Arum Maculatum arum-m.

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1st edition (1900-02, three volumes); homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML digitization

General

Cuckoo-pint. N. O. Araceæ. Tincture of fresh tuber or corm.

Clinical

Ascarides. Asthma. Catarrh. Coryza. Nasal polypus. Prolapsus ani. Scorbutus. Swallowing, constant.

Characteristics

The leading symptoms of Arum mac . are as follows: Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes. Violent irritation of nose and eyes. Pain left side of nose. Nasal polypus. Bleeding from mucous membranes and cavities. Tongue swollen, pricking, stinging, burning, excoriated. Burning, stinging pains in mouth and lips "as with a hundred needles" Tickling and burning in throat. Sensation of a swelling in left side above larynx. Hoarseness. From abdomen ascending to chest an oppression over whole chest, with hot breath; it then rose into throat. Burning, constricting pain in stomach. Ascarides have been cured by it; also prolapsus ani.

Relations

Antidoted by: Sweet oil, milk, butter. Gum relieves pungent effect on mouth. Compare: Arum t.

Mouth

Gums bleed readily. ─ Tongue so swollen he could not swallow.

Throat

Pain in the throat, with difficult deglutition, as if from constriction in the œsophagus, with constant inclination to swallow; after drinking, sensation as if something were attached to the epiglottis. ─ Obstinate hoarseness. ─ Pressure in the larynx. ─ Tickling, with inclination to cough.

Abdomen

Sensation of emptiness after breakfast in the abdomen, as after vomiting; with contraction in the abdomen, as from anxiety and fear. ─ Severe aching between the navel and the hip, esp. when standing upright, or lying on the side, or drawing a deep inspiration, with great sensitiveness of the part affected to external pressure.

Urinary Organs

Clear, watery urine; exhaling a smell of burnt horn, and depositing a cloudy sediment.

Female Sexual Organs

Catamenia profuse.

Respiratory Organs

Phlegm in the respiratory organs. ─ Violent tight cough, with scanty expectoration. ─ After much coughing, expectoration of mucus streaked with yellow. ─ Sanguineous expectoration.

Generalities

Violent convulsions. ─ Great physical depression and lassitude. ─ Irrepressible inclination to sleep after meals, the face becoming redder than usual during sleep.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Cuckoopint. Araceæ.
A small proving of this first of the family of Araceæ was made by C. Hg., in 1822, on three provers, very good observers. It was printed in 1833, in the Archives 13, 1, p. 169, and reprinted with some toxicological symptoms by Noak, in 1843. The latter are given nearly complete in Allen's Encyclopædia . Some noteworthy reports of the Old School are here added, because they fully agree with the observations of our School.

Mind

Anxiety and fear.
Melancholy, depressed, hypochondriacal, taciturn.

Sensorium

Vertigo.

Inner head

Slight pressure in left temple.
Megrim.
Pain in left temple and forehead to occiput, with stiffness of hands.
Headache with dyspepsia.

Sight and eyes

Aching in left eye, which is inflamed.

Hearing and ears

Pressure below ears back of lower jaw.

Smell and nose

Violent irritation of nose and eyes.
Pain in left side of nose.
(OBS :) Nasal polypus.

Teeth and gums

Gums bleed readily ; scorbutis.

Taste, speech, tongue

Tongue swollen and its papillæ injected and raised.
Swollen tongue fills up buccal cavity and makes deglutition impossible.
Stitching and burning on tongue several hours.
Sensation as of a slight excoriation of tongue.
Intense pricking, stinging pain upon tongue and mucous membrane of lips and throat, with a flow of saliva, which seemed to relieve pain a little ; pain as if a hundred little needles had been run into tongue and lips.
Pains on tongue and lips were increased by pressure with teeth.
Stinging and burning on surface of tongue, lasting several hours.
Lancinations in tongue as from pin-pricks.
Aphasia.
Swelling of tongue and throat in scarlatina.

Inner mouth

Burning pains in mouth and lips.
Mucous membrane of lips and throat inflamed.
Caustic effect all over lips and mouth.
Stinging in mouth as with a hundred needles.
Salivation. See 11 .

Palate and throat

Stinging pain in tongue, throat and œsophagus.
Tickling in throat becomes a violent burning.
Pressure in throat, which provokes swallowing, it seems too narrow ; swallowing is difficult, as if there was a swelling on left side above larynx.
Swallowing difficult, as if "palate was down."
Throat so swollen that a probe could not be introduced into œsophagus.
Pain on pressing with finger on left side of throat, near trachea, below larynx, from that it rose into throat, first like a pressure from without inward, in back part of palate above larynx, provokes swallowing, which is difficult, afterwards it feels too narrow.
Burning, constricting pain in throat.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Loss of appetite.
Considerable thirst.

Eating and drinking

After eating : taciturn, sleepy, eyes close readily ; emptiness.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Vomiting for several hours.
Vomiting of blood.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Cardialgia ; gastralgia.
Pain in stomach on pressing it.
Burning, constricting pain in stomach.
(OBS :) Dyspepsia.

Abdomen and loins

Abdomen
Emptiness in abdomen, as after vomiting, mornings after eating.
Oppression in abdomen as in great anxiety and fear, without palpitation, afterwards ascending to chest.
Painful pressure on a spot in abdomen, between navel and groin, especially when standing or lying on side or back, most when expanding chest or stretching abdominal muscles ; painful to external pressure.
Intense colic, with anxiety, felt in abdomen. Compare Arsen.

Stools and rectum

Diarrhœa.
(OBS :) Ascarides.
(OBS :) Prolapsus ani.

Urinary organs

Emission of blood from urethra.
Increased secretion of urine.
Urine watery, light-colored, smelling almost like burnt horn, with a cloud in middle after standing.

Female sexual organs

Profuse menstrual flow.

Voice and larynx. trachea and bronchia

Constriction and burning in larynx.
Hoarseness.
Blood-spitting.
Tickling in throat becoming a most violent burning.
Pressure on throat, left side, under larynx, near trachea, is painful.

Respiration

Hot breath and oppression of chest.
(OBS :) Asthma.

Cough

After a long paroxysm of cough, he raises mucus traversed with yellow threads.
(OBS :) Chronic catarrh.

Inner chest and lungs

From abdomen ascending to chest felt an oppression over whole chest, with hot breath, then rose into throat. See 13 .
(OBS :) Catarrh ; phthisis ; asthma.

Neck and back

Struma ; goitre.

Rest. position. motion

Standing or lying : expanding chest or stretching abdominal muscles ; pain in abdomen worse.

Nerves

Horrible convulsions, with swelling of tongue until it fills mouth, death in 12 to 16 hours (children chewing leaves).
Great general lassitude.
Prostrate, unable to speak, raises hands to its mouth, uttering at intervals a sharp cry, and starting up as if suffocating.
Profound torpor followed by febrile reaction.

Sleep

Sleepiness almost uncontrollable, especially an hour after dinner.
During sleep face red.

Time

Morning : emptiness in stomach.

Fever

Generally causes slight warmth, first above stomach, afterwards in remote parts.
Excites sweat, even in the aged.

Attacks, periodicity

Attacks of pain irregular and intermitting.

Locality and direction

Without inward : pressure in throat.
Below upward : oppression in abdomen.
Left : pain in temple and forehead ; aching in eye ; pain side of nose ; pain side of throat.

Sensations

Sensations
As if a hundred little needles had been run into tongue and lips.
Lancinations : in tongue.
Stitching : in tongue.
Stinging : on tongue ; in lips ; in throat ; in mouth, as of needles ; in œsophagus.
Pricking : in tongue ; lips and throat.
Aching : in left eye.
Burning : on tongue ; in mouth and lips ; in throat ; in stomach : in larynx.
Pressure : in left temple ; below ears ; in throat ; in abdomen between navel and groin.
Constriction : in throat ; in stomach ; in lungs.
Emptiness : in stomach.
Undefined pain : in left temple and forehead to occiput ; in l. side of nose ; in left side of throat ; in stomach.
Excoriated feeling : of tongue.
Tickling : in throat.

Tissues

Inflammation and ulceration of mucous membranes.

Touch. passive motion. injuries

Pressing : pain in stomach < ; pain in abdomen < ; pain in throat.

Skin

Redness and erosions of skin, also blisters.
(OBS :) Eczema solare.

Relations

Antidotes : sweet oil ; milk ; butter. Gums relieve pungent effect in mouth.