Other names and synonyms
salx-p.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Salix purpurea, Linn. Natural order: Salicaceae. Preparation: Tincture of the bark.
Mental
Very nervous and despondent, all day (second day). Nervous and very irritable all day, until evening (third day). Dulness of the intellect (second day).
Head, face, and ears
In a few minutes I felt a full dizzy feeling in the head, commencing just in front of the ears and passing up to the vertex, like a wave; this giddy feeling lasted for a few minute; I had to sit down and keep quiet until it passed off (after first dose); the same, full, giddy feeling in the head, but in a less marked degree (second day).
Mouth and throat
It has a peculiar astringent taste, puckering the mucous membrane of the buccal cavity and closing Steno’s duct. Taste of undigested foot (second day).
Throat.
Swelling of the right parotid gland (second day).
Throat.
Swelling of the right parotid gland (second day).
Gastrointestinal tract
Flatulence (second day). Pain in the abdomen (second day).
Stool.
Bowels loose; two stools to-day (second day). The bowels moved twice, with gripings in the abdomen (third day).
Stool.
Bowels loose; two stools to-day (second day). The bowels moved twice, with gripings in the abdomen (third day).
Urogenital system
Urine slightly acid; excess of the triple and earthy phosphates and epithelium; less uric acid crystals (. (second day).
Limbs and spine
Aching in the right acetabulum (second day).
Cardiovascular system
Circulation torpid (second day). Pulse feeble (third day).
Sleep
Rested poorly, waked often; first too hot, then chilly; and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night).
Fever
First too hot, then chilly, and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night).