Pimenta

Eugenia pimenta. Myrtus pimenta. Pimenta officinalis. Allspice. Jamaica Pepper. [Pimento, or Allspice, consists of the dried berries of the West Indian Eugenia pimenta and E. acris.] N. O. Myrtaceæ. Tincture of the fruit.

Clinical

Chill / Neuralgia

Characteristics

"Allspice" is so named because its odour is said to resemble a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. A tincture was proved by Becket and developed one-sided neuralgias and disturbed sensations of heat and cold.

Relations

Compare: Eucalyp., Eug.

2. Head

Semi-lateral neuralgic lesions.

11. Stomach

Very imperious desire to eat.

24. Generalities

Semi-lateral neuralgic lesions, esp. of head.

27. Fever

Disturbance in calorification and sensibility; parts of body burning hot, others cold. Peculiar cold sensation as if sponge filled with cold water passed here and there over the surface, succeeded by sensation of heat, as in the reaction after a cold bath.