Sedinha

A name given by Mure to "an herb common near Rio Janeiro."

Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogénésie Brésilienne, p. 272.

HEAD

• Headache, as if from water-bubbles, in circumscribed portions of the forehead.
• Bone-pains above the eyes.
• Pressure in the temples and vertex.

EAR

• Itching in the left ear, with abundant cerumen.

MOUTH

• Caries of an incisor tooth.
• Toothache after eating, with great sensitiveness and bleeding of the gums.
• The teeth are very sensitive and set on edge, especially the right upper incisors.
• Pain in the decayed teeth.
• The gums are very sensitive, and the incisor teeth set on edge.

STOMACH. [10.]

• Pressive pain at the sternal articulation of the fourth ribs.
• Pain in the pit of the stomach on straightening up.
• Distress from seeing any one eat.
• Internal itching at the pit of the stomach, with desire to scratch.

ABDOMEN

• Sensation as from penknife thrusts, in the hepatic region.
• Pain in the abdomen after dinner, apparently proceeding from the pit of the stomach, with slight colic.
• Colic, in the evening, with incarcerated flatulence; relief by discharge of wind.

RECTUM AND ANUS

• Tenesmus.

URINARY ORGANS

• Discharge from the urethra of water mixed with small mucous flakes.
• Raw feeling in the urethra. [20.]
• Slight pain when urinating.
• The urine scalds like boiling water.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Expectoration of bloody mucus.

CHEST

• Digging pain in the right lung.

GENERALITIES

• Symptoms aggravated by coffee; the incisor teeth are set on edge, with sensation of coldness in them, which passes downward at times.

SKIN

• Papular eruption, with itching on the back, chest, and arms.
• Desquamation on the back of the hand, which extends to the nails, where the skin becomes loose and forms hangnails.
• Itching at the pubis.
• Burning heat on the back of the hands, as if scorched by the sun, with desquamation after a few days.

SLEEP

• Constant yawning, for two days in succession. [30.]
• Very ludicrous dreams.
• He is pursued by crocodiles, and drives them away by sneezing.
• Troubled dreams about murders and monstrous animals.