Castanea Vesca
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Chestnut. Cupuliferæ.
Tincture of the leaves.
Symptoms marked * are those italicized in Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 3, p. 21 , from provings of Houghton and others.
Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counselor, Feb., 1880.
PALATE AND THROAT [13]
*Slight acrid feeling in throat. **
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS [14]
*Desire for warm drinks. **
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
*Abdominal walls sensitive. **
*An uncomfortable relaxed condition of the abdominal viscera all day, > when lying on back. **
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
*The soft stools consisted of short, small pieces, like chopped tape ; this character of stool has continued for three years, whenever loose stools occur. **
*At 1.30 P. M., sudden and urgent desire for stool, accompanied by severe pain and rumbling ; pain > by stool. **
COUGH [27]
Pertussis, early stage, with violent spasmodic, very dry, ringing cough. (Clinical use in pertussis, by Conant, Counsellor, Feb., 1880.
REST. POSITION. MOTION [35]
Lying on back : > relaxed condition of abdominal viscera.
FEVER [40]
*Perspiration very free after drinking. **
SENSATIONS [43]
Acrid : in throat.
Pain : before stool.
RELATIONS [48]
Compare : Am. brom ., Mephit . and Naphthal . in whooping cough.