INTRODUCTION
NUX. JUGL. Juglans, European Walnut. See “Hygea,” XXII., Nos. 1 and 2.
ANTIDOTES.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
General lassitude of the body. Feeling of relaxation of the muscles. Debility. Aggravation of several of the symptoms towards evening and night. Aggravation of symptoms after meals, but rarely an alleviation of them. Improvement of symptoms by evacuation of the bowels.
SKIN.
In the evening in bed, burning and itching sensation on the skin. Little pimples (acne-pustulosa) in the face, chiefly about the mouth. Small blisters in the axillae, appearing suddenly with burning and itching. Red spots on the arm, with a little pimple in the middle. Large boils on the shoulder. Hard, reddish, very painful swelling on the left cheek.
SLEEP.
Frequent yawning and stretching. In the evening, uneasy sleep. Many and uneasy dreams.
FEVER.
During the day, alternation of cold and heat in the body, of short duration. In the evening, cold extremities and burning face. Sudden flashes of heat. Frequent pulse with burning hands in the evening.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Indolence of the mind. Disinclination and incapacity for work.
HEAD.
Vertigo. Confusion and heaviness in the hand. Dull headache until dinner-time. Pain in the forehead, particularly on jarring the head and moving the eyes. Pain over the eyes in the forehead like a degree of vertigo. Pain and confusion in the head with burning in the eyes.
EYES.
Burning in the eyes. Sensation in the eyes as if a catarrh were coming on.
TEETH.
Dull, lacerating pains in hollow teeth, in the evening, aggravated by the warmth of the bed.
MOUTH.
White-coated tongue, in the morning on waking.
APPETITE.
Mucous, bitter, disagreeable taste in the morning on waking. Very bitter taste. Great thirst.
STOMACH.
Great fullness and heaviness in the stomach, relieved by eructations. Nausea, with a sensation of burning in the stomach immediately. Nausea with accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Disposition to vomit. Pressure in the stomach.
ABDOMEN.
Great fullness, inflation, tension, and weight in the abdomen. Hard, tympanitic abdomen. Violent aching pains in the whole abdomen, alleviated by eructations and discharge of wind. Pressing pain in the whole left side of the abdomen, with shifting gripes in the intestines. Drawing in the intestines.
STOOL.
Constipation. Hard stools, requiring great exertion liquid faces.
ANUS.
Burning pain and pressure in the anus.
URINE.
Very frequent urination. Diminished secretion of urine.
FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS.
Menstruation too soon, preceded by violent-pressing and drawing pains in the womb; the loss of blood very abundant, in blackish, and often large lumps, continuing a week.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
In the nose, eyes, and head a sensation as if a catarrh were beginning. Increased mucous secretion in the throat, thrown up by hawking. Oppression on the chest.
TRUNK.
Eruption on the back, on the shoulder, and the neck, of little red pimples. Small vesicles in the axillae, appearing suddenly with burning and itching, slightly exuding, with soreness. Great boils on the shoulder and region of the liver, suppurating violently, and painful.
ARMS.
Itching on the arms in the evening in bed. Swelling and eruption with pain and itching.
LEGS.
Rheumatic pain inside the knee-joint. Drawing and sensation of numbness in the lower part of the thigh and knee.
