This “dog’s bane’ is a perennial herb belonging to the Apocynaceae. A tincture is prepared from the fresh root.
Allies-Apocynum, cannab.
Trembling. Pain in different parts; P. on turning to l. side; P. in all joints; lying P. in different parts. Swollen sensation in body and face. Heaviness of body, with great sleepiness. Weakness,. Fulness in head. Headache; in l. side; pulsating a. in occiput; A. in back of head and neck, with stiffness. Great itching and irritation in l. nostril. Great sneezing. Everything smelled like honey. Twitching of facial muscles. Violent pain in l. zygomatic process Pain in all l. lower teeth. Taste delightful. Nausea. Vomiting; with purging; effort at V. Flying pain in stomach.
Shooting pain in l. groin. Feeling as if something would pass the bowels, with fulness and pain in r. side. Diarrhoea, with pain and rumbling, only two stools, but copious and affording much relief; D. and constipation on alternate days. Constipation. Frequent bilious stools; painful bilious diarrhoea. Micturition frequent. Urine profuse. Menses profuse, lasting eight days, with violent pressing pain.
Dull heavy pain when breathing, seeming to go from above downward. Pain in nape extending to front of neck. Stiff neck. Pulsating pain in r. forearm. Pain above wrists. Hands and feet swell. Pain in knee and in r. shoulder Cramp in soles, (<) r., with burning and with pain in joint of l. big toe and heat in r. leg and knee. Tingling pain in toes, sharp pain in middle toe. Itching of body and face of face; of face, with burning. Inability to sleep. S. unrefreshing. Violent dreams. Chilliness. Heat of head and neck; H. in r. leg and knee. Profuse sweat of whole body, with violent heat in soles.
Clinical Has been found useful in acute rheumatism with great stiffness. General rheumatic pains. It has been used for renal calculi and gravel.