Mandragora

Mandragora officinarum, Mill. (Also M. vernalis, Berthol.) Atropa mandragora, Linn.

Natural Order , Solanaceæ.

Common name , Mandrake.

Preparation , Tincture of plant without the root (Dufresne).

Authorities.

1 , Dr. L. C. Dufresne, Bib. Hom. de Genève, 2, 498, 1834, effects on self and another from smelling repeatedly at short intervals of the expressed juice of the plant (which has a nauseating odor like reptiles' (adders') flesh); 2 , Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1874, p. 242, vol. 53; also vol. 51, effects of the tincture to 20 minims.

HEAD

• Heaviness and confusion of the head, 1.
• A sense of fulness in the vessels of the brain, 2.

EYE

• Mandragora causes dilatation of the pupil, 2.
• A peculiarly enlarged and confused vision, 2.

EAR

• Exaggeration of sounds, 2.

NOSE

• Coryza, 1.

MOUTH

• The tincture benumbs the tongue when a little is placed upon it, 2.
• Singular taste, and sensation of acidity and dryness, which last for several days, 2.

STOOL

• Inaction of the bowels, with white had fæces when the bowels are induced to act, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [10.]

• Hoarseness, 1.
• Slight cough, with expectoration, 1.
• Difficult breathing, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• A curious restless excitability, akin to hysteria, perhaps we might say essentially hysterical, 2.
• Lingering uneasiness and coldness after the removal of other symptoms, 2.
• Bodily weariness, 1.
• All the unpleasant symptoms go off night in bed, and are succeeded by a gentle perspiration, 1.
• Great irregularities in diet, such as the use of wine, coffee, and cigars, caused all the symptoms to disappear in three days in one prover; with a careful diet they lasted eight days, and were then removed by

Nux vom . and Belladonna , followed by Camphor, 1.

SLEEP

• Desire for sleep, 2.

FEVER

• Lingering coldness and uneasiness after the removal of other symptoms, 2. [20.]
• Shivering sensation in the afternoon, 1.