Apium Graveolens
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General EN
Apium Graveolens.
Celery. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of seeds. Tincture of sticks.
Clinical EN
Fidgets. Headache. Heartburn. Otorrhoea. Post-nasal catarrh. Rumination. Toothache. Urine, retention of. Urticaria.
Characteristics EN
A proving of tincture of seeds produced the following symptoms: Unpleasant feeling at stomach, with belchings tasting of celery. Heartburn. Spitting up of food. Gone feeling at pit of stomach lasting for hours and partially relieved by eating
Effects of eating the root: during the following day and night, most obstinate retention of urine, which could only be relieved by the catheter. On another person this was observed: Inability to sit still or lie still in bed from feeling of "fidgets"; cannot keep mind from I thinking. In a proving under the direction of W. P.
Wesselhoeft (Med. Advance, April, 1886) a remarkable symptom was: a dull ache in sacrum < when lying down, > when moving about. Another symptom was "sensation as if both eyes were sunken back into their sockets." Throbbing headaches, < by slightest motion; > by rest, mostly left-sided.
Urticaria, always appearing with shuddering; intense stinging itching with rapid change of location. Pressure in stomach preceding urticaria, and relieved when it appears. Toothache in left molars > by holding cold water in the mouth. Hering cured with Apium g. an old abscess near the umbilicus.
Allen mentions: "Profuse discharge from granulating ulcers, intense constriction over sternum, with drawing feeling through to back on lying down," as having been cured by it.
Mind EN
Cannot keep mind from thinking.
Head EN
Frontal headache; over r. eye and r. temple;
< during night
Dull pain r. temple with nausea
Pain in l. temple spreads over l. side of face and top of head
Pain as from a jar or blow deep in l. temporal region, a throbbing ache
Painful throbbing < by expiring through nose
Headaches: > while eating; in open air; closing eyes; complete rest drinking cold water; by hot compresses.
< After eating; by light; by reading or studying; by slightest motion or nodding head.
Eyes EN
Eyeballs feel as if sunken into sockets.
Ears EN
Partial deafness (< l.), painless pulsation.—Troublesome otorrhoea.
Nose EN
Tough pearl-coloured discharge from nostrils
Sudden dropping of mucus into posterior nares
Tickling in nostrils with sneezing, forenoon
Tickling in r. nostril with watery discharge and sneezing
Nostrils stuffed, with pain in forehead.
Mouth EN
Sore spot on tip of tongue
Dull, sore pain on upper and lower teeth
Toothache > by cold water.
Throat EN
Soft palate and fauces sore, dark red and swollen.—Air rushing down posterior nares hurts back of throat.
Stomach EN
Unpleasant feeling at stomach with belchings tasting of celery
Heartburn
Spitting up of food
Sore feeling at pit of stomach lasting for hours and partially relieved by eating
Desire for oranges; for oatmeal.
Stool And Anus EN
Three urgent well-formed stools during the day.—Before stool sharp pain from abdomen directly into rectum, with feeling that she cannot retain stool a moment.
Urinary Organs EN
Obstinate retention of urine, could only be relieved by catheter.
Respiratory Organs EN
Tickling in top of windpipe causing dry cough
Wheezing breathing during the night
Can count heart-beats by hearing and feeling it in chest.
Neck And Back EN
Muscles of back of neck painful on motion, sore to pressure
Dull pain in sacrum with slight bellyache
Pain in sacrum more to l. side extending to lumbar region
Pain in sacrum > after rising from bed and moving about;
< lying down
Red, intensely itching blotches on l. sacral region.
Lower Limbs EN
Growing pains in r. leg during night
Burning on inside of thighs
Raw, excoriated surfaces on inner thighs extending into groins, < l. side
Red itching blotches on inside l. foot, and outside ankle.
Generalities EN
Inability to sit still, or lie still in bed from feeling of fidgets; cannot keep mind from thinking.
Skin EN
Itching on all parts
Red elevated pimples like stings of insects; intense itching; itching changes location by scratching;
< after undressing in evening; during night till 4 a.m.
Sleep EN
Sleepless; not fatigued by loss of sleep.—Sleep broken by bruised pain in l. temporal region.
Fever EN
Perspiration on forehead on awaking 4 a.m.