Cedron


Proving Symptoms of homeopathy medicine Cedron, described by Richard Hughes in his book, A Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesis, published in 1895….


Introduction

Simaba Cedron, Planchon. Rattlesnake beans. Nat. Ord., Simarubaceae.

Provings.

1. CASANOVA. Result of provings on 14 healthy persons of different sex and age, drug being taken (1) in concentrated aqueous solution and Ix and 3x dilutions of same, and (2) in substance and Ix – 3x trit. of same.

Mind Gloomy, depressed spirits; disposition to weep; inquietude and excessive anguish; dulness of sense, torpor of mental faculties; dread of friends, females especially. Greater part of these symptoms were repeated in the morning (sic.) and aggravated at night.

Head Dull and heavy in evening; distensive ache, increased during night; temporal arteries enlarged; bending head backwards caused pressure in occipital and parietal regions, as if they would burst; forehead cold, and as if empty in morning. These symptoms were principally manifested in provers of voluptuous disposition and of excitable nervous temperament; more also in women than in men; they were, more or less, repeated every day while under influence of drug.

Eyes Prominent and red, with pressive pain extending to forehead; pupils fixed and dilated; in female prover, aet. 18, objects appeared red at night and yellowish during day for 7 days, until ballad. was taken as antidote; lids injected, bright red, and painful on pressure swelling of meibomian glands.

Ears Buzzing towards noon; hardness of hearing at night.

Face. Flying heat, alternated with chills, towards evening, with bloated appearance; cheeks red and burning at night, pale and cold in morning; pressing or tearing pain in one or both

cheeks with occasional shoots under orbits; spasmodic twitchings of upper lids, in 2 provers for 3 successive nights.

Mouth Dryness, with viscid saliva, while talking; thirst, with desire for cold water at noon and warm at night and aversion to cold water in evening; saliva becomes sour at night; pricking of tongue early in morning, going off after breakfast.

Stomach and Abdomen – Sense of heat and fulness in gastric region; distension, and disposition to nausea, generally aggravated by rest, but relieved by walking and eating; abdomen hard and distended towards evening; some flatulent colic in morning; stitches in spleen and liver; constipation, with unsuccessful urging; in some provers, after large doses yellowish or whitish loose evacuation.

Urinary organs. – Scanty urine; dark urine, with sediment, in both sexes; frequent but ineffectual urging to micturate.

Genital organs. – Much genital excitement; in a young man discharge like gonorrhoea, lasting 3 days, and only ceasing on medicine being omitted; in a women leucorrhoea, and swelling of breasts with some pain.

Respiratory organs. – Larynx constricted and tender; dysphagia; difficult respiration, with partial loss of voice, recurring at different intervals.

Circulatory system. – Oppression of chest and throbbing of heart, in almost all provers, especially those in whom febrile paroxysms were developed. Febrile paroxysms every day in some provers, every other day in others, towards 8 p. m., preceded by depressed spirits, dulness of senses, and pressive headache (at noon), cramps, then contracting and tearing pains in extremities, with cold sensation in hands and feet; mouth dry, great thirst and desire for cold water; chills and shivering, sometimes very strong shuddering of whole body; palpitation and hurried breathing; pulse weak and oppressed. these symptoms lasted 1-2 hours, and varied much in intensity; they were followed by sensation of dry heat, and then by profuse perspiration, full and quick pulse with animated red face. Coldness and paleness in apyrexia, with thirst and desire for warm drinks.

Extremities Pressing pains in elbows and forearms, with cold sensation, extending to hands; lancing pains in knee – joints; contracting pains in legs, as if produced from contusion, in evening. When not precursors of fever, these pains were relieved by friction.

Sleep Restless with confused dreams (in some of both sexes), in others very profound; a general feeling of fatigue after awaking if time has exceeding 6 hours, and weakness of body and mind ( Monthly Hom. Review, v, 251.)

2. M. G.B. -, man of 24, blond, delicate, but in good health at time of proving, mixed 10 dr. of 6th dil. in a tumblerful of water, and took tablespoonful every morning for 4 days, and morning and evening on 5th day. On 6th day, August 30th, 1851, at 3 p. m. shuddering all over body, with malaise and desire to lie down; shuddering is renewed on movement; hand, feet, and nose are cold; flying heat in face several times which towards 6 became constant, face looking animated, with smarting in eyes (especially when closing them), lips dry, with desire to moisten them often, and headache, especially at bottom of orbits, compelling him to close eyes, and extending to occiput. While this congestion of head lasts shuddering continues all the time; hands, feet, and nose remain cold; urine dark red. 31st. – Malaise, with much weakness; loss of appetite; red urine; no stool. September 1st. – As yesterday; in evening copious stool. 2nd. – Weakness; in morning flatulent colic, with discharge of foetid urine; after talking, saliva becomes thick and white, like cream. At 3 p. m. paroxysm of 6th day recurs, but much feebler. 3rd. – Weakness; appetite returns; transitory lancing pains in joints, especially right elbow 4th. – All symptoms have disappeared. 5th. – Slight shuddering only towards 3 p. m. (TESTE, Mat. Medorrhinum, sub voce.)

3. Mrs. T. -, aet. 27, sanguine temperament, delicate constitution, disposed to cerebral congestions, though head is very small; very sensitive to action of drugs. Of similar solution took tablespoonful morning and evening for 2 days only. 1st day, 9 a. m., pain at elbow and right forearm, as from shock or blow, for 1/4 hour; oppressive pain in chest, extending every now and then to back, with frequent desire to moan and take long breath; pressure at right temple, causing dull pain in whole right head. These symptoms continue part of morning, but disappear towards noon. Towards 6 p. m. (immediately after dinner) cold all over, shuddering in back, icy coldness of feet, hands burning; sensation in eyes as if one had wept a good deal. 2nd day., 9 a. m., pain in arm as yesterday; distended abdomen, with borborygmi on left side. 6:30 p. m., shuddering in back and legs, unusual pallor of hands, red face, heaviness of head; towards 7 stretching; general coldness all evening; towards 9, in open air, increase of headache, pressive pain over eyes, as from a band. No thirst during shuddering. Dry heat at night 3rd days, no perceptible symptoms in morning. Towards 5 p. m. intolerable pricking itching of tongue, obliging her to rub it incessantly against palate; at same time taste as of iron in mouth, causing profuse flow of saliva, sour taste; colic at dinner; unsuccessful urging to stool. At 6:30 febrile paroxysms as on day previous, but more intense with smarting in eyes, which is only stopped for a moment by rubbing; burning and weary pains in shoulders; profuse emission of watery urine. 4th day, in morning pain at heel as from an abscess, only when walking, for 1 hour. Towards 6 p. m., feverish paroxysm, similar to that of previous day, but less marked. 5th day, constipation. 6th day, pains in loins and back on rising in morning; towards 5:30 p. m. pricking at tongue and itching in eyes. On these day, and for three weeks from first, the febrile paroxysm returned, one day stronger, another weaker. Various unpleasant sensations, such as bruised pain at elbow, or pains as from an abscess in heel, returned during first week every morning about 9. From third day appetite decreased considerably; alcine evacuations became less frequent, and headache, generally consisting in pressure on vertex, somewhat violent only at moment when shuddering commenced, soon ceased altogether. Face was generally slightly bloated. (Ibid.)

4. Miss. C -, aet. 17, also very sensitive to action of drugs, took for a nervous affection of heart four globules of 6th dissolved in water. It did heart no good, and towards 6 p. m. (medicine having been taken at 9 a. m.) she had shuddering, soon, followed by dull and heavy frontal headache, spreading to both parietal regions, with redness of eyes and itching of inner and outer surfaces of lids; icy coldness of hands and tip of nose, even in midst of febrile reaction (pulse 80), rest of face being red and burning lastly, dimness of sight, dilatation of pupils; objects look red; mouth dry, with thick viscid saliva; constriction of throat, which scarcely allows her to swallow saliva; anxiety, restlessness, general malaise. N. restless; no sleep, with flow of confused ideas until 5 in morning (patient till then had slept well). On 2nd day no other symptoms but those of malady till 5:30 p. m. when paroxysm similar to previous one occurred. She took a doe of lachesis, and had no recurrence. ( Ibid.)

5. I. DOUGLASS, aet. 29, took, January 7th, 1859, at 7 p. In 10 morning more, pulsating in temple, and twisting pain behind right ear, changing to dull pain, and extending to temples, head felt as if swollen; singing in ears as of crickets. Had (unusual) erotic dreams, with priapism in morning. Before rising on 8th, rising of bitter wind from stomach, with dull pain in temples. At 7 p. m. took 2 dr. In 1/2 hour pulse increased by 15 beats, very full; pulsation in temporal arteries; pressure in ears; soon sensation as if whole head was swollen; sharp pain in occiput. At 9:30, head same, burning sensation in upper lids. All night very restless, frequent walking, fatigued from lying long in one position. On morning of 9th pressure in occiput; slightly yellowish coat far back on tongue, with nasty, sickish, bitter taste in mouth. That night as on 7th, and gastric symptoms same next morning (10th). At 10:30 a. m. occasional sharp, jerking pains in occiput. At noon sharp pain by turns in caecum, liver, and spleen, successively in occiput, abdomen, and legs. Pains in head all dull, save those in occiput, which are acute. At 10 p. m. dull pain on vertex, with sharp flying pains in all joints of extremities, worse in feet, especially in great – toe joint. Took 2 dr. and went to bed. In about 20 minutes, with former increase of pulse, pains over ears, On getting warm in bed, severe sharp flying pains in all parts. Those in limbs seated in joints especially great – toe joint, and streaking up bones; those in abdomen chiefly in ascending colon, liver and spleen; was kept awake by these most of night pains of lower extremities being especially severe. 11th. – Awoke late, after sound sleep, with dull pain in vertex; left eyelid seemed dried to ball; conjunctiva inflamed and dry; tongue coated yellow, even to the; sickish, slimy taste; pulse 95, full. 11 a. m., considerable fever, pulse 100, pains continue; redness of white of eyes, which were exposed. 12th. – Slept well, awoke with dull pain in whole upper head; mouth as before; copious stool, with excessive tenesmus. 10 a. m., with headache, throbbing in temples; pulse 90.

Richard Hughes
Dr. Richard Hughes (1836-1902) was born in London, England. He received the title of M.R.C.S. (Eng.), in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860. The title of M.D. was conferred upon him by the American College a few years later.

Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.