Angustura Vera
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General EN
Angustura Vera.
Bark of Galipea cusparia. Bonplandia trifoliata. (From Angustura, South America.) N. O. Rutaceae. Trituration and tincture of the bark.
Clinical EN
Bone-pains. Caries. Diarrhoea. Injuries. Intermittent fevers. Myopia. Spavin in horses. Tetanus. Toothache. Whooping-cough.
Characteristics EN
The effects of Angustura are closely allied to those of Nux, Ruta, and Mercurius. The mental condition is one of over-sensitiveness and excitability; the slightest offence, a mere trifle, irritates as with Nux. On the other hand there is pusillanimity, which corresponds more to Ruta. Among the prominent features are: Drawing, tension, stiffness of muscles and joints; bruised, sore feeling as after a blow.
Drawing of head to right side, later to left. Shortsighted. Heat in forehead at night. Exostosis of lower jaw.
Trismus neonatorum (where much Mercury had been given). Drawing in upper r. molar tooth > application of cold finger. Thirst, constant desire to drink. Irresistible desire to drink coffee.
Hiccough after cough. Belching with cough (Ambra). Every evacuation followed by shivering, crawling sensation over face. Tenesmus with soft stool.
Haemorrhoids protrude with hard, knotty stool. Seminal emissions. Itching of tip of glans penis (when walking in open air). Violent itching on scrotum.
Dry, hacking cough from scratching in throat or irritation behind sternum. Irritation behind sternum through to back. Palpitation < sitting bent and > sitting up. Cutting pain from point of right scapula to breast, near nipple (Chel.).
Pain in cervical vertebrae < moving arms. Tearing as if in the bones, < at rest; > cold applications; > extension;
< exertion and pressure. Spinal cord and extensor muscles principally affected; cracking in all joints. Caries of long bones. I have verified the power of Angust. over long bones in a case of acute periostitis of the tibia in a scrofulous boy.
The 5x trit. speedily arrested inflammation, after the failure of Merc. viv. Symptoms < from exertion; from stooping; sitting bent over (palpitation) moving or lifting arms; drinking warm milk; 3 p.m. (loose cough); > application of cold fingers (toothache); cold application; extension; lying on left side.
Relations EN
Ang. is like Ruta in its action on bones, and as an antidote to Mercury; also like False Angustura (Angustura spuria, Brucea antidyssenterica, Nucis vomicae cortex—see Brucea); Bell. (< 3 p.m.; easily startled; heat in female genitals; trismus), Bry., Rhus; Cep., Cham., Coff.
(toothache > by cold); Cicut., Ign., Nux (tetanus); Merc., Pho., Sil. (caries of jaw);
Aesc., Alo. (piles and backache); Ant. cr., Ant. t., Lil., Nat. m., Puls., Sep. (eruptions);
Hyperic., Led. (punctured wounds); Ran. bulb. (pain in pectoral muscles).
Antidoted by: Coffea (not Camph.), Bry. (bellyache after milk); Chel. (sharp, cutting pain from just beneath right scapula to chest).
Mind EN
Timidity of character, and tendency to take alarm
Pusillanimity, and want of self-confidence
Ill-humour and discontent, with great readiness to take offence
Extreme excitement and gaiety
Absence of mind and reveries
Vivacity of mind, chiefly in the afternoon.
Head EN
Head bewildered, with stupidity, as if after intoxication
Dizziness in the open air, or on crossing a stream of water
In the evening, pressive headache, with heat in the face
One-sided headache, or both sides ache as if about to faint
Boring pains
Pain, like that of a bruise, in the brain
Cramp-like pains in the head
Piercing in the temples
The headaches appear mostly at sunset, and continue until the patient goes to sleep
Sensation of torpor in the temporal muscles, with tension on opening the mouth.
Eyes EN
Tension and pressure in the eyes, as from too strong a light
Sensation of dryness and pain, as of excoriation, in the eyelids
Redness, heat, and burning in the eyes, with nocturnal agglutination of the eyelids
Spasmodic stretching open of the lids
Eyes fixed, prominent, immovable
Sight confused, as if by a mist, or as if the cornea were obscured (in the morning)
Objects too far distant, must bring them closer.
Ears EN
Cramp-like pain in the ears
Jerkings and tearing before and in the ears
Sensation as if something were placed in or before the ears
Heat in the ears
Diminution of hearing.
Face EN
Heat and bluish redness of the face
Tension of the facial muscles
Cramp-like pains in the cheek-bones and in the masseters frequently dart through the eyeballs and temples, < by stooping, walking, or mental excitement
Trismus, with the lips strongly separated, displaying the teeth.—(After the spasms, the face and lips still remain bluish for some time.)
Exostosis at the lower jaw.
Teeth EN
Drawing odontalgia.—Throbbing in the hollow teeth.
Mouth EN
Dryness of the mouth and lips.—(In the evening), viscid, insipid, and putrid mucus in the mouth, with constant desire to drink
Tongue white, and, as it were, rough
Sensation of burning in the tongue.
Appetite EN
Bitter taste, principally after dinner and after smoking tobacco
Thirst, with desire for cold drinks, or sensation of thirst without a desire for drink
Disgust for food, principally solid food with irresistible desire to take coffee, or with insatiable hunger
Disgust for pork
Imperfect eructuations after eating, with a sensation of fulness in the chest.
Stomach EN
Bilious eructations
Nausea while dining, or walking in the open air, with uneasy sensation of faintness
Pain, as of incisive excoriation in the stomach, particularly at the beginning of a meal
Cramp-like pain in the pit of the stomach
Acidity, coated tongue, pappy, unpleasant taste and loss of appetite.
Abdomen EN
Bruise-like pain in the abdomen
Cramp-like colic
Severe pain, extending in a line from navel to sternum
Cutting pains, chiefly after having taken milk (hot)
Shooting pain in the abdomen
Borborygmi and fermentation in the abdomen, as preceding diarrhoea.
Stool And Anus EN
Stools frequent and copious
Diarrhoea of mucus, with colicky pains
Diarrhoea day and night, each evacuation preceded by cutting pains in the abdomen, usually attended with nausea in the morning; stools often whitish, thin and copious, diarrhoea becomes chronic, with loss of flesh and great debility; constipation
Pressive and contractive pain in the anus, with swelling of the haemorrhoids
Burning in the anus while at stool.
Urinary Organs EN
Frequent want to make water, with scanty evacuation, or frequent and abundant evacuation of urine, preceded by pressure on the bladder, and followed by tenesmus.—Urine of an orange colour, and soon becomes turbid.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Much itching of all these organs, sometimes voluptuous.—Seminal emissions.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Troubles with the r. ovary.—Sensation as if the uterus were beating against the r. ovary and r. hip.
Respiratory Organs EN
Hoarseness from mucus in the aerial passages
Intermitting spasmodic breathing
Voice weak and faint
Dry cough, with rattling and scraping of mucus in the chest
Violent, deep cough, with expectoration of yellowish mucus
A sort of whooping-cough with hiccough and belching of wind
Cough occurring every p.m., at 3 o'clock.
Chest EN
Respiration convulsive (intermittent)
Constriction in upper part of lungs, as if one had been running
Oppression of the chest, on walking quickly, and during an ascent
Cramp in the chest, with painful spasms of the muscles of the chest
Painful sensitiveness of the chest, even to the slightest touch
Bruise-like pain in the muscles of the chest, on moving the arms.
Heart EN
Incisive shocks, or shootings in the chest, and in the region of the heart
Violent throbbing of the heart, when seated and leaning forward, or in the evening, in bed, when lying on the left side
Palpitation of the heart with anguish
Heart feels suddenly swollen, with great fear of dying, > by lying on l. side
Sensation of painful contraction of the heart.
Neck And Back EN
Painful heaviness in the nape of the neck, and between the shoulder-blades, in bed, in the morning
Opisthotonos
Violent itching along the back
Pain in the loins, as if bruised, mostly at night, and particularly towards four o'clock in the morning.
Upper Limbs EN
Arms tired and heavy, as if paralysed, with stiffness in the elbow
Paralytic weakness of the elbows and of the hands
Cramp-like drawings in the forearm, the hands, and the fingers
Coldness of the fingers.
Lower Limbs EN
Pain, as of dislocation, or of cramp in the coxo-femoral joints; also in the leas and in the feet
Pain, as from fatigue, in the thighs and in the legs, when walking, as if they were going to break
Pressive drawing in all parts of the lower extremities
Pain in the joint of the foot on putting it down, producing lameness
Paralysis of the legs, imminent with trembling of the feet
Paralysis of the joints of the feet
Drawing in the limbs, with soreness
Pain in the inner side of the ankle, when walking, causing limping.
Generalities EN
Sensation of weakness and of stiffness in the whole body; as if the marrow of the bone were stiff The spinal marrow and the exterior muscles are principally affected Stiffness and extension of the limbs Tension in the muscles while walking
Paralysis of different parts Great difficulty in walking, with threatened paralysis of the legs In tetanus, traumatic, or otherwise, when there is spasmodic twitching or jerking of the muscles Catalepsy, with the body bent backward
Wasting of soft parts Convulsive starts Attacks of tetanus, excited mostly by touch, by drinking, and by noise Tetanic spasms caused (by the previously named causes) and by drinking of lukewarm water; cheeks and lips become blue; the breathing is laboured during the spasms, groaning and closing of the eyes, lips wide open, drawn up and down, exposing the teeth
Commotion in the body trunk), as from an electric shock Twitching and jerking along the back, like electric shocks Cracking of the joints Caries, and painful ulcers, which attack the (long) bones and perforate them, even to the marrow.
Sleep EN
In the evening, great drowsiness, followed by sleeplessness before midnight.—Sleep disturbed by frequent dreams.
Fever EN
Pulse accelerated, spasmodic, irregular at times, intermitting
Chill, in the morning and forenoon, preceded by thirst
Violent chill every afternoon at 3 o'clock
Heat in the evening after entering a room, after supper, mostly in the face; at 3 a.m., disturbing sleep, followed by chilliness
Shuddering in the part affected
Heat, with confusion and pain in the head, in the evening and at night
Thirst and vomiting of bile begin with hot stage.