The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Aletris Farinosa alet.
General
Star Grass. Hæmadoraceæ.
The most bitter plant ; much more so than Aloes, Gentian or Quassia. (-BIGELOW.)
Mind
Weariness of body and mind.
Sensorium
Vertigo, sleepiness, vomiting and purging ; even stupefaction.
Dizzy when stooping.
Sight and eyes
Eyes feel sore and look dim.
Inner mouth
Spits a good deal and raises froth.
Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions
Want of appetite with weakness.
Want of appetite. θ Prolapsus uteri.
Eating and drinking
Least food distresses stomach ; fainting attacks with vertigo ; sleepy, emaciated ; disgust for food, nausea ; obstinate indigestion ; constipation ; debility.
Indigestion. θ Prolapsus uteri.
Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting
Obstinate vomiting during pregnancy.
Abdomen and loins
Flatulent colic in weak, emaciated persons.
(OBS :) Hysteric colic.
Stools and rectum
Fearful pains in rectum and anus ; during a movement terrible pains as if forcing a passage.
Female sexual organs
Premature, profuse menses, with labor-like pains.
Amenorrhœa or delayed menses, from uterine or ovarian atony ; weariness of mind and body ; abdomen distended, bearing down ; lassitude.
Prolapsus from muscular atony.
Menorrhagia from a congested state of uterus and ovaries ; profuse black blood and coagula ; fulness and weight in uterine region.
Leucorrhœa from loss of fluids or defective nutrition ; debility from protracted illness.
Leucorrhœa. θ Prolapsus uteri.
Menses too early and too profuse. θ Prolapsus uteri.
Sterility from uterine atony.
Pregnancy. parturition. lactation
Habitual tendency to abortion, sensation of weight in uterine region, and tendency to prolapsus.
Myalgic pains, simulating "false pains," during pregnancy.
Cough
Raises a great deal of froth ; feels as if wanting to cough, but cannot.
Rest. position. motion
Stooping : causes dizziness ; has a great sense of weakness.
Nerves
Debility, especially of females, from protracted illness or defective nutrition ; no organic disease.
Great debility. θ Prolapsus uteri.
Debility after diphtheria.
(OBS :) Fits.
(OBS :) Epilepsy with young persons.
Fever
(OBS :) In many fevers.
Sensations
Pain in rectum as if forcing a passage.
Fearful pains : in rectum and anus.
Myalgic pains : during pregnancy.
Soreness : of eyes.
Fulness : in uterine region.
Weight : in uterine region.
Tissues
(OBS :) Chronic rheumatism.
(OBS :) Dropsy.
Stage of life, constitution
Most suitable for chlorotic girls and pregnant women.
Weak, emaciated people.
Relations
Similar to Helon., Cinchon., Hydrast., Sabin., Senec., Pulsat . and Cauloph .
In collecting the root not to be mistaken for Helon. dioic .