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Crocus sativus

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  1. Additional facts
  2. Mental
  3. Head, face, and ears
  4. Nervous system
  5. Mouth and throat
  6. Appetite and food preferences
  7. Gastrointestinal tract
  8. Urogenital system
  9. Chest organs
  10. Analogs by action
  11. Included in the composition
  12. Manufacturers of the drug

Description Source

Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF Allen

Additional facts

 Crocus sativus, L.
 Natural Order: Iridaceae.
 Preparation: Trituration of the dried stigmas.

Mental

 Mind.
 Emotional.
 Childish foolishness; silly dementia. Suddenly there arises before her fancy a concert which she attended a long time since, as vividly as if she were listening to it; she even imagines she can hear the different instruments; after a time this vivid recollection of the past disappears, and she is no more able to recall the music. An unpleasant sensation, as if he were longing for something without knowing what, with a kind of apprehension, wherewith, however, he was very joyous. Inclination to sing (after half an hour). If any one happens to sing a single musical note, she begins involuntarily to sing, and then is obliged to laugh at herself; she, however, soon sings again in spite of her determination to stop.
 Even when out of humor, quiet repetition of a lively melody.
 Singing in sleep. сhildren begin to laugh immediately on smelling the bottle.
 Almost constant unbecoming laughter. Immoderate laughter, as if he would die. Sardonic laughter, and attacks of morbid jollity.
 It causes a lively mood in a most unnatural degree. Lively and joyous mood, much more than natural. Very lively mood, witty, jocose, excessively talkative. Very gay and laughing mood in a dream. Great joyousness even in those who are naturally melancholic and hypochondriac. Excessive gayety, bordering upon delirium; paleness, headache, obscuration of vision. Irresistible inclination to joke and laugh, with great prostration, and great dilatation of the pupils (after four hours and a half).
 Melancholic, sad, hypochondriac mood.
 Deep melancholy. During an interesting lecture he became suddenly and peculiarly sad, so that he was unable in spite of every exertion to fix his mind upon the subject (after ten hours). Uneasy, anxious, sad mood. The slightest thing puts her out of humor; she then does not know what she is doing; with anxiety and trembling of the whole body. A slight cause which would usually have made her laugh, now causes a most violent ill-humor, almost rage, so that she frequently loses her consciousness; afterwards she is astonished at this outbreak (fourth day). Indifference to everything. Joy and sadness alternating; with paleness. A joyous mood frequently alternates with a sad one. Vacillating, peevish mood; the slightest cause excites his anger, for which, next moment, he is sorry, which however, soon returns, because his calmness frets him and prevents his exposing his feelings; usually he changes a hard word which he has on his tongue to a mild one, but the latter seems too mild, and he now chooses a more severe word, which he again changes to a still milder one and so on in speech, thought, and action; after several days, in the evening. He takes everything in anger and suddenly repents of having injured others. Great ill-humor; the behaviors of relatives and friends excites her to anger, and she is at the point of permitting an outbreak of passion towards them, but at this moment she feels calm; at the next moment this calmness seems a weakness; she is vexed with herself, and her anger becomes greater than ever; this very unusual vacillation of mood lasts several hours (second day, towards evening). Disagreeable mood; vehement, peevish, quarrelsome; an hour later talkative, lively, laughing, singing. At times she is very peevish, and morose to others, and, next moment, wishes to embrace.
 Intellectual.
 Disinclination to every work. It suddenly seems, for a moment, as though her thoughts would vanish. The least thing which affects her makes her very thoughtless. On attempting to write down anything, he is unable to do so, without loss of ideas. Senses easily vanish, and it becomes black before the eyes. сonfusion of mind. He makes mistakes about the time or about objects, although they are quite clear and distinctly visible (after eight hours).
 Great forgetfulness; she asks about something, and next moment entirely forgets that she has done so. Absence of mind and forgetfulness; he does not recognize a person whom he frequently sees; on coming near she seems like one wholly unknown to him; he looks wondering at her, remembers having seen her, but cannot recall her name, and mistakes her for another; only recognizes her after a long time.

Head, face, and ears

 Head.
 General Head.
 Dulness in the head, with painful confusion in the occiput (after two hours). Stupidity in the head (immediately).
 Headache. Headache on moving; it seems as if the brain were loose and fell back and forth. Violent headache, lasting three days.
 Sticking headache with stopped coryza. Sensitive tearings in the head and right eye; as also in a hollow tooth of the left side; with dimness before the left eye and a feeling as if a draft of cold air blew into it.
 Forehead.
 An empty feeling in the forehead. Dulness in the forepart of the head as if drunken and reeling; in a moderately warm room, not in the open air (after one hour). Dull tension in the left frontal eminence. Headache in the forehead (the whole of the second and third days after taking). Headache above the eyes, with burning and pressure on them, which compels rubbing and is much increased towards evening, especially in the right. Painful drawing in the forehead, with nausea. Pressive-drawing pain in a narrow line down the middle of the forehead (after three-quarters of an hour).
 Pressure in the forehead. сonstant sensitive pain beneath the left frontal eminence, as if a dull point were pressing inward; succeeded by intermitting paroxysms of the same pain (first day).
 A transient broad thrust, extending deep into the brain above the left frontal eminence, so that he started up, from time to time (after twelve hours); a painful confusion remains for a moment, relieved by external pressure.
 Temples.
 A broad thrust suddenly in the right temple, extending deep into the brain, so that he started up.
 Vertex.
 Headache in the morning after waking; a pressure on the vertex with heaviness in the whole head, so that he could scarcely hold it up.
 Parietals.
 A sudden cooling sensation in a small spot on the left parietal bone, as if a drop of water fell upon it from a height.
 Momentary drawing headache, like a painful vessel, on the right side, rather externally, extending from behind forward; recurring at intervals. Headache on the right side (after three hours), then disappearing. Dull headache in the left side of the head.
 Dull pain in the left side of the head, extending into the right temple as a contractive drawing pain, and then to the ear and throat, where it is especially sensitive on swallowing.
 Rhythmical pulsation of the whole left half of the head and face (after two hours and a half).
 Occiput.
 Drawing pressure in the right half of the occiput.
 Eye.
 Weak, glassy eyes, with great sleepiness. Very dry eyes.
 Feeling in the eyes as though he had wept very violently, with a corresponding expression of countenance. Feeling in both eyes as though she had wept much; everything seems swollen and tense without its being noticeable externally; several days together.
 Burning in the eyes. After reading a while (even during the day), the eyes pain with a sore burning, and some dimness, so that he was frequently obliged to wink. Feeling as though the eyes were smaller than usual (after half an hour. Feeling as of biting smoke in the eyes.
 Brow.
 Crawling in the brows so that he is obliged to rub them (after a quarter of an hour).
 Lids.
 Twitching and jerking in the upper lid. Visible twitching of the lids, with a sensation as if something must be wiped from the right eye (after a quarter of an hour). Sudden muscular twitches in the lids, with crawling in the left eyebrow, with sensation as if something were in the eye which he must wipe away; very transient (after three-quarters of an hour). The lids draw together with running of water from the eyes. Inclined to press the eyes tightly together from time to time. Sensation of heaviness in the upper lid as if it were too heavy, as if the eyes were constantly inclined to close, with dim vision (after half an hour). вurning in the lids; worse on closing them.
 Violent burning in the lids. вurning pinching beneath the left lower lid (after nine hours). On waking at night, she is unable to open the eyes, because it seems as though a weight were lying upon them; if she forcibly opens them there is tension and pressure, and they can be opened only incompletely after much effort by rubbing and pressing them. A long-continuing dull pressive stitch in the left lower lid (after four hours and a half).
 Sensation of soreness in the lids, in the evening by the light with frequent inclination to press them together and to wipe out the eyes.
 Itching in the lids of the right eye, extending towards the outer side, afterwards in both eyes (after seven minutes). Violent sticking itching in the left upper lid, which obliges him to rub it (first evening).
 Ball.
 Simple aching of the eyeball, as if he had been looking through too powerful glasses; without dimness of vision (after one hour and a half). Pain in the right eyeball; sticking at one point; in the morning.
 Lachrymal Apparatus.
 Feeling as though water were constantly coming into the eyes, only in the room, not in the open air. Was unable to read letters without great quantities of water running from the very dip eyes (after eight hours). A pressive pain on the eyeballs, with great filling with water; as the pains left the eye they immediately became very dim (after seven hours).
 Pupil.
 Dilated pupils (after half an hour). Dilatation of the pupils seems to be the primary effect of сrocus; contraction appears later, much more seldom, and seems to be the secondary effect. STAPF. Very much dilated pupils (after a few minutes). Pupils somewhat contracted (after a few hours).
 Vision.
 Vision dim; he was unable to see clearly; everything seemed enveloped in a fog (after two hours and a half). It seems dim about the eyes and obscure before the eyes; not so clear and bright as formerly (after six minutes). Darkness before the eyes; it seemed as though bright stars danced before the eyes (second day). Frequent blackness before the eyes (first day). Reading in the evening by a bright light was unusually difficult; it seemed as though the eyes were obscured, wherewith they seemed very dry; she was frequently obliged to wink. He is frequently obliged to wink and to wipe his eyes as though a film of mucus were over them (after four hours and three-quarters). The light seems dimmer than usual, as if a veil were between the eyes and the light. The usually clear and sharp vision seems befogged; that is, everything seems more indistinct and paler than usual, as if a veil were before the eyes, which she must constantly remove by wiping; after which the sight becomes clear for a moment, but the dimness soon returned, at 8 (after a few hours).
 On reading it seems as though there were a veil before the eyes, which were relieved by frequent winking; together with a pressure in the eyeballs, which became a heaviness on closing the lids, but returned after opening them. She was frequently obliged to wink, because it seemed as though a veil were drawn before the eyes. Feeling as though a fog were before the eyes (with contracted pupils. Sudden small lightnings before the eyes like electric sparks, during the day (after several days). When reading, the white paper seemed to be pale-red, aurora-colored.
 Ear.
 Pain in and behind the right ear, like a spasm (immediately).
 Cramp like drawing in the concha of the ear and the auditory canals, like earache (after ten hours).
 Hearing.
 Roaring and noises in the ears. Roaring in the head, as from a storm of wind. After lying down in bed, in the evening, he hears a sound in the left ear like a distant softly wounding ringing, so like a real sound that he can only persuade himself that it is an illusion by completely stopping the ear, when he hears it almost equally loud; it continues until he falls asleep, and only disappears on forcibly fixing his thoughts away from it; several evenings.
 Nose.
 Objective.
 Sneezing a different times at 7 (after eight hours), immediately followed by shaking chill, extending from the back to the feet; the face was warm; the chill affected only the posterior half of the body, though the anterior portion of the chest was also moderately affected; without subsequent heat. Violent sneezing (soon).
 Stopped coryza a few hours after taking; the right nostril is completely stopped. Stopped coryza, with cold hands and feet, and heat of the face, especially after eating, lasting three days (relieved by Nux). Epistaxis of very tenacious, thick, black blood, with cold sweat on the forehead in large drops. Painful, cramp like drawing from the left frontal eminence to the left side of the bony parts of the nose (after half an hour).
 Face.
 Dry lips, much inclined to crack. Smarting of the lips.

Nervous system

 Confusion and Vertigo.
 Confusion in the head; momentary vertigo, with dull pain in the eyes. Tensive confusion first in the forehead, soon afterwards in the whole head, as if intoxicated (after ten minutes). Vertigo and much confusion of the head. Dizziness and staggering after rising from lying down, in the night; much whirling in the head, with heat of the whole body. Head feels intoxicated; with confusion of the eyes as if he could not see, and sensation of warmth in the face (after seven minutes).

Mouth and throat

 Tongue.
 White-coated, very moist tongue; its papillae were very prominent. White-coated, though rather dry tongue, in the morning; after breakfast it became clean.
 General Mouth.
 Dryness and scraping sensation in the mouth.
 Dryness in the mouth and very violent burning on one side of the tip of the tongue, as if a blister would appear; very painful on talking or touching the tongue; only on the upper surface of the tongue.
 Unusual warmth in the mouth.
 Saliva.
 Much water in the mouth, and slight biting on the tip of the tongue, as from salt; with sweetish, salty taste.
 Throat.
 Sensation in the throat during inspiration, as of sulphur fumes.
 A sensation similar to heartburn rises up into the throat, especially after a meal which is eaten with relish (after nine hours). After eating, a sensation in the throat as if a stopper were forced into it, more on empty swallowing than on swallowing food; it lasts until the next day; wherewith the uvula seems somewhat elongated, with pressive sensation when not swallowing.
 On empty swallowing there is a feeling deep in the throat as if a morsel were sticking there and could not go down; he was frequently obliged to hawk, especially in the morning after rising. Scraping in the throat as after eating very fat food.
 Scraping in the throat before and after coughing. Sharp scraping sensation in the back of the throat which compels hawking. Scraping rough throat.
 Uvula.
 Feeling as if the uvula were fallen down when swallowing and when not.
 Eructation.
 Eructations. Tasteless eructations. Frequent empty eructations in the morning, fasting.
 Voice.
 Hoarse voice, with some cough (second morning). Much hawking, on account of collection of large quantities of mucus, which makes the voice rough and scrapy.
 Cough and expectoration.
 Much cough. Paroxysm of dry cough, as from constant and excessive irritation in the trachea.
 Very violent attack of exhausting dry cough, relieved by laying the hand on the pit of the stomach. Expectoration of large masses of easily detached mucus, with slight cough.

Appetite and food preferences

 Taste.
 Sweetish taste in the back of the throat. An offensive, sweetish sour taste in the mouth in the morning after rising; somewhat relieved after rinsing the mouth. вitter taste in the back of the throat. Reproaches made her very angry; she desires to justify herself, but the words stop at her lips; she is now vexed at her silence, and again attempts to talk, but speech refuses its service; she continues to waver in this way and is unable to utter a word in her own defence, though making every effort to do.
 So.
 Appetite and Thirst.
 Very great canine hunger; she was obliged to eat every moment (first day, in the afternoon and evening).
 Excessive thirst for cold drinks in the afternoon.

Gastrointestinal tract

 Nausea. Qualmishness and discomfort, extending from the pit of the stomach into the abdomen, where they moved about as if griping would appear. Great qualmishness and sensation of weakness in the pit of the stomach, very much relieved in the open air. Qualmish, nauseated. Nauseated sensation in chest, and throat, as if she would immediately vomit.
 Stomach.
 Distension in the stomach and abdomen. Rumbling and fermentation in the pit of the stomach (after a quarter of an hour). Sinking pain in the pit of the stomach. Sensation as of something living and jumping about in the pit of the stomach, abdomen, arms, and other parts of the body. вurning in the stomach.
 She seems very full after very little food, as if she had eaten too much; with loss of appetite. сontractive pain in the pit of the stomach, and beneath the sternum. Drawing in the pit of the stomach, back and forth and up and down (after half an hour).
 Some violent stitches in the pit of the stomach (after one hour).
 Sensitiveness of the stomach as after taking cold.
 Abdomen.
 Hypochondria.
 Painless pinching pressure in the right hypochondrium, on every inspiration, as from a broad hard body.
 Umbilical.
 Some griping above the navel, in the morning.
 General Abdomen.
 Movings about in the whole abdomen, with a griping sensation, and from time to time slight urging to stool.
 Rumbling in the abdomen, while yawning. Repeated rumbling in the abdomen, in the morning, while lying in bed. Slight rumbling, with discomfort in the upper abdomen. Sensation internally, in both sides of the abdomen, as if something living were jumping about, with nausea and shivering (after nine hours). Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen, with complete loss of appetite.
 Fullness and pressure in the abdomen, and at the same time in the chest, as if she had eaten too much and too rapidly; though not after eating. Sensation of distension of the abdomen, in the forenoon, with an empty stomach (after half an hour). Griping in a small spot on the left side of the abdomen, on a line with the navel. The child constantly complains of aching in the abdomen; he bends himself together (second day).
 Drawing first in the upper abdomen, then in the region of the uterus.
 Drawing colic, as if menstruation would appear (first day).
 Transient pain, now in the left, now in the right side of the abdomen, as from pressure on a sore spot. сolic as from taking cold. Griping jerking in the abdomen, after an ordinary drink of water. Repeated shocks in the left side of the abdomen, at night, while fully awake, like the movements of a child at the end of pregnancy, and such as she had felt several months previously (after several days). A painless shock in the upper abdomen, as from something living which jumped upward.
 Transient tickling sensation shoots upward through the abdomen.
 Stitches, at times, in one side of the abdomen, arresting breathing.
 Hypogastrium and Iliac Region.
 Sensation as though something were living and moving about deep in the lower abdomen, towards evening. Repeated bubbling in the lower abdomen (after two hours). Sensation of heaviness in the inguinal region. Pressure in the groin, as to menstruation.
 Rectum and Anus.
 Sensitive dull stitches on the right side above the anus. A sensitive dull, long stitch, near the left side of the anus, from time to time. сrawling in the anus, as from thread worms.
 Intolerable cringing in the anus. Itching in the anus, that obliges scratching (first evening).
 Stool.
 Stool earlier than usual, though difficult. Passage of some blood with the stool.

Urogenital system

 At night he was awakened by desire to urinate, and a bruised pain with sensation of numbness in the left humerus, upon which he was lying; he found only the lower portion of the body from the middle downward covered with sweat; on rising he was dizzy, staggered, and he had a sensation as though a cold wind were blowing upon the sweaty parts, together with a feeling in the feet as though a cold sweat were trickling down.
 Sexual Organs.
 Male.
 Intermitting sharp sticking from the genital region up into the right hypochondrium, as if a knife were forced in this direction with sudden thrusts, piercing farther each time, and becoming more severe (after six hours). Excitement of sexual desire.
 Female.
 Fatal hemorrhage of the uterus, especially after parturition. Metrorrhagia on the lightest movement. Sensation as if menstruation would appear, with colic and pressing towards the genitals (after a few hours).

Chest organs

 Larynx, Trachea, and вronchi.
 Stitches in the air-passages, more towards the posterior portion (after four hours).
 Respiration.
 The breath, which is usually sweet, has a very offensive sickly odor. Slight rattling on inspiration, followed by mucus in the throat and hoarseness; the mucus immediately disappears on hawking. Dyspnoea. Frequent choking, caused by tickling in the upper part of the trachea, during inspiration.
 Chest.
 Heaviness of the chest frequently obliges him to take a deep breath. Aching in the whole of the chest. A sudden transient ache in the lower portion of the chest and pit of the stomach, with slight nausea (after three-quarters of an hour). Oppression of the chest (after eight hours). A kind of oppression that renders complete yawning difficult; it can only be accomplished after several attempts (after ten minutes).

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