Angustura Vera ang.

We think of this remedy as standing among the first for tonic spasm; trismus, etc. Caries. Certain forms of summer complaint.

Disconcerted and irritated at the least trifle.

One-side headache, or both sides ache as if about to faint. Boring pains.

Objects too far distant, must bring them closer. Eyes red, burn, nightly agglutination.

Sharp pains in both cheeks, frequently dart through the eyeballs and temples, increased by stooping, walking, or mental excitement. Exostosis of lower jaws. Blue face after attacks of lock jaw.

Irresistible desire to drink coffee, also cold water.

Acidity, coated tongue, pappy, unpleasant taste and loss of appetite.

Distended; cutting pains followed by diarrhœa. Severe pain, extending in a line from navel to sternum. Taking warm milk causes stitching and cutting pains in the bowels.

Diarrhœa day and night, each evacuation preceded by cutting pains in the abdomen, usually attended with nausea in the morning; stools often whitish, thin and copious, diarrhœa becomes chronic, with loss of flesh and great debility; constipation.

Male: Much itching of all these organs, sometimes voluptuous. Seminal emissions. Female: Troubles with the right ovary. Sensation as if the uterus were beating against the right ovary and right hip.

A sort of whooping cough, with belching of wind. Cough occurring every P.M., at 3 o'clock.

Constriction in upper part of lungs, as if one had been running. Heart suddenly feels swollen, with great fear of dying, relieved by lying on left side; violent palpitation of, with a sensation as if it were constricted. Cutting thrusts through the chest, independent of respiration. Unequal and irregular respiration; very low and feeble voice.

Much pain in neck and back, between the scapulæ, worse on motion.

Lower: Paralysis of the legs imminent, with trembling of the feet. Jerking stitches in left thigh and in upper border of ilium, only when sitting. Much pain in the knees. Nodes on the legs and feet. Spavin in horses much disposed to stretch the limbs. Very much fatigued, most in the thighs.

Intermittent fevers, when thirst and vomiting of bile begin, with hot stage.

Rheumatic and paralytic complaints. Great irritability and morbid liveliness. Great difficulty in walking, with threatened paralysis of legs. In tetanus, traumatic, or otherwise when there is spasmodic twitching or jerking of the muscles. Trismus, with lips drawn back, showing the teeth. Catalepsy, with the body bent backward. Wasting of soft parts. Cracking in all the joints.

From touching the parts.

Bellad., Lycop., Sepia, Ignat.

Bark of Galipea Cusparia

Rheumatic and paralytic complaints-great difficulty in walking. Crackling in all joints.

The greatest craving for coffee is a characteristic symptom. Caries of long bones. Paralysis. Tetanus. Stiffness of muscles and joints. Oversensitive.

Principal action on spinal motor nerves and mucous membranes.

Oversensitive. Headache, with heat of face. Acute pain in cheeks. Drawing in facial muscles. Pain in temporal muscles, when opening the jaws. Pain in articulation of jaw, in masseter muscles, as if fatigued by chewing too much. Cramp-pain on the zygomatic arch.

Bitter taste. Irresistible desire for coffee. Pain from navel into sternum. Atonic dyspepsia. Belching, with cough (Ambra).

Diarrhœa and colic. Tenesmus with soft stool; chronic diarrhœa, with debility and loss of flesh. Burning in anus.

Itching along back. Pain in cervical vertebræ. Drawing in the neck. Pain in spine, at nape of neck and sacrum, worse on pressure. Twitching and jerking along back. Bends backward.

Stiffness and tension of muscles and joints. Pain in limbs on walking. Arms tired and heavy. Caries of long bones. Coldness of fingers. Pain in knees. Cracking in joints.

Caries, very painful ulcers which affect the bone.

Compare: Nux; Ruta; Mercur; Brucea. -Bark of Nux vomica or angustura falsa (Tetanic spasms with undisturbed consciousness, worse noise, liquids, paralyzed lower extremities, worse least touch, cries for fear of being touched. Painful jerking of legs; cramp-like pain in knees; rigid and lame limbs of paralytics. For pain in the passing of calculus).

Sixth potency.

Easily frightened, and starts.

Tension in the temporal muscles when opening the mouth.

The eyelids are spasmodically opened. Dimness before the eyes from obscuration of the cornea, (in the morning).

Heat and bluish redness of the face. Tension in the muscles of the face. Lock-jaw ; the lips are drawn back, showing the teeth. After the attacks, the lips and cheeks remain blue for some time.

Aversion to solid food, but irresistible desire to drink coffee. Thirst, without desire to drink. Painful tension in the pit of the stomach and abdomen.

Violent itching on the male organs, especially on the tip of the glans penis.

Intermitting spasmodic breathing. Dry cough, with scraping and rattling of mucus in the chest. Hoarseness from mucus in the trachea. Painful spasm in the pectoral muscles. Painful sensitiveness of the chest, even to the slightest touch.

Painful stiffness in the neck, and between the shoulder-blades.

Cramp-like drawing, down the arm to the fingers.

Drawing in the limbs, with soreness. Pain on the inner side of the ankle, when walking, causing limping.

Weakness of the whole body, as if the marrow of the bone were stiff. The spinal marrow and the exterior muscles are principally affected. Stiffness and stretching of the limbs. Twitching and jerking along the back, like electric shocks. Spasmodic twitching. Tetanic spasms, caused by contact, noise, or the drinking of lukewarm water ; cheeks and lips become blue ; the breathing is labored during the spasms, groaning dad closing of the eyes, lips wife open, drawn up and down ; exposing the teeth. Paralysis. Cracking of the joints.

Pulse accelerated, spasmodic, irregular at times, intermitting. Chill, in the morning and forenoon, preceded by thirst. Violent chill every afternoon (at 3 o'clock). Repeated chilliness over the affected parts. Heat in the evening, after entering a room, after supper, mostly in the face, at 3 A.M., disturbing sleep, followed by chilliness. Perspiration only in the morning, and on the forehead.

Caries and very painful ulcers, which affect the bones and pierce them to the marrow.

Aggravation, from touching the affected part.

Bark of Galipea cusparia. Bonplandia trifoliata. (From Angustura, South America.) N. O. Rutaceæ. Trituration and tincture of the bark.

Bone-pains. Caries. Diarrhœa. Injuries. Intermittent fevers. Myopia. Spavin in horses. Tetanus. Toothache. Whooping-cough.

The effects of Angustura are closely allied to those of Nux, Ruta, and Mercurius. The mental condition is one of over-sensitiveness and excitability; the slightest offence, a mere trifle, irritates as with Nux . On the other hand there is pusillanimity, which corresponds more to Ruta . Among the prominent features are: Drawing, tension, stiffness of muscles and joints; bruised, sore feeling as after a blow. Drawing of head to right side, later to left. Shortsighted. Heat in forehead at night. Exostosis of lower jaw. Trismus neonatorum (where much Mercury had been given). Drawing in upper r. molar tooth > application of cold finger. Thirst, constant desire to drink. Irresistible desire to drink coffee. Hiccough after cough. Belching with cough ( Ambra ). Every evacuation followed by shivering, crawling sensation over face. Tenesmus with soft stool. Hæmorrhoids protrude with hard, knotty stool. Seminal emissions. Itching of tip of glans penis (when walking in open air). Violent itching on scrotum. Dry, hacking cough from scratching in throat or irritation behind sternum. Irritation behind sternum through to back. Palpitation < sitting bent and > sitting up. Cutting pain from point of right scapula to breast, near nipple ( Chel .). Pain in cervical vertebræ < moving arms. Tearing as if in the bones, < at rest; > cold applications; > extension; < exertion and pressure. Spinal cord and extensor muscles principally affected; cracking in all joints. Caries of long bones. I have verified the power of Angust . over long bones in a case of acute periostitis of the tibia in a scrofulous boy. The 5x trit. speedily arrested inflammation, after the failure of Merc. viv . Symptoms < from exertion; from stooping; sitting bent over (palpitation) moving or lifting arms; drinking warm milk; 3 p.m. (loose cough); > application of cold fingers (toothache); cold application; extension; lying on left side.

Ang. is like Ruta in its action on bones, and as an antidote to Mercury; also like False Angustura (Angustura spuria, Brucea antidyssenterica, Nucis vomicæ cortex — see Brucea); Bell. ( < 3 p.m.; easily startled; heat in female genitals; trismus), Bry., Rhus; Cep., Cham., Coff. (toothache > by cold); Cicut., Ign., Nux (tetanus); Merc., Pho., Sil. (caries of jaw); Æsc., Alo. (piles and backache); Ant. cr., Ant. t., Lil., Nat. m., Puls., Sep. (eruptions); Hyperic., Led. (punctured wounds); Ran. bulb. (pain in pectoral muscles). Antidoted by: Coffea (not Camph.), Bry. (bellyache after milk); Chel. (sharp, cutting pain from just beneath right scapula to chest).

Timidity of character, and tendency to take alarm. — Pusillanimity, and want of self-confidence. — Ill-humour and discontent, with great readiness to take offence. — Extreme excitement and gaiety. — Absence of mind and reveries. — Vivacity of mind, chiefly in the afternoon.

Head bewildered, with stupidity, as if after intoxication. — Dizziness in the open air, or on crossing a stream of water. — In the evening, pressive headache, with heat in the face. — One-sided headache, or both sides ache as if about to faint. — Boring pains. — Pain, like that of a bruise, in the brain. — Cramp-like pains in the head. — Piercing in the temples. — The headaches appear mostly at sunset, and continue until the patient goes to sleep. — Sensation of torpor in the temporal muscles, with tension on opening the mouth.

Tension and pressure in the eyes, as from too strong a light. — Sensation of dryness and pain, as of excoriation, in the eyelids. — Redness, heat, and burning in the eyes, with nocturnal agglutination of the eyelids. — Spasmodic stretching open of the lids. — Eyes fixed, prominent, immovable. — Sight confused, as if by a mist, or as if the cornea were obscured (in the morning). — Objects too far distant, must bring them closer.

Cramp-like pain in the ears. — Jerkings and tearing before and in the ears. — Sensation as if something were placed in or before the ears. — Heat in the ears. — Diminution of hearing.

Heat and bluish redness of the face. — Tension of the facial muscles. — Cramp-like pains in the cheek-bones and in the masseters frequently dart through the eyeballs and temples, < by stooping, walking, or mental excitement. — Trismus, with the lips strongly separated, displaying the teeth. — (After the spasms, the face and lips still remain bluish for some time.). — Exostosis at the lower jaw.

Drawing odontalgia. — Throbbing in the hollow teeth.

Dryness of the mouth and lips. — (In the evening), viscid, insipid, and putrid mucus in the mouth, with constant desire to drink. — Tongue white, and, as it were, rough. — Sensation of burning in the tongue.

Bitter taste, principally after dinner and after smoking tobacco. — Thirst, with desire for cold drinks, or sensation of thirst without a desire for drink. — Disgust for food, principally solid food with irresistible desire to take coffee, or with insatiable hunger. — Disgust for pork. — Imperfect eructuations after eating, with a sensation of fulness in the chest.

Bilious eructations. — Nausea while dining, or walking in the open air, with uneasy sensation of faintness. — Pain, as of incisive excoriation in the stomach, particularly at the beginning of a meal. — Cramp-like pain in the pit of the stomach. — Acidity, coated tongue, pappy, unpleasant taste and loss of appetite.

Bruise-like pain in the abdomen. — Cramp-like colic. — Severe pain, extending in a line from navel to sternum. — Cutting pains, chiefly after having taken milk (hot). — Shooting pain in the abdomen. — Borborygmi and fermentation in the abdomen, as preceding diarrhœa.

Stools frequent and copious. — Diarrhœa of mucus, with colicky pains. — Diarrhœa day and night, each evacuation preceded by cutting pains in the abdomen, usually attended with nausea in the morning; stools often whitish, thin and copious, diarrhœa becomes chronic, with loss of flesh and great debility; constipation. — Pressive and contractive pain in the anus, with swelling of the hæmorrhoids. — Burning in the anus while at stool.

Frequent want to make water, with scanty evacuation, or frequent and abundant evacuation of urine, preceded by pressure on the bladder, and followed by tenesmus. — Urine of an orange colour, and soon becomes turbid.

Much itching of all these organs, sometimes voluptuous. — Seminal emissions.

Troubles with the r. ovary. — Sensation as if the uterus were beating against the r. ovary and r. hip.

Hoarseness from mucus in the aerial passages. — Intermitting spasmodic breathing. — Voice weak and faint. — Dry cough, with rattling and scraping of mucus in the chest. — Violent, deep cough, with expectoration of yellowish mucus. — A sort of whooping-cough with hiccough and belching of wind. — Cough occurring every p.m., at 3 o'clock.

Respiration convulsive (intermittent). — Constriction in upper part of lungs, as if one had been running. — Oppression of the chest, on walking quickly, and during an ascent. — Cramp in the chest, with painful spasms of the muscles of the chest. — Painful sensitiveness of the chest, even to the slightest touch. — Bruise-like pain in the muscles of the chest, on moving the arms.

Incisive shocks, or shootings in the chest, and in the region of the heart. — Violent throbbing of the heart, when seated and leaning forward, or in the evening, in bed, when lying on the left side. — Palpitation of the heart with anguish. — Heart feels suddenly swollen, with great fear of dying, > by lying on l. side. — Sensation of painful contraction of the heart.

Painful heaviness in the nape of the neck, and between the shoulder-blades, in bed, in the morning. — Opisthotonos. — Violent itching along the back. — Pain in the loins, as if bruised, mostly at night, and particularly towards four o'clock in the morning.

Arms tired and heavy, as if paralysed, with stiffness in the elbow. — Paralytic weakness of the elbows and of the hands. — Cramp-like drawings in the forearm, the hands, and the fingers. — Coldness of the fingers.

Pain, as of dislocation, or of cramp in the coxo-femoral joints; also in the leas and in the feet. — Pain, as from fatigue, in the thighs and in the legs, when walking, as if they were going to break. — Pressive drawing in all parts of the lower extremities. — Pain in the joint of the foot on putting it down, producing lameness. — Paralysis of the legs, imminent with trembling of the feet. — Paralysis of the joints of the feet. — Drawing in the limbs, with soreness. — Pain in the inner side of the ankle, when walking, causing limping.

Sensation of weakness and of stiffness in the whole body; as if the marrow of the bone were stiff. — The spinal marrow and the exterior muscles are principally affected. — Stiffness and extension of the limbs. — Tension in the muscles while walking. — Paralysis of different parts. — Great difficulty in walking, with threatened paralysis of the legs. — In tetanus, traumatic, or otherwise, when there is spasmodic twitching or jerking of the muscles. — Catalepsy, with the body bent backward. — Wasting of soft parts. — Convulsive starts. — Attacks of tetanus, excited mostly by touch, by drinking, and by noise. — Tetanic spasms caused (by the previously named causes) and by drinking of lukewarm water; cheeks and lips become blue; the breathing is laboured during the spasms, groaning and closing of the eyes, lips wide open, drawn up and down, exposing the teeth. — Commotion in the body trunk), as from an electric shock. — Twitching and jerking along the back, like electric shocks. — Cracking of the joints. — Caries, and painful ulcers, which attack the (long) bones and perforate them, even to the marrow.

In the evening, great drowsiness, followed by sleeplessness before midnight. — Sleep disturbed by frequent dreams.

Pulse accelerated, spasmodic, irregular at times, intermitting. — Chill, in the morning and forenoon, preceded by thirst. — Violent chill every afternoon at 3 o'clock. — Heat in the evening after entering a room, after supper, mostly in the face; at 3 a.m., disturbing sleep, followed by chilliness. — Shuddering in the part affected. — Heat, with confusion and pain in the head, in the evening and at night. — Thirst and vomiting of bile begin with hot stage.

Disheartened.
No confidence in use of voluntary muscles ; could not finish what he attempted.
Ill-humored, oversensitive to jokes, slight offenses fill him with bitterness.
The slightest offense, a more trifle, irritates. θ Caries.
Pusillanimity.
Great gloom. θ Threatening paralysis of lower limbs.
Lively in afternoon.
Thinks about one project and nothing else, with great activity of mind.
A kind of waking dream in afternoon.
Kind of absence of mind, wants now this, then that thing.
Anxiety with outward pressing in abdomen, and outward cutting in chest, < in bed, at night.
Easily frightened and starts.

Vertigo : when crossing a running stream ; as if he was turned backward and around ; periodical ; from occiput forward, with pulsating in temples.
Heaviness in head, with dizziness.
When pressing head on pillow, benumbing dizziness.

Megrim.
Pressure in both temples, as if about to faint.
Pressure in forehead with heat in face.
Headache in evening until falling asleep.

Drawing of head to right side, later to left.
Could not turn head.
Tensive pain in temporal muscles, when opening jaws.
Pains in bones of head.

Dimness before eyes from obscuration of cornea, in morning.
Shortsightedness.
Reading makes dizzy, sleepy, and causes quivering between brows.
Dull aching over eyes while riding (improved by Coffea).

Hearing more acute.
Sensation as of something sticking in ear.
Pains now in right, then in left ear.
Burning in region of tympanum.
Heat in ears and both cheeks ; in lobe of ear.
Cramp in external ear.
Behind ears a throbbing as from large artery.
Tearing pain in an abscess over right mastoid process.

Inner nose ulcerated.

Tension in muscles of face.
Drawing in facial muscles.
Crawls over face after stool.
Heat of forehead, during night.
Sweat on forehead, in morning.
Heat in face with headache ; heat in forehead at night.
Cold cheek while body is warm.
Feels heat in both cheeks and ears without external warmth.
The red cheeks turn cold.
Acute pains in both cheeks, occasionally darting through eyeballs and temples, < stooping, stepping, or by mental excitement ; debility, depression of spirits, frequent chilly sensations and occasional attacks of nausea and looseness of bowels.

Exostosis of lower jaw.
Trismus neonatorum in cases where much mercury had been given.
Tensive pain in temporal muscles, when opening jaws.
Pain in masseter muscles as if one had fatigued them by chewing too much.
Cramplike pain near articulation of jaw, in masticator muscles, especially when at rest ; pain > by opening or closing jaws.
Lips dry and warm.

Drawing in upper teeth palliated by a cold finger.

Stitches in tip of tongue, very painful even without moving tongue.
Burning like from pepper near left edge of tongue.
Tongue white, feels rough.
Bitter taste after dinner, from smoking.
Foul or flat taste in mouth.
Dry tongue, at night.

Dry, without thirst.
Tough, foul mucus in mouth during evening sleep ; could not drink enough.
Saliva runs out of mouth.
Spits an acidulated saltish fluid.

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Very much fatigued, feels it most in the thighs.

Caries and very painful ulcers, which affect the bones and pierce them to the marrow, particularly if the patient has longing for coffee and a very touchy, sensitive mind; very susceptible, will not bear the slightest joke (Ign.).

Timid; dyspeptic.

Traumatic tetanus (Hyper.).

From touching the affected part; 3 P. M., in afternoon.

Periodicity not marked.

3 P. M.—(Apis, Ars., Chin. s.)

Fevers occurring in tropical countries; after travelling through swamps in a hot climate (Ced.).

Violent chill every afternoon at 3 P. M. (Apis). Shivering with goose-flesh, without thirst, for several days in succession. Severe cold sensation over back; cold hands, fingers and feet; drawing pain in elbows, knees and toes (pains in ankles and wrists, Pod.). Chill lasts half an hour. Creepings up the back, with restlessness extending to inner parts, causing trembling with warm lips without thirst. Coldness, followed by heat the same day; recurring now in the evening, then at noon, then in the morning, with thirst in the beginning of the fever, and vomiting of bile.

Warmth of the whole body, except head, towards evening, so that she is unable to sleep again after 3 A. M. (worse at 3 A. M. and 3 P. M., Thuja). Cold cheeks. The heat ascends (Sep.). Flushes of heat with anxiety.

Perspiration at night in bed. Sweat only in the morning; on the forehead.

This remedy, like Cedron, is adapted to fevers of tropical climates. The paroxysm in each occurs at 3 P. M. (Apis), and is severe and prostrating.

We omit the symptomatology of Angustura vera. Formerly Angustura spuria was confounded with it, and an almost hopeless mixture resulted. The spuria being obtained from a species of Strychnos gave rise probably to its vaunted power over tetanic and spasmodic affections. (Angustura vera has been found to be useful in caries, especially of the long bones?).

Extraordinary distraction. Great crowding of thought like a waking dream in afternoon. Disheartened and want of self - confidence. Over - sensitive to offences. Extraordinary agitation and cheerfulness.

In evening (pressing) head pains with hot face. Cramp - like headache. Tensive pain in temporal muscles when opening jaws.

Tension and pressure in, as from too strong a light. The lids stand spasmodically wide open. Short sight.

Cramping pain in. Diminished hearing.

Hot and bluish red. Tension in muscles of. Cramp - like pain in zygomae and in masseter muscles. Trismus: Lock jaw with widely retracted lips, exposing teeth. For a while after attacks, lips and cheeks remain blue. Periostitis of lower jaw.

Cramped feeling in, compelling clearing it, but no expectoration.

Cutting, smarting pain in. Cramping pain in pit.

Appetite: Entire loss of, for solid food, he desires only coffee. Aversion to pork. Thirsty without desire to drink. Irresistible longing for coffee.

Taste: Bitter, in mouth after eating and smoking.

Cramping pain in. Cutting in, after drinking milk.

Mucus. Diarrhoea with cutting in abdomen.

Violent itching of.

Intermittent, spasmodic. Oppressive tightness of chest when running and ascending.

Dry, with scratching and rattling in chest.

Trachea, etc. - Tenacious mucus in, which is not easily dislodged. Hoarseness from mucus in. Faint, soft voice.

A cutting ache in both sides of, at first only on inspiration, afterwards increased to cutting shocks which continue, even when patient holds his breath. Painful spasm in muscles of. Bruised pain in muscles of, when moving arms. Violent palpitation with anxiety.

Painful stiffness between scapulae and in nape. Violent itching along back. Opisthotonos. Bruised pain in lumbar region, early in morning.

Cramp - like drawing through arms into fingers.

Cramping pain and bruised feeling in legs. When stepping, pain on inner side of ankles, necessitating limping.

Tonic spasm excited by slightest touch, drinking and noise. Stiffness and stretching out of limbs. Spasmodic twitchings. Paralyses.

Caries and very painful ulcers which affect the bones and extend into the marrow.

Sleepiness early in evening, followed by great vivacity until after midnight.

Pulse: Accelerated, spasmodic irregular and sometimes intermittent. Chill: Early in morning in bed and in forenoon, after previous thirst. Violent internal, every afternoon (3 o'clock). Repeated shivering chill over diseased parts. Shivering chill over back in forenoon (9 o'clock). Heat: In evening moist in face, after entering a room and after supper. After midnight (3 o'clock) which disturbs sleep, soon followed by shuddering, Sweat: Only in early morning, and on forehead.

Allied Remedies: Bry., Calc-c., Lyc., Rhus-t., Verbas. Tab.

Tetanic spasms, caused by contact, noise and the drinking of luke-warm water.

Cheeks and lips become blue.

The breathing is heavy and during the spasms there is groaning and closing of the eyes.

Twitching and jerking along the back like electric shocks.

Spasmodic twitching.

He bends himself backward.

Stiffness and stretching of the limbs.

Cracking of the joints.

Weakness of the whole body, as if the marrow of the bones was stiff.

Caries.

Very painful ulcers, which affect the bone and extend into the marrow of it.

Aggravations from touching the affected part.