Gaultheria Procumbens gaul.

Wintergreen (GAULTHERIA)

Inflammatory rheumatism, pleurodynia, sciatica, and other neuralgias, come within, the sphere of this remedy. Cystic and prostatic irritation, undue sexual excitement, and renal inflammation.

Neuralgia of head and face.

Acute gastritis, severe pain in epigastrium; prolonged vomiting. Uncontrollable appetite, notwithstanding irritable stomach. Gastralgia from nervous depression (Give five drops of 1x of Oil).

Smarting and burning. Intense erythema, worse, cold bathing; better, olive oil and cool air blowing on part.

Compare: Spiræea. Gaultheria contains Arbutin. Salycyl acid. Methylium salicylicum (an artificial Gaultheria oil for rheumatism, especially when the salicylates cannot be used. Pruritus and epididymitis, locally). After Cantharis in burns.

Tincture and lower potencies.

A tincture made of the fresh leaves of Gaultheria procumbens, L. (Wintergreen).

Convulsions. ▶ Insensible, apparently in sound sleep, but could not be aroused for ten hours. ▶ Restlessness. ▶ Weakness. ▶ Hemiparesis of left side and loss of power. ▶ Stupidity. ▶ Headache and noise in ears like the buzzing of bees. ▶ Dizziness; and drowsiness, then delirium. ▶ Contraction of pupils. ▶ Disturbance of vision when she was not delirious, with hallucinations of sight and hearing. ▶ Dullness of hearing. ▶ Tongue dry, smooth and swollen, so that speech was rather indistinct, mouth parched. ▶ Inability to speak. ▶ Beating of carotids increased in intensity. ▶ Uncontrollable appetite, notwithstanding the irritability of stomach. ▶ Vomiting; after supper of all the contents of stomach, the V. with retching continued all night whenever anything, as a cup of water, was given him; but she was nearly strangled by the contents of the stomach lodging in fauces. ▶ Gastritis. ▶ Pain in epigastrium and lower part of hypochondria, agg. pressure with finger. ▶ Cramp in epigastrium. ▶ Two copious stool at night. ▶ Urine contained salicylic acid. ▶ Pulse 125. ▶ Respiration labored; and quick; labored, slow, prolonged, loud but not stertorous. ▶ Sleep only prevented by strong currents of electricity. ▶ Cold limbs. ▶ Hot skin. ▶ Cold sweats.

The oil of wintergreen has been very largely used for both acute and subacute rheumatism. ▶ The plant itself contains salicylic acid, and to this fact may be due some of the beneficial effects of the drug. ▶ It has also proved useful in pleurodynia in the anterior part of the chest.