Arum Dracontium
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General EN
Arum Dracontium.
Green Dragon. N. O. Araceae. Tincture of root.
Clinical EN
Asthma. Croup. Ear, affections of. Hoarseness. Impotence. Influenza. Laryngismus stridulus. Pruritus. Sore-throat. Urticaria.
Characteristics EN
A. Dracont. has the irritating properties of Arums generally. It has been well proved by Dr. C.
P. Hart, and tested clinically as well. The chief features are the following: Throat raw and tender. Dryness and smarting.
Hawking. Continual disposition to clear throat by hawking and coughing. Hoarseness on awaking in morning; expectorates thick mucus. Expectoration of thick, heavy, yellowish-white pus.
Rattling of mucus on full expiration. Croupy, hoarse cough, with sore throat. Laryngismus between 12 and 2 a.m.; attacks every week or ten days. Asthmatic attacks from cold.
Frequent and copious emissions of urine. Great diminution, mostly an entire absence of sexual desire. Penis flaccid and relaxed. Fine shooting pains in course of left spermatic cord.
Chronic pruritus scroti. Eruption of pimples, or species of lichen, on nose; a patch of urticaria on right arm near elbow. The symptoms move about, and from side to side, especially right to left. Swallowing develops and < the throat symptoms.
Relations EN
Compare: Calad. in skin affections; Arum triph. Useful after: Colch. and Ant.—t. in laryngismus.
Mind EN
Great languor and depression, with asthma at night.
Head EN
Head feels heavy and aches slightly in occipital and r. parietal regions; next morning dull, heavy aching in head and chest, with asthma at night.
Eyes EN
Aching over l. eye; conjunctiva highly injected.—Lids dry, stiff, and slightly agglutinated at edges, which burn and smart; 3 p.m.
Ears EN
Shooting pains in r. ear, 8 a.m., transient, frequent; but leaving a feeling of fulness and slight aching in middle ear; next day changed to l. ear
Warmth and fulness in ears, one or other side, swallowing renews it temporarily
Aching pain behind r. ear
Shooting pains in r. ear, sometimes very severe; deep shooting frequently, and for ten or fifteen minutes; only occasionally in l
Mucus in left Eustachian tube.
Nose EN
Sneezing.—Eruption of pimples on nose; lichen.
Face EN
Slight aching r. malar region.—Flushing of hands and face.
Mouth EN
Aphthous ulcer on tongue; next day mouth and throat become very sore
Bad taste, mornings
Tongue and mouth coated With a foul, putrid-tasting, slimy mucus
Peculiar acrid sensation in mouth and throat
Bad taste in mouth.
Throat EN
Swallowing develops a slight soreness in muscles of throat, and renews temporarily the feeling of warmth and fulness in the ears, sometimes in one, sometimes in the other
Disposition to swallow arising from an excess of mucus; without the unpleasant acrid sensation as expected
A slight uneasiness in throat and disposition to cough
Dry soreness, < when swallowing
Dryness and smarting, rawness and fulness, not painful but annoying and attracting constant attention
Raw and tender
Hawking
Continual disposition to clear throat by swallowing and coughing
Rawness, disappearing when asthmatic attacks began.
Stomach EN
Eructation of flatus tasting of the drug.—Sinking in pit of stomach.
Abdomen EN
Pain in bowels from incarcerated flatus.—Rumbling.
Stool And Anus EN
Escape of flatus from stomach and bowels
Copious semi-liquid stool with much flatus
Bilious passages, attended with aching in abdomen and burning in rectum; borborygmus and escape of much flatus from bowels.
Urinary Organs EN
Irresistible desire to pass urine, which is diminished in quantity, very highly coloured, and has a burning or smarting effect on urethra; orifice tender and smarts slightly.—Frequent copious emissions of limpid urine.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Great diminution, mostly entire absence of desire
Penis flaccid
Fine shooting pains in course of l. spermatic cord
Chronic pruritus scroti of twelve years' standing (cured in prover).
Respiratory Organs EN
Hoarseness on awaking in morning
Hoarseness; expectorates thick mucus
Rattling of mucus at every full expiration, which disappears in morning
Excess of mucus in larynx; increased soreness and great disposition to cough
Laryngeal symptoms deep-seated and persistent
As of larynx partly obstructed
About midnight great oppression of breathing, soon passing off, leaving rattling in larynx and trachea
Paroxysms of dyspnoea with aching in chest
Violent asthmatic attacks at night; from cold
Loose cough with dry soreness of throat, like catarrh; rattling of mucus;
< lying down at night
Expectoration thick, heavy, yellowish-white, with continuation of a violent cough
Hoarse, croupy cough with sore throat; rattling laryngeal breathing, swelling of air passages threatening suffocation.
Heart EN
Heart beats so violently as to shake the walls of the chest
With increased heart's action, aching in precordial region and down l. arm; flushing of hands and face
Pulse full, hard, somewhat jerking, soon becomes small and irregular; very feeble after a large dose.
Neck And Back EN
Shooting pains l. anterior inferior triangle of neck, near clavicle
Aching along the spine, most between shoulder-blades and in lumbar region
Great weakness across loins; feeling of extreme prostration continuing to increase, had to retire early.
Limbs EN
Fine pricking or tingling sensation in feet and hands, beginning in r. foot, afterwards attacking in regular succession r. hand, l. foot and l. hand.—Aching pains along outer aspect of l. foot, immediately followed by a similar pain in corresponding part of l. hand.
Upper Limbs EN
Tingling or slight stinging in fingers; all over r. hand, which is redder and warmer than l. and appears somewhat swollen
Aching pain in l. forearm, l. hand, and r. humerus; r. hand remains red and swollen
Shooting and aching pains in l. brachial plexus of nerves
Shooting at styloid process of r. ulna.
Lower Limbs EN
Tingling in toes
Shooting pain down r. thigh
Burning in soles.
Skin EN
Urticaria and other eruptions.