Fel Tauri
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
TAURI
Ox-gall. (Bilis Bovina.)
Preparation , The inspissated or desiccated gall may be triturated with sugar of milk, or lower dilutions may be made with water.
Authority.
Dr. Buchner, A. H. Z., 20, 304, effects of small doses.
MIND
- Peevish, irritable mood.
- Greatly inclined to all kinds of business; unpleasant impressions did not affect him.
HEAD
- Confusion of the head.
- Violent headache in the morning, on pressure upon the right temple, extending towards the occiput and to the nape of the neck.
MOUTH
- Tongue white.
STOMACH
- Increased thirst.
- Odorless and tasteless eructations.
- Gurgling in the stomach and epigastric region.
ABDOMEN
- Rumblings and motions in the abdomen. [10.]
- Violent peristaltic movements of the intestines.
STOOL
- Stool thin, with urging and sensation of warmth in the anus.
- Stool thin, pasty, followed by pressing, although with crumbling fæces.
URINARY ORGANS
- Urging to urinate.
- Urine offensive.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- The scrotum itches and afterwards becomes moist.
CHEST
- Anxiety in the chest.
- Constriction of the chest, on waking at 3 A.M., he is unable to sleep again on account of the tightness of the breath, and cannot remain lying; it seems as though something in the throat prevented the free passage of the air; relieved by deep inspiration and sitting upright.
NECK
- Tension in the nape of the neck.
EXTREMITIES
- Some tearings in the left shoulder-joint, extending up to the nape of the neck. [20.]
- Cramp in the right great toe.
SLEEP
- Sound sleep in the morning, with some perspiration.
- No inclination to sleep after eating.
- Unable to sleep after eating, as he was accustomed to do.