ÆSCULUS GLABRA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Æsculus glabra, Willd, Nat. order , Sapindaceæ.
Common names , Fetid Buckeye, Ohio Buckeye.
Preparation , Triturations from the whole fruit.
Authority.
Hale ("New Remedies").
MIND
- Confusion of mind, always attended by vertigo, and may be followed by stupefaction and coma.
HEAD
- Vertigo, with staggering, reeling and unconsciousness.
- Vertigo with fulness and heaviness of the head, dimness of sight, thickness of speech, nausea, and vomiting.
EYE
- Dimness of sight, and even loss of sight.
- Eyes fixed and expressionless.
MOUTH
- Thickness of speech from paralysis of the tongue.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN
- Great distension of the stomach and abdomen.
- Nausea, with loathing of food and vomiting, with cramp-like pain in stomach.
STOOL AND ANUS
- Hard, knotty stools.
- *Obstinate constipation.
NECK AND BACK
- Wryneck (spasmodic).
- *Great lameness and weakness of the back.
EXTREMITIES
- Trembling of the lower limbs, with spasmodic contractions.
GENERALITIES
- Spasms and convulsions, followed by paralysis.
- Great weakness.