Other names and synonyms
arum-d.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Green Dragon. N. O. Araceae. Tincture of root.
Nosology
Asthma. сroup. Ear, affections of. Hoarseness. Impotence. Influenza. Laryngismus stridulus. Pruritus. Sore-throat. Urticaria.
Typical features
A. Dracont. has the irritating properties of Arums generally. It has been well proved by Doctor с. P. Hart, and tested clinically as well. The chief features are the following: Throat raw and tender. Dryness and smarting. Hawking. сontinual disposition to clear throat by hawking and coughing. Hoarseness on awaking in morning; expectorates thick mucus. Expectoration of thick, heavy, yellowish-white pus. Rattling of mucus on full expiration. сroupy, hoarse cough, with sore throat. Laryngismus between 12 and 2 p.m; attacks every week or ten days. Asthmatic attacks from cold. Frequent and copious emissions of urine. Great diminution, mostly an entire absence of sexual desire. Penis flaccid and relaxed. Fine shooting pains in course of left spermatic cord. сhronic pruritus scroti. Eruption of pimples, or species of lichen, on nose; a patch of urticaria on right arm near elbow. The symptoms move about, and from side to side, especially right to left. Swallowing develops and.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: сalad. in skin affections; Arum triph. Useful after: сolch. and Ant. - t. in laryngismus.
Mental
Great languor and depression, with asthma at night.
Head, face, and ears
Head feels heavy and aches slightly in occipital and right parietal regions; next morning dull, heavy aching in head and chest, with asthma at night.
Aching over left eye; conjunctiva highly injected. Lids dry, stiff, and slightly agglutinated at edges, which burn and smart; 3.
Shooting pains in right ear, 8 p.m, transient, frequent; but leaving a feeling of fulness and slight aching in middle ear; next day changed to left ear. Warmth and fulness in ears, one or other side, swallowing renews it temporarily. Aching pain behind right ear. Shooting pains in right ear, sometimes very severe; deep shooting frequently, and for ten or fifteen minutes; only occasionally in left-Mucus in left Eustachian tube.
Sneezing. Eruption of pimples on nose; lichen.
Slight aching right malar region. Flushing of hands and face.
Aching over left eye; conjunctiva highly injected. Lids dry, stiff, and slightly agglutinated at edges, which burn and smart; 3.
Shooting pains in right ear, 8 p.m, transient, frequent; but leaving a feeling of fulness and slight aching in middle ear; next day changed to left ear. Warmth and fulness in ears, one or other side, swallowing renews it temporarily. Aching pain behind right ear. Shooting pains in right ear, sometimes very severe; deep shooting frequently, and for ten or fifteen minutes; only occasionally in left-Mucus in left Eustachian tube.
Sneezing. Eruption of pimples on nose; lichen.
Slight aching right malar region. Flushing of hands and face.
Mouth and throat
Aphthous ulcer on tongue; next day mouth and throat become very sore. - вad taste, mornings. Tongue and mouth coated With a foul, putrid-tasting, slimy mucus. Peculiar acrid sensation in mouth and throat. - вad taste in mouth.
Swallowing develops a slight soreness in muscles of throat, and renews temporarily the feeling of warmth and fulness in the ears, sometimes in one, sometimes in the other. Disposition to swallow arising from an excess of mucus; without the unpleasant acrid sensation as expected. A slight uneasiness in throat and disposition to cough. Dry soreness,.
Swallowing develops a slight soreness in muscles of throat, and renews temporarily the feeling of warmth and fulness in the ears, sometimes in one, sometimes in the other. Disposition to swallow arising from an excess of mucus; without the unpleasant acrid sensation as expected. A slight uneasiness in throat and disposition to cough. Dry soreness,.
Gastrointestinal tract
Eructation of flatus tasting of the drug. Sinking in pit of stomach.
Pain in bowels from incarcerated flatus. Rumbling.
Escape of flatus from stomach and bowels. - сopious semi-liquid stool with much flatus. - вilious passages, attended with aching in abdomen and burning in rectum; borborygmus and escape of much flatus from bowels.
Pain in bowels from incarcerated flatus. Rumbling.
Escape of flatus from stomach and bowels. - сopious semi-liquid stool with much flatus. - вilious passages, attended with aching in abdomen and burning in rectum; borborygmus and escape of much flatus from bowels.
Urogenital system
Irresistible desire to pass urine, which is diminished in quantity, very highly coloured, and has a burning or smarting effect on urethra; orifice tender and smarts slightly. Frequent copious emissions of limpid urine.
Great diminution, mostly entire absence of desire. Penis flaccid. Fine shooting pains in course of left spermatic cord. - сhronic pruritus scroti of twelve years standing (cured in prover).
Great diminution, mostly entire absence of desire. Penis flaccid. Fine shooting pains in course of left spermatic cord. - сhronic pruritus scroti of twelve years standing (cured in prover).
Chest organs
Hoarseness on awaking in morning. Hoarseness; expectorates thick mucus. Rattling of mucus at every full expiration, which disappears in morning. Excess of mucus in larynx; increased soreness and great disposition to cough. Laryngeal symptoms deep-seated and persistent. As of larynx partly obstructed. About midnight great oppression of breathing, soon passing off, leaving rattling in larynx and trachea. Paroxysms of dyspnoea with aching in chest. Violent asthmatic attacks at night; from cold. Loose cough with dry soreness of throat, like catarrh; rattling of mucus;
Cardiovascular system
Heart beats so violently as to shake the walls of the chest. With increased heart s action, aching in precordial region and down left arm; flushing of hands and face. Pulse full, hard, somewhat jerking, soon becomes small and irregular; very feeble after a large dose.
Limbs and spine
Shooting pains left anterior inferior triangle of neck, near clavicle. Aching along the spine, most between shoulder-blades and in lumbar region. Great weakness across loins; feeling of extreme prostration continuing to increase, had to retire early.
Fine pricking or tingling sensation in feet and hands, beginning in right foot, afterwards attacking in regular succession right hand, left foot and left hand. Aching pains along outer aspect of left foot, immediately followed by a similar pain in corresponding part of left hand.
Tingling or slight stinging in fingers; all over right hand, which is redder and warmer than left and appears somewhat swollen. Aching pain in left forearm, left hand, and right humerus; right hand remains red and swollen. Shooting and aching pains in left brachial plexus of nerves. Shooting at styloid process of right ulna.
Tingling in toes. Shooting pain down right thigh. - вurning in soles.
Fine pricking or tingling sensation in feet and hands, beginning in right foot, afterwards attacking in regular succession right hand, left foot and left hand. Aching pains along outer aspect of left foot, immediately followed by a similar pain in corresponding part of left hand.
Tingling or slight stinging in fingers; all over right hand, which is redder and warmer than left and appears somewhat swollen. Aching pain in left forearm, left hand, and right humerus; right hand remains red and swollen. Shooting and aching pains in left brachial plexus of nerves. Shooting at styloid process of right ulna.
Tingling in toes. Shooting pain down right thigh. - вurning in soles.
Skin
Urticaria and other eruptions.