Pinus Silvestris
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Pinus silvestris, L.
Natural order , Coniferæ.
Preparation , Tincture of leaves and young twigs.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. Demeures, Journ. de la Soc. Gall., 1re ser., vol. iv, p. 114, proving with 3 drops of the tincture; 2 , Patzack, A. H. Z., 33, 241, general effects of baths of an infusion of pine leaves.
MIND
- Anxiety, 2.
- Despondency, 2.
- Wishes to do a great many things, undertaking them all and finishing none of them (ninth and tenth days), 1.
- Dulness of mind, so that he was unable to think, caused by any exertion, 2.
HEAD
- Vertigo, even to falling down, 2.
- Dulness of the head, 2.
- Fulness and heaviness of the whole head, 2.
- Pressive headache, 2.
- Tearing in the temples, 2. [10.]
- Scalp sensitive, 2.
EYE
- Inflammation of the eyes, 2.
- Margins of the lids red, 2.
- Dimness of vision, like a veil before the eyes, 2.
EAR
NOSE
- Violent nosebleed for several days in succession, 2.
- Discharge of mucus from the nose, 2.
- Sensation of coryza, 2.
FACE
MOUTH
- Pain in the teeth, with heat of the face and pain in the head, 2.
- Dryness of the mouth, with increased thirst, 2.
THROAT
- Slight and transient uneasiness in the throat, as if something was in the way there (second to sixth days), 1.
- Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands, 2.
STOMACH
- Appetite at first decreased, afterwards increased, 2.
- Pressure in the pit of the stomach, after eating, and great distension of the pit of the stomach, and also of the whole abdomen, 2.
ABDOMEN
- Distension of the hypochondrium, with pressive-burning pains, 2.
- Enlargement of the liver, 2.
- Pressure and a sensation of fulness in the liver and spleen, 2. [30.]
- Colic, with incarceration of flatus, 2.
- Pain in the inguinal glands, with swelling, 2.
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Troublesome itching at the anus (first day), 1.
STOOL
- Stool thin, pasty, with colic and great excitement; bilious evacuations; discharge of round worms; itching and burning in the anus; bloody, slimy hæmorrhoidal discharge for several days, 2.
- Constipation, 2.
URINARY ORGANS
- Violent boring-burning pains in the kidneys, extending along the ureters, 2.
- Spasm of the bladder, 2.
- Burning pains when urinating, 2.
- Micturition difficult, 2.
- Very greatly increased secretion of urine (after some days), 2. [40.]
- Urine of a strong odor, 2.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- The usually scanty menses became more profuse, 2.
- Menses return earlier than usual, 2.
- Menses delayed for several days, 2.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Increased secretion of bronchial mucus, 2.
- Hoarseness, 2.
- Short dry cough, 2.
- Expectoration greater when coughing, 2.
- Tightness of breath, especially when walking, 2.
CHEST
- Great oppression of the chest, 2. [50.]
- Next day, all the anterior portion of the chest is painful to touch; it seems as if it was very thin, and ready to give way under the slightest pressure (second day), 1.
- All the evening, sensitiveness to the touch in the walls of the chest (first day), 1.
- Burning in the sides of the chest, 2.
- A quarter of an hour after, feeling in the middle of the sternum like a sensation such as might be supposed to result from a cupping-glass applied inside behind this bone, 1.
HEART
- Palpitation, 2.
NECK AND BACK
- Drawing and stiffness in the nape of the neck, extending into the occiput, 2.
- Pain between the shoulders and in the small of the back, a pressive tensive-drawing pain, so that motion was difficult, 2.
EXTREMITIES
- Stiffness of the limbs, 2.
- Heaviness of all the limbs, and so great weakness that it was difficult to walk, 2.
- Gouty pain in all the joints of the hands and feet, especially in the finger-joints, 2. [60.]
- Pressive tensive pains in the limbs, 2.
- Drawing paralytic pains in the limbs, 2.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Stiffness of the knees, with stinging-burning pains, so that they gave out, 2.
- Pain in the left tibia, when walking. This pain causes a sensation as if he would double up on himself, in the morning only (sixth day), 1.
- Same pain in the right tibia, with gripings in the whole abdomen (seventh day), 1.
- Cramps in the calves, when stretching himself in bed, at night; the patient never before felt anything similar (ninth and tenth days), 1.
- In the evening, itching lancinations, crosswise, under the fold which separates the first and second phalanges of the right great toe, the pain is relieved by applying the hand there (first day), 1.
SKIN
- Nettle-rash, 2.
- Itching over the whole body, especially about the joints and on the abdomen, 2.
- Itching of the nose, 2.
SLEEP. [70.]
- Great sleepiness, especially in the forenoon, with restless sleep, in the evening, 2.
- Sleeplessness, 2.
- Dreams, which seem, when remembered, like real occurrences, 1.