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Has been used in cases of lassitude, thirst, cough, fever. Loss of
appetite, helminthiasis, boils, bilious derangements, catarrh, vomiting,
skin diseases, hiccough, gonorrhea. Its leaves are used in some forms of
ophthalmic diseases, parasites, worms and disorders brought on by
deranged bile or from the use of poisonous things.
Azadirachta Indica is used in a variety of complaints, especially
of the eyes, digestive derangements and skin disorders. An afternoon
fever and rheumatic pains in various parts are caused by this remedy.
Pain in sternum and ribs in back and shoulders and limbs. Forgetful,
giddy on rising, head aches, scalp sensitive, eyes burn, pain in right
eyeball. Heat, pricking and aching in hands. Loss of memory. Thirsty for
large quantities of water at long intervals. Tendency to miscarriage.
Copious leucorrhea.
CLINICAL - Acroparesthesia. Acute rheumatism. Constipation.
Diarrhea. Intermittent fever. Miscarriages. Quinine, effects. Spleen,
congested. Typhoid fever.
Constitutions - Rheumatic constitutions.
Modalities - Worse from the open air. Worse in the afternoon.
MIND - Depressed and forgetful. Mistakes in writing and spelling
words. Mind, weak and dull, full of anxiety inactive. Could not think or
remember names of persons very familiar or what has been done in the
previous day. No desire to go out or walk out. Loss of memory. Forgets
familiar names. Forgets recent events. Does not want to go out nor to
walk. Senile dementia. Amnesia. Hypochondria.
Abdomen - Great uneasiness in the abdomen with flatulent rumbling
in the bowels, twisting pain in the epigastric region, no tenderness in
the abdomen, clutching pain in the umbilical region, obliging to bend
forwards, which affords some relief, abdomen a little distended, passing
of offensive flatus, painful tension in the hypochondria region.
Back - Itching of the body, especially the back, worse in the open
air and in the afternoon. Pain and aching at the nape of the neck.
Chest - Pain in sternum and ribs. Aching in the lower part of the
right chest below the nipple. Stitches in the chest. Crampy pains in the
lower part of chest. Transitory stitches in the chest, especially in the
right side. Cramping pains at the base of the lungs.
Ears - Buzzing in the ears, a peculiar cracking sound is heard in
the ear like tickling with a feather, which is increased on opening the
mouth.
Eyes - Burning the eyes, burning of the eyes continued throughout
even the next day, burning, dull and heavy. Pain in the eye, by
slightest pressure, red, congested and burning with slight coryza, sense
of pressure in the right eye, eyes red and sunken, pressive pain in the
right eye-ball.
Face - Flushings of the face, flushing and heat in the face, face
pale. Alternating heat and pallor of the face.
Female - Copious leucorrhea. Metritis of the cervix. Metrorrhagia.
Recurring miscarriages.
Food - Thirsty for large quantities of water at long intervals.
Keen appetite.
Head - Right-sided headache with throbbing of the temporal artery
and pain in the right eyeball, worse in the open air. Scalp painful and
sensitive to the touch. Hair sensitive, painful.
Heart - Pulse rapid and strong or rapid and weak. Pulse is quick
and hard feeble.
Kidneys - Urine scanty, purple in color. Urine scanty and high
colored and scalding, urine white, clear and copious, urine of strong
odor (once with purple sediment).
Limbs - Numbness of the limbs, as if the limbs are paralyzed.
Gnawing in the legs. Strength of the hand diminished. Burning of the
hands and soles of the feet. Numbness of the hands only, especially the
right hand. Rheumatic pains in the lower limbs.
Lungs - Sighing, breathing at intervals. Breath is hot and
respiration is rapid. Violent cough with thick, white, jelly-like
sputum, which is difficult to expel. Cough after bathing. Cough with
grayish expectoration, thick sputa. Short dry cough in the afternoon.
Cough with white sputa and tasteless.
Male - Great excitement of sexual organs, sexual desire a little
diminished.
Mouth - No thirst but mouth is clammy, water has relish, taste
good. Mouth is bitter. On the sides and surface of the tongue a painful
burning sensation is felt as if scalded, papillae seem to be enlarged
and prominent. Putrid taste in the mouth. Saliva coming out which tastes
salty. Slight difficulty in deglutition, especially water and meat.
Neck - Pain and debility in the nape of the neck.
Nose - Running of watery fluid from the nose.
Rectum - Diarrhea, no satisfaction after stool. Constipation with
ball-like stools which are hard and small, alternating with diarrhea.
Feeling after stool, that the rectum is not empty. Insufficient,
constipated, stools hard, small and knotty, stools hard. Stools copious,
soft, semi-solid.
Skin - Itching of various parts of the body without the appearance
of any eruption, itching of the body. Sudamina on the back.
Sleep - Insomnia and agitation in bed. Wakes frequently. Dreams of
fights and quarrels in the second half of the night. Sleeplessness and
tossing in the bed, dreamy and interrupted sleep at night.
Stomach - No thirst, appetite very acute and keen, very great
thirst for large quantity of cold water, very great thirst at long
intervals. Heart-burn and water-brash. Uneasy sensation in the thorax.
Temperature - Fever commences with very slight chill or without
chill from 4:30 p.m. and abates from 7:30 p.m. afternoon fever. Glowing
heat and burning, especially in the face, eyes, palms of the hands and
soles of the feet in open air. Copious sweat, especially on the
forehead, neck and upper part of the body, sweating commences on the
forehead, gradually extending towards the trunk, no sweat in lower part
of the body.
Throat - Bitter taste in the throat, left-side sore throat. Slight
hoarseness.
Vertigo - Sensation of drunkenness, especially on lifting the head
and around 10 a.m.
COMMENTS - The most peculiar feature of the proving is the fever,
which commences with a very slight chill or none at all, about 3 to 4:30
p.m. and abates about 7:30 p.m. Glowing heat and burning, especially in
face, eyes, palms of hands and soles of feet in open air, sweat copious,
commencing on forehead, gradually extending towards trunk, no sweat on
lower part of body.
COMPARE - (1) Cedron, Chin., Ars., Nat-m. (2) Guarea. (3) Ars.
Prostration, anxiety, restlessness. Cadaverous odor of secretions.
Aggravation from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. (4) Chin. General weakness from loss
of liquid. Thirst for large quantities of water. Hemorrhaging from the
mucous membranes. Sensitive scalp. (5) Sulph. Quarrelsome with grandiose
ideas. Burning pains, weakness in the morning. Need for fresh air and
fear of water. Morbid alternations. (6) Med.- Forgets names and recent
events. Restlessness, precipitation, desire for drinks. Irritating
leucorrhea. Breasts cold. Heels sensitive. Sleeps in knee-chest
position.
SOURCES - Anshutz. Boericke. Clarke.