Castanea Vesca
Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. III, p. 387
Chestnut. Cupuliferce.
Tincture of the leaves.
Symptoms marked 1 1 are those italicized in Allen's Encyclopedia, from provings of Houghton and others.
Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counselor, Feb., 1880.
Throat
││ Slight acrid feeling in throat.
Desire
││ Desire for warm drinks.
Abdomen
││ Abdominal walls sensitive.
││ An uncomfortable relaxed condition of the abdominal viscera all day, better when lying on back.
Stool and Rectum
││ The soft stools consisted of short, small pieces, like chopped tape; this character of stool has continued for three years, whenever loose stools occur.
│ 11.30 P.M., sudden and urgent desire for stool, accompanied by severe pain and rumbling; pain relieved by stool.
"Cough. I Pertussis, early stage, with violent spasmodic, very dry, ringing cough.
Rest. Position. Motion
Lying on back : > relaxed condition of abdominal viscera.
Fever
││ Perspiration very free after drinking.
Sensations
Acrid : in throat.
Pain: before stool.
Relations
Compare: Ammhrom.,mephit. diUdillNaphthal. in whooping-cough.