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October 22, 2024
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January 2, 2025The remedy is prepared from Ergot, Secale Cornutum, the dark purplish cylindroid sclerotium formed in the ear of rye by the fungus Claviceps Purpurea. When fully developed this is a flattened, crescent-shaped body about 5 mm in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. A number of such may be found in the ripened ear of rye, or of wheat or barley as the case may be.
This plant-parasite has a most interesting history medicinally as its inadvertent ingestion in contaminated flour has caused outbreaks of serious disease to which the name ergotism has been applied. The history is a long one. An Assyrian tablet of 600 B.C. refers to a noxious pustule found on ears of grain, and a sacred book of the
Parsees (400-300 B.C.) speaks of noxious grasses that caused pregnant women to “drop the womb and die in childbed”. In France epidemics of ergotism can be traced back as far as A.D. 857 and in the tenth to the thirteenth century there were numerous outbreaks in that country. It was in the eleventh century that the affliction began to be known as St. Anthony’s fire from the custom which had grown up of sufferers from the disease making pilgrimages to the shrine of St. Anthony located “near Vienne, in Dauphine” in the hope of cure. One of the symptoms is a sensation as if ants were running about under the skin, associated with generalized erythema and much burning.
In addition to prominent symptoms such as convulsions and gangrene of the limbs, the condition was often accompanied by hallucinations, delirium, mania, or mental feebleness. Several alkaloids are in the sclerotium ergonovine, the oxytocic principle, ergotoxine, and ergotamine. A further constituent is lysergic acid which is probably responsible for the psychotic effects. Amongst other ingredients are histamine and acetylcholine.
There is an affinity with the neuromuscular system, inducing violent spasms of muscle, especially plain muscle in the walls of the arterioles, and the that of the uterus. The prolonged use of ergot preparations, for instance in the treatment of migraine, carries a serious risk of circulatory disturbance in the extremities or even in the mesentery, where gangrene of the intestine may supervene as the result of vasospasm.
Affinity with the nervous system leads to varying degrees of paresthesia or anesthesia of the skin. Symptoms of mental deterioration, ataxia, rombergism, lightning pains, and convulsions may also occur.
Vasospasm is, of course, followed by rebound vasodilatation, which may account for the tendency to hemorrhage of the passive type. Moreover, the blow is lacking in coagulability, which results in persistent oozing and may involve serious blood loss.
The face appears pale and drawn. Pupils are large, Facial muscles may show twitching. Skin looks dry, shriveled, sallow. The picture may be of collapse with sunken eyes, blue rings around the orbits, lips pale or blue, and cold extremities.
The gait is up and about trembling and staggering. Bad breath is present; discharges have a rotting odor.
There is an air of timidity, sadness, and discouragement, even anxiety may progress to actual fear of death. Semi stupor may occur, or a maniacal state with an urge to bite.
The sufferer may complain of sensations of numbness or formication, which is relieved by rubbing.
Another symptom is marked coldness to touch over the whole surface of the body. In contrast to this objective coldness, the patient complains of burning heat internally and a sensation as if burning sparks were falling on the skin. This produces a great aversion to being covered and a desire for cold. Appetite is often ravenous with an aversion to fat and meat.
Thirst is unquenchable with a craving for lemon or acid drinks. Sleep can be deep and prolonged, but in drug addicts and alcoholics, insomnia is more common. Profuse cold clammy sweats involve the whole body, especially above the waistline.
Modalities. There is aggravation from being warmly covered, in fact from heat in any form also from touch, and exertion, around about 3 a.m. and both before and during menstruation.
Relief is obtained in cool air, by uncovering, when lying doubled up in bed, by being rubbed.
General. Pains are described as burning in character and are made much worse by heat. Hemorrhage is a prominent symptom, of mucous surfaces, ulcers, even from small wounds. The bleeding is of the oozing type with dark non-coagulation blood, accompanied by burning pains and chilliness. It may be persistent to the point of causing rub.
Head. A confused feeling in the head is associated with vertigo and a tendency for the head to sway from side to side like a pendulum. This is a tendency to move about. A burning violent pain in the forehead spreads over the vertex to the occipital region.
Eyes. Eye symptoms are various and often accompanied by headache and vertigo.
Mentioned are squints, double vision, sparks before the eyes, and incipient cataracts.
Ears. Quite slight noises may re-echo in the head and cause alarm. Roaring and humming tinnitus may be present.
Respiratory system. The nose feels stuffed up, but a watery discharge flows from the nostrils. Severe epistaxis occurs, with dark blood that does not coagulate; the bleeding may be difficult to stay, with resulting prostration and thready pulse.
The voice may become weak and aphonic. Breathing may be shallow with a feeling of oppression in the chest and diaphragmatic cramp. Spitting of blood may occur with or without cough. A boring pain may be felt in the chest.
Alimentary system. Trismus may occur. Gums may bleed easily. The tongue becomes dry, fissured, and coated brown or black, and may exude inky blood. It feels stiff and tingles at the tip.
Nausea is very persistent and is made worse by taking food. It may be accompanied by much retching and vomiting. Bleeding may occur with coffee-ground vomit. The abdomen becomes distended like a drum, with cutting and tearing pains.
Profuse watery diarrhea occurs, with olive green foul-smelling stools expelled like a jet this is accompanied by great prostration and icy coldness, but the sufferer wants coolth and throws off the covers. Stools may be involuntary with a patulous anus. Melaena may be present.
Anxiety, even pain, may be felt in the precordial region, associated with tenderness on pressure.
The pulse may be small, rapid, and intermittent.
Involvement of the circulation may give rise to such conditions as Raynaud’s disease, intermittent claudication, erythromelalgia, and dry gangrene. Urinary system. There may be much ineffectual urging to urinate. Incontinence may also be present, or retention with distension and overflow. Haematuria may be a symptom.
Genital system. Manses are profuse, irregular, and accompanied by severe bearingdown pains, which are relieved when the flow starts. Persistent blood may continue till the next period; this is aggravated by the least movement. The remedy may be indicated in abortion at the third month.
Other uterine symptoms are irregular, weak labor pains; prolonged after. Pains; offensive, greenish purulent lochia; puerperal fever; suppression or nonappearance of lactation.
Nervous system. Twitching’s and jerking’s begin in the facial muscles and may spread to involve the whole body. Intermittent tonic spasms affect chiefly extensor muscles; if the hands are involved, the fingers are spread wide apart. There are complaints of formication, numbness, and tingling, especially in fingers and feet.
Locomotor system. Limbs feel heavy, tremulous, even paralytic. There may be associated pallor and icy coldness but with burning pains and a desire for coolness. Violent cramps may occur, especially in the lower extremities.
Skin. Small boils occur which are extremely painful and contain a green core. Gangrenous carbuncle may require the remedy. Large ecchymoses or blood blisters may be present.
Ulcers become black and exude dark blood. Suppuration occurs in nail beds with the shedding of nails.
Hemorrhagic and uterine complaints provide the main indications for the remedy; as conditions resulting from vasospasm. Psorinum is the complementary remedy.
