Materia Medica de A a Z

UPAS TIEUTÉ = STRYCHNOS TIEUTÉ (upa)

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.

Relationship

Compare: Upas antiaris (Upa-a) - 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). Ox-ac. Upas when Bryonia (Bry) fails (typhoid).

Antidote: Curare (Cur).

Dose

Third to sixth potency.