r. shoulder lasting several minutes.

Lower Limbs p. 816

Cramp-like pains in soles of feet