Star-Anise. FRANZ. Magnoliaceae.
Inner Head
Pains in the head; less evenings, worse mornings.
Ears
Buzzing in the ears.
Ringing in ears, followed by sleep.
Itching over left ear, going off when touching the place.
Nose
Acute catarrh.
Watery discharge from the nostrils.
Warm smarting sensation in nose, succeeded by sneezing.
Sharp stitches in tip of nose.
Lower Face
Stinging sensation in upper lip, as if blood would press out, better from touch.
Dryness of upper lip, which is drawn closer to the teeth.
Burning in the inner surface of lower lip, with sensation as if it had gone to sleep.
Tongue etc.
Rye-bread tastes well, smells refreshing.
Tongue covered with aphthae.
Aphthae most on edges of tongue.
Edges of tongue folded like little bags.
Throat
Tough viscid phlegm from stomach; with old drunkards.
Eating and Drinking
After eating but little, satiety.
All food, except rye-bread. tastes too salty or bitter, yet appetite is good.
Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea in stomach, extends up to the chest, then ceases.
Nausea, with gagging and inclination to vomit.
Stomach
Bloating of the stomach; acidity.
Hypochondria
Pain in the splenic region.
Abdomen
Three month’s colic; bowels disturbed.
Violent wind colic.
Rumbling in abdomen.
Stool etc.
Stool: bilious; compact and dark colored.
Urine
Retention of urine.
Breathing
Old asthmatics.
Cough
After coughing, feeling of emptiness.
Frequent cough, with pain.
Spitting blood in small quantities and with pus-like phlegm, with pain in right chest.
Whitish expectoration.
Lungs
Tough, viscous phlegm, with old drunkards.
Pain in region of third rib, about one or two inches from the sternum, generally on right side, but occasionally left.
Heart Pulse
Palpitation, with aphthae and weakness.
Neck Back
Cramp-like drawings, as from a cold, in the left side of dorsal vertebrae.
Lower Limbs
Left thigh feels as if broken at the middle, when sitting, ceases on rising.
Position etc.
Sitting:.
Time
Better in the morning; worse, evening: Worse mornings:.
Sides
Right: Left:, Below upward:.
Contact Injuries etc.
Touch lessens itching and other sensations in skin:.
Stages and States
Old drunkards:, Old asthmatics: catarrh of stomach.
Relationship
Where Bryon. and Aconite did not relieve blood-spitting.