Illicium
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Illicium anisatum, Linn.
Natural order , Magnoliaceæ.
Common names , Anise, Star Anise (seeds).
Preparation , Tincture of the seeds.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. Frans, Archiv f. Hom., 17, part 3, page 175, effects of 100 drops of tincture; 2 , Mure, "selected symptoms," Pathogén. Brésil.
HEAD
EARS
- Ringing (in the ears) as of great bells, followed by sleep, 2.
- Roaring in the ears, 2.
- Loud roaring in the ears, with hissing sensation, 2.
NOSE
- Acute catarrh, 2.
- Watery discharge from the nose, 2.
- Sharp stitches beneath the tip of the nose, 1.
- Sensation of warm biting in the nose, like that felt when looking at the sun, immediately followed by sneezing (after a quarter of an hour), 1. [10.]
- He constantly notices the sharp biting odor of the drug on expiring the breath through the nose; this disappears after he has eaten something, 1.
FACE
- Dryness in the upper lip, and a feeling as if drawn towards the teeth, so that it lies hard against them, 1.
- Burning on the inner side of the lower lip, and a feeling as if it were asleep, 1.
- Sensation in the upper lip as if blood were forcing out, a sticking; it disappears as soon as he touches it in order to wipe away the fancied blood, 1.
MOUTH
- Flow of saliva, 2.
- Food, excepting bread, tastes too salt and bitter, though he has a good appetite; bread has a good taste and a strong smell, 1.
STOMACH
- When eating, soon satisfied, 2.
- Acidity in the stomach, 2.
- Nausea, 2.
- Nausea in the stomach, which, however, only extends to the chest, and then again disappears, 1. [20.]
- Qualmishness in the stomach and chest, 1.
- Swelling of the stomach, 2.
- Sensation as of an ulcer in the stomach, 1.
ABDOMEN
- Pain in the spleen, 2.
- Pain at the navel and in the œsophagus, 2.
- Borborygmi in the abdomen, 2.
- Pain in the loins, 2.
STOOL
URINARY ORGANS. [30.]
- Retention of urine, 2.
SEXUAL ORGANS
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- White expectoration, 2.
CHEST
- Pains in the chest, with sensation of emptiness after coughing, 2.
- Transient pains on the left side of the chest, 2.
BACK
- Pain in the back and chest, 2.
- A cramplike drawing on the left side of the dorsal vertebræ, as after taking cold (after three hours), 1.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Jerking and tearing in the bend of the left elbow, and at the same time in the palm of the hand; a feeling as if an artery had been injured by a blow, 1.
- A pressure on the back of the right hand, between the two middle metacarpal bones, as though something hard were lying between them, very perceptible if the hands were pressed against anything hard, not when touched, 1.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. [40.]
- The left thigh feels as if broken in the middle while sitting; it disappears on standing, 1.
SKIN
- Stitches as with pins in the palm of the left hand, between the first and second fingers; these disappear after scratching, but afterwards return with burning, 1.
- Dull painful stitches in the skin of the lower portion of the forearm, 1.
- Crawling itching-like stitches in the palm of the right hand, 1.
- Itching of the skin in front of and above the left ear, disappearing as soon as he touches it, 1.
SLEEP
FEVER
- Heat from the abdomen to the stomach and chest, running over different places, and abating in the course of the day, 2.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Forenoon ), The pains.
- ( When sitting ), Feeling in thigh.
- Amelioration.
- ( Evening ), The pains.