Euphorbia Amygdaloides
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General EN
Euphorbia Amygdaloides.
Wood Spurge. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture of plant.
Clinical EN
Antrum, pain in. Anus, spasm of; prolapse of. Debility. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Haemorrhoids. Skin, eruptions of. Smell, illusion of. Spleen, affections of. Throat, soreness of.
Characteristics EN
Euphorb. amyg. has the same general characteristics as Euphorbium, producing irritation and burning sensations of the intestinal tract, with vomiting and diarrhoea and skin affections. Peculiar symptoms are: An illusion of smell, "odour of mice", and seething sensation in the head and thigh. Rheumatic pains come on when heated. Cold water relieves burning in back of throat (burning < from cold water Caps.).
Symptoms go from right to left. Malaise; tired weak feeling during and after walking. Restlessness all night, turning about half awake and half asleep. Many symptoms are < evening;
< walking; > after eating. For comparisons see under Euphorbium.
Head EN
Seething sensation backwards and forwards in head, extending down back and going off during sleep.
Nose EN
Strong odour of mice in nose.
Face EN
Burning pain in l. antrum, extending upwards to floor of orbit and into head.
Throat EN
Burning in back of throat, > by cold water, > by breakfast; followed by heat all over chest and in stomach.—Stinging and peppery sensation back of throat.
Stomach EN
Nausea;
< moving about indoors;
> sitting still;
> by supper.
Abdomen EN
Severe stitches in liver; when walking up hill
Tightness in region of spleen
Stitch in region of spleen
Sensation as if a long worm writhing in region of transverse colon or duodenum
Throbbing in groins.
Stool And Anus EN
Stool difficult from painful spasm of anus, which was continued after the evacuation; faeces small, lumpy, slimy; with prolapsus, though there had been no straining
Slight prolapsus after the stool
Offensive diarrhoeic stool, preceded by griping and followed by prolapsus
Diarrhoea returns at lengthened intervals
Feeling of action of the liver, followed soon by griping and passing of offensive flatus, then offensive diarrhoea, after which the feeling of the liver passes off, followed by slight prolapse rendering sitting uneasy, going off gradually
Dark brown, watery, mucous stool, sometimes mixed with solid faeces, sometimes offensive, sometimes with blood, mostly in afternoon from 4 to 10 p.m.
If it lasts two or three days there is prolapsus returning very gradually; if replaced within half an hour the bowel generally prolapses again; if the diarrhoea lasts longer external piles appear, not returning with the prolapsus.
Urinary Organs EN
Urine hot during micturition.
Respiratory Organs EN
Hoarseness
Heat in chest; radiating from stomach
Feeling as if lungs remained partly inflated.
Heart EN
Slight throbbing in region of heart.
Back EN
Peculiar seething sensation in region of spine, sometimes extending from occiput to loins.
Upper Limbs EN
Rheumatic pains in r. arm just above olecranon, on becoming warm and perspiring.—Rheumatic pains in elbows and elbow joints.
Lower Limbs EN
Seething sensation in lymphatics of r. leg, at times, from foot to groin, as if circulation were felt; afterwards to a less extent in l. leg; chiefly felt from foot to knee, only when sitting, < in evening.—Sudden sharp pain about middle of r. tibia, which was tender to touch.
Skin EN
Pimple just under lobe of r. ear.—Hard white itching vesicular pimples on r. internal malleolus and foot.
Fever EN
Chill 11 p.m., increased to violent rigor when undressing; lasted till next morning, and was not followed by heat or sweat.