Cinnamomum
By Timothy F. Allen โ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Breyne.
Natural order , Lauraceรฆ.
Common names , Cinnamon; (Fr.), Cannelle; (G.), Zimmt.
Preparation , Tincture of the best bark of commerce.
Authority.
Dr. E. Drawin Jones, of Albany, N. Y., MSS.
A lady, having prepared a tea of the bark for her own use, to check excessive menstrual flow, allowed her child, about 3 years old, to take an occasional sip. After two or three days, the doctor was called to attend the child, who was suffering from hรฆmorrhage from the bowels, occurring especially after any physical exertion; even running across the room would cause this hรฆmorrhage, which was bright-red and clear. This was associated with frequent attacks of nosebleed; in other respects the child seemed to be in good health.
SUPPLEMENT: CINNAMOMUM. Authority.
2 , C. G. Mitscherlich, Pharm. Journ., vol. ix, 1849, p. 233, effects of large doses.
- Diarrhลa, 2.
- Increased secretion of urine, 2.
- Excite the vascular system and the respiratory organs, 2.
SUPPLEMENT: CINNAMOMUM. Authority.
3 , Henry Von Musitis, M.D., copied from MSS; a, woman took 40 drops of tincture in half a tumbler of water, at 2.30 P.M., March 6th.
- Numbness all over. Stupefaction of the head immediately. Mouth, blisters all over, at 7.30 P.M.
March 7th. Morning, very drowsy; heavy, unpleasant feeling. Headache, stupid, dull. Crossness. In the evening, no appetite; mouth and tongue sore, cannot eat on account of the soreness of the mouth. Face sunken, sickly look. Eyes deep in the sockets. Sleepy, no desire for anything. The abdomen feels sore to touch. A feeling as if her left leg were shorter, especially on walking. She thinks that the left side of her face in smaller. She imagines that the left side of the brain is shrunken. Backache. In the whole abdomen, a feeling as if everything were suppurating. Great bearing down in the genitals. Scanty yellow discharge from the vagina. Tongue very dry, without thirst, after eating.
March 8th. Morning, in the abdomen a slight tension and drawing front both ovarian regions, as if a thread were drawn in that direction. Head dull, left side seems smaller. Left eye seems smaller. Numbness all over the left side. The rawness and soreness of the mouth and tongue soon returned after rinsing the mouth with cold water. Fingers seem swollen. Symptoms seem relieved after breakfast, 3.