Centaurea Tagana
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General
Centaurea Tagana.
Centaurea tagana. N. O. Compositae. Tincture of root.
Clinical
Coryza. Diarrhoea. Eyes, inflammation of. Fevers. Home-sickness. Influenza. Intermittents. Sight, vanishing of.
Characteristics
The Centaureas are allied to the Thistles. Dr. Chagon, Duc de Sorentino, experimented with the root of Cent. t. The symptoms of congestion are very marked: "Blood surges pain fully at every movement." A bright servant-girl who took it seemed stupefied for several days.
"The earliest symptoms appeared a quarter of an hour after taking the medicine, viz., those of the arms together with dull pains in the hypogastrium, shiverings and general heat, especially on forehead, which was covered with sweat. These were followed by a stupefying pain in temples, frontal protuberances, orbital arches and eyes. Next came the following symptoms: Dimness of sight; appetite alternating with nausea; increase of saliva and vomiting; running of the nose; lachrymation; eructations; rapid sinking of strength; general uneasiness; confusion of mind; weariness; dull sunken eyes spasmodic sweating; itching, and pricking in the skin; drowsiness and thirst.
A state of reaction, after four or six hours brought some quiet. Next day, in the forenoon or towards evening, the above symptoms reappeared but with less violence, and some of them assumed a periodic form. Then ensued coryza, colic, diarrhoea, fevers of various types, pains in the arms, dry cough, &c. The action ended with the symptoms of catarrh, of angina, and of fever in the forenoon, and with confusion and pain in the forehead" (Allen).
The above gives a general idea of the action of this remedy. The symptoms are < at night; in the morning on waking; by movement; during and after urinating. > By eating.
Relations
Compare: Bell., Cedron, Card. b., Card. m.
Mind
Home-sick
Easy temper, alternating with contrary mood
Hilarity
Absent-minded
Idiocy
Confusion of mind
Stupefied for several days.
Head
Stupefying confusion towards forehead
Stupefying pain in temples, frontal protuberances, orbital arches and eyes
Uneasiness in brain
Deep-seated extensive pain in forehead
Pain in and under occiput
Pain in forehead preceded by sweat;
< by walking.
Eyes
Wandering look
Eyes sunken and dim
Pain in l. eye; burning above eyebrows; in lids; in sclerotica
Lids heavy
Smarting, itching, inflammation
Lachrymation
Sight vanishes entirely for a moment.
Ears
Itching and tingling in ears.—Pricking behind ears.
Nose
Sneezing and coryza; almost complete loss of smell.
Face
Face looks earthy; with a stupid expression.
Mouth
Red streak along middle of tongue
White streak l. side of tongue
Dry mouth not relieved by drinking
Mouth bitter in morning
Taste impaired
Continual salivation
Increase of saliva alternating with dry mouth.
Throat
Uvula and tonsils inflamed.—Raw pain preventing swallowing.
Stomach
Appetite alternating with nausea
Thirst: not allayed by drinking; with dry throat; before and during fever
Difficult eructations, which stop in the chest, with burning
Nausea. with cold sweat
Vomiting
Pricking and burning in epigastrium.
Abdomen
Pain in r. hypochondrium
Griping at night with continual discharge of flatus
Colic
Dull burning in hypogastrium.
Stool
Diarrhoea on waking in morning
Yellowish diarrhoea at night
Copious stools.
Urinary Organs
Pain in bladder, < by movement
When urinating: pain in bladder; weight in bladder
Ardor urinae
Burning in urethra after urinating
Urine: at first scanty, afterwards abundant; deposits a flaky mucous sediment.
Male Sexual Organs
Firm nocturnal erections.—Desire without erection.
Female Sexual Organs
Dryness of vagina
Itching and heat in labia majora and minora
Whitish leucorrhoea.
Respiratory Organs
Tickling in larynx; in throat causing cough.—Cough: on waking in morning; dry, in evening or at night.
Chest
Pain in r. clavicle.
Heart
Lancination as from a thorn in heart
Sensation of dilatation of heart, with anxiety
Pulse slower
Pulsation stronger in some arteries than others.
Back
Burning pain in l. scapula.
Upper Limbs
Inclination to stretch out the arms
Arms so weak, can hardly lift them
In bed, arm lain on becomes numb
Extensor muscles seem too short
Pain all through arms
Swelling of veins of hands
Thumb cannot be clenched.
Lower Limbs
Wants to stretch legs
Paralytic weakness of legs, walking difficult
Pain in hips and thighs when walking.
Generalities
Remains for an instant as if thunderstruck; staggers as if drunk.—Prostration, rapid sinking of strength.—General uneasiness.
Skin
Miliaria
Sudden eruptions on loins
Violent itching and pricking all over: nose; hypogastrium; backs of hands, chiefly fingers; loins and thighs; preventing sleep.
Sleep
Drowsy night and day; cannot keep eyes open.—Voluptuous dreams.
Fever
General or partial coldness
Shiverings and general heat, esp. on forehead
Warmth with sexual excitement
Heat: internal; with or without subsequent sweat; with pain and fulness in forehead
Sweat: profuse; cold; cold on forehead; at night.