Camphor

by Adolph von LippeText Book of Materia Medica

Mind and Disposition

Great anguish and discouragement.

Mania to dispute.

Confusion of ideas; delirium.

Head

Giddiness, with heaviness of the head and vanishing of the senses.

Sensation of constriction in the brain, especially in the cerebellum; the pain ceases when he thinks of it.

Inflammation of the brain, (after sun-stroke), with pulsation and sensation of constriction in the brain, spasmodically turned head, (to the side or backward), worse from movement, or in the cold air; better when lying down, or when thinking of it.

Eyes

Staring, wild look.

Eyes sunken.

Contraction of the pupils.

Aversion to light; the objects appear too bright and shining.

Ears

Lobules red, hot.

Ulcer in the (left) meatus auditorius, (with stinging pain).

Nose

Dry coryza.

Face

Death-like paleness of the face, alternating with redness.

Icy-cold, purple, pale face.

Distorted countenance.

Lock-jaw.

Foam at the mouth.

Throat

Burning in the mouth and throat, extending to the stomach.

Dry, scraping sensation of the palate.

Appetite and Taste

Thirstlessness, or violent thirst.

Food tastes bitter.

The taste is more acute.

Stomach and Abdomen

Burning in the stomach.

The pit of the stomach is very sensitive to the touch.

Burning heat in the abdomen.

Stool and Anus

Constipation, from want of peristaltic motion of the intestines.

The rectum fools narrow and swollen; is painful during the emission of flatulence.

Involuntary diarrhœa; stools blackish.

Urinary Organs

Strangury, with tenesmus of the neck of the bladder.

Burning of the urine during emission.

The stream is thin, as if the urethra were contracted.

The urine is yellowish-green.

Sexual Organs

Sexual desire wanting; impotence.

Sensation of contraction in the testes.

Chest

Violent oppression of breathing, with constriction of throat, as if produced by the vapor of sulphur.

Accumulation of mucus in the air-passages, with danger suffocation.

Audible palpitation of the heart, (after eating).

Trembling of the heart.

Extremities

Upper. Hands icy cold.

Convulsive rotation of the arms.

Lower. Great weakness of the legs.

Cramps in the calf of the leg and feet.

Generalities

Epileptic and convulsive attacks; he falls down insensible.

Diminished circulation of the blood to the parts most distant from the heart.

Icy coldness of the whole body, with paleness of the face.

Sudden and great sinking of strength.

Sleep

Torpor, with delirium or snoring.

Sleeplessness from nervous over-excitability.

During sleep, the inspirations are shorter than the expirations.

Fever

Pulse small, weak, and slow.

The blood does not circulate to the parts distant from the heart.

Chilliness, and sensitiveness to cold air.

Coldness, with chilliness and shaking.

Icy coldness of the whole body, with congestion to the head and chest.

Heat, with distended veins, aggravated from every movement.

Cold perspiration, often clammy, and always very debilitating.

Skin

Dryness of the skin.

Erysipelatous inflammation.

Conditions

Most pains are felt during a half-conscious condition, and disappear when thinking of them.

Great sensitiveness to cold and cold air; the pains are aggravated by it.

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