Daphne Indica
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General
Daphne Indica.
Daphne odora. Sweet-scented Spurge Laurel. N. O. Thymelaceae. Tincture of fresh bark.
Clinical
Amaurosis. Amblyopia. Constipation.
Cough
Eyes, affections of.
Exostosis.
Fever.
Gastralgia.
Gonorrhoeal rheumatism.
Gout.
Leprosy.
Mercurio-syphilis.
Prostatorrhoea.
Rheumatism.
Splenitis.
Sleeplessness.
Toothache.
Characteristics
Daph. ind. was proved by G. Bute. It is like its relative D. mezereon in producing affections of muscles, bones, and skin, hence its relation to syphilis and the anti-syphilitic remedies Aur., Merc., Staph. Its pains are erratic and electric-like.
It is like Jambos in the craving for tobacco. The skin is clammy. Red rash in spots on legs in evening. Itching.
Daphne oleoides is credited by Hering with relieving leprosy. A peculiar symptom of Daphne is—tongue coated on one side only (Rhus has the same, only the Rhus coating is specified as white). Other symptoms are: Foul-smelling tongue. Ptyalism with hot saliva.
Cold feeling on buttocks. Sudden stitch in region of spleen. Fetidity is a marked feature-breath, urine, sweat. The pains are apt to be sudden.
They wander suddenly from extremities. Ball of right great toe swollen and very painful; the pain suddenly shoots into the body to region of heart, or some other part of body to abdomen. It is probable that a sensation of parts of the body being separated from one another is characteristic of Daphne. The symptoms of sensation as if the head were separated appeared in the proving (see 20); and Erastus E.
Case has recorded the cure of a man, 45, obese, rheumatic, who presented these symptoms: "Swaying sensation in the head when walking. Constant sensation as if the head were separated from the body. Sensation as if the vertex were screwed up in a vice. While driving a horse, sensation as if the arias were detached from the body, yet they are under complete control of the will." The gastric symptoms are < from alcohol; prostatorrhoea < from tobacco.
Most symptoms are < evening and night (which further marks its appropriateness in syphilis). < While moon is on the wane. Pains are < from warmth of bed. Cold air < wandering gout.
< From touch and pressure. Lying down < gouty pains; backache. Stooping or bending < pains in spinal cord. Walking < rheumatic pains in thighs.
Relations
Antidoted by: Bry., Dig., Rhus, Sil., Sep., Zn. Antidote to: Chrom. ac., Merc. Compare: Thuja (effects of suppressed gonorrhoea); Benz. ac. (fetid urine); Puls., Chi., Taxus (erratic pains); Verat. a. (lightning pains); Bapt. (limbs seem scattered about the bed); Ars. (body seems divided at waist). Dirca pal. belongs to the same family.
Mind
Mental dejection
Timidity
Irritability, over-excitement, and trembling, during the pains
Irascibility, absence of mind, and indecision.
Head
Headache, provoked by all kinds of intellectual labour
Pain behind the eyes, from one temple to the other
Sensation of fulness in the head, as if cranium were going to burst, esp. on raising oneself in the bed
Sensation, as if the head were too thick, with shootings in the temples
Sensation as if the external parts of the brain were inflamed, and were striking painfully against the cranium
Violent heat in the head, esp. in the vertex, and sometimes with a sensation as if the head were compressed
Painful pulsation in the temples, and the gums, sometimes with pain like excoriation on being touched
Exostosis in the cranium
Tuberosities in the vertex, soft, as if there were water in them, with troublesome pains, esp. at night; the pains hinder sleep, and are < by the touch
Hard swelling of the whole left side of the head, as if in the bone, with sensation of numbness, and acute, transient, shooting pain.
Eyes
Scraping in the eyes
Troublesome sensation round the eyes and eyelids, with dryness and heaviness of eyelids
Painful feeling in the eyes, as if pressed into the head
Painful sensation as if the eyes were pushed outwards from the head
Violent pains in the eyeballs, in the evening, with great nervous excitement
Con traction of the pupils
Eyes inflamed, weak, dull, as it were swimming in tears
Sensation as if a membrane were placed before the eyes
Weak sight, with confusion of the letters when reading
Diplopia
Pupils very much contracted.
Ears
Buzzing in the ears.—Roaring in the ears.
Face
Heat and burning sensation in the cheeks, round the ears, and in the vertex, sometimes with constant inclination to yawn.—Sensation of swelling, of stiffness and of tension in the temporo-maxillary joint, with burning smarting in the skin.
Teeth
Pulsation in the teeth and gums
Acute drawing pains in all the teeth
Toothache, with and without salivation
Toothache with erections, or after coition
Toothache with fits of shivering, or disposition to perspire.
Mouth
Tongue loaded, on one side only
Dryness of the tongue after sleep, as if it had been burned
Fetor of the tongue
Salivation; with toothache
Hot saliva
Craving to smoke tobacco.
Stomach
Pyrosis and sour vomiting
Vomiting with nausea, after breakfast
Sensation of fulness and ebullition in the precordial region
Aching in the stomach after drinking
Frequent cramps in the stomach
After each meal, burning pain and sensation of excoriation in the stomach, with frequent risings of flatus; the pains extend to the left hypochondrium and to the back.
Abdomen
Shootings and pains in the region of the spleen
Arthritic pains which pass rapidly from the limbs to the abdomen
Pain in the abdomen, with shiverings.
Stool And Anus
Contraction of the abdomen, and constipation.—Faeces scanty, and sanguineous towards the end.
Urinary Organs
Frequent and abundant emission of urine
Frequent wetting of the bed at night
Urine turbid, thick, yellowish, like rotten eggs
Urine of a reddish yellow colour
Fetid urine
Reddish sediment, which adheres to the side of the vessel
Pain, as from excoriation in the urethra, when making water.
Male Sexual Organs
Sweating of the scrotum
Discharge of prostatic fluid, after making water
Erections during the toothache
Toothache after coition.
Respiratory Organs
Voice weak
Breath fetid
Expectoration thin, slimy, and copious
Sanguineous expectoration
Cough, with vomiting, and yellowish frothy expectoration, mixed sometimes with streaks of blood; the cough fatigues and hinders sleep.
Heart
Palpitation and starting of the heart, with inability to remain lying on the left side
Acute pains in the region of the heart, with discouragement and trembling
Suffocating fits at night, with sensation as if the glands of the neck were swollen, and the arteries stiff with blood.
Neck And Back
Pain in the nape of the neck with headache
Screwing pain from the ear to the shoulder
Sensation as though the cervical glands were much swollen and the arteries excessively distended, with a feeling of suffocation, as if the head were separated from the body, at night
Sharp pain beneath l. scapula
Burning itching in the back
Painful pulling along the spinal marrow, < by stooping.
Upper Limbs
Phlyctenae, excessive itching on the arms and hands.—Bone-ache, piercing pains in the bones and acute shooting pains in the fingers.
Lower Limbs
Itching miliary eruption on the legs
Rheumatic pains in the thighs and in the knees
Cold in the knees and in the feet
Pain as from contusion in the toes
Painful swelling of the ball of the great toe, with pains which often pass rapidly into other parts of the body.
Generalities
Shooting pains, as from blows, in different parts of the body, passing rapidly from one part to the other, < by cold air, and by taking brandy Rheumatic and arthritic pains as well in the muscles as in the bones (esp. after suppressed gonorrhoea) Exostosis, with shooting, or with aching and dull pains Pain, resembling excoriation, in the exostosis
The majority of symptoms exhibit themselves on the left side of the body, and are < chiefly by fresh air, also while the moon is waning, in the morning, or towards the evening, and esp. in bed Great lassitude and painful weariness in all the limbs Necessity to remain lying down.
Sleep
Complete sleeplessness, caused, sometimes, by aching in the bones
Inclination to sleep, with inability to accomplish it
Dreams of fire; or of black cats, with nightmare
Agitated, unrefreshing sleep
Starts with fright, on going to sleep, accompanied by shivering, with viscid sweat.
Fever
Fever, similar to typhus, with excessive shivering, followed by continued heat, by viscid sweat over the whole body, and complete loss of appetite
Fever, with gastric and nervous suffering
Clammy sweat, of a putrid smell.