Asclepias Tuberosa
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General EN
Asclepias Tuberosa.
Pleurisy-root. Butterfly-weed. N. O. Asclepiadaceae. Tincture of fresh root.
Clinical EN
Alopecia. Asthma. Bilious fever. Bronchitis. Catarrh. Chancre. Colic. Cough. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Headache. Heart, affections of. Influenza. Ophthalmia. Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Pleurodynia. Rheumatism. Scrofula. Syphilis.
Characteristics EN
Asclep. tub. causes sharp, stitching, pricking pains; < by motion. It is of the hydrogenoid type, corresponding to catarrhal complaints from cold and damp weather. Rheumatic pains affect the body diagonally, l. upper and r. lower, or the opposite.
Muscular and articular rheumatism with stitching pains, dark red urine and hot, perspiring skin. Sensitive to tobacco. Pain in forehead and abdomen from coughing. Griping and sharp peritoneal pains < by pressure.
Dysentery in autumn; and painful diarrhoea with griping and tenesmus. Warm feeling in chest. Dyspnoea. Cough hard and dry; or hoarse, croupy with tight breathing and constriction of larynx, and acute pleuritic pains.
Pains in lungs > bending forward. Stitches in l. side shooting over to r. and up to l. shoulder. Influenza with pleuritic pains. Cutting pain behind sternum; intercostal spaces near sternum tender to pressure.
Pain like pricking of a needle in region of heart. Contracting pain in heart. Sharp pains, starting from l. nipple downward with stiffness of l. side of neck. Excessive weakness, walking seems impossible.
Bilious marsh-fever on rice plantations. High fever with hot sweat. Catarrhal complaints from cold and damp weather. Diarrhoea is < in winter.
Symptoms < in morning; on rising; by motion; by coughing; by tobacco. Chest pains < 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Relations EN
Compare: Agar. (diagonal pains); Bry.; Verat. relieved pains with stool at night. Dulc. (< cold and damp).
Mind EN
Weakness of memory thinking difficult.—At 9 p.m. cheerful, mood changed, and without any cause he became fretful and feverish.
Head EN
Feeling of drunkenness with weakness of sight after smoking a very little
Swimming of the head with dulness behind forehead
Dull headache in the forehead and vertex, < by motion;
> by lying down
Headache in the morning on rising
Headache > after a foot-bath
Headache pressing deeply on, the base of the skull
Pain in the forehead from coughing
Alopecia.
Eyes EN
Eyes look dull, fatigued, and heavy (as after long illness)
Ophthalmia, with itching and pain in eyes
Feeling of sand in the eyes
Vision disturbed large spots before the eyes.
Nose EN
Fluent coryza, with much sneezing
Blowing of blood from l. nostril
Itching of the nose
Snuffles of children.
Face EN
Hippocratic face after violent diarrhoea
Yellow complexion
Vesicles on lips
Itching of lips.
Mouth EN
Teeth yellow-coated
Bleeding of the gums
Tongue covered with a tough yellow coating
Taste putrid
Taste of blood.
Throat EN
Slight constriction of throat, and pricking in larynx.
Stomach EN
Loss of appetite; esp. in morning
Insatiable hunger
Sensitive to tobacco
Eructations
Nausea, and efforts to vomit in the morning when rising
In stomach: nervous pains; disagreeable weight; burning
In evening, violent gastralgia after supper; it seems as if coughing would bruise the stomach
Cramp.
Abdomen EN
Grumbling in r. hypochondrium
Throbbing in l. hypochondrium
Rumbling in the bowels, with uneasiness, or sharp, cutting pains and soreness
Burning borborygmi
Colic pains from flatulence
Colic on going upstairs
Dull pain in bowels on pressure.
Stool And Anus EN
Emission of fetid flatulence
Soft and fetid stool at 11 a.m., preceded by rumbling in the bowels
Early morning diarrhoea (1 to 3 a.m.), sudden discharge
Winter diarrhoea
Autumnal dysentery
Tenesmus
At 11 a.m. another stool, almost black, with many ascarides and yellow spots like fat, with a feeling as if a stream of fire passed through abdomen
Stools: dysenteric; like white of eggs; yellow; green; clammy; smelling like rotten eggs; enveloped in froth; like moss
With stool: colic
After stool: colic continues long
Constipation after diarrhoea.
Urinary Organs EN
Lancinating pain in urethra, excoriation of glans penis in several places, with commencement of sanious and purulent secretion.—Urine very red: looks as if blood were in it.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Flabbiness, perspiration, and insipid smell of genitals
Excoriation of glans penis in several places, with commencement of sanious discharge (chancre);
> by bathing with urine
Weakness; erection without desire.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menorrhagia, with violent bearing down.
Respiratory Organs EN
Dry cough, with constriction of throat; causing pain in forehead and abdomen; dry, hacking cough, < night and morning; from irritation of larynx or bronchia
Respiration painful, esp. at base of l. lung
Breath smells like pepper
Humid asthma;
< after eating: < after smoking a little
Oppression and difficulty of breathing; in paroxysms, like asthma.
Chest EN
Warm feeling in chest
Sharp pains shooting from l. nipple downward, with stiffness of l. side of neck
Pain moves up to behind the sternum, and becomes more sharp and cutting, < drawing a long breath, or moving the arms (as in triturating)
The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum, are sensitive to pressure, and the pain, which is quick and darting, shoots over from l. to r. side, and up to l. shoulder
Pain in chest relieved by bending forward
Acute pleuritic pain in r. side, with dry, hacking cough, and scanty mucous expectoration
Pain in chest low down, in diaphragm
Sharp pains from l. nipple downward, with stiffness l. side neck.
Heart And Pulse EN
Constrictive pain in the heart
Tenderness to pressure over heart
Lancinating pains; like pricking of a needle in region of heart
Pain beneath l. nipple with palpitation
Pulse slightly accelerated.
Neck And Back EN
Stiff-neck (l.); on waking
Lancinating pains in back and between the shoulders
Pains shooting from l. chest into l. shoulder
Sharp pain in loins near sacrum; lumbago.
Limbs EN
Rheumatic pain in all the joints.
Upper Limbs EN
Sharp, shooting pains in r. shoulder
Pain in l. shoulder, shooting from l. chest
Pains near wrists.
Lower Limbs EN
Itching of thighs and nates but no eruption
Coxalgia in r. hip
Corns painful.
Generalities EN
Weak and languid, as if he had been sick a long time.—Emaciation.—Numbness of whole body.
Skin EN
Vesicles, pimples, and pustules all over the body, esp. on arms, legs, and face; itching.
Sleep EN
Drowsy
Uneasy, restless sleep
Troublesome dreams.
Fever EN
Chill towards noon; with cold feet though room is warm
Feverish afternoon
High fever with hot sweat
Rheumatic; catarrhal; bilious marsh fevers of rice plantations.