Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus globulus, Labil.

Natural order , Myrtaceæ.

Common names , Australian fever or gum tree.

Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. (Eucalyptol is the essential oil.)

Authorities.

1 , Dr. A. Maurin, general effects of "large doses" (2 to 4 grammes and over), and of inhaling the vapors of the essence, "L'Akhbar," of Algiers, March 1st, 1872; Bibliothèque Homœop., March, 1872; 2 , E. M. Hale; Dr. D., took tincture; 10 drops twice, first day; 10 drops, four times, third day; 10 drops twice, 20 drops, once, fourth day; 30 drops, twice, sixth day; 30 drops, four times, seventh day; 30 drops three times, eighth day; Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1873, p. 694; 3 , Mrs. D., took same, in 5-drop doses, at two or three different times, for three or four days each time. Had the same symptoms each time, ibid.; 4 , Dr. Fawcett took decoction of 20 leaves to a pint of water, a tablespoonful three or four times daily, for several days; 4 a , 2d proving with same; 4 b , 3d proving with same; Month. Hom. Review, 1874, p. 90; 5 , Fawcett, effects on a lad, aged 13 years, of eating largely of the gum, and chewing many leaves, ibid.; 6 , Theod. Siegen, effects of Eucalyptol, 4 doses of 20 drops, at intervals of an hour, and of 120 drops; London Med. Record, Feb. 4th, 1874, p. 523; 7 , Ringer, general effects of Eucalyptol, 10 to 20 drops; Phil. Med. Times, 1874, p. 253, from London Med. Record.

MIND

• Intoxication is not constant; often it only stimulates. M. Gubler says this excitement may amount to fever, 7.
• Four doses of twenty drops taken at intervals of an hour did not impair the appetite, but produced a sort of drunkenness, which in an hour and a half passed into mental depression and exhaustion lasting for several hours, 6.

HEAD

• Vertigo (part of S. 31), 4a.
• In one case it produced cerebral congestion with much excitement, 7.
• Dull feeling in head (after first dose, third day), 2.
• Congestive headache, 1.
• Sense of fulness in the head (part of S. 3), 4a.
• General full feeling of head (eighth day), 2.
• Dull frontal headache (eighth day), 2.

EYE. [10.]

• Eyes hot, burning, smarting (after first dose), still burning and hot (after fourth dose, third day), burning (sixth and eighth days), 2.
• Eyelids heavy (eighth day), 2.
• Dimness of vision (part of S. 31), 4a.

NOSE

• A cold in the head, 3.
• Considerable coryza (fourth and eighth days), 2.
• Some stiffness of the nose (after first dose, third day), 2.

MOUTH

• Relaxed, aphthous condition (fourth day), 2.
• Increased secretion of buccal mucus and saliva, 1.
• A slightly burning taste, extending into the throat and œsophagus, 1.

THROAT

• Constant sensation as of phlegm in throat, and expectoration of slightly thick white frothy mucus, not profuse, during the afternoon (after second dose, fourth day), 2. [20.]
• A feeling of fulness and soreness in the throat on swallowing; some burning in throat (after fourth dose, third day), 2.

STOMACH

• Appetite.
• Increased appetite, 7.
• Thirst.
• Urgent thirst (in the fever), 1.
• Tormenting thirst (part of S. 31), 4a.
• Eructation.
• Eructations smelling of the drug, 1.
• Eructations tasting of the drug during the entire evening (first day), Eucalyptus eructations continue (third day), 2.
• Burning eructations, and tasting of the Eucalyptus (after first dose, seventh day), 2.
• Stomach.
• Difficult and painful digestion, 1.
• Lack of prompt digestion continued after the proving, 2.
• Twenty minutes after eating my dinner, while sitting at the desk, putting up medicines, a very peculiar sensation of faintness and goneness at stomach, accompanied by a distinct sensation of beating, which, on consultation with Dr. Hale, I concluded was a beating of the abdominal aorta, perfectly synchronous with the heart. This sensation continued at times all the afternoon and the next forenoon, 2. [30.]
• Some burning in stomach, after dinner (seventh day), 2.
• Burning sensation in the epigastric and umbilical regions, together with a tormenting thirst, faintness, vertigo, dimness of vision, a sense of fulness in the head, with dull frontal headache, and a tightness across the bridge of the nose, as if profuse epistaxis would set in, 4a.
• Sensation of heat in stomach, 1.
• Fulness and pressure in stomach (after third dose, fourth day), 2.
• Sensation in stomach as though it were too full, as though he had eaten too much; not much pain; lasting about an hour (three-quarters of an hour after first dose, first day), 2.
• Full, uncomfortable sensation in stomach, as if I had eaten or drank too much (after first dose, sixth and seventh days), 2.
• Weight in stomach, 1.
• Tenderness and burning sensation in the stomach and bowels, with great heat in the rectum, which was followed by tenesmus with discharge of mucus and great prostration. Violent purgation and hæmorrhage from the bowels ensued, and a suspension of the experiments became necessary (after the eruption), .

ABDOMEN

• Uncomfortable, uneasy feeling in umbilical region (after second dose, first day), extending through the bowels farther; skirmishing, aching pains in the upper portions of the bowels. Feel as if I would have a diarrhœa (half an hour after first dose, third day), 2.
• Sharp, aching pains in lower part of bowels, accompanied with a thin, watery diarrhœa, yellow in color, on getting up in the morning (fourth day), 2. [40.]
• Considerable pain of a sharp aching character, in hypogastric region, after dinner (seventh day), 2.

STOOL

• Diarrhœa smelling of the drug, 1.
• Thin diarrhœa, accompanied by aching (rather sharp) pains running through the bowels, particularly in the morning, 3.
• Some irregularity of the bowels continued after the proving, 2.
• My bowels for a long time have been perfectly regular, excepting since taking this drug. This morning missed; have some urging (seventh day), 2.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urine smells of violets; the powder and tincture, however, produce an herbaceous smell, or leave the smell unaffected, 7.
• Greatly increased the elimination of urea, 7.
• Gimbert usually passes 20 grammes of urea in twenty-four hours, but under the influence of this medicine 40 grammes in the same time, 7.

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Increased sexual appetite, 7.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Breathing quickened (in the fever), 1.

HEART AND PULSE. [50.]

• In one case, painful palpitation, 7.
• Acceleration of the pulse, 7.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

• Many nodular swellings over the metacarpal and metatarsal joints, 5.
• In both upper and lower extremities pricking sensations were first noticed, followed by a painful aching in both arms and legs, together with a sense of fulness in the veins, and a stiff, weary sensation, as if too lazy to move, 4a.

GENERALITIES

• Objective.
• General excitement and desire for exercise, 1.
• Pleasant general excitement, shown by irresistible desire for moving about and a feeling of buoyancy, 7.
• General calmness and soothing sleep, 7.
• Increased strength, 7.
• Great prostration (part of S. 37), 4.
• Faintness (part of S. 31), 4a.
• Subjective. [60.]
• Malaise (in the fever), 1.
• He could neither walk nor carry anything without great pain, 5.
• Pains of a rheumatic character; they were mostly of a jerking, tearing, stitchlike nature, and were worse at night (soon), 4a.
• Feel as though I had taken cold (after fourth dose, third day); still have the cold (fourth day); it has almost entirely disappeared (fifth day); returns (eighth day), 2.
• Effects removed by a cup of coffee, 7.

SKIN

• Swellings in different parts of the body; one below the nipple on the right side, about the size of a filbert-nut, was the seat of stabbing and darting pains; it remained for upwards of two months, and at the time the letter we have received was written, it was disappearing under the influence of

Phytolacca decandra, 4b.

• Eruptions, sometimes, 7.
• Eruptions upon the skin of an herpetic character, glandular enlargement, and development of foul and indolent ulcers (after several days), 4.
• Eruptions of an herpetic character, 4b.

SLEEP

• Feel sleepy and dull (eighth day), 2. [70.]
• Drowsiness (in anæmic subjects), 1.
• Sleeplessness (in the fever), 1.

FEVER

• Chilliness.
• Temperature falls considerably, 7. [120.]
• drops; (4.2 grammes) lowered the temperature of a healthy man 5° Cent. (9° F.), and that too in the evening, when it would normally have risen, 6.
• Heat.
• Attack of actual fever, 1.
• He appeared to be suffering from rheumatic fever, 5.
• The essential oil escapes through the skin, rendering the sweat odorous, 7.
• The sweat had a perceptible odor of trimethylamine, 6.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( Morning ), Pains in bowels, etc.
• ( Night ), Rheumatic pains.
• ( After dinner ), Burning in stomach; pain in hypogastric region.
• Amelioration.
• ( Coffee ), Removed effects.