Apocynum Androsæmifolium apoc-a.

Dogbane

The rheumatic symptoms of this remedy promise most curative results. Its pains are of a wandering nature, with much stiffness and drawing. Everything smells and tastes like honey. Worms. Trembling and prostration. Swollen sensations.

Pain in all joints. Pain in toes and soles. Swelling of hands and feet. Profuse sweat, with much heat in soles. Tingling pain in toes. Cramps in soles. Violent heat in soles (Sulph).

Tincture and first potency.

Spreading Dogbane. N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture from the root.

Diarrhœa. Dropsy. Nausea. Neuralgia of face. Vomiting. Wandering rheumatism. Worms.

It has been proved in large! doses, and its most prominent symptoms Are: Trembling of the body. Prostration and trembling. Swollen sensations of face and body. Swelling of hands and feet; showing its relation to dropsical states like Apoc. can . and Stroph . Heaviness with great desire to sleep. Flying pains in different parts. Itching of body and face. Acute rheumatism with great stiffness. General rheumatic pains. Profuse sweat of whole body. The pains go from above downward; are < when breathing; and on turning to left side. Hale has cured with it rheumatic gout: "Acute pains in the joints attended with cramps, bilious stools and flying pains in the teeth. The tincture in drop-doses has been known to expel ascarides and other worms." It has been used for expelling renal calculi and gravel.

Compare: Bry. Iris., Colch., Benz. ac. Also Apoc. can., Alston., Stroph. (botan).

Pains and stiffness in back of head and neck.

Everything smelled like honey.

Twitching in face. — Violent pain in l. zygoma.

7, 8. Teeth and Mouth. — Pains in all teeth of l. lower jaw. — Most delightful taste in the mouth.

11, 12. Stomach and Abdomen. — Vomiting and purging; > from copious evacuation. — Shooting pain in l. groin. — Constipation.

14, 16. Urinary and Sexual Organs. — Profuse flow of clear urine. — Profuse menstruation lasting eight days with violent pressing pain.

Swelling of hands and feet. — Most violent pains in all the joints. — Much pain in knee and r. shoulder. — Cramps and burning in soles. — Severe pain in joint of l. big toe.

This "dog's bane" is a perennial herb belonging to the Apocynaceæ. A tincture is prepared from the fresh root.

Apocynum cannab.

Trembling. ▶ Pain in different parts; P. on turning to left side; P. in all joints; flying P. in different parts. ▶ Swollen sensation in body and face. ▶ Heaviness of body, with great sleepiness. ▶ Weakness. ▶ Fulness in head. ▶ Headache; in left side; pulsating A. in occiput; A. in back of head and neck, with stiffness. ▶ Great itching and irritation in left nostril. ▶ Great sneezing. ▶ Everything smelled like honey. ▶ Twitching of facial muscles. ▶ Violent pain in left zygomatic process. ▶ Pain in all left lower teeth. ▶ Taste delightful. ▶ Nausea. ▶ Vomiting; with purging; effort at V. ▶ Flying pain in stomach.

Shooting pain in left groin. ▶ Feeling as if something would pass the bowels, with fulness and pain in right side. ▶ Diarrhœa, with pain and rumbling, only two stools, but copious and affording much relief; D. and constipation on alternate days. ▶ Constipation. ▶ Frequent bilious stools; painful bilious diarrhœa. ▶ Micturition frequent. ▶ Urine profuse. ▶ Menses profuse, lasting eight days, with violent pressing pain.

Dull heavy pain when breathing, seeming to go from above downward. ▶ Pain in nape extending to front of neck. ▶ Stiff neck. ▶ Pulsating pain in right forearm. ▶ Pain above wrists. ▶ Hands and feet swell. ▶ Pain in knee and in right shoulder. ▶ Cramp in soles, agg. right, with burning and with pain in joint of left big toe and heat in right leg and knee. ▶ Tingling pain in toes, sharp pain in middle toe. ▶ Itching of body and face; of face, with burning. ▶ Inability to sleep. ▶ S. unrefreshing. ▶ Violent dreams. ▶ Chilliness. ▶ Heat of head and neck; H. in right leg and knees. ▶ Profuse sweat of whole body, with violent heat in soles.

Has been found useful in acute rheumatism with great stiffness. ▶ General rheumatic pains. ▶ It has been used for renal calculi and gravel.