Spotted Wintergreen. *N. O. Pyroleae, a tribe of the Ericaceae. Tincture of root and leaves, or of fresh plant in flower.
Clinical
Angina pectoris. Diarrhoea. Headache. Sore-throat. Tongue, stiffness of. Toothache. Worm-fever.
Characteristics
*Chim. *mac. has been proved independently of *Chim. umb. Some symptoms of *Chim. rotund. are included. An intense gnawing hunger is a leading symptom. Burning fever, blood feels heated. The throat and tonsils are strongly affected. Headache worse on lying down. Feels better in warm room. Suited to mild, amiable, refined, sensitive, intellectual persons.
Relations.
*Compare: Pulsatilla, Chim. umb.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Becomes partially unconscious, feels like fainting, as if brain paralysed, mind gone (*Chim. *rotund.).
Head
Sudden headache above eyes, with dim vision, light-headed, lying down. Frontal headache with Fulness in stomach and belching, with pain in bowels, wants head pressed on.
Teeth
Hollow teeth ache, worse eating.
Mouth
Tongue feels stiff and thick in middle, cannot raise it (Chim. rotund).
Throat
Tensive pain in throat on swallowing, swollen tonsils.
Appetite and Stomach
Extreme gnawing hunger. Feels drunk, as if stomach burnt up with liquor, as if hard, dry, and tough, and as if rennet would be good for it (*Chim. *rotund.).
Stool
Diarrhoea, with worm-fever.
Urinary Organs
Rises in night to urinate.
Heart
Angina with stupor.
Limbs.
Limbs feel full, as if distended. Sensation of swelling in armpits, pain from armpits to scapulae.
Fever
Fever with burning hot skin and thirst. Blood as if heated with prickling. Cold, damp feet in evening.
