Medusa

The effects of encountering jelly-fish whilst bathing are well known. These

have been studied experimentally, and in addition the effects of drinking two cupfuls of a

decoction, warm, by a woman affected with disease of the stomach and leucorrhoea has been

recorded. In this case there was rapidly produced cedema, anxiety, and difficult speech. Secretion

of urine, which had been suspended for days, returned, and milk came into the breasts three years

after the birth of her last child. Pricking heat and numbness of skin of face, arms, breasts, and

vesicular eruption; followed later by desquamation.

Tenesmus with constriction of sphincter—Heat and pricking at

anus.—Fearful pain and pulling from perinzeum to anus when sitting; not ceasing in any position,

lasting six hours.—Lancinations in perineum, urethra, and testicles.—(Inveterate diarrhoea and

colic cured.)

Pricking in urethra.—Urine: profuse; light foaming; red, odourless, with

bloody clots; fetid; white sediment; albuminous.

Marked action on lacteal glands. The secretion of milk was established after lack of it in all previous confinements.

Secretion of milk re-established in a woman's breasts three years

after birth of last child; she had had twelve children and had not suckled any of them, having had

no milk (effect of two cupfuls of a decoction).

Numbness; burning, pricking heat. Vesicular eruption especially on face, arms, shoulders, and breasts. Nettlerash (Apis; Chloral; Dulc).

• ▸Eruption on lips, esp.
• ▸upper.
• ▸—Itching and heat at night.
• ▸—Pricking over feet, ankles,

and wrists.

Chills followed by sweat.—Violent chills followed by heat without sweat.—Intense

heat.

Diarrhcea. Perinzeum, pains in. Prostatic affections.

Characteristics—Mure figures and describes this plant. He made a proving of the leaves. On the

second day of the proving the prover lost an inveterate diarrhoea with colic. The most notable

symptoms were a pain in the perinzeum and testicles; and shuddering followed by heat without

sweat.

Compare: Pyrarara, Physalia (urticaria); Urtica, Homar, Sep.