Sphingurus.
By John Henry Clarke â A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Spiggurus Martini (Mure). Histrix subspinosum. Histrix prehensilis. Tree Porcupine. N. O. SphingurinÃĻ. Trituration of prickles taken from one of the sides.
Clinical
Hair falling out (head; beard) / Jaw-joint, pains in / Stammering / Zygoma, pain in
Characteristics
The Old World porcupines have the name HistricinÃĻ, those of the New World SphingurinÃĻ. Mure proved the 3x trituration of the prickles. The most noteworthy symptoms were . failing out of the hair, of whiskers especially; pain in the jaw-joint and right zygoma. Itching of the pubes after taking tea. Embarrassed speech. Nausea at sight of food. The symptoms are: < Lying down. < After tea. > Walking in open air. > After dinner.
1. Mind
Capricious mood. Everything is disagreeable to him.
2. Head
Dizziness behind the head. Prickings on vertex. Darting through l. skull-bones. Hemicrania. Boring pain in skull after breakfast. The hair falls off.
3. Eyes
Lachrymation.
4. Ears
Deafness in l. ear. Whizzing and buzzing in ears.
6. Face
Pain in articulation of jaw. Pain in right zygoma. Desquamation of whiskers.
8. Mouth
Bleeding of gums. Bitter mouth, with salt taste. Embarrassed speech.
11. Stomach
Nausea, with piercing pain in back. Desire to vomit at sight of food. Drowsy after dinner. Constrictive pain in stomach. Dry and full feeling in stomach at night. Shootings in epigastrium.
12. Abdomen
Sense of fulness in abdomen. Painful swelling of abdomen before dinner. Pain around navel.
14. Urinary Organs
Violent pains in l. kidney. Pain in urethra after urinating, < stooping. Itching of pubes after taking tea.
17. Respiratory Organs
Cough with pain in chest.
18. Chest
Pain in intercostal muscles. Pain in r. side as from a plug.
19. Heart
Stitch in heart.
20. Neck
Constriction from neck to diaphragm.
22. Upper Limbs
Pain in r. arm, as if broken. Pain at lower end of r. forearm. Pain in r. arm as if extension were prevented by a string.
23. Lower Limbs
Knees give way. Heat and numbness of feet. Cracks between toes. Lancing pain in r. big toe.
24. Generalities
Passing pains in toes, r, temple, and one canine tooth. Weakness. Numbness.
< lying down; > walking in open air; > after dinner.
25. Skin
Itching all over with bleeding after scratching.
26. Sleep
Yawning. Morning dream about a serpent. Merry dreams.
27. Fever
Shuddering. Shuddering with chattering of teeth.