====== VINCA MINOR ======
{{anchor:s1}}Vinca Minor.
{{anchor:s2}}Lesser Periwinkle. {{anchor:s3}}Asclepiadaceae.
{{anchor:s4}}A native of Europe, found in shaded woods; cultivated in gardens, flowers in April and May.
{{anchor:s5}}The tincture is prepared from the fresh plant.
{{anchor:s6}}Proved by Rosenburg, A. H. Z., vol. 17, p. 41.
====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======
{{anchor:s8}}- Eruption on head, Schler, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 268.
====== MIND. [1] ======
{{anchor:s10}}Lachrymose.\\ {{anchor:s11}}Sadness, with fear of death.\\ {{anchor:s12}}Peevish and quarrelsome, soon followed by repentance.
====== SENSORIUM. [2] ======
{{anchor:s14}}Whirling vertigo with flickering before eyes.
====== INNER HEAD. [3] ======
{{anchor:s16}}Headache.\\ {{anchor:s17}}Pressure in temples.\\ {{anchor:s18}}Sticking in left temple extending toward malar bone.\\ {{anchor:s19}}Tearing pain in vertex, with a feeling as if a hammer were beating from within outward.\\ {{anchor:s20}}Dullness of sinciput, with slow pressure toward eyes and dimness of eyes, agg. by stooping when writing.
====== OUTER HEAD. [4] ======
{{anchor:s22}}Pressure upon head externally.\\ {{anchor:s23}}Spots on scalp, oozing moisture, matting hair together; hair falls out on single spots, and white hair grows on it. {{anchor:s24}}~ Crusta lactea. {{anchor:s25}}~ Favus. {{anchor:s26}}~ Plica polonica.\\ {{anchor:s27}}Corrosive itching on scalp, with irresistible desire to scratch.\\ {{anchor:s28}}Itching biting on scalp, especially on vertex, frequently provoking scratching.\\ {{anchor:s29}}Humid eruptions on head, with vermin, nightly itching, burning after scratching.\\ {{anchor:s30}}Bald spots, covered with short woolly hair.\\ {{anchor:s31}}Chronic, moist, offensive-smelling eruption on head, face, and behind ears.
====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======
{{anchor:s33}}Obscuration of vision, like fog before eye, while reading, at times also when walking.\\ {{anchor:s34}}So little secretion in eye that on getting snuff into it he was obliged to wash it out with water.\\ {{anchor:s35}}Itching and burning of lids which become red.
====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======
{{anchor:s37}}Ringing and whistling in ears, with a feeling of cold wind, especially in left ear.
====== SMELL AND NOSE. [7] ======
{{anchor:s39}}Frequent nosebleed.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Itching in nose.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Distressing dryness and heat in nose, extending into frontal sinuses.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Stoppage of nose, mostly of one nostril, with discharge of much mucus through posterior nares.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Tip of nose becomes red on getting least angry.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Moist eruption on septum of nose, discharging a moisture which, drying, formed a light-brown scab; skin was dirty white, elevated, with red areola.
====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======
{{anchor:s46}}Paleness of face.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Tearing in malar bones.\\ {{anchor:s48}}Swelling of face with papular eruptions.
====== LOWER FACE. [9] ======
{{anchor:s50}}Lips dry.\\ {{anchor:s51}}Swelling of upper lip and corner of mouth.\\ {{anchor:s52}}Itching of upper lip, which provokes scratching.
====== TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] ======
{{anchor:s54}}Insipid taste: in mouth; to all food.
====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======
{{anchor:s56}}Toothache; tearing in teeth amel. by warmth of bed.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Increased secretion of saliva.\\ {{anchor:s58}}Aphthae in mouth.
====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======
{{anchor:s60}}Frequent hawking through day.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Sensation as if something were sticking low down in esophagus, which provokes swallowing.\\ {{anchor:s62}}Sore throat, with difficulty in swallowing.\\ {{anchor:s63}}Ulcers in throat.
====== APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] ======
{{anchor:s66}}Hunger, with loss of appetite before hunger has been satisfied.\\ {{anchor:s67}}Scarcely and thirst.
====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======
{{anchor:s69}}Empty eructations after drinking beer, and generally agg. from taking liquids.\\ {{anchor:s70}}Nausea after coffee.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Violent, bitter, copious vomiting of yellowish-green liquid.
====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======
{{anchor:s73}}Sensation of emptiness in stomach.\\ {{anchor:s74}}Gastric disturbances.
====== ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] ======
{{anchor:s76}}Griping in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s77}}Rumbling and gurgling in abdomen, with emission of much offensive flatus.\\ {{anchor:s78}}Abdomen full, tense, but painless.\\ {{anchor:s79}}Distension of abdomen after stool.
====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======
{{anchor:s81}}Flatulence.\\ {{anchor:s82}}Urging to stool.\\ {{anchor:s83}}Stool first hard, then soft.\\ {{anchor:s84}}Stool exhausting, with burning in anus.
====== URINARY ORGANS. [21] ======
{{anchor:s86}}Diminished secretion of urine.\\ {{anchor:s87}}Urine pale yellow.
====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======
{{anchor:s89}}Excessive, profuse menses, flowing like a stream, with great debility.\\ {{anchor:s90}}Passive uterine hemorrhage from fibroid tumors.\\ {{anchor:s91}}Passive uterine hemorrhage in women long past their climacteric period.
====== VOICE AND LARYNX. TRACHEA AND BRONCHIA. [25] ======
{{anchor:s94}}Hoarseness.\\ {{anchor:s95}}Tenacious mucus in trachea.
====== RESPIRATION. [26] ======
{{anchor:s97}}Rapid respiration.
====== COUGH. [27] ======
{{anchor:s99}}Spasmodic cough, with little tickling in larynx.
====== INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] ======
{{anchor:s101}}Pains in chest, with sticking and dyspnea.
====== HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] ======
{{anchor:s103}}Pulse full and hard.
====== OUTER CHEST. [30] ======
{{anchor:s105}}Stitches in sternum.\\ {{anchor:s106}}Pressure in sternum, with feeling of emptiness in chest.
====== NECK AND BACK. [31] ======
{{anchor:s108}}Painful tension and stiffness of cervical muscles, with a sensation as if a weight were lying upon them.
====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======
{{anchor:s110}}Cramplike drawing in upper arm and tips of fingers.\\ {{anchor:s111}}Swelling and stiffness of first joints of fingers, with burning pain in nails.
====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======
{{anchor:s113}}Cramplike drawing in feet and toes.
====== LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] ======
{{anchor:s115}}Inclination to stretch limbs.\\ {{anchor:s116}}Tearing pains in limbs.\\ {{anchor:s117}}Arthritic tearing in bones.
====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======
{{anchor:s121}}Stooping: pressure in head.\\ {{anchor:s122}}Walking: fog before eye.
====== NERVES. [36] ======
{{anchor:s124}}Great weakness and prostration.\\ {{anchor:s125}}Weakness as if he would die.\\ {{anchor:s126}}Tremulous feeling, especially in upper extremities, with tendency to start, especially on exerting mind.\\ {{anchor:s127}}Tremulous feeling in bloodvessels.
====== SLEEP. [37] ======
{{anchor:s129}}Frequent yawning.\\ {{anchor:s130}}Sleeplessness and restlessness at night.\\ {{anchor:s131}}Lascivious dreams.
====== TIME. [38] ======
{{anchor:s133}}Night: sleeplessness; restlessness.
====== TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] ======
{{anchor:s135}}Most of symptoms amel. by moving in open air.\\ {{anchor:s136}}Warmth: toothache amel.
====== FEVER. [40] ======
{{anchor:s138}}Sudden paroxysms of shivering.\\ {{anchor:s139}}Great sensation of warmth in scalp, with prickling.\\ {{anchor:s140}}Heat: of cheeks without redness; with full, hard pulse.
====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======
{{anchor:s142}}Left: sticking in temple; a feeling of cold wind in ears; ulcers on nates.\\ {{anchor:s143}}Right: moist spots on ankle.
====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======
{{anchor:s145}}As if a hammer were beating from within outward in vertex; a feeling of cold wind in ears; as if something were sticking low down in esophagus; as if a weight were lying upon cervical muscles; as if he would die from weakness.\\ {{anchor:s146}}Stitches: in sternum.\\ {{anchor:s147}}Sticking: in left temple to malar bone; in chest.\\ {{anchor:s148}}Prickling: in scalp.\\ {{anchor:s149}}Tearing: in vertex; in malar bones; in teeth; in limbs; in bones.\\ {{anchor:s150}}Burning: of lids; in anus; in fingers; in ulcers on left natis.\\ {{anchor:s151}}Biting: on scalp.\\ {{anchor:s152}}Pressure: in temples; toward eye in sinciput; upon head externally; in sternum.\\ {{anchor:s153}}Griping: in abdomen.\\ {{anchor:s154}}Cramp: in upper arm and tips of fingers; in feet and toes.\\ {{anchor:s155}}Tension: and stiffness of cervical muscles.\\ {{anchor:s156}}Tremulous feeling: in upper extremities; in blood vessels.\\ {{anchor:s157}}Emptiness: in stomach; in chest.\\ {{anchor:s158}}Heat: in scalp; of cheeks.\\ {{anchor:s159}}Tickling: in larynx.\\ {{anchor:s160}}Itching: on scalp; of lids; in nose; of upper lip; corrosive, of skin; in moist spots on upper part of right ankle.\\ {{anchor:s161}}Dryness: in nose.
====== TISSUES. [44] ======
{{anchor:s163}}Passive uterine hemorrhages.\\ {{anchor:s164}}Arthritic tearing in bones.
====== SKIN. [46] ======
{{anchor:s166}}Corrosive itching provoking scratching.\\ {{anchor:s167}}Great sensitiveness of skin, with redness and soreness, even from slight rubbing.\\ {{anchor:s168}}Itching moist spots on upper part of right ankle.\\ {{anchor:s169}}Burning in ulcers, like bedsores, on left natis.
====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======
{{anchor:s171}}Child, aet. 6; eruption on head.
====== RELATIONS. [48] ======
{{anchor:s173}}Compare: Oleander, Viola tri., Arctium lappa and Staphis. in eruptions; Cinchon. and Secale in hemorrhages.
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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 10, 1891 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r495|Vinca minor]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r495|Vinca minor]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ year: | 1891 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}