Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Shellbark, or Shagbark Hickory. N. O. Juglandaceae. Tincture of nuts.

Clinical.─Purpura. Scurvy.

Characteristics.─Like Juglans Regia and Juglans Cinerea, Carya alba appears to possess antiscorbutic properties. An exclusive diet of the nuts for three or four weeks, in a girl seven years old, produced pronounced symptoms of scurvy; haemorrhages from all surfaces; on the least excoriation of skin very dark blood gushed out. Blood gushed from gums, nose, ears, and other parts.

Relations.─Compare: Arn., Carbo v., Pho., Merc., Ham., Bry., Rhus., Citrus lim., and Juglandaceae.

SYMPTOMS.

6. Face.─Face clay-coloured; swollen.

8. Mouth.─Gums swelled, began to bleed and turn black; could not move lips without causing profuse discharge.

12. Abdomen.─Swollen abdomen.

13. Stool.─Discharge of black blood by stool.

17. Respiratory Organs.─Breath short, difficult; pulse quick.

21. Limbs.─Extremely swollen.

24. Generalities.─Whole body, including face, covered with livid spots from one inch in diameter to size of pin's head; largest like a bruise, smaller sometimes red like flea-bites.