====== ACTAEA SPICATA ======
{{anchor:s1}}Actaea Spicata.
{{anchor:s2}}Baneberry. {{anchor:s3}}Ranunculaceae.
{{anchor:s4}}Grows in the woods of Europe and Asia, as does the racemosa in North America. {{anchor:s5}}Proved by Petroz and Lemercier in France, and Macfarlan of Philadelphia.
====== MIND. [1] ======
{{anchor:s7}}Weakness of memory, incapacity to recollect.\\ {{anchor:s8}}Occasional absence of mind.\\ {{anchor:s9}}Judgment perplexed; bewildering fits, almost to insanity.\\ {{anchor:s10}}Self-deception; self-satisfaction.\\ {{anchor:s11}}Furious delirium; also during fever.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Great desire to work, though incapable of it.\\ {{anchor:s13}}Inclined to debauchery.\\ {{anchor:s14}}Indisposed to close thinking.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Mental enjoyment while exercising.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Sad, lamenting and sighing.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Melancholy; dejection with inclination to weep.\\ {{anchor:s18}}Hopelessness; constant apprehension; anxious solicitude when quiet.\\ {{anchor:s19}}Anxiety with urging in heart. {{anchor:s20}}See 29.\\ {{anchor:s21}}Fear of death, especially at night in bed.\\ {{anchor:s22}}Distaste of life.\\ {{anchor:s23}}Desperation about success of every, even most trifling undertaking.\\ {{anchor:s24}}Irresolution, inconstancy and caprice.\\ {{anchor:s25}}Obstinacy and anger.\\ {{anchor:s26}}Impatient and restless. {{anchor:s27}}~ Rheumatism.\\ {{anchor:s28}}Mental exhaustion. {{anchor:s29}}See 40.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Worse from fright; from mental anxiety.
====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======
{{anchor:s32}}Loss of consciousness.\\ {{anchor:s33}}A kind of drunkenness.\\ {{anchor:s34}}Giddiness and reeling in open air.\\ {{anchor:s35}}Vertigo with darkness before eyes.\\ {{anchor:s36}}Dizziness; forehead fells empty when stooping.
====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======
{{anchor:s38}}Twitching in temples; pain from a decayed tooth to temples.\\ {{anchor:s39}}Pressure in vertex.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Hammering pain in occiput.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Boring pain in head.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Pressure in forehead after having been in sun.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Head symptoms agg. at night, from walking; return periodically; also after fever.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Tearing and dullness in forehead.\\ {{anchor:s45}}Racking in vertex, extending to eyebrows, causing despair.
====== OUTER HEAD. [4] ======
{{anchor:s47}}Pain seemingly in periosteum, and even in bones.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Warm sweat on head.\\ {{anchor:s49}}Small pimples on scalp.
====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======
{{anchor:s51}}Objects seemed colored blue.\\ {{anchor:s52}}Spots before eyes when looking steadily.\\ {{anchor:s53}}Catarrhal inflammation of eyes.\\ {{anchor:s54}}Sharp pain through eye into head.\\ {{anchor:s55}}Flow of burning tears.
====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======
{{anchor:s57}}Murmuring in ears after sleeping; agg. from mental anxiety.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Twitching pain in ears when blowing nose or sneezing.
====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======
{{anchor:s60}}Nosebleed during oppression of chest.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Nostrils red.\\ {{anchor:s62}}Nasal mucus blood-tinged; bruised pain in nose.
====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======
{{anchor:s64}}Face sensitive.\\ {{anchor:s65}}Pain as if rheumatism in face; pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to temples; agg. from slightest touch or movement of muscles.\\ {{anchor:s66}}The cheek he lies on sweats.
====== LOWER FACE. [9] ======
{{anchor:s68}}Yellow around mouth.\\ {{anchor:s69}}Lips chapped.\\ {{anchor:s70}}Submaxillary glands hurt during mastication.
====== TEETH AND GUMS. [10] ======
{{anchor:s72}}Pulling, tearing from a decayed tooth to temples.
====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======
{{anchor:s74}}Increased saliva.\\ {{anchor:s75}}Fetid odor from mouth.
====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======
{{anchor:s77}}Throat becomes sore when speaking.\\ {{anchor:s78}}Tearing pains in throat, especially when breathing cold air.
====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======
{{anchor:s81}}Hunger, with aversion to food.\\ {{anchor:s82}}More appetite in morning.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Disgust for food. {{anchor:s84}}~ Rheumatism.
====== EATING AND DRINKING. [15] ======
{{anchor:s86}}Worse from salt meat; beer; smoking tobacco.\\ {{anchor:s87}}After a meal: uneasiness; lassitude.\\ {{anchor:s88}}After drinking, shuddering.
====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======
{{anchor:s90}}Belching during chill.\\ {{anchor:s91}}Nausea; vomituritio, with dizziness.\\ {{anchor:s92}}Sour vomiting. {{anchor:s93}}~ Cancer of stomach.
====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======
{{anchor:s95}}Painful pressure in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s96}}Drawing in epigastrium.\\ {{anchor:s97}}Tearing, darting pain in epigastric region, with vomiting. {{anchor:s98}}~ Cancer.\\ {{anchor:s99}}Cramp in stomach.
====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ======
{{anchor:s101}}Beating, throbbing in hypochondria. {{anchor:s102}}~ Hepatitis.\\ {{anchor:s103}}Pressure in region of liver hurts. {{anchor:s104}}~ Hepatitis.\\ {{anchor:s105}}Region of spleen insensible.
====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======
{{anchor:s107}}Spasmodic contraction of bowels.\\ {{anchor:s108}}Uneasiness; as before diarrhea.\\ {{anchor:s109}}Abdomen sensitive.
====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======
{{anchor:s111}}Copious emission of wind; no stool; constipation from lack of bile.
====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======
{{anchor:s113}}Throbbing in region of kidneys.\\ {{anchor:s114}}Renal calculi.\\ {{anchor:s115}}Frequent urging; pains in passing urine.\\ {{anchor:s116}}White sediment.\\ {{anchor:s117}}Urine deposit a brick-dust sediment. {{anchor:s118}}~ Rheumatism.
====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======
{{anchor:s120}}Menses suppressed by fright.\\ {{anchor:s121}}Menses suppressed from cold. {{anchor:s122}}~ Pleurisy.
====== RESPIRATION. [26] ======
{{anchor:s124}}Too weak to breathe; obvious mostly during expiration.\\ {{anchor:s125}}Nosebleed, with oppression of chest.\\ {{anchor:s126}}Difficult inhalation; stitches in epigastrium during deep breathing or a painful shock, or pain in hip.
====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======
{{anchor:s128}}Urging sensation in heart towards abdomen and region of liver, with great anxiety at night.\\ {{anchor:s129}}Pulse, 120. {{anchor:s130}}~ Fever. {{anchor:s131}}~ Rheumatism.
====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======
{{anchor:s133}}Bruised pain in sacral region, lying on side.
====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======
{{anchor:s135}}Lameness in right arm.\\ {{anchor:s136}}Right wrist pains intolerably, is swollen; motion impossible; slightest pressure on palm of hand near little finger causes him to cry out. {{anchor:s137}}~ Rheumatism.\\ {{anchor:s138}}Pain as from paralytic weakness of hands.\\ {{anchor:s139}}Fingers numb, cold, discolored.
====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======
{{anchor:s141}}Boring pains, better from stretching.\\ {{anchor:s142}}Thighs tremble when raised.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Knees weary.\\ {{anchor:s144}}Legs weak after changes of temperature.
====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======
{{anchor:s146}}Swelling of joints after slight fatigue.\\ {{anchor:s147}}Rheumatism of small joints, especially of those of hands.\\ {{anchor:s148}}Small joints swell after walking.
====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======
{{anchor:s152}}After slight fatigue: joints swell.\\ {{anchor:s153}}Lying on side: bruised pain in sacral region.\\ {{anchor:s154}}Motion: rheumatic pains of face agg.; impossible in right wrist.\\ {{anchor:s155}}Exertion: causes cold sweat.\\ {{anchor:s156}}Walking: small joints swell; debility.\\ {{anchor:s157}}Raising thighs: they tremble.\\ {{anchor:s158}}Stretching: relieves boring.\\ {{anchor:s159}}Blowing nose or sneezing: twitching pain in ears.
====== NERVES. [36] ======
{{anchor:s161}}Sudden lassitude.\\ {{anchor:s162}}Debility from walking in open air.\\ {{anchor:s163}}Weakness and tingling.
====== TIME. [38] ======
{{anchor:s165}}Night: headache worse.\\ {{anchor:s166}}Morning: appetite better.
====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======
{{anchor:s168}}Change of temperature: legs weak afterwards.\\ {{anchor:s169}}Sun: pressure in forehead from being in it.\\ {{anchor:s170}}Open air: debility when walking in it.\\ {{anchor:s171}}Cold air: tearing pains in throat when breathing it.
====== FEVER. [40] ======
{{anchor:s173}}Chill, with belching.\\ {{anchor:s174}}Shuddering, with vomiting after heat.\\ {{anchor:s175}}Delirium during fever.\\ {{anchor:s176}}After fever, headache persists.\\ {{anchor:s177}}Sweat: viscid; cold after slightest exertion of mind or body in nervous people.\\ {{anchor:s178}}Suppressed sweat. {{anchor:s179}}~ Rheumatism.
====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======
{{anchor:s181}}Periodical: headache and other symptoms.
====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======
{{anchor:s183}}Right: lameness of arm; wrist pains and is swollen.
====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======
{{anchor:s185}}Forehead feels empty when stooping; urging sensation in heart towards abdomen and liver; pain as from paralytic weakness of hands; tingling and weakness; throbbing in whole body.\\ {{anchor:s186}}Pain: from decayed tooth to temple; in periosteum and bones; sharp, acute, rheumatic in small spots.\\ {{anchor:s187}}Stitches: in epigastrium.\\ {{anchor:s188}}Sharp pain: through eye into head.\\ {{anchor:s189}}Darting: in epigastrium.\\ {{anchor:s190}}Pressure: in vertex; in forehead; in pit of stomach.\\ {{anchor:s191}}Hammering pain: in occiput.\\ {{anchor:s192}}Boring pain: in head; in lower limbs.\\ {{anchor:s193}}Tearing pain: in forehead; from decayed tooth into temples; in throat.\\ {{anchor:s194}}Racking: in vertex.\\ {{anchor:s195}}Drawing: in epigastrium.\\ {{anchor:s196}}Twitching pain: in temples; in ears.\\ {{anchor:s197}}Cramp: in stomach.\\ {{anchor:s198}}Spasmodic contraction: of bowels.\\ {{anchor:s199}}Bruised pain: in nose; in sacral region.\\ {{anchor:s200}}Rheumatic pain: in face; in right wrist; in small joints, especially hands.\\ {{anchor:s201}}Beating, throbbing: in hypochondria; in region of kidneys.\\ {{anchor:s202}}Dullness: in forehead.\\ {{anchor:s203}}Numbness: of fingers.
====== TISSUES. [44] ======
{{anchor:s205}}Affections of parenchymatous organs.\\ {{anchor:s206}}Seat of old inflammations.\\ {{anchor:s207}}Active sanguineous congestions.\\ {{anchor:s208}}Rheumatism showing itself partly in small joints; pains in wrists or finger joints, very tender to touch, excruciating, agg. at night.
====== TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] ======
{{anchor:s212}}Touch: rheumatic pains of face worse.\\ {{anchor:s213}}Pressure: causes pain in palm of hand.
====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======
{{anchor:s215}}Especially suited to men (Act. rac. to women).\\ {{anchor:s216}}Weak, nervous; cold sweat.\\ {{anchor:s217}}Rheumatic diathesis.
====== RELATIONS. [48] ======
{{anchor:s219}}Answers well after Nux vom.\\ {{anchor:s220}}Collateral relations: Act rac. and other Ranunculaceae.\\ {{anchor:s221}}Discrete relations; Arnic; Bryon.; Cauloph. (rheumatism of fingers); Lycop.; Rhus tox.; Sal. ac. and Sticta (small joints).
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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 01, 1879 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r428|Actaea spicata]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r428|Actaea spicata]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C. |
^ Year: | 1879 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}