Sumbul
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General
Sumbul.
Ferula sumbul. Sumbul. Musk-root. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of the powdered root.
Clinical
Acne. Asthma. Breasts, pains in. Chorea. Diarrhoea. Epilepsy. Fainting. Heart, palpitation of, nervous; affections of. Pneumonia. Hysteria. Infra-mammary pains. Neuralgia. Porrigo capitis. Spermatorrhoea. Throat, catarrh of; spasm of. Typhoid fever. Worms.
Characteristics
Sumbul, as its name, "Musk-root," implies, has an odour resembling that of musk. The resemblance is so close that Sumbul is used to adulterate musk. Sumb. was proved by Lembke, Cattell, and others, and the symptoms are as like to those of Moschus as the physical resemblance would imply. Hysterical mood; easy fainting; nervous palpitation; are common to both.
Hale gives the following indications: (1) Nasal and pharyngeal catarrh, with nervousness, sleeplessness, and tendency to spasms (especially in children); discharge of tenacious, yellow mucus. (2) Ascarides, with bloated, drum-like. abdomen and constipation, picking nose (cured with Sumb. 15). (3) Oily pellicle in urine. (4) Pain in left uterine region.
(5) Asthma: catarrhal, spasmodic, or cardiac. (6) Climacteric flushings. (7) Neuralgia: facial or ovarian, in women of quick and lively nervous constitutions. (8) Neuralgia of left hypochondrium, simulating angina pectoris; with palpitation; in nervous women.
(9) Insomnia of chronic alcoholism. Peculiar Sensations of Sumb. are: Tongue as if scraped. Like a string pulling in right breast. Corkscrew pains in (left) uterus and appendages.
Clogged sensation in left chest. As if heart beating in water. The left side was more affected than the right. The symptoms are < by motion.
< After sitting. < By inspiration. < By cold. > By warmth.
< Thinking of symptoms. < In morning. Music = faintness.
Relations
Compare: General symptoms, Mosch., Asaf. Porrigo, Melit., Medor., Mez. Oily pellicle on urine, Sul., Pul., Petr. Tenacious, yellow mucus, Hydras. Infra-mammary pain, Act. r., Pul., Lil. t. < Thinking of symptoms, Ox. ac., Pip. meth.
Mind
Intellect dull in morning; inability to study; clearer in evening and in warmth
Happy disposition with continued smiling; expression idiotic; fear of becoming insane (chorea)
Hysterical mood even in men; alternate laughter and tears; easily excited; emotional; irritable, fidgety, at first spirits are exalted, then depressed.
Head
Vertigo: on stooping; using warm water; moving about or rising from a seat; feeling a want of security
Hysteria, with tendency to faint from slightest cause
Fits with falling forward
Ebullition of blood in head, lightness and exalted feeling
Cold in the head, < morning
Porrigo in infants, l. side of scalp; spots round and dry, slightly raised and reddened at edges with bran-like scales in centre.
Eyes
Sensation of foreign body in eyes
Tight feeling in eyes
Quivering and swimming before eyes.
Ears
Loud surging and hissing in both ears; in r.
Nose
Cold in head, < morning
Coryza: watery; of yellow mucus
Alae nasi sore at edges
Stuffing in nose
Tenacious yellow mucus in nose;
< l. nostril
Loss of smell.
Face
Acne punctata, black pores on face.
Mouth
Brown (or white) coating on tongue, morning
Tongue feels rough as if scraped, with heat in throat
Increased saliva.
Throat
Erosion, burning heat and rawness in throat, with tenacious mucus
Catarrhs of children with great nervous irritation and spasms
Choking constriction at top of gullet, constant swallowing.
Stomach
Appetite increased
Eructations; empty
Nausea and salivation
Pressure; rumblings; slight shootings in stomach.
Abdomen
Tension, pain, and gnawing in r. hypochondrium
Abdomen feels distended, painful
Gnawing in r. hypochondrium
Glands in groins painful.
Stool And Anus
Ascarides with bloated, drum-like abdomen and constipation; pricking at nostrils
Chronic diarrhoea, from inert condition of intestinal canal; discharges cause alarm; diarrhoea in typhoid fever
Rectum protrudes
Haemorrhoids excited.
Urinary Organs
Urine: clear; yellowish-red; clouded at bottom, and an oily pellicle on surface
Frequent desire
Stitches up urethra.
Male Sexual Organs
Absence of erections and all sexual desire
Itching in genitals with increased desire
Erythema of scrotum.
Female Sexual Organs
Leucorrhoea, white, esp. after sitting
Menses: premature; of short duration, with deficient quantity; retarded
Corkscrew pains in l. region of uterus and appendages
Tensive pain like a string in r. breast
Tensive pains in l. breast, evening
Lancinations and biting pains in l. breast, < deep inspirations
Flushings at climaxis.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness
Asthma: catarrhal; but more esp. spasmodic, hysterical
Hacking cough.
Chest
Tightness in chest with diminished secretion
Paroxysm of dull pressure under sternum
Tightness, tensive, stretched feeling across chest, between l. breast and sternum and in l. breast, < on inspiration.
Heart
Pulse: very irregular, compressible; want of elasticity in vessels
Nervous affections of heart; rheumatic carditis; heart's impulse strong, jerking, esp. after exertion or during digestion; action of heart full and sharp, strokes at times irregular, rapid, then slow; bellows murmur; flushings of heat in floods from back; sharp pains like a knife in chest; oppression in l. chest, clogged sensation;
< on stooping; l. arm numb, heavy, weary, with sharp, wiry shooting in fingers; hysterical mood
Nervous palpitation in hysterical subjects; or at climaxis
Heart beats softly, as if in water, with sinking of heart and sickliness and faintness all over
Palpitation on least excitement, < on paying attention to it.
Neck And Back
Cannot keep warm; least draught is felt down spine.—Nape of neck, r. side, swollen.
Limbs
L. arm and foot easily chilled
Fulness of arms and feet
Tremulous tingling, dry, in palms and feet.
Upper Limbs
Weakness, beaten sensation, and numbness in arms
L. arm numb
Hands red, veins distended
Fingers swollen.
Lower Limbs
Aching, rheumatic pain, weakness of lower limbs
Pain in knee, with stiffness, impeding walking
Felt as her legs were not her own
Trembling of feet.
Generalities
Chorea: constant jerking of head and limbs, with protrusion of tongue; voracious appetite.—Dropsy dependent on impaired nervous vitality.—Clogged sensation in body, esp. in head and stomach.—Hysteria.—Epilepsy; falls forward, foaming vat mouth.—Tendency to faint from slightest cause.
Skin
Acne punctata; black pores on face
Porrigo in infants, l. side of scalp
Skin cold, white, shrunken, and dry, as if washed in acrid water
Miliary spots on back, r. shoulder-blade, and hip
Reddish spots on forehead, chin, and cheeks, containing either water or thick, white, curdy matter
Itching.
Sleep
Drowsy in the cold
Drowsy during day
Wakefulness at night
Sleep interrupted by startings of limbs
Dreams; of falling; vivid; of coitus, followed by profuse sudden emission.
Fever
Coldness
Chilliness, esp. down spine; sensitiveness to least draught
Too easily chilled; want of elasticity in the vessels
Numbness and coldness of tips of fingers
Dry, transient heat all over body
Typhoid fever with cerebral excitement; low and nervous fevers succeeding typhus.