Derris Pinnata
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General
Derris Pinnata.
N. O. Leguminosae. (Cochin China.) Tincture of plant.
Clinical
Asthma. Blepharospasm. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Eyes, inflammation of. Locomotor ataxy. Mania. Ozaena. Smell, sense of, affected. Tic-douloureux.
Characteristics
Dr. X. Roussel is the authority for this plant, and some of the symptoms are of a very peculiar nature. "He walks as if stepping on down." "He is afraid of killing some one with a knife." Both kinds of tic are noted—painful and convulsive. Sense of smell is exalted. "He perceives celestial odours;" also "intolerable smells, after frequent sneezing." Viscid urine, and viscid saliva. Electric shocks and cramps. Heat > toothache. Many symptoms, including diarrhoea, come on at night. < From touch.
Relations
Compare: Anacard. (sense of smell); Sticta, &c. (levitation); Ign. (ball in throat, hysteria).
Mind
Fancies he is sea-sick
Suicidal
Is afraid of killing some one with a knife
Disposed to strike, and inveighs against his dearest friends
Weeping and singing alternately; great flow of ideas
Loss of memory.
Head
Vertigo; is afraid of falling if he turns his head to r. or l
Sensation as if needles and nails were being driven into head (6 p.m. at evening meal)
Painful lancinations l. side of head with vomiting of mucus and burning along oesophagus
Scalp excessively painful; slightest touch < the pain.
Eyes
Cannot raise lids or eyebrows
Painful lancinations in both eyes, extending to bottom of orbits
Swelling of l. caruncula lachrymalis with large ecchymosis of l. eye
Vision dim; black points before eye.
Ears
Swelling, redness and heat of auricle
Hearing impaired or excessively acute
Cracking in ears when swallowing.
Nose
Tip of nose red
Fluent coryza
Sense of smell exalted; celestial odours
Intolerable smells after frequent sneezing.
Face
Face puffy
Tic-douloureux and tic convulsive
Burning in l. cheek
Pain in whole lower jaw as if the teeth were being pulled out.
Teeth
Teeth become loose; previously loose teeth become very painful.—Toothache at night, < by cold, > by heat.
Mouth
Formication and trembling of tongue
Painful, dry, cracked tongue
Salivation with engorged submaxillary glands
Copious salivation, with aphthae, and thready, viscid mucus.
Throat
Red swelling of tonsils, uvula and velum; tickling of uvula.—Sensation as of ball in oesophagus with cramps there.
Stomach
Bad-smelling eructations.—Hiccough with deep anguish and burning in stomach.
Abdomen
Sensation of swelling in liver and spleen
Cramp-like pains; diarrhoea with anguish
Fetid flatulence
Griping, > lying on abdomen.
Stool And Anus
Haemorrhoids; constriction; formication
Sensation of foreign body in anus
Diarrhoea and weakness after vomiting
Involuntary stools at night, white or yellowish
Burning or sharp pains with bloody stools.
Urinary Organs
Pains in kidneys; in bladder; injury; sometimes incontinence.—Gluey, fetid urine discharged guttatim.
Female Sexual Organs
Swelling of uterus; weight behind uterus; feeling as if about to prolapse
Leucorrhoea, with menstruation twice a month
Cramp-like pains during menses.
Respiratory Organs
Feeling of suffocation with fetid breath; must sit up in bed at night.—Cramp-like pains, and lancinations behind sternum.
Heart
Violent palpitation; heart seems to be beating in water.
Neck And Back
Violent pains in nape and neck with swelling.—Feeling as if a small stream of water was running from one ear to the other across nape of neck, causing terrible pain.
Upper Limbs
Paralytic pains, commencing in entire l. upper extremity (also in r. less frequently)
Rheumatic pains from shoulder to finger-tips
Cramp-like pains at insertion of deltoid > by pressure.
Lower Limbs
Electric shocks in muscles of leg
Intense sciatic pains
Staggers; he walks as if stepping on down.
Skin
Skin of abdomen painful.
Sleep
Sleep after a meal.