ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE

ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE. [Anac.] Marking Nut. Stapf. Anacardiaceae.

► Great weakness and loss of memory. ► Memory quite useless, particularly single names, mornings. ► Difficult recollection. ► From 9 to 1 P.M. first extreme excitement of fancy and projective ideas ; later, by degrees, becomes dull and does not think at all. ► Imagines he hears voice of mother or sister, who are far away. ► Feels as though he had two wills, one commanding to do what the other forbids. ► Extreme merriness ; laughs when he should be earnest. ► Every motion extremely awkward and sluggish. ► Unsociability. ► Aversion to work. ► Sadness ; looks on the anxious side of everything. ► Hypochondriasis. θ Hemorrhoids and constipation. ► Hypochondriac mood in forenoon, dejected and desponding, with foolish, clumsy actions. ► He feels separated from the whole world and has so little confidence in himself that he despairs of being able to do that which is required of him. ► Anxiety and feeling of impending misfortune. ► Very indifferent and insensible to pleasant or unpleasant circumstances. ► Extremely irritable ; passionate and contradictory. ► Irresistible desire to curse and swear. ► Exertion of mind brings an tearing, pressing headache.

Vertigo : getting black before the eyes ; when walking ; when stooping ; as if surroundings, or self were tottering ; rising from stooping, feels as if turning to the left. ► Weakness of all the senses.

► Pressure : in the forehead, mornings when awaking, and in the evening ; in the right side of occiput. ► Violent pressure in the right or left temple. ► Dull pressure, like from a plug, on the left side of vertex. ► Constrictive headache in the forehead, with very irritable mood, pains increase hourly ; momentarily relieved by strong pressure ; finally whole head affected. ► Headache worse during mental work, with sensation of heat in the head ; better during a meal, worse after. ► Tearing pain in the occiput. ► Stitches : over the right eye ; in the left side of the head. ► Throbbing headache. ► Heat in the head. ► Headache, worse during motion and work. ► Gastric and nervous headache.

► Violent itching of the scalp ; also on forehead. ► Many lentil-sized boils on the scalp, with sore pain when touched or scratched.

► Great sensitiveness to light. ► The light seems to have a halo around it. ► Optical illusions dark colors ; flickering before eyes. ► Short-sightedness. ► Pupils first contracted, later dilated. ► Vision indistinct. ► Pressure, like from a plug, on the upper margin of orbit. ► Pressure on eyeball from before backwards.

► Humming in the ears ; roaring before the ears. ► Hearing at times very weak, at others very acute. ► Tearing or stitching pains in left ear ; worse swallowing.

► Illusory smell as of burning tinder, morning, rising. ► Constant smell before nose like pigeon or chicken dung, especially when smelling his clothes or his body. ► Smell seems quite lost, though the nose is not obstructed. ► Red pustule in right nostril on the septum, with sore pain when touched. ► Sneezing, followed by fluent coryza and lachrymation.

► Pale, wan looking ; blue rings around the eyes. ► White, scaly herpes on right cheek, near the upper lip.

► Rough, scaly skin around the mouth, with crawling-itching. ► Burning dryness of outer border of lips, almost like from pepper.

► Toothache on taking something warm in the mouth. ► Toothache in one lower incisor, worse by contact with tongue and the open air ; tearing in the teeth. ► Teeth of lower jaw seem most affected. ► Swelling of gums ; bleeding of gums upon slight rubbing.

► Bitter taste in mouth after smoking tobacco. ► Everything tastes like herring-brine. ► Flat, offensive taste in the mouth and of food. ► Heaviness of tongue and sensation as if swollen ; impedes speech ; speech firmer and surer in afternoon than forenoon. ► Tongue is white, and rough like a grater.

► Fetid odor from mouth, without his perceiving it. ► Painful vesicles in the mouth.

► Roughness in throat ; sensation as of scraping in throat. ► Sensation of rawness in throat during cough, after eating. ► Firm, tough mucus comes in pharynx and lodges over posterior nares.

► Constant thirst ; yet drinking takes the breath, must stop frequently during a draught. ► Thirst during the heat. ► At times violent hunger, at others no appetite.

► Symptoms disappear during dinner ; begin anew after two hours. ► Worse after eating ; head, stomach and bowel symptoms.

► Hiccough. ► Eructations : empty, frequent fluid, causing choking ; with spasmodic pain in stomach. ► Heartburn after eating soup ; burning, rising from stomach to throat. ► Nausea, in morning, with empty feeling in stomach. ► Nausea, with retching, returning soon after drinking cold water, with vomiting of the water, accompanied by pain, as if the oesophagus were distended by a large ball. ► Vomiting of ingesta, which gives relief, after the cough.

► First, sensation of fasting in pit of stomach, then pressure in stomach. ► Stitch in pit of stomach during inspiration. ► Rumbling and fermentation in pit of stomach. ► Week digestion, with fulness and distention of abdomen.

► Stitches in hypochondria.

► Pain around the navel, as if a dull plug were pressed into the intestines. ► Continual rumbling in abdomen, especially in umbilical region. ► Pinching and griping in the abdomen.

► Moisture from the rectum. ► Great and urgent desire for stool, but with the effort the desire passes away, without an evacuation ; the rectum seems powerless, with sensation as if plugged up. ► Inactivity of rectum, even soft stool passed with difficulty. ► Stools of very pale color. ► Frequent profuse hemorrhage when at stool. ► Itching at the anus.

► Constant desire to urinate. ► Frequent urging with but small discharge. ► Urine : clear as water ; turbid when passed, deposits a dirty sediment ; when shaken looks clay-colored.

► Violent sexual desire. ► Erections during the day. ► Seminal emissions at night, without amorous dreams. ► Cutting pain along the penis. ► Voluptuous itching of scrotum, exciting sexual desire.

► Leucorrhoea, with soreness, also causing itching.

► Nausea during pregnancy, worse before and after, better while eating.

► Voice hoarse and deep. ► Talking excites cough.

► Shortness of breath, oppression in region of the sternum. ► Anxiety in region of sternum, without pain, feels as if he must go into the open air and be busy.

► Excited by : talking ; tickling in trachea. Cough after eating, with vomiting of food ; with pain in occiput. ► Coughing excited by fits of vexation ; dyspnoea during and after spells ; in children who have an uncontrollable temper. ► Expectoration : of sweetish, flat tasting mucus ; tenacious, greyish-yellow, purulent.

► Dull pressure, as from a plug in right side of chest. ► Sharp stitches in the precordial region, extending thence to small of back.

► Stitch in the region of the heart ; during inspiration, at night. ► Stitches piercing through and through at the heart ; each time two quickly succeeding each other. ► Pulse generally accelerated. ► Beating in the blood-vessels.

► Itching on chest.

► Stiffness of nape of neck. ► Dull, intermittent pressure, like from a heavy load on right side of neck and on left acromion. ► Painful tearing between the scapulae.

► Dull stitches in left scapula, return slowly and radiate on all sides. ► Left arm "goes to sleep" also the fingers. ► Sensation of weakness in the arms, with trembling. ► Very painful strokes, like from a heavy body at the middle of the left upper arm. ► Short, painful inward pressure here and there on forearms. ► Cramp like pain at metacarpo-phalangeal articulations. ► Great feeling of dryness of the hands. ► Hands, even the palms, covered with warts. ► Numbness of the fingers.

► Dull pressure, like from a plug, in the left glutei muscles. ► Painful, dull, pointed pressure in the thigh, at times in rhythmical intermission. ► Painful uneasiness about the knees, with sensation of stiffness, as if bandaged or made tense, when sitting. ► Wave like stitches, here and there, in the legs. ► Knees feel paralyzed, with stiffness and great lassitude, is scarcely able to walk. ► Painful drawing in the tibia. ► Cramp in the calves when walking, or rising from a seat ; better lying down. ► Cramp-like pressure in the calves, externally. ► Cram-like, intermittent drawing, from heel up into calves. ► Pain in ankle, as if sprained, when stepping on left foot. ► Stitches in dorsum of foot. ► Cramp-like, drawing and tearing pains, from toes to dorsum of foot. ► Burning in soles of feet while sitting. ► Coldness of feet in the morning.

► Tired feeling in the limbs. ► Repeated tearings in paroxysms, through upper and lower limbs at the same time.

► Restlessness of body, cannot keep still. ► Must lie on the back. ► Very faint on going up stairs. ► Circulation excited while sitting. ► Motion : 1, 3, 43. Walking : 2, 33, 43. Lying or sitting : 43. Stooping : 2. ► Beginning to walk is toilsome, by continuing to walk he feels better.

► Paralysis of single parts. ► Trembling : from every motion ; from going up stairs.

► Sleeplessness from restlessness. ► Could not sleep well on account of itching. ► Sound sleep until 9 A.M. ► Vivid dreams at night, which recurred to him during the day, as if the things dreamed of had readily happened. ► Dreams : of fire ; of dead bodies.

► Most prominent times of aggravation, morning, and evening until midnight. ► Remission after midnight and during the day. ► Morning : 1, 3, 7, 16, 33. Forenoon : 1, 11. Afternoon : 11. Evening : 1, 3, 40. Night : 22, 29, 37, 40. Day : 22, 37.

► Sensitive to draught ; liable to take cold. ► Open air : 10, 26, 46. Warm room : 40. ► Prefers sunny places, feels cold.

► Shivering over the back, as if cold water were poured over it, with heat of the face. ► Internal chill, even in warm room. ► Heat of upper body, with cold feet, internal shiverings and hot breath. ► Heat from 4 P.M. till evening, daily ; passing off after supper. ► Heat of left side. ► Evening, sweat on head, abdomen and back, even when sitting quiet. ► Night-sweat on abdomen and back. ► Clammy sweat in palms, particularly the left. ► Cool sweat with internal heat. ► Sweat lessened while eating.

► The attacks cease for one or two days and then continue again for a couple of days. ► Tertian and quartan intermittents.

► Left side, or first left, then right. ► Right : 3, 7, 8, 28, 31. Left : 3, 6, 31, 32, 33, 40. ► Pains pressing from without inwards. ► Before backwards : 5, 28. Below upwards : 33.

► Heaviness and fulness of whole body from playing the piano. ► Wants to lie or sit continually ; can scarcely move a hand. ► Drawing and pains in every part of body. ► Pressing or penetrating pain as from plug, in different parts. ► Sensation as of a hoop or band around the part.

► Cramp-like pains in muscles. ► Contraction of joints. ► Complaints of external parts. ► Emaciation.

► Touch : 4, 7, 10. Pressure : 3. ► Itching generally aggravated, but sometimes improved or changed in location by scratching. ► Rubbing : 11.

► White herpetic spots. ► Burning and stinging herpes. ► Excessively itching eruptions. ► Blisters discharging yellowish transparent liquid, hardening to a crust in the open air. ► Warts even on palms of hands.

► Frequently indicated in nervous and hysterical females. ► Old people. ► Women during pregnancy, gastric and nervous disorders.

► Similar to : Ant. tart. (cough in high-tempered children ; gaping, drowsy after cough) ; Apis (skin) ; Coriaria ruscifolia (loss of memory, etc.) ; Ferrum (occiput pains in cough) ; Iodium ; Juglans ; Lycop. ; Nitr. ac. (cursing). Nux vom. ; Phos. ac. (brain) ; Platin. ; Pulsat. ; Urt. ur. (skin) ; Zincum (brain) ; Pulsat. ; Natr. mur. (dry coryza) ; Caustic. (in writers, spasm). ► Relatives : Anac. occid., Comoc., Rhus glab., Rhus rad., Rhus tox., Rhus ven. ► Antidotes : Coffea and Juglans. ► Anac. antidotes : Rhus tox., especially if there are gastric symptoms, or the symptoms go from right to left. ► It follows well after Lycop., Pulsat. and Platin. ► After Anac. : Platin. follows well. ► Belongs to the same family as the Rhus, and there is a similarity with the Terebinthina. ► Neither Camphor. nor Spir. nitr. dulcis. antidotes its effects, but for the anger and violence of mind, the smelling of raw coffee is a very effectual antidote.