Carduus benedictus

Volume II — Main text

CARDUUS. Including C. benedictus (Centaurea benedicta, L.) and C. Marianus, L. Nat. Ord., Composita. Carduus benedictus, the blessed thistle. I. Provings.-1. One man, c, and two women, a and b, took from 20 to 50 dr. of the mother tincture. No further information given. 1. a. 2nd d., pressure on forehead, especially when stooping, all d.; eyeballs feel larger; ringing in ears ; much mucus in mouth ; dyspnea; hoarseness; pain in trachea as ifit were inflamed, the inspired air feels cold ; coughs very frequently, it sounds rough, like hissing. 3rd d., grey spots pass before eyes; breathes quickly, must draw in air with an effort as the trachea feels closed up, each inspiration is like a low whistle, especially e.-Time not indicated: Heaviness in head for several d.; pain inocciput; blackness before eyes for a short time; constant overflow of saliva for 6 d.; feeling as if buccal cavity were contracted and narrowed for 8 to 10 d., beginning anddeclining slowly; sour taste, for 6 d., always getting worse and almost sulphurous, relieved for a while by eating; e., bitter burning as though stomach was very much deranged ; dysphagia ; pain in trachea as if it were fatigued by long coughing; breathes quickly and laboriously; feeling as she were too tightly laced; cough increased till 6th d.,when it became slighter, but she could not sing or talk long for several d.; constant yawning and hiccough. (Prakt. Mittheil., 1826, p. 23.) 2 b. 1std., immediately, trembling in hands; chilliness, flushes of heat in face, after eating, through whole body, without thirst, dimness of sight and pressure on eyes, breath and palms quite hot ; sweat in hands, then they got burning hot ; flat taste, tongue sensitive as if swollen, much furred; limbs heavy as if paralysed ; tension intendons ; knees feel weak while sitting, give way when walking ; cross humour.- 2nd d., sharp pressure in r. temple, then in whole head,with heaviness, from noon till e.; jerking in l. eyelid; in afternoon,pinching inbones ofknee, neck, and hands, one after the other, burning and paralysed feeling, aggravated by pressure.-Time not indicated: Vertigo on raising head, worse on stooping, several d. Afternoon, sometimes a cuttingpainover eyes ; pressure in occiput, fromcrown; for several d. pressure in eye. ball as if it would come out ; curious feeling in l. eye as ifit would be pressed outwards, rather agreeable; dim and whirling before eyes ; feeling as ifsomething were in ears, also as ifsomething burst, like a bladder, and then humming ; continued violent griping and tickling in nose, as though coryza were coming on, several d.; nasty sourish taste and little appetite for many d.; after eating eructation; mouth dry m. and e. with thirst; though stomach is full feels empty; drawing, cutting pain in abdomen all the time; larynx not free; constant dry cough; dull shooting in sides over hip, now r. now 1 , at first onlywhen stooping and moving, but afterwards at all times; when leaning on arms, burning in them, but they are not hot to the feel ; when stretching a tension in interior of elbows, especially when they have been long flexed ; contraction in elbows * " Hermann has found that when bisulphide of carbon is mixed with blood, the red corpuscles become dissolved. Our own observation shows the same result, but the nuclei are left undissolved " (ВОЕНМ) .

and arms ; feeling in forearm, as if in the blood-vessels, like a long knife stab with continued burning ; feet weak after sitting, soles feel sore when treading ; joints moved with difficulty and frequently give way; pain of all the bones, especially when the limbs have been stretched ; when pressed they feel bruised (the veins are painful and prominent), the knee is particularly painful till the 4th d.; small red spots on finger for several successive d., then a yellow spot that lasts longer ; burning under skin of face, afterwards in other parts ; cold shuddering all over body, followed by urticarious goose-skin, miliary rash, painless,not pointed but hard, lasts several d., goes off slowly ; for several d. , shuddering chilliness with goose-skin, about noon or e., sometimes m.; breath, lips, hands, and feet hot; trembling all through body; anxiety, starting at every sound, fear, so that cold sweat breaks out. (Ibid.) 3. c. Soon, quivering movement in 1. canthus, tickling in 1. eye, very painful, with flow of tears, stitches in inner canthus. After 2 h. throat commences to be painful, voice rough.-Time not indicated: Confusion of head, interrupted stitches in temples, four times in succession, more in l. than r.; flickering before 1. eye as if small fiery stars passed in front of it, removed by winking ; toothache on r. side, inferiorly, drawing more than shooting; roaring in r. ear, soon going off; tickling on surface of tongue near its root, lasts 5 m., and changes into shoots like electric sparks ; appetite bad ; nausea; swallowing is uncomfortable ; slight pinching in abdomen for 6 m.; throbbing below 1. breast, curious sounds on r. side of navel. (Ibid.)