Dolichos pruriens

Cowhage, or Cowitch. Leguminous. A climbing plant, native to the West Indies and tropical America, synonymous with Mucuna pruriens, bears a fruit pod, about four inches long, covered Tvith bristly hairs, from which the alcoholic tincture is prepared. Introduced and proved by Jacob Jeanes. CiiiNicAii Authorities. — Sensation as of a splinter below angle of r. lower jaw, Jeanes, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 238 ; Cough, Jeanes, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 680 ; Chronic neuralgic pains in gums, Jeanes, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 206 ; Skin disease, Lippe, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 239 ; Dry, tettery eruption on limbs, resembling zona, Williamson, Eaue's Rec, 1873, p. 28 ; Herpes zoster, Baikie, Rane's Eec, 1871, p. 210.

Sensorium

Sensation as of a blow on head, feels stunned,

Inner Head

Head feels as if it would separate, it pains so. Aching pain in r. temple.

Sight and Eyes

▌ Eyes yellow. θ Jaundice.

Pain in r. eye.

Eruption on margin of ej^lids.

Hearing and Ears

Pain in neighborhood of r. ear.

Sudden dart of pain in r. ear, later in left.

Upper Face

▌ Face yellow. θ Jaundice.

Circumscribed redness of one cheek.

▌ Swelling of face, most of lips.

Prickling itching of face.

Pain in r. maxilla.

Teeth and Gums

▌ Soreness and tenderness of gums, even in teething children.

Dull aching in a carious tooth, r. side.

▌ Gums exceedingly sensitive, but not sore.

▌ Gums swollen; neuralgic pains in them, < at night.

▌ Gums swollen, red, painful, can scarcely eat or drink. •' I Pain in gums, preventing her sleep half the night.

▌ Gums irritated, wants them continually rubbed ; dentition.

Taste and Tongue

Strong taste of blood in mouth, with cough.

Throat

Slight fulness just behind posterior palatine arch. Sudden sensation of choking lump in pit of throat.

Roughness of throat.

▌▌ Painful sensation in throat below angle of lower jaw on r. side, as if a splinter three quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot; pain < by swallowing.

▌ Pain in r. throat, a subdued, contracting sensation, went to 1. side.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 144

Flatulent eructation.

││ Vomits bile. θ Liver complaint.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 144

Noisy movement of flatus in stomach.

Hypochondria p. 144

Swelling of liver ; pain goes through from 1. lobe ; pains in spleen with gravel.

Abdomen p. 144

Bloated, swollen abdomen, with constipation.

▌ At intervals fearful cramps in abdomen, off and on for 4 or 5 years ; attacks come on 2 or 3 times a day ; sudden movement would bring it on. θ Spine disease.

Colic from getting feet wet.

Pain in abdomen in r. lumbar region.

Bruised pain below umbilicus.

Bruised pain in 1. inguinal region.

Stool and Rectum p. 144

Constipation during teething or pregnancy.

▌ White stools. θ Jaundice.

Tenesmus with looseness of bowels.

Pain in anus, with stool.

▌ Costiveness. θ Dentition. θ Worms.

▌ Thread worms and complaints therefrom.

▌ Constipation with liver complaint and itching.

Urinary Organs p. 144

▌ Enuresis with gravel.

▌ Small calculi pass away.

│ Ischuria, with or without gravel.

Male Sexual Organs p. 144

Impotence.

Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation p. 144

▌ Intolerable itching all over body, in pregnant women, < at night, preventing sleep; < from scratching; no perceptible eruption on the skin.

Respiration p. 144

Sudden sensation of a choking lump in throat.

││ Orthopnoea. θ Worms.

Cough p. 144

▌ Cough: on lying down at night; with wheezing and dyspnoea; 4 p.m. till morning.

││ Loud ringing, incessant cough. θ Worms.

Slight cough with easy expectoration, and strong taste of Vjlood in mouth.

Easy, mucous expectoration.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 144

Pains through the apices of both lungs.

Outer Chest p. 144

▌ Eruption appeared on 1. axilla, spreading in rings forward to sternum and back to spine, with much burning and smarting. θ Herpes zoster.

Neck and Back p. 145

Pain over r. carotid artery, as if a splinter was sticking there.

Pain in muscles on r. side of neck.

Pain under 1. scapula continuing till zona broke out.

Upper Limbs p. 145

Pain on the top of r. shoulder.

Aching pain in r. arm and shoulder.

Aching soreness in last phalanx of r. middle finger.

Pain at root of nail of r. index finger.

Limbs in General p. 145

< Dry, tettery eruptions on arms and legs, resembling zona.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 145

Lying down : at night, cough with wheezing.

Swallowing: < pain as if from a splinter in jaw.

Sudden movement: brings on fearful cramps in abdomen.

Nerves p. 145

Twitching of muscles.

▌ Clonic spasms of extremities, w4th loss of consciousness; eyes fixed; lids open.

Convulsions of children.

││ Nervous affections of children during dentition.

││ Neuralgia following herpes zoster.

Sleep p. 145

'At night in bed burning in skin is intolerable.

▌ Night without sleep. θ Liver complaint.

Time p. 145

Night: neuralgic pain in gums <; pain in gums prevents sleep; terrible itching <; lying down from 4 P.M. till morning; cough with wheezing; skin burns; cannot sleep on account of itching.

Temperature and Weather p. 145

Warmth: < itching at night.

▌ Cold water burns on the itching skin.

▌ Cold water lessens itching but causes great trembling.

▌ Getting feet wet: colic.

Fever p. 145

Skin burns at night, in bed.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 145

At intervals : fearful cramps in abdomen, off and on for 4 or 5 years.

Two or three times a day : attacks of cramps in abdomen.

Three days: pain under 1. scapula.

Seven to ten days : itching lasts ; after desquamation itching and swelling returns.

For seven years every winter : itching.

Locality and Direction p. 145

Left: pain through liver from lobe ; pain in inguinal region ; eruption on axilla ; pain under scapula.

Right : aching pain in temple, in eye, near ear ; pain in maxilla; dull aching in tooth r. side; painful sensation in side of jaw as of a splinter imbedded there ; pain in throat; pain in abdomen, lumbar region; pain in carotid artery as of a splinter ; pain in muscles in side of neck, on top of shoulder ; aching in last phalanx of middle finger ; pain at root of nail of index finger.

VOL. v.— 10.

Right to left : pain passing from r, side of throat to left ; dart of pain in r. ear then 1. ear.

Upwards : itching first on feet, every winter higher up, until it reaches hip and abdomen.

Spreading in rings forward and back : eruption on axilla.

Sensations p. 146

Sensation as of a blow on head; head feels as if it would separate ; sensation of choking lump in pit of throat; in throat below angle of lower jaw on r. side, as if a splinter three-quarters of an inch in length was imbedded vertically in that spot.

Pain : in head ; in r. eye ; in neighborhood of r. ear ; in r. maxilla; in gums; in r. throat; goes through liver from 1. lobe ; in spleen, with gravel ; in abdomen ; in r. lumbar region ; in anus, with stool ; through the apices of both lungs; over r. carotid artery as if a splinter was sticking there; in muscles of r. side of neck ; under 1. scapula till zona broke out ; on top of r. shoulder ; at root of nail of r. index finger.

Pearful cramps : in abdomen at intervals.

Sudden dart: in ears.

Aching : in r. temple ; dull, in a carious tooth, r. side ; in r. arm and shoulder.

Neuralgia: in gums; following herpes zoster. .

bruised pain : below umbilicus ; in 1. inguinal region.

Burning and smarting : with eruption on 1. axilla, spreading in rings forward to sternum and back to spine ; in skin is intolerable.

Soreness: of gums; with aching in last phalanx of r. middle finger.

Sensitiveness: of gums.

Contracting sensation : from r. side of throat to left.

Irritation of skin.

Prickling itching: of face.

Itching : constipation with liver complaints all over body intolerable.

Tissues p. 146

Acts upon cerebro-spinal system, producing muscular twitchings and convulsions.

Irritation of skin in jaundice, liver complaint, and during pregnancy.

Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries p. 146

Rubbing : > irritated gums.

Scratching: < itching.

Skin p. 146

▌▌ Violent itching all over body, without any visible eruption. θ Constipation during pregnancy. θ Jaundice.

▌ Intolerable itching all over body; worse at night, preventing sleep; scratching increases itching; there is nothing perceptible on skin ; nor is there any swelling.

Jaundice; skin yellow in spots or all over, and itching excessively at night.

▌ Terrible itching over whole body, with swelling of face and particularly of lips; she is compelled to scratch incessantly, but without relief; < at night; in bed; from warmth; cold water applied to skin causes burning; hands and face wounded by violent scratching; lasts 7-10 days, when desquamation of small scales from surface of whole body occurs; as soon as desquamation is completed, itching and swelling again return.

▌ Pain under 1. scapula, which continued three daj'-s, when an eruption made its appearance on axilla of affected side, and assumed the herpetic form, spreading in rings forward to sternum, and backward to spine, attended with much burning and smarting. θ Herpes zoster.

▌ Dry tettery eruption on arms and limbs, resembling zona.

▌ Itching, without eruption, first on feet, every winter higher up, after 7 years reaches hips and abdomen.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 147

▌▌ Teething children.

A child, 5 or 6 years old; jaundice.

Woman, unmarried, set. 36, suffered from chronic rheumatism; skin disease.

Lady, set. 45; herpes zoster.

Woman, set. 45, formerly asthmatic ; painful sensation of splinter in r. side of neck, below lower jaw.

Relations p. 147

Antidoted by : Acon., which must be given preceding Dolich., in cases of dentition attended by fever, to prevent convulsions.

Cured herpes zoster, after failure of Rhus tox.