Juncus Effusus
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General
Juncus.
Juncus effusus. Soft Rush. N. O. Juncaceae. Tincture (of root probably).
Clinical
Asthma. Backache. Calculus. Catarrh. Dropsy. Flatulence. Headache. Kidney, diseases of. Rheumatism. Scars, affections of.
Characteristics
Juncus was proved by Dr. Wahle, and a number of symptoms were produced. The most notable were bubbling sensations in various parts; and a number of pains pressive and sticking were noted in the chest. Pulling in cervical vertebrae; in neck muscles.
There was much rumbling of flatus in abdomen, and marked > to abdominal symptoms when flatus was emitted. According to Jahr, quoting Noack and Trinks, Junc. is diuretic, and has been used in dropsical, calculous, and renal diseases. Hartmann used J. conglomeratus with success in dysury, strangury, and ischury. In Livonia a decoction of J. pilosus is used for stone and gravel.
The exact preparation used in the proving was not recorded. Fresh plant tinctures should be used in any further experiments. The pains were < on l. side; appeared or were < at night and came on again in morning and evening. < Flexing parts;
< bending sideways; > stretching out arm. Rheumatic pains < by rest, > by motion. Chilliness < on uncovering;
> emission of flatus.
Relations
Compare. Rhus (< rest, and uncovering; > stretching); Berb. (bubbling sensations); Sil. (scars).
Mind
Anxiety in morning, during a partial slumber, like the orgasm of blood, with frequent palpitation so that he was obliged to sit up, when it disappeared.
Head
Vertigo: as if everything were turning in a circle during rest; with nausea while walking
Pressive drawing headache, extending from before backward
Pressing-asunder headache, in forehead, on stooping, on rising up in bed in morning, a burrowing pain as in suppuration in forehead and occiput, which immediately disappears on lying down again
Bubbling sensation in r. side of occipital bone, which extends to r. ear, where it leaves a dull, pressive sensation.
Eyes
Itching on margins of lids, > rubbing.
Ears
Cramp-like pain in external ear.—Feeling as if inner meatus were swollen.
Nose
Stopped catarrh; feels like sneezing
Itching on inner surface of l. nostril
Dry coryza.
Face
Sticking-itching pain above l. corner of mouth, as if a splinter sticking into it, morning.—Bubbling sensation in r. jaw-joint, leaving swollen feeling in the parts.
Mouth
Tongue: coated white; yellow; with slimy taste.
Throat
Throat dark and scrapy
Pressure in throat during swallowing, as if tonsils swollen
Hawks much yellow mucus without coughing
Painful laming, drawing, stretching, and pulling in neck muscles.
Stomach
Swelling in region of stomach pit.—Tightness in stomach pit.
Abdomen
Constant rumbling, obliges him to go to stool, but no stool follows, only emission of flatulence
Sharp stitch extending deep inward above crest of ilium, taking away breath
Unusual feeling of relief of abdominal symptoms after emission of flatulence.
Stool And Anus
Itching in rectum.—A thin stool consisting of small lumps.
Urinary Organs
Tension in urethra with sensation as of something alive in it
Slight itching; burning in urethra
Urine: like clay-water deposits red sediment.
Male Sexual Organs
Itching in penis and scrotum.
Chest
Violent pressive pain in lower chest, < on expiration and by bending body sideways
Sticking commences in l. third false rib extending to r. nipple
Pain as if lower sternum were pressed inwards.
Neck And Back
Pressive drawing in cervical vertebrae as if it would draw head to r
Drawing and pulling in dorsal vertebrae as if he would be bent backward; frequently repeated
Aching pain in small of back, causing an anguish, or attended with asthma.
Limbs
Painless cracking in joints.
Upper Limbs
Dull sticking pain in l. axilla, evening in bed
Visible twitching of deltoid muscles
Pressive paralytic pain in head of r. elbow, gradually disappears on stretching out arm, but renewed immediately on flexing it
Painful burrowing in bones of wrist, during both rest and motion.
Lower Limbs
While walking, stiffness in r. hip as if tendons too short
Twitching in l. gluteal muscles, as if something alive beneath them
Very painful drawing in bones of lower legs, during rest, > on motion
Bubbling and drawing in muscles of calves
Bubbling pain in bones of l. lower leg
Itching and jerking in knee
Tension in tendo Achillis as if swollen and too short, on bending l. foot forwards.
Skin
Itching, crawling in scar of incised wound several years old, with elevation of scar as if it would break out.—Itching on penis, scrotum, thighs, knees.
Sleep
Wakes very early, cannot sleep again.—Dreams of hunting; of jests; laughs aloud in his sleep.
Fever
Chilliness over whole body, immediately on getting out of bed in morning
Becomes chilly over whole body on raising bed covering and allowing a little air to come to the feet
Repeated shivering.