Anacardium*

William Boericke 1922

Pain as if dull plug ivcrc pressed into intestines. Rumbling, pinching, and griping.

William Boericke 1922

Dull pressure in the shoulders, as from a weight. Stiffness at nape of

William Boericke 1922

Anacard. occidentale (cashew nut) (erysipelas, vesicular facial eruptions), anaesthetic variety of 58 ANArARUlLTM — ANAGALLIS — ANATHERUM leprosy ; warts, corns, ulcers, cracking of the skin on soles of feet). Rhus; Cypriped,; Chclidon.; Xerophyl, I’latina follows welL

William Boericke 1922

Sixth to two hundredth potency.

William Boericke 1922

Pressing in the ears as from a plug. Hardf of hearing.

William Boericke 1922

Neuralgia in thumb. Paralytic weakness. Knees feel paralyzed or bandaged. Cramp in calves. Pressure as from a plug in the glutei. Warts on palms of hands. Fingers swollen with vesicular eruption.

William Boericke 1922

Face pale.

William Boericke 1922

Pressure like a plug on upper orbit. Indistinct vision.- Objects appear too far off.

William Boericke 1922

Blue rings around

William Boericke 1922

Leucorrhoea, with soreness and itching. Menses scanty. Respiratory, — Pressure in chest, as from a dull plug. Oppression of chest, with internal heat and anxiety, driving him into open air. Cough excited hy talking, in children, after fit of temper. Cough after eating with vomiting of food and pain in occiput.

William Boericke 1922

The Anacardium patient is 'found mostly among the neurasthenics; such have a type of nervous dyspepsia, relieved by food ; impaired memory, depression, and irritability; diminution of senses (smell, sight, hearing). Syphilitic patients often suffer with these conditions. Intermittency of symptoms Fear of examination in students. Aversion to work; lacks self-confidence; irresistible desire to swear and curse. Sensation of a plug in various parts — eyes, rectum, bladder, etc. , also of a band. Empty feeling in

William Boericke 1922

chondriasis, with tendency to use violent language. Brain-fag. Impaired memory. Very easily offended. Malicious ; seems bent on wickedness. Lack of confidence in himself or others. Suspicious [Hyos.]. Clairaudient, hears voices far away or of the dead.

William Boericke 1922

Vertigo. Pressing pain, as from a plug; worse after mental exertion — in forehead; occiput, temples, vertex ; better during a meal. Itching and little boils on scalp.

William Boericke 1922

Palpitation, with weak memory, with coryza in the aged; stitches in heart region. Khcnmatie pericarditis with double stitches.

William Boericke 1922

Voluptuous itching; increased desire; seminal emissions without dreams. Prostatic discharge during stool.

William Boericke 1922

Fixed ideas. Hallucinations , thinks he is possessed of tzvo persons or wills. Anxiety when walking, as if pursued. Profound melancholy and nypo- 56

William Boericke 1922

Worse, on application of hot water. Better, from eating. When lying on side, from rubbing and talking hold of anything.

William Boericke 1922

Painful vesicles ; fetid odor. Tongue feels swollen, impeding speech and motion, with saliva in

William Boericke 1922

Burning around lips as from pepper.

William Boericke 1922

Frequent sneezing. Sense of smell perverted. Coryza with palpitation, especially in the aged.

William Boericke 1922

^aMnorrhage during stool. Painful haemorrhoids. fie.; Hyper.; Ratanh.]

William Boericke 1922

Rowels inactive. Ineffectual desire; rec^ turn seems powerless, as if plugged tip; spasmodic con- S triction of sphincter ani; even soft stool passes with lifficulty. } tilling at anus; moisture from

William Boericke 1922

Antidote: Grindclia; Coffca; Juglans; Rhus.

William Boericke 1922

Intense itching eczema, with mental irritability; vesicular eruption; suwlling, urticaria; eruption like that of Poison-Oak. [XeroIrhyL; Grindel.; Croton.] Lichen planus ; neurotic eczema.

William Boericke 1922

Spells of sleeplessness lasting for several nights. Anxious dreams.

William Boericke 1922

Eructation, nausea, vomiting. Eating relieves the Avacardium dyspepsia. Apt to choke when eating or drinking. Swallows food and drinks hastily.

William Boericke 1922

Weak digestion, with fullness and distention. Empty feeling in

William Boericke 1922

eating temporarily relieves all discomfort. This is a sure indication, often verified. Its skin symptoms are similar to Rhus, and it has proved a valuable antidote to Poison-Oak.