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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.