Asclepias Cornuti (Syriaca)

A. cornuti, Decaisne (A. Syriaca, Linn.).

Nat. order , Asclepiadaceæ.

Common names , Silkweed, milkweed.

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authorities.

1 , Clerborne (Am. J. of Med. Sciences, vol. 42, Hale's New Remedies), took the fluid extract of the dried root, also an infusion of the dried root and the inspissated juice of the fresh herb; 2 , Pattee (Tilden's Journ. of Mat. Med., Hale's N. R.), took an infusion of the fresh root.

MIND

• Calm, quiet feeling, 2.

HEAD

• Dizziness in the head (lasting only a couple of hours), 1.
• A little dizziness (after four hours), 2.
• Agreeable sensation in the brain, followed by great sleepiness, 2.
• Headache, 2.
• Some headache (after four hours), 2.
• On waking in morning, severe headache, with disagreeable feeling in stomach, 1.
• Violent headache, principally between the eyes, 1.
• Headache, sense of constriction across forehead, pain between eyes, 1. [10.]
• Feeling, after vomiting, as if some sharp instrument was thrust through from one temple to the other, 1.

FACE

• Appeared dull and stupid, 2.

MOUTH

• Tongue covered with white fur, 2.

THROAT

• Burning and tickling sensations in the fauces and throat, 1.
• Tickling sensation in the fauces, 1.

STOMACH

• Increased appetite; even after a hearty meal, a feeling of hunger would, in the course of a few hours, be again felt, 1.
• Little relish for food, 2.
• Slight sensation of nausea, 2.
• Excessive nausea, 1.
• Vomiting, 1. [20.]
• Violent vomiting, with retching, 1.
• Severe and long-continued vomiting, leaving behind it a sensation of rawness in the stomach, and a slight pain, coldness of the surface of the skin, feeble pulse, and a feeling as if some sharp instrument was thrust through from one temple to the other, 1.
• Vomiting, leaving the system much relaxed, and the pulse frequent and feeble, 1.
• Uneasiness of the stomach, 1.
• Slight pain in stomach, 1.
• Stomach feeling painful and raw, 1.

ABDOMEN

• Increased secretion of bile, 1.

STOOL AND ANUS

• Excoriation of the anus, 1.
• Slight inclination to evacuate the bowels, 1.
• Bowels moved oftener than usual, 2. [30.]
• Copious discharges from the bowels, of a soft, fluid consistence, yellowish in color, and attended with some griping pain, 1.
• Evacuation soft in consistency and yellowish in color (after three hours), 1.
• Copious evacuation of soft consistence, and brown in color, accompanied by a slight pain in bowels (after five hours), 1.

URINARY ORGANS

• Ardor urinæ, 1.
• Diuresis, 2.
• Increased flow of urine, 1.
• Increased flow of pale-colored urine, of lighter specific gravity than usual, 1.
• Passed four ounces more urine than usual, in morning, 2.
• Urine increased from 35 ounces to 128 ounces; specific gravity changed from 1019.7 to 1020; quantity of solid matter increased from 568 grains to 600 grains (first day), 2.
• Quantity of urine, 130 ounces; specific gravity, 1019.97; solid matter, 608 grains (third day), 2. [40.]
• Quantity of urine passed averaged 135 ounces per day; amount of solid matter, 700 grains each day (fourth, fifth, and sixth days), 2.
• Small increase of water in urine (second day), 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Tickling sensation at the end of the penis, 1.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

• Increase of the bronchial secretions, 2.

HEART AND PULSE

• Action of the heart seemed to be increased, 2.
• Pulse 98, 1.
• Pulse lowered from 98 to 67 (first day), 2.
• Pulse 64, 2.
• Pulse 63 (third day), 2.
• Pulse 60 (fourth, fifth, and sixth days), 2. [50.]
• Feeble pulse, after vomiting, 1.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Drowsiness and sleep, 2.
• "Slept rather hard" during night, 2.

FEVER

• Coldness of the surface of the skin, after vomiting, 1.
• Diaphoresis, 2.
• Skin quite moist, 2.
• Profuse sweat (after one hour), 2.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( Morning ), On waking, headache, etc.