Dulcamara

(The juice freshly expressed from the young stalks and leaves of this shrub-like plant before its flowering time, mixed, equal parts of spirits of wine. Two drops of the clear fluid lying over the sediment are added to 98 drops of spirits of wine, the phial shaken with two strokes of the arm, and in this way diluted through 29 phials (filled two thirds full with 100 drops of spirits of wine), and each potentized with two succussions up to the decillion-fold development of power; one or two smallest globules moistened with this serve for a dose).

From vol. i, 3rd edit., 1830.

It is very probable, as experiments have indeed partly proved, that this very powerful plant belongs to the antipsorics, as the following pure effects of it seem also to show; still, I shall try to obtain more accurate corroboration of this.

It will moreover be found specific for some epidemic fevers, as also for various acute diseases the result of a chill.

Its long duration of action is shown in its trials on healthy persons.

AHNER, CUBITZ, GROSS, MULLER, of Treuen, NENNING (in HARTLAUB and TRINKS' Mat. Med.), E. F. RUCKERT, STAPF, TRINKS and HARTLAUB (in their Mat. Med.), GUST, WAGNER, WAHLE, aided HAHNEMANN in this proving.

Symptoms quoted from the following old-school authorities:

ALTHOF, in Murray, Appar. Med.

CARRERE, Ueber das Bittersuss, 1789.

FRITZE, Annal d. Klin. Ins. in Berlin, iii.

GOUAN, Memoires de la Soc. de Montpellier.

HAEN, DE, Ratio Medendi.

LINNAEUS, Diss. de Dulcamara. Upsal., 1753.

PIQUOT, Samml. br. Abh. f. pr. A., ii.

STARCKE, in Carrere, l.c./

TODE (reference not given).

In the 1st edit. of the "R.A.M.L." dulcamara had 123 symptoms, in the 2nd edit.349, and in this last edit.401; the Chr. Kr. gives 409.]

Dulcamara

1. A transient slight vertigo. [Ng.]
   

2. At noon before eating, whilst walking, giddy, as if all objects remained standing before him, and as if it became black before his eyes.
   

3. Momentary vertigo. [Piquot, in Samml. br. Abh. f. pr. A., ii, 4.]
   

4. Vertigo. [Althof, in Murray, Appar. Med., i, p.621.]
   

5. When he wanted to get up out of bed in the morning, he almost fell from vertigo, general weakness and trembling of all the body (aft. 24 h.). [Mr.]
   

6. Statement from observation.

7. Stupefaction. [Carrere, Ueber das Bittersuss, v. Starcke, Jen., 1786.]
   

8. Great stupefaction of the head. [Starcke, in Carrere, l.c.]
   

9. Dull stupefying headache.
   

10. Headache in the morning in bed, aggravated by rising. [Mr.]
    

11. Headache, lassitude, icy coldness of all the body, and inclination to vomit. [Mr.]

12. Heaviness of the head. [Carrere, l.c.]

13. Heaviness in the forehead (aft. 12 h.). [We.]

14. Heaviness in the forehead for several days, at the same time frequent darts from within outwards in the temporal region. [We.]

15. Heaviness in the occiput, for three days. [We.]

16. Heaviness of the whole head all day, as if the integuments of the head were stretched, especially in the nape, where the sensation becomes a kind of formication. [We.]

17. Heaviness of the head, with out-boring pain in the temple and forehead, as after a debauch over night. [Wr.]

18. Stupid feeling in the head, as after intoxication, which went off in the open air. [Wr.]

19. Stupid and empty in the head, in the afternoon about 6 o'clock. [Ng.]

20. Stupid feeling in the head and slight drawing in the left frontal protuberance. [Ng.]

21. The stupid headache lasted for 10 days. [Ng.]

22. Giddiness in the head with warmth rising up into the whole face. [Ng.]

23. Heat in the head. [Carrere, l.c.]

24. Digging aching in the whole of the forehead. [Gss.]

25. Violent headache like a digging in the middle of the brain in the sinciput, like dulness, and a sensation as if the brain were swollen, a pain that came on early in bed, and was not diminished or increased either by rest or movement; but it was worse on getting up. [Mr.]

26. Out-boring headache at one time in the forehead, at another in the temples (aft. 15 h.). [Wr.]

27. Before midnight boring headache from within. [We.]

28. Boring headache in the right temple (aft. 23 h.). [We.]

29. The headache never involves the whole head, but only quite a small spot, where it shows itself as pressure as with a blunt instrument. [Gss.]

Carrère's original work is 'Traité des propriétés, usages, et effets de la Douce-amère,' Paris, 1789. The citations have been corrected from this treatise. They consist of effects of dulcamara when given for chronic rheumatism, suppressed secretions, and cutaneous diseases. The author says that he has, after seventeen years' experience with the drug, seen no inconvenience result from full doses save those described in S. 88 and 278; 199; 395, 358 (sometimes the precursors of a new eruption, and then associated with 341 and 342); 11 and 65; and 94.

Carrère's German translator. Additional observations (of the same kind) by him.

1. All the afternoon a dull headache, especially in the left frontal protuberance. [Ng.]

2. In the evening the dull pressive headache became more severe, with increasing coryza. [Ng.]

3. Painful stupefying aching in the left side of the vertex (aft. 3 h.). [Ng.]

4. Aching stupefying pain in the occiput, from the nape upwards. [Rkt.]

5. In the temples a pressure, as with a blunt instrument, at one time on the right, at another on the left side. [Gss.]

6. Dull feeling in the forehead and root of the nose, as if he had a board in front of the head. [Gss.]

7. Towards evening, when walking in the open air, headache like a pressing outwards. [We.]

8. Quite late in the evening out-pressing pain in the left frontal both temples inwards. [We.]

9. Out-pressing pain in jerks in the sinciput, worse when moving. [Ng.]

10. Drawing pressure in the left frontal protuberance (6th d.) [Ng.]

11. Aching tearing in the temples in fits. [Gss.]

12. Headache, drawing from both temples inwards. [We.]

13. Aching tearing in the temples in fits. [Gss.]

14. Aching beating pain in the left side of the forehead with whirling feeling. [Ng.]

15. Tearing compression in the top of the head. [Gss.]

16. Intermitting tearing in the left temple. [Gss.]

17. Stitches in the head, so that she got angry over it, mostly in the evening; relieved when lying.

18. A very slow pricking in the occiput, as with a needle, that was always drawn back again. [We.]

19. Deep in the brain violent shooting in the sinciput, with nausea. [Mr.]

20. Intermitting pressure on the left of the crown, as if a blunt instrument were pressed into the head. [Gss.]

21. Sensation as if the occiput were enlarged. [We.]

22. Pressing pain in the left occipital bone. [We.]

23. Headache in the occiput, in the evening in bed. [We.]

24. Slow drawing pain through the whole brain, especially in the evening (aft. 1/4 h.).

25. In the evening when eating a drawing pain on the skull to the nasal bones, where it became contractive. [We.]

26. From the frontal protuberance there is a drawing down to the tip of the nose in rapid jerks. [Gss.]

27. A slight drawing in the left frontal protuberance, especially on stooping forwards. [Ng.]

28. On the head, just over the left ear, a stupefying pain, as if some one pressed with a blunt instrument into the head. [Gss.]

29. On the forehead lumps, touching which causes shooting pain.

30. Aching tensive pain over the right eye (aft. 3 h.). [Wr.]

31. Boring pain over the right palpebral arch from within outwards.

32. Contractive pain at the supra-orbital border. [Gss.]

33. Aching in the eyes when reading and at other times, but aggravated by reading. [Rkt.]

34. When she walks in the sun it is as if fire flew out of the eyes, as also in the room.

35. Sparks before the eyes. [Piquot, l.c.]

36. Commencement of amaurosis and such weakness of the eyes that he saw all objects, both near and distant, as if through a veil; the upper lid was as if half paralyzed, as if it would fall down. [Mr.]

37. Dim vision. [Carrere, l.c.]

38. Inflammation of the eyes (chemosis). [Tode, -Starcke, l.c.]

39. Painless pressure on the left zygoma (immediately). [Gss.]

40. Ringing in the ears. [Rkt.]

41. Ringing in the ears.

42. Clear ringing in the ears (aft. 4 to 8 d.). [Stf. ]

43. A kind of prickling in the left ear and then in the right, as if very cold air had penetrated into the ear. [We.]

44. Tearing in the left ear intermingled with shootings from within outwards; a drumming and bubbling before the ear, he does not hear well afterwards; on opening the mouth a crackling in the ear as if something broken were in it. [Ts. Hb.]

45. Squeezing pain in the left ear, at the same time great nausea. [Ts. Hb.]

46. Frightful earache all night, he cannot sleep on account of it. In the morning the pain ceased all at once, but there remained a roaring before the ear for some time. [Ts. Hb.]

47. In the left ear, a pinching stitch towards the membrana tympani. [We.]

48. Fine pricks in the meatus auditorius and parotid gland. [Rt., senr.]

49. Squeezing, accompanied by small pricks, in the right ear. [We.]

50. Transient drawing in the external meatus. [Gss.]

51. Below the left ear, towards the ramus of the lower jaw, a cramplike contraction. [Gss.]

52. There occurred such a violent bleeding of the nose that the blood lost amounted to four ounces; it was bright red, flowed very warm out of the left nostril, with a pressure in the region of the longitudinal sinus, which pressure continued after the profuse hemorrhage. [Ng.]

53. With symptom 11.

54. Cannot be traced for want of reference.

55. Epistaxis. [Starcke, l.c.]

56. In the inside of the left ala nasi, a pimple with ulcerative pain. [We.]

57. Eruption in both angles of the nose, a pimple.

58. Drawing and tearing in the whole cheek.

59. Itching on the cheeks, close to the alae nasi (aft. 1/2 h.).

60. A humid eruption on the cheek. [Carrere, l.c.]

61. On the inside of the upper lip, on the anterior part of the palate, also externally round the mouth, pimples and small ulcers, which on moving give rise to tearing pain.

62. Twitching movements of the lips and eyelids (in cold air). [Carrere, l.c.]

63. Under the chin, a pinching on a small spot. [Gss.]

64. Itching pimples on the chin.

65. A drawing pain in the right cervical muscles. [Mr.]

66. Obtuseness of the teeth, as if they were insensible. [Mr.]

67. Pressure in the throat, as if the uvula were too long.

68. Pains in the throat. [Carrere, l.c.]

69. Flow of saliva. [Carrere, l.c.]

70. Flow of saliva with loose, spongy gums. [Starcke, l.c.]

71. Flow of saliva, what is called waterbrash.

72. Flow of much viscid, soapy saliva. [Starcke, l.c.]

73. Itching crawling on the tip of the tongue. [We.]

74. Dry tongue. [Carrere, l.c.]

75. Dry rough tongue. [Carrere, l.c.]

76. Paralysis of the tongue, which hindered her in speaking (when using dulcamara in cold wet weather). [Carrere, l.c.]

77. Paralysis of the tongue after taking it for a long time. [Linnaeus, Dis. de Dulcamara, Upsal., 1753.]

78. Paralysis of the tongue. [Gouan, Memoires de la Soc. de Montpellier.]

79. Much eructation. [Mr.]

80. Very scrapy fauces, with constant hawking up of very viscid mucus. [Ng.]

81. Four times eructation, with scratching in the esophagus and heartburn (aft. 9 h.). [Ng.]

82. Empty eructation, with shuddering as from disgust. [Ng.]

83. Frequent empty eructation. [Gss.]

84. Eructation combined with hiccup. [Gss.]

85. Flat, soapy taste in the mouth, and hence want of appetite. [Starcke, l.c.]

86. While eating repeated eructation, so that the soup comes up again into the throat immediately after it is swallowed. [Gss.]

87. Hunger, with repugnance to all kinds of food.

88. He has a good appetite and eats with relish, yet he soon becomes satiated and full, with much rolling and rumbling in the bowels. [Gss.]

89. Not found.

90. See note to symptom 343.

91. Not accessible. According to Murray, Linnaeus is only citing Gouan (see next symptom).

92. Not accessible.

93. While eating repeated pinching in, and distension of, the abdomen. [Gss.]

94. Nausea. [Althof, in Murray, Appar. Med., i, p.621.-Linnaeus, l.c.]

95. Nausea and disgust. [Carrere, l.c.]

96. Nausea, vomiting, heat, and anxiety. [Starcke, l.c.]

97. Disgust with shuddering, as though about to vomit. [Ng.]

98. Great nausea, as if he would vomit, with rigor. [Ts. Hb.]

99. Actual vomiting of nothing but viscid mucus, but not of the medicine (aft. 1/2 h.). [Ng.]

100. Warmth rises up and there then occurs vomiting of mucus, in the morning.

101. Retching. [Althof, l.c.]

102. Feeling of increased warmth in the fauces. [Rkt.]

103. Vomiting. [Linnaeus, l.c.]

104. After a moderate meal, distension of the abdomen as if it would burst. [Gss.]

105. Feeling of distension in the pit of the stomach, with a disagreeable feeling of emptiness in the abdomen. [Ng.]

106. In the left side, below the short ribs, sudden contraction, almost like cutting. [Gss.]

107. On going to sleep continual pinching in the region of the stomach, until he fell asleep (2nd d.). [Ng.]

108. Uneasiness in the abdomen, like flatulent distension, with frequent eructation only of air (3rd. d.). [Ng.]

109. Tensive pain on the right near the scrobiculus cordis, as if he had strained and injured himself. [We.]

110. An acute aching pain in the scrobiculus cordis, as if he had received there a blow with a blunt instrument, which becomes more painful by pressing on it (aft. 35 h.). [Ar.]

111. To the left of the scrobiculus cordis an obtuse stitch, that rapidly went off, returned again soon, and then went off gradually (aft. 1/4 h.). [Ar.]

112. A shooting pain in the scrobiculus cordis (aft. 9 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

113. In the umbilical region a shooting pain, that did not go off by pressure (aft. 1 h.). [Ar.]

114. Under the ribs on the right side, obtuse stitches that take away the breath. [Gss.]

115. In the left side of the abdomen, intermittent obtuse stitches; pressing with the finger just upon the painful spot causes pain, and the shooting becomes worse. [Gss.]

116. Short obtuse stitches to the left of the navel, in the evening. [Ng.]

117. Obtuse stitches outwards in rapid succession on a small spot on the left of the abdomen, which take away his breath; when he presses on it with the finger, the place is painful; he feels as if something would force itself through from within. [Gss.]

118. Single pulsating stitches under the left short ribs, when sitting, which went off on rising up (aft. 6 d.). [Ar.]

119. Pinching shooting pain to the right of the navel, which did not go off by pressure (aft. 4 1/4 d.). [Ar.]

120. On the left above the navel a fine pinching in a small spot of the abdomen. [Gss.]

121. Violent pinching in the abdomen, as if a long worm crept about and gnawed and pinched in the bowels (aft. 31 h.). [Ar.]

122. Obtuse pinching in the abdomen, as if diarrhea were about to come on (aft. 2 h.). [Ng.]

123. Just under the navel, a pinching pain on sitting in a bent-forward attitude, but on stretching himself out it diminished, and soon afterwards ceased (aft. 4 1/4 d.). [Ar.]

124. Quite early, a pinching pain around about the umbilical region, as if he must go to stool, but without urging. [Ar.]

125. Transient pinching and cutting in the abdomen and chest, as from incarcerated flatulence. [Gss.]

126. Bellyache (immediately).

127. Bellyache as from a chill.

128. Rumbling in the abdomen (immediately).

129. Each time he leans forward a gushing round about in the bowels as if he had taken a purgative. [Ng.]

130. Rumbling in the bowels, as if a stool would ensue, with some sacral pain. [Ng.]

131. Bellyache as though he had caught cold (aft. 23 h.). [We.]

132. Bellyache such as usually occurs during cold wet weather. [We.]

133. He has pinching and cutting and digging round about in the abdomen, as if diarrhea were coming on. [Gss.]

134. In the morning, without having eaten anything, flying pinching and cutting in the bowels, with distension of the abdomen. [Gss.]

135. Twitching cutting and pinching here and there in the abdomen, that soon goes off. [Gss.]

136. A twisting, digging pinching pain round about the umbilical region (aft. 10 h.). [Ar.]

137. A forcing out pain on the left above the navel, as if a rupture would occur there. [Mr.]

138. A gnawing beating pain just above the navel. [Gss.]

139. Aching pain now in the left, now in the right inguinal gland.

140. Swelling of the left inguinal gland as large as a walnut.

141. (In the inguinal swelling, severe burning (mingled with shooting) on the slightest movement; also on touching it burning mingled with shooting.)

142. Swelling of the glands of the groin. [Carrere, l.c.]

143. Swollen hard inguinal glands of the size of a haricot-bean, but without pains. [We.]

144. Pinching pain in the umbilical region and above the left hip, that compels him to go to stool; after the passage of some flatus, in spite of strong straining, there only passes a little hard feces, but the pain after this was somewhat lessened (aft. 2 1/2 d.). [Ar.]

145. Pain in the abdomen, as if diarrhea were about to ensue; after the passage of some flatus the bellyache ceased. [We.]

146. During treatment of scrofula by Dulcamara, there supervened symptom 378 going on to 376, and followed by this swelling of the inguinal glands, and also of those of the neck and axillae. The continued use of the medicine removed all.

147. In the evening, in the whole abdomen, pinching with call to stool; after having previously had in the afternoon his usual stool, though it was very hard and difficult, he had a large moister stool, and at last a copious, quite thin, sour-smelling motion, whereupon he felt relieved but exhausted. [Gss.]

148. Very slight sensation of cold on the back, with rumbling in the bowels and pain in the left groin, not increased by touch (aft. 12 h.). [Ng.]

149. Tension in the region of the os pubis on rising up from the seat.

150. Soft stool in small pieces. [We.]

151. Mucous diarrhea, alternately yellow and greenish. [Carrere, l.c.]

152. White mucous diarrhea. [Carrere, l.c.]

153. Mucous diarrhea with prostration. [Carrere, l.c.]

154. Soft stool (immediately).

155. Several successive afternoons thin evacuations with flatus (aft. 3 d.).

156. Normal stool, but with some straining (aft. 1/4 h.). [Ng.]

157. He had a rapid call to stool which he could scarcely retain, although only little and hard feces came away (aft. 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

158. Along with nausea he had frequent call to stool, and yet all day long he could pass nothing (aft. 2 h.). [Mr.]

159. He has pinching in the bowels and must go to stool, but he is costive and but little passes with much straining (aft. 8 h.). [Ar.]

160. Pressure in the abdomen and colic before the stool, not during the evacuation, afterwards recurring with rumbling in the bowels. [Rkt.]

161. Difficult, dry, rare stools. [Carrere, l.c.]

162. Suddenly a dreadful pressing on the rectum, so that he can scarcely keep back the motion, and when he gets to the night stool, there comes away slowly, after a while, with some straining, very hard feces, along with transient pinching and cutting here and there in the abdomen. [Gss.]

163. Rare, slow and hard stool; even when he wants to go there is no urging in the rectum, and it is only by a great effort that a very large hard motion comes slowly away. [Gss.]

164. Great discharge of flatus. [We.]

165. Flatus smelling of asafetida. [Mr.]

166. Turbid whitish urine. [Carrere, l.c.]

167. Copious discharge at first of clear and viscid, then of thick and milk-white urine. [Carrere, l.c.]

168. Urine at first clear and viscid, then white, then turbid, then clear, with white sticky sediment. [Carrere, l.c.]

169. For ‘viscid’ read ‘limpid.’

170. See note to symptom 343.

171. Turbid, ill-smelling urine and ill-smelling perspiration. [Carrere, l.c.]

172. Urine reddish and scalding. [Carrere, l.c.]

173. Urine with mucous sediment, at one time red at another white. [Carrere, l.c.]

174. Turbid urine. [Carrere, l.c.]

175. Turbid whitish urine. [Carrere, l.c.]

176. Pulsating outwards in the bladder. [We.]

177. Strangury, painful micturition. [Starcke, l.c.]

178. Burning in the orifice of the urethra while urinating.

179. Tetter-like rash on the labia majora. [Carrere, l.c.]

180. Heat and itching on the genitals, and inclination for coitus. [Carrere, l.c.]

181. Increase and anticipation of the menses. [Carrere, l.c.]

182. Increased menstrual flux. [Carrere, l.c.]

183. Diminished menstruation. [Carrere, l.c.]

184. Menstruation delayed several, even as many as 25, days. [Carrere, l.c.]

185. Stuffed coryza, with confusion of head and a single sneeze. [Ng.]

186. Very dry nose, in the evening. [Ng.]

187. Sneezing. [We.]

188. Short hacking cough, that seems to be produced by deep inspiration. [Gss.]

189. Hemoptysis. [Carrere, l.c.]

190. A very acute undulatory pain, almost like tearing pressure darts through the left side of the chest in fits. [Gss.]

191. Numbing, obtuse stitch under the right clavicle into the chest. [Gss.]

192. To the left above the xiphoid cartilage (when sitting bent forward) a painful pressure, as with a blunt instrument, afterwards it comes even in an erect posture of the body in long fits, and develops into blows penetrating deep into the chest. [Gss.]

193. External tension and drawing on the front of the chest. [Ng.]

194. Intermittent pain in both sides below the shoulders, as though the fists were knocked violently in there from both sides. [Gss.]

195. A twitching pain in the right axilla (aft. 3 d.). [Ar.]

196. A pulsating pain in the left axilla, going off by movement (aft. 9 h.). [Ar.]

197. Twitching and drawing under the sternum. [Gss.]

198. Intermitting aching under the whole extent of the sternum. [Gss.]

199. On breathing deeply tension on the chest. [We.]

200. This symptom is a critical discharge, coinciding with improvement in the patient's malady.

201. Critical phenomenon.

202. Repetition of symptom 187.

203. The corresponding symptom in the Chronic Diseases stands thus: "Pulsating (stitches?) in the urethra."

204. During treatment of "dartrous" vagina and uterus by dulcamara.

205. Curative effect.

206. Ascribed to abundant evacuations.

207. Not found.

208. Under the sternum superiorly, on a small spot, intermitting squeezing. [Gss.]

209. Oppression of the chest. [We.]

210. Painful shooting on the sternum (aft. 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

211. On the sternum a thrust-like, rather obtuse stitch (aft. 8 h.). [Ar.]

212. Obtuse shooting pain in the right side in the region of the third rib, especially when pressing on it; then the pain spread to the sacrum, and then mounted upwards to between the shoulders: a shooting on the inner border of the left scapula on inspiring. [Ts. Hb.]

213. In the left side of the ribs slow, intermitting, obtuse stitches. [Gss.]

214. On the middle of the sternum a shooting tearing pain that went through the whole chest to the spine, when sitting, and went off on rising up (aft. 7 d.). [Ar.]

215. A digging pain in the right side of the chest, going off when pressed upon (aft. 8 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

216. Pain in the chest, like digging or as if he had hurt (sprained) himself. [Gss.]

217. In the right side, between the fourth and sixth ribs, a suddenly coming, and rapidly departing, painful shoot (aft. 8 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

218. In the left side of the chest, in the region of the fifth and sixth ribs, a painful stab as from a rather blunt knife (aft. 4 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

219. Shooting pain in the left side of the chest in the region of the sixth rib. [Ar.]

220. Violent shooting in the chest, now on the right, now on the left side; he must cough much, and expectorate a viscid mucus (aft. 4 d.). [Ar.]

221. A deep cutting pain in the left side of the chest, close under the clavicle, that went off on pressure (aft. 30 h.). [Ar.]

222. Pinching pain in the whole chest, increased by inspiration (aft. 14 h.). [Ar.]

223. Oppression of the chest, as after sitting bent forwards. [We.]

224. Great oppressive pain in the whole chest, especially on inspiration and expiration. [Ar.]

225. He feels as something were forced out on the left side of the chest. [Gss.]

226. Palpitation of the heart; strong beating of the heart, felt externally, especially at night.

227. Strong palpitation of the heart; it seemed as though he felt the heart beating outside the thoracic cavity. [Stf. ]

228. A digging shooting pain on the left side near the sacrum (aft. 10 h.). [Ar.]

229. Sacral pains, as after stooping long. [We.]

230. Under the left crista ilii a digging pain, that went off by pressing on it (aft. 6 h.). [Ar.]

231. On sitting in a bent position (after a short walk) every time he inspires, an obtuse stitch outwards-a kind of forcing out-in both lumbar regions. [Gss.]

232. Above the left hip, quite close to the lumbar vertebrae, pain as if he had previously received a blow there (aft. 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

233. In the loin, over the right hip, a deep cutting pain, that went off by pressure, but soon afterwards returned, and then went off gradually of its own accord (aft. 4 d.). [Ar.]

234. Pain as if the body were cut off in the lumbar region above the hips; owing to the pain he moved to and fro, unable to sit still, but this gave him no relief. [Gss.]

235. In the loin, above the left hip, a digging shooting pain, that went off on walking, but came again when sitting (aft. 4 1/2 d.). [Ar.]

236. Close to the lumbar vertebrae, above the right hip, severe single stabs in jerks, as with a fork (aft. 6 d.). [Ar.]

237. Posteriorly on the left side in the loin, just above the hip, an obtuse stitch outwards at every breath. [Gss.]

238. Single painful stitches on inspiring in the middle of the spine (aft. 29 h.). [Ar.]

239. Intermittent, obtuse stitches, like a painful beating, in the left side of the back near the spine. [Gss.]

240. Intermittent pressure on the left side close to the spinal column, at the commencement of the back up near the nape, in the morning in bed when lying on the back. [Gss.]

241. An agreeable tickling sensation on the outer border of the right scapula. [Ar.]

242. In the middle of the right scapula a tickling prick. [Ar.]

243. Drawing tearing pain on the outer border of the right scapula (aft. 6 d.). [Ar.]

244. Drawing tearing in the right shoulder, above the right hip-joint, and above and below the right knee-joint. [Ts. Hb.]

245. Intermitting tearing blows on the outer side of the left scapula. [Gss.]

246. Stiff pain in the nape-muscles on turning the head to one or both sides. [Gss.]

247. Stiffness in the nape-muscles. [Rkt.]

248. Pain in the nape, as if the head had been in wrong position. [We.]

249. In the nape-muscles contractive pain as if the neck were twisted round. [Gss.]

250. In the whole of the right arm a dull violent pain, as from an apoplectic attack, combined with heaviness like lead, immobility, and cold feeling; the arm was icy cold to the touch, the muscles felt as if stretched, even when at rest; the arm was almost completely paralyzed, he could not bend it voluntarily, nor lift it up, nor hold a pen; on trying to do so he felt a sharp pain as if bruised in the elbow-joint, which is also painful to the touch as if bruised (aft. 1/2 h.), the same icy coldness of the right arm came again next morning (aft. 24 h.). [Mr.]

251. When she wishes to bring the arms forward or backwards she cannot do it, as that brings on jerks in the arms.

252. When she bent the arm and moved it backwards she had twitchings in the flesh of the upper arm; when she extended it did not twitch, but the fingers then became stiff so that she could not close them.

253. In the evening in bed and in the morning after rising, pain in the upper arm.

254. Burning itching externally on the right upper arm, that compelled him to scratch; the part was red and had a vesicle on it, with burning sensation. [Wr.]

255. The left arm pains as if paralyzed, as from a bruise, almost only when at rest, little when moving, it is not painful to the touch; but the arm had its proper strength.

256. A paralytic sensation in the right upper arm, which went off on moving it strongly (aft. 4 1/2 d.). [Ar.]

257. On the outside of the right elbow an eroding gnawing pain in short fits. [Gss.]

258. A drawing pain in the right forearm (aft. 3 1/4 d.). [Ar.]

259. Dull drawing from the left elbow to the wrist, especially noticed on pronation, in the evening (aft. 9 d.). [Ng.]

260. In the shaft of the left ulna a repeated acute drawing. [Gss.]

261. A sudden, jerking, pinching tearing in the middle of the left forearm (aft. 12 h.). [Ar.]

262. In the right forearm, from the elbow-joint to the wrist, a slow, down-drawing, twisting, boring pain, which went off by moving the arm, but immediately returned when at rest (aft. 4 h.). [Ar.]

263. The left forearm powerless, as if paralyzed, with a paralytic feeling in the elbow-joint (aft. 36 h.). [We.]

264. Disagreeable itching on the middle of the right forearm that compelled scratching, whereby it was removed, but it soon returned (aft. 36 h.). [Ar.]

265. In the bend of the elbow eruption of red pimples, visible morning and evening in the warm room, that caused a fine pricking itching, and burning after scratching, for twelve days.

266. On the right wrist a prick, as with a blunt point, which went off by movement (aft. 1 h.). [Ar.]

267. Trembling of the hands (in cold wet weather when taking dulcamara). [Carrere, l.c.]

268. Tetter-like eruption, especially on the hands. [Carrere, l.c.]

269. Much perspiration of the palms. [We.]

270. The hands are covered with a kind of warts, such as he had never had before (aft. 21 d.). [Stf. ]

271. On the back of the hand a redness, which causes burning pain, when he becomes warm by walking in the open air.

272. In the ball of the left thumb cramplike drawing, so that he scarcely dares to move the thumb. [Gss.]

273. Critical eruption.

274. Cramplike twitching pain in the first joint of the right middle finger. [Gss.]

275. Single small stitches on the right buttock (aft. 8 1/2 d.). [Ar.]

276. Drawing tearing pain in the left hip (aft. 14 h.). [Ar.]

277. Drawing pinching pain in the right hip (aft. 26 h.). [Ar.]

278. Drawing shooting pain in the left hip-joint extending to the groin, only when walking, at every step, with the sensation as if the head of the hip-bone would be dislocated; stretching it out forcibly diminished the pain, and caused the feeling as if the femur were thereby put into place; but a bruised pain remained for some time in the parts, which made him limp (for 14 d.). [Ctz.]

279. Pain in the thigh.

280. Shooting tearing pain in the whole right thigh, that did not go off by pressure. [Ar.]

281. Fine pricking pain as with needles in the back of the left thigh close to the knee (aft. 81 h.). [Ar.]

282. Continued sometimes shooting, sometimes beating, sometimes pinching pain in both thighs, which went off on walking, but then developed into weariness; when sitting it immediately returned (aft. 3 1/2 d.). [Ar.]

283. A drawing tearing pain in both thighs, which went off on walking, but changed into weariness and returned immediately when sitting (aft. 12, 14 h.). [Ar.]

284. Here and there drawing in the flesh of the thighs. The parts were painful to the touch. [Ng.]

285. A drawing sensation on the front of the right thigh (aft. 36 h.). [Ar.]

286. A drawing tearing pain on the back of the right thigh, extending from its middle into the knee-joint (aft. 5/4 h.). [Ar.]

287. A drawing paralytic sensation on the front of the right thigh (aft. 8 1/3 d.). [Ar.]

288. Shooting tearing pain from the knee-joint up into the thigh, when walking in the open air. [Rkt.]

289. Burning itching sensation externally on the thighs, that compels scratching (aft. 7 h.). [Wr.]

290. Falling asleep and weakness of the lower limbs. [Carrere, l.c.]

291. Great weakness of the knees, as after a long walk (3rd day.). [Ng.]

292. Twitching of the inferior extremities. [Carrere, l.c.]

293. Tearing in the knee-joint, when sitting. [Rkt.]

294. On the inside of the knee regularly recurring undulatory aching pain. [Gss.]

295. On the outside of the right leg, itching, ending in an itching prick (aft. 1/4 h.). [We.]

296. On the outside of the left leg, itching, going off on scratching, but soon recurring (aft. 1/4 h.) [We.]

297. Cramplike drawing (almost cutting) pain down through the left leg. [Gss.]

298. Puffiness and swelling of the leg and calf (but not of the foot) with tensive pain and feeling of extreme weariness towards evening.

299. Slight tearing upwards in the right tibia (2nd d.). [Ng.]

300. Pain in the tibia, as from being tired by a long walk (aft. 36 h.)/ [We.]

301. A pain draws downwards from the back of the left calf, as if some one slit him inwardly (aft. 1/2 h.). [Ar.]

302. Tearing pain in the back of the left calf, that went off on moving the foot (aft. 1/2 h.) [Ar.]

303. A sudden prick as from a needle in the left calf followed by the sensation as if warm blood or water flowed down out of the part. [Ar.]

304. Numb sensation in the calf, in the afternoon and evening.

305. Painful cramp in the left calf when walking (aft. 9 h.). [Wr.]

306. Burning in the feet.

307. He woke up at night from severe cramp on the inner right ankle, he must get up out of bed and walk about, whereupon it went off.

308. Drawing tearing near the inner ankle of the right foot (aft. 12 h.). [Ng.]

309. Tearing in the left leg from the outer ankle to the front of the foot. [Ng.]

310. A cutting pain in the middle of the right sole, that did not go off by treading (aft. 27 h.). [Ar.]

311. Pulsating tearing pain in the big and second toes of the left foot. [We.]

312. On the toes, intermitting, shooting burning. [Gss.]

313. Slight twitchings on the hands and feet. [Carrere, l.c.]

314. Convulsions first in the facial muscles, then in the whole body. [Fritze, Annal. d. Klin. Inst. in Berlin, iii, p.45.]

315. Cramp-pain here and there in the limbs, especially in the fingers. [Gss.]

316. The symptoms appear to occur by preference chiefly towards evening. [Ng.]

317. Violent trembling of the limbs. [Carrere, l.c.]

318. Obtuse stitches here and there in the limbs and on the rest of the body, generally outwards. [Gss.]

319. Pain in the limbs.

320. On various parts of the body pains as if these parts had caught cold. [We.]

321. Burning itching here and there, running quickly to and fro, like vermin; he must scratch violently, after which it at first increased, and then declined; by day the itching is but slightly felt; only at night and then worst from 12 till 3 o'clock; after a short sleep he is wakened by this sensation (aft. 14 d.). [Stf. ]

322. Itching pinching pricks on various parts of the body. [We.]

323. Violent itching all over the body. [Carrere, l.c.]

324. Pricking itching on various parts of the body. [Carrere, l.c.]

325. A violently itching eruption of red spots with vesicles. [Carrere, l.c.]

326. Statement from observation.

327. Not found.

328. On parts affected by ‘dartres.’

329. Eruption on the arms and thighs, like white lumps (wheals) surrounded by a red areola; there was itching pricking only in the wheals and, after rubbing, burning in them.

330. Eruption of small papules on the chest and abdomen, with moderate itching. [Stf. ]

331. Eruption of a tetter-like scab all over the body. [Carrere, l.c.]

332. Bright red pointed elevations on the skin which filled with pus after five or six days. [Starcke, l.c.]

333. Red elevated spots as from nettles. [Carrere, l.c.]

334. Red places on the body. [Carrere, l.c.]

335. Red, fleabite-like spots. [Carrere, l.c.]

336. Dryness, heat and burning in the skin. [Carrere, l.c.]

337. Dryness and heat of the skin, constipation and painful retention of urine, with soft, full, slow pulse with jerking beats. [Carrere, l.c.]

338. Sudden swelling of the body and puffiness of the limbs, sometimes painful or accompanied by a feeling of being asleep. [Starcke, l.c.]

339. Emaciation.

340. Lassitude; he shuns movement.

341. Weariness.

342. Lassitude, heaviness and weariness in all the limbs which compels him to sit or lie down (aft. 12 h.). [Wr.]

343. In all the limbs a feeling of great bruisedness, lasting almost all day. [Ar.]

344. Heaviness in the thighs and arms. [Rkt.]

345. Great, persistent weakness. [Carrere, l.c.]

346. Attack of sudden weakness, like faintness.

347. He must lie down.

348. All day long he is very drowsy and must yawn much. [Ar.]

349. Great sleepiness, laziness, yawning. [Mr.]

350. Frequent great yawning. [Gss.]

351. Restlessness, twitching, sleeplessness. [Carrere, l.c.]

352. Sleeplessness. [Carrere, l.c.]

353. Restless sleep, disturbed by confused dreams, with profuse perspiration during sleep. [Wr.]

354. Restless, disturbed, anxious sleep, full of heavy dreams. [Starcke, l.c.]

355. In the evening, just when going to sleep, he leapt up high as if from fright. [Gss.]

356. Sleep with loud snoring with open mouth (immediately).

357. After midnight, anxiety and fear of the future.

358. Frightful dreams that compelled him to jump out of bed (the first night). [Wr.]

359. Critical. See note to symptom 343.

360. On the seat of vanished "dartres."

361. A youth, hereditarily "dartrous," and in bad health, after taking dulcamara, had symptoms 395, 333, 194, and 101, with hard and tense pulse. Then came symptom 338, with relief to all symptoms. The medicine was continued, and he got well.

362. After much sweating.

363. After 4 a.m. the sleep becomes very restless, whatever way be lies. [Ar.]

364. Tossing about in bed all night, with stupid feeling in the head. [We.]

365. Unquiet sleep; he tossed about uncomfortably in bed. [Stf. ]

366. He woke very early and could not go to sleep again; he stretched himself with great weariness, and lay first on one side and then on the other, because the muscles at the back of the head were as if paralyzed and he could not lie on it. [We.]

367. She wakes early as if she had been called, sees a ghostly figure that always grows bigger and seems to vanish upwards.

368. Towards morning a kind of wakefulness with closed eyes. [We.]

369. Towards morning no sleep, and yet in all the limbs tired as if paralyzed, as after exposure to great heat. [We.]

370. Sleeplessness, ebullition of blood, shooting and itching in the skin. [Carrere, l.c.]

371. (At night, no sleep, on account of itching in the front of the body, from the chest over the abdomen and thighs, like flea-bites; at the same time he was hot and transpired, without being wet; the transpiration had a disagreeable smell.)

372. Shivering as from nausea and chilliness combined, with cold feeling and coldness all over the body; he could not get warm at the hottest stove; at the same time occasional shuddering and shaking (immediately). [Mr.]

373. Double tertian fever. [Carrere, l.c.]

374. He is chilly and uncomfortable in all his limbs. [We.]

375. Frequent rigor, heaviness of head, general prostration (after a chill when taking dulcamara). [Carrere, l.c.]

376. In the open air, especially when exposed to a draught, chilliness on the back without thirst. [Ng.]

377. Towards evening chilliness over the back, the nape, and the occiput, with a feeling as if the hair of the head stood on end (3rd d.). [Ng.]

378. For several evenings slight but disagreeable chilliness from the back over the occiput. [Ng.]

379. The chilliness on the back towards evening lasted for more than ten days, recurring daily. [Ng.]

380. Dry heat at night.

381. Hot, dry skin, ebullition of blood. [Carrere, l.c.]

382. Burning in the skin all over the back, as if he were sitting near a hot stove, with perspiration on the face and moderate heat. [We.]

383. Heat, restlessness. [Carrere, l.c.]

384. Violent fever, with great heat, dryness of skin and delirium daily; recurring every 15, 16 hours. [Carrere, l.c.]

385. Heat and feeling of heat all over the body, especially in the hands the pulse equable, slow, but full; at the same time thirst, afterwards rigor. [Rkt.]

386. Critical. Symptoms 384 and 386 probably belong to this observation.

387. Heat of the body, burning in the face, constipation. [Carrere, l.c.]

388. General perspiration, especially in the back.

389. Perspiration for five days and more. [Carrere, l.c.]

390. Perspiration all over at night, by day under the shoulders and in the palms. [Carrere, l.c.]

391. In the morning profuse perspiration all over, but chiefly over the whole head (aft. 20 h.).

392. Ill-smelling perspiration, and at the same time copious discharge of clear urine. [Carrere, l.c.]

393. Restlessness. [Carrere, l.c.]

394. Talking nonsense. [De Haen, Ratio Medendi, iv, p.228.]

395. Increased pain at night with delirium. [Carrere, l.c.]

396. Wandering, delirium, a kind of insanity. [Starcke, l.c.]

397. In the morning, very impatient; he stamped his feet, wished to throw away everything, commenced to wander in his mind; followed by weeping. [Starcke, l.c.]

398. Very much out of humour, inclined for nothing, for several days. [Ng.]

399. In the afternoon a peculiar humour, he must quarrel with every one, but he is not angry. [Ng.]

400. Critical, in rheumatism. Symptoms 392 and 394 cannot be found, but they are probably of the same nature.

401. Observation in disease.

402. Not found.