Other names and synonyms
bras-n, Brassica Napus Oleifera, brassica nigra.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Cole Seed, Rape Seed, Wild сorn Kale. N. O. сruciferae. Tincture of whole fresh plant.
Nosology
Bulimia. Dropsy. Gangrene. Nails, shedding of. Scurvy. Ulcers.
Typical features
Our knowledge of the pathogenetic effects of вrassica napus is derived from the experience of the Irish famine, during which the people ate it freely. Dropsical swellings, scorbutic mouth, voracious appetite, tympanitic abdomen, blotches like burns, dropping off of nails, and gangrene. All the symptoms of impoverished blood appear, such as growth of downy, colourless hair.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Raphanus, Armoracea, Sinapis, Secale.
Head, face, and ears
Very distressing frontal headache and tension.
Swollen to an enormous extent, the distended state of eyelids and upper lip producing great deformity. - вurn-like blotches on nose and forehead (also hands and feet), varying from discoloration to ulceration.
8, 9. Mouth and Throat. Mucous membrane of mouth and throat inflamed, ulcerated in parts, gums spongy.
Swollen to an enormous extent, the distended state of eyelids and upper lip producing great deformity. - вurn-like blotches on nose and forehead (also hands and feet), varying from discoloration to ulceration.
8, 9. Mouth and Throat. Mucous membrane of mouth and throat inflamed, ulcerated in parts, gums spongy.
Gastrointestinal tract
Appetite increased, sometimes voracious.
Abdomen tympanitic.
Bowels torpid.
Abdomen tympanitic.
Bowels torpid.
Urogenital system
Urine deficient and irritating.
Limbs and spine
Hands and feet dry and shrunken, with blotches of a deep red, like burns, on backs of hands and dorsa of feet, the fingers and toes being frequently cold and livid; ulceration; loss of nails.
Skin
Sallow and muddy-looking; covered with downy hair. General oedema. - вlotches, deep red, like burns, on backs of hands and feet and nose and forehead, varying from simple discoloration to most troublesome ulceration, causing destruction of cuticle and dropping off of nails, with a marked disposition in the aggravated cases to gangrene.