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The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Chionanthus Virginica chion.

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91 · 191 words · Chionanthus Virginica in every book →

General

Fringe Tree. Oleaceæ.
"A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June."
The bark contains Saponin. The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- 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

Hypertrophy of liver.
Obstruction of liver, in malarious districts.
Enormous liver, constipation, stools clay-colored, skin and urine colored as is usual in severe cases of jaundice, great emaciation.
Soreness in region of liver, quick, weak pulse, stools undigested and showing an absence of bile, urine almost black.
Chronic cases of jaundice.
Jaundice recurring every Summer.

Stools and rectum

Constipation, stools clay-colored. θ Enlargement of liver.
Stools undigested and showing an absence of bile. θ Hepatic disorder.

Urinary organs

Urine colored as usual in cases of severe jaundice. θ Hypertrophied liver.
Urine almost black. θ Hepatic disorder.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Quick, weak pulse. θ Hepatic disorder.

Tissues

Great emaciation. θ Hypertrophied liver.

Skin

Jaundice of years' standing, recurring annually.