Punica Granatum, L.

Natural order . Granateæ.

Common names , Pomegranate, Le Grenadier.

Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the bark of the root.

Authorities. ( 1 to 9 , from Dr. J. O. Muller's arrangement, Hygea, 10, 137); 1 , Dr. J. O. Muller, 31 years old, took 10 drops of tincture daily; 2 , R. Weinberger, aged 28, took same; 3 , a student, aged 22, took same; 4 , a girl, aged 19, took same; 5 , Breton, Med.-Chir. Trans., xi, part 2, p. 30, effects of decoction given for tapeworm (eight cases); 6 , Gomez, Journ. Complém. du Dict. des Sciences Méd., xvi, pp. 24-33, effects in fourteen cases of worms; 7 , Delandes, Froriep's Notizen, xii, p. 74, several cases of worms; 8 , Krajcek, Diss. de Punica Granato, 1831, experiment on self with large doses of the infusion, etc.; 9 , Bourgeoise, Biblioth. Med., 1834, effects in thirty-four cases of worms; 10 , Dr. J. O. Muller, Zeit. f. Ver. Oest., 1, p. 45 (1875), effects of 10 drops of tincture in a girl of 18; 11 , same, effects of 10 drops of tincture in a man, aged 40.

MIND

Emotional.
Easily excited disposition, 1.
Excitement and weakness of mind, tranquillity and persistency, 3.
Hallucination of mind, 8.
Sad, melancholy mood, 1.
Despondent and discouraged, 1.
(Habitual melancholy), (Case 2), 6.
(Hypochondria), (Case 6), 6.
Hypochondriac thoughts, 1.
Great sensitiveness, 1. [10.]
Inclined to get angry at offences, 1.
Inclined to criticize and blame, 1.
Intellectual.
Mental confusion; obscuration in the brain, 1.
Want of memory (forgot to say mass), (Case 6), 6.
Stupefaction, 7.
(Stupefaction, with great appetite), (Case 13), 6.
(Stupefaction and diarrhœa), (Case 14), 6.
Slight stupefaction, 2.

HEAD

Confusion and Vertigo.
(Long-lasting confusion of the head), 1.
Vertigo, like a dimness before the eyes, 2. [20.]
Vertigo, in the morning, immediately on rising from bed, 2.
(Vertigo at night) (Case 12), (in a woman of 30), 6.
Vertigo, when reading, reflecting, and on mental labor, 3.
Vertigo, after stool, 1.
(Vertigo and stupefaction), 7.
Vertigo, with disturbances of the stomach (Case 8, in a man of 30), 5.
Vertigo, nausea, painful sensation in the abdomen, and slight vomiting, with a feeling of great weakness (Case 2), 5.
They were attacked with vertigo and nausea, looked hollow-eyed and pale, the features were drawn, frequently changed color, and could scarcely keep up on account of weakness (effects of large doses for tapeworm in nine individuals), 1.
Vertigo and weakness (Case 3 and 4, two boys of 7 and 10), 5.
(Frequent vertigo and trembling) (two cases), 7. [30.]
Attacks of violent vertigo, with obscuration of vision, roaring in the ears, and trembling of the hands, so that he could scarcely write, 11.
General Head.
Heaviness of the head, 8.
(Heaviness of the head), 7.
Heaviness of the head, with dread of work, 8.
Heaviness of the head, redness of the face, acceleration of the pulse, and weakness, 8.
(Headache), 6.
Headache, with great weakness (Case 2), 6.
Chronic headache (Case 6), 3.
Pressive headache in the whole brain, especially in the forehead, while walking, 3.
Sticking headache, on moving, 3. [40.]
Very transient sticking pain through the brain, 3.
Forehead.
Heat in the forehead, in the evening, 2.
Pain in the forehead, with shivering, .

EYE

Objective.
Pale-blue dirty rings about the eyes, 1. [60.]
Yellow sclerotics, 1.
Slight inflammation of the eyes, as in catarrh, 1.
Dryness and burning in the eyes, 1.
Tearing in the right eye, which seems red and swimming in tears (second day), 10.
Lids.
Opening of the lids contracted (second day), 10.
Jerking of the right lid, 1.
Burning in the canthi of both eyes, with slight redness, 1.
Itching in the inner canthi, 1.
Burning itching in the external canthi, 3.
Pupil.
Pupils dilated (after one hour), 3. [70.]
Pupils dilated, sluggish, 1.
Vision.
Pupils contracted (after ten hours), 3.
Weak vision, 1.
Dimness before the eyes, 1.
(Trembling before the eyes, with dilated pupils), (Case 14), 6.

EAR

Cramplike pain in the ears, obstinate and repeated on several days, 1.
Pain in both ears, like a sticking from within outward, especially in the left, 1.
Stitches in the left ear, 4.
Tearing in the left ear, 1.
Sticking-tearing pain in the left ear from within outward, at night, 1.
Hearing. [80.]
Ringing in the ears (Several).
Roaring before the ears, 8.

NOSE

Dry, alternating with fluent catarrh, 1.
Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose (first day), 1.
Heat within the nose, 3.
Violent itching-crawling and tickling in the nose (Several).

FACE

Objective.
Redness and heat of the face, with sparkling eyes, heaviness in the forehead, and slight oppression of the chest, 8.
Transient redness of the face, 3.
Yellow color of the face, 7.
Earthy, sickly color of the face, 1. [90.]
Sunken features, very sick feeling, prostration (when taken for tapeworm), 1.
Subjective.
Heat of the face, 2.
Heat of the face, during stool, 4.
Glowing heat of the face, in the evening, 3.
Tearing in the left half of the face, 1.
Cheeks.
Heat and bluish redness of the right cheek, 4.
The right cheek seems swollen, 4.
Pinching pain in the left cheek and side of the face, 3.
Pinching pressure, extending from the root of the nose into the right zygomatic region, as if internal in the mucous cavities, 3.
Painful cracking in the articulation of the jaw, when chewing, as if dislocated, 1. [100.]
Feeling of numbness in the jaws, 1.
Pinching in the left ramus of the jaw, 1.
Tearing, tension, and pinching in the joints of the jaw, especially in the left, 1.
Lips.
Dryness of the lips, 2.
Burning on the "crown" of the lower lip, as from a glowing coal, 1.
First biting, and then burning of the lips, 1.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Grinding of the teeth, during sleep (in a girl of 6, who suffered from pain in the stomach, and had a sickly look in the face), (Case 9), 6.
The teeth seem too long when biting upon anything hard, 1.
Toothache in the morning, immediately on rising from bed, 4.
Pain in the incisors only, as if numb, 1. [110.]
Stitches in incisors, preceded by slight drawing, 1.
Violent fine stitches in the front teeth; stitches in the incisors at night in bed, 3.
Tearing-throbbing pain in an upper hollow molar, 4.
Tongue.
Coated tongue, 8.
Tongue moist, coated white, 1.
(Moderate dryness of the tongue, with a feeling of "adstriction" of the papillæ), 1.
General Mouth.
Astringent feeling in the mouth and fauces, 1.
Saliva.
(Salivation), 8.
Accumulation of much watery saliva in the mouth, 3.
The mouth is full of saliva the whole day, obliging spitting (Several). [120.]
(Accumulation of tenacious saliva in the mouth), 6.
Increased accumulation of tenacious mucus in the mouth, with need of constant spitting, 10.
Taste.
Acuteness of taste at one time increased, at another blunted, 1.
Taste very much altered, 1.
Flat, sweetish taste; saliva accumulates in the mouth, with nausea and pain in the abdomen, 1.

THROAT

Objective.
Tough mucus collects in the choanæ, which causes a sensation of a lump there (after several days), 1.
Much hawking of mucus, 1.
Hawking of bloody mucus through the choanæ, 1.
Subjective.
(Contraction of the throat), 8.
Tearing in the throat, extending to the arms and fingers, 1.

STOMACH

Appetite. [130.]
Increased appetite, 3.
Great appetite (Case 9), 6.
(Hunger, early in the morning in bed), 4.
(Incessant hunger), (Case 2), 6.
Unusual hunger (Several).
(Ravenous hunger), (Case 11), 6.
(Desire to eat immediately after a meal), (Case 5), 6.
Gnawing for a variety of things, 1.
Craving for juicy or sour things, 1.
Gnawing for fruit, 3. [140.]
Great craving for coffee, which has an unusually good taste, 1.
Loss of appetite (Several).
Anorexia, coated tongue, sensitiveness of the præcordial region and a stupid feeling, 8.
Appetite destroyed, 8.
Aversion, 8.
Aversion and pain in the abdomen, 8.
Aversion and disgust for food, with coated tongue, 8.
Appetite very variable, 8.
Appetite at one time diminished, at another ravenous, 8.
Aversion soon before eating; anorexia; sometimes ravenous hunger, 8.
Thirst. [150.]
Great thirst for water, in the evening, with increased temperature of the skin, and especially with a hot forehead, 1.
Want of thirst, 1.
Eructation.
Eructations, nausea, and pain in the stomach, 1.
Many eructations and uprisings, especially after eating potatoes, 1.
Uprisings ; after liquid food, and especially after potatoes, 1.
Almost constant loud eructations, chilliness, and salivation, 10.
Eructations of air, 1, 8.
Eructations of air, day and night, .

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria. [200.]
Stitches in the left hypochondrium (Case 1), 6.
Umbilical.
The navel is distended to a ball, like an umbilical hernia, 1.
(Pain about the navel), (Case 7), 6.
Griping about the navel, 1.
Twisting about the umbilical region and in the stomach, 4.
Sticking pain, as from suppuration, near the left side of the umbilicus, 1.
(Stitches about the navel), (Case 5), 6.
Frequent stitches between the stomach and umbilicus (Case 2), 6.
General Abdomen.
(Abdomen distended), (Case 3), 6.
Abdomen distended and painful, with ravenous hunger, 1. [210.]
Abdomen sometimes distended, sometimes natural (Case 2), 6.
Great flatulence, 8.
Profuse accumulation of flatulence, and passage of it upward and downward, 1.
Movements of flatulence in the abdomen, 8.
Movements in the abdomen, as from diarrhœa, 2.
Profuse emission of flatulence, 3.
Fermentation in the abdomen (Several).
Uneasiness in the bowels, with grating of the teeth (Case 12), 6.
Anxiety in the abdomen, 1.
Pain in the abdomen (Several). [220.]
(Pain in the abdomen and loins), 7.
Pain in the abdomen, most severe in the morning, fasting, 1.
Pain in the abdomen, after every meal, 1.
Pain in the abdomen, relieved by drinking cold water, 1.
Pain in the abdomen, relieved by external warmth and lying down, 1.
Pain in the abdomen and vertigo, 1.
Pain in the abdomen and salivation, 1.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Objective. [250.]
Protrusion of the hæmorrhoids, 1.
Protrusion of the anus, like a ring, during the stool, 1.
Subjective.
Extremely distressing sensation, as if something alive were moving about in the rectum and anus, 3.
Heat in the rectum, after diarrhœa, 2.
Great pressure in the rectum, 3.
Violent stitches in the rectum, while sitting, 1.
Intolerable itching and tickling in the rectum, 4.
Proctalgia, 1.
Violent stitches in the anus, in the evening, 1.
Itching and tickling in the anus frequently during the day (Several). [260.]
Burning itching in and about the anus, on the nates, perineum, scrotum, and the hairy portions of the genitals, extending thence over almost the whole body, especially over the thick portions of the thighs, 1.
Internal desire for stool in the rectum, 1.
Urging to stool, with movements and fermentation in the abdomen (Several).
Ineffectual urging to stool, 8.
Tenesmus, with protrusion of the anus with the usual stool, 1.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa, 3, 5, 6.
Diarrhœa, with nausea, 1.
Diarrhœa and griping in the abdomen, 7.
(Almost habitual diarrhœa), 7.
Mucous diarrhœa, 1. [270.]
In large doses, it is a drastic, causing diarrhœa and vomiting; in smaller doses of 10 drops of the tincture, it expedites the stool, causing slight diarrhœa; and in smaller doses of the 3d dilution and upwards, it is constipating, 1.
Profuse diarrhœa-like stools (Several).
Three to four stools, 9.
Three to four stools within an hour, 1.
Two liquid stools within an hour, 8.
Profuse stools, with much flatulence, 8.
Copious evacuations of a very dark color, 7.
Soft stool, preceded by griping in the abdomen, 2.
Some brown stools, 7.
(Discharge of worms), 1. [280.]
(Discharge of ascarides) , (in three cases), 1.
(Discharge of round worms) , (Several).
(Discharge of tapeworms), 5, 6.
(Discharge of a tapeworm enveloped in mucus, with watery diarrhœa), (in seventeen cases, from large doses), 1.
(Discharge of two tapeworms and one round one, from large doses), 4.
Constipation.
Stool delayed and insufficient (later action), 1.

URINARY ORGANS

Inflammatory and swelling of the urethra, 1.
Discharge of mucus from the urethra, a kind of blennorrhœa, 1.
Burning drawing, extending from the spongy portion of the urethra into the glans penis, 1.
Cutting and smarting in the urethra in the evening after lying down, with relaxed penis, 1. [290.]
Cutting in the urethra after micturition, 1.
Violent cutting and sticking in the urethra, 1.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Yellow leucorrhœa, 4.
Menstruation four days too early, and profuse, with griping in the abdomen and dragging in the small of the back, extending to the genitals, 4.
Sexual excitement, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Sighing and oppression of the chest (Several).
(Dyspnœa), (Case 12), 6.

CHEST

Many symptoms about the chest, 1.
Feeling of catarrh in the chest, 1.
(Pain in the chest, frequently severe), 6. [300.]
(Long-lasting pains in the chest), 6.
Violent tension and pinching in the left chest, begins just below the ribs and gradually extends higher up, with intermitting stitches, 1.
Pressure upon the chest, 4.
Great oppression of the chest and weakness of the lower extremities on ascending steps, 1.
Heaviness like a weight in the chest, followed by palpitation, 1.
Sticking in the chest, worse when walking, not influenced by respiration, 1.
Rheumatic drawing-sticking pain in the diaphragm, now here, now there, 1.
Stitches in the chest, 1.
Stitches in the middle of the chest, 1.
Pinching stitches in the pectoralis major muscles, extending towards the axilla, 1.
Front. [310.]
Pressure from within outward through the sternum, 1.
Sides.
Pain in the left side of the chest and in the spine at the insertion of the diaphragm, 4.
Painful sensation in the right side of the chest, 1.
Stitches in the right side of the chest, 1.
Stitches in the left side of the chest, 4.
Pinching contraction in the pectoral muscles, about the right nipple, 1.

HEART

Præcordium.
Anxiety in the præcordial region (Case 12), 6.
Sensitiveness of the præcordial region, 8.
Heart's Action.
Palpitation on the slightest exertion, 1.
(Palpitation, lasting thirteen years), (Case 10), 6.

NECK AND BACK

Neck. [320.]
Rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck and throat, which makes stooping difficult, 1.
(Stitches in the nape of the neck and temples), (Case 1), 6.
Back.
Pain in the back (Case 2), 6.
Backache, as from flatulence, 1.
Dorsal.
Pain between the shoulders (Cases 2 and 7), 6.
Lumbar.
Pain in the small of the back on the occurrence of menstruation, 1.
Pain in the small of the back, as if sprained, especially when sitting, 1.
Pain in the small of the back, as if beaten, 1.
Dragging in the small of the back down to the anus, 1.
Feeling as of a weight on the small of the back. 15. [330.]
Intolerable pains in the loins, 7.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Paralytic weakness of the arms, 1.
She could scarcely raise the arms, 4.
Arms feel paralyzed, 1.
Rheumatic pains in the arms, 1.
Boring pain in the arms, extending to the fingers, 1.
Rheumatic drawing in the arms, 1.
Tearing in the arms, extending forward, 1.
Shoulder.
The right shoulder, as far as the axilla, is painful, as if bruised or beaten, especially on raising the arm, 1.
Violent bruised pain in the shoulders and between them, as after carrying a heavy load, even the clothing is oppressive ; repeatedly observed, 1.
Forearm. [340.]
Periodic drawing in the right forearm, relieved by external warmth, 1.
Tearing in the ulna at the wrist-joint, 1.
Tearing in the radius where it unites with the wrist, 1.
Cramplike tearing in the right forearm, 1.
Wrist.
Rheumatic pain in the left wrist, 1.
Tearing in the wrists, 1.
Fingers.
Paralytic stiffness of the fingers, 1.
Rheumatic pain in all the finger-joints, 1.
Stitches, as from a splinter, in the second joint of the thumb, 1.
Tearing in the fingers and stiffness of them, with tearing in the right temple, 4. [350.]
Tearing in the last phalanges of the fingers, especially of the ring finger, 1.
Tearing in the first joint of the thumb, 1.
Tearing in the fingers, so severe that she could not take hold of anything, 4.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Objective.
Special withering of the lower extremities, 1.
Weakness in the legs, especially when walking, 1.
Subjective.
Uneasiness and weariness in the lower limbs, a leaden heaviness and prostration, so that he does not wish to move; he feels better sitting down, with the legs resting upon a stool, 3.
Hip.
Pain in the hips, 4.
Pain in the hip, as if injured, 1.
Stitches in the left hip when walking, 1.
Knee.
Paralytic drawing and heaviness in the knee, hindering walking, 1. [360.]
Stitching in the left knee, 1 ; (Case 1), 6.
Tearing in the left knee-joint, 1.
Very painful tearings in the knees, 3.
Leg.
(Weakness in the calves, when walking), 6.
Ankle.
Pain, as if from a sprain, in the left ankle, hindering walking, in the evening, 1.
Stitches in the left ankle, 1, 6.
Toes.
Pains in the corns, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

Objective.
Emaciation, 1.
(Emaciation, with excessive appetite), (Case 2), 6.
Rush of blood to the upper parts of the body, head, and chest, 8. [370.]
Trembling, 5, 6.
Tremulousness in the morning, 1.
(Convulsive movements), (Case 10), 6.
Laxity of the otherwise firm muscles, 3.
Great weariness and prostration, could scarcely keep upright (Several).
Sleepy weariness, with confused pain in the forehead, as after a night's debauch, 1.
(Weakness and anxiety), (Case 10), 6.
Weakness and vertigo (Cases 3 and 4), 5.
Weakness and weariness (several).
Weak and weary, even in the morning on rising, though the sleep had been good, 1. [380.]
Great weakness and trembling (Case 2), 5.
She was scarcely able to keep upon her feet on account of weakness, and was obliged to seek her bed, but even there was unable to fall asleep on account of weariness and heaviness of the limbs, 4.
Great prostration, with feeling of heat in the hands, 3.
(Lypothymia), (Case 12), 6.
Weak, sick feeling, 6.
Dread of working, with headache, 8.
Great discomfort and nausea (several).
He feels very sick, without fever or pain (Case 8), 6.
All the symptoms better after dinner, 10.

SKIN

Objective.
Pimples on the forehead and left temple, with sore pain; they suppurate, and on drying leave nodules behind, 3. [390.]
(Reappearance of facial erysipelas), 4.
Subjective.
Itching in the skin in various places in the face and whole body, as if pimples would break out; one was constantly obliged to scratch (several).
Intolerable biting and itching in the palms of the hands (several).
Itching biting on the balls of both thumbs, obliging him to rub them; the balls became bluish-red, hot, and swollen, with distended veins, which form a bluish-mottled swelling, as if they had been frozen, 1.
Itching biting between the middle and ring fingers, and between the ring and little fingers, with red, hot hands, 1.
Formication down the arms, 3.
Itching on the forehead and eyebrow, obliging him to scratch, 3.
Violent itching on the backs of the hands, as if an eruption would break out (this occurred with the itching in the palms of the hands, and was repeated several times a day for five days, and was exceedingly annoying), 1.
Scraping itching on the cheeks, 3.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Sleepiness.
Yawning and stretching, 1. [400.]
Yawning, with filling of the eyes with water, 1.
Yawning, with qualmishness, 1.
Frequently repeated yawning, 1.
Violent, almost convulsive yawning, with stretching of the limbs, sleepiness, and creeping chills from the hips down the calves, 1.
Sleepy early in the evening, 1.
(Unusually sleepy), 6.
Sleeplessness.
Falls asleep late, 3.
He only slumbers, cannot get sound asleep, 3.
Uneasy sleep, tossing about from one place to another, 1.
(Sudden waking from sleep), (Case 12), 6.
Dreams. [410.]
If he only slumbers a little, he immediately has dreams, cries out, and wakes up, 3.
Numerous and varied dreams in the night, so that in the morning she cannot recollect them, 1.
Night full of dreams (several).
She soon falls asleep and dreams the whole night, 4.
There is no minute in the night when he is not dreaming, 3.
Screaming in sleep at night, 4.

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chilliness, 10.
Chilliness, especially in the forenoon, but heat in the evening, 1.
Shivering over the scalp; the hairs stand on end, 3.
Shivering over the scalp in the open air, and in the lower extremities, with paralytic drawing in the right thigh, 1. [420.]
Shivering about the left side, 1.
Shivering over the back and gnashing of the teeth (Case 12), 6.
Shivering over the left hip and abdomen, with pain in the left side of the forehead, 1.
Heat.
Increased warmth and rapid pulse, 8.
Slight increase of warmth, with rapid, hard pulse, 8.
Heat, especially over the legs; she is obliged to keep them out of bed, 4.
In the evening, on getting into bed, glowing heat over the whole body, with dryness of the tongue, without thirst, 1.
Dry heat over the whole body, 1.
Intolerance of warmth, desire for cold, in the evening, 4.
During diarrhœa, heat of the face, 2. [430.]
Heat, bluish redness, swelling, itching, tension, and crawling in the right cheek, as if frozen, 4.
Sweat.
Sweat on the slightest motion, 1.
Sweat in the palms of the hands, at the same time with general chilliness, especially on the arms (second day), 10.

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Immediately on rising, vertigo; immediately on rising, toothache; early, in bed, hunger; fasting, cramp in stomach; tremulousness.
( Forenoon ), Chilliness, etc.
( Evening ), Heat in forehead; heat in face; thirst, etc.; stitches in anus; after lying down, cutting, etc., in urethra; pain in ankle; on getting into bed, best; intolerance of warmth.
( Night ), Pain in ears; in bed, stitches in incisors; vomiting.
( Ascending steps ), Oppression of chest, etc.
( Fat food ), Offensive eructations.
( After meals ), Pain in abdomen.
( Mental labor ), Vertigo.
( Motion ), Sticking headache; sweat.
( Potatoes ), Eructations.
( Reading ), Vertigo.
( Reflecting ), Vertigo.
( Sitting ), Pain in small of back.
( After stool ), Vertigo.
( Walking ), Headache; sticking in chest; weakness of legs ; stitches in hip.
Amelioration.
( Drinking cold water ), Pain in abdomen.
( After dinner ), All symptoms.
( Lying down ), Pain in abdomen.
( Sitting and resting legs on stool ), Heaviness, etc.
( External warmth ), Pain in abdomen; drawing in forearm.

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