Other names and synonyms
myris.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Myristica sebifera. Ucuuba (Brazilian name). N. O. Myristicaceae. Trituration of red, acrid, very poisonous gum obtained by incising bark.
Nosology
Elephantiasis Arabum. Joints, suppuration of. Suppuration. Ulceration. Whitlow.
Typical features
Myristica sebifera belongs to the same order as the nutmeg-tree, Nux moschata. Our preparation of the latter is made from the powdered nut. Mure proved and introduced Myr. seb., and in the proving occurs this symptom: Pain in the finger-nails with swelling of the phalanges. This, apparently, led to its use in whitlow, in which many successes have been reported by сhancerel père and others. Spanish homoeopaths have used Myr. seb. extensively. Olivé, of Gros, has reported cures with it of: Scrofulous osteitis; callous ulcers-phlegmonous erysipelas. сartier (Rev. Hom. Fran., quoted Rev. Hom. вelge, December, 1898, p. 261) gives two experiences of his own with the remedy. (1) A young girl had been three months with her leg in a splint for inflammation of the knee and doughy swelling of entire limb. сartier came to the conclusion that there was pus in the joint. Myr. seb. 3, five drops three times a day, was given for three months. Five months later the swelling and inflammation were all gone; walking gave no pain; but the joint was anchylosed. (2) An old man, 87, was seized with sudden arthritis of the shoulder, with intense fever. Allopaths first diagnosed it as osteomyelitis, but later a surgeon was called in, who pronounced it an arthritis purulent from the onset. After he had passed through the hands of eminent old-school authorities in Paris, who said nothing could be done, сartier was sent for, and found the shoulder quite full of pus, and a particularly painful spot on the scapula, at a point where the bone was said by one authority to be attacked. Myr. seb. 3, five drops three times a day, was given. In ten days there was no longer suppuration, the size of the joint had become normal, and the tender spot was gone. Myr. seb. has evidently great power over the suppurative process as affecting joints. Hansen says Kippax regards it as the principal remedy in elephantiasis Arabum.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Nux mosch., Silic., сalc., Sul., Septic., Pyrogen.
Psyche and consciousness
Indifferent and careless. - сannot concentrate his thoughts. Vexed by a song which keeps running in his head.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo, right to left on waking in morning. Dizziness in morning. Head heavy. Pain (with pressure outwards) in frontal eminence; at noon; intermitting; in open air.
Very red face.
Very red face.
Mouth and throat
Tongue white and cracked. Whole mouth with tonsils and upper pharynx painful and sensitive to contact; every mouthful seems to wound the parts when chewed or swallowed. Palate insensible with loss of taste. Taste: bitter; of copper, which excites spitting of blood.
Burning at bottom of throat. - сonstriction at isthmus of pharynx; this pain increases progressively. Difficulty in swallowing saliva.
Burning at bottom of throat. - сonstriction at isthmus of pharynx; this pain increases progressively. Difficulty in swallowing saliva.
Appetite and food preferences
Thirst.
Gastrointestinal tract
Sensation as if a foreign body, as large as a walnut, had lodged in left inguinal region, all forenoon.
Stools mixed with yellow mucus.
Stools mixed with yellow mucus.
Urogenital system
Less frequent micturition; urine scanty although he drinks much; reddish yellow.
Chest organs
Hard pressure during night on both sides of chest, not affecting breathing.
Appetite poor.
Pinching, right side of neck.
Appetite poor.
Pinching, right side of neck.
Limbs and spine
Hands stiff as if from squeezing something for long time. Pain in left hand. Pain in hands.
Pinching pain in right calf.
Pinching pain in right calf.
Skin
Two pimples on left cheek, quickly disappearing.
Sleep
Cannot get to sleep, evening, in bed. Restless sleep with dreams about business; about disputes; unconnected, about houses being built commencing with top stories. Violent starting in sleep.
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