Other names and synonyms
chin-b.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Cinchona вoliviana (a variety of сinchona calisaya growing further north). N. O. Rubiaceae. Tincture of bark.
Nosology
Aphthae. сorns. сoryza. Hands, red. Mouth, commissures ulcerated. Pneumonia. Wry-neck.
Typical features
China вol. was proved by Modiedo, and the proving is accepted by Hering. It presents the main features of сhi. off., but some are peculiar and deserve separate mention. Among these are: Ulceration of commissures of mouth. сough with dagger-like pains in base of right lung. Rigidity of nape of neck. Hands red; hot; or cold and sticky. There is also sticky sweat about anus. Flatulence, disturbed and dreamful sleep, and sensitiveness to touch are common to both.
Psyche and consciousness
Cowardice. Gloom alternating with serenity. Alternation of bad and good humour. Fits of rage, blasphemes.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo as after a drunken fit, voracious appetite. Headache in morning on awaking; leaves during the day, or lasts all day and leaves during sleep.
Violent pains like a stab in left eye, followed by itching and tears.
Detonation as of a cannon in right ear. Ringing, humming, whistling sounds.
Much sneezing on awaking with smell of fresh pus. Sensation of incipient cold with tight feeling and pain in throat. Violent cold in head. Mucus from posterior nares.
Aphthae on inner surface of lips; ulceration of commissures.
Violent pains like a stab in left eye, followed by itching and tears.
Detonation as of a cannon in right ear. Ringing, humming, whistling sounds.
Much sneezing on awaking with smell of fresh pus. Sensation of incipient cold with tight feeling and pain in throat. Violent cold in head. Mucus from posterior nares.
Aphthae on inner surface of lips; ulceration of commissures.
Mouth and throat
Mouth bitter, morning on waking.
Constriction and burning in throat.
Constriction and burning in throat.
Appetite and food preferences
Hunger, or lack of appetite; repugnance to meat. After eating: weight in stomach; cold; sneezing; sleepy and desire to sleep in evening.
Gastrointestinal tract
Much gas rises from stomach.
Pain in both hypochondria and under ribs on waking in the morning. Pain in splenic region.
Biting in anus as from worms; excoriated sensation. Viscous sweat on anus.
Pain in both hypochondria and under ribs on waking in the morning. Pain in splenic region.
Biting in anus as from worms; excoriated sensation. Viscous sweat on anus.
Urogenital system
Pollutions exceedingly weakening. Excoriation on inner and lower part of prepuce. Gleet and ulceration of prepuce.
Chest organs
Cough with pain in right lung, as from a dagger buried there; at times makes breathing laborious; burning in eyes; extremities cold. Unbearable pain in right lung, extends to region of liver, sensitive to touch.
Limbs and spine
Nape of neck rigid, cannot turn head to right; any sudden movement causes a snap or crack. Wry-neck. Pain in: left shoulder; in left buttock, and also in right hip-bone on sitting up in bed.
Hands red; vessels distended. Hands hot, even in cold and rainy weather. Hands cold, sticky.
Legs and feet icy cold, as if blown on by wintry wind. Painful corns.
Hands red; vessels distended. Hands hot, even in cold and rainy weather. Hands cold, sticky.
Legs and feet icy cold, as if blown on by wintry wind. Painful corns.
Sleep
Dreams: of sea; of fishes; of swimming; of bathing; of journeys by land and sea; of vomiting worms.