(Upas-tree - Strychnos 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.
Relationship
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.