Ferula Glauca

▲   MIND

Mind

Desire for solitude,

Aversion to any kind of work,

Sadness; inclination to weep,

Impatience; anger,

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Frequent dizziness,

▲   HEAD

Head

Burning in the head,

Strong heat in forehead,

Hemicrania,

Sensation of icy coldness in the occiput, during the day,

Headache

Lancinations, prickings, and small pulling pains in the occiput,

▲   EYES

Eyes

Burning, itching, and pricking of the eyelids,

▲   EARS

Ear

Unpleasant sensation in the ears,

Whistling and humming in the ears,

▲   NOSE

Nose

Redness of the nose, with sensitiveness to touch,

Scabs in the nose, with smarting and itching,

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Aphthae in the mouth,

Gums and teeth

Pains of various kinds, in the molar teeth only, with aggravation at night,

Tongue

Heat in the mouth; sensation as if the tongue were burnt,

▲   THROAT

Throat

Scratching, burning, and lancinations in the throat,

Difficulty in swallowing,

▲   CHEST

Heart

Constriction and heat at the heart,

Stronger beating of the heart,

Respiration

Dry or loose cough, worse in cold or damp weather, with thick yellow expectoration,

Fetid breath,

Difficult breathing,

▲   SKIN

Skin

Deep redness, with swelling of the skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue,

Eruption of small red pimples with incessant itching and irresistible inclination to scratch,

Eruption of many small red pimples with white tips, in the beard and whiskers,

Boils on the nates, thighs, and legs,

Pricking and violent itching in different parts of the body, especially at night,

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

NECK.

Stiff neck,

Pricking and lancination at the nape of the neck,

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Lancinations, pullings in the right hypochondrium,

Inflation and tension of the abdomen,

Colic before and during stool,

Dull colic,

Constant burning in the abdomen,

Heat and sensation of weight in the hypogastrium,

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Appetite

Remarkable decrease of appetite,

Thirst.

Urgent thirst,

Eructation.

Bitter eructations,

Spitting up of bile,

▲   ABDOMEN

Nausea

Nausea.

Nausea,

Stomach

Slow digestion, with bitter eructations,

Constant heat in the stomach, with cutting pain,

Stomachache,

Drawings in the stomach,

The pains of the stomach are worse after eating,

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Stool

Diarrhoea, day and night, but more severe in daytime; stools light-yellow and watery, with smarting and burning at the anus,

Haemorrhoids, with itching, burning, lancination, and pricking at the anus,

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Diminished urine,

Female

Menses several days too early, and more profuse, thin or thick, with heat and itching of the vulva,

Genitals

Violent sexual excitement (in females only),

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Upper extremities

Stiffness of the arms; difficulty in bending them,

Lower extremities

Numbness of the thighs,

Cold sensation along the course of the sciatic nerves; felt soon after rising up,

Lancination along the nerves of the thighs and legs,

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever

Burning heat and severe smarting of the skin,

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep

Sleepiness in daytime,

Sleeplessness; nightly-restlessness,

Starting from sleep at night,

▲   APPENDIX

Authorities

1, Molin, effects from applying a compress steeped in tincture to the skin, Bull. de la Soc. Hom. de Paris, 1, 412; 2, Ibid., "General Pathogenesis."

Preparation

Ferula glauca, Linn. (F. Neapolitana, Ten.)

Natural order, Umbelliferae. Common name, Bounafa.

Preparation, Tincture of plant.