Melastoma

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Melastoma (Ackermani, of Mure), (plant figured in Mure, Pathogén. Brésil.).

Natural order , Melastomaceæ.

Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogén. Brésil., p. 270.

HEAD

  • Vertigo (first day).
  • Headache, with sensitiveness of the scalp (second day).
  • Lancination and prickings at the vertex (second day).

EAR

  • Roaring in the left ear (first day).

NOSE

  • Sneezing (first day).

FACE

  • Pale face (second day).

MOUTH

  • Looseness of the teeth (second day).
  • Digging in the teeth (second day).
  • White tongue (second day). [10.]
  • Copious flow of saliva (first day).
  • Bitter mouth (second day).

STOMACH

  • Sour stomach (first day).

ABDOMEN

  • Borborygmi (second day).
  • Pain in the abdomen (second day).

RECTUM AND ANUS

  • Tenesmus, with constriction of the sphincter (second day).
  • Heat and pricking at the anus (second day).
  • Pain at the perinæum (second day).
  • Fearful pain and pulling from the perinæum to the anus, when sitting; not ceasing in any position; lasting six hours (second day).
  • Lancinations in the perinæum, urethra, and testicles (second day).

STOOL. [20.]

  • (Cure of inveterate diarrhœa and colic), (second day).

URINARY ORGANS

  • Pricking in the urethra (second day).
  • Profuse urine (second day).
  • Light-colored and foaming urine (second day).
  • Red, odorless urine, with bloody clots (second day).
  • Fetid urine (second day).
  • Urine more cloudy and less foaming (second day).
  • The urine deposits a white sediment (second day).
  • Albuminuria (second day).

SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Hardness of the penis, without erection (second day).

CHEST. [30.]

  • Pain in the sternal region, in the morning (first day).

HEART

  • Palpitation of the heart (first day).

BACK

  • Pain in the loins (second day).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Weakness of the thighs (second day).
  • Œdema of the legs (second day).

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

  • Prostration (second day).

SKIN

  • Eruption on the lips, especially the upper (second day).
  • Itching and heat at night (second day).
  • Pricking over the feet, ankles, and wrists (second day).

SLEEP

  • Drowsiness in the daytime (second day).

FEVER. [40.]

  • Chills, followed by sweat (first day).
  • Violent chills for four hours, followed by heat without sweat (second day).
  • General heat (first day).
  • Internal heat (second day).

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