ABSINTHIUM

ABSINTHIUM. [Absinth.] Wormwood. Gatchell. Compositae.

► Forgets what happened before epileptic spasms ; t. ► Brutal, insane ; t. ► Terrifying hallucinations. ► Stupor alternating with dangerous violence.

► Drunken. ► Vertigo on rising ; momentary unconsciousness. θ Epileptics. ► Insensible with the convulsions.

► Congestion of brain and spinal marrow.

► Wants to lie with head low. ► Baldness and tinea.

► Sight dim. ► Pain in balls. ► Eyes red, suffused with tears. ► Lids swollen, heavy, itch.

► Running from ears. θ After headache.

► Foolish look. ► Makes grimaces in epilepsy. ► Rush of blood to face.

► Jaws firmly fixed. ► Foams at the mouth in epilepsy.

► Bites his tongue in epilepsy ; tongue thick, protruding, can scarcely talk. ► Tongue trembling ; seems paralyzed.

► Throat as if scalded ; inflamed.

► Food lies heavy ; as if not much would be assimilated.

► Belching ; nausea and vomiting in the morning. ► Nausea apparently in the region of gall-bladder.

► Feels cold and oppressed.

► Liver feels as if swollen, see 40. ► Gall-bladder, see 16. ► Pain in spleen, feels as if swollen.

► Bloated around waist and in abdomen. ► Bloated with flatus.

► Constipation and hemorrhoids. ► Destroys worms.

► Constant desire to urinate. ► Urine deep orange, of a strong smell, like horse's urine.

► Seminal emissions with relaxed parts.

► Darting pain in right ovary. ► Pains in uterus. ► Promotes the menses. ► Chlorosis.

► Cough with liver complaint.

► Tremor of heart, felt toward the back. ► Heart thumps, can be heard in scapular region.

► Pain in sacrum.

► Pain in shoulders. ► Trembling of limbs.

► Horses kick with hind legs towards the belly. θ Ascarides.

► Limbs thrown about in epilepsy. ► Pains in limbs ; they swell.

► Rising : 2. ► Lying low : 4. ► Bends backwards in spasms.

► Epilepsy ; before the attack, trembling ; during, loss of consciousness, he falls, see 8, 9, 11, 34 ; after, obtuse, dazed, weak, even general paralysis. ► Epileptic attacks occurring in rapid succession. ► Excited opisthotonos, grinding teeth, followed by stupor.

► Night restless ; disturbing dreams.

► Morning, 16 ; night, 37.

► Chill, heat, (with sleep) then sweat ; thirst in all stages. ► Fevers in autumn, with swollen liver and spleen.

► Attacks sudden.

► Right, 23.

► Hyperaemia of brain, medulla, spine. ► Ecchymosis in stomach, in endocardium and pericardium. ► Paralysis of inner organs.

► Bruises and inflammation following.

► Jaundiced.

► Young people.

► Collaterals : Artem. vulg., Abrot. ► Concordances : Alcohol ; Bellad., Chamom., Hyos., Stramon. ► Lasting effects of its abuse much worse than those from spirituous liquors, opium or tobacco.