Mancinella (Hippomanes) manc.

Hippomane-Manganeel Apple

Skin symptoms most marked. Dermatitis, with excessive vesiculation, oozing of sticky serum and formation of crusts. To be remembered in mental depressed states at puberty and at climacteric, with exalted sexuality (Hering). Loss of vision. Pain in the thumb.

Silent mood, sadness. Wandering thoughts. Sudden vanishing of thought. Bashful. Fear of becoming insane.

Vertigo; head feels lights, empty. Scalp itches. Hair falls out after acute sickness.

Illusions of smell; of gunpowder, dung, etc. Pressure at root of nose.

Feels peppery. Copious, offensive saliva. Taste of blood. Burning of fauces. Dysphagia from constriction of throat and œsophagus.

Continual choking sensation rising from stomach. Vomiting of ingesta, followed by gripping and copious stools. Burning pains and black vomit.

Icy coldness of hands and feet. Pain in thumb.

Intense erythema. Vesicles. Fungoid growths. Erysipelas. Large blisters, as from scalds. Heavy, brown crusts and scabs. Pemphigus.

Compare: Croton; Jatropha; Canth; Anacard.

Sixth to thirtieth potency.

Hippomane mancinella. Manchineel. Manzanillo. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of fruit, leaves, and bark.

Asthma. Blindness. Borborygmus. Cholera infantum. Colic. Diphtheria. Eyes, affections of; inflammation of. Hair falling out. Headache. Nervous affections. Œsophagus, stricture of. Scarlatina anginosa. Sore throat. Stomatitis. Tongue, patched. Typhoid fever.

Manc . is a species of the Euphorbiaceæ, and has all the virulent properties of the family in a high degree. It is one of the trees around which the upas legends have clustered. "It is certain that the juice, which resembles pure white milk, does possess a considerable amount of acridity, and that some persons suffer great pain from incautiously handling it. . . . Perhaps its most dangerous property is that of causing blindness, if by chance the least drop of the milk, or smoke of the burning wood, comes in contact with the eyes. Dr. Seeman states that at Veraguas some of the ship's carpenters were blinded for several days by the juice getting into their eyes while cutting down Manchineel trees; while he himself suffered from temporary loss of sight from merely gathering specimens; and that the same accident happened to a boat's crew from making a fire. Salt water is said to be an efficacious remedy" ( Treas. of Bot .). Manc . was introduced into homœopathy by Bute, who proved it. It was also proved by Mure and Ackermann. The symptoms induced were very intense. Burning was experienced in all parts, vesication and ulceration of the skin and mucous membranes. Head, eyes, throat, abdomen and rectum were the parts most affected. A leading feature of many symptoms was < by drinking cold water. Cough < from drinking water. There is general > from heat when lying down; but warmth of stove < headache; and there is inclination to uncover. Cough is < at night. Among peculiar sensations are: Head feels as, if bruised; or as if it had been exposed to the sun. Ears as if closed. — Electric thrusts in upper part of throat. As if flames rising from stomach. As if stomach drew together in a lump and then suddenly opened. Head as if hollow; as if lying on something hard. As if something alive in stomach. Med. Cent . (ii. 112) quotes from Revist. Omeop . the case of a lady who for several years was possessed with the fixed idea that she would become insane. She had become a wife and mother, but still the idea possessed her. Happening to see in Puhlmann's Therapeutics that Manc . has "fear of getting crazy," she took Manc . 12 and was permanently cured.

Compare: Crot. t., jatro., Euphorb. (bot.); Canth. (erythema; vesication of skin; scarlatina); Caps. (burning pains < by cold water); Ars.

Sudden vanishing of thought, forgets from one moment to next what she wishes to do. — Everything irksome. — Fear: of getting crazy; of evil spirits. — Averse to work and answering questions. — Sadness. — Anxiety; before menses. — Homesick. — Bashful and taciturn; timid look. — < From anger and after eating.

Vertigo: stupefying; with loss of consciousness; morning on rising. — Sense of lightness (or emptiness) in head while walking about room. — Sticking pressure from vertex through brain, at noon. — Sudden Sticking in r. temple and above eye. — Stitches: in temples; in head with sleeplessness; over l. eye. — Headache: with impatience; caused by candle-light; < from warmth of stove. — Pulsating pains in head and neck, preventing writing. — Whole head feels as if bruised, or as after exposure to sun. — Itching of scalp; hair falls out after severe acute diseases.

Blue circles round eyes. — Intense inflammation causing blindness for some days. — Much swelling of lids. — Objects waver before eyes. — Sensation of heaviness and dryness of eyes and lids. — Burning: in eyes, headache from candle-light; of eyelids, only when closing them.

Ears feel as if closed. — Redness and heat of ears. — Ringing, roaring, drumming; noise like voices in ears.

Pressure at root of nose. — Dryness.

Face: swollen; pale; pale, yellow, bloated. — Heat rising to face; soon after, painful itching, stitching, and burning, lasting all day; next morning face swollen; towards noon minute vesicles with yellow fluid; next day, desquamation. — Lips pale; pricking pains. — Lower lip hangs down. — Numerous small vesicles on chin which desquamate.

Very bitter taste. — Taste: bloody; < after sleep. — Tongue: coated white except in several, sharply defined clean spots; coated white as in aphthæ; dry; burning. — Unendurable burning and prickling in mouth, not > by cold water. — Whole mouth and tongue covered with small vesicles. — Saliva: increased; yellow; fetid. — Offensive breath, perceptible to herself. — Large blisters on palate.

Great elongation of uvula. — Heat in pharynx and down œsophagus without thirst. — Great dryness, on waking; stitches. — Choking sensation rises in throat when speaking; prevents drinking though thirsts for cold water. — Great swelling and suppurating of tonsils with danger of suffocation; whistling breathing. — White, yellowish, burning ulcers on tonsils and in throat.

Thirst: for cold water; and aversion to wine and alcohol. — Aversion to meat and bread. — Can take only liquid food on account of soreness of mouth.

Drinking water < bloatedness and pain in stomach. — After drinking water; colic; pain in abdomen. — Ineffectual desire to eructate or gag with excessive nausea. — Continual choking sensation rising from stomach as pressure of wind, with weakness and palpitation. — Repeated green vomit. — Sour, greasy vomit with aversion to water; on vomit floats a white mass like coagulated fat. — Vomiting of food, followed by severe colic and profuse diarrhœa. — Vomiting > headache. — Burning: in stomach and throat, with nausea; in pit of stomach. — Pit of stomach swollen and sensitive to pressure. — Distension and pain in region of stomach. — Sensation as of flames rising from stomach. — Sensation as if stomach drew together in a lump and then suddenly opened.

Rumbling in l. side when bending to r. — Sudden sticking in l. hypochondrium. — Pain in l. hypochondrium in a spot as large as a florin, compelling her to press there with hand; rumbling in l. side when lying on r., also with every respiration; none when lying on l. side. — Wandering pains in abdomen. — Pains through bowels after drinking water. — Loud rumbling; renewed by every motion and deep breath, with headache which is much < near warm stove. — Colic: after drinking water; with diarrhœa (at midnight), with fainting, constipation alternating with diarrhœa. — Abdomen: distended; sore as if bruised; rash on.

Fulness in rectum with hollow feeling in stomach. — Profuse diarrhœa with colic and vertigo. — Many bloody stools with colic, inclination to sleep, and vertigo. — Greenish stools without blood. — Diarrhœa: with burning in abdomen and anus; alternating with constipation; with cutting in abdomen and much discharge of flatus. — Stools: frequent, thin, watery, with vomiting; painful, black, fetid, bloody, with tenesmus. — After stool: pulsation in anus, discharge of fetid blood from piles. — Constipation.

Tired feeling in region of kidneys (as if bruised) with inclination to rub parts, and frequent stretching back of body. — Stitches in bladder before and at beginning of urination. — Burning in urethra. — Urine: brown; whitish, clouded on standing.

Increased sexual desire. — Itching on scrotum.

Pale menstrual flow; colic. — Before menses: congestion of head.

Nasal tone of voice. — Choking sensation rising into throat hindering speech. — In larynx: scraping; cutting; tension. — Whistling breathing. — Asthma, chronic. — Frequent hawking with nausea. — Violent cough and painful stitches in trachea from slightest exertion. — Cough: < night; after drinking. — Expectoration > oppression of chest.

Constriction of chest. — Rattling in l. chest. — Suffocative attacks with pulsation in chest while coughing, or as soon as he begins to talk. — Pain in centre of sternum, < from pressure and from breathing.

Needle-like stitches in heart. — Palpitation.

Painful stiffness of neck, esp. after sleep. — Stitches in l. scapula and l. breast at intervals. — Painful stiffness in small of back.

Icy coldness of hands and feet.

Trembling and heaviness of arms; of hands. — Hands numb on waking. — Painful stiffness of finger-joints. — Hands as if too thick; asleep; heavy and clumsy. — Blue finger-nails.

Quivering and jerking in legs in attacks. — Trembling of legs. — Needle-like stitches in legs; under heel from within, out. — Tingling in feet when sitting. — Burning in soles; with dry feeling. — Desquamation of soles at end of fever. — Large vesicles, esp. on soles.

Lassitude and indescribable uncomfortable feeling in limbs; much stretching. — Fainting with intestinal colic. — Convulsions.

Redness of skin (hands). — Small vesicles, followed by desquamation. — Sequelæ of scarlatina. — Favours rapid healing of wounds. — Fungoid growths, esp. syphilitic.

Great sleepiness; ineffectual desire to yawn. — Wakes as from electric shocks on neck (above larynx). — On awaking, hands asleep, heavy. — After sleep: mouth bitter; throat dry; neck stiff.

Chill: icy cold hands and feet. — Flushes of heat, with sensation as if flames rose out of region of stomach, on account of which he threw off clothes. — Burning heat, with inclination to cover. — Moderate fever, severe headache, must lie down. — Cold sweat. — Fever with tingling of skin, desire to uncover, painful swelling, profuse micturition.

Sudden vanishing of thought, forgets from one moment to next what she wishes to do.
Everything becomes irksome.
Fear of getting crazy ; of evil spirits ; of being taken by the devil.
Averse to work and answering questions.
Melancholy, homesickness ; about midnight attacks of fear and trembling ; afraid of evil spirits, of being taken hold of by the devil ; sleeplessness ; pressing in cardiac region, hard beats of heart, followed by faintishness, with
darkening before eyes ; tetters. θ Mental derangement.
Bashful and taciturn ; has a timid look.
Aggravation from anger and after eating.

Vertigo : stupefying ; with loss of consciousness ; in morning on rising from bed.
Sensation of lightness in head while walking about room.

Stitches : in temples ; in head, with sleeplessness ; over left eye.
Headache : with impatience ; caused by candlelight.
Pulsating pains in head and neck, preventing one from writing.
Whole head feels sore, as if bruised or as if it had been exposed to sun.
Heaviness in head.
Headache, < from warmth of stove.

Itching of scalp ; hair falls out after severe acute diseases.

Blue circles around eyes.
Sensation of heaviness and dryness of eyes and lids.
Burning : in eyes, headache from candlelight ; of eyelids, only when closing them.

Ears feel as if closed.
Redness and heat of ears.

Pressure at root of nose.
Dryness of nose.

Face : swollen ; pale ; pale, yellow, bloated.
Heat rising to face, and soon thereafter painful itching, stitching and burning, continuing all day, next morning face swollen ; towards noon vesicles, size of small pinhead and filled with a yellow fluid, next day desquamation.

Lips pale ; pricking pains in lips.
Lower lip hangs down.
Large number of small vesicles on chin, which desquamate.

Very bitter taste in mouth.
Tongue coated white, except on several sharply defined clean spots.
Burning on tongue ; dry.
Tongue coated white as in aphthæ.
Taste : bloody ; < after sleeping.

Unendurable burning and prickling in mouth, not > by cold water.
Whole mouth and tongue covered with small vesicles.
Increased flow of saliva ; yellow saliva ; fetid.
Burning at soft palate and roof of mouth.
Dryness of mouth.
Offensive breath, perceptible to herself.
Blister, size of hazelnut, on palate.
Inflammation in mouth ; bleeds.

Great elongation of uvula.
Heat in pharynx and down œsophagus, without thirst.
Great dryness of throat ; on waking.
Choking sensation rises in throat when speaking.
Stitches in throat.
Sensation of constriction in throat, ascending from stomach, caused by accumulation of air, with palpitation of heart and great sensation of weakness, impeding speech.
Thirst for cold water, with inability to swallow on account of a choking which rises up from stomach.
Angina following scarlet fever, or during epidemic of latter.
Periodical thrusts (as if electric) in upper part of throat, waking from sleep.
Yellowish white ulcers, with violent burning pain.
Great swelling and suppuration of tonsils, with danger of suffocation ; whistling breathing.
Sore throat during scarlet fever.
White yellowish burning ulcers on tonsils and in throat.
Diphtheria on left side ; ever since, pains all over her body, mostly in chest, with a dry cough.
Menses irregular, profuse ; heat in head, with vertigo ; > when at rest ; edges of eyelids burn when closing eyes. θ Post-diphtheritic affection.

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Sudden vanishing of thought, forgets from one moment to the next what she wishes to do.
Reluctant answering.
Everything becomes irksome.
Aversion to work.
Fear of getting crazy.

Stupefying vertigo.

Sharp stitches, particularly in the temples.
Headache, with impatience.
Headache, caused by candle-light.

Itching of the scalp.
Hair falls out.

Burning in the eyes from candle-light.
Burning of eyelids, only when closing them.

Redness and heat of the ears.

Heat rising to the face, and soon thereafter painful itching, stitching and burning, continuing the whole day; next morning face swollen; towards noon vesicles, size of small pin-head, and filled with a yellow fluid, from; next day they remove through desquamation.
Pale, yellowish face.
Bashful appearance.

Large number of small vesicles on the chin.

Very bitter taste in the mouth.
Tongue coated white, except several sharply defined clean spots.

Unendurable burning and prickling in the mouth, not relieved by cold water.
Whole mouth and tongued covered with small vesicles.
Increased flow of saliva.
Offensive yellow saliva.
Offensive smell of the mouth.
Blister, size of a hazel-nut, on the palate.

Great elongation of the uvula.
Heat in pharynx and down the œsophagus, without thirst.
Great dryness of the throat.
Choking sensation rises in the throat when speaking.
Angina following scarlet fever.
Periodical thrust (as if electric) in upper part of the throat, waking from sleep.
Yellowish-white ulcers on the tonsils, with violent burning pain.
Tonsils swollen.
Great swelling and suppuration of the tonsils, with danger of suffocation; whistling breathing.

Thirst for cold water, but is prevented from drinking by the choking sensation rising from stomach.

Can only take liquid food, on account of soreness of the mouth.
From drinking water, aggravation of the bloatedness and painfulness of the region of stomach.
Cold water: 12. Drinking water: 19.

Ineffectual desire to eructate.
Inclination to gagging, with nausea.
Excessive nausea.
Continual choking sensation, rising from the stomach as from pressure of wind, with weakness and palpitation of heart.
Repeated green vomit.
Sour, greasy vomit, with aversion to water; on the vomit floats a white mass like coagulated fat.
Vomiting of food, followed by severe colic and profuse diarrhœa.

Pain in region of stomach.
Bloatedness and painfulness of region of stomach, with nervous fever.
Sensation as of flames rising from the stomach.
Sensation as if the stomach drew together in a lump, and then suddenly opened again.
Swelling in pit of stomach.

Pains in the left hypochondrium.
Rumbling in the left side when bending to the right.

Pains in the abdomen through the bowels, after drinking water.
Intestinal colic: with fainting; with constipation and diarrhœa in alternation.

Fulness of the rectum, with a hollow feeling in stomach.
Profuse diarrhœa, with colic and vertigo.
Many bloody stools, with colic, inclination to sleep and vertigo.
Greenish stools, without blood.
Diarrhœa, with burning in the abdomen and anus.
Diarrhœa in alternation with constipation.

Tired feeling in region of kidneys, with inclination to rub the parts, and with frequent stretching backward of body.
Sensation of weakness and as if bruised, in region of the kidneys.
Urine: brown; whitish clouded, on standing.

Increased sexual desire.

Pale menstrual flow.

Nasal tone.

Whistling breathing.
During breathing: rattling in left chest; loud rumbling in abdomen; severe pain in middle of sternum worse from pressure.

Violent cough and painful stitches in trachea from slightest exertion.
Cough, worse at night.
Expectoration relieves the oppression of chest.

Oppression of the chest.
Rattling in the left chest.

Palpitation of the heart and weakness.
Pulse weak and somewhat accelerated.

Stitches in the middle of the sternum.

Painful stiffness in the neck, especially after sleep, could scarcely move the neck.
Painful stiffness of small of back.

Painful stiffness of the finger-joints.
Hands as if too thick, "asleep", and heavy.
Clumsiness of the hands.
Hands icy-cold.

Quivering and jerking in the legs in the attacks.
Trembling of the legs.
Stitches under the heel, from without inward.
Burning and dry feeling in the soles.
Desquamation of the soles, at the end of the fever.
Large vesicles, especially on the soles.

Slight exertion: 26. Bending to the right: 18. Frequent stretching backward: 21.
Must lie down; the pulse is irregular, limbs cold, great anxiety.
Must lie down on account of the (moderate) fever and violent headache.

When awaking, hands "asleep" and heavy, and feel as if too thick.
After sleep: bitterness in mouth; great dryness in throat; could scarcely move the neck.

Noon: 8. Night: 27. All day: 8.

Throws off covering: 40. Wants to cover: 40.

Chilly, icy-cold hands and feet.
Flushes of heat, with sensation as if flames rose from out region of stomach, on account of which threw off the covering.
Burning heat with inclination to cover himself, in bed.
Burning heat, with thirst.
Cold sweat.

Left: 18, 26, 28. Below upward: 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 40. Without inward: 33.

Unnatural lightness, as if flying in the air.
Stitches in various parts of the body.

Pressure: 26.