Æthusa cynapium

Mind and Disposition

Bad humor, irritability, especially in the afternoon, and in the open air.

Anxiety.

Delirium.

Head

Giddiness, with sleepiness.

Stitches and pulsations in the head.

Heaviness in the forehead.

Heat rises to the head; the body becomes warmer; the face becomes red and the giddiness ceases.

Sensation, as if both sides of the head were in a vice.

Eyes

Eyes brilliant and protruding.

Pupils dilated and insensible.

Ears

Stitches in the ears, especially in the right ear, as if something hot were streaming from it.

Face

Tearing in the face, in the malar bones.

Throat

Sensation of constriction, preventing deglutition.

Stinging in the throat, between the acts of deglutition.

Taste

Taste sweetish, especially in the morning, when awaking.

Stomach

Violent vomiting (in children) of curdled milk; of green mucus.

Violent vomiting, with diarrhœa-green mucus, or (in children) bloody substances.

Abdomen

Sensation of coldness in the abdomen.

Black bluish swelling of the abdomen.

Stool

Loose stools, preceded by cutting in the abdomen, with tenesmus in the morass, after rising.

Diarrhœa-discharges green, thin, bilious, with violent tenesmus.

Bloody stools.

Back

Sensation, as if the small of the back were in a vice.

Generalities

Epileptic spasms, with clenched thumb, red face, eyes turned downwards, pupils fixed, dilated, foam at the mouth, jaws locked, small, hard and quick pulse.

Spasms, with stupor and delirium.

Sleep

Sleepiness all day; sometimes better in the open air.

Conditions

Coldness, stiffness and rigor of the limbs.

Sensation of parts, as if they were in a vice (head, small of back).