Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Pastinaca sativa. Parsnip. N. O. Umbelliferae. Tincture of roots of second year.

Clinical.─Delirium tremens. Loquacity. Milk, intolerance of.

Characteristics.─The root of the Parsnip, after the first year, is very poisonous, and some cases of poisoning have been observed, the symptoms of which make up the Schema. A state of perfect "delirium tremens" was observed in several persons, illusions of vision, catching at imaginary objects; fighting with one another. A peculiar effect was produced on the stomach; the irritability was depressed and emetics would not act.

Relations.─Compare: Aethus, Ziz.

SYMPTOMS.

1. Mind.─Delirium tremens.─Quiet delirium, illusions of vision, grasped at imaginary objects; incoherent speech; uninterrupted attempts to get out of bed.─Incessant talking.─Fighting.─Fits of convulsive laughter.

2. Head.─Vertigo and general uneasiness.─Sense of weight in head.

6. Face.─Look: staring; vague.─Face pale.

8. Mouth.─Tongue clean, moist, trembling.

11. Stomach.─Vomiting of milk in large curds (child, aet. 2, poisoned).─Irritability of gastric nerves depressed; emetics in double the usual doses have no effect.

17. Respiratory Organs.─Breathing somewhat difficult and slow.

19. Heart.─Suppressed beating of heart; pulse small, weak, slow.

24. Generalities.─In constant motion.

25. Skin.─Skin, red, hot, swollen; eyelids oedematous, translucent.─Blebs on hands and fingers (child, aet. 2, ate and handled wild parsnip).