Gentiana Cruciata gent-c.

Kreutz-Enzian. Cross-leaved Gentian. N. O. Gentianaceæ. Tincture of root.

Diarrhœa. Dyspepsia. Dysphagia. Hernia. Hoarseness. Stiff-neck. Stomach, affections of. Throat, sore.

" G. cruciata ," says the Treasury of Botany , "has been invested with imaginary virtues, because its leaves grow in the form of a cross; it has been recommended in hydrophobia." Its virtues are not all imaginary, and its reputation as a remedy for hydrophobia is partly justified in the provings. The proving of Gent. cruc . (by Watzke and ten others) developed a number of striking symptoms in the throat and digestive tract. Movings about in stomach and abdomen. Pressure in the stomach as if a stone was in it, with inclination to vomit. All the symptoms of right inguinal hernia occurred in one prover. A peculiar sense of apprehensiveness; faintness; uneasiness. One prover felt as if all the nerves were tense, so that walking was difficult. Creeping over the body as from fleas in the evening. The symptoms are < after eating. > From warm soup; from drinking fresh water; in open air.

Compare: Gent. lut.; Lyc. ( > from warm drink); Bry., Puls., Ab. n., &c. (pressure in stomach as from a stone); Kal. bi. (tenacious mucus in throat).

Weeping mood, with disinclination to talk. — Very peculiar apprehensiveness, and acceleration and difficulty of breathing, swelling of the temporal veins and feeling of pressure in the temporal region; on reading, print seemed indistinct and as if covered with a veil.

Confusion and whirling. — Sensitiveness of whole head and whole brain after dinner, < by violent motion of head. — Swelling of temporal veins and feeling of pressure in temporal region. — Sudden stitch through l. temple. — Distressing tension, and at times transient jerking in region of vertex; tension soon became a very acute constant pressure, < by exerting eyes, or constant thought.

Sensation as though eyes were lying deep in orbit; piercing inward sensation in r. eye. — Print indistinct as if covered with a veil.

Two aphthous ulcers on margin of lower lip on either side of frenum. — Flow of saliva increased.

Slight redness and distressing sensation of constriction within the throat, so that swallowing is very difficult; constantly obliged to hawk up tenacious and firmly adherent mucus. — Rawness and scraping, causing frequent hawking; with constriction on swallowing. — Intermittent, deep redness of fauces. — Stitches in tonsils. — Swallowing difficult; with an anxious constrictive sensation; slight redness of fauces.

Appetite increased; or lost. — Acid eructations; watery vomiting. — Great nausea, with inclination to lie down. — Vomiting, with some difficulty, a small quantity of mucus of an acid odour, intensely bitter, leaving a scraping and rawness in throat. — Movings about in stomach, and afterwards in abdomen, disappeared on walking. — Sensation in stomach and œsophagus as though he had swallowed a morsel of hot food followed by cold water; lasted the whole day, < by eating; > by drinking fresh water. — Burning; fulness; pressure in stomach. — Pressure in stomach as if a stone were in it, with inclination to vomit. — Sensation of pressing inward in pit of stomach.

Sensitive, griping, sore sensation in umbilical region, < after dinner, > sitting and lying, < standing, walking, and after" smoking, obliging him to bend forward; therewith umbilicus seemed to be drawn inward. — Movings about in intestines with slight headache, followed by copious pasty evacuation. — Distension; fulness; tightness; constriction in abdomen. — Dragging in r. inguinal region with feeling of protrusion, > sitting or lying; on violent sneezing actual protrusion occurred, size of hazel-nut, very sensitive.

Constant violent urging, followed by three watery evacuations. — Pasty diarrhœa. — Free pasty stools without the usual itching in anus.

Menstruation three days earlier than usual, during which there was a headache as if head too full, with feeling of distension in the skull, > during rest and < by motion, preventing sleep for a long time.

Hoarseness; voice gave out in middle of speech. — Frequent attacks of hoarseness and sensitiveness of the throat.

Drawing and jerking along r. side of neck, extending to shoulder. — Drawing in cervical muscles, extending to ears, < by turning head, an uneasiness so that he could not remain long in one position. — Repeated drawings in cervical muscles. — Tension in lumbar region.

Distressing drawing in r. shoulder lasting several minutes.

Cramp-like pains in soles of feet.

A tincture is made of the fresh root of G. cruciata, L.

Tension of all nerves so that walking was difficult. ▶ Uneasiness. ▶ Faintness. ▶ Amelioration in open air.

Weeping mood, with disinclination to talk. ▶ Apprehension, with rapid and difficult breathing, swelling of temporal veins, pressure in temples, and on reading print, indistinct vision.

Constriction on prolonged sitting. ▶ Sensitiveness after dinner, agg. violent motion of it. ▶ Confusion. ▶ Vertigo. ▶ Pressure in forehead; in temples. ▶ Sudden stitch through left temple towards 6 P.M. ▶ Tension in vertex and at times jerking pain, the tension becoming an acute pressure, agg. exerting eyes or constant thought.

Pressure inward in right eye. ▶ Eyes feel as if lying deep on orbits. ▶ Acute drawing in mastoid process. ▶ Frequent sneezing.

Two aphthous ulcers on margin of lower lip, on either side of frænum. ▶ Saliva increased.

Violent pulsation in carotids. ▶ Redness of posterior part of palate, of both tonsils and upper part of pharynx, at certain times of day; R. of arch of palate, uvula and posterior wall of pharynx, with difficult swallowing and anxious constriction; R., with constriction so that swallowing was difficult, and constant hawking up of tenacious mucus. ▶ Sticking in tonsils. ▶ Rawness and scraping; with constriction on swallowing; R. causing frequent hawking. ▶ Scraping, and in soft palate and half way down œsophagus. ▶ Constriction, with frequent necessity to hawk and expectorate. ▶ Difficult swallowing.

Appetite increased; lost. ▶ Thirst. ▶ Eructations of air tasting of the tincture; of air and of acid fluid tasting of the drug; of air relieving the tension of abdomen and the headache; acid E., then three sour, watery vomitings. ▶ Nausea; with inclination to lie down; with constriction of throat. ▶ Vomiting; violent, difficult, of mucus; difficult, of scanty, bitter, sour-smelling mucus, leaving scraping and rawness in throat. ▶ Movements, then in abdomen, amel. walking. ▶ Pressure; as from a stone, with nausea; inward in pit. ▶ Full sensation, with constant inclination to eructate. ▶ Burning. ▶ Sensation all day in S. and œsophagus as if he had swallowed a hot morsel, then cold water, agg. eating, amel. drinking water.

Frequent passage of offensive flatus. ▶ Distention; amel. continued walking; with constriction; with heaviness in stomach and frequent empty eructations. ▶ Movements, with headache, then copious pasty stool. ▶ Pain. ▶ Tension; agg. a profuse pasty stool; with nausea. ▶ Intermittent griping, sore sensation in umbilical region, agg. dinner, amel. sitting and lying, standing and walking, obliging him to bend forward, therewith the umbilicus seemed drawn forward. ▶ Dragging in right inguinal region as if something would protrude, amel. sitting and lying, after violent sneezing sensitive protrusion the size of a hazel-nut.

Urging, then three watery stools. ▶ Three liquid, preceded by griping. ▶ Pasty diarrhœa several times. ▶ Free, pasty, without the usual itching in anus.

Menstruation three days earlier than usual, during which there was headache as if head were too full, with distended feeling in skull, amel. rest, agg. motion, and delaying sleep.

Hoarseness, the voice gave out in the middle of his speech; H. in attacks, with sensitiveness of throat. ▶ Frequent expectoration.

Drawings in cervical muscles; extending to ears, agg. turning head, an uneasiness so that he could not remain long in one position; D. along right side of neck to shoulder with jerking. ▶ Tension in lumbar region.

Jerklike drawings in extremities. ▶ Distressing drawing in right shoulder. ▶ Cramplike pains in soles. ▶ Creeping in evening over whole body as from fleas. ▶ Uneasy sleep.