Thornapple – Jimson Weed.
CHARACTERISTICS.
True spasmodic asthma. Hydrophobia. FAce flushed and swollen. Laughter, volubility, hallucinations, sexual excitement. Mania with fear, hallucinations and disposition to do violence.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Vertigo, face flushed and swollen. conjunctiva congested, pupils dilated, skin hot and perspiring, throat dry, erythematous eruption. Persistent insomnia. Laughter, volubility, hallucinations, pronounced sexual excitement, tendency to violence, hydrophobia. 1. Dyspnoea, dysphagia, choreic and convulsive movements. PUlse rapid and weak.
DOSE
Stramonii folia, 1-2 gr.
STramonii semen, 1/2-1 gr.
Extractum stramonii seminis, 1/0- 1/2 gr.
Extractum stramonii seminis fluidum, 1-5 m.
Tinctura stramonii seminis, 2-15 m.
The first to the fourth decimal dilutions are recommended. The dose of the alkaloid, daturine, is from one one-hundred- twentieth to one-sixtieth grain.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
True spasmodic asthma. 2. (Ten to twenty grains of the dried leaves in a pipe. Draw smoke into the lungs)
Hydrophobia. 1-2 (May have to use the tincture freely)
Delirium with hallucinations.1
Sexual excitement. 1.
Retention of urine from spasm of the neck of the bladder. 2.
Dysmenorrhoea.2.