Ruta graveolens, Linn.

Natural order , Rutaceæ.

Common names , Rue; (G.). Raute.

Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant.

Authorities. (Nos.

1 to 11 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 4).

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Franz; 3 , Gross; 4 , Hartmann; 5 , Herrmann; 6 , Hornburg; 7 , Langhammer; 8 , Stapf; 9 , Wislicenus; 10 , El. Camerarius, hort. Med; 11 , Lev. Leminus, de occultis Nat. Miraculis, II, cap. I; 12 , Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 1, 139; 13 , Hering, Archiv f. Hom., 15, 1, 187; 14 , Roth, in Buchner's Toxicology, p. 265, effects of plucking the leaves from a plant in flower, on a hot day; 15 , Bulliard, Plant. vén. de la France (from Wibmer), effects of large doses; 16 , Plinius, Hist. Nat., 1, 20, c. 13 (from Wibmer), effects of handling Rue, in a gardener; 17 , Helie, Annals de Hyg., pub. 1841 (from Archiv f. Hom., 19, 171), a woman, four months pregnant, took an infusion of three fresh roots; 18 , same, another pregnant woman took an infusion; 19 , same, a pregnant woman took a large quantity of the freshly expressed juice; 20 , Soubeiran, Gaz. Hebdom., 1861, L'Art Méd., 14, 466, effects of handling the leaves; 21 , Schelling, A. H. Z., 84, 44, proving with 7th dil., two doses, first day; 21 a , same, took 4th dil. five times a day; 22 , Dr. Van der Warker, "The Detection of Criminal Abortion,", p. 6, proving with 10-minim doses of the oil, at 9.05, 9.30, and 9.35 P.M., one evening.

MIND

Good humor, 7 . [Curative action. -Hahnemann.]
Very frequent anxiety, with despondent thoughts and fear, 2.
Very anxious all day, as though he had done something wrong; if any one only opened the door he feared that some one had come to arrest him, 7.
Morose, peevish, if everything did not please him (after twenty-four hours), 9.
Morose, peevish, fretful, 3.
Very ill-humored in the afternoon and evening; he was melancholy, dissatisfied with life, and sad, 2.
Fretful, ill-humored, and irresolute, 8.
Peevish and mistrustful all day; he no longer trusted his best friends, he thought that he was constantly deceived (after forty hours), 7.
Inclined to contradict, 3. [10.]
Quarrelsome, inclined to anger and vexation, 3.
Much dissatisfied by everything that happened to him, and especially with whatever he did himself, and great inclination to weep, 1.
Indifference, 8.
She was disinclined for every work, and took no interest in anything; she felt uncomfortable, 3.
Thought and comprehension slow, 8.
Slight confusion of ideas (after second dose), 22.
Frequent loss of thought; he does quite mechanically, and at the wrong time, things that have become easy from frequent repetition (after forty-eight hours), 9.
Stupefaction, from which, however, she could easily be aroused, 18.

HEAD

Confusion and Vertigo.
Confusion of the head, a kind of senselessness, 6.
Sudden violent vertigo while sitting; everything turned in a circle; followed by glowing heat of the cheeks (after twelve hours), 7. [20.]
Violent vertigo, in the morning, on rising from bed; he would have fallen forward if he had not steadied himself (after twenty-four hours), 7.
Violent vertigo, while walking in the open air, almost as if he would fall to the right if he did not steady himself (after twenty-six hours), 7.
General Head.
Dulness of the head, 8, 17.
Head dull, heavy, with tension in the forehead (fifth day), 21a.
In the head and in the body a sensation as though he had not slept enough, 6.
Heaviness of the head (second day), 21a.
Persistent heaviness of the head, especially in the forehead, as though a heavy weight were lying upon it (after three-quarters of an hour), 4.
Tensive pain in the brain (second day), 21a.
Rhythmical pressive pain in the head, 4.*
Confused pressure in the whole head, 8. [30.]
Oppressive feeling in head (after second dose), 22.
Pressive headache over the whole brain, in the morning, after rising (after twenty-four hours), 2.
Headache, like a pressure upon the whole brain, with great activity of the nervous system, and uneasiness in the whole body, that did not permit him to sit still, after dinner, 2.
Headache from reading a little (third day), 21a.
Sense of uneasiness in head (after first dose), 22.
Burning-compressing pain on the head externally, stupefying him (after eleven hours), 6.
Forehead.
Dulness in the brain, in the forehead, with throbbing pain, in the evening, before going to sleep, and still worse in the morning, on waking from sleep that was too sound, 1.
Gnawing pressive headache in the forehead (after twelve hours), .

EYE

Involuntary staring at a single point, with contracted pupils (after half an hour), 4.
Burning beneath the left eye (after three hours), 6.
*Sensation of heat and fire in the eyes, and aching while reading (in the evening, by the light), 3.
Slight pain like a pressure in the right eye, with obscuration of vision, as if one had looked too long and intently at an object, which distressed the eye, 5.*
Pressure on the inner surface of the left eye, with profuse lachrymation , in the open air (after forty-eight hours), 5.*
*The eyes feel fatigued, as after reading too long, 6.
*Weary pain in the eyes while reading (second day), 21.
Brow and Orbit. [70.]
Twitching and visible jerking in the muscles of the eyebrows (after twelve hours), 1.
Spasm of the lower portion of the orbicularis palpebrarum, which is drawn back and forth, 6.
Pressure deep in the orbits (second day), 21.*
Pain as from a bruise in the orbicular cartilages, 6.
Pressure on the upper margin of the orbits, with tearing in the eyeball, 2.
Lid.
Mucus in both canthi, in the morning, constantly reproduced after wiping it away, 12.
Cramp in the lower lid, the tarsal cartilage is drawn back and forth, and after this ceases water runs from both eyes for an hour and a half, 6.*
Sticking and biting as from dust in the canthi, in the morning (fifth day), 21a.
Burning and smarting in the outer canthi (fourth day), 21a.
(Itching and biting in the lids, in the evening), (fourth day), 21a. [80.]
Itching in the inner canthi and on the lower lids, that after rubbing became a biting, so that the eye filled with water (after a quarter of an hour), .*

EAR

When he shakes the head it seems as though something were rolling back and forth in the ear, 6. [90.]
Pain in the ears, as from a hard pressure on them, 6.
Sensation in the ear as if one were digging about with a blunt piece of wood, a kind of scraping pressure (after two hours), 6.
Tickling, hot pressure in the ears, aggravated by inserting the finger, 6.
Itching stitches within the right ear (after three hours), 9.

NOSE

Frequent sneezing, 7.
Frequent sneezing and yawning, with chilliness (third day), 21a.
(Nosebleed), 1.
(Blood is blown from the nose all day), 1.
A pain in the upper part of the nose, as if a plug were forced transversely through, with scraping and pressure; this sensation could not be removed by blowing the nose nor by inserting the finger, 6.
Sharp pressure on the root of the nose (after thirty-six hours), 9.

FACE. [100.]

A numb pain, as after a blow, in the bones of the face, extending into the teeth and lower jaw, 6 . [Many symptoms of Ruta seem to be seated in the periosteum or bones. -Hahnemann.]
Cramplike tearing pain on the malar bone, with pressive stupefying headache in both sides of the forehead (after five hours), 7.
Pain as from a blow or fall below the mastoid process, 6.
A biting goutlike pain in both cheeks, 6.
Pinching in the left cheek (after twenty-four hours), 9.

MOUTH

Digging pain in the lower teeth, 1.
Bleeding of the gums on brushing or picking the teeth, 1.
Pain on the inner surface of the right upper gum, as if sore and swollen, with drawing stitches, worse when touched (after thirty-six hours), 9.
Tongue red on the margins, 18.
Tongue red and swollen, 19. [110.]
Dryness of the mouth, 15.
The mouth is dry and glutinous at times, 8.
Pressive pain in the hard palate, more when not than when swallowing (after two hours), 1.
Sensation of soreness and pressure on the root of the palate, only when swallowing, 3.
Great salivation, 19.
Food has a wooden taste, as if dry and tasteless (second day), 3.

THROAT

Pains in the throat, 15.

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
She is as hungry as usual; but immediately on beginning to eat everything disgusts and nauseates her, 3.
He is hungry, yet as soon as he eats anything he experiences a tense oppression in the upper abdomen and chest, as if he were satiated (after five hours), 3.
Little appetite for dinner, 13. [120.]
Little appetite (second day), 21a.
Aversion to meat and vegetables, 13.
Unquenchable thirst for cold water, in the afternoon; he drinks frequently and much, without being distressed thereby (after twenty-four hours), 3.
Thirst for cold water, in the afternoon (after thirty-three hours), 7.
Eructations and Hiccough.
After eating and drinking, eructations tasting of the food, 3.
Eructations (immediately), 6.*
Eructations of only gas, 4.
Frequent odorless eructations (second day), 21a.*
Frequent hiccough, with some nausea (during the customary smoke), (after thirty-four hours), 7.
Frequent hiccough (during the customary smoke), (after four hours), 7.
Nausea and Vomiting. [130.]
A kind of nausea in the pit of the stomach , with desire for stool that is relieved for a moment by emission of flatus, 2.
Qualmishness on stooping, 10.
Violent vomiting, with some vomiting of blood, 17.
Constant violent painful vomiting, with spasmodic distortion of the head, trunk, and extremities, 18.
Stomach.
Epigastric region sensitive, 18.*
Griping in the right side of the epigastric region, after eating some bread and butter, 12.
Frightful pains in the stomach, 17.
Warmth at stomach (after first dose), .

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
A pressive gnawing pain in the hepatic region, 6.
Pressure in the hepatic region anteriorly near the pit of the stomach, causing restlessness, 2.
Umbilicus and Sides.
Sticking jerks shoot from below the umbilicus to the mons veneris, on expiration, that takes away her breath; on hard pressure she feels nothing, 3.
Violent stitches in the abdominal muscles of the umbilical fossa, obliging him to retract the abdomen (after one hour), 9.
Scraping and gnawing in the umbilical region, intermingled with nausea (after six days), 3. [150.]
Coldness internally in the umbilical region, and a sensation as if something there was becoming loose, 6.
Corrosive burning in the left abdominal region, 6.
Pushing cutting griping, as from flatus, in both sides of the abdomen (after two hours and three-quarters), 7.
General Abdomen.
Abdomen distended, in the evening (third day), 21.
Emission of very offensive flatus (after two hours and a quarter), 7.
Easy emission of flatus, 6.
Emission of flatus, with a sensation as if stool would follow (after thirty-nine hours), 7.
Rumbling in the lower abdomen (after one hour), 5.
Frequent rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, 13.
Heaviness in the abdomen, 13. [160.]
Griping in the abdomen, with eructations, in the morning, on rising (fourth day), 21a.
Pressure in the abdomen, followed by great emptiness, 13.
Burning in the abdomen, 13.
Agreeable coolness in the abdomen and chest, 6.
Sticking extending upward in the abdomen whenever she sat down, 1.
A tensive pressure in the whole lower abdomen, extending from the umbilicus downward, at night, as if the menses would come on, aggravated by pressure, 3.
Pinching-cutting pain, with discomfort, in the lower abdomen, as after taking cold (after forty-eight hours), .

RECTUM AND ANUS

Tearing in the rectum and urethra, while urinating (after two days), 2.*
Tearing stitches in the rectum, while sitting, 2.
Frequent pressure for stool, with prolapsus of the rectum , that after this frequently took place, with a sensation of pressure, also with emission of much flatus; the slightest stooping, and still more crouching down, caused the rectum to protrude (after seventy-two hours); for several days afterwards the rectum remained protruding all the time, and though it could be reduced easily and without pain, yet it immediately protruded again, 2.* [170.]
Constant desire for stool, which however, is softer than usual, and yet after the stool there is dragging and urging (after twenty-four hours), 5.

STOOL

The stool large and evacuated with difficulty, as from loss of peristaltic action of the rectum, during the first twenty-four hours, 6.
A second soft stool, evacuated with great difficulty on account of a relaxed and inactive condition of the rectum, preceded by a sensation of nausea in the abdomen (after one hour and a half), 2.
Soft stool, 12.
Evacuation of blood during a stool, 1.
Stool consisting of a few hard fæces, almost like sheepdung (after forty hours), 7.
The stool on the second day was larger than usual, 2.

URINARY ORGANS

Drawing pressure in the region of the kidneys, extending along the loins, while sitting, 2.
Pain over kidneys more marked, with urgent desire to urinate (after third dose), 22.
Immediately after urinating it seems on every step as if the bladder were full and moved up and down, not while sitting (after forty-eight hours), 3. [180.]
Pressure in the region of the neck of the bladder, like a painful closure of it, soon after urinating (after twenty-four hours), 9.
Great pressure to urinate, as though the bladder were constantly full, yet but little urine is passed, and micturition is followed by dragging, as though much should be passed, which however does not occur , for several days (after a few hours), 3.*
It seems as though she could no longer hold her water, with an excessively urgent desire , even if there was only a single drop of urine; during and after micturition very painful burning in the vagina and long continued pressure; during the night, however, she could sleep quietly as usual, but in the morning she was obliged to urinate in the same manner as on the previous day, 3.*
Frequent and copious micturition, without painful sensation, 12.
The urine, when passed, gave a strong odor of rue (after third dose), 22.
In the aggregate little urine is passed; after urinating, pressure and dragging in the bladder, without renewed micturition (second and third days), 2.
Urine deep-yellow, in the evening (second day), 21a.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
Nightly emissions, without amorous dreams, 7.
Great, increased sexual desire, 3.
Female.
In the evening she was seized with violent pains, that gradually increased, and were followed by the discharge of blood from the vagina and miscarriage after forty-eight hours, 17. [190.]
Miscarriage of dead children at about seven months; the uterus was found well contracted; this was followed after two days by violent fever and delirium, with spasms, succeeded by great exhaustion and vomiting of bile; for five days the patient lay in a condition resembling partial intoxication, with contracted pupils; swollen coated tongue; slight delirium and very slow pulse, only 30 to the minute, and at times convulsive spasms of the arms; vomiting and painful tension in the epigastric region; the abdomen was soft and painless; the uterus contracted, though the lochiæ soon ceased to flow; after a while the lochiæ returned; the patient gradually recovered, though she was very weak for a long time, and the great slowness of the pulse, continued for many days, 18.
Miscarriage occurred on the sixth day, followed by a long slow recovery, 19.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Pain, as from a blow or bruise, in the larynx, 6.
Forcible cough, in the evening, immediately after lying down, with much expectoration of stringy mucus; the cough returned several times at night, but only for a short time and less violently; when the cough was very violent, it seemed as if the stomach turned over and as if he would vomit, 12.
He was awakened about midnight by a choking cough , with scraping in the upper part of the chest, without pain, and with a slight infrequent expectoration, 12.*
Dyspnœa and shortness of breath, 12.

CHEST

A pressive fulness in the chest, that causes dyspnœa and shortness of breath, 1.
Stitches in the chest and arrest of breathing, that caused great anxiety on ascending steps, 2.
Hard pressure on the sixth true rib, aggravated on expiration and on touch (after two hours), 3.
Violent pressure in the lower part of the chest, by the last false ribs, at night; he dreamed that some one was encircling him tightly, on which account he woke (after twenty-four hours), 9. [200.]
An intermittent gnawing or picking on one of the costal cartilages, above the ensiform cartilage at night, 3.
Internal heat in the chest and abdomen, 6.
Burning stitches in the chest, especially beneath the sternum, like pains in an ulcer (second morning), 21.
Agreeable coolness in the chest, 6.
Pressure on the sternum, seeming to be internal and external, 5.*
Pressive oppressive stitches on the sternum during both inspiration and expiration, while sitting (after four hours), 7.
Stitches in the sternum on every motion (second day), 2.
Gnawing pain, associated with some biting and burning, in the right side of the chest, 6.
Tremulous bubbling in the last true ribs of the right side (after a quarter of an hour), 9.
Aching beneath the left short ribs, aggravated on pressure and taking away the breath, on waking at night, 3. [210.]
Gnawing in the left side of the chest, 6.
Corrosive biting drawing in the left side of the chest, 6.
Dull thrusts in the left side of the chest, 6.
A fine painful throbbing or picking beneath the left short ribs, 3.
Violent stitches between the left nipple and axilla, aggravated by inspiration (after thirty hours), 5.
Sticking pain externally in the left nipple, aggravated by inspiration (after four days), 5.

PULSE

Pulse moderately accelerated, 18.
Pulse increased in frequency (after third dose), 22.
Pulse very small and slow, 19.

NECK AND BACK

Neck.
Drawing in the nape of the neck, 8. [220.]
Stiffness of the neck, in the morning (third day), 4.
Pain, as if sprained or bruised, in the nape and shoulders (second day), 21a.*
Burning in the neck, below the left ear, about 10 A.M. (fifth day), 21a.
Fine cutting extending from the neck to the chest, especially on the clavicle and in the axilla, where it continues, while walking; aggravated by walking rapidly (after thirty-six hours), 9.
Back.
Bruised pain extending along the back , especially in the left side, while sitting (after seven hours and three-quarters), 7.*
Drawing bruised pain in the spine, frequently taking away the breath, 2.*
Bruised pain on the left side of the back while sitting, disappearing on walking and standing (after ten hours and a half), 7.
Pain in back (after second dose), 22.*
*Pain, as if beaten and lame, in the spine, 6.
Pain in the back, with heaviness in the limbs, disappearing after a little exertion, in the evening (second day), 21a. [230.]
The spine is painful, as if beaten, while sitting and walking, a pain that takes away the breath, 2.*
Stitches in the spine, with sudden anxiety, while sitting, 2.
Dorsal.
Pressure on the right scapula internally (after fourteen hours), 5.
Pressure between the scapulæ, in the afternoon (fourth day), 21a.
*Pressive drawing very acute pain in the right side of the spine, opposite the liver, especially on inspiration (after two days), 2.
Pressure on the right scapula, with shivering (second day), 21a.
Painful jerking in the spine, opposite the pit of the stomach; on pressure of the hand it is more violent, and associated with an aching beneath the last short ribs, that extends into the abdomen and impedes respiration, .

EXTREMITIES

Constant, not convulsive, motions of the limbs, 19.
All the limbs are heavy, weary, and without strength; all work seems too great; she is averse to it, 1.
Weakness of the limbs while sitting; he is not willing to move them; when he lays the hands upon the lap, they are so comfortable that he does not wish to raise them, 4.
The hands and feet are powerless; she can hold nothing firmly in the hands, and when walking cannot stand firmly upon the feet, 1.
Heaviness of the limbs, without sweat (second day), 21a.
Pressive cramplike tearing now in the upper, now in the lower limbs, during rest and motion (after three hours and a half), 7.
He is unable to bend on account of pains in all the joints and hip-bones (after ten hours), 6.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES. [260.]

Acute pain, as from a sprain, in the shoulder-joint, somewhat relieved on drawing and turning the arm upward, but immediately returning on allowing the arm to hang down or to lie upon anything, 6.
Pain, as if sprained, in the right shoulder (third day), 21.
Pain, as from a burning biting ulcer, in the right axilla (after forty-eight days), 6.
Stitches in the shoulders (fourth day), 21a.
Painful jerks in the upper arms, commencing at the middle; when the pain reaches the elbow, it extends down to the fingers and seems to be in the long bones, with weariness and heaviness of the lower extremities, 3.
Dull tearing in the humeri (after an hour), 9.
Cramplike drawing in the biceps muscles, 2.
Hard pressure in the elbow-joint, aggravated on stretching out the arm (after twelve hours), 5.
Pain, as from a blow, in the left elbow-joint, with weakness of the arm (after thirty-six hours), 6.
Dull tearing pain in the right elbow-joint and neighboring parts, extending to the lower extremity of the humerus; on stretching out the arm it is rather a pressive pain (after thirty-six hours), 5. [270.]
The ulna seems bruised, 6.
Painful pressive drawing in the middle of the anterior surface of the right forearm (after thirty-four hours), 5.
Paralytic pressure on the upper portion of the right forearm (after ten hours), 5.
Cramplike tearing in the left forearm, 7.
Tearing pressure in the right wrist, aggravated by violent motion (after thirty-two hours), 5.
Pain, as if broken, in the left wrist, even during rest, 6.
Veins of the hands swollen after eating (after four hours), 6.
The bones in the wrist and back of the hand are painful, as if bruised, during rest and motion, 6.
Cramplike pain transversely across the hands (after seven hours), 7.
Fine sticking-itching tingling in the palm of the left hand (after thirty-six hours), 7. [280.]
Pressive drawing in the middle joints of the three right middle fingers, 5.
A painful pressive drawing in the last joints of the two last fingers, at night (after forty-two hours), .

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Gait unsteady (after third dose), 22.
Great weakness in the lower extremities; walking was very difficult; it seemed as though a heavy weight were hanging to the legs, 12.
On rising after sitting he cannot walk at first; he falls back again ; the bones seem broken; the thighs refuse their service on account of powerlessness and pain, 6.*
While walking, he staggers from side to side, 6.
While walking, he falls from side to side; the feet will not support him; there is no power nor steadiness in the thighs, 6. [290.]
A bruised pain in the legs, with tight tension across the lower abdomen, only while sitting, not while walking and standing, 3.
Tremulous heaviness of the legs, 6.
Ascending a hill as well as descending is difficult; the legs give out, 6.
Hip.
Pain, as from a blow or fall, in the bones about the hips (during motion), 6.*
The painful parts, especially the hips and bones of the legs, are sore, as if beaten, whenever touched (after twenty-nine hours), 6.*
Thigh.
The posterior portion of the thigh above the knee seems bruised (during motion), 6.*
The whole anterior surface of the thigh feels bruised and painful to touch (after thirty-one hours), 6.*
Bruised pain in the thigh continues two days; he can scarcely walk, 6.*
Whenever he stretches out the limbs, even a little, the thighs are painful, as if beaten to pieces, 6.*
Hard pressure in the middle of the outer portion of the left thigh, 5. [300.]
Hard pressure on the upper and inner surface of the left thigh, 5.
Pressure in the middle of the outer portion of the right thigh, 5.
At night pain in both the thighs, as though the parts were violently grasped and squeezed by the hands, .

GENERALITIES

The patient looks intoxicated; the eyes and face red, 18.
Great weakness after a short walk; the limbs feel bruised; the small of the back and loins are painful , yet he experiences the symptoms only after sitting down; on rising and walking about he seems better, 3.*
Unusually weak (sleepy) in the afternoon, disappearing after walking (second day), 21a.
Weakness, in the morning (second day), 21a. [330.]
Unusually weary very soon after playing with the children, in the evening (second day), 21a.
Great weariness and heaviness of the whole body after a meal; such sleepiness that the eyes close; better in the open air, 3.
Great weariness, 8.
Weariness and indolence only while sitting, not in the least after walking awhile, 4.
Lassitude and heaviness of the whole body, 6.
Great prostration, 19.
Faintness, 19.
Occasional feeling of faintness (after second dose), 22.
Great restlessness three evenings in succession, with pressive headache and feverish heat, 2.
Restlessness, 15. [340.]
Indescribable sense of nervousness, creating a fear that an overdose had been taken (after third dose), 22.
He does not know where to lay his legs on account of uneasiness and heaviness; he lies now in one place, now in another, and turns from side to side, 6.
*All parts of the body upon which he lies, even in bed, are painful, as if bruised (after seventeen hours), 6.
The whole body seems pressed full, associated with impeded respiration, 1.

SKIN

Eruptions.
Corrodes the skin and draws blisters, 11 . [From the application of the herb.]
Papular eruption on the upper and lower lips (from vinegar of Rue), 11.
After touching it for some time, the skin becomes inflamed and the hands swell, 15.
Erysipelas of the hands and forehead, 16.
Erysipelas of the hands, 10 . [Caused by application of the herb.]
Very acute itching on the hands, which became red; after some hours there developed vesicles filled with transparent liquid, and surrounded by a very red areola; these vesicles were more numerous between the fingers than on the rest of the hand; they showed a general disposition to become clustered, and were somewhat like the pustules occasioned by the itch insect; on the next day, the itching became very violent, the vesicles completely covered both hands, the itching was almost intolerable, especially at night; when the vesicles became confluent, very large phlyctenules developed and resembled an incomplete vesication by cantharides; this condition persisted ten or twelve days, after which the inflammation subsided and the hands desquamated. Even after three weeks small vesicles continued to appear in the palms of the hands, and were disposed to form groups, as if caused by the bites of insects. Very great itching developed on the great toes, and a crop of vesicles identical with those between the hands; this eruption on the feet was certainly not caused by direct contact of Rue, but resulted from the infection of the hands, and did not occur until several days after the trouble commenced on the hands. The next year the same man came again in contact with the leaves; the effects were more intense than before; for three months the hands seemed denuded of skin, they looked as if they had been boiled, and were completely excoriated; there was also intense fever, keeping the patient in bed five or six days, 20. [350.]
Next morning he observed that both his hands were remarkably red and warm; on the third day the redness and pain had increased to such an extent that the sensation was as if both hands had been exposed to scalding vapors; he rubbed them gently with sweet oil; towards evening they were densely covered with water blisters, especially at the tips of the fingers, which had been most exposed to the pollen; on the fourth day the swelling of the hands; still continued to a considerable extent, between the blisters they showed a dark-red color with a bluish tinge; on the fifth and sixth days the swelling likewise spread over the posterior surface of the arm as far as the elbow; embrocations of Chamomile and Elderflowers were applied, and the blisters were opened; within the space of four weeks the epidermis of the hands gradually peeled off, even in localities where no blisters had existed, .

SLEEP

Yawning and stretching in the house , followed by sleepiness, 6.
Yawning (incompletely) several times, that is not satisfying; in the midst of yawning he was obliged to stop, 4. [360.]
Yawning, with fever, 15.
Much yawning, especially at night, even after eating (first day), 21a.
Yawning, with stretching of the arms and legs, especially of the former, 4.
Great sleepiness, after eating, 13.
Sleepy, in the forenoon, 13.
Overpowered by sleep, heavy, the head seems befogged (second day), 21.
She fell so soundly asleep, immediately on lying down in the evening, that it was difficult to arouse her, 3.
Excessive sleepiness after eating; he fell asleep while reading; sleep with partial consciousness; he awoke with a cry of extreme fright on the slightest touch, 8.
Starting up in fright and jerking the feet, during the afternoon nap, 13.
She tossed from side to side in extreme uneasiness, woke nearly every hour, and could with difficulty fall asleep again, 7. [370.]
During night but little sleep, and great restlessness (after third dose), 22.
Night sleep restless; he was obliged to lie here and there, without heat of the body or cough, or any thought that prevented sleep; he was obliged to rise three times to urinate, and passed an unusually large amount of urine, 12.
Uneasy sleep, with fretful morose dreams, 6.
Unrefreshing sleep, from 3 to 4 A.M., afterwards inability to sleep, with heaviness of the head (fifth day), 21a.
Uneasiness at night; she awoke frequently, had nausea and painful twisting about the umbilicus; at times it seemed as though something rose to the pit of the throat, and as if water would accumulate in the mouth, 3.
Awake a long time at night, internal confusion of the head, without special pain, prevents his falling asleep (third day), 21a.
Frequent waking at night as if it were time to rise, 7.
Vivid confused dreams, 7.
Constant fatiguing dreams, at night (fourth day), 21a.

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chilliness or rather shaking chill over the whole body, with gooseflesh, associated with yawning and stretching, 4.
Frequent chilliness and shuddering during the day (first day), 21a.
Chilliness and coldness of the whole body, 8.
Internal chilliness; she could not get warm (a sensation that she always experienced just before the appearance of the menses), 3.
Shivering of the whole body, even by a warm stove; the hands and feet feel cold, with internal and external warmth of the face and dulness of the head, as in catarrhal fever, with thirst, which disappeared after drinking once, though it had been very violent before, 3.
Creeping coldness over half the head and face, 6.
Coldness creeps over him, especially up the back, 12.
General coldness of the extremities, 19.
Shivering over the back and chest, 6. [390.]
Sensation of coldness running up and down the back, 6.
Coldness down the spine, 6.
Internal coldness in the arms, 6.
Hands and feet cold (fourth day), 21a.
A sensation of internal coldness, almost like falling asleep, on the inner side of the leg, from the sole of the foot to the knee, without shivering (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Heat.
Fever, with yawning, 15.
Flushes of heat over the body (after three doses), 22.
Heat over the whole body, and feverish restlessness, with anxiety, as though he would die, that took away his breath, and great heat, especially of the face, without thirst, with white-coated tongue, that seemed red and dry, in the afternoon, 2.
Heat all over, 1.
Temperature somewhat elevated, 18. [400.]
Great heat in the head, with feverish restlessness of the whole body and anxiety (about 11 P.M.), 2.
Heat in the head, 6.
Increased warmth of the face, 6.

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), On rising from bed, vertigo; after rising, headache; on waking, dulness in brain; mucus in canthi; pressure in pit of stomach; on rising, itching; in bed, cold sweat.
( Afternoon ), Ill-humored; thirst for cold water.
( Evening ), Ill-humored; on going to sleep, dulness in brain; while reading, sensation of heat in eyes; after lying down, cough; restlessness.
( Night ), Pressure in pit of stomach; pressive in lower abdomen; emissions; pressure in lower part of chest; gnawing on costal cartilage; drawing in last two joints of last two fingers; pain in thighs; uneasiness.
( Open air ), Pressure on the inner surface of right eye, with lachrymation.
( Brushing or picking teeth ), Bleeding of gums.
( When coughing ), Pain over forehead.
( After eating ), Veins of hand swollen; sleepiness.
( Expiration ), Pressure on sixth true rib.
( Inserting finger ), Pressure in ear.
( Inspiration ), Stitches between left nipple and axilla; pain in left nipple.
( After a meal ), Weariness and heaviness of whole body.
( Motion ), Stitches in sternum; violent pressure in right wrist.
( Moving parts ), Pain in scapula.
( Pressure ), Pressure in lower abdomen; aching beneath left short ribs; of hand, jerking in spine; tearing in left great toe.
( During rest ), Pain in fingers; pain in feet.
( On rising from a seat ), Contraction in hollow of knees.
( Shaking head ), Rolling back and forth in ear.
( On sitting down ), Sticking extending upward from abdomen, after walking, weariness.
( While sitting ), Vertigo; Stitches in rectum; pressure in region of kidneys; pain along back; pain in left side of back; stitch in spine; digging in lumbar region; weakness of limbs; pain in legs and tension across abdomen; pain in inner surface of thighs; weakness and indolence; pressure in sole of left foot.

RUTA.