Ferula Neapolitana. Bounafa. *N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of plant.
Clinical
Aphthae. Diarrhoea. Digestion, slow. Haemorrhoids. Nymphomania. Pruritus vulvae.
Characteristics
*Ferula has been proved, but I am not aware of any clinical experience with it. Heat and burning are produced in most parts, and sensations of coldness in others. Stiffness and constriction were also prominent. Violent sexual excitement in women. A cough was complained of, worse in damp or cold weather.
Relations
*Compare: Other Umbelliferae., tongue as if burnt, Sanguinaria c.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Aversion to society, to work. Sadness, inclination to weep. Impatience, anger.
Head
Burning in head. Icy coldness in occiput during day. Lancinations, pricking, pulling pains in occiput.
Eyes
Burning, pricking, itching of eyelids.
Nose
Redness of nose, sensitive to touch. Scabs in nose, with smarting and itching.
Mouth
Aphthae, heat in mouth, sensation in tongue as if burnt.
Throat
Scratching, burning, lancinations, difficulty of swallowing.
Stomach
Decreased appetite, urgent thirst. Bitter eructations. Spitting up of bile. Slow digestion, with bitter eructations. Heat and cutting pains in stomach, worse after eating.
Abdomen
Lancinating, pulling in right hypochondrium. Inflation and tension of abdomen. Colic before and during stool. Constant burning in abdomen. Heat and weight in hypogastrium.
Stool
Haemorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancinating, and prickings at anus. Diarrhoea day and night, but worse by day, stools light- yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at anus.
Urinary Organs
Diminished urine.
Female Sexual Organ
Menses several days early, more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of vulva. Violent sexual excitement (in females only).
Respiratory Organs
Difficult breathing. Fetid breath. Cough dry or loose, worse in damp or cold weather, with thick yellow expectoration.
Heart
Constriction and heat at heart, beats stronger.
Back and neck
Stiff-neck. Pricking and lancinating at nape.
Upper Limbs
Stiffness of arms, difficulty in bending them.
Lower Limbs
Numbness of thighs. Cold feeling along sciatic nerves, felt soon after rising up. Lancination along nerves of thighs and legs.
Skin
Redness and subcutaneous swelling. Small red pimples and incessant itching. Red pimples with white tips in beard and whiskers. Pricking and violent itching in many parts, worse at night.
Sleep
Sleepy in day, sleepless, restless, starting from sleep at night.
