Aurantium. (Citrus Vulgaris.)
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Citrus Vulgaris ; Lemon. Aurantiaceæ.
MIND [1]
Great excitement ; motions quick, brusque, and performed with uncontrollable zeal.
SENSORIUM [2]
Feels drunken and giddy.
INNER HEAD [3]
Hemicrania ; right side.
Pressing headache, now over whole head, now on one part, and forehead.
OUTER HEAD [4]
Promotes growth of hair.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Weakness of sight.
HEARING AND EARS [6]
Noises in ears as from bells ringing.
UPPER FACE [8]
Aggravated periodical erysipelas.
Faceache sometimes changes into transient but frequently repeated epileptic-like convulsions of face.
Neuralgia in face, shooting, gnawing pains, most in temples, especially right side.
TEETH AND GUMS [10]
Constant toothache.
Teeth become carious.
Teeth wear off.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE [11]
Taste and Tongue
Tongue furred thickly, brown.
PALATE AND THROAT [13]
Something seems to rise in throat and choke her.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS [14]
No appetite.
Great thirst, drinking little at a time.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING [16]
Nausea and vomiting.
Smell of oranges always makes her sick.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH [17]
Aching and heaviness in region of stomach ; with belching and thirst.
HYPOCHONDRIA [18]
Left side distended.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Constipation.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Pains in kidneys and bladder.
FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS [23]
Too copious menses.
Painful menstruation (tincture of seed of lemons).
RESPIRATION [26]
Oppression of chest.
Sensation in upper part of breast bone as if suffocating.
Constriction in throat.
Pleurodynia.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
Palpitation.
UPPER LIMBS [32]
Pressure upon shoulders.
Small blister over whole arms, especially on hands and between fingers.
General itching but much oftener only on upper limbs with redness and swelling of hands.
Spasmodic pains in hands.
LOWER LIMBS [33]
Sciatica.
LIMBS IN GENERAL [34]
Painful joints.
Trembling of limbs.
Cold limbs when traveling.
Stretching and drawing in limbs ; has to stretch and rub hands.
NERVES [36]
Trembling all over.
Lameness.
Restlessness, fidgety.
Half-sided epileptiform convulsions, especially of face and shoulders.
The whole muscular system is in a state of irritation, cannot keep in an erect position.
SLEEP [37]
Constant irresistible gaping.
Sleep very restless, full of dreams.
Sudden starting, burning heat, tossing about in bed and sleeplessness.
FEVER [40]
Oranges are said to render gastric fevers milder, even when of a typhoid form.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]
Right : hemicrania ; neuralgia in temple.
Left : hypochondrium distended.
SENSATIONS [43]
As if something rose in throat.
Shooting : in face and temples.
Gnawing : faceache.
Drawing : in limbs.
Aching : in region of stomach.
Pressing : headache ; upon shoulders.
Suffocating sensation : in upper part or breast bone.
Constriction : in throat.
Spasmodic pains : in hands.
Undefined pain : in kidneys and bladder ; in joints.
Heaviness : in region of stomach.
Itching : on upper limbs.
SKIN [46]
Dusky dry skin.
Red spots appear on different parts of body.
Children eating plenty of oranges peeled by themselves, get an eruption and other symptoms very similar to scarlatina.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]
Diseases of old men, especially with coldness and chilliness.
RELATIONS [48]
An orange eaten before breakfast is said to destroy desire for alcoholic drinks in drunkards.