Pothos
By Timothy F. Allen â The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Symplocarpus fÅtidus, Salisb. (Ictodes fÅtidus, Bigelow; Phothos fÅtidus).
Natural order , AraceÃĻ.
Common name , Skunk-cabbage.
Preparation , Tincture of the root.
Authorities.
1 , Bigelow, Amer. Med. Botany, 2, 48 (1818), effects of 30 grams of dried root; 2 , Symptoms from Jahr's New Manual or Symptomen Codex.
HEAD
- Vertigo, 1.
- Headache, 1.
- Headache here and there, of short duration, 2.
- Drawing from both sides of the forehead to the glabella, very violent in the region of the latter, as if drawn by a magnet, 2.
EYE
- Temporary blindness, 1.
NOSE
- Violent sneezing, inducing a pain in the fauces, palate, pharynx, down to the stomach, and long-lasting after-pains in the region of the orifice of the stomach, 2.
- The nose above the nasal bones is swollen and red, forming a saddle, painful when touched, particularly high up on the left side of the nose, the cartilaginous portion being cold and bloodless, with red spots on the cheeks resembling small pimples, 2.
MOUTH
- Numb feeling in the tongue; inability to carry it to the teeth; red and sore on the edges and at the tip, 2.
THROAT
- Burning from the fauces down through the chest, 2. [10.]
- Swelling of the cervical and submaxillary glands, 2.
STOMACH
- Vomiting, 1.
- Pain in the pit of the stomach on stepping firmly, as if something were breaking off, 2.
ABDOMEN
- Sensation in walking as if the bowels were shaking, 2.
STOOL
- Soft stool, 2.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Painful voluptuous titillation around the corona glandis, 2.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Disposition to take deep breath, with hollowness of the chest, afterwards with contraction of the chest and throat, 2.
CHEST
- Pain in the chest, with pain under the shoulders, which seems to be in connection with burning in the pharynx, 2.
- Aching pain on the sternum, 2.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Bone-pain in the right border of the tibia, 2.
GENERALITIES. [20.]
- Sudden feeling of anguish, with oppression of breathing and sweat , after which he has an evacuation from the bowels, with relief of all the symptoms, 2.*