Tussilago Fragrans

Petasites fragrans, Moen.

Natural order , Compositæ.

Common name , Italian or fragrant Tussilage.

Preparation , Tincture of whole plant.

Authority.

Dr. Demeures, Journ. de la Soc. Gall., vol. iv, p. 109, three drops on the tongue.

MIND

• State of mind such that I was satisfied with everything; everything about me seemed pleasing; severity of disposition; benevolence of language; I could engage in discussions of the most exciting interest with calmness, while making use of the most appropriate expressions; in fine, entering upon them without hesitation, and succeeding in them, being beforehand confident of success (fifth to tenth day).
• Complaining mood, finding fault with everything, making spiteful remarks, the nature of which he does not himself recognize, and is astonished that others are offended at them; for this reason, when aware of their character, he remains silent for fear of offending his associates (after four hours).

HEAD

• Transient headache, like a stupefaction; feeling of intoxication, as after the abuse of spirituous liquors (after two hours).

EYE

• Dryness of the eyes, when looking about in the open air, forcing them to wink often (after two hours).

THROAT

• Acidity in the œsophagus, like heartburn, ceasing entirely after dinner (after two hours).

STOMACH

• It seems as if there were at the bottom of the cardia a morsel which will not pass down (after half an hour).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Weakness in the legs (after two hours).
• Pain from side to side in the tarsus, between that and the metatarsus of the left foot, when walking; this pain does not last long, but returns often (second to fifth day).
• Pain in the metatarsal joint, as if caused by a blow (after two hours).

GENERALITIES. [10.]

• January 5th (ninth day) I started for Toulon; I returned thence on the 12th, stouter in person than on my departure. I often take this journey, and at my return I always have been reduced in flesh, owing to irregular diet. From January 10th to February 5th, this increase in size continued, and was perceptible to myself; but, on the other hand, I felt, after the 10th of January, a degree of plethora, which might easily have overcome me. The abdomen, which had a tendency to corpulency, was reduced to its normal size. Eight years later it had not yet regained that former protuberance.

SLEEP

• I sleep less, and find myself none the worse for it, a circumstance which certainly never occurred to me before (after two weeks).

FEVER

• Sweat and heat of the skin, caused by slight exertion, such as never had caused perspiration (after half an hour).