Blatta Americana
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
"The great American Cockroach," probably kakerlae insignis.
Nat. order , Insecta (common in Brazil).
Preparation , Triturate the live insect with sugar of milk.
Authority.
Pathogénésie Brésilienne (Mure).
HEAD
- Numbness and heaviness of the head.
- Pain in the temple, with lancinations now and then (second day).
- Aching pain in the temples.
- Acute pain in the temples, every now and then, at 4 P.M.
EYES
- Pricking, as by a fly, in the corner of the left eye, at 10 A.M.
- Lachrymation.
- Yellowness of the sclerotica. (When the prover had the jaundice, for which the Blatta is considered empirically as a specific, he felt a number of pains which have been reproduced in this proving, such as general prostration, weariness, etc.).
NOSE, FACE, AND MOUTH
- Watery discharge from nose.
- Yellowness of face. [10.]
- Very salt saliva.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN
- Transient bloating at pit of stomach.
- Slight colic.
- Pain in transverse colon, duodenum, and pit of stomach.
URINARY ORGANS
- Much heat in urethra, when urinating.
- Yellow color of urine, increasing more and more.
- Urine of a bright yellow, albuminous (second day).
CHEST
- Acute pain in chest, afternoon (second day).
- Violent pain in chest, with want of breath (second day).
- Pain in right side of chest.
NECK AND BACK. [20.]
- Prickings in left side of neck.
- Pain in back, right side.
- Pain shifting from back to shoulder-blade.
LOWER EXTREMITIES
- Sense of weariness in the hams.
- Cramp in right leg (second day).
- Pain in right leg, from toes to knees.
- Pain in feet, here and there, sometimes in the sole (second day).
- Pain at left little toe. [Note: add: Formication in toes, at 7 A.M.]
GENERALITIES
- Lazy.
- Extreme weariness when going upstairs.
SLEEP AND FEVER. [30.]
- Frequent yawning.
- Chill and shuddering, for half an hour.
- Shuddering, with sense of heat and moisture all over.
The proving was interrupted by an accident.