A tincture is made of the dry plant, Hydrocotyle Asiatica, L.
Generalities
Bruised feeling in all muscles; B,. feeling on waking. Wandering pains in muscles of chest and legs. Drawing in several muscles. Malaise. Weariness; with heaviness and Dullness; and unfitness for everything.
Mind
Gloominess. Misanthropy. Inclination for solitude. Ennui. Indifference.
Head
Aching. Painful drawing in almost all cranial nerves. Heaviness Congestion of blood. Vertigo; with torpor. Neuralgic pain in external frontal nerve. Pain in posterior part of skull, with swelling. Occiput sensitive, (<) touch. Constriction of back part of skull; C. of posterior and superior integuments of skull.
Eyes and Ears
Look unsteady. Injection of palpebral conjunctiva. Pricking in eyes,. Vision dim. Dazzling. Pain in I. internal meatus auditorius. Ear, throbbing in r.; ringing; ringing in I., with stoppage; confused noise in I. blowing sound.
Nose
Swelling. Tickling; (<) I. nostril. Feeling as before bleeding. Stoppage. Coryza; dry. Bleeding.
Face
Intoxicated expression. Intermittent pain in I. Cheek- bone.
Mouth and Throat
Whitish spots on I. upper and under sides of tongue. Impediment in speech. Redness of velum palati, with pain in swallowing, (<) good. Hyperaemia of buccal mucus membrane,. saliva increased. Taste insipid or bitter. Tonsils red. Pricking in pharynx. Disorder of constrictor muscles of pharynx. OEsophagus dry and rough; burning and pricking in O.
Stomach
Loathing of food. Anorexia; then strong appetite. Aversion to tobacco-smoking. Eructations frequent; acid E. Nausea. Swelling of S,. Contraction. Cramplike pain. Sensation as if gases collected into a ball. Anxiety in r. region, with weight. Heat in region, spreading out like a bar.
Abdomen
Borborygmi in different parts. Flatus. Violent contractions of intestines. Pain; every five minutes; (<)transverse colon. Constriction. Sensation as if all organs were in motion. Pain in upper part of liver. Obstruction in hepatic region. Heat in hypogastrium.
Clinical Cirrhosis of the liver.
Rectum and Stool
Weight in rectum. Burning in anus. Itching in anus. Ineffectual desire. Stools dry, dark. Stools increased. Stools easier.
Urinary Organs
Feeling of weight in prostate gland. Irritation of neck of bladder. Constriction of bladder. Frequent desire to urinate. Irritation of urethra. Urine increased. Urine becomes brown on cooling. U. turbid, without sediment.
Clinical Inflammation of the neck of the bladder in women, with inflammation, heat, etc., within the vagina and neck of the womb. Pruritis of the vagina.
Sexual Organs
Drawing in spermatic cords, (<) I. scrotum relaxed. Impotence. Indifference to intercourse. Vulva and vagina red. Heat in bottom of vagina, at its orifice pricking and itching. Leucorrhoea increased. Pain in ovarian region. Uterus, redness of cervix; pain, (<) I. side; laborlike pain in U. and appendages; heaviness.
Respiratory Organs and Chest
Pricking in vicinity of glottis. Dryness of windpipe; of ventricles of larynx. Voice weak. Speaking soon fatigues. Irritation of air-passages. Difficult expectoration of bronchial mucus. Breath short. Oppression o chest relieved suddenly, then intermittent.
Heart and Pulse
Cardiac spasm. Constriction of heat; with quiet and regular pulse, or with a few separate beats in certain arteries, or with hot flushes in different parts of face. irregular beating of heat. Pulse stronger and fuller.
Neck and Back
Renewal of old rheumatic pains in I. rhomboid, (<) pressure. Bruised pain in loins. Obstruction in region of kidneys, with heaviness. Formication in kidneys.
Extremities
Contractions of forearms and legs. Irresistible inclination to stretch. Pain in all joints (<) I. P. in all muscles. Sensation as if hot water ran through marrow of bones. Weariness in all muscles of shoulders. Crampy numbness of r. forearm, hand and fingers. Pain in finger-joints. Gait unsteady Inability to stand. Sharp pains in hips. Weariness in muscles of thighs, with Crampy movement in calves
Skin
Spots almost circular, with raised scaly edges. Yellowish spots on legs. Erysipelatous redness. Red points of eyelids,. I. side of neck and both hands. Red spots covered with whitish scales, on l. side of neck. Lilac-colored spot, shaped like an ear, on sole, the skin over it is depressed and walking is painful. Erythema on face, neck, back, chest, arms and thighs; E., with much itching E., with copious sweat. Miliary eruptions on neck, back and chest. Sudamina on abdomen. Papules on face. Pustules on chest. Pricking on different parts. Itching in several places; I. at tip of nose ( in one who had chilblain there every year).
Clinical It has cured lupus of suppurating variety.. Lymphatic tumors. It has ameliorated cases of leprosy, seems to have arrested the destructive processes; if also has ameliorated cases of elephantiasis. Numerous cases of eruptions, for the most part dry, with great thickening of the epidermoid layer and enormous exfoliation of scales. It has cured psoriasis with the above indications, and has greatly relieved forms of dry eczema; excessive thickening and exfoliation of the epidermis is a strongly marked indication for its use (Kreos).
Sleep
Yawning and stretching. Sleepiness; in the daytime. Heavy, dreamless sleep.
Fever
Shivering in afternoon. Cold hands and feet, with general condition resembling precursory stage off ever, without alteration of pulse; C. forearm, hand, I. foot and leg, (>) rubbing, but returning. Febrile movements. Heat of skin; H. in bones of leg (>) H. in bones of leg; in I. tibia; in face in flushes; in different parts of face in flushes, (<) temporal regions. Profuse sweat.