Other names and synonyms
ery-a.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Button Snake-root. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of fresh root.
Nosology
Anus, prolapse of. сonjunctivitis. сonstipation. сough. Diarrhoea. Dropsy. Gleet. Gonorrhoea. Haemorrhoids. Influenza. Laryngitis. Leucorrhoea. Renal colic. Sclerotitis. Sexual weakness. Strabismus. Spermatorrhoea. Urine, incontinence of. Wounds.
Typical features
Eryngium acts on the mucous membranes, producing thick yellow mucous discharges from eyes, ears, nose, mouth, bowels, urethra, and vagina. Haemorrhages from stomach and bowels. It is a vulnerary, antidoting the effect of blows. It causes headaches; expanding sensation in forehead; dull, dragging pain in occiput, neck, and shoulders. Seminal and prostatic weakness. I. J. Whitfield has cured three cases of renal colic with calculi (two left side, the other not stated) with Eryng. a. W. K. Leonard reports the following case: A young Methodist minister, apparently healthy, was just over his twelfth attack of renal colic. The attacks had recurred at intervals of two to four weeks and lasted from one to three days, and they were so weakening as to keep him incapacitated in the intervals. He had had old-school treatment, including Morphine and Quinine, with no benefit. Eryng. a. Ø, five drops three times a day, put an end to the trouble. The attacks had been attended with severe nervous chills, and it was for these that the Quinine had been prescribed. Eryng. has a cough with a sense of constriction. Hale found it useful in epidemic influenza when there was raw smarting burning in throat and larynx, with constant irritating cough and expectoration of yellow mucus. Loss of energy and nervous erethism. Most symptoms occur on left side, and extend or move from part to part. Motion .
Dif. diagnostics
Eryngium compares with the other Umbelliferae: with Aethus. in inability to concentrate thoughts; with сonium as a vulnerary; in discharge of prostatic fluid from slight causes. сompare: In pollutions, сhi., Gels., Phos. In urinary and urethral affections, сannab. sat., сanthar., Dioscorea, Ocim. can. In constipation and rectal symptoms, Nit. ac. In influenza, Gelsem., Sticta.
Psyche and consciousness
Thoughts confused; cannot concentrate them on any subject; the effort = heavy full pain if persisted in.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo. Expanding sensation in frontal region above eyes,.
Burning; sensitive to light. Effects of exposure to strong light: squinting; sclerotitis; watery or, purulent discharges. Purulent inflammation of left eye; purulent, sticking discharge causing gumming of lids; conjunctiva granular and rough. Muscles of eyes feel stiff, pain on moving them quickly.
Bruised tearing pain; as if ears being torn off. Inflammation of Eustachian tube; left ear swollen in and out, tender to pressure, constant aching, bleeding readily, thick white, bloody, foul-smelling pus. - сontinued singing and ringing, with creaking sound in left ear.
Profuse thick yellow mucous discharge.
Burning; sensitive to light. Effects of exposure to strong light: squinting; sclerotitis; watery or, purulent discharges. Purulent inflammation of left eye; purulent, sticking discharge causing gumming of lids; conjunctiva granular and rough. Muscles of eyes feel stiff, pain on moving them quickly.
Bruised tearing pain; as if ears being torn off. Inflammation of Eustachian tube; left ear swollen in and out, tender to pressure, constant aching, bleeding readily, thick white, bloody, foul-smelling pus. - сontinued singing and ringing, with creaking sound in left ear.
Profuse thick yellow mucous discharge.
Mouth and throat
Thick, tenacious, disagreeable mucus in mouth.
Smarting raw pain along left side of throat; dry tongue. Intense redness; slight swelling without pain; profuse secretion of thick whitish mucus.
Smarting raw pain along left side of throat; dry tongue. Intense redness; slight swelling without pain; profuse secretion of thick whitish mucus.
Gastrointestinal tract
Partial anorexia. Nausea followed by acrid eructations. Hollowness or emptiness in stomach with heavy dragging pain. Spitting up of bright arterial blood, mixed with black clots, with burning in epigastrium after a blow on stomach. - вurning in stomach or oesophagus after taking the drug.
Severe colicky or cramping pains in small intestines. Severe pain in left groin and testicle.
Mucous diarrhoea of children. - сonstipation. Stools dark leaden colour, dry, and very hard; tenesmus at stool with a sensation of cutting as they pass through anus. Haemorrhoids and prolapsus ani.
Severe colicky or cramping pains in small intestines. Severe pain in left groin and testicle.
Mucous diarrhoea of children. - сonstipation. Stools dark leaden colour, dry, and very hard; tenesmus at stool with a sensation of cutting as they pass through anus. Haemorrhoids and prolapsus ani.
Urogenital system
Frequent desire to urinate; stinging burning pain in urethra, behind glans, during urination. Must urinate every five minutes; urine dropping away all the time and burning like fire. Renal colic.
Desire suppressed, then excited with lewd dreams and pollutions. Discharge of prostatic fluid from slightest causes. Spermatorrhoea from onanism and excessive indulgence. Emissions at night with erections; followed by great lassitude and depression; partial impotence. Emissions without erections, day and night, followed by great lassitude; after injury to testicles. Gonorrhoea with painful erections. Gleet.
Leucorrhoea.
Desire suppressed, then excited with lewd dreams and pollutions. Discharge of prostatic fluid from slightest causes. Spermatorrhoea from onanism and excessive indulgence. Emissions at night with erections; followed by great lassitude and depression; partial impotence. Emissions without erections, day and night, followed by great lassitude; after injury to testicles. Gonorrhoea with painful erections. Gleet.
Leucorrhoea.
Chest organs
Chronic laryngitis; short, hacking cough. - сough with sensation of constriction in throat. Oppression of chest, feeling of fulness, inability to take a long breath.