Nabalus nabalus

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1902

Nabalus serpentarius. Prenanthes serpentaria. White Lettuce. Rattlesnake-root. N. O. Compositæ (subord. Chicoraceæ). Tincture of whole fresh plant.

Constipation. Ophthalmia.

Nabalus is a native American plant much used in domestic practice as a remedy for diarrhœa and dysentery. There is only one proving, with 1st and 3rd dilutions by a married woman, aged 19. The symptoms resemble somewhat those of its botanical relative, Lactuca , especially in constipation and somnolence. The most curious symptom was susceptibility to magnetism and to the personal aura of others. Irritability of temper and occipital pain was < evening.

Depression followed by unusual buoyancy. ─ Continued melancholy. ─ Irritable.

Tipsy sensation. ─ Deep-seated frontal pains behind r. eyeball and over eye. ─ Headache with irritability and irritation of eyes, throat, and skin. ─ Occipital pains with stiffness in nucha, < evenings.

Great and lasting irritation of eyelids and margins; the margins sting and smart and are slightly swollen. ─ Sight weak.

R. nostril sore. ─ Smell and taste slightly impaired.

Throat sore; tickling and scraping (l.), < lying down and swallowing saliva; then both eyes ( < l.) tingle and fill with tears.

Appetite and thirst diminished. ─ Desire for lemons. ─ Burning eructations.

Constipation: only three stools in twelve days, hard, painful, followed by prostration.

Sharp pain (transient) in r. kidney. ─ Urine diminished.

Sharp throbbing in uterus. ─ White, jelly-like discharge from vagina; with weakness. ─ Menses delayed.

Dull pains in joints and numbness on waking. ─ Susceptibility to magnetic contact and to the personal aura of her friends. ─ Heaviness, as if blood-vessels filled with lead; body heavy, she leans about.

Subcutaneous glands irritated and swollen, esp. behind r. ear and in neck. ─ Prickling as from suppressed perspiration; itching, general.

Somnolence. ─ Night sleep prolonged, afterwards lighter and more broken.

Chilliness not > by heat of fire. ─ No febrile reaction except occasional flushes over head and face.