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 +====== 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.
 +
 +----
 +
 +====== 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 |}
  
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