Chionanthus Virginica
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General EN
Chionanthus Virginica.
Fringe Tree. Oleaceae, The bark, which is the part employed, contains Saponin. Tincture.
Clinical EN
Constipation. Debility. Emaciation with liver-disorder. Gall-stone colic. Headache. Jaundice. Liver, disease of; hypertrophy of. Malaria. Neurasthenia. Nursing women, complaints of.
Characteristics EN
Chion. acts powerfully on the liver and is indicated in hypertrophy; obstructed liver in malarious districts. The following are the leading indications: Enormous liver, constipation, clay-coloured stool, jaundice, and high-coloured urine. Liver region sore. Chronic jaundice.
Jaundice recurring every summer. Sensation of contraction of stomach as if something alive moving in it; with uneasy sensation in liver and spleen. Rheumatic pains in left ankle and tarsal bone. A proving of Chionanth. was made by Dr.
John Z. Lawshe, and was communicated, with additions, to the Southern Journal of Homoeopathy by H. C. Morrow.
Chion. is suited to so-called bilious temperaments. One observer (H. Recorder, xii. 369), who gave Chio. to a nursing woman who had liver disorder with jaundiced tint, noticed that whilst rapid improvement of the liver symptoms occurred, at the same time the milk disappeared and the menses returned. The medicine was stopped and Sabal. serr. given and the milk returned.
Six weeks later Chio. was again given and identically the same result took place. "jaundice with arrest of menses" should be a strong indication.
Sherbino cured a case of neurasthenia in a clergyman who complained of: Perspiration all summer. Weakness in arms and legs. Prostrated after preaching mind: ran on sermon and kept him awake. Stupid, drowsy all the time appetite poor; all food gave distress.
Relations EN
Compare: Bry., Chi., Carduus m., Euonymus, Chel., Merc., Pod. In bilious vomiting, Bry., Eup. perf., Iris., Nux; in green frothy stools, Elat., Grat., Kali bi., Mag. c., Iris., Merc. v; in weakness, bruised and sore feelings, Arn., Bap., Bry., Eup. perf., Gels., Nux, Rhus; in headache, Bell., Bry., Caps., Gels., Nux; sensation of something alive, Croc. s., Thuj.
Mind EN
Feels "played out" generally
No desire to do anything; wants to be let alone
Hypochondriacal, inclined to look on the dark side.
Head EN
Very severe headache, chiefly in forehead and just over the eyes, esp. the l
Feels sore and bruised all over and through the head (after severe symptoms had subsided)
Heavy, dull feeling in forehead
Sore constricting feeling in the temples, with throbbing of the temporal arteries
Head feels sore and bruised; bruised feeling seems to go some way into the brain
Every time he moves, coughs or laughs head seems as if it would split open and fly in every direction
Drawing and pressing at root of nose with headache
Woke up many times with pains in head, abdomen, and back
Headache < by motion, coughing, laughing or walking;
< after sleep;
> by lying down, keeping quiet and pressure
Forehead very hot and dry; seems like a hot coal of fire to prover's hand, during fever
Forehead becomes hotter from pressure of hand, although it > headache
Head feels very sore and bruised all over
Perspiration on head during fever, while asleep
Cold perspiration standing in beads on forehead, after vomiting and during stool.
Eyes EN
Eyeballs exceedingly painful; feel sore and bruised
From outer to inner canthus, a reddish-yellow streak about 1/4 inch wide in whites of eyes
Blood-vessels of sclerotic very much enlarged and distinctly visible
Whites of eyes have a yellowish cast all over
Whites of eyes greenish-yellow.
Nose EN
Drawing or pressing at root of nose during headache.—Pressing or squeezing sensation in bridge of nose.
Face EN
Face has a yellowish appearance
Skin of face as yellow as a mulatto's
Perspiration on face during fever, while asleep.
Mouth EN
Tongue heavily coated, of a dirty greenish-yellow colour
Very heavily coated in the centre with a thick yellowish fur
Tip of tongue slightly red
On each side of tip several little places that look as if the blood were about to ooze from them
Tongue feels drawn and shrivelled up in centre
Tongue and roof of mouth feel very dry, though usual quantity of saliva.
Appetite EN
Complete loss of appetite
Tried to eat, but food nauseated
Eating and drinking relieved empty, weak feeling in stomach to some extent
Eructations, nausea, and vomiting;
"never before felt so sick at my stomach."
Stomach EN
Bitter eructations
Eructations, tasting as if food were fermenting in stomach
Eructations so bitter and sour that I had to hold my mouth open to permit their escape
Hot, bitter, sour eructations, setting teeth on edge
Great nausea and retching with desire for stool
Very violent attack of nausea and a great deal of retching before he could vomit
Vomiting of very dark green, ropy, and exceedingly bitter bile with a single gush
Eructations, nausea, and vomiting
Sensation of a double action in stomach while vomiting, one trying to force something up, and the other sucked it back
Vomiting followed by cold sweat, standing in beads on the forehead, and by extreme weakness
Sensation of contractions in the stomach, as if some living thing was moving in it
Stomach feels weak and empty, somewhat relieved by eating
Sensation in stomach as if food were fermenting
At 3 p.m. sensation like spasms or palpitation of the heart in the stomach.
Abdomen EN
Cutting and twisting pains all through the abdomen, somewhat relieved by lying on it
Cutting and griping pains in and about umbilical region
Dull, sore, aching feeling in umbilical and iliac regions
Severe griping in umbilical and iliac regions, relieved by emission of flatus
Passage of offensive flatus during the day, but more after retiring at night
Uneasiness in r. hypochondrium, extending to l. iliac region
Uneasy sensation in region of sigmoid flexure, as if caused by flatulence
Uneasy sensations in region of spleen and liver
Griping and cutting pains in abdomen about and below umbilicus during stool
Heavy, all gone sort of feeling low down in hypogastrium
Pains in abdomen after 5 p.m., and all night
Sensation like a string tied in a slipknot around intestines in umbilical region; and every once in a while as if it was suddenly drawn tight, and then gradually loosened
Abdominal pains somewhat > by lying on stomach and abdomen
Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
Uneasy sore feeling in region of r. hypochondrium
Hypertrophy of liver
Obstruction of liver in malarious districts
Enormous liver, constipation, stools clay-coloured, skin very yellow, urine very dark, almost black
Soreness in region of liver, quick, weak pulse, stools undigested and showing entire absence of bile, urine almost black
Chronic cases of jaundice
Jaundice recurring every summer
Bilious colic
Gall-stone colic.
Stool And Anus EN
Constipation, stools clay-coloured
Stools undigested and showing an absence of bile
Diarrhoea
First part of stool watery, but last more solid in appearance, 10.30 a.m
Stool copious, watery, dark brown, 8.50 p.m
Stools terribly offensive, like carrion
Stool copious, watery, dark brown, with pieces of undigested food in it
Stool thin, watery, blackish-brown and very offensive
Stool flakey, thin, watery; flakey portion dark yellow; fluid portion dark green, with light green foam or froth on top, streaked with a white mucous-looking substance
Emission of flatus during stool
Hot, scalding sensation in anus during stool, which continued fifteen or twenty minutes after stool
Took quite a while to pass the stool and then there was only a small quantity passed
Evacuation at bedtime of black tarry-looking faeces
Desire for stool passed off after vomiting
Cold perspiration broke out on forehead and back of hands during stool.
Urinary Organs EN
Urine, orange yellow colour; reddish.—Urine almost black, thick, syrupy.
Heart EN
Pulse markedly smaller and weaker
Quick, weak pulse
Radial pulse 114, fever
Carotid and temporal arteries pulsate hard and rapidly.
Back EN
Sore, weak, bruised feeling all over small of back
Sore and weak in sacral and lumbar region, could scarcely walk
Small of back exceedingly weak, and feels when touched as though the skin was all off
Pain from seventh to tenth dorsal vertebra, on waking.
Upper Limbs EN
Cold perspiration on back of hands during stool.—Rheumatic pain in articulations of l. thumb.
Lower Limbs EN
Rheumatic pain in l. ankle and tarsal bones.—Sore, aching, tired feeling in lower limbs.
Generalities EN
< Motion and walking; > sitting or lying down.—Abdominal symptoms > lying on abdomen.—Every step seemed to jar the whole body.—Exceedingly nervous, cannot lie still.—Feels very tired and sore.—Involuntary jerking in various parts of the body.—Feels very sick and weak all over on waking at 8 a.m.; had to sit down before he could dress.—Weak feeling, < standing or walking about, > sitting or lying down.—So nervous he can scarcely keep still, and can scarcely write down his symptoms, 9 a.m.
Skin EN
Yellow all over body
Jaundice of years' standing recurring annually
Jaundice caused by drinking too much cider; cured in three days.
Sleep EN
Could not go to sleep before midnight
Nervous and restless after going to bed, woke up many times before daylight
Woke many times with pains in head, abdomen, and back
Feels very badly and sick all over on waking in the morning
Sleepy during the day, could hardly keep awake
Perspiration on head and face during sleep
Great emaciation.
Fever EN
Chill at 12 noon
Chilly sensations darting through body from front to back, causing a sort of shivering or involuntary jerking
Aching in back or limbs before and during fever
Head feels like a ball of fire to prover's hand; cheeks very hot and dry
Wants to be covered during chill and fever; becomes chilly if clothing is removed during fever
No thirst during chill or fever
Slept during the fever; profuse perspiration on head and face while asleep during fever
Throbbing of temporal and carotid arteries during fever
Headache and backache during fever; eyeballs very sore.