Nabalus serpentarius. Prenanthes serpentaria. White Lettuce. Rattlesnake-root. *N.O. Compositae (subord. Chicoraceae) Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Clinical
Constipation. Ophthalmia.
Characteristics
*Nabalus is a native American plant much used in domestic practice as a remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery. There is only one proving, with Ist and 3rd dilutions by a married woman, aged 19. The symptoms resemble somewhat those of its botanical relative, *Lactuca, especially in constipation and somnolence. The most curious symptoms was susceptibility to magnetism and to the personal aura of others. Irritability of temper and occipital pain was worse evening.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Depression followed by unusual buoyancy. Continued melancholy. Irritable.
Head
Tipsy sensation. Deep-seated frontal pains behind right eye-ball and over eye. Headache with irritability and irritation of eyes, throat, and skin. Occipital pains with stiffness in nucha, worse evenings.
Eyes
Great and lasting irritation of eyelids and margins, the margins sting and smart and are slightly swollen. Slight weak.
Nose
Right nostril sore. Smell and taste slightly impaired.
Throat
Throat sore, tickling and scraping (left), worse lying down and swallowing saliva, then both eyes ( worse left) tingle and fill with tears.
Stomach
Appetite and thirst diminished. Desire for lemons. Burning eructations.
Stool
Constipation, only three stools in twelve days, hard, painful, followed by prostration.
Urinary Organs
Sharp pain (transient) in right kidney. Urine diminished.
Female Sexual Organs
Sharp throbbing in uterus. White, jelly-like discharge from vagina, with weakness. Menses delayed.
Generalities
Dull pains in joints and numbness on waking. Susceptibility to magnetic contact and to the personal aura of her friends. Heaviness, as if blood-vessels filled with lead, body heavy, she leans about.
Skin
Subcutaneous glands irritated and swollen, esp., behind right ear and in neck. Prickling as from suppressed perspiration, itching, general.
Sleep
Somnolence. Night sleep prolonged, afterwards lighter and more broken.
Fever
Chilliness not better by heat of fire. No febrile reaction except occasional flushes over head and face.