(Toadstool)
This fungus contains several toxic compounds, the
best known of which is Muscarin. The symptoms of poisoning do not
develop at once, usually twelve to fourteen hours elapse before the initial
attack. There is no antidote, treatment, entirely symptomatic (Schneider).
Agaricus acts as an intoxicant to the brain, producing more vertigo and
delirium than alcohol, followed by profound sopor with lowered
reflexes. | ||
| Mind. Sings,
talks, but does not answer. Loquacity. Aversion to work.
Indifference. Fearlessness. Delirium characterized by singing,
shouting, and muttering; rhymes and prophesies. Begins with paroxysm of
yawning. The provings bring out four phases of cerebral excitement. 1. Slight stimulation: shown by increased cheerfulness, courage, loquacity, exalted fancy. 2. More decided intoxication: great mental excitement and incoherent talking, immoderate gaiety alternates with melancholy. Perception of relative size of objects is lost, takes long steps and jumps over small objects as if they were trunks of trees: a small hole appears as a frightful chasm, a spoonful of water an immense lake. Physical strength is increased, can lift heavy loads. With it much twitching. 3. Third stage: produces a condition of furious or raging delirium, screaming, raving, wants to injure himself, etc. 4. Fourth stage: mental depression, languor, indifference, confusion, disinclination to work, etc. We do not get the active cerebral congestion of Belladonna, but a general nervous excitement such as is found in delirium tremens, delirium of fevers, etc. | ||
| Head.
Vertigo from sunlight, and on walking. Head in constant motion.
Falling backward, as if a weight in occiput. Lateral headache, as if from a
nail. [Coff.; Ign.] Dull
headache from prolonged desk work. Icy coldness, like icy needles,
or splinters. Neuralgia with icy cold head. Desire to cover head warmly.
[Sil.] Headache with nosebleed or thick mucous
discharge. | ||
| Eyes.
Reading difficult, as type seems to move, to swim. Vibrating
specters. Double vision [Gels.], dim and
flickering. Asthenopia from prolonged strain, spasm of
accommodation. Twitching of lids and eyeballs. Margins of lids red;
itch and burn and agglutinate. Inner angles very red. | ||
| Ears. Burn and
itch, as if frozen. Twitching of muscles about the ear and
noises. | ||
| Nose.
Nervous nasal disturbances. Itching internally and
externally. Spasmodic sneezing after coughing; sensitiveness; watery
noninflammatory discharge. Inner angles very red. Fetid, dark, bloody
discharge. Nosebleed in old people. Sensation of soreness in nose
and mouth. | ||
| Face.
Facial muscles feel stiff; twitch; face itches and burns.
Lancinating, tearing pain in cheeks, as of splinters. Neuralgia, as if cold
needles ran through nerves or sharp ice touched them. | ||
| Mouth. Burning
and smarting on lips. Herpes on lips. Twitching. Taste sweet. Aphthae on
roof of mouth. Splinter like pains in tongue. Thirsty all the time.
Tremulous tongue. [Lach.] Tongue white. | ||
| Throat.
Stitches along eustachian tube to ear. Feels contracted. Small solid balls
of phlegm thrown up. Dryness of pharynx, swallowing difficult. Scratching
in throat; cannot sing a note. | ||
| Stomach. Empty
eructations, tasting of apples. Nervous disturbances, with spasmodic
contractions, hiccough. Unnatural hunger. Flatulent distention of stomach
and abdomen. Profuse inodorous flatus. Burning in stomach about three hours
after a meal, changing into a dull pressure. Gastric disturbance with
sharp pains in liver region. | ||
| Abdomen.
Stitching pains in liver, spleen and abdomen. Stitches under short
ribs, left side. Diarrhea with much fetid flatus. Fetid stools. | ||
| Urine. Stitches
in urethra. Sudden and violent urging to urinate. Frequent
urination. | ||
| Female. Menses,
increased, earlier. Itching and tearing, pressive pains of genitals and
back. Spasmodic dysmenorrhea. Severe bearing-down pains, especially
after menopause. Sexual excitement. Nipples itch, burn. Complaints
following parturition and coitus. Leucorrhea, with much
itching. | ||
| Respiratory.
Violent attacks of coughing that can be suppressed by effort of will, worse
eating, pain in head while cough lasts. Spasmodic coughing at night after
falling asleep, with expectoration of little balls of mucus.
Labored, oppressed breathing. Cough ends in a sneeze. | ||
| Heart.
Irregular, tumultuous palpitation, after tobacco. Pulse intermittent
and irregular. Cardiac region oppressed, as if thorax were narrowed.
Palpitation with redness of face. | ||
| Back. Pain,
with sensitiveness of spine to touch; worse in dorsal region.
Lumbago; worse in open air. Crick in back. Twitching of cervical
muscles. | ||
| Extremities.
Stiff all over. Pain over hips. Rheumatism better motion. Weakness in
loins. Uncertain gait. Trembling. Itching of toes and feet as if
frozen. Cramp in soles of feet. Pain in shin bone. Neuralgia in
locomotor ataxia. Paralysis of lower limbs, with spasmodic condition of
arms. Numbness of legs on crossing them. Paralytic pain in left arm
followed by palpitation. Tearing painful contractions in the
calves. | ||
| Skin.
Burning, itching, redness, and swelling, as from frostbites.
Pimples, hard, like flea bites. Miliary eruption, with intolerable itching
and burning. Chilblains. Angioneurotic edema; rosacea. Swollen veins with
cold skin. Circumscribed erythematous, papular and pustular and edematous
lesions. | ||
| Sleep.
Paroxysms of yawning. Restless from violent itching and burning. On
falling asleep, starts, twitches, and awakes often. Vivid dreams.
Drowsy in daytime. Yawning, followed by involuntary laughter. | ||
| Fever. Very
sensitive to cool air. Violent attacks of heat in evening. Copious sweat.
Burning spots. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, open cold air, after eating, after coitus. In cold weather,
before a thunderstorm. Pressure on dorsal spine, which causes
involuntary laughter. Better, moving about slowly. | ||
| Relationship.
Compare: Cimic. Antidote: Coff. | ||
| Dose. Third to
thirtieth and two hundredth potency. In skin affections and brain
exhaustions give the lower attenuations. |