Indian Hemp. ALLENTOWN SCHOOL Apocynaceae.
Mind
Bewildered.
Low spirited and nervous. Ascites and chronic diarrhoea.
Inner Head
Heaviness of the head evenings; aching in the small of the back and limbs.
Hydrocephalus; stupor, sight of one eye totally lost, the other eye slightly sensible; constant involuntary motion of one arm and leg; forehead projecting; sutures open. Stage of exudation.
Eyes
Heat, redness of the left eye, feeling as of sand in the eye; early in the morning.
Nose
Nostrils and throat filled with thick, yellow mucus, on waking in the morning.
Face
Bloated after lying down; passes off after sitting up.
Tongue etc.
Taste; bitter, sub-acrid, in the fauces.
Mouth
Dryness of the mouth on awaking; thirst.
Constant spitting; increased secretion of mucus and saliva in mouth and fauces.
Throat
Thick, yellow mucus in the throat in the morning; unpleasant degree of heat.
Desire.
Aversions Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain or is immediately thrown off. Dropsy,.
Eating and Drinking.
Distention about the stomach and hypochondria after a moderate meal.
Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea after sleep.
Violent vomiting, prostration and drowsiness, cold skin.
Distressing vomiting a intervals. Menorrhagia.
Stomach
Sinking at the Stomach on awaking.
Stomach so irritable not even a draught of water can be retained. Dropsy.
Abdomen
Ascites.
Stool etc.
Bilious stool; loose, but not very copious.
Bowels sluggish, but feces not hard or costive.
Urine
Scanty; no uneasiness.
Retention of urine, with paralysis of lower extremities.
Urine light, or sherry yellow in color, no sediment on cooling.
Female Sexual Organs
Amenorrhoea in young girls; abdomen and legs bloated.
Metrorrhagia continuous or paroxysmal; fluid or clotted; nausea, vomiting, palpitation; pulse quick, feeble, when moved fainting, when raising the head from pillow.
Breathing
Oppression of the chest on awaking.
Oppression about the epigastrium and chest, difficulty in getting breath enough to speak; after a light meal.
Hydrothorax.
Irresistible disposition to sigh.
Cough
Loose, rattling, with oppression of the chest; short, dry, evening or night.
Scanty expectoration of white mucus.
Heart Pulse
Pulse 45 between attacks of vomiting; feeble. Metrorrhagia.
Neck Back
Slight soreness in region of kidneys when bringing muscles into action.
Lower Limbs
Hard aching in both knees.
OEdema of the feet and ankles.
Limbs in General
Itching in the limbs, weakness.
Position etc.
Using muscles; 3 Raising the head, fainting: 2. Lying, face bloated, better sitting up:.
Nerves
General restlessness with debility.
Involuntary motions of one arm and leg. Hydrocephalus.
Sleep
On going to be desire for sleep, inability to sleep.
Drowsiness; vomiting; weakness.
Stupor.
Restlessness, little sleep.
Time
Morning: Evening: :.
Chill Fever Sweat
Heat of the skin on going to bed.
Sweat: when the skin moistens, the dropsy improves.
Sides
Left:.
Tissues
Excretions diminished, especially urine, sweat.
Acute inflammatory dropsy.
Dropsy: With great thirst, but water causes pain or is vomited, after typhus, scarlatina, cirrhosis; but mostly uncomplicated with organic disease.
Profuse (uterine) hemorrhages.
Skin
Skin cold, with vomiting. See.
Skin hot, evening going to bed.
Relationship
Concordances:[Acet. ac] [Apis] (which has no [thirst in dropsies); [Arsen]; [Bellad.; [Bryon].: [Cinchon]; [Colchic]; [Digit] (dropsy; slow pulse); [Elat.;] [Helleb]. (hydrocephalus. ascites, etc.); [Kali carb]; [Lyc], [Mercur]; [Mercurius sulph]; [Scilla]; [Sulphur]; [Veratr. alb].
Dropsy after abuse of quinine.
