PAULLINIA PINNATA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Paullinia pinnata, D. C.
Natural order , Sapindaceæ.
Common names (Brazilian), Guaratimbo, Timbo-sipo, Cururu-apé.
Preparation , Trituration of the fresh roots.
Authority.
Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne.
Authorites omitted.
MIND
- Fear of becoming consumptive (seventh day), 2.
- Melancholy (first day), 2.
- Sadness and drowsiness all day (first day), 2.
- She wants to remain quiet and retired (third day), 1.
- Lazy and disinclined to work (first day), 2.
HEAD
- Dizziness; the head falls forward (third day), 1.
- Obnubilation (first day), 2.
- Heaviness of the head, with pain in the right temple (third day), 2.
- Heaviness of the head and forehead (sixth day), 2. [10.]
- Pain in the middle of the head, as if a nail were driven in (second day), 2.
- Pain in the head, with inability to bend it forward, in the evening (seventh day), 2.
- Very painful sensation as from an iron bar, compelling the head to bend forward (fourth day), 1.
- Headache, as if the head was covered with a leaden cap, and then struck upon (second day), 1.
- Headache, at night (third day), 2.
- Headache all day (sixth day), 2.
- Splitting headache (eighth day), 1.
- Headache, in the morning (ninth day), 2.
- Weight on the forehead, above the left eye, at 8.30 P.M. (first day), 2.
- Pain above the eyes, piercing to the brain (first day), 2. [20.]
- Pain in the right temple (first day), 2.
- Pain in the left temple (second day), 2.
- Hammering in the temple and above the left eye (fourth day), 1.
- Headache in the right temple (fifth day), 2.
- Hammering sensation in the vertex, felt painfully in the temples (sixth day), 1.
- Headache on the left side (first day), 2.
- Severe pain in the middle and right side of the head (first day), 2.
- Pain in the right parietal region, like a pressure from within outwards (first day), 2.
- Great itching and suppuration at the back part of the head (fifth day), 1.
EYE
- Pains in the eyebrows, intersecting at the root of the nose (fourth day), 1. [30.]
- Lancinations in the right eye, with lachrymation (tenth day), 2.
- Pricking in the left eye, which weeps, and is much inflamed (fourth day), 1.
- Redness of the sclerotica (fourth day), 1.
- Profuse lachrymation, especially of the left eye (eighth day), 1.
EAR
- Cutting pain in the cartilage of the left ear, extending to the left side of the neck (sixth day), 1.
- Pain in the right ear (seventh day), 2.
- Dull pain in the left ear, at 2 P.M. (third day), 2.
- Heat in the ears (second day), 2.
- Roaring in the left ear, for a quarter of an hour (fourth day), 1.
FACE
- Sting as from an insect, below the right eye (third day), 1. [40.]
- Lancinations in both jaws (first day), 2.
MOUTH
- Pain in the right teeth (second and fourth days), 2.
- Rough, swollen tongue (first day), 2.
- The tongue feels as thick as a finger (third day), 1.
- Dry mouth (first day), 2.
- Bitter mouth (fifth day), 2.
- Profuse saliva (fifth day), 2.
THROAT
- Scraping sensation in the throat (first day), 2.
- Digging in the throat (ninth day), 1.
- Itching and formication in the throat (fourth day), 1.
STOMACH. [50.]
- Great appetite all day (tenth day), 2.
- Very hungry at dinner-time (eighth day), 1.
- Want of appetite (first and eleventh days), 2.
- Desire for dainties (second day), 1.
- Unusual desire for coffee and fruit (fourth day), 2.
- Great desire to drink and smell coffee (fourth day), 1.
- Loathing at the sight of food (fourth day), 1.
- Loathing of food (second day), 1.
- Loathing; tongue thick and clammy (after a few minutes, first day), 1.
- Nausea, on waking (second day), 2. [60.]
- Nausea (third day), 1.
- Great nausea (sixth day), 1.
- Sensation, while talking, as if a stone were buried deep in the stomach, for an hour (seventh day), 1.
- Pain in the cardiac region, at 2 P.M. (first day), 2.
ABDOMEN
- Pain, as from a tight cord, around the hypochondria (fourth day), 1.
- Pain in the left hypochondrium (first day), 2.
- Borborygmi in the right hypochondria (first day), 2.
- Lancinations in the liver (third day), 2.
- Transient pain in the hepatic region (first day), 2.
- Bruised pain in the hepatic region, when touching the right ribs, worse when walking (second day), 2. [70.]
- Lancinations in the splenic region, at noon (sixth day), 2.
- Internal trembling in the umbilical region and left hypochondrium (first day), 2.
- Pain, as from a penknife stab, in the umbilicus (fourth day), 1.
- Pain around the umbilicus (sixth and tenth days), 2.
- Painful stitches in each side of the abdomen (eighth day), 1.
- Pain in the whole abdomen (fourth day), 2.
- Colic, followed by a reddish diarrhœic stool mixed with slime (second day), 1.
- Pain in the whole abdomen, aggravated by contact (first day), 2.
- Pressure in the hypogastrium (fourth day), 1.
- Acute pain like a penknife stab in the hypogastrium, during a stool (fourth day), 1. [80.]
- Crampy pain in the left side of the hypogastrium (fourth day), 1.
- Lancinations in the left flank (third day), 2.
- Pain in the left groin, at 8 A.M. (second day), 2.
- Pain in the groin, as if the nerves of the thigh were cut (fourth day), 1.
STOOL
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS
- Frequent and ineffectual urging to urinate (second day), 1.
- Great ardor urinæ (third day), 1.
- Momentary stabbing sensation in the ovaries (eighth day), 1.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Hoarse voice (first day), 2. [90.]
- Violent cough, with inflammation of the throat (seventh day), 2.
- Dry and short cough (eighth and tenth days), 2.
- Dry cough (eleventh day), 2.
- Yellowish, bitter, difficult, and tenacious expectoration (first day), 2.
- Bloated, streaked expectoration (seventh day), 2.
- Short and rapid breathing, with nausea (first day), 2.
- Short breathing (first and seventh days), 2.
CHEST
- Oppression of the chest (eleventh day), 2.
- Pressure as from an iron band around the waist; with pricking in the upper part of the thorax, worse during movement (seventh day), 1.
- Pressure on the chest and sides, as if squeezed between iron plates, and then stabbed with a penknife, causing severe tearing pain (sixth day), 1. [100.]
- Pain in the chest (sixth day), 2.
- Burning in the chest, around the breast, which feels as if compressed by an iron band (fifth day), 2.
- Intolerable itching, with burning sensation in the chest (fourth day), 1.
- Burning in the chest (ninth day), 1.
- Weak feeling in the chest (second day), 2.
- The chest feels as if breaking open with a crack (third day), 1.
- When drawing breath, the chest feels as if opened (eighth day), 2.
- Pain under the sternum (seventh day), 2.
- Burning in the front part of the chest (first day), 2.
- Suffocation and burning in both sides of the chest (fourth day), 1. [110.]
- Lancinations under the right breast, at 1 P.M. (third day), 2.
- Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at 4 P.M. (fourth day), 2.
- Acute lancinations under the right arm (third day), 2.
- Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at 3.30 P.M. (sixth day), 2.
- Lancinations in the right side of the chest (tenth day), 2.
- Pain in the right side of the chest, at 7.30 P.M. (first day), 2.
- Severe pain in the right side of the chest, at 4 P.M. (second day), 2.
- Pain in the right side of the chest, under the clavicle and right axilla, at 6 P.M. (fifth day), 2.
- Pain in the right side of the chest (sixth day), 2.
- Pain in the right side of the chest (eleventh day), 2. [120.]
- Pain in the left side of the chest, as far as the arm, as if it was scratched (ninth day), 2.
- Pain in the left breast (first day), 2.
- Lancinating pain, as if a knife were thrust into the left nipple, at regular intervals (sixth day), .
HEART
- The pain in the heart extends to the last ribs, at 6 P.M. (first day), 2.
- Lancination in the præcordial region (first day), 2.
NECK AND BACK
- Pain in the right side of the nape of the neck, at 7 P.M. (second day), 2.
- Pain in the neck (third day), 2.
- Pain in the neck, relieved in the open air (fifth day), 2.
- Burning all down the back (tenth day), 2.
- Pain in the scapulæ (first day), 2. [130.]
- Pain from the arm to the chest, at 8 A.M. (fifth day), 2.
- Bruised pain in the loins; she cannot raise herself after stooping (ninth day), 1.
- Pain in the left buttock (second day), 2.
EXTREMITIES
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Numbness in the shoulders (ninth day), 1.
- Pain in the right shoulder, disappearing by friction (ninth day), 1.
- Pain in the right shoulder, at 1 P.M. (sixth day), 2.
- Pain in the inner part of the right arm (fourth day), 2.
- Pain under right arm (fourth day), 2. [140.]
- Pain in the left arm when stretching it out (fifth day), 2.
- Pain in the left arm, extending to the back (second day), 2.
- Pain near the right elbow, at 9 P.M. (second day), 2.
- Numbness of the arms (first day), 2.
- Pain in the right wrist (seventh day), 2.
- Acute pain in the left wrist (first day), 2.
- Crampy pain in the left hand, for an instant (seventh day), 1.
- Cramp in the palm and fingers of the left hand, extending into the arm (fifth day), 1.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Pricking as with innumerable pins in the upper part of the left thigh, for four or five minutes (sixth day), 1.
- Rheumatic pain in the knees (sixth day), 2. [150.]
- Trembling of the legs (first day), 2.
- Weakness and heaviness in the legs (first day), 2.
- Weariness of the legs (ninth day), 2.
- Pain in the legs, which became stiff when walking (fifth day), 1.
- Pain in the right ankle, as if sprained (ninth day), 1.
- Numbness of the feet, after going upstairs (third day), 1.
- Lancinating pain in the heel (second day), 1.
- Numbness in the sole of the right foot, and in the knee (first day), 2.
- Pain under the sole of the foot, when walking, increased by pressure (second day), 1.
GENERALITIES
- Staggering gait (fifth day), 2. [160.]
- Rigor, when rising, in the morning (fourth day), 1.
- Profound ennui (second day), 2.
- Constant ennui (fourth day), 1.
- When walking, feels as if going backwards (first day), 2.
- Desire to walk (sixth day), 2.
- Inclination to lie down (first day), 2.
- General lassitude (fourth day), 1.
- Violent pressive pain, as if a stone were forced into the side (fifth day), 1.
- Pain as if a knife were sunk into the right side (seventh day), 1.
- Lancination as after chewing cloves; a persistent symptom (first day), 2. [170.]
- She feels bruised all over (eighth day), 1.
SKIN
- Eruption of red patches on the face and chest (first day), 2.
- Ulceration of the legs, with itching (eleventh day), 2.
- Intense itching under the left arm (ninth day), 1.
- Itching in the hand and fingers, so that she scratches them raw (second day), 2.
SLEEP
- Sleeplessness (fifth day), 2.
- Very restless sleep (sixth day), 1.
- Disgusting dreams about a leprous woman (first day), 1.
- Dream about a leper with bleeding sores (third day), 1.
- Dream about wanting to open the chest and look into it (sixth day), 1. [180.]
- Dream about seeing a mangy dog approaching her, covered with sores; she takes hold of it, and it bites her; uttering loud cries, she awakes, and feels a great pain in the chest (eighth day), 1.
- Dreams about dead people (fifth day), 2.
- Vision of dead persons (fifth day), 2.
- Sad dreams (seventh day), 2.
- Dreams about dead people; wakes up in tears (tenth day), 2.
FEVER
- Great coldness (second day), 1.
- Great coldness of the arms, chest, and entire head, excepting the ears (third day), 1.
- Coldness, at first in the upper part of the body, then all over (first day), 2.
- Coldness all over, in the evening (second day), 2.
- Coldness, at 3 P.M. (sixth day), 2. [190.]
- Horripilation, with drowsiness and arthritic pains (sixth day), 2.
- Alternate heat and coldness of the face (first day), 2.
- Heat of the face (third day), 2.
- Heat in the soles of the feet (fourth day), 1.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Headache; 8 A.M., pain in left groin; 8 A.M., pain from arm to chest; when rising, rigor.
- ( Noon ), Lancinations in splenic region.
- ( Afternoon ), Dull pain in left ear; 2 P.M., pain in cardiac region; 1 and 3.30 P.M., lancinations under right breast; 4 P.M., lancinations in right side of chest; 1 P.M., pain in right shoulder; 3 P.M., coldness.
- ( Evening ), Pain in head; 8.30 P.M., weight in forehead; 7.30 P.M., pain in right side of chest; 6 P.M., pain in right side of chest under clavicle and right axilla; 6 P.M., pain in heart extends to ribs; 7 P.M., pain in right side of nape of neck; 9 P.M., pain near right elbow; coldness.
- ( Night ), Headache.
- ( Contact ), Pain in abdomen.
- ( After going upstairs ), Numbness of feet.
- ( During movement ), Pressure around waist.
- ( Pressure ), Pain under sole of right foot.
- ( During stool ), Pain in hypogastrium.
- ( After stooping ), Unable to raise herself.
- ( Stretching ), Pain in left arm.
- ( When talking ), Sensation as if a stone were buried in stomach.
- ( When walking ), Pain in hepatic region; legs become stiff; pain under sole of right foot; feeling as if going backward.
- ( On awaking ), Nausea.
- Amelioration.
- ( Open air ), Pain in neck.
- ( Friction ), Pain in right shoulder.