Condensed Materia Medica

Ranunculus Sceleratus ran-s.

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Mind

Indolence and aversion to mental occupation in morning; low-spirited, depressed in evening.
Dulness of the head.

Sensorium

Vertigo, with loss of consciousness.

Inner Head

Gnawing pain in small spot on vertex or either temple.

Outer Head

Sensation as if head was enlarged and too full.
Biting-itching on the scalp.
Scalp feels tense.

Eyes

Smarting in eyes and canthi.
Painful pressing in eyeballs.
Eyes very weak and water much.

Ears

Otalgia, with pressing or gnawing pain in head, and drawing pain in teeth.

Nose

Lachrymation, with watery nasal discharge.

Face

Sensation as if face was covered with spider web.
Drawing in face, with sensation of coldness.
Face cold, livid.

Teeth

Drawing-stinging in teeth.

Tongue, etc

Tongue exfoliated in spots, which are raw; mouth inflamed.
Both sides of the tongue denuded like islands, the remaining parts thickly coated. θ Diphtheria.

Throat

Scraping or burning in throat.
Swelling of tonsils, with shooting stitches in them.

Eating and Drinking

After meals: 16, 40.

Nausea and Vomiting

Eructations after meals, with taste of what has been eaten.

Stomach

Pain in stomach, with fainting fits.
Sensation of fulness in pit of stomach, increased by external pressure, worse mornings.
Sensation of soreness and burning in pit of stomach.

Hypochondria

Spleen swollen after intermittent fever and abuse of quinine.
Dull pressure about liver, worse from a long breath.
Stitches in liver, spleen or kidneys.

Stool, etc

Frequent, soft, or watery, fetid stools.
Frequent sensation as though diarrhœa would set in.

Urine

Burns; strangury.

Male Sexual Organs

Stitches at glans penis.

Heart and Pulse

Pulse, quick, full, but soft, with heat at night.

Outer Chest

Chest feels as if bruised, with sensation of weakness.
Stitches in chest and intercostal muscles.
External chest and sternum are painfully sensitive to touch.

Upper Limbs

Stitching, boring and gnawing in arms, especially violent in fingers.
Itching between fingers, evenings.
Swelling of fingers, mornings.

Lower limbs

Stinging, boring and gnawing in toes, especially violent in big toe.

Limbs in General

Gout in fingers and toes.

Nerves

Fainting with the pains.

Sleep

Sleeplessness after midnight; with anxiety, heat and thirst, or with restlessness and tossing about.

Time

Pains worse toward evening, decrease after midnight when sleeplessness, tossing about, anxiety, heat and thirst set in.
Morning: 1, 17, 32. Evening: 1, 30, 32, 38, 40, 43. Night: 29, 40. After midnight: 37, 38, 40. Toward morning: 40.

Temperature and Weather

In-doors: 40. Open air: 40.

Chill, Fever and Sweat

Chill or chilliness during meals.
Heat, evening in-doors, after walking in open air.
Dry heat at night, with violent thirst, mostly after midnight.
Sweat after heat, toward morning, mostly on forehead.

Sides

Right eye and ear more affected than left.

Sensations

Feels sore all over.
Smarting, itching, gnawing or boring in various parts, now here, again there: especially toward evening.

Contact, Injuries, etc

Touch: 30, 43. Pressure: 17.

Skin

Vesicular eruptions, with acrid, thin, yellowish discharge.