Petroselinum

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Carum petroselinum, Benth. (Petroselinum sativum, Hoffm., Apium petroselinum, L.)

Natural order , Umbelliferæ.

Common names , Parsley, Petersilie, Le Persil.

Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant.

Authority , Bethmann, Archiv. f. Hom., 18, 3, 34, symptoms observed.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Discharge of a milky fluid from the urethra (fifth day).*
  • Orifice of the urethra agglutinated with mucus (sixth day).*
  • (Yellow discharge from the urethra.)
  • (Albuminous discharge from the urethra.)
  • Slight burning in the navicular fossa while urinating (fifth day).*
  • Drawing and sticking in the navicular fossa, that after urinating changed to a cutting biting (fifth day).*
  • (Crawling rather than burning, extending from the perineum through the whole urethra, while urinating.)
  • Creeping crawling in the isthmus of the urethra, in the morning, in bed (fourth day).
  • At first a creeping crawling, then a pressure in the urethra, in the region of Cowper's glands, in the morning in bed, relieved while standing and sitting (fifth day). [10.]
  • Drawing followed by itching of the navicular fossa.
  • Drawing and pressure just behind the navicular fossa.
  • *(Frequent voluptuous tickling in the navicular fossa.)
  • Frequent desire to urinate, recurring nearly every half hour, caused by a crawling stitch behind the navicular fossa.*
  • *(Priapismus, without curvature of the penis.)
  • Profuse emission, towards morning.

CONDITIONS

  • Aggravation.
  • ( Toward morning ), Emission.
  • ( Morning ), In bed, creeping crawling in the isthmus of the urethra; crawling, then pressure, in the region of Cowper's glands.
  • ( While urinating ), Burning in the navicular fossa; crawling through the urethra.
  • Amelioration.
  • ( While standing and sitting ), Crawling and pressure in the region of Cowper's glands.

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