Paullinia Pinnata

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Paullinia pinnata, D. C.

Natural order , Sapindaceæ.

Common names (Brazilian), Guaratimbo, Timbo-sipo, Cururu-apé.

Preparation , Trituration of the fresh roots.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne.

Authorites omitted.

MIND

  • Fear of becoming consumptive (seventh day), 2.
  • Melancholy (first day), 2.
  • Sadness and drowsiness all day (first day), 2.
  • She wants to remain quiet and retired (third day), 1.
  • Lazy and disinclined to work (first day), 2.

HEAD

  • Dizziness; the head falls forward (third day), 1.
  • Obnubilation (first day), 2.
  • Heaviness of the head, with pain in the right temple (third day), 2.
  • Heaviness of the head and forehead (sixth day), 2. [10.]
  • Pain in the middle of the head, as if a nail were driven in (second day), 2.
  • Pain in the head, with inability to bend it forward, in the evening (seventh day), 2.
  • Very painful sensation as from an iron bar, compelling the head to bend forward (fourth day), 1.
  • Headache, as if the head was covered with a leaden cap, and then struck upon (second day), 1.
  • Headache, at night (third day), 2.
  • Headache all day (sixth day), 2.
  • Splitting headache (eighth day), 1.
  • Headache, in the morning (ninth day), 2.
  • Weight on the forehead, above the left eye, at 8.30 P.M. (first day), 2.
  • Pain above the eyes, piercing to the brain (first day), 2. [20.]
  • Pain in the right temple (first day), 2.
  • Pain in the left temple (second day), 2.
  • Hammering in the temple and above the left eye (fourth day), 1.
  • Headache in the right temple (fifth day), 2.
  • Hammering sensation in the vertex, felt painfully in the temples (sixth day), 1.
  • Headache on the left side (first day), 2.
  • Severe pain in the middle and right side of the head (first day), 2.
  • Pain in the right parietal region, like a pressure from within outwards (first day), 2.
  • Great itching and suppuration at the back part of the head (fifth day), 1.

EYE

  • Pains in the eyebrows, intersecting at the root of the nose (fourth day), 1. [30.]
  • Lancinations in the right eye, with lachrymation (tenth day), 2.
  • Pricking in the left eye, which weeps, and is much inflamed (fourth day), 1.
  • Redness of the sclerotica (fourth day), 1.
  • Profuse lachrymation, especially of the left eye (eighth day), 1.

EAR

  • Cutting pain in the cartilage of the left ear, extending to the left side of the neck (sixth day), 1.
  • Pain in the right ear (seventh day), 2.
  • Dull pain in the left ear, at 2 P.M. (third day), 2.
  • Heat in the ears (second day), 2.
  • Roaring in the left ear, for a quarter of an hour (fourth day), 1.

FACE

  • Sting as from an insect, below the right eye (third day), 1. [40.]
  • Lancinations in both jaws (first day), 2.

MOUTH

  • Pain in the right teeth (second and fourth days), 2.
  • Rough, swollen tongue (first day), 2.
  • The tongue feels as thick as a finger (third day), 1.
  • Dry mouth (first day), 2.
  • Bitter mouth (fifth day), 2.
  • Profuse saliva (fifth day), 2.

THROAT

  • Scraping sensation in the throat (first day), 2.
  • Digging in the throat (ninth day), 1.
  • Itching and formication in the throat (fourth day), 1.

STOMACH. [50.]

  • Great appetite all day (tenth day), 2.
  • Very hungry at dinner-time (eighth day), 1.
  • Want of appetite (first and eleventh days), 2.
  • Desire for dainties (second day), 1.
  • Unusual desire for coffee and fruit (fourth day), 2.
  • Great desire to drink and smell coffee (fourth day), 1.
  • Loathing at the sight of food (fourth day), 1.
  • Loathing of food (second day), 1.
  • Loathing; tongue thick and clammy (after a few minutes, first day), 1.
  • Nausea, on waking (second day), 2. [60.]
  • Nausea (third day), 1.
  • Great nausea (sixth day), 1.
  • Sensation, while talking, as if a stone were buried deep in the stomach, for an hour (seventh day), 1.
  • Pain in the cardiac region, at 2 P.M. (first day), 2.

ABDOMEN

  • Pain, as from a tight cord, around the hypochondria (fourth day), 1.
  • Pain in the left hypochondrium (first day), 2.
  • Borborygmi in the right hypochondria (first day), 2.
  • Lancinations in the liver (third day), 2.
  • Transient pain in the hepatic region (first day), 2.
  • Bruised pain in the hepatic region, when touching the right ribs, worse when walking (second day), 2. [70.]
  • Lancinations in the splenic region, at noon (sixth day), 2.
  • Internal trembling in the umbilical region and left hypochondrium (first day), 2.
  • Pain, as from a penknife stab, in the umbilicus (fourth day), 1.
  • Pain around the umbilicus (sixth and tenth days), 2.
  • Painful stitches in each side of the abdomen (eighth day), 1.
  • Pain in the whole abdomen (fourth day), 2.
  • Colic, followed by a reddish diarrhœic stool mixed with slime (second day), 1.
  • Pain in the whole abdomen, aggravated by contact (first day), 2.
  • Pressure in the hypogastrium (fourth day), 1.
  • Acute pain like a penknife stab in the hypogastrium, during a stool (fourth day), 1. [80.]
  • Crampy pain in the left side of the hypogastrium (fourth day), 1.
  • Lancinations in the left flank (third day), 2.
  • Pain in the left groin, at 8 A.M. (second day), 2.
  • Pain in the groin, as if the nerves of the thigh were cut (fourth day), 1.

STOOL

  • Diarrhœa (sixth day), 2.
  • Constipation for two days (fourth day), 2.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Frequent and ineffectual urging to urinate (second day), 1.
  • Great ardor urinæ (third day), 1.
  • Momentary stabbing sensation in the ovaries (eighth day), 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

  • Hoarse voice (first day), 2. [90.]
  • Violent cough, with inflammation of the throat (seventh day), 2.
  • Dry and short cough (eighth and tenth days), 2.
  • Dry cough (eleventh day), 2.
  • Yellowish, bitter, difficult, and tenacious expectoration (first day), 2.
  • Bloated, streaked expectoration (seventh day), 2.
  • Short and rapid breathing, with nausea (first day), 2.
  • Short breathing (first and seventh days), 2.

CHEST

  • Oppression of the chest (eleventh day), 2.
  • Pressure as from an iron band around the waist; with pricking in the upper part of the thorax, worse during movement (seventh day), 1.
  • Pressure on the chest and sides, as if squeezed between iron plates, and then stabbed with a penknife, causing severe tearing pain (sixth day), 1. [100.]
  • Pain in the chest (sixth day), 2.
  • Burning in the chest, around the breast, which feels as if compressed by an iron band (fifth day), 2.
  • Intolerable itching, with burning sensation in the chest (fourth day), 1.
  • Burning in the chest (ninth day), 1.
  • Weak feeling in the chest (second day), 2.
  • The chest feels as if breaking open with a crack (third day), 1.
  • When drawing breath, the chest feels as if opened (eighth day), 2.
  • Pain under the sternum (seventh day), 2.
  • Burning in the front part of the chest (first day), 2.
  • Suffocation and burning in both sides of the chest (fourth day), 1. [110.]
  • Lancinations under the right breast, at 1 P.M. (third day), 2.
  • Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at 4 P.M. (fourth day), 2.
  • Acute lancinations under the right arm (third day), 2.
  • Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at 3.30 P.M. (sixth day), 2.
  • Lancinations in the right side of the chest (tenth day), 2.
  • Pain in the right side of the chest, at 7.30 P.M. (first day), 2.
  • Severe pain in the right side of the chest, at 4 P.M. (second day), 2.
  • Pain in the right side of the chest, under the clavicle and right axilla, at 6 P.M. (fifth day), 2.
  • Pain in the right side of the chest (sixth day), 2.
  • Pain in the right side of the chest (eleventh day), 2. [120.]
  • Pain in the left side of the chest, as far as the arm, as if it was scratched (ninth day), 2.
  • Pain in the left breast (first day), 2.
  • Lancinating pain, as if a knife were thrust into the left nipple, at regular intervals (sixth day), 1.

HEART

  • The pain in the heart extends to the last ribs, at 6 P.M. (first day), 2.
  • Lancination in the præcordial region (first day), 2.

NECK AND BACK

  • Pain in the right side of the nape of the neck, at 7 P.M. (second day), 2.
  • Pain in the neck (third day), 2.
  • Pain in the neck, relieved in the open air (fifth day), 2.
  • Burning all down the back (tenth day), 2.
  • Pain in the scapulæ (first day), 2. [130.]
  • Pain from the arm to the chest, at 8 A.M. (fifth day), 2.
  • Bruised pain in the loins; she cannot raise herself after stooping (ninth day), 1.
  • Pain in the left buttock (second day), 2.

EXTREMITIES

  • Bruised feeling in all the limbs (third day), 1.
  • Pain in the joints (seventh day), 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Numbness in the shoulders (ninth day), 1.
  • Pain in the right shoulder, disappearing by friction (ninth day), 1.
  • Pain in the right shoulder, at 1 P.M. (sixth day), 2.
  • Pain in the inner part of the right arm (fourth day), 2.
  • Pain under right arm (fourth day), 2. [140.]
  • Pain in the left arm when stretching it out (fifth day), 2.
  • Pain in the left arm, extending to the back (second day), 2.
  • Pain near the right elbow, at 9 P.M. (second day), 2.
  • Numbness of the arms (first day), 2.
  • Pain in the right wrist (seventh day), 2.
  • Acute pain in the left wrist (first day), 2.
  • Crampy pain in the left hand, for an instant (seventh day), 1.
  • Cramp in the palm and fingers of the left hand, extending into the arm (fifth day), 1.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Pricking as with innumerable pins in the upper part of the left thigh, for four or five minutes (sixth day), 1.
  • Rheumatic pain in the knees (sixth day), 2. [150.]
  • Trembling of the legs (first day), 2.
  • Weakness and heaviness in the legs (first day), 2.
  • Weariness of the legs (ninth day), 2.
  • Pain in the legs, which became stiff when walking (fifth day), 1.
  • Pain in the right ankle, as if sprained (ninth day), 1.
  • Numbness of the feet, after going upstairs (third day), 1.
  • Lancinating pain in the heel (second day), 1.
  • Numbness in the sole of the right foot, and in the knee (first day), 2.
  • Pain under the sole of the foot, when walking, increased by pressure (second day), 1.

GENERALITIES

  • Staggering gait (fifth day), 2. [160.]
  • Rigor, when rising, in the morning (fourth day), 1.
  • Profound ennui (second day), 2.
  • Constant ennui (fourth day), 1.
  • When walking, feels as if going backwards (first day), 2.
  • Desire to walk (sixth day), 2.
  • Inclination to lie down (first day), 2.
  • General lassitude (fourth day), 1.
  • Violent pressive pain, as if a stone were forced into the side (fifth day), 1.
  • Pain as if a knife were sunk into the right side (seventh day), 1.
  • Lancination as after chewing cloves; a persistent symptom (first day), 2. [170.]
  • She feels bruised all over (eighth day), 1.

SKIN

  • Eruption of red patches on the face and chest (first day), 2.
  • Ulceration of the legs, with itching (eleventh day), 2.
  • Intense itching under the left arm (ninth day), 1.
  • Itching in the hand and fingers, so that she scratches them raw (second day), 2.

SLEEP

  • Sleeplessness (fifth day), 2.
  • Very restless sleep (sixth day), 1.
  • Disgusting dreams about a leprous woman (first day), 1.
  • Dream about a leper with bleeding sores (third day), 1.
  • Dream about wanting to open the chest and look into it (sixth day), 1. [180.]
  • Dream about seeing a mangy dog approaching her, covered with sores; she takes hold of it, and it bites her; uttering loud cries, she awakes, and feels a great pain in the chest (eighth day), 1.
  • Dreams about dead people (fifth day), 2.
  • Vision of dead persons (fifth day), 2.
  • Sad dreams (seventh day), 2.
  • Dreams about dead people; wakes up in tears (tenth day), 2.

FEVER

  • Great coldness (second day), 1.
  • Great coldness of the arms, chest, and entire head, excepting the ears (third day), 1.
  • Coldness, at first in the upper part of the body, then all over (first day), 2.
  • Coldness all over, in the evening (second day), 2.
  • Coldness, at 3 P.M. (sixth day), 2. [190.]
  • Horripilation, with drowsiness and arthritic pains (sixth day), 2.
  • Alternate heat and coldness of the face (first day), 2.
  • Heat of the face (third day), 2.
  • Heat in the soles of the feet (fourth day), 1.

CONDITIONS

  • Aggravation.
  • ( Morning ), Headache; 8 A.M., pain in left groin; 8 A.M., pain from arm to chest; when rising, rigor.
  • ( Noon ), Lancinations in splenic region.
  • ( Afternoon ), Dull pain in left ear; 2 P.M., pain in cardiac region; 1 and 3.30 P.M., lancinations under right breast; 4 P.M., lancinations in right side of chest; 1 P.M., pain in right shoulder; 3 P.M., coldness.
  • ( Evening ), Pain in head; 8.30 P.M., weight in forehead; 7.30 P.M., pain in right side of chest; 6 P.M., pain in right side of chest under clavicle and right axilla; 6 P.M., pain in heart extends to ribs; 7 P.M., pain in right side of nape of neck; 9 P.M., pain near right elbow; coldness.
  • ( Night ), Headache.
  • ( Contact ), Pain in abdomen.
  • ( After going upstairs ), Numbness of feet.
  • ( During movement ), Pressure around waist.
  • ( Pressure ), Pain under sole of right foot.
  • ( During stool ), Pain in hypogastrium.
  • ( After stooping ), Unable to raise herself.
  • ( Stretching ), Pain in left arm.
  • ( When talking ), Sensation as if a stone were buried in stomach.
  • ( When walking ), Pain in hepatic region; legs become stiff; pain under sole of right foot; feeling as if going backward.
  • ( On awaking ), Nausea.
  • Amelioration.
  • ( Open air ), Pain in neck.
  • ( Friction ), Pain in right shoulder.

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