Euonymus Europaea

The Celastracec, to which order Euonymus belongs, are closely related to the

Rhamnaceé which include the well-known purgative Cascara sagrada. A case of poisoning with

the seeds of Euon. eur. (Allen) recalls the effects of Euonymin: "A man, forty-three, took

eighteen seeds one morning, and as many the following evening. He was seized with frightful

abdominal pain, profuse diarrhsa, eventually bloody. He was not seen till the evening, when he

was in a state of profound collapse, with involuntary evacuations of blood and mucus. On lifting

him up tetanic convulsions were induced which immediately preceded death." Euon. has been

used successfully in cases of engorgement of the liver, "biliousness," headache, coated tongue,

bad taste, constipation, passive constipation with hémorrhoids; also with severe pain in back like

lumbago. In diarrhsa the stool is generally very profuse; variable in colour. In gastric

derangements with albuminuria; headache; weakness; vertigo and obscuration of sight. Euon.

• ▸eur.
• ▸has been proved.
• ▸Cutting, sticking and drawing pains predominate.
• ▸The left side is more

affected than the right. Cutting pains in the malar bones; in the tongue. Cutting in the penis

extends up to the bladder. The pains compel lying down, and are then relieved or reappear in

other parts. Violent shivering chill over whole body. Pains in chest, head and abdomen are <

after eating. Tingling in the skin which provokes scratching is followed by a burning sensation.

Eruption of small dry pustules.

Morose; peevish; fretful—Disinclined for work.—Vanishing of thoughts on exerting

the mind when reflecting about anything (or reading) and ill-humour thereat.—Absence of mind.

Shooting, drawing pains. —The sufferings compel lying down, and are then

mitigated, or, at least, change their situation.—The pains in the chest, head, and abdomen are <

chiefly after dinner.

Whirling vertigo (with mistiness of the sight, in forepart of head) when

seated. —Violent and frequent lancinations in the head.—Sensation, as if a nail were driven into

the side of the crown of the head.—Stupefying pressure above the arch of the eyebrows, which

seems to compress the eyeballs.—Headache, with shivering —Tension in the teguments of the

forehead, which are convulsively contracted Headache after a meal.

Obscuration of the sight, as though the gaze were directed through a cloud, and black

spots before the sight.

Tearing in the (1.) side of the face.—Incisive lancinations and paralytic pain in the

cheek-bone.

Cuttings and constriction in the abdomen, as if the abdomen would be cut off

below the ribs.—The abdominal sufferings are < after a meal.

Sighing.

18, 19. Chest and Heart.—Want to breathe deeply, provoked by an impediment, and a sensation

of fulness, in the chest—Drawing, jerking, and stunning shooting, in region of nipples.—The

whole chest is, as it were, compressed.—Pain, as from excoriation, and as from a bruise in the

• ▸chest.
• ▸—Incisive lancinations below the ribs, on r.
• ▸side.
• ▸—Small, dry pimples on the chest.
• ▸—The

sufferings of the chest are < after a meal.—Anxiety at heart; like an internal pressure; affecting

the spirits.

• ▸Tingling in |.
• ▸side of back.
• ▸—Shootings in the 1.
• ▸side of back, near the dorsal

• ▸spine.
• ▸—Small papul¢ on the back.
• ▸—Acute pullings, with digging in the shoulders.
• ▸—A stitch like

an electric shock in the small of the back, and extending upward in a zigzag along the spine and

the scapular region; frequently repeated.

Frightful tearing in 1. shoulder at the point where the arm joins the

scapula.—Tearing in shoulders.— Paralytic pains in fingers.

Paralytic tractions and shootings in region of hips (around the

pelvis).—Paralytic pain in knees (after sitting), which hinders walking, and impedes standing

upright.

Tingling in the skin, which provokes scratching followed by a burning

sensation.—Eruption of small dry pustules.