Other names and synonyms
sol-t.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Solanum tuberosum, Linn.
Natural order, Solanaceae.
Natural order, Solanaceae.
Mental
Almost loss consciousness.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo. In a large dose, it produces all the effects of narcotic poisons, headache, vertigo, stupor, etc. Persistent headache.
Eyes.
Eyes deep in their sockets. Looks staring. Eyes for the most part open, and the pupils were not very much dilated. Dilated pupils.
Indistinct vision.
Face.
Hippocratic face. Expression anxious.
Eyes.
Eyes deep in their sockets. Looks staring. Eyes for the most part open, and the pupils were not very much dilated. Dilated pupils.
Indistinct vision.
Face.
Hippocratic face. Expression anxious.
Mouth and throat
The teeth were for the most part closed, and she was constantly spitting through the closed teeth a viscid frothy phlegm. Tongue covered with a brown moist fur. Difficulty of moving the tongue in talking. Hardly able to articulate, the tongue appearing heavy. Talked thick (in half an hour). Speechless.
Gastrointestinal tract
Violent retching, followed by vomiting and diarrhoea. A good deal of sickness. Felt sick, a darkness over his eyes, his skin cold, and cramped all over (in a half hour). Epigastric region sensitive to pressure.
Abdomen.
Violent colic and vomiting. Pain in bowels.
Stool.
Diarrhoea with tenesmus. Decided tendency to produce relaxation of the bowels.
Abdomen.
Violent colic and vomiting. Pain in bowels.
Stool.
Diarrhoea with tenesmus. Decided tendency to produce relaxation of the bowels.
Chest organs
Respiration hurried. Respiration irregular, at times suppressed; usually short and incomplete, only seldom slow and sighing.
Difficult respiration.
Difficult respiration.
Cardiovascular system
Pulse 100, small, rapid, scarcely perceptible.
Limbs and spine
Cramps, especially in the calves, with spasmodic contractions of the fingers and thumbs.
Common symptoms
Tossing to and fro in bed. General rigidity. Patient exceedingly weak. Faintness. In moderate doses it seems to me to possess power far more certain than either Hyoscyamus or сonium.
Skin
Skin.
Skin of a livid color.
Skin of a livid color.
Sleep
She occasionally slumbered for a few minutes, and again was restless.
Fever
Skin cold. Face, chest, and extremities cold. Skin bedewed with a cold clammy perspiration.