AGARICUS MUSCARIUS



NOSE.

Itching of the nose and aloe of the nose. Burning pain in the nose and eyes. Soreness and inflammation of the inner wall of the nose. In blowing the nose, blood comes out of it, early in the morning, immediately after rising from the bed; this is followed by violent bleeding from the nose. The smell is more acute.

FACE.

Burning sensation and stitches of the cheeks. Twitching and pulsations in the cheeks. Redness of the face, with itching and burning as if frozen. Itching in the face. Itching of the forehead. with pimples. A tearing pain in the lips and the throat. Dryness and burning of the lips. The upper lip is chapped, with a burning sensation in the fissures. Bluish lips.

JAWS AND TEETH.

Violent tearing in the right side of the lower jaw. Tearing in the teeth of the lower jaw, increased by cold. Drawing, throbbing, lacerating pain in the molar teeth.

MOUTH.

Painfulness and bleeding of the gums. Swelling of the gums. Bad odor from the mouth, with a fetid taste. Acrid odor from the mouth in the morning. Soreness of the inner mouth, especially the palate. The tongue is sore. Small painful ulcer by the side of the fraenum of the tongue; at the tip it is bordered with dirty- yellow aphthae, producing a sensation, immediately after a meal as if the skin would peal off. Tongue is coated white. Back part of the tongue is coated yellow. Slimy tongue. Foam at the mouth. Flow of saliva.

TASTE AND APPETITE.

Insipid or better taste in the mouth. Want of appetite, with thirst. A good deal of hunger, but no appetite; early in the morning. Ravenous appetite. Sudden attacks of rabid hunger, towards evening, with perspiration. After a meal, sensation of choking in the oesophagus, and oppression of the stomach.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS,.

Frequent rising of mere air. Heartburn. Hiccough. Nausea, with cutting pain in the abdomen. Eructations, with qualmishness in the region of the stomach.

STOMACH.

Oppression at the stomach, with inclination to go to stool. Oppressive weight in the stomach. Oppression at the pit of the stomach, extending as far as the sternum. Cramp-like drawing in the pit of the stomach, extending as far as the chest. Cutting, resembling spasms in the stomach, immediately below the diaphragm, and extending towards the vertebral column when sitting.

ABDOMEN.

Acute pulsative pain below the left hypochondrium; it rises as high up as the third and fourth rib. Stitches under the short ribs of the left side, when breathing, and especially when sitting with a stooping chest. In the region of the liver, sharp stitches, as of needles.- Dull stitches in the liver, during an inspiration.- Troublesome fullness of the whole abdomen; it makes sitting and breathing difficult. Bloated abdomen. Sense as of writhing in the abdomen.- Pinching below the umbilicus, attended with a bloated condition of the abdomen.- Violent pinching in the abdomen, attended with diarrhoea; in the epigastrium. Cutting pain in the abdomen, sometimes followed by liquid stools. Loud rumbling in the abdomen. Emission of a large quantity of wind, smelling of garlic, with smarting pain in the rectum.

STOOL AND ANUS.

Head, dark-colored stools after constipation. Stools are first hard and knotty, afterwards loose, and lastly diarrhoeic. Watery stool with nausea, with cutting and fermentation in the abdomen. Liquid, or slimy yellow diarrhoeic stools. The diarrhoeic stools are accompanied with pinching and cutting in the abdomen, and emissions of a quantity of flatulence; also with painful drawing-in of the stomach and abdomen. The evacuations are accompanied and succeeded by smarting in the anus. Itching, tingling, and titillation of the anus, as of ascarides.

URINARY ORGANS.

Pressure in the region of the kidneys and in the loins; disturbing the night’s rest. Frequent urging to urinate, with copious emission. Scanty urine. Difficult emission of urine. Retention of urine. The urine is reddish, clear lemon-colored. Discharge of viscid tenacious mucus from the urethra.

MALE SEXUAL ORGANS.

Itching of the genitals. Drawing in the testes. Involuntary emissions. Great aversion to an embrace, or else great desire for it, with little ability, or with deficient excitement, or tardy, insufficient emission of semen. Every embraces is followed by great debility and languor, profuse night-sweats, and sometimes a burning itching of the skin.

FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS.

Increased menses. Titillation of the genital organs.

LARYNX AND TRACHEA.

Frequent hawking, with discharge of small flocks or small balls of phlegm. Frequent irritation in the trachea, with desire to cough. Dry cough after dinner. Both dry and fluent coryza, with sneezing.

CHEST.

Shortness of breath and asthma, frequently obliging him to stand still when walking. Labored breathing; breathing as if the chest were filled with blood. Violent oppression of the chest, hindering deep breathing, or else obliging one to take a deep breath; with sensation as if the chest were constricted; with drawing pain in the region of the diaphragm; in the region of the heart, with oppression and pulsation. Oppression of breathing in the lower portion of the chest, when moving about.- Painful palpitation of the heart when standing. Beating sore pain in several parts of the chest; at night. Itching and burning of the chest and nipples, after which pimples make their appearance. Profuse sweat on the chest at night.,.

BACK, SACRAL REGION.

Pain as if sprained and bruised in the small of the back, when standing; in the loins, nape of the neck, and back, when lying down and sitting still. Lameness and painful weakness of the dorsal muscles, especially of the loins, worse when standing or walking. Violent pain in the small of the back when rising from a seat, rendering it difficult to move, or when sitting or lying down, relieved by movement. Burning itching of the back.

UPPER LIMBS.

Weakness and painful weariness of the arms, with pain as if bruised. Rheumatic pains in the arms; drawing in the shoulder- joint, with weakness of the arm. Trembling of the hands, as from old age, particularly when holding anything.- Burning of the fingers, with itching and redness, as if frozen,-or from a burn. White pimples (miliaria-alba) of the size of a grain of millet- seed, brought out by scratching a burning itching place, and followed by scaling off of the skin.

LOWER LIMBS.

Painful lameness of the lower limbs. Painful and excessive weariness and weakness of the thighs and legs, with tottering. Pain in the hip-joint, very great while walking, and relieved by sitting. Lacerating pain in the limbs when sitting, improved by movement;in the thighs at night, disturbing the sleep. Rheumatic pains in the thighs and legs, while sitting. Stinging in the leg. Cramp in the feet at night. Itching, burning, and redness of the toes, as if frozen. Burning itching of the legs, especially in the evening, followed by desquamation of the skin.

PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.

Discharge of frothy, blackish-green substance. The stomach and bowels are distended with fetid air, their inner surface exhibits traces of inflammation and gangrenous spots. A sort of inflammatory congestion in the neighborhood of the pyloric orifice of the stomach. Large spots in the stomach and intestinal canal, where decomposition seems to have made considerable advance. The mucous membrane of the ileum is destroyed in various places.- The stomach contains a blackish fluid. The liver is excessively enlarged. The gall-bladder is filled with a thick, dark-colored bile.

Charles Julius Hempel
Charles Julius Hempel (5 September 1811 Solingen, Prussia - 25 September 1879 Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a German-born translator and homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. While attending medical lectures at the University of New York, where he graduated in 1845, he became associated with several eminent homeopathic practitioners, and soon after his graduation he began to translate some of the more important works relating to homeopathy. He was appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1857.