Jacaranda Caroba
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General
Jacaranda Caroba.
Caroba. Bignonia caroba. Jacaranda Braziliensis. N. O. Bignoniaceae. Tincture of fresh flowers.
Clinical
Balanorrhoea. Chancre. Chordee. Gonorrhoea. Gonorrhoeal rheumatism. Muscular rheumatism. Phimosis. Syphilis.
Characteristics
Several species of Jacaranda ("especially J. procera," says the Treasury of Botany) have the reputation of being curative in syphilis. Mure proved J. caroba, and the symptoms of the proving certainly point to this. Hering gives these symptoms as having been confirmed: "Contact of urine with chancre = tearing pains, which affect whole organism." "Prepuce much swollen, could not be drawn over glans; on attempting to do so, copious discharge of yellowish green pus." "Chordee in gonorrhoea." "Dull pain under sternum on raising head and drawing breath." Among other symptoms noted are: Lancinations in the heart.
Rheumatic pains in the limbs. Itching at anus. Mahony has confirmed these symptoms: "Food tastes insipid; nausea during eating." Motion <. Symptoms come on when walking; raising head; sitting.
J. S. Whittinghill (H. R., xii. 279) has cured several cases of muscular rheumatism characterised by a peculiar soreness and stiffness of muscles in the morning < by any motion.
Relations
Compare Thuja (gonorrhoea; Gonorrhoeal rheumatism); Coral. r. (red and sensitive chancre and chancroids); jac. g.
Head
Dull pain between the forehead and r. temple, shifting to the other side and then disappearing
Fulness in the head
Fulness in the r., later in the l. temple, going to the nape of the neck, where it disappears
Pain, as if a plug were pressing on the r. side of the forehead.
Ears
Flapping in the ears, as of wings.—Stoppage and heat in the l. ear, with burning, digging pain extending to the l. nostril.
Nose
Sneezing and fluent coryza.—Coryza, with heaviness and weariness at the vertex, forehead, and eyes.
Mouth
Food tastes flat or acid
Dry mouth in the morning, in bed
Raw pain at the l. side of the tongue
Mouth dry and clammy.
Throat
Sore throat, with constriction of the pharynx and difficult deglutition.—Constrictive sensation at the throat.
Stomach
Nausea when eating
Fulness at the pit of the stomach, with hurried breathing
Pressure at the pit of the stomach
Painful stitch between the pit of the stomach and the umbilicus.
Abdomen
Painful stitch in the r. and l. side of the navel
Swelling of the r. groin painful to the touch
Acute pain at the hypogastrium when pressing upon it.
Stool And Anus
Constipation
Itching at the anus while sitting
Acute pain, with lancinations in the anus
Prickings around the anus
Excrescence at the anus.
Male Sexual Organs
Heat and pain of the penis
The orifice of the urethra looks like two inflamed lips, itching on being touched
Discharge of yellowish white liquid from the prepuce
Prickling in the prepuce
Pain in the prepuce, as if a small bundle of fibres were seized
Phimosis
The prepuce cannot be drawn back
Suppuration between the glans and prepuce
Itching and pricking at the margin of the prepuce
Itching pimple at the glans, suppurating like a chancre, and leaving a red point when dry
Acute pain in the left testicle when walking
Heat and swelling of the scrotum
Painful erections caused by the swelling of the prepuce
The contact of the urine causes tearing pains, which affect the whole organism
Syphilis.
Respiratory Organs
Dull pain under the sternum on raising the head and drawing breath.—Prickings under the sternum.
Heart
Sensation as if the heart beat in the pit of the stomach
Lancinating pain in region of heart
Painful stitch at the heart, extending to the r. side
Stitch at the heart, which seems to beat slowly.
Neck And Back
Pain in nape
Neck so painful that the head cannot be turned to r
Stiffness in loins.
Upper Limbs
Rheumatic pains in the left arm in the morning
Pain from the left elbow through the forearm
Red spot with a yellowish pellicle on the wrist.
Lower Limbs
Ulcers on the legs.—Rheumatic pain in the right knee, disappearing on motion.
Sleep
Restless sleep with frightful dreams.
Fever
Internal chill.—Dry, pricking heat all over.