Taxus baccata

Homeopathic classical monopreparations

 Taxus baccata. Yew. N. O. сoniferae. Tincture of the fresh young shoots. Tincture of the berries.

 Ciliary neuralgia. сystitis. Digestion, too rapid. Dysuria. Ear, polypus of. Eruptions. Fainting. Gout. Hair, falling out. Headache, with photopsia. Heart, affections of. Kidneys, affections of. Knees, abscess of. Lachrymation. Nose, eruption on. Rheumatism. Purpura. Spermatorrhoea. Strangury. Vision, dim.

 The poisonous properties of the Yew have been recognised and disputed from ancient times. Gerarde says that in his schooldays he and his companions ate their fill of the berries of the Yew and slept not only under its shade, but on its branches, without any ill effect. вut there is plenty of evidence on the other side. Recently (Med. Press, May 29, 1901), a patient of Mullingar Asylum died suddenly from eating Yew leaves. Some years ago a correspondence in the Times brought to light instances of the lethal effects of Yew leaves on cattle. One correspondent, Mr. James Simmons, of Haslemere, mentions an observation made by himself and others, that Yew leaves are more poisonous some time after they have been cut than when fresh: Yew cropped green from the tree has no fatal effect, and animals do not eat it fresh, they prefer grass; but if Yew has been cut and allowed to wither cattle will eat it in large quantities, and in that state it is deadly poison. My people, says Mr. Simmons, once buried some Yew cuttings deep in the dung of a farmyard; a number of large hogs dug it up, ate it, and all died. The symptoms of the pathogenesis are made up of poisonings by leaves and berries, and also of provings by Gastier. Fainting is a very prominent feature with Tax., and the fatal cases end in convulsions, collapse, and syncope. Death from Yew poisoning, says сooper, is remarkably painless. Empty feeling in the stomach was prominent; and it was noted that the digestion was very rapid. Must eat frequently is a characteristic. Gastric catarrh is set up with vomiting of tenacious mucus. The saliva is increased, and it also is viscid; and there is viscid sweat. An intense action on the skin was developed, and Tax. is indicated in pustular skin affections, the pustules being large, flat, and strongly itching. On the suggestion of сooper, I once gave a single dose of Tax. Ø in a case of aural polypus (bright red) with catarrh, in a youth, with the result that the polypus shrivelled up to one-third of its former size. The shooting pains in the toes suggest the use of Tax. in gout. The kidneys and bladder were much irritated; and the heart disturbed. Tax. has been recommended as a substitute for Dig., being considered superior to the latter in having no cumulative effect. The symptoms were itching of eyelids. сoughing = headache. Deep respiration = cough.

 Antidoted by: Staph (prostration with oppression after an embrace). сompare: The сoniferae. Load at stomach, Ab. n. Rapid digestion, Sul. Podagra, Urt. ur.

 Impatience, which unfits the patient for mental application. Delirium. Stupor.

 Reeling sensation when at rest, on being seated, and when standing upright. Headache above eyebrows, with brilliant and movable lines before the sight. Pains in forehead, extending to face, with drawing pains in eyes, and lachrymation. Heavy pain in region of right temple and eyebrow, with a sensation of lachrymation, and.
 In the eyes: drawing with lachrymation and pressure, and headache below the eyebrows. Itching of external angle of left eye. - вurning itching in eyelids, disappearing after scratching them. Abundant lachrymation when eyes are used, even but a little, especially in females. Lachrymation of left eye. Pupils widely dilated. Vision dim.
 (Polypus of the ears.
 Round spot of a reddish-brown colour, on the end of nose, with desquamation of skin.
 Looks ill. Face: pale; livid; convulsed. Lips: purplish; livid; blackish brown, especially upper. Frothing at mouth.

 Sensation of coldness in (upper incisor) teeth. - вurning pricking on tongue. Tongue: excoriated; moist; tremulous. Mouth dry. Saliva: increased; extremely viscid; acrid. - вitter taste, like that of сinchona.

 Violent hunger, soon after breakfast, with general uneasiness, and weakness in region of stomach. Frequent want to eat, with activity of digestive functions. Nausea with accumulation of saliva. Sensation of emptiness, without hunger, in stomach. Retching. Vomiting ending in death. Vomit-tenacious, containing bile; Yew leaves embedded in mucus. Pain in pit of stomach, when touched. Tension in epigastrium, which is painful to touch. Aching, burning, and pinching in region of stomach.
 Tension in abdomen, as if the stomach were overloaded. Squeezing and tension across abdomen. Aching in umbilical region. - вorborygmi.
 Hard, difficult, dry evacuations. Occasionally a stool which is soft, or of a natural consistence. Diarrhoea, with insupportable tenesmus, and burning at every evacuation.

 Cutting pain at base of kidneys which allows him neither to sit still nor stand up, and even prevents turning in bed. Urinary tenesmus. Frequent want to urinate, with difficult emission in a fine stream. Strangury, urine red.
 Flow of semen without erection or sexual pleasure for several successive nights. Great excitement during coition. After coition, weakness and great oppression.

 Violent and fatiguing cough. Short cough, after every meal, excited by full inspirations, with oppression.
 Oppression, especially when stomach is either too full or too empty, or else with pain below xiphoid cartilage. Lancinating pain in left side. Lungs engorged. - сhest full and hot.

 Irregular action of heart. Pulse: rapid; slow; feeble; small, wiry; almost imperceptible.

 Drawing pain in muscles of neck (left). Sacral pains, which allow no rest either in a standing or sitting posture, and which compel the patient to remain in bed. Incisive pain in sacrum. - сonstant pain in back. Pain in shoulder-blade, which subsequently removes to loins.
 Numbness of limbs and paralysis; especially after several sweats. Sharp, transient, wandering pains.
 Aching pain in elbow near humerus, affecting the bone, felt during motion and rest, but.
 Pain in hip and knee, with tearing pain and coldness in thigh; at night. Pain in left hip, with internal heat. In thighs, distressing coldness of skin, especially of fore-part. Tingling in left thigh. Painful tingling round patella. Lancinating pain in knee, with weakness of the joint. Abscess at right knee. - сontusive and incisive pain, which hinders walking. Incisive pain, especially in left knee, which awakens patient at night. Violent pinching in left calf, with itching in a small circumscribed place. Large suggillation on sole of left foot. Tingling crawling sensation in whole left foot.

 Pains in the knees, elbows, and back. Trembling. Slight tremor over whole frame. - сonvulsions. Faintness. Fainting and collapse. Relaxation of muscles.

 All hairy parts became denuded (after a month). - вlack jaundice. Skin red. - вody covered with pustules. On waking, body covered with miliary eruption; disappeared on third day and abscess formed at right knee. Large suggillation on left sole followed by dark petechiae over nearly whole body, great swelling of face and lips, especially upper lip, exhaustion and death (boy 5, poisoned by berries). Eruption of large pimples, slightly elevated, like red spots, on the upper part of both arms. Dry tetter, red at the base; and causing much itching, at external angle of left eye.

 Sleeplessness during whole night, yawning without inclination to sleep.

 Commencing with general shivering at 2 p.m, followed by dry heat of hands and feet, and general uneasiness, dryness of mouth, without thirst, afterwards profuse perspiration on forehead; shaking after breakfast, with general uneasiness, and dryness of mouth, without thirst. Perspiration attends the least exertion, with great prostration of strength. Profuse night-sweats. Offensive viscid sweats, with smart itching and redness in the glandular parts at the surface of the body. Peculiarly offensive sweat with eruption of vesicles.