Piper nigrum, L.

Natural order , Piperaceæ.

Common names , Black pepper, Poivre noir.

Preparation , Triturations.

Authority.

Berridge, Month. Hom. Rev., 1870, 14, p. 108, effects, on two occasions, of large quantities of pepper, in a lady.

Feeling as if temples and malar bones were pressed in, worse on left side.

SUPPLEMENT: PIPER NIGRUM. Authority.

2 , Dr. Houat, Nouvelles Données de Mat. Méd. (We add these symptoms by Houat to complete his work, and for purposes of criticism. -T. F. A.).

MIND

Hot-headed, irascible, and often gay, 2.
Disposition to excesses of all sorts, 2.
Amorous thoughts and desires, with hypochondria, 2.
Hypochondriac, with fear of being poisoned, 2.

HEAD

Heaviness and congestion of the cerebellum, with paleness of the face, 2.
Rushing ( bouillonnements , literally boiling up) and congestion of blood to the head, with burning and throbbing pains and prickings, 2.
Sensation of emptiness in the brain, or of fulness, as of a great deal of fluid, 2.
Attacks of numbness in the brain, producing a sort of sleep and swoon, 2.
Sensation of pressure on the head, and as if the bones of the cranium and face rested on the lower jaw, 2.
Neuralgic pains running through the whole head at every change of the temperature, 2.
Violent headache; it feels as if it would burst at the vertex, 2.
Feeling of fluctuation and oscillation of the brain when moving, 2.
Pressing pains at the temples, as if they would be broken in, 2.

EYE

The eyes inflamed and burning, with a sensation of cold on the eyelids, 2.
Eyelids ulcerated and bleared, 2.
Lachrymation and photophobia, 2.
Dimness of sight and vertigo, with cephalalgia, nausea, and vomiting, 2.

NOSE

Frequent sneezing, epistaxis, 2.
Dry and fluent coryza, 2.
Dryness and burning in the nostrils; the nostrils are stopped up, 2.
Pressure on the bones of the nose as if they were being crushed, 2.

FACE

Red and burning face, 2.
Drawing faceache, with a sensation as if all the muscles and bones were ranging themselves one upon the other, 2.
Convulsive closure of the jaws, 2.

MOUTH

Caries and decay of a tooth, 2.
Violent toothache, particularly in the warmth and evening, 2.
Eruption of little burning vesicles on the margin of the tongue, 2.
Painful heavy tongue; impeded speech, 2.
A whitish coating on the middle of the tongue, 2.
Burning dryness of the mouth and throat, 2.
Heat and dryness of the palate, which seemed to be burned; likewise of the tongue, 2.

THROAT

Constant need of expectorating much mucus, which forms in the throat, 2.
Burning in the throat, with a sensation of stiffness, as if it were an iron tube, 2.
Burning pains on the tonsils, with sensation as if they were being pierced, 2.
Paralysis of the muscles of the throat; one cries, but is not able to articulate intelligibly, 2.

STOMACH

Continual unquenchable thirst, 2.
Vomiting, accompanied by great exertion; it seems as if the whole stomach itself were to be vomited, 2.
Sensation of heat and dryness in the stomach, 2.
Cramps and drawing in the stomach, with a desire for coarse and extravagant food, 2.
Gastric discomfort, 2.

ABDOMEN

Burning and lancinating pains in the liver, as if there were a tumor, 2.
Disposition of the abdomen to obesity, 2.
Swollen, hard, and burning abdomen, 2.
Tympanitis of the abdomen, with a sensation as if everything in it were in ebullition, 2.
Borborygmus in the intestines, with much flatus, also in the stomach, 2.
Inflammation of the intestines, with great thirst, 2.
Heaviness in the intestines, with a great deal of flatulency, 2.
Colic and cramps in the intestines; sensation as if they would burst, 2.
A very painful sensation of restlessness and anxiety in the intestines, 2.
Sensation of a foreign round body, which rises even to the stomach, with tearing pains in the intestines, 2.
Pains as from an abscess in the intestines, 2.
When he stirs, electric discharges seem to be produced in the intestines, 2.
Burning in the loins and kidneys, with contractive movements, 2.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Inflammation of the rectum, the anus swollen and burning; great hesitation to go to stool on account of the difficult and painful defecation, 2.
Fissures at the anus, 2.
Large and flowing hæmorrhoids, 2.

STOOL

Long-lasting constipation, then involuntary thin stools, 2.

URINARY ORGANS

Full and swollen bladder, with frequent inclination to urinate without success, 2.
Burning pains in the bladder, as if there were a pan of coals, 2.
Blennorrhagic discharge, greenish, and of an offensive odor, 2.
Burning in the glans, and in the urethra, 2.
Difficulty of urinating, with urine generally saturated, turbid, brownish, 2.
Diabetic urine, 2.
Hæmaturia, 2.
Urine containing sand, 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Priapism atrocious, 2.
Inflammation and swelling of the penis, with priapism and burning pains, 2.
Pains of excoriation at the penis, as from an excess of sexual indulgences, 2.
Burning and pricking of the glans, 2.
Strong ejaculation, or almost none, and very difficult, 2.
Congestion of blood in the ovaries and uterus, with pricking and lancinating pains, 2.
Contraction of the uterus, with a sensation as if something strove to penetrate into it, 2.
Burning and distending pains in the uterus, 2.
Menses make their appearance with difficulty; retarded menstruation, 2.
Menses capricious, irregular, with colic and blackish blood, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Ulcerations and false membranes thick and deep in the larynx, 2.
Voice low, deep, and sometimes rough, 2.
Low voice, which cannot be understood, 2.
Hoarseness, with coughing and constant snuffling, 2.
Incessant coughing, with sensation of ulceration in the bronchia, 2.
Severe coughing, especially at evening, and when going to sleep, 2.
Violent cough, occasionally spitting of blood, 2.
Croupish cough, with pains of excoriation in the trachea, 2.
Brisk, hollow, resounding cough, more so at evening and morning, with a whitish and sometimes grayish expectoration, 2.
Dyspnœa and attacks of suffocation, 2.

CHEST

Disposition for obesity of the chest, 2.
Painful spots on various parts of the chest, aggravated by coughing, respiration, and motion, 2.
At each coughing spell, it seems as if the chest would be torn and he would spit blood, 2.
Burning and lancinating pains in the entire chest, 2.
Sensation of heat and dryness in chest, 2.
Burning and swollen breast, 2.
Great flow of milk, 2.

HEART

Sensation as if the heart were surrounded with water, 2.
Frequent palpitation of the heart, 2.

EXTREMITIES

Inflammation and swelling of the joints, 2.

GENERALITIES

Bones easily fractured, 2.
The motion of a carriage deafens and produces spasms, 2.
Attacks of spasms, with tetanic stiffness of the limbs, 2.
Great weakness of the whole body, 2.
Aggravation of the sufferings from motion, in the evening, and in damp weather, 2.

SKIN

Crusty ulcers on the concha of the ears, 2.
Large pustules, leaving marks on the face, 2.
Eczema on the lips, 2.
Dartrous eruption and ulceration, principally at the left mamma, 2.
Very tender skin, 2.
Insupportable itching through the whole body, aggravated by scratching, and by heat and motion, 2.

SLEEP

Irresistible desire to sleep, especially in the evening and after eating, 2.
Great sleepiness, particularly in the evening, 2.
Lethargic sleep, 2.
Awaking at night without being able to sleep again, 2.
Sleep, with nightmare and frightful dreams, 2.

FEVER

Dryness and coldness of the skin, or heat with biting dryness, 2.
Heat on the forehead, with heaviness of the head and vertigo; necessity of a support to prevent falling, 2.
Cold sweat, with great heat through the whole body, 2.
Sweat, which seems to corrode the skin, 2.

Piper Nigrum