Oleander
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Nerium Oleander ; Rose Laurel. Apocynaceæ.
An ornamental shrub to Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, thrives best in moist ground.
The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves.
Introduced by Hahnemann and proved by himself, Franz, Gross, Gutmann Hartmann, Langhammer, etc. --Mat. Med. Pura, vol. 1, p. 326.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Headache , Farrington, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 193 ; Toothache , Rushmore, Hom. Phys., vol. 2, p. 318 ; Lienteric stools, Rheumatism , etc., Martin, T. A. I. H., 1880, p. 227 ; Constipation , Martin, T. M. H. S., Pa., 1882, p. 204.
MIND [1]
Weak memory ; absence of mind, want of attention.
Slowness of perception ; difficult comprehension of what he reads, particularly if he makes great efforts to understand, his thoughts then become confused.
After mental exertion, flushes of heat.
Indolence, aversion to do anything.
Cannot bear contradiction, becomes enraged.
Despondency and lack of self-confidence.
Melancholy, with obstinate constipation.
Peevish, fretful, out of humor with everything.
SENSORIUM [2]
Vertigo : for a long time before paralysis : when rising from bed ; when looking fixedly, or looking down while standing ; when walking in open air ; he stood firmly, but the things around him, trees and men, seemed to be moving as in a confused dance, sight became obscured, scintillations before eyes resembling dazzling of snow, giddiness and diplopia when looking down ; in forehead, and staggering of lower limbs, as if too weak ; loss of consciousness ; resulting from weakness.
Heaviness of head ; > when lying down.
Fainting as from weakness ; relieved by sweat.
Depression of sensorium.
INNER HEAD [3]
Pressive pain from within outward, in forehead.
Pain in forehead as if it would split.
Pressive pain in brain.
Headache improved by looking cross-eyed.
Sensation of tightness around head, which occasions a feeling of stupefaction rather than pain.
OUTER HEAD [4]
Biting-itching on scalp, as from vermin, < back part of head and behind ears ; > when first scratching it, followed by burning and soreness, which gives place to biting-itching ; < in evening when undressing.
Humid, scaly, biting, itching eruption, especially on back part of head.
Desquamation of epidermis of scalp.
Vesicular eruptions about head of children, with smooth, shining surface, and drops of serum standing out here and there. θ Eczema.
Eruption on scalp and back of ears, simulating that of crusta lactea, oozing a fluid and breeding vermin.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Momentary loss of sight.
Double vision.
Darkness before eyes when looking sideways.
When reading, burning and tension in eyelids ; lachrymation.
Eyes sunken ; blue color about eyes.
HEARING AND EARS [6]
Cramplike drawing in outer ear.
Herpes and ulcers in and around ears.
Oozing of serum from behind ears. θ Eczema.
UPPER FACE [8]
Pale, sunken face in morning, with blue rings around eyes.
Alternate paleness and dark redness of face.
Tuberculous eruption on face and forehead.
LOWER FACE [9]
Numbness of upper lip.
Foaming at mouth.
TEETH AND GUMS [10]
Toothache only when masticating.
Drawing in molar teeth at night when lying down, with anxiety, nausea and frequent micturition.
Pain in second bicuspid in left upper jaw, very bad at night, preventing sleep, > getting out of bed ; frequent micturition ; heat of left cheek.
Bluish-white gums.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE [11]
Loss of speech.
Tongue : rough, dirty white, with elevated papillæ ; coated white, with dryness of mouth.
In evening all food has a flat and nauseous taste.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS [14]
Ravenous hunger, with trembling of hands and hasty eating, without appetite.
Much thirst, especially for cold water.
Desire for brandy ; aversion to cheese.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING [16]
Violent empty eructations, while eating.
Nausea and vomiting.
Vomiting : of food, bitter greenish water ; mucous ; of sour liquid food.
After vomiting, ravenous hunger and thirst.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH [17]
Pulsation in pit of stomach, as if beats of heart were felt through whole thorax.
Emptiness in pit of stomach, even after eating ; from nursing.
Sinking in pit of stomach, suddenly, with nausea or vomiting ; wants brandy, which relieves.
Extreme debility of digestive power.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
Stitches and gnawing about navel.
Rolling and rumbling in intestines, with emission of a great quantity of fetid flatus.
Affection of the mesenteric glands, with swelling, hardness and tension of abdomen and frequent lienteric stools. θ Favus.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Ineffectual urging to stool.
Emission of flatus smelling like rotten eggs.
Stools : thin ; yellow ; undigested ; involuntary, when emitting flatus ; sour, liquid.
Passes food undigested in morning which he ate the day before.
First diarrhœa, then hard, difficult stools ; during pregnancy.
Stool and urine involuntary.
Diarrhœa with intestinal ulcers. θ Tuberculosis.
Children much troubled with soiling of clothes when passing flatus.
Burning at anus before and after stool.
URINARY ORGANS [21]
Frequent profuse urination, especially after drinking coffee.
Urine brown, burning, with whitish sediment.
VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA [25]
Viscid mucus in trachea.
RESPIRATION [26]
Oppressed breathing while lying ; also as if chest were too narrow, with long, deep breathing ; as if every breath were his last.
Stertorous breathing.
COUGH [27]
Violent, shaking cough, from tickling in larynx.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS [28]
Dull stitches in left chest, continuing during and in exhalation.
Sensation of emptiness and coldness in chest.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
Dull drawing pain over heart, < when stooping.
Palpitation with weakness and empty feeling of chest, and at same time fulness in pit of stomach.
Anxious palpitation ; chest feels expanded.
Pulse : quick, skin hot ; changeable, irregular ; weak and slow mornings, full and rapid evenings.
OUTER CHEST [30]
Dull, continuous stitch in sternum.
UPPER LIMBS [32]
Hands tremble when writing.
Fingers stiff and swollen, with burning pains.
Veins on hands swollen.
Itch-like eruption on inside of wrist and between fingers.
LOWER LIMBS [33]
Itch-like eruption between nates.
Paralysis of legs and feet ; painless.
Great weakness of legs, especially knees.
Weakness of thighs and legs and a sensation in forepart of feet, mostly in soles, as if asleep, while walking.
Trembling knees, when standing.
Vesicles on thighs.
Buzzing sensation in legs, especially in soles of feet.
Feet constantly cold.
LIMBS IN GENERAL [34]
Painless stiffness and paralysis of limbs.
Want of animal heat in limbs.
REST. POSITION. MOTION [35]
Rest : febrile shivering all over body.
Lying down : heaviness > ; toothache ; oppressive breathing.
Rising from bed : vertigo.
Stooping : pain over heart.
Standing : looking down, vertigo ; trembling of knees.
Motion : constant, > stiffness of thighs ; febrile shivering all over body.
Exertion : flushes of heat <.
Masticating : toothache.
Writing : trembling of hands.
Walking : vertigo ; feet as if asleep.
NERVES [36]
Hyperesthesia or insensibility of whole body.
Loss of muscular power ; trembling.
Faintish weakness of whole body ; when standing, trembling of knees ; when writing, trembling of hands.
Fainting as from weakness ; > by perspiration.
Immediately after nursing is seized with tremor and is so weak that she is scarcely able to walk across room.
Painless paralysis.
Stiffness and coldness of limbs.
Violent spasmodic contractions of muscles ; more those of upper part of body and of left side.
SLEEP [37]
Yawning : with trembling of lower jaw ; with chilliness and trembling of muscles.
Restless sleep, frequent waking.
Voluptuous dreams, with seminal emissions.
TIME [38]
Morning : pale, sunken face ; passes food eaten day before undigested ; pulse weak and slow.
Evening : biting-itching on scalp < ; food has flat taste.
Night : drawing in molar teeth ; toothache <.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER [39]
Open air : walking, vertigo.
Getting out of bed : toothache >.
Draft of air : caused rheumatism.
Cold water : thirst.
FEVER [40]
Chilliness, want of animal heat, or external chill, internal heat ; no thirst.
Chill all over, periodically ; face hot, hands cold.
Febrile shivering all over body, without thirst and without subsequent heat, during rest and motion.
Periodical flushes of heat ; < after bodily or mental exertion.
Want of perspiration.
ATTACKS, PERIODICITY [41]
Periodical : flushes of heat.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION [42]
Right : rheumatic pains in shoulder.
Left : pains in tooth in upper jaw ; heat of cheek ; dull stitches in chest ; violent contractions of muscles, < l. side.
Within outward : pressive pain in forehead.
SENSATIONS [43]
As if inner parts were distended ; pulsations in outer parts ; as if forehead would split ; as if beats of heart were felt through whole thorax ; as if chest were too narrow ; as if every breath were his last ; forepart of feet as if asleep, chest as if expanded.
Pain : in second bicuspid in left upper jaw.
Stitches : about navel, dull, in left chest ; dull, continuous ; in sternum.
Gnawing : about navel.
Pressive pain : in forehead ; in brain.
Rheumatic pains : in right shoulder.
Cramplike drawing : in outer ear.
Dull drawing : over heart.
Drawing : in molar teeth.
Soreness : on scalp.
Burning : on scalp ; in eyelids ; at anus ; in fingers.
Heat : of left cheek.
Pulsation : in pit of stomach ; in outer parts.
Tension : in eyelids ; of abdomen.
Tightness : around head.
Stiffness : of thighs ; of fingers ; of limbs.
Fulness : at pit of stomach.
Buzzing sensation : in legs, < in soles.
Numbness : of upper lip.
Trembling : of hands ; of knees ; of lower jaw.
Emptiness : in pit of stomach ; in chest.
Sinking : in pit of stomach.
Dryness : of mouth.
Tickling : in larynx.
Biting-itching : on scalp ; all over body.
Intense itching : of skin.
Formication : all over body.
Coldness : of chest ; of feet ; of limbs.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES [45]
Scratching : eruption first >, then burning.
Friction : on skin causes soreness and chapping.
SKIN [46]
Itching here and there over body, so that he was obliged to scratch.
Biting-itching all over body, as from an eruption, on undressing, compelling him to scratch.
Intense itching and an insupportable nocturnal burning after scratching ; affection of mesenteric glands with swelling, hardness and tension of abdomen and frequently loose and undigested stools.
Very sensitive skin, so that very slight friction causes soreness and chafing, especially about neck, or between scrotum and thighs.
Chapping of skin.
Skin yellow.
Violent itching eruption, bleeding, oozing out a fluid, forming scabs ; eczema.
Scurfy pimples ; itchlike eruption.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]
Girl, æt. 21 ; headache.
Man, æt. 44, merchant, five feet ten inches in height, sallow complexion, nervo-bilious temperament, ill a year and a half and considered himself incurable, father subject to rheumatism ; lienteric stools ; rheumatism.
RELATIONS [48]
Antidoted by : Camphor., Sulphur .
Compatible : Conium, Lycop., Natr. mur., Pulsat., Rhus tox., Sepia, Spigel .
Compare : Anac., Cinchon., Coccul., Clemat., Nux vom., Staphis .