Salix Purpurea

Salix purpurea, Linn.

Natural order , Salicaceæ.

Common names , Red or purple willow.

Preparation , Tincture of the bark.

Authorities.

1 , Dr. T. C. Duncan, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. State of N. Y., 1870, p. 328, chewed the bark; 1 a , same, took twice, a drachm of an infusion; 2 , same, Mrs. D., took (for hæmorrhoids) about a drachm of an infusion.

MIND

• Very nervous and despondent, all day (second day), 1a.
• Nervous and very irritable all day, until evening (third day), 2.
• Dulness of the intellect (second day), 1a.

HEAD

• In a few minutes I felt a full dizzy feeling in the head, commencing just in front of the ears and passing up to the vertex, like a wave; this giddy feeling lasted for a few minutes; I had to sit down and keep quiet until it passed off (after first dose); the same, full, giddy feeling in the head, but in a less marked degree (second day), 1a, 2.

MOUTH

• It has a peculiar astringent taste, puckering the mucous membrane of the buccal cavity and closing Steno's duct, 1.
• Taste of undigested food (second day), 1a.

THROAT

• Swelling of the right parotid gland (second day), 1a.

ABDOMEN

• Flatulence (second day), 1a.
• Pain in the abdomen (second day), 1a.

STOOL. [10.]

• Bowels loose; two stools to-day (second day), 1a.
• The bowels moved twice, with gripings in the abdomen (third day), 2.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urine slightly acid; excess of the triple and earthy phosphates and epithelium; less uric acid crystals (?) (second day), 1a.

BACK

• Aching in the right acetabulum (second day), 1a.

HEART AND PULSE

• Circulation torpid (second day), 1a.
• Pulse feeble (third day), 2.

SLEEP

• Rested poorly, waked often; first too hot, then chilly; and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night), 1a.

FEVER

• First too hot, then chilly, and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night), 1a.