(Leopard's Bane)
Produces conditions upon the system quite similar
to those resulting from injuries, falls, blows, contusions. Tinnitus
aurium. Putrid phenomena. Septic conditions; prophylactic of pus
infection. Apoplexy, red, full face. | ||
| Mind. Fears
touch, or the approach of anyone. Unconscious; when spoken to answers
correctly, but relapses. Indifference; inability to perform continuous
active work; morose, delirious. Nervous; cannot bear pain; whole body
oversensitive. Says there is nothing the matter with him. Wants to be let
alone. Agoraphobia (fear of space). After mental strain or
shock. | ||
| Head. Hot,
with cold body; confused; sensitiveness of brain, with sharp, pinching
pains. Scalp feels contracted. Cold spot on forehead. Chronic vertigo;
objects whirl about especially when walking. | ||
| Eyes. Diplopia
from traumatism, muscular paralysis, retinal hemorrhage. Bruised, sore
feeling in eyes after close work. Must keep eyes open. Dizzy on closing
them. Feel tired and weary after sightseeing, moving pictures,
etc. | ||
| Ears. Noises in
ear caused by rush of blood to the head. Shooting in and around ears. Blood
from ears. Dullness of hearing after concussion. Pain in cartilages of ears
as if bruised. | ||
| Nose. Bleeding
after every fit of coughing, dark fluid blood. Nose feels sore;
cold. | ||
| Mouth. Fetid
breath. Dry and thirsty. Bitter taste. [Coloc.]
Taste as from bad eggs. Soreness of gums after teeth extraction. [Sep.] Empyema of maxillary sinus. | ||
| Face.
Sunken; very red. Heat in lips. Herpes in face. | ||
| Stomach.
Longing for vinegar. Distaste for milk and meat. Canine hunger. Vomiting of
blood. Pain in stomach during eating. Repletion with loathing. Oppressive
gases pass upward and downward. Pressure as from a stone. Feeling as if
stomach were passing against spine. Fetid vomiting. | ||
| Abdomen.
Stitches under false ribs. Distended; offensive flatus. Sharp thrusts
through abdomen. | ||
| Stool.
Straining of tenesmus in diarrhea. Offensive, brown, bloody,
putrid, involuntary. Looks like brown yeast. Must lie down after every
stool. Diarrhea of consumption; worse lying on left side. Dysenteric stools
with muscular pains. | ||
| Urine. Retained
from overexertion. Dark brick-red sediment. Vesical tenesmus with very
painful micturition. | ||
| Female. Bruised
parts after labor. Violent afterpains. Uterine hemorrhage from mechanical
injury after coition. Sore nipples. Mastitis from injury. Feeling as if
fetus were lying crosswise. | ||
| Respiratory.
Coughs depending on cardiac lesion, paroxysmal, at night, during sleep,
worse exercise. Acute tonsillitis, swelling of soft palate and uvula.
Pneumonia; approaching paralysis. Hoarseness from overuse of voice. Raw,
sore feeling in morning. Cough produced by weeping and lamenting. Dry, from
tickling low down in trachea. Bloody expectoration. Dyspnea with
hemoptysis. All bones and cartilages of chest painful. Violent spasmatic
cough, with facial herpes. Whooping cough, child cries before coughing.
Pleurodynia. [Cimic.] | ||
| Heart.
Angina pectoris; pain especially severe in elbow of left arm.
Stitches in heart. Pulse feeble and irregular. Cardiac dropsy with
distressing dyspnea. Extremities distended, feel bruised and sore. Fatty
heart and hypertrophy. | ||
| Extremities.
Gout. Great fear of being touched or approached. Pain in back and limbs, as
if bruised or beaten. Sprained and dislocated feeling. Soreness after
overexertion. Everything on which he lies seems too hard. Deathly coldness
of forearm. Cannot walk erect, on account of bruised pain in pelvic region.
Rheumatism begins low down and works up. [Led.] | ||
| Skin. Black
and blue. Itching, burning, eruption of small pimples. Crops of
small boils. [Sil.] Ecchymosis. Bed sores. Acne
indurata, characterized by symmetry in distribution. | ||
| Sleep.
Sleepless and restless when overtired. Comatose drowsiness; awakens with
hot head; dreams of death, mutilated bodies, anxious and terrible. Horrors
in the night. Involuntary stools during sleep. | ||
| Fever. Febrile
symptoms closely related to typhoid. Shivering over whole body. Heat and
redness of head, with coolness of rest of body. Internal heat; feet and
hands cold. Nightly sour sweats. | ||
| Modalities.
Worse, least touch; motion; rest; wine; damp cold. Better,
lying down, or with head low. | ||
| Relationship.
Complementary: Acon.; Ip. Compare: Acon.; Bapt.; Bell-p.; Ham.; Rhus-t.; Hyper. | ||
| Dose. Third to
thirtieth potency. Locally, the tincture, but should never be applied
hot or at all when abrasions or cuts are present. |