The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Cascarilla casc.

Hering, 1879–91 (1879)In every bookSave

General

Croton Eleuteria. Euphorbiaceæ.
Tincture of the bark, which is bitter, aromatic and tonic in its effect, somewhat resembling Cinchona bark.
It is mentioned as curative in hemorrhages and intermittent fever, in Tschudi's Peru, vol. ii, p. 217. The provings are from Stapf's Archives, 15, 1, 184, and by A. Zumbrock ; the clinical symptoms by Hering and Lippe.

Mind

Disinclination to think.

Inner head

Heat and confusion of head.
Dull drawing pain in right temporal region.

Sight and eyes

Itching about eyes.

Hearing and ears

Burning heat of inner and outer ear.

Upper face

Faceache.

Taste, speech, tongue

Bitter, rough taste, when smoking.

Inner mouth

Gangrenous aphthæ of children.

Palate and throat

Sensation of swelling deep down in throat.
Accumulation of mucus in throat.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

No appetite, especially early in the morning.
Thirst for hot tea during heat. θ Intermittent.
Aversion to smell of tobacco smoke.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Eructations : with bitter taste ; empty ; ineffectual.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Burning pressure in pit of stomach.
Slight tensive pressure in epigastric region, as after eating too much ; the concussion of every step taken is painfully felt in region of stomach.

Hypochondria

Uncomfortable pressure and tension in hypochondria, almost like incarcerated flatus, though associated with a feeling of hardness.

Abdomen and loins

Pressure and rumbling in abdomen.
Griping preceding morning stool.
Boils in the inguinal region.

Stools and rectum

Occasional diarrhœa, becoming gradually worse and more frequent, with backache and lassitude.
Constant slight urging, often with pain high up in rectum, gnawing in character.
Diarrhœa alternating with hard, lumpy stools.
Constipation ; stool hard, in pieces, covered with mucus.
Passes bright blood with or without stool, in large quantities, causing weakness.

Urinary organs

Soreness and burning in orifice of urethra after urinating.
Involuntary micturition.

Male sexual organs

Spermatorrhœa.

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Tickling in trachea causing short dry cough ;

Cough

Short dry cough, from tickling in trachea.
Hæmoptysis.

Inner chest and lungs

Stitch upward on left side.

Neck and back

Backache and weakness, inclination to lie down ; a distaste for business.
Backache, muscles of both sides pained violently.

Upper limbs

Pressive tensive pain in right shoulder joint, during rest and motion.

Lower limbs

Formicating pain in calves.

Limbs in general

Pain in joints.

Rest. position. motion

Walking : in open air, sweat on back.
During rest and motion : pains in shoulder joint.

Nerves

Great fatigue and lassitude, with weariness in the limbs.
The whole day greatest degree of lassitude, had to lie down, but was not refreshed.

Sleep

Sleep with clear consciousness.
Horrible dreams, wakes up frightened.

Temperature and weather

In open air : sweat on back, while walking.

Fever

Anxious heat of whole body and slight sweat, followed by drowsiness.
Sweat on back when walking in open air, with chilliness, > when standing still.
Heat, with thirst from warm drinks. θ Intermittent.

Locality and direction

Left : stitch in side.
Right : drawing in temporal region ; pain in shoulder-joint.

Sensations

As of swelling in throat.
Stitch : on left side.
Drawing : in temporal region.
Pain : in joints.
Burning : of ears ; in orifice of urethra.
Burning pressure : in pit of stomach.
Pressive tensive pain : in right shoulder joint.
Tensive pressure : in epigastric region ; in hypochondria.
Pressure : in abdomen.
Gnawing pain : high up in rectum.
Griping : in abdomen, preceding stool.
Soreness : in orifice of urethra.
Heat : of head.
Formicating pain : in calves.
Tickling : in trachea.
Itching : about eyes ; of skin.

Tissues

Hemorrhages.
Anemia ; dropsy.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Concussion of step is felt in region of stomach.

Skin

Itching of skin.

Relations

Compare : Cinchona (effects of loss of blood intermittents) ; Graphit . (mucus mingled with stools).