Brachyglottis Repens brach.

Puka-Puka (BRACHYGLOTTIS)

Fluttering sensation (Caladium). Kidney and bladder symptoms predominate. Produces symptoms of albuminuria. Itching in ears and nostrils. Bright's disease. Oppression of chest. Writer's cramp.

Feeling as if something rolling about. Fluttering in region of ovary.

Pressure in neck of bladder; urging to urinate. Sense of swashing in bladder. Soreness in urethra; feeling as if urine could not be retained. Urine contains mucous corpuscles and epithelium, albumen and casts.

Cramp in fingers, thumb, and wrist when writing-soreness extending along flexor carpi ulnaris.

Compare: Apis; Helonias; Merc cor; Plumbum.

Third potency.

New Zealand "Puka Puka." Tincture of green leaves and flowers. N. O. Eupatoriaceæ.

Bright's disease. Dysmenorrhœa.

Brachyglottis was proved by C. L. Fischer. The Maories use the leaves to apply to old sores and ulcers. Horses eating young shrubs lose all power over hind legs and spine. It causes lassitude; weakness; loss of flesh. A large number of symptoms were produced in all regions of body, but few have been tested clinically. This appears to be the most marked: Urgency in passing urine; pain in neck of bladder; pain in bladder after urinating, and in urethra and stinging in penis; a large quantity of pale-coloured urine voided, of low specific gravity and containing albumen. Throbbing pains are very prominent in the proving. Dysmenorrhœa with fluttering in abdomen and right ovary has been cured with it. Pains in the back and limbs. Chilliness predominates.

Compare: Eupatoriaceæ, Apis (soreness, stinging in urethra); Arn. (bruised, sore feeling); Bovist. (albuminuria); Helon. (albuminuria); Merc. cor. (albuminuria, urging to urinate and defecate); Nux (urging to urinate and defecate); Op. (constipation); Plumb. (fæces like balls, painful micturition, albuminuria).

Confusion in head and pain in forehead; giddiness and flushed face. — Throbbing: l. side; forehead; around r. ear, and passing from ear to eyes and then to neck. — Headache and faceache very severe, preventing sleep at night. — Cold sensation and tightness about scalp. — Soreness all over head and stiffness in neck.

Tingling, itching, pricking in ears. — Throbbing about r. ear, from ear to eyes, and throat to neck.

Nostrils, sore; itching and irritation in nose.

Twitching in l. side of face (evening). — Soreness r. zygomatic, process. — Flushed face. — Faceache l. side, submaxilliary glands affected.

Pain, numbness, pricking, soreness of tongue. — Heat in mouth.

Soreness, rawness, scraping in throat < by swallowing.

Nausea in stomach. — Fluttering. — Evening, after tea soreness, throbbing in stomach, r. side.

Isolated throbbing l. groin. — Fluttering sensation in abdomen.

Ineffectual urging. — Stool dry; like balls; evacuated with sore constrictive pain in anus; evening.

Pressure and soreness in neck of bladder. — By passing urine, pain in bladder and soreness in urethra; feeling as if urine could not be retained. — Passing urine preceded by pains in bowels. — Urine abundant, contains mucus and albumen. — Throbbing in penis and desire to pass urine; pressure in bladder.

Oppression of breathing; > by sighing.

Pains flying about chest and precordial region. — Throbbing in sternum.

First dorsal vertebra sore to touch. — Cutting under l. shoulder. — Aching in lumbar region. — Isolated throbbing r. side of back. — Feeling as if whole back would contract backward, and muscles of neck were affected.

Great weakness in limbs; weariness and prostration.

Puka puka. Eupatoriaceæ.
A shrub growing in the northern Island of New Zealand, attaining even the size of a tree, to twenty feet in height, bearing large, broad, indented, glossy leaves, the under surface thickly covered with white, downy layers. The flower is large, hanging in clusters of very minute, sweet-scented blossoms. The Maories use the leaves externally over old sores and ulcers.
Horses, after eating the leaves of the young shrubs, seem to lose all power over the hind legs and spine, and appear to be paralyzed.
Tincture prepared from the green leaves and flowers.
Proving by Dr. L. C. Fischer.

Irritable mood.

Confusion in head and pain in forehead.
Giddiness and flushed face.

Pain in forehead. See 2 .
Pressure in forehead ; 1st d.
Transitory, sudden throbs left side of head after one hour ; 2d d.
Pressive pain in left side of forehead.
Throbbing in left temple.
Headache, pressive and throbbing in forehead.
Headache concentrated about left eye.
Pain over left eye.
Pain over right eye.
Feeling of tightness in forehead and temple.
Weight on top of head.
Headache extending from temple to temple.
Severe throbbing pain around right ear, and passing from ear to eyes, and then to neck.
A violent headache lasting four hours and commencing again at night, preventing sleep, leaving in morning a bruised feeling.
Throbbing pain in head.
Bruised pain in left temple.
Darting pain in right side of head.
Heaviness over head.
Headache and faceache, become very severe and prevent sleep during night.

A cold sensation and tightness about scalp.
Increasing desire to bend the head.
Soreness all over head and stiffness in neck.

Dimness of sight and pressure on forehead.
Pain over left eye.
Soreness around eyes, as if bruised.

Tingling in ears.
Pain in ears.
Itching and pricking in ears.
Throbbing about right ear, from ear to eyes and then to neck.

Irritation in nostrils and repeated sneezing.
Irritation in left nostril and feeling as if air is too sharp.
Itching in nose.
Itching and burning in nostrils.
Soreness of nostrils exteriorly.

Faceache left side, as if submaxillary glands were affected, extending to upper part of face.
Itching in face.
Soreness, zygomatic process right side of face.
Headache and faceache become very intense, and prevent sleep during night.
Soreness in zygomatic process, left side.
Sudden lancinating pain in right side of face.
Chilliness and heat in face.
Slight twitches in left side of face.
Appearance of general illness.
Flushed face. See 2 .
Faceache with headache. See 3 .
Severe pain and tightness of skin over forehead.
Twitching in left side of face.

Severe pain in left submaxillary region.
Painless soreness in sterno-mastoid process.
Since about a week a soreness has been felt on corners of mouth, which now relieves itself by swelling of lips.

Toothache, right side, extending to ears.

Soreness of tongue.
Pricking pain and numbness in tongue.

Heat in mouth.

Slight soreness in throat.
Scraping sensation in throat.
Soreness and rawness in throat.
Dryness and rawness in throat.
Pain in throat increased by swallowing.
Sharp, cutting pain in throat.
Dryness in throat with slight cutting pain.
Dryness of throat and lips.
The throat symptoms seem to be nervous, and not resulting from mucous membranes ; the same may be said of nose and ear symptoms.

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The fresh leaves and flowers of the Brachyglottis repens, Forst. (Nat. order Compositæ), are used for a tincture.

Information is yet too meagre to say. ▶ See symptoms of kidneys and bladder in the clinical reports.

Lilium tig., Crocus, Merc. c., Arnica., Apoc. c ., Canth., Dig., Kalmia.

Appearance of general illness. ▶ Loss of fresh. ▶ Pains at first nervous, afterwards muscular. ▶ Spine and nerves more affected than muscles, the pains are transitory, and except in the spine, where the pain is not constant, it seems as if the action could be traced along anterior branches of the saphenic nervous, and perhaps along saphenic veins. ▶ Soreness to touch (Ars.). ▶ Inclination to stretch. ▶ Heaviness, with sleepiness. ▶ Weakness. ▶ Symptoms ceased in afternoon, except weakness of limbs.

Irritable mood. ▶ Headache; with faceache, preventing sleep at night. ▶ Confusion of H. ▶ Desire to bend H. ▶ Vertigo, with flushed face. ▶ Pain in forehead; in evening; in left ; headache, concentrated about left eye; throbbing pain in F. (Apoc. c., Merc.). ▶ Throbbing in left temple (Dig.); sudden throbs in left side of head (Kalm.).

Pricking in E.; with itching. ▶ Pain in E.; left in evening. ▶ Tingling in E.; with secretions. ▶ Soreness in nostrils exteriorly. ▶ Irritation in nostrils, with repeated sneezing; I. in left nostril, with feeling as if the air were too sharp. ▶ Itching in nose; with burning.

Twitches in left side in evening. ▶ Sudden lancinating pain in right side. ▶ Pain in left submaxillary glands; extending to upper part of face. ▶ Pain in left lower jaw; and in face. ▶ Soreness of right zygomatic process; left ; in corners of mouth, relieved by swelling of lips.

Toothache; right, extending to ears. ▶ Tongue sore. ▶ Pricking in tongue in evening, with numbness. ▶ Heat in mouth. ▶ Scraping in throat. ▶ Rawness of throat; with dryness; in evening, with soreness. ▶ Soreness of throat.

Appetite lost. ▶ Nausea; in evening; in evening with eructation tasting of ingesta. ▶ Pain and soreness. ▶ Soreness in evening after tea, with throbbing in right side of S. and bowels. ▶ Fluttering.

Fluttering sensation (Crocus). ▶ Colic, with desire for stool. ▶ Pain in groin; left (Dios.); in groins, with weariness of lower limbs. ▶ Soreness in groins, as if in spermatic cords, with thrilling through penis and testes. ▶ Throbbing in right hypochondrium (Apoc. c.); in left groin; in left groin in morning; sudden T. pain in left groin.

Prostration about anus. ▶ Ineffectual urging to stool. ▶ Diarrhœa in evening. ▶ Small, soft stool, with pain and constriction in anus. ▶ Dry S., with sore constrictive pain in anus. ▶ S. like balls, knotty and painful.

Pain in bladder during micturition, with soreness in urethra and feeling as if the urine could not be retained; pain in B. after evacuation (Canth., Merc. c.), and in urethra, with stinging in penis. ▶ Pressure in neck of bladder; with soreness. ▶ Irritation of bladder in evening; I. during micturition. ▶ Urging to urinate. ▶ Stinging pain in urethra (Arn., Merc. c.). ▶ Throbbing in penis, with desire to urinate and pressure in bladder. ▶ Urine abundant, pale; and specific gravity decreased, full of mucous corpuscles and epithelium, afterwards urine scanty full of mucus dark-colored, two days afterwards pale, containing albumen, then dark, containing transparent waxy casts, afterwards a mass of epithelial cells adhering to each other (Phosphates, oxalate of lime) afterwards dark, containing mucous cells and triple phosphates, specific gravity slightly increased, white mucous sediment, containing epithelium, triple phosphates and mucous casts from kidneys.

Bright's disease, the result of overwork.

Dysmenorrhœa, with chronic basic peritonitis and fluttering in abdomen; the fluttering in the abdomen and fluttering in right ovary are the keynotes to its use.

Breathing oppressed in evening, amel. sighing; as if pectoral muscles were contracting and a stretching would relieve, with the same sensation in dorsal muscles and in right scapula. ▶ Shooting in pectoral muscles in region of heart. ▶ Pain in region of heart in evening; in right side; in chest (œsophagus?). ▶ Painful soreness in sterno-mastoid process. ▶ Throbbing in sternum, with pain in pectoral muscles. ▶ Painful throbbings about shoulder and collar-bone.

Pain prominently affecting upper part of trapeze muscle and extending to shoulders. ▶ Pain on moving head from one side to the other, with soreness in region of attachments of sterno-mastoid muscles, pain in neck continues in the evening. ▶ Stiffness.

Pain; agg. evening, and in region of kidneys; with weariness; with weariness in limbs; isolated throbbing, in right side. ▶ Uneasiness, with prostration. ▶ Whole B. feels as if it would contract backward, and the muscles of the neck were affected. ▶ First dorsal vertebræ sore to touch. ▶ Sudden pain about fourth and fifth dorsal vertebræ in evening, extending to right side of chest and shoulders.

Gnawing pain in region of kidneys. ▶ Pain across; after riding, extending to pectoral muscles and arms. ▶ Soreness; in lower part of spine, almost traceable to sciatic nerve. ▶ Weakness after walking, with pain. ▶ Weariness in back from coccyx upward, and dull pain in region of kidneys.

Inclination to stretch, especially arms, to relieve the weariness between scapulæ and trapeze muscle. ▶ Weakness; in morning; agg. afternoon.

Pain under right axilla; extending to pectoral muscles. ▶ Painful soreness under arms. ▶ Cracking in left shoulder. ▶ Soreness in shoulders and neck. ▶ Cracking in joints of left arm. ▶ Isolated throbbing or shooting in arms. ▶ Isolated sore throbs in right arm and under right axilla. ▶ Weakness of arms; in evening; of right arm from writing; of arms and wrists. ▶ Pain in deltoid of left arm in evening; running along left upper arm, becoming stationary; weary, in upper arm. ▶ Weakness in biceps, with soreness. ▶ Pain in left elbow in morning. ▶ Throbbing and shooting pain in wrist. ▶ Soreness of left wrist; with pain; of right wrist, extending to elbow, as if in flexor carpi ulnaris; in fingers and thumb, with weakness of hands when writing.

Cracking in joints when walking. ▶ Weakness from walking. ▶ Pain in thighs from walking; short sudden pains in thighs. ▶ Weakness extending from hip to knee. ▶ Sharp throbbings or shootings in knees, with cramplike contractions in muscles of thighs. ▶ Rheumatic moving aching in left knee. ▶ Sore throbbing pains in knees; right knee. ▶ Knees weak in evening. ▶ Throbbing sore pain in legs. ▶ Pain in lower part of legs. ▶ Weakness of legs in morning, more in left than in right thigh, with soreness in lower part of spine. ▶ Soreness on soles.

Itching; in face. ▶ Painful itching burning under big toes from walking, with itching of right sole. ▶ Sleepiness; during the day, with constant yawning. ▶ Inability to fall asleep after waking. ▶ Restless sleep. ▶ Restless and sleepless night. ▶ Talking in sleep. ▶ Sleep full of dreams. ▶ Confused dreams. ▶ Chilliness; with shivering; and pulse 50; with heat in face. ▶ Cold sensation and tightness about scalp. ▶ Cold hands and feet.