Petiveria
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General
Petiveria.
Petiveria tetrandra (Gom.). Erva de Pipi. N. O. Phytolaccaceae. Trituration of fresh root.
Clinical
Conjunctivitis. Paralysis. Paraplegia.
Characteristics
Mure proved Petiv., and I have given his terminology. Allen says in a note that it is probably identical with the Mexican and West Indian species, P. alliacea. Mure's figure corresponds to this, and he says the roots, which are branching and fibrous, "smell strongly of garlic." P. alliac. (according to Treas. of Bot.) is called "Guinea-hen Weed" in West Indies," and "Raiz de Guine" in Brazil, in which country "it is put into warm baths to restore motion to paralysed limbs." Mure does not mention these names or this fact; but his proving brings out some strongly confirmative symptoms in numbness and paralytic sensations; weariness and weight of eyelids.
Cold saliva; internal coldness; coldness inside bones were experienced. The symptoms in general were < by movement; in the morning on waking and on rising; after breakfast and during and after dinner; bending backward.
Relations
Compare: Botan., Phytolacc. In paralysis, Rhus. Cold saliva, Cist.
Mind
Excessive gaiety; inclination to sing, laugh, jest; followed by sadness and tears.—Vanishing of thought.
Head
Head heavy
Compressed feeling as if head bound with a warm cloth
Head feels as if it would split
Headache > by motion
Sensation of hot water on scalp penetrating to brain
Weight at vertex pressing into brain.
Eyes
Eyes half-closed, swollen, surrounded by blue rings, esp. next to nose
Rapid inflammation of l. eye while at dinner, lasts three days
Weight on lids compelling to close eyes; on doing so sees a variety of figures
Pain in eyes as if the balls were pushed out of their sockets
Painful burning at margin of lids, < on closing them
Lachrymation
Conjunctivitis
Dim sight.
Ears
R. ear deaf, as if stopped.
Nose
Coryza
Veins of nose swollen, bluish
Redness of l. wing of nose and cheek
Dull pain over root of nose, evening
Nose slightly inflamed and shining
Intense and sudden itching of bridge of nose.
Face
Redness of l. cheek
Bruised pain in zygomatic process
Sensation as if needle stuck in upper lip from within out.
Mouth
Burning tongue as if scalded, morning, on rising
Dry mouth
Flow of watery cold saliva, depositing ashy sediment and whitish granules
Offensive breath.
Throat
Sensation in throat as after eating something astringent.—Pain in throat with difficulty of swallowing saliva.
Stomach
Sharp lancinations in epigastrium from within out; evening; after dinner; on rising.—Stomachache with sensation, of internal coldness.
Abdomen
Long blue horizontal spots on r. hypochondrium
Lancinations: in hypochondria; through spleen from below up
Borborygmi, on moving in bed
Dull pain in hypogastrium
Circumscribed acute pains in groins
Colic of descending colon.
Stool
Diarrhoea of dark mucus, mixed with fecal matter in separate hard pieces.—Constipation.
Urinary Organs
Micturition every five minutes from 11 a.m. till evening, with heat in urethra.—Urine: pale, copious.
Respiratory Organs
Voice seems to come from afar
Voice hoarse from coughing
Suffocation, with cold feet.
Chest
Deep-seated, dull pain beneath sternum, < moving neck or bending head forward.—Violent lancinations under r. breast at each inspiration.
Heart
Contraction and throbbing in region of heart, evening.
Back
Strained feeling in spine, g,: sitting upright and bending back, > bending forward.
Limbs
Paralytic numbness, heaviness, and weariness in all limbs; after rising from bed.—Bruised pains in arms and legs.
Upper Limbs
Twitching sensation in shoulder-joint on stooping
Pricking, burning, crampy pains in arms; with inflammatory redness
Numbness; at r. arm; at wrist; at fingers (r.); at finger-tips
Lancinating and heat as from whitlow at tip of r. thumb
Itching in l. palm.
Lower Limbs
Weakness of lower limbs
Sudden numbness of knees with dull pain in tibia
Numbness, itching and weakness of legs; from knees to soles.
Generalities
General rigor when lying down.—Prostration as from drowsiness but without inclination to sleep.—When walking seems as if she does not touch the ground and would fall.—On lying down body numb.
Skin
Itching, pricking, and formication of skin.
Sleep
Drowsy: all day; with frequent yawning; after dinner
Sleep deep and prolonged
Dreams: of corpses and starts up in cold sweat; sad; unpleasant; of quarrels.
Fever
Excessive coldness of hands and feet piercing to bones
Cold feeling in interior of bones
Febrile heat with pale face and cold hands
Dry heat all over, esp. of palms
Profuse cold sweat all over, with shuddering, after first sleep
Sweat in palms.