Paeonia Officinalis
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General EN
Paeonia.
Paeonia officinalis. Peony. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of the fresh root dug in spring (in autumn the root is said to be inert).
Clinical EN
Anus, fissure of; fistula of; affections of. Bed-sores. Breast, ulceration of. Ciliary neuralgia. Coccyx, ulcer on. Haemorrhoids. Headache. Head, rush of blood to. Nightmare. Perineum, ulcer on. Sternum, pain in. Ulcers. Varicose veins. Vertigo.
Characteristics EN
Paeonia belongs to the great order of Ranunculaceae, which includes the Aconites, Actaeas, and Hellebores. The proving brings out many symptoms of congestion—rush of blood to head, face, chest; burning heat and redness of eyes and face; burning, itching, and swelling of anus; heat in throat; in skin. The symptoms are well characterised, but it is principally the anal and skin symptoms which have been verified in practice. One of the symptoms of the proving is this: "A small ulcer on perineum near anus that constantly oozes very offensive moisture; painful for eight days." This symptom has been expanded by clinical observation, principally Ozanam's, into ulceration in general, ulcers from pressure, as bed-sores, and from ill-fitting boots.
"Sensation of splinter sticking in skin of right great toe when touched," and "violent pain as from pressure in left little toe," are guiding symptoms of the provings which put that great prescriber on the right track here. The ulcers are the seat of severe shooting pains. The symptoms of Ozanam's cases are bracketed in the Schema. These observations show the relationship between Paeon. and the Hellebores.
The situation of the ulcer of the proving, together with the anal symptoms—biting, itching, swelling, burning—clearly point to Paeon. as a remedy in anal affections such as abscess, fissure, fistula, and piles. The leading indications are intolerable pain during and after stool and oozing of moisture. Experience has proved that varicose veins as well as anal varices are amenable to Paeon. The dreams experienced by the provers were of a terrifying nature; and it is interesting to note, as Geyer, one of the provers, does, that both Dioscorides and Plinius cured nightmare with Paeon., the former with the seeds, the latter with the root.
Geyer was ignorant of this fact until after he had experienced the nightmare-causing power of the drug. As the tissues are sensitive to pressure and injury, the mind is also sensitive: "Griping pain in abdomen, preceded, and especially followed, by anxiety, trembling of legs and arms as though he were frightened; he became apprehensive if any one spoke to him, and unpleasant news affected him exceedingly." There is fainting with diarrhoea; and the stools are followed by intense chilliness, occurring generally a few hours after he felt the worst.
The symptoms were < by motion; by walking. Bad pain in anus compelling him to walk the floor all night; or to roll on the floor. < Coming into warm room. < Touch or pressure.
Keeping jaws open > pressure from lower jaw to inner ear. Drinking water > vertigo with nausea. The right side is more affected than the left.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Alo., Ratan. Compare: In varices, Ham. In splinter sensation, anal fissure and abscess, in ulcer, Nit. ac. In splinter sensation and ulcers, Arg. n., Hep. In ulcers, Helleb. n., Helleb. v., Silic. In ulcers about the toes, Magn. aust. In diarrhoea, Sul. In effects of bad news, Gels.
Causation EN
Bruises. Pressure (bed-sores, tight boots). Bad news.
Mind EN
Delirium
Excitement
Apprehension; in evening, with anxiety
Anxious, afraid to talk with any one; much affected by bad news, after pinching in belly
Ill-humour
Depression; after 5 p.m., with irritability.
Head EN
Vertigo: on every motion (in a warm room), with constant reeling and staggering
Dulness, heaviness, vertigo, and feeling of heat in head
Syncope and cold sweat
Fulness; and rush of blood to head; after 5 p.m., with pain below forehead; and to face with sweat
Pain and confusion of head
Pain with dulness of head, roaring in ears, and flickering before eyes
Gnawing headache
Headache, with pressive pain in l. side, after a meal (dinner)
Pain in forehead: in morning and evening, and in orbits; above l. brow, with sticking
Jerking tearing in r. temple, extending into head
Boring outward in r. temple
Pain in occiput and in nape
Heaviness in occiput.
Eyes EN
Eyes red and watery
Pain in l. eye; becoming a tearing, with inflammation, injection of conjunctiva, difficult opening of eye on account of pain and photophobia, with lachrymation
Eyes dry, smarting, not easy to open
Burning, itching and dryness; of eyes and lids
Violent tearing around r. eye
Conjunctivitis of ball and lid, with lachrymation and contracted pupils
Inflammation of l. ball, with pain as if a grain of sand were under upper lid
Sticking in r. upper lid towards inner canthus.
Ears EN
Jerking in cartilages of ears
Sticking outward in r. ear
Pinching behind r. ear
One ear cold, the other hot, 3 p.m
Itching in concha
Ringing in ears; in l.
Nose EN
Stoppage of nose: in evening, in morning in bed, with dryness.—Crawling in tip of nose.
Face EN
Face red and puffy
Burning heat in face
Crawling in upper lip
Pain extending from articular fossa of lower jaw through inner ear, > keeping jaws open for a long time, as, e.g., when drinking, < pressing them together.
Mouth EN
Tongue red.
Throat EN
Biting posteriorly in palate in evening
Hawking caused by tenacious mucus in throat, with scanty expectoration
Scraping in throat, necessity to cough and hawk to loosen it, and feeling in posterior nares as if full of mucus
Sensation as if an acrid, burning vapour ascended throat
Heat: in fauces extending to pharynx; in throat and oesophagus, < hawking
Swallowing difficult.
Appetite EN
Appetite lost.—Thirst.
Stomach EN
Nausea (on entering a warm room after a moderate walk, with seething in head, vanishing or obscuration of senses, and attacks of faintness)
Vomiting and painful diarrhoea
Anxious aching (pressing) in epigastrium
Periodical sticking upward from middle of epigastric region
Burning in epigastric region at night.
Abdomen EN
Borborygmi
Griping pain in forenoon, preceded, and esp. followed, by anxiety, trembling of limbs and arms, as if frightened, and apprehension when any one spoke to him, unpleasant news affected him exceedingly
Pinching in abdominal muscles
Cutting; in umbilical region
Colic; with diarrhoea; transversely across upper abdomen
Sensitiveness, < along transverse colon and epigastric region, that were hard and retracted
Crawling in abdomen.
Stool And Anus EN
Biting itching in anus that provokes scratching in afternoon; the orifice seems somewhat swollen
Haemorrhoids with fissure in anus; intolerable pains during and after a stool
Haemorrhoids and ulceration of rectum
Very painful and sensitive ulcers and rhagades in rectum
Very painful ulcer, partly in enlargement, round, sharp-cut edges, and exuding much moisture
Funnel-shaped ulcer just below coccyx
Running and fetid ulcer in the anus, towards the perineum
Sudden pasty diarrhoea, with faintness in abdomen and burning in anus after stool, returning after six hours, then internal chilliness, generally a few hours afterwards he felt the worst
Stools thin, frequent.
Urinary Organs EN
Constriction in region of neck of bladder, so that urine passed only in driblets
Frequent and copious micturition, disturbing sleep at night
Micturition burning and urine scanty.
Female Sexual Organs EN
External genitals swollen and painful.
Chest EN
Sticking in l. chest; parallel with axis of body, on every inspiration from 3.30 to 5 and at 9 p.m
Sticking: in r. side near sternum, on a level with nipples, at 4 p.m.; near r. nipple, < walking; to r. of ensiform process, with pressure; downward sticking in l. chest; backward sticking as if through heart
Sticking through whole l. half of chest, beginning beneath clavicle and extending to diaphragm, < region of heart at moment of expiration, and < walking
Cutting in l. side when sitting bent over
Sharp pain in ribs above hepatic region, in morning
Pain: near middle of sternum; beneath manubrium in morning; near both sides of lower part of sternum when eating; in middle of sternum, > night, < next morning, and recurring all the forenoon
Pain beneath the heart as from anxiety
Throbbing extending through r. side and from posterior part to nape, where it ended in intermitting pinching
Rush of blood
Heat in chest.—(Ulcer on lower part of l. breast, consequent on abscess which had never healed.)
Heart EN
Dull shooting from front to back through heart.—Pulse contracted.
Neck And Back EN
Sticking in last cervical vertebra
Sticking in scapulae; in places in back, > scratching
Pinching or griping now in dorsal, now in abdominal muscles
Boring in l. scapula, > motion
Ulcers over sacrum, bed-sores.
Limbs EN
Jerking and tearing in extremities; paroxysmal tearing, then numbness; weakness in evening.
Upper Limbs EN
Acute lancinations under axillae
Aching in r. upper arm, extending to region of elbow, > motion
Tickling as if an insect were creeping on forearm
Tense feeling in muscles across elbow on flexing arms
Cramp in ulna at wrist
Sticking griping in l. wrist, behind thumb
Pain almost a tearing in l. finger-tips
Shootings and tinglings in fingers
Dead feeling in one finger
R. ring finger, which received four weeks previously a blow from a blunt rapier, seems as far as the first and second phalanges dead, cold, devoid of blood, shrivelled, yellow, and without sensation, in afternoon.
Lower Limbs EN
Cramp in r. knee (joint) when sitting
Sudden thrusts (blows) outward or inward side of l. knee.—(Ulcer on anterior surface of r. tibia, from a blow
Chronic ulcer of r. leg, serpiginous, spreading at edges; severe shooting pains hindering walking by day and rest by night
Ulcer on l. great toe; on dorsum of foot, from tight boots.)
Sensation in lower part of calf as if aponeurosis of muscles and tendons were tense or bruised, making walking difficult, towards evening
Weary pain in ankles when sitting
Pain in corns
Swelling of toes, with contraction, intermittent sticking (jerking pains) through them
Sticking in skin of great toe, as if pressed by shoe, in evening
Pain in l. little toe as from pressure.
Generalities EN
Weakness: when walking, with heaving of chest and limbs, so that often she must stand still; > eating, with heaviness of limbs.—< After sleep at night, at noon and in rainy weather.
Skin EN
Painful ulcer, oozing offensive moisture on perineum, near anus
Sensitive ulcers on lower part of body
Crawling in a spot on l. forearm, with a bristling sensation; sticking in the fingers, in the sides; drawing beneath umbilicus, > scratching
Itching: on calves, > rubbing; on head, chest, and limbs, with burning biting as from nettles; prickling in open air, with sticking; prickling on chest, then in axillae and arms down to sides of chest.
Sleep EN
Sleepiness all afternoon
Starting on failing asleep, even during day
Sleep: restless, and dreams unremembered; restless, disturbed the first night by burning in epigastric region, afterwards by voluptuous dreams with emissions, or by anxious and vivid dreams of death, &c
Sleep unrefreshing, disturbed by many and unrefreshing dreams
Dreams: unremembered; frightful, of the death of relatives, &c.; quarrelsome; anxious; vivid, wonderful, and amorous; amorous, with emission; amorous after midnight, disturbing sleep; of a ghost sitting upon his chest and oppressing his breath, so that he often woke groaning; of a figure sitting upon his chest, making respiration anxious.
Fever EN
Shivering
Coldness of one ear at 5 p.m., with heat of the other
Coldness of limbs, with (burning) heat in face, back, and chest
Heat: at night disturbing sleep; general, waking after midnight, with heat in region of stomach
Hot skin
Heat in head; in face; as from nettles, on chest, neck, back, and shoulders
Rush of blood to head and face with sweat.