Yucca Filamentosa
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General EN
Yucca Filamentosa.
Yucca filamentosa. Bear Grass. N. O. Melanthaceae (Liliaceae). Tincture of root and leaves when not in flower. Tincture of flowers.
Clinical EN
Biliousness. Coryza. Diarrhoea. Flatulence, odourless. Headache; temporal. Post-nasal catarrh. Throat, granular.
Characteristics EN
Yucca was proved by Rowell and four others in the 30th. Farrington gives these indications. Biliousness with pain going through upper part of liver to back. Bad taste in mouth.
Stools diarrhoeic, and contain an excess of bile. Much flatus passed by rectum. Frontal or temporal headache with frequent flushing of face. Face sallow.
Tongue coated yellow and taking imprint of teeth. Dull ache in centre of liver. Abdomen sensitive. Frequent passage of flatus and of watery, yellowish-brown stools.
The tongue of Yuc. is usually a bluish white. As with many liver disorders, there is chilliness: cannot bear to be away from the fire. Among the Sensations are: As of something hanging down from back of nares. As if cold air blowing on left side of scalp.
The symptoms are: < B noise; motion; pressure. Griping pain is > bending forward.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: Coccul. Compare: Constriction in heart, Lil. t. Biliousness, Bry. Tongue imprinted with teeth, Merc., Pod. Blue tongue, Gymnocl.
Mind EN
Very despondent
Irritable
Irresolute
Disinclined to study
Mind wanders; uses wrong words
Unable to remember anything read, with severe pains, which appear first on r. side, then in apex of heart
Dull sensation in head l.30 p.m. when others talking to him, hears but doesn't seem to understand, and two minutes after doesn't know what was said.
Head EN
Headache: frontal, heavy, pressing; throbbing
Temples: pressing pains in both all day;
< r., and cringing feeling in both, < by motion; dull, heavy pain extending to eyes, with aversion to light; intense aching, < by noise, motion, and heat, but at same time chilly when away from stove
Headache somnolent, > sitting still; throbs with every step
Strange feeling in temporo-maxillary joint
Temporal arteries throb
Head itches all evening, very annoying
Sensation of cold air blowing on l. side of scalp.
Eyes EN
Dark rings under eyes
Eyes feel hot and inflamed
Itching and smarting l. eye; l. inner canthus
Dull pain over l. eye (momentary).
Ears EN
Pain behind r. ear, 6.30 p.m.—Very sensitive to least noise.
Nose EN
Nose red
In evening r. side of nose constantly running, l. dry
Profuse, bloody, watery discharge
Some coryza.
Face EN
Face: pale; flushed; burning; yellow
Momentary aching in zygoma, recurring several times
Pain in jaw-joints.
Mouth EN
Tongue: coated white evening, with raised, scattered papillae; looks parboiled; white at root; bluish white; raised papillae, teeth-marks on edge; pale, flabby
Bad odour from mouth
Back of mouth dry
Soft palate dry, had to drink to moisten it
Taste of rotten eggs.
Throat EN
Sensation as if something hanging down from posterior nares, cannot get it up or down
Tonsils dark red, not sore
Pharynx seems covered with granules, is dark red
Strings of mucus hang from mouth to root of tongue
Stringy, greasy-looking mucus back of throat.
Stomach EN
Appetite: increased, food relished; lost
Aching and sharp pains in stomach
Region of stomach sore and sensitive.
Abdomen EN
Abdomen bloated; after dinner, and feels sore
Much flatus emitted; odourless
Rumbling
Colic
Crampy pains in abdomen after breakfast, > lying down, < by movement; followed by diarrhoea
Throbbing, painless, r. side about twelfth rib.
Stool And Anus EN
Constant desire
Sudden, violent tenesmus, followed by discharge of wind, which > the pain
Tenesmus after stool
Diarrhoea following pains in abdomen, several yellowish stools in an hour
Stools: increased in number, but natural though small; at 6.30 a.m.; hard and large at first, later thin and watery; copious, thin, yellowish brown, with smarting at anus.
Urinary Organs EN
Irritable bladder, frequent urination
Round meatus circumscribed oedematous red swelling, raw sensation
Burning when urinating
Urine increased, high specific gravity.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Erections; all night long but no emissions; all forenoon cannot study, mind runs on sexual subjects.
Respiratory Organs EN
Hard, rattling cough.
Chest EN
Constriction in whole chest and in heart
Pain in upper intercostal muscles, 9.15 p.m
At 3.30 p.m. extremely severe cramping pain in r. chest, < stooping, partially > sitting straight or leaning a little back; lasted five minutes.
Heart EN
Constriction in heart
Momentary aching in heart region
Visible throbbing in arteries of hand
Pulse: full and heavy; a little irregular.
Neck And Back EN
Constriction of neck muscles, seems to draw head backward
Tight feeling round neck, evening, had to take off collar
Severe pain in l. scapula, 9 p.m
Backache ever since she took the drug.
Lower Limbs EN
Crampy pains in knees.—Sore, crampy pains in muscle of back of l. leg, just above ankle; as if sprained.
Generalities EN
Restless, feverish.
Sleep EN
In evening very sleepy
Restless night
Lewd dreams.
Fever EN
Coldness of scalp, l. side, as if cold air blowing on it
Coldness; cannot bear to be away from fire
Hot; feverish
Face sweats, evening.