Cascarilla

Croton Eleuteria, Bennett.

Nat. order , Euphorbiaceæ.

Common name , (Spanish) Cascarilla.

Preparation , Tincture of the bark.

Authority.

Stapf, Archiv. f. Hom., 15, 1, 184.

MIND

• Disinclined to think, 1.

HEAD

• Confusion of the head, 1.
• Heat and confusion of the head, 1.
• Dull drawing pain in the right temporal region, lasting two days, 1.

MOUTH

• Bitter, rough taste, when smoking, 1.

THROAT

• A sensation of deep swelling deep down in the throat, when not swallowing, and especially when swallowing, as if he has swallowed the stone of a fruit, 1.

STOMACH

• Hunger at 3 P.M., though he had eaten a few hours previously, 1.
• Eructations with bitter taste, 1.
• Frequent empty eructations (after one hour), 1. [10.]
• Slight empty eructations at times; at times ineffectual attempts at eructations, 1.
• Burning in the pit of the stomach, 1.
• Severe pressure in the stomach, 1.
• Slight tensive pressure in the epigastric region, as if one had eaten too much; every step caused a painful shattering in the epigastric region, which did not feel tense and was not hard (worse when walking than when sitting), 1.

ABDOMEN

• Troublesome sensation of pressure and tension in the hypochondria, almost like incarcerated flatus, though associated with a sensation of hardness, 1.
• Movings about the abdomen like flatulence, with slight painful sensation, without passage of flatus (after one hour and a quarter), 1.
• Unusual griping in the abdomen before the usual morning stool, followed by the normal stool (after one hour), 1.
• Pressure and rumbling in the abdomen; passage of flatus (after two hours), 1.

STOOL

• The usual evening stool omitted, and the customary morning stool was passed with great exertion, consisting at first of large brownish lumps, mingled here and there with masses of mucus, followed by a naturally formed and colored stool, which was here and there mixed with much bright blood, 1.

URINARY ORGANS

• Momentary painful sensation in the orifice of the urethra after urinating, as from a soreness, as if a few drops would still pass, which caused a burning, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [20.]

• Short dry cough, from tickling in the trachea, 1.

CHEST

• A stitch extends up towards the left breast, as if caused by incarcerated flatulence, 1.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

• Weariness and indolence of all the limbs, 1.
• A pressive-tensive pain in the right shoulder-joint, during rest and motion, 1.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Sleep, with semiconsciousness; he thought he was awake, though he still slept; he lay in various places during sleep, dreamed much, though without anxiety, and remembered distinctly his dreams after waking in the morning, 1.

FEVER

• Anxious heat of the whole body and a slight sweat, followed by sleepiness (after half an hour), 1.
• Slight sweat on the back, when walking in the open air, with slight chilliness, which immediately disappeared on standing still, but returned after walking again, 1.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( When smoking ), Bitter, etc., taste in mouth.
• ( Walking ), Pressure in epigastric region.
• Amelioration.
• ( On standing still ), Chilliness disappears.