GINSENG.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Panax quinquefolium, L.; (Aralia quinquefolia, Gray).
American and Chinese species probably identical.
Natural order , Araliaceæ.
Common names , Ginseng; (Chinese) Schinseng.
Preparation , Trituration and tincture of the root.
Authorities.
1 , Jouve, Bib. Hom. de Geneve, 8, 156 (from Roth. Mat. Med.); 2 , Lembke, All. Zeit. für Hom. (appendix), took 2 grains of root, afterward 1 grain, and 2 grains, afterward tincture 5 drops, first day; 15 drops, second day; 25 drops, third day; 55 drops, fifth day; 4 grains, seventh day; 8 grains, eleventh day; 3 , "B.," aged 36, took 4 drops of tinct. and after a week 3 1/2 drops, ibid.; 4 , "Q.;" aged 21, took tinct. 3 drops in morning, repeated at 11 A.M., and at 8 A.M., second day, ibid.; 5 , Bigelow, effects of half a root of American Ginseng; Amer. Med. Botany, 1818, vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 86.
MIND
- Emotional.
- Mood quiet and contented, with good courage (after two hours), 2.
- Anxiety after dinner (first day), 4.
- Mind generally calm; still there are impatient impulses and fear of accidents, with, at times, disposition to weep, or to be anxious about the future, 1.
- Intellectual.
- Not inclined to thought or business (eleventh day), 2.
- Difficulty in thinking, 1.
- Forgetfulness, 1.
- Memory weak; things that have just taken place are forgotten (eleventh day), 2.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo.
- Head confused, the whole day (first day), 2.
- Confusion and heaviness of the head, 1. [10.]
- Confusion of the head, especially in the frontal region, followed by sensations of vertigo, sleepiness, and heaviness in the upper lids, so that the eyes almost close, soon, 4.
- Confusion in the forehead (second day), 3.
- Vertigo soon (second day), 4.
- Vertigo on going down winding stairs, so that he was obliged to go quite slowly (second day), 3.
- Vertigo and obnubilation, 1.
- Decided vertigo like reeling, with indistinct vision (first day), 2.
- Transient vertigo, on going into the open air (second day), 4.
- Dizziness at times (after three hours), 2.
- Dizziness of the head, with unsteadiness in walking, which seems to start from the hips, so that the thighs seem to him to be pushed outward (first day), 3.
- Dizziness in the forehead, soon, 3. [20.]
- Dizzy sensation in the head, with pains in the nape of the neck, and very large pupils (eleventh day), 2.
- While standing, the ground seems to waver at times (after two hours), 2.
- General Head.
- Reeling sensation in the occiput with gray spots before the eyes (eleventh day), 2.
- Heaviness of the head (second day), 4 ; (seventh day), 2.
- Head heavy and dizzy (eleventh day), 2.
- Heavy, painful head, after dinner, 1.
- Constant heaviness in the head and pressure in the forehead, rhythmical with the pulse, and at the same time the chest seems to have a tremulous motion rhythmical with the pulse (eleventh day), 2.
- Heat of the head, 1.
- Fulness of the head, after dinner (first day), 4.
- The head seems at times enlarged and to sway to one side (third day), 2. [30.]
- Pressure deep in the brain, changing about (eleventh day), 2.
EYE
- A bright light wearies the eye, 1.
- Pressure on the eyes, from without inwards, 1. [60.]
- Sticking in the eyes, with lachrymation, redness of the conjunctiva of the bulb, and inclination to close the eyes (seventh day), 2.
- Sticking deep in the upper half of the eyes, followed by pressure, also repeated in the evening by the light (first day), 3.
- Lids.
- Drooping of the upper lids, especially the right, 1.
- Extreme difficulty in opening the lids, they are heavy and painful, 1.
- Heaviness in the eyes, so that the lids almost close, with confusion of the forehead, soon, 4.
- Distressing burning and biting in the margins of the lids of both eyes (after one hour), 2.
- Sensation of constriction in the left upper eyelid (first day), 3.
- Biting in the margins of the lids (after one hour and eleventh day), 2.
- Biting and itching in the margins of the lids (second day), 2.
- Itching of the lids, 1. [70.]
- Drawing stitches from the forehead to the inner canthus of the right eye (second day), 4.
- Ball.
- Unpleasant sensation of coldness on the surface of the eyeball (seventh day), 2.
- Pupil.
- Pupils large (first day), 2.
- Pupils small (seventh day), 2.
- Pupils contracted (after one hour), 2.
- Pupils very much contracted, with a decided sensitiveness of the eyes to daylight in dim weather (fifth day), 2.
- Pupils alternately large and small, but frequently enlarged (first day), 2.
- Vision.
- Vision indistinct (eleventh day), 2.
- At times objects were not clearly seen, though distinct, 2.
- Day-light blinds the eyes (first day), 2. [80.]
- He mistakes the words when reading, the letters run into one another, .
NOSE
- Objective.
- Frequent sneezing (third day), 2.
- Much sneezing (seventh and eleventh days), 2.
- Nasal mucus thick, scanty, in the evening (eleventh day); thin and copious (twelfth day), 2. [90.]
- Some bleeding from the right nostril, on slight touch, at 9 A.M. (second day), 2.
- Slight bleeding from the right nostril (third day), 2.
- Blowing of two teaspoonfuls of bright-red blood from the left nostril, at 9 P.M. (first day), 2.
- Subjective.
- Nose dry (eleventh day), 2.
- Nose dry and sensitive to the passage of air, lasting several hours (first day), 2.
- Nose dry and sensitive to the ordinary air of the room (seventh day), 2.
- Nose constantly dry, with very free passage of air (first day), 2.
- Nose very dry, with much sneezing (fifth day), 2.
- Nose quite dry, inspiration not impeded (after two hours), 2.
FACE
- Face alternately red and pale, 1.
- Cheeks. [100.]
- Pressure in the zygomata (eleventh day), 2.
- Lips.
- Lips red and dry; they crack and bleed, particularly the lower, 1.
- The lips are thick, rough and very dry completely covered with small dry, rough scales (first day), 2.
- Lips rough (after one hour), 2.
- Lips dry, cracked, and rough (after two hours and a half), 2.
- Lips quite dry, rough and thick (after two hours), 2.
- The extremely distressing dryness of the lips, which are rough, of the mouth and fauces, is aggravated by the open air and by talking; at the same time there is a very scraping sore sensation in the fauces, aggravated by empty swallowing and by drawing the air in through the nose, which is dry (seventh day), 2.
- Chin.
- Drawing in the left side of the lower jaw (seventh day), 2.
- Drawing in the ascending ramus of the lower jaw, zygomata, and upper jaw of the right side (seventh day), 2.
MOUTH
- Tongue.
- The tongue becomes red and smarting, with thirst; then white in the middle, 1. [110.]
- Tongue white, *completely dry , with large glistening papillæ (first day), 2.
- General Mouth.
- Dryness of the mouth and lips, with scraping and sore sensation in the fauces, worse in the open air, both relieved at dinner, but returning again (after three hours, third day), 2.
- Dryness of the whole mouth, especially of the tongue, arch of the palate, whole fauces, with stale odor from the mouth (after two hours and a quarter), 2.
- The whole mouth and throat rapidly became dry; the lips and teeth were very dry; all the parts stuck together; no collection of saliva was possible (eleventh day), 2.
- All parts of the mouth stick together on account of dryness, so that he can speak only with difficulty (first day), 2.
- The whole mouth, teeth, lips, tongue, and fauces are alike dry and rough, as if covered with sand, in the open air, or on a little physical exercise; with somewhat more rapid breathing (after three hours), 2.
- Lips, mouth, and fauces very dry, voice rough, scraping in the throat; a little talking decidedly aggravates all whole these symptoms (seventh day), 2.
- Constant, complete dryness of the mouth, lips, throat, as far as low down into the pharynx, with a feeling as though the lips were swollen, complete absence of saliva and a nauseous odor from the mouth (first day), 2.
- Bread and butter could be swallowed only with difficulty on account of dryness in the mouth, and it remained stuck in the back part of the throat; with increased beating of the heart, 2.
- A swallow of water moistens the mouth for only a moment, the dryness immediately returns (eleventh day), 2. [120.]
- Dryness of the mouth alternates with increased flow of saliva (first and third days), 2.
- At first dryness in the mouth, especially in the arch of the palate and tongue, followed by flow of saliva for an hour, 2.
- The troubles in the mouth and throat are aggravated in the free open air and from talking, relieved at dinner (fifth day), 2.
- The dryness of the mouth is relieved by eating, but returns less than usual an hour after, 2.
THROAT
- Obstinate dryness and scraping in the throat, especially on empty swallowing; he can get scarcely a drop of saliva; the teeth also are very dry (first day), 2.
- Uvula.
- The uvula, fauces, and posterior pharynx are red (after three hours), 2.
- Fauces and Pharynx.
- Some redness of the fauces and uvula; they are painful on swallowing (empty and of saliva), (first day), 2.
- Fauces greatly reddened, completely dry (first day), 2.
- Fauces dry (after one hour), 2.
- Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, with rawness and scraping on empty swallowing, which lasted nearly the whole day (first day), 4.
- Scraping, sore sensation in the fauces, extending down into the pharynx, disappearing about 1.30 P.M., after dinner (first day), 2.
- Fauces sensitive to the ordinary air of the room (eleventh day), 2.
- Scraping in the fauces (second, third, and seventh days), 2. [140.]
- Scraping in the fauces and throat, in the afternoon (eleventh day), 2.
- Scraping in the fauces, especially when talking (seventh day), 2.
- Much scraping and soreness in the fauces, which make talking painful; after some hours there was more saliva than before (second day), 2.
- Sticking in the pharynx (eleventh day), 2.
- Stitches in the pharynx (after one hour), 2.
- Swallowing.
- A morsel of bread can be swallowed only with great exertion, and with great pain in the throat; it has no taste (eleventh day), 2.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Appetite increased, 1, 4.
- Great appetite at the very unusual time (eleventh day), 2.
- Thirst.
- Absence of thirst (first day), 2.
- Eructations.
- Frequent eructations, which afford relief, 1. [150.]
- Eructations of air with relief, 1.
- Many eructations of air (seventh and eleventh days), 2.
- Inodorous eructations of air, 1.
- Sour eructations, 1.
- Nausea.
- Nausea, inclination to vomit, 1.
- Some nausea (after one quarter of an hour), 2.
- Inclination to vomit, with very severe sore pain in the right flank, under the ribs, aggravated by contact, 1.
- Stomach.
- Swollen stomach, with throbbing, anxiety, and inclination to vomit, 1.
- The stomach is distended by flatulence, 1.
- Constrictive pain, like a cramp in the pit of the stomach, at 4 P.M., after eating (first day), 2. [160.]
- Agonizing constrictive pain in the gastric region, with difficult breathing, 1.
- Drawings in the stomach, 1.
- Painful drawings in the stomach, as if from hunger, preceded by chills, 1.
- Pressure in the stomach, with feeling of distension of it, with dyspnœa and pressure in the left frontal eminence, soon, 3.
- Pressive sensation in the stomach (seventh day), 2.
- Pressive pain in the stomach, 1.
- The stomach is oppressed; the clothes feel uncomfortable, 1.
- The pressure of clothing is intolerable in the epigastric region, 1.
- Lancinating pain in the right side of the epigastrium, 1.
ABDOMEN
- Abdomen distended by gas; painful in the umbilical region, aggravated by pressure (eleventh day), 2. [170.]
- Inflation of the abdomen by flatulence, the discharge of which affords relief, 1.
- Inflation of the abdomen, as by flatulence; tension and pressure in the hypogastrium, 1.
- Noises from wind in the abdomen, it goes upward and downward (second day), 2.
- Emission of flatus downwards, 1.
- *Dull rumbling in the abdomen, 1.
- *Pain in the abdomen, with inflation and borborygmi, 1.
- Pain and swelling of the abdomen as far as below the right ribs, 1.
- Pains in the right side of the abdomen, from the hip to below the ribs, 1.
- Wandering pain in the abdomen and chest, 1.
- Pain as from a bar in the abdomen, with digging and starting in the right hip, followed by internal pains, 1. [180.]
- Swollen feeling in abdomen, 1.
- Tension of the abdomen, 1.
- Tense, painful abdomen, 1.*
- Bellyache rising to the region of the stomach, with pressure and pain on leaning against it, 1.
- Digging in the abdomen as far as the groin, rising to the stomach, with griping in the whole hypogastrium, 1.
- Colic, commencing on the right side, and extending to the left, and then rising to the region of the heart, where it ceases in a few minutes, 1.
- Colic on the right side as far as the groin, with formication reaching to the foot, 1.
- Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
- Pains in the hypogastrium, with severe pressure in the groin, 1.
- Pain in the right side of the hypogastrium, extending to the groin , with painful formication as far as the great toes, causing violent lancinations there for three minutes, 1.*
- Acute wandering pains in the hypogastrium, 1. [190.]
- Bruised pain, aggravated by pressure, in the right iliac region, 1.
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Slight sticking in the rectum (first day), 2.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Four thin stools, preceded by short, violent pain, extending from within the pelvis to the thighs, as though one must sink to the ground (eleventh day), 2.
- Liquid stools in the evening, preceded by colic, 1.
- Soft stool, in the morning (third day), 2.
- Soft stool at 6 A.M. (Roth).
- Constipation.
- Stool delayed (first day), 2.
- Stool difficult, but not hard, 1.
- Stool hard (first day), 2.
- Hard stools, passed with effort, followed by smarting at the anus, tenesmus, and lancinations in the rectum, 1.
URINARY ORGANS
- Urethra. [200.]
- Sticking in the fossa navicularis of the penis (eleventh day), 2.
- Voluptuous tickling in the end of the urethra, with erections (fifth day), 2.
- Voluptuous tickling in the navicular fossa of the penis (after one hour), 2.
- Itching, pruritus, and burning pain in the urethra, with frequent urging to urinate, 1.
- Frequent desire to urinate, with smarting, 1.
- Micturition.
- Urine abundant and clear, 1.
- Urine less than usual (third day), 2.
- Little urine (first day), 2.
- Very little urine, normal, although the food had been liquid (first day), 2.
- Urine scanty (first, third, and seventh days), 2. [210.]
- Urine scanty and dark-colored (first day), 2.
- Urine very scanty (first night and second morning), 2.
- Urine very scanty, clear, passed in a very thin stream; the bladder did not quite empty itself; only by pressing is a thin stream produced (eleventh day), 2.
- Urine very scanty and darker-colored than usual (first day), 2.
- Urine.
- Yellowish urine, depositing a red lateritious sediment, 1.
- Lemon-colored urine, depositing, when standing, a reddish sediment, 1.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Strong excitement of the genital organs, 1.
- Erections, while sitting at an interesting lecture (first day), 2.
- Nocturnal erections, without pollutions, 1.
- Painful erections, while sitting at engrossing business (second day), 2. [220.]
- Pressure in the testicles (after one hour), 2.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Voice.
- Voice rough and hoarse, seems deeper than usual (fifth day), 2.
- Voice very rough (after three hours and eleven days), 2.
- Cough.
- Dry cough, also in the afternoon (eleventh day), 2.
- Dry cough in single paroxysms (eleventh day), 2.
- Respiration.
- Short anxious respiration, 1.
- Respiration slow, but deep and with exertion (fifth day), 2.
- Deep respiration, now and then (first day), 2.
- Frequent deep inspiration and tightness of the chest, as if he could not get enough air, with anxious feeling and heaviness of the limbs (after half a hour), 2.
- Frequently deep labored inspiration, while sitting (second day), 2. [230.]
- Respiration intermingled with deep labored inspirations (eleventh day), 2.
- Oppressed respiration (after one hour), 2.
- The oppression of breathing is worse while sitting than while walking (after two hours), 2.
- Difficult inspiration, with dull stitch deep in the right lung (after one hours), 2.
- The dryness of the mouth gradually commences again (the coldness has ceased), and the difficulty of breathing becomes greater; while walking the breathing is less restricted than when sitting; it is accomplished with decided exertion (seventh day), 2.
- Dyspnœa, soon, 3.
CHEST
- Violent contractive pain transversely across the lower portion of the thorax, in the evening (eleventh day), 2.
- Constriction of the chest, with anxiety, 1.
- Tightness of the chest, with deep inspirations (third and eleventh days), 2.
- Feeling of something tightened about the chest (after one hour), 2. [240.]
- Feeling of tightness on the chest, in the præcordial region, as if something were lying upon it, with deep labored inspirations, constant (after three-quarters of an hour), 2.
- Pressure upon the chest and difficult respiration (seventh day), 2.
- Pressure and constriction of the chest, with great difficulty of breathing, 1.
- Oppression of the chest and deep breathing (fifth day), 2.
- Great inclination to walk; while sitting the oppression of the chest is worse (eleventh day), 2.
- A quick succession of stitches in the right side, which take away the breath, 1.
- Suddenly two violent stitches beneath the left ribs, so that he involuntarily holds his breath (after one hour), 2.
- Tearing pain in the anterior wall of the chest (eleventh day), 2.
HEART AND PULSE
- Præcordium.
- Pain at the left side of the cardiac region, 1.
- Severe pain in the præcordial region, lasting some minutes, 1. [250.]
- Pain at the left side near the heart, preceded by a shivering, which extends to the elbow, 1.
- Tight sensation in te region of the heart on taking a deep breath, with oppression that obliges him to walk about, whereby he is relieved (third day), 2.
- Lancinating pain, as from a dagger-stroke, in the præcordial region, 1.
- Painful stitches here and there over the left side, in the region of the heart, 1.
- Heart's Action.
- Heart's action stronger and irregular, partly while walking, partly while sitting, for a short time (first day), 2.
- Some violent beats of the heart while sitting, followed by a sensation of floundering of the heart, with rapid, small, indistinct pulse (first day), 2.
- Some sudden violent beatings of the heart while sitting, with anxious oppression in the præcordial region, at 4 P.M.; repeated several times afterwards (first day); during the next days this sensation was repeated, at times while lying, at times while sitting, together with constriction of the chest, 2.
- Frequent palpitation of the heart, which lasted a long time (first day), 3.
- Beating of the heart not perceptible to the hand, but there is a peculiar feeling of oppression in the præcordial region (first day), 2.
- Pulse.
- Pulse quicker and fuller, 4. [260.]
- The pulse became rapid, small, and soft after a short paroxysm of coughing (eleventh day), 2.
- Pulse slow, full, and regular (60), (seventh day), 2.
- Pulse 100 in the morning, afterwards slower (third day), 2.
- Pulse 100 and more while sitting, also with some slow beats (eleventh day), 2.
- Pulse 90 at 7 P.M.; after half an hour, 75 (fifth day), 2.
- Pulse 90, increased by the slightest cause (eleventh day), 2.
- Pulse 80 and small (after half an hour); 55 to 60 (after one hour); 60 (after one hour and quarter); 95 (after one hour and a half); 100 while sitting, small and weak (after two hours); 90 (after two hours and three-quarters); 88 while sitting (after three hours), .
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Frequent cracking in the upper cervical vertebræ on moving the head (seventh day), 2. [280.]
- Heaviness in the nape of the neck, 1.
- Stiffness, with heaviness in the nape of the neck and occiput (eleventh day), 2.
- Drawings in the cervical muscles, in the left shoulder (eleventh day), 2.
- Drawing in the left cervical muscles (third day), 2.
- Pulsation in the vessels of the right side of the neck (after two hours), 2.
- Back.
- Painful lassitude along the back, with bruised feeling down to the sacrum; constantly repeated, 1.
- Weakness, alternately in back, knees, and arms, as after great exertion (after a quarter of an hour), 2.
- Stiffness in the back, 1.
- Painful stiffness of the back (seventh day), 2.
- Stitch in the back, 1.
- Dorsal. [290.]
- Pressure in the spine, in the dorsal vertebræ (eleventh day), 2.
- Lancinating pain between the scapulæ, in the shoulders and along the spine, as far as the sacrum, especially when straightening himself up, with difficult breathing, 1.
- Pricking pain between the scapulæ, extending to the left shoulder, 1.
- Lumbar.
- Pains in the left lumbar muscles, worse when bending or turning (second day), 2.
- Deep lancinations around the loins, 1.
- Sacral.
- Bruised pain in the sacrum, 1.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Objective.
- Much cracking in the joints on moving (second and eleventh days), 2.
- A peculiar lightness and vigor in the limbs in spite of much walking (first day), 2.
- A peculiar lightness and flexibility of the limbs in the morning, in spit of a bad night (second day), 3.
- Painful lassitude of the upper and lower limbs, 1. [300.]
- Weakness of the limbs (third day), 2.
- Great weakness of the extremities (after one hour), 2.
- Subjective.
- Sensation of weakness of some of the extremities, especially of the left (fifth day), 2.
- Drawing in the arms and limbs, as if beaten (after two hours), 2.
- Drawing in the left calf and on the side of the right index finger (second day), 2.
- Bruised pain alternating in different parts of the extremities (seventh day), 2.
- Bruised and weary sensation in the extremities in the afternoon, while walking (first day), 4.
- Very transient bruised pains in various muscles of the upper and lower extremities (first day), 2.
- A pressing bruised sensations alternating in the knee, ankle, and elbow of the left side while sitting (second day), 2.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Weakness of the arms, with painful drawing in the muscles of the upper arm (eleventh day), 2.
- Shoulder. [310.]
- Decided sensation of weakness in the shoulders and upper arms, so that all movements are difficult (seventh day), 2.
- Pain in the shoulders, with cracking in them (third day), 2.
- Pressure in the shoulder-joint a few time (twelfth day), 2.
- Arm.
- Pressure in the left upper arm and joint of the lower jaw (eleventh day), 2.
- Elbow.
- Peculiar sensation of coldness and crawling in the right elbow and parietal eminence (eleventh day), 2.
- Forearm.
- Constriction in the flesh of the lower portion of the left arm (first day), 2.
- Violent compressing pain in the muscles of the lower portion of the left forearm, as if a hoop were tight about them (second day), 2.
- Hand.
- Objects are held with uncertainty, so that they easily fall from the hands, with a certain hastiness in all his movements (after four hours), 2.
- On closing the hands, a sensation as if they were swollen and the skin tight (first day), 2.
- Sticking in the left hand, and loss of sensation in the finger (first day), 4.
- Fingers. [320.]
- Contraction in the fingers of the right hand and stiffness of their joints, 1.
- Skin of the fingers agreeably warm, they feel fine and soft (first day), 2.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Objective.
- Retraction of the muscles of the right leg, with bruised pain in the hip-joint, 1.
- Great weakness of the right leg (after one hour), 2.
- Unsteady gait and commencing vertigo in the open air (seventh day), 2.
- Gait unsteady and tottering (after two hours), 2.
- Gait uncertain, tottering, with the knees somewhat bent, the legs spread apart (first day), 2.
- Difficulty of ascending steps with weakness, so that he does not know how he shall drag himself up the last step (first day), 3.
- Great difficulty in walking, with limping, 1.
- Subjective.
- Sensation as though the gait were tottering, in the open air (after four hours), 2. [330.]
- A sensation as though the gait were uncertain and tottering, repeated every time on going into the open air, and sometimes real staggering in the street, so that people were surprised, especially noticed on descending steps (first day), 2.
- Heaviness of the lower limbs, 1.
- Cramp-pain on the right side, from the hip-joint to the tips of the toes, 1.
- Hip.
- Violent cutting pain in the right hip, extending into the abdomen, and forcing him to bend over for two or three minutes, 1.
- Bruised pain in the hips (eleventh day), 2.
- Thigh.
- Pain and transient stiffness in the left thigh, from the groin to the knee, 1.
- Pressure in the muscles of the left thigh (third day), 2.
- Pressive pain in the muscles of the interior and middle portions of both thighs while sitting (first day), 2.
- Knee.
- Cracking in the right knee-joint, on moving it and while sitting (first day), 3.
- Pain in the outer side of the right knee, 1. [340.]
- Pressure in the right knee (eleventh day), 2.
- Cramplike sensation in the right calf (first day), .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective.
- Strength increased so as to bear labor better, 5. [360.]
- All feeling of fatigue removed, in an hour after taking, when so fatigued and wearied as to be scarce able to sit on horse-back, 5.
- Indolence, rather than weakness (first day), 3.
- Depression of strength; lassitude in the limbs, 1.
- Great weakness after a short walk (eleventh day), 2.
- Great weakness, and heaviness in forehead, on coming into the house (first day), 2.
- Constant great weakness (first day), 3.
- Very great exhaustion, especially in the limbs (after one hour), 2.
- Internal uneasiness obliges him to walk (after half an hour and third day), 2.
- Sensitiveness to daylight (after one hour), 2.
- Sensitiveness to cold; he easily incurs attacks of painful lassitude, 1.
- Subjective. [370.]
- A peculiar pervading joyous sensation of vigor and elasticity, especially in the upper extremities (second day), 4.
- The feeling of weakness entirely disappears and gives place to an agreeable sensation of lightness and clearness of mind (after two hours), 2.
- A sensation of special lightness when walking, with the same sense of power in the limbs (later action), (first day), 2.
- While sitting, as sensation as if the body fell backward (eleventh day), 2.
- Feeling of great weakness; disinclined to every exertion (after one hour and three-quarters), 2.
- Feeling of great weakness, especially in the limbs, with pressing pain in various muscles (seventh day), 2.
- A sudden general sensation of great weakness, with creeping coldness, flushes of heat, and cool perspiration, with longing to expose the body to the cold air, and to have something strengthening, at 7 P.M. (first day), 2.
- Peculiar sensation of weakness, and feeling of internal trembling in the limbs (soon), 2.
- General heaviness (first day), 2.
- General malaise, 1. [380.]
- Malaise and yawning, .
SKIN
- Cutaneous veins very small (eleventh day), 2.
- Eruption of itching pimples on the neck and chest, 1.
- Prickling in the calves (after one hour), 2.
- Formication at night, along the thigh and right leg, as far as the great toe, which becomes the seat of very painful lancinations for an hour, 1.
- Formication along the right thigh and leg to the foot, accompanied with stiffness, 1.
- Itching under the right foot, 1.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Much yawning, though he had slept all the morning (fifth day), 2. [390.]
- Great sleepiness, 1.
- Very great inclination to sleep (second day), 4.
- Drowsiness; invincible propensity to sleep, 1.
- Deep, prolonged, quiet sleep towards morning, 1.
- He awakes with difficulty, or else with a start, 1.
- Dreams.
- Many dreams at night, with frequent waking, mostly with headache (first night), 3.
- Pleasant, voluptuous, very vivid dreams, constantly repeated every time he takes the drug, 1.
- The dreams are not exciting, although they are clearly remembered, 1.
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Coldness and trembling, with numbness of the hands and coldness of the fingers, which become white, benumbed, and prickly, so that they cannot be got warm again for three-quarters of an hour, 1.
- He cannot get warm after returning from a walk, 1. [400.]
- Chilliness through the back (after three-quarters of an hour), 2.
- Chilliness over the back, with warm extremities (fifth day), 2.
- Frequent chilliness through the back, extending into the arms, with cold skin and bluish nails, great weakness of the right limb, oppressed respiration, with pulse at 60, while walking and sitting; pupils contracted, and sensitive to daylight (after one hour), 2.
- Much chilliness through the back (third day), 2.
- Coldness pierces into the interior of the occiput (after one hour), 2.
- Some coldness through the back (soon), 2.
- Great coldness in the back, extending into the limbs, which were also icy cold externally and felt bruised (after half a hour), 2.
- Sensation of great coldness in the back, extending into the bones of the back, with cold hands and blue nails, repeatedly (seventh day), 2.
- Violent coldness within the spine; there is also a feeling of coldness in the extremities and head, with great weakness of the extremities and pressure in the testicles and elbows, with frequent deep breathing, oppression of the chest, and prickling in the calves (pulse 55 to 60); better while walking (after one hour), 2.
- Heat.
- The skin is warm, and seems to the fingers soft and fine (after two hours), 2. [410.]
- A small glass of Malaga wine caused remarkable heat of the whole body, especially of the back, with distended veins (third day), 2.
- Violent burning heat in the tips of the fingers (fifth day), 2.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Night ), Formication along thigh, etc.
- ( In open air ), Vertigo; objects swim before eyes; dryness of lips, etc.; unsteady gait, etc.
- ( Bending or turning ), Pains in lumbar muscles.
- ( Descending stairs ), Vertigo; sensation of uncertain gait.
- ( After dinner ), Heavy head.
- ( On exerting mind ), Drawing in occiput.
- ( Sitting ), Sensation in occiput; oppression of breath; sensation in knees, etc.; pain in muscles of thighs; drawing, etc., from back of feet.
- ( When straightening up ), Pain between scapulæ, etc.
- ( Talking ), Dryness of lips, etc.; scraping in fauces.
- ( Walking ), Pressure in ankles, etc.
- ( Walking rapidly ), Pain in left malleolus.
- ( Wine ), Heat of body.
- Amelioration.
- ( Eating ), Dryness of mouth.
- ( Walking ), Oppression in region of heart; coldness within spine, etc.
- ( Walking slowly ), Pain about malleolus.