Materia Medica
Upas Tiente
Upas-tree -- Strychnos Tiente
Froduces 'toric spasms, tetanus, and asphyxia.
Head
Disinclined for mental work. Irritable. Dull headache deep in brain
Eyes
Pain in eyes and orbits, with conjunctivitis. Dull, sunken eyes. Styes.
Mouth
Herpes on lips. Burning on the tongue. Pain in mouth, as from a splinter. [Nit. ac.]
Male
Desire increased, with Oss of power. Dull backache, as after excessive coitus.
Chest
Lancinating pain throughout right lung toward the liver, stopping breathing. Violent palpitation ; sensation of heaviness in stomach.
Skin
Numb hands and feet. Hangnails inAamed; itching and redness of roots of nails.
Relationships
Compare: Upas antiaris (differs in producing clonic spasms, violent vomiting, diarrhcea, great prostration). Oxal. ac. Upas when Brvonia fails (typhoid.) Antidote: Curare.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.