Bovista (Lycoperdon bovista)
by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Sad, depressed and desponding.
Awkwardness; she lets every thing drop out of her hand.
Weak memory.
Head
Headache deep in the brain, sensation as if the head were enlarged.
Sensation as if bruised in the head.
Eyes
Dim eyes, without lustre.
Objects seem to be too near the eye.
Ears
Itching in the ears.
Discharge of fetid us from the ears.
Ulcer in the (right) ear.
Nose
Scurfs and crusts about the nostrils.
Stoppage of the nose with fluent coryza.
Bleeding of the nose early in the morning, (during sleep).
Face
Chapped lips.
Eruptions in the corners of the mouth.
Swelling of the upper lip (and chock, after toothache) in scrofulous subjects.
Teeth
Bleeding of the gums, (when sucking them).
Stomach and Abdomen
Bloatedness of the abdomen; with softness, flatulency, or rumbling, with constipation.
Stool and Anus
Ineffectual urging to stool.
Stool hard and difficult.
After stool, tenesmus and burning at the anus.
In the rectum, itching, as from worms.
Darting from the perinæum to the rectum and the genital organs.
Urinary Organs
Frequent desire to urinate, even immediately after urination. (Diabetes mellitus).
In the urethra, stinging, itching, burning; the orifice is inflamed, and feels as if glued up.
Sexual Organs
Catamenia too early and too profuse, or too late, too scanty, too short; flowing only at night.
Before the catamenia, diarrhœa.
Leucorrhœa thick, slimy, tenacious, acrid, corrosive.
Extremities
Perspiration in the arm-pits, smelling like onions.
Sensation in the wrist-joint, as if sprained.
Weakness of the hands; they let the least thing drop.
Tremor of the hands, with palpitation of the heart and oppressive anxiety.
Blunt instruments (scissors) make deep impressions in the skin of the fingers.
Generalities
Ebullitions, with much thirst.
Great weakness of the joints.
Sleep
Sleepiness after dinner, and early in the evening.
Fever
Chilliness and heat, with thirst.
Morning sweat, especially on the chest.
Skin
Moist tetters.
Blunt instruments make deep impressions.