Common names: (Germ), Baerenklau; (Fr), Branc-Ursine.
Introduction
(“Branca ursina”). Heracleum sphondylium, Linn. Natural order: Umbelliferae. Preparation: Tincture of the whole plant.
Mind
Hypochondriac troubles. Fretfulness and ill-humor, taciturn.
Head
Vertigo while reading and sitting. Headache, especially in the occiput and forehead, with nausea and inclination to sleep, worse on moving in the open air, better by typing the head up with a cloth. Excessive oily secretion on the head. Violent itching on the scalp; on scratching it, the ends of the fingers become fatty.
Eye
Lachrymation and weakness of the eyes while reading.
Nose
Frequent sneezing, with stitches in the region of the spleen.
Mouth
Bitter taste in the mouth.
Throat
Increased collection of mucus, crawling, rawness and scraping in the throat. Pressure in the throat, as from tenacious mucus.
Stomach
Hunger, with nausea, and dread of all food. Increased thirst. Sweet and bitter eructations, with gulping up of bitter fluid. Qualmish nausea, bitter, bilious vomiting, with pains in the stomach, and violent congestion of the head. Pressive in the stomach, with nausea and pressure in the pit of the stomach, after eating, as from a stone; these stomach troubles are always accompanied by nausea.
Abdomen
Throbbing and pain in the region of the spleen. Flatulence and colic, with nausea and offensive eructations. Sticking and griping colic, obliging him to bend up.
Stool
Slimy, offensive diarrhoea. Stool delayed, with urging and pain in the anus.
Sexual Organs
Drawings in the penis. Stitches in the glans penis. Emissions. Transient sticking in the labiae.
Respiratory Organs
Dry, hacking cough, with feeling of soreness and transient stitches in the chest. Arrest of breathing on ascending a mountain.
Chest
Oppression of the chest, with palpitation. Oppression of the chest and chilliness. Stitches in the chest on inspiration.
Inferior Extremities
Gouty, tearing pains in the limbs. Sticking and burning in the feet.
General Symptoms
Exhaustion, indolence, and weakness.
Skin
Violent itching on the skin, and moist eruption, like the itch. Dry eruption on the chest, burning after scratching. Itching and biting on the scrotum.
Fever
Chilliness, with frequent yawning and inclination to sleep, in the afternoon.