Teucrium marum verum

Volume IV — Main text

TEUCRIUM.

Teiurium Marum, L. Cat-thyme. Nat. Ord., Lahiala.

I. Provingi. — i. BetHmakn (no information).* Pressure in forehead over eyes ; frequent feeling of flying heat in face without external redness ; soon after med. (and frequently recurring), crawling in nose ; feeling in r. nostril as if half blocked, has to blow, and sneezes, which, however, does not relieve obstruction (3 — 4 d.) ; a bright red patch in liddle of r. cheek, J in. in circumference, in centre of which is a small pointed elevation, painless, getting pale from pressure, but immcliaiely after red again (for 6 h., 2nd d.) ; violent tearing in fangs and

• All that % «aid about the following provings is that the symptoms have been obwrrcd by the provers on themselves and others, and are conscientiously reported. — Eds.

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gums of r. lower incisors (2 h.) ; smarting, as from pepper, at root tongue; smarting and scraping at back of throat, especially !■ side; unusual irritation to hawk with increased expectoration of mucus ; after having hawked up tough mucus has for several h. putrid taste in mouiii (4th d.) ; immediately after med. feeling of warmth down ihrtut; increased appetite in m. ; very frequent discharge of mostly noisclesi very warm flatus, frequently of livery smell (isi d.) ; increased emission of aqueous urine; feeling of impending coryza ; very frequent sneezing with crawling in nose, without coryza ; visible, painless, paroxysnul jerking in r. biceps, transversely, at point where the two heads unite; bubbling (?) painful feeling deeply in 2nd phalanx of 1. index (6 h.)i twitchings in muscles of arms and legs, especially in region of hip (5 h.) ; feeling of lassitude (as after intoxication) and emptiness about noon, especially soon after dinner {H h., 3rd d,) ; sleepy p.m., wants to sleep, but cannot, from indistinct confused ideas cropping up which be cannot retain (3rd d.) ; very vivid, mostly pleasant dreams (ist d.) } desire for movement in open air, where he takes continued strong exercise without feeling tired in the least, with good humour, gaiety, and serenity (ist d.) ; lazy, disinclined to either bodily or mental woHc (2h.); a few h. after med. an almost irresistible desire to sing. (Staff's Beitrage.)

1. Caspari. Stupid feeling in head with fatigue, so that she has always to lie down ; face red and swollen ; eyes red and inflamed, with coryza ; 1. eye waters much in open air for severaJ d. ; on passing his hand through his hair and over r, car (2nd d.) a hissing sound occurred in latter, passing down parietal bone and throughout internal ear, — the experience could be renewed some time after (a similar sound occurred later when speaking or merely uttering a fine or strong note, also on simply forcibly inhaling through nose) ; at times quite fine ringing in r. ear when blowing nose, a peculiar squeaking note as if air was forced through mucus, after that ear remained as if blocked for a little while, and then reopened with a dull sound (30th d.) ; dry scaly eruption on r. ear lobe, skin is cracked, and gradually peels in small white flakes, part is sore and painful to touch ; nose blocked both sides several times during d., especially in e, while reading aloud (2nd and 5th d.) ; in open air at once fluent coryza set in (several d.) ; a large red efflorescence below 1. nostril close to septum, sore and biting on touch as if something acrid was poured into a wound, with coryza (for many d.) ; a few furrows internally on both sides of lower lip, with raised margins, and on 1. side a very small painless pimple, — when touching with tongue the spot feels sore and velvety, but painless (for 3d.); pain on r. side of tip of tongue as if sore or squeezed by teeth, corrosive, especially when touched by teeth ; for many d. very disagreeable feeling of roughness and dryness in windpipe, causing constant hawking, with but little coming away after long efforts, — at times something loosens easily, but without relief} stitching pain in neck, with impeded swallowing ; unusual feeling of hunger, as if stomach would not fill properly with the food nor yet be satisfied (for several d.) ; feeling of hunger, preventing sleep (relieved by ignatia) i bitter taste in throat after dinner, also several tinncs

rsijigs of sJightly bitter food (after several d.) ; during food sometimes fiolcnt hiccup, with forcible strokes in scrob. cordis ; dull pinching in r.iide of abdomen towards sacrum, passing off quickly (after some m.) ; rumbling in abdomen (do.) ; slight colicky pain in lumbar region after food ; after partaking of pure Tight brown beer, some flatulent colic with discharge of very offensive flatus, then feeling of impending diarrhtti and evacuation of very copious pappy offensive stool (13th d.) j rtpated fine pinching in r. hypochondrium at different times, especially in m, and c. ; pressing down in r. hypogastrium (spermatic cord), e. in bed, towards abdominal ring, painless, but with feeling as if cord were prosed, repeated next m. after breakfast in little starts while sitting, without flatus, nothing felt during stool, it recurred at 5 p.m. during a slight meal > at various times in m. and e., before food, and after eating » little bread or drinking water, sharp cutting deeply across abdomen, or sudden transient nausea as if about to vomit, as if water disagreed ; feeling of swelling, itching and crawling in anus, as from worms, rest- Ittt n. with tossing about, — this lasted for several d., and returned ilta 4, 6 and 8 weeks ; some creeping, at times really violent fine ititches in anus, e. in bed ; after stool creeping in rectum ; sexual ippctitc much diminished, no tendency to erections ; after a few m. jhoit dry irritative cough, beginning with slight tickling in upper part of trachea, recurring at short intervals ; tickling feeling as from dust in trachea, e. in bed, causing disagreeable dry cough which cannot be suppressed, and gets worse as coughing goes on, lasting ^ h., prefcniing sleep (recurring with other symptoms after 8 weeks) ; very painful paralytic pressure in upper part of r. upper arm, no pain trben arm hangs at rest or is slightly moved, but as soon as he lifts it it appears heavy and paralysed, pain worst if arm is raised high and stretched backwards, as when taking off hat, and then at iiuertion of deltoid, — when trying to bend arm downwards it loses nearly all strength and falls ^ drawing intermittent pain in back of r. metacarpus; creeping in front joint of 1. thumb and index, spontaneous or from slight pressure, as if they were going to sleep, psissing off quickly} ready and painful straining of ist Joint of 1. little finger, e. g. when rubbing palms of hands together ; drawing tearing pain in front joint of 1. index, by starts, of short duration (9 p.m.) ; pressive pain in small spot of top of r. index when bending it, as if a whitlow were coming on, — passed off after 2d.; in middle phalanx of 1. index pulsation suddenly perceptible and quick, each beat accompanied with sharp rheumatic pain from behind forward as if in middle of bone, — this lasted some m., then pulse grew gradually slower with diminution of pain ; pain from middle of thigh down to bead of knee when sitting, as if n. ischiadicus were pressed ; limbs go to sleep, with creeping, m. in bed and p.m. sitting (IJth — nth d.) ; frequent stitches as from fleabites in various parts ; some reeling, crosses feet when walking and straggles (soon after med.) ; cannot get to sleep till after midnight, then awakes frequently, turns from side to side, dreams a little, — heat all over towards m., when in spite of all he feels refreshed (iith and 12th n.) ; very drowsy during d. j feels cold after eating for several d.^ 30 that he cannot get warm, with feeling in abdo-

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men as if stool was to come and caused the cold feeling ; while quietly talking in warm room in e. with somebody on a disagreeable subject,! chilly trembling of the whole trunk overcame him, which consuntiy recurred after short intermissions, and disappeared after finishing hii conversation. {Ibid.)

1. V. Gersdorf. Confusionof head ; frequent dull pinching headache ; pressivc headache in r. forehead ; tearing in head from both temples ; turns of tearing in interior of r. side of head ; pressure in forehead over eyes j pale miserable complexion, with deep sunken eyes and feeling as if they so lay, for 2 — 3 h. (a.m., istd.); frequent feeling of flying heat in face without external redness ; eyes look as if he had wept, and are lachrymose, with smarting therein ; upper lids of both eyes are more red than usual, and slightly swollen ; pressure in r. cje as from grain of sand ; smarting in inner corner of both eyes, with redness of conjunctiva ; tearing under r. eye ; some pain in both ears; stitches in 1. ear ; stitching tearing in interior of I. ear i soon after med, recurring crawling in nostrils i violent crawling in r. nostril, with lachrymation of r. eye ; short stitches tearing high up in r. nostril i frequent short tearing toothache in Land r. first molars ; violent teanng in fangs and gums of r. lower incisors i tearing toothache in last upper molars ; burning pain in incisors ; incisors and gums ache during mastication ; biting as from pepper in 1. and later r. side of root of tongue; biting and scratching feeling in back of throat, especially I. side J sometimes slight drawing and tearing in throat ; pressive pain in throat, I. side, near pharynx ; unusual inclination to hawking, with increased mucous expectoration (ist d.) ; pressure in scrob. cord.; out* ward pressure in r. inguinal region ; pressure outwards in 1. hypochoodrium ; tearing drawing in r., later in 1. side under short ribs, between these and hip-Done, returning in several increasing fits ; pressive pain on small spot of 1. hypochondrium a hand's breadth to 1. of and on same level with navel, worse from pressure; rumbling in abdomen, with pinching bellyache and discharge of noisy inoffensive flatus-, frequent discharge of mostly noiseless, very warm flatus of bilioui odour (ist d.) ; pinching bellyache with discharge of flatus; pinching feeling deep in abdomen, descending to testicles as if the latter had suffered strong pressure ; increased discharge of watery urine ; in front part of urethra pressive soreness (not when urinating) ; biting pain in fore part of urethra (apart from urination) ; on first passing urine soon after awaking, lasting burning in front part of urethra ; drawing pain in m. (returning at other times later on) at root of penis, which extends into integuments of I. testicle, leaving for some time soreness on touch i very frequent sneezing with crawling in nose, without cor)'zai violent sneezing, then lasting fluent coryza ; coryza with moist ohstruc* tion of 1. nostril, and tearing in 1. side of neck below jaw ; some sharp stitches deep in r. chest while breathing j wave-like tearing in chest under r. axilla ; pressure on r. breast; pressing oppressive feeling in front of chest ; dull stitches on 1. ribs a hand's breadth below I. nipple; pressure on r. side of spine in region of r. kidney ; short tearing pain in r. side of neck, aggravated from touch ; pressive pain on top of r. shoulder near neck; burning on 1. scapula; rheumatic drawing and I

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'tension at I. of back near axilla ; pressive tearing on r, short ribs ; pinching pain on short ribs, 1. side ; pressive sore pain in 1. axilla as if an ulcer were about to form ; rheumatic drawing in bone of I. shoulder ; tearing in r. arm a little above r. side of wrist, and in various parts of upper extremities ; tearing in bend of I. elbow; short sharp burning in tips of the three middle fingers of I. hand ; stitching burning in inner side of lowest parts of joints of ring and middle fingers of 1. hand ; pressive pain in front below I. knee ; stitching tearing above 1. knee ; pressive tension in and above tendo Achillis of 1. foot ; r. big toe somewhat inflamed, 1. of nail and above, and painful, as if nail were growing in (which is not the case), better rather than worse from walking, returning when seated quietly in forenoon for several d., redness and p&in disappeared p.m. ; tensive tearing in lowest parts of joints of the three smallest toes of r. foot ; excited tremulous feeling in whole body ; feeling of exhaustion (as after intoxication) and emptiness about noon, especially soon after eating (8 h. and 3rd d.) ; cannot recover himself after waking in m., tired and exhausted when rising, gradually improving afterwards ; restless nights from great excitement, with very vivid often anxious dreams with sudden fright until after midntgnt ; very vivid, generally agreeable dreams (ist d.) ; increased warmth of body and pleasant mental exaltation, with special inclination to talk much ; lazy, disinclined for bodily or mental exertion ; angry nicx>d during dinner and soon after, and such irritability as to be painfully distressed by talk of others which has no relation to himself, 'with pressure on forehead ; a few h. after med. an almost irrepressible desire to sing. [Ibid.)

1. Hartmann. Pressive pain in whole front head, deeply in centre of forehead, extending outwards and then felt chiefly and most lastingly in temples ; burning pressive and tensive feeling, now on r. now on 1. frontal eminence externally ; transient pressing feeling in r. tuber frontalis ; on bending forwards painful pressure in 1. frontal eminence, disappearing again when standing upright ^ pressive pain in Kmall spot just over r. frontal eminence; burning pressive feeling externally in forehead ; painful pressive feeling in whole occiput ; very painful pressure in r. temple, often alternating with similar feeling in T. frontal eminence and 1. temple ; skin over forehead tender to pressure of hand, — on pressing for some time a painful aching in forehead, but only in that region where hand lies ; pressive tearing in r. cheek-bone, extending to teeth of that side ; flabby feeling in scrob. cordis, without eructations or nausea ; anxious oppressive feeling in scrob. cordis while standing ; painful inward pressure in scrob. cordis without anxiety ; empty feeling with rumbling in stomach when hunger could not have caused it, extending deeply into bowels and constantly recurring ; dull pressive pain across abdomen in region of navel, with rumbling as from flatus, some of which is also discharged (5 h.); on bending backwards while sitting, pinching painful feeling in lower part of chest with pressive pain under ribs of 1. side close to spine, bending forwards removes it all (| h.) ; pinching pressive feeling in lower part of chest and scrob. cordis, extending upwards into chest, and deeply into abdomen, causing anxious discomfort, returning frequently.

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but always disappearing on walking ; dull drawing tearing pin in both forearm bones (i J h.) ; tensive painful heaviness in muscles of I. forearm (to m.) ; quick blunt cutting pain across muscles of r. forearm above] wrist (3^ h.) ; heaviness to dropping of J. arm, passing awajr quickly? pressive tearing in r. external metacarpal bone ; dull tearing in metacarpal bone of 1. hand ; pressive tearing pain in bones of r. wrist, increased by pressure with other hand, going and coming again ; pressive tearing in 2nd phalanx of 1. middle finger ; painful tearing and pressing asunder in lower end of bones close tol. ankle-joint; jerking recurring tearing in r. ankle-joint while sitting, disappearing on walking ; painful pressive and tearing sense of heaviness in whole of r. leg, especially calf; chilliness all over, with icy hands, also yawning and desire to stretch [\ h.).

1. Staff. Confusion of head ; stitches in occiput and whole head; very painful pressure in r. temple, alternating frequently with 1 similar feeling in r. frontal eminence and 1. temple; eruption on fore- 1 head and upper part of face, feeling on touching like a grater, with burning itching chiefly at n., worse in warmth, stitching in cold, reddening from rubbing, — for several d. ; many restless anxious dreams; very sad. {Ibid.)