Polyporus Pinicola

The Pine agaric, Pol. pin., like the Larch agaric, Polyporus officinalis

(described in this work as Boletus Laricis, its older and less correct name), was proved by Dr.

Burt. The symptoms of the two have a very close resemblance, and many are common to both.

Despondency; aching distress in many parts; stiffness of back; of fingers; enlarged tonsils with

dysphagia and constant inclination to swallow; neuralgic pains in head, face, and temples; pain in

liver and spleen with diarrhoea or constipation and piles—these are the chief features of the

proving. Hale says it is a remedy for ague in the Middle and Southern States, taken during the

intermission macerated in whisky. Quotidian fevers, he says, are most suited to it. The symptoms

are < by motion; by walking; > by rest. < In damp air. < After stool.

Despondency with the pain—Gloomy; spells of depression—Wants to get away out of

sight and lie down.

Congestion to head and face; vertigo when walking; lightness; fulness —Severe

headache, < reading or walking; with soreness over eyes.—Sharp, neuralgic, cutting pains in

temples.

Face congested.—Severe aching distress in r. malar bone, with neuralgic pains in

temples.

Throat dry, sore, frequent inclination to swallow.—Tonsils much congested,

enlarged; frequent efforts to swallow, quite painful.

Sour eructations.—Nausea.—Burning in stomach and dragging in r.

hypochondrium.—Constant very severe distress in lower epigastrium, causing faintness; < by

pressure and by walking.—Severe pain in epigastrium all morning.

Dull, dragging, drawing, aching, burning in both hypochondria.—Pain and

distress in liver; and all dorsal region; < walking.—Distress and colicky pains in umbilical and

hypogastric regions—Rumbling.—Hard, distressing, sickening pain in hypogastrium, causing

faintness; followed by stool.—Drawing in r. groin.

Stool: ran from bowels in deep yellow stream; loose; hard, dry, lumpy,

then mushy; lumpy with mucus and bile; costive, hard, dry lumps, brought on piles and slight

prolapsus ani.

Burning distress in preecordial region; sharp pains on full inspiration.—Pulse soft,

feeble.

Back stiff—Aching in back; and hips.—Felt ill with aching and sore sensations along

spinal column.

Drawing in elbows and flexor muscles of both arms.—Fingers ache; feel

quite stiff.

• ▸Hips ache.
• ▸—Drawing inside r.
• ▸thigh —Sharp pain in r.
• ▸tibia——Hard, drawing

pains in knees and ankles, causing restlessness.—Aching distress, weakness of ankles and feet,

walking very difficult—Soles of feet and heels feel as if pounded; < when boots on.

24. Generalities—Rheumatic pains in every part of the body < in damp weather.

Great lassitude, congestion of head, with vertigo, face hot and flushed, prickling sensation all over; restless at night from pain in wrists and knee; rheumatic pains; profuse perspiration. Headache about 10 am, with pain in back, ankles and legs increasing until 3 pm, then gradually better.

Paroxysms of chilliness, cold shivering sensations followed by feverishness.—Chills

• ▸and a shivering sensation.
• ▸—Face hot, flushed.
• ▸—Hands and palms hot and dry.
• ▸—Slight

perspiration.

• ▸Anus, prolapse of.
• ▸Constipation.
• ▸Hemorrhoids.
• ▸Intermittent fever.
• ▸Liver, affections of.

• ▸Malar bone, pain in.
• ▸Prolapsus ani.
• ▸Rheumatism.
• ▸Spleen, affections of.
• ▸Tonsils, enlarged.