Ocimum
by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Ocimum canum, D. C. (O. incanescens, Mart.).
Natural order , Labiatæ.
Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.
Authority.
Mure, Pathogénésie Brézilienne.
STOMACH, ABDOMEN, AND STOOL
- *Nephritic colic (right side), with violent vomiting, every fifteen minutes; she twists about, screams and groans . [ Red (bloody) urine, with brickdust sediment, after the attack . -Lippe.]
- Swelling of the inguinal glands.
- Diarrhœa, several times a day.
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS
- Saffron-yellow urine.
- Turbid urine, depositing a white and albuminous sediment.
- Ardor urinæ.
- *Red urine, with brickdust sediment, after the attack . [See S. 1.]
- Thick purulent urine, with an intolerable smell of musk.
- Heat, swelling, and excessive sensitiveness of the left testicle. [10.]
- Prolapsus vaginæ; it protrudes from the vulva.
- Lancinations in the labia majora.
- Swelling of the whole vulva.
CHEST AND BACK
- Compressive pain in the breast, as in nursing women.
- Itching of the breasts.
- Congestion of the mammary glands; the nipples are very painful; the least touch upon them makes her scream.
- Crampy pain in the loins.
EXTREMITIES AND SLEEP
- Numbness of the right thigh, for two days.
- Dreams about her relations, friends, and children.
- Dreams about being poisoned.
SUPPLEMENT: OCIMUM. Authority.
2 , Mart, Arch. der Pharm., May, 1851, p. 226 (Pharm. Journ., vol. xi, 1852, p. 82), effects of a weak infusion of the entire plant.