====== ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Anacardium Occidentale.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Cashew Nut. Anacardiaceae.</span>

{{anchor:s3}}The common cashew nut of the West Indies. {{anchor:s4}}It is easily distinguished from our Anacardium which comes from the East Indies, by its being kidney-shaped, while the Oriental nut, our well-proved medicine, is heart- shaped. {{anchor:s5}}It was never proved and is only known by the frequent cases of poisoning which occur from peeling or roasting the nut. {{anchor:s6}}The kernel is edible, but it is advisable first to remove the germ between the halves.

{{anchor:s7}}The poisonous black juice contained between the outer and inner shell contains two peculiar principles, Anacardic acid and Cardol. {{anchor:s8}}Poisonings are frequently mistaken for Rhus poisoning.

{{anchor:s9}}The effects on the skin are mentioned by C. Hg. in Cl. Müller's Vierteljahrschrift in 1861, Vol. 12, p. 276. {{anchor:s10}}No cures on record excepting from Segin in Hygea.

====== MIND. [1] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s12}}Loss of will; cannot control voluntary muscles.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s13}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis with imbecility.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s14}}Did not know his surroundings.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s15}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis with imbecility.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s16}}Weak memory.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s17}}Difficult thinking.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s18}}Melancholy.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s19}}Hypochondriasis.</span>

====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s21}}Apathy or anesthesia.</span>

====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======

{{anchor:s23}}Tearing headache on left side.\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s24}}Head falls forward, difficult to keep it up.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s25}}~</span> <span grade2>Paralysis and imbecility.</span>

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

{{anchor:s27}}(OBS:) Scrofulous ophthalmia.

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

{{anchor:s29}}Swelling of ears with burning and itching.

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s31}}Erysipelas over whole face (from applying juice to destroy marks).</span>\\ {{anchor:s32}}Swelling of face with itching and burning; next night after handling nuts.\\ {{anchor:s33}}Applied to face to remove cuticle and produce a fresher and more youthful appearance.\\ {{anchor:s34}}Face so much swollen that for a time not a feature was discernible (in a lady exposed to fumes of nut while roasting).

====== LOWER FACE. [9] ======

{{anchor:s36}}The juice corrodes lips and mouth.

====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s38}}Cannot speak, only mutters unintelligible sounds.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s39}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis and imbecility.</span>\\ {{anchor:s40}}Painfully swollen tongue from handling nuts.

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s42}}(OBS:) Aphthae.

====== EATING AND DRINKING. [15] ======

{{anchor:s44}}Drinks run out of mouth. <span sbita>{{anchor:s45}}~</span> Paralysis with imbecility.

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

{{anchor:s47}}(OBS:) Dysentery.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Increased urination.

====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======

{{anchor:s50}}Stimulates sexual desire.\\ {{anchor:s51}}Testicles swelled when touched with hands after handling nuts.

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

{{anchor:s53}}When during menses juice is applied, it causes erysipelas of face.\\ {{anchor:s54}}(OBS:) Uterine complaints and dropsy.

====== RESPIRATION. [26] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s56}}Respiration free.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s57}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis and imbecility.</span>

====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s59}}Pulse slow, moderately full, 60.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s60}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis with imbecility.</span>

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s62}}Large blisters filled with a yellow fluid are raised on hands, followed by desquamation.\\ {{anchor:s63}}(OBS:) Warts.

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

{{anchor:s65}}(OBS:) Corns.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

{{anchor:s67}}Temperature of body cool. <span sbita>{{anchor:s68}}~</span> Paralysis.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s70}}Left: tearing headache.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Left to right: red itching spots.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s73}}Tearing pain: in left side of head.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Burning and itching: of ears and face.

====== TISSUES. [44] ======

{{anchor:s76}}(OBS:) Scirrhous swellings.\\ {{anchor:s77}}(OBS:) Hard excrescences.\\ {{anchor:s78}}(OBS:) Proud flesh.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

{{anchor:s80}}If hands are not washed carefully after handling nuts, they cause itching and painful burning swellings wherever they touch skin.\\ {{anchor:s81}}(OBS:) Corroding or dry tetters.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Red itching spots like nettlerash, similar to that of Rhus tox., spreading from left to right.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Used as a vesicant it causes itching and burning; then gradual reddening and swelling, followed by vesicles which become pustular; these are large and flat at first and gradually become confluent and break; the epidermis peels off, but leaves surface swollen, hyperaemic and suppurating for days.\\ {{anchor:s84}}The juice is used on corns, warts, ringworms and obstinate ulcers.

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s86}}A woman, aet. 70, lost two grown-up children who died in the insane asylum; ulcers on the leg and attacks of vertigo so that she fell from chair; a year ago had what was called an apoplectic-attack.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s87}}~</span> <span grade3>Paralysis with imbecility.</span>\\ {{anchor:s88}}A lady, swollen face, from exposure to fumes when roasting nuts.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s90}}Collateral relations: <span grade2>Anac. orien.; Rhoes.</span>\\ {{anchor:s91}}Similar to: <span grade2>Canthar.; Mezer.</span> (as a vesicant); <span grade2>Crot. tigl.; Rhus rad.; Rhus tox.</span>\\ {{anchor:s92}}Antidoted by: <span grade2>Rhus tox.</span>\\ {{anchor:s93}}The tincture of Iodine was found useful as a local application to parts affected.

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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:r1236|Anacardium Occidentale]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r1236|Anacardium Occidentale]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C. |
^ Year: | 1879 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}