Prunus Padus
By Timothy F. Allen тАФ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Prunus padus, L. (P. racemosa, Lam.; Padus vulgaris, Borkh.; Cerasus padus, D. C.).
Natural order , Rosace├ж.
Common names , Trauben-kirsche, Faulbaum, Ahl-kirsche.
Preparation , Tincture of leaves and bark of small twigs, collected when in blossom.
Authority.
Lembke, All. Hom. Zeit., 45, 376.
1 , Proving with doses of 25 to 70 drops of the tincture; 1 a , with 15 to 60 drops of 1st dec. dil.
HEAD
- Dulness of the head, with dull pressure in the forehead, lasting two or three hours (almost immediately after 15 drops), 1a.
- Head heavy and confused, 1.
- A momentary sensation as if the head would sink to the right side, 1.
- Pressive pain in various places in the head, lasting several hours, 1.
- Pressure at the base of the brain (one hour after 40 drops), 1a.
- Forehead and Temples.
- Heaviness in the forehead, 1a.
- Pressure in the forehead, with external heat, 1.
- Dull pressure in the forehead, 1a.
- Pressure in the left temple, 1.
- Occiput and External Head. [10.]
- Heaviness of the occiput, and dull pain extending transversely through the occiput (one hour after 25 drops), 1.
- Prickling feeling in the skin of the left temple, extending over and behind the left ear, 1a.
EYE
NOSE
- A pulsating feeling beneath the skin at the root of the nose; at this point a circumscribed tremulous motion was seen and felt, that even persisted after hard pressure with the finger, aggravated by stooping; this trembling continued almost without interruption for an hour, and gradually disappeared, 1.
THROAT
- Feeling of soreness in the throat, with frequent swallowing of saliva, 1a.
STOMACH
- Some nausea, 1a.
ABDOMEN
- Drawing pain in the hypochondriac and umbilical regions, aggravated by pressure, 1a.
- Abdomen greatly distended by gas, 1a.
RECTUM
- Sticking in the rectum while sitting and walking, 1a. [20.]
- Repeated sticking in the rectum, lasting nearly the whole day, 1a.
- Some stitches in the rectum (one hour after 50 drops), 1a.
- Stitches in the rectum, 1a.
URINARY ORGANS
- Profuse bright-yellow urine, 1.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Some dull stitches in the larynx, compelling to swallow, 1.
CHEST
- Pressure behind the sternum, with difficult respiration, 1.
- Pressure behind the lower portion of the sternum, as if something heavy were lying upon it, making respiration difficult, without relief on deep respiration; worse while walking than while sitting (one hour after 60 drops), 1a.
- A peculiar sensation of oppression behind the sternum makes respiration difficult; the sense of oppression is less while walking than while sitting, 1a.
- Painless sensation of oppression, like a pressure behind the sternum, that makes respiration difficult, and lasts two hours, both while sitting and walking, with slow pulse, 1.
- Some sudden violent stitches beneath the right ribs, 1.
HEART AND PULSE. [30.]
- Oppression of the heart while standing, 1.
- Every beat of the heart is felt in the chest while sitting, 1a.
- Some tumultuous beats of the heart, that are felt up in the neck and actually shake the head, while sitting (one hour and a half after 60 drops), 1a.
- Some violent irregular beatings of the heart while sitting (one hour after 20 drops), 1a.
- Some irregular beats of the heart, 1.
- Slow pulse, 1.
- Pulse slow and small, 1a.
- Pulse very small and slow (soon after 40 drops), 1a.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Weakness in the elbow-joints, 1a.
GENERALITIES
- Sensation of general weakness, 1 ; (after one hour), 1a. [40.]
- Sensation of weakness extending from the side of the neck into the right arm, soon followed by a similar sensation in the left side, 1.
FEVER
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Pressure ), Pain in hypochondriac and umbilical region.
- ( While sitting ), Irregular beating of the heart.
- ( Standing ), Oppression of chest.
- ( Stooping ), Trembling beneath skin at root of nose.
- ( Walking ), Pressure behind sternum.
- Amelioration.
- ( Walking ), Oppression behind sternum.