APIUM GRAVEOLENS.

By Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

A. graveolens, L., (Celery.)

Nat. order , Umbelliferæ.

Authority.

Beckwith (O. M. and S. Rep., 3, 116), took twenty and sixty drops of tincture from the seeds.

STOMACH

  • Unpleasant feelings in stomach, with belching; the regurgitation tasting of the celery (within one hour, after 20 drops).
  • Heartburn (soon after 60 drops).
  • Spitting up food (soon after 60 drops).
  • Gone feeling in pit of stomach, lasting for hours, and partially relieved by eating (after 60 drops).

SUPPLEMENT: APIUM GRAVEOLENS. Authorities.

2 , L. W. Berridge, M.D., Amer. Journ. of Hom. Mat. Med., vol. viii, 187 4, p. 126, effects on Miss. ---, from eating celery; 3 , W. J. Ramsden, Brit. Med. Journ. (Hom. World, 1878, p. 343), a patient ate a whole stick of the vegetable.

  • During the following day and night, a most obstinate retention of the urine, which could only be relieved by the catheter, 3.
  • Inability to sit still or lie still in bed, from feeling of "fidgets;" cannot keep mind from thinking, 2.

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