INTRODUCTION
SAMB. N. – Elder – See Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica,” IV.
COMPARE WITH
Aconite, Belladonna, China, Ipecac., Hep-s., Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Rhus-tox., Scill., Spongia, Stramonium, Sulphur
ANTIDOTE
Arsenicum, Camph.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
General rushing of the blood in the evening. Most of the pains come on during rest, and go off during motion. Dropsical swelling. Emaciation. Dropsical swelling of the whole body.
SLEEP
Restless sleep. Slumbering with the eyes and mouth half open. Frequent waking. Starting from the sleep, with anxiety, trembling and shortness of breath. Vivid dreams.
FEVER
Repeated attacks of slight shuddering. Chill over the whole body, with stinging crawling. Intolerable dry heat all over the body, with dread of uncovering. Intermittent fever.
MORAL SYMPTOMS
Great tendency to start.
SENSORIUM AND HEAD
Periodical delirium. Dizziness; cloudiness of the head. Lacerating and aching pain in the upper part of the forehead. Aching and lacerating pain in the head when stooping. Aching, stupefying pain in the head.
EARS, EYES, AND NOSE.
Stoppage of the nose, with accumulation of thick, tenacious mucus.
FACE AND TEETH
Bluish and bloated face. Pale livid face. Circumscribed redness of the cheeks. Red spots, here and there, with burning.
MOUTH AND THROAT
Gastric symptoms. Great dryness of the palate, without thirst. Thirst, without relishing the drink. Vomiting of mucus and bile. Sensation of incipient nausea. Pinching in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen, as if the bowels were bruised. Pressure in the abdomen. Spasmodic lacerating in the abdominal muscles. Cutting in the outer parts of the hypochondria.
URINARY AND GENITAL ORGANS
Swelling of the scrotum. Involuntary emission of semen. Profuse menses, like metrorrhagia.
LARYNX AND CHEST
Tracheitis.? Angina-membranacea.? Cough. Violent dyspnoea. Suffocative paroxysm, like asthma millari, after midnight. Angina-pectoris.
BACK
Drawing pressure in the small of the back. Aching pain in the middle of the spine. Oppressive heaviness in the nape of the neck, with painful motion of the head.
ARMS
Paralytic heaviness in the elbow-joints. Drawing pain in the carpal bones. Cutting stitches in both wrist-joints.
LEGS
Lacerating pain above the hip-joints. Sensation of weariness in the legs. OEdema of the feet.
