Asarum Europoeum
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General
Asarum Europoeum.
Asarabacca. Hazelwort. Wild Nard. (Mountainous woods in Europe.) N. O. Aristolochiaceae. Tinctures of root and whole fresh plant.
Clinical
Alcoholism. Anus, prolapse of. Catarrhs. Cholerine. Diarrhoea. Dysmenorrhoea. Eyes, affections of; operations on. Fidgets.
Headache
Hysteria.
Levitation, sensation of.
Typhus.
Characteristics
Before Hahnemann's time Asar. was little known except as an emetic. His proving brought to light some unique characteristics. Most remarkable is a state of over-sensitiveness of the nerves, the scratching of linen or silk, or even the thought of it, is insufferable. Sensation of lightness of the limbs, thinks she is gliding through the air when she walks.
Nervous irritability and exaltation. Sensation as though whole body or single parts were being pressed together. Pain as from contraction in forehead, temples, and behind ear, with watering and burning of the eyes; < afternoon, > when sitting, and by washing.
Eyes inflamed, bleared, staring. Weak sight, < bright light. When reading sensation as if eyes would be pressed asunder. Cold air and cold washing >.
With a single dose of Asar. 200 I cured a case of subacute inflammation of eyes and lids which had lasted some months after an attack of influenza, the indications being "> in open air, and by washing in cold water." On the other hand, it is suited, according to Guernsey, to chilly persons who are always shrinking from the cold; e.g., literary, sedentary men who are sick and chilly. It is useful for the darting pains remaining after operations on the eyes. Several symptoms are < in cold, dry weather; in clear, fine weather; in dry weather.
> In damp, wet weather; on wetting affected parts. Sensation of skin stretched over right external ear. Deafness. Plugged sensation.
Pressure, tension, and contractive sensations are leading features of Asar. Accumulation of cold watery saliva in mouth. Hunger in early morning. Constant nausea.
Vomiting, with diarrhoea and violent colic. Stool of jelly-like mucus. Menstrual colic. Headache before and after menses.
Violent pain in small of back, which scarcely permits her to breathe, at beginning of menses. Deschere reports a case of dysmenorrhoea in a nervous, fidgety woman of twenty-seven, who had intense backache during first two days, so severe that she could not move It often rose to the dorsal region, when it would take away her breath. Cured with Asar. 50, one dose every evening. Heat especially of face, and in palms of hands.
When retching all symptoms < except stupidity of the head, which is >.
Relations
Antidotes: Camph., vinegar and vegetable acids. Followed well by: Bismuth. Compare: Acon., Alo. (stringy stools); Camph. (cholerine); Cupr., Hep., Ipec. (cholerine); Merc. (stringy stools); Nux v., Phos., Pod., Puls. and Sul. ac. (stringy stools); Sep., Stram., Tabac., and Verat. (cholerine). Asaf. (over-sensitiveness). Sticta pul., Calc., Can. ind., Gels., Thuj., Ol. jec. asel. (levitation). Mosch., Tarent., Meph., Zinc. (fidgety feet).
Mind
Nervous irritability and exaltation of the senses
Merely thinking some one might scratch with finger-tip or nail on linen, &c. = disagreeable thrill through him, arresting thought and action
Cold "shivers" from any emotion
Condition of mind as if just falling asleep; a gradual vanishing of ideas
Imagines he is hovering in the air like a spirit; when walking in the open air.
Head
Vertigo, as if drunk, on rising from a seat; on walking
Giddiness, pressure or aching in head, chiefly temples, forehead, and above root of nose
Very sensitive, compressive headache in forehead, temples, and behind the ears (l. side of head), with watering and burning of the eyes, < afternoon (5 p.m.), > when sitting, and by washing, but not by wiping
Headache < by intellectual exertion
Tension of whole scalp, making hair feel painful; cannot bear combing
Head dull and stupid; feels the pulsation of arteries in occiput.
Eyes
Obscuration of sight
When reading, sensation in eyes as if they would be pressed asunder
Inflamed eyes, blear-eyedness
Inflamed eyes, burning in the lids, esp. the canthi
The eyes stare
The cold air is pleasant to the eyes; sunshine, light, and wind are intolerable
Painful dryness of the interior of the eyes
Asthenopia with congestive headache; eyes < morning and evening;
> middle day, and by bathing them in cold water
Sharp pain over l. eye, running of tears, and sensitive to light.
Ears
Over-sensitiveness of nerves; scratching of linen or silk is insupportable
Pressure and tension in the region of the orifice of the meatus auditorius
Deafness in one or both ears
Sensation as if ears closed or plugged with some foreign substance.
Face
Warm feeling in face; all symptoms disappear on applying cold water, but return soon after.
Mouth
Disgusting taste in the mouth
Accumulation of cold, watery saliva in the mouth
Bread tastes bitter
Tobacco tastes bitter when smoking
Burning across tongue
Biting on tongue
Tongue somewhat whitish and thickly furred
Stomacace.
Throat
Tough phlegm in throat; can't raise it.
Stomach
Eructations putrid or sour, setting the teeth on edge
Frequent empty eructations
Violent, empty retching, which increases all the symptoms, only relieving the stupid feeling about the head, which decreases
Heartburn
Attacks of nausea;
< after eating; tongue clean
Want of appetite, even nauseated by food
Nausea and inclination to vomit
Vomiting with great anguish, under violent exertion, with chilliness
Vomiting, with diarrhoea and violent colic
Pressing digging and feeling of discomfort in pit of stomach
Horrible sensation at epigastrium on waking (in drunkards)
Unquenchable longing for alcohol.
Abdomen
Oppression around navel, three or four times after each meal, lasting one hour.—Pain in region of descending colon, with discharge of stringy mucus.
Stool And Anus
Diarrhoea, consisting of tenacious mucus
A long yellow twisted string of inodorous mucus, with pain in abdomen
Lientery
During stool, discharge of thick, black blood
Prolapsus ani during stool
After stool, pressing and straining, and discharge of white, viscid, bloody mucus
Before stool, cutting in the abdomen, and sharp stitches in the rectum, from above downward.
Male Sexual Organs
Violent pains in l. groin, darting through urethra to glans.
Female Sexual Organs
Menses too early and long-lasting, blood black
Headache often appears before and after menses
Violent pain in small of back, at the appearance of menses, scarcely permitting her to breathe
Tenacious yellow leucorrhoea
Vaginal fistula
Nausea of pregnancy
Threatened abortion from excessive sensibility of nerves.
Respiratory Organs
Stitches and constriction in larynx;
> by cough
Frequent cough on account of mucus in chest; mucus rises into throat, causing difficult breathing, and finally cough with expectoration
Constant short, hacking cough of consumptives.
Chest
Sharp pressure in region of last ribs as with the back of a knife
Pain round both lungs as if they were constricted by a wire
Frequent stitches in both lungs during inspiration.
Limbs
Lightness of all the limbs; he does not perceive that he has a body.
Upper Limbs
Sweat in axillae smelling sour.—Laming pain in l. wrist.
Lower Limbs
Dull pressure in the right hip
Chronic sciatica
Gurgling sensation in patella.
Generalities
Excessive sensibility of all the nerves; when merely thinking (and this he must continually) that some one might, with the finger-tip or nail, scratch even lightly on linen or similar materials, a most disagreeable sensation thrills through him, arresting momentarily all his thoughts and actions.
Sleep
Great drowsiness by day
Frequent yawning
Short breath by night
Nightly vexatious dreams, about humiliations
Restless sleep.
Fever
Pulse full and accelerated
Chilliness and coldness, after eating and drinking, with heat of the head
Nervous chilliness; single parts get icy cold
Cold feeling not > by covering or heat of room
Heat esp. in the face, and in the palms of the hands
Perspiration smelling sour at night in the armpits
Easily excited perspiration, esp. on the upper part of the body
Slow fevers.