Other names and synonyms
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Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Ostrya Virginica, Will.
Natural order: сupuliferae.
Preparation: Tincture of the heart-wood.
Natural order: сupuliferae.
Preparation: Tincture of the heart-wood.
Head, face, and ears
Light feeling in the head, with the distress in the epigastric and umbilical regions; walking aggravates the pain in the head (after two hours). Light feeling of the head, with the constant slimy taste (second day). Dull headache, with a numb prickling feeling of the head, face, and hands, for the last hour; the head is especially affected (after three hours). Dull headache, at 6 p.m (second day). Slight headache in the morning, which continued most of the day, an in the evening had a sharp pain immediately back of the mastoid process of the temporal bone; the pain seemed to pass from within outwards (twenty-third day). Dull headache, with constant distress in the umbilicus (second day).
Slight headache, with an uneasy feeling throughout the system (half an hour after second dose, second day). Very slight headache, hardly sufficient to notice (twenty- fourth day).
Slight pain in the head (after eleven hours, third day). вy spells numb feeling of the head (after five hours). Forehead.
Severe headache in the frontal region; at first the headache was of a throbbing character, but gradually it grew more dull; worse on the right side (fifteen hours after first dose, twenty- second day). Walking or stooping produces severe throbbing pains in the forehead, passing off in an hour (second day). Dull frontal, with frequent nausea, lasting but a moment (after two hours and a half). Dull frontal headache (after fourteen hours); (third day).
Slight frontal headache (after two hours); (after ten hours).
Temple and Parietals. Severe pressing pain in the right temple; (fifteen minutes after first dose, second day). Pain in the right temple of a pressing character (fifth day). Dull pain in the temples (after five hours). Slight pain in the right temple, and also in the right lower molars (fourth day). Dull headache, more in the right side of the head than in the left (after three- quarters of an hour, first day). Right lateral headache, in the morning (third day).
Ear.
Drawing pin deeply seated in the left ear (after dose, second day).
Slight headache, with an uneasy feeling throughout the system (half an hour after second dose, second day). Very slight headache, hardly sufficient to notice (twenty- fourth day).
Slight pain in the head (after eleven hours, third day). вy spells numb feeling of the head (after five hours). Forehead.
Severe headache in the frontal region; at first the headache was of a throbbing character, but gradually it grew more dull; worse on the right side (fifteen hours after first dose, twenty- second day). Walking or stooping produces severe throbbing pains in the forehead, passing off in an hour (second day). Dull frontal, with frequent nausea, lasting but a moment (after two hours and a half). Dull frontal headache (after fourteen hours); (third day).
Slight frontal headache (after two hours); (after ten hours).
Temple and Parietals. Severe pressing pain in the right temple; (fifteen minutes after first dose, second day). Pain in the right temple of a pressing character (fifth day). Dull pain in the temples (after five hours). Slight pain in the right temple, and also in the right lower molars (fourth day). Dull headache, more in the right side of the head than in the left (after three- quarters of an hour, first day). Right lateral headache, in the morning (third day).
Ear.
Drawing pin deeply seated in the left ear (after dose, second day).
Mouth and throat
Boring pain in the right lower molar teeth (after first dose, second day). Slight pain in the right lower molars and also in the right temple (fourth day). Tongue coated yellow at the root (fourth day). Slimy coppery taste in the mouth (fourth day).
Constant slimy taste in the mouth, all day (third day). Slight bitter taste in the mouth (fourth day). Sweet slimy taste, with distress in the umbilicus, at 2 (second day). Rough bitter taste in the month (second day).
Constant slimy taste in the mouth, all day (third day). Slight bitter taste in the mouth (fourth day). Sweet slimy taste, with distress in the umbilicus, at 2 (second day). Rough bitter taste in the month (second day).
Gastrointestinal tract
Abdomen.
Hypochondrium. Dull pains in the right hypochondrium, aggravated by walking, with the dull headache and nervousness (after five hours). Have and constant dull pains in the right lobe of the liver and whole epigastrium for the last hour, with frequent eructations of sour fluid (after seven hours). Umbilicus.
Retraction of the umbilicus (after nine hours, third day).
Several times through the day had hard pains in the umbilical region (third day). Hard, sickening pains in the umbilicus at 3 (second day). Frequent hard, cutting pains in the umbilicus, extending into the hypogastric region, with nausea (after four hours, second day); with desire for stool (after five hours, second day). Neuralgic pain in the umbilical region (after nine hours, third day). Distress in the umbilicus with the nausea (after one hour); have had constant distress in umbilicus, with occasional pains in the stomach (after three hours). Have had constant distress in the umbilicus, with frequent sharp pains in same region and stomach (after five hours); constant and severe pain in umbilicus all the evening (first day); several times this morning have had a dull distress in the umbilicus (second day).
Hard, aching distress in the umbilical region, with severe nausea; the distress extends all over the bowels, but is the greatest in the umbilicus; this has been the leading symptom (second day). Occasional pain in the umbilical region, with borborygmus and tenesmus (third day). General Abdomen. Rumbling in the bowels (after five hours); for the last loud rumbling of the bowels, with pains in the umbilical and hypogastric regions, and desire for stool, relieved with frequent emissions of very fetid gas from the bowels, showing that the liver is very prominently affected (after eleven hours, third day). Some flatus (second night). Flatus, followed by a loose stool (eleven hours after first dose, second day). Have had frequent spells of distress in the abdomen, with rumbling in the bowels (after fourteen hours). сutting colicky pains in the abdomen followed in a short time by a mushy stool, accompanied with burning at the anus and slight tenesmus, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day).
Awoke several times in the night with distress in the morning; constant distress in the whole of the bowels all day, with frequent nausea (third day); distress in the bowels, not so severe as yesterday (fourth day); for three days afterwards occasional pains through the bowels. The bowels felt as if bound by lead poisoning (after nine hours, third day).
Rectum and Stool.
The rectum feels sore; a protruded feeling after stool (fourth day). Desire for stool; natural stool, first one to-day (after three hours. Slight inclination for stool, at 8 p.m (fourth day). Loose stool (eleven hours after first dose, second); with slight tenesmus, in the morning (third day); bilious stool with tenesmus and straining; afterwards (at noon) a bilious stool, very thin, with pressing for stool afterward; in the evening a watery tool with tenesmus and sore feeling in the rectum (fourth day); loose stool without tenesmus (fifth day). Severe tenesmus (after seven hours), followed by diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus continued an hour and a half (third day). Mushy stool, accompanied with burning at the anus and slight tenesmus, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day). Soft stool (after five hours, second day); dark-colored mushy, very fetid stool, with distress in the whole of the bowels (after two hours, fourth day). Natural dark-colored stool (after fourteen hours). Small natural stool (after two hours and a half); natural stool (after seven hours); black, dry, lumpy stool at 6 (second day); stool of natural consistence, but very black (third day).
Hypochondrium. Dull pains in the right hypochondrium, aggravated by walking, with the dull headache and nervousness (after five hours). Have and constant dull pains in the right lobe of the liver and whole epigastrium for the last hour, with frequent eructations of sour fluid (after seven hours). Umbilicus.
Retraction of the umbilicus (after nine hours, third day).
Several times through the day had hard pains in the umbilical region (third day). Hard, sickening pains in the umbilicus at 3 (second day). Frequent hard, cutting pains in the umbilicus, extending into the hypogastric region, with nausea (after four hours, second day); with desire for stool (after five hours, second day). Neuralgic pain in the umbilical region (after nine hours, third day). Distress in the umbilicus with the nausea (after one hour); have had constant distress in umbilicus, with occasional pains in the stomach (after three hours). Have had constant distress in the umbilicus, with frequent sharp pains in same region and stomach (after five hours); constant and severe pain in umbilicus all the evening (first day); several times this morning have had a dull distress in the umbilicus (second day).
Hard, aching distress in the umbilical region, with severe nausea; the distress extends all over the bowels, but is the greatest in the umbilicus; this has been the leading symptom (second day). Occasional pain in the umbilical region, with borborygmus and tenesmus (third day). General Abdomen. Rumbling in the bowels (after five hours); for the last loud rumbling of the bowels, with pains in the umbilical and hypogastric regions, and desire for stool, relieved with frequent emissions of very fetid gas from the bowels, showing that the liver is very prominently affected (after eleven hours, third day). Some flatus (second night). Flatus, followed by a loose stool (eleven hours after first dose, second day). Have had frequent spells of distress in the abdomen, with rumbling in the bowels (after fourteen hours). сutting colicky pains in the abdomen followed in a short time by a mushy stool, accompanied with burning at the anus and slight tenesmus, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day).
Awoke several times in the night with distress in the morning; constant distress in the whole of the bowels all day, with frequent nausea (third day); distress in the bowels, not so severe as yesterday (fourth day); for three days afterwards occasional pains through the bowels. The bowels felt as if bound by lead poisoning (after nine hours, third day).
Rectum and Stool.
The rectum feels sore; a protruded feeling after stool (fourth day). Desire for stool; natural stool, first one to-day (after three hours. Slight inclination for stool, at 8 p.m (fourth day). Loose stool (eleven hours after first dose, second); with slight tenesmus, in the morning (third day); bilious stool with tenesmus and straining; afterwards (at noon) a bilious stool, very thin, with pressing for stool afterward; in the evening a watery tool with tenesmus and sore feeling in the rectum (fourth day); loose stool without tenesmus (fifth day). Severe tenesmus (after seven hours), followed by diarrhoeic stool; tenesmus continued an hour and a half (third day). Mushy stool, accompanied with burning at the anus and slight tenesmus, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day). Soft stool (after five hours, second day); dark-colored mushy, very fetid stool, with distress in the whole of the bowels (after two hours, fourth day). Natural dark-colored stool (after fourteen hours). Small natural stool (after two hours and a half); natural stool (after seven hours); black, dry, lumpy stool at 6 (second day); stool of natural consistence, but very black (third day).
Appetite and food preferences
Appetite. Appetite very much increased, so that the prover can eat three times the usual quantity (after eleven hours, third day). Increase of appetite; (twenty-first day). Awoke at 4 p.m, with great desire form something to eat (second day). Slight increase of the appetite, Decreased appetite (twenty-second day).
Loss of appetite for breakfast and dinner (second day). Not much appetite, in the morning (twenty-second day). Nausea. Frequent nausea, with the dull frontal headache (after two hours and a half). Nausea, with the distress in stomach and bowels (third day). Nausea (after a quarter of an hour, first day). Nausea, with the pains in the umbilicus (second day). Nausea, with distress in the umbilicus (after one hour); severe (after three hours). Nausea, with the distress in the epigastric and umbilical regions (first day). Qualmishness, with the distress in stomach and bowels (after one hour). General Stomach. Stomach sour, with frequent eructations of food (after ten hours). Awoke several times in the night with very sour stomach, with distress and soreness of the stomach and whole of the bowels (third night).
Sour stomach, in the evening (first day). Distress in bowels and stomach, with qualmishness (after one hour). Distress in the stomach (after one hour). вurning distress in the stomach (after fifteen minutes). Dull distress in the whole epigastrium (after one hour). Uncomfortable sensation in the epigastric region, a sensation as if an indigestible substance were in the stomach, continuing until breakfast (7.30 p.m), which partially relieved it; totally disappeared before 12 m. (soon after first dose, sixteenth day); the same sensation as yesterday morning, but to a less extent, and lasting a shorter time (after first dose, seventeenth day). Rode all the forenoon in the country; the atmosphere was very cold; had frequent pain in the epigastric and umbilical regions, with nausea, several times; now have constant distress in the epigastric and umbilical regions, with nausea, and light feeling in the head (after two hours). A number of times through the afternoon and evening had hard sickening pains in the epigastric and umbilical region (first day). Awoke several time in the night with cutting pains in the epigastric region (first night). Sinking sensation in the epigastric region (after a quarter of an hour).
Loss of appetite for breakfast and dinner (second day). Not much appetite, in the morning (twenty-second day). Nausea. Frequent nausea, with the dull frontal headache (after two hours and a half). Nausea, with the distress in stomach and bowels (third day). Nausea (after a quarter of an hour, first day). Nausea, with the pains in the umbilicus (second day). Nausea, with distress in the umbilicus (after one hour); severe (after three hours). Nausea, with the distress in the epigastric and umbilical regions (first day). Qualmishness, with the distress in stomach and bowels (after one hour). General Stomach. Stomach sour, with frequent eructations of food (after ten hours). Awoke several times in the night with very sour stomach, with distress and soreness of the stomach and whole of the bowels (third night).
Sour stomach, in the evening (first day). Distress in bowels and stomach, with qualmishness (after one hour). Distress in the stomach (after one hour). вurning distress in the stomach (after fifteen minutes). Dull distress in the whole epigastrium (after one hour). Uncomfortable sensation in the epigastric region, a sensation as if an indigestible substance were in the stomach, continuing until breakfast (7.30 p.m), which partially relieved it; totally disappeared before 12 m. (soon after first dose, sixteenth day); the same sensation as yesterday morning, but to a less extent, and lasting a shorter time (after first dose, seventeenth day). Rode all the forenoon in the country; the atmosphere was very cold; had frequent pain in the epigastric and umbilical regions, with nausea, several times; now have constant distress in the epigastric and umbilical regions, with nausea, and light feeling in the head (after two hours). A number of times through the afternoon and evening had hard sickening pains in the epigastric and umbilical region (first day). Awoke several time in the night with cutting pains in the epigastric region (first night). Sinking sensation in the epigastric region (after a quarter of an hour).
Limbs and spine
Back.
Back so painful that it is with difficulty that I can turn over in bed (after thirteen hours); so painful that I cannot stand erect; it is a regular attack of lumbago, whether caused by the Ostryin or not, remains to be proved (after sixteen hours); the pains in the back remained four days, I took Macrotin, вryonia and Nux vomica, to relieve it, the pain was so severe. A year ago I had an attack of lumbago which lasted a week. Dull pains in the whole dorsal region (after ten hours). Have had great deal of pain in the dorsal region, extending into the left hypochondriac region (third day). 5 , since 2, have had constant pain in the lumbar region, worse whey stooping or walking (after seven hours).
Extremities.
Arms an legs ache (after five hours). Dull pains in the arms and legs (after seven hours). Fine drawing rheumatic pains in the first joint of the left forefinger and little finger, lasting ten minutes (after five hours). Fine drawing pains in the fingers (second day). Frequent drawing pains in the fingers in the morning (third day). Awoke several times with a cramp like pain in the lower extremities (first day). Drawing pains in the right ankle (first day).
Back so painful that it is with difficulty that I can turn over in bed (after thirteen hours); so painful that I cannot stand erect; it is a regular attack of lumbago, whether caused by the Ostryin or not, remains to be proved (after sixteen hours); the pains in the back remained four days, I took Macrotin, вryonia and Nux vomica, to relieve it, the pain was so severe. A year ago I had an attack of lumbago which lasted a week. Dull pains in the whole dorsal region (after ten hours). Have had great deal of pain in the dorsal region, extending into the left hypochondriac region (third day). 5 , since 2, have had constant pain in the lumbar region, worse whey stooping or walking (after seven hours).
Extremities.
Arms an legs ache (after five hours). Dull pains in the arms and legs (after seven hours). Fine drawing rheumatic pains in the first joint of the left forefinger and little finger, lasting ten minutes (after five hours). Fine drawing pains in the fingers (second day). Frequent drawing pains in the fingers in the morning (third day). Awoke several times with a cramp like pain in the lower extremities (first day). Drawing pains in the right ankle (first day).
Common symptoms
Very nervous, with dull headache, and dull pains in the right hypochondrium, aggravated by walking (after five hours). Feeling nervous (first day). Numb, prickling feeling of the head, face and hands, the head is especially affected, with the dull headache (after three hours) better feeling very languid (after ten hours). Feeling languid, with constant pain in the lumbar and sacral region (after eleven hours). Feeling of weakness or debility, with gentle perspiration covering the entire surface (after eleven hours, third day). Uneasy feeling throughout the system, with slight headache (half an hour after second dose, second day). Slept well, but feeling as though I had not slept any (second morning). The system feels as though it had been acted upon by an active or drastic purgative (after eleven hours, third day). A slight tonic effect.
Sleep
Constant disposition to yawn (after ten hours). Rested and slept much better than the previous night (twenty-second day). Slept well and sound (twenty-third night). Slept well night (third night). Did not sleep well, was very restless, as if produced by strong tea (fourth night). Slept but little, was not sleepy (twentieth night).
Fever
Cold, chilly sensations about the shoulders (second day). Gentle perspiration covering the entire surface, with a feeling of weakness of debility (after eleven hours, third day).
Modalities
Conditions.
Acute conditions
Aggravation.
(Morning), 6 p.m, headache; right lateral headache; loss of appetite; dull distress in umbilicus; drawing pain in fingers.
(Afternoon), Sickening pain in epigastrium; 3 , pain at umbilicus; mushy stool with burning at the anus.
(Evening), Sharp pain back of mastoid process of temple; sour stomach; sickening pain at epigastrium; pain in umbilicus.
(Night), сutting pain in epigastric region.
(Moving), Distress in bowels. Stooping), Throbbing pain in forehead; pain in lumbar region.
(Walking), Throbbing pain in forehead; pain in head; pain in right hypochondrium; pain in lumbar region; pain in lower extremities.
(Morning), 6 p.m, headache; right lateral headache; loss of appetite; dull distress in umbilicus; drawing pain in fingers.
(Afternoon), Sickening pain in epigastrium; 3 , pain at umbilicus; mushy stool with burning at the anus.
(Evening), Sharp pain back of mastoid process of temple; sour stomach; sickening pain at epigastrium; pain in umbilicus.
(Night), сutting pain in epigastric region.
(Moving), Distress in bowels. Stooping), Throbbing pain in forehead; pain in lumbar region.
(Walking), Throbbing pain in forehead; pain in head; pain in right hypochondrium; pain in lumbar region; pain in lower extremities.