Actæa Spicata act-sp.

Actæa spicata, L. A tincture is prepared from the fresh root.

Cimicifuga, Clematis, Aconite.

The pains are generally tearing, drawing. ▶ Fermentation in blood. ▶ Pulsations. ▶ Weakness after eating; from talking; walking in open air; sudden. ▶ Delirium, during fever; furious. ▶ Unconsciousness. ▶ Headache persisting after the fever; headache in skull and periosteum. ▶ Boring in head. ▶ Vertigo, with nausea. ▶ Head symptoms agg. at night and by walking; mostly periodical. ▶ Pressure in forehead. ▶ Pain in vertex; hammering, in occiput. ▶ Sensation of horripilation on scalp. ▶ Pimples on scalp. ▶ Ophthalmia like catarrhal inflammation. ▶ Suggillations in conjunctiva. ▶ Burning lachrymation. ▶ Vision blue; vision of spots when looking steadily.

Twitching pain in ears, when sneezing on blowing nose. ▶ Ear sore to touch. ▶ Murmuring in ears after sleep, agg. by anxiety. ▶ Nostril red. ▶ Bruised pain in nose. ▶ Nasal mucus tinged with blood. ▶ Nosebleed during oppression of chest. ▶ Yellow around mouth. ▶ Rheumatic pain in face (Acon.). ▶ Lips chapped. ▶ Salivation. ▶ Fetid breath. ▶ Pain in submaxillary glands when chewing. ▶ Throat in throat, agg. by cold morning or evening air. ▶ Throat sore when speaking.

Appetite sharp in morning. ▶ Hunger, with aversion to food. ▶ Nausea. ▶ Vomiting; sour (Calc. c.). ▶ Sticking in epigastrium on deep inspiration. ▶ Pain at stomach pit; in stomach, with difficult breathing. ▶ Cramp in stomach; drawing in epigastric region. ▶ Uneasiness in stomach after eating. ▶ Emissions of flatus. ▶ Spasmodic contractions of bowels. ▶ Compression in abdomen. ▶ Pain in right hypochondrium on pressure; P. as before diarrhœa; as before or during menses. ▶ Painful shock in abdomen at each inspiration. ▶ Uneasiness in appetite. ▶ Pulsations in right hypochondrium. ▶ Left hypochondrium almost insensible. ▶ Stool pappy; omitted. ▶ Frequent urging to urinate; with painful micturition. ▶ White sediment in urine.

Respiration difficult, with pain in stomach; with pain in hip; inspiration; on account of weakness, especially expiration. ▶ Bruised pain in sacral region when lying on side. ▶ Pulsation in kidney region. ▶ Swelling of joints after slight fatigue. ▶ Pain in hands as from paralytic weakness. ▶ Lower limbs swollen; boring, amel. by stretching; weakness after changes of temperature. ▶ Thighs tremble when lifted. ▶ Knees weary. ▶ Horripilation after drinking; H., then heat with vomiting. ▶ Cold, numb and discolored fingers. ▶ Sweat on head (Calc. c.); cheek on which he lies; viscid; cold, with malaise (Calc. c.).

Almost the only use of this drug has been for subacute rheumatic gout of the small joints, associated with sour stomach.