Ferula Glauca

Ferula Neapolitana. Bounafa. N. O. Umbelliferæ. Tincture of plant.

Clinical

Aphthæ / Diarrhœa / Digestion, slow / Hæmorrhoids / Nymphomania / Pruritus vulvæ

Characteristics

Ferula has been proved, but I am not aware of any clinical experience with it. Heat and burning are produced in most parts, and sensations of coldness in others. Stiffness and constriction were also prominent. Violent sexual excitement in women. A cough was complained of, < in damp or cold weather.

Relations

Compare: Other Umbelliferæ; tongue as if burnt, Sang. c.

1. Mind

Aversion to society; to work. Sadness; inclination to weep. Impatience; anger.

2. Head

Burning in head. Icy coldness in occiput during day. Lancinations, pricking, pulling pains in occiput.

3. Eyes

Burning, pricking, itching of eyelids.

5. Nose

Redness of nose; sensitive to touch. Scabs in nose, with smarting and itching.

8. Mouth

Aphthæ; heat in mouth; sensation in tongue as if burnt.

9. Throat

Scratching, burning, lancinations; difficulty of swallowing.

11. Stomach

Decreased appetite; urgent thirst. Bitter eructations. Spitting up of bile. Slow digestion, with bitter eructations. Heat and cutting pains in stomach; < after eating.

12. Abdomen

Lancinating, pulling in r. hypochondrium. Inflation and tension of abdomen. Colic before and during stool. Constant burning in abdomen. Heat and weight in hypogastrium.

13. Stool and Anus

Hæmorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancinating, and prickings at anus. Diarrhœa day and night, but worse by day; stools light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at anus.

14. Urinary Organs

Diminished urine.

16. Female Sexual Organs

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

17. Respiratory Organs

Difficult breathing. Fetid breath. Cough dry or loose, < in damp or cold weather, with thick yellow expectoration.

19. Heart

Constriction and heat at heart; beats stronger.

20. Neck

Stiff-neck. Pricking and lancinating at nape.

22. Upper Limbs

Stiffness of arms; difficulty in bending them.

23. Lower Limbs

Numbness of thighs. Cold feeling along sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up. Lancination along nerves of thighs and legs.

25. Skin

Redness and subcutaneous swelling. Small red pimples and incessant itching. Red pimples with white tips in beard and whiskers. Pricking and violent itching in many parts, < at night.

26. Sleep

Sleepy in day; sleepless; restless; starting from sleep at night.