Uva-Ursi

Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spreng.

Natural order , Ericaceæ.

Common name , Bearberry.

Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the dried leaves and fruit.

Authorities.

1 to 3 , from Noack and Trinks.

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Heberden, Comment.; 3 , Sauvauges, Nosol.; ( 4 to 6 , from John S. Mitchell's Essay on the Arbutus, Uva-ursi, and Pyrola Umbellata, and Maculata of Linnæus, Philad., 1803); 4 , I took, at 11 A.M., 10 grains of the dried leaves reduced to powder; 4 a , same, at 10 A.M., took 15 grains of powder in water; 4 b , same, took 30 grains of powder in water, at 12 o'clock; 4 c , same, took 40 grains in same way, at 11 A.M.; 4 d , same took 8 grains resin, at 9.30 A.M.; 5 , Mr. Bartram took 10 grains gum, at 11.30 A.M.; 6 , B. S. Barton reports effects on a gouty patient, who is liable to be affected in a similar way by Peruvian bark.

HEAD

• Slight vertiginous affection of the head (after thirty minutes), 4d.
• Slight headache continued till near the close of the experiment (after twenty minutes), 4b.
• Slight headache (after twenty minutes), 4d.
• A slight headache, which went off in the course of half an hour (after twenty-five minutes), 4c.

FACE

• Flushing in the face (after twenty-five minutes), 4c ; (after fifteen minutes), 4b ; (after thirty minutes), 5.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urinary troubles, 1.
• Burning after the discharge of slimy urine, 3.
• Involuntary discharge of urine, 1.
• Bloody urine, 3. [10.]
• Green urine, 2.

CHEST

• Uneasy tightness, with a sensation of weight at the chest, 6.

PULSE

• Pulse 69 (before the experiment); 70 (after five minutes); 69, and continued smaller through the experiment (after ten minutes); 70 (after fifteen and twenty minutes); 68 (after twenty-five minutes); 69 (after thirty minutes); 66 (after thirty-five minutes); 65 (after forty and forty-five minutes); 62 (after fifty minutes); 64 (after fifty-five minutes); 63 (after sixty minutes); 62 (after sixty-five minutes); 64 (after seventy minutes); 62 (after seventy-five and eighty minutes), 4.
• Pulse 78 (before the experiment); the same (after five minutes); 73 (after ten minutes); 75 (after fifteen and twenty minutes); 72 (after twenty-five minutes); 73 (after thirty minutes); 74 (after thirty-five minutes); 73 (after forty minutes); 72 (after forty-five, fifty, and fifty-five minutes); 74 (after sixty minutes); 73 (after sixty-five minutes); 72 (after seventy minutes); 73 (after seventy-five minutes); 69 (after eighty-five, and ninety minutes); 71 (after ninety-five minutes); 68 (after one hundred minutes); 72 (after one hundred and five minutes). In the forepart of the experiment, there was a small increase in the fulness of the pulse, which afterwards became smaller, 4a.
• Pulse 66 (before the experiment); 69 (after five minutes); 72 (after ten minutes); 74, and fuller (after fifteen minutes); 69 (after twenty minutes); 68 (after twenty-five and thirty minutes); 67 (after thirty-five minutes); 67, and much reduced in force (after forty minutes); 63 (after forty-five and fifty minutes); 64 (after fifty-five minutes); 63, weak and flowing (after sixty minutes); 63 (after sixty-five minutes); 60 (after seventy and seventy-five minutes); 63 (after eighty minutes); 65, and fuller (after eighty-five minutes); 63 (after ninety minutes); 64 (after ninety-five minutes); 66 (after one hundred minutes), 4b.
• Pulse 73 (before the experiment); 78, and considerably fuller (after five minutes); 74, and much harder (after ten minutes); 73 (after fifteen minutes); 68 (after twenty and twenty-five minutes); 66 (after thirty minutes); 67 (after thirty-five minutes); 68 (after forty minutes); 65 (after forty-five minutes); 66 (after fifty minutes); 65 (after fifty-five minutes); 67 (after sixty minutes); 66 (after sixty-five minutes); 65 (after seventy minutes); 68 (after seventy-five minutes); 72 (after eighty and eighty-five minutes); 73 (after ninety minutes); 70 (after ninety and one hundred minutes); 72 (after one hundred and five minutes), 4c.
• Pulse 76 (before the experiment); 78 (after five minutes); 78, and not so full (after ten minutes); 74, irregular and small (after fifteen minutes); 72 (after twenty minutes); 70 (after twenty-five minutes); 76, and very small (after thirty minutes); 74 (after thirty-five minutes); 73 (after forty minutes); 71 (after forty-five minutes); 68, and much fuller (after fifty minutes); 68 (after fifty-five and sixty minutes); it remained at 68 for an hour afterwards, .