Nymphæa Odorata

Nymphæa odorata, Ait.

Natural order , Nymphæceæ.

Common name , Sweet water-lily.

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authorities.

1 , Dr. Edwin Cowles, Hale's New Remedies, second edition, took repeated doses of 10 to 125 drops of one-tenth dil., and afterwards 20 to 120 drops of tincture; 2 , same, subsequently took 5 to 200 drops of tincture.

HEAD

• Head feels very heavy (seventh day), 1.
• Head aches a little, on getting up (sixth morning), 1.
• Heaviness in the temporal region (four hours after third dose, fifth day), 1.
• Headache through the temples (seventh day), 1.
• Left temporal headache (sixth night), 1.

NOSE, MOUTH, THROAT, AND STOMACH

• Free nasal flow, as in coryza (seventh day), 1.
• Severe coryza (seventh day), 1.
• Some coryzal discharge from the head (eighth day), 1.
• Some pain in an old hollow tooth, that has ached before (third day), 1. [10.]
• Soreness of the throat , as in a cold; frequent desire to swallow, with painful deglutition, 2.
• Soreness of the throat (after first dose, sixth day), 1.
• Soreness of the throat, with disposition to cough, on waking (sixth day), 2.
• Tingling in the throat (after second dose, sixth day), 1.
• Some roughness of the throat (after third dose, fifth day), 1.
• Appetite not quite so good (seventh morning), 1.

ABDOMEN AND STOOL

• Pain in the hypogastrium and back, and an evacuation, of the bowels, with some pain, at 7 A.M. (fourth day), 1.
• Pain in the hypogastrium and back, and an evacuation at 11 A.M. (fifth day), 1.
• A little pain in the hypogastrium, in the evening and night (third day); at 7 A.M. (fourth day), 1.
• Some hypogastric pain (after second dose, sixth day), 1. [20.]
• Evacuation of the bowels, with some pain, at 7 A.M. (fourth day); an early evacuation, another at 11 A.M.; a thin stool, with a little pain and slight smarting at the anus, at 1.30 P.M. (fifth day), 1.
• Pain in the bowels for a few moments at a time, more sharp, and passage of foul flatus (after third dose, sixth day), 1.
• Some pain in the bowels and back (fourth day), 1.
• Looseness of bowels (fourth day), with some pain in bowels (fifth day), 2.*
• Loose evacuations, with some pain in the bowels (fifth day), 2.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS

• Increased flow of urine (fourth day), 2.
• Some involuntary passage of urine (fifth day), 2.
• Sensation as if urine was not quite all passed, with the feeling of weakness in the lumbar region (after third dose, sixth day), 1.
• Slight excitement of the genitals (sixth night), 1.
• Slight increase of sexual feeling, at night (fifth day), 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [30.]

• (A little cough and coryza), (second day), 1.
• Some cough, in morning (fourth day), 2.
• A little cough, in the morning, and apparent effects of a cold (eighth day), 1.

BACK AND EXTREMITIES

• Some pain in the back (eighth day), 1.
• Pain in the back (sixth night), 1.
• A little feeling of weakness in the lumbar region (third day), 2.
• Feel weak in the lumbar region, with a sensation as if urine was not quite all passed (after third dose, sixth day), 1.
• Pain in the lumbar region (fifth night), 1.
• Pain in lumbar region (fifth day), 2.
• Some pain in the lower lumbar region (fourth day), 1. [40.]
• Lumbar region and lower extremities dull and quite weak (seventh day), 1.
• Restless night, with pain in the back and lower limbs (sixth night), 1.
• Lower extremities and lumbar region dull and quite weak (seventh day), 1.
• Some pain in the lower extremities (eighth day), 1.
• Pain in the lower limbs (sixth night), 1.

GENERALITIES, SLEEP, AND FEVER

• Felt very dull all the morning, with pain in back and head; feel quite unfit for active duties (seventh day), 1.
• Great weakness in lower lumbar region, with headache through temples, and severe coryza (seventh day), 1.
• On getting up, quite inclined to stretch (seventh morning), 1.
• Lascivious dream (third night), 1.
• Feeling as of a cold (fifth night), 1. [50.]
• Chilly feeling (fifth day), 1.