Polyporus Pinicola
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General
Polyporus Pinicola.
Polyporus pinicola. Pine agaric. N. O. Fungi. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Anus, prolapse of. Constipation. Haemorrhoids. Intermittent fever. Liver, affections of. Malar bone, pain in. Prolapsus ani. Rheumatism. Spleen, affections of. Tonsils, enlarged.
Characteristics
The Pine agaric, Pol. pin., like the Larch agaric, Polyporus officinalis (described in this work as Boletus Laricis, its older and less correct name), was proved by Dr. Burt. The symptoms of the two have a very close resemblance, and many are common to both. Despondency; aching distress in many parts; stiffness of back; of fingers; enlarged tonsils with dysphagia and constant inclination to swallow; neuralgic pains in head, face, and temples; pain in liver and spleen with diarrhoea or constipation and piles—these are the chief features of the proving.
Hale says it is a remedy for ague in the Middle and Southern States, taken during the intermission macerated in whisky. Quotidian fevers, he says, are most suited to it. The symptoms are < by motion; by walking; > by rest.
< In damp air. < After stool.
Relations
Compare: Bol. lar., Bol. lur., Agar.
Mind
Despondency with the pain
Gloomy; spells of depression
Wants to get away out of sight and lie down.
Head
Congestion to head and face; vertigo when walking; lightness; fulness
Severe headache, < reading or walking; with soreness over eyes
Sharp, neuralgic, cutting pains in temples.
Eyes
Smarting in eyes
Dull pains in eyeballs
Agglutination of lids.
Nose
Nostrils constantly filled with thick yellow mucus.
Face
Face congested.—Severe aching distress in r. malar bone, with neuralgic pains in temples.
Mouth
Tongue: coated white; yellow.—Taste: sweet, flat; flat, rough; slimy, coppery.
Throat
Throat dry, sore, frequent inclination to swallow.—Tonsils much congested, enlarged; frequent efforts to swallow, quite painful.
Stomach
Sour eructations
Nausea
Burning in stomach and dragging in r. hypochondrium
Constant very severe distress in lower epigastrium, causing faintness;
< by pressure and by walking
Severe pain in epigastrium all morning.
Abdomen
Dull, dragging, drawing, aching, burning in both hypochondria
Pain and distress in liver; and all dorsal region;
< walking
Distress and colicky pains in umbilical and hypogastric regions
Rumbling
Hard, distressing, sickening pain in hypogastrium, causing faintness; followed by stool
Drawing in r. groin.
Stool And Anus
Stool: ran from bowels in deep yellow stream; loose; hard, dry, lumpy, then mushy; lumpy with mucus and bile; costive, hard, dry lumps, brought on piles and slight prolapsus ani.
Urinary Organs
Urine scanty and high coloured.
Respiratory Organs
Pressing sensation in larynx with dryness of fauces.
Heart
Burning distress in praecordial region; sharp pains on full inspiration.—Pulse soft, feeble.
Back
Back stiff
Aching in back; and hips
Felt ill with aching and sore sensations along spinal column.
Limbs
Constant rheumatic, drawing pains in fingers, wrists, knees, ankles, feet.
Upper Limbs
Drawing in elbows and flexor muscles of both arms.—Fingers ache; feel quite stiff.
Lower Limbs
Hips ache
Drawing inside r. thigh
Sharp pain in r. tibia
Hard, drawing pains in knees and ankles, causing restlessness
Aching distress, weakness of ankles and feet, walking very difficult
Soles of feet and heels feel as if pounded;
< when boots on.
Generalities
Rheumatic pains in every part of the body < in damp weather.
Sleep
Sleepy, yawning, and stretching.—Wakeful after 3 a.m.
Fever
Paroxysms of chilliness, cold shivering sensations followed by feverishness
Chills and a shivering sensation
Face hot, flushed
Hands and palms hot and dry
Slight perspiration.