Ferula Glauca

Ferula glauca, Linn. (F. Neapolitana, Ten.)

Natural order , Umbelliferæ.

Common name , Bounafa.

Preparation , Tincture of plant.

Authorities.

1 , Molin, effects from applying a compress steeped in tincture to the skin, Bull. de la Soc. Hom. de Paris, 1, 412; 2 , Ibid., "General Pathogenesis."

MIND

• Desire for solitude, 2.
• Aversion to any kind of work, 2.
• Sadness; inclination to weep, 2.
• Impatience; anger, 2.

HEAD

• Frequent dizziness, 2.
• Burning in the head, 2.
• Strong heat in forehead, 2.
• Hemicrania, 2.
• Sensation of icy coldness in the occiput, during the day, 2. [10.]
• Lancinations, prickings, and small pulling pains in the occiput, 2.

EYE

• Burning, itching, and pricking of the eyelids, 2.

EAR

• Unpleasant sensation in the ears, 2.
• Whistling and humming in the ears, 2.

NOSE

• Redness of the nose, with sensitiveness to touch, 2.
• Scabs in the nose, with smarting and itching, 2.

MOUTH

• Pains of various kinds, in the molar teeth only, with aggravation at night, 2.
• Aphthæ in the mouth, 2.
• Heat in the mouth; sensation as if the tongue were burnt, 2.

THROAT

• Scratching, burning, and lancinations in the throat, 2. [20.]
• Difficulty in swallowing, 2.

STOMACH

• Appetite.
• Remarkable decrease of appetite, 2.
• Thirst.
• Urgent thirst, 2.
• Eructation.
• Bitter eructations, 2.
• Spitting up of bile, 2.
• Nausea.
• Nausea, 2.
• Stomach.
• Slow digestion, with bitter eructations, 2.
• Constant heat in the stomach, with cutting pain, 2.
• Stomachache, 2.
• Drawings in the stomach, 2. [30.]
• The pains of the stomach are worse after eating, 2.

ABDOMEN

• Lancinations, pullings in the right hypochondrium, 2.
• Inflation and tension of the abdomen, 2.
• Colic before and during stool, 2.
• Dull colic, 2.
• Constant burning in the abdomen, 2.
• Heat and sensation of weight in the hypogastrium, 2.

ANUS

• Hæmorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancination, and pricking at the anus, 2.

STOOL

• Diarrhœa, day and night, but more severe in daytime; stools light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at the anus, 2.

URINARY ORGANS

• Diminished urine, 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS. [40.]

• Menses several days too early, and more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of the vulva, 2.
• Violent sexual excitement (in females only), 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Dry or loose cough, worse in cold or damp weather, with thick yellow expectoration, 2.
• Fetid breath, 2.
• Difficult breathing, 2.

HEART

• Constriction and heat at the heart, 2.
• Stronger beating of the heart, 2.

NECK

• Stiff neck, 2.
• Pricking and lancination at the nape of the neck, 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Stiffness of the arms; difficulty in bending them, 2.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. [50.]

• Numbness of the thighs, 2.
• Cold sensation along the course of the sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up, 2.
• Lancination along the nerves of the thighs and legs, 2.

SKIN

• Deep redness, with swelling of the skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue, 1.
• Eruption of small red pimples with incessant itching and irresistible inclination to scratch, 1.
• Eruption of many small red pimples with white tips, in the beard and whiskers, 2.
• Boils on the nates, thighs, and legs, 2.
• Pricking and violent itching in different parts of the body, especially at night, 2.

SLEEP

• Sleepiness in daytime, 2.
• Sleeplessness; nightly-restlessness, 2. [60.]
• Starting from sleep at night, 2.

FEVER

• Burning heat and severe smarting of the skin, 1.