Other names and synonyms
act-s.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Baneberry. Herb сhristopher. Europe and Asia. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Tincture of root obtained in autumn.
Nosology
Cancer of stomach Fright, effects of, Hepatitis. Pleurisy. Rheumatism. Toothache.
Typical features
This is a rheumatic remedy like the other Actaea, but affecting more prominently the small joints and wrists. I have several times cured wrist-rheumatism with it. The joints swell after slight fatigue. The pains are tearing, drawing. The right arm and right wrist are specially affected; and there are pains like rheumatism in face. Pains are of a violent, tearing, drawing character,.
Dif. diagnostics
It follows well: Nux v. сompare: Other Ranunculaceae; Arn., вry., сaulo. (rheumatism of fingers), Lyc., Rhus t., Salic. ac., and Sticta (small joints).
Reasons
Fright. Fatigue.
Psyche and consciousness
Fear of death, especially at night in bed. Furious delirium; also during the fever. Effects of exertion of mind; fright mental anxiety.
Head, face, and ears
A kind of drunkenness. Dizziness; forehead feels empty when stooping. Twitching in temples; pain from a decayed tooth to temples. Pressure in forehead after having been in sun. Head symptoms.
Objects seem coloured blue. Sharp pains through eyes into head.
Twitching pain in ears when blowing nose or sneezing.
Pains as of rheumatism in face; violent tearing and drawing pains in the upper jaw; pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to temples;
Objects seem coloured blue. Sharp pains through eyes into head.
Twitching pain in ears when blowing nose or sneezing.
Pains as of rheumatism in face; violent tearing and drawing pains in the upper jaw; pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to temples;
Mouth and throat
Increased salivation. Fetid odour.
Throat sore when speaking; when breathing cold air.
Throat sore when speaking; when breathing cold air.
Gastrointestinal tract
After drinking, shuddering. Sour vomiting. Tearing, darting pain in epigastric region with vomiting. - сancer of the stomach, with characteristic pains-tearing, drawing, &c.
Pain and tenderness in liver region.
Pain and tenderness in liver region.
Urogenital system
Throbbing in region of kidneys. Urine deposits a white sediment. Urinary calculi.
Menses suppressed by fright; by cold.
Menses suppressed by fright; by cold.
Chest organs
Difficult inspiration; stitches in epigastrium during deep breathing or a painful shock; or pain in the hip.
Cardiovascular system
Urging sensation in heart towards abdomen and region of liver, with great anxiety at night. Pulse 120.
Limbs and spine
Swelling of joints after slight fatigue (after walking). Rheumatism of small joints (ankle, toe-joints, and especially joints of hands). Pain as from paralytic weakness of hands. Lameness of right arm. R. wrist pains intolerably, swollen, red, touch intolerable; motion impossible; pressure on palm intolerable.
Fever
Shuddering after drinking. - вelching during the chill. Shuddering followed by heat, during which vomiting supervenes.
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