Ferula Glauca

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Ferula glauca, Linn. (F. Neapolitana, Ten.)

Natural order , Umbelliferæ.

Common name , Bounafa.

Preparation , Tincture of plant.

Authorities.

1 , Molin, effects from applying a compress steeped in tincture to the skin, Bull. de la Soc. Hom. de Paris, 1, 412; 2 , Ibid., "General Pathogenesis."

MIND

  • Desire for solitude, 2.
  • Aversion to any kind of work, 2.
  • Sadness; inclination to weep, 2.
  • Impatience; anger, 2.

HEAD

  • Frequent dizziness, 2.
  • Burning in the head, 2.
  • Strong heat in forehead, 2.
  • Hemicrania, 2.
  • Sensation of icy coldness in the occiput, during the day, 2. [10.]
  • Lancinations, prickings, and small pulling pains in the occiput, 2.

EYE

  • Burning, itching, and pricking of the eyelids, 2.

EAR

  • Unpleasant sensation in the ears, 2.
  • Whistling and humming in the ears, 2.

NOSE

  • Redness of the nose, with sensitiveness to touch, 2.
  • Scabs in the nose, with smarting and itching, 2.

MOUTH

  • Pains of various kinds, in the molar teeth only, with aggravation at night, 2.
  • Aphthæ in the mouth, 2.
  • Heat in the mouth; sensation as if the tongue were burnt, 2.

THROAT

  • Scratching, burning, and lancinations in the throat, 2. [20.]
  • Difficulty in swallowing, 2.

STOMACH

  • Appetite.
  • Remarkable decrease of appetite, 2.
  • Thirst.
  • Urgent thirst, 2.
  • Eructation.
  • Bitter eructations, 2.
  • Spitting up of bile, 2.
  • Nausea.
  • Nausea, 2.
  • Stomach.
  • Slow digestion, with bitter eructations, 2.
  • Constant heat in the stomach, with cutting pain, 2.
  • Stomachache, 2.
  • Drawings in the stomach, 2. [30.]
  • The pains of the stomach are worse after eating, 2.

ABDOMEN

  • Lancinations, pullings in the right hypochondrium, 2.
  • Inflation and tension of the abdomen, 2.
  • Colic before and during stool, 2.
  • Dull colic, 2.
  • Constant burning in the abdomen, 2.
  • Heat and sensation of weight in the hypogastrium, 2.

ANUS

  • Hæmorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancination, and pricking at the anus, 2.

STOOL

  • Diarrhœa, day and night, but more severe in daytime; stools light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at the anus, 2.

URINARY ORGANS

  • Diminished urine, 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS. [40.]

  • Menses several days too early, and more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of the vulva, 2.
  • Violent sexual excitement (in females only), 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

  • Dry or loose cough, worse in cold or damp weather, with thick yellow expectoration, 2.
  • Fetid breath, 2.
  • Difficult breathing, 2.

HEART

  • Constriction and heat at the heart, 2.
  • Stronger beating of the heart, 2.

NECK

  • Stiff neck, 2.
  • Pricking and lancination at the nape of the neck, 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Stiffness of the arms; difficulty in bending them, 2.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. [50.]

  • Numbness of the thighs, 2.
  • Cold sensation along the course of the sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up, 2.
  • Lancination along the nerves of the thighs and legs, 2.

SKIN

  • Deep redness, with swelling of the skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, 1.
  • Eruption of small red pimples with incessant itching and irresistible inclination to scratch, 1.
  • Eruption of many small red pimples with white tips, in the beard and whiskers, 2.
  • Boils on the nates, thighs, and legs, 2.
  • Pricking and violent itching in different parts of the body, especially at night, 2.

SLEEP

  • Sleepiness in daytime, 2.
  • Sleeplessness; nightly-restlessness, 2. [60.]
  • Starting from sleep at night, 2.

FEVER

  • Burning heat and severe smarting of the skin, 1.

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