Brucinum

An alkaloid, obtained from the bark and seeds of Strychnos Nux vomica. Formula, C23H26N2O4.

Preparations , Triturations.

Authority.

Lepelletier, Gaz. des Hôp., 1851 (Zeit. f. Hom. Kl., 1, 57), effects of 0.02 to 0.90 of a gramme.

HEAD

• Headache.

EYE

• Hazy vision.

EAR

• Ringing in the ears.

STOMACH

• Diminished appetite.
• Thirst, from dryness of the mouth.
• Nausea.
• Burning in the stomach.

URINARY ORGANS

• Increased urinary secretion (once).

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Erections.

UPPER EXTREMITIES

• Twitching of the fingers.

GENERALITIES

• Sudden jerkings, especially of the lower extremities (increasing in intensity with the dose), spreading generally, but not accompanied with trismus and tetanus, and not extending to the œsophagus and pharynx, as is the case with strychnia.
• Twitchings in the paralyzed as well as in the healthy muscles.
• General weakness.

SKIN

• Formication.
• Itching of the skin.

SLEEP

• Deep sleep, after the attacks.
• Sleeplessness.

FEVER

• A fever of short duration terminates the attacks.