Materia Medica
Sambucus Nigra
Elder
Acts especially on the respiratory organs. Dry coryza of infants, snuffles, cedematous swellings. Profuse sweat accompanies many affections.
Mind
Sees images when shutting eyes. Constant fretfulnrss. Very easily frightened. Fright followed by suffocative attacks
Face
Turns blue with cough. Red, burning spots on cheeks. Heat and perspiration of face.
Abdomen
Colic, with nausea and flatulence; fre- quent watery, slimy stools. Urine. -- Profuse urine with dry heat of skin. Fre- quent micturition, with scanty urine. Acute nephritis; dropsical symptoms, with vomiting.
Respiratory
Chest oppressed with pressure in stomach, and rausea. Hoarseness with tenacious mucus in larynx. Paroxysmal, suffocative cough, coming on about midnight, with crying and dyspncea. S Spasmodic croup. Dry coryza. Sxiffes of infants; nose dry and obstructed. Loose choking cough. When nursing child must let go of nipple, nose blocked up, cannot breathe. Child awakes suddenly, nearly suffocating, sits up, turns blue. Cannot expire. [Mepk.] Millar's asthma. ]Arum drac.]
Extremities
Hands turn blue. Oedematous swell- ing in legs, insteps. and feet. Feet icy cold. Bebilitat- ing night-sweats. [Salvia; Acct. ac.]
Skin
-I)ry heat of <kin during sleep. Bloated and swollen. general dropsy: piofuse secat on renkinl.
Fever
Dry heat while sleeping. I)reads uucozer- ing. Profuse sweat ozcr entire body duriny Teakiu! hours. Jry. deep cough precedes the fever paroxysm.
Modalities
H'orse. sleep, during rest, after eatin2 fruit. Beller, sitting up in bed, motion.
Relationships
Compare : Ipcc.， Epi.:Put Sambucus Canadensis (great value in dropsies, large doses required - fluid extract, / to 1 tea-pounful three times daily). .Antidotes: Ars.. Camph.
Dose
Tincture, to sixth potency.