Gadus Morrhua

Galega, as its name implies, has an ancient reputation as a milk-gland

stimulant. The Galegc are nearly related to Glycyrrhiza, the well-known source of liquorice.

• ▸Carron de la Carriére (H.
• ▸W.
• ▸, xxvii.
• ▸79) tested its action on the milk glands of nursing women

and found it rapidly increased the quantity and quality of the milk and increased the woman's

• ▸appetite.
• ▸Dorretta (H.
• ▸W.
• ▸, xxix.
• ▸177) gave Galega (he calls it "Galega vera," but doubtless it is

Goat's-rue), in liquid extract of the leaves, for a common form of backache, which he located in

the kidneys, though it is unaccompanied by any sign of kidney disease. The medicine he says is

also a most excellent reconstructive in cases of an¢émia and impaired nutrition.

Deep melancholy, paroxysms of helplessness, for forty-eight hours, during which the

desire for death is hardly controlled.—Intellectual faculties torpid; absence of ideas.

Headache in the night accompanied by fever.

• ▸3, 4.
• ▸Eye and Ear.
• ▸—Marked diminution of strength of hearing and sight.
• ▸—A noise (tic-tac) is felt

in r. ear, and pain if a noise from exterior becomes predominant.

Oscillation of wings of nose, accompanying very frequent breathing as after exercise,

at the time of waking and during the whole day.

Waking in night on account of severe contraction in the throat.—Constriction of

fauces, wheezing cough, with white frothy expectoration.

Abdomen much distended.—Sensation of burning heat in whole

hypogastrium.—While pains are felt in the chest, sharp pains in r. side of abdomen, in the groin,

and in the kidneys.

Sensation of swelling and fulness in bladder; stitches in bladder; almost

impossible to urinate.

Voice weak, exertion required to articulate distinctly; words do not

come when wanted.—Light cough with expectoration of foamy sputa.—Fits of wheezing cough

with pain deep in chest.—Very frequent breathing, with oscillation of wings of nose, as after

exercise, at time of waking and during the whole day.—Breath short, laborious; as if air passages

were closed.—Rush of blood to chest, without palpitation.—Violent pains in chest with

• ▸orgasm.
• ▸—Lumps seem adherent to parietes.
• ▸—Sharp pains, burning shootings, 2 p.
• ▸m.
• ▸—Sharp pains

running through chest; not < by walking, though renewed on first movement.—Very sharp pains

• ▸in both lungs, esp.
• ▸|.
• ▸, evening.
• ▸—Contused pain in chest walls; brought on by coughing, deep

inspiration, or motion.—A few fits of coughing caused a sensation of painful ruffling of the

lungs, which seemed to change place and be contused.

Sharp, lancinating pain in dorsal vertebree.—Constrictive pains in sides of

trunk.—Pains in lower back and sacrum.

• ▸Pain above |.
• ▸hip.
• ▸—Slight lancinating pain in |.
• ▸knee, which bends

involuntarily when standing.—Tearing pain in r. buttock and thigh —Bruised sensation in femur

from head of bone to patella.

Very severe coldness from hip down to feet.—Hands excessively hot and dry.—Dry

heat in palms; intolerable in evening.—Fever without chill.

Galega.

• ▸Galega officinalis.
• ▸Goat's Rue.
• ▸N.
• ▸O.
• ▸Leguminosé.
• ▸Aqueous extract, Infusion, or Tincture of

whole fresh plant.