Gymnocladus Canadensis

Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. V, p. 502

Chicot, American coffee-tree. Leguminous.

Introduced by Hering and proved under his supervision. See Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 519.

Tincture of the fresh pulp in the pods.

Mind

Cannot think, comprehend or study ; forgets every-^ thing.

Indifference to what happens around him.

Sensorium

Dizziness with dimness of sight; nausea,, belching.

Head feels full, tight, as if bound up.

Inner Head

Intense frontal headache, eyes feel as if pushed forward.

Fulness and pressure in and over eyes, extending to top of head.

Throbbing headache over 1. eye.

Pain in 1. temple to ear and top of head, shooting through to r. side.

Bruised feeling of head, 1. side.

Pain in head and back.

Intense headache, with stitches in bowels; in umbilical region at times.

Catarrhal headaches, premonitory stages; feeling of fulness in head, with throbbing in temples and forehead,, with vertigo, heat of face, numbness and tired feeling.

Outer Head

Desire to lean the head on something.

Sight and Eyes

Eyes feel as if pushed forward.

Pain in 1. eyeball and temple.

Burning heat and pain through eyes.

Eyes feel sore in morning.

Smell and Nose

Frequent violent sneezing, originating very high up in nose.

Upper Face

Sensation as if flies were crawling over r. side of face.

▌ Erysipelatous swelling of face and head; hot face ; it feels swollen ; is compelled to rub the eyes.

Teeth and Gums

Great sensibility of teeth; < on 1. side and in u[)per teeth; slightest draught of cold air causes toothache; cold drink very painful.

Taste and Tongue

Tongue coated bluish-white.

Inner Mouth

Burning, drawing and scraping; burning, in roof of mouth, extending to uvula and tonsils.

13 'Yh.YOSit. Inflammation and purple color of r. tonsil.

▌ Sore throat, dark livid redness of fauces and tonsils.

Sticking and shooting in throat.

Mucus in throat and frequent hawking.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 503

Belching of sour water.

Nausea after eating, with pain and fulness in stomach, and belching.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 503

Burning in oesophagus and stomach.

Heat in stomach and sour, watery eructations.

Circumscribed burning in stomach, the size of a dollar.

Hypochondria p. 503

Pain in 1. side, as if spleen were swollen.

Abdomen p. 503

Soreness and tenderness of abdomen.

Stitches in bowels and umbilical region,

Stool and Rectum p. 503

Constipation, with ineffectual disposition to go to stool.

After stool, aching fulness in rectum.

Urinary Organs p. 503

Pressure on bladder and frequent desire to urinate; urine passed in a small stream.

Male Sexual Organs p. 503

Itching of glans penis and prepuce.

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia p. 503

Smarting in larynx.

Cough p. 503

Tickling in throat in morning, causing cough, increasing through day; cough dry, hard and racking.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 503

Pressure on chest and sternum.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation p. 503

Pulse small and weak.

Outer Chest p. 503

Stitches in r. breast and intercostal muscles.

Upper Limbs p. 503

Violent pain in 1. forearm, in radius, as if bones were crushed and broken.

Pulsation in 1. index, as if panaritium were forming.

Lower Limbs p. 503

Stinging pain in 1. knee-joint.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 503

Desire to lean head on something.

Repugnance to motion.

Easily fatigued.

Nerves p. 503

Repugnance to motion ; a short walk in afternoon fatigues him much.

Time p. 503

Morning: eyes feel sore; tickling in throat.

Afternoon : short walk fatigues him much.

Aggravation in evening.

Temperature and Weather p. 503

Desire for heat ; wants to be near fire.

Cold drinks very painful.

Cold draughts of air cause toothache.

Fever p. 503

Desire for heat; wants to be near the fire.

Cold chills and pains in bowels (in descending colon).

Perspiration of axillary region and palms of hands.

▌ Epidemic fevers, typhoid in character.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 504

At times stitches in umbilical region.

Frequent sneezing.

Locality and Direction p. 504

Right : sensation as if flies were crawling on side of face; inflammation and purple color of tonsil; stitches in breast.

Left: throbbing headache over eye; pain in temple to ear; bruised feeling of head ; pain in eyeball; sensibility of teeth; pain in side as if spleen were swollen; violent pain in forearm; pulsation in index finger; stinging pain in knee-joint.

Sensations p. 504

Head feels as if bound up; eyes feel as if pushed forward; as if flies were crawling over r. side of face; as if spleen were swollen; as if bones of forearm were crushed and broken ; pulsation in 1. index as if panisitium were forming.

Pain : in 1. temple to ear and top of head ; in head and back; in 1. eyeball; in temple; through eyes; in stomach; in 1. side; in bowels.

Violent pain : in 1. forearm ; in radius.

Intense frontal headache.

Stitches: in bowels; in umbilical region; in breast and intercostal muscles.

Sticking: in throat.

Stinging pain: in 1. knee-joint.

Shooting : through head to r. side ; in throat.

Throbbing headache: over 1. eye; in temples.

Burning heat: in eyes; in roof of mouth; in oesophagus; in stomach.

Circumscribed burning : in stomach.

Heat: in face; in stomach.

Aching fulness : in rectum.

Drawing: in roof of mouth.

Bruised feeling : of head ; 1. side.

Tenderness: of abdomen.

Great sensibility of teeth.

Sore feeling: in eyes; in throat; in abdomen.

Smarting: in larynx.

Tickling : in throat.

Scraping: in roof of mouth.

Swollen feeling of face.

Fulness: in and over eyes; in stomach.

Head feels full, tight.

Pressure: in and over eyes; on bladder; on chest and sternum.

Numbness and tired feeling.

Itching: of glans penis and prepuce.

Relations p. 504

Compare : Agar., JEthusa, Bellad., Cicuta, Hyosc, Laches., Lachnanih. , Solan, nitr., Stramon.

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