Common name: Skunk-cabbage.
Introduction
Symphoricarpus foetidus, Salisb. (Ictodes foetidus, Bigelow; Pothos foetidus). Natural order, Araceae. Preparation, Tincture of the root.
Head
Vertigo. Headache. Headache here and there, of short duration.
Drawing from both sides of the forehead to the glabella, very violent in the region of the latter, as if drawn by a magnet.
Eye
Temporary blindness.
Nose
Violent sneezing, inducing a pain in the fauces, palate, pharynx, down to the stomach, and long-lasting after-pains in the region of the orifice of the stomach. The nose above the nasal bones is swollen and red, forming a saddle, painful when touched, particularly high up on the left side of the nose, the cartilaginous portion being cold and bloodless, with red spots on the cheeks resembling small pimples.
Mouth
Numb feeling in the tongue; inability to carry it to the teeth; red and sore on the edges and at the tip.
Throat
Burning from the fauces down through the chest. Swelling of the cervical and submaxillary glands.
Stomach
Vomiting. Pain in the pit of the stomach on stepping firmly, as if something were breaking off.
Abdomen
Sensation in walking as if the bowels were shaking.
Stool
Soft stool.
Sexual Organs
Painful voluptuous titillation around the corona glandis.
Respiratory Organs
Disposition to take deep breath, with hollowness of the chest, afterwards with contraction of the chest and throat.
Chest
Pain in the chest, with pain under the shoulder, which seems to be in connection with burning in the pharynx. Aching pain on the sternum.
Inferior Extremities
Bone-pain in the right border of the tibia.
Generalities
Sudden feeling of anguish, with oppression of breathing and sweat, after which he has an evacuation from the bowels, with relief of all the symptoms.