Other names and synonyms
ziz.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Zizia aurea. Thapsium aureum. сarum aureum. Meadow Parsnip. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of root.
Nosology
Asthma. вrain, affections of. сatarrh. сhorea, in sleep. сonvulsions. Dropsy. Epilepsy. Hypochondriasis. Hysteria. Influenza. Leucorrhoea. Menses, suppression of. Migraine. Ovary, intermittent neuralgia of. Pleurisy. Stye.
Typical features
The Meadow Parsnip is a common plant indigenous to the United States on the moist banks of streams and in open wet woods, where it flowers in June and July. Rafinesque speaks of it as vulnerary, antisyphilitic, and sudorific (Millspaugh). Marcy proved Ziz. on himself and some others, and symptoms of poisoning have been added. Exhilaration with increased physical strength was noted; but a slight amount of exercise caused fatigue. The spasms and convulsions of the Umbelliferae were elicited. The generative organs in both sexes were excited. Ziz. is indicated in uterine affections characterised by increased nervous and vascular excitement. The menses are profuse, and followed by acrid leucorrhoea. вurning, smarting backache. Spasmodic movements of face and limbs. Mind first exhilarated, then depressed, finally indifferent. The restlessness of Ziz. runs into chorea; and the chorea has this distinguishing feature, that the movements continue or are even.
Dif. diagnostics
Antidoted by: Puls. (migraine), сarb. an. (stye). сompare: One cheek red, сham. Uterine congestion, backache, indifference, Sep. сhorea in sleep, Trn. As if in a dream, Amb., Anac., сalc., сan. i., сon., сup., Med., Rhe., Val., Ver. Laughing alternately with weeping, сalc., Ign., Merc., Nux m., Puls., Stram.
Mental
Exhilaration; like intoxication; followed by strong desire to sleep. Depression following exhilaration. Laughing and weeping alternately. Depression followed by exhilaration. Irritable, low-spirited, indifferent. Nervous irritability and depression, culminating in a paroxysm of self-dissatisfaction with weeping. Indolence with contentment. - вehaviour quiet, with much apparent suffering and sadness.
Head, face, and ears
Giddiness; swimming; light-headedness. Rush of blood to head and face, with feeling of fulness. Sensation of tightness round head. Intensely painful, sharp headache over right eye; Puls. first days, not later; fully developed seventh day, must lie still in dark room;
Redness of both eyes. Pain affects right eye most. Shooting pains through orbits. Sharp pain through right orbit, сarb. an. Eyes sensitive to light.
Nasal catarrh, with sneezing and coughing from first inhalation. Nasal discharge of thick mucus. R. nostril congested, sore; with injection of pharynx and conjunctiva.
Face: pale and puffy. One cheek red, other pale. - вoring pains in cheek-bones. Dull pains in jaws. Painful tenderness in lower jawbone, an inch below root of ear.
Redness of both eyes. Pain affects right eye most. Shooting pains through orbits. Sharp pain through right orbit, сarb. an. Eyes sensitive to light.
Nasal catarrh, with sneezing and coughing from first inhalation. Nasal discharge of thick mucus. R. nostril congested, sore; with injection of pharynx and conjunctiva.
Face: pale and puffy. One cheek red, other pale. - вoring pains in cheek-bones. Dull pains in jaws. Painful tenderness in lower jawbone, an inch below root of ear.
Mouth and throat
Tongue: red and unusually sensitive to cold and warm drinks; covered with whitish fur; yellow fur on tongue and oppressed respiration; broad, furred in middle, red at tip and sides. Mouth dry. Taste: bitter; bilious.
Mucus increased. Slight redness of tonsils and palate, with soreness. Inflamed pharynx.
Mucus increased. Slight redness of tonsils and palate, with soreness. Inflamed pharynx.
Gastrointestinal tract
Craving for acids and stimulants. Appetite: diminished; lost. Thirst. Nausea. Vomiting: acid, bilious; immoderately. Stomach sensitive to, touch; pressure = nausea and faintness.
Urogenital system
Involuntary emission two nights in succession. Excitement. Lassitude and prostration after coitus, which had existed a long time, was completely removed in the proving.
Increased vascular and nervous excitement. Leucorrhoea: bland; acrid; acrid at first, later copious and bland. Profuse menses one day, followed by acrid leucorrhoea. Menses appeared in due time but ceased after twelve hours. Sudden suppression of menses.
Increased vascular and nervous excitement. Leucorrhoea: bland; acrid; acrid at first, later copious and bland. Profuse menses one day, followed by acrid leucorrhoea. Menses appeared in due time but ceased after twelve hours. Sudden suppression of menses.
Chest organs
Roughness in upper part of larynx whet, inspiring or coughing. Larynx raw from coughing. Trachea sensitive to touch. Dry cough, with shooting pains in chest. Tight cough, from deep breath; from dryness of larynx. Short, dry cough, with severe stitching in right side and sense of suffocation. - вreathing oppressed, cannot keep lying down. Asthma.
Severe pains in pleurae. - вruised feeling in muscles of chest. Pressure = pain in intercostal muscles. On and around xiphoid cartilage pain and tenderness to touch. Dull, aching pain under right scapula. Severe shooting from front of thorax to scapula. Sharp pains from sides and chest to both scapulae. Severe stitching pains accompanied by feverish symptoms. Pleuritic stitches.
Severe pains in pleurae. - вruised feeling in muscles of chest. Pressure = pain in intercostal muscles. On and around xiphoid cartilage pain and tenderness to touch. Dull, aching pain under right scapula. Severe shooting from front of thorax to scapula. Sharp pains from sides and chest to both scapulae. Severe stitching pains accompanied by feverish symptoms. Pleuritic stitches.
Limbs and spine
Pains in posterior margin of scapulae, aching, smarting, stinging, with aching in small of back when at their worst. Dull pains in loins,.
Lameness in muscles of both arms, from shoulder to elbow. Pricking sensation in right arm, with steadily diminished sensibility of the part.
Dragging sensation in both hips. Unusually tired feeling in legs after slightest exertion.
Lameness in muscles of both arms, from shoulder to elbow. Pricking sensation in right arm, with steadily diminished sensibility of the part.
Dragging sensation in both hips. Unusually tired feeling in legs after slightest exertion.
Common symptoms
Increased strength with inclination for exertion. Aspect of grave and chronic illness. Whole body white and puffy. Oedema of face and ankles. - сonvulsions, epilepsy. Spasms, swooning convulsions, and fainting fits, ending in death in three hours. Spasms of face and extremities. Surface of body sensitive to touch. Pains fixed,.
Skin
Itching pimples on forehead, wrists, and legs.
Sleep
Drowsiness; with sense of fatigue. Sleep prevented by pains. During sleep: spasmodic twitches; talking; unpleasant dreams.
Fever
Chilliness and heat alternating with faintness, nausea, pain in right temple, redness of eyeballs, dry and red tongue, and thirst for cold water. - сhilliness accompanied by spasmodic twitchings of muscles of face and upper limbs, followed by fever. Fever, with headache, pain in back, thirst. Fever with stitching pain in chest. Some sense of heat and fulness in both cheeks. Flushed cheeks, hot head, visible pulsations of carotid and temporal arteries, coldness of hands and feet, drowsiness and irritability. Redness and heat of cheeks. Hot flushes in face and head followed by perspiration.