- Two kinds of “Prickly pear” have been proved, Opun vulg.
- and Opun alba spina.
- Burdick took one or two deep inhalations of the tinctureConcentrated liquid raw extractA mother tincture prepared by soaking botanical, animal, or mineral raw materials in alcohol and water. of the flowers of the former.
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- Fitch, who proved many of the Cactaceae took ten drops of the tincture of the second potencyStrength level of a remedyThe dilution and succussion scale of a remedy (e.g., 6C, 30C, 200C, 1M), indicating its energetic concentration..
- Opun-v has a sick feeling in the lower third of the abdomen.
- Feels as if bowels were settled down in lower abdomen.
- DiarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. with nausea.
- Enteroptosis with loose and frequent evacuations.
- COMMENTS - The bulk of the symptoms of the provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. are Fitch's, but the most peculiar symptom (which has also been verifi ed) is Burdick's, “Nausea extending from stomach down into bowels with sensation as if diarrhea would set in.” Also “feeling as if bowels had settled down into lower abdomen.” Fitch had actual diarrhea.
- All the urinary and genital symptoms were his except “bloody urine,” which is an ef fect of Opun-v., but not Burdick's.
- Coldness was observed by both provers.
- The peculiar mental symptoms recalling the swearing tendency of Anae., are Fitch's.
- Sticking and pricking pains predominate, also numbness and tension