Dictamnus Albus

Digilalinum is a poison of very great activity. It produces a profound effect on

muscular tissue, both voluntary and involuntary, more especially on the heart. It causes profound

prostration, even to inability to move a muscle. Paralytic weakness; numbness; tremulousness of

• ▸the limbs.
• ▸Cold, clammy surface.
• ▸Gooseflesh.
• ▸The heart is slowed, or else its action is made rapid

and feeble or "sensation as if the heart stood still." Digitalis has: Sensation as if the heart would

stand still if he moved. According to Hale Den. is specially indicated in cases of "overburdened

heart where it is constantly labouring." Irregular and intermittent action. A sinking, faint

sensation is felt at the epigastrium, nausea and vomiting of yolk-of-egg matter, shivering,

diarrhoea, the stools not being noted characteristically white as are those of the plant.

Sensitiveness of eyes to light and nose to odours. Disorders of vision and hearing are very

numerous. One prover noted "frontal headache, dazzlings, loss of appetite, sinking at

epigastrium, intestinal flatulence, borborygmi, eructation, slight abdominal pains; urine

abundant; great fatigue; painful heat in evening but no thirst." For a whole day pressure in supra-

orbital region towards frontal sinus, and when walking a feeling as if the ground gave way under

his feet. Sexual weakness is shown in: Deep sleep in which an emission occurs without waking

him;" and "Sexual power diminished or quite abolished temporarily." Dgn. has cured the

following case: Mrs.— had for over a year swelling of right hand and fingers, which she thought

to be rheumatic. Digitalis has the symptom, "swelling of right hand and fingers," and this would

have been given but only Digitalin was at hand. This was given in 4x. After the second dose the

• ▸swelling began to subside, and in two or three days was completely gone.
• ▸(H.
• ▸W.
• ▸, xxvi.
• ▸552).
• ▸The

heart pains are < lying on left side. Many symptoms appear on waking in the morning; chilliness

and fever in afternoon and evening. Confusion of the head is > walking in open air. Symptoms

are > after dinner. Drinking = nausea, and vomiting. Pains in trunk < during rest.

Frequent emission of copious, offensive flatus.—Itching in

anus.—Increased stools.—Constipation.

Discharge of much tenacious mucus from uterus, at first brown,

afterwards white; at last streaked with blood.—Increase of leucorrhcea with distressing tenesmus

and painful erosion of genitals—Profuse metrorrhagia for nine days (recurring after ten days,

upon the continued use of the drug, and lasting several days with physical weakness).

Profuse perspiration.

Digitalinum.

An active principle (glucoside) of Digitalis purpurea. Cs Hs 02. (Schimiedeburg); C27 H4s O15

(Kosmann). Trituration.

• ▸Asthma.
• ▸Diarrhoea.
• ▸Emissions.
• ▸Exophthalmus.
• ▸Heart, affections of.
• ▸Palpitation.

Spermatorrheea. Vertigo. Vision, hallucinations of.