Prunus spinosa, Linn.

Natural order , Rosaceæ.

Common names (German), Schlehdorn, Schwarzdorn; (French), Épine noire, Prunellier.

Preparation , Tincture of the buds just before flowering.

Authorities.

1 , Wahle, Archiv. f. Hom., 14, 3, 169; 2 , Kretzchmar, A. H. Z., 1, 24, effects of large doses of the infusion.

MIND

Joyous mood (curative action), 1.
Joyless mood, satisfaction with nothing, 1.
Morose and fretful, 1.
(He goes again to his business with contentment), 1.

HEAD

Dizziness and obscuration in the forehead, 1.
He reeled and staggered back and forth, 1.
Head heavy and dizzy, 1.
Heaviness of the head, 1.
A pressing-asunder headache, so violent that he almost lost his reason, 1.* [10.]
Pressive pain in the head, like that caused by great heat of the sun, 1.
Pressive pain beneath the skull, as if the skull would be pressed outward by a sharp plug, 1.*
Sensation as if the brain were compressed from all sides, but without pains, 1.
Forehead.
A sharp pain beginning in the right side of the forehead, shooting like lightning through the brain and coming out at the occiput, 1.
A pressing-outward pain in the forehead, that takes away his senses, 1.
Pressive pain extending from the right frontal bone through the brain into the occiput, 1.
Pressure from within outward in the forehead, 1.
A pressing outward beneath the left frontal bone, 1.
A forcing-out pain in the forehead, 1.
Pain in the right side of the forehead, pressing from within outward (after eating), 1. [20.]
Pressing-outward pain in the left frontal eminence, 1.
Pressive sore pain in the forepart of the head, disappearing as soon as he thinks intently about it, 1.
Painful jerks in the forehead shoot backward, 1.*
Temples.
Pain pressing from within outward beneath the upper part of the right temporal bone, 1.*
Pain pressing from within outward, extending from beneath the right temporal bone to the frontal bone, aggravated by external pressure, 1.*
Very acute nervous pain in the upper part of the right temporal bone, aggravated by external pressure, .*

EYE

She was not weary, and yet her eyes closed, 1.
Itching in the right outer canthus, especially on the margins of the lids, 1. [40.]
Itching in the left inner canthus, 1.
*Pain in the right eyeball, as if the inner portion of the eye would be torn out, 1.

EAR

Twinging in the left ear, 1.
A pressing-asunder pain in the right ear, like earache, 1.*

NOSE

Irritation to sneeze and frequent sneezing, 1.
A ticking, as if he would sneeze, in the middle of the right nostril, 1.
A pressing-asunder pain above the nasal bones, 1.

FACE

Itching sticking on the upper portion of the malar bone, 1.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Toothache, as if the tooth would be raised; the pain also shoots from one tooth to another, 1.*
Toothache, as if one had cold water in the mouth, 1. [50.]
Wrenching pain in several back teeth whenever anything warm is taken into the mouth, 1.*
Wrenching pain in the last back lower tooth, 1.*
A nervous pain in the last left lower back tooth, as if the tooth would be torn out, 1.*
An indescribable sensation in various teeth frequently compels him to bite them together, which relieves, 1.
A pain, similar to that caused by a cold drink immediately after a warm one, in the left lower incisor and canine teeth, 1.
Pain in various teeth, as if they would be raised, 1.
Pressive pain in the second left upper anterior molar, 1.
Very piercing nervous pain in the last upper molar, 1.*
Sticking pain in the left lower incisors, 1.
A sticking pain in a left lower incisor, 1. [60.]
Fine sticking pains in various te eth, 1.*
A bubbling pain, as if the tooth would be raised, in the last right upper back tooth, 1.
Tongue.
Tongue covered with white mucus, clean in the middle posteriorly, 1.
A burning on the tongue, as if she had burned it , which she does not notice while eating, but which is constant when not eating, 1.*
Stitch, as with a needle, in the right side of the tip of the tongue, 1.
Itching crawling in the tip of the tongue and anterior teeth, 1.
Taste.
Pasty taste in the mouth after eating, 1.
Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning, 1.

THROAT

Rawness and scraping in the throat, provoking cough, in the evening, on going to sleep, 1. [70.]
Scraping in the throat, as if sore, causing a hacking cough, 1.
Crawling in the throat, causing hacking cough, 1.
Crawling sensation in the pharynx, extending upward, provoking two coughs, 1.
Pinching pain in the right submaxillary gland, 1.

STOMACH

Appetite.
At times she is seized with hunger, but after eating a few morsels she is satiated, 1.
She is constantly satiated, 1.
Nausea.
Nausea, with loathing of all food, for at least three hours, so violent that he was obliged to lie down, though he never vomited, followed by diarrhœa, 2.
Stomach.
Fulness in the pit of the stomach, as if she had been injured, 1.
Fulness and distension in the pit of the stomach, 1.*
After taking a few spoonfuls of soup she seems full in the pit of the stomach, as if she had eaten heartily, 1. [80.]
*Distension in the pit of the stomach, with shortness of breath , so that she was obliged to rest three or four times on a flight of stairs, 1.
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, so that she could scarcely breathe, 1.

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Violent pressive pain in the hepatic region, 1.
Painful pressure in the hepatic region, less noticed while standing, 1.
Pressive pain beneath the right lobe of the liver, 1.
A stitch, as if caused by an awl, in the right posterior and lower lobe of the liver, which, in walking, takes away his breath, 1.
Umbilicus and Sides.
Colicky pain an inch to the side of the navel, 1.
Pressive colicky pain in the right side of the abdomen, or a sensation as if small portions of the abdomen were pinched, 1.
Pressive pain in the right side of the abdomen, so that she could not lie upon it, at night, 1.
Pain, as if something were forcing through in the right side of the abdomen, just above the navel, 1.
General Abdomen. [90.]
(Ascites; swelling of the abdomen and loss of appetite; scanty micturition; hard nodular stool, discharged with pain in the rectum, 1 .)*
Incarceration of flatus, causing most frightful cramps in the abdomen, 1.
Flatulence presses upon the bladder and causes cramp in the bladder, so that he is obliged to completely double up, 1.*
Colic, with slight desire for stool, as after taking cold, 1.
Colic, as if diarrhœa would occur, 1.
Colic, as if he had eaten much fruit and subsequently drunk water, 1.
Pressive colicky pains in the upper abdomen, 1.
Twisting colic, with incomplete emission of flatus, as would follow, which, however, soon disappear, 1.
Pain in the abdomen, as after cold wet weather, 1.
She could lie neither upon the back nor sides on account of excessive constrictive pain in the abdomen, 1. [100.]
Obliged to walk very carefully and softly on account of cramps in the abdomen, so that the abdomen should not be shaken at all, otherwise the urinary troubles were greatly aggravated, .*

RECTUM AND ANUS

Much offensive water was involuntarily discharged by the rectum at night by one suffering from ascites, whereupon the swelling in the right side of the abdomen constantly diminished, and the heaviness caused by the swelling disappeared from the side (after eight days), 1.
Blending from the anus after a hard stool, 1.
Pressive cramplike pain, as if an angular body were pressed inward, on the right side of the rectum, an inch above the anus, 1.* [110.]
Cramplike bubbling in the rectum while sitting, 1.
Violent burning in the anus, as from salt in a wound, after a slimy diarrhœa-like stool, 1.*
Itching in the anus, 1.

STOOL

Diarrhœa, with a profuse evacuation, preceded by colic (in a person very constipated), 1.
She was obliged to go to stool three of four times before accomplishing anything, 1.
The stool looks like the fæces of a dog; it is passed in small broken pieces, with much sticking pain in the rectum, so that she cries out, 1.
Stool thin but delayed, 1.
Stool hard and not daily, 1.

URINARY ORGANS

Bladder and Urethra.
*He suffers from tenesmus of the bladder every other quarter of an hour for eight hours, 1.
Burning pain in the sphincter of the bladder, 1.* [120.]
Cramp in the bladder preventing sleep at night, 1.
Efforts to pass urine torment him for a whole hour, with violent burning-biting pains in the bladder and urethra, 1.*
On attempting to pass urine he is seized with very severe burning pain in the urethra, so that he is obliged to bend up, yet no urine passes, 1.*
Burning-biting pain in the urethra, 1.*
He dared not take hold of the urethra on account of pain, as from suppuration or ulceration, 1.*
As the urine passes he is momentarily relieved of his pains, yet there remains a sticking in the glans penis, which causes a most frightful spasm of the urethra (ischuria urethralis), with tenesmus recti, 1.*
Micturition and Urine.
Obliged to make great pressure to urinate, 1.
Passes more urine in a more vigorous stream than usual, 1 . [In a brandy-drinker, who was always obliged to make long pressure before micturition was accomplished.]
She was obliged to rise six or seven times at nights to urinate, and each time passed half a vesselful; this was preceded by the opposite condition, 1.
He is hurriedly impelled to pass urine, which, however, seems to pass forward into the glans penis, and then seems to return and cause the most violent pain in the urethra, 1.* [130.]
Urine passes in a thready form, with pressure to stool, 1.
(The urine forms two streams, as if the urethra had two openings), 1.
The urine passes more easily than usual, 1.
Strangury, 1.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
The prepuce is retracted from the glans, and the penis becomes small, 1.
An agreeable itching, immediately relieved by scratching, in the lower portion of the scrotum, 1.
Pain, as if pinched, on the left side of the scrotum, 1.
Female. [140.]
Painful throbbing in the female genitals, 1.
A constant itching tickling in the region of the ovaries, so that she was constantly obliged to scratch, but was not relieved thereby, 1.
Leucorrhœa staining yellow and causing excoriation, 1.
She complained almost constantly of leucorrhœa, that made her weak, 1.
Some blood was discharged from the vagina daily for eight or ten weeks, which was more watery the longer the hæmorrhage lasted, 1.
The menses recurred very profusely every fourteen days, and with much pain in the small of the back, 1.
The menses seem watery and thin, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Trachea.
Ticking in the trachea, provoking cough, on inspiration, 1.
Crawling in the upper part of the trachea, causing cough, 1.
Voice.
Voice rough and hoarse, 1.
Cough. [150.]
Whistling cough, 1.
Cough caused by an irritation, as if the trachea were tickled with a feather; cough renewed by holding the breath, 1.
Respiration.
*Anxious, short respiration, 1.
Respiration tight and difficult, with anxiety about the heart, 1.*
Shortness of breath, while walking; sighing, as if he were climbing a high and steep mountain, 1.*
The breath always seems to remain sticking in the pit of the stomach, 1.

CHEST

Heaviness and oppression of the chest, 1.*
Heavy and anxious sensation in the lower portion of the chest, frequently compelling him to take a deep breath, 1.*
The chest seems pressed inward; great painfulness internally, on breathing, 1.
Pain in the chest caused by talking, with a sensation as if she would become hoarse, and lose the power to talk, so that she was obliged to stop talking, 1. [160.]
The large pectoral muscles are painful when grasped, as if he had received a blow, 1.
Front and Sides.
Pain beneath the sternum and an oppression of the chest, seeming to be caused by fulness in the pit of the stomach and distension of the abdomen, 1.
Sensation of heaviness in the left chest, frequently obliging him to take a deep breath, 1.*
Tightness in the upper part of the left chest , for half a day, 1.*
A pressive sticking pain in the middle of the right side of the chest, preventing inspiration, frequently coming and going, 1.
Pulling tensive pain in the left side of the chest, aggravated by inspiration, 1.
Dull sticking pain in the right lower posterior sides of the ribs on pressure; pains as from internal suppuration, 1.
Several successive stitches in the middle of the left side of the chest, not at all affected by inspiration, 1.
Pain on the lower portion of the left side of the chest externally, as if a sharp corner were pressed against it, 1.
Mammæ.
Sticking pain in the fleshy parts of the left mammary gland on deep inspiration, that extends to every side and even above the left shoulder; while walking and sitting, 1.

NECK AND BACK. [170.]

A pressive pain in the nape of the neck, which involves the whole occiput, on stooping, 1.
All parts of the back and small of the back seem stiff, as if he had been injured, 1.*
Dorsal.
Dull sticking pain between the shoulders on deep breathing, that extends to the lumbar vertebræ and takes away his breath, 1.
Pain near the spine, two inches to the left of the left scapula, as if a plug were being forced inward, on stooping, 1.
Lumbar.
Sensation as from suppuration in the lumbar vertebræ, very violent while lying down, relieved by gentle motion, but speedily aggravated by continued motion, when it extends to the hip-joint and causes a sensation as if the ligaments were too short, then he is unable to lie upon either side on account of pain in the hip, 1.
Pressive pain in the small of the back, 1.
Pains in the small of the back, while sitting, 1.*
Stitches in rapid succession in the right lumbar region shooting towards the navel, which takes away his breath, 1.
Violent dull sticking, piercing deep inward beneath the crest of the ilium, that takes away his breath, and is aggravated on lying backward, 1.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Shoulder.
Pressive pain on the top of the right shoulder, ending in the deltoid muscle, preventing him from raising the arm, lasting half an hour, 1. [180.]
Paralytic pain in the left shoulder-joint, extending across the chest, 1.
A pressive suppurating pain in the axillary glands, 1.
Sensation of swelling in the left axillary gland, although no swelling existed, 1.
Elbow.
Pinching pain in the right elbow-joint, with pressive pain on motion, 1.
Paralytic pains in the left elbow-joint, extending to the wrist, 1.
Forearm.
Pain as from stiffness, in the right forearm, while writing, so that he could scarcely hold a pen, 1.
Pain as if he had received a blow on the left forearm, 1.
Cramplike pressure, aggravated by grasping, on the outer side of the right forearm, 1.
Jerking pain in the left forearm that makes him start, 1.
Tensive pains in the muscles of the left forearm, impeding the motion of the arm, 1. [190.]
Pain as if burnt, on the outer side of the right forearm, 1.
Wrist.
Wrenching pain in the right wrist during rest, 1.
Pain in the right wrist, as if a bursa would form, 1.
Hand and Fingers.
Cramplike constrictive pain in the right hand, that extends to the tips of the fingers, 1.
Bruised pain in the metacarpal joint of the left thumb (after three hours), 1.
Wrenching pain in the right thumb, while writing, so that he nearly dropped the pen, 1.
Pressive pain between the left thumb and index finger, 1.
Painful pulling in the left thumb extending from behind forward, 1.
*Pain as from stiffness, in the right thumb, 1.
Spasmodic pain in the left thumb, 1. [200.]

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Constant uneasiness in the lower extremities, was obliged to move them here and there, 1.
A paralytic pain extending from below upward in the right lower extremity, 1.
Needle-like stitches in the lower extremities and nates, so transient and flitting, that he scratches here and there, which causes a sensation as of hot needles, 1.
Hip and Thigh. [210.]
Sensation of weariness in the hip-joints, 1.
The pains in the hip are most violent before midnight, after midnight they are scarcely felt, 1.
Pressive pain in the middle of the right thigh, 1.
Tearing pain in the middle of the right thigh externally, 1.
Tensive pain on the inner surface of the left thigh, 1.
Pinching high up on the inner side of the right thigh, 1.
Knee.
No steadiness in the left knee, a sensation as if it would give way, 1.
Weakness in the knee-joints, while standing, 1.
Pain as from stiffness, on the inner side of the left knee, while walking, 1.
Pain as from a sprain, in the right knee, occurring during rest, continuing during motion, 1. [220.]
Sensation about the right knee, as from steam, 1.
Pressive pain in the margins of the bones of the left knee, 1.
Pinching pain in the hollow of the right knee, 1.
Wrenching pain in the right knee during rest, 1.
Twitching pain in the left knee, 1.
Leg and Ankle.
Pain as if a plug were sharply pressed against the inner side of the left calf, 1.
Pain as if he had received a blow, in the middle of the left tibia, 1.
Pain as from a sprain in the left ankle, 1.*
Pain in the tendo Achillis, as if it would be torn off, 1.
Pressive pain in the left tendo Achillis, that is frequently throbbing and pulsating, .

GENERALITIES

Trembling through the whole body, 1.
She had no rest in any place, and constantly ran about, with shortness of the breath and oppression of the chest, 1.
She was constantly weary, in the morning, and seemed to have had no sleep, with aching in all the bones, especially she complained of a bruised feeling in the legs, 1.
Several successive stitches in various muscular parts of the body, 1.

SKIN

Itching stitches, like fleabites, in various parts at night, so that he woke and was obliged to scratch, when they immediately ceased, 1. [240.]
Itching in the tips of various fingers, as if frozen, 1.
Burning on the legs, so that he was obliged to pull off his boots, 1.
The skin of the thighs and calves seems tense, on going upstairs, with a sensation as if the parts were swollen, 1.
Violent itching in the middle of the right thigh externally, after scratching some pimples appear, 1.
Sticking itching on the inner side of the leg and on the nates, that at last, if he avoided scratching, changed to a twitching or pulsation, 1.

SLEEP

Felt sleepy after dinner, while reading, which was usually never the case, 1.
On becoming warm in bed, she slept quietly for some hours, but no more during the whole night, 1.
When she woke from sleep after a few hours, she was as wide awake as if she had slept longer or even the whole night, 1.
In the evening he lay awake in bed for several hours, quite contrary to habit, without being able to sleep, and woke some hours earlier than usual, but seemed to have slept enough, 1.
Woke in the morning earlier than usual, 1. [250.]
Restless sleep; she was awaken early the whole night, 1.
Little sleep, 1.
Dreams.
Sleep mingled with dreams and fantasies, 1.
Dreams of having boils, 1.
Dreamed that he was writing on a table covered with dirt, and as he moved the paper that was perfectly clean, it seemed to become smeared with butter and fat, 1.

FEVER

General chilliness, towards evening, so that she was obliged to go to bed, 1.
He was chilly and stretchy, 1.
Dry burning heat over the whole body, except on the arms, only somewhat relieved, but not entirely removed by perspiration; in bed he did not feel the dry heat at all, it was most violent on the genitals, 1.
Dry heat over the whole body, with redness of the prepuce and painfulness of the glans penis, 1.
During sleep she perspired only on the face, 1.

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Bitter taste in mouth; weariness.
( Toward evening ), General chilliness.
( Evening ), On going to sleep, rawness and scraping in throat.
( Night ), Stitches in various parts.
( Before midnight ), Pain in hips.
( Deep breathing ), Sticking pain between the shoulders.
( Crawling in throat ), Cough.
( After dinner ), Sleepiness.
( After eating ), Pasty taste in mouth.
( Grasping forearm ), Pressure in right forearm.
( Inspiration ), Pain in left side of chest; pains in left mammary gland.
( While lying down ), Sensation in lumbar vertebræ.
( Lying backwards ), Sticking beneath crest of ilium.
( Continued motion ), Sensation in lumbar vertebræ.
( External pressure ), Pain in right temporal bone.
( During rest ), Pain in right wrist; pain in right knee.
( Scraping in throat ), Cough.
( While sitting ), Cramplike bubbling in rectum.
( While standing ), Weakness in the joints.
( Stooping ), Pain in nape of neck and occiput; pain in spine.
( Talking ), Pain in chest.
( On attempting to urinate ), Burning in urethra.
( While walking ), Shortness of breath; pain in left knee. ( Warm things in mouth ), Pain in teeth.
( While writing ), Pain in right forearm; pain in right thumb.

Prunus Spinosa