Lycopus Virginicus

Bugle Weed. Labiatse. This plant, sometimes called Virginia Hoarhound, grows in shady and wet places throughout the United States. The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant in flower. Provings by Chandler (Hale's New Rem.), tincture and first dilution, Morrison (Mon. Horn. Eev., vol. 16, p. 737), tincture-e and 200th dilution, three j^rovings ; produced considerable action upon the heart ; took sphygmographic tracings (Mon. Horn. Eev., vol. 18, p. 620). Clinical Authorities. — Diabetes, Gerald, N. A. J. H., vol. 27, p. 239; Eay, Hale's Therap., p. 406 ; Incipient phthisis, Hale, Hale's Therap., p. 402 ; Palpitation of heart, Chamberlain, Times Retros., vol. 3., p. 31 ; Heart disease, Humming, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 388 ; Exophthalmus, Morrison, Hale's Therap., p. 404 ; Cardiac irritability, Hale, Hale's Therap., pp. 403-4; Typha-malarial fever, Kent, Ham. Phys., vol. 4, p. 257; Verification of symptom 179 in Allen's Encyclopedia, Eeed, Trans. Ham. Med. Sac. Pa., 1883, p. 306.

Mind

Increased mental and phj^sical activity in evening.

││ Stupid, with lack of expression during menstrual flow.

││ Mind wanders from one thing to another.

││ General wakefulness and morbid vigilance.

Slight obtusion of intellect, with dull aching through since|)ut; increased power of concentration.

Sensorium

Vertigo ; tends to stagger to right.

Inner Head

Pressure in forehead, < in 1. portion.

Dull aching in sinciput, slight obtusion of intellect.

Aching in frontal eminences, 1. to r., < left.

││ Pain in forehead and temple, > by nausea.

▌ Headaches : frontal then occipital ; over eyes and frontal eminences: pains aching, pressive, pressing out, congestive; often succeeded by labored heart and cardiac depression; accompanied by intellectual obtuseness.

Sight and Eyes

Eyes feel weak, as if system was overfatigued.

Eyes feel full and heavy; pressing outward, with pressure in front of head.

Dull pain in 1. supraorbital region.

Neuralgic pain in r. supraorbital region and 1. testicle.

Protrusion of eyes, with tumultuous action of heart; exophthalmic goitre. θ Morbus Basedowii.

Teeth and Gums

Toothache in r. lower molars, then subacute pain, first in 1. then in r. frontal eminence, in r. molar, then r. temple, then 1. molar, then 1. temple, again to r. molar, then to loins, with frontal oppression.

Throat p. 151

Rawness at back of palate, r. side, extending to left.

Burning in spot in soft palate, following headache.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 151

Nausea from back of fauces, > by eructations that taste of tea and drug; succeeded by persistent giddiness while sitting, and staggering while walking.

Nausea and faintness.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 151

Circumscribed pain and compression in region of stomach.

││ Indigestion, with pain and distress in epigastric region.

││ Gastritis ; enteritis ; diarrhoea ; dysentery.

Hypochondria p. 151

Lugging pain in spleen.

Tenderness in 1. hypochondrium.

Abdomen p. 151

Flatulence and rumbling.

▌ Aching in inguinal canal, < walking, > from upward pressure; with pain in testicles; bearing down as from hernia.

Stool and Rectum p. 151

Severe colic, followed by profuse forcible diarrhoea; stools shining, dark brown, offensive; tenesmus with first part of semi solid movements.

Increased action of bowels, aggravated by diarrhoeic symptoms; could have a passage at any time, but sphincter is under perfect control.

▌ Diarrhoea in jaundice, from weakened heart.

▌ Diarrhoea with griping and rumbling. θ Phthisis.

▌ Constipation lasting six or seven days, stools dry and cloglike.

Urinary Organs p. 151

'Protrusion of eyeballs, cardiac depression and palpitations, < ascending, from excitement, deep inspiration, or thinking of them; irregular and intermittent pulse, not corresponding to beat of heart; frontal and front-occipital headache, > by strong pressure; sense of constriction in larynx ; cough with slight, pale expectoration, wheezing and hot aching beneath r. scapula ; oppressed respiration, with sighing ; tremulous feeling in hands ; erratic rheumatoid pains, < toward sunset and during evening. θ Morbus Brightii.

▌ Drinks large quantities of water; passes nine to eleven quarts of urine a day; fearful thirst, nothing but coldest water would satisfy ; very irritable unless spoken to very softly ; was not inclined to talk even to her own family. θ Diabetes.

▌ Diabetes mellitus ; gallon or more daily of clear urine, of great density, containing sugar ; great thirst and emaciation.

Tenderness in bladder.

Bladder feels distended when empty ; dull pain in 1. lumbar region.

▌ Profuse flow of limpid, watery urine, especially when heart is most irritable.

││ Urine scanty, thick, muddy, oedema of feet.

Urine: 1012 to 1021; cloudy; acid; contains mucus, epithelial cells and minute crystals, oxalate of lime, spermatozoa.

Male Sexual Organs p. 152

Neuralgic pain in testicle, with supraorbital pain.

Acute aching in testicle while sitting, 1 p.m., or with occasional darting pains, changing to r. then to 1., after rising.

Acute pain in testes, from r. to 1., then both, recurring and lasting whole evening, with aching in inguinal canal.

▌ Sharp darting through 1. testicle.

▌ Relieved pain in testicle, but had no influence on orchitis.

Female Sexual Organs p. 152

││ Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.

││ Menses: intermit for ten or twelve days; last from half hour to six hours.

││ Vagina very hot, os uteri engorged and swollen.

││ Puffing of parts on and around pubes and vulva, dilated condition of vagina.

││ When heart's action was tumultuous, puffing (oedema) of pubis was gone.

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia p. 152

Constriction in larynx, 7 p.m.

Respiration p. 152

Oppressed, with sighing breathing, 7 p.m. ; wheezing; dyspnoea, as from bronchial cold, accelerated during exercise, especially when going up stairs.

Cough p. 152

Cough, with haemoptysis and feeble, weak heart action ; deep, violent in evening and night, without waking; renewed by change to cold weather and by cold winds.

Expectoration pale, sweetish, unpleasant tasting, at times difficult, renewed same as cough.

││ Cough and irritation of lungs.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 152

Sense of constriction across lower half of thorax, impeding respiration, with subacute pain; < lying on r. side.

▌ Cough, with haemoptysis, feeble, quick, irregular action of heart. θ Phthisis.

▌ Febrile irritation; quick, weak pulse; occasional heemoptysis; dyspepsia; weakness; deposit of tuberculous matter in apex of 1. lung; irritable action of heart, palpitation occurring from least exercise. θ Incipient phthisis.

▌ Pulmonary disease, associated with looseness of bowels.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation p. 153

Constrictive sensation in cardiac region, tenderness : pulse weak and irregular in force.

Acute darting pains in heart, with intermissions of pulse and heartbeat.

Throbbing pain: in cardia; pressure in forehead and eyes.

Sensation of pressing outward in cardiac region.

Oppressed feeling in brain, followed by pain an inch below and to outer side of 1. nipple.

Rheumatoid aching in j^riecordial region and at apex, followed by pains in 1. wrist, inner side of r. calf, and in subclavicular region, and again in 1. wrist and region of apex.

▌ Cardiac irritability with depressed force; pulse very frequent, small, compressible, and often irregular and intermittent; heart's impulse feeble; patient generally nervous, irritable, and his extremities cold; slight hemorrhages from lungs; cannot go up stairs or v/alk fast without rapid or weak action of heart, or heavy oppressed action.

▌ Cardiac erethism; debility of heart, marked by the influences of some smouldering inflammation, generally in lungs; heart's action quick ; pulse quick, hard, wir}^ not easily compressible and not generally irregular or intermittent; local congestion and irritation of lungs; cough; haemoptysis.

▌ Cardiac irritability, profuse flow of watery, limpid urine.

││ Palpitation in cardiac hypertrophy, with dilatation.

Palpitation and cardiac distress, < morning and evening, and when thinking of it.

││ Action of heart tumultuous and forcible, could be heard several feet from bed. θ Exophthalmus.

││ It renders beat of heart slower, fuller and more regular.

On lying down,cardiacdepression with dull, heavy beating.

││ Palpitation from nervous irritation, with plethora.

▌ Excessive flatulence, which aggravates the palpitations.

Labored action of heart ; oppression.

Heartbeats more distinct on r. of sternum.

First sound replaced by a blowing sound of mitral regurgitation, heard upwards in clavicular region, and particularly between scapulae; second sound pointed, short, sharp.

Heartbeat slow and weak; diminished blood pressure; pulse 48, 58, weak, compressible.

▌ Can walk only a few steps without having to stop and rest, as he gets short of breath; 1. arm, hand, leg and foot oedematous and painful; blowing sound over apex of heart; instead of natural systolic sound, very loud sound over base of heart during diastole; pulse quick, weak, frequent, about 90 per minute; feels as though lungs were filled up; panting respiration; urine scanty and high colored; constipation; little appetite, but quite thirsty for cold water; no sexual desire whatever; sleep restless, with frequent starting and jumping; sometimes can lie down, at other times must sit with head high ; tongue flabby, no marked coating; occasionally a sharp shooting pain through from sternum to 1. shoulder blade. θ Heart disease.

▌ Menses appear within three or four hours of same time every month, with a deep seated pain, with heat in occiput; after a few hours, pain in forehead and temples, faintness and nausea in stomach, sensation of great weakness in lumbar region, general lassitude and debility, especially in limbs, followed by torpor and heaviness; when nausea set in occipital pain >; aversion to smell of food; protrusion of eyes, wild, strange expression; menses usually appear in morning and flow until noon, then suddenly cease, or they would last from half an hour to six hours, intermitting in this manner for ten or twelve days ; during menses stupid, has lack of expression and a vacuity of ideas ; tympanitis, puffing of parts on and around pubis and vulva, dilated condition of vagina and bearing down sensation in rectum; on examination vagina very hot, os uteri engorged and swollen; these conditions and puffiness > by local use of ice; constipation, stools every six or seven days, dry and claylike; when eyes seem protruded, heart seemed to act tumultuously and forcibly, and could be heard several feet from bed; at these times puffing of pubis < ; when heart's action was feeble and quiet, with quiet pulse, puffing about genitals > ; at times pulse small and quiet and could scarcely be counted; urine scanty, thick and muddy; oedema of feet; dyspepsia; all, or nearly all, above symptoms > after menses, or at expiration of ten or twelve days. θ Exophthalmus.

││ Aneurism of large vessels near heart.

Pulse: many symptoms increase and decrease, according to weakness or strength of heart's action.

Pulse 80 (while standing), with intermissions, cardiac oppression.

Neck and Back p. 154

Acute pain at seventh cervical vertebra.

Slight rheumatoid pain in 1. suprascapular muscles.

Congestive pain in nape, with severe continuous dorsal and lumbar pain, < lower 1. side.

Rheumatoid pains: scapular muscles, lower dorsal region ; from apex of heart by friction to 1. subscapular region, then to middorsal and later to apex.

155 LYCOPUS VIRGINICUS.

Severe continuous aching in lumbar region.

Sharp pains first in lumbar region, then in 1. leg, extending up thigh, then in r.; feels weak as if overfatigued.

Severe aching down spine, < from friction, passing off after rising, morning.

Flying pains in muscles, with persistent aching in loins and occiput, < on movement.

Upper Limbs p. 155

Rheumatoid pains, forearms and wrists, with trembling of hands.

Hands unsteady, making writing difficult.

Lower Limbs p. 155

Rheumatoid pains knees, legs, thighs, wandering to back, slight lameness and unsteady gait.

Left leg feels shorter than r. and so sounds when walking.

Unsteady feeling when walking.

Limbs in General p. 155

Muscular rheumatoid pains, affecting articulations and tendons, < by motion and cold air, not > by friction, or cold affusion, or direct warmth, but > in a warm room or in bed ; rheumatic pains around heart; irregular and intermittent pulse; < towards sunset. θ Rheumatism.

Rest. Position. Motion p. 155

Lying down : cardiac depression.

Lying on r. side: constriction of thorax <.

Sitting: giddiness; acute aching in testicle; head high, heart disease.

While standing: pulse 80.

Restless, change of position: in spite of weakness.

Motion: rheumatoid pains <.

Exercise : dyspnoea < ; least, causes palpitation ; aching in loins and occiput <.

Walking: staggering; aching in inguinal canal <; causes shortness of breath, is obliged to stop and rest; sounds as if 1. leg was shorter than r.; unsteady feeling; slight nausea and faintness.

Cannot go up stairs or walk fast: without rapid or weak action of heart.

Nerves p. 155

Weak, yet restless change of position.

Restless activity, not withstand nig nausea, giddiness, etc.

Vital depression, hence mental depression, tremulousness.

Faintness: slight nausea, walking in open air; with cardiac depression.

Sleep p. 155

Sleep restless, full of troubled dreams.

Wakeful on retiring, though fatigued.

Time p. 155

Morning : palpitation and cardiac distress < ; menses appear and flow till noon, then suddenly cease; severe aching down spine, > after rising.

▌ P.M. : acute aching in testicle.

Towards sunset: erratic rheumatoid pains <.

7 p.m.: constriction in larynx; oppressed, with sighing breathing.

Evening: increased mental and physical activity}^ ; rheumatoid pains <; acute pain in testes; cough violent; palpitation and cardiac distress <.

Night: cough violent.

Temperature and Weather p. 156

Warmth : direct, does not > muscular rheumatoid pains.

Warm room : > muscular rheumatoid pains.

In bed: muscular rheumatoid pains >.

Open air: faintness and slight nausea.

Change to cold weather: renewed cough.

Cold air: muscular rheumatoid pains <.

Cold winds: renew cough.

Coldest water : alone satisfies thirst.

Ice : local use of, > heat and puffiness of vagina.

^Tever. l Stupid, will not answer questions; is waxy, cold; pulse very low, yet full and large, soft and compressible; hemorrhage from bowels ; tawny, expressionless face ; veins full and face bloated; eyes expressionless and seem to project from sockets; fever not high; chokes and swallows. θ Typhoid malaria.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 156

Daily : nine to eleven quarts of urine ; a gallon or more of clear urine.

Every six or seven days : dry, claylike stools.

For ten or twelve days : menses intermit, last from half hour to six hours.

Every month : menses appear within three or four hours of same time.

Locality and Direction p. 156

Right : tends to stagger to r. ; neuralgic pain in supraorbital region ; toothache in lower molars; pain in temple; rawness at back of palate ; hot aching beneath scapula ; pain inner side of calf; heartbeats more distinct on side of sternum ; pain in leg ; urticaria on leg.

Left: pressure in forehead < ; aching in frontal eminence < ; dull pain in supraorbital region ; neuralgic pain in testicle; pain in molars and temple; tenderness in hypochondrium; dull pain in lumbar region; sharp darting through testicle ; deposit of tuberculous matter in apex of lung ; pain near nipple ; pain in wrist ; arm, hand, leg and foot oedematous and painful ; pain from sternum to shoulder blade ; rheumatoid pains in suprascapular muscles ; pain < in side of back ; sharp pain in leg; 1. leg feels shorter than r. ; urticaria on forearm.

Right to 1. : rawness of palate ; darting pains in testes.

Left to r. : aching in frontal eminence ; pain in molars.

Pains pass from 1. to r., usually, then they cease or return to left.

Sensations p. 156

Eyes feel weak as if system was overfatigued ; prickings, as if bitten by insects; as if lungs were filling up.

Pain : in forehead and temples ; in epigastric region ; in testicles ; in supraorbital region ; an inch below and to outer side of 1. nipple; in 1. wrist; inner side of r. calf and in subclavicular region.

Severe continuous pain : in dorsal and lumbar region.

Sharp pain : in lumbar region, then in 1. leg, extending up to thigh, then in right.

Acute pain : in testes ; at seventh cervical vertebra.

Subacute pain : across thorax.

Deep seated pain : in occiput.

Acute, darting pains: in heart.

Darting pain : in testicles.

Flying pains: in muscles.

Sharp, shooting pain : through from sternum to 1. shoulder blade.

Throbbing pain: in cardia.

Neuralgic pain : in r. supraorbital region and 1. testicle.

Severe colic: in abdomen.

Severe aching: down spine.

Acute aching: in testicle.

Rheumatoid aching: in praecordial region and at apex; in 1. suprascapular muscles; lower dorsal region; from apex of heart to 1. subscapular region, then to middorsal; in forearm and wrists; knees, legs, thighs, then to back.

Hot aching: beneath r. scapula.

Aching: in frontal eminences; in r. lower molars, then temples and again molars; in inguinal canal; in loins and occiput.

Dull aching: through sinciput.

Rheumatic pains: around heart.

Circumscribed pain : in stomach.

Dull pain: in 1. supraorbital region; in 1. lumbar region.

Lugging pain: in spleen.

Congestive pain: in nape.

Bearing down : as from hernia ; in rectum.

Burning: in spot in soft palate.

Heat: in vagina; in occiput.

Tenderness: in hypochondrium; in bladder; in cardiac region.

Constriction : in larynx ; across lower half of thorax.

Constrictive sensation : in cardiac region.

Compression: in region of stomach.

Pressing outward : in eyes ; in cardiac region.

Pressure : in forehead ; in eyes.

Full, heavy feeling : in eyes.

Oppressed feeling : in brain.

Distress : in epigastric region.

Trembling feeling : in hands.

Tumultuous action of heart.

Great weakness : in lumbar region.

Lassitude : in limbs.

Rawness : at back of palate.

Prickings : in skin.

Tissues p. 158

Rheumatoid pains ; erratic, but returning to original location ; > from warmth ; < from cold air and movement.

Flying pains in various parts.

Lowers temperature.

Lessens tonicity of bloodvessels, with consequent congestions ; heart muscle weakened.

Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries p. 158

Pressure: upward, aching in inguinal canal > ; frontal headache >.

Friction : sends pain from apex of heart to 1. subscapular region ; severe aching down spine < ; does not > muscular rheumatoid pain.

Skin p. 158

Prickings as if bitten by insects.

Troublesome urticaria, especially on 1. forearm and r. leg, before retiring.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 158

Woman, set. 33, teacher, nervous temperament, cheerful, sprightly, talkative, inclined to hysteria, mother afflicted with cardiac trouble ; exophthalmus.

Woman, mother of two children, suffering about a year; diabetes.

Man, set. 43, half breed Indian and Hawaiian, cook on whaling vessel, suffering two or three years ; heart disease.

Relations p. 158

Compare: Cactus, Digit, Hydr. ac.,Iber., Lauroc, Prun. virg., Sanguin., Spigel.