Aristolochia serpentaria, Linn.

Natural order , Aristolochiaceæ.

Common name , Virginia snake-root.

Preparation , Triturations of the dried roots.

Authorities.

Jorg's provings (Materialien zu einer Künftigen Heilmittellehre, Leipzig, 1825).

1 , Enders, took an infusion; 1 a , same, took powder, 1/2 drachm; 2 , Engler, took an infusion; 3 , Guntz, took infusion; 3 a , same, 15 to 20 grains of powder; 4 , Kneschke, took infusion; 4 a , same, took powder, 1 to 4 scruples; 5 , Pienitz, took infusions; 6 , Seyfert, took infusions; 7 , Siebenhaar, took infusions of 1 scruple to 1 1/2 drachm; 7 a , same, repeated in powder form; 8 , Jorg, took infusions of 1 scruple to 1 drachm; 8 a , same, powder from; 9 , Friedrich, took 1/2 drachm to 1 drachm; 10 , Haase, took 1/2 drachm and 2 scruples.

MIND

Peevish mood, 7.
Disinclined for every work, especially for mental work, 6.
Disinclination to work, 7.

HEAD

Confusion of the head, 4a.
Confusion of the head, so that work was difficult, 7.
Dulness of the head, with sleepiness, 8.
Dulness of the head, especially of the frontal region, 8.
Dulness of the head, 5, 8.
Slight dulness of the head, 6. [10.]
Headache, 6.
Pressure in the head, 8.
Transient pressive pains in the sides of the head, with confusion of the head, so that thought and recollection were difficult, 8.
Forehead.
Pressure in the forehead, with transient stitches piercing through the whole head, 5.
Slight pressive headache in the frontal region (after two hours), 3.
Pain in the frontal region and in the right side of the occiput, 4a.
Sticking in the forehead extending to the base of the brain, 7a.
Temples.
Transient stitches in the left temple, 5.
Headache in the left temporal region, 9.
Vertex.
Heaviness in the region of the vertex, followed by some confusion of the head, 8a.

MOUTH. [20.]

Copious salivation with frequent spitting, 9.

THROAT

Scraping sensation in the pharynx and œsophagus (soon), 7a.

STOMACH

Appetite.
Increased appetite (after four hours); yet he was able to eat but little, since the first morsels caused satiety, 4.
On taking the drug he was hungry, as he had eaten no breakfast; after a quarter of an hour the hunger entirely disappeared, but there was fulness of the stomach and distension of the abdomen, as after a large meal; a quarter of an hour afterwards, eructations tasting of the drug, 8a.
Diminished appetite, 5.
Loss of appetite, 4a, 7, 8.
Eructations.
Eructations, 4a, 8, 10.
Eructations tasting of the drug, 7.
Eructations during the first hour, 4.
Nausea and Vomiting.
Great nausea, 8. [30.]
Nausea, 9.
Slight nausea, 3a.
Nausea and vomiting, 1a.
Nausea, followed by vomiting; it did not stop until the stomach had been completely emptied of the drug; the nausea, however, continued for several hours, 1.
Stomach.
Fulness of the stomach, 4a.
Fulness and pressure in the stomach, especially in the upper part of the right side, 4a.
The stomach feels distended, 8.
Sensation as though the stomach were too full, 4.
Sensation of fulness, with violent pressure in the cardiac region of the stomach, 4.
Distressing pressure in the epigastric region, 7a. [40.]
Pressure in the upper part of the stomach, 4a.
Slight pressive sensation in the upper part of the epigastric region, lasting about fifteen minutes, 4.
Sensation of heaviness in the stomach, relieved by emission of much flatus, 5.
Heaviness in the epigastric region (soon), 5.
Painfulness in the epigastric region on pressure with the hand, .

ABDOMEN

Colic in the umbilical region, 8.
Distension of the whole abdomen, 8.
Abdomen distended, 5.
Rumbling in the bowels (first day), 3.
Rumbling in the abdomen, 7. [50.]
An unusual rumbling in the intestines, waking from sleep, with violent desire for stool, with some cutting pains, followed by an evacuation of a large quantity of gas with some thin bilious fæces; similar evacuations (seven) followed the next day, and five on the third day, when the diarrhœa ceased, 8a.
Movements in the abdomen, with frequent emission of flatus, upward and downward, 7a.
Emission of flatus, 7.
Cutting in the small intestines, 8a.
Cutting pain in the umbilical region, with movements of the bowels, with at times emission of flatus, 8a.
Uneasiness in the abdomen, with eructations and flatulence, 7.
Abdomen greatly relieved by the emission of flatus and bilious liquid, which after awhile had a very bad odor; these evacuations relieved also the hæmorrhoidal trouble, 8a.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Distressing itching about the anus, 8a.
Distressing itching in the anus (after two days), 8.
Frequent desire for stool, with evacuation of scanty, hard, tenacious fæces with much flatus, 8. [60.]
Urging to stool, with evacuation of a large amount of gas, and somewhat hard tenacious fæces, 8.
Urging to stool, with emission of gas and of scanty tenacious fæces, 8a.
Frequent desire for stool, with evacuation of more gas than fæces, 8a.

STOOL

Stools softer than usual (second day), 4.
An additional large stool, in the afternoon, 4.
Stool scanty, hard (second day), 4a.

URINARY ORGANS

General irritation of the urinary and genital organs, 7.
Violent desire to urinate, more frequently than usual, with great increase of urine, 8.
Frequent desire to urinate, but only a little brownish urine was passed, 8.
Frequent desire to urinate, the urine always small in amount, rather dark-colored, 8a. [70.]
Frequent micturition, 7a.
Micturition more frequent than usual, in a large amount, 4a.
Copious micturition; large quantities of watery urine, 6.

CHEST

Oppression of the chest, 7.

PULSE

Pulse somewhat accelerated and fuller for a short time, 2.
Pulse hard, rapid (after one hour); afterwards smaller and slower, but continuing hard, 7.
Pulse irritable, 7.
Pulse small and rapid during the dulness of the head, 5.

NECK

Pressive pain in the nape of the neck, 8.

SLEEP

Sleep disturbed by frightful dreams, tossing about in bed; quiet sleep only towards morning, 7.

FEVER. [80.]

Increased warmth of the head, 7.

Serpentaria