Arum Maculatum
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General EN
Arum Maculatum.
Cuckoo-pint. N. O. Araceae. Tincture of fresh tuber or corm.
Clinical EN
Ascarides. Asthma. Catarrh. Coryza. Nasal polypus. Prolapsus ani. Scorbutus. Swallowing, constant.
Characteristics EN
The leading symptoms of Arum mac. are as follows: Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes. Violent irritation of nose and eyes. Pain left side of nose. Nasal polypus.
Bleeding from mucous membranes and cavities. Tongue swollen, pricking, stinging, burning, excoriated. Burning, stinging pains in mouth and lips "as with a hundred needles" Tickling and burning in throat. Sensation of a swelling in left side above larynx.
Hoarseness. From abdomen ascending to chest an oppression over whole chest, with hot breath; it then rose into throat. Burning, constricting pain in stomach. Ascarides have been cured by it; also prolapsus ani.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Sweet oil, milk, butter. Gum relieves pungent effect on mouth. Compare: Arum t.
Mouth EN
Gums bleed readily.—Tongue so swollen he could not swallow.
Throat EN
Pain in the throat, with difficult deglutition, as if from constriction in the oesophagus, with constant inclination to swallow; after drinking, sensation as if something were attached to the epiglottis
Obstinate hoarseness
Pressure in the larynx
Tickling, with inclination to cough.
Abdomen EN
Sensation of emptiness after breakfast in the abdomen, as after vomiting; with contraction in the abdomen, as from anxiety and fear.—Severe aching between the navel and the hip, esp. when standing upright, or lying on the side, or drawing a deep inspiration, with great sensitiveness of the part affected to external pressure.
Urinary Organs EN
Clear, watery urine; exhaling a smell of burnt horn, and depositing a cloudy sediment.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Catamenia profuse.
Respiratory Organs EN
Phlegm in the respiratory organs
Violent tight cough, with scanty expectoration
After much coughing, expectoration of mucus streaked with yellow
Sanguineous expectoration.
Generalities EN
Violent convulsions.—Great physical depression and lassitude.—Irrepressible inclination to sleep after meals, the face becoming redder than usual during sleep.