====== CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICUS ====== {{anchor:s1}}Chionanthus Virginica. {{anchor:s2}}Fringe Tree. {{anchor:s3}}Oleaceae. {{anchor:s4}}"A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. {{anchor:s5}}It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June." {{anchor:s6}}The bark contains Saponin. {{anchor:s7}}The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds. ====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ====== {{anchor:s9}}- Hypertrophy of liver, Obstruction of liver, and Jaundice, Goss, Hale's N. R., p. 161; Hepatic disorder, E. Guernsey, Trans., vol. 4, p. 226. ====== HYPOCHONDRIA. [18] ====== {{anchor:s11}}Hypertrophy of liver.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Obstruction of liver, in malarious districts.\\ {{anchor:s13}}Enormous liver, constipation, stools clay-colored, skin and urine colored as is usual in severe cases of jaundice, great emaciation.\\ {{anchor:s14}}Soreness in region of liver, quick, weak pulse, stools undigested and showing an absence of bile, urine almost black.\\ {{anchor:s15}}Chronic cases of jaundice.\\ {{anchor:s16}}Jaundice recurring every Summer. ====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ====== {{anchor:s18}}Constipation, stools clay-colored. {{anchor:s19}}~ Enlargement of liver.\\ {{anchor:s20}}Stools undigested and showing an absence of bile. {{anchor:s21}}~ Hepatic disorder. ====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ====== {{anchor:s23}}Urine colored as usual in cases of severe jaundice. {{anchor:s24}}~ Hypertrophied liver.\\ {{anchor:s25}}Urine almost black. {{anchor:s26}}~ Hepatic disorder. ====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ====== {{anchor:s28}}Quick, weak pulse. {{anchor:s29}}~ Hepatic disorder. ====== TISSUES. [44] ====== {{anchor:s31}}Great emaciation. {{anchor:s32}}~ Hypertrophied liver. ====== SKIN. [46] ====== {{anchor:s34}}Jaundice of years' standing, recurring annually. ---- ====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ====== ^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 04, 1884 | ^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r547|Chionanthus virginicus]] | ^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r547|Chionanthus virginicus]] | ^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. | ^ Year: | 1884 | ^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting | ^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}