Materia Medica

Upas Tiente

Upas-tree -- Strychnos Tiente

Upas-tree-Strychnos Tiente (UPAS TIENTE) Produces tonic 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 loss 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 inflamed; itching and redness of roots of nails.

Relationships

Compare: Upas antiaris-resinous exudation of Antiarus toxicaria, (a deadly poison to the muscular system. It suspends both voluntary muscular action and that of the heart without causing convulsions. Used in Java as an arrow poison (Merrell). Differs in producing clonic spasms, violent vomiting, diarrhoea, great prostration). Oxal ac. Upas when Bryonia fails (typhoid). Antidote: Curare.

Dose

Third to sixth potency.