Mancinella
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General
Mancinella.
Hippomane mancinella. Manchineel. Manzanillo. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture of fruit, leaves, and bark.
Clinical
Asthma. Blindness. Borborygmus. Cholera infantum. Colic. Diphtheria. Eyes, affections of; inflammation of. Hair falling out.
Headache
Nervous affections.
Oesophagus, stricture of.
Scarlatina anginosa.
Sore throat.
Stomatitis.
Tongue, patched.
Typhoid fever.
Characteristics
Manc. is a species of the Euphorbiaceae, and has all the virulent properties of the family in a high degree. It is one of the trees around which the upas legends have clustered. "It is certain that the juice, which resembles pure white milk, does possess a considerable amount of acridity, and that some persons suffer great pain from incautiously handling it. . . . Perhaps its most dangerous property is that of causing blindness, if by chance the least drop of the milk, or smoke of the burning wood, comes in contact with the eyes.
Dr. Seeman states that at Veraguas some of the ship's carpenters were blinded for several days by the juice getting into their eyes while cutting down Manchineel trees; while he himself suffered from temporary loss of sight from merely gathering specimens; and that the same accident happened to a boat's crew from making a fire. Salt water is said to be an efficacious remedy" (Treas. of Bot.). Manc. was introduced into homoeopathy by Bute, who proved it.
It was also proved by Mure and Ackermann. The symptoms induced were very intense. Burning was experienced in all parts, vesication and ulceration of the skin and mucous membranes. Head, eyes, throat, abdomen and rectum were the parts most affected.
A leading feature of many symptoms was < by drinking cold water. Cough < from drinking water. There is general > from heat when lying down; but warmth of stove < headache; and there is inclination to uncover. Cough is < at night.
Among peculiar sensations are: Head feels as, if bruised; or as if it had been exposed to the sun. Ears as if closed Electric thrusts in upper part of throat. As if flames rising from stomach.
As if stomach drew together in a lump and then suddenly opened. Head as if hollow; as if lying on something hard. As if something alive in stomach. Med.
Cent. (ii. 112) quotes from Revist. Omeop. the case of a lady who for several years was possessed with the fixed idea that she would become insane. She had become a wife and mother, but still the idea possessed her.
Happening to see in Puhlmann's Therapeutics that Manc. has "fear of getting crazy," she took Manc. 12 and was permanently cured.
Relations
Compare: Crot. t., jatro., Euphorb. (bot.); Canth. (erythema; vesication of skin; scarlatina); Caps. (burning pains < by cold water); Ars.
Mind
Sudden vanishing of thought, forgets from one moment to next what she wishes to do
Everything irksome
Fear: of getting crazy; of evil spirits
Averse to work and answering questions
Sadness
Anxiety; before menses
Homesick
Bashful and taciturn; timid look.—< From anger and after eating.
Head
Vertigo: stupefying; with loss of consciousness; morning on rising
Sense of lightness (or emptiness) in head while walking about room
Sticking pressure from vertex through brain, at noon
Sudden Sticking in r. temple and above eye
Stitches: in temples; in head with sleeplessness; over l. eye
Headache: with impatience; caused by candle-light;
< from warmth of stove
Pulsating pains in head and neck, preventing writing
Whole head feels as if bruised, or as after exposure to sun
Itching of scalp; hair falls out after severe acute diseases.
Eyes
Blue circles round eyes
Intense inflammation causing blindness for some days
Much swelling of lids
Objects waver before eyes
Sensation of heaviness and dryness of eyes and lids
Burning: in eyes, headache from candle-light; of eyelids, only when closing them.
Ears
Ears feel as if closed
Redness and heat of ears
Ringing, roaring, drumming; noise like voices in ears.
Nose
Pressure at root of nose.—Dryness.
Face
Face: swollen; pale; pale, yellow, bloated
Heat rising to face; soon after, painful itching, stitching, and burning, lasting all day; next morning face swollen; towards noon minute vesicles with yellow fluid; next day, desquamation
Lips pale; pricking pains
Lower lip hangs down
Numerous small vesicles on chin which desquamate.
Mouth
Very bitter taste
Taste: bloody;
< after sleep
Tongue: coated white except in several, sharply defined clean spots; coated white as in aphthae; dry; burning
Unendurable burning and prickling in mouth, not > by cold water
Whole mouth and tongue covered with small vesicles
Saliva: increased; yellow; fetid
Offensive breath, perceptible to herself
Large blisters on palate.
Throat
Great elongation of uvula
Heat in pharynx and down oesophagus without thirst
Great dryness, on waking; stitches
Choking sensation rises in throat when speaking; prevents drinking though thirsts for cold water
Great swelling and suppurating of tonsils with danger of suffocation; whistling breathing
White, yellowish, burning ulcers on tonsils and in throat.
Appetite
Thirst: for cold water; and aversion to wine and alcohol
Aversion to meat and bread
Can take only liquid food on account of soreness of mouth.
Stomach
Drinking water < bloatedness and pain in stomach
After drinking water; colic; pain in abdomen
Ineffectual desire to eructate or gag with excessive nausea
Continual choking sensation rising from stomach as pressure of wind, with weakness and palpitation
Repeated green vomit
Sour, greasy vomit with aversion to water; on vomit floats a white mass like coagulated fat
Vomiting of food, followed by severe colic and profuse diarrhoea
Vomiting > headache
Burning: in stomach and throat, with nausea; in pit of stomach
Pit of stomach swollen and sensitive to pressure
Distension and pain in region of stomach
Sensation as of flames rising from stomach
Sensation as if stomach drew together in a lump and then suddenly opened.
Abdomen
Rumbling in l. side when bending to r
Sudden sticking in l. hypochondrium
Pain in l. hypochondrium in a spot as large as a florin, compelling her to press there with hand; rumbling in l. side when lying on r., also with every respiration; none when lying on l. side
Wandering pains in abdomen
Pains through bowels after drinking water
Loud rumbling; renewed by every motion and deep breath, with headache which is much < near warm stove
Colic: after drinking water; with diarrhoea (at midnight), with fainting, constipation alternating with diarrhoea
Abdomen: distended; sore as if bruised; rash on.
Stool And Anus
Fulness in rectum with hollow feeling in stomach
Profuse diarrhoea with colic and vertigo
Many bloody stools with colic, inclination to sleep, and vertigo
Greenish stools without blood
Diarrhoea: with burning in abdomen and anus; alternating with constipation; with cutting in abdomen and much discharge of flatus
Stools: frequent, thin, watery, with vomiting; painful, black, fetid, bloody, with tenesmus
After stool: pulsation in anus, discharge of fetid blood from piles
Constipation.
Urinary Organs
Tired feeling in region of kidneys (as if bruised) with inclination to rub parts, and frequent stretching back of body
Stitches in bladder before and at beginning of urination
Burning in urethra
Urine: brown; whitish, clouded on standing.
Male Sexual Organs
Increased sexual desire.—Itching on scrotum.
Female Sexual Organs
Pale menstrual flow; colic.—Before menses: congestion of head.
Respiratory Organs
Nasal tone of voice
Choking sensation rising into throat hindering speech
In larynx: scraping; cutting; tension
Whistling breathing
Asthma, chronic
Frequent hawking with nausea
Violent cough and painful stitches in trachea from slightest exertion
Cough: < night; after drinking
Expectoration > oppression of chest.
Chest
Constriction of chest
Rattling in l. chest
Suffocative attacks with pulsation in chest while coughing, or as soon as he begins to talk
Pain in centre of sternum, < from pressure and from breathing.
Heart
Needle-like stitches in heart.—Palpitation.
Neck And Back
Painful stiffness of neck, esp. after sleep
Stitches in l. scapula and l. breast at intervals
Painful stiffness in small of back.
Limbs
Icy coldness of hands and feet.
Upper Limbs
Trembling and heaviness of arms; of hands
Hands numb on waking
Painful stiffness of finger-joints
Hands as if too thick; asleep; heavy and clumsy
Blue finger-nails.
Lower Limbs
Quivering and jerking in legs in attacks
Trembling of legs
Needle-like stitches in legs; under heel from within, out
Tingling in feet when sitting
Burning in soles; with dry feeling
Desquamation of soles at end of fever
Large vesicles, esp. on soles.
Generalities
Lassitude and indescribable uncomfortable feeling in limbs; much stretching.—Fainting with intestinal colic.—Convulsions.
Skin
Redness of skin (hands)
Small vesicles, followed by desquamation
Sequelae of scarlatina
Favours rapid healing of wounds
Fungoid growths, esp. syphilitic.
Sleep
Great sleepiness; ineffectual desire to yawn
Wakes as from electric shocks on neck (above larynx)
On awaking, hands asleep, heavy
After sleep: mouth bitter; throat dry; neck stiff.
Fever
Chill: icy cold hands and feet
Flushes of heat, with sensation as if flames rose out of region of stomach, on account of which he threw off clothes
Burning heat, with inclination to cover
Moderate fever, severe headache, must lie down
Cold sweat
Fever with tingling of skin, desire to uncover, painful swelling, profuse micturition.