Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
642.16.17
642.16.17 Chondrodendron tomentosum, Pareira brava
Use: one of the ingredients of curare.
Mind
Screaming from pain.
Has given himself without reserve.
Indecision; no longer wishes to think, or act for herself.
Colour preference: 15-16D.
General
Weather: < dampness, < cold weather, < cold wind.
Time: < 2 am.
Body
General: diabetes mellitus.
Energy: debility, nervous, the aged, < loss of fluids.
Nervous: muscular paralysis; catalepsy; trismus.
Head: lancinating pain, < menses; drawn backward; falling out of hair; brain feels full of fluid.
Eyes: sharp, stitching pains, right eye; ptosis of right side; vision black spots.
Ears: pain, lancinating, unbearable, extending down to legs; swelling of lobes; noises.
Face: red; facial and buccal paralysis.
Nose: ozaena; tubercles, foetid lumps of pus.
Mouth: tongue and mouth drawn, to right.
Lungs: obstructed, viscous mucus; paralysis of respiratory muscles, < falling asleep; short breath, distressing dyspnoea; short dry cough; provokes vomiting, followed by fainting.
Chest: sore, < pressure.
Stomach: vomiting of bile in cirrhosis of liver.
Urinary: !!; urination difficult, impossible, > on hands and knees !!, > head on floor !!, > warm bath; painful extending down thighs, to glans penis, << urination; urine viscid, thick, stringy; white mucus; red sand; black, bloody, deep red; foaming, uric acid, sugar, smells of ammonia; bladder distended; cartilaginous induration of mucus membrane; kidney colic, bruised, excruciating pain, left side, lumbar region extending groin, < menses; stones; urethritis, itching.
Male: prostatism; gonorrhoea; orchitis.
Female: menses too early, absent; dysmenorrhoea; leucorrhoea, thick, purulent, offensive.
Back: tired pain up and down spine.
Limbs: weak, heavy, arms, hands, fingers, < lifting fingers, in pianists; legs tremble, give way, < walking; debility; paralysis; reflexes lessened, abolished; feet and legs much swollen.
Skin: itching; dirty-looking; boils; leprosy; tubercles on nose; liver spots; corns.