Spiranthes Autumnalis
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General
Spiranthes.
Spiranthes autumnalis. Lady's Tresses. N. O. Orchidaceae. Tincture of the root.
Clinical
Breasts, painful. Breath, putrid. Burns. Coryza. Dysparunia. Eczema. Hysteria. Kidneys, pain in. Lumbago. Milk, excessive. Skin, affections of. Vision, dimness of.
Characteristics
The genus to which this orchid belongs received its name from the spiral arrangement of the flowers. The tuberous roots of Spir. autum. were "formerly esteemed as an aphrodisiac" (Treas. of Bot.). The tincture of the root was proved by Dr. Patti Chagon, Duc de Sorentino, who says of it: "The action of this drug begins with decided symptoms of inflammation of the eyes, chin, chest, which become red and hot; the whole skin is dry and hot; the hands are burning, the extremities of the feet are cold most of the time; there is a sensation of oppression and heat, with palpitation and a desire to uncover." This condition lasted two hours and gave place to others, including desire to meditate and complain, vertigo, pains in shoulders, ennui, loss of appetite.
The last symptoms to appear are: pains in scalp, on vertex, distress in kidneys and intestinal troubles after eating. The secretions of urine and milk were first diminished, afterwards increased. The aphrodisiac property of Spiran. was shown in some of the symptoms of the proving, and this bears on the increased secretion of milk. A number of symptoms appear in the lower abdomen, and the globus hystericus rises from thence to oesophagus.
Heat in lower abdomen; preceding eructations; caused by laughing. Among the Peculiar Symptoms are: cerebral troubles on bending or raising the arm. Sensation of a band tied round head. Sensation of a foreign body in throat.
Coldness of teeth. Pulsation in arteries over whole body. Coldness of the affected part. Preference for lying on left side; or else on back.
Pain followed by numbness. The symptoms are < by touch. < Bending or raising arm. < Raising breast.
Laughing = heat in lower abdomen. Least emotion = palpitation. < Mental effort. > Lying on left side.
> Lying on back. < Bending over (rheumatism of shoulders). < Stooping.
Relations
Compare: Botan., Cypr. Skin and mucous membranes, Ar. t. Desire for tight clothing; dryness of vagina, Nat. m. Pain followed by numbness, Gnaph.
Mind
Melancholy
Complaining and sobbing
Ill-humour
Confusion of ideas
Indolence and ennui.
Head
Vertigo: obliged to lean head against wall; on rising from bed;
< sitting or lying
Heaviness and heat in brain
Brain troubles < bending or raising arm
Sensation of band tied about head
Weight on forehead
Pain in forehead and nasal bone
Pain in roots of hair
Hair falls out.
Eyes
Eyes brilliant; fixed
Pain in eyes on looking up
Burning in eyes and lachrymation
Heaviness of brows
Lids swollen
Eyes hot, inflamed
Vision: dim; obscured, with sleepiness; instantaneously lost; objects at a distance seem to move; on closing lids, sees wheels of fire.
Ears
Pain in l. auditory canal.—Itching in ear, externally and internally.
Nose
Dry coryza
Epistaxis: in clots
Dripping of water from nose
Pain in (r.) nasal bones
Burning itching at root of nose
Itching of r. ala
Smell very acute.
Face
Face: swollen; red and hot; blackish; pale
Fixed, meditative expression
Burning in upper lip
Chin: red; pain in.
Mouth
Pain and elongation of teeth
Toothache only at night
Sensation of coldness in teeth
Gums red and burning
Numerous small excrescences on palate, which was bloody
Putrid odour from mouth
Irritation of sublingual glands
Taste: acid; sweetish, like nitre; bitter in morning
Salivation with dryness of mouth.
Throat
Globus rising from lower abdomen to oesophagus
Sensation of foreign body in throat
Incessant desire to clear throat, caused by a thick mucus
Tickling in throat, provoking cough
Burning in pit of throat
Irritation of tonsils
Sensation of acidity and burning in oesophagus
Incarceration of air in oesophagus
Pain on swallowing.
Stomach
Desire for acid food
Loss of appetite
Constant thirst
Regurgitations
Eructations: preceded by heat in lower abdomen and lancinations in colon; acid; bitter; difficult; empty
Nausea: after eating
Vomiting; of food after eating
Epigastrium: distended, intolerant of touch; painful after a meal, the pain corresponding to the pain in loins
Heat rising from stomach to head.
Abdomen
Pain: in liver; and spleen; on pressure
Intermittent pressure in umbilical region
Pain; weakness; tympanites; after a meal
Borborygmi
Desire to tighten clothes
Piercing, lancinating, insupportable pain in colon; on becoming erect
Laughing = heat in lower abdomen
Eruption in groin.
Stool And Anus
Burning and itching in anus < during evacuation
Stool preceded and followed by prickling and itching in anus
Diarrhoea or constipation; stools sour in children.
Urinary Organs
In kidneys: cramp-like pain at night, obliging change of position; burning; pain preventing stooping;
< going up stairs, > lying on back; coldness and heat
In bladder: pain on urinating; pain and burning after waking
Urine: abundant; scanty; decomposes rapidly; deposits a gelatinous red sediment.
Male Sexual Organs
Erections, on waking; constant
Pricking pain in cords
Great desire for, or repugnance to, coition.
Female Sexual Organs
Redness of vulva with pruritus
Pressing pain in uterus
Bloody discharge from vagina
Yellowish leucorrhoea
Burning in vagina
Burning pain in vagina during coition
Dryness of vagina.
Respiratory Organs
Burning in larynx
Hacking cough, caused by tickling in larynx
Dry cough at night, with burning in throat
Dry cough
Respiration: difficult; short; panting on walking.
Chest
Sensation of dilatation of l. lung
Sensation of weakness of lungs
Pleuritic and intercostal pains, < l. side
Milk, abundant: more in l. breast
Pain in breast on raising it
Burning on tips of breasts, esp. l.
Heart
Pain in heart
Palpitation: with difficult respiration; from least emotional excitement
Pulse full and hard at beginning of proving, afterwards small and quiet.
Neck And Back
Cramp-like pain in neck at night compelling change of position
Lumbago preventing walking
Pain in centre of scapula
Pain in scapula, when standing, < walking.
Limbs
Trembling in limbs; weakness.
Upper Limbs
Shoulders: heavy pain in; boring in r., extending to r. breast and preventing breathing; pressure on and in chest; lancinations < bending over
Arms: trembling; weakness; numb and heavy (esp. r.); desire to stretch
Pain in forearms by the pulse; in r. pulse
Rigidity of muscles of forearm
Sudden pain in forearm followed by numbness
Hands: swollen, esp. r.; veins swollen; blackish; yellowish; red and perspiring; burning, numb
At night numbness of hand on which he rested cheek
Pressing pain in extremities.
Lower Limbs
Eruptions on nates; in groins; on thighs
Sciatic pain in limbs, esp. r
Drawing pain in r. limb
Knees: weak; pain in; pain in r
Pain in r. malleolus
Feet (esp. r.) swollen
Pain in heels.
Generalities
One appears intoxicated.—Pulsations in arteries over whole body.—Lies on l. side rather than r.
Skin
Dryness of skin
Whole skin red; red in spots
Jaundice
Yellow spots
Miliary rash
Eruption of red points on nates with itching and heat
Vesications as from a burn, with purulent secretion from the groin, and in folds of skin about neck
Pricking over whole body
Burning itching in l. cheek near mouth
Itching: in axillae; in pubes; scrotum; forearms at night; backs of hands; tip of l. thumb.
Sleep
Incomplete, yawning
Sleeping during day
Starting up during sleep
Late falling asleep, evening
Sleeplessness in infants
Lascivious dreams with emissions.
Fever
Coldness, evening, esp. of hands
Alternations of cold and heat
Affected part colder than rest of body
Coldness of feet; and toes
Fever, followed by thirst
Fever at night, sweat in morning
Heat of whole skin; flushes of heat in head, followed by sensation of cold
Heat of head on waking
Heat and itching over head
Heat and redness; external ear
Heat of face, esp. r. side
Hands very hot
Sweat of palms.