Magnolia Grandiflora
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General
Magnolia Grandiflora.
Magnolia grandiflora. Yolotxochitl. (Mexico.) N. O. Magnoliaceae. Tincture of the flowers.
Clinical
Aneurism. Angina pectoris. Heart, affections of. Inter-menstrual flow. Rheumatism. Vertigo.
Characteristics
In his Handbook Allen gives a full pathogenesis of Mgl. grand. It produces bruised and constrictive and rheumatic pains in various parts, and particularly the joints. Pains rapidly change their place or alternate. Alternating pains between spleen and heart.
The rheumatic action of the drug is particularly manifested in the chest and heart. A marked action was developed in the female sexual sphere, and an inter-menstrual flow was observed. Allen gives as indications for it: Rheumatic pain in clavicles. Crampy pain in heart, alternating with lancinations.
Pain in heart with suffocative constriction of throat. Aortic aneurism, crampy pain in heart, dry cough, nausea, with vertigo and angina pectoris. Rheumatic pains in back, especially when alternating with similar pains in different parts. Muscular rheumatism of left arm.
Relations
Compare: Mgl. gl., Illic. anis. (botan). In rheumatism, K. bi., Kalm. Inter-menstrual haemorrhage, Ham., Bovist., Bell., Cham., Elaps.
Mind
Apprehensiveness; that she will die
Nervous, easily frightened, illusions and hallucinations of sight, with sharp pains in eyes
Repugnance to all occupation
Ill-humour; with burning in hands
Sadness
Uneasiness
Confusion; and dulness
Memory weak; lost.
Head
Vertigo: in evening, > going to bed, with goneness at stomach; with flushing of face; with dislike for physical labour; beginning with blurring of sight; as from seasickness; causing loss of appetite
Lancinations in head: < l. side; after eating; and in r. ear
Headache: with griping in abdomen; with flushes of heat; congestive, throbbing
Pain in temples: on bending forward; in l. temple
Migraine
Pain in occiput and upper dorsal region
Pain in occiput as from a blow
Weight in occiput.
Eyes
Pain in eyes: from sunlight; sharp, with nervousness and with visions
Lids heavy sensation in lids as after weeping
Vision weak; blurred.
Ears
Lancinations in l. ear travelling to shoulder.—Pain: in r. ear; in morning; sharp in l.; sharp, travelling to throat.
Face
Lancinations in jaw-joints
Pain in r. side; in joints;
< pressure, also impeding opening of mouth
Sharp pain going to ear.
Teeth
Shooting in teeth.—Soreness of teeth, impeding mastication.
Mouth
Pain in mouth > by tepid water.
Throat
Fauces red
Pain in throat on turning head; waking him frequently at night
Constriction < r. side;
< bending forward
Burning; and dryness; with pain in pit of stomach and often extending to abdomen; preventing sleep
Sensation of mucus, with fruitless attempts to remove it
Difficult swallowing; of saliva.
Appetite
Appetite lost after vertigo; lost, with lassitude.
Stomach
Sensation as from hunger, with acidity
Nausea in morning on rising, > by breakfast
Nausea as from tobacco
Pain in stomach: as from languor; with griping in intestines; extending to hypochondria; as from a blow; rapid, pulsating, and in l. side of abdomen; burning, extending to chest
Emptiness; with general lassitude, vertigo, and nausea.
Abdomen
Flatulence
Griping; with ineffectual desire for stool
Pain in abdomen: from pressure; with diarrhoea; in hypochondria, with suffocation; alternately in spleen and heart
Contusive pain in liver and spleen, extending to stomach
Pain in hypogastrium; in l. groin
Lancinations in liver and spleen.
Stool
Constipation.
Urinary Organs
Straining on passing water.
Female Sexual Organs
Congestion of l. ovary, with pain extending to l. thigh
Thick white or yellow leucorrhoea, with straining when urinating, also with constipation
Bloody flow in interval between menses
Menses delayed; pale and scanty; of coagulated blood for two days, then normal; painful
Before menses: pain in small of back, hypogastrium and thighs, with headache, flushes of heat to face, nausea, and chill.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness
Dry cough during the day, > night by going to bed
Suffocation: when walking fast; when lying on l. side; after a meal, with desire for stretching with uneasiness; in paroxysms.
Chest
Stitches in sides of chest; in r. side
Pain: with emptiness of stomach and lassitude; with suffocation and headache; in r. side, with suffocation; rheumatic, in r. clavicle; rheumatic, in r. side, then in heart, causing fear of death, with general coldness; contusive, with headache; erratic, in sides
Constriction as from a band just beneath axilla
Tired feeling
Stiffness of sides of chest; as from exposure to a draught when over-heated.
Heart
Stitches; waking him frequently
Pain in heart: morning on rising; in morning on deep breathing; when lying on l. side; on deep breathing; with fear; with lassitude; with itching of feet; extending to back; acute; alternating with pain in l. shoulder; rheumatic, and in l. shoulder
Soreness after disappearance of pain
Sensation as if heart had stopped beating
Pulse weak and frequent.
Neck And Back
Weight in neck with tiredness of spine
Stiffness of neck, and contusive pain; stiffness and tiredness, and in back
Stitches in r. side of back
Pain in back: and in left side of chest; in dorsal and sacral regions; burning; tingling burning, as from over-exertion of arms; sharp, in sacrum; sharp, in lumbar region
Tiredness impeding motion.
Limbs
Sharp, erratic or rheumatic pains
Lancinations anteriorly in elbows, and in popliteal spaces
Sprained pains in joints
Limbs tired stiff.
Upper Limbs
Pain in l. upper arm with weakness
Pain in l. shoulder extending to heart; from l. shoulder to l. ear
Stinging in arms
Arms weak
Rheumatic pains in wrists
Uneasiness in hands, compelling constant rubbing
Sharp pain in metacarpal joint of r. thumb.
Lower Limbs
Stiffness of lower limbs
Rheumatic pains: in thigh, with uneasiness in l. leg; in l. knee; in tibia; in soles
Pain: in hip; in thighs, morning on rising, > noon, with tiredness
Legs tired as after running.
Generalities
Contusive pains in all parts Rheumatic pains in different parts, > morning by rising Pricking in whole body Soreness, > by exercise
Heaviness as from want of sleep Weakness, with loss of consciousness as to actions, defective hearing and sensation as if everything were at a great distance Debility, with loss of appetite, also with burning in hands and feet Aversion to motion; to going out
Stiffness from slightest exposure to draught of damp air Stiffness: > in dry weather; causing sleeplessness, with pain in heart and apprehension Cardiac and rheumatic pains generally > in morning, sometimes after rising; > of pain in dry weather.
Skin
Itching: of feet; general, sometimes with uneasiness of legs.
Sleep
Yawning during the day, with sleepiness
Sleepless early in morning
Extravagant dreams.
Fever
Chill in afternoon, then fever lasting into night
Erratic chill
Heat: with burning in throat and headache; flushing, with sweat; of hands; hands and feet; upper limbs.