Paullinia Pinnata
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General
Paullinia Pinnata.
Paullinia pinnata. N. O. Sapindaceae. Tincture of fresh root.
Clinical
Cramps. Diarrhoea. Head, pains in. Heart, pain in. Neuralgia.
Characteristics
Paul. p. is less well known than Paullinia sorbilis, better known under its name Guarana (see Vol. I.). It was proved by Mure, but I do not know of any clinical experience with the remedy. The predominating pains were lancinating, stitching, and pressing.
Constricting pains as with iron bands or with iron plates. Head, abdomen, and chest furnished the largest number of symptoms. The symptoms were < by motion; by inspiration. > In open air (neck); by friction (pain in right shoulder).
There was an unusual longing for coffee—to smell and drink it. Sensation as if the chest opened on drawing a breath.
Mind
Fear of becoming consumptive.—Sad; drowsy; lazy.
Head
Pain above eyes piercing to brain
Pain with inability to bend head forward
Hammering sensation in l. temple; in vertex
Headache as if head were covered with a leaden cap and then struck upon
Great itching and suppuration at back of head.
Eyes
Pains in eyebrows intersecting at root of nose.—Lancinations in eyes with lachrymation.
Ears
Cutting in cartilage of l. ear extending to neck
Heat in ears
Roaring in l. ear.
Mouth
Pain in r. teeth
Rough, swollen tongue; it feels thick
Mouth dry; bitter
Profuse saliva.
Throat
Scraping; digging; itching in throat.
Stomach
Appetite increased; or diminished
Desires coffee and fruit
Nausea on waking
Sensation while talking as if a stone were buried deep in stomach.
Abdomen
Pain as from tight cord round hypochondria
Borborygmi
Lancinations: in liver; spleen; umbilicus; groins.
Stool
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Colic followed by reddish diarrhoeic stool, mixed with slime.
Urinary Organs
Frequent and ineffectual urging to urinate.—Ardor urinae.
Female Sexual Organs
Momentary stabbing in ovaries.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarse voice
Violent cough with inflammation of throat
Dry cough
Yellowish, bitter, difficult, and tenacious expectoration
Short, rapid breathing.
Chest
Oppression
Pressure as from an iron band round waist; with pricking in upper chest, < during movement
Pressure on chest as if squeezed between iron plates and then stabbed
Burning; itching; lancinations in chest
Chest feels if breaking open with a crash; while drawing a breath
Burning in chest across breast, which feels as if compressed by an iron band
Lancinations under r. breast
Pain in l. breast
Pain as of knife thrust in l. nipple at regular intervals.
Heart
Pain in heart extending to last ribs, 6 p.m.—Lancination in praecordial region.
Neck And Back
Pain in neck > in open air
Burning all down back
Bruised pain in loins; cannot raise herself after stooping.
Upper Limbs
Numbness in shoulders and arms
Pain in wrists
Cramp in l. palm.
Lower Limbs
Pricking as with innumerable pins in l. thigh
Weakness and heaviness of legs
Numbness of feet after going up stairs
Pain under sole when walking, < by pressure.
Generalities
Staggering gait.—Pressive and lancinating pains; as if stone or knife driven into side.—Feels bruised all over.—Pains in joints.
Skin
Red patches on face and chest.—Itching in hands and fingers so that she scratches them raw.
Sleep
Sleepless
Sleep restless
Dreams: disgusting; of lepers; of dead people.
Fever
Coldness
Shuddering with drowsiness
Alternate heat and coldness of face
Heat: of face; of soles of feet.