Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn.

Nat. order , Anacardiaceæ.

Common name , Marking nut.

Preparation , Trituration of the layer of the nut between the shell and the kernel.

Authorities. [Nos.

1 to 8 , from (Archiv. and) Hahnemann Chr Kr. (provings made with powdered nut and tincture).]

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Herrmann; 3 , Hartmann; 4 , Gross; 5 , Franz; 6 , Langhammer; 7 , Becher; 8 , Stapf; 9 , Reil (Z. f. H. K., 2, 44); 10 , Trinks (Z. f. H. K., 2, 131); 11 , Fox (Z. f. H. K., 1, 117).

MIND

Illusions of the fancy; he imagines he hears his name called by the voice of his far-distant mother and sister; accompanied by an apprehension of misfortune and anxiety, 7.
Excessive cheerfulness, 1.
In the afternoon he is more cheerful than in the forenoon; as soon as the sleepiness after dinner is past he is more cheerful and more disposed to work (after thirty-eight hours), 5.
He laughs when he should be serious, 1.
When occupied with serious things he is obliged to laugh on account of a tickling at the pit of the stomach; when occupied with ludicrous things he is able to refrain from laughter, 1.
Sadness, 1.
In the forenoon he is extremely hypochondriac, low-spirited, and desponding, with awkward and childish manners; all his motions are extremely awkward and indolent (after third day), 5.
Melancholy illusion; he imagines a bier is in the side-room, upon which either his friend or himself is lying, 1.
He is separated from the whole world, and has so little confidence in himself that he despairs of being able to do that which is required of him, 1.* [10.]
He is very indifferent and unfeeling ; neither agreeable nor disagreeable objects excite his interest; for eight days, 1.
*When walking he felt anxious, as if some one were pursuing him; he suspected everything around him, 1.
Anxious apprehension and thoughtfulness, when meditating over his present and future destiny, 6.
Anxious apprehension and peevishness, 4.
Anxiety, apprehension of threatening misfortune, 7.
The future appears dangerous to him, as if nothing but misfortune and danger were reserved for him; want of confidence in his strength and despondency, 1.
Anxiety in all his actions; everything appears to him more terrible; he imagines himself surrounded with enemies; then he feels warm and the blood seems to boil within him (seventh, eighth days), 1.
Internal anxiety, which did not leave him any peace; he felt solicitous on account of every trifle, as if it would lead to some great trouble; with apprehension of the future, 1.*

HEAD

His head feels very heavy all day, 1.
Early in the morning, after rising, his head feels so confused and heavy that he is scarcely able to support it; he was obliged to lie down again, 1.
Painful, dull confusion of the head when he lies in bed in an uncomfortable position, 7.
Vertigo, as if all objects or himself were wavering; he is obliged to steady himself (first day), 1. [50.]
Vertigo, he almost fell down, 1.
Vertigo when walking, as if all objects were too far distant, 1.
*Vertigo on stooping, with a sensation of turning round in a circle (after thirteen hours), 6.
Vertigo, black before the eyes, 4.
The head reels, 4.
Dizziness of the head, as after spirituous drinks, 1.
Great giddiness after a walk, in the afternoon, 1.
The whole head swelled, 10.
Heat in the head, 1.
Occasional pressure in the head, 1. [60.]
Pressure in the right side of the head, interrupted by violent stitches (after three-quarters of an hour), 3.
Dull pressure from without inward, here and there, in small places of the head, 4.
Repeated tearings in the whole head, with chills all over the body, low spirits, and restlessness; this does not permit her to remain in any one place; always returns every third day, 4.
Tearing headache during hard labor (after fourth day), 3.
Repeated tearing in the right side of the head, face, and neck, and immediately after, humming before the left ear, 4.
Violent, grinding headache, in the evening, 1.
Sharp stitches through the left side of the head, reaching deep into the brain, 4.
Dull, tremulous stitches on the left side of the upper part of the head; they are merely incipient, and do not become distinct, 4.
Any effort of the mind causes a bruised sensation in the brain, 1.
Throbbing headache, 1. [70.]
Several violent jerks, so that he would like to scream out loud; they come from behind, and reach across the left side of the upper part of the head and the forehead (after half an hour), .

EYE

Left eye swollen shut, 10.
Painful eyes, without redness, 1.
Violent pressure upon the eyes, especially upon the left, and in the external canthus of this eye when looking long at one object (half an hour), 2.
*Dull pressure, as with a plug, on the upper border of the right orbit , extending into the brain, with stupefaction of the whole side of the head, 4.
Rheumatic tearing pain in the left eye (more in the lids), which extends as far as the temples, 5.
Lids so swollen that he could scarcely see, 10.
The eyelids felt swollen, but without pain, 10.
Sensation in the eyes as if there was something between the ball and the upper lid, which causes rubbing, 2. [120.]
Something seems to rub between the ball and the lower lid, 4.
Twitches in the eyelids; he imagines that one must see them, 4.
Pressure, as from a sty, in the right inner canthus, and the neighboring tarsal cartilages, 2.
Pressure below the left external canthus (after two hours), 2.
Pain, as if a plug were pressed in under the upper border of the orbits, and touched the balls, 4.*
Pressure upon the eyeball , from before backward, or from above downward, 2.
Tearing in the balls and orbits, mornings when walking (after twenty-four hours), 5.
Great dilatation of the pupils (after thirteen, fourteen, and nineteen hours; reaction), 6.
Contraction of the pupils (after fourteen hours), 6.
The pupil of the right eye becomes smaller for a short time (after forty-eight hours), 7. [130.]
Dimness of the eyes, as if they were full of water, which forces one to wink often; in the evening (after sixteen hours), 3.
Shortsightedness ; he cannot distinguish anything at a distance, while he distinctly sees everything which is held near his eyes, 5.
Great sensitiveness of the eyes to the light, .

EAR

Twitches in the external ear, 1.
Pain, as from ulceration in the ear, mostly when swallowing, 1.
Pain in the ear , as from ulceration, when biting the teeth together, 1.
Painful pressure upon the external ear, 1. [140.]
Sensation behind the ears, as if the part would become sore; he is obliged to rub it, 4.
Violent tearing along the upper border of the cartilage of the right ear, 4.
Violent sticking tearing in the left external ear (after twenty-four hours), 4.
Tearing in the left ear, down the cheek, 1.
Sensation of a cramplike contraction in the left concha (after half an hour), 3.
Feeling of obstruction in the left ear, as from cotton; he did not hear as well with this ear as with the other (after half an hour), 2.
Violent stitches in the left ear, 1.
Tearing, sticking, dull pains in the tip of the antitragus of the left ear, 4.
Drawing pain behind the left ear, 1.
Cramplike contraction in the left meatus auditorius, with a pressure against the tympanum, 5. [150.]
Spasmodic, cramplike pain in the meatus auditorius externus, 3.
Painful twinging in the right meatus auditorius, 4.
Painful drawing in the left meatus auditorius internus (after three-quarters of an hour), 2.
Twitchings in the left meatus auditorius at short intervals, and very painful, as if a nerve were put upon the stretch, or like electric shocks, 4.
Itching in the ear, and discharge of a brownish matter, 1.
He sometimes heard so feebly that he did not notice when some one opened the door with a noise; often his hearing was so acute that he heard people through double doors walk in the antechambers (after fifty-four hours), 7.
Humming in the ears, 1.
Roaring before the ear, 1.
Tingling in the right ear, 4.

NOSE

Pimples, with red areolæ, at the angle of the right wing of the nose, 6. [160.]
*Red pustules on the septum, in the right nostril, with soreness when touched, 2.
Obstruction of the posterior nares, as by much phlegm, 3.
Sneezing, 4.
Violent coryza, lasting four weeks, 1.
Violent fluent coryza after frequent sneezing, with lachrymation, 1.
Severe coryza, in the evening (after forty-eight hours), 5.
Bleeding at the nose after violent blowing, 1.
Dry coryza, 1.
Short pain in the nose, such as arises from too great cold, which causes his eyes to run, 1.
Contractive pain in the forepart of the nose, as from great cold, with lachrymation, 1. [170.]
Bruised sensation in the left side of the nose; the pain seems to be in the bone, 4.
Smell seems to have disappeared almost completely , although the nose is not obstructed (after five hours), 2.
Illusory smell, as of burning tinder, early, when rising, 1.*
Constant smell before the nose, like pigeon or chicken dung, especially when smelling his clothes, or his body (after two hours), 5.*

FACE

Face began to swell, beginning from the eyes, 10.
Great paleness of the face shortly after taking the medicine, 8.
Pale, sick, wan color of the face, without, however, any other symptoms, 1.
Paleness of the face , without coldness (immediately), 7.
The person looks sick, hollow-eyed, with blue rings around the eyes for several days (shortly after taking the medicine), 8.
Violent burning on the face, 10. [180.]
Dry heat in the face, and over the whole head, with confusion of the head and pale look; at the same time he feels hot upon the skin, which he himself, however, does not perceive, 8.
After a meal, heat in the face, and exhaustion, 8.
After dinner, heat in the face, with accumulation of sweetish saliva in the mouth, and violent thirst, 5.
Left side of face exceedingly swollen, and covered with a number of small, pock-like blisters, 10.
White, scaly herpes on the right cheek, close by the upper lip (after four hours), 6.
Drawing pain in the right cheek-bone, 2.
Dull pressure upon the left cheek-bone, 4.
Dull pressure in the face, in the middle of the cheek, as if the place were squeezed with pincers, 4.
Dryness of the lips and their corners, 1.
Burning dryness of the external borders of the lips, almost as from pepper, 3. [190.]
Frequently a drawing pain in the lower jaw, especially in the evening, 1.
Frequently repeated tearings in the right ramus of the lower jaw, 4.
Occasional tearings in the articulations of the jaw (after forty-two hours), 3.
Suppuration and painfulness of a place under the chin, where there was a boil two years before, 4.
Small blisters on chin, discharging liquid when broken, 10.
Violent burning on the chin, 10.
Externally, burning upon the chin, and dull pressure, extending upward upon the left side of the chin, as after being scraped with a dull razor, 4.

MOUTH

Tearing in all the teeth, returning at intervals, 4.
Toothache upon taking something warm in his mouth, a few jerkings, more pressive than drawing, 1.
The teeth feel longer, at night, when in bed, accompanied by a pressive pain, 1. [200.]
Drawing pain in the gums and the roots of the lower molar teeth of the left side, 2.
Cramplike drawing in the lower row of teeth of the right side, reaching as high as the ear (shortly after taking the medicine), 4.
Tensive and drawing pain in a hollow molar tooth, extending to the ear, for several days, at 10 o'clock in the evening, 8.
Violent tearing in the teeth of the left side, 10.
Pain in one of the lower incisors, as if a toothpick had been stirred about in it, made worse by contact with the tongue and the open air (second day), 7.
Swelling of the gums, 1.
Bleeding of the gums upon slight rubbing, 1.*
The tongue is white and rough, like a scraping-iron (after three hours), 6.
Heaviness of the tongue, and sensation as of swelling, so that he is unable to continue speaking, 1.
Painful vesicles in the mouth, 1.* [210.]
A quantity of liquid comes into his mouth and throat, which causes a sensation of nausea in the chest, 5.
Insipid, foul taste of the food, also without eating, 1.
Insipid taste of the beer, 1.
Bitter dryness in the mouth and throat, 1.
Bitter taste in the mouth after smoking tobacco, 1.
Everything tastes to him like herring-brine, 1.
Tobacco does not taste, only causes biting, 1.
In the afternoon his speech is firmer and surer than in the forenoon, 1.
When speaking, he finds it difficult to utter certain words, as if his tongue were too heavy, 1.

THROAT

*Phlegm, firm and tough, comes into the throat, obstructing at the same time, the posterior nares (after one hour), 5. [220.]
Prickings as with needles, now here, now there, in the throat, externally, 4.
Dryness of the throat, passing off by eating, in the forenoon, 5.
Roughness of the throat, 1.
Roughness of the throat, with deep tone of voice, after a meal, 5.
Hard pressure in the throat, on both sides of the larynx, which sometimes interferes with deglutition, 2.
Pressure in the pit of the throat, 4.
Sudden, dull pressure, as from a weight, on the left side of the throat, 4.
Slow, dull thrusts coming from both sides of the ears, and in their cavities, as if two blunt plugs were penetrating, to meet in the centre, 4.
His throat feels as if it were raw and sore, 1.
Sensation as if scraping in the throat, 4, 8. [230.]
Frequent itching of the throat, 5.
Great appetite, pressure at the stomach and nausea unto vomiting, after a meal, even when without exercise, 1.
He has no appetite for dinner; nevertheless, he takes it and relishes it, because it is dinner-hour; bread, however, tastes a little bitter, 5.
At times, violent hunger; at times, none at all, 1.
Constant thirst; however, when drinking, his breath is interrupted, and he is obliged to swallow his drink little by little, 1.
Eructations of fluid, frequently repeated, which choke him, 4.
Eructations with spasmodic pain at the stomach, 1.
Eructations, after drinks and liquid food, 1.
Eructations, after a meal, which burn in the throat, 1.
Empty eructations, early in the morning, 4. [240.]
Hiccough, 5.
Qualmishness at the pit of the stomach, between meals, with anxiety as from a sprain; without, however, real nausea, and with good taste in the mouth and good appetite, 1.
Several kinds of food, of which he is generally very fond, disgust him so much, that he would like to vomit, .

ABDOMEN

Pressure in the region of the liver, an hour after a meal, 1.
Stitches in the hypochondria, when inspiring, sometimes on the right side, sometimes on the left, 4.
Stitches in the left hypochondrium, 1.
Dull stitches in the region of the spleen; they seem partly in the chest, partly in the abdominal cavity, 2.
Pressure in the region of the navel, as if something hard had formed there, with a sensation when breathing, speaking, and especially when coughing, as if the abdomen would burst; when touching the part it pains like a pressure and tension, 1. [270.]
Pain around the navel, as if a blunt plug were squeezed into the intestines, 4.*
Dull, intermittent stitches at the navel, 4.
Sensitive, sharp stitches over the navel on the right side, which cause him to start, 4.
Hard pressure at a small spot above and below the navel, and in the left side of the abdomen, 2.
Dull pressure just below the navel, worse by pressing upon it, and by breathing; shortly after a meal, 4.
Pinching contraction at a small spot on the left side near the navel, when breathing (after half an hour), 3.
Dull stitches in the abdominal cavity, not far from the navel, 2.
One quick cutting in the abdomen, on the right side, 1.
Burning prickings, as regular as beats, externally, on the right side of the abdomen, below the short ribs, 4.
Transient, short stitches in the muscles of the left side of the abdomen just below the short ribs, 4. [280.]
Thrusts as from a blunt tool, on the right side near the navel (after six hours), 4.*
Stitches which are very sensitive and dull, on the left side near the navel, 4.
Inflation of the abdomen, shortly after dinner, as if he had eaten too much, 4.
After a meal, flatus moves about in the abdomen, as from a purgative, 1.
Continual rumbling and pinching in the abdomen, 4, 2.
Continual rumbling in the abdomen , especially in the region of the navel, .

STOOL AND ANUS

The varices of the rectum become smaller, and cease to be painful, except soreness when the person begins to walk (curative effect), 1.
Tenesmus; he cannot expel anything; the rectum seems to be plugged up, 5.* [300.]
Frequent tenesmus during the day , for many days, without ever being able to expel anything, 1.*
Constant tenesmus; the expulsion not taking place immediately; there is a painful twisting and turning in the intestines, transversely across the abdomen, 3.
Frequent itching in the anus, 1.
Itching of the anus, after an embrace, 1.
Desire for stool three times a day; he had a desire, but upon going to stool and sitting down, the desire had gone; the rectum would not perform its functions; he had to strain considerably, even when the stools were very soft, 1.
He was frequently obliged to go to stool; however, he expelled but little every time; the stools were first soft, then hard, 1.
Every day, two or three ordinary stools, passing with great difficulty, 1.
Urging to stool, after a meal, more in the upper part of the intestines, 1.*
Diarrhœa at night, with subsequent constipation, 1.
Frequent watery diarrhœa; the expulsion being, nevertheless, with much exertion, 1. [310.]
During the act of expulsion of fæces, and especially after, dull pressure in the abdominal muscles, increased by inspiration, just below the navel, 4.
Yawning and eructations after stool, 1.
Stools of a very pale color (after forty-eight hours), 1.

URINARY ORGANS

Itching of the urethra, 1.
Constant desire to urinate, 1.
Frequent desire to urinate, but little urine passing (first four hours), 6.
Frequent emission of clear watery urine in small quantities, 3.
Early in the morning, before breakfast, frequent clear watery urine, 4.
He is obliged to rise at night to urinate; nevertheless, he urinates again at the usual period, 4.
The urine, while being emitted, is turbid, deposits a dirty sediment, and, when shaken, looks like clay, 4.

SEXUAL ORGANS. [320.]

Cutting pain along the penis, 1.
Discharge of the prostatic juice, with natural stool, 1.
Discharge of the prostatic juice, with difficult stool, 1.
Discharge of the prostatic juice, after emission of urine, 1.
Continual voluptuous itching of the scrotum, which excites the sexual desire (after two hours), 1.
Extreme sexual desire, 1.
Sexual desire early in the morning, after waking, with erection of the penis, 3.
Want of excitability of the sexual desire (first ten days), 1.
Emission of semen at night, without amorous dreams (after twenty-seven hours), 6.
Tearing in the mons veneris, 1.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS. [330.]

Cough, commencing with titillation in the larynx, and suffocation, 1.
Shaking attacks of cough, resembling fits of hooping-cough, excited whenever he talks, 1.
Shaking cough, which does not permit him to sleep at night, 1.
Short cough, mostly in the afternoon, with expectoration of a tenacious gray-yellow substance, 1.
Short cough, with purulent expectoration, 1.
Short hacking cough, after a meal, affecting the throat as if it were raw (after three days), 5.
Hacking cough, after a meal, affecting the throat as if it were raw (after three and a half days), 5.
Periodical attacks of cough, only in the daytime; he gets out of breath; every three or four hours, 1.
Cough early in the morning, 1.
Severe attacks of cough, with shivering, lasting for hours, beginning at 4 A.M., and occurring several times during the day (after fourteen days), 1. [340.]
Violent cough after dinner, with vomiting of the food, 1.
Severe cough in the evening, when in bed, causing the blood to rush to the head, 1.
Nightly cough , with rawness of the throat, 1.
Cough, almost only during the night, and more severe than during the day, 1.
Cough, more severe at night than by day; several days, 1.
Cough, with stitches in the forehead or in the side of the head, 1.
Cough, with pain in the occiput, 1.
Cough, with usually vain desire to sneeze, 1.
Cough, with yawning after the attack, 1.
He spits blood when coughing (fourth day), 1. [350.]
Short breath, especially after a meal and when sitting, 1.

CHEST

Uneasiness in the chest, apparently about the heart, especially in the forenoon (fourth day), 1.
Pressure on chest, especially when sitting, with fulness; he would like to get rid of this symptom by vomiting (after ten hours), 2.
Pressure of the chest, like oppression, extending toward the axillæ, with difficulty of breathing (after twenty-four hours), 2.
Oppression of chest, with weeping, which relieves it, 1.
Asthma; oppression of chest (after ten hours), 1.
Oppression of chest, during and expiration, with pressure upon the sternum (after one and a half hours), 5.
Oppression of chest, with internal anxiety and heat, 1.
Drawing pain in the muscles of the chest, 1.
Twitching sensation in pectoral muscle when raising the arm, 1. [360.]
Feeling of soreness and rawness in the chest, increased by inspiration (immediately), 4.
Single sharp stitches in the chest, 1.
Sharp pulsating stitches in the chest, above the heart (after eighty hours), 4.
Itching upon the chest, 1.
Corrosively itching prickings, as from pins, at the last false rib, 2.
Sudden, quick pressure in the right side of the chest, close by the axilla; he feels it at the same time on the opposite side of the back, without any influence upon breathing, 1.
*Dull pressure, as from a plug , in the right side of the chest, 4.
Pressure from without over the right nipple, 2.
Wavelike drawing in the let side of the chest, 4.
Dull stitches in the left side of the chest, a hand's breadth below the axilla, 4. [370.]
Sharp stitches in the upper part of the left mamma, which prevented her for a long time from rising from her seat; afterwards, a sensation of a pressive weight at that place, 1.
Tearing, with some pressure, on the left side of the chest, reaching as high as the heart, as though the whole side were being crushed, especially when stooping (after ten hours), 5.
Intermittent throbbing pricking, as with needles, on the left side of the chest, close to the throat (after three and a half hours), .

HEART AND PULSE

Short stitches piercing through and through the heart, succeeding each other two by two, 5.

NECK AND BACK

After the head, the neck began to swell, 10.
Stiffness of the muscles of the neck, with tensive pain, especially when moving the head quickly after keeping it still; less during constant motion (after fifty-two hours), 7.
Stiffness of the nape of the neck, 1.
Stiffness and pressive tension in the nape of the neck, in the occiput, and between the scapulæ, on waking, both when at rest and in motion, 1.
Painful stiffness of the right side of the neck, two days in succession, early in the morning on waking; he had been lying on that side; the pain was brought on by the slightest motion, and especially upon turning the head towards the painful side (after four to five days), 3. [390.]
Painful contractive stiffness on the left side of the neck, close to the occiput; the pain is felt when at rest; it neither interferes with nor is increased by the motion of the head (after two hours), 3.
Dull intermittent pressure, as from a heavy burden , on the right side of the neck and on the top of the left shoulder, apparently in the bone, 4.
Slowly intermittent pressure in the angle formed by the neck and the top of the shoulder, 4.
Cramplike pressure under and near the shoulder-blades, from without inward (after half an hour), 2.
Formication in the shoulder-blades, or sensation as if they had gone to sleep, 4.
Cracking in the scapula upon lifting the arm, 1.
Pain in the right side, near the vertebral column, in the shoulder-blade, as from continually sitting bent, 4.
Tearing stitches near the right shoulder-blade, extending outward, 1.
Violent lancinating pressure close under the left shoulder-blade, without influencing breathing (one and a half hours), 3.
Sharp stitches in the external side of the left shoulder-blade, 4. [400.]
Dull stitches in the left shoulder-blade, returning slowly , and causing a tearing pain to extend to all sides, 4.
Fine and dull thrusts in the right half of the external surface of the left scapula externally, at short intervals, 4.
Painful tearing between the scapulæ, 1.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

Repeated tearings, in paroxysms, simultaneously through the upper and lower extremities, 4.
Heaviness in the left arm and leg, when walking, 1.

UPPER EXTREMITIES

Itching-pricking, as with needles below the shoulders, passing off by rubbing, 4. [410.]
Itching and tickling in both axillæ, forcing him to rub (after quarter of an hour), 4.
Painful lancinating tension in the arms, upon stretching and extending them; from the joints down the flexor muscles; on bending the arms back there is a cracking in the joints, especially in the shoulders, with pain, as if the arm were dislocated, 4.
At night he cannot lie long on one side because his arms then feel a pain as if bruised, 4.
Pressure in the right arm, apparently in the muscles and bones simultaneously, with lassitude in them, 2.
The left arm goes to sleep, 4.
Tearing and drawing in the left arm, 1.
Pimples with red areolæ and pus at the tip, on the lower portion of the upper arm, with painful itching during motion of the arm, irritating to scratching (after twelve hours), 6.
(Spasmodically) pressive pain in the muscles of the upper arms, when walking in the open air, and when sitting, in the evening, 6.
Pain as from a bruise, frequently, in the right scapula and upper arm, so that she can scarcely lift up her arm, 4.
Rheumatic drawing pain in the right upper arm, from the shoulder to the bend of the elbow, with a feeling of stiffness in the arm, 5. [420.]
Painful jerking in the left upper arm, above the bend of the elbow, 4.
Dull pressure, like a grumbling, in the left upper arm, apparently in the marrow of the bone, very painful and intermittent, 4.
Beatings, as with a heavy body, very painful, in the middle of the left upper arm (immediately), 4.
Pressure from without inwards , in the forearms here and there, short, painful (immediately), 4.
Cramplike twitches all over the forearm, a hand's breadth above the left wrist (immediately), 4.
Pressive scratchings upon the bone of the forearm, when at rest, 5.
Cramplike drawing in the right forearm, from the wrist to the elbow, 4.
Pressive pain in the muscles of the right forearm, when writing (after thirteen hours), 6.

LOWER EXTREMITIES. [460.]

Weariness of the limbs, as from walking too much, and sleepiness, as from great weakness (after nine hours), 6.
Loud cracking in the right hip-joint, on moving it while sitting, 4.
Pain as from a sprain and a bruise over the right hip, when rising from the seat; the pain is lasting; it also comes on when moving the trunk while sitting, rising is then intolerable, and he has to walk stooping, 1.
Slight twitchings and drawings in the thighs, especially about and in the knees, as after a long journey on foot, with painful uneasiness when sitting, resembling a tremulous agitation (after three-quarters of an hour), 4.
Burning prickings, as with pins, which oblige one to scratch; here and there, in the muscles of the thighs, 4.
Painful, dull pressure in the thighs, sometimes intermittent, rhythmical, 4.
Burning itching upon the thighs, in the evening, 1.
Drawing pain down the outer side of the right thigh, 4.
Pressure, with sensation as of twitching, at the inner side of the right thigh, 4.
Boring stitch in the muscles of the lower part of the right thigh, in front (after ten hours), 6. [470.]
Dull pressure, as from a plug , in the left glutei muscles, 4.
Cramplike pressure in the left thigh, anteriorly and posteriorly, 2.
Tearing contraction on the external side of the left thigh, at a small spot; subsequently a pain as from subcutaneous suppuration (after eleven hours), 5.
Itching prickings of the left thigh, which pass off by rubbing, 4.
Painless feeling of weakness above the knees, when walking, with painful aching when sitting, as after great fatigue of the legs (after half an hour), 4.
Drawing pain above the knees, when sitting; in walking felt as mere weakness (after half an hour), 4.
Violent pressure in the middle of the external side of the right thigh, synchronous with the pulse, and always accompanied with a lancination (after ten and a half hours), 2.
Dull pain in the left thigh, just above the knee, 4.
Dull pain, with soreness, above the knee, on lifting the feet high, with a painful feeling of weakness about the knees, and cramplike pinching between the bend of the knee and calf, .

ANACARDIUM. GENERALITIES

He makes all motions with greater energy and perseverance; his muscles contract more vigorously; but, on motion, the fibres seem put upon the stretch too much, or as if there were not sufficient fluid in the joints (after one hour), 5.
Continual indolence after the siesta; he can scarcely move his limbs, and he loathes speaking, 3.
Paralysis of some parts (Matthiolus-dacosta); panting, languishing condition, like paralysis, as if obliged to sink down, after a short walk in the afternoon; in the evening he can walk fast and a good deal, without feeling tired; he then sweats considerably (sixth day), 4.
After a short journey on foot, which he found very difficult, he felt so worn out, tired, and exhausted that he was obliged to sit down at once, and would prefer lying down; resting the head upon something, and closing the eyes, afford him a feeling of comfort, 4.
Excessive weakness; he can scarcely move his hands; he trembles at every motion, 1.
Weakness in the body; he wants to lie down or sit all the time, 1.* [540.]
During a short journey on foot he becomes so worn out that he can scarcely go on, and even long afterwards, when sitting, he is not able recruit, 4.
Very faint on going upstairs, 1.*
Faint and exhausted; at first walking is inconvenient, and his feet feel heavy; by continuing to walk this feeling of faintness becomes less, and he feels better, 8.
She grows thin, without, however, feeling indisposed, 1.
Such a swelling of the affected parts that the patient looked like a hogshead (from wearing the nut), 11.
The swelling passes gradually down from the eyes to the thighs, 10.
When sitting quietly, he perceives the beating of the pulse in the arms, which had been loosely crossed, and even in the whole body (after some bodily effort), 4.
(Any part which he does not move immediately goes to sleep), 1.
The skin of the body is insensible to itching irritants, 1.
Most violent burning pain of the affected parts; violent fever (from wearing the nut), 11. [550.]
He feels a heaviness and fulness of the body from playing on the piano, 1.

SKIN

In an hour the skin was destroyed (by applying the juice), 10.
Destruction of the epidermis, leaving an inflamed surface covered with small, miliary pustules, with unbearable itching, and discharging a yellow liquid, forming crusts (from applying the juice), 9.
During the healing of the skin, excessive desquamation, 11.
Appearance of hypertrophy of the skin, with swollen and indurated papillæ and wheals, and formation of thick folds, which impede the motion of the joints (from applying the juice), 9.
Bright scarlet eruptions of the whole body, especially of the thigh in contact with the nut, and of the abdomen, 11.
Several blisters opened, and discharged a yellowish, transparent liquid, which hardened to a crust in the open air, 10.
Chest, neck, axillæ, upper arms, abdomen, scrotum, thighs, were not only covered with raised crusts, discharging a thick, yellowish liquid, but these had partly changed into wartlike excrescences, with thickened epidermis, the whole intermediate skin being of an erythematous redness, and the itching fearful (from wearing the nut), 9.
The hands looked like those of a mulatto, white, with black spots (from applying the juice), 10.
Many little boils upon the hairy scalp of the size of a flaxseed; they feel sore when touched or scratched, 6. [570.]
Painless pimples, with red areolæ, at the top of the left temple (after nine hours), 6.
Rough, exfoliating, herpes-like skin around the mouth, with crawling-itching, 4.
In the evening, in bed, heat of the skin of the whole body, with burning-itching and irritation, such as arises from much scratching; after scratching, the burning increases, 1.
Sensation as of burning of the skin here and there, which induces one to scratch, and which passes off by scratching, 4.
Burning and stinging of the tetters, which had itched before, 1.
The burning changes to an extremely painful itching, combined with stitching, like the stings of insects (fourth day), 10.
Such a fearful itching in the swollen parts, that he could not refrain from scratching the skin sore in several places, 10.
Extremely disagreeable itching, forcing him to scratch, even when in company (from wearing the nut), 9.
Burning-itching at the one place, increased by scratching, .

SLEEP AND DREAMS

After a meal, sleepy, and indisposed to work, 1. [600.]
After dinner, irresistible desire to sleep, 3.
Sleepiness and weariness in the afternoon, when sitting or reading, as if he had exerted himself too much by mental or bodily efforts (after three hours), 6.
Tired and sleepy in the evening sooner than usual; early in the morning he would like to stay in bed and sleep on; also, after dinner, he would like to take a nap, 4.
Deep and sound sleep at night; he can scarcely arouse himself early in the morning, 1.
Sound sleep until 9 o'clock in the forenoon (first night), 1.
Slumber, day and night, with great heat and thirst, with a skin which feels hot, and with grumbling and anxious sighing when asleep, 1.
Constant stupor, without dreams; after waking he is quite stupid; the skin feels frequently hot, with red cheeks and cold forehead, although he complains of heat in the head; at the same time violent thirst, and sore, painful dryness in the throat, 1.
Light sleep, with frequent waking, 1.
Could not sleep well at night on account of the itching, 10.
He feels so uneasy that he can scarcely sleep a little, every other night, 1. [610.]
Uneasy sleep at night, with frequent tossing about; his head lay either too high or too low, which caused a sensation of confusion, 7.
At night, he is often awake for half hours; in the intermediate periods he enjoys a sound and refreshing sleep, 1.
He is without sleep at night until 2 o'clock in the morning; he was constantly obliged to shift his position (second night), 1.
Nights totally sleepless (from wearing the nut), 9.
He screams anxiously when asleep, 1.
Twitches of the mouth and fingers when asleep, 1.
After waking, early in the morning, anxiety drives him out of bed, 1.
Startings, as if from fright, when lying in bed awake, in the evening (after fifteen and sixteen hours), 6.
He lies in a dreamy state night and day, without sleeping, full of anxious thoughts about his daily business, 1.
Vivid dreams, accompanied by great mental exertion; this causes a bruised headache on waking, . [620.]

FEVER

Sensation as if he would feel cold, momentary, frequent, 4.
Continual chilliness , even in a warm room, 4.
Chilliness for several minutes, after dinner (first day), 1.
Chilliness and want of appetite, 4.
Chills over the whole body; he feels warm only in the sun, 4.
Shivering over the whole body, as if he had caught cold in the wet, 6.
Shivering over the whole body, with heat in the face, without any thirst, in any position of the body (after one and a half hours), 6.
Repeated icy cold creepings, 4.
Shivering in the whole back, as from cold water being thrown upon the person, 6. [640.]
Chilliness of the limbs, early in the morning, for a couple of hours, which causes him to tremble, 4.
Feeling of chilliness of the hands and feet, 5.
External heat, with great thirst, and dry, burn lips, 1.
Internal heat in the evening for two hours, with cold sweat over and over, especially in the head, accompanied by short, breath, thirst, and weakness in the abdomen and knees, even unto falling, 1.
He complains of feeling great heat, without the skin, however, feeling hot (after ten days), 1.
Great heat, especially in the night, with violent thirst, without sweat, so that he cannot endure this condition, 1.
Feeling of heat, and heat in the face and palms, without thirst, 5.
Heat over the whole body; he, nevertheless, complains of chilliness, 1.
Great, feverish uneasiness in the afternoon, such as if felt during a cold, accompanied by faintness, and tremor of the limbs, 5.
Great heat on the upper part of the body, with thirst, sweat, and hot breath; however, he complains of chilliness, which causes him to shake; the feet, which were formerly sweaty, feel cold, 1. [650.]
Quickly passing heat in the face and brain, in the afternoon, with redness of the cheeks (after eight hours), 5.
After supper, heat, which spreads quickly over the face, without thirst or chilliness (after twelve hours); thirst comes on in half an hour, 6.
Heat in the face, with nausea and heaviness in the whole body, every afternoon at 4 o'clock; she is obliged to lie down; eating relieves, .

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Early, after sleep, inability to comprehend, etc.; early, after rising, head confused, etc.; on waking, pressure in forehead, when walking, tearings in eyeballs, etc.; early, when rising, smell before nose, etc.; early, empty, empty eructations; early, much nausea ; early before breakfast, frequent, clear, watery urine; early, after waking, sexual desire, etc.; early, cough; early, on waking, stiffness of right side of neck; early, in bed, pain in heel; early, cold feet; early, when lying quietly in bed, bruised feeling in all the bones, etc.; early, after waking, anxiety; early, chilliness of limbs.
( Forenoon ), Hypochondriac, etc.; dryness of throat; intestines painful; uneasiness in chest.
( Afternoon ), Short cough; pain in muscles of upper arm; while sitting or reading, sleepiness, etc.; feverish, uneasiness, etc.; heat in face, etc.; 4 o'clock, heat in face, etc.
( Toward evening ), Violent nausea, etc.
( Evening ), Anxiety, etc.; 9 to 10 o'clock, excitement of the fancy, etc.; grinding headache; dimness of the eyes; severe coryza; pain in lower jaw; 10 o'clock, pain in hollow tooth; in bed, severe cough; pain in muscles of upper arm; after lying down tearing in right thumb; drawing pain in ulcer; burning-itching in thighs; sweats considerably; in bed, heat of skin, etc.; itching; pain in the ulcer; internal heat.
( Night ), In bed, teeth feel longer, etc.; diarrhœa; cough, etc.; in bed, pain in forearm, etc.; cramp in the legs; in bed, tightness in calf; great heat; sweats; sweats on chest and abdomen.
( Walking in open air ), Pressure, etc., in pit of stomach; pain in muscles of upper arm; pressure in bend of left elbow; cramp of the calf.
( When asleep ), Twitches of the mouth and fingers.
( Going to bed ), Itching.
( Bending body backward ), Intestines painful.
( Bending knee ), While sitting, drawing in knee.
( Bending head backwards ), Shoots, etc., in occiput, etc.
( Bending arms back ), Cracking in the joints, etc.
( Biting teeth together ), .

SUPPLEMENT: ANACARDIUM. Authorities.

12 , P. Le B. Stickney, M.D., Phil. Med. Exam., vol. vii, 1844, p. 133, J. B., aged sixteen years, was poisoned by rubbing upon the back of the hand the dried juice of the cashew nut; 13 , Dr. F. Taylor, Med. Times and Gaz., 1875 (2), p. 519, a boy, aged thirteen years, painted the figure of an anchor on his left arm with the juice of the Indian marking nut; 14 , Dr. Yeldham, Month. Hom. Rev., vol. xx, p. 95, A. B., aged twenty-eight years, let some of the juice of the bean get into an abrasion on his left wrist.

The effects of the poison was first manifested by an excessive inflammation of the affected part (the hands), accompanied with pain and an almost intolerable itching. This was followed by an eruption of small red pimples, which soon suppurated, bearing a close resemblance to the pustular eruption produced by croton oil. In a short time, these pustules discharged a very small quantity of thin pus, coalesced, and became covered with a thin pellicle, filled with serum giving to the skin the appearance of having been covered with small blisters. The blistering or desquamation of the cuticle was confined to the part upon which the juice had been applied, excepting the lips, which being repeatedly rubbed by the hands, presented a similar appearance, whilst the swelling and pustular eruption extended to the other parts of the body. The penis and scrotum were enormously distended by an œdematous swelling, but the eruption was confined entirely to the scrotum. The urine, which was voided in large quantities, was of a dark-green color, possessed its natural smell, and deposited no sediment. On the first appearance of the swelling, there was some fever and thirst, 12.
In one week his arm became red, and a number of small pimples appeared. In the night his face became swollen and red, and the next day the abdomen and thighs on which he had rested the arm were red. The left hand, forearm, and the lower half of the upper arm were swollen, and of a bright-red color, resembling that of erysipelas. On the front of the forearm was an abrasion of the skin, shaped somewhat like an anchor, and presenting some black points, which the boy stated were the remains of the material used. Over the rest of the forearm were many vesicles of various sizes and shapes, mixed, especially at the back of the forearm, with minute pustules. The swollen arm did not pit on slight pressure, but the color readily disappeared for the time. On the back of the right hand, and on the front the wrist, were a few raised spots, surmounted by minute white pustules. The face presented a similar inflammatory condition. The redness and swelling affected both eyes (the left being quite closed), as well as the upper lip, the chin, and back of the right cheek, where there were a few isolated, raised, red spots. The color was sharply defined, and on the chin was a yellow crust resembling that of eczema. On the inner side of each thigh at the upper part was a large, red, less sharply defined patch, with one or two transparent vesicles; and on the lower part of the abdomen were a few spots resembling those on the right hand and wrist. The eruption caused considerable itching, 13. [660.]
About twelve hours after the wound itched, and he scratched it and increased the irritation. On the afternoon of the next day, vesicles made their appearance around the wound, and higher up the arm towards the elbow. The skin became hot, inflamed, and of a deep-red color; this condition extending upward above the elbow, and occupying the whole of the anterior and under aspects of the limb. At first there was not much itching, but on the second day the itching was considerable, and so much aggravated at night as to prevent him sleeping. On the evening of the third day the scrotum became sore, red, and inflamed, but without vesication; and at the same time the face was attacked, the eyelids and upper part of the right cheek presenting all the appearance of a sharp attack of erysipelas. The skin, he said, felt hot; stiff, and burning. There was also a red patch at the bend of the right arm, and on the right hand. Two days later the arm was more swollen and tense, the redness deeper and more uniformly diffused; the color disappearing on pressure, and returning the instant the pressure was removed. The vesicles had dried up. The face was somewhat better. The right hand and arm much the same; itching of the scrotum, but no redness. On the eighth day, there was still a little fulness of the left arm, with a faint blush of the skin. Depressed and irritable, disinclined to move, and impatient of the play of his children; which usually afforded him pleasure. He also complained of confusion of the head and memory. If he laid a thing down he forgot where he had placed it and such like. Looked ill and worn and languid, due, doubtless, to some extent, to want of sleep. Every object appeared a long way off, on waking after half an hour's sleep (third day). Loss of appetite and some thirst. The pulse was weak and somewhat accelerated, .

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