Lolium Temulentum

The name Darne/ means stupefied, and the plant's evil reputation is of very

ancient date. The symptoms are the result of observations made on persons poisoned by eating

meal containing an admixture of Lol. tem. Allen mentions an assertion that Lolium is much

infested with ergot, and that it is to this that the poisoning symptoms are due, the unaffected

grain being inert; and Allen notes in support of this that the poisonings have been most

frequently observed in low, wet districts, and during wet seasons. Provings are needed to decide

this. The chief symptoms are: Confusion of mind, at times delirium; very great depression.

Nausea and vomiting of the bread containing it and mucus with it. Paralysis, tremors, and

convulsions. Cold rigors, internal chilliness; cold sweat. A very characteristic symptom is:

Tightness in the calves; violent pain in the calves as if bound with cords. This tightness affects

the rest of the legs in less degree. Bonino has cured a carpenter, 29, who had had trembling of the

hands eleven years, < morning. Latterly the legs also began to tremble. His father and brother

• ▸were similarly affected.
• ▸Merc.
• ▸v.
• ▸and Agar.
• ▸only relieved temporarily.
• ▸Lot.
• ▸tem.
• ▸cured.

Mania.—Slight delirtum.—Depressed spirits —Anxiety and general

uneasiness.—Comprehension slow and difficult; distraction; confusion and stupefaction.

• ▸General tremors.
• ▸—Paralysis.
• ▸—Restlessness.
• ▸—General malaise for several

days.—The action of Lolium is apt to be manifested in very wet seasons.

• ▸Anxious and depressed, confused.
• ▸Vertigo; must close eyes.
• ▸Head heavy.
• ▸Noises in ears.

Vertigo; > closing eyes; with shaking in head.—Dizziness, nausea, loss of

• ▸speech.
• ▸—Intoxication.
• ▸—Violent sticking in head, esp.
• ▸forehead and temples.

Pupils widely dilated —Vision: dim; blindness in some cases; scintillation before eyes.

Tongue: first white; then black; tremulous.—Burning in mouth and throat.—Speech:

difficult; very imperfect; or lost.

Nausea, vomiting. Pain in pit of stomach and abdomen. Severe purging.

Nausea.—Vomiting.—Inflammation of gullet, stomach, bowels, with

fever.—Vomiting every half-hour, all night, portions of bread and colourless mucus, leaving

disagreeable taste—Uneasiness in epigastrium, with eructations of peculiar taste —Pains in

stomach, esp. a pressure in stomach-pit and abdomen.

Attempting to rise from a seat he began to stagger, was obliged to steady

himself on walking along the room.—Great pain and tightness in legs, esp. calves, extending to

ankles, with redness, swelling, and itching of skin—Legs excessively tight and painful, swollen,

inflamed, itching much for nine days, followed by a small collection of gelatinous fluid inside

foot, terminating in gangrene, followed by sphacelus.—Violent pain in calves as if bound with

cords.

• ▸Gait unsteady.
• ▸Trembling of all limbs.
• ▸Loss of power in extremities.
• ▸Violent pain in calves, as if bound with cords.
• ▸Cold extremities.
• ▸Spasmodic motions of arms and legs.
• ▸Cannot write; cannot hold a glass of water.
• ▸Trembling of hands in paralysis.

• ▸Great internal chilliness.
• ▸—Cold rigors all over, esp.
• ▸in limbs.
• ▸—Fever.
• ▸—Cold sweat.

Lonicera Periclymenum.

• ▸Lonicera periclymenum.
• ▸Woodbine.
• ▸Honeysuckle.
• ▸N.
• ▸O.
• ▸Caprifoliaceé.
• ▸Tincture of fresh

plant.

Irritability.

Characteristics——Cooper has cured with Lon. peri. irritability of temper with violent outbursts;

and has seen it produce the same.

• ▸Compare: Lon.
• ▸x.
• ▸, Vib.
• ▸tin.
• ▸, Vib.
• ▸op.
• ▸, Sambucus, Symphoricarpus (botan.
• ▸); Staph.
• ▸,

Hyo., Croc. (outbursts of temper).

Compare: Secale; Lathyr; Astrag.

Sixth potency.

Darnel (LOLIUM TUMULENTUM)

Has been made use of in cephalalgia, sciatica, paralysis. Prostration and restlessness.

Gait unsteady; trembling in all limbs; unable to hold a glass of water—Spasms of

arms and legs.