Arum Maculatum arum-m.

Cuckoo-pint. N. O. Araceæ. Tincture of fresh tuber or corm.

Ascarides. Asthma. Catarrh. Coryza. Nasal polypus. Prolapsus ani. Scorbutus. Swallowing, constant.

The leading symptoms of Arum mac . are as follows: Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes. Violent irritation of nose and eyes. Pain left side of nose. Nasal polypus. Bleeding from mucous membranes and cavities. Tongue swollen, pricking, stinging, burning, excoriated. Burning, stinging pains in mouth and lips "as with a hundred needles" Tickling and burning in throat. Sensation of a swelling in left side above larynx. Hoarseness. From abdomen ascending to chest an oppression over whole chest, with hot breath; it then rose into throat. Burning, constricting pain in stomach. Ascarides have been cured by it; also prolapsus ani.

Antidoted by: Sweet oil, milk, butter. Gum relieves pungent effect on mouth. Compare: Arum t.

Gums bleed readily. — Tongue so swollen he could not swallow.

Pain in the throat, with difficult deglutition, as if from constriction in the œsophagus, with constant inclination to swallow; after drinking, sensation as if something were attached to the epiglottis. — Obstinate hoarseness. — Pressure in the larynx. — Tickling, with inclination to cough.

Sensation of emptiness after breakfast in the abdomen, as after vomiting; with contraction in the abdomen, as from anxiety and fear. — Severe aching between the navel and the hip, esp. when standing upright, or lying on the side, or drawing a deep inspiration, with great sensitiveness of the part affected to external pressure.

Clear, watery urine; exhaling a smell of burnt horn, and depositing a cloudy sediment.

Catamenia profuse.

Phlegm in the respiratory organs. — Violent tight cough, with scanty expectoration. — After much coughing, expectoration of mucus streaked with yellow. — Sanguineous expectoration.

Violent convulsions. — Great physical depression and lassitude. — Irrepressible inclination to sleep after meals, the face becoming redder than usual during sleep.

Cuckoopint. Araceæ.
A small proving of this first of the family of Araceæ was made by C. Hg., in 1822, on three provers, very good observers. It was printed in 1833, in the Archives 13, 1, p. 169, and reprinted with some toxicological symptoms by Noak, in 1843. The latter are given nearly complete in Allen's Encyclopædia . Some noteworthy reports of the Old School are here added, because they fully agree with the observations of our School.

Anxiety and fear.
Melancholy, depressed, hypochondriacal, taciturn.

Vertigo.

Slight pressure in left temple.
Megrim.
Pain in left temple and forehead to occiput, with stiffness of hands.
Headache with dyspepsia.

Aching in left eye, which is inflamed.

Pressure below ears back of lower jaw.

Violent irritation of nose and eyes.
Pain in left side of nose.
(OBS :) Nasal polypus.

Gums bleed readily ; scorbutis.

Tongue swollen and its papillæ injected and raised.
Swollen tongue fills up buccal cavity and makes deglutition impossible.
Stitching and burning on tongue several hours.
Sensation as of a slight excoriation of tongue.
Intense pricking, stinging pain upon tongue and mucous membrane of lips and throat, with a flow of saliva, which seemed to relieve pain a little ; pain as if a hundred little needles had been run into tongue and lips.
Pains on tongue and lips were increased by pressure with teeth.
Stinging and burning on surface of tongue, lasting several hours.
Lancinations in tongue as from pin-pricks.
Aphasia.
Swelling of tongue and throat in scarlatina.

Burning pains in mouth and lips.
Mucous membrane of lips and throat inflamed.
Caustic effect all over lips and mouth.
Stinging in mouth as with a hundred needles.
Salivation. See 11 .

Stinging pain in tongue, throat and œsophagus.
Tickling in throat becomes a violent burning.
Pressure in throat, which provokes swallowing, it seems too narrow ; swallowing is difficult, as if there was a swelling on left side above larynx.
Swallowing difficult, as if "palate was down."
Throat so swollen that a probe could not be introduced into œsophagus.
Pain on pressing with finger on left side of throat, near trachea, below larynx, from that it rose into throat, first like a pressure from without inward, in back part of palate above larynx, provokes swallowing, which is difficult, afterwards it feels too narrow.
Burning, constricting pain in throat.

Loss of appetite.
Considerable thirst.

After eating : taciturn, sleepy, eyes close readily ; emptiness.

Vomiting for several hours.
Vomiting of blood.

Cardialgia ; gastralgia.
Pain in stomach on pressing it.
Burning, constricting pain in stomach.
(OBS :) Dyspepsia.

Abdomen
Emptiness in abdomen, as after vomiting, mornings after eating.
Oppression in abdomen as in great anxiety and fear, without palpitation, afterwards ascending to chest.
Painful pressure on a spot in abdomen, between navel and groin, especially when standing or lying on side or back, most when expanding chest or stretching abdominal muscles ; painful to external pressure.
Intense colic, with anxiety, felt in abdomen. Compare Arsen.

Diarrhœa.
(OBS :) Ascarides.
(OBS :) Prolapsus ani.

Emission of blood from urethra.
Increased secretion of urine.
Urine watery, light-colored, smelling almost like burnt horn, with a cloud in middle after standing.

Profuse menstrual flow.

Constriction and burning in larynx.
Hoarseness.
Blood-spitting.
Tickling in throat becoming a most violent burning.
Pressure on throat, left side, under larynx, near trachea, is painful.

Hot breath and oppression of chest.
(OBS :) Asthma.

After a long paroxysm of cough, he raises mucus traversed with yellow threads.
(OBS :) Chronic catarrh.

From abdomen ascending to chest felt an oppression over whole chest, with hot breath, then rose into throat. See 13 .
(OBS :) Catarrh ; phthisis ; asthma.

Struma ; goitre.

Standing or lying : expanding chest or stretching abdominal muscles ; pain in abdomen worse.

Horrible convulsions, with swelling of tongue until it fills mouth, death in 12 to 16 hours (children chewing leaves).
Great general lassitude.
Prostrate, unable to speak, raises hands to its mouth, uttering at intervals a sharp cry, and starting up as if suffocating.
Profound torpor followed by febrile reaction.

Sleepiness almost uncontrollable, especially an hour after dinner.
During sleep face red.

Morning : emptiness in stomach.

Generally causes slight warmth, first above stomach, afterwards in remote parts.
Excites sweat, even in the aged.

Attacks of pain irregular and intermitting.

Without inward : pressure in throat.
Below upward : oppression in abdomen.
Left : pain in temple and forehead ; aching in eye ; pain side of nose ; pain side of throat.

Sensations
As if a hundred little needles had been run into tongue and lips.
Lancinations : in tongue.
Stitching : in tongue.
Stinging : on tongue ; in lips ; in throat ; in mouth, as of needles ; in œsophagus.
Pricking : in tongue ; lips and throat.
Aching : in left eye.
Burning : on tongue ; in mouth and lips ; in throat ; in stomach : in larynx.
Pressure : in left temple ; below ears ; in throat ; in abdomen between navel and groin.
Constriction : in throat ; in stomach ; in lungs.
Emptiness : in stomach.
Undefined pain : in left temple and forehead to occiput ; in l. side of nose ; in left side of throat ; in stomach.
Excoriated feeling : of tongue.
Tickling : in throat.

Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes.

Pressing : pain in stomach < ; pain in abdomen < ; pain in throat.

Redness and erosions of skin, also blisters.
(OBS :) Eczema solare.

Antidotes : sweet oil ; milk ; butter. Gums relieve pungent effect in mouth.

A tincture is prepared from the fresh root and kept in a cool, dark place.

General Action and Relationships same as Arum tri.

Horrible convulsions. ▶ Weakness; with inability to speak, raising hands frequently to its mouth and throat, uttering at intervals a sharp cry and starting up as if suffocated. ▶ Torpor, then violent febrile reaction. ▶ Taciturnity, with sleepiness after eating. ▶ Pressure in left temple; below ears, behind lower jaw. ▶ Gums bleed (on kissing). ▶ Tongue, stitches; with burning; swollen; feeling as if swollen. ▶ Burning pain in mouth and lips. ▶ Caustic effects over lips, mouth and as far as could be seen. ▶ Salivation. ▶ Throat; swollen so that a probe could not be introduced into œsophagus; stinging in T. and œsophagus. ▶ Pain on left side below larynx, near trachea, on pressure; P., provoking swallowing, which is difficult, as from a swelling on left side above larynx. ▶ Tickling in throat, becoming a burning. ▶ Swallowing impossible; difficult, as if the "palate were down."

Appetite lost. ▶ Vomiting; of blood. ▶ Cramp in stomach. ▶ Cardialgia. ▶ Pain in stomach on pressure. ▶ Constriction in abdomen as in anxiety and fear, then it ascended over whole chest, with hot breath, then it rose into throat, first like a pressure inward in the back part of palate above larynx, provoking swallowing, which is difficult, afterwards it feels too narrow. ▶ Emptiness abdomen as after vomiting, mornings after eating. ▶ Pressure on a spot between navel and top of hip, agg. standing, or lying on side or back, most on filling chest full or making abdominal muscles tense, with pain on pressure.

Diarrhœa. ▶ Bleeding from urethra. ▶ Urine copious. ▶ Urine watery, smelling almost like burnt horn, becoming cloudy in middle on standing. ▶ Hoarseness. ▶ Bloody sputa. ▶ Sleepiness, agg. after dinner and sleep, with red face. ▶ Sweat.