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M A TER I A M E D ICA:
REGIONAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY,
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A CIINIC AI, DICTIONARY.
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BY HENRY BUCK, M.R.C.S.,
MEMBER OF THE BRITISH HOMOEOPATHIC SOCIETY.
MAGINA EST VERI TAS ET PR, EVAL E B I.T.
LOND ON .
LEATH AND ROSS,
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PR E F A G E.
THE principles of Therapeutics, propounded by Dr.
Hahnemann, and known under the appellation “Homoeo-
pathic,” were introduced into this country upwards of
twenty-five years ago. During nearly twenty years of
that period, I have had ample opportunity for witness-
ing the successful results of its application, and can bear
testimony to its efficiency. It has always appeared
to me that there was some necessity for a work on the
subject, that would point out, in a clear and decisive
manner, the characteristic uses of the remedies, and
a simple mode of finding them, so as to induce the
student to institute a comparison between the old
and the new system of treatment.
I feel confident that the good sense of the profession
generally, would not permit them to condemn, without
evidence, a system that has steadily advanced in public
favour, solely on its merits, if the subject had been
set forth in a somewhat more practical form.
In the following pages, I have only attempted to
lay before others the plan I have found the easiest
and best for myself; and trust it may induce those
who are desirous of investigating the truth of this
matter, to make trial without prejudice. Let it be fair,
candid, and honest—“RENDERING UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS
WHICH BE CAESAR’s.” -
Surely no harm can come of increased knowledge.
The skilful practitioner should be well acquainted
iv. PREFACE.
with every system that pertains to his art, culling
and storing up all that is valuable in each; at the
same time rejecting the dross.
Dr. Samuel Brown writes thus:–“ The apostle of
Homoeopathy should be a very learned man, in order
to harmonise the new doctrine (at first sound so dis-
cordant) with the old culture and the swelling sciences.
His solemn duty is to promulgate his truth, not like a
sectarian, but as becomes a catholic member of the
universal school of scientific investigation.”
Hufeland also wrote on the subject as follows:–
“Homoeopathy can certainly boast of one advantage—
it will never do positive harm by acting injuriously on
the organism. It may be accused of sins of omission,
but not of sins of commission; and this is no mean praise
when medical men are so rash in the use of narcotic and
metallic poisons, whereby they inflict an injury much
greater than the disease they seek to cure. * * * *
Homoeopathy, as a science, or a doctrine, should in no
way be repressed: the true or false in it must be left
solely to scientific discussion, experience, and time, which
have already correctly and justly decided respecting
many similar phenomena, and will decide this also.
One peculiar and important problem is to search for, and
find, new specific medicines. May it succeed in discover-
ing these for many diseases, and it will merit our cordial
thanks.”
45, CAMDEN ROAD, LONDON.
July, 1865.
RULES FOR PRACTICE
I.—Carefully diagnose your case, and write a full record of all the
symptoms, objective and subjective. Endeavour to ascertain
the original cause of the disease, if possible, especially as
regards any hereditary taint—syphilitic or otherwise.
Be particularly minute in taking down minor symptoms; for it
frequently happens that one or two apparently trifling symp-
toms, overlooked, may prevent your finding the true remedy;
a little trouble in this respect will amply repay in the end.
Do not attach too much importance to the names of diseases,
nor be influenced by them in the selection of your remedy, or
you may fail to cure.
II.-Carefully compare the symptoms you have written, with those
of the Materia Medica: the nearer they agree the better.
But it will also be necessary to look at the character of the
drug; its relation to the condition of the patient; and the
power it possesses to influence the tissues or organs affected.
It should possess a true affinity, and have the power to create a
disease corresponding with the altered state of the patient's
health.
III.--Having selected the proper remedy, and if the case be
acute, take the third decimal dilution of the drug; put four
drops into eight tablespoonfuls of pure water in a closed
vessel; administer one spoonful every one, two, or three
hours, according to the urgency of the case. If there be no
relief, no change for the better in six or twelve hours, it is
vi RULES FOR PRACTICE.
more than probable that you have not found the true remedy,
and it will be necessary to compare the symptoms again.
IV.-If, on a careful examination of the drug-proving, you are still
satisfied that it is the proper remedy, it may be well to take
the first dilution, and administer it in the same manner; or,
in very urgent cases, every ten, twenty, or thirty minutes,
until improvement sets in; after which, much longer periods
should elapse before repetition; and in some cases allow the
medicine to act without repeating the dose. -
W.—Medicines are sometimes exhibited in alternation with appa-
rent advantage. This plan, however, should be resisted, if
good results can be obtained with a single remedy, for obvious
I'éa,SOIAS,
VI-In treating chronic diseases, the same powers of observation
are required; and frequently several remedies must be ex-
hibited, and the changes in the character of the disease
carefully watched. Chronic diseases are very prone to fence
with the best practice. Sometimes the various attenuations
and triturations of the same drug will be required to eradicate
very persistent diseases; consequently it is impossible to lay
down any special rules: all must depend on the talent and
experience of the practitioner.
Chronic nervous diseases seem frequently to yield under the
higher attenuations, when the lowest have failed.
The peculiar idiosyncrasy of the patient as to the action of
medicines, will also demand serious attention, especially as
regards the dose and its repetition.

A CONITUM NAPELLUS, º
HAEINEMANN. MONKSHOOD,
THE morbid condition for which this remedy is prescribed will be
known under the term Inflammation; and more especially
when combined"with Fever. It is the antiphlogistic of the
Homoeopathic School, and cannot be replaced by any other known
remedy. Dr. Teste states that Aconite has no true analogue.
Its primary effect is depressing, tending to lower the pulse; con-
sequently it should not be persevered with after the point for
which it has been administered shall be achieved.
- Aconite has a special action on the nerves of sensation, and,
according to Hahnemann, effects the prompt removal of inflamma-
tory action.
Hartmänn testifies to its value in Inflammatory Fever of the
robust, and Hyper-excitation of the nervous system.
Noack and Trinks state that it accelerates venous action; lowers
the Arterial circulation; and advise its use in attacks of Violeft
Pain generally. Also in Enteritis and Peritonitis.
Aconite, then, may be useful, according to the best authority,
in the following conditions:–
Acute Inflammatory Fever of the Sthenic type, with full
bounding pulse.
Fever, with hurried or intermitting Pulse, with Restlessness;
Anxiety; intense Thirst, with desire for cold Water or Beer;
Agitation of Mind; Nervous, over-excitement; Illness from
Fright, Fear, or Anger; also during Menstruation. Fever attend-
ant upon Catarrh, Measles, and Scarlatina; Inflammation of
the Throat and Fauces; Trachea and Bronchi; Laryngismus
Stridulus; Asthma of Millar; Congestion of the Vessels of the
Brain, Eyes, Heart, and Lungs; Bleeding from the nose;
Apoplexy; Fainting fits; Pains caused by impeded venous circu-
lation; Headaches from congestion; Ophthalmia, even syphi-
litic; Neuralgia, especially of the face; Toothache, with
drawing, throbbing pain; Fever of Pleuritis, Pneumonia, and
Pleuro-Pheumonia; Affections of the left Heart, acting as a
O B 1
ACON.] ACONITUM NAPELLUS.
Sedative on the system generally, and controlling the capillary
circulation; Inflammatory conditions of the chest, especially if
excited during a cold east wind.
Inflammation of the Liver, with burning and lancination;
Inflammation of the intestines and peritoneum; Haemoptysis;
Menorrhagia; Cessation of the Catamenia from Fright, Passion,
or Anguish of Mind; Erysipelas; Eruptions that are followed by,
or tend to, Dropsy. . . .
Hempel, in his New Materia Medica, states that Aconite acts
on the capillary vessels and nerves, and is especially useful for
Acute Congestion of the Brain, arising from a depressed condition,
or capillary insufficiency. He remarks, that it is a great restorer
of vital reaction; that it acts on the cerebellum rather than the
cerebrum. It may be safely relied on in Cerebral Apoplexy;
Orthopnoea; Asthma of Millar; Suffocative Catarrh; and Acute
Gastritis. In such cases he has found the low dilutions act best.
He also recommends its use for Heartburn; Dyspepsia; Vomiting
of food; Articular Rheumatism; Paralysis of the Limbs and
Heart; Cardiac Rheumatism; Dropsical distention of the Abdo-
men; Globus Hystericus; Hysteric Convulsions and Headaches;
Convulsions from fright; Anaemia; Spinal Irritation; Pulmonary
Phthisis; Amaurosis; Rheumatic Deafness; Otitis; Stomatitis;
Jaundice, with green or Black bile; Black foetid stools; Catarrhal
Diarrhoea; Retention of stool in acute disease; in Tuberculosis it
is the best remedy. For Iritis and Conjunctivitis, he advises the
strong tincture; in Chronic Pulmonary Disease, the 12th potency;
in Pleuro-Pheumonia and acute Pleurisy, 12th to 30th; Neuralgic
Inflammation, 6th to 12th ; Gout, 1st to 6th.
Dr. Teste thinks Aconite has been rather misrepresented, and is
abused daily He bears testimony to its efficacy in inflammatory
fevers, but does not admit its value in local inflammation gene-
rally. Of Croup, he writes, it is useful only before the membrane
is formed; and to continue it after, is only to lose time: he deems
it valuable for the inflammation that precedes the formation of .
the false membrane. In the Asthma of Millar, he gives preference
to Caust, Coral, Opium, Coffea.
As an intermediate remedy, Aconite is of immense value, and
frequently prepares the way for a salutary action of other reme-
dies, in both Acute and Chronic diseases. According to Dr. Curie,
it should never be continued, but suspended, during the cold stage
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ACONITUM NAPELLUS. [AC0N.
of fever. For Measles, he advises its use in alternation with
Pulsatilla.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Skin of the whole body, or of parts only, very sensitive to touch.
Shivering; Chilly feeling, followed by heat; Creeping, Formi-
cation, as if insects were running about under the skin.
Numbness; Tingling; or Pricking; Shooting in the extremi-
ties; Sensation as if drops of water were falling on the body;
Brwise-like feeling over the body, with trembling of the limbs;
Tired feeling; Failure of strength; Paralytic weakness; Attacks
of fainting; Face pale, or red; Wessels congested; the blood seems
stagnant in all the vessels.
Uneasy sensation, such as one feels after a chill, or from
suppressed perspiration; Pain, accompanied with thirst; white
tongue; redness of the cheeks; Drawing, tearing pains; Pains that
shift from one part to another; Pains like those of rheumatism,
about the region of the heart; Pains that seem intolerable,
and worse at night, relieved in open air; Pains confined to a
small space; Pains increased by wine; Sufferings produced by a
cold easterly wind; Rush of blood to the head; great irritation of
the nervous system. -
In Children—Disposition to lie down; Constant crying;
Restlessness; Grinding the teeth in sleep; Red rash on the skin;
Dry, burning heat; Thirst; Short breathing; Tendency to start
when asleep.
Mind.—Gay; Exalted; Variable humour; Morose; Depressed;
Melancholy; Anaciety; Peevishness, with fine dartings in the side
of chest; Palpitation, then headache; Anxious, complaining
mood; Wailing; Weeping; Fear; Apprehension; Dread of some
accident; Fear of death, or of falling; the slightest noise is un-
bearable; Music affects every limb–makes her quite sad; every-
thing is done in a hurry; he knocks against others; Raves;
jumps out of bed; Distraction of thought while reading; Weak-
ness of memory; he fancies what he has done has been a dream;
Intellectual powers diminished; Tendency to fright.
Head.-Vertigo; Sense of swaying in the brain; Vertigo, when
stooping or rising from a seat; Staggering—feels unable to stand;
on getting into bed, everything seems turning round; Confusion,
dizziness, when shaking the head; Blackness before the eyes;
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ACON.] Acontrum NAPELLUS.
Pressure in the temples; muddled feeling in the morning;
Confusion, with pressure in the forehead in the evening; Whirl-
ing; Giddiness; Sensation in forehead as of a weight pressing
the contents outwards; Headache, as if a part of the brain were
raised up here and there; Frontal headache; Shooting, pulsative
or pressive; Squeezing in forehead over root of nose, he felt as if .
his reason were going from him; Sensation, as of a tight band or
cap around the forehead, or as of a ball mounting up, with
sensation of coolness; Heat and ebullition, as of boiling water;
Rush of blood to the head, with heat and redness of the face.
Scalp.–Numb; Swollen; Creeping, as from ants; Sensation, as
if some one drew him by the hair; acne on the forehead.
Eyes.—Pupils dilated; Staring look; Pain in the interior of
the eye, as though it would be pressed out; the pain extends to
the interior of the brain; Itching, burning in the eyes and lids; the
eye-balls feel enlarged; Sensation as if the eyes were much
swollen; Sensitive, painful inflammation; Chemosis; Conjunctiva
highly injected; Cold feeling in the eyes; Sharp sight; Photo-
phobia; desire for light; Dimness of sight; Vision as through
gauze; Muscae Volitantes. - -
Ears, Burning, itching, darting—better after eating; Sen-
sation as if stopped; Sensation of a worm creeping in the right
ear; Increased sensibility of hearing; cannot bear the least
noise; Humming; Tingling. tº
Nose.-Bleeding from the nose; Flow of bright red blood
several mornings after blowing; Over-sensitive state of the
olfactory nerve to bad odours; Fluent coryza, sneezing.
Face.—Puffed, swollen; Glowing heat, especially towards
evening; Anxious expression; Sweat of the cheek on the side
that has been laid upon; Redness of one cheek, the other cold;
Pain in the zygoma as from an ulcer; Shooting pain, striking
upwards to the forehead, sideward to temple, downward to the
cheek, into two or three teeth; worse towards morning, followed
by swelling of the face next day; Creeping pains in the cheek;
Twitching of the facial muscles. -
Jaws.-Numbness; Burning pain; Trismus; Pain behind the
zygoma, in the joint; Jerking, shooting in the lower jaw; aching,
pressive pains. .
Teeth.-Sensitive to open air; Shooting pains in various;
Pressive pain in left upper; Shooting in right molars.
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ACONTTUM NAPELLUS. [AC0N.
Lips.-Burning, with sensation of swelling; Dryness, first in the
lips, then the mouth; Blackish lips; Biting; Stinging.
Mouth.-Dryness of the interior, with heat mounting to
the head, from the chest; Cool, dry, without thirst; Increased
flow of saliva; Soreness of the salivary ducts, as if corroded;
Numbness of the mouth and tongue; Saliva mixed with red
streaks. * *
Tongue.-Bürning vesicles; Heat; Tingling; Sense of dis-
tention; Swelling of tongue and lips; Smarting towards apex;
Fine penetrating stitches at tip; Pricking sensation at the back
part, as from pepper; Dryness and rawness at middle, without
thirst; Flying stitches; Transient paralysis; Tongue white, or
furred yellow.
Throat.—Redness of soft palate and uvula; Tension and
pressure as if the parts were swollen; Burning and fine shooting
in the fauces; Contractive sensation, as from astringents; Uvula
swollen, elongated; Fauces and pharynx dark-red, with sensation
of a pointed body sticking in the throat; Shooting, with sensation
of swelling; Scraping, shooting, choking, pricking, burning;
Angina. --- -
Taste.—Bitter; Insipid, fishy, as from stagnant water; the
air in the mouth tastes like rotten eggs; Acid taste; everything
tastes bitter except water; good food is insipid.
Appetite.-Long-continued anorexia and disgust; with loath-
ing at the sight of food; much thirst, so intense that it cannot
be quenched;. Thirst for beer, which lies heavy on the stomach;
pressure as from indigestion, with warmth and tenderness at pit
of stomach; Drowsy, very sleepy after a meal; Hiccough.
Nausea—That is relieved by walking—or coming on in the
open air; Nausea at pit of stomach, ascending to the throat;
Nausea after eating sweets or fat; Nausea, relieved by eating.
Womiting of greenish-grey fluid; Mucus, with blood; dark
coagula; Lumbricales; Mucus, or bile; Vomiting, followed by
violent thirst; Vomiting of food, then frothy mucus, with cold
extremities; Cold sweat on the head; Headache, trembling;
Lips blue; Syncope.
Stomach,-Pressive pain at pit, as from a stone, going through
to the back; Pressive pain as from a weight; Fulness, oppression;
Pain at pit as if it were swollen externally, with dyspnoea and
anorexia; Contractive feeling, as from an astringent; Feeling of
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ACON.] ACONITUM NAPELLUS.
warmth in the stomach; Burning from mouth through obsophagus
to stomach; Sense of rawness; Violent pain after eating or
drinking; Sensation as if a cold stone were lying there.
Hypochondria.-Feeling of violent constriction; Pain as
from a weight; Stitches; Pricking as with needles; Violent jerks
that affect the breath; Shooting in the Spleen; Acute Hepatitis;
Jaundice.
Abdomen.—Retraction of umbilicus before breakfast; Burning
sensation, spreading from umbilicus to scrob, cordis, with anxious
pulsation and shooting there, followed by a rigor; Pinching;
Drawing, followed by slight diarrhoea; Drawing pains on both
sides of the navel, excited by leaning forward; Sensation as if a
cold finger were pressing within, outwards, on the left side of
umbilicus; Flatulent colic in Hypogastrium; Colic, with distention
and pressive pains in abdomen, as from flatus; Intolerable cutting
pains in the belly, with tossing about in bed, and cries in the
morning; Abdomen sensitive to touch, as from slight perito-
mitis; Hypogastrium sensitive to touch; Rumbling, grumbling
fermentation, relieved by expulsion of flatus; Gurgling; Weak-
ness of the bowels, as from purgatives; the recti abdominis
stretched, and feel hard as a board.
Rectum.—Burning in haemorrhoids; Itching, pressure,
bleeding; Shooting in anus; Sensation of warm fluid escaping;
Discharge of white mucus; Transient paralysis of anus; Involun-
tary evacuation. - -
Stool.—Sudden evacuation of thin faeces; Soft, scanty stools;
three or four daily, with straining; White faeces and red urine;
Watery diarrhoea; Hard evacuation, requiring great effort; Hard
faeces; Constipation several days; Black foetid stools, -
Bladder.—Painful when walking; Sense of splashing when
passing urine; Burning at neck; Tenesmus at neck; Dull burn-
ing in fossa navicularis; Temporary paralysis of neck; Involuntary
emission of urine; Frequent micturition.
Urine.—Anxious desire; Increased discharge, with deposit of
blood; Difficult urination; Scanty, Hot, with burning in the
urethra before and after micturition; Urine brown, dark colour,
brick-dust deposit; Cloudy urine; Flocks and strings.
Genital,—Bruise-like pain in testes; Increased desire, which
Soon diminishes; Fits of lasciviousness.
• Menses.—Break out afresh; they had just ceased. Aconite
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restores the menses after being suppressed from a cold. Metror-
rhagia; Secretion of the milk increased.
Larynx.-Sensitive to inspired air; Hoarseness in the morn-
ing; Sensation of numbness in the trachea ; Short cough from
tickling in the larynx after midnight; cannot repress it; Cough
after drinking or smoking; Irritation, with gelatinous mucus;
Haemoptysis; Inaction of epiglottis; food and drink pass into the
trachea, inducing cough, and threatens suffocation; Violent, dry
cough every half-hour; Voice weak and hoarse.
Respiration.—Slow, difficult; Short breathing after mid-
night; Sighing, sobbing; Oppressed breathing; Sense of con-
gestion in the lungs; Loud, noisy breathing, with open mouth;
Inspiration through the nose impeded during sleep; Respiration
difficult; Gasping for air; Foetid breath; Violent stitches that
suspend respiration. .
Chest.—Tightness, with strong, loud respiration; Pressive pains
in the chest; Burning and pressure under the sternum; Weight
compressing the chest on all sides; Quick, violent stitches;
Pressive squeezing; Tight pain in the side of the chest; Single
stitches toward the back; Stitches from the lowest rib of right
side to apex of scapulaº, through the chest at every inspiration;
Shooting in right side; Lancinating stitches in pleura costalis;
Cannot stand upright nor breathe deeply: afterwards the part felt
tender; Stitches in the intercostals and pectoral muscles of left
side; Shootings in side, with palpitation, headache, anxiety, ill-
humour; Bruise-like pains in chest; Feeling of heat in the lungs.
Heart.—Tendency to palpitation, with anxiety, trembling,
dyspnoea; Weariness in all the limbs; Confusion, and sense of
rushing to the head; Flying heat in face; Heat and disagreeable
sensation about the heart; Pulse full, 100 beats; or slow, inter-
mitting ; the pulse gradually diminishes until almost lost.
Neck and Back—Rheumatic pain in nape; Pain as if the
flesh were separated; feels as if the neck could not support the
head; Drawing pains; Single stitches; Stiffness in nape; the
muscles of the neck feel bruised; Relieved by motion; Worse
when lying; Shootings in back; Violent shootings down left side
of spine; Pains in lumbar and sacral regions; Pains in the loins,
like labour pains; Stiffness in back and hip; Bruise-like pain in
lumbar vertebrae; also from the loins to nape of neck; Cutting
pain from spine, round left hip, to abdomen.
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ACON.1 ** Acostun Narºlius.
Upper Limbs,-Pain, of a contusive character, in shoulder
and hip after sleeping; Tearing pain in shoulder, arm, wrist,
and fingers, during motion; the hand is blue; Tumour in the
muscles of the shoulder; tender to touch; with bruised feeling;
Coldness and insensibility of the arms; Shooting in the joints;
Sense of weight in the arms; Drawing, shooting pains in forearm;
Tearing pains in the wrist; Cold hands; Benumbed; Insensible;
Cold sweat on palms; Pains, as of dislocation, in right thumb;
Creeping pain in fingers; Numbness of the finger extremities.
Lower Limbs—Intolerable pain in the head of femur, like
crushing; the part seems powerless; Inability to walk, or causing
unsteady gait; almost paralytic; Loss of power in the thighs and *
legs after sitting; Unsteadiness of the knees, especially one; it
seemed to give way when standing or walking; Pains in the .
ankles, with sad thoughts and low spirits; Sensation as if the
ankles were tied with a ligature; Coldness of the feet, with sweat
of the soles and toes; Heaviness of the feet; Heaviness; Stiff-
ness of the limbs; Numbness; Drawing pains; Pain in the heels
when treading; the feet feel heavy as lead; Sleeping of the toes.
Fever.—Shivering; Anxious, cold feeling; Shuddering on lying
down at night; Attack of faintness, with shivering. 1st. Cold-
mess, rigor, paleness of fingers. 2ndly. Cramp in soles of feet
and calves. 3rdly. Coldness in forehead. Shuddering, with pale
face and sunken features; Alternation of heat and coldness;
Fever; Coldness and stiffness of the whole body; Redness of one
cheek, the other cold; Eyes open—fixed; Pupils contracted, or
only slightly dilated; Coldness of body, with heat of forehead and
ears; Internal heat. Evening—Rigor, coldness, nausea; Heat of
face; Despairing thoughts; Alternating attacks, with gaiety, heat,
and headache, or with shivering; or rigor, with weeping; Red
cheeks, and headache, or burning in umbilical region; Extreme
redness of cheeks, with discontent; Complaining; Heat in the
head, face, forehead, with chilliness of the rest of the body;
General heat and thirst; Desire for beer; drinks but little; Lips
dry; Perspiration all over the body; Febrile perspiration; Sour-
smelling sweat; great heat from ten in the evening till mid- "
night, with dyspnoea; Desire to cough, but cannot; Difficult
speech; Restlessness; Pain in bowels, abdomen, and back; she
Stamps with her feet; would not allow any one to touch her.
Sleep.–Yawning; Drowsiness; Light sleep; Sleepless; Fre-
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quent waking; in the morning the hand is under the back of
head; he sleeps on back; Starting in sleep; Wakes up in a
fright; cannot lie on right side nor back; Turns about from pain;
Jerking inspiration when asleep; Dreams—anxious, vexatious.
Skin.-Jaundiced: Spots like flea-bites on the face and hands;
Creeping, itching, desquamation, darting here and there; Formi-
cation; Sensation as of fleas or insects running over the skin;
the skin feels smooth and elastic; Isolated vesicles in different
parts, the size of a pin's head.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Vessels of the Brain and Arachnoid much injected; Brain-sub-
stance dotted with blackish points; serous effusion at Base and
under the Meninges. Stomach—Irregular red patches in several
places; and contains a viscid, dark-green matter; Wessels congested;
several black, gangrenous spots; The CEsophagus, stomach, and
bowels are red and inflamed; Weins of Intestines much distended;
Mesentery much inflamed; Yellow serum in cavity of peritoneum.
Liver and Spleen filled with blackish blood. Lºwmgs—Lower lobes
congested with black blood; they are heavy, bluish; Posterior
surface violet; crepitant engorged with blood. Heart—Left
ventricle empty; Right filled with coagula, quite gelatinous;
Fluid in pericardium; Blood in the vessels, unusually fluid; Weins
of the intestines slightly turgid, with blood.
A CTEA R A GEMOSA,
BLACK SNAKE ROOT.
THE chief action of this remedy seems to be upon the Brain and
Nervous system. It has been used with some success for
Chorea, Rheumatic and Catarrhal affections, Chronic Cough,
Nervous Headache; Dyspepsia, with frontal Headache, especially
affecting the left temple, with pain in the eyeballs; Chilliness, with
pain after food. It acts as a sedative on the Nervous and Vascular
system, allaying irritation of the motor nerves.
C 9
AC, SP.] - ActBA SPICATA.
The Chorea is often accompanied with rheumatic pains in the
arms or limbs generally; Chilliness; Dry Throat; Difficult deglu-
tition; Faintness and sinking at the pit of stomach; Pulse
depressed. , . - -
SYMPTOMs.
Head.-Feeling as if the top of the head would fly off; Acute
pains by day, or Remittent, increased every second day; Pains as if
the nerves were irritated; Distressing pain, with giddiness; In-
creased pulse and flushed face; the headache is always relieved by
going into the open air. -
Eyes.—Aching in both eyeballs; sensation as if they were much
enlarged; Eyelids inflamed. -
Coryza.-Fluent during the day; Greenish secretion (nose);
Constant desire to swallow; Fulness in the throat; Tickling;
Rawness; Pharynx red, inflamed; Sneezing; Constant inclination
to cough; Continued hacking cough; Dry cough at night, with
restlessness; Stiffness of the neck; Pain and pulsation in the renal
region; Lancinating pains in the chest. -
3.
ACTEA SPICATA.
BANEBERRY.
DR. ROTH is said to have used this remedy successfully for a
tearing, darting pain in the Epigastric region, with vomiting;
Calculi Renalis; Cancer of the stomach. Rückert, for affections of
the Liver, with constipation, and a case of Prosopalgia. Others
have employed it for Rheumatism of the Joints; Neuralgic pains
in the head and face; Evil effects of suppressed perspiration in
Rheumatic subjects. -
SYMPTOMS.
Tingling in various parts; Pulling, Tearing pains; much
worse after any fatigue; Walking in the open air causes a feel-
ing of debility; Pulsations over the whole body, especially the
Hepatic region; Abdomen sensitive to the touch; Uneasiness in
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AETHUSA CYNAPIUM. [ZETH
the bowels, such as precedes Diarrhoea; Spasmodic contractions in
the abdomen; Cramp-like pains in the stomach and epigastrium,
accompanied with difficult breathing, sense of suffocation; Whist-
ling Respiration; Pulsations in the renal region; Tearing pains in
the loins; Swelling and inflammation of the knee-joint; Weak-
ness and swelling of the lower limbs; Sudden lassitude after
talking or eating ; it seems to induce perspiration, especially on
the face and head. A.
AETHUS A GYN APIUM.
(ANALOGOUS TO CICUTA AND CONIUM.)
HARTLAUB AND TRINKS. GARDEN HEMLOCK.
PRIMARY action on the Stomach, Liver, and Intestines; reflex
on the Brain and Nerves; chiefly employed in Convulsions,
Spasms, Epilepsy; Spasms, with Stupor and Delirium ; Languor,
Debility; Prostration; Typhoid Fever; Violent vomiting, and
Diarrhoea; Vomiting of milk in infants; Diarrhoea of Dentition;
Cholera infantum; Affections of the Eyes; Lids Agglutinated
every morning; Headache coming on at mid-day; Vertigo in
the open air; Swelling of the Cervical and Axillary Glands.
Hempel has the following Symptoms:–Wild Delirium; sees
cats and dogs; Giddiness; Loss of consciousness; Staring look;
Confused vision; Spasmodic rigidity of the lower jaw ; Paralysis
of speech; Gangrene of the tongue; Swelling of the face;
Ophthalmia; Thirst; Nausea; Vomiting; Pungent heat in the
Mouth, Throat, and Gullet; Spasmodic pains in the bowels;
Diarrhoea of blood; Languor, Weakness; Tremors and Numbness
of the Extremities; Induration of the Liver; Swelling of the body;
Sopor; Restless nights.
SYMPTOMS-FROM ROTH.
General malaise; great agitation; Painful distress; Precordial
anxiety; Anxiety and depression; Sense of a weight upon the
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AETH..] AETHUSA CYNAPIUM.
chest; great weakness; want of power to hold up the head and
stand upright; Epileptiform convulsions—Thumbs bent inwards;
Face red; Eyes look downward, pupils dilated, immovable; Milky
froth at mouth, teeth set; Pulse thready; Violent convulsions;
Death; Weakness and great emaciation in Children; Sweat from
the least exertion; Dyspnoea; Weakness of the extremities.
Mind,-Anxiety, apprehension, fear; great anguish; Serious
mood; sad, not disposed to talk.
Head.—Sensation as if the brain were constricted; he feels
dull and stupid; Vertigo, with drowsiness; Violent headache,
with weight in the forehead, and a feeling of pressure on the
eyelids; the eyes seem to close involuntarily; Darting, tearing
pains in the head; Sense of compression as if a vice were applied
to the sides of the head; Attacks of headache, coming on in the
afternoon; Tumultuous beating, when entering a room from the
open air. -
Eyes.-Burning in the eyes, as from smoke; Redness and in-
jected state of the conjunctiva; Staring look; Pupils dilated;
Insensible; Agglutination of the Lids.
Ears.--Stitches in the right ear; Feeling of obstruction in the
€3.I.S. - -
Face.—Tearing pains in the malar bones; Expression of pain
and anguish in the countenance, with altered look.
Mouth.-Flat, sweetish taste in the mouth, or Taste Bitter;
Continual thirst.
Gastric Symptoms.-Violent vomiting; also with Diarrhoea;
Vomiting of coagulated milk in Children; Sensation of turning in
the stomach; Tearing pain at pit; Stinging pain about the liver,
with sensitiveness to pressure.
Abdomen.—Cutting pain across the umbilicus, with much
flatus and urging to stool; Bubbling sensation at umbilicus; Dis-
tention, and sensitiveness; Feeling of Coldness in the Abdomen.
Stool—Loose evacuation, generally preceded by pinching or
cutting pain in the Abdomen; with tenesmus; Stools liquid, light
yellow or greenish, even with violent tenesmus; Stools of Blood.
Respiration.—Breathing short, anxious; Tightness in the
right side of Chest, and middle of sternum; Burning under the
left mammae; Short, dry, hacking Cough.
Neck and Back—Tearing in nape; Beating, drawing sensa-
tion of heat in the back, passing from below upward; Burning in
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AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. [AGAR.
the loin as with a red-hot needle; Painful boil in the dorsal
region; Compression as from a vice, with burning.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Prostration; Debility; Languor; Drowsiness; Pulse small,
hard, accelerated.
PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.
Intestimes distended with gas. Liver hard and yellow; Spleen
livid. Kidneys congested. Brain and sinuses congested; Wenous
blood fluid throughout the body. Tongwe black; Cardiac orifice
of stomach contracted.
A GARIOUS MUSCARIUS,
HAHNEMANN. - BUG. AGARIC.
-**
APPEARS to possess intoxicating qualities, somewhat resembling
Opium, and may prove useful in Delirium Tremens. It has been
used with some success for Tremors, Convulsions, and Epilepsy;
more especially that form which is induced by over-excitement or
fright. It causes twitching of the muscles and convulsive move-
ments, that cease during sleep.
Agaricus has cured Facial Neuralgia; Boils and Pimples on the
face; Frost-bites and Chilblains on the hands and feet.
The proving seems to indicate that it may be of service in the
following affections:–
Dizziness, threatening Apoplexy, especially from alcoholic drink;
Spasmodic twitching of the Eyelids; Catarrh, with secretion of .
thick, yellow mucus; Congestion of the Lungs, especially (venous);
Laming pains in the upper and lower Extremities.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Giddy, as from intoxication; various kinds of Vertigo,
especially in the morning; Drawing pains in the head.
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AL0E] . AGNUS CASTUS—ALOES.
Scalp.–Sensitive, as if ulcerated; Itching of the scalp.
Eyes.—Twitchings of the lids, making the eyes ache; Brown.
spots before the eyes (Muscoe). -
Jaws and Teeth.-Violent tearing in right lower jaw; Pains
in the teeth, increased by cold; Throbbing in the molars; Incisors
feel elongated, and very sensitive.
Chest.—Violent oppression; Laboured breathing; Pressure
during inspiration; Stitching pain in the lungs, especially under
the left nipple. -
Upper Limbs.-Arms weary, painful; Rheumatic weakness in
the arm and shoulder-joint; Drawing pains.
Fingers.-Itching; Redness, and burning, as if frozen.
Lower Limbs,-Painful lameness, and in the thighs when
walking; Limbs weak, weary, and heavy; Tearing pain while
sitting—relieved by walking. -
Toes.—Titillation; Redness; Itching; Burning, as when frozen.
Some of the symptoms appear diagonally, as in the right arm
and left leg; the pains are relieved by gentle movements, espe-
cially those of the joints and in the tibia.
AGNUS CASTUS,
STAPF. - - CHASTE TREE.
Is a remedy but little used, though set down as valuable in Affec-
tions of the Spleen, and Induration of the Testes. Hempel names
it for Complete Impotence, Gonorrhoea, and Agalactia in young
women. I do not know of any cures, and believe but few can
bear testimony to its virtues.
Some cures of Impotence have been treated by it, and, to my
knowledge, without producing the slightest effect. Phosp. Acid
is much more effectual.
ALOES
ALOE.
PROBABLY may prove a valuable remedy when better tested in
practice: hitherto it has been but little used; and we have, as yet,
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ALUMINA. [ALUM.
no good proving. Its properties as a drastic purge, and an enemy
to Piles, is well known. The aqueous extract has been found by
far the most tolerable preparation, for it seldom produces any pain
or irritation in haemorrhoids. -
Homoeopathically, Aloes may be considered to act on the Liver,
increasing the secretion of bile; also the Large Intestine, Kidneys,
and Urine. It appears to balance the powers of the circulation, by
relieving congestion of the portal system. Congestion seems to be
its chief feature. It has proved useful in cases of Diarrhoea and
violent Colic; Tenesmus, with burning, cutting pains; Bilious
Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Discharge of blood from the Rectum;
Pains in the head from suppressed haemorrhoidal discharges; Con-
gestion of blood to the Abdomen and Hepatic Region, with much
heat in the body; Congestion of the Spleen, Kidneys, Chest, and
Rectum. In Haemorrhoids it may probably prove of equal value
with Nux and Sulphur. This point, time and experience alone can
demonstrate.
ALUMINA,
HAHNEMANN. PURE CLAY.
Is recommended by Hahnemann for Chronic Eructations of long
standing, and old Catarrhal Affections. It has also been used for
Ulceration of the Mouth and Gums; Toothache of Pregnancy and
Constipation; Lead Colic; Constipation of Infants.
SYMPTOMS.
Restless Sleep, with dreams; Anxiety; Tendency to start;
Ill-humour—easily offended; Burning in the Eyes; Copious Lach-
rymation; Agglutination; Nose sore, scurfy, red, and swollen;
Stoppage of the nostrils; Bleeding from the nose. -
Teeth.--Toothache when eating, or at evening, with drawing,
boring pains, and sense of elongation, increased by contact.
Gums.-Bleed, swollen, ulcerated. -
Lips.-Dry, chapped, swollen; Stomach pains, especially afte
eating potatoes; Heartburn; Eructations sour, frequent; Empty,
or with Nausea; Faint feeling, with emptiness at night.
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AMEB.I AMBRA GRISEA.
Stomach.-Sore, tender to pressure; Coldness; Pain between
the scapulac.
Stools and Anus.-Tenesmus long, lasting; Stool hard, diffi-
cult; Pricking and excoriation; Itching, burning at anus; Stitches
in the perinaeum.
Leucorrhoea.—Chronic, painless discharge of transparent
mucus; also like lymph. -
Urine.—White, as if mixed with chalk.
Cough.-Chronic, short, dry, with sneezing, or vomiting; Op-
pression at the chest; Constriction and palpitation of the heart;
Stitches in the chest. -
Back.-Gnawing pains in the back, or pain as though a hot
iron were passed through the vertebrae (lumbar).
Arms and Fingers.-Pains in the arms, shoulder, and elbow-
joint; Swelling of the fingers; Ulceration at the points and under
the nails (Panaris).
(See an extensive proving in Hahnemann's Chronic Diseases).
AMBRA GRISE.A.
HAHNEMANN. GREY AMBER.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, may be useful in Hysteria and
Hypochondriasis; Fainting; Apoplexy; Paralysis; great nervous
weakness; Nervous Headache, especially of the aged; Weakness of
the Intellect and Memory; Nervous Deafness; General Languor;
Dry Convulsive Cough. It appears to be stimulating in its nature,
and probably Antispasmodic, in large doses.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Headache, chiefly frontal; Violent Vertigo, even dan-
gerous, especially when walking in the open air; seems always to
be dreaming; Pressive pains in the head; he fears losing his
senses; Congestion to the head, with sadness, low spirits; Rest-
less dreams at night; Sweat at night. -
Scalp.–Falling-off of the hair; Painful, tender to touch.
Eyes.—Sight confused; obscured as in a mist; Redness of the
Albuginea. - - -
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AMMONIUM CARBONICUM. [AMM. C.
Ears.-Humming, buzzing, tinkling, roaring, whistling; Hear-
ing decreases every day (five days).
Nose.—Dry, stoppage; Blood dries in the nostril; Bleeding
from nose.
Mouth.-Blisters, burnt feeling; Foetid odour.
Throat.—Raw, sore; Secretion of mucus; Hawking in the
morning.
Taste and Appetite.—Rancid taste, or Bitter; Acid after
milk; Eructations, acid; frequent; empty; Regurgitation, like
heartburn.
Stomach.-Nausea; Burning, passing off with eructation;
Anguish after dinner; Weakness in stomach. - -
Hepatic Region.—Aching pain, right side; not tender to touch.
Abdomen.—Pains from much flatulence; Inflation; consider-
able distention at midnight; Violent Colie; Clawing pains; Twitch-
ing in the Abdominal Muscles; Sense of Coldness; Rumbling, fer-
mentation; Sensation as from a strain.
Cough.-Chiefly at night; Convulsive, with headache; Difficult,
short breathing; Oppression.
Chest.—Raw, painful; Trembling; Pain as if bruised; Painful
oppression in the chest and back.
Arms.-Benumbed (go to sleep), especially when lying upon
them at night, or when carrying a weight; Tearing in left shoulder;
Threatened Paralysis; Cramps in the hands, which draw up the
fingers. -
Legs.-Heavy, tearing pain; Cramp in the calves every night;
Cold legs and feet; Pain in the feet when walking.
Feet.-Itching of the soles; Burning in the soles; Weary
feeling; Pain in the heel; Chilblains; Corns.
AMMONIUM CARBONIOUM,
HAHNEMANN. CARBONATE OF AMMONLA,
HAs been found to act on the blood in such a manner as to
prevent coagulation. In the Allopathic school it is considered
stimulant and diaphoretic. It was formerly used for Diabetes; but
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AMM. C.] AMMONIUM CARBONICUM.
subsequent trials do not confirm its value. Homoeopathists believe
it to possess a special and powerful action on the motor nerves,
and that it increases activity in nearly all the organs of the body,
by its continuous effects on the ganglions of the sympathetic; and
further, it increases and strengthens the Arterial circulation. It
has been used, with some success, in large doses, for Scarlet Fever;
Erysipelas; Erythema; Mercurio-Syphilitic Eruptions; Psoriasis
Epistaxis; Dyspepsia; Hysteria; Throat Affections; some forms
of Asthma; Pheumonia, and Bronchitis. Homoeopathically it is
recommended for Chronic Headache; General Debility and
Languor; Emaciation; Swelling of the Parotid, Cervical, and
Axillary Glands; Cough at night; Loss of strength in the limbs,
especially the right arm, which feels weak and lifeless; Varices of
the Rectum; Itching at the Anus; Scorbutic conditions generally.
SYMPTOMs.
Head.—Stupid feeling; Reeling, even early in the morning;
Headache, with nausea; Fulness in forehead, as if the brain would
protrude, and the part burst; Beating; Stitches; Throbbing; Beat-
ing in the temples; Knocking; Hammering.
Eyes.—Burning, intolerance of light; Agglutination, lachry-
mation; Sight dim, short; Cataract. ... •
Ears.-Whizzing; Buzzing; Report like a shot fired; Hearing
diminished; Throbbing; Stitches, with enlarged glands. -
Nose.—Dry Coryza; Obstinate dryness; Stoppage; Epistaxis;
Pimples on the nose, face, and lips; small boils. -
Throat.—Painful, raw, excoriated; Difficult deglutition; Sore
throat, with stinging, burning, dryness; Constant thirst; Heart-
burn.
Stool.—Hard, difficult; Constipation; afterwards Diarrhoea.
Anus.-Discharge of blood; Haemorrhoids; Itching.
Menses.—Copious, premature; with toothache; Colic ; Pain
in back; Leucorrhoea acrid; Burning; Excoriation.
Larynx,−Cough at night; Hoarseness; Asthmatic oppression;
Tickling, with expectoration of mucus, or with blood.
Chest.—Shooting in the chest and side, affecting the breath;
Dyspnoea at night; Breath short, with choking, especially going up
stairs; Attacks of Asthma (eight days); Weight on the Chest;
Lancination; Stitches; Frequent palpitation at the heart.
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AMMONIUM CAUSTICUM. LAMM. CAUS.
Neck and Back.-Drawing pains; burning in nape; Tender-
ness and swelling of Cervical and Parotid glands; Swelling of
Glands in Axilla; Drawing pain in dorsal region. - -
Upper Limbs.-Right arm feels dead and heavy, like a
hundred-weight; sometimes weak and cold; Spasm in right arm,
which draws it backward; Stiffness in elbow-joint; Right hand
easily goes to sleep, especially if laid upon; Fingers feel dead and
stiff; Benumbed; Swollen.
Lower Limbs.-Lassitude in the thighs and legs; Intensely
weak; Uneasy twitching; Pain as if bruised; Contracted feeling
as if the tendons were too short; Feet and legs frequently go to
sleep; Chilliness; Swelling of the feet; Excessively tired and
weary. -
AMMONIUM CAUSTICUM.
WIBMER. HARTSHORN.
HAS been occasionally used for some affections of the Throat and
Larynx; Membranous Croup; Diphtheria; Violent Spasm of the
Stomach; Heartburn; Affections of the Lungs, and Bronchi.
SYMPTOMs.
Dulness of the head, with pressure in the temples; Pale, dis-
figured countenance, expressive of pain; Scraping and burning in
the throat and CEsophagus; Posterior wall of pharynx covered
with mucus; Difficult deglutition; Burning thirst; Vomiting of
food or mucus; Violent oppression at the Chest; Respiration
hurried, heavy; Difficult breathing; on trying a deep breath there
is pain in the CEsophagus; the voice is low and feeble; Excessive
exhaustion and muscular debility; he can scarcely stand; Violent
trembling; the pulse increases in rapidity from hour to hour;
great tendency to start.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Redness of the Palate and Arches. Uvula shrunk and dried; a
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AMM. M.] AMMONIUM MURIATICUM.
false membrane is found here and there, in the buccal cavity,
trachea, and bronchi; also the Epiglottis and rima, which were
intensely red in the parts that were not so covered.
AMMONIUM MURIATICUM.
HAHNEMANN. - MURLATE OF AMMONIA.—SAL AMMONIAC.
IN the dominant school this drug is employed in mild, inflam-
matory fevers; Chronic inflammation of the mucous and serous
membranes; For the removal of tumours, and some kind of Rheu-
matic Neuralgia. According to Homoeopathic authority, it is
especially useful in the Status Pituitosus, and mostly adapted for
Fat, Bloated, Lymphatic constitutions, livid complexion, thin of
hair, and weak in the lower extremities. Its chief action is ex-
pended on the Lymphatic Glands and Parenchymatous Organs;
increases the secretion of mucus; induces fluidification, decompo-
sition, and collapse; resembles Liquor Potassia in its action on
Adipose tissue. It is set down to cure many affections; Fevers;
Sore Throat; Affections of the Eyes; Disease of the Kidneys and
Bladder; Stricture of the Urethra; Scirrhous of the Prostate;
Pleuritis; Pneumonia; Haemorrhoids, &c. (See Hahnemann's
Chronic Diseases.) -
SYMPTOMS.
.Throbbing and swelling of the cervical glands; Bruise-like
pains in the Bones, especially the dorsal Vertebrae; Pain as from
Bruises in the whole body; Tearing in shoulders and back; Erratic
pains and shooting in the limbs; popliteal space, thighs, calves,
fingers, and toes, in the evening when sitting; Burning, pricking in
the tips of the fingers and toes, as if they had gone to sleep;
Erethic state of the circulation; Orgasm of the blood in the whole
body, with anxiety; Sudden faintness and weakness after dinner;
Lassitude; feels worn out; Paralytic weakness of the limbs, with
dizziness; Sweat over the body every night. -
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ANACARDIUM-ANgustupa vers. [ANAG.
ANAGARDIUM.
HAHNEMANN. MALACCA BEAN.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, is adapted for the Dry, Bilious,
Nervous, disposed to Melancholy, and Irritable Hypochondriacs,
troubled with Weakness of Memory and Mind; Imbecility;
Weakness of Digestion; Flatulence; Hysteric Spasms, followed by
a flood of tears; Diseases of the Liver, with stitches and pressure
in that organ; Affections of the Mind from Omanism. -
Hahnemann advises its use when the following symptoms are
present:-Fearfulness, Depression of Spirits, dread of men; Appre-
hension of Death; Desolate, Empty feeling in the head; Headache,
pressing from the temple towards the Eyes; Weakness and dimness
of the Eyes; Muscoe Volitantes; Painful swelling of the Ears;
Roaring in the Ears; Bleeding from the Nose; Foetid Breath;
Water in the Mouth; Thirst; Loss of Appetite; Nausea; Weak
Digestion; Oppression at pit of Stomach; Feeling of oppression in
the Liver; Hard Abdomen; Haemorrhoids; Itching at Anus;
Oozing from the Rectum; Burning in Urethra, before and after
urination; Chronic Coryza ; Dryness of the Nose; Weakness of
the Arms; Trembling of the hands; Heaviness of the limbs; Sen-
sitive to a draught of cold air; easily takes cold; Chilliness;
Shivering, even in a warm room; a short journey on foot causes
complete exhaustion. (See Hahnemann's Chronic Diseases.)
ANGUSTU R A W ERA,
HAHNEMANN. CUSPARIA.—BONPLANDIA TRIFOLIATA.
THIS drug has been used as a febrifuge and an aromatic astrin-
gent. Noack and Trinks state that it has considerable action on
the motor nerves, and has proved useful in Paralytic conditions;
Lock-Jaw, with Convulsions of the muscles of the Back; in Spinal
irritation; Rheumatism. It is thought to have more power over
the Upper than the Lower limbs. Generally speaking, Nux
Womica and Cocculus would be used in preference to Angustura:
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ANTI. C.] ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.
there is some doubt about the kind of Angustura used in the
proving. (See Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura, vol. i., for
further information.)
ANTIMONIUM GRUDUM.
HAEINEMANN. CRUDE ANTIMONY.
THIS metal is said to have derived its name from having nearly
caused the death of a monk, by excessive vomiting (anti-moines).
During the fifteenth century it was held as a panacea for almost
every disease. The Crude Antimony is now rarely used for medi-
cinal purposes, except by Homoeopathists, who chiefly prescribe it
for Gastric Derangements, conjoined with Chronic Eruptions.
According to Noack and Trinks, it is best adapted for persons of a
robust, torpid temperament, with a mild, placid disposition, who
are sensitive to Cold; and may prove serviceable for some Gouty
conditions. It acts powerfully on the mucous membranes of the
Stomach, Intestines, and the Bladder, increasing the secretion of
urine; and may also be prescribed for the following conditions:—
Rheumatic Inflammation; Gout, with gastric derangement;
Diarrhoea and Vomiting of children or adults; Ascites; Secondary
and Tertiary Syphilis; Emaciation; Mercurial Cachexia; Chronic
Eruptions, of the Vesicular, Pustulous, and Tubercular varieties,
especially resembling Chicken-Pox. Also, Acne; Sycosis Menti;
Itching of the Scalp; Falling-off of the Hair; Redness of the
Eyelids; Sore Nostrils; Pains in decayed teeth at night, or after
a meal; Gastric Fever, with nervous depression; Sufferings from
Bread or Pastry; Haemorrhoids of the Rectum and Bladder, with
secretion of mucus; Atrophy of the Testes; Nodes; Hard ex-
crescences on the soles of the feet; Dropsical swelling of the
whole body. -
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Weakness of digestion; poor appetite; foul taste in the mouth;
Eructations tasting of the food—worse after wine; Nausea; Gulp-
ing of bitter or bilious fluid; Violent vomiting, which nothing can
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ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM. [ANTI. C.
stop; Fulness and distention after a meal; Cramp in the Stomach;
Burning and pressure, with pain in the Stomach and Duodenum;
Thirst; Dry mouth; General weakness at night; Feeling of heavi-
mess in the limbs; great lassitude in the morning; unrefreshed. .
Mind.-Irritable—a child will not be touched or looked at;
Dejection, sadness; he felt disposed to shoot himself; anxious
state of mind respecting the present and future. -
Head.—Confused, muddled; Headache, followed by slight
bleeding from the nose; Tearing pain in the whole head from -
morn till night; Headache, as if the forehead would burst.
Scalp.–Small, flat tubercles here and there on the hairy scalp,
resembling small peas; painful to pressure; Troublesome itching
of the scalp; Falling-off of the hair.
Eyes.—Red, inflamed Eyes, with itching and agglutination at
night; Intolerance of light in the morning, with secretion of
mucus; both lids are gummed; Inflammation of the Eyes, espe-
cially in connexion with a gouty diathesis; Redness of the eye-
lids, with fine stitches in the eyeball. *-
Ears.-Sensation as if a heap of insects were moving about in
the ear; Swelling and redness of the Ear; Tingling; continual
roaring when still, in the afternoon; Violent din—sounds as though
some one were beating against a gate; Sensation of deafness, as if
a leaflet were placed before the tympanum.
Nose.—Feeling of soreness in the nostrils; the left nostril is
chapped and painful; Crusts form in both nostrils; Bleeding from
the nose, several evenings in succession; Stoppage of the nose,
several evenings in succession; Stoppage of the nose (evening);
Dry coryza.
Face.—Acne 2 Red pimples, with pus at the tip, especially
about the sides of the nose; Pimples resembling chicken-pox, or
mosquito-bites; Flat pimples, with yellow scurf; a white tubercle
on the forehead, above the eyebrow, painful when touched; Twitch-
ing of the facial muscles, especially at the corners of the mouth;
Lips dry, cracked. -
Teeth. –Jerking, digging pain in a hollow tooth—worse at
might; it feels as if the nerve were slit; relieved in open air;
worse by applying cold water, and is renewed after eating even
soft substances.
Gums.-Profuse bleeding of the gums.
Mouth.-Accumulation of saltish saliva—Ptyalism.
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ANTI. C.] ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM.
Tongue.—Coated white; Blisters on the tongue; Violent thirst ;
Dry lips; Drinks a good deal at night. -
Appetite.—Almost lost; yet there is a feeling of hunger and
emptiness, which eating does not remove; Lassitude and heaviness
in the limbs after a meal; Difficult breathing after supper; after a
moderate dinner he feels filled with wind.
Eructations.—Loud; Bitter, like bile; Hiccough; Nausea; very
violent vomiting, with anxiety—evils resulting from over-loading
the stomach; Vomiting of food and slime, with diarrhoea.
Stomach.-Tender to pressure—painful fulness; Cramp-like
pains of years' standing (cured); Tension and pressure at pit;
Burning; Spasmodic pain; Burning, like heartburn, with good
appetite.
Abdomen.—Inflated after a meal, with pain as from internal
pressure; Cutting pain in the abdomen, with hard stool and red
urine (in a child); Sudden compressive Colic, with gulping-up of
water; Cutting pain in the abdomen, which seemed to come
from the stomach. - º
Inguinal Region.—Hard gland in left groin—tender to pres-
sure; Enlarged glands, parallel with, and just over Poupart's
ligament. -
Stool.-Constipation; Severe tenesmus after dinner; Difficult
expulsion; Small, loose evacuations; alternate Diarrhoea and Con-
stipation in aged persons; Discharge of slime with the faeces;
Diarrhoea during pregnancy.
Rectum.–Pain as if an ulcer had been torn open; Protrusion
of the rectum during stool; Sharp itching in the rectum and
anus; Haemorrhoids, with discharge of yellowish mucus; Blind
Varices; Painful, inflamed Boil on the perineum, with continual
pain in the spermatic cord.
Urine,—Frequent, copious; or frequent desire, yet passing only
a small quantity; Emission of urine during a convulsive Cough;
Colour—Red, Brown, or Yellow-Gold colour; Discharge of mucus
with the Urine; Cutting pain during micturition. *
Acrid, smarting leucorrhoea in women.
Larynx,−Voice feeble, rough; Loss of voice when over-heated;
Throat rough and dry; Sensation as of a foreign body hanging in
the throat, which he cannot detach.
Cough.-When rising in the morning, rather violent; it seemed
to come out of the abdomen.
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ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM. [ANTI. C.
Respiration, Chest.—Dyspnoea after supper; very trouble-
some Asthma; Suffocation; Deep-sighing respiration; Burning in
the chest; Lancinating pain under left Clavicle; Stitches and
Lancinations in the chest; Dry Cough, with dyspnoea almost to
Suffocation; Continual itching of the chest the whole day; it
awakes him at night; it feels as if a blister were healing; Pimples
on the chest; Pain as from a blow in the pectoralis muscle—felt on
pressure, extension, or when raising the arm; Palpitation of the
heart. -
Back,-Violent pain in the small of the back, when rising from
a chair; Violent itching over the back; Small red pimples on the
top of the right shoulder; Red vesicles with yellow tips, that scale
off; Brown, liver-coloured spots on the shoulders; Pustules about
the neck; Spasmodic drawing in the cervical muscles.
Upper Limbs,-Brown hepatic spots over the arms; Painful
lameness in the humeral region, and sense of contraction when
bending the arm; Drawing pain, with lameness, in the right fore-
arm; Large pimple on the styloid process of right ulna ; Drawing
pains in the fingers and joints; Gout in the fingers and joints.
Lower Limbs,-Drawing pain in left hip-joint when walking,
especially when moving the thigh from before backwards; White,
hard tubercles, surrounded by a red areola; Attacks of rigidity in
the thighs; Drawing pains in the muscles of the thighs; Stiffness
of the knee-joint (eight days’ duration); Stiffness and pain in the
knee—it caused her to limp; Red pimples on the knee; the eruption
looked like chicken-pox; Drawing pains in the legs; Pain as from
a sprain in the external malleolus; great sensitiveness in the soles
of the feet when walking on stone pavement; large horny places on
the soles, that soon return after removal; Drawing, tearing in great
toe; Cracking in the great toe; Burning pain in the ball of the
great toe; Horny excrescence under the nail.
Fever.—Shiverings, with icy-cold feet; Violent chills; at night
he becomes drenched with perspiration; the tips of the fingers are
wrinkled, from sweat; every other morning he has a sweat.
Gastric and Bilious Fevers.
Skin.--Pimples; Pustules resembling Varicella; Brown spots
that scurf off; Blotches; Vesicles, especially in the face; Freckles;
Fistulous; Ulcers; Corns, and horny excrescences; Nails discoloured
and thickened. -
The Pathological Examination reveals Inflammation of
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APIs MEL.1 APIs MELLIFICA.
the lining membrane of the stomach, duodenum, and small
intestines.
APIs MELLIFICA.
- HONEY BEE.
(See proving—North American Journal of Homoeopathy.)
THIS remedy seems allied to Cantharis, Capsicum, Mezereum,
Rhus, and, in some respects, Aconite. It has been successfully
used in Inflammations; Vesicular Erysipelas; Dropsy, after
Scarlet Fever; Urticaria; Ascites; Anasarca; Affections of the
Bladder, and Acute Gonorrhoea. Is recommended also for Oph-
thalmia, Inflammation of the Tongue, Mouth, and Throat.
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes. —Sore, red, inflamed; Eyelids puffed, swollen; CEdema
of lids; Conjunctivitis, with burning lachrymation; Acute pain.in
the eyeballs; Intolerance of light; Pain in the orbits; Burning,
itching, stinging in the eyes; Dull, heavy sensation; Weak eyes
for several days; Opacity of the Cornea; Sight obscured; Dim-
mess of sight. -
Face,—Erysipelas of the entire face—light-red colour, with
swelling, thirst, fever, and coated tongue; or affecting one side of
the face only, with Swelling under the eye, as if stung by an
insect. .
Tongue.—Raw; Blisters on the edge; Sensation as if scalded;
Red, fiery; Dry tongue; Glossitis. -
Throat-Angina; Sense of constriction; Stinging erosion;
Difficult deglutition. - .
- Bladder.-Violent tenesmus; Burning at neck.
Urethra.-Burning, stitching; Scalding after passing urine;
Uneasiness in spermatic cord. -
- Urine.--Frequent; profuse desire every few minutes; or scanty,
high-coloured, with burning and Smarting. - -
Menses.—Suppressed; Enlarged ovary (cured).
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ApocynūM CANNABINUM-ARGENTUM, (APOC. CAN.
Extremities.—Swelling; GEdema; Fulness, or burning heat.
Skin.-Prickling; Stinging; Nettle-fash; Hard elevations, like
mosquito-bites; Burning heat of skin; Furuncles; Swellings, with
inflammation. (A retrocession of scarlet eruption was brought out
by Apis, after Acon., Bell, and Bry, had failed.) Apis cures
puffy swellings in various parts of the body.
AP0CYNUM CANNABINUM.
NEW AMERICAN REMEDIES. INDIAN HEMP.
~~~~
DR. FRELIGH reports several cases of Ascites cured by this remedy:
he has also found it useful in some cases of Dysuria, Strangury,
and Retention of Urine from Paralysis of the Bladder; Dropsy,
depending on Torpid action of the Kidneys; Dropsy after Scarlet
Fever? Hydrothorax? It is stated to have been used with suc-
cess for alarming Uterine Haemorrhage. The dose employed—two
to ten drops of Matrix Tincture three and four times a day. In
some cases, the first decimal trituration of the Bark from the
root; two grains in one ounce of water; one teaspoonful every
hour.
It seems to be indicated when the skin is Dry and Harsh to the
touch; with feeling of Sinking at the Stomach; Rheumatic pains
in the Shoulders; OEdema of the lower limbs; Urine without
albumen. - . •
According to Coe, the Apocynin is Diaphoretic, Expectorant,
Stimulant, and Diuretic, in doses of a quarter to half a grain;
and is useful in Pheumonia, Pleuritis, and Acute Rheumatism;
also for Jaundice and Ascarides.
AR GENTU M.
HAHNEMANN. SILVER.
ACCORDING to Hahnemann, and Noack and Trinks, this metal
should be employed for Epilepsy, Diabetes, Chronic Laryngitis;
D 2 27 -
ARG. NIT.] ARGENTUM NITRICUM.
Affections of the Elbow and Knee-joint; Chronic inflammatory
conditions of the stomach; Syphilitic ulcers of the fauces; In-
flammation of the Salivary Glands and Testes; Mercurial Ca-
chexia; Spasm of the Heart; Paralysis of the Extremities; Dropsy,
with increased urine; Articular Rheumatism; Greyish Ulcers in
the throat. - . . .
Dr. Teste has prescribed it for a yellow, greenish Gonorrhoea of
an indolent character—eight months’ duration; the patient was of
a rheumatic diathesis. Cann., Cop., and Mer. failed; Arg.
cured in twelve days. He thinks it of value in Albuminuria,
Seminal discharges, and Amaurosis (probably mercurial), where
the sight was weak, and the pupil much contracted—insensible to
light; also records one case of Schirrous Ulceration of the Uterus.
The pains were lancinating, like the pricking of pins; Neck of
the uterus swollen, presenting a spongy mass, deeply corroded with
ulcers; the discharge constantly filled the Vagina, and emitted a
horribly foetid odour. Argentum immediately improved her con-
dition; and he believes, if the disease had not been so far ad-
vanced, a cure might have been effected. She died in six months.
ARGENTUM NITRICUM.
NITRATE OF SILVER.
WILL be indicated as follows:—Epilepsy, produced by great Ex-
citement; great debility and weakness; Rigidity in the Calves;
Tremulous weakness; Faint, nervous feeling; Emaciation;
wretched look; Dingy colour of skin; Vertigo in the morning,
with headache; Confusion in the head; Digging pain in the
frontal region; Congestion; Throbbing of the Carotid Wessels;
Dryness and Constriction in the throat; Spasm of the CEsopha-
gus; Gnawing, ulcerative pain in the Stomach; Induration of the
right testis; Loss of sexual desire; Debility; Heaviness in the
legs; Rigidity; Staggering gait in the open air.
Dr. Gray (America) states that Epilepsies, arising from mental
excitement—such as occur in lay preachers—are cured by Arg.
Nit.; while those that are produced by intestinal disturbance, are
not so favourably acted upon.
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ARNICA MONTANA. [ARN. MON.
ARNICA MONTANA,
HAHNEMANN. LEOPARD’S BANE.
IS generally represented as a stimulant to the Brain and nervous
system, acting on the vegetative sphere and motor powers; also on
the skin ; the fibrous and serous membranes; pleura and pe-
ritoneum. Hahnemann denotes it a polychrest, and states that he
has found it indispensable as an intermediate remedy in the most
inveterate Chronic Diseases. It is, however, more generally used
in cases of injury from a fall or blow; Contusions; Bruises; Stings
of insects; Torn wounds; Sprains; Concussion of the Brain; Effu-
sions of blood; Ecchymosis and lesions, consequent upon a blow or
fall; Hemiplegia; Paraplegia; Paralysis of the Bladder; Haemor-
rhage; Hydrocephalus; Gout in the feet; Bed sores; Successive
crops of small Boils; False Pleurisy.
According to Hahnemann, it should not be used in acute inflam-
matory disease, attended with much internal heat; nor in Diarrhoea:
it seems best adapted to low Asthenic conditions, and Anemic,
enfeebled constitutions, such as have been weakened by disease.
Noack and Trinks state that Arnica is suitable when the nervous
system is in a state of torpidity, and in those stages of inflam-
mation where the vital powers threaten to become extinct. -
Hempel believes that the chief action of Arnica is manifested
on the spinal nerves, and the nerves of the stomach; consequently
he advises its use in Nervous Dyspepsia, and Gastrodynia;
Paralytic conditions caused by spinal irritation; Headache from
deep-seated gastric disturbance; Dyspepsia, with foul and bitter
taste; Splenetic stitches; Chronic Diarrhoea; Dysentery. He
further adds, that Arnica counteracts a tendency to putrescence,
and is useful in Typhoid conditions; Crampy pain in the stomach;
Cutting pains in the bowels; Dry, hacking, morning cough ; Hae-
moptysis. “Arnica,” says Hempel, “should not be overlooked in
Pleurisy; but it will not promote absorption unless the spirit
of the drug embraces the spirit of the disease. Arnica relaxes
the contractility of the capillary vessels, and favours effusion
into the cellular tissue, at the same time checking the action
of the absorbents.”
According to Hartmann, the following symptoms indicate
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ARN. MON.] - ARNICA MONTANA.
Arnica in Pleurisy:—Stitching pain in the affected side; Tightness
in the chest ; frequent dry cough, which increases the pain;
general internal heat ; hands and feet cold; constant desire to
change position in the bed.
Dr. Marcy only mentions Arnica in case of inflammation of
the Pleura, from an injury.
Rückert records three cases of Rheumatic inflammation of the
chest, cured by Arnica.
Arnica appears, also, to have proved useful in Apoplexy, with
paralysis of the right side; Concussion of the brain and spine,
from a fall or blow; Frequent bleeding from the nose; Swelling
of the nose; Haemoptysis; Vomiting of dark blood, or coagula;
Pains in the chest, as if it had been over-strained; Stitching
pain in chest (one side only), with short cough ; Oppression
at the chest, with difficult breathing and dry cough, with
expectoration of blood and frothy mucus; Stitch at every
inspiration, from the back into the axilla; the bones and cartilages
of the chest feel bruised; Stitches in the region of the spleen,
arresting the breath; Stitches in the urethra; Tenesmus at neck
of the bladder; Urine brown, with red-brick sediment ; Hae-
maturia; Erysipelatous inflammation of the breasts; Sore nipples.
The pains are not so severe during movement as when lying
still in bed. Rheumatic pains that shift quickly; Numbness
in the lower extremities; Tremor of the limbs; Bruise-like
pain across the small of the back; general sinking of strength;
Languor and faintness; Burning heat in the head and brain,
while other parts of the body remain cool. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Excessive sensitiveness; Hypochondria; Anxiety; Quar-
relsome; Peevish; Headstrong; Obstinate; Tendency to start, from
a mere trifle. -
Head.-Frontal vertigo when walking; everything seemed
to turn in a circle, especially when moving or raising the head;
Heat in the head; Burning in the brain; Aching in the forehead
and temples, over the eyes; the Occipito-Frontalis muscles seemed
to contract spasmodically; Lancinations in the fore part of the
head, when coughing; Stitches, lancinations; Tearing, darting in
the forehead; the pains increase when sitting near a warm
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ARNICA MONTANA. [ARN. MON.
stove, and the brain felt as if rolling up into a ball; the Headache
is tolerably easy when lying down; intolerable on sitting up in bed.
Eyes.—Especially for Traumatic Ophthalmia; Eyes half closed;
Pupils contracted; Cornea dim; Lids swollen, contused, painful, -
especially when moved; Painful, dull, intermittent pressure in the
margin of left orbit; Obscuration of sight.
Ears.-Pain in the cartilage, as if bruised or contused; Feeling
of heat; Tingling; Humming.
Face,—Swelling of the cheek, with throbbing, as if two
hammers were beating the flesh ; Heat, redness, and shining
swelling of the left cheek—it feels stiff; Redness and burning of
the cheek, the other parts being cool; Flushes of heat, followed b
sweat; Eruption under the eyes, like Small-pox. º
Nose.—Swelling of the nose; Painful sensation as if he had a
violent blow on the nose; Frequent bleeding.
Lips.-Chapped lips; Burning heat in both lips; Swelling of
the lips; Trembling; Twitching of the muscles, about the lip
and lower jaw. - -
Teeth.--Toothache, with swelling of the cheek and sub-
maxillary gland; Pains as if the roots of the teeth were scraped;
Sprained sensation, feeling as if the teeth were driven out by
biting; Throbbing sensation.
Gums.-Painful during mastication; Tingling in the gums.
Mouth.-Dry, generally without much thirst ; Putrid taste.
Tongue.—Coated white; Biting sensation in the tongue;
Soreness; Dry at tip; Foetid breath; Putrid odour; Haemorrhage;
Sputatinged with blood.
Throat.—Burning, stinging, at the back part of throat,
especially between the act of swallowing. During deglutition,
nausea arises, which seems to impede the passage of food.
Gastric Symptoms.-Empty eructations; Eructations in the
morning, tasting like rotten eggs; Retching - at night, with
nausea, and feeling of weight at pit of the stomach; Qualmishness;
Inclination to vomit; Vomiting of coagulated blood; Empty
retching.
Stomach.-Feeling of repletion, with loathing of food;
Pressure as from the hand, with nausea and water accumulating
in the mouth; Pinching; Spasmodic griping in the stomach;
Pressure as from a stone; Aching colic, with dyspnoea; Sensation
as if a ball of thread were being rolled up.
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ARN, MON.] ARNICA MONTANA,
Abdomen.—Stitches under the false ribs, on the left side,
that arrest the breath when standing ; Tension and inflation of
the abdomen; Sharp thrusts from one side to the other; Colic;
Fermentation.
Stool.-Constipation; Undigested stools; Frequent, small, slimy
evacuations; Involuntary at night; Tenesmus; Pressing in the
Rectum ; Haemorrhoids.
Urine.—Brown, with red brick-dust deposit; Watery urine;
Tenesmus of the bladder; Involuntary dropping of urine. -
Cough.-Dry, hacking, every morning after rising; it seems to
be induced by a titillation in the lowest part of the trachea ; Cough
during sleep, and in children when crying.
Respiration.—Short, panting; Dyspnoea, with anguish, and
pain in the chest; Breathing excessively difficult.
Chest.—During a deep inspiration, an aching pain is felt at
the lower part of sternum; Dull stitches in the thoracic cavity,
through the sternum, from without inwards; Stitching pain in
one side of the chest, which is increased by a short cough;
Pricking pain in the right side, as from pins.
The Thoracic walls feel painful, as if bruised or strained;
his chest feels raw, and the sputa is tinged with blood; Aching
pain at a small spot in the right breast, not altered by motion,
contact, or breathing; in the morning, when awaking, he felt as if
a load of blood had accumulated in the chest—relieved slightly by
exercise.
Heart—Stitches in the heart, from left to right; Oppression;
Pains as if the parts were squeezed together; the beats of the
heart are first rapid, then slow; the beats are like quivering.
Neck,-Prominent swelling of the cervical glands, which are
painful when moving the neck; Pimples on the neck, and small
boils; Pain under right scapula, towards the back, as from a blow;
Tingling in the vertebral column.
Back.-The small of the back feels bruised and lame; Pain in
the sacrum, as from a violent fall.
Upper Limbs,-Broad, sharp stitches under the Axilla; Sense
of excoriation under the shoulder; the arms feel weary and
bruised; Painful shocks; Jerking; Twitchings in the muscles of
the humerus; Pain as from a sprain at the wrist-joint; Weins of the
hands distended; Cramp in the fingers; Fine stitches in the fingers.
Lower Limbs.-Trembling; Pain as from a sprain in the hip,
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ARSENICUM. [ABS.
back, chest, and wrists; Bruise-like pains in the thighs; Twitch-
ing in the muscles of the thigh; Sudden weakness in the knees;
Stitches in the knee and middle fingers; the knee-joints seem to
lose their firmness, vacillate, and bend suddenly when standing;
Pricking in the knee when touched.
Feet.-Feeling of tingling and creeping in the feet; Stitching,
tearing pain in the tarsal joint; Tearing in the heel; Cramp in
the feet and toes; Arthritic swelling of the feet (cwred); Burn-
ing of the feet; Arthritic pain in the foot, with slight fever;
Throbbing in one toe; Pain in the joint of the great toe.
Skin.—Fine pricking, almost in every part of the body; Burn-
ing pain, first in one part, then in another; Dull, penetrating
stitches here and there. Arnica cures a tendency to small boils,
with a red areola.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
From time to time there is a sense of tearing in almost every
part of the body, especially in the extremities; Twitching of the
limbs; Painful and excessive sensitiveness of the skin and joints;
Rending pain in the limbs; Heaviness in all the limbs; Pains in
the joints, sometimes so violent as to drive him almost crazy;
Pains that wander from one part to another when walking.
ARSENIOUM.
HAHNEMANN. ARSENIC.
THE action of this very powerful agent is visibly manifested on
the Brain, Cerebro-spinal, and Ganglionic system of nerves;
the Heart, the Blood, the Alimentary Canal, Stomach, Organs
of Respiration, and the Skin. It seems to produce some change
in every tissue of the living body; threatens death to the gan-
glionic system, with sudden prostration, and rapid sinking of the
vital powers. It would seem to be, therapeutically, indicated for
cachectic, exhausted conditions, where there is sudden loss of
strength; Sunken countenance; Emaciated appearance; Wasting,
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ARS.] ARSENICUM.
muscular weakness; Night-sweats; Diarrhoea. A burning pain.
seems to characterise Arsenic. It has been used, with more
or less success, for Epileptic convulsions; Paralysis; Asthma;
Dropsy; Brain and Heart disease; Gastric affections; Womiting;
Fevers—Gastric, Bilious, and Typhus; Cholera; Catarrhal Diar-
rhoea; Dysentery; Tenesmus; Albuminuria; Scaly Herpes;
Psoriasis; Vesicular and Pustulous eruptions; Pemphigus; Cancer;
Carbuncle; Syphilitic skin disease; Ulcers on the legs and feet;
Ulcers, with thin foetid discharge, or burning sensation; Dissec-
tion wounds; Catarrhal and Scrofulous Ophthalmia. -
Arsenic will prove useful in Chronic Gastro-Enteritis; Maras-
mus of infants and drunkards; Cerebral Apoplexy; Softening of
the Brain and Spinal Cord; Debilitating sweats; Gangrene of
the lungs; Jaundice; Disease of the liver; Cancer of the lip;
Cholera Infantum; Diabetes ? also (Phosp. Acid) Impetigo.
It removes excessive weakness in the legs, and those evils that are
often induced by poor living. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Anguish; Agitation; Hypochondriacal anxiety; when
in bed, at evening, has thoughts that trouble him; fears some
misfortune; has a fancy that he has committed some crime; feels
chilly; weeps; thinks he must die; afterwards feels great prostra-
tion; over-sensitive; depressed; Sad; sheds tears; easily vexed
about trifles; great restlessness; religious mania.
Head.—Vertigo every evening; on lying down, feels a desire to
vomit; is obliged to rise; Vertigo when walking; tendency to
fall to the left side; Giddy, stupid feeling in forehead; intoxica-
tion; staggering in the open air; stupidity; confusion; weakness
of memory; sense of weight; dull look; somnolence; Headache;
loss of sleep ; after sleep, heaviness; feels as if he had not suffi-
cient sleep; Heaviness, with humming in the ears; passes off in
open air, but returns on again entering the room; Delirium, with
hard pulse; dry, hot skin; parched tongue; desire to vomit;
faintness; constipation; trembling of the limbs; unable to stand;
stupefying, pressive pains in forehead. At 2 A.M., sharp, hard
beating, as from blows of a hammer, during which a sweat breaks
out; Beating in the whole head, especially the forehead; Pulsa-
tion in forehead, between the sinuses. At noon and midnight,
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painful hammering at the temples; sensation as if the brain
moved and beat against the skull, when walking.
Eyes.—Drawing pain; Deep internal pain—right eye; Violent
shooting; at night, pressive pain, lasting for hours; Burning
pain; Smarting—feeling as if pricked with red-hot needles;
Profuse lachrymation—the tears excoriate the cheeks; morning,
agglutination—lids dry; Redness, extravasation, and inflamma-
tion; Conjunctivitis; Intolerance of light; Tendency to Ophthal-
mia; Pupils contracted; Spots, blue or black objects. Eyelids—
Red; Puffed; Swollen; CEdematous.
Ears.-Tearing lancinations; dulness of hearing; Buzzing,
tinkling, rushing noise of bells or water. -
Nose.—Pain at root; bone-pains; Coryza, with sneezing, burn-
ing, and Smarting.
Face.—Puffed; red; bloated; features distorted; appearance
of anxiety, despair, or of suffering; Swelling of the upper part of
the face, around the eyes and head; Convulsive action of the
facial muscles. -
Lips.--Blue; swollen; puffed; dry; parched; cracked; ulce-
rated; smarting of upper lip, as if pricked with burning needles;
the following day it was much swollen; jerking sensation in
upper lip. - -
Teeth.-Jerking, extending to temples; Tearing toothache—
makes her furious before the menses; Tearing pain at night in
the canine teeth; relieved by the warmth of a stove; the teeth
feel loose and sore; Gums tender; Convulsive grinding of the
teeth. -
Mouth.-Dry, with thirst; drinks but little at a time; Ex-
treme thirst during the day, not at night; Frequent spitting.
Tongue.—Clean, red, like beefsteak; sensation as if the
tongue were covered with vesicles, with burning pain; Pain at
the root, as though a fish-bone had stuck there; Tongue swollen;
Feels as if burnt, benumbed.
Throat.—Red; sore; inflamed ; scraping sensation; sense of
dryness; heat; roughness; Constriction, with a feeling of suffoca-
tion, inducing a convulsive vomiting at the sight of fluids;
Angina, painful deglutition. -
Taste.—Sour; Woody; Putrid, or bitter, with grey phlegm ;
Bitter after food, or salt taste; desire for cold water, or acid
drink; Frequent waterbrash.
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ARS.] ARSENICUM.
Appetite.—Lost for ten days; feels ill; loses strength; feverish;
no desire for food or drink; it seemed impossible to swallow it;
the smell of boiled meat is repulsive; Desire for acids, milk,
and coffee.
Eructations,—Empty; Acid, or Bitter; desire for water or
brandy; Nausea, chiefly in the throat; Nausea; inclined to
vomit, with faintness, trembling, heat, followed by shivering;
Anxiety. - e
Womiting after every meal—even water is thrown up; Difficult
vomiting of drink, yellow-green mucus, or very bitter water;
Violent vomiting, with purging and severe pain in abdomen;
internal, burning heat; Vomiting of a brownish mass, often mixed
with blood; Pain in stomach, and feeling of prostration; Vomiting
of blood, mucus, and a blackish substance, pitchy; Vomiting, with
Diarrhoea (the efforts to vomit are much greater than with Cocc.
or Ipec.: the effects of Ars, on the stomach are more enduring);
Convulsive hiccough.
Stomach.-Tender to pressure; Sense of compression, after
eating, in the oesophagus and cardiac orifice, as if the food were
arrested there; Sensation of heat, with pain and pressure at
Epigastrium; Insupportable pain and pressure after food; Spasms
after food; Heat and burning; visible distention of the stomach;
pressure as from a stone; Pit painful to the touch; Anxiety at
night; Burning pain, with pressure and gnawing; Cardialgia;
Heartburn. -
Abdomen.—Spasms at night, when going to bed; Pinching;
Sweats, with flatus, and liquid stool; Cutting pain, like Colic;
in the morning, loud rumbling, followed by cutting, twisting pain
in the intestines, and three looses tools; every morning, flatulent
distention; borborygmi; Discharge of putrid flatus; Spasmodic
jerks from epigastrium to rectum, causing him to start; Violent
Colic, with vomiting and collapsed countenance; Abdomen
swollen, tense, tender; Difficult breathing; faintness; retraction
of umbilicus; Violent burning pain in stomach, intestines, with
burning, and sense of excoriation at anus, with vomiting;
Diarrhoea of blood; Weak pulse; Anxiety and anguish about
the heart. - ... •
Stools.-Constipation; Diarrhoea; Dysentery, with violent
colic; Yellow evacuations; Diarrhoea, with cramps in the legs
and arms. -
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Anus.-Burning, sore, excoriated, painful constriction; Blind
piles, pricking as with red-hot needles; Haemorrhoids, with burning
pain—worse at night; Lancinations.
Urine.—Frequent desire, with profuse flow; he is compelled
to rise three or four times in the night, and passes a large
quantity (lasted several days); Involuntary micturition; Sudden
flow, but only small in quantity (female); Incontinence of
twenty-five days’ duration (during typhoid); Urine scanty, high-
coloured, difficult (case of Gastro-Enteritis).
Bladder.—Burning sensation, with incessant desire; Sup-
pression of urine for seven days, with jaundice, anasarca, and
great depression. Albuminuria P. Diabetes ?
Genital (Male).-Glans-penis blue-red, swollen, excoriated;
pustules form and ulcerate; Painful swelling; Inflammation;
Gangrene; Cancer of the scrotum.
Menses.—Early and profuse. During menses, pain in vulva,
anus, and rectum; Pain in hypogastrium, back, and abdomen.
Leucorrhoea.—Very profuse, thick, yellow, excoriating the
vulva ; Burning pain -in vagina, with swelling and excoriation of
the labia ; Gangrene P Inflammation of the uterus.
Larynx.-Voice rough, hoarse; Dryness of the larynx; Un-
easiness in the larynx, as if inflamed ; Difficulty in speaking;
deep inspiration excites a cough ; Tickling sensation.
Cough.-Short, frequent, dry; Deep, continued cough after
midnight; obliged to sit up; he feared he might choke; the neck
felt swollen; Cough after drinking; Cough, with sense of suffoca-
tion, on going into the cold air.
Bespiration.—Short, difficult, with heat and uneasiness; Pains
in the limbs, and great weakness; Frequent paroxysms of short,
difficult respiration, with dry cough, and soreness of the chest and
stomach; Oppression and short respiration in all positions; Difficult
breathing on walking quickly, or going up stairs; Dyspnoea, with
oppression at the sternum when breathing deeply (during eight
days); when lying down in bed at night, loses his breath; a fine
wheezing is heard; in the evening, Dyspnoea, with dry cough ;
when walking, sudden Asthma, loss of breath, and extreme
weakness; Suffocative Catarrh at night; Chronic Asthma.
Chest.—Sense of constriction; Long-continued tightness;
Burning in the chest, and about the diaphragm; Stitches in the
chest, painful or dull; Sense of pressure.
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Heart.-Indescribable anxiety and anguish; Troublesome
palpitation; Irregular beating, so violent that he thinks he can
hear the beats; Palpitation readily excited; Frequent fainting ;
Tightness in praecordia; Difficult breathing; Parched throat;
Wakeful, restless (lasted sometime); Tumultuous action—pulse 90;
Strongjerking; Agitation, delirium—pulse 100, full; Jerking, with
bellows murmur. -
Neck,-Stiffness, morning and evening, in nape, as if bruised
or sprained; Painless swelling of the neck; Drawing pains
between the scapulaº. . -
Back,--The small of the back stiff and painful all day;
Standing upright causes great pain; Tenderness of the spine, with
partial loss of motor power. -
Upper Limbs,-Tearing pains in the arms—worse at night;
Tearing, shooting in the bones of the hand and fingers; Twisting
pain from the fingers to the armpits; Cramp in the fingers, calves,
and toes; Formication of the hands; Ulcers on the fingers; Pale-
ness of the nails. . -
Lower Limbs,-Drawing, tearing in the hips and left foot;
Pains like those of dislocation from calf to heel; Pains appa-
rently in the periosteum; Tearing pain in the whole limb, causing
him to limp about—much worse at night, preventing sleep; Pain-
ful cramp in the calf; Pain in the knees and articulations of the
feet; Tearing pains in the ankles and heels; Shining swelling of
the feet—numbness; Sensation as if the knees and legs were
tightly bandaged; Formication; the limbs swell, and are of a
livid colour; Heaviness of the feet; Cold feet—they are con-
stantly cold; CEdematous swellings.
Skin, Burning, itching, pricking, as if with needles; Pus-
tular eruptions on the head and forehead; Pustules about the
body, that have a burning sensation; White pustules on forehead,
cheeks, chest, and shoulders—terminate in thick crusts, and leave a
well-marked cicatrix; Miliary vesicles, that terminate in bran-
like scales; Small pimples, with white heads, on the hands and
feet; Falling-off of the hair and nails; Old ulcers become sensi-
tive. Ars. is suitable for Ulcers of the legs, with varicose condition
of the veins; and for those eruptions that co-exist with Gastric
derangement; General oedema of the body; Swelling of the face;
Dryness of skin; Increased urine; Relaxed bowels; Feverish;
Languor; Want of sleep; Redness of the eyes. .
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Sleep.–Restless; Sleepless; Pulsations in the head; Desire to
sleep, but terrible dreams disturb him; Starting of the limbs
when falling asleep; Movement of the hands and fingers during
sleep; Cramps in the calves; Anxious dreams; Midnight heat—
desire to uncover—awakes in a perspiration, with dry mouth;
Grinding of the teeth during sleep. -
Fever.—Chilliness towards evening; Shivering, alternating,
with heat in the morning, with heavy head; Noise in the ears;
External coldness, with internal heat;-Fever every morning at
3 A.M., with chilliness and hunger; Shivering returned always at
5 P.M.; Quotidian, intermittent; Eruptive fever, like small-pox.
Arsenic is very beneficial in typhoid fevers—second stage—when
there is dull look; Semi-comatose state; Skin dry and hot; Dulness
of hearing; Sordes on the teeth and tongue, with bronchial or
abdominal complication; Sense of fatigue; great weakness;
Emaciation.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Patches of inflammation in the Stomach always, though
Ulceration is comparatively rare; Perforation but seldom seen;
Gangrene very rare; the stomach generally contains a brown
grumous matter; the mucous coat appears as if smeared with a
yellowish paint; the inflammation extends to the Duodenum, and
commencement of the Jejunum ; also the Rectum—frequently the
CEsophagus—more rare the mouth and fauces; the Peritoneum is
frequently inflamed, and the Glands of the intestines swollen.
Arsenic preserves the stomach; and the appearance of inflamma-
tion remains often long after death. The Brain is generally con-
gested, with serous effusion. Bladder inflamed; Livid spots on the
skin; the body may decay rapidly, or become dry and mum-
mified. º
ASAF(ETII) A.
FERULA GUM.
ASAFCETIDA is the most powerful of the gum-resins; in large doses,
accelerates the pulse, and increases animal heat; affects the
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stomach and digestion; causes headache and giddiness ; flatu-
lence and colic. Dr. Marshall Hall believed it to act primarily
on the excitor nerves, though its effects are manifest on the
motor branches—hence its power to control spasmodic action
and convulsions. In Hysteria, it is with some a favourite remedy;
and, according to Pereira, of value in Chronic Catarrh of old
persons, when the cough is spasmodic. -
Homoeopathically, it seems to be adapted to persons of a nervous,
venous, haemorrhoidal constitution. Useful for affections of the
portal system; Venous irritation; Pulsations and Congestion; En-
gorgements of the vessels of the Liver, Spleen, Abdomen, and
Rectum; Swelling of the glands; Hysteria; Weakness of digestion;
Palpitation of the Heart, excited by little physical exertion, and
a sense of tightness; Chronic Rheumatism and Gout; Twitching
of the muscles; Caries of the bones; Ulcers, with ichorous secretion ;
Mercurial and Syphilitic modes; Softening of the bones in
secondary syphilis, after Mercury; Darting pains and pulsations in
various parts of the body; Chorea 2 Convulsions in children from
worms; Flatulent Colic, with distended abdomen; Asthma.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Hysteric and Hypochondriac uneasiness; Sadness; Ap-
prehension; Constant change of mind, and dissatisfaction with
oneself.
Head.—Dull; Confused; Muddled; Heaviness in the fore-
head; Tightness; Congestion of the head, with warmth in the
face, and stupefying pain, particularly the forehead; Pressure in
the forehead—right temple, above the eyes, as if the head would
burst; Constriction of the brain, as if a cloth were drawn over,
and thus compressed it; Stitches; Darting; Beating; Shaking;
Bubbling; Swaying, as of water carried in a pail; Beating in the
right half of the forehead.
Eyes.—Burning in the eyes; Pressure; Sensation as of sand,
also of cold air, blowing upon the eyes; Burning in right eye;
Sense of dryness; Sleepy; Closing of the eyes.
Ears.-Hearing diminished; Purulent discharge from Mercury.
- Nose.—Discharge of greenish pus; Numbness. - *
Face.—Pains, with feeling of numbness in the facial bones
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(right malar); Heat in the face, with flush in the cheeks; Burning,
stinging, and swelling of the lips.
Throat.—Dry burning in the throat, especially the CEsophagus,
with sensation of a foreign body, rising, that compelled him to
swallow frequently; Sense of tightness in the throat, with pressure
in the chest; Soreness in the CEsophagus.
Taste.—Insipid, or flat, acrid, as if the stomach had been de-
ranged by bad food; Rancid, greasy taste like bad butter; Taste of
Garlic, with loathing; Warm risings; Nausea; great inclination to
vomit at noon; Aversion to Beer.
Stomach.-Pressure in the stomach after food, with prostration;
this pressure is felt to ascend into the oesophagus, with the
sensation of a foreign body; Pressure at the pylorus, pit of the
stomach, and extending towards the liver; Drawing and tension in
the region of the Spleen; Pulsation at pit; Pain as if bruised;
Burning ; Feeling of fulness, with eructations; Stitches, or
lancinations in the Diaphragm. -
Hypochondria.--Stitches towards the Diaphragm; Pressure
from the interior of the liver to the chest, with laboured breathing
and violent pulsations; Chronic inflammation, and swelling of the
liver.
Abdomen.—Bloated; Heaviness early in the morning, with a
feeling of fulness; Sensation below the umbilicus, as if the parts
were being rolled up into a Ball; Cutting, stitches, lancinations
in the left side when walking; Stitches, with flatulence; Painful
flatulent colic; Great accumulation of flatus, with rumbling, having,
when emitted, a smell of Garlic; Tympanitis; Ascites, from intes-
timal derangement.
Stool.--Difficult, hard, with much pressing ; Constant urging,
often ineffectual; Papescent evacuations, of a yellow or dark-
brown colour; Pressing in the perineum.
Menses.—Too early, and scanty; Pains like those of labour,
cutting and bearing down. -
Respiration.—Breathing accelerated, with small pulse; Dry
Cough ; Asthma of a spasmodic character; Pressure in the Chest
and sternum; Pressure in the left side, from within outwards.
Chest.—Stitches, lancinations, darting; Boring pains in the
left half of the Chest, from within outwards; Spasmodic contraction
in the Chest, with small, unequal pulse.
Heart.—Pressure in the region of the heart, with congestion
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and distention of the vessels, with small pulse; Palpitation of the
Heart; Pressive pains in the left intercostal muscles, from within
outwards, aggravated by inspiration. - -
Neck.-Rheumatic pains in the nape of the neck, shoulders,
and scapula; Burning stitches; Cutting, behind and below the
right scapula; Pains in the back, and across the loins.
Upper Limbs.-Stitches in the shoulder; Twitches in the
deltoid; Jactitation of the muscles of the arm; Stitches in the
elbow; Pains in the wrists and fingers. -
Lower Limbs,-Twitching and jactitation in the muscles of
the thighs and knee-joint; the legs incline to go to sleep; Cold
swelling around the malleoli; Jerking; Slight beating in the
great toe; Feeling of numbness.
Skin.--Dark-red, hot swellings; Cold glandular swellings;
Tenderness of the bones; Ulceration of the bones and periosteum ;
Ulcers, with elevated blue edges; Ichorous, foºtid, thin pus; Pains
in the bones, that will not permit sleeping on a feather-bed.
ASARU M EUROPAEU M.
HAHNEMANN. ASARET OF EUROPE.
LARGE doses excite Vomiting and Diarrhoea. It was formerly
proposed as a substitute for Ipecacuanha. Smaller doses will excite
perspiration, increase urine and menses. It forms a prominent
part in the composition of Herb Snuff. In Homoeopathic practice
it is recommended for literary persons, who suffer from nervous
irritability; and has been administered to relieve a darting pain
that occurred after a surgical operation on the eye. It is occa-
sionally prescribed for some of the following conditions:–Inter-
mittent Fever, with chilliness, or alternate heat and chills;
Excessive sensibility and irritation of the nervous loops and termi-
nations; Periodical Headache; Simple Ophthalmia; Amblyopia?
Amaurosis? Deafness; Ascarides; and some forms of Gastritis.
SYMPTOMs.
Excessive sensibility of the nerves; Lassitude after dinner; Weary,
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bruised feeling; Dull headache; Heat in the face; Drowsiness and
ill-humour. This disappeared on going out in the open air. He
then felt as if flying in the air; a sensation of lightness in the
limbs; and Exaltation of spirits. - -
Head.—Compressive headache; Sense of pressure in the
Brain.
Eyes.—Dryness, with a sense of burning in the lids; Redness
of the Conjunctiva; Intolerance of light and wind; Bathing with
cold water is agreeable; sometimes there is profuse lachrymation;
Vision obscured.
Gastric Symptoms.-Acid eructations that set the teeth on
edge; Nausea, loathing, inclination to vomit; Heartburn; Vomit-
ing of Acid water, with sense of compression in the Head and
Stomach; Retching, with Waterbrash, which relieves the Head;
Pinching pains in the stomach, with Vomiting and Diarrhoea,
resembling Cholera; Cutting pains in the Epigastrium and Abdo-
men; Sharp stitches, passing down into the Rectum.
Stool.—Diarrhoea of mucus, with Ascarides; Discharge of
blood; Prolapsus Ani. -
Menses.—Too early—dark blood; lasting too long.
Chest.—Stitches on inspiration; Stitches, especially in the right
lung during inspiration; Dull stitches in both lungs on taking a
deep inspiration; Sensation in the lungs, as if a string or sharp
wire were cutting them through. -
Lower Limbs,-Bruised feeling; Lassitude in the legs on
going up stairs—the knees are especially affected; also pain in the
hip; Pain in the Hip when treading.
A URUM.
HAHNEMANN, - GOLD.
WITH this metal Hahnemann has cured several cases of disposition
to commit suicide: he advises its use for caries of the palate and
nasal bones, consequent upon the abuse of Mercury. Gold has also
been found useful in Hypochondriasis, Melancholy, Rush of blood
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AUR.] - AURUM.
to the head; Obscuration of Sight, from Black spots hovering
before the eyes; Toothache; Congestion to the Chest, with attacks
of suffocation; Loss of consciousness; Blue face; Difficult breath-
ing; Palpitation of the heart; Bone pains—also at night; Rhagades
of the hands; Warts on the Tongue, Prepuce, and Anus; Herpes
on the prepuce; Swelling and induration of the testes; Inguinal
Hernia; Haemorrhoids; Nodes; and Syphilitic Affections.
Noack and Trinks describe it as suitable for Scrofulous and
Wenous Constitutions of indolent habit. .
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.-Dejection; Full of grief; Seeks solitude; Dissatisfied
with everything—he fancies obstacles are in his way; Longs for
death; Great anguish; Desirous for self-destruction; Religious
Mania; Anger easily provoked; Wehement—will not bear con-
tradiction.
Head.—Rush of blood when stooping; Noise; Roaring, as of
water rushing; Sensation as if a current of air were passing
through the head. Forehead—Tearing pain or pressure; Tingling
sensation; Pain, as from contusion.
Scalp.–Small tumours on the scalp, tender when touched.
Eyes.—Fiery sparks; Pressure; Specks on Cornea; Amaurosis;
Half-sight—he sees double; Swelling of lids; Styes.
Ears.—Roaring (morning); Humming; Caries of mastoid
process—evils of Mercury; Foetid Otorrhoea; Earache.
Nose.--Caries of the bones; Tenderness and ulceration; Sore-
ness; Swelling of the nostrils; Stoppage of the nose; Crusts form,
and fill up.
Face.—Pains in malar bones; Swelling of the cheek; Bloated
face; Eruptions; Acne; Vesicles—the tips filled with pus.
Lips.-Swollen—eruption on the lower lip; Ulcers about the
lips. - -
Mouth.-Putrid Smell in young girls; or like old cheese, or
high game. . -
Palate.—Caries of the hard palate, with bluish ulcers; Swelling
and ulceration of the tonsils; Difficult deglutition. * -
Inguinal Region.—Pressure at ring, as if Hernia would pro-
trude; Weakness; Colic; Flatulence; Inguinal Hernia of children.
Glands.-Swell; Suppurate after Mercury, or from Syphilis.
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Rectum.—Sore; Swollen; Painful, sharp stitches.
Urine.-Painful retention; Deposit—turbid, chiefly mucus;
Discharge of prostatic fluid.
Testes.—Swelling of the right; Chronic induration of the
testes; Prolapsus and Induration of the Uterus. gº
Chest.—Violent congestion; Sharp stitches; Dyspnoea; Stitches
when drawing a breath; Sense of suffocation.
Heart—One very violent shock; Palpitation, with anguish and
oppression; Organic disease of the heart?
Skin-Rhagades; Ulcers; Tetters; Pustules; Dropsy; Nodes;
Bony tumours.
AURUM MURIATICUM
MURLATE OF GOLD.
Nose.—Burning, itching, redness, swelling, followed by desqua-
mation, ulceration in the nasal cavity, discharge of pus; also of
blood.
Teeth.-Darting pains in the upper incisors.
Mouth-Frequent accumulation of saliva; Watery cavity
slightly inflamed; Lips swollen and ulcerated. -
Tongue-Red—excoriated; Wart-like excrescences; Metallic
taste. -
Stomach-Nausea; Vomiting; Gastritis; Pressure.
Abdomen.—Pain and Diarrhoea; Liquid stools.
Anus.-Warts and Gondylomata.
Urine.—Increased; Turbid, with brick-dust sediment.
Scrotum.—Flat ulcers, emitting a foetid odour; Testes swollen,
inflamed.
Larynx-Hoarseness, with fever; Syphilitic affections of the
larynx. *
Chest.—Laboured panting, breathing; Loud expiration; Op-
pression; Suffocation.
Heart.—Stitches; Sense of heaviness—hardness; Palpitation;
Inflammation of the Heart,
Fever.—Profuse sweats; Languor; Fainting fits.
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BAPTI BAPTISLA TINCTORIA—BARYTA CARBONICA.
BAPTISIA TINCTORIA
AMERICAN REMEDIES. - wiLD INDIGo.
THIS plant has been used in the form of a Lotion, for healing
ulcerated surfaces, and as a Gargle for sore mouth and throat: it is
said to correct foetid discharges, and to be useful in Gangrene.
The American Homoeopathists propose it as a remedy for
Typhoid and Typhus conditions, marked with a tendency to
putrescence. Large doses produce considerable prostration of the
whole body; Pains like those of Rheumatism, with stiffness of the
joints, and a kind of numbness, as if the limbs were going to
sleep. It seems to induce a semi-paralytic state, slight delirium,
and a feeling of numbness in the Brain: it acts powerfully on the
lymphatic system; causes swelling of the glands, especially those
of the tonsils and inguinal region; induces a copious flow of
saliva, frequently having a foetid odour; the mucous membrane of
the buccal cavity becomes ulcerated; the tongue benumbed, or
feels raw, as if scraped; Dry; frequently Red, and sometimes Brown.
It is further proposed for Congestion of the Liver, Diarrhoea,
Dysentery, and Tenesmus. It increases the quantity of urine,
which remains acid. Dr. Coe states that he has used it with
success for Amenorrhoea and vicarious menstruation.
BARYTA CARBONICA,
HAHNEMANN. CARBONATE of BARYTEs.
BARYTA is stated to be especially useful for mental and physical
weakness, such as occurs occasionally with infants, but far more
frequently in old age. Marasmus Senilis; Swelling and Induration
of the Cervical Glands, even after suppuration. -
According to Hahnemann, it may be employed for most of the
following affections:—Baldness; Eruption upon, and behind the
Ears; Inflammation of the eyes, with intolerance of light;
Dimness of sight; Muscoe Volitantes; Agglutination of the Lids;
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BARYTA CARBONICA. [BAR. CAR.
Eructations; Waterbrash ; Pressure and uneasiness in the stomach
after food; Weakness of the Sexual powers; Hoarseness; Dry
Cough at night, with rattling of mucus in the chest; Stiffness and
pain in the small of the Back; Stitches in the nape of Neck;
Pain in the Deltoid region; the arms and fingers go to sleep;
Warts on the fingers; Panaris; Ulcers on the feet; Sweat of the
feet, with foetid odour; Intense weakness—Physical, Nervous, and .
Mental; Susceptibility to take cold; Exhausting night-sweats;
Raving when asleep; Twitching in the muscles of the whole
body; Over-anxiety of mind, even about trifles; Dread of men;
Male voices affected her brain painfully.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.-He is suddenly overwhelmed with an evil appre-
hension—imagines a friend has fallen sick, and is dying; Anxiety,
especially about domestic affairs; Spirits dejected; Sadness.
Head.—Vertigo ; Rush of blood to the head; Whizzing or
bubbling, like boiling-water; Giddiness when raising the head
after stooping; Sensation as if the brain were loose; Shaking of
the brain on striking the foot against anything hard; Violent
stitches in the head; Throbbing, with stitches; Apoplexy of
drunkards; Senile Apoplexy; Dry scabs on the scalp.
Eyes.—Feeling of Soreness and weariness; Pressive pain deep
in the eyes; Continual pressure in the eyeballs; Agglutination;
Black spots floating ; Objects appear as if looking through a gauze,
or indistinct, as in a fog. -
Ears.-Itching, throbbing; Violent stitches; Roaring; Buzzing;
Eruption on the Ears; Hard of hearing. .* -
Nose.—Fluent Coryza, or troublesome dryness; Scurfy.
Face.—Inflammation; Painful swelling, especially left cheek;
Swelling of the sub-maxillary gland; Eruption on the face.
Teeth.-Pains in decayed teeth, from a cold; Bleeding of the
Gums. - -
Stomach.-Weakness of digestion; Nausea—inclination to
vomit; Pain and heaviness; Pressure, as from a stone; Pain when
the food is passing, as if it came in contact with a sore
place (ulcer P) -
Abdomen.—Painful distention; Tense, swollen; Pinching
pains. - -
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BAR. MUR BARYTA MURIATICA.
Genital Organs—Sense of numbness; Loss of sexual desire.
Larynx-Hoarseness; Dry Cough after midnight; Loose
Cough, with sputa like starch, having a salt taste. Of four weeks
standing—(cured). + -
Chest.—Suffocative Catarrh of old persons; Fulness and
pressure in the Chest; Oppressive weight; Nervous palpitation of
the heart, when lying on the left side. - -
Neck and Back-Stiffness at the nape; Pain, and hard
swelling of the glands—Occipital, Cervical, and Axillary; Pulsa-
tion and throbbing, when at rest, in the small of the back; Weak-
ness of the Spine. - º
Upper Limbs.-Sense of lameness in the fore-arm and hand;
the arm and hand go to sleep when lying on the table; Numbness
in the fingers. .
Lower Limbs.-Languor and weariness of the legs (especially
the left); Drawing and tearing pains in the limbs; Foetid
sweat of the feet ; Painful Corns. .
Baryta seems to affect the left side rather more than the right.
BARYTA MURIATICA,
HERING. . MURLATE OF BARYTA.
tº - -
BARYTA is said to destroy the irritability of the Voluntary Muscles,
and to act chiefly on the vegetative and reproductive system;
Suitable for irritable persons; Excellent for stone-like induration
of the Cervical Glands; Scrofulous, crusty Eruptions; Tinea
Capitis; Angina of Variola; Predisposition to sore throat on
taking cold, even with suppuration; Great weakness of digestion;
Empty retching; Constant Nausea; Watery vomiting; Inflamma-
tion of the stomach; Swelling of the testes; Scrofulous Bubo ;
Swelling of the Abdominal Glands; Dropsy after Scarlet Fever;
Stricture of the Rectum ? Diabetes ? Paralysis of the Upper and
Lower Limbs. - - - -
SYMPTOMs.
Increased sensibility of the whole Nervous System; General
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BELLADONNA. [BELL"
Emaciation and Atrophy; Great weakness; Weakness of the
Muscles, as if paralysed; Convulsive movements of single parts;
Jactitation of the limbs; Increase of the secretions and excretions;
Haemorrhages; Palpitation of the Heart.
BE L LADONN A.
HAHNEMANN. DEADLY NIGHTSHADE.
THERE is considerable evidence that this remedy has an especial
action on the Brain and Spinal Cord; secondarily, on the blood.
Noack and Trinks state that it produces phenomena similar to
Aconite, and is especially suitable for those persons whose nervous
system is highly susceptible of impressions, and when the circula-
tion is easily excited.
Hempel states that Belladonna acts primarily on the Brain, and,
secondarily, on the Ganglionic System; that Aconite acts, second-
arily, on the Brain; thus Belladonna is to have preference when
the brain-substance is affected. . .
Noack and Trinks further inform us, that what Aconite is to
inflammatory fever, or the feverish reaction excited in the arterial
system—so is Belladonna suitable to the inflammation itself, or
the inflammatory action of the Capillaries. Belladonna stands
prominent from having been so strongly recommended by Hahne-
mann as prophylactic and curative in Scarlet Fever. It has been
found of use in Scrofula, and especially Swelling of Glands when
suppuration is threatened; Cramps; Convulsions; Epilepsy; Pa-
ralysis; Erysipelas; Throat Affections, with Swelling of the Cer-
vical Glands; Hoarseness; Loss of Voice; Inflammation of the
Tongue; Cerebral Congestion; Delirium; Hydrocephalus; Ence-
phalitis; Inflammation of the Brain; Affections of the Eyeball;
Mental illusions; Loss of reason; Diseases of pregnancy; Milk
Fever; Puerperal Peritonitis; Affections of Infancy—cries, con-
vulsions, restlessness; Catarrh; Cough, and Uterine disease.
Hempel has the following:-Rheumatic pains in nape of neck
and right arm; Rheumatic paralysis of tongue and sphincters;
Inflammatory swelling of the face; Smooth Scarlatina of Sydenham;
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Ophthalmia in every form; Conjunctivitis Corneitis, &c. He
says it is not specific for Syphilitic Ophthalmia, nor Ophthalmia of
infants. Useful in Amaurosis; Amblyopia; Diplopia; Haemorrhage .
from the eyes; Toothache; Rheumatic Lock-jaw; Putrid, sore
throat; Diphtheria; Canerum Oris; Paralysis of the tongue;
Typhoid and Mucous fevers; Aversion to every kind of food;
Typhoid and Gastric derangement; Dysphagia; Spasmodic Sin-
gultus; Acute indigestion, especially when sympathetic with the
Brain or Uterus; Hysteria during pregnancy; Morning sickness;
Suppression of the Milk; Hour-glass contraction (with secale);
Prolapsus of Uterus; Ulceration of Os Uteri; Prurigo of Vagina;
Adenitis; Attacks resembling Hydrophobia.
Dr. Teste considers Belladonna strikingly useful when the Brain
is active, and during the period of being fully developed, as with
children. Belladonna is especially suitable for women; and children
during dentition: it affects the most delicate tissues in the body,
and in this respect resembles Mercury—with which it is often
employed, in alternation, for affections of the glands and lymphatic
vessels. -
SYMPTOMS.
Spasms, with stiffness of the limbs; Startings; Convulsive move-
ments; Epileptic and Hysteric Spasms; the pains are sometimes
metastatic; when extremely violent, they suddenly leave one part
and fly to another. The pains are various; frequently Tearing,
Lancinating, Drawing, Burning, Stinging, Throbbing, or Jerking.
They frequently come on in the afternoon, three or four o’clock;
worse at night; aggravated by contact, or the slightest movement.
Mind.—Timid—want of confidence; Weeping; Sorrow;
Whimpering; Howling; Moaning; Ill-humour; Peevish agitation;
Anxiety during the day—feels as if she would run away; Disposition
to quarrel; Furious, Raving, or suspicious; Muttering; Tries to
leave the bed, Bite, or tear articles in pieces; Fancies he sees
images and Black dogs; Uses horrible words; Delirious; Crazy ;
Wild looks; Immoderate laughter; Very violent, quarrelsome. -
Head.—Feels as if stunned; Heavy; Intoxicated; Headache,
especially over the eyes—he is compelled to close them; Frontal
headache; Forcible pressure on the whole brain; Sensation as if
the brain were ascending and descending; Balancing; Pressive
pain on both, or one side only; Throbbing from before back-
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wards; Jerking; Stitches; Lancinations; Darting in the brain
from all sides; Tearing over the eyebrows; Sense of coldness at
the forehead; Swashing, as of water in the head; Vertigo ; Gid-
diness; Flow of blood to the brain; Headache every day from
4 P.M. until 3 A.M.–worse in bed. The pains are increased by
movement, and from a current of cold air; Relieved by supporting
the head ; Convulsive shaking, and throwing the head backwards.
Scalp.–Swelling of the head; Profuse sweat; Painful state of
the scalp; Pressure of the hair is painful.
Face.—Pale; Anxious; Soon becomes red-hot, tingling; Violent
heat; Redness; Glowing heat, with intense headache; Face swollen
and hot ; Bluish-red face; Dark-red; Swelling of the cheeks, with
burning pain; Erysipelas; Nervous prosopalgia, with violent
cutting pains.
Eyes.—Smarting, pressive pain, as if full of sand—is compelled
to rub them; Involuntary lachrymation; Salt tears; Burning
sensation; Dryness; Scrofulous inflammation of the eyes; Haemor-
rhage; Ecchymosis; Pain in the orbits; the eyes feel as if they were
being torn out ; Feeling of heat as from hot vapour; the eyes feel
as if they were being pressed into the head; Distention of the scle-
rotic vessels; Yellow colour of the Sclerotica; Pupils dilated, im-
movable; Vision at times extinct; Stitches in the eyes; Morning
agglutination; Weakness and dimness of sight; Objects appear
upside-down, or double; Letters appear blurred when reading.
Ears.--Stitches, extending from the jaw into the ear; Stitches
in the parotid gland; Tearing in the external and internal ear,
from above downwards; Sharp thrusts in the internal ear; Painful
dragging; Tingling; Discharge of puriform fluid for twenty days;
Roaring; Whizzing; Fluttering; Din as from trumpets, cymbals;
relieved by walking; Deafness, as if a skin had been drawn over
the ear; Hard of Hearing; Parotid gland inflamed, swollen.
Nose.—Pustules on the nose, that crust; Red blotches; Smell
as of rotten eggs; Sense of smell over-sensitive; Bleeding from the
nose; Sudden redness of the tip; Ulcerated state of the nostrils,
without pain; Coryza, with cough.
Lips.-Corners of the lips ulcerated; Upper lip chapped;
Ulcer on the lip; Scurfy pimples; Swelling of the upper lip—
it feels tense.
Jaws.-Lock-jaw; Stiffness of the muscles of mastication.
Teeth.-Grinding of the teeth, with foam at the mouth; he
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wakes at midnight, with violent tearing pains in the teeth; Dull,
drawing pains in the upper row all night; Toothache of the preg-
nant; Toothache, with hot, red face, and beating in the head;
the front teeth feel too long ; Tearing toothache—worse in the
evening; Lancinations that affect the ears, teeth, and face—first
one, then the other; Toothache several minutes after a meal—
increases, and gradually diminishes; Toothache after lying down
at night, or during mental occupation; Cutting pain in one fang.
Mouth-Red, inflamed, swollen; extending to the fauces.
Tongue.—Papillae bright-red, enlarged; red-hot, dry, or cracked;
White in the middle; Smarting vesicle; Tremor of the tongue;
Weakness of the organs of speech; Stammering; he seemed
paralysed and unable to utter a word; Heavy speech; Nasal voice;
Profuse ptyalism; Haemorrhage from the mouth.
Throat.—Inflammation of the throat and fauces; Sore throat,
with stitches, and pain as of an internal swelling during deglu-
tition; Violent burning in the throat; Inflammation of the
tonsils; Suppuration in four days; Constriction that impeded de-
glutition; Painful contraction, and narrowing of the fauces, feeling
as if swallowing was impossible; Dryness of the throat and
fauces; Scraping sensation, as if the parts were raw.
Taste.-Insipid, lost; Putrid, disgusting taste, as of bad meat;
a putrid taste rises up from the fauces; also when eating or
drinking, but does not affect the taste of the food; Sour or bitter
taste of bread; Slimy mouth on awaking in the morning, with
headache; Mouth full of mucus in the morning—clear after
breakfast; Heartburn; Bitter eructation; Spasmodic eructations
—a sort of Hiccough. -
Stomach.-Sinking sensation; Throbbing at pit, without pain;
Hard and painful pressure after a meal; Tremor; Gnawing spasm;
Contractive pain; Pressure at pit when walking; Inflammation
of the stomach and duodenum; Chronic spasm during a meal.
Abdomen.—Burning; Continued colic ; Contractive pain
about umbilicus—pains that feel deeply seated in the abdomen;
Bellyache, that causes him to sit almost double, with sense of
vomiting, and fear of diarrhoea; Distention not hard nor painful;
Cramp-like, constrictive pain in the hypogastric region, with
stitches towards the perineum; the walls of the abdomen are
painful to contact; Enteritis-Peritonitis. -
Stool—Suppression of stool and urine for ten hours; Frequent,
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thin stools, with tenesmus, after forty-eight hours; Constant call
every quarter of an hour; Tenesmus, with bearing down towards
the anus, with painful contraction of the sphincter; Granular,
yellow, slimy evacuations—sour; Severe stitches in rectum—single,
distinct, during walking; Itching at anus, when walking in the
open air; Contractive pain in rectum, followed by sudden diarrhoea,
then Tenesmus; Flowing Haemorrhoids for several days.
Urine.--Suppressed, difficult micturition; Retention; Colour
yellow as gold; Turbid; White, thick deposit; Red sediment;
Discharge of urine during a deep sleep in the day; Enuresis at
night, also in the morning, with thirst, and obscured vision.
Genital (Male).-Thoughts of sexual desire extinguished;
Escape of semen at night; Violent stitches in the testes; Drawing
pain in spermatic cord during micturition; Sweat of the genitals
at night.
Menses.—Four days too soon; Sometimes with thirst and
cramp-like tearing in back or limbs; Anguish at heart; Sweat on
chest; Pressing early in the morning, as if the contents of the
abdomen would be forced through the Vagina, with distention of
the abdomen: afterwards the abdomen contracted, and a white
mucus flowed from the Vagina; Pressing, followed by hamorrhage;
Metrorrhagia, the blood having a bad smell.
Larynx.-Hoarseness; Voice rough, weak, whizzing; Loss of
voice; Pain in larynx, with danger of suffocation when turning
the head, talking, or inspiring; Spasmodic constriction of the
throat; Noisy rattling in the bronchial tubes; Cough, with con-
gestion of blood to the Chest; Dry Cough, day and night, from
titillation in throat; a dry catarrh seems settled in the chest,
which excites a dry cough; Cough, preceded by weeping, or pain
in stomach, with sense of Vomiting; Cough at 10 P.M., in fits,
every quarter of an hour—three or four fits.
Respiration.—Laboured, irregular breathing; Short, frequent,
hurried, with moaning; Inspiration causes a short cough.
Chest.—Oppression of the Chest; Asthma; Pressure in the
chest that seemed to affect the heart; Stitches in the sternum
when coughing; Fine stitches under the clavicle; Stitches in the
right side, under the arm; Lancinations, as with a dull knife,
under the two last ribs; Tension; Painful pressure in both sides
of the chest; Painful pressure or aching in chest and between
the shoulders, with short breathing when walking or sitting; Beat-
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ing pain between the sternum and scrobiculus; Great uneasiness
and beating in the Chest. -
Heart.-Palpitation when at rest—the concussion extended to
the neck—with difficult breathing; Palpitation when going up-
stairs—a bubbling sensation; Tremor of the heart; Small red spots
on the chest. The breasts fill with milk in one who is not
pregnant. -
Neck and Back.-Swelling of the cervical and axillary
glands; Painful swelling and stiffness of the nape; Tension and
pressure of the muscles; Perceptible throbbing of the vessels—veins
distended; Aching pain in the neck; Boil upon the shoulder ;
Stitches, drawing pains between the scapula; Pain as from a
sprain on the right side of spine ; Gnawing in the dorsal spine, with
Cough; Intense cramp-pain in small of back and os coccygis; he
cannot lie on the back, and only sit for a very short time; walking
slowly gave most relief; Lancinations in the Vertebrae, like stabs
with a knife, from without inwards. -
Upper Limbs.-Lameness, pressure, and weakness; Tearing
in the shoulder; Sudden darting in the arm at night; Weight
in both arms; Paralytic sensation and weakness in the left arm;
Paralytic drawing in right arm; Twitching, and involuntary
raising of the arm above his head; Violent lancinations, as with
stabs from a dull knife, below the head of the humerus ; Lameness
and drawing pains in the elbow and bones of the carpus; Swelling
of the hands—he is not able to turn the hand freely; the action of
the joints seem impeded, but not painful.
Lower Limbs.-Stiffness in the hip-joint, with difficulty in
rising from a seat; Pain in the thighs and legs as if bruised;
Heaviness when walking—the knee-joints feel stiff; Paralytic
drawing in right limb; Stitches in hip-joint; Cramp-like pains in
the glutei muscles; when lying on right hip the left is painful;
when turning on the left, pain ceased; Paralysis of the lower
limbs; Pains in the hip, that cause limping, or feeling as if
sprained; Stitches and pains in the muscles of the thigh when
seated; Stitches in the centre of the thigh, like stabs with a knife;
Sensation, when walking, as if the knees would suddenly bend under
him; Innumerable stitches seem to creep up the legs from below;
Pain in the leg as if it were jammed.
Feet,_Corrosive itching and sweat of the feet; Cramp in the
sole; Boring, digging pain in the soles; Pain in the ball of the
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heel, as if bruised; Pain as from a sprain in the tarsal bones;
Burning, searching, tingling, or itching of the feet; Heat, swelling,
boring, grinding, stinging in the soles; Boring or tearing stitches
in the tendo achillis. -
Fever, with violent thirst; also after midnight; Excessive
thirst for cold water; Burning thirst, with heat; Fever in the even-
ing, when undressing; Chilliness, soon followed by heat; During
the chill little or no thirst ; Alternation of chilliness and heat;
Acute fever, with distention of the veins and throbbing of the
Carotids; Redness, almost scarlet, of the skin of the whole body, in
irregular patches; Profuse sweats; Acute erysipelatous fever,
also with inflamed tumours; Eruption like Measles; Eruption, with
blisters, that emit water; Scarlet Rash; Several feverish attacks
during the day, without thirst.
Sleep.–Drowsiness, lethargy, somnolence, stupor, snoring;
Drowsy, but unable to sleep; Sleeplessness from anguish; in vain
he tries to get a little sleep; Nights restless, tossing about, fre-
quent waking, with difficulty of going to sleep again; when on
the point of going to sleep he starts up in a fright; Dreams—
frightful, vivid—of thieves and murder; in the morning he feels
exhausted, not refreshed; has headache—feels unable to rouse
himself. In children, moaning, screaming—awake with a terrified
look; Twitching of the limbs, and grinding the teeth.
Skin.—Creeping, crawling, itching; Red spots on the chest,
like flea-bites; Scarlet spots, and scarlet redness on the face, neck,
chest, and abdomen; sometimes with short breathing, small, quick
pulse, delirium, dilated Pupil, and pain in forehead; Erysipelas,
vesicular; Bites of insects; Chilblains, boils; Swelling of glands;
Scrofulous and mercurial ulcers; Bleeding-cracks in the bend of
the joints; Ulcers that secrete bloody ichor; Black crust on the
ulcer.
Fits, Spasms.-Convulsive movements of the limbs; Sub-
Sultus tendinum; Spasmodic action of the muscles; Distortions;
Stiffness of the limbs, or the whole body; Tremor of all the limbs;
Restlessness; he cannot keep still, nor remain in one position.
According to Hahnemann, Vinegar increases the pain caused by
Belladonna. The fits of Paralysis and Colic may be palliated by
Opium ; also the Somnolence. The stupor, insanity, and frenzy,
by Hyoscyamus. The intoxicating symptoms, by Wine. For
large doses, or poisoning by berries, give strong Coffee. The
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erysipelatous swellings are removed by Hepar Sulphuris. Against
many other symptoms, Camphor is a good antidote. . .
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Body rigid. Fingers spasmodically clenched; Decay rapid;
Excessive congestion in the vessels of the Brain; Black fluid blood
in the vessels of dura mater, pia mater, and the substance of the
brain; Membranous formations in Stomach; Vessels congested;
Excoriated patches; highly-inflamed spots; in some cases the
whole lining membrane is of a dark-purple colour; Blue spots in
the duodenum. Abdomen hard, much distended, and the veins
tinged with black-red blood; Coats of intestines highly inflamed;
Mesenteric vessels turgid; Omentum inflamed—red; Pancreas
inflamed, soft in several parts, and of a lead colour. Liver easily
broken—blue in colour; Wessels turgid with blood; Rapid decay of
Liver and Spleen; the latter is congested, soft, and crumbling;
Peritoneum inflamed. Lungs inflamed, and filled with black fluid
blood. Heart soft, livid; Ventricles engorged with blackish blood;
the blood in a state of decomposition; Discharge of a yellow-brown
foetid fluid from nose, mouth, and anus. -
BERBERIS WULG ARIS,
BARBERRY.
THIS remedy is chiefly prescribed for Affections of the Urinary
Organs, and may, in some respects, be held in contrast with Can-
tharides, which is certainly one of the most powerful remedies we
possess for diseases affecting these parts. Two distinctive features
are worthy the student's notice. -
Cantharides acts chiefly on the Right side of the body; Berberis
acts on the Left side. - -
Cantharides is characterised by a Burning and Soreness; Berberis
by a feeling of Coldness, and sticking or digging pain.
Berberis is said to be useful in Hepatic disease; Irritation in-
duced by Bilious and Renal Calculi; Bilious and Gastric Fever,
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combined with Rheumatic and Arthritic Affections of the Upper
and Lower Limbs. In this respect Berberis resembles Bryonia also
in its Fever symptoms. It is best adapted for the Venous Haemor-
rhoidal, and persons of a choleric temperament.
SYMPTOMS.
General languor; Feeling of Weakness and Debility, or almost
exhaustion after but little exercise, or standing for some time;
Weakness, that almost amounts to fainting, after a walk; Feeling
of coldness in various parts of the body; Sensation of Bubbling in
various parts.
Mind,-Calm; Indifferent; at times Apathetic. -
Head.—Giddiness when walking; Feeling of faintness after
stooping, and raising the head again; Sensation as if the head had
become larger; it felt bloated, or swollen with tension, as though a
tight cap were drawn over it, and pulled down at the back of the
head; Sticking or Tearing pains in the whole, here and there—
first in one part, then in another; Peculiar feeling of coldness in
the temporal region; the head-pains are relieved in the open air,
but increased by movement.
Eyes.—Continual dryness; Itching or biting; Sensation as if
there were sand between the Eye and the lids; Bubbling sensa-
tion; Dartings in the eye, forehead, and temples. -
Ears.-Bubbling stitches in the ear; Pressure, beating, and
buzzing in left ear, with feeling of Coldness, not painful; Lancina-
tions through the tympanum at intervals, causing one to start,
mingled with fine digging stitches, and a sensation as if the ear
were too full; Stitches in the Ear.
Face.—Striking paleness of the face; Dingy grey colour;
Sunken cheeks and eyes, with blue or blackish-grey borders; the
countenance has a worn-out expression; Sensation of Coldness,
or as if drops of rain were sprinkled over the face when in the
open air.
Mouth-Dry and sticky; Foul metallic smell from the mouth
Red Pimples, or White Blisters on the tongue.
Taste.—Bitter, like bile; Long-continuing bitter taste.
Eructations.—Empty, with yawning; Nausea and languor;
Bilious Eructations, sometimes with warmth and feeling of motion
in every part of the body; Pain like Heartburn; Hiccough.
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Stomach.-Sticking pain—frequently returns, but more mildly;
Lancinating, Colic pains in Stomach, left Hypochondria, and upper
part of Abdomen, increased by inspiration, movement, or contact;
Whirling sensation in the region of the stomach.
Hepatic Region.—Drawing, tearing, or lancinating pain in
left hypochondrium, with a sensation as if something were torn
loose; Sticking pains, with pressure in the region of the gall-
bladder—not continuous, but frequently returning, and increased
by pressure; Burning, stinging, or else violent lancinations in the
region of the liver, at the edge of the false ribs—increased by pres-
sure; Dull, sticking, stinging, burning, or aching pain for hours on
the left side of Umbilicus, increased by deep pressure, and passing
into the Splenetic, Hepatic, or Inguinal Region; Whirling sensa-
tion in the Umbilical Region. -
Inguinal Region.—Aching pain in the glands; Sticking,
darting, or oppressive pains in the Inguinal Region; Peculiar
sense of coldness at the Abdominal ring; Drawing or sticking pain
above Poupart's ligament, extending into the thigh.
Stool.—Hard, scanty, like sheep's dung; afterwards easy, soft.
Anus.-Sense of fulness; Pressure; Soreness; an itching,
burning Haemorrhoid, the size of an acorn, appears for several
weeks; Haemorrhoids, with burning pain after a stool.
Renal Region.—Bubbling sensation in the region of the kid-
neys, or drawing, tearing, pulsative pain; Lancinations, or single
dartings; Sensation as if a nail were penetrating the kidney, some-
times so sudden and violent as to arrest the breath; Sticking,
digging pain, as if ulceration had commenced, aggravated by deep
pressure; Pain in the left kidney, darting upwards to the Scapulae;
Cutting pain from left kidney down the Ureter into the Bladder.
Urine.—Pale, yellowish, with transparent jelly-like deposit;
or Turbid flocculent urine, with copious mucous deposit, with
white, greyish, or red sediment; Yellow-red crystals form on the
vessel; Dark, dingy urine, with copious sediment, and jelly-like
mucus; Greenish urine, depositing a little mucus; Blood-red
urine—soon becomes turbid, with bright red, bran-like sediment; it
retains its red colour. -
Bladder, Urethra, &c.—Pains in the spermatic cord; Fre-
quently recurring, aching pains in the region of the bladder,
either when full or empty; Stitches in the urethra; most of the
pains are excited or aggravated by movement.
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Menses.—Very scanty and painful—they do not flow properly,
and the blood resembles serum, or greyish mucus; sometimes they
intermit one day, with violent pains in the back and loins. -
Back.-Feeling of lameness, as if bruised in the small of the
back—worse when sitting than walking; Pain frequently recurring,
and long-lasting in one or other of the lumbar region, extending to
the sides of the abdomen, Hips, or dorsal spine, or into the region
of the bladder and kidneys, with a feeling of numbness, lameness,
and as if Bruised; Aching, tearing, sticking pains in the loins
and kidneys, extending into the pelvis, thighs—even to the calves
of the legs. - -
Lower Limbs.-Feeling of Coldness, Weariness, Heaviness,
or as if bruised; sometimes with lameness and stiffness.
BISMUTH, -
HAHNEMANN. NITRATE of BIsMLTH.
APPEARS to possess some valuable properties for relieving the
pains attending Inflammation of the Stomach, or pain after even
a small quantity of food. It has been reported to be useful in
some cases of Endocarditis. * .
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Sensation as if the brain were turning in a circle,
several times a day; Pressure and weight in the forehead; also in .
the Occiput—worse during motion; Dull, drawing, or cutting pain
in the head; Dizziness in the morning; Burning, contractive pain
in the forehead, eyes, and root of nose.
Tongue.-Coated white; Desire for cold drink.
Vomiting.—Nausea and inclination to vomit; Repeated easy
vomiting, and with diarrhoea; Vomiting, with oppression; Anxiety;
Small pulse, vertigo, and prostration.
Stomach.-Oppression, followed by burning; Pressure and
burning, with flatulence; Headache; Redness of the eyes; Dimness
of sight; Pain and burning, immediately after a meal;
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with urging to stool.
Cramp-like, Colic pains, with wind and loose stool; Burning in
the Cardiac region, affecting the breath and speech.
Abdomen—Painful, tender, with rumbling; Pinching, pressure,
Cough.-Day and night, with much expectoration.
Chest.—Aching, stinging at sternum; Tearing stitches at both
nipples; Violent beating of the heart; Piercing pains, extending to
the back; Faintness and loss of strength; Excessive drowsiness,
especially by day; Frequent waking at night.
The following symptoms were observed by Hahnemann:—Long-
continued dizziness early in the morning; Burning, contractive
pain in the head, forehead, and eyes; Constant boring pain, as
with a dull instrument, in the forehead, eyes, and nose, even down
to the tip; Gums sore and swollen; Pressure in the molar teeth;
Bloody taste in the mouth, early morning; Hawking of mucus,
that is tinged with blood; Oppression of the chest; Hot, burning
contraction of the chest, which made it difficult to breathe or talk;
Cough, with expectoration, that disturbed his sleep at night; a
kind of boring and burning pain in the chest and back; Tremor
of the hands, perceptible when taking a meal. -
BORAX,
HAHNEMANN. NATRUM BORACICUM.
CHIEFLY employed for Aptha and Acne. Noack and Trinks state
that it is especially useful for females, children, pregnant and
nursing women, those who suffer with Haemorrhoids, Hysteria,
with nausea and vomiting; Catarrhal Angina; Mercurial ulcers in
the mouth; Catarrh of the Chest; Gastritis; Irregular menses;
Haemorrhoids, with slime and blood; Leucorrhoea. -
SYMPTOMs.
Skin.—Difficult to heal; Disposed to ulcerate; Old wounds
suppurate; Small vesicles, with red areola, on the Chest and Neck,
Face and Forehead.
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Head.—Hot in infants; Headache, frontal, especially over the
eyes; Congestion at the Occiput, with pulsation.
Eyes.—Sore, burning; Inflamed lids; Trichiasis.
Ears.-Shooting; Discharge of pus; Stitches; Roaring.
Mouth.-Aptha ; also inside the cheeks; Ulcers that bleed.
Tongue.—Blistered; Dry, stiff; Spasm of tongue.
Palate.—Dry, wrinkled, shrivelled, as if burnt.
Eructations.—Flatulence and distention after every meal.
Stomach.-Nausea; Vomiting of sour mucus, slime, phlegm;
Contractive pain; Stitches; Pressure after a meal.
Stool and Anus.-Faeces soft, loose; Green in children;
Diarrhoea of slime; Pale or Yellow ; Lumbrici; Varices of Rectum,
the size of a goose-quill; Boring, stinging, contraction in Rectum.
Menses.—Appeared immediately, very copious, but only lasted
one day: Easy conception in five women; and one, after fourteen
years, became pregnant.
Leucorrhoea.—White, starchy albumen, or like paste.
Larynx-Painful; Coughs up mucus, streaked with blood;
Dry, hacking cough in children; Cough, with rawness of the throat;
Pain in right side; Expectoration of mouldy-tasting matter;
Cachectic cough, especially morning; Tickling and roughness in
throat. -
Chest.—Stitches when breathing; Yawning or coughing;
Arrest of breath; Stitch on deep inspiration; Respiration difficult;
Cutting pain in the side as from a knife; most comfortable lying
on back; Sudden stitches; Pains in the intercostals at one spot
(right side); Sensation as if the heart were pressed to the right
side; Catarrhal affections in cold, damp weather; Weakness; Loss
of strength; Infant grows pale, livid; Withers; Flesh soft, flabby;
Anxious cries; Loathes the Breast,
BOWISTA.
HARTLAUB AND TRINKS. - PUFF-BALL.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, has a specific action on the skin.
Useful in Lichen; Psoriasis; Ptyriasis; Herpes (dry and humid);
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Impetigo; Acne; Ulcers on the lips and fingers; Whitlow ;
Toothache, with swelling of the lips; Acute Bronchitis; Organic
affections of the Heart. - - -
Dr. Teste considers this a very interesting drug, with some very
original Symptoms, not replaced by other remedies: he ranks it with
Sulphur, and analogous to Iron; states that he has used it successfully
for a sort of red crusty eruption on the thighs and bend of the
knees, which reappeared with the full-moon. One symptom—viz.,
an enormous increase in the size of the head—led Petroz to pre-
scribe it in a case that Hahnemann had declared to be incurable.
Bovista cured this patient. Teste saw its good effects in a case of
Hysteria. A lady, forty years of age, had the abdominal symptoms
of this drug, with a sort of herpetic redness on the tip of her nose,
which remained; but all the other symptoms disappeared very
speedily. - - - -
I think English physicians have failed to find anything very in-
teresting or wonderful in this Bovista; and I certainly feel at a loss
to discover the very original Symptoms referred to, unless they are
those printed in italics, which I will here set down—“Violent
itching of the Skim, increased, rather than diminished, by Scratch-
ing, especially when in bed; Psoric eruptions on the hands and
feet (“ in one patient’); Distensive headache, as if there were am,
abscess in the brain; Sensation as if the head were swelling up
to an enormous size—‘comes on at might;' General headache—
worse when lying down, increasing even to a loss of sense; Illw-
Sions of Sight; Agglwtimation in the morning; Itching in the
Ears; Purulent and foetid otorrhoea; Pustules, changing to obsti-
nate crusts, whder the nose, with Swelling of the upper lip; Dull
pain in the Superior incisors, with pale and considerable
Swelling of the wpper lip, and an occasional owtbreak of Sweat,
profuse about the head; a sort of torpor of the tongue; Painful
Colic, with coldness all over in the morning, on rising; Diar-
rhoea in the morning; Pain, as if bruised and weary in the
loins, lower abdomen, and thighs, which prevents one from going
wp-stairs, before, during, and after the menses; Profuse and
strong-smelling 8weat wnder the showlders.” (Query, Axilla?)
SYMPTOMS FROM HARTLAUB AND TRINKS.
Skin-Itching in various parts—arms (evening); Herpes;
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Moist, scurfy herpes; Red pimples; Miliary, lentil-shaped pimples,
aggravated by scratching; a Wart inflames and suppurates;
Panaris follows the prick of a needle.
Lips.-Scrofulous swelling of the lips; Eruption at the corners
of the mouth.
Teeth—Digging in hollow teeth; Drawing pain—evening, in
bed; Gums swollen, painful, bleed. .
Larynx-Dry Cough ; Scraping in throat.
Chest—Stitches in chest; Visible pulsations near the clavicle;
Itching, with eruption of pimples; Palpitation of the heart
visible, with burning of sternum; Giddiness, headache, tremor;
Pain in the Back, between the scapula; Glandular swelling in
neck; Profuse sweat in Aacilla—odour of Onions; Distensive pain
in the head, at 3 A.M., on waking, with perceptible pulsations;
abating when 8weat appears—(from Jahr); Headache deep in the
brain, with sensation as if the head were larger.
I cannot find the symptom, “Enormous increase in the size of
the head.” (Query, Erysipelas P) “Distensive headache” is
found under Capsicum and other remedies.
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BROMINE,
BEING a very volatile agent, requires the following precaution:—
For administration of the pure tincture, carefully remove the drop
from a closely-stopped bottle in a small glass tube; quickly insert
the tube in a glass of water, and then dilute as may be required.
The Curative sphere of Bromine, according to Hering, is chiefly
Affections of the Eyes, Chest, Lungs, and Heart. In Inflammation
of the Lungs it may rival Phosphorus; Bromine being probably
more suitable for the right lung, and Phosphorus the left. Hempel
names it for Bronchial Catarrh; Tubercle; Dysentery; Chronic
Affection of the Larynx; Furuncular Diathesis; Secondary Syphi-
litic Eruptions. Bromine is of considerable value in Diphtheritic
Croup—6 to 12. -
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.—Darting in the left Eye; Lachrymation in the right;
Violent Ophthalmia; Inflammation, dimness; Violent conjunctivitis;
Violent inflammation, with suppuration and fever; Eyes protrude;
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Pupils dilated; Sensitive to bright light; Stitches; Burning in
the eyes; Throbbing in left upper lid, extending to eyebrow, fore-
head, and temples. - - -
Larynx-Cough dry, croupy, obstinate; Spasmodic wheezing;
Hoarseness; Hollow cough, with weary feeling; Exhaustion.
Chest.—Oppression; Respiration difficult—seems arrested; Con-
striction; Dyspnoea after Measles—ten years’ duration (cwred);
Rattling breathing, with Cough, and feeling of suffocation; Tight-
ness; Aching pain; Feeling of Weakness and Exhaustion; Sharp
Stitches in the right breast when walking; Burning in the chest,
with inclination to vomit; Congestion.
Heart.—Oppression; Anxiety; Palpitation; Violent palpita-
tion in the evening—unable to lie on left side; Inflammation;
Hypertrophy of the Heart. - * .
Useful for Pneumonia, with Hepatisation; Tuberculous ulcera-
tions; Phthisis, and Carditis.
Scrofulous Swellings on both sides of the neck—cured by In-
ternal doses, to twenty drops, and with External application.
Goitre improved in thirty days; Swelling of scrotum and
testes, with Chronic Gonorrhoea; Menorrhagia; Menses suppressed;
Appear with headache.
It may relieve painful menstruaton P Boils on the arms and face.
Bromine is useful for Pneumonia. - .
THE PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
Reveals—Violent inflammation of the mucous membranes of the
fauces, covered with coagulable lymph; Inflammation of the
Stomach; Mucous coat shrivelled, or studded with black pigment;
Ulcerations of a grey-ash colour; Gangrenous ulcers; Hyper-
trophied mucous glands at fundus and pylorus; Coagula of blood.
Intestimes inflamed more or less; Vessels red, injected, like a net-
work; especially the small intestines; Mesenteric glands enlarged
and indurated; Adhesions between the convolutions. Diaphragm,
Liver, Spleen, inflamed, Congested. Laryma, Trachea, and
Bronchi, inflamed, streaked, dark-red, or blackish. Lungs—Con-
gestion, especially of the lower lobes; Incipient hepatisation;
Pneumonia; Tubercles; Purulent. Heart hard, inflamed, dark
colour; Filled with black blood; Brown blood filled the right
cavity, which is much distended; Weins turgid,
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BRYONIA ALBA.
HAHNEMANN. WHITE BRYONY.
HAHNEMANN states, that “many of the effects of Bryonia are
analogous to those of Rhus Tox. Bryonia, however, affects the
mind differently. [Hahnemann lays great stress on the mental
effects of medicine.] The Fever of Bryonia is mostly composed of
the cold stage, and the symptoms chiefly excited or aggravated by
motion, although the secondary effects of relieving by motion are
Somewhat frequent. Bryonia does not always produce the desired
effect with the first dose. Camphor is the best antidote.” From
the experience of Noack and Trinks, it is especially suitable for
persons of a Bilious, Irritable temperament; dark complexion;
brown or black hair; disposed to irritation of the skin. Its power
appears to lie intermediate between inflammation and nervous
irritation, acting on the peripheral nerves and capillary vessels,
the Stomach, Intestines, Liver, and serous membranes.
Hempel states, that Bryonia, when injected into the cavity of the
pleura, causes effusion of fibrin. According to Teste, it is suitable
for persons of a robust constitution, used to rich living—eaters of
meat, whose blood is rich, flesh firm and resisting, where the muscular
fibre prevails, rather than the adipose tissue. Bryonia seems to
have an especial action on Muscular fibre, and is proved, every day,
to be a remedy of immense value. It will be demanded in most of
the following conditions:—Serous Effusions; Catarrhal and Rheu-
matic affections, especially during cold, dry weather, with sharp
wind; Rheumatic, bilious, and nervous states combined; Acute
and Chronic inflammation of single organs; Acute and Chronic
Bronchitis; Inflammation of the Lung and Pleura, especially with
painful stitches (first giving Aconite); Chronic Cough, morning
and evening, with scanty expectoration; Asthma; Shooting pains,
of rather a violent character, in the intercostals; Rheumatism of
the Joints; Bilious affections, with vomiting of Bile; Jaundice;
Gastritis, especially in Rheumatic subjects; Violent Headache;
Constipation; Dropsy, after Scarlet Fever (also Ars. Dig.)
Fevers of the Sthenic Type, with torpidity of vital reaction;
Typhoid; Typhus; Gastric; Mucous; Bilious, intermittent; Rheu-
matic Fever; Puerperal and Milk Fevers; Spontaneous dislocation;
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Repercussion of Eruption in Exanthema; Diseases of the Skin;
Erysipelas; Psoriasis; Squamous, Papulous, Vesicular, and Pus-
tular varieties; Phlegmonous inflammation of the foot; CEdema of
the feet; the Mental condition is gloomy, depressed, or exces-
sively irritable—the latter very characteristic.
SYMPTOMS.
Pains in the limbs, as if Bruised, when lying down; worse when
sitting than walking; the whole body aches when touched, as from
sub-cutaneous ulceration; he cannot bear to keep the affected limb
still—he must move it to-and-fro; the affected part sweats during
rest; Pale, tense, hot swelling; Red, elevated rash over the whole
body; Small spots like nettle-rash; Red, round rash spots, the size
of lentils.
Mind.—Irritable; Low-spirited; Anxious; Fear of recovery;
Dread of the future; Peevish ; Restless; Wehement; Constant
crying and irritability, especially in Boys. -
Head.—Wertigo when rising from the chair; Vertigo, lasting
the whole day, as if intoxicated; Staggering; Great weight in the
Head—felt heavy, like a hundred-weight; Pressure of the Brain,
forward; Early in the morning, on awaking, the head aches, and he
feels gloomy; Rush of blood to the head; Sense of compression
from ear to ear; Headache when stooping, as if the contents would
issue through the forehead; Pain in both temples, from within
outwards; Lancinations through the head; Darting pains from
malar bone to temple; Throbbing in the head; Chirping like
grasshoppers; Stupid feeling in the head, with marked forgetful-
ness; Violent heat; Headache after a meal; Headache, Setting in
early in the morning. -
Scalp.–Sore to touch; Sweating; Greasy Hair.
Eyes.—Pressure as from sand or smoke, early in the morning;
Ophthalmia of infants; Redness and inflammation of the lids;
Swelling and agglutination. : -
Ears.-Sense of obstruction; Humming; Buzzing; Intolerance
of noise. - -
Nose.—Swelling of the nose—feels as if ulcerated, especially
the nostrils; Epistaxis early in the morning, every day, and during
suppressed menses; Fluent Coryza; Dry crusts in the nose.
Face—Pale; Yellowish or livid; Heat in face, with burning
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redness of the Cheeks; Bloated; Red; Soft; Hot; Swelling of
the face; the skin being tense, considerable swelling of the upper
half of the face, below the eyes; Swelling of the eyelid; he was
unable to open the left eye for four days; Hard blotches on the
face.
Lips.-Chapped; Swollen, ulcerated patches; Dry lips; Erup-
tion on the vermilion border. - -
Teeth.--Darting lancinations towards the ear; it compelled her
to lie down; Darting toothache in the evening, when in bed;
Toothache, induced by warm fluid in the mouth; Toothache aggra-
wated by warmth; the teeth feel painful, sore, loose; Sense of elon-
gation; Gums sore, spongy, raw.
Throat.—Dry; Sore, with difficult deglutition; Pressure and
choking in the CEsophagus; Painful constriction in the CEsophagus;
Pain in throat, with rheumatic stiffness of the neck; Stinging in
the throat; Dry, raw feeling; Parched throat that prevents clear
speaking. - -
Mouth.-Dry, with or without thirst ; Frothy, soap-like saliva.
Tongue.—Coated; Yellow, white, or dark, rough tongue; Dry;
Burning vesicles on the edge of the tongue.
Taste.—Insipid, flat, sweetish, or putrid, particularly in the
morning; or bitter taste before breakfast; the food has lost all
taste; Thirst violent—also after drinking beer.
Appetite.—Lost; Aversion to food, with empty stomach; Loss
of appetite after the first mouthful.
Eructations.—After every meal; Empty; Bitter or sour.
Womiting.—Inclination to vomit, after eating food with a
relish; Empty retching, with waterbrash; Womiting of bitter
water; also of food; Bile or Blood. -
Stomach-Pressure, particularly after eating; Contractive
pain; Darting at the pit during movement; he cannot bear the
least pressure at the pit; Sensation of swelling; Burning during
motion; Spasms; Inflammation.
Hypochondria–Hard swelling, and around umbilicus; Ten-
sion, burning, stinging, on contact, coughing, or during inspira-
tion; Pain in the liver, extending to stomach and back, early in
the morning, and after a meal; Inflammation of the Liver; Stitches
in the Spleen; Affections of the Diaphragm. r
Abdomen.—Useful in affections of the Abdomen from seden-
tary habits; Spasmodic pains after dinner; Chronic Colic, with
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waterbrash; Ascites; Cutting stitches in Abdomen, and pains,
especially about the Umbilicus; Colic of the pregnant.
Stool-Constipation—even chronic constipation; Faeces hard,
tough, dry, or large, and passed with much straining.
Very valuable in habitual constipation.
Urine.—Scanty; Hot; Red or Brown. -
Menses.—Suppressed, with tearing pains in the limbs; Con-
gestion of Blood to the Uterus; Metrorrhagia of dark-red blood,
with headache and pain in back; Puerperal Fever; Induration of
the Breast; Milk Fever. In Infants—Constipation; Ophthalmia;
Rash on the skin r
Larynx,−Voice rough, hoarse, with sweating; Dry cough,
sometimes in fits; Violent cough early in the morning ; Sensation
as if the head and chest would fly in pieces; Scraping, painful
cough; Cough, with Headache, or stitches in the side; Spasmodic
cough after eating or drinking, or at midnight; Acute and Chronic
Bronchitis of children and old persons.
Respiration.—Attack of Pleurisy, with oppression for twelve
hours; Breathing short, laboured, quick, anxious, with sharp stitches
in the chest; Expiration hurried; Sobbing respiration; Asthma.
Chest—Oppression, with desire to take a deep breath—some-
times at night; Pressure and heaviness in the chest; Stitches
during inspiration; Constriction and tension; Heat; Burning;
Considerable swelling; Pricking from within outward, during
expiration; Rheumatism of the muscles.
Heart.—Oppression and Palpitation several days in succession.
Neck-Painful stiffness of the nape, as from a cold ; Sense of
weakness in the neck; Red rash on the neck, with itching. -
Back—Pressure and Spasmodic pains between the scapulae;
Drawing pain down the back when sitting—relieved by motion;
Painful stiffness in the back, not allowing him to walk straight;
Painful darting, jerking, on both sides of the Spine; Tearing pain
in the back and Lumbar Vertebrae; Burning pain in back and
between the scapula. -
Upper Limbs-Burning pain, weariness; Pain in the shoulder-
joint, as if sprained; Shining red, rheumatic swelling of the arm
and joint; also the elbow; Red rash on the fore-arm; Pain in the
wrist, as if sprained. - -
Hands.-Weakness of the hands; Trembling, with distention
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of the Weins; Inflammation of the dorsum, with burning swelling
of the hands; Lameness of the fingers, and swelling of the joints.
Lower Limbs.-Stitching pains in the hip, as from knives;
Weakness, and want of firmness, in the thighs and legs; Lameness
and drawing pains, with sweat, and intolerance of touch or
movement. -
Knees.—Rheumatic, shining-red swelling; Tearing pains; Ten-
sion; Painful stiffness; Weakness of the knees and legs when
beginning to walk; Pain and tension in the calf; Swelling of the
legs—also without redness. -
Feet—Stitches in the feet; Hot, inflammatory swelling of the
feet, with redness, pain, and tenderness; Arthritic swelling of the
feet; Rheumatic Gout.
Fever.—Headache, followed by chilliness—then Heat in the
head and face; Dry heat, with thirst; Sweats at night or towards
morning; Critical sweats; Pulse quick, soft; Throbbing in all
the vessels.
Useful in intermittent fever—also of children; Inflammatory
fever, with nervous and vascular irritation; Gastric, Bilious, and
Typhoid Conditions.
Skin-Yellow colour, as in jaundice; Stinging in the skin, as
from nettles; Vesicles, that burst and scale off; Sudamina; Ery-
sipelas of the joints; Dropsical conditions either pale or hot and
red; Hard knots in various parts; Arthritic nodes.
It is somewhat remarkable that two such valuable remedies as
Bryonia and Rhus Tox, should have been so long omitted from the
practice of the dominant school. They are certainly invaluable to
the Homoeopathic practitioner in the treatment of Rhewmatic
Affections, Plewrisy, Dropsy, and Inflammation of the Joints,
with many other diseases prevalent in this country.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Stomach—Outer coat intensely red; Internal mucous lining
vividly red, dotted with blackish spots here and there; no ulcera-
tion, but cherry-red throughout. Dwodenwm, inflamed at com-
mencement. Large intestine considerably inflamed; Lining of the
rectum cherry-brown. Lungs slightly red, containing fluid blood.
Heart distended with blood, partly fluid, partly coagulated.
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CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS,
RUBINI. NIGHT-BLOWING CEREUS.
THIS remedy has been introduced by Dr. Rubini, of Naples; who
states that, for twenty years past, he has used it with success in
Disease of the Heart, and some other affections. .
The following description of the plant is from Dr. Carpenter's
Vegetable Physiology and Botany:—“One of the most splendid
species is the Cereus Grandiflorus, or Night-blowing Cereus, the
blossoms of which begin to expand about six or seven o’clock in
the evening, and are fully blown about midnight; but by three or
four in the morning they are quite decayed. During its short
continuance, however, there is scarcely any flower of greater
known beauty. The perianth, when open, measures nearly a foot
in diameter; the outer leaflets are of a dark-brown colour; the
inner ones of a splendid yellow, gradually shading, towards the
centre of the flower, into a pure and brilliant white. When
several of these magnificent flowers are open at once, upon a single
plant, they seem like stars shining out in all their lustre—verify-
ing the poet's declaration, that—
“‘Darkness shows us worlds of light
We never see by day.”
“Besides possessing beauty for the eye, these flowers are delight-
fully fragrant, and fill the air with odours for a considerable
distance.” .
* From Dr. Rubini's communication in the British Journal of
Homoeopathy, we learn that its special action, as a medicine, is
developed on the heart and larger blood-vessels, dissipating con-
gestion, and removing irritability. It does not cause nervous
depression, like Aconite; hence it is preferable for patients of a
lymphatic and nervous temperament. It is a specific for organic
disease of the Heart; the dose required being from one to ten
drops of the matrix tincture in a little water, and taken at inter-
vals during the day. In Nervous Affections of the Heart, the
6th, 30th, and 100th dilutions are efficacious. And it may be
* For the original proving, see the British Journal of Homoeopathy;
No. 90; Oct., 1864.
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relied on also for Sanguineous Congestions in plethoric persons;
consequences of catching cold, either from suppressed perspiration
or a draught of air; Inflammations of various kinds; Rheumatic
inflammation, with swelling; Fevers—Catarrhal, Inflammatory,
Rheumatic, and Gastric; Cerebral Congestion; Rheumatic, pulsating
headache; Apoplexy; Epistaxis; Rheumatic Ophthalmia and
Otitis; Rheumatism of the Heart and Chest; Hypertrophy;
Aneurism; Organic and Nervous Palpitation; Bronchitis; Pleu-
ritis; Peripneumonia; Pneumorrhagia; Congestion; Hepatisation
of the lungs; Congestive Asthma; Oppressed breathing; Catarrhal
cough; Tuberculosis (first stage); Haematemesis; Hepatitis; Con-
stipation; Haemorrhoids; Painful Menstruation; Haematuria;
Strangury; Paralysis of the bladder; Dry, scaly herpes on the
elbows and ankles.
SYMPTOMS.
Face.—Discoloured and emaciated; Red, inflamed, as if he had
stood before a strong fire—causing a feeling of suffocation, with
great heat in the head, almost to madness.
Head.—Vertigo; Feeling of emptiness; Intolerable pain from
congestion; Pain as from a heavyweight on the vertex; Pain in
the head, with prostration and weariness; Excessive pain, with
sense of suffocation—cannot rest in bed; Pulsating pain, with
weight (right hemisphere), lasting day and night—very severe;
Severe pain compels him to lift his head from the pillow several
nights; Violent pain (right), increased by persons talking, and a
strong light; Heavy pain in forehead, lasting day and night for
two days; Pulsating pain in the temples—intolerable at night;
Constant pulsation in temples and ears, inducing hypochondriasis;
Violent pulsation in temples, as if the skull would burst.
Eyes.—Momentary dazzling of sight; Circles of red light,
which obscures the sight; Dimness of sight—he is unable to
recognise a friend at a few paces; Objects appear clouded; Dim
sight for many days; Weakness of vision, recurring periodically;
Rheumatic Ophthalmia, from cold air—soon passed off. º
Nose.—Dry coryza at night; breathed with open mouth; Pro-
fuse Epistaxis, which soon ceased. *
Ears.-Pulsation constant, day and night; Noise like the
rushing of a river—continued all night; Hearing diminished from
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noises in the ears; Painful stitches from checked perspiration—
cured in four days. - • * *
Throat.—Constriction in the throat, hindering free speech;
Voice low and hoarse. - -
Chest and Respiration.—Oppression in left subclavian re-
gion, as from a weight, preventing free dilation of the thorax;
Oppression, with loss of breath; Sensation as if a heavy weight
were on the chest; Chronic oppression of the breathing—worse in
the open air; Dyspnoea; Constant oppression, with anxiety, as if
the chest were constricted by an iron hoop, and could not dilate
sufficiently for normal respiration; Congestive Asthma; Attacks of
suffocation, with faintness, cold sweat on the face, and loss of
pulse; Constriction in the upper part of the chest, impeding respi-
ration; Sense of constriction, as from an iron hoop, at mid sternum,
affecting respiration—aggravated by motion; Constriction in lower
part of chest, as if a cord were tightly tied round the false ribs,
obstructing breathing; Sensation as if some one were pressing him
tightly: he cried out, “Leave me alone.” Sense of constriction in
the shoulders—he could not move; Sharp, wandering pains in the
thoracic cavity, very troublesome, especially in the scapular region;
Painful drawing. in the muscles, left chest, and shoulder-joint,
impeding respiration and free motion of the arm.
Heart.—Sensation in the cardiac region, as if a reptile were
moving about inside—worse by day; Sense of constriction, as if an
iron hand prevented the ordinary movements of the heart; Heavy,
dull pain, increased by pressure; Acute pain, impeding respiration,
and motion of the body; Acute, painful stitches that caused him
to weep and cry out aloud, with obstructed respiration; Palpita- -
tion of the Heart; constant day and night—worse when walking,
and at night, when lying on the left side; Nervous palpitation,
augmented on the appearance of the menses; Nervous palpitation
induced by mental exertion—calmed immediately; Nervous palpi-
tation existing several years, through an unfortunate love, was
rapidly relieved; Chronic palpitation in a youth, aged twelve:
after some years of treatment, almost cured.
Cough.-Obstinate stertorous cough—worse at night; Catarrhal
cough, with viscid expectoration; Convulsive cough, with copious
sputa; also thick, yellow sputa, of the thickness of boiled starch;
Dry cough, with itching in the larynx; Pricking in throat; Con-
striction in throat; Constriction in CEsophagus. . .
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Stomach-Sensation of burning; Constriction at scrobiculus;
Strong pulsation at Scrobiculus; Constant pulsation; Pulsation of
the coeliac artery after dinner—lasted three hours; Sense of great
weight, and heaviness in the stomach; Sense of oppression and
weight; Slow digestion—the food rises after eight or ten hours;
Copious vomiting of blood; Severe Gastro-Enteritis—cured in five
days; Hepatitis in two days; Hepatic engorgement speedily
removed.
Abdomen—Sensation as if a serpent were twisting about
inside; Violent pain in the bowels, almost causing him to faint;
Wandering pain at umbilicus; Burning heat in abdomen; the
abdominal parietes feel much hotter to the hand than other parts
of the body.
Stool.—Constipation first six days; Hard, black stool after two
days’ constipation, followed by bilious stools; Morning Diarrhoea,
four or five per diem, preceded by pain; Morning Diarrhoea—eight
stools from six to twelve, preceded by great pain; Watery
Diarrhoea—abundant ; Mucous Diarrhoea.
Anus.—Sense of weight; Desire to evacuate; Painful swollen
varices; Itching; Smarting ; Pricking, as with sharp pins; Copious
Haemorrhage—soon ceased. -
Urine.—Involuntary escape of urine in bed (first night); Very
copious—straw-colour; Frequent desire to pass urine, with profuse
flow at night (first six days); Great desire to pass urine by day,
but is unable to do so; it seemed as if the neck of the bladder were
constricted; he succeeds after much straining; Urine reddish,
turbid; Deposits, red sand.
|Urethra.-Heat and Irritation—becomes insupportable.
Bladder.—Frightful haematuria, from haemorrhoidal congestion;
Paralysis of the bladder; Retention of urine; the catheter broke
through the clots with difficulty; the clots passed through with
the urine, after forty-seven days’ trial of other remedies. A few
days completed the cure.
Menses.—Painful menstruation, with great prostration;
Horrible pains, that cause her to cry out and weep; Menstruation
generally painful; appears this time without any pain, and very
copious; Menses eight days too soon; Menses of black pitchy
blood.
Uterus.-Constriction in uterine region, ascending to the
stomach; Pains in the uterus and ligaments every evening;
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Pulsations in the ovaries, as if a tumour were forming, and about
to suppurate; the pain extends to the thighs, and becomes insup-
portable; it occurs at the same time for many days in succession.
Upper Limbs.-Formication and weight in the Arms; Dry
scaly herpes on right elbow; eighteen days later, on left; GEdema of
the hands (left wrist). -
Lower Limbs.-CEdema of the legs, up to the knees; Skin
shining; Pits under pressure of the finger; Dry scaly herpes
about the ankles; Left and right internal malleolus.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
General weakness; he seems unable to walk across the room—
continued for many successive days; Great prostration; he does
not feel able to use his legs, and is compelled to remain in Bed;
Depression and languor all day; Coldness at night; Rigors that
last three hours; afterwards, burning heat, with Suffocation and
restlessness; Burning heat at night, with pain in head; Dyspnoea;
Inability to retain the recumbent posture; Copious sweat;
Intermittent Quotidian Fever. After taking the Cactus, pulsa-
tion was restored at the wrist, which could not be felt before, for
several days, in a case of Hypertrophy of the heart.
CASES.
1.—Acute Carditis, with slight cyanosis of the face ; Dyspnoea; Dry cough ;
Sharp pain at heart—unable to lie on left side ; Pulse quick and hard.
Cured in four days. - - -
2.—Chronic Carditis, with oedema and cyanosis of face; Suffocating respi-
ration; Constant dull pain at Heart; Hydro-pericarditis; Hydrothorax ;
Ascites; OEdema of hands, legs, and feet. Cured in fifteen days. -
3.—Hypertrophy of Heart—three years’ duration ; Patient pulseless, pros-
trate, short-breathed—cannot lie down nor sleep ; Feet oadematous; is soon
relieved ; sleeps quietly for twelve hours.
4.—Bronchitis rapidly cured. Chronic Bronchitis, with mucous ràle, becomes
acute from a chill, with great anxiety and suffocation—is rapidly relieved.
5.—Chronic Bronchitis, of many years' duration; Short breath on going up
stairs; unable to assume the horizontal position—rapidly cured. Many
Pleurisies cured in from two to four days.
6.—Hepatisation of the lungs resolved in a few days. -
7.—Severe Peripneumonia ; Acute stitches; Dyspnoea; Cough ; Sputa,
with blood; Pulse 120–hard. Cured in four days.
8.—Haemoptysis soon ceases.
9.–Frightful Pneumorrhagia arrested in a few hours; Pneumorrhagia,
occurring every four, six, or eight hours, with convulsive cough, and loss of
two or three pounds of blood, soon diminishes, and ceases in four days.
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CALCAREA CARBONICA. [CAL, CAB.
CALCAREA CARBONICA,
HAHNEMANN. CARBONATE OF LIME.
THIS remedy is considered to be especially suited for the diseases
of children. It is, however, probable that a difference of opinion
may exist, among Homoeopathic practitioners, respecting its value,
and application as a medicine. Hempel, in his New Materia.
Medica, has afforded but small space to it; and seems to regard it
as but of little use, except for Scrofulous Ophthalmia, and vomiting
of milk in infants.
HAHNEMANN has left an extensive proving, which certainly should
demand some amount of attention. He states that Calc. is in-
dispensable, and curative, when the menses appear a few days
too early, and the flow profuse. That the dose for very young
children may be frequently repeated, but not so with adults: for
them, a suitable intermediate remedy should be employed. From
the observation of Noack, Trinks, and others, we are informed that
Calc. is suitable for Scrofulous and Rickety children: for
the frail and impoverished, who, in early life, were stout and fat,
but now suffer from muscular weakness. For females suffering
from irregular menstruation; Leucorrhoea; Nervous irritability;
Hysteria; Fancied disease; Hypochondria; Despondency, and easily
provoked to anger. For children, during difficult dentition;
for softening of the bones; Acidity of the stomach; Enlarged
Mesenteric Glands; Ascarides; Chronic Eruptions; Scrofulous
Ulcers; Indurated glands; Slow closing of the fontanelles; Late
in learning to walk; Atrophy of the whole body; Tubercular
Phthisis; Night-sweats. Dr. Teste informs us, “that it is especially
suitable to Blonde, fat children, in whom the process of ossification
takes place with difficulty: for adults, of both sexes, with fair
complexion, disposed to sub-acute catarrhal affections, and Chronic
Rheumatism : Females with fair, white skin, mild disposition,
menses early and profuse; subject. to flushes of heat in the face,
and redness of the nose: for aged persons, with yellow complexion,
who formerly had been subject to tetters, are peevish, and now
suffer from Neuralgia, or Gout.” It will be found valuable in
Chronic Gastritis, Haemorrhoidal affections, and many chronic
diseases, especially in alternation with Sulphur.
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CAL. GAR.] CALCAREA CARBONICA.
SYMPTOMS.
Calcarea produces a feeling of tension over the whole body;
Slight twitchings of the muscles; Twitching movements of the
right thigh, left shoulder, and arm; Drawing, tearing pains in the
limbs; Burning in the palms of the hands, and soles of the feet;
Congestion of blood to the head and chest; also with Discharge of
blood from the rectum; Attacks of General exhaustion; Anxious
trembling; Depression, with pale face, coldness of the hands and
feet, and palpitation of the heart; Attacks of fainting, with drops of
sweat on the face; Weariness of the limbs; Easily tired after but
little exertion; Weakness in the knees, especially when going up-
stairs; Great sensitiveness to cold evening air; Liability to take
cold. &
Mind and Spirits.-Low, Melancholy; Desire to weep; Feels
as if some misfortune must occur; Sad, desponding, despairing,
sulky, peevish; Frequent attacks of irritability.
Head.—Feeling of dulness; Congestion of Blood; Vertigo, on
ascending an eminence; also in the evening, when out walking;
Throbbing in the middle of the brain every morning; Icy coldness
on the right side of the head.
Scalp.–Small, painless tumours; Sweat; Falling-off of the
Hair; Moist Impetigo. -
Eyes.—Wessels congested; Stitches; Pressure, as from a grain
of sand; Itching; Deep-seated pain in right orbit, as if the eye-
ball would be crushed; Sight obscured when reading, as by gauze;
Muscae Volitantes; Agglutination of the lids.
Ears.-Pulsation, beating, ringing, buzzing; Hearing dull; Dis-
charge of Pus.
Nose.—Stoppage of the nostrils; Sore pimples; Bleeding;
Foetid smell.
Face.—Yellow, itching pimples, and in the beard; Rough, dry
scurf. - -
Lips.-Chapped; Upper swollen; Eruption around the mouth;
Sub-maxillary Glands swollen and hard.
Teeth.-Tender to touch; Sensitive to cold air; Gums swollen;
Bleed.
Tongue.-Blistered, sore; Difficult to move; Swollen.
Throat.—Sore; much phlegm; Tonsils swollen.
Taste.—Flat, not salt enough; Bitter; Sour—of ink; Thirsty.
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caloakra phosphonica. [GAL. CAR.
Appetite.—Lost, or ravenous; Hunger just after a meal; Aver-
sion to boiled food, meat, milk; Potatoes disagree; after a meal,
rush of blood to the head; Palpitation; Eructations bitter or sour.
Stomach-Pressure; Spasms; Abdomen distended,hard, swollen.
Stools.-Hard, scanty; White, clay-like; Diarrhoea—yellow,
sour, foetid.
Rectum.—Haemorrhoids; Prolapsus; Pressure at Anus; Itch-
ing; Ascarides.
Urine.-Frequent at night; Burning in Urethra.
Menses.—Early, copious, with headache and flushes in face;
Metrorrhagia.
Leucorrhoea.—Milky, passing in gushes.
Cough.--All night, or morning only; Dry; Sputa yellow, or
foetid; also with blood.
Chest.—Oppression; Shortness of breath; Tightness, fulness;
Stitches in the side during motion; Soreness; Excoriated feeling
during inspiration and motion; Stitches about the Cardiac region;
Palpitation at night; Swelling of the breasts.
Neck-Stiffness at nape; Swelling of cervical glands; Pain in
the small of the Back, as from a strain after lifting a weight.
Arms.-Drawing pain in right arm; Pain at wrist, as if
sprained; Fingers, numb—feeling lost; Sweat in the palms.
Lower Limbs.-Heavy, weak, weary; Varices in the thighs;
Cramps and stitches in the calf; Burning in the soles; Ulcers on
the legs; Stitches in Corns.
Skin-Itching vesicles; Elevations, the size of a Pea; Herpes;
Boils; several small warts; Ulcers, carious or fistulous; Rhagades;
Polypus? The skin, generally (especially of the feet), is tender and
painful. -
According to Hahnemann, Calc. is most useful with Nitric Acid ;
also with Sulphur, especially if the pupils are prone to be dilated.
CAL CAREA PHOSPHORICA.
PHOSPHATE OF LIME.
CHIEFLY advised for Rheumatic pains in the shoulder and arm 3.
Swelling of the arm; Lame feeling; Pains in the joints of the
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GAMPI CAMPHORA.
hands and fingers; Acne Rosacea; Vesicles filled with yellow
serum or pus; Ulcers; Caries of the bones. . - ... . . ."
SYMPTOMS.
The arms go to sleep—feel lame, and painful; the joint of the
thumb is particularly painful. (It is recommended for every kind
of Rheumatism.) Pains in the muscles and joints; the heat of a
room is intolerable: Violent pains in the stomach, with debility,
headache, and Diarrhoea; Colic, with much flatus; Foetid Diar-
rhoea; Weakness of the Sexual powers; Red pimples on the face,
that sting when touched. -
GAMPHORA,
HAHNEMANN. - CAMPHOR.
STANDS next to Bromine as a volatile agent; but will again
deposit on the sides of the bottle, in brilliant crystals: its odour is
more tolerable than that of Bromine, and better adapted for olfac-
tion; very soluble in Alcohol. If triturated with milk, one-eighth
of its weight will dissolve, and not react with water: this is a good
form of administration for a large dose. Small doses exhilarate,
allay pain, and induce perspiration. Large doses—Giddiness,
Drowsiness, Stupor, Delirium, Convulsions. Hahnemann writes—
“The action of this substance on the healthy body is extremely
problematic, and difficult to define; for this reason—that the pri-
mary action alternates too suddenly, and is thus easily confounded
with the reaction of the vital principle, which makes it difficult to
distinguish between this reaction, and the secondary effects of the
Camphor.” Opium is the chief antidote. Camphor neutralises
the effects of many (indeed most) vegetable drugs, and some
mineral and metallic medicines; also Cantharides. One grain of
Camphor in eight drops of Alcohol, unites with one ounce of
water, when shaken. It may be used as a palliative, and be very
frequently repeated, when so prepared. Dr. Gray has given one or
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two drops every three minutes, in a threatened epileptic attack,
with good effect. Olfaction will sometimes suffice.
Noack and Trinks state that it is especially suitable when ner-
vous sensibility is diminished or suspended, or a state of collapse
and stasis is threatened. It tends to excite and restore the
depressed vitality; sinking of the vital powers. It proves useful
in the early stage of Catarrh, Fever, and Diarrhoea; Asiatic
Cholera during the cold stage, and while the body retains its
natural colour; Influenza, with spasms in the Chest; Stitches;
Sighing and moaning; Loss of sexual power; Headache, from wet
feet, and taking cold during sudden changes of weather; also
Epilepsy; Hysteria; Asthma of Millar; Asphyxia.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Giddy, as if intoxicated; Staggering; Dull, heaviness;
Throbbing in forehead; Congestion; Sun-stroke; Headache, as if
the brain were constricted; Head drawn sideways, or thrown back-
ward (in a convulsive fit). -
Face.—Pale, cold; Spasms of facial muscles; Cold sweat.
Eyes.—Inflamed; Staring, or contracted pupils; Balls turned
upwards. is
Mouth.-Foam; Accumulation of saliva—slimy.
Gastric.—Empty eructations; Nausea; Inclined to vomit, with
short attacks of vertigo; Bitter taste; Thirst.
Stomach.-Burning sensation; Violent pressure; Spasms;
Bruise-like pain; Cholera, with cramps in the calves; Cold body.
(Verat. 7)
Chest—Oppression ; Constriction ; Sense of suffocation ;
Spasms; Stitches; Breathing deep, slow, almost stopped; Suffoca-
tive Catarrh ; Cold sweats.
Limbs.-Convulsive movements of the arms; Difficult move-
ments of the lower extremities; Cracking of all the joints on
movement; Cramps in the calves of the legs and dorsum of the
feet. Most of the Camphor-pains are excited during motion.
Camphor is said to be best adapted for persons of a rheumatic,
catarrhal constitution; the phlegmatic and melancholy—subject to
coldness of the extremities, slow respiration and pulse. The suit-
able remedy should be exhibited when Camphor has restored the
vital energies. º
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CANN.] CANNABIS SATTWA.
CANNABIs SATIVA.
HAHNEMANN. HEMP.
CANNABIs is chiefly prescribed for Affections of the Urinary Or-
gans; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Cataract; Specks on the Cornea;
Ulcers; Vision obscured; Pneumonia, induced by violent exercise,
with aching, rather than the stitching pain; Cough, with tough,
green expectoration; Palpitation of the heart; Bleeding from the
nose; Gonorrhoea—second stage; Nephritis; Cystitis; Urethritis.
SYMPTOMS.
Superficial pinchings, as if the flesh were seized with the fingers;
Prickings, as with a thousand needles over the whole body, at
night when in bed and getting into a perspiration, with anguish
and a sensation as if hot water were repeatedly thrown over him.
Sudden weakness of the lower limbs; Dull pain in the knees;
Weariness, after but little exercise.
Head.—Agreeable warmth in the brain, or with rush of blood to
the head; Pressure in the temples; Compression, or constriction,
chiefly in the temples and orbital ridge; Throbbing, from within
outwards, under the left frontal eminence; Cold sensation at a
small spot in the parietal bone, as from a drop of cold water; Con-
tinual pain on the top of the head, as if a stone were pressing
upon it. - -
Eyes.--Feeling of weakness in the Eyes and Sight; Objects,
near or distant, appear indistinct; Pressure, from within outwards,
in the back part of the eyes; Sensation of spasmodic drawing;
Alternate contraction and dilatation of the pupils; Opacity of the
Cornea; Specks and pellicle on the Cornea; Cataract; Scrofulous
Ophthalmia. For affections of the Eyes, the higher potencies are
generally found the best. º
Nose.--Bleeding from the mose, even wrºto fainting; Dryness
of the nose; Swelling of the wing; Acne Rosacea.
Ears.-Roaring in the Ears; Sensation as if a pellicle were
stretched across; Throbbing in the Ear; Pain, as if a blunt point
were thrust behind the ear, - -
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Mouth.-Dryness; Burning dryness, without thirst; Speech
difficult; indistinct.
Taste—Eructations.—Gulping of a bitter, sour fluid, rising
as from acidity in the stomach, or tasteless water; Retching;
Nausea; Vomiting of slime, or Green bile.
Stomach.-Pain at pit, with oppressed breathing; Palpitation
and rising of warmth in the throat; Cutting pain at pit; Burning,
painful stitches; Cardialgia; Strong throbbing in the Epigastrium;
Beating, as with a small hammer, from within outwards, under the
left false ribs, towards the back; Drawing pain in renal region, to
the inguinal glands, with anxiety and sick feeling; Ulcerated pain
in the kidneys. -
Abdomen.—All the intestines are painful, as if bruised; Shud-
dering, as if cold water were passing through the abdomen; Pain-
ful jerkings in the abdomen, as if there were something alive;
Intensely painful pushes above the left groin; Pressing from
within outwards in the abdominal ring, with pain of ulceration;
Colic, with Diarrhoea, and smarting excoriation at the anus.
Stool.—Complete obstruction; Pressing in back and rectum, as
if the intestines were descending and being pressed out; Sensa-
tion as if something cold were dropping from the anus.
Urine.—Desire to urinate, with aching pains; Difficult urina-
tion from Paralysis of the Bladder; Urine white, turbid, full of
filaments, or like pus—too thick to pass the eye of a catheter;
Chronic retention of urine; Strangury at night; Discharge of
bloody urine; Enuresis; Desire at short intervals; the stream is
scattered.
Urethra.-Pain at orifice during micturition; Burning, smart-
ing; Simple, violent burning; Burning during and after urinating;
Stinging, smarting; Desire to urinate when all has passed; Dart-
ing stitches in the posterior part of the urethra; Discharge of a
clear mucus (prostatic P); Discharge of mucus without pain; the
urethra feels inflamed throughout the whole canal; Suppressed
Gonorrhoea; Secondary Gonorrhoea, after Acon. or Apis.
Genital.—Coldness of the parts; Swelling of the penis; Pre-
puce dark-red, hot; when walking the penis feels sore, as if burnt;
Pains in the spermatic cord and testes; Enlarged Prostate; Pain-
ful Chordee.
, Chest.—Chronic catarrh; Respiration difficult; Asthma; In-
flammation of the chest and lungs, six or seven times in succes-
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sion; Inflammation of the lungs, with vomiting of a green bilious
substance; Pneumonia, with delirium, and tensive, aching pains.
(In conjunction with Aconite.) - - .
Heart.—Tensive dulness in the region of the heart, with palpi-
tation and anxiety; Violent shocks in the region of the heart;
Palpitation; the beats of the heart are felt lower down than
normal; Pain in the region of the heart; Polypus of the heart?
Back-Aching; Painful stinging in the dorsal vertebrae, with
darting into the loins, or the scapula; Pain as from pincers in the
middle of the back, frequently arresting the breath; Burning
under the right scapula. . .
Extremities.—Crampy feeling in the hands and fingers;
Lameness when grasping; Cramps in the thighs, calves, and bend
of the knees; Painful, sharp prickings in the muscles of the thighs;
Motor power of the legs and thighs impaired; Violent pains in
the tendo achillis.
CANTHARIS
HARTLAUB AND TRINKS. SPANISH FLY.
THE preparation for Homoeopathic use should be made in the
month of May, when the flies are in a healthy and vigorous
condition.
The effect of Cantharides to produce Vesication is well known;
but its powers as a Homoeopathic remedy are somewhat novel. It
has, at present, upwards of 900 recorded symptoms, nearly 200 of
which bear relation to the Urinary and Genital Organs. The
dominant school' teach Cantharis to be a vesicant; diuretic ; em-
menagogue; and probably aphrodisiac—the latter doubtful: this
is about all they can say for it. In Homoeopathy it takes a much
wider range, and is prescribed with success for Inflammation of
the Urinary Organs; Ischuria; Dysuria; Strangury; Nephritis;
Cystitis; Urethritis; Chordee; Priapism; Gonorrhoea (sub-acute
inflammatory stage); Evils of Onanism; Nymphomania; Hydroce-
phalus; Meningitis; Jaundice; Acne; Erysipelas; Herpes; Pem-
phigus; old Ulcers on the legs and feet; Carbuncle; Gangrene.
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Some forms of Acute Rheumatism, with pains in the limbs, and
Urinary Complications; Inflammation of the Stomach and Liver,
with gnawing pains in the bowels; Albuminous urine; Inflamma-
tion of the right ovary; Hydrophobia? The right side of the
body seems to be more influenced by Cantharis than the left.
It will be indicated when patients have lost consciousness, with
the arms hanging down by the side of the body; or suddenly start
up and strike with rage and cries, or bark like a dog; Spasmodic
convulsions of the tendons. Cantharides produces a Burning,
which seems to affect all the cavities of the body—lips, mouth,
throat, stomach, and intestinal canal, to the Anus, Bladder, and
urethra; this burning has a peculiar feature, worthy of some
attention, for it is not attended with Fever Heat, but rather a
Coolness. Parts that feel burning within, yet the external surface
is cold—sometimes icy cold. The urinary symptoms should always
be consulted in connexion with the diseases that seem to indicate
Cantharis. - -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,—Melancholy; Moaning with pain; Restless—obliged to
continue moving; Fits of rage, with convulsions, like Hydro-
phobia—excited by pressing the larynx, or painful parts of the
abdomen, and the sight of liquids (water especially).
Head.-Inflammation of the Brain P Violent pains deep in the
brain—passing off after breakfast; Tearing pains in the head and
temples; Stitches at the right occiput; Throbbing in the right
temple (deep); Congestion of blood to the head when stooping,
with redness and heat of the face.
Eyes.—Burning in the eyes; Smarting, as from salt; the lids
feel raw and sore; the eyes are protruded, fiery, glaring; Spasmodic
action of the muscles; Objects appear yellow; Dim sight when
writing, with headache. -
Ears, Tearing pain in right ear; a hot vapour rushes out of
the ears; Humming in the ears after supper. -
Nose.-Feeling of tension, as if swollen; Inflammation of the
right wing; Erysipelatous inflammation, extending to the right
cheek, with swelling; Pimples in the nostrils, burning when
touched; Bleeding from the nose, particularly in the morning,
early. - - -
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Face.—Pale, wretched, sickly; Yellow complexion, with yellow
Eyes; Eruptions on the face; Blotches on the cheek; Tearing
pain in the right mastoid process, as if the bone would be torn
out, with stitches in the ear; Tearing pains in the right lower
jaw and tooth; Lock-jaw. Lips—pimples on the lips; peeling-off
of the skin; Swelling of the Upper lip.
Mouth, Burning, extending down the pharynx into the
stomach, with destruction of the mucous membrane; Vesicles,
small ulcers; Dryness, that extends into the nose.
Tongue.—Inflammation of the tongue, with vesicles; Suppu-
ration; Dry, yet covered with mucus. -
Throat.-Inflammation of the tonsils and fauces, with Vesicles;
Ulceration and suppuration of the mucous membrane; Difficulty
of swallowing liquids; Aversion to drink.
Taste.-Impure; Offensive, or Bitter; Food tastes as if it were
not salt enough ; Loss of thirst, or Burning thirst. -
Appetite.—Lost, with weakness and prostration; Aversion to
all food, especially in the evening; Aversion to drink.
Stomach,-Violent Burning in the stomach, with taste of urine
in the mouth; Pressure; Feeling of fulness; Drawing, screwing,
violent pains; Tossing about in despair; Burning at Pylorus;
Inflammation in the stomach.
Abdomen.—Inflammation of the Liver and Diaphragm;
Violent pains in the abdomen and intestines at night, especially
after coffee; Cutting in abdomen; Arrest of breath, or stitches in
lumbar region, with boring in the knees, and bitter vomiting;
Burning in the abdomen and bowels; the walls of the abdomen
are sensitive to the touch ; Peritonitis P Stitches in the renal
region, especially in the right, and pricking in the breasts. Can-
tharis affects the right kidney; Berberis, the left.
Stool and Anus.-Diarrhoea, yellow, brown, frothy, or liquid,
or of white mucus, or streaked with blood; Burning, or cutting in
the anus.
Urinary Organs.—Pain in the renal region and abdomen
when passing urine, that makes him scream; Pains down the
ureters, pressing into the Bladder; Inflammation and enlargement
of the kidneys; Violent and excessive pains in the Bladder; Burn
ing, stinging, tearing at neck of bladder. -
Urine,—Hot, scalding—mixed with slime, blood, and sand, or
clotted blood; Evacuation of purulent matter from the Bladder
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and Kidneys; Painful Gonorrhoea, with Chordee; Jelly-like or
albuminous urine.
Sexual Organs.—Burning in the seminal ducts, during and
after coition; Satyriasis; Priapism; Involuntary emissions; Pain-
ful erections at night; Inflammation of the penis.
Menses.—Early, profuse; Black blood; Swelling of the Os
Uteri, with burning, vomiting, and fever; Burning in the
pudendum. -
Throat.—Hawking up of tenacious mucus; Burning heat in
the larynx; Cough in the morning, with difficult expectoration;
Short turns of cough, with hurried breathing; Bloody expecto-
ration. -
Chest.—Oppressed breathing, with stitches in the chest; Stick-
ing pain and stitches on the chest (right side) during inspiration,
extending into the Axilla or the Sternum; Heat and burning in
the chest, with constipation.
Heart.—Drawing pain in the region of the heart; Tearing
pain; Anguish about the heart (afternoon); Violent palpitation.
Back.-Lancinating or tearing pain in the small of back, after
walking, or on rising from a seat; Lancinations between the
shoulders, as if strained; Violent pains in the back; Stitches
between the scapula; Stiffness or tearing pain in nape of neck,
when moving the head (right side).
Upper Limbs,-Drawing pains in the shoulder; Burning in
the palms of the hands, like fire.
Lower Limbs.-Gnawing pains, as if in the bones, down to the
calves; Lacerating in the calves, as if the flesh were torn loose;
the limbs go to sleep; Burning of the soles of the feet, especially
when in bed.
Skin.-Erysipelatous, active inflammation of the skin, with
more of burning than itching, and exudation of serous fluid, that
raises the epidermis in blisters; Pimples on the forehead, eyelids,
and face; Small, itching vesicles on the forehead, lips, and chin;
Petechiae; Carbuncle; Ulcers on the legs—the margins are painful.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Tearing, drawing, gnawing, stinging in the bones; Subsultus and
spasmodic jerking of the tendons; Violent convulsions, with
hydrophobia; Constriction of the larynx; Trembling of the limbs;
Debility; Prostration; Emaciation; Syncope.
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- CAPS.] . CAPSICUM.
0 APSICUM.
HAHNEMANN. - SPANISH PEPPER.
IN Allopathy, this pungent drug is sometimes employed for ulce-
ration of the throat and sick headache; Loss of appetite; Atomic
dyspepsia. Some of the older physicians used it for intermittent
fever, combined with the laurel-berry.
Homoeopathists prescribe it chiefly for affections of the Bladder;
Urethra; Atrophy of the testes; Burning in blind Haemorrhoids;
Gonorrhoea—second stage; Spontaneous hæmorrhage from the
Urethra; Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Pyrosis; Heartburn of the preg-
nant; Spasms, and flatulent colic ; Bronchitis maligna, and some
cases of intermittent fever, when China fails. According to Hah-
nemann, it is not so suitable to persons of a rigid fibre. The pains
are of an aching character, or as from dislocation, stiffness in
the joints, or drawing pains in the limbs, nape of neck, Scapula,
and hands; Great dread of exercise.
SYMPTOMS,
Head.—Headache, as if the skull would burst, when moving
the head or walking; Beating, throbbing in one temple; Head-
ache, with feeling as if the brain were too full; Gnawing in the
scalp. -
Eyes.—Aching in the eyes, as if a foreign body were pressing
there; Burning; Protrusion of the eyes; Dimness of sight; In-
cipient amaurosis. - -
Face.—Nervous prosopalgia, coming on when falling asleep at
night. - -
Throat.-Inflamed—feels contracted; Deglutition painful,
difficult. - --
Stomach,-Burning in stomach, and at pit, after eating;
Stitches at pit during deep inspiration; Heartburn.
Abdomen.-Distention, almost to bursting, arresting the
breath; Throbbing; Turning sensation; Colic; Cutting pains
around the umbilicus. - - . . . . . -
Stool.--Dysenteric stools, of mucus, or streaked with blood;
Tenesmus, with burning in the anus; Blind, painful Haemorrhoids.
Urine and Genitals.-Burning urine, emitted in drops; Cut-
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ting in the urethra; Purulent discharge, like gonorrhoea; Dis-
charge of blood; Violent erections; Tenesmus at neck of bladder
Coldness of the scrotum; the testes dwindle to the size of a bean.
Fever.—The fever is marked by chilliness, commencing in the
back; Intermittent, with shuddering every time he drinks.
CARBO ANIMALIS
HAHNEMANN. ANIMAL CHARCOAL.
CARBO ANIMALIS corresponds to that period when ichorous sup-
puration begins, and will be required when Hypertrophy of certain
organs takes place; also for hard swelling of the Glands, especially
the parotid, cervical, axillary, and mammary, even when schirrous
is threatened, or the pains become cutting and lancinating;
Copper-coloured eruptions on the face and nose; Acne Rosacea;
Abdominal Typhus—ulcerative stage; Exhausting morning sweats;
Ulceration and induration of the Os Uteri; Burning, acrid
Leucorrhoea; Dyspepsia after every meal; Pressure in the stomach,
as from a load; Sudden griping or spasm in the stomach; Chronic
Pleuritis, with sickly, livid hue of the skin; Emaciation and evening
fever, or complicated with Chronic Bronchitis; the sweat is very
debilitating, stains the linen yellow, and has sometimes a foetid
odour. Like the vegetable charcoal, it is thought to improve the
condition of the Blood.
Considerable distention of the abdomen, with weight as of a
lump; Audible rumbling; Incarcerated flatus; Stitches in the
groins; Pains in the small of the back; also when at stool; Stitches
in the rectum; Distention of Varices, with burning pain; Burn-
ing; Yellow Leucorrhoea. ... •
- SYMPTOMS.
Aching pains in the joints; Liability to strain parts by lifting
a heavy weight; Excessive fatigue after walking; Sensitive to the
open air; Easy sweating during the day; Vertigo early in the
morning; Cough, with greenish pus; Stiffness of the finger-joints;
Inflammatory swelling of the feet and toes.
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CARB 0 WEGETABILIS,
HAHNEMANN. VEGETABLE CHARCOAL.
APPEARS suited to that condition known under the appellation
Cachectic; also, when venous congestion occurs in the capillaries,
the skin assumes a blue tinge, and coldness pervades the surface of
the body, with anguish at the heart. It will be useful in that
weakness which often follows acute disease; and is said to have
especial power to improve the quality of the blood.
Its therapeutic use points to the following:—Mercurial affec-
tions; Acne; Scorbutic ulcers on the gums; Ulcers that threaten
to become putrid; Naevus of a soft, elastic, bright-red character;
Typhus Fever—latter stage; Throbbing tumour in the popliteal
space (Rückert's case); Spasms of the stomach (Rückert's cases);
Haemorrhoids; Flatwlent and haemorrhoidal Colic; Catarrh;
Hoarseness; Ill-effects of being over-heated; Violent palpitation
of the heart. The pains of Carb. V. are of a Bwrming character,
resembling Arsenic. It is known to be a very valuable remedy in
Cholera; Senile Gangrene of the toes; Foetid ulcers on the thighs.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind, Temper.—Uneasy, peevish, irritable; Tendency to start;
Anxious; Easily alarmed; Passionate; Irritable; Memory weak;
Indolence of mind.
Head.—Determination of blood; Forehead hot; Pulsation;
Beating; Buzzing; Traction from nape of neck to head; Sensation
as of a band round the head—cannot bear a hat.
Scalp.–Falling-off of hair after illness.
Eyes.—Pressure; Burning; Itching; Sensation as of a grain of
sand; Agglutination of the lids (morning); Muscoe Volitantes.
Ears.-Pulsation; Heat and redness; Sensation as if bags of
sand were in the ears; Discharge from the ears; Roaring;
Humming. - -
Nose.—Itching; Bleeding; Dry stoppage, or violent coryza.
Face.—Pale, or Bluish-yellow; Swelling of face and parotids;
Pimples on the face and forehead.
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Lips.-Swollen; Cracked; Quivering; Jerking; Pimples on the
borders.
Teeth.—Drawing, tearing in molars; Bubbling; Gnawing;
Loosening.
Gums.-Sore; Sensitive; Swollen; Recede from the teeth;
Suppurate; Ulcerate.
Mouth.-Dry, or flow of saliva increased; Heat; Biting; Burn-
Ing.
Throat.—Rough; Raw; Scraping; Phlegm considerable;
Spasmodic constriction of the CEsophagus; Uvula swollen, in-
flamed.
Taste.—Saltish; Bitter; Appetite lost; Dislike to fat and
milk.
Stomach,-Tightness; Fulness; Pressure; Burning; Con-
traction; Spasms; Gnawing; Soreness; Eructations violent,
continual, with sharp pinching in the abdomen; Nausea, with con-
stipation; Waterbrash; Vomiting of blood; Acid risings after
wine.
Hypochondria.-Tension and pressure; Stitching under the
ribs.
Abdomen.—Distention from flatus; Colic at umbilicus; Pains
over the whole abdomen; also left Epigastrium, and towards the
back; Burning; Cramp-like pinching; Fermentation; Rumbling.
Stool.—Constipation; Hard stool every third day; Burning at
a.IlllS.,
Rectum.—Painful varices; Acrid discharge.
Urine,—Diabetic? Frequent desire, with anxiety, day and
night; or dark-red, as if mixed with blood; Red sediment.
Leucorrhoea.—Yellow, or milky, thick white mucus, with
SOTeſleSS,
Larynx,−Hoarseness; Loss of voice; Cough short, dry, or with
profuse expectoration—yellow or green.
Chest.—Raw, sore; Tightness; Dyspnoea; Burning, like a hot
coal; Weakness and fatigue; Palpitation of the Heart during
rest; Rheumatic pains in chest.
Trunk.-Stiffness and drawing pains in the back; Pains in
the cervical and dorsal muscles.
Upper Limbs.-Paralytic weakness; Burning in right shoul-
der; Tearing pain at wrist.
Lower Limbs.-Numbness; Lameness; Paralytic tearings;
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Burning in the soles; Profuse sweat of the feet; Redness; Swel-
ling and abrasion of the toes; the limbs go to sleep, or feel
bruised. - - -
Sleep.–Night-sweats, or sweating in the morning only; Awakes
at 3 A.M. with pains of colic; Sweat, with acid or putrid smell.
Skin, Nettle-rash; Ulcers, with cadaverous pus, or that bleed
readily; Fine granular eruption; Burning of the skin here and
there.
CAUSTICUM.
Hausewass. - - CAUSTIC.
BEFORE Hahnemann this substance was never employed in medi-
cine: it proves a very valuable and important remedy, having an
extensive range—possessing the power to produce, and, conse-
quently, cure, some forms of Paralysis. It is especially useful
in many affections of the Eyes, the Bladder, Stomach, and Skin.
According to Noack and Trinks, it is adapted for persons of
scrofulous and weakly constitutions, and those who suffer from the
effects of long-continued grief, especially women.
Teste declares it one of the most valuable remedies in Variola,
conjointly with Merc. Corrosivus—the 30th potency preferred;
dose, in alternation, every four hours. From general experience, it
may be prescribed, with some amount of certainty, coeteris
paribws, for Paralysis affecting only one side. Facial Para-
lysis, also affecting the Speech; Spasms, and Convulsions of Chil-
dren; Rheumatic, Arthritic, and Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Evils
resulting from repelled eruptions; Purulent Otorrhoea; Deafness;
Acute Toothache; Influenza; Hoarseness; Obstruction of the
Nostrils; Inveterate Psoriasis; Excoriations; Burns; Gas-
tralgia, with Spasms; Haemorrhoids; Paralysis of the Bladder;
Involuntary Emission of Urine when walking; Coughing or
Sneezing; Nocturnal Enuresis, and many other diseases. The
primary symptoms do not appear sometimes before eighteen or
twenty-four hours after administration.
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SYMPTOMS.
Jactitation of the muscles; Jerking in different parts; Continual
twitching; Arthritic; Drawing or tearing pains in the Bones and
Articulations; Sticking pains; Feeling, when sitting, as if the
whole body had been beaten and bruised; Stiffness in all the
joints; Numbness and deadness of the soft parts, especially the
left side of the body; Profuse sweat when walking in the open
air; Epileptic fits, with screams; Violent movements; Involun-
tary emission of urine. The paroxysms are renewed by cold water.
Enlargement of the Abdomen, and weakness of the legs in
children. -
Mind.—Sadness, melancholy, whining mood; Excessive anxiety;
Despondency—full of apprehensions—(evening); Weakness of
memory; Absence of mind.
Head.—Dizziness in the morning on awaking; Vertigo, when
stooping; Feeling as if the brain were loose; Aching in the right
frontal eminence; Occasional pressure, deep in the head. The
pains may be either Tearing, Stitching, Jerking, Throbbing, or
Lancinating; Roaring in the head, as from a water-dam, in the
evening; Beating and throbbing on the top of the head; Throbbing
in the cerebral arteries; Stitching pain in the temples.
Eyes.-Pressure in the eyes, as from sand; Dryness; Burning,
without redness; Soreness, as if salt had got into the eye; Burn-
ing pain, as if caused by gunpowder; Inflammation of the eyes,
with burning and aching; Periodical inflammation; Scrofulous
inflammation; Agglutination; Suppuration of the eyes; Visible
jerking of the lids and left eyebrow; Involuntary closing of the
eyes, with difficulty in opening them; Warts on the eyebrows.
Sight.—Obscuration of sight (when blowing the nose), as if a
pellicle were drawn over the inner canthi, covering half the pupil;
Obscuration, as if a gauze were drawn over the eyes; when
looking too long, the objects waver, and become confused; Move-
ments as of a swarm of insects; Flitting to-and-fro, like wavelets
of light.
Ears.-Tearing pain, as if the inner parts would protrude, or
the ears burst open; Stitches, at short intervals, in the right ear;
Sensation as if a cold wind blew against the external meatus;
Swelling, with dragging pain and bloody discharge; Running and
suppuration from the internal ear, with bad smell; Humming;
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Frequent roaring; Ringing of bells; Rushing, like water; Detona-
tions; Buzzing; Chirping like a cricket; Whistling.
Nose.-Pimples on the tip of the nose; Warts; Itching; Sore-
mess; Dry coryza ; Total obstruction, with absence of smell.
Face.—Sickly, yellowish, with bluish lips; Tearing pains in the
face; Semi-lateral paralysis of the face, from the forehead to the
chin; Old warts on the eyebrows and nose; Eruptions that itch,
or fill with pus—sting when touched, and finally scurf off, on
forehead, temple, and chin. &
Lips.-Swelling of the upper lip, with stinging, tingling pim-
ples; Ulcer inside the lip, causing a burning pain; Vesicular
eruptions at the corner of the mouth—painful when eating.
Jaws.-Tearing pain in the middle of the lower jaw; Sensation
of tightness and pain in the jaws—it was difficult to open the
mouth to eat; Tearing, arthritic pains in the lower jaw.
Teeth.-Pains in the right molars—upper and lower; Sensitive
to the touch; Peculiar sensation in the roots of the teeth, obliging
him to press them firmly together; Pains as if ulcerated; Violent
drawing pains; Tearing toothache, affecting the head and left
eye; Throbbing toothache, with pain in the gums; Toothache—
pressing, tearing, or lancinating—day and night, with swelling and
redness of the cheeks, accompanied by a gum-boil; Painful loose-
ness of the incisor teeth.
Gums.-Pain and swelling of the gums, even without tooth-
ache; Suppuration; Violent bleeding of the gums; Fistula
dentalis.
Mouth, Dryness of the mouth and lips, with or without
thirst ; Burning dryness in the mouth; Secondly—Accumulation
of water, having a rancid taste.
Tongue.—Sore, painful at tip and edges, as if burnt; Vesicles
on the edge and tip ; Distortion of the tongue and mouth when
speaking; Indistinct utterance; Stuttering.
Throat.—Phlegm in the throat; Frequent hawking up of
mucus; Dryness in the throat, without thirst; Roughness; Sore-
ness; Hoarseness; Sore throat, with sensation as of a tumour or
swelling ; Pressure, as if too large a morsel had been swallowed; a
cracking sound is heard in the throat; Sensation as if a part were
torn, during any exertion of body or mind.
Taste.-Greasy, viscid, glutinous; Bitter taste, or putrid;
Violent thirst for many days, with desire for cold drink.
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Appetite.—Ravenous; he eats in a great hurry : Hunger at
an early hour; Aversion to sweets; Fresh meat seemed to create
nausea; he can eat Smoked meat.
Gastric Symptoms.-Oppression in the stomach after break-
fast; Shortly after a meal, cutting pains from the stomach to the
abdomen, with eructations, chilliness, and Diarrhoea; Chilliness
after a meal, with heat in the face and eyes; Eructations either
empty, tasteless, or tasting of the ingesta; Eructations, with an
acrid or bitter taste; Frequent gulping-up of water; Qualmish-
ness, with alternation of chilliness and heat; Heartburn; Nausea,
with anxiety; Sour vomiting.
Stomach.-Pressure in the stomach only when sitting—early
in the morning; Griping and pressure; Painful tightness at pit;
Spasmodic pressure and contraction; Stitches; Tingling; Shud-
dering; Stitches in scrobiculus cordis.
Hypochondria.--Sharp stitches in left; Stitches in the after-
noon, for four hours; Stitches at one spot, the size of an egg;
Tearing pain in the evening; she cannot bear her dress tight.
Abdomen, Violent distention after a meal; Pressure ex-
tending up to the CEsophagus; Pot-belly of children, with enlarged
mesenteric glands; Inflation of the Abdomen; Sensation of cold-
ness, with cracking and snapping, as of electric sparks; Accumula-
tion of much flatus after a meal.
Stool.-Constipation; Unsuccessful straining; Tough stool,
shining like grease; White mucus with the stool; Blood;
Diarrhoea, with tenesmus; Evening diarrhoea. (Inferior to Sulphur.)
Discharge of prostatic juice after stool.
Rectum.—Pressing in the rectum, as if some faces still re-
mained; Sensation as if something hard, like a pippin, were
impacted; Spasm in the rectum; she was unable to walk; Stitch
in the rectum; Varices that seemed to prevent the faces passing;
Excessive itching of the anus, day and night; a pain frequently
darts through the rectum; Pain in the perineum; Fistula.
Urine and Bladder.—Frequent and urgent desire ; In-
voluntary emission of urine when asleep, or when coughing,
sneezing, or blowing the nose; Paralysis of the Bladder; Pain in
the bladder—unable to pass water; if a few drops come out, he has
violent pain in the urethra, and spasms of the rectum; Frequent
pressure on the bladder, without urinating, followed by an invo-
luntary emission of urine when sitting; the urine passed out easily;
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he being in the dark, was not aware of it; Acrid, corrosive feeling
as from salt; Burning in the urethra when urinating.
Genital (Male).-Red patches on the penis; Secretion of
smegma behind the glans; Vesicles under the prepuce, that
ulcerate and suppurate; Itching, titillation, or smarting under
the prepuce; Aching in the testes; the right testes feel contused;
Tearing pain, or stitches in the right testicle; Itching of the
scrotum; the penis is relaxed; Frequent but short erections;
Nocturnal emissions; after an emission, he felt dizzy the whole
day; Blood escapes with the semen; Spasmodic pain in the amus
after coitus.
Menses.—Delayed ten days; after which the flow was abun-
dant; During the menses, none passed at night; the menses Smell
badly, and cause itching in the pudendum; Melancholy before
the period; Colic, with pains in the back, during motion; Yellow-
ness of the face; Lowness of spirits; Vertigo and dizziness, and a
sticking pain under the breast; Pain in abdomen, as if the intes-
times were torn (any of these symptoms may appear during the
menses); Leucorrhoea, smelling like menses.
Nipples.—Cracked; Sore; Herpetic eruption; Itching of the
breasts; Deficiency of milk. -
Larynx,−Dryness; Intense aching; Hoarseness for many
days; Aphonia for many mornings, as if a wedge were in the
larynx; Paralysis of the muscles of the Laryma.
Catarrh and Cough.--Catarrh, with dryness of the throat at
night; Cough, excited by constant tickling in the throat; Dry,
hollow, or short, hacking cough, without expectoration, causing
Soreness in the chest.
Respiration.-Arrest of breath when talking, or walking fast;
Sudden arrest of the breath, with palpitation, when in the open
air, with rush of blood to the head; Red face, and sweat all over,
as if a fit of Apoplexy threatened; Spasmodic Asthma, with painful
oppression of the chest, and constriction of the laryngeal muscles. .
Chest.—Pains in the chest, pressive or tearing, or stitching;
Sharp, slow stitches, feeling as if a knife were thrust into the left
side, from front to back; the anguish made him toss about in bed;
Stitches in the sternum during deep inspiration, and when lifting
a weight; Sharp stitches near the nipple; Stitches in the outer
part of the chest, extending to pit of stomach.
Heart.—Palpitation, with languor; Violent palpitation in the
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morning, with irregular pulse; Pain in back, or great anxiety,
or with regularly-occurring contractions in the abdomen.
Neck.-Tension and rigidity in the neck; Stiffness of the nape
of the neck—the muscles feel bound down; she was unable to
move her head; Pain as from a bruise; Eruptions; Itching
tetters; Rash about the neck and scapula; Pressing, drawing, or
tearing pains about the scapula ; Painful stiffness between the
Scapulaº.
Back,-Painful stiffness in the back when rising from a seat;
Darting lancinations that arrest the breath; Aching or cramp-like
pains in the region of the kidneys; Frequent pulsations in the
region of the kidneys, and small of back; Violent tearing pain
as from bruises; Aching pain in the renal region when sitting.
Upper Limbs,-Pressure, stiffness, or tearing pain in the
shoulder-joint; Drawing pains in the muscles of the arm; Heavi-
ness and weakness in the upper limbs; Weakness, with troublesome
tingling; Tremor when extending the arm; Drawing pain in
right deltoid; Pinching stitches in the deltoid when raising the
arm, or carrying anything; Twitching, drawing, or bruise-like
pain in the elbow-joint; Lameness of the fore-arms; they feel
heavy and stiff.
Hands.--Spasmodic sensation in the hands; Swelling; Tingling;
Sensation of fulness when grasping; Coldness of the hands;
Trembling of the hands; Lancinations; Throbbing; Burning of
the fingers; Numbness and insensibility; Deadness of the fingers;
they become icy cold; Contraction of the tendons of the fingers.
Lower Limbs,-Stitches or cramp-like pains in the hip; the
glutei muscles feel as if grasped by a pair of tongs; Pain as from
contusion or a sprain in left hip-joint; Excoriation between the
thighs; Violent drawing or tearing pains, from the thighs down to
the toes; Jactitation of the muscles in both limbs; Bruise-like
pains in the thighs and legs, in the morning when in bed; Tingling
in the thighs, legs, and feet.
Knees.—Drawing pains; Tearing in the knees; Stiffness about
the patella; Darting pains; Painful boring; Tender, as if bruised;
Painful cracking; Weakness, as if broken or sprained; Cramp
in the calf of the leg; Tearing pains in the calf; Feeling as if the
legs had gone to sleep. -
Feet.—Stiffness of the ankle-joint; Drawing pain in the bend
of the right foot; Burning in the soles of the feet; Swelling of
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the feet; Tingling in the feet and toes; Cold feet; Blisters on the
heels; Burning, tingling in the great toe—it felt inflamed, as if it
would ulcerate; Panaris near the nail.
Sleep.–Great drowsiness by day, even when in company;
Sleepless at night from dry Heat; he cannot find rest in any
position. At night—Spasm in the arm, tingling as if it had gone
to sleep—The right upper arm, shoulder, and elbow-joints are
painful; Cramp in the calves; Sweat, with restless, uneasy sleep;
at 4 A.M. he wakes with a profuse sweat; Starting up in affright
when on the point of falling asleep. -
Skin, Very sensitive to a current of air; Itching about the
body, especially the back and calves; Large vesicles, or painful
blisters; a pimple becomes a wart; old injuries open up again,
and suppurate; Warts, painful, inflamed ; Painful varices; Painful
corns; Excoriation in children; Eruptions like Scabies; Moist
Herpes; Burns; Eruptions in a baby, resembling Varicella.
CHAMOMILLA,
HAHNEMANN. CHAMOMILE.
THE value of this medicine can scarcely be over-estimated in
treating the affections of Infants, and Women during pregnancy
and the puerperal state. It is especially adapted to conditions of
irritation and excitability of the nervous system, sudden fits of
anger or vexation, followed by violent spasms.
Hahnemann remarks that Chamomilla moderates excessive sen-
sitiveness to pain; but may not prove so beneficial to those who
are patient and composed during their sufferings. Hempel states
(N. Mat. Med.) that it affects primarily the nervous system,
acting chiefly on the pneumogastric nerve, axillary plexus; also
the frontal, facial, sciatic, and tibial nerves.
Dr. Teste groups it with Pulsatilla, Ipec., Acon., and Conium;
but declares Chamomilla to possess a peculiar and exclusive action
(not possessed by the other four) in arousing general nervous
sensibility, and stimulating the cerebral functions. According to
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Hahnemann, its action is of short duration; and one drop of the
third dilution is a sufficient dose.
Hartmann believes that, in fits of Passion, Cham., to be useful,
must be given immediately; otherwise Puls., Ign., Nux, or Bry.
may have preference. -
Chamomilla, then, will be found useful when the following con-
ditions are present:-Troubles of infants; Spasms; Flatulence;
Colic; Restlessness; Little or no sleep; Writhing; Tossing;
Drawing the limbs up to the abdomen; Screams which nothing
can pacify; Heat; Sweat; Tendency to start; Twitching in the
limbs; Excoriation about the genitals and anus; Diarrhoea; Yellow
or green evacuations; Convulsions; Heat of mouth and gums
during dentition; Catarrh of infants, with or without fever; Jaun-
diced colour of the skin.
For Females subject to Hysteria; Fainting fits; Toothache,
aggravated by cold water, or induced by coffee; Fevers—Gastric,
Bilious, Intermittent, and Puerperal, especially if the milk disap-
pears, and there are pains in the back and abdomen; Spasms;
Flatulent Colic—also during pregnancy; False labour pains;
Violent after-pains; Cough, with Catarrh, or during dentition;
Pains in the Ischiatic nerve; Cramps in the legs; Skin excoriated;
Herpes around the mouth; Vesicles and cracks on the tongue;
Rash of infants and nursing females; Nipples sore—cracked;
Menorrhagia of dark-red blood, with clots; Threatened mis-
carriage.
SYMPTOMS.
Cracking of the joints of the lower limbs; Heaviness; Pains in
the periosteum, with paralytic weakness; Tearing pains, which are
only relieved by turning from side to side when in bed; Evening
attacks of tearing, jerking, or drawing pains, that seem in the
tendons or bones; Weariness in the feet and legs; she wants to sit
always; dreads any kind of labour; the weakness is improved by
motion; Hysteric fits of weakness, with fainting.
In Children.—The convulsions commence with twitchings;
then both legs alternately moved up and down; Mouth drawn to-
and-fro; Grasps with the hands; Eyes staring; or the child may
lie insensible, when the countenance frequently changes; Spasms
of the facial muscles; Cough, with rattling in the chest;
it yawns, stretches its limbs, and the fit passes.
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Mind.—Excessive anguish; Tremulous, with palpitation; Rest-
less, tossing, with tearing pains in the abdomen, followed by
Headache; Peevish ill-humour; Angry; Quarrelsome, without
CallS62,
Head.-Vertigo after coffee, or after a meal; Vertigo, with
dimness of sight; Flashes of heat; Feeling of faintness; Head-
ache in the morning, when in bed—it feels as if it would burst;
Tearing, Throbbing, or Lancinating pains from within outwards;
Violent stitches; Hysteric, Nervous, Bilious, or Catarrhal Head-
ache; also from suppressed sweat.
Eyes.—Swelling of the eyelids; Redness and agglutination in
the morning; Yellowness; Haemorrhage; Twitchings; Spasmodic
closing of the lids; Distortion; Stitches; Ophthalmia meanotorum,
from a cold.
Ears, Otalgia; Tearing pains; Stitches; Dull shocks when
stooping; Sensation as of a bird fluttering; Humming; Discharge
from the ears.
Face.—Red, burning heat—frequently of one cheek only, the
other being pale and cold; Frequent changes of the colour; Yellow-
ness; Bloated; Erysipelas; Swelling of one side, which is painful,
and feels hard; Twitching of the facial muscles; Cracked or
scurfy lips. - -
Mouth-Dry, with thirst ; Flow of frothy saliva; Aptha ;
Putrid smell, or acid smell from the mouth. *
Tongue.—Red, cracked, or fissured; Thick coating, either
white or yellow; Convulsive movements; Stinging vesicles.
Throat.—Painful during deglutition; Sensation as of a plug
when swallowing; Sore throat, with swelling of the parotids, or
sub-maxillary glands; Stinging, burning in pharynx; Inability to
swallow food when lying down; Burning heat in the oesophagus,
that extends to the stomach.
Teeth.--Toothache, from coffee or warm drinks, or from a
warm room, with or without swelling of the cheeks; Painful
swelling of the gums; Toothache at night, when getting warm in
bed; Darting toothache, increased by cold water; Difficult den-
tition, with fever and diarrhoea. -
Taste.—Slimy, sour, or bitter; Bad, putrid taste of all food;
Bitter taste early in the morning. - 4.
Appetite.—Loss of appetite, which may return when eating;
Aversion to coffee and broth; Beer smells foetid.
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Eructations.—Sour, that increase the pain, instead of relieving
it ; Nausea after a meal; Womiting of food or bile; Acidity of
the stomach; also in children.
Stomach.-Aching pain at pit; Distention after a meal, of
both stomach and abdomen; Pain as if the contents of the
stomach were pressing up into the chest; Sensation as if a stone
were pressing downwards; Spasms in the stomach, especially from
coffee; Burning at pit.
Hypochondria.-Burning, fulness, with anxiety.
Abdomen.—Flatulent colic; Compressive pains; Continued
tearing colic—sometimes at the side of the belly, with feeling of a
rolling-up like a ball; Abdominal spasms, with sensitiveness of the
parietes to touch; Pressing toward the ring, as if hernia would
protrude; Stitching pains when coughing or sneezing.
Stool.—First—Constipation; Undigested faeces; Secondly—
Hot diarrhoea, Smelling like rotten eggs; Watery, painless diarrhoea;
Nocturnal diarrhoea, with colic; White mucus; Green, or mixed
mucus and faces; Diarrhoea of dentition.
Anus.-Haemorrhoids, blind or flowing; Rhagades; Itching.
Urine,—Hot, feverish; Turbid, with yellow deposit; Weakness
of the bladder; Burning at neck. g
Menses.—Metrorrhagia; Coagula of dark blood, with pains
like those of labour; Pains in the thighs; Spasms in the abdomen;
Yellow leucorrhoea; Sore nipples; Hardness of the breasts; Milk
Scanty.
Larynx.-Catarrh and hoarseness; Cough, with mucus; Dry
cough at night; Morning cough, with tickling in the throat ;
Catarrhal affections of children, from taking cold.
Chest.—Wheezing, rattling, during inspiration; Pricking pains
in the chest; Stitches at the side of the chest; Sudden stoppage
of the breath in children; Sense of constriction in the chest and
throat.
Sleep.–Starting in sleep; Anguish; Restless, moaning, weep-
ing, snoring, inspiration. -
Fever.—Shuddering; Chilliness, with internal heat; Fever, with
nightly evacuations; Catarrhal, gastric, and bilious fevers, with
flushes of heat, thirst, restlessness, inclination to vomit; Puerperal
fevers.
Skin.—Rash and excoriation of children; Thick clusters of red
pimples. tº _ _ _
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CHELI. MAJ.] CHELIDONIUM MLAJUS.
CHELID 0NIUM M A JUS,
GREAT CELANDINE.
THIS plant is of considerable antiquity: the yellow colour of its
juice and flowers, led physicians to prescribe it for bilious affec-
tions. The proving left by Hahnemann is not a very satisfactory
one. Dr. Teste has published, in his Materia Medica, three prov-
ings on adults; and one, very short, on a child aged ten years.
The result would seem to indicate its use in affections of the eyes
and chest. The respiration, in the three cases, seems to have been
sensibly affected. The first, proven on the fourth day, experienced,
1.30 P.M., deep-seated pain in the right side of the chest, with
embarrassed respiration; Dull beating—unable to draw a long
breath; Apprehension of threatening pneumonia; at 6.30 chest
symptoms return, with violent dyspnoea. Again on the 6th, slight.
7th—Chest again affected; Similar symptoms appear with the
second and fourth provers. In the child a symptom of spasmodic
cough, like the beginning of Whooping-cough, was noticed. In his
diseases of children, he mentions Chelidonium as a specific for
pneumonia, at its height; and second in rank for Whooping-cough;
also Coralia Rubrum, as follows:—“When Whooping-cough has
been diagnosed, prescribe Coral. 2,30th dil.; four doses in twenty-four
hours. Continue three or four days: it should then be discontinued,
and Chelidonium 6 given—three doses in twenty-four hours; and
continued, whless violent spasmodic coughing fits, or convulsions, or
spasm of the glottis, would call for a return to the Coralia Rubrum.”
Early this spring (1864) I tried this plan in three cases, without
any apparent benefit : probably others have been more successful.
I do not know anything of its value in Pheumonia. Teste would
further appear to recommend it in Angina; Pulmonary Catarrh ;
Hepatitis; Intermittent fevers; Ophthalmia; Amaurosis; also for a
sort of tetter on the back and chest. (Rather vague.) -
Hempel names it for Bilious derangement; Liver disease; Dull
headache; Burning, flushed face; Dark urine; Jaundice; Dimness
of sight; Diarrhoea; Ascites; Rheumatic stitches; Papular Pus-
tules. - - &
Noack and Trinks, fºghronic ºffections of the abdominal organs;
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CHINA. [CHINA.
Liver; Spleen; Biliary calculi, and anomalies of the portal system.
(See Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura, for symptoms.)
CHINA,
HAHNEMANN. CINCHONA. BARK.
HAHNEMANN declares this to be one of the most powerful of all
vegetable drugs, and that experience and observation (not caprice)
have taught him to abandon large doses. When administered in
small doses the cure will be effected without secondary disturbance;
for its action is short—scarcely a few days. He strongly de-
precates the method of giving Bark for every kind of weakness;
and expresses a positive opinion, that, if persevered with in large
doses, Jaundice, Swellings, Spasms, Pains, Degenerations, Ab-
dominal sufferings, and Hectic fever, must be the result. One
of the early effects of Cinchona is to open the bowels: hence it will
cure Diarrhoea, if the other symptoms correspond; also Humid
Gangrene; Morbid excitement of the sexual powers; Involuntary
emissions; Pains that are excited by moving the affected parts,
and especially when the nightly rest is disturbed; Suppuration of
the Lungs, accompanied with stitches in the Chest; Jaundice, and
intermittent fevers—the medicine to be administered after the
attack. The protracted use, continues Hahnemann, of Cinchona in
large doses, frequently produces a Cachectic state, very difficult to
CULT6..
China, according to Hempel, is analogous, in action, to Arsenic.”
It stimulates the vital powers, and exercises a disturbing influence
on the animal tissues, tainting the foundations of life. He considers
its chief action to be exerted on the vegetative sphere—the Gan-
glionic system, especially the semilunar.
There is one circumstance connected with this medicine that
renders it peculiarly interesting. This very China, as we now call
it, has led to the foundation of a medical sect, known as Homoeo-
* Teste says it resembles Iron in action, and has placed it under that
group. <
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pathists. The statement made by Cullen, in his Materia Medica,
that Bark cures the Ague, and that Bark produces Ague, at once
arrested the attention of Hahnemann, and led him to test the truth
of this strange assertion. The result of his trials subsequently
induced him to announce the principle, similia similibus, a law of
CULT6. -
It may be presumed that this rule was known to Hippocrates;
for we find, in the first volume of his works (Syden. Society,
p. 77), as follows:—“Although the general rule of treatment be
contraria contraris curantwr, the opposite rule also holds good
in some cases—namely, ‘Similia similibw8 cwrantwr.’” One point
is very certain, that the first of these two methods, or rules, has
never proved satisfactory in the hands of practitioners; for they
have long since ceased to acknowledge any rule or law: therefore
the rule of similars certainly should be entitled to a universal
trial before it is to be condemned. Indeed, an eminent professor,
only a few years ago, in his address when reopening one of the
Medical schools—speaking of Homoeopathy as the grand imposture
of the age, admitted that the value of Therapeutics stood so
low, that he believed if Hahnemann had never invented the
globule, the whole body of the faculty would have embraced his
doctrines. - º
Dr. Henderson, a professor of acknowledged talent, boldly
avowed his belief in the truth and value of Homoeopathy, and has
for many years practised it with much success. The chief objection
that has ever been raised, appears to be against the globule; conse-
quently, at the present time, many practitioners have abandoned
their use altogether, and, they state, cure very satisfactorily; while
the true followers of Hahnemann maintain, that, to ensure full
success in practice, the globule is essential. 4.
Thus, it would seem, this tiny globule has compelled us to
become a sect, and caused all who practise Homoeopathy to be
turned out of the Great Ship; yet, now and again, we find some of
those who still sail in the Big Vessel, purchasing our tinctures, and
applying them in accordance with our rule, and occasionally
slipping out a few words in its favour, when the medical press
gently reminded them that “pitch is sticky:” for Homoeopathy is too
strong to be played with. This, no doubt, will be right in the end;
when we consider, that never, since the days of Hippocrates, has
any plan of treatment been proposed, at once so simple, so beautiful
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in its application, and so thoroughly tending to revolutionise the
old practice of physic. It must be admitted, that the more
gently, quietly, and unobtrusively it proceeds to complete that
revolution, the better.
In addition to the statement of Hahnemann (already recorded),
China has been found useful in Asthenic conditions, with loss of
vital heat; Tendency to relaxation; Passive haemorrhage, and too
rapid decomposition of the tissues; Over-sensitiveness of the
nervous system, the slightest noise being intolerable; Intermittent
fevers, with chilliness; Vomiting; Thickly-coated, yellow, or
brownish tongue; Yellow tinge of the skin; Pains in the stomach;
Obstinate Gastric derangement; Congestion of the Liver and
Spleen; Bilious Diarrhoea; Haemorrhages, even during pregnancy,
and in aged persons; also bleeding from the nose; Carbuncle;
Gangrene; Cachectic Ulcers; Prosopalgia and Odontalgia. The
pains are mostly of a jerking, tearing, stitching character, and
worse at night. China will prove useful in Mercurial Cachexia;
Neuralgia; Anemia; CEdema.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Lowness of spirits, with Hypochondria; Sad; has no
desire to live; Indifference; Apathy; Nervous irritation; Want
of disposition to work.
Head.—Giddiness; Headache from suppressed coryza; Heavi-
ness, with reeling sensation; Headache at night, with sleepless-
ness; Pressure, as if the head were too full; Rush of blood to the
head; Feeling as if the head would burst; Tearing pains in various
parts of the head; Darting pains; Stitches; Hammering; Sense
of balancing in the brain, with painful striking against the skull;
Congestion of blood to the head; Headache increased by move-
ment.
Scalp.–Sensitive; Roots of the hair painful; Contractive pain
in the scalp; Stitches; Creeping; Itching; Stinging; Profuse
sweat on the head when walking in the open air.
Eyes.—Drowsy; Pressure; Itching; Biting; Redness; Yellow
colour of the Albuginea; Pupils dilated. -
Sight.—Dim; Weak; Incipient amaurosis; Muscae Volitantes.
Ears.-Humming; Ringing; Beating; Stitches in the ears.
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Nose.-Coryza, with sneezing; Frequent bleeding from the
nose, especially in the morning. -
Face,—Pale; Sunken; Sickly grey-yellow; Clay-coloured, or
blackish; Red; Hot; Bloated; Prosopalgia; Beating; Darting;
Neuralgic pains.
Lips, Dry; Blackish; Cracked; Swollen; Sore; Ulcerated.
Teeth.-Drawing, throbbing, tearing, darting Toothache,
chiefly after dinner, or at night—relieved by pressing them strongly
together; Looseness of the teeth; Black sordes.
Mouth.—Ptyalism from mercury; Contractive pains in the
salivary glands; Slimy mouth; Bleeding from the mouth; Putrid
Smell, passing off after a meal.
Tongue-White, yellow, or dirty; Thick coating, or blackish;
Parched; Stitches; Painful swelling. *
Taste.-Flat, watery, slimy; Bitter taste constantly; Bitter
taste of food, or too salt. -
Appetite.—Lost; Aversion to every kind of nourishment.
Secondly—Desire for dainties; Sour fruit; Hunger; Voracious ap-
petite; Violent thirst for cold water.
Eructations.—Empty; Acid, or tasting of ingesta; Bitter;
Heartburn after every meal, with waterbrash; Nausea; Vomiting
of mucus, water, or food; Sour vomiting.
Stomach.-Cold feeling; Fulness after a meal; Oppression;
Pressure after every meal; Burning; Spasmodic pains; Contrac-
tion; Stitches at pit and sternum. . . .
Hepatic Region.—Stitches during inspiration; Induration
and swelling of the liver; Spleen—stitches and swelling; hard-
Iſle SS, -
Abdomen.—Violent colic; Colic, with thirst; Aching pains,
with fulness after a meal; Pinching pains, causing him to bend
double; Cutting, contractive pains; Colic, with the feeling as if
Diarrhoea would set in; Distention; Dropsical swelling; Incarce-
ration of flatus; Emission of flatus, sometimes foetid.
Stool-Constipation; Accumulation of the faeces in the intes-
times, with dizziness and heat in the head; Soft evacuations.
Loose Diarrhoea; Involuntary, loose, yellow, or watery stools;
Mucous stools, or undigested, after dinner or at night; Diarrhoea
from eating fruit; White, bilious, or blackish stools; Putrid.
Rectum and Anus.-Stitches, burning, jerks, contractive
sensations; Tingling, with discharge of worms.
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Urine,—Secretion diminished; Scanty, green-yellow; Dark,
with brick-dust deposit; White, turbid, with white deposit.
Menses.—Metrorrhagia; Profuse menses—clots of black blood;
Leucorrhoea serous, mixed with blood.
Larynx,−Hoarse, husky voice; Bronchial Catarrh.
Cough.-Violent after a meal, or in the evening; Cough, with
blood-streaked sputa, or white mucus with blackish granules;
Purulent expectoration; Haemoptysis.
Respiration.-Short, hurried; Arrest of breath; Suffocative
fits, like Asthma.
Chest.—Oppression, especially when lying down; Stitches in
the chest when walking fast; Sweat breaks out on the least
exercise.
Upper Limbs.-Laming pains in the muscles and bones;
Stitches; Weakness in the hands; Tremor when writing; Cramps
when grasping any article. -
Lower Limbs.-Pains in the bones and knee-joint; Hot
swelling of the right knee; Swelling of the feet; Darting pains in
the bones of the feet.
Fever.—Chilliness; Shuddering, with goose-flesh; Chilliness,
coming on in the open air, or after drinking—generally in the
afternoon or evening, rarely in the morning; Fits of chilliness,
quickly followed by heat and sweat. -
Intermittent Fever, with Congestion to the head; Bitter
taste; Loss of appetite; Yellow skin; Pains in the back and
limbs; sometimes pains in the chest; Palpitation; Cough; Colic,
and great debility; Sleeplessness; Easy perspiration during
sleep.
Skin.—Yellow colour, as in Jaundice; Skin dry, flaccid;
General anasarca; Ichor, having a putrid smell; Moist Gangrene.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Rheumatic pains in the limbs, or as if bruised or strained;
Painful weariness; Heaviness of the thighs; Lassitude; Chronic
debility; Trembling; Stiffness of the joints; Twitchings of the
limbs; Wasting; Emaciation of children; Exhausting night-
sweats; Hectic symptoms.
The character of the pains are mostly darting, lacerating, or
tensive; aggravated at night, when in bed, and by contact.
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CICU.] CICUTA VIROSA.
CICUTA WIROSA.
HAHNEMANN. WATER HEMLOCK.
HAHNEMANN appears to be the first who advises the internal use of
this, the Water Hemlock. He declares the proving to be yet im-
perfect, but that further investigation will show symptoms that no
other drug is possessed of; and that it will be a valuable remedy
even in chronic affections. It has proved curative in some cases
of Convulsions, especially Tetanic Convulsions; and, according to
Noack and Trinks, useful in the following:-Convulsions of women
and children; Spasms during delivery; Hysteric spasms and teta-
nus; Mental Affections; Diseases of the skin; Impetigo; Herpes;
Pustules; Eruptions, with thick yellow crust and burning pain.
It acts powerfully on the brain, spinal nerves, and the stomach.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—He imagines a strange change had come over him;
that he was not living in his usual place, or in the same circum-
stances; Anxious about the future; Suspicious; Moaning; Sad
tales affect him deeply; Great tendency to start at a loud word or
opening a door; Aversion to Society; Absence of mind; after a
long sleep, mania, gestures, dancing, jumping, &c., with very red
face; afterwards calm and reflective.
Head.—Dull, dizzy, giddy, intoxicated, staggering, reeling,
vertigo—falls down; Objects appear moving from side to side, or to- .
and-fro; Headache; Compression at the sides; Semi-lateral; Heavi-
ness, pressure; Hammering; Feeling of looseness of the brain;
Headache over the orbits.
(May be useful in those affections that follow concussion of the
brain). * -
Eyes.—First—Pupil Contracts; Second—Dilates; Burning;
Photophobia; Vanishing of the sight when walking; Objects
appear double at times, and then black, or not well distinguished;
Blurred. - -
Ears.-Pain, Soreness behind; Eruptions; Pimples; Pustules.
Nose.—Scurfy nostrils; Yellow discharge.
Tace.—Pustules dark-red—size of lentils; last nine days, and
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peel off; Eruption, that flows together in one mass of pus (cured).
Medicine allowed to act three or four weeks.
Vesicles on the lip; Thick, scurfy, honey-like eruption on the face
and chin, with swelling of sub-maxillary glands; Twitching of the
muscles; Grinding of the teeth; Lock-jaw.
Mouth, Foam at mouth.
Tongue.—White Ulcers; Sores, with burning pain; when
talking he feels a jerk in the head, from before backward; also a
jerk of the arms.
Throat.—Feels closed; Inability to swallow.
Appetite.—Desire for, and swallowed coal (during the spasm);
Hiccough; Waterbrash; Gulping of a bitter fluid; Nausea; also
with stitches in the forehead all day; Vomiting—even vomiting
did not remove Lock-jaw; Vomiting, with spasms in the pectoral
muscles, affecting the eyes.
Stomach.-Burning pressure ; Scraping, scratching; Shocks;
Throbbing—raised at pit the size of a fist; Anxiety at pit.
Abdomen.—Heat, flatus; Colic; also from worms and con-
vulsions in children. -
Back-Opisthotonos; Pain about the scapula; Boil on the
right scapula. . -
Neck.-Stiff; Spasm in the cervical muscles.
Skin-Itching; Suppurating eruptions, forming yellow crusts.
Sleep.–Only half-sleep; Dreams confused; Sleeplessness;
Frequent waking, with sweat, which seems to strengthen.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Meningeal arteries and Pia Mater congested; Wessels tinged
with blackish fluid blood; Substance of Brain rather hard, with
bloody points throughout; Choroid plexus red; Serous fluid in one
ventricle, and at base of skull; From the spinal canal, a dark-red
fluid escapes. Spinal coverings, Dura and Pia Mater, the vessels
congested; Grey substance, darker than natural. Stomach
collapsed—lining, red, here and there, and covered throughout with
brownish spots (Gangrenous); Cardiac and pyloric orifice red;
Part of duodenum constricted. Spleen soft, engorged. Parts of .
Liver pale—border inflamed. Gall-Bladder contained reddish-
brown bile. Laryma, trachea, and bronchi red. Lungs, blue;
Bluish-red, yellow, or vermilion spots, three lines in depth; Dis-
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tention; Crepitation; Filled with dark-red fluid blood. Pleura
covered with a net-work of congested vessels; Several ounces of
serum in each thoracic cavity; Heart and vena cava empty.
CINA,
HAHNEMANN. MUGWORT OF INDIA.
HAHNEMANN writes—“For centuries past this drug has been used
only to expel worms, in doses from ten to above sixty grains. Now,
a few worms in lively children cannot be thought an important
disease, being common in childhood, and causing but little incon-
venience. But when worms are generated in a large quantity,
they depend on a morbid condition of the system, which must be
cwred. By simple, reiterated expulsion nothing is gained.”
Cina possesses many more powers than that of expelling worms.
It will prove useful in Cerebral Affections; Acute Hydrocephalus;
Encephalitis; Affections of the Eyes; Whooping-cough; Gastric
disturbance; Vomiting; Bloated abdomen of children; Tendency
to Atrophy; Wetting the bed; Convulsions from Worms; Con-
gestion of blood to the Head and Chest; Intermittent Fever;
Irritation of the genitals, inducing Omanism in children. (“Bron-
chial Catarrh, especially after Measles, with Hectic.”—Dr. Gray.)
Hahnemann preferred the 30th potency of this remedy.
SYMPTOMS.
Weeping and complaining in children ; cannot be calmed;
Cries when touched; Easily offended; Rejects everything that is
offered to him, or feels languid and sick. -
Head.—Dizzy, with faintness; Staggering; Stupefying headache
when in the open air—first in the forehead, afterwards in the
occiput; Headache increased by reading and reflection—relieved
by stooping; Stitches in the brain—left hemisphere.
Eyes.—Sore, weak, weary; Pupils dilated; Sight weak—dim
(from Onanism); Photophobia; Sensation as from sand; Itching
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in the Canthi ; Specks on the Cornea; Dryness; Aching or burning
in the lids. -
Ears.-Pain; Cramp-like jerking; Dull stitches; Feels tender
as if bruised. - -
Nose.-Constant picking and boring; Stoppage of the nose.
Face.—Pale, sickly, pinched look; Bluish around the mouth ;
Jerking pains in the malar bones. -
Teeth.-Grinding of the teeth; Toothache from cold air or
drink.
Appetite.—Voracious—always hungry; Vomiting and Diarrhoea;
Thirst; Bilious Vomit; Tongue clean; Hiccough; Womiting of
Worms; Violent hunger after a meal; Bread is bitter.
Stomach and Abdomen.—Pressure in stomach at night;
Cramp-like pain after a meal; Pinching; Cutting in abdomen;
Pains about the umbilicus; Twisting; Forcing in the navel;
Cutting pains in the intestines.
Stool.--Diarrhoea; Papescent; Bilious or White; Itching at
anus; Discharge of ascarides.
Urine,—Turbid—frequent ; Involuntary, and at night; Wetting
the bed in children.
Menses.—Early; Profuse ; Haemorrhage from the uterus.
Larynx.-Much mucus in the morning; Titillation low down
in the trachea ; Coughs up a white mucus.
Cough.-Hoarse, with tendency to vomit; Fits of cough like
whooping-cough ; Previous to the cough the child rises up; Body
rigid; Stares; Unconscious, as if about to have a fit; Dry, spasmodic
cough, with pale face, anxious look; Dyspnoea.
Chest.—Oppression ; Contracted, cramp - like sensation ;
Stitches; Breathing short, panting, heavy, loud; Darting in the
chest.
Limbs.-Cramps; Tearing pains; Jerking.
Sleep.–Restless; Tossing; Constantly changing position.
Fever.—Quotidian ; Cold sweat; Chilliness after one o'clock,
mid-day, followed by heat, chiefly of the head; Frequent shivering;
cannot get warm.
Most of the symptoms appear at night; more violent in the
morning and evening, increased by contact and pressure.
The pains are frequently of a stitching character, sometimes
like a shock or jerk; Itching in different parts; Great languor
of children. .
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CINN.] CINNABAR.
CINNABAR,
HAEINEMANN. RED SULPHURET OF MERCURY.—VERMILION e
USED in Allopathy to fumigate Syphilitic Ulcers of the throat and
fauces—the vapour inhaled through a tube. The proving by
Hahnemann contains but few symptoms. Others, of a more ex-
tensive character, will be found in the volume appended to the
North American Homoeopathic Journal, 1853. The head-symp-
toms appear to be most prominent. Some cures of Gonorrhoea and
Sycotic excrescences are on record. -
SYMPTOMS.
Head.-Distressing headache, relieved by pressure; Roaring;
Dizziness; Fulness, with redness of the eyes; Dulness, just above
the eyebrow; Determination of blood to the head the whole day;
Sensation of Congestion in forehead; Rush of blood to back part
of head (Cinn. relieves congestion); Heat, fulness, pressure, as
from a cold; Headache—worse after sleeping; he can scarcely
raise it from the pillow.
Forehead.—Sharp, steady pain; Dull, heavy pain from before
backwards; Sense of weakness and great prostration, as after a
severe illness; Darting pains from without inwards; Pain from
one temple to the other; almost every morning, on awaking, pain
in forehead and top of head; Throbbing at noon; Pricking all
night; Shootings, with heaviness; Shootings, affecting the right
eye; Darting through the sides of the head. -
Temples—Fulness and weight across the temples; Throbbing
in right; Constant pain in right; Passes to the Occiput; Pressing
pain in right; Beating; Burning in both temples.
Scalp.–Sore, tender to touch; Hair sensitive; Pricking.
Eyes.—Excessive lachrymation; Right eye inflamed; Itching,
pressing, pricking; Redness at angles; Sensation as if a sharp
stick were pressed on the lower lid; Pains, with redness and
swelling; Lids feel enlarged, puffed; Transparent vesicle on
the eyelid; Itching of the lids; Redness of the eye, with
swelling of the face; Eyes weak; Overclouded; Weak; Sore;
Numb, pressing pains; Stinging in the inner Canthus. . -
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Ears.—Roaring; Noises; Aching lasted only fifteen minutes.
Face.—Heat and swelling; Symptoms as of cold in the head.
Nose.—Flow of mucus; Discharge of much mucus, with irri-
tation in Posterior mares, tonsils, and fauces.
Mouth.-Corners of the mouth chapped; Roof sore; Burning;
Dry; Much dryness of mouth and throat—obliged to rinse often ;
Inflammation, with great dryness—worse at night; Desire for
water; Secretion of tenacious mucus; Bad taste, with phlegm and
ptyalism.
Tongue.—Sore at tip; Itching spot; Rough, stiff, stinging;
Dry, foul taste, or Bitter; Metallic taste; Flow of Saliva much
increased; Salivation (Noack and Trinks). º
Appetite.-Good; Great appetite, with sexual desire; Flatu-
lence and headache (cured); Nausea; Inclined to Womit—Green
Vomit. -
Hypochondria.-Aching; Sharp pain in left; Dull pain, ex-
tending to Kidney, then passing to right side; Affection of
Spleen (cured); Griping Colic (cured).
Stool-Constipation first days; Loose stools twice a day; Dy-
sentery of blood (cured). -
Anus,—Burning, itching ; Tenesmus; Formication ; Pimples;
Protrusion at the Anus—decreases.
Urine,—Increased flow; Film on surface; Turbid.
Genital.—Gonorrhoea of long standing; Discharge yellow-green;
Pain and soreness during micturition (cured); Balanorrhoea.
Penis.-Swollen; Twitching; Tearing, stitching in glans;
Prepuce red, swollen; Itching at a spot; Jerking; Small warts in
different places—bleed when touched; Small red points on the
glans (shining); Burning, pricking, itching—relieved by rubbing;
Blenorrhoea of the glans; Strong erections; Sexual desire in-
creased.
Cough.-Dry in upper part of throat, with cold in the head;
Hoarse voice.
Chest.—Oppressed, as if pressed upon ; Dyspnoea, with heat;
Stitches near the sternum and about eighth rib.
. Extremities.—Pain in right shoulder; Shooting pains in the
arms; Lameness in the arm and limbs.
Has cured chronic eruption of the lip and nostrils. May be
useful in Small-pox, and Gangrenous inflammations. It is a
purifier of the Blood, and Anti-Venereal.
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C.I.E.M.H. CISTUS CANADENSIS-CLEMATIS.
CISTUS CANADENSIs
HERING. & ROCK ROSE.
RECOMMENDED by Dr. Hering chiefly for Induration and Ulceration
of Glands; Scrofulous Ulcers; Discharge of watery, purulent,
foetid fluid from the Ears; Affections of the throat; Chronic
Laryngitis (Dry throat, as if there was sand in it); Difficult
expectoration of tenacious mucus,
0LEMATIS,
HAHNEMANN. UPRIGHT VIRGIN's BOWER.
ACCORDING to Hahnemann, is useful for Inveterate Eruptions
on the Skin, resulting from mercurial complications; Impetigo
of the scalp; Affections of the Eyes; Urimary Affections; Stricture
of the Urethra (spasmodic). Dr. Stapf–for Orchitis; Indurated
testes, from Gonorrhoea. Noack and Trinks advise it for the Cachectic
and Scrofulous, with swelling of the cervical glands; Psoriasis—
even the inveterate forms; Spreading Herpes, or scaly and scurfy
eruptions; Chronic Ophthalmia; Pains in decayed teeth; Diseases
resulting from mismanaged Gonorrhoea; Rheumatism of Joints;
Cancer of the Lip; Diabetes?
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.—Stitches in the inner canthus; Smarting in the eyes;
Soreness; Lachrymation; Weins injected; Smarting, increased on
closing the eyes; Intolerance of light; Burning pains; Inflamma-
tion of the lids; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Iritis?
Face,—Morbid paleness; White blisters, as if sun-burnt;
Vesicles on the lip, exuding watery fluid; Painful eruption on the
lip : Cancerous? Swelling of sub-maxillary glands.
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COCCULUS, [COCC.
Teeth.-Shooting; Jerking in all the teeth; Violent tooth-
ache unfits him for anything, even thinking; Toothache at night.
(Clematis is very valuable for toothache, and newralgic pains.)
Abdomen.—Swelling of an inguinal gland.
Urine.—Frequent micturition—painless, copious, purulent.
Urethra.-Long-lasting contraction and constriction; Spas-
modic stricture; Narrowing of the canal.
Scrotum.—Swelling—tender when walking; Right half swollen.
Testes.—Painful; Bruised; Sensitive; Swollen; Indurated;
Drawing pain in testes and spermatic cord; Burning pain during
the emission of semen ; Stitches in Urethra.
Menses.—Profuse—eight days early. Mammae—Induration
under the nipple, tender to pressure. -
Skin.-Chronic, red, humid herpes, that itch in bed; Scaly
herpes; Itching (hºwmid) eruptions; Vesicular eruptions on the
body; Throbbing pain in ulcers; Tingling; Stitches in the Edges
of the ulcers; Swelling of the axillary glands.
Limbs.—Drawing, laming pains; Contractions and twitching
in the fingers; Jactitation of the muscles; Scaly tetters on the
thigh.
The pains of Clematis are chiefly shooting or darting.
0000 ULUS,
HAHNEMANN. - INDIAN COCKLE.
IT would appear that the Indians prize the root of this plant
for Diarrhoea, Colic, loss of appetite, and many other affections.
Hahnemann advises it for females subject to sadness, nervous
fevers, spasmodic pains, and Paralysis: its chief action seems on
the Brain and Spinal Nerves. Noack and Trinks prescribe it
in affections arising from anger; Onanism; Sickness from riding
in carriages and ships; Hysteric Spasms; Fainting fits of
hysteric females; Menses, irregular or suppressed; Sudden
cessation of the flow; Painful menstruation; Paralysis, especially
of the lower limbs; also the Tongue and Arms; Fevers, typhoid and
bilious; Abdominal Typhus; Typhus, with Giddiness and Delirium;
Spasms of the Stomach; Spasmodic and flatulent Colic; Sudden
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. C000.] CoCCULUs.
Spasms from retention of menses; Inguinal Hernia, incarcerated ;
Palpitation of the heart; Affections of the Spinal Cord.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Absorbed in the saddest thoughts, reveries—thoughts
directed to one disagreeable object; very serious about his health
and affairs; any little injury done affects him sorely; Anxiety, as
if he had committed a great crime; Anguish about the heart ;
Starts at the least noise; Irritated by every trifle; cannot bear
talking or noise. - -
Head.—Stupid feeling; he cannot read a sentence and under-
stand it; Cloudiness; he immediately forgets what he was thinking
of ; Vertigo—things turn round ; Nausea—inclined to vomit ;
Heaviness; Sense of a heavy weight lying on the head—no pain;
Headache constrictive; the temples feel compressed in a vice ;
Aching pain in forehead; Tearing, throbbing, frontal headache;
Headache, as if the eyes would be torn out, during motion, with
Vertigo ; Headache, forcing one to close the eyes; Empty feeling
in the head. -
Eyes.—Spasmodic rolling; Aching pain; Sensation as of dust;
Dim sight; Muscae; a black figure appears walking.
Mouth.-Dry; Tongue—Yellowish-white coating.
(Esophagus.-Dry; Constricted, nervous choking ; Burning;
Apparent Paralysis; Throat sensitive, dry, scraping.
Taste.-Metallic: Coppery; Acid or slimy.
Appetite.—Lost; Repugnance to food; the smell of food is
too much for her; Dislike to acids; Bread tastes sour.
Eructations.—Bitter, or empty; Frequent; Putrid, or of food.
Nausea, with tendency to faint ; Paroxysms of nausea;
Inclination to vomit, especially when riding in a carriage ;
Vomiting, with accumulation of water in the mouth, with Head-
ache, and pain in the bowels as if bruised.
Stomach.-Violent Spasms; Griping; Tearing ; Spasm after
a meal; Pressure; Pecking; Gnawing. w
Abdomen,_Distention ; Flatulent Colic; Cramps; Tearing;
Prickings; Violent Colic after dinner; Continuous stitch, from
right to left; Spasms in the Abdomen, especially when the menses
are suppressed; Midnight Colic, with Hysteria; Pressure towards
the abdominal ring, which feels dilated; Hernia.
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COCCULUS. [COCC. .
Useful in Hermia of Children.
Stool,—Constipation—difficult; Tenesmus; Soft; Yellow; Pale;
Slimy; Ineffectual desire; Want of peristaltic action.
Anus.-Burning; Tingling; Itching; Constriction; Haemor-
rhoids.
Urine,—Pale ; Watery ; Pressure on the Bladder ; Desire
frequent during pregnancy; Urgent desire. -
Menses.—Suppressed menses; they appear with Colic Spasms;
Pain in chest ; Lameness; Nausea; Fainting, and jerking in
limbs; Painful periods—irregular, or copious, with clots and
Uterine Spasms; Discharge of blood during pregnancy.
Leucorrhoea.—Like serum, or purulent, ichorous discharge.
Chest.—Oppression ; Tightness ; Breath short, sibilant, or
snoring ; Spasms; Stitches in the sides; Congestion of blood;
Palpitation of the heart (nervous).
Back.-Tearing, drawing pains; Aching; Bruised feeling; Pain
under left scapula; Cervical muscles stiff; Weakness of the neck;
required support to the head.
Upper Limbs.-Convulsive movements; Pulsation ; Visible
jerking in the muscles; Paralysis of the Arm; Pains of dislocation
in the glenoid cavity. .
Hands.-Benumbed, and become insensible; Painful paralytic
drawings in the fingers; Cramp-like contractions.
Lower Limbs.-Paralysis from the Sacral region downwards;
Rigid feeling in the thighs; Bruised feeling; Pain in the knees;
Weariness; Inflammation and swelling. •
Feet.—Swelling ; Cold sweat; Bruised pain in the feet.
Fever.-Chilliness; Alternation of heat, with chills; Heat in
the forehead and cheeks; Frequent flushes; Desire for beer; Slight
sweat over the body. (Before the sweat), Anxiety; Nausea; Thirst;
Oppressed breathing; Faintness, with nervous depression.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Paralytic, drawing, or digging pains; Stiffness of the joints;
Cracking of the joints; Trembling of the limbs; he is unable to
stand firmly, and feels extremely weak. The open air seems to
aggravate most of the symptoms. The muscles are painful when
moved or touched, and the head-symptoms increased by taking
food, coffee especially. -
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COFF.] COFFEA,
COFFEA.
STAPF. RAW corrºr.
HAHNEMANN has written a most remarkable, and, perhaps, extrava-
gant essay on the evils of Coffee—all of which Dr. Teste seems to
endorse. In his Materia Medica, we find seven pages devoted to
this beverage. He would make it quite a polychrest. English
practitioners chiefly prescribe Coffea for Sleeplessness in infants.
Noack and Trinks advise it for premonitory symptoms of Small-
pox; Measles and Scarlatina; Puerperal fever, with nervous
irritation and intolerable pains; Headache; Toothache; Weak
Digestion; Violent labour pains; After-pains; but chiefly for
Sleeplessness. Hempel used it (once) for calming the nervous
system, and sending his patient to sleep after an operation for
Cataract. The dose was a teaspoonful, strong and black, sweetened;
a second dose, in five minutes, produced the desired effect.
“I wonder if he has often succeeded so well ?”
For the proving, see Dr. Stapf’s additions.
SYMPTOMS.
Exaltation of the senses and nervous system ; Increased sensi-
tiveness to pain—worse in the open air; Sad, indisposed for labour;
Nervous, weary, tired feeling in the limbs, after a walk.
Mind.—Anxiety; Unsteady—cannot hold a pen to write; An-
guish; Discomposed; Ill-humour—short, snappish. -
Head.—Gloomy, giddy—unable to think acutely; Absence of
mind, or ideas crowd rapidly; Headache, as if the brain were too
full; Tearing sensation; Snapping, cracking; Pulsations; Headache
in the morning, with tightness; Rush of blood, with heat in the
face; Head feels too full.
Teeth.-Darting in the teeth from above downwards; Tooth-
ache at night, with restlessness, weeping, anguish.
Stool.—Diarrhoea of infants, especially during Dentition.
Arms.-Weakness; Drawing, rheumatic pains; Tearing, or
bruise-like pains; Trembling of the hands.
Sleep.–Unable to sleep; Lively; Sleeplessness after midnight;
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COLCHICUM. [COLCH.
Excessive agitation of both mind and body; no sleep from 2 to
7 A.M., with much flatulence; Restless the whole night—con-
tinual turning from one side to the other; the thoughts are fixed
on one object; Slumbering; Waking with a start; Night's rest
broken; Desire to sleep, but cannot. The infant is restless, with
hot cheeks, two days and nights. A girl, aged six, talks in her
sleep; Convulsions, with grinding of the teeth; Limbs cold.
COLCHICUM.
STAPF. MEADOW SAFFRON.
IN the Allopathic School this is one of the chief specifics for Gout
and Rheumatic pains. It is a Diuretic ; Cathartic; Sedative; and
Acrid Narcotic. A large dose caused acute pains in the joints, with
tenderness on slight pressure : generally, it lowers the pulse, causes
depression, nausea, vomiting, purging, stools resembling green-pea
soup. It sometimes acts as an anodyne, and speedily allays the
acute pains of Gout. Pereira found it useful in Asthma and
Chronic Bronchitis, accompanied with Anasarca. For Homoeopathic
use, Noack and Trinks state that Colchicum is suitable for ex-
haustion, after night-watching and mental exertions; ACUTE AND
CHRONIC RHEUMATIC AFFECTIONS; Mercurial Rheumatic pains;
Ascites; Swelling and anasarca about the joints; Toothache, with
darting, drawing pains, affecting the Articulation of the Jaw;
Chronic Dysentery, with Gastritis; Spasms of the Chest; Pleuritic
effusions; Hydrothorax; Affections of the Heart; Spasmodic
Colic; Tearing pain in the shoulder; Haemorrhoids, and Affections
of the Kidneys and Bladder. Dr. Teste remarks, that Colch. exer-
cises a very marked action on the glands of the neck; has cured a
few severe cases of Rheumatic pain from a Cold, resembling a
strain in the neck, with dyspnoea and palpitation of the heart,
especially at night. He also names it for various Neuralgia, of the
most obstinate kind; Erysipelas; Ophthalmia; Chorea; and
Hysteria. The symptoms are worse during the night, and
increased by intellectual labour.
The proving of this drug is not very extensive.
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COLCH.] COLCHICUM.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.-Depression; Peevish, dissatisfied, temper easily dis-
turbed; Weakness of memory; Absence of mind. -
Head.-Drawing, tearing pains; Crampy pain over the Eyes;
Weight in the Occiput during movement; Tearing, drawing in
left hemisphere, from the eye to the Occiput; Pain in the Scalp;
Falling-off of the hair.
Eyes.—Sore; Tearing in right; Suppuration of Meibomian
gland, with swelling of left lower lid. - -
Ears.-Dragging, Tearing, or Cramp-like pains; Discharge after
measles; Roaring and stoppage. -
Nose.—Soreness of the Septum ; Smell acute; Bleeding from
sneezing, with tingling; Chronic Coryza, with thin discharge.
Face.—Sickly; Piteous, sad look; Swollen, disfigured; CEdema,
Yellow spots; Itching eruption; Tearing pains, beating, jerking,
drawing ; Prosopalgia, as if the bones were torn asunder.
Teeth.-Pain in the Articulation of the Jaw; Drawing tooth-
ache; Jerking in the molars; Tearing in roots; Gums painful.
Mouth, Saliva increased; Profuse ptyalism.
Tongue.-Stiff, heavy, insensible.
Throat.-Painful, inflamed, biting, tingling.
Appetite.-Lost; Aversion to food; the sight or smell is
intolerable; Broth nauseates—even the smell; Eggs make him
feel faint; Thirst, burning—unquenchable; Eructations empty
(forenoon); Constant Hiccough; Nausea when at table, or standing
erect; Nausea, with inclination to vomit; Vomit of yellow mucus,
bitter; Bilious vomit, with spasms, colic—excited by motion;
Painful contraction at Umbilicus.
Stomach.-Icy cold feeling, or soreness from pain; Burning
pressure, or stitches at pit; Pressure; Tingling; Region of the
stomach sensitive to touch. - -
Abdomen.—Colic pains; Distention, swelling; Dropsy; Peri-
toneal dropsy; Pressure at Umbilicus. º
Stool.—Scanty; Loose; Diarrhoea; Watery or jelly-like mucus;
Blood and skinny substance; Dysentery; Tenesmus.
Anus.—Burning, tingling, jerking; Spasm in Sphincter; Pro-
lapsus. -
Urine.—Diminished, scanty, dark-red; Constant desire first days;
Second—Copious emission—yellow, inodorous, with urging; Con-
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stant burning in the canal and neck of the bladder; Whitish
deposit. ſº
Chest.—Breathing difficult; Oppression, tightness; Crampy
pressure; Darting when breathing or coughing; Spasms; Hydro-
thorax; Asthma. -
Heart.—Tearing pains; Violent palpitation.
Back.-Tearing and lancinations; Pain between the scapulae;
Pains in the loins and renal region during movement.
Upper Limbs,-Pain in Axilla; Bubbling or Tearing; Arms
lame; no power to hold anything; Pains in the elbow; Tearing
in the hands; Trembling; Insensibility of the tips of the fingers.
Lower Limbs,-Tearing pain in the hip; Rheumatic pains
in the muscles of the thigh; GEdematous swelling of the legs and
feet; Pain in the heel, dorsum, and sole of foot; Tingling in the
toes, as if they had been frozen.
The pains are chiefly tearing—worse in the evening, at night,
and until morning; sometimes excessive; the tearing pains are
aggravated by heat; Great languor and weakness; Sometimes
sudden sinking of strength.
THE PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
Reveals considerable congestion of the Kidneys and Meningeal
Arteries. Spleen and Liver filled with black blood; Mesenteric
Veins much distended, and the Weins of the body generally turgid,
with thick black blood, clotty; Trachea inflamed. Heart large,
flaccid; Violet, brown, and blackish patches; the Coats of the
Stomach considerably altered—violet-colour, ash-grey, with red
spots.
COLOGYNTH,
HATHNEMANN. BITTER CUCUMBER.
THIS drug is commonly used for its Aperient properties, and is
thought valuable for habitual Constipation. It is sometimes
prescribed for Dropsy, and disease of the Brain; and dates from the
time of Hippocrates. -
In Homoeopathy, a very remarkable cure is recorded under the
treatment of Dr. Aegidi, by Colocynth, in a case of Ischialgia.
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coLol - COLOCYNTH.
The patient, a young lady, aged twenty-one, after a long period
of suffering, and various kinds of treatment, was cured by one dose
of Colocynth; 6th dilution. The particulars of this case, with an
extensive proving of Colocynth, will be found in the North
American Jowrmal of Homoeopathy, 1853. According to the
summary of the provings, Colocynth may be successfully exhibited
in cases of Hemicrania, affecting the frontal nerves; Prosopalgia
of the 5th, and painful affections of the Sciatic and Crural nerves;
Neuralgia of coeliac and hypogastric plexus, the Lumbar and Sacral
nerves. It has cured some affections of the eye; Rheumatic
Ophthalmia; Colic pains in the Abdomen; Bilious Colic; Bilious
Fever; Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Colic during Menstruation; Albu-
minuria, and the Dropsy—Supervening on that condition. Hah-
nemann states, that symptoms or conditions influenced by vexation,
grief, anger, or indignation, are indications for Colocynth—pro-
vided, of course, that other points agree.
Indications for Colocynth, according to the late Dr. Hartmann.
1st. Intense facial pain ; Pulsation and tearing in the malar
bone—worse in the evening and at night; Inflammation of the eye,
with intense pain on looking at the sky.
2nd. Tearing pains at pit of stomach, extending deep into the
lower part of the Abdomen—increased by walking and coughing;
Pain in back; Abdomen tender to touch ; Alternation of cold and
heat; on going to stool, violent pains from abdomen to back.
3rd. Spasmodic, Flatulent, or inflammatory Colic ; Colic—
induced by cold, or mental motions. Evening, at six o'clock, cutting
pain in Hypogastrium, Stomach, Back, and Abdomen, with vomiting
of bilious matter; Anorexia; Hard faeces.
4th. Diarrhoea, with pressure on the lower abdomen, with Te-
IlêSIOſlūS, - - -
5th. Cutting pain in one place, then another, in one of the
lower limbs, causing limping.
According to Dr. Watzke, the affections cured by Colocynth
should proceed from an exaltation of sensibility, dependent on
Rheumatic, Gouty, or Gastric irritation; Congestion of the fifth
pair of nerves—affecting the sensitive filaments, but not on organic
changes from deeper causes. Colocynth will not cure inflammation
of the large intestine. Useless in tubercles, ulcers, gall-stones, and
urinary calculi.
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COLOCYNTH. [COL0.
SYMPTOMS.
Head,—Headache, with pressure in the fore-part of the head;
most violent when stooping, or lying on the back; Pressing and
drawing pain in left temple; Boring stitches in right temple;
Pressure; Burning in left temple, to root of nose; Pulsations, with
pressure in temple, afterwards became lancinating; Pressure in left
frontal sinus; Head and eyes are sensitive to the least movement;
Head hot.
Eyes.—Burning, cutting in the eye; Cutting as with knives in
the right eyeball, extending to root of nose and forehead; Acrid
tears; Burning pain in right eyeball; Arthritic Ophthalmia. Eye-
lids—Pain of excoriation; Burning.
Face.—Tearing; Tension—left side, extending to ear and fore-
head; Cramp-like sensation in left malar bone, extending to the
eye; Pressure in the orbits; Burning, stinging, left side of face;
Face swollen; Tearing, shooting; Prosopalgia; Face deep red in a
case of puerperal fever.
Tongue.-Coated yellow; Rough, like sand; Scalded; Burning
at tip; Edges sore; Taste bitter; Metallic: Thirst. -
Gastric Symptoms.-Eructations, with burning; Empty or
bitter; Nausea—vomiting of food—Greenish vomit, and Diar-
rhoea.
Stomach.-Pain, after food; Pressure; Squeezing; Cramp-
like pain at pit; Cutting in Epigastrium; Spasms, extending to
throat; COLIC AND DIARRHOEA AFTER THE LEAST FOOD ; Region of
stomach tender to touch. - -
Hepatic Region.—Pressure ; Flying pains; Dragging pain
from behind forwards; Pulsation, right side; Stitches; Drawing
in left.
Abdomen.-Rumbling, with emission of much flatulence ;
Bruised feeling, especially at umbilicus, as if from catching cold;
Constriction; Sharp griping, cutting, Squeezing at umbilicus;
Stitch—worse when walking; Pain as if the intestines were being
drawn up into a ball; Feeling as if the intestines were being
squeezed between stones; Colic—cutting as with knives; very
violent pain; he flexes the thighs on the abdomen, with great lassi-
tüde and anxiety; Emptiness in the hypogastric region; Commotion;
Sensation as if frogs were moving inside; Gradually increasing
constriction in the intestines every ten to twenty minutes—relieved
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COL0.] COLOCYNTH.
by pressure; Bowels feel sore; Empty (Coffee and smoking some-
times relieve the pain); Darting pain in the ovaries; Stabbing
pain in pubic region. - - - - - - - -
Stool.--Diarrhoea, with Tenesmus; Diarrhoea, day and night,
with nausea, but unable to vomit; Dysentery; Pap-like stools,
with griping; Burning at the anus; Liquid, frothy stool, Saffron
colour—musty odour; Bloody stools; Blind or Bleeding Haemor-
rhoids; Contraction of the rectum; Paralysis of the Sphincter.
Urine,—First—Increased, repeated desire. Second—Retention;
Deposit flocculent, transparent; during the night it became viscid,
like the white of an egg; Urine like that in dropsy, after scarlet
fever, encrusting the utensil with crystals that are detached with
difficulty; the urine has a very offensive odour, and becomes sticky,
glutinous.
Male Genital,—Testes retracted; Priapism; Drawing in testes;
Prepuce retracted; Impotence.
Chest.—Feeling of Constriction; Oppression; Flying stitches
in the muscles; Palpitation; Pulsations in the body; Shootings in
one part, then another.
Neck.-Stiffness and drawing pains in the neck, painful on
motion; Pain in right Scapula, as if the nerves and vessels were
on the stretch; Pains in the dorsal region.
Arms.-Drawing pains; Flying pains in muscles of arm and
shoulder; Drawing in right elbow. .
Hands and Fingers.--Drawing pains; Stiffness; Cramps;
Numbness. -
Lower Limbs.-Heavy; Trembling; Tearing pains in the
thighs; Pain as if the Psoas muscle were too short, when about
to walk; Cramp-like drawing in the femoral region; Pulsation in
the thighs and legs; Drawing in the thigh down to the knee;
Stiffness in the knees: Tearing in the calf; Spasm; Darting in
Ankle. -
Feet.—Heavy; Swollen; Pressure; Numbness; a tumour, the
size of a pigeon's egg, appeared on the right tarsus; no pain—
lasted six months. Colocynth has cured cramps in the calves of
the legs. -
Skin.-The skin of the whole body scales off.
Sleep.–Sleeplessness the whole night; Flatulent Colic at mid-
night; Feverish heat; Night-sweat; Palpitation of the heart;
Pulsation in the whole body. -
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CONIUM. [CONI.
00 NIU M.
HAHNEMANN. SPOTTED HEMLOCK.
THIS powerful agent was re-introduced for the cure of Cancer and
Tumours, by Van Stoerck, in 1761; it had then many partisans,
and some opponents, and has been subject to continued oscillations,
in medical practice, from that date to the present. At this moment,
its true medicinal range remains undefined. It is used by some as
a sedative in diseased action of the heart; by others only for
chronic cough, Dysmenorrhoea, and to retard the too profuse secre-
tion of milk. The dose has always been the stumbling-block.
Dr. Walshe writes—“It is difficult to persuade patients to perse-
vere in the use of this medicine sufficiently long; and I confess that
the only benefit I have myself effected, in the uncombined state,
has been alleviation of pain and irritability. I have increased the
dose to ten grains of the extract, twice daily; even this quantity
cannot be used without causing uncomfortable symptoms. Some
have given enormous doses. Dease, one ounce and a-half of the
powder every twenty-four hours. Rostard, six drachms of the ex-
tract, daily.” Happily for us, we are now able to administer these
powerful drugs in a less barbarous fashion, and continue their use,
to the relief of suffering humanity, for an indefinite period, and
with the most satisfactory results.
CONIUM, according to Hahnemann, has a tendency (primarily)
to constrict and induce a rigidity of the fibrous tissues;
(secondarily), relax, soften, and absorb. . . .
By Noack and Trinks we are told, that the chief tendency of
Conium is to fluidify and liquefy animal matter; that it is chiefly
useful where tuberculosis, scrofulosis, and carcinomatous cachexia
prevail. - - -
From the annexed Symptoms it may be prescribed for the fol-
lowing conditions, coeteris paribw8:—Over-activity of the Ab-
sorbent System; Swelling and induration of Glands, especially the
Mammary ; Membranous and tendinous formations, consequent
upon injury, whereby the cellular tissue is condensed, and the
glands become indurated, with sensation of numbness; Scrofulous
suppurations; Painful nodes and ulcers; Scrofulous, Herpetic,
gangrenous ulcers; Ophthalmia of various kinds; Nervous affec-
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CONI.] CONIUM.
tions of the Eyes; Photophobia; Cataract; Presbyopia; Violent
Prosopalgia, darting with lightning speed; Toothache of the
pregnant; Chronic diseases of the Liver; Menses suppressed, or
retarded in first appearance; Chlorosis; Uterine Spasms; Cough,
especially at night, with titillation; Oppression at the Chest, and
evening fever; Asthma of the Hysteric and aged; Chronic affec-
tions of the heart; Trembling of the Limbs.
It is especially swited to many of the affections of females,
and appears to act on the Brain and entire nervous system, even to
Baralysis.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.-Sad; Spirits depressed—easily moved to tears; Fearful,
whining, desponding; Anxiety; Disagreeable, anxious thoughts;
Superstitious—fears death, thieves; Inclined to start; Easily vexed ;
Angry; Dislike to labour.
Memory.—Inability to recollect; Loss of memory; Dulness
of mind; he finds it difficult to comprehend what he reads;
Dulness of mind and senses: -
Head.--Dizzy, whirling sensation—two days; Vertigo, as if he
were turning in a circle; everything appears to go round; Vertigo
as if he would fall to one side; Wertigo in bed, when rising in
the morning, or going down stairs; Vertigo of old persons; Head-
aches every day; Stupefying frontal; Bruise-like headache in the
morning, as if from blows; Dulness and heaviness; Sensation as if
the head were too full, and would burst; Aching as if a stone
pressed on the forehead; Drawing pains in the brain; the brain
seems gone to sleep; Tearing in occiput, with nausea; Painful
lancinations through the forehead, from within outwards, at noon.
Scalp.–Sense of Numbness; Pimples on the forehead that
enlarge (tuberculous?)—one reached the size of a nut; Falling-off
of the hair. - -
Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes when reading; Feeling of coldness
in the eyes when out walking; Pressure, drawing pain; Drawing
pain and redness; Itching; Stitches; Smarting, with lachrymation;
Heat; Burning.
Eyelids,--Inflamed, incipient Styes; Twitching of lids; Frequent
winking (nervous affection?); Tremulous look; in the morning,
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CONIUM. [CONI.
eyes gummed—difficult to open; also from spasmodic action;
Pupil dilated; Eyes yellow colour; Weak sight—dazzled by
daylight; Scrofulous Photophobia; Obstruction of Sight; more
short-sighted than formerly (Improved a person troubled with
short sight); Objects appear double and threefold; Red colour;
Dark points and coloured stripes ; Fiery sparks.
Ears.-Pain in the Ear—drawing, dragging; Stitches in both ;
Drawing stitches from within outward; Throbbing pains; Painful
tightness; Ear-wax like decayed paper; Shrill tingling; Roaring;
Humming; Intolerance of Sound; Hearing over-sensitive; a slight
noise makes him start. t
Nose.—Stinging, itching; Burning in nostrils; Stinging sore-
ness; Haemorrhage; Purulent discharge; Smell of tar; Sense of
smell more acute; Chronic stoppage; Frequent sneezing.
Face.—Violent Prosopalgia, with heat; Flashes of tearing pain
in the right side of face, recurring every two or five minutes;
Aching in the malar bone (right)—evening, lasting ten minutes;
Itching and gnawing in forehead. -
Eruptions.—Skin of face sore, excoriated; Pimples on fore-
head; Herpes and spreading ulcers; Ulcers on the lips; Dry,
scaly; Painful Vesicles on the lips—excoriation; Cancer of the lip 2
Jaws.--Spasm of the jaws—clenching; Gnashing of the teeth.
Teeth-Darting, jerking, or gnawing pain in a hollow tooth
when taking anything cold into the mouth; Drawing and boring
in molars; Looseness of molars, as if they would fall out; Gums
Bleed readily; Swollen—blue-red.
Mouth-Dry, with sour taste, or Violent Ptyalism.
Tongue.—Stiff, painful, swollen.
Throat.--Scraping—obliged constantly to swallow ; Involuntary
deglutition; Frequent hawking of mucus; Spasm of the CEsophagus.
Taste.—Putrid, somewhat acid, or bitter after breakfast.
Thirst-Violent; Thirsty every afternoon; Desire for salt
acids or coffee.
Appetite.—Lost completely; Does not relish bread.
Stomach.-Weak; Eructations of ingesta; Much flatulence;
Eructations suppressed, with pain—frequent and empty—morning,
after breakfast; Eructations sour, acid, putrid; Heartburn; Acrid
Heartburn; Acid gulping, risings; Nausea; Vomiting; Violent
Vomiting; Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy; Oppression during
a meal, with difficult breathing and stitches; Contractive pain,
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with feeling of Coldness; Spasms; Spasmodic pains (pinching);
Sore and raw feeling.
'Abdomen.—Violent pains, with chilliness; Hardness; Infla-
tion; Distention; Swelling; Colic; Pinching—fears Diarrhoea;
Colic; Violent cutting; Lancinating pains, as from knives; Sharp
stitches; Rumbling, gurgling, cutting pains previous to, and
during the emission of flatus. * -
Stool.-Constipation; Frequent urging without stool; Hard,
every two days, with tenesmus; Stool scanty. Secondly—Papescent
stools; Liquid, with little hard lumps; Undigested, foetid mucus.
Diarrhoea.—Watery; Exhausting diarrhoea; Tremulous weak-
ness after every stool, with palpitation.
Rectum,-Burning heat; Itching; also at Anus.
- Urine,—Frequent micturition; Impossible to retain it; Com-
pelled to micturate at two every morning—long duration; Symp-
toms of Diabetes? Urine profuse, clear; Wetting the bed; Urine
thick, white, turbid; Tough, turbid mucus passed, with pain in the
Urethra; Burning in Urethra.
Genital (Male).--Pain and swelling in the Testes, especially
from contusion. - - -
Menses.—Feeble; Scanty, suppressed—delay seven days; Pains
during menstruation; Abdominal spasms; Contractive pain; Pres-
sure from above downward. Before the Menses—Anxiety; Sad-
ness; Pains in the breasts; Heaviness in the limbs, and general
lassitude; Uterine spasms.
Leucorrhoea.—Smarting and excoriating; Burning, white mu-
cus; Thick, milky, with labour-like pains, or with colic; Weak-
ness; Pain in back; Violent itching in pudendum and vagina.
In Pregnancy.—Cough; Nausea; Vomiting; Lochial dis-
charge; Pains in the breast. Mammary Glands—Itching; Tender;
Swollen; Indurations in the gland; Wasting.
Comium has removed 8mall lumps—modosites in the breasts.
Larynx,-Hoarseness; Titillation, causing a short hacking
cough ; Dry, tickling cough, increased when lying down; Cough at
night very violent—suffocative, spasmodic, like asthma, with
Dyspnoea; Whooping-cough, with asthma; Cough, with discharge
of Pus, or Blood; Yellow sputa of foul taste.
Respiration.—Inspiration difficult, slow, short, panting; Breath
short when walking, or from the least exercise, with cough; Sense
of Suffocation, as if the throat were clogged with mucus.
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Asthma.—Especially in the morning, when first awake.
Chest—Tightness; Oppression; Violent pains; Cutting pressure,
increased by inspiration; Violent stitches, like pleurisy; Drawing
and tearing through the whole chest; Stitches in the Sternum;
Jerks; Bruise-like pains; Beating; Pricking; Internal itching.
Heart.-Palpitation when rising from bed; Palpitation after
drinking (more violent); Frequent and visible palpitation; Fre-
quent shocks in the cardiac region.
Neck.-Appears enlarged; Glands swollen; Pain at nape;
Drawing pain on the right side, from above downwards; Tension in
the nape; Throbbing; Soreness in lower cervical vertebrae.
Back.-Pain, as of a strain; Stitches in the small of the back,
with drawing through the lumbar vertebrae.
Scapular Region.--Stitches; Drawing pain (right); Pressure
under the left; Tension and pain in the muscles; Tingling in the
spinal column, as if it had gone to sleep. *
Arms.-Paralytic; Drawing, tearing pains; Crusted Eruptions;
Pains in the wrist. -
"Fingers.--Stiff, rigid; Yellow spots.
Thighs.-Drawing, tearing, cramp-like, especially in the ad-
ductor muscles.
Knee.—Dull pains when stepping; Pain as if bruised; Fa-
tigued; Patella feels as if broken—pain very violent; Cracking
at patella. - - -
Calves.—Cramps; Painful red spots—turn green or yellow, as
after contusion.
Feet.—Cold; Benumbed; Tremor; Burning swelling.
Toes.—Pulsative stitches; Tearing in ball of great toe. !
Sleep.-Drowsy by day, yet unable to sleep; Falls asleep after
midnight; Dreams frightful—intimidating; Raving in sleep; Sleep
not refreshing. -
Skin-Itching over all parts; Stinging, as from flea-bites;
White, transparent pimples; Nettle-rash after violent exercise;
Chronic Herpes—crusted, burning; Brown spots; a former injury
becomes painful; Increase of pain in parts affected; Ulcers bleed–
become ichorous; Stinging and stitches in glandular swellings;
Swelling and induration, especially after contusion.
Conium may be exhibited for Fainting fits; Apoplexy; Dropsy;
Consumption; Paralysis; Swelling of the Mesenterie Glands;
and Enlarged Liver.
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COPA.] - COPAIVAE.
0 0 PAIW AE.
BALSAM OF COPAIBA,
IN Allopathic practice, well known for checking mucous secre-
tion of the Urethra—causing heat in the stomach, unpleasant
eructations, and rheumatic pains in the joints. Occasionally, some
eruptions on the skin are observed after its use. In Homoeopathy,
I think it is but little employed. Dr. Teste states that he has
used it freely, for some years past, for the same conditions that in-
dicate Sepia. In his Materia Medica, there are 246 Symptoms
prominently set forth. According to Noack and Trinks, it is useful
in affections of the mucous membranes; Sufferings from eating
poisonous mussels; Haemorrhage; Catarrh of the bladder; Chronic
inflammation of the bladder; Haematuria; Yellow, purulent Go-
norrhoea; Leucorrhoea. -
*
SYMPTOMS.
Head.-Headache as if from congestion of blood, with heat in
face; Tremulous sensation; Attacks of Vertigo, sitting, standing, or
when riding on horseback; Headache in the morning; Pulsative,
deep-seated stitches (occiput); Hemicrania (left side); Boring pain;
Headache, with nausea; Stitches in the temples.
Eyes, Red—sensitive to light; Agglutination in the morning;
Spasm of right upper lid; Black points before the eyes.
Ears.-Humming; Buzzing; Formication; Tetters on concha.
Face.—Pale, sickly, or bloated ; Heat ; Vesicles on nose ;
Swelling of sub-maxillary glands.
Mouth, Swelling of the cavity and lips; Tongue inflamed ;
Increased flow of saliva. , -
Throat.—Constant, tenacious phlegm ; Sensation as of a foreign
body in pharynx; Both tonsils swollen; Constriction. -
Eructations.—Frequent, troublesome ; Foul; Acid taste of in-
gesta; Nausea, and inclination to vomit; Vomiting; Colic relieved
by diarrhoea.
Stomach.-Burning; Pressure; Beating stitches; Spasms.
Abdomen.—Pressure; Burning; Colic, and watery Diarrhoea;
Tearing; Rumbling; Writhing; Swelling of inguinal glands.
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Stools.-Constipation; Copious stools, with nausea, vomiting,
and tenesmus; Diarrhoea (white) in the morning, with chilliness
and colic ; Involuntary; Bloody; Tenesmus; Fluent Piles; Stitch
in rectum.
Urine.—Constant, ineffectual urging—discharged drop by drop;
Retention ; Increased, almost like Diabetes ? Foaming ; Bitter;
Smell of violets.
Urethra-Orifice inflamed, swollen, sore ; Itching, biting,
burning, before and after micturition; Contraction; Yellow, puru-
lent discharge; Mucous discharge—milky.
Testes.—Swollen, indurated; Feel irritable; Enlarged prostate.
Menses.—Discharge of thick mucus; Purulent ; Bloody ;
Metrorrhagia—pressing down towards the vagina; Menses early—
three, seven, ten days; Leucorrhoea milky; Acrid—of long standing.
Skin-Exanthema ; Red blotches, size of lentils, in clusters;
Scarlet, red, or dark rose-colour eruption; Irregular nettle-rash P
Isolated blotches, the size of beans; Eczema—the vesicles smaller
and flatter than the mercurial. •
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Palpitation at the heart; Coldness of the feet; Sensitiveness to
damp and cold; the whole nervous system is exceedingly sensitive.
COR ALLIA RUBRUM.
STAPF. RED CORAL.
Is proposed for turgescence of the central vessels; Incipient Inflam-
mation of the Brain; Balanorrhoea. Teste has prescribed it for
Nervous Cough ; Asthma of Millar; Endemic Whooping-cough
(with Chelidon Majus). -
SYMPTOMS.
Congestion of blood to the head and face; Pressure, chiefly in
forehead; Sensation as if the head were three times larger than
before; Painful swelling of the left sub-maxillary gland; Burning
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urine, with loam-coloured sediment; Profuse sweat of the sexual
---organs; Prepuce sore; Glans red, swollen; Discharge of yellow------
green foetid pus; Flat ulcers on the glans, and inside prepuce, with
yellow ichor; Cough, with yellow expectoration; Feeling of icy
coldness in the air-passages; Restlessness at night; Sleepless until
midnight; Frequent drowsiness—it cannot be overcome ; Smooth
spots on the palms of the hands and fingers—first bright red, then
dark-red; afterwards copper colour.
CR00 US SATIW U.S.
STAPF. - - SAFFRON.
CHIEFLY useful for Haemorrhage from the Nose and Uterus; Active
Haemorrhage; also after removal of the placenta; Complaints that
accompany Haemorrhage from the Uterus. Epistaxis in hot
weather, or in children, especially if the blood is coagulated as it
drops; Nervous debility from long-continued loss of blood?
Dr. Teste states, that he has seen Saffron cure speedily a bloody
leucorrhoea of several months’ standing; and he feels convinced
that it will prove useful in nervous or false pregnancy; for no other
drug represents more completely the symptoms of this strange
disease. Its action on the mind is somewhat striking; exciting
uncommon mirth and cheerfulness; Immoderate laughter—he
almost laughs himself to death; Ridiculous laughter. If some
one happened to sound a note, she begins to sing involuntarily—
then laughs at herself, and begins to sing again; she could
not help it. It is said that children laugh when they smell at
a bottle containing Crocus. It has frequently been observed
that Crocus limits the power of the will. Frantic joy; Spasms;
Frantic fits of tenderness; then wildness, rage, disposition to
bite. Secondly—Uneasy, anxious, sad, or sadness, alternating
with mirth. Religious melancholy? Thus it produces the most
opposite states, in alternation.
SYMPTOMS.
Haemorrhage from various organs; the blood being black and
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viscid; Loud cracking of the joints during motion; General
lassitude, with a feeling as if Sweat would break out ; Tremors of
the body and limbs; Bounding sensation here and there, as from
something alive; Spasms every evening, with alternation of tender-
ness and rage; the limbs go to sleep when lying upon them at
night; Debility, even to Fainting.
Crocus is especially adapted for the affections of Women.
Head.-Violent headache for three days; Pressure and heavi-
ness in the whole head after awaking in the morning; Pain in the
forehead, with nausea; Drawing pressure in the right half of the
Occiput; Acute tearing in the head and right eye, with dimness,
and a sensation of cold air rushing through it. - -
Eyes.—Obscuration of sight, as when looking through gauze;
also when reading ; the eyes felt as if a pellicle covered them—he
had to wink and wipe the eyes, to clear it away; a quantity of
tears rush from the eyes when reading; Twitching of the Eyelids;
Nightly spasms of the lids; Burning in the lids; Agglutination
at night.
Face.—Glowing heat; Circumscribed red patches; Alternate
redness and paleness of the face; Livid complexion. -
Nose.—Dry Coryza ; Violent sneezing; Discharge of a tena-
cious, thick, dark, almost black blood, with cold sweat on the
forehead. -
Mouth and Throat.—Feeling of dryness; Tongue white;
Papillae prominent; Smarting at tip, as if salt had been placed
upon it; Sharp scraping sensation in the throat; the uvula feels
elongated, during and after deglutition.
Stomach-Heartburn after eating food with a relish; Bounding
at the pit of the stomach, as of something alive. This peculiar
feeling seems to be felt also in the chest and abdomen. Single,
violent stitches; Burning sensation in the stomach.
Abdomen.—Distention; Fulness; Pressure; Drawing; Bub-
bling; Colic as if the menses would come on.
Anus.-Dull, long stitch in the anus, from time to time—con-
tinuous, affecting the whole nervous system painfully; Intolerable
writhing in the Anus; Painful, dull stitches on the right side,
just above the Anus; Creeping in the Anus as from Ascarides;
Itching in the Anus.
Menses.—Bearing down, as if the menses would appear;
Heaviness in the groin; Sharp lancinations from the genitals to
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the right epigastric region, as if a knife were being pushed up ;
Sensation as if the menses would appear, with Colic and dragging,
down to the pudendum; Haemorrhage from the Uterus during
the least movement, and after delivery.
Chest.—Heaviness in the chest, with sighing respiration;
Tightness—sensation as if oppressed by the Vapour of Sulphur;
Jerking pain in the left breast, as if a thread drew something
towards the back; Stitches below the Heart; Dull stitches; Sore-
- ^l, Arq-
ness of the Chest.
Upper Limbs.-Cracking in the shoulder-joint during motion,
with pains as of dislocation; Pain in the shoulder-joint on move-
ment, as if the head of the humerus had become loose ; Tearing
pain in the right Elbow-joint; the shoulders and arms feel
heavy and bruised.
Lower Limbs.-Violent cracking in the hip-joint, like a
report; Pain in the posterior portion of the thighs, when sitting
for a time; Weariness of the lower limbs; Weakness of the knees—
they give way while standing; Audible cracking in the knee-joint ;
his limbs are so weak that he can scarcely stand; Burning and
tingling in the feet; the soles feel painful after walking, or even
standing; Chilblains.
CUPR.U.M.
HAHNEMANN. COPPER.
ACCORDING to Hahnemann, Cuprum is indicated more especially
when the symptoms are manifested at irregular intervals, and in
groups. This idea seems to arise from the circumstance that the
symptoms of poisoning appear in that manner. It has been chiefly
used for Epilepsy; Chorea; Spasmodic Affections; Lepra; Ulcers,
of long standing; Cutaneous Eruptions (not described very clearly);
Spasmodic Colic; Abdominal Spasms, occurring every ten minutes;
Gastric Affections; Asiatic Cholera P Spasmodic Asthma ; Convul-
sive Fits. - -
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SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Melancholy—loves solitude; Restless, uneasy—not dis-
posed to do anything; Senses vanish; he lies down in a stupor;
Insensible; or Exaltation, ecstasy—laughs, talks, delirious, inco-
herent; Craziness; Delirium; Imagines himself a great person.
Head.—Vertigo; when looking upward his sight vanished; Wer-
tigo when reading, stooping; Headache after a fit of Epilepsy;
Hollow sensation; Hard pressure in the temples; Drawing pain;
Pain in the parietal Bone; Swelling of the head, with red face.
Eyes.—Aching in both eyes; Tired feeling; Violent itching;
Burning, aching, redness; Wandering look; Staring; Glistening;
Protruded; Pupils dilated; Obscuration of Sight.
Face.—Pale; Sunken, deep-set eyes; Sad, dejected; Blue face;
Spasmodic distortion; Pain, as if bruised.
Jaws.-Spasmodic contraction; Pain increased by contact;
Spasms in the throat—he cannot speak; Noise like the croaking of
frogs.
Mouth-Foam at mouth; Accumulation of water; Mucus—
morning. - -
Tongue.—Coated white.
OEsophagus.--When drinking, the beverage descends with a
gurgling sound.
Taste.—Sweet or Bitter; Sour; Salt ; Sour taste of Iron or
Copper; Waterbrash, especially after milk.
Eructations.—Constant; Heartburn; Hiccough ; Nausea; Ex-
cessive Nausea—inclination to vomit; Vomiting; Violent vomiting;
also with nausea and diarrhoea; Continued vomiting, with exces-
sive Colic; Vomiting excessive, with Colic and Diarrhoea; Vomiting
of bile or bitter mucus; Vomiting relieved by drinking cold
water.
Stomach-Horrible pains in ; Spasm and Colic; Gnawing;
Sensation as if pierced with pins; Pressure at pit, as if from a
hard body; Pains increased by touch. :
Abdomen.—Violent pains; Spasms; Colic; Inflation; Hard-
ness; Spasmodic movements in the muscles and intestines;
Sensation as of Blisters and Ulcers forming; Drawing, cutting
stitches. -
Stools.-Constipation first days; Violent diarrhoea, and of
Blood; Haemorrhage from the Weins, four days.
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Urine.—Scanty, with cutting or burning stitches; Nocturnal
micturition. -
Larynx.-Hoarseness; Continual hoarseness—unable to speak;
a spasm seems to hinder speech; Cough short, dry, like Whooping-
cough, arresting the breath; Breathing almost suppressed.
Respiration.—Hurried, quick, with moaning; Rattling of
mucus; Difficult, short, spasmodic wheezing; Asthma; Spasmodic
Asthma, ; Suffocative arrest of breath.
Chest.—Spasms; Constriction; Painful contraction after drink-
ing; Pain and pressure in right half; Stitches in the side;
Pinching pain in left side. - -
Heart.—Violent palpitation; Boring pain in cardiac region;
Palpitation (quarter of an hour) soon after a light supper; Palpi-
tation, with headache, before the menses.
Neck—Tight pain in nape; Lancinating, tearing in cervical
muscles, passing off and returning; Swelling of cervical glands
(right). - - -
Scapular Region.—Broad stitches as with a knife; Aching
under the right scapula. - -
Arms-Shocks and Jerks; Painful during rest; Jerking and
tearing in the Ulna. - -
Hands.--Twitching in the hands; a lymphatic vessel inflames
from the hand to the Axilla; Cold Hands.
Fingers.-Benumbed; Shrivel; Vesicles at the tips, emitting
Water. -
Legs-Cramps in the legs and calves.
Feet.—Burning in the Soles; Sweat, or suppressed sweat.
Skin.-Cutaneous eruptions; Rash on Chest; Eruption like
lepra; Herpes, with yellow scales; Old Ulcers; Caries; Jaundice?
The skin is shrivelled and contracted about the limbs.
*.
OTHER SYMPTOMs.
Rheumatic pains; Bone pains; Tremor in limbs; Convulsive
movements; Convulsive fits during sleep; Twitching of the
limbs; Strong convulsions—a boy required two men to hold him
down; Convulsions at night; sometimes during sleep, with twitch-
ings in the fingers, arms, and hands; Epileptic fits, with foam at
the mouth, and rigidity of the body and limbs.
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CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM. [CYCL.
GY GL AMEN EUROPAEU M.
HAHNEMANN. sow-BREAD.”
THIS remedy is proposed for Arthritic, sticking, boring toothache;
Frequent sneezing, with discharge of mucus; Sudden, fluent coryza;
Dulness of mind and memory; Gastric derangement.
SYMPTOMs.
Mind.-Absorbed in reverie; not' disposed to work; out of
humour; his mind is constantly in a state of stupor; he cannot
be glad nor sorry.
Head.—Sensation as if the brain were in motion; Drawing from
left occiput to the temple and forehead in one line; Sensation as
if the brain were enveloped in a cloth—he thought his senses lost;
Stitches in right temple; Stitches in the brain when stooping.
Scalp.–Sharp stinging, itching—reappears in different parts
after scratching.
Eyes.—Sensation as if in a fog; Obscuration of sight; Dilated
pupil; Swelling of the upper lids; Dryness; Itching; Stinging;
Piercing.
Ears.--Drawing pain in meatus internus (right); Sensation of
the ear being plugged with wool; Hearing dull (right ear).
Teeth.--Tearing pain in three molars (left-upper), as if torn
out; Dull, drawing toothache all night; Arthritic boring in the
teeth. -
Taste.--Bad—putrid; Food tastes flat, or is without taste.
Appetite.—After eating a little, the food is repulsive; he is
nauseated; Loss of appetite after breakfast and supper; Dislike to
bread and butter; no appetite for eight days.
Eructations.—Empty; Frequent—soon after a meal; or acid,
with waterbrash; a good deal of water in the mouth; Eructations
after supper, with hiccough; Rising of fluid as in heartburn;
Qualmishness; Nausea—inclination to vomit; Feels as if he had
eaten too much fat; Hiccough after a meal; Drowsy and weary
after dinner.
* The name Sow-bread is derived from the fact that swine devour the roots
with great avidity.
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DIG.] DIGITALIS.
Stomach-Fulness; Oppression, as if eaten too much; Pain
in Epigastric region during motion; Pinching in Epigastrium, as
if Diarrhoea would set in, followed by a yellow, soft stool; Consti-
pation then continued for three days. -
Abdomen.—Grumbling every day after a meal; Uncomfortable
sensation, with nausea; Colic ; Cramp; Stitches in abdomen;
Tenderness of the abdomen to touch; one part of the intestines
feels loose, the other part tense (stretching sensation).
Chest.—Oppression; Suffocation; Weakness, with shortness of
breath; Paralytic pressure; Sharp stitches in upper half of sternum;
Tearing stitches, with asthmatic breathing.
Neck-Drawing, rheumatic pain—left side—evening; Paralytic
aching in nape; Rheumatic drawing—felt only when bending the
head backwards.
Back.-Piercing, pinching, dull stitches—right side of spine,
below the last rib, in the renal region; the pain prevents inspira-
tion; Drawing pain in spinal column, diminished by moving the
scapula backwards. -
Upper Limbs-Paralytic pains—deep towards the periosteum
or interior of the muscles, passing into the fingers; Painful drawing—
inner surface of ulna and wrist-joint; Stitching pain in the muscles
of the fore-arm ; a kind of paralytic, hard pressure, commencing
feebly in the fore-arm, gradually extended to the fingers, where it
became very violent; Tearing pains in the fingers (ulnar nerve?)—
middle, third, and fourth. .
Lower Limbs.-Cramp-like pains in the posterior part of the
thigh, above the bend of the right knee; Drawing in the popliteal
region.
Feet.—Pains in, as if sprained, especially about the ankles.
Toes.—Feeling of deadness about the toes; Foetid sweat.
DIGITALIS,
HAHNEMANN. - FOX-GLOVE.
IN Allopathy, this drug is employed, to some extent, for Anasarca,
and some affections of the heart; but, being occasionally cumula-
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tive, is apt to prove dangerous if used without caution. Very
alarming symptoms have set in quite suddenly, such as Convulsions,
Giddiness, Loss of Sight, &c. It has a powerful action on the
circulation—primarily increasing the beats of the pulse to 100 or
1 10; after which great depression follows, and the pulse sinks to
40 or 30 beats per minute. Dr. Garrod has used it successfully in
Delirium Tremens. It is considered more suitable for persons of
lax, flabby fibres, than the rigid and robust. Noack and Trinks
state that it has an especial influence on the sympathetic nerve,
and Cardiac Plexus. It appears to have a powerful effect on the
Liver, and may be used in Jaundice, especially occurring towards
the age of puberty; when there is faintness, nausea, loss of appetite,
dark urine, white, chalky stools, and feverish symptoms; Chronic
affections of the Liver; Gastric symptoms; Headache; Wertigo;
Bitter taste; Loss of appetite; Nausea; Vomiting, &c.; Cyanosis;
Organic or chronic diseases of the left Heart, especially Hyper-
trophy; Dilatation; Valvular disease; Dropsy of the Pericardium;
Catarrhal and Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Obstinate Vertigo, with slow
pulse (Dr. Gray); Inflammation and Temesmus of the Bladder;
Urethritis; Stricture; Hydrocele; Aneurism of the Aorta; Haemo-
ptysis; Hydrocephalus.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Anxious, gloomy; great fear for the future, and of
death. Secondly—Calm, peaceful.
Head.—Dulness—unable to think; Vertigo and trembling;
falls down in going up-stairs; Headache several days; Frontal
headache; Stupefying, from congestion; also early in the morning,
when awaking; Headache intense—continues all the forenoon ;
Sharp pain over the eye; Drawing pain at the sides of the head;
Tearing; Violent lancinating headache—vertex and occiput; Sensa-
tion as if the brain were beating in water against the skull;
Sensation of something falling forward; Sudden cracking, which
made him start; Swelling of the head; Pain in occipital protu-
berance; Heat in, and over, the whole head.
Eyes.-Painful pressure in eyeball; Eyes red, inflamed; Violent
inflammation of Conjunctiva and Meibomian glands, with swelling
and pain, as from sand or dust ; Stinging in the eyes; Burning
pain in brow; Throbbing in orbits. *
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DIG. - - Digitalis.
Eyelids.-Swelling in the lower; Weight; Heaviness; Margins
sore; Water constantly running from the eyes; Profuse Lachry-
mation ; Agglutination, with weakness; Sense of excoriation.
Pupils-First—Contracted; Second—Dilated, insensible. .
Sight.—Obscured; Dim, dull, indistinct; Imperfect, as if a
cloud or mist obscured the lens; Blindness for three days.
Appearance of Objects.-Visions—all sorts of forms; Dark
bodies; Flies; Shining objects dance up and down; Everything
appears covered with Snow ; Morning, first thing on awaking,
objects appear green or yellow ; the candle-flame larger and
brighter; Twinkling ; Dazzling before the eyes; Sparks flying.
Ears.-Hissing noise, like boiling-water (cured); Twitchings;
Drawing pains in the muscles, under the mastoid process; Painful
swelling of the parotid glands. (See Rhus.) &
Face.—Pale; Blue eyelids and lips; Swelling of the cheeks,
with tenderness; Itching eruption on the cheek and chin, that
scales off; Tubercle on the forehead; Black pores in the skin.
Lips.-Swollen, dry, parched; Eruptions on the lips. .
Tongue.—Coated for several days; White in the morning;
Swelling of tongue; Foetid odour, with unpleasant saliva; Ulcer
on the tongue; Saliva sweet, then salt; Ptyalism from mercury,
with sore mouth and gums.
Throat.—Dry, burning; Scraping; Stinging; Soreness.
Taste.—Flat, slimy, sweetish ; Bitter taste in the mouth.
Appetite–Loss of appetite, or desire for bitter food and acid
drink, with good appetite.
Eructations.—Acid ; Gulping of fluid sour as vinegar; Hic-
cough ; Nausea, lasting three days; Nausea, as if he must die;
Paroxysms of Nausea, with great inclination to vomit; Despon-
dency; Anguish; Convulsive efforts to vomit; Vomiting—morning;
Night—vomiting for six nights; Vomiting day and night—it
could not be arrested, even to death; Vomiting, with Nausea, and
coldness of the limbs; Cold sweat; Chilliness; Vomiting of ingesta;
Green liquid; Womiting of mucus and bile. -
Stomach–Prolonged weakness of the digestive powers; Weak-
ness of the stomach; he felt that he must die; Pains; Weight;
Pressure, as from a load after food; Feeling of constriction across
the stomach, to the liver; Lancinations from the pit to the sides
and back; Burning in the stomach, extending to the oesophagus
and throat. -
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Hepatic Region.—Constriction, tightness; Pressure in left;
Stitch in left lobe, as if the parts around had gone to sleep; Pain
under the false ribs, as if the parts were torn; Liver sensitive to
pressure. -
Abdomen.—Contractive pain; Twisting; Pinching; Cutting,
with tenesmus; Sharp stitches at umbilicus; Boring and bearing
down—left side; Distention; Ascites.
Kidneys.-Sticking pains in the kidneys; Fine stitches when
sitting, in left kidney."
Stool.—Constipation first; Evacuations loose—two or three
every day; Diarrhoea; Watery; Painful; Yellowish; Ash-coloured
diarrhoea as in Jaundice; Dysentery; a number of Ascarides pass.
Urine.—Continual desire, but only a little passes in drops,
while the bladder feels full; the urine is dark, hot, burning; she
has to rise every night to pass urine ; Difficult micturition; Fre-
quent passing of pale urine in small quantity. In forty-eight
hours it became more copious, with pain in the bladder, and a large
quantity of healthy urine was then passed. The scanty secretion
is ultimately followed by a copious flow, or Enuresis is succeeded
by retention. Deposit—Brownish, thin, after standing.
Eladder.—Sense of contraction; Inflammation and burning at
the neck. - -
Urethra-Sense of contraction during micturition—it feels
too narrow; Burning, pressing in ; Viscid humour about the
orifice.
Testes.—Contusive pain in right; Hydrocele.
Larynx-Rough, hoarse—much mucus; Cough dry, spasmodic;
Cough, with night-sweat; Sputa blood-streaked.
Chest.—Sore, excoriated; Spasmodic constriction; Painful
Asthma; Tightness, with pressure; Sensation as if from adhesion
of the pleura—after Hydrothorax? Throbbing as of a large
Artery in the right side of the Chest. -
Heart.—Beats increase in strength, with anguish and contrac-
tive pain under the sternum; the Heart increases in activity;
Beating of the Heart—strong, producing an oppressive, contractive
sensation, with anguish and spasmodic pains in the sternum and
below the ribs. Afterwards the beats are scarcely felt; Pulse slow;
the Heart beats irregular, but quicker than the pulse.
* Digitalis has some specific effects on the kidneys.
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DROS.] DROSERA.
Pulse.—Accelerated; Irregular; Small; Slow ; Unequal; De-
scends from 100 to 40 beats; from 82 to 39; from 50 to 35;
Motion accelerates and increases; Lying down diminishes the
number of beats.
Neck-Stiffness in nape and side of neck; Tightness, with
pain; Stitches in the cervical muscles when moving; Drawing
pains in the nuchae and vertebrae prominens.
Back—Tearing, sharp stitches in the small of the back; Tear-
ing under right scapula; Stitches between the scapula: ; Sensation
as of a shock in the dorsal vertebrae.
Arms.-Paralytic weakness; Tearing pains; Pains in the mus-
cles of the fore-arm; Weakness and swelling of the hands;
Sudden stiffness of the fingers; Tearing in the fingers; Numbness
of the fingers—they readily go to sleep.
Legs.-Weakness, lassitude, tremor; Swelling of the feet by day.
Skin-Blue or pale; Elastic swellings, that pit under pressure.
PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION,
Membranes of the Brain highly injected. Mouth fauces, OEso-
phagus, and Stomach occasionally ulcerated; Internal Coat of
Stomach red, in patches. Intestimes inflamed.
DR0SERA,
HAHNEMANN. SUN -DEW.
HAHNEMANN declares this to be one of the most powerful medi-
cinal agents of our climate. “Modern physicians, knowing only
large doses, dare not use this drug; and have, therefore, rejected it.
One single dose is sufficient to cure, entirely, Whooping-cough in
seven or eight days. Never give a second dose.”
Subsequently, Hahnemann modified his views on this point, and
now the doses of Drosera are repeated. Notwithstanding this, not
one-half the cases of Whooping-cough that present themselves in
practice, yield exclusively to Drosera. In Homoeopathic practice, we
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can sometimes cure with one medicine; and, occasionally, one dose
will suffice; but in the majority of cases, we must look at, and watch
the changes that follow the administration of each drug, and meet
those changes—thus fencing with the disease, as it were, until Na-
ture can herself remove the obnoxious poison; and it is well to
remember, that, without her aid, we cannot effect a cure in any
case. Hahnemann himself makes a similar declaration in the Or-
gamon. Drosera possesses other qualities than being simply a
remedy for Whooping-cough. It has proved useful to remove
Hoarseness; some Gastric affections; Diarrhoea of Blood; Diseases
affecting the Vision; Presbyopia; Otalgia; Haemoptysis; Early
stages of Phthisis—especially incipient laryngeal Phthisis; and in
some forms of Fever, with night-sweats and emaciation.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Headache above the orbits; Pressure through right
temple ; Painful pressure through the forehead and Zygoma, from
within; Boring in forehead when stooping; Hammering, beating
within; Tearing, tensive pains; Tearing in the brain, towards the
forehead; Drawing pain, right hemisphere, towards the occiput.
(The headache is chiefly frontal.)
Scalp.–Burning; Smarting; Soreness; Gnawing.
Eyes.—Pains in the eyeball; Dull tearing in left; Burning;
Tensive burning in a transverse direction.
Eyelids.-Itching and agglutination; Soreness of the lid.
Sight.—Weak, long sight; Sensation of Gauze before the
Eyes; Letters appear blurred, indistinct, or too pale; Vibrations;
the bright daylight dazzles the sight, or the light of gas. -
Ears.-Roaring; Humming; Drumming; Pain in the right
inner ear; Otalgia, with sticking pain; Stitch in the inmost
part of the ear, with humming; Hardness of hearing.
Mouth-Haemorrhage from the mouth; Frequent flow of
Saliva; Whitish ulcers on the tip of the tongue, and Velum;
Difficulty of swallowing solid food. -
Throat.—Hawking up of Green or Yellow Mucus; Stinging;
Scraping; Sensation as from crumbs.
Taste.—Bitter, or lost; Aversion to Pork.
Nausea.—Waterbrash; Vomiting of water, mucus, bile, or
Blood.
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Daos. DROSERA.
Stomach.-Clawing sensation; Cramp at pit; Throbbing at
pit; Pain in both Hypochondria, especially when coughing;
Colic, especially after sour food; Cutting pains in Abdomen.
Stool.-Loose, papescent, or of mucus and blood.
Urine,—Frequent at night, or scanty, brown—strong odour.
Larynx. —Titillation as from a bit of feather, with fine
stitches.
Voice.—Hoarse, deep bass sownd; Hoarseness after Measles.
Fauces.—Rough, scraping, dryness; Burning, with roughness;
Tracheitis; Laryngitis, with wasting of the tissues.
Cough.-Nightly cough—it wakes him at 2 A.M. The cough
affects the Abdomen; Heaving, almost to vomiting; he throws up
mucus and food; Morning Cough, with expectoration, tasting salt,
or bitter, or foul; Accumulation of mucus, which is sometimes
hard or soft, grey, green, or yellow ; Purulent Sputa, with blood;
HOARSE, BARKING COUGH ; DRY ; SPASMODIC; WHOOPING-COUGH,
and with haemorrhage from the mouth and nose; Cough excited
by singing, laughing, drinking, speaking; Contractive pain in
the liver, which arrests the breath; when about to cough, he is
obliged to press with his hands.
Chest.—Stitches in, when coughing; Breathing deep, and
Respiration difficult; Asthma, induced by talking; a contraction
of the throat seems to attend every word uttered; Oppression,
which seems to interrupt expiration; Stitches in the chest and
Pectoral muscles on inspiration. - - -
Sternum.—Painful, as if ulcerated, when pressing on the part;
Dull stitches in the intercostals, affecting respiration.
Fever.-Chilliness—cold feeling at night; Shuddering only
during rest; he feels very cold when in bed, especially the body,
hands, and feet, the face and forehead being warm; Vomiting
during the chilly stage; Fever and ague, with desire to vomit;
Gastric symptoms, or sore throat; after midnight, heat, sweat, and
thirst; Night-sweats. - -
- - OTHER SYMPTOMS.
General weakness in the whole body; Cheeks and Eyes sunk;
Painful, bruised feeling in the limbs—he feels as if he had been
lying on a board; Epileptic paroa’ysms, with convulsions of th
limbs; Emaciation, and wasting of the body. -
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DULCAMARA. [DULC.
DULCAMARA.
HAHNEMANN. - * BITTER-SWEET.
THIS remedy is but little used in Allopathy, probably from the
uncertainty of its preparation. Dr. Billing, in his Principles of
Medicine, mentions it favourably, and thinks it should be more
frequently employed. In Homoeopathy it is a medicine of great
value; and, according to Noack and Trinks, useful for all those
affections originating in a sudden cold from damp, wet weather;
Affections of the mucous membranes; Rheumatism of the upper
limbs, and Cutaneous eruptions, especially Urticaria; Pemphigus;
Impetigo ; Humid Herpes that form crusts; or Psoriasis, with
bran-like scales; Mercurial disease; Swelling of the cervical
glands; Diarrhoea, especially during hot, summer, or damp weather;
Catarrh of the bladder, with turbid, foul urine; Retention of urine
from a cold; Long-standing, obstinate Catarrh and Cough.
SYMPTOMs.
Head.—Stupefying headache in occiput—it affects the nape of
the neck; Heaviness in the head; Weight in the forehead; Pres-
sure in the temples; Pressing pains, and feeling of tightness;
Headache, increased by motion and talking. .
Eyes.—Inflamed, with itching; Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Twitch-
ing of the lids; Dimness of sight.
Face.—Tetters on the face, forehead, cheeks, lips, and chin ;
Pustules, which form a yellow crust, or brownish; Moist tetters on
the cheeks; Warts on the face; Twitching movements of the lips.
Mouth.-Ulcers in the mouth; Salivation after mercury; Soap-
like saliva.
Tongue.—Dry, rough ; Paralysis of the tongue; Swelling of
the tongue, impeding speech; Gums spongy, soft.
Throat.—Sore from cold; Elongated uvula.
Taste.—Bitter, or desire for cold drink; Thirst ; Nausea ;
Eructations; Inclined to vomit, with chilliness; Vomiting of
tenacious mucus.
Stomach.-Pressure, aching; Sensation of inflation and retrac-
tion at the pit; Tightness and cramp-like pain.
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DULC.] DulcAMARA.
Abdomen.—Inflated; Pinching at umbilicus; Colic, from cold;
Colic of wet, damp weather; COLIC OF HOT WEATHER, WITH DIAR-
RHOEA ; Swelling of inguinal glands.
Stool,—Slimy Diarrhoea, with faintness; DIARRHOEA of white
mucus; Green, brownish, or blood; Diarrhoea, with Colic, and
watery evacuations; SUMMER DIARRHOEA; Sudden pressure; Hurried
desire; he can scarcely retain it.
Urine.—Painful micturition; Turbid; Foetid smell; Deposit—
Red, white, or slimy mucus; Discharge of mucus from the urethra;
Stricture of the urethra; Catarrh of the Bladder.
Female Organs.—Eruptions on the labia; Heat, burning,
itching; Inflammation and swelling of the labia and pudendum;
Acute vaginitis; Whitish ulcers in the vagina.
Cough, with Catarrh and Hoarseness; Moist, with expectoration
of tenacious mucus; Cough, resembling Whooping-cough.
Chest.—Oppression; Shooting at the sides; Heaving pain, like
a wave; Palpitation of the heart.
Neck,---Painful stiffness at nape, with enlarged glands.
Back,-Pain in the lumbar region; Laming pains after taking
cold; Pain as of a shock in lumbar vertebrae.
Hands.-Eruptions and warts; Trembling; Sweat. -
Feet.—Stinging, burning; Peeling of the skin; Formication.
Sleep.–Uneasy, with frequent sweat, after 4 A.M.; Turns
from one side to the other; Dreams that terrify so much that he
would jump out of bed.
Fever.—Violent fever, with heat, dry skin, and delirium—
returning every fifteen or sixteen hours; Heat of the body and
face, with constipation; Sweat for five days; Profuse Sweating,
with discharge of clear urine.
Skin, Eruption of white blotches, with red areola—itch and
burn; Small, itching pimples; Herpetic crusts; Pustules, with a
yellow crust; Dryness and burning of the skin.
OTHER SYMPTOMS,
Pains in the body and limbs, as from a cold; Lassitude; Heavi-
ness; Desire to lie down; Attacks of sudden weakness; Emacia-
tion; Rheumatism of the joints; Twitching of the hands and
feet; Restless; Sleeplessness, especially after four o'clock in the
morning. - • -
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ELATERIUM-EUPATORIUM-EUPHORBIUM. [EUPHOR,
ELATERIU M.
WILD CUCUMBER.
IS used by some Allopathic practitioners as a purge, in very small
doses—one-eighth to one-quarter of a grain; and for Dropsy—
especially dependent on disease of the Kidneys. During its use
several pints of urine are passed daily. It has been proposed for
Acute Hydrocephalus.
IN HOMOEOPATHY it is not generally used; but appears to have
been employed with some success in Diarrhoea, with other symptoms
resembling Cholera; Bilious fever; Intermittent fever—a kind of
Ague. It probably deserves to be better known.
EU P A TO RI U M.
VEGETABLE ANTIMONY.
HAs been used for some kinds of remittent fever, or those resem-
bling typhoid; also for a peculiar eruption about the scrotum and
thighs. It was proposed as a substitute for Bark.
EU PHORBIUM.
HAHNEMANN. SPURGE.
THIS drug is too powerful for Allopathic practice. In Homoeopathy,
it is most prominently set forth for Brittleness of the teeth: surely
it ought to be worth something more than this. Dr. Stapf proposes
it for Chronic Ophthalmia; Colic; Cough; Cutaneous eruptions; Hy-
drargyrosis. Jahr, for Diseases of the mucous membranes; Urinary
organs; and Adhesion of the Pleura. Noack and Trinks, for Vesi-
cular Erysipelas in the face; Throbbing, beating toothache, as if
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the teeth were screwed together. Hempel, for Mania and Gastro-
Enteritis. The Euphor. Helioscopia is a good remedy—applied to
destroy Warts.
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.—Pressure as from sand; Smarting, with lachrymation;
Inflammation of the eyes, with itching and dryness of the lids;
Pale-red inflammation in the eyelids, with nightly agglutination;
the eyelids feel heavy. Sight—Short, dim; Diplopia; Objects
appear variegated, or larger than reality; he fancies he has to walk
over elevations, and raises his feet too high.
Face,—Violent burning; Erysipelatous inflammation, affecting
the face and head; Red, inflammatory swelling of the cheek; Red;
Excessively swollen: Eruption the size of peas, exuding a yellow
humour; White oadema of the cheek.
Teeth.-Brittle—easily break in fragments; Pains in the
teeth, with headache, gnawing, tearing, with screwing in the malar
bones; Jerking pain in a hollow tooth, as if it would be forced
Out. -
Gastric Symptoms.-Empty eructations; Morning Nausea;
Vomiting and Diarrhoea; Stomach painful, as if from a blow;
Spasmodic contraction, as if grasped by the hand; Burning; In-
flammation, as from a red-hot coal. -
Abdomen.—Empty feeling; Spasmodic, flatulent Colic early in
the morning; Writhing, twisting in the intestines; Pains as of
dislocation in the left groin. -
Stool.--Diarrhoea; Papescent, yellow, or like glue; Diarrhoea,
with burning in rectum; Fatal Dysentery. -
Cough.-Day and night; Dry hollow Cough, with tickling in
the middle of the chest ; Cough from irritation in the upper part
of the larynx; Cough, with pain in the sides of the chest.
Chest.—Constriction, as in Asthma ; Sensation as if the lung
adhered to the chest wall; Stitches in left side; Continual stitches
in left side; Fine stitches, coming and going; Feeling of warmth
in the chest, as if the food had been swallowed too hot. -
OTHER SYMPTOMs.
. . Haemorrhage from the Urethra; Inflammation internally; Pains
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EUPHRASIA. [EUPHRA.
in the bones; Lassitude in all the limbs; Tension in the muscles;
Old Ulcers? Chronic eruptions? Caries—effects of mercury;
the pains are mostly tearing, or aching, stitching—worse during
rest; relieved by motion. -
EU PHRASIA,
HAHNEMANN.” EYE-BRIGHT.
Is chiefly used, as the common name implies, for affections of the
Eyes; Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Specks on the Cornea; Ulcers on
the Cornea; Rheumatic Ophthalmia?
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.—Smarting as from sand; Stinging, induced by a bright
light; Burning and smarting, with lachrymation, especially the
result of a strong wind. Night—Agglutination; Gum in the
Canthi; Purulent agglutination.
Eyelids.-Swelling, especially the lower; Inflammation and
ulceration of the margins, with headache, as if the skull would
burst; Sensation as if the eyelids were being drawn together;
Feeling of pressure; Dryness; Heaviness; he makes a great effort
to overcome sleep.
Eyeball.—Sclerotic injection close to cornea; Fine stitches;
Specks on the cornea; Blueness of cornea; a pellicle covers the
cornea ; the cornea looks scarred as from ulceration. -
Sight.—Dim when looking at a distant object; Obscured when
walking in the open air (three days); Photophobia.
(Rheumatic inflammation, threatening blindness, from using the
herb three months); Profuse fluent Coryza, with cough and ex-
pectoration; Cough only during the day, with tenacious mucus
that is detached with difficulty, and difficult breathing; Cramp-
like pain in the back; Cramp in the calf when standing.
* A fragmentary proving will be found in the British Journal of Homoeo-
pathy, vol. xvi.
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FER, AC.] FERRUM ACETICUM.
FERRUM ACETICUM.
w
HAHNEMANN. ACETATE OF IRON.
IRON is a favourite remedy with many Allopathic practitioners;
is given in tolerable doses; and often continued for a very long
period, from the circumstance that it is not actually poisonous
in an over-dose. Is supposed to be a tonic, tending to increase the
number of red corpuscles in the blood. Nevertheless it has the
power to induce some chronic affections, especially Headache;
Dyspepsia; Disease of the Heart and Lungs. It is not extensively
used in Homoeopathy, but would be chiefly indicated for that
condition named Chlorosis, provided the symptoms were in unison;
also for Dry Cough and Asthma. According to Hempel it should
be prescribed for the following:—Congestive Headache, with
Constipation; Anemia; Dyspepsia; Cardialgia; Ascarides;
Fluent Piles; Enuresis, with worms, especially young girls;
Miscarriage; Sterility; Metrorrhagia; Leucorrhoea; Prolapsus of
the Vagina during pregnancy; Phthisis of the Larynx, Trachea,
and Lungs; (Haemoptysis).
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Reeling, staggering, as if intoxicated—inclined to fall
forward; Vertigo on looking at flowing water; Vertigo, with
sickness at the stomach; Momentary shock, with giddiness;
Dizziness; Dulness; Confusion; Frontal Headache, as if the
forehead would burst; Hammering; Throbbing — continued
for several days, with aversion to food; Rush of blood to the
head, with swelling of the Veins, and flushed face; Undulation;
Roaring. -
Ears.-Humming; Singing. Nose—Bleeding from.
Face.—Pale; Jaundiced complexion; Blue or Yellow spots;
Puffiness, especially around the eyes; Livid colour; Fiery redness,
or very pale, emaciated look.
Lips.-Yellowish-white.
Tongue-Benumbed sensation.
Throat.—Sense of Constriction, or a plug.
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FERRUM ACETICUM. [FER. AC.
Appetite.—Lost; or only relishes bread and butter (not meat);
Repletion, with vomiting of the food; or of acid acrid substances;
Inclined to vomit for several hours.
Stomach.-Pressure after the least food or drink; Cramps;
Burning, distention; Tenderness at pit; Oppression; Pain and
palpitation after a meal.
Stools.-Frequent diarrhoea; Watery Diarrhoea; Discharge of
mucus and blood at each evacuation; Protrusion of large Varices
at the Anus.
Menses.—Delayed two or three days; then appear scanty, with
Colic; Suppressed for eight weeks; Profuse discharge of blood,
or blackish, coagulated blood, with pains in the loins and abdomen ;
Miscarriage; Milky, acrid Leucorrhoea.
Wagina.-Excoriated; Prolapsed, even during pregnancy.
Larynx and Cough.-Dry, laryngeal cough; Spasmodic
cough, with slight expectoration of transparent mucus; Dry cough—
troublesome after lying down; Hawking of phlegm and blood;
Coughing up blood at night; Copious expectoration of pus, having
a putrid taste; or of greenish pus, with sickly taste, early in
the morning.
IRespiration.—Difficult; Want of breath when sitting;
Breathing oppressed, as if from pressure on the chest ; Asthma
after midnight—obliges him to sit up; Oppressed breathing, in
fits like Asthma, with anxiety and sense of constriction at the
pit of the stomach; Cardialgia P. Haemorrhage from the Lungs.
Fever, with Sweats; Profuse sweat, walking or sitting, or
during a light sleep; Morning sweat, or every other morning;
Exhausting sweat; Tertian, intermittent, with headache, languor,
and yellow face. •
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Great languor; Weakness; Heaviness of the limbs; Emaciation;
Attacks of tremor; Fainting; Walking in the open air fatigues
excessively; Paleness of the face; Rumbling in the bowels; Con-
tractive, cramp-like sensation in the chest; Violent eructations,
followed by heat in face; Pain in the head; Lancinations at the
vertex; Inclination to vomit; Fainting spells; Attacks of tremor;
Constant trembling of the whole body; Faint feeling when walk-
ing; Heaviness in the limbs; Emaciation; Languor; Drowsiness.
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FLU0, AC.] FILIX MAS–FLUORIC ACID.
FILIX MAS,
MALE FERN.
HAS been chiefly employed, in tolerably strong doses, for the expul-
sion of Tape-Worm. There is a tendency for this worm to re-
appear, even after very persevering treatment, unless the head
can be destroyed, or expelled with the body. Filix Mas is said to
have the power gradually to reduce its size, until it finally wastes
away, and then disappears altogether. In many cases, Kousso and
Granatum have effected cures where Filix Mas had failed.
Dr. Teste considers this drug to possess other qualities than that
of an anthelmintic, and states that its action on the stomach and
air-passages closely resembles Ipecacuanha; illustrating his view by
one case of a young lady who suffered from Amenorrhoea; Frequent
attacks of fainting; Coldness; Clammy sweat in the face; Anorexia;
Constipation; Swelling of the praecordial region, which was sensi-
tive to touch ; Sounds of the heart dull and distant, feeble and
slow—fifty beats per minute. Filix Mas produced a rapid and
marked improvement. He also values it for violent dyspnoea.
FLUORIC ACID.
rºom span.
THIS acid is used for etching on glass: it speedily removes the
surface, being a special solvent of silica. The vapour is excessively
pungent, and a solution acts as a strong caustic; when applied to
the skin, renders the part touched white; after which yellow pus-
tules form, or the destroyed cuticle peels off. -
It is proposed for use in Homoeopathic practice, for Headache;
Vertigo, with sickness; Numbness in the head and hands, as if
from an electric shock; Baldness? (after taking the acid two
months, the hair began to grow; the sight became clearer; and
a dark spot that always floated before his eyes when reading,
disappeared); Inflamed pimples on the nose; Chronic obstruction;
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GELSEMINUM. [GELS .
Sudden coryza ; Fistula dentalis—it seemed to improve the
teeth; Produces frequent eructations; Greasy taste; Pyrosis;
the mouth is cleaner, with less mucus, especially about the
teeth; a protrusion from the anus (Prolapsus) diminished con-
siderably, and the parts felt more comfortable than usual;
Sexual desire greatly increased; Excessive desire in old men;
Lumbago; Rheumatic pains, like electric shocks; Sudden jerks
as if the shoulder or the hip-joint would be dislocated; Feeling of
lameness in the limbs; after the F. A. he could take more exercise,
without fatigue in the muscles; Varicose veins much diminished
in size; Sleeplessness—he could not sleep until morning; then a
very short sleep refreshed him; he can bear hot, summer weather
better than before.
GELSEMINUM,
AMERICAN REMEDIES. YELLOW JESSAMINE.
THIS remedy is proposed for the treatment of fevers of all kinds.
The Eclectics pronounce it a Febrifuge; Anti-spasmodic ; Narcotic;
and recommend it in Acute and Chronic Rheumatism; Pleurisy;
Pneumonia, &c. It quiets nervous irritation and excitement;
equalises the circulation; promotes perspiration—in fact, puts
everything in order, without causing any unpleasant symptoms.
Yet we are told it requires to be watched, especially if there is
heart disease and great debility.
It seems to have cured one case of Gonorrhoea about thirty years
ago, that had been badly treated, and thus hung about for several
months. A few doses cured the Gonorrhoea; but some affection of
the eyes supervened, which alarmed the patient—he thought his
sight would be destroyed. Since then, many cases of Gonorrh
have been cured by Gelseminum. -
English Homoeopathists do not appear to have made any very
great strides with this remedy at present. .
A proving, and some cases of cure, by Dr. Douglass, of America,
are recorded in the 18th Vol. of the British Jowrmal of Homoeo-
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GELs. GELSEMINUM. .
pathy. The following is an extract from the proving, commenced
in the spring of 1858:-
Head.-Pain constant, dull; Stupefying pressure—most fre-
quently in forehead and temples; Bruised pain above back of
orbits; Tightness in brain; Headache, with nausea; Giddiness,
almost constant; Intoxicating feel; Staggering gait; Dizziness;
Imperfect vision.
Mind.-Irritable; Impatient; Incapacity to think or fix atten-
tion; Faculties dull. One case—Great mirth.
Eyes.—Difficulty in keeping them open—they close on looking
steadily at one object; Pains in orbits (excessive); Dryness of eyes;
Misty, glimmering sight; Diplopia, only when inclining the head
towards the shoulder. º,
Eyelids.-Feeling of fulness; Congestion; Ptosis? (Gels, is
thought to have a peculiar affinity for the eyes.) s -
Taste, &c.—Mawkish taste; Clammy, feverish; Great hunger.
Thirst during the sweat of fever.
Stomach,-Feeling of emptiness; Weakness in Stomach and
Bowels; Eructations; Nausea; Hiccough.
Abdomen. — Slight pain in transverse part of colon; also
gnawing pain; Slight pain in left Ileum, after chills, headache,
fever, and sweating; Severe gripings in lower abdomen in
seventeen hours—relieved by two copious stools of deep, bilious
colour.
Urine.—Rather increased; Clear, watery; Frequent desire.
Throat and Larynx,-Hoarseness, dryness; Weak voice.
Chest and Heart.-Constriction, lower part of chest; Stitches
at the heart.
Back.-Pain in the back, as in the cold stage of Ague.
Legs.-Cold, especially the feet—often severe; Feel as if in cold
water; Agueish pains; Pain in popliteal space.
Fever.—Chilliness; Cold extremities; Head and face hot, with
headache; Pulse depressed, less frequent, or very feeble—sometimes
almost imperceptible, with chilliness; Heat and pain in head;
Feet cold; Perspiration generally follows the fever. -
Sleep.–Disposed to yawn; Sleepy; Drowsy; Long, sound sleep;
Unable to keep the eyes open ; must lie down.
- Skin.-Eruption, resembling measles; Papulous, distinct, and
distant; Very conspicuous—little or no sensation; Appears on the
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second or third day of proving—continues two weeks or more;
Most on the face; less on the back, and between the shoulders.
There is general weakness, trembling, languor, lassitude;
Easily fatigued; Feels ill; Feeling of lightness, or a fear of falling
or stumbling.
Proved chiefly by the matrix tincture, one to five drops; a few
took the third dilution, which produced the eruption in them all.
Gelseminum is said to be of some value for the remittent fever of
children.
GINS EN G,”
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, this remedy acts upon the lower
portion of the Spinal Cord. It has proved useful in Lumbago;
Rheumatism of the lower limbs; Gout of the legs and feet—espe-
cially if accompanied with paralytic weakness. -
SYMPTOMS.
Darting pain from the right side of the forehead to the orbit,
with heat in the head; Heaviness of the eyelid; Drowsiness;
Pressure in the temples; Alternate redness and paleness of the
face; Redness and burning of the tongue; Internal chilliness;
Contractive pain in the stomach; Stitches in the right side;
Oppression, or even arrest of breathing; Stitches in the renal
region; Tenesmus and burning at the Anus; Yellow urine, with
brick-dust deposit; Painful languor in the limbs; Hands and
fingers cold, benumbed—deadness; Stiffness of the finger-joints;
Heaviness of the lower limbs—the muscles feel contracted; Stiffness,
extending from the hip to the knee; Pain in the knee; Violent
cutting pain in right hip, which extends into the abdomen and
groin ; Pain at night, from the right hip down the limb, to the
great toe; Tearing pain in the tarsal joint; Pain between the
scapulac, down the spine, to the small of the back; Bruised pain in
the back; Heaviness in the nape of the neck; Drowsiness;
Sensitive to cold—he cannot get warm with walking.
* A Chinese root, supposed to invigorate the human powers.
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GLON.] GLONOINE.
GLONOINE.
HERING. ty NITRO-GLYCERINE.
NITRATE OF THE OXYDE OF GLYCYL.
DR. HERING proposes this remedy for the following affections:—
Cerebral Congestion; Apoplexy; Sun-stroke; Headache; Hydro-
cephalus; Epilepsy; Convulsions; Thoracic Congestion; Sea-sick-
ness; Congestion and inflammation of the Spinal Cord; Carditis;
Pericarditis; Ophthalmia; and Puerperal Mania. Its primary
effect is first manifested on the Brain and Cerebro-Spinal nerves;
and, secondarily, the Sympathetic System. A very small dose
quickly induces Headache, with throbbing of the temporal arteries,
and considerable acceleration of the pulse. It frequently increased
the action of the bowels, with a tendency to Diarrhoea. It has
proved curative in many cases of Cerebral Congestion; Giddiness.
and Staggering in aged persons; and appears occasionally to have
relieved Facial Neuralgia.
SYMPTOMS.
Dizziness; Whirling Vertigo; Pressing sensation in the Brain;
Feeling in the head as if the brain were expanding; in about ten
minutes, felt as if it must burst. One of the early symptoms is—
Throbbing in the Temporal Arteries; Pulse rapidly advanced from
68 to 98; and in fifteen minutes, 120. Throat feels full, enlarged,
with sensation of choking. In most cases, the pulse reached 90
in about five minutes after taking the drug. Visions of objects
pass vividly before the eyes. Frequently, trembling of the limbs
and body occurred; Qualm; Nausea and Sickness; Vomiting; Confu-
sion of Ideas; Compelled to lie down; Cracking in the Head;
Shocks in the Brain. In some cases—Palpitation of the heart;
Countenance pale; Rush of blood to the head—sometimes followed
by sweat on the forehead. - - --
Dr. Hering remarks, that it is more useful for apparent than ac-
tual Plethora. I have lately used it for Giddiness when walking
in the open air; and quite cured a lady, sixty years of age, who had
suffered for a long time (after ten days’ treatment); although, on
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former occasions, other Homoeopathic remedies that I had pre-
scribed produced but slight relief. She now tells me that she feels
like a young girl, and is quite cured.
G R ANATUM RADIOIS,
POMEGRANATE ROOT.
THE Bark of the root, which is preferable in the dry state, has
been almost exclusively used in Allopathy as an Anthelmintic;
is said to be more efficacious than turpentine for tape-worm; and
has one great advantage—that it does not cause sickness. Homoeo-
pathically, it is set down for very much more. Dr. Gray has used
it for cramp-like pains high up in the abdomen, that come on in
paroxysms a few minutes apart, attended by morbid hunger,
prostration, abortive efforts at stool in children. By others it is
thought likely to prove useful in some forms of Gastric or Bilious
Fewers.
SYMPTOMS.
Vertigo, with obscuration of Sight; Empty feeling in the head;
Stitches in the forehead; Pustules on the forehead; Ulcers in the
mouth; Sore throat; Inflamed tonsils; Hunger excessive; Pota-
toes nauseate; Eructations, with languor; Waterbrash; Urging;
Vomiting; Pains in the Stomach and Abdomen; Colic after every
meal; Frequent Colic and Cramps, even before breakfast—relieved
by applying heat, lying down, and sometimes by drinking cold
water; Painful distention of the Abdomen; Fermentation; Pain-
ful pressure in the groins; Swelling as of Hernia; Frequent
Diarrhoea—dark colour, with burning heat in the rectum;
Tenesmus; Prolapsus; Itching, tingling—intolerable in the
rectum; Discharge of mucus from the Urethra, like Gonorrhoea ;
Yellow leucorrhoea; Prolapsus of Wagina? Stitches in the chest :
Palpitation of the heart; Rheumatic pains, and stiffness of the
fingers and jºints; External inflammatory swellings; Suppuration
of internal organs, especially the Liver. - -
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GRAPH.] GRAPHITEs.
- ie: " - ". . . .
G R A PHITES,
HAHNEMANN. BLACK-LEAD.
HAHNEMANN valued this remedy for troublesome Chronic Consti-
pation ; also for delayed Menses. Noack and Trinks consider
it suitable to the Scrofulous and Venous; Disposed to corpulence—
having light hair, pale, delicate skin, with knobby finger-nails;
subject to chronic eruptions; Haemorrhoids; Menstrual Congestion;
Swelling of the Glands; Inveterate Psoriasis; Erysipelas of the
face; Tinea Capitis—humid variety; Herpetic Eruptions, espe-
cially of the face; Obstinate Ulcers—also on the feet; Ulcers
on the feet, with foetid odour; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Ulcers on
the Cornea; and many other Chronic affections.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Dejection; Grief; Sadness; Anxiety; Depression—
feels as if some misfortune were at hand; Tendency to start ; Ill-
humour—everything vexes; Indisposed to work; Absence of
mind; Forgetful; Dulness in the morning especially. -
Head.-Sense of intoxication; Staggering when walking;
Vertigo on waking in the morning—a violent Headache, with
inclination to vomit, with cold sweat; Headache on slight motion,
during or after a meal; Pain in the head as if numb, pithy,
bruised. Forehead—Throbbing; Tearing; Pressure. Sides of the
head—Throbbing (right); Shocks (right); Twitching (right).
Occiput—Constrictive pain; also in Nuchae; Aching pain; the
Brain feels loose; Burning on the top of the head, at one spot;
Humming; Roaring. -
Scalp.–Rheumatic pains; Sense of contraction; Itching
Eruption on the Scalp; Scabs that itch; Humid eruption on the
top of the head; the scabs detach, with bad odour; the Hair
falls off. -
Eyes, Pressure; Itching; Heaviness; Stitches; Smarting;
Sense of Coldness, or Burning heat; Dryness; Albuginea, injected
red; Secretion of gum; Lachrymation; Intolerance of Light;
Redness and swelling of the lids. ( )
Ears (internal).--Stitches; Throbbing; Pulsation; Ulcerative
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pain. External—Itching, moisture; Herpes, and behind the ears;
Tubercle; Discharge from ; Offensive pus. Sounds in—Roaring;
Tingling; Humming; Thundering, shrill sound; Hissing; Crack-
ing; Report like a gun, or of bladders bursting.
Nose.—Sore, dry, scurfy, swollen; Blows out blood, or blood
and mucus; Bleeding, night and morning; Frequent discharge of
mucus, thin or thick, yellow ; Dry Coryza, with headache. Sense
of Smell—Sensitive; cannot bear flowers; Smell of burnt hair, and
of sulphur, or of soot burning.
Face,—Erysipelas, both sides—burning, stinging; Swelling of
the left side; Incipient Paralysis—left side; Spasmodic twitchings
of the muscles, especially the Masseters; Twitches and stitches in
the lips; Vesicles and eruptions about the mouth and chin;
Falling-off of the whiskers; Raw-looking eruptions, that become
scurfy; Acne.
Teeth.--Toothache at night, with heat in the face; Drawing;
Stinging; Tearing; Gnawing; Darting; Pain increased by warmth
and mastication.
Gums.-Sore, painful, swollen; Intensely painful; Bleed;
Foetid odour; Pain as if ulcerated; Desire to cut the gums, and
relieve the congestion.
Tongue.—White; Burning vesicles—tip and back part.
Throat.—Sore during deglutition; Sensation as of a plug when
swallowing ; Constant spasms as if he would choke; Scraping,
rawness, roughness; Stitches between the acts of deglutition;
Tonsils swollen (in the morning); Spits a great quantity; Saliva
runs from mouth; Hawking of gluey mucus, with saltish taste.
Taste.—Bitter, acid, salt, or rotten eggs.
Appetite.—Small; Dislikes meat, fish, salt food.
Thirst.—Violent thirst early in the morning. -
Eructations.—Continual, or difficult; Sour, bitter, or of food;
Heartburn; Rancid; Hiccough; Waterbrash; Nausea, lasting
several hours, with faintness; Headache, affecting the sight;
Inclined to vomit; Acid vomit; Vomiting of the food taken im-
mediately after dinner.
Stomach.-Pressure in the stomach, relieved by lying down;
Contractive pain; Gnawing; Griping; Stitches; Cold, empty feel-
ing; Burning when fasting; Fermentation.
Hypochondria.-Painful stitches; Intensely painful; also after
breakfast; Tightness, as from a band; Aching in the Spleen.
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Abdomen.—Fulness; Hardness; Inflation; Distention; Griping;
Jerking; Colic; Spasmodic stitches, followed by Diarrhoea; Pains,
with much flatus.
Inguinal Region.—Swelling of the glands; Violent pain in
right groin ; Burning and bearing down; Erysipelatous inflamma-
tion, with large vesicles near Umbilicus.
Stool,—Intermittent; Constipation—no desire; Faeces hard,
knotty, with thready mucus, or very small in size, like lumbrici;
Some time after, the stools became more frequent, then regular,
large, and hard; Soft stools three times a day; Diarrhoea, gradually
passing off, down to one stool a day; White mucus; Red mucus,
expelled with the faeces; Blood discharged at stool; Lumbrici;
Ascarides. - . -
Rectum.—Burning in; Bearing down; Temesmus; Stitches;
Sticking pain; Prolapsus; Varices.
Anus.-Itching; Smarting; Soreness; Swelling of the veins;
Burning rhagades; Excoriation. . . . . . . . . . -
Urine.—Frequent, involuntary; Wets the bed at night; Smells
acid; or dark colour, with red deposit.
Bladder.—Pressure; Anxious at night, with Colic; Cutting
pain in the Kidneys. Urethra—Burning; Constriction.
Penis.—Eruptions on Penis; Swelling of prepuce and scrotum ;
Swelling of right testis. -
Menses.—Suppressed, with heaviness in the upper and lower
limbs—delayed three, seven, eleven days. Soreness of the Puden-
dum, and between the thighs; Profuse Leucorrhoea; Pimples on
the labia. -
Chest,--Evening—Asthma, with oppression.
Heart.—Throbbing; Pulsation; Palpitation; Violent shocks
from the heart to the neck; Stitches; Violent palpitation, with
burning and tightness. -
Neck.-Stiffness; Violent pains; Swelling of cervical glands.
Back,-Contractive pains between the Scapulae; Beating
stitches; Violent pains in small of back, passing off by motion;
Pain as from bruises in the back. . .
Arms, Stitches, and Rheumatic pains in the joints; Cramp in
the hands; Erysipelas; Soreness between the fingers. -
Thighs.--Excoriation between, from walking; Numbness; Stiff-
ness; Pains as if bruised. - A" . . -
Knees.—Eruptions at the bend of the knee; Drawing pain, and
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stiffness; Heaviness, and Ulcers of the legs; Stitches in the heels;
Burning of the feet; Swelling of, and soreness between, the toes;
Ulcers on the toes—on the fourth toe; Horny skin; Burning,
aching in corns; Thick, crippled nails. .
Skin.—Unhealthy; Tendency to ulcerate and suppurate;
Small pimples—tips full of pus; Small boils on neck and back;
Ulcers, having a foetid smell; Proud flesh; Sweating of the skin
at night, having the odour of Urine; the symptoms are worse
morning and evening, and during exercise in the open air. .
GRATIOLA,
HARTLAUB AND TFINKS. HEDGE HYSSOP.
THIS drug is recommended by Noack and Trinks, for the evils
arising from Iodine Poison; Affections of the mucous membranes;
Chronic affections of the abdomen; Spreading herpes; Chronic
gastritis; Constipation; Haemorrhoids; Cardialgia, with suppressed
In 610|SéS. ... "
Teste, in his mystic way, gives us a little more information.
He has discovered that it is the Chronic Chamomilla, and points to
nervous diseases; Mania; Gastralgia; Enteralgia; Nymphomania;
Delirium Tremens; also for Neuralgia; Megrim ; Toothache;
Sciatica, &c., &c.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Dulness; Bewildered; Intoxicated feeling; Vertigo—
turning in a circle, falling forward; Vertigo on rising from a seat;
Congestion, to the forehead; Pressure, feeling of fulness; Violent
headache, with inclination to vomit; Vibrations, affecting the sight
and hearing; Heaviness from the nape of the neck; Fulness;
Tightness—feeling as if the head were smaller; Brain contracted;
Much heat about the head; Beating headache—relieved in the
open air.
Scalp.–Sensitive to cold; Itching of the scalp.
Eyes.—Itching, pressure, inflammation; Dryness; Misty sight
Objects look white; Short sight.
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Face.—Burning of the face, chiefly after a meal; Feeling of
tightness, as if swollen.
Mouth-Accumulation of water; Ptyalism; Tearing in the
molar teeth. -
Throat-Stinging; Scraping; Roughness; he is constantly
obliged to swallow; Difficulty and pain in deglutition. -
Taste.—Bitter, pappy; Desires only bread; Violent thirst.
Eructations.—Frequent, tasting of ingesta; Rancid; Bitter ; .
Gulping of a bitter substance; Shuddering; Nausea; Loathing;
Aversion to food; Vomiting of yellow mucus.
Stomach.-Tender to pressure; Fulness for some hours; Pres-
sure after every meal; Heaviness; Distention—must unfasten the
clothes; Spasm when in bed; Pressure at pit, after a meal, as from
a stone in motion, with inclination to vomit, and Eructations;
Pain after a stool; Gnawing after a meal; Cutting in Epigastrium.
Hypochondria.-Sticking; Beating; Burning.
Abdomen.—Pain, with distention; Nausea; Pale face; Sensa-
tion as of a heavy body descending ; Pinching at umbilicus;
Gnawing, as from worms; Colic; Rumbling; Cold feeling; Rumb-
ling, with nausea and vertigo. -
Stools, Diarrhoea; Watery, yellow, or green, bilious stools;
Green, frothy mucus, or brown, foetid, pappy, soft stools, succeeded
by Constipation; Protrusion of large, stinging tumours, with
Smarting ; the faces pass unconsciously. Rectum—Painful, con-
tracted, with tenesmus; Soreness, during and after stool; a painful
varix disappeared; Ascarides pass.
Anus.-Stinging, itching, Smarting, beating.
Urine.—Scanty—becomes turbid while standing.
Menses.—Appear eight days too soon, and last two days longer
than usual; Darting pains in the right breast.
Larynx.-Cough towards midnight; Dry cough.
Chest—Oppression; Spasmodic constriction; Pain between the
scapula, and under the sternum; Heat in the chest. -
Heart—Palpitation—strong and quick; Violent palpitation,
that shakes the whole frame, especially after a stool—affecting the
pit of the stomach.
Skin.—Itching, with burning after scratching; Pimples, with
yellow points; Small boils; Humid eruptions.
Gratiola is useful for Spasms; Tearing pains in the limbs;
Stitches in the legs and feet.
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GUAIACUM. [GUAI.
GU AIA CUM.
HAHNEMANN. GUM GUALACUM.
HAHNEMANN advises it for Headache; Swelling of the Eyes; Drag-
ging pain in the Ears; Stitches in the Chest; Lancinating pains
in the limbs, with contraction; Pulmonary Consumption, with
foetid pus; Evils induced by Mercury.
In Allopathy, it is used for Rheumatism; Pains in the limbs at
night ; Secondary symptoms, after Mercury; Some cutaneous
eruptions, and Quinsy of the Throat, with pains in the Chest. It
acts as a sudorific, and sometimes causes Diarrhoea.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Violent lancinations in the brain, from below upwards;
Pressure at night, from below upwards; Sensation as if the brain
were loose; Shakes at each step.
Forehead.—Dull pain, with sharp stitch (right eminence);
Drawing pain from forehead down to the nasal bones.
Parietal Region.—Drawing, tearing lancinations (right side);
Tearing pain (left side); Sharp stitches (left coronal suture).
External—Sensation as if too much blood were in the integu-
ments; Head feels swollen; Pulsation; Throbbing.
Eyes.—Swelling of the eyes; Swelling and protrusion, so that
the eyelids appear too short to cover the eyes; Pupil dilated;
Amaurosis, lasting a few days.
Ears.-Left ear—Painful, dragging; Tearing pain.
Face.—Red, swollen; Painful some days; Pains in right cheek
and malar bones, as from knives.
Teeth.-Aching in left molar; Tearing in left upper molars.
Appetite.-Lost; Aversion to any kind of food, even milk;
Vomiting of watery mucus; Nausea as from mucus in the throat.
Stool.-Constipation; Broken pieces and lumps; Thin, slimy
stool.
Urine.—Constant desire every half-hour; Profuse; Sometimes
foetid.
Bladder.—Stitches at neck; Cutting during micturition.
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Larynx.-Hawking of mucus; Dry Cough, followed by some
expectoration—purulent, foetid, like suppuration.
Chest.—Sudden sensation of obstruction in the Chest (cardiac
region), seeming to arrest the breath, even at night, during sleep ;
Stitches in the left side, region of the Spleen. . . .
Neck-Frequent stitches—left side, up to Occiput; Aching pain
each side of the Vertebrae; Violent stitches from the larynx to left
Clavicle. - -- -
Back-Rheumatic stiffness from nape to small of back; Con-
tractive pains between the Scapula; Drawing, right side of Spine;
Constrictive sensation in the muscles of the back.
Limbs.-Weakness in both Upper and Lower; Darting or
drawing pains in the knee; Pains in the long bone; Tension and
contraction, as if the muscles were too short ; Dread of movement
or exercise; Hectic Fever ?
G D MMI G UTTI.
GAMBOGE.
IN Allopathy, Camboge, or Gamboge, is well known as a drastic
purge; produces watery stools, and increases considerably the secre-
tion of urine. It is a chief ingredient of Morison's Pill. Large
doses will cause vomiting, griping pains, great prostration. As a
purge it is more powerful than Colocynth or Scammony. It seems
to act chiefly on the stomach and small intestines: after death
they are found inflamed and ulcerated. It has been stated to
have considerable action on the Uterus. Employed in Dropsy from
Congestion of the Liver; Determination of blood to the head;
and for the expulsion of Worms; Rheumatism; Diarrhoea.
The following Symptoms are by Dr. N.enming. .
Head.—Oppressive Headache; Compressive pain at both sides;
Heaviness, with inertia; Drowsiness, and pain in small of back;
Heating in the forehead, towards the nose; Oppression, with heavi-
ness in the forehead; Feeling of coldness as from a wet cloth laid
on the left temple. -
Eyes.—Violent itching, burning, stinging, in the evening;
Nightly agglutination; Dim sight, as if looking through gauze.
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... Nose.—Ulcerated; Bleeding; Sneezing; Violent Chronic sneez-
ing; Dryness of the right nostril; Mucus, smelling like pus.
Throat.—Roughness; Burning soreness; Choking sensation;
Feeling of swelling in the throat. •
Stomach.-Nausea; Constant heaving as if the stomach were
raised up; Waterbrash; Gulping of acid water; Horrible vomiting
and purging—causes fainting; Empty feeling in stomach and
bowels; Weakness; Gnawing, painful constriction after dinner;
Pain as if ulcerated; Stomach tender to pressure; Dartings, which
cause one to start; Beating; Pressure in the stomach and chest,
arresting the breath. -
Most of the symptoms are relieved by eating, or in the open air.
Abdomen.—Painful burning in Hepatic Region; Frequent,
violent pinching in the entire abdomen.
Umbilicus.-Painful gnawing at a small spot below the Umbi-
licus; Pinching in that region, with inflation and tension of the
abdomen; Rumbling.
Inguinal,—Pinching in groins; Pinching as with nails; Sudden
dart in right groin, causing him to start.
It is proposed to cure watery Diarrhoea.
Stool.—Constipation; Hard, small stool, with urging and pro-
trusion of the rectum ; Frequent soft stools; Diarrhoea of green
mucus; Diarrhoea, with burning and tenesmus; Cutting in the
intestines; the abdomen is contracted—small; Profuse watery
diarrhoea, with colic and tenesmus.
Urine.—Scanty—a few drops, with burning at orifice.
Female.—Menses early and profuse; Leucorrhoea; Congestion
of Head 2 Chest ? and Uterus 2
HAM AMELIS WIRGINIC A.
AMERICAN REMEDIES. - WITCH HAZEL,
THIS remedy is supposed to take rank between Aconite and Arnica
(Hering); and is proposed for Haemorrhages from all mucous mem-
branes.
Diseases of Weins.—Phlebitis; Inflammation, and Varices;
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Anemia; Asthenic conditions; evils resulting from the loss of
blood; Injuries from a fall; Haemorrhoids, with profuse flow;
Circocele; Varicocele; Abscess; Boils; Carbuncle; and Epistaxis.
SYMPTOMS.
Eyes.—Painful; Inflamed; Excessive congestion of the con-
junctiva.
Nose.-Bleeding from ; also with sense of tightness over the
bridge; Pressure between the eyes, and Benumbed sensation over
the whole forehead.
Stomach.-Haematemesis; Painful vomiting of blood.
Abdomen.—Varicose veins of the abdomen.
Anus.-Piles, with profuse haemorrhage; Painful; Burning
soreness; Sense of fulness, and excoriation; Weakness and pain in
back, as if it would break; Discharge of dark blood in a case of
typhoid fever. -
Urine,—Of blood; Constipation.
Testes, Circocele? Waricocele?
Uterus.-Active or passive haemorrhage of bright-red blood;
Affections of the Uterus, with tumefaction, tenderness, retention
of Urine; Diffused pain and soreness over the abdomen after a
blow on the region of the ovary; Leucorrhoea.
Crural Phlebitis.-(Milk-leg), with swelling of left labia,
inguinal region, and thigh ; Painful but benumbed sensation in
the limb; the swelling white, opaque, passing downwards in three
days—occupied the whole limb; (Milk-leg), commencing at the
ankle, with difficult motion of the limb, from stiffness and pain in
the left hip. --
Larynx.-Cough, with Haemoptysis; Taste of sulphur in the
mouth; Dull frontal headache; Tickling cough, with taste of
blood. -
Chest.—“Return of inflammation of Diaphragm, with laboured
respiration, with oppression, tightness—preventing a full, deep
inspiration; Fulness in head and neck; Sense of suffocation
that prevents his lying down.” -
Lower Extremities.—Varicose Weins and Ulcers; Inflamma-
tion of the femoral vein, with erysipelatous spot near the groin and
over the vein, occupying nearly one-half of the thigh; Swelling
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of the leg and foot, with tension; Limb pale, but hot; Urine scanty,
albuminous; Tympanitis, and general CEdema of the whole body;
Inflammation of the veins generally. -
Skin-Purpura haemorrhagica, with Epistaxis and congestion
of the conjunctiva; Carbuncles; Boils.
For External application: take one teaspoonful of tincture;
add four teaspoonfuls of water—to form a lotion.
HELLEBORE.
HAHNEMANN. CHRISTMAS ROSE.
HAHNEMANN has written an essay on this, the Black Hellebore,
which will be found in The Lesser Writings." Hahnemann, in his
Materia Medica Pura, observes—“By continuing the proving, we
shall find out what the Greeks cured by means of Hellebore.” The
symptoms show that this drug must cure a peculiar kind of fever,
swellings, and mental diseases. From Noack and Trinks, we learn
that Hellebore has been successfully used in the following affec-
tions:–General Dropsy, and especially after Scarlet Fever; Ama-
sarca and Ascites in Children; Acute Hydrocephalus; Hydrothorax;
CEdema of the scrotum. (Hempel adds)—Sneezing; Cholera 2
Spasms of the lungs? Herpes; Lepra? Plica Polonica? Puerperal
Mania? Lentescent Typhus? Intermittent Quartan? It seems to
have been used from the time of Celsus, for Mania, Melancholia,
and sometimes to procure abortion. It is said to bring back the
menses when suppressed.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Silent melancholy; the sight of a cheerful person makes
him unhappy; Involuntary sighing; Moaning; Anxious; Uneasy;
Forbodes some misfortune; Anguish, with nausea; he cannot get
rest in any position; Obstinate silence ; Indifferent, even to his
own appearance; Diffidence.
Senses.—Dull; Stupor; Stares without thought; the mind
* Translation by Dr. Dudgeon; p. 689.
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seems to have no power over the body; Allows an article to fall
from the hand unconsciously, if spoken to, or the attention other-
wise attracted; Weakness of memory. - - -
Head. —Dull; Confused; Stupefaction; Vertigo; Reeling;
Headache on right side; Pressure from within outwards; the
whole brain seems compressed, or at one point only; Compressive
pain in both temples; Drawing, as if the whole cerebral mass were
accumulating; Pulsative throbbing in the left temple; Boring
stitches across the forehead; Meningitis?
Scalp.–Bruised feeling; Jerking in the integuments; Tension;
Sensation as if the scalp were drawn very tight; Humid scabs
among the hair; Falling-off of the hair.
Eyes.—Burning, smarting, pricking in the ocular conjunctiva
and eyeball; Pressure, as if the eyes would be forced out; Pupils
dilated; Photophobia, without much inflammation; Twitchings
in the levator pālpebrae, and some of the facial muscles; Heavy,
downward look. . *
Ears.-Pain as if the inner ear would burst; Digging, boring
in the right ear, with toothache.
Nose.—Constriction of the nose, almost to suffocation; Sneez-
ing on rising; Desire to sneeze, but cannot. -
Face.—Yellow, or pale, with heat in the head; CEdematous
swelling of the face; Wrinkled forehead.
Lips.-Swollen; White vesicles; Pimple on upper lip.
Teeth.-Lancination in right molars, all night; he could not
bear either warm or cold things; not much pain by day, but the
lower molars felt elongated.
Mouth.-Ptyalism, with soreness at the corner of the mouth;
Dryness of the palate, with pain (cutting or scraping) when
moving the mouth in the act of deglutition.
Tongue.—Dry; White in the morning; Stiffness; Insensibility
of the tongue; Aphtha ; Vesicles; Pimples; Swelling.
Taste.-Slimy, with violent thirst. -
Appetite.—Good; or Nausea, with a sensation of hunger, yet
the food is repulsive; Good appetite for Bread and Meat—dislike
to greens; Empty eructations, with inclination to Womit, yet
unable; Vomiting of green, blackish substance, with Colic (ending
fatal). - . . . . .
Stomach.-Scraping, rough sensation; Painful burning; Ex-
cessive pain at pit; Pain, as if bruised, in Pyloric region—felt at
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every step; Sense of Contraction at the pit; Stomach distended;
Painful, as if ulcerated; Tender to pressure.
Abdomen.—Weight; Pinching; Sharp pressure below the um-
bilicus, from without inwards; Audible rumbling movement, as if
bubbles were rising and bursting; Emission of foetid flatus; Gur-
gling in intestines, as if full of water; Sensation of coldness.
Stool.—Diarrhoea, with Colic; Watery evacuations; Stools of
white, tenacious mucus; Some stools resemble jelly; Burning-hot
Smarting in the Anus.
Urine.—Frequent micturition, but small in quantity; Feeble
stream—dark colour.
Respiration—Chest.—Breathing difficult, slow, deep—had to
gasp for air; Cutting pain in Chest; Scraping, rough sensation
under the Sternum; Palpitation of the heart.
Neck.-Swelling of the Cervical glands; Stiffness of the
muscles, even to the Occipital region; Motion painful; Pain in
left shoulder-joint; Pains between the Scapula, as if bruised;
Rheumatic stiffness in Nuchae.
Upper Limbs,-Twitching of the muscles; Tearing in the
bones; Sensation as from a shock; Drawing, from the middle of the
arm to the bend of the Elbow. -
Hands,-Painful, from the wrist to the fingers; Sweat in the
palms; Weakness in the hands—he cannot grasp ; Paralytic tear-
ings in the fingers; Boring; Sticking in the joints of the middle
fingers; Vesicles on the fingers; Inflamed spot near the nail of
thumb and first finger.
Hip.–Paralytic stiffness in Hip-Joint; Prickings, like needles;
Stitches; Burning pressure.
Thighs and Legs.-Weak; Stiffness and tension of the
muscles.
Knees.—Stitches in Knee-joint; Digging pain in right pa-
tella; Stiffness in the ham-strings. Ankle—Pain, as if sprained;
Aching pain in right heel (Os Calcis) in every position. -
Sleep.–Restless towards morning; Dreams confused; Sopor.
Fever.—Pulse strong; Pulsations throughout the whole body;
Thirst; Chills, with goose-skin; Cold feet and hands; Heat in the
face; Towards morning, in bed, a general sweat sets in ; after-
wards, coldness; Cold sweat; Fever, lasting several days; Chilli-
ness every night; Sweat every morning; Slow, small pulse;
Continual chilliness of body; Heat in the head, without thirst.
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HEP.] HEPAR SULPHURIS.
Skin.—Sudden swelling of the whole Body; Falling-off of the
hair and nails; Anasarca after suppressed eruptions; Peeling
of the skin.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Convulsive movements; Concussive shaking of the head; Spas-
modic rigidity of the Limbs; Twitchings during sleep.
HEP A R S ULPHURIS.
HAHNEMANN. - SULPHURET OF LIME.
Is said to be especially suitable for persons of a lymphatic, scrofulous
habit; milder in action than Sulphur, and often preferable to it
in chronic disease of the cervical glands, and some cutaneous affec-
tions; Cachectic conditions after Mercury, and Secondary Syphilis;
also Rhagades; Humid and gnawing tetters; Panaris; Boils;
Suppurating abscess; Erysipelas; Pustules on the Conjunctiva;
Ulcers on the Cornea; Tubercles in the lungs; Croup, after
Aconite; Diphtheria; Bronchial secretion; Hoarseness; Pain at a
fixed spot in the trachea; almost constant hawking; Nervousness,
that frequently follows the effects of Mercury. (It appears to act on
the Liver with considerable power.)
SYMPTOMs.
Mind,-Dissatisfied with oneself; Remembers all that is dis-
agreeable; Repulsive mood; Low, Sad, Dejected, or Impatient,
Irritable; Ill-humour—a very trifling cause irritates; he becomes
vehement—feels he could kill one; when out of humour he
could not remember anything; seemed stupid and dull of compre-
hension; his thoughts suddenly disappear.
Head.-Vertigo, with nausea, eructations; could not stand
after a ride in a carriage; Headache, especially when moving the
head, or shaking it; Concussion; Headache early in the morning,
when waking (even lancinating)—violent at night, especially
frontal, with general heat—no thirst; Aching in one-half the head;
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Sensation as if a plug or nail pressed; Aching in forehead, with
prickings, as if a Boil were forming; Stitches, with sensation as
if the skull would burst when stooping; Boring pain at the root
of the nose every morning; Boring, throbbing in right temple;
Hammering ; Sense of swashing, like water.
Scalp.–Pimples; Blotches; Small tuberosities on the scalp;
Pimples on the nape of the neck, and on the forehead; Painless
tubercles on the forehead; Falling-off of the hair; Bald places
appear after a severe illness, but more especially after Mercury.
Eyes.—Aching in eyeball; Dull stitch; Pressure in the eyes;
Violent pain, as if the eyes were being drawn into the head;
Incisive pain in the external Canthus; Eyes feel weary, and the
lids look red; Erysipelatous inflammation—the lids feel bruised,
and painful to touch; Specks and Ulcers on the Cornea; Pimples
and Stye, on the upper lid; Spasmodic Winking of the lids; the
eyes ache from the bright light of day, when moving them ; Noc-
turnal agglutination; Lachrymation; Obscuration of Sight.
Ears.--Darting pains; Violent stitches; Itching, heat, and
redness of the External Ear; Scurfy eruption, and behind the ears.
Internal—Discharge of Pus, sometimes foetid; Wax increased;
Roaring; Whizzing; Throbbing; Snapping; also at night; Hard-
ness of hearing—passed away with a report, when blowing the nose.
Nose.-Tenderness of the nasal bones; Drawing pains, affect-
ing the eyes; Itching; Tingling; Contractive sensation; Redness,
heat, and swelling; Burning; Bruised at tip; Nostrils ulcerated;
Scurfy—yellow water drops from the nose, or Coagulated blood;
a few drops of blood fall every morning; Nose painful, like from
a boil, with Coryza : Foetid mucus is expelled; Smell sensitive.
Face,—Yellow colour of the skin, or paleness, with flushes of
heat, like hectic; Heat at seven in the evening, at night, and early
in the morning; Cheeks red as fire; Swelling of cheek; Erysipelas,
with pricking and tension; Vesicular Erysipelas; Eruption; Rash
on the face; Pimples—crusty, like Acne in young persons; Vesicles
and ulcers on the chin; Pimples; Blotches.
Lips.-Chapped; Deep chap in middle of lower lip; Lips
swollen; Itching spot—several vesicles form, yellow at the tips,
passing off in Scurf.
Teeth.-Looseness of the teeth; Jerking toothache.
Gums, Ulcerated; Jerking pain, swelling, and inflammation.
Mouth.-Ulcers, with a base like lard; Tongue sore, painful.
N 169.
HEP.] - HEPAR SULPHURIS.
Throat.—Roughness; Scraping; Stitches during deglutition;
Sensation as of a splinter; Stitches, extending to the ear; Sense of
constriction, to suffocation; Sensation as from a clot of mucus or
an internal swelling, with bruised feeling in the muscles; Swelling
of the tonsils; Dryness of the throat; Smarting, roughness, and
rawness of the fauces; Painful when swallowing solid food.
Taste.—Putrid, metallic; Bitter; Slimy, or of rotten eggs; Loss
of taste, or flat, like dough. g
wine; Much thirst; More thirst than hunger; Weak digestion,
especially after Merc. or Quinine; Digestion easily deranged; Aver-
sion to fat; Fulness after a meal; Eructations empty or burning;
Hiccough; Nausea early in the morning, or momentary attacks,
with paleness, coldness, or with oppression in the chest; Palpi-
tation; Vomiting every morning; Waterbrash very acid; Vomiting
of green, acrid water, tenacious mucus, or bile, with long and
violent retching; Vomiting of mucus and coagulated blood.
Stomach,-Pressure after a moderate meal, or on waking
every morning; Hard pressure at pit; Tension, fulness; Swelling in
the region of the stomach, with pressure; Gnawing; Compelled
to loosen the clothes. -
Hepatic Region.—Stitches in the region of the liver when
walking ; Painful congestion Öf blood in both Hypochondria;
Sensation as if the portal circulation were arrested; Distention in
the left Hypochondria; STITCHES IN THE SPLEEN.
Abdomen.—Bloated; Sensitive; Intestines feel bruised; Empty;
Cramp-like pinching, tension; Contractive pains; Violent stitches
in left side; Soreness and pain about the Umbilicus; Drawing
pains; Fermenting sensation; Whirling; Rumbling in the Ab-
domen. -
Inguinal Region.—Induration; Swelling; Suppuration of the
Glands; Buboes; the Glands become painful and tender to the
touch, or slight pressure.
Stool.–Desire for stool, but the peristaltic action seems too
weak to expel the faces without the aid of the abdominal muscles;
Weakness of the Levator Ani?—even a soft stool is difficult; Diar-
rhoea of children—whitish, sour smell; Clay-colour, or Green, or
of blood; Dysenteric diarrhoea; Tenesmus.
Rectum.—Burning, creeping; Soreness after evacuation; Pro-
trusion of Varices; Pimples at the Anus.
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Urine.—Wetting the bed; Frequent desire; Passes a quantity
of pale urine; on standing, it deposits a white sediment, or turbid-
looking even while passing; Dark-yellow urine, with burning;
Brown-red urine, as in Jaundice; Violent desire, but difficult;
Urine red as blood; Sharp burning—seems to excoriate the canal;
a greasy pellicle forms on the surface, glistening with various
colours.
Bladder.—Weakness of the muscular coat—the bladder does
not appear sufficiently powerful to expel the urine; it drops out
perpendicularly, and a portion seems to be retained.
Urethra.-Orifice red, inflamed; Stitches; Soreness, as if some
part were ulcerated; Discharge of mucus; Gleet.
Prepuce,—Irritation; Soreness; Ulcerated points, and on the
glans; Moisture, with Excoriation between the scrotum and thigh;
Sexual power diminished; Discharge of prostatic juice at stool.
Menses.—Delay ten days; Diminished discharge.
Uterus.-Congestion; Haemorrhage, preceded by distention of
the abdomen—it reappeared in ten or twelve days.
Leucorrhoea.—Smarting, causing excoriation of the vulva.
Larynx and Voice.—Hoarseness; Weak voice; Seated pain in
one spot—increased by speaking, coughing, breathing, and pressure.
Cough.-Dry—hoarse, hollow sound; Cough, throwing up little
flocculent lumps, or even small tubercles; Cough, with stitches in
the throat, and pain in the head; Whooping-cough during the
period of secretion. Croup—after Aconite and before Spongia;
Easy secretion of mucus in the bronchi; Cough at night, with ex-
pectoration of mucus.
Chest.—Spasmodic constriction of the chest, with hoarseness;
Anxious wheezing; Difficult respiration; Danger of Suffocation—
throws the head backward; Stitches in the sternum; Frequent
deep breathing, as after running; Stitches in the side; Sensation
as if hot water were in the chest.
Heart.—Violent palpitation, with fine stitches; Heat in car-
diac region. -
External Chest, — Muscles sensitive (pectoral); Pimples;
Boils; Ulcers. -
Trunk and Back.-Suppuration of axillary glands; Stitches
between the scapula, and in the back and region of the kidneys;
Pain as if bruised, or from a strain; Sensation of weakness in the
whole spine; Foetid perspiration under the armpits.
N 2 171
HYDRAS.] HYDRASTUS CANADENSIS.
Skin.—Chapped skin, and rhagades of the hands and feet; Un-
healthy skin; Tendency to ulceration and suppuration; Whitlow ;
Yellow colour of the skin, as in Jaundice.
Fever.-Hectic P Burning, feverish heat, with thirst, red face,
headache, muttering; Delirium from 4 o'clock P.M., and continued
all night for three nights; Sweat at midnight; Profuse sweats at
night or in the morning, over the whole body, or only confined to
the head; Acid might-sweat; Profuse sweat day and night, or from
slight exertion.
******* *** *
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Drawing pains in the limbs, especially the knees; the limbs feel
weak and weary—not refreshed by sleep. The nervous system,
particularly, is affected; Slight impressions cause tremulousness.
HYDRASTUS CANAD ENSIS,
AMERICAN REMEDIES. - GOLDEN SEAL.
THIS remedy was first introduced as a specific for Cancer; but,
unfortunately, does not maintain its early reputation. All new
remedies are apt to be over-estimated. Hydrastus, however, ap-
pears to possess some virtues, and has proved of value in the treat-
ment of Mammary Tumours, such as are irritable, and tend to ulce-
ration: but in true Cancer it does not yet take rank above Arsenic.
It possesses considerable power to allay pain by external applica-
tion, and may remove some kinds of Glandular Swellings. It is
also recommended for Lupus, Psoriasis, and Ophthalmia. A few
cases of Obstinate Constipation have yielded to this remedy; also
Fissure of the Anus, with a cerate composed of four grains of the
pulverised root to one ounce of lard. (It appears also to be used
combined with Glycerine). As a gargle, it has proved of service
in Angina and Ulceration of the Fauces. As a medicinal agent, it
is supposed to resemble China, inasmuch as it tends to increase
the physical strength, especially after Fevers, by improving the
digestion, and favouring assimilation. It is prescribed, in America,
for Mucous Discharge from the Intestines—a sort of Blenorrhoea;
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Chronic Ulceration of the Bowels; Flatulent Colic, especially
when accompanied with faintness, and a general cachectic condition
of the body,
HYDR 00 Y ANIC A. CID,
PRUSSIC ACID.
THIS very powerful poison, in Allopathic practice, is considered to
act as a sedative and anodyne; one or two drops of Scheele's
Preparation being a sufficient commencing dose. It is employed
for Pyrosis; Gastritis; Hysterical Vomiting; Palpitations; Spas-
modic Cough; sometimes applied, in dilution, as a lotion for
Prurigo; and to the Eye, for Opacity of the Cornea. In Homoeo-
pathy it is proposed for Asiatic Cholera—the latter stage; Angina
Pectoris; and some forms of Epilepsy; also Amblyopia. It is not
to be expected that we can obtain a very elaborate proving, unless
it were made with the attenuations.
SYMPTOMS.
Spirits.-Low, desponding; Vexed; Nervous irritability.
Senses.—Dull, slow; Stupefaction; or pleasant, yet languid
feeling ; Cloudiness of the senses; everything seems turning.
Head.-Giddy; Oppressive pain in forehead, or left side;
Prickings here and there.
Eyes.—Protruded; Pupils dilated, immovable; Wide open;
Insensible to light; Lids appear paralysed, or spasmodic twitch-
ings of the upper lid; Sight dim, obscured, as from a gauze.
Face.—Sunken; Pale, bluish ; Features distorted; Spasms of
the facial muscles; Lock-jaw; Flow of saliva from the mouth.
Tongue.—Coated. First—White. Secondly—Dark, foul;
Cold tongue, or feels burning at the tip; Tongue stiff, protruded.
Pharynx.-Inflamed; Scraping sensation; Spasm of the Pha-
rynx and CEsophagus, .
Taste.—Sweetish, or acrid, pungent ; Foetid taste.
Appetite.-Lost; Disposition to vomit; Vomiting of black
fluid- -
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HYOS.] - HYOSCYAMUS.
Stomach.-Coldness, with stitches; Spasmodic contraction;
Inflammation of the stomach and intestines; Coldness and burning
alternate; also in the abdomen; Stool involuntary. - -
Urine-Retention; Copious discharge of watery, or pale
yellow.
Larynx.-Inflammation of the larynx; Burning, painful, as if
swollen; Spasmodic constriction of the throat; Cough—short,
hacking, with prickling in larynx and trachea ; Haemoptysis; Res-
piration slow, deep; Snoring, or frequent arrest of breath, from
stitches in the larynx; Paralysis of the lungs; Feeling of suffoca-
tion, as in Asthma. -
Chest.—Tightness; Oppression; Acute pains in the Chest ;
Sticking pains in left side, below the sternum.
Heart.—Pain and pressure; Irregular beating; Feeble beats.
Skin-Itching; Dryness; General paleness, with a blue tinge;
Small red pustules; Itching, burning vesicles.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Rapid languor; Nervous weakness; Heat of body diminishes;
Limbs weak; Paralysis of the Lower, and then the Upper limbs;
Cramps in the back, face, and jaws; Convulsions; the beats of the
heart gradually diminish until extinct.
Hempel records a case of Epilepsy, in a girl aged sixteen, of six
years' standing. The fits came on every afternoon. Five drops,
three times a day, effected a cure.
HY 0 SC Y A MUS,
HAHNEMANN. - HENBANE.
THE medicinal powers of this drug seem strongly to resemble
Belladonna. The following remark by Hahnemann tends to illus-
trate the firm conviction he so frequently expresses of the power of
small doses:–“ Large doses of Homoeopathic remedies are more
injurious than large doses of Allopathic drugs. A practitioner
who prescribes Homoeopathically, commits a crime by administer-
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ing doses the size used in Allopathy. I say this in regard to every
drug, and especially in all forms of Acute Disease. Let no one
tell me that his patient died, in spite of taking a large dose, ad-
ministered every two or three hours. If the smallest portion of a
drop of the 15th or 30th attenuation (one dose only) had been
administered, and, in rare cases, another drop three or four days
after, he would have saved his patient’s life.” In Allopathic prac-
tice, Hyoscyamus is employed often as a substitute for Opium, to
induce sleep, allay pain, &c. For Children it proves safer than
Opium; also in Mania, combined with Camphor. Some experi-
ments made by Dr. Garrod, tend to show that Caustic Alkalies
destroy the effects of Hyoscyamus. The dose, in Tincture, is set
from fifteen to thirty drops. The quality of the preparation varies
immensely. I have seen half a drachm given with very little effect.
Homoeopathically, this remedy is prescribed for Affections of the
Brain and Eyes; Spasmodic Convulsions; Epilepsy; Nervous
excitement; Sleeplessness; Inflammation of the Brain; Menin-
gitis; Delirium Tremens; Hydrophobia; Presbyopia; Strabismus;
Night Blindness; Spasm and Paralysis of the bladder; Dry cough;
Spasmodic cough at night; Prieumonia; Profuse menses; Menor-
rhagia; Puerperal Fever; Hysterical Spasms; Grinding of the
teeth in sleep; Chronic Haemorrhage; Redness of the skin; Brown
spots; Vesicles; Pustules; Boils; Toothache, from a cold.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—First—Lively, humorous. Second—Disposed to quarrel,
followed by rage; Furious demeanour; Jealousy; Disposed to
attack others with a knife; or dreadful anguish; Fancies he is
poisoned; Fears some animal will bite him ; thinks he is a
criminal—that he will be sold; Low, sad ; Desires to kill or
drown himself; Fearful; Diffident; or Impatient; Irritable.
Senses.—Stupefaction; Loss of sense; does not seem to see
or hear anything, yet the eyes are wide open; Sits in bed like a
statue ; Mutters; Uncovers the body—lies in bed naked; Deli-
rious; Unconscious, or talks more than usual, with animation, but
in a hurried manner; does foolish things; Sings obscene songs;
* Will the experience of Homoeopathic practice, during the next fifty years,
confirm this statement There is an evident disposition, at present, to repeat
the dose more frequently, in the face of this positive assertion.
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HYOS.] HYOSCYAMUS.
Dances, performs ludicrous actions; Dresses in the sheet, or in im-
proper clothes; afterwards he has no idea of what he has been
doing; Seems as though he had been in a dream ; Loss of memory.
Hyos. may prove useful in the Delirium of Fever, and from the
long-continued use of Alcoholic Drinks; Delirium Tremens; In-
sensible to pinching the skin.
Head.—Vertigo, lasting two weeks; Staggering; Reeling, as if
intoxicated ; Headache, with pain in nape of neck; Stupefying
headache ; Constriction; Depressing headache, with general ma-
laise; Undulating sensation in the brain, with strong beating of
the vessels; Tingling in the head; Unnatural heat; Sensation,
when walking, as if the brain were loose. (The brain shook and
flapped, like a wet sheet, when walking.)
Eyes.—Sight obscured—objects not distinct; Eyes look dim—
without lustre; Passing Amaurosis—can scarcely see the distance
of three steps; Short sight (four days); the sight seems to have
improved, and become clear, in one who was very short-sighted;
the pupil dilated; Far and clear sight continued several days,
and then decreased gradually;” Eyes appear staring, distorted,
protruded; Convulsive motion of the eyes; Red, inflamed, spark-
ling; (Inflammation of the Conjunctiva); Objects appear red,
like scarlet; Letters appear larger than they are, and, when
reading, they seemed to move up in a heap like a mass of insects;
Various optical illusions.
Eyelids.-Swollen; Red, as if from weeping; Twitching of the
lids; Spasmodic closing of the lids.
Face,—Heated; Burning heat, with dilated pupils; or Pale-
bluish ; or Brownish-red; Swollen ; Pustules like Variola.
Teeth.--Tearing toothache, with congestion of blood to the
head; the pains seem in several teeth; they feel elongated, or
loose, -
Gums.-Painful, especially from cold air; the pains are accom-
panied with heat in the face, and congestion of blood to the head;
Lock-jaw —probably from Spasms of the Masseters and Zygomatic
muscles.
Mouth-Foam at the mouth, or dryness early in the morning;
Saliva saltish, or tasting sweetish, like blood; Foetid breath.
Lips.-Dry, brown, like scorched leather.
Tongue.—Dry, burning; Feels as if burnt by hot food; Para-
* To what extent, our deponent sayeth not.
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lysis of the tongue; Unable to speak; the tongue looks red, or
brown; Parched; Dry (as in Typhoid Fever); Thirst intense.
Throat.-Parched; Dry; Rough; Scraping; Parching dryness
of the Fauces; Burning heat; Constriction of the throat; Pressure
as from a swelling; Difficult deglutition; a little fluid seems to
choke him; he cannot swallow it—is obliged to spit it out (symp-
toms similar to Hydrophobia); Dread of drink—it seemed to bring
on convulsions.
Vomiting.—For some days he had difficulty to keep the food
down; Vomiting of blood, with mucus; Pains in the stomach;
Convulsions; Difficult breathing; Prostration and cold extremities;
Vomiting of green bile, with copious sweat, greatly relieved him.
Hiccough.-Violent, with thirst; Constipation, or involuntary
micturition; or after dinner; or with spasms and rumbling in the
Abdomen. -
Stomach. — Oppression; Burning; Sense of inflammation;
Spasms in periodical attacks—relieved by vomiting.
Abdomen.—Spasms and pinching; Painful Colic, as if the Ab-
domen would burst; Distended and tender to touch, as in Enteritis;
the muscles feel painful, and the integuments very sensitive; Very
sore when coughing.
Stool-Diarrhoea after parturition; Painless diarrhoea; Copious
pappy stool, with scanty urine; Involuntary stools; Paralysis of
the Sphincter; Unconscious passage of the faeces in bed; Flowing
Haemorrhoids; Ascarides.
Urine.—Retention, with constipation and pressure in the blad-
der—afterwards copious emission, even when asleep, or frequent
during the night; Involuntary discharge, as if the bladder were
paralysed; Urine yellow, turbid. Male impotence—two months.
Menses.—Profuse, almost amounting to Haemorrhage; Menor-
rhagia of bright-red blood, with spasmodic pains; Profuse menses,
with delirium. Before the menses, fits of hysteric laughter. When
they appear, Enuresis, sweat, headache, and nausea—sometimes
spasms; Menses suppressed. --
Larynx-Sense of constriction; Mucus seems to adhere, which
cannot be detached by coughing; Bronchial Catarrh.
Cough.-Constant on lying down; Nocturnal cough ; Dry;
Spasmodic; Fits of coughing resemble Whooping-cough; Cough,
with greenish expectoration; Haemoptysis, with convulsions.
Respiration.—Difficult, as in Asthma, with rattling of mucus.
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IGN.] IGNATIA AMARA.
Chest. — Tightness, cramp-like; Oppression; Spasms, with
arrest of breath, and palpitation of the heart; Pressure in the
right side of the chest; Stitches in the side; Pleurisy P -
Sleep.-First—Wakeful; Sleepless, with anxiety—nervousness;
Nightly sleeplessness, with convulsions as from fright; Interrupted
sleep; Starting up from sleep; Moaning in sleep, or talking;
Grinding the teeth. Second—Drowsy; Deep sleep.
Dreams.-Frightful; Furious cats assail him.
s. & º . .
Skin.--Dry; Brittle; Large pustules; Herpetic spots; Brown
spots appear and disappear in several parts of the body; Dropsy %
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Fainting fits that are death-like; Sudden falling, with a cry and
convulsions; Convulsions, with foam at the mouth; Spasms, with
diarrhoea and coldness; Subsultus tendinum; St. Vitus’ dance;
Distortion and tossing about of the limbs—in a child.
Hyoscyamus has the power to reduce the pulse and dilate the
pupil. Is less active than Belladonna.
The pains of Hyoscy. are Lancinating; Sharp stitches, or Rheu-
matic, dull, drawing pains, affecting the muscles and vicinity of the
joints—worse in the ovening, and during motion.
IGNATIA AMARA.
HAHNEMANN. - - BITTER BEAN.
ACCORDING to Hahnemann, “The action of Ign. is short, and only
useful in somewhat sudden attacks of acute disease; its value
being small in chronic cases, except as an intermediate remedy.
Notwithstanding the botanic affinity between it and Nux Wom.,
there is a very important difference in their powers as remedies.
Ignatia, having a more special influence on the mind, is adapted to
those persons who are subject to alternations of cheerfulness and
weeping, disposed to concentrate within themselves their grief
(silent grief), and not such as give vent to their feelings in rage
and vehemence. An Epileptic fit, induced by this concealed grief,
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may be controlled by Ignatia; yet it would seem very doubtful if
Epilepsy, arising from other causes, can be relieved by this remedy.
Ignatia is best administered in the morning; it may disturb the
rest at night.” It acts powerfully on the Brain and Spinal Cord;
appears especially useful for many of the affections of Females—
Hysteria; Cramps; Evils that may arise from disappointment;
Chagrin ; Fright; Headache, especially frontal; Neuralgia of the
head, face, and teeth; Spasms of the CEsophagus; Globus Hysteri-
cus; Nervous Dyspepsia; Gastric symptoms, with headache; Pre-
mature and profuse menses; Uterine spasms; Colic; Prolapsus
Recti. Also, in children—For Spasmodic convulsions, especially
during dentition; Fits resembling Epilepsy; Twitching at the
corners of the mouth; Foaming; Biting the tongue; Twitching
in the limbs; Chafing and soreness of the skin. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Anxious precipitancy—he cannot do what he wishes
sufficiently quick; Tendency to start; Fearful timidity—fear of
thieves; Quick, transitory ill-humour, for which he is afterwards
angry with himself; Impatient, irresolute, quarrelsome—the feel-
ing passes off, and returns again in a few hours; he then begins
to jest and laugh, or avoids talking; Serious melancholy; Broods
to himself; Internal chagrin—temper soured; Deeply absorbed in .
thought; he broods over occurrences against his will; Sadness;
Weak memory; Sensitiveness of feeling—easily moved to tears;
Delicate conscientiousness; Tender-hearted; Gnawing grief at
heart (Jahr); Dread of labour; Weeping mood.
Head.—Heaviness; Headache in the forehead—he lays his
forehead on the table; the head seemed too full of blood.
Forehead.--Tearing pain; Boring—relieved by lying down;
Aching over the root of the nose, obliging him to incline the head;
Cramp-like headache—sensation as if a nail were pressed into the
brain; Hard pressure on the surface of the brain, recurring in
paroxysms (removed by coffee); Talking excites the headache; the
head feels as if it would burst; Beating; Pulsation; Headache as
if bruised; Tendency to throw the head backwards; Falling-off of
the hair. - --
Eyes.—Inflamed, red; Smarting, stinging; Pressure in
the eye, as from a grain of sand; Intolerance of light;
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Sight dim; Staring, with dilated pupils; Convulsive motion
of the eyes and lids.
Nose.-Swollen, painful, ulcerated; Dry stoppage; Coryza, with
pain in forehead, and nervousness.
Face,—Pale; Red; Blue; Redness and burning of one cheek;
Alternation of pale and red; Clay-coloured, sunken, with blue
margin around the eyes; Sweat only in the face; Twitchings at
the corners of the mouth; Convulsive twitchings, and contraction
of the facial muscles; Spasms of the jaw.
Lips.-Ulcerated, raw, sore, especially inside—bleed, crack.
Teeth.-Pains in the molars, as if they were being crushed;
Numbness; Looseness; Gums feel benumbed, as if burnt.
Mouth.-Red, sore, inflamed; Constant mucus; Saliva; Foam.
Tongue.-Numbness towards the tip; Sore, as if burnt—sting-
ing, smarting; Biting the tongue (in a fit?) when talking or
chewing. -
Throat.--Stinging in the throat between the acts of degluti-
tion; Sensation, when swallowing, as if it passed over a lump;
Difficult deglutition, either liquid or solid; Constriction; Sub-
maxillary glands painful, aching; Drawing pain when moving
the neck.
Taste.-Flat, like chalk, or bitter, sour; Saliva tastes sour;
Accumulation of mucus in the mouth; Aversion to Smoking;
Aversion to milk; Aversion to warm food and meat. Ignatia im-
proves the appetite.
Regurgitation of the Ingesta.-Sense of fulness; in the
night he feels hot, and vomits; Nausea; Uneasiness; Frequent
spitting. - -
Hiccough.-Always after eating and drinking; Vomiting of
bile. -
Stomach.-Sensation as if one had been fasting a long time;
Peculiar feeling of weakness in Epigastrium and at pit of stomach;
Fine stinging in stomach; Spasmodic pains in stomach; Stomach
sensitive to the touch; Pain extending from the stomach to the
Spleen and Back; Periodical pains.
Abdomen.—Colic pains; Nightly, flatulent colic; Periodical,
abdominal spasms; Empty rumbling and grumbling in the bowels;
Throbbing in the Abdomen; Pinching; Distention; Puffiness
after a meal; Pinching colic in one side of the Abdomen; the
colic is aggravated by coffee, brandy, or sweets.
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Inguinal Region.—Pain darting into left; Sensation as if
Hernia would protrude. -
Stool.-Yellow mucus, with colic; Stool of large size; Whitish-
yellow; Expelled with difficulty; Constipation from riding in a
carriage, or from taking cold; Desire for stool, with colic; Tenes-
mus, with protrusion of the Rectum. $º
Rectum.—Prolapsus when making moderate pressure; Desire
for stool—none passed, but the Rectum had protruded; Spasmodic
tension; Sharp pressure after a stool; Long stitch, piercing from
the Anus into the Rectum; Creeping, like ascarides.
Anus.-Painless contraction of the Anus: Itching; Soreness;
Smarting; Swelling at the margin of the Anus; Veins distended;
Blind Haemorrhoids; Itching about the Anus and Perinaeum.
Urine.—Constant urging; Frequent micturition of either pale-
yellow or turbid urine; Stitches in Urethra; Pressure on the
bladder; Burning at the neck of the bladder.
Menses.—Scanty—delayed a few days—with lumps of coagu-
lated blood, or blackish, having a putrid odour. Premature and
profuse menses may be regulated by Ignatia (Hahnemann). *
Uterus.-Pains resembling those of labour; Uterine spasms.
During the Menses—Spasms in Abdomen; Headache; Photophobia,
palpitation, great languor, even to fainting.
Larynx,−The Bronchi seems lined with mucus; Cough dry,
as if from particles of feather in the throat; Constrictive sensation
in throat, like that caused by sulphur vapour, inducing cough;
Dry cough day and night—rough, hollow; Expectoration difficult,
yellow. -
Chest and Respiration.-Breathing oppressed; Spasmodic
constriction; Stitches in the left side; Stitches (right side) between
the acts of inspiration; Pain at mid sternum, as from a sharp
body; Inspirations impeded, as from a load; Arrest of breathing
when running; Tensive pain in chest when erect; Throbbing in
right side of chest.
Heart.—Palpitation in the morning, in bed, or after dinner;
or during deep meditation; or after a short sleep; Palpitation of
the heart at night, with stitches in the region of the heart.
Neck.-Stiffness at nape of neck; Aching pains; Heat and
burning; Aching in the glands; Swelling of the glands.
Back.-Lancinating pains in the back and loins; Tensive
pain in the small of the back when standing ; Pain in
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Sacrum, and when lying on back in bed; Pains in the spinal
vertebrae. -
Upper Limbs,-Pains in the shoulder-joint, as if dislocated;
Bruise-like pain when moving the arm backwards; Rheumatic pain.
in shoulder; Twitching and jerking in Deltoid; Bruise-like pain in
the muscles of the Arm; Intolerable pain in the bones and joints;
Rigidity of the wrists; Convulsive twitchings of the fingers.
Lower Limbs,-Pricking pain in the Hip-Joint; Convulsive
jerkings in the lower limbs; Stiffness and cracking in the knees;
Heaviness of the legs; Weariness of the feet; Painful soles.
leep.–Restless, or so light that he hears everything; Move-
ment of the muscles during sleep, especially of the face; Sudden
startings when asleep, or when going to sleep; Tendency to lie on
the back during sleep. -
Fever.—Coldness, chilly — removed by warmth; Constant
shuddering, yet the face is hot, or the hands and feet, while the
body is cold; Chills, alternating with flushes of heat; Thirsty,
during the cold stage—desires cold water; Heat and Sweat,
without thirst ; when the heat comes on, the thirst passes away.
During the hot stage—Throbbing headache; Redness of cheeks;
Pain in back; Cold feet; Internal coldness; Gastric and Bilious
fevers? with Yellow Complexion; Nausea and vomiting; Pains
in back and limbs; Night-sweats.
The pains are generally increased by contact; Coffee and Brandy.
The character of the pains are—Bruised; Sprained; or of dislo-
cation. -
I0 DIUM.
HAHNEMANN. IODINE.
IN Allopathic practice this powerful agent has been largely em-
ployed, under various preparations, for almost every disease. In
consequence of the ponderous doses administered, its reputation
has suffered. The Iodide of Potass is now generally prescribed;
and the cases treated are often so confused as to be of little value.
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Hahnemann has expressed an opinion that there is no cure for the
Iodine poison. Probably, like Mercury, it acts on almost every
tissue in the living body. When first introduced, it was con-
sidered to be the most active absorbent, and was thought a specific
for every disease of the glandular system, especially Bronchocele, or .
Goitre. -
In using small doses, the benefit to be derived from its exhibi-
tion will be considerably extended. The 30th potency is said to
cure the Cachexia produced by large doses. It may be said to act
on the Stomach, Liver, and Glands. IN HOMOEOPATHY, Iodium is
prescribed for Affections of the Liver; Jaundice; Tubercle;
Diseases of the Mesenteric Glands in Children, with Diarrhoea;
Marasmus; Paralysis of the extremities; Trembling of the limbs;
Affections of the thyroid, cervical, and mammary glands; Bron-
chitis; Chronic Laryngitis; Chronic Cough in persons disposed to
Phthisis; Syphilis, with tendency to Hypertrophy; Palpitation of
the Heart; Inflammation and Dropsy of the Knee-joint; Stricture
of the Urethra; Profuse menses, with Colic and Frontal Headache;
Great irritation of the nervous system ; Trembling of the limbs.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind. — Gloomy; Desponding; Sad; Melancholy. After-
wards—Sensitive; Irritable; then more animated and cheerful;
Health and spirits much improved; Blooming.
Head.—Dull, with pains that move up the back of the neck;
Headache, that makes him almost crazy; Sensation as if a band
were firmly tied around the head; Pressure in the forehead, im-
mediately over the root of the nose; Frontal Headache, with
sensation as if the Brain were bruised; Throbbing in the head at
every step; Congestion of blood to the head; Tearing headache
over the left eye and temple; Stitches on the top of the head and
at the Occiput. Scalp—Falling-off of the hair.
Eyes.-Red, inflamed; Soreness of the eyes; Weak sight;
Watery, white swelling of the lids; Tremor; Twitching in the
eyelids; Lachrymation; Yellow colour of Sclerotica; Dark spots,
like curls, float before the eyes; Sparks; Fiery rays; Twinkling;
Objects seem multiplied. .
Ears.-Hardness of hearing; Buzzing; Humming noise, like a
mill; Movable swelling in front of the ear.
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Nose.—Itching; Stinging; Red, burning spot; Profuse bleed-
ing from the nose; Dry, or Fluent Coryza. -
Face,—Yellow; which either becomes pale or brownish ;
assumes a Smoky, dingy look; the features alter—eyes sunk; Con- -
vulsive twitching of the facial muscles; Ulcer on the cheek.
Teeth.-Drawing pains in the teeth; Paims in different molar
teeth; Cramp-like pains; Sense of looseness. The teeth become
more yellow and soft—covered with mucus.
Gums.--Red, tender; Swollen, inflamed; Puff up and bleed;
Ulcers; Vesicles; also in the mouth ; Receding of the gums,
Mouth.-Flow of saliva, as from Mercury; Aphthae in the mouth;
Elevations inside the cheek; Swelling of the Buccal glands;
Smarting, tearing, or drawing in the tonsils; Putrid smell from
the mouth.
Tongue.—Troublesome dryness; Thickly coated.
Throat.—Sense of constriction, that impedes deglutition;
Feeling of fulness; Stitches; Itching titillation; Scraping, with
increased secretion of saliva; Burning inflammation, with ulcers
of the Fauces and Pharynx.
Taste.-Most disagreeable; Offensive taste the whole day;
Bitter in the afternoon; Taste of soap; Sweet or salt taste.
Thirst.—Constant, day and night. -
Appetite.—Abnormal; Gnawing hunger; Craving for food;
Digestion seems to proceed too rapidly; * Alternate craving, with
loss of appetite; Weak digestion; Sick and weak after dinner.
Eructations.—Empty, acid; Heartburn; Hiccough; Nausea;
Vomiting; also with Diarrhoea; Vomiting of bile or yellow mucus.
(Iodine seems to increase the secretion of the Pancreas and Gastric
tubes.)
Stomach.-Excessive pain, with copious evacuations; Pressure
after every meal; Fulness and distention; Spasmodic pains;
Gnawing; Stitches; Prickings; Pulsations; Feeling of Warmth;
Burning; Inflamed Pylorus.
Hepatic Region.—Pressure in right lobe; the region of the
liver is tender to touch; Stitches; the left Hypochondria is hard
and tender on pressure; Sharp stitches.
Abdomen.—Intense pain, as if from inflammation of the
Omentum; Distention; unable to lie on the back; fears suffo-
cation; Big abdomen in children; Aching, pinching Colic ;
* Iod. 12 has frequently cured this craving in children. -
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Spasms, like those of Labour; Stitches; Burning; Tearing; Pul-
sations; Pressing and bearing down towards the pubes. (Swelling
in the inguinal glands disappear under its use.) Emission of much
flatus, smelling like rotten eggs.
Stool,—Constipation; sometimes of long duration, or alternat-
ing with Diarrhoea; Irregular stools; Evacuation hard, knotty,
dark-coloured; Copious papescent stools; Diarrhoea, even frequent,
violent; Watery, foaming, or mucus; Discharge of thick mucus;
Blood mixed with mucus, part of the faeces being retained.
Rectum.-Pressure; Itching, as from Ascarides; Excoriation
and burning in the Anus.
Urine,—Obstinate retention; Frequent desire; Scanty; Noc-
turnal micturition; Clear and copious, or Dark, turbid; sometimes
milky, or yellow-green. -
Urethra.-Cutting; Smarting; Excoriation; Itching in glans-
penls.
Testes.—Pain in testes and spermatic cord; Painless swelling
of the testis—is scattered; Enlarged Prostate reduced.
Female.—Ovarian Dropsy—diminishes (cwred); Induration
of the Uterus.
Menses.—Delay eight days, with palpitation at the heart;
Irregular—too late or too early; Premature; Copious; Violent,
even to Haemorrhage; during the menses, great weakness.
Leucorrhoea.—An old discharge; Acrid, corrosive (cwred).
Breasts.-Relaxed; Flaccid; Waste; or feel heavy and
painful.
Larynx and Voice.—Pressure on the larynx from swelling of
the Bronchial glands; Larynx painful, as from a hard body; Con-
traction and heat; Inflammation of the larynx and trachea ;
Voice hoarse, rough, deeper; Increased secretion in the trachea,
with hawking in the morning ; Tingling; Stinging; Irritation,
inducing cough; Morning cough, of long standing, disappeared;
Dry cough ; Hacking cough, with expectoration; Rattling of
mucus; Coughing up of mucus streaked with blood.
Respiration.—Difficult, oppressed; Asthma, with pain during
a deep inspiration; Loss of breath, particularly on going up-stairs;
Want of breath from little exertion; Stitches when breathing.
Chest.—Pain of soreness; Aching; Pressure; Stitches; Sharp
stitches; Congestion of blood, tending to inflammation; Violent
pulsations; Pains in the intercostals, and integuments of the
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chest ; Difficult expansion of the chest walls during inspi-
ration.
Heart—Palpitation; Compelled to lie down; Palpitation that
might be heard a few paces distant; Palpitation the whole day;
Spasmodic, nervous palpitation also at pit of stomach; Sensation
as if the heart were squeezed up; Syncope; Hypertrophy; Organic
affections of the heart. - -
Neck,-Glands of the neck enlarged, painful, indurated;
Pulsation; Tension; Disappearance of old swellings of the thyroid
body (external application).
USEFUL FOR THE FOLLOWING :—
Rheumatic pains that especially attack the trunk, neck, and
arms; Numbness in the thighs and legs; Liability to attacks of
Ophthalmia on taking cold; Pulsations in all the arteries during
any muscular effort; Disposition to Haemorrhage from different
organs of the body; Trembling, especially of the hands; Wasting of
the body, with extreme nervous debility; Swelling of the Axillary
glands; Weakness in the arms; Rheumatic pains in the shoulders;
Heaviness in the lower limbs; CEdema of the legs and feet;
Pains and twitchings in the ankle-joint; CEdematous swelling of
the feet ; Subsultus tendinum ; Acrid sweat of the feet; General
feeling of prostration; Declining strength; Loss of tone in the
muscles; Easy perspiration; Excessive emaciation; Softening of
the Bones. .
The several potencies of Iodium are of great value for treating
the Germs, or taint of Syphilis; also after Mercury; with such
other remedies as may be found suitable to the various existing
conditions.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY
Shows loss of the Adipose and Cellular tissue; Loss of firmness
in every part of the body; the mesenteric glands almost dis-
appear; other glands more or less diminished in size. OEsophagus
inflamed and contracted. Stomach corroded; Coats red, inflamed ;
Peritoneal coat of intestines adherent; Serous effusion in Pleura
and cavity of the abdomen. Lungs collapsed and crepitate. Liver
much enlarged; Red; Rose-colour. -
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IPECACUANHA. IIPEC.
IPEC A CU A N H A.
HAHNEMANN.
ACCORDING to Allopathic authorities, has been found to produce
very remarkable effects, even in very small doses, on those persons
who are particularly susceptible to its action—causing intense
Dyspnoea; Wheezing; Oppression in the Epigastrium; inducing
symptoms that resemble a fit of spasmodic Asthma ; and is pre-
scribed for Acute and Chronic Bronchitis, in doses of half a grain,
which is generally combined with Opium, or Tartar Emetic. It
forms one of the ingredients in Dover's Powder. The Ipecacuanha
Wine is also frequently used.
HAHNEMANN remarks that Ipec. is capable of curing certain
forms of Inclination to vomit; Paroxysms of Spasmodic Asthma;
Suffocative Spasms; and some kind of Tetanus, provided the other
symptoms correspond. Noack and Trinks state that Ipec. acts
specifically on the nerves of the viscera, especially the Solar
Plexus. (It is presumed that its action might extend to the whole
sympathetic system, and probably the Pneumogastric nerves.)
Suitable for those patients who are predisposed to Spasms;
Nausea; Vomiting; Irritation of the stomach ; the hysteric and
hypochondriac. Also for affections of Children and Pregnant
females; Spasms, when the body is thrown backwards; Muscles of
the face distorted; Moaning breathing; Spasms, with vomiting;
Intermittent fever, with gastric symptoms; Muco-gastric and
nervous Fevers; Early stage of Cholera. Useful to check the
vomiting ; Morning vomiting; also of pregnancy; Haematemesis;
Black vomit; Bilious Colic; Diarrhoea of children, especially
during dentition; Dysentery P. Haemorrhage from the Bowels or
Uterus; Incarcerated Hernia; Dangerous Haemorrhage after the .
placenta becomes detached; Cough, with rattling of mucus; Dry,
spasmodic Whooping-cough, with vomiting, and Haemorrhage from
the nose; Sudden attacks of spasmodic Asthma, with a crowing
sound, such as would appear from pressure in, or contraction of,
the larynx. (Ipec. has been found valuable in Diphtheritic Croup.)
Constant sneezing; Starting of the navel; Convulsions, with strong
twitching of the muscles of the face, lips, and extremities, with
heaving of the abdomen.
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IPEC) IPECACUANHA.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Temper peevish ; Rejects everything; Extreme im-
patience; Angry for the Smallest trifle; the child screams;
Thrusts its fists into the mouth; Anguish, with fear of death;
Fretfulness in children.
Head.—Vertigo whan walking and turning round; Momentary
loss of thought (senses?); Heaviness of the head; Tearing pain in
the forehead; Pain as if the head and skull were bruised, affecting
all the bones, also the roots of the tongue, and with nausea; Con-
strictive headache in the temple and orbit; Tensive pain in occi-
put, nape of neck, and across the shoulders.
Nose.-Bleeding from ; Coryza, with stoppage; Loss of smell;
Frequent sneezing. -
Face,—Pale; Livid; Yellow; Pale, with blue margins around
the eyes; Looks weak, as after a long illness; Convulsive move-
ments of the facial muscles; Eruption, like Aphthae, on the lips;
Rash on the forehead and cheeks.
Teeth.-Paroxysms of tearing pain, as if they would be torn
out. -
Mouth, Every part feels painful; when lying down, saliva
flows.
Tongue, Smarting at the edge of the tongue; Yellow or white
coating.
Throat.—Fine stitches in the fauces; Difficult deglutition;
Constant desire to swallow the saliva; Spasmodic constriction.
Taste.--Bitter (morning); Sweet, as of blood, or of rancid oil.
Appetite.-Aversion to food, or desire for dainties.
Nausea, which seems to proceed from the stomach, with empty
eructations, and accumulation of saliva; Eructations; Empty
retchings after cold drink or smoking. -
Vomiting.—Vomiting of ingesta; Large quantities of mucus,
yellow or green; Jelly-like; Green as grass; Black, like pitch;
Large lumps of Foetid Mucus; Vomiting of Blood.
Stomach.-Sensation of emptiness and relaxation, with empty,
sick feeling; Pains as from a pointed stick; Swelling of the
stomach. -
It is recommended especially for indigestion from eating pork.
, Abdomen.—Colic of children, with much tossing and scream-
ing; Flatulent colic, with diarrhoea; Griping, pinching, clawing,
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as if the fingers, spread out, were being forced into the intestines:
this pain is increased by motion—relieved by rest; Pinching Colic
in both Hypochondria and Scrobiculus Cordis; Cutting pain around
umbilicus, with shuddering; Cutting Colic; Tearing Colic; Pain
as from Soreness in the whole abdomen. s
Stool.—Diarrhoea, like fermented yeast; Stool grass-green;
Liquid diarrhoea; Foetid stools; Mucus streaked with blood;
Stool entirely blood; Dysentery.*
Anus.—Stinging, burning at the margin of the anus; Prickings;
Creeping as from ascarides. - *
Urine,—Of blood; Frequent emission of straw-coloured urine;
Turbid urine, with brick-dust deposit; Discharge of a purulent
fluid from a child, with smarting, several days.
Menses.—Primary effect—Haemorrhage from the uterus; the
Menses reappear in a fortnight; Leucorrhoea between the periods;
Metrorrhagia of bright-red blood, with coagula.
Larynx and Bronchi-Rattling of mucus in the bronchial
tubes at each expiration; Cough dry, suffocative, with blue face
and stiffness of the body; Cough produced by titillation in the
larynx—extending into the bifurcation of the trachea ; Cough in-
creased by lying on the left side; Cough, with expectoration of
thick mucus; Disagreeable metallic taste; Cough towards evening;
Suffocative, fatiguing, exhausting, convulsive cough, resembling
Whooping-cough; Haemoptysis, especially induced by even slight
exertion; Cough, with inclination to vomit.
Respiration.—Oppressed breathing; Anxious, short, laboured;
Dyspnoea from slight exercise; Short panting—gasping for air;
Spasmodic Asthma; Crowing inspiration, as in Croup.f
Chest.—Asthma the whole night, for eight nights; Sense of
contraction; Constriction; Sensation of inhaling dust; Spasms in
the chest, as from the vapour of copper or arsenic; Red, itching
spots on the chest. Heart—Palpitation.
Ipec. may be useful for OPISTHOTONos; EMPROSTHOTONOS; Twitch-
ing of the limbs; Fever—intermitting or puerperal; Night-sweat;
Acid sweat; Cramps in the thighs, with lumps in the part affected.
* Dr. Teste states that he has cured Dysentery with Ipec. and Petroleum
in alternation.
f Dr. Teste declares Ipec. and Bryonia invaluable, effecting numerous
CUlrèS.
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KALI. B.] - KALI BICHROMICUM.
KALI BICHROMICU M,
- DRYSDALE.” BICHROMATE OF POTASH.
THIS remedy appears valuable for several affections of the Throat,
Larynx, and Trachea. It has been used, with great success, for
that kind of relaxed sore throat with sudden hoarseness—constant
attempts to clear the passage—which so often proves a troublesome
annoyance to public speakers, clergymen, &c. Bronchitis, cha-
racterised by an expectoration of very viscid mucus; Croup 2
Diphtheria? Ulceration of the larynx; Ulceration of the tonsils,
tongue, roof of the mouth, and palate; Sub-acute inflammation of
the throat; Softening and ulceration of the mucous membrane of
the stomach; Nervous Dyspepsia; Inflammation of the Liver;
Chronic affections of the Liver, with diminished secretion of Bile
and Constipation. Fat and fair persons appear to have been most
susceptible to the action of this drug.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Pains chiefly confined to one spot; Shooting pains in
one temple (right); or flying pains about the head. -
Eyes.-Inflamed; Conjunctiva red, injected, with lachryma-
tion; Pain, heaviness; Heat, redness, swelling; Eyelids inflamed,
swollen; Slightly granular; Yellow discharge; Catarrhal and
Pustular Ophthalmia; Yellow colour of the albuginea; Brown
spot, size of a pin's head, near the cornea; Sight dim.
Nose.—Watery discharge, or of mucus; Stoppage of the nose;
Plugs from, that come away in thick lumps; Ulceration of nostrils
and septum ; Sense of smell impaired, or lost entirely; Polypus.
Mouth, Dry; Excavated cicatrix on the roof; the velum
presents a rough, papular, elevated appearance.
Lips.-Lower lips chapped, swollen; Ulcers; Smarting, with
indurated edges; Itching; Vesicles. - -
Tongue-Dry; Thickly coated with yellow fur; a brown
patch; Brownish fur; White or smooth, red or cracked, with
* A very elaborate proving, published by Dr. Drysdale, commenced the
Hahnemann Materia Medica. -
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dysentery; Papillae elongated; Painful ulcer, lasting for several
weeks.
Throat.—Sensation as if a hair were on the root of the tongue;
Sense of dryness; Soreness of throat; Relaxed uvula, or red and
swollen; the tonsils became red, painful, swollen, and ulcerated
(appeared like Syphilis); Long-lasting blush over the fauces and
soft palate, varying in intensity—bright-red to a darker hue, and
Sometimes assuming a copper-colour tinge; Smarting and tingling
in the throat and fauces, with heat in the chest ; at the root of
the uvula, an excavated sore, half the size of a split pea, with red
areola, and yellow, tenacious pus. (The inflammation is somewhat
indolent, tending to ulceration, without much pain or swelling.)
Taste.—Sour—sometimes the whole day; Coppery taste, or
Sweetish metallic. Morning—Musty or bitter. Afternoon—Salt
taste. ,-
Appetite.-Loss of; no relish ; Dislike for meat; Capricious;
Rather improved after a few days; Thirst excessive; Meat seems
to disagree; Hiccough ; Heartburn (evening, after tea).
Gastric Symptoms.-Nausea, on awaking at night, or during
the day, with foul taste and copious saliva; Afternoon, with
faintness, languor, drowsiness, and nausea; or with vertigo,
throwing up a clear, watery fluid; Coldness, and cold sweat on
the hands; Nausea induced by movement—relieved by lying down.
Morning—Sickness, with yellow, bitter vomit. After breakfast—
Violent bitter vomiting; Sour vomit, with pain at Epigastrium ;
Vomiting of brown pulp, with heat in stomach and throat.
Stomach.-Oppression after food; Sense of contraction; Pain
or gnawing at the epigastrium; Sinking; Emptiness; Sensation
of coldness, or uneasy, as if overloaded; Pain, with vertigo and
vomiting; Fits of indigestion.
Hypochondria.-Sharp shooting or tearing; Momentary
stitch in right; Stabbing pain in the left. - -
Abdomen.—Much flatus for three days; Pains about the um-
bilicus; Griping, or sensation as if something were piercing the
bowels — worse on inspiration; Relieved by pressure. After
breakfast—Pain at the navel, ascending to the throat. Many of
the pains in the abdomen and stomach are accompanied with
headache. - -
Stool.—Habitual constipation; Periodic constipation, occurring .
every three months; 6onstipation, with pain across the loins ;
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Griping pains; Scanty, pale, clay-coloured stools, with foetid
breath; Metallic taste, and confusion in the head; Dysenteric
attacks, with pains at umbilicus, and evacuations of blood.
Anus.—Smarting ; Rawness; Excoriation.
Urine,—Scanty; High-coloured; White deposit; White film ;
Red urine, with pain in the back; Suppression, with pain in
renal region, small pulse, and prostration.
Urethra.-Heat and burning; Sensation as if a drop were still
retained, which he cannot expel; Escape of prostatic fluid when
at stool.
Female,_Swelling of the genital parts; Smarting and exco-
riation of the vulva; Pain in back and thighs as if the menses
would flow, - -
Menses.—Early, with nausea, headache, and feverishness.
Leucorrhoea. — Yellow, stiff, with pains in the back and
Hypogastrium. -
Respiration.—Dyspnoea, especially in the morning; Dyspnoea,
with pains in the chest ; Shortness of breath; Sensation as if a
band were placed round the upper part of the abdomen, which
prevents his taking a deep breath; Dyspnoea during sleep; Slight
dyspnoea as from thickening of the bronchi.
Larynx,-Pain as from ulceration; Tickling sensation,
inducing cough ; Irritation in the morning, causing him to hawk
up mucus; he awakes with all the feelings of a severe cold; Nose
stuffed up; Throat dry and painful; Pain in nuchae; Stiffness of
nape.
Cough, with transparent, slate-coloured sputa; Cough, with
tough expectoration; or dense, transparent sputa in small lumps,
easily detached; or of thick yellow mucus; or tough, blackish; or
streaked with blood; Two years' cough, with tough sputa, yellow-
green; Cough, with white mucus that could be drawn out in
strings.
Chest.—Pains in the sternal region; Stitches from sternum to
back; a tender spot at mid-sternum ; Burning at mid-sternum ;
Shooting pains in various parts of the chest; Constant pain under
the left axilla; Heaviness, as from a weight on the chest ; Sense of
oppression; Dull, heavy pain (right side) every twenty minutes.
Heart.—Slight pain; Darting in the praecordium; Sharp,
fixed pain at the apex, unaffected by position or breathing; Dull,
cold, heavy pain about the heart, with Dyspnoea,
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It may prove serviceable in rheumatic affections of the hips and
knees; Lumbago; Chronic Rheumatism ; Sciatica; Congestion of
the kidneys. Some skin diseases, papular variety:-Impetigo;
Eczema ; Ulcers that leave a depressed cicatrix; also in some
forms of Gastric and Rheumatic Fevers. The ulcers are somewhat
peculiar; Dry, oval, bright-red areola—hard base, ragged edges,
with a black spot in the centre, and movable on the subjacent
tissues—varying in size from a pea to a florin; Nasal Polypi.
KALI CARBONICUM.
HAHNEMANN. CARBONATE OF POTASH.
THIS remedy has frequently been found useful in treating the
early stages of Tubercular Phthisis, where the symptoms have
corresponded. Suppressed Menses; Dropsical affections; Pulsation
in all the Blood-vessels. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Sadness; Anguish; Weeping; Aversion to society;
Indifferent; Vexed; Irritable; Tendency to start.
Head.—Attacks of megrim on both sides, with faint feeling ;
Frontal headache when walking; Pressure in forehead and over
the eyes; Throbbing, beating in forehead; Sensation as of a hot
body descending into the forehead; Congestion of blood to the
head; Aching in the Occiput, towards the nape of the neck.
Scalp.–Chilly feeling; Sensitive to cold; Itching; Scurf;
Dryness of the hair; Falling-off of the hair. -
Eyes.—Lachrymation; Agglutination; Swelling of the eyes
and lids; OEdematous swelling over the palpebrae, like a bag, and of
the glabella; Muscae Volitantes; Black points or curls; Spots;
Sensation of a gauze; a Black ball hovers before the eyes; Sensi-
tive to light.
Ears.--Stitches in the ears; Jerking; Pulling; Tearing; Throb-
bing; Itching; Hearing dull, diminished; Whizzing; Roaring;
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Cracking; Violent roaring; Swelling of Parotid Gland—hard,
painful. -
Nose.—Sore, scurfy; Pimples; Ulcers; Frequent bleeding;
Wings swollen; Tip red, with vesicles; Profuse fluent coryza ;
Smell impaired. -
Face.—Bloated; Hot, red; Pimples; Blotches; Freckles; Swel-
ling of the cheeks; Puffy face; Burning in the cheek. -
Lips.-Swollen; Chapped; Vesicles; Scurf; Peeling; Thick-
mess of the lip, with an ulcer. -
Teeth.-Tender; Painful on taking any kind of food, either
warm or cold; Toothache as if something had got into a hollow
tooth; Stitches; Sense of looseness, with bad smell,
Gums.-Inflame, ulcerate, swell, and bleed,
Mouth-Benumbed, as if burnt; Vesicles inside; Painful
burning; Constant accumulation of water; Foetid Smell, re-
sembling decayed cheese. * -
Tongue.—Sore at tip; Vesicles; Painful pimples; Swelling of
tongue; Soreness of frenum linguæ.
Taste.—Sour taste; Bitter, sour; Putrid, or sweetish.
Appetite.—Desire for sweets or acids; no relish for food;
Aversion to Brown bread; Dislike for meat—a little food satisfies;
Milk does not agree with her; Bread oppresses the stomach.
Eructations.—Nausea, with Vertigo ; Paleness of face; Hands
and feet cold; Weakness of the legs; Eructations frequent, loud,
acid, or bitter; Gulping up of food or water; Constant risings;
Nausea; Retching; Vomiting; Sensation as if he would faint ;
Nausea, with trembling of the hands and feet.
Stomach.-Spasmodic pains; Contraction at pit; Sensation as
if full of water; . Digging ; Cutting; Stitches; Sudden shock;
Throbbing (left side) near the pit ; Burning; Rising of heat; Sour
burning; Region tender to touch ; Visible throbbing, which raises
the pit of the stomach. -
Hepatic Region.—Stitches and pain in the liver, resembling
splenetic stitches; Drawing; Sharp stitches; Burning; Pain in
the liver when walking; Stitches in liver and pit of stomach,
arresting the breath. . - -
Abdomen.—Ascites; Distention; Hard, distended; Spasmodic,
contractive pains; Pinching below the umbilicus; Pains like
labour; Stitches, tearing; Throbbing, burning, drawing; Cold
feeling; Sense of swashing; Sensation as if cold water were being
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poured through the intestines; Incarceration of flatus, with Colic;
Excessive emission of flatus; Muscles of the abdomen tender.
Kidneys.-Long-continued, contusive pain in the region of
both Kidneys; Stitches in region of both Kidneys.
Inguinal Region.—Pains in right groin, with swelling, as if
Hernia would protrude; Sudden lancination in left inguinal
region, with swelling of the glands.
Stool.-Constant desire; Unsuccessful; Costive every other
day; Stool hard, insufficient, like sheep's dung—comes away with
difficulty ; Faeces appear too large to pass; Blood with stool for
several days; White mucus; Diarrhoea (evening).
Rectum.—Tenesmus; Protrusion and distention of Varices;
Large painful Varices, that protrude when passing urine.
Anus.-Itching; Violent itching; Prickling, burning pimples;
Small ulcers, with stinging; Considerable discharge of blood, with
pulsations in the whole body.
TJrine.—Constant desire, with pressure on the bladder; a small
quantity of pale urine is passed; a few drops are discharged after the
bladder was emptied; the urine is greenish, or turbid; dark-yel-
low, like loam-water, or milky; Sometimes flocculent; Pains in
the Bladder and urethra; Burning during micturition.
Genital,—Swelling of the testes; Heat in spermatic cord; Desire
deficient.
Menses.—Suppressed, with Anasarea—reappear after eighty-
seven days, with heaviness in the limbs; Menses reappear, and
look better. Before the menses, much heat, thirst, restless nights,
or chilly, with trembling, spasms, and headache. (Kali induced
menstruation, when Nat. Mur. failed.)
Leucorrhoea.—Yellow, with itching; Mucous Leucorrhoea;
Violent pain in the small of the back, in pregnant females; Con-
stant sense of bearing down; Itching, excoriation, and shootings
in the vulva; Repugnance to coition.
Larynx,−Voice hoarse, rough ; Aphony; Tendency for food to
pass into the larynx; Sensation as of a plug in the throat; Titilla-
tion, inducing cough ; Evening cough, or at night; Frequent
cough before midnight; Dry cough, coming and going; Cough
that almost causes vomiting; Cough, with purulent expectoration,
or of small red lumps.
Respiration.—Oppressed; Short breath; Asthma; Spasmodic
Asthma. -
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Chest.—Spasms; Pain in the chest when talking, or on inspira-
tion; Tension across the chest; Cutting in the chest; Stitches in
the sternum and mammary region; Violent stitch under both
breasts; Weakness and faint feeling after walking or talking;
Bruised feeling; Throbbing in the clavicular region; Hydrothorax P
Heart.—Violent palpitation; Intermitting beats; Cramp-like
pain; Burning; Darting; Pressure as from bands.
Neck,-Stiffness of the nape early in the morning; Drawing
g tº tº - te g
pains in the nape; Congestion of blood to the neck, which in-
creases in size; Swelling of cervical and sub-maxillary glands;
Goitre-like swelling. - *
Scapular Region.—Tearing in right; Stinging, as from blows;
Pain, as from a strain, in left; Stitches that affect the chest and
stomach. -
Back,-Stiff; Unable to stoop; Paralytic feeling in the back;
Drawing pains in small of back; Throbbing pain as if the back
would break, during motion; Sense of pressure in the small of the
back, as if the sides were pressed into.
Upper Limbs,-Sweat in Axilla; Tearing in left shoulder and
arm; Arms become numb, and go to sleep, after exercise, or when
lying upon them at night; Weakness; Loss of strength; Stitches;
Pulsations; Bruise-like pains; Stiffness of the joints; Jactitation of
the muscles; Trembling of the hands when writing. Fingers—
Benumbed at the tips; Eruptions on the fingers; Vesicles; Panaris.
Lower Limbs,-Acute, drawing pains in Hip-Joint (stitches);
Tearing pains; Pressure; Burning; Heaviness; Numb feeling—parts
go to sleep; Twitchings; Paralytic feeling in the thighs; Throbbing
in the knee; Swelling of the legs; Darting in Malleolus Internus.
Feet,_Stitches; Cold feet; Heavy; Stiff; Swelling of the
feet—considerable up to ankle; Profuse sweat for many days.
Burning prickings in the toes; Gnawing, tearing, and inflamma-
tion of great toe; Inflamed chilblains; Corns; Painful, sensitive.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Stitches are very characteristic, and tendency for parts to be-
come numb; Sleep much disturbed—full of dreams; Drowsy by
day—a kind of half sleep, or delirium at night; Talking in sleep;
Starting up in affright, and weeping (in children); Grinding the
teeth; Night-sweat; Great liability to take cold, especially on
going into the open air.
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|KALI IODID UM,
HODIDE OF POTASH,
SIMILAR in action and use to Iodine; is considered of value in
some cases of Tubercular Phthisis; also in Sycosis; Syphilitic
bone-pains; Suspicious Cough, with grey sputa; Taints of Syphi-
lis; Subsultus; Haemorrhage.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Violent frontal Headache; Pain, as if a wedge were
forced between the eyes; Lancinations; Darting in the temples;
Pains chiefly affecting the left hemisphere; Hemiplegia.
Eyes.—Burning in the eyes and lids; OEdema of the lids.
Ears.-Boring, darting, gnawing, shooting; Tearing in right
ear; Singing.
Nose.-Violent bleeding; Inflammation of the mucous mem-
brane of the nose and eyelids; Profuse discharge—thick, yellow;
Frequent sneezing, with clear water.
Face.—Swelling of the face and cheeks; Darting pains in the
Malar bones, Antrum, Frontal Sinuses, and Lower Jaws; Tearing
pains; Gnawing; Pains in the bones and periosteum.
Mouth.-Offensive breath; Ptyalism; Saliva tasting of blood;
Ulceration of the mucous membrane of the mouth.
Tongue.-Swollen, ulcerated; Vesicles at the tip; Salt taste.
Throat.—Dry; Choking; Rough; Scraping; Stinging, ulcera-
tive pain during deglutition.
Taste.—Rancid taste; Horrid; Bitter—more in the throat;
Food tastes like straw; Continual thirst. --
Appetite.—Aversion to broth; Appetite increased.
Stomach.-Nausea; Inclination to vomit; Emptiness; Pain,
as if empty and cold; Beating in region of the stomach; Hic-
cough; Heartburn; Waterbrash; Inflamed stomach, with burn-
ing, pressure, flatulence; Intense burning at pit.
Abdomen.-Sudden, painful distention of the whole, or only
about the umbilicus; Griping, burning, pinching; much flatus;
Increased secretion of Bile.
Stool.-Alternation of Constipation, with Diarrhoea.
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Urine,—Increased, with thirst; Frequent; Copious; Pale, or
red, like blood.
Larynx,−Mucous membrane inflamed; Sub-acute Bronchitis;
Influenza, with Sneezing, lachrymation, headache, drowsiness.
Cough.-Dry, hacking, or copious green sputa; Haemoptysis.
Chest.—Fine flashes, or violent, deep stitches in left chest ;
Pain as if cutting in pieces; Acute pain, extending to lower false
rib (left), with Dyspnoea, Fever, and Cough; Stitches as in Pleu-
risy; Darting about the region of the heart; Violent stitches from
mid-sternum to shoulder; Chest feels sore, tender—externally,
especially left side. - •
Back.-Violent pain in small of back; Darting, or as i
screwed in a vice, or bruised, as from a fall. -
Limbs.-Gnawing pains, as in the bones or periosteum ;
Eruptions appear about the face and shoulders; Boils on the
neck, chest, and back; Blotches—papular or pustulous.
KALMIA LATIF0IIIA,
MoUNTAIN LAUREL.
FROM the symptoms, may be of service in Rheumatism; Gout;
Neuralgia; Fevers of a gastric, nervous character? Syphilis P
Pains in the limbs and spinal vertebrae. It is said to have the
power to control the pulse, and diminish the beats of the heart.
It has cured violent Neuralgia of the face.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Vertigo, with nausea; Pains in head and limbs; Dul-
mess; Heaviness—right side (at evening, left side affected); Head-
ache internally, with sensation of something loose; Pain in the
forehead every morning on awaking; Rending pain; Pressing
pain in forehead; Pulsations; Pains in the forehead every day;
Throbbing in the left hemisphere; Aching in forehead, with
shootings down to the canine teeth. -
Eyes.—Sense of stiffness; Itching; Burning; Acute stitches; -
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Inflammation of the left eye; Glimmering before the eyes; Small
points; Cloudiness of vision.
Ears.-Severe stitches in right, at night, and at four o'clock,
with pains in the arms; Excessive tingling.
Nose.-Sneezing; Tickling; Continued pressure at ridge; Ob-
struction (evening); Sensations that precede Coryza. -
Face.—Pains in right side, between the eye and nose; Sting-
ing; Shooting in the Jaws.
Teeth.-Pains in the teeth—right upper; Severe pressing pains
in the molar teeth after 10 P.M., lasting several hours; Dull pain
in the canine and incisor teeth.
Tongue-Stitches in the tongue; White coating; Dry.
Lips.-Dry, cracked; Swollen; Stiff (morning); Tingling in
the Salivary Glands; Copious flow of saliva; Inflammation of the
sublingual glands. -
Throat.-Rising of slippery mucus; Scraping in the throat;
Sensation of rawness; Painful during deglutition; Throbbing in
the left tonsil. -
Taste.—Acrid; Bitter.
Stomach.-Nausea; Pain in scrob. cordis.
Abdomen.—Pain in right hepatic region; Pain right side of
Abdomen, followed by a pain in gluteal region; Sensation of weak-
ness in the Abdomen, ascending to the throat.
Menses.—Suppressed—fourteen days late; Painful Menstrua-
tion; Pains in loins, back, and thighs.
Leucorrhoea.—Yellow— eight days after the menses.
Cough, with easy expectoration of a grey sputa, having a
putrid, saltish taste.
Chest.—Oppression; Difficult breathing; Oppression, with
sense of swelling in the throat; Stitches in the lower part of the
chest; Sensation as if strained.
Heart.-Palpitation of the Heart. .
Neck.-Drawing, sticking pain in the neck; Acute stitches in
neck (left side).
Back.-Sharp pains in three dorsal vertebrae, extending to the
scapula; Constant pain in the spine; Lameness in the small of
the back; Paralytic pains in the small of back; Aching pain
across the loins (chiefly evening); the Spinal Column feels as if it
would breakº-Pains in the Shoulder-Blades.
Upper Limbs,-Rending pains in right shoulder and the joint,
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extending down the arm; Pain in right arm; Strong cracking in
the Elbow-joint; Rending pain from left elbow to the index-finger;
Painful stitches in the hands; Repeated stitches; Sensation like
paralysis in the right hand; Pains in left wrist and all the fingers
of the left hand.
Lower Limbs,-Weariness; Pains in the knee; Pain on the
outside of left leg (oft repeated); Numbness.
“The pains of the lower limbs generally accompany and resem-
ble those of the upper limbs.” Sprain-like pain in the feet; also
at the wrist; Pains in left arm and left leg; Very violent pain in
left foot; Rending pain in right shoulder, left arm, right lower
jaw, and muscles of left leg; Frequent shifting pains for ten days;
Muscular pains, with nausea and headache. “The pains are in-
creased by motion.” -
KRE AS OTU M.
KREASOTE,
IN Allopathic practice, this is considered one of the best remedies,
in a small dose, for Vomiting, from almost any cause; also for
Diarrhoea, and Skin disease; Ulcers (external application).
In Homoeopathy, Dr. Kitchen, of Philadelphia, advises its use
for Neuralgic pains, of a burning character, in all the nerves of the
left side—Head, Face, Jaw, Shoulder, and Arm; Nervous Asthma ;
Sore mouth, with foetid odour.
According to Noack and Trinks, it is suitable to persons of a
torpid, lymphatic constitution, with vitiated humours; Im-
poverished Vitality; Disposed to Blenorrhoea; Venous Haemorrhage;
Ulceration and Suppuration; Tendency to Gangrene; Mesenteric
disease of children; Ulceration of the Intestines; Diarrhoea;
Emaciation; Sea-sickness; Nausea and Vomiting, of pregnancy;
Tendency to miscarry; Profuse Menses; Memorrhagia; Various
Eruptions; Acne on the forehead; Herpes—dry, scaly, or moist;
Scrofulous and Varicose ulcers; Malignant Variola 2 (Pains like
those of labour).
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SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Ill-humour; Weakness of memory. -
Head.—Dulness in the head, with Vertigo, as if intoxicated;
Beating; Throbbing on the top of the head; Pressure from within
outwards; Frontal Headache, as if the contents would issue forth;
Tearing; Hammering; Whizzing. -
Scalp.–Falling-off of the hair; Sensitive, tender, painful as if
ulcerated.
Eyes,—Itching; Biting; Heat; Burning as from fire; Sensa-
tion as of sand or some foreign body; Suppuration.
Eyelids. – Swelling, heat, and redness; Lachrymation;
Chronic swelling of the lids; Hot, acrid, Smarting tears.
Sight.—Dim, as through gauze ; Particles of feather before the
eyes. -
Ears.-Humid herpes; Inflammation; Heat; Redness; Swell-
ing, affecting the glands; Stitches; Bubbling; Itching; Buzzing.
Nose.—Frequent sneezing (early morning); Dry coryza ;
Epistaxis of thick black blood; Constant blowing the nose; Foetid
smell.
Face.—Livid; Pimples on forehead; Dry, scaly scurf;
Acne rosacea.
Lips.-Dry; Peeling; Chapped.
Teeth.—Drawing pains, extending to temples and inner ear;
Drawing pains in the molars—afterwards the incisors; Gums in-
flamed; Painful.
Mouth-Slimy, with scraping in the throat, and choking in the
Oesophagus. º
Eructations,—Acid ; Frequent spitting of slimy or frothy
saliva.
Nausea. — During pregnancy; Burning, choking before
breakfast; Gagging of water and mucus; Vomiting of Sweetish
water, with coldness of the hands and feet.
Stomach.-Sense of tightness at pit; Painful hard spot on the
left side; Tearing at pit, as if a thread or fibre were being torn
out—it seemed to affect the whole organism; Throbbing in the
blood-vessels, from the pit of the stomach through the whole
trunk—worse during movement; Schirrus?
Abdomen.—Contraction like a twisted ball at umbilicus;
Labour-like colic, with flushed face and palpitation; Spasmodic
P 201
pains, with electric stitches; Ulcerative pain; Feeling of cold-
mess; Distention; Pain in the inguinal region; Lancinations in
the groin (left). - - . . . .
Liver.—Stinging; Pressure; Gnawing as of a worm ; Bruised
pain, with feeling of fulness; cannot bear the clothes.
Spleen.—Pressive pain, felt especially when seated; and
tender to pressure. .
Stools.-Two or three every day in one who is generally costive.
Urine.—Frequent desire; also at night, but little is passed;
there seems a pressure on the bladder, such as occurs in preg-
nancy; Clear urine; Copious—sometimes every hour; Sudden
desire when in bed; Hot and frequent ; Red deposit, or turbid.
Menses.—Early—four to ten days; Profuse, dark—lasting
eight days, with pains in the Small of the back; Buzzing, hum-
ming in the head; Menses, every three weeks, profuse—coming
away in pieces. After the menses—Violent spasms, passing down-
wards; Frequent pains after a very profuse flow. -
Leucorrhoea, with great debility; Mild or corrosive dis-
charge of mucus and blood; Disposition to miscarry. -
Throat.—Scraping ; Hoarseness; Roughness; Chronic catarrh.
Cough.--Excited by irritation in the trachea; Cough that
causes emission of urine; Cough, with retching, or loose expecto-
ration; Cough, with asthma; Wheezing; Dry, spasmodic cough;
Expectoration of a thick lump, or of thick, yellow, or whitish
mucus. a .
Respiration.—Difficult, anxious, from compression of the
chest; Difficult expiration; Desire to take a deep inspiration
from the sensation of a weight on the chest; Shortness of breath,
with pain as if bruised in the chest, during inspiration.
Chest.—Sudden attacks of oppression, with stitches; Heavi-
ness; Pain as if pressed upon, especially the sternum—the part
feels as though it must be crushed; Stitches in the chest (right
and left), arresting the breath, and sometimes extending through
to scapula; Frequent lancinations in the right side of the chest;
Stitches in the region of the heart.
Neck-Swelling of cervical glands; Stitches between the
Scapulaº. -
Back-Pains in Small of back, from above downwards; Pain as
if it would break; Labour-like pains; Frequent pains in small of
back and lumbar vertebrae, like acute labour-pains, with desire to
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pass urine; Pains at night—worse during rest; scarcely able to lie
down; Drawing pains along the os coccygis, rectum, and vagina,
followed by a milky Leucorrhoea.
Upper Limbs.-Stitches in the shoulder and arms; Muscular
pains in the ulnar side of fore-arm, extending to the fingers;
Drawing pains in the fingers; Deadness; the fingers become pale
and insensible—the thumb stiff as if sprained; Laming pain in
hand—darting, causing him to drop any article he might be
holding.
Lower Limbs.-Jerking, laming, drawing pains in the crests
of ileum and lumbar vertebrae—bruise-like, with weariness;
Humming, buzzing sensation in the limbs; Darting pains in the
knees and patella; Throbbing in the leg as if a boil would form—
the sensation extends to the feet; worse in the soles; Swelling of
the foot; CEdematous white swelling from the calves to the toes—
both feet; Coldness of the feet, or sweaty ; Burning in the soles
four days—2 P.M. to 2 A.M.
LA0 HESIS,
HERING. POISON OF THE LANCE-HEADED SERPENT.
HAs been found more especially useful for affections of the Throat
and fauces. Inflammation; Redness; Syphilitic or Mercurial sore
throat; Sensation as of a ball, plug, or button lodged in throat-
pit—it constantly feels as if it could be coughed up. In some
cases the symptoms resemble a fish-bone stuck in the throat: any
kind of nervous depression seems to aggravate this symptom. It
has also proved useful in Erysipelas of the face; Tremor and Pal-
pitation of the Heart; Acute and Chronic Rheumatism; Typhoid
Fever. It seems best adapted for a low, emaciated condition, and
those who are subject to Headache; Sun-stroke.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Lach. seems to exalt the mind and improve the spirits;
those who despaired of cure begin to hope, and appear more cheerful.
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LACH.] Achisis.
Head.—Giddy, or dull; Frequent Vertigo, threatening apo-
plexy; Headache chiefly frontal, and seems deeply seated; Head-
ache from the sun and heat; Aching on the top of the head; Pressing
in the forehead when stooping; Pain in temples, as if the
head would burst; Darting pains; Beating in temples, or all over
the head; Congestion of blood to the head; Heat; Whizzing;
Violent headache, with nausea, or twinkling before the eyes. -
Scalp.–Sensitive; Itching; Burning; Swelling of the scalp.
Eyes. – Pressure ; Itching ; Inflammation ; Lachrymation;
Sight dim, misty; Ulcer on cornea; Eyes feel weak, as after
much reading. -
Ears.--Disagreeable sensation from ear to throat; the cerumen
appears white and pappy; Very sensitive to noise; Roaring;
Drumming; Humming, with sense of congestion to the head.
Nose.-Redness of nose, in drunkards, or from syphilis; Dis-
charge of pus and blood from the nose; Eruptions on the nose.
Face.—Pale; Grey, livid complexion; Earthy; Leaden; Sunken;
Anxious expression; Yellow complexion; Swelling of the face;
Heat; Redness; Erysipelas (Lach, seems to arrest Erysipelas on its
first break out); Blotches and pustules.
Lips.--Dry; Swollen; Considerable swelling of lower lip;
Eruptions.
Teeth. —Tearing; Darting; Stinging; Brittleness; Rapid
destruction of decayed teeth. Gums—Swelling and bleeding of
the Gums.
Jaws.-Lock-jaw; Stiffness of the jaw; Rising and falling of
the jaw during a fit of apoplexy.
Mouth.-Sore; Ulcerated; Dryness; Raw feeling; Spots like
gangrene; Accumulation of water; Burning as from pepper.
Tongue. —White; Yellow; Blackish; Swollen; Difficult to
protrude; Sore; Cracked; Enlarged papillae.*
Throat.—Sore, extending to the ears—frequently the right side
first, but the left is most affected; Fear of suffocation; Pain
during deglutition; Sense of pressure, with much saliva; Pressure
as from a plug or lump; Sensation as of a swelling or large lump
in the throat; Sensation (left side) as if a button were at the root
of the tongue; Sensation in the throat of a substance the size of a
walnut; the whole throat feels raw ; Burning; SYPHILITIC AND
* The 900th is said to have cured a Gangrene of the tongue. The case did
not occur in England. -
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LACTUCA VIROSA. - [LACT.
MERCURIAL ULCERS IN THE THROAT AND ON THE TONSIIs; Small
ulcerated places in the throat; Constriction; Difficulty of swallow-
ing; Fluids return through the nose; Pain in the CEsophagus
after eating, with a sensation as if some food adhered or lodged
in the entrance of the tube; Mucus in the throat; Constant hawk-
ing feeling, as if an ulcer had burst.
Taste.—Metallic; Copper; Saltish ; or Bitter.
Appetite.—Lost ; Dislike for bread—afterwards, intense
hunger. (Useful in chronic affections of Drunkards.)
Larynx.-Sensation as if the trachea had become narrower;
Noisy, troublesome, croupy breathing improved; Hoarseness;
Weak voice; Long-continued hoarseness, *
Cough.-Induced by the ulcers in the throat, or by pressure on
the larynx; Titillating cough; Suspicious cough; Dry, fatiguing,
tight cough. (Useful in Mucous Phthisis and Purulent Pulmonary
Phthisis; Diphtheria.) -
Respiration.—Difficult; Short; Asthmatic breathing; Suffo-
cative fits; Tight breathing that prevents sleep,
Chest.—Frequent pains in chest; Oppression, as if full of wind;
Stitch in left side, with difficult breathing; Pain of soreness.
Heart.-Palpitation, with anxiety; Perceptible palpitation.
(Relieved spasmodio attacks in Cyanosis.) ... * *
Back,-Rheumatic pains in back and limbs; Feels as if strained.
Neck.-Stiffness at nape; Swelling of glands; Neck painful—
sensitive to contact or pressure; Suffocation is threatened when
anything (bandage) touches the neck or larynx; Ulcers on the
neck.
LACTUCA VIROSA,
POISON-LETTUCE.
Is chiefly recommended for GEdema, with Asthma; Hydrothorax :
Difficult breathing; Vertigo; Nervous Headache; Asthma of the
aged; Dilatation ? or Hypertrophy of the Heart? Dropsy of the
Chest, with general swelling of the body; Dry, suffocating Cough.
Its chief action is on the organs of respiration.
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LAURO.] LAMIUM ALBUM-LAUROCERAsus.
SYMPTOMS.
Difficult breathing, with stitches; Desire for more air; Fre-
quent desire to take a deep breath; Oppression at the Chest; Sen-
sation as if the lower part of the chest were contracted—he dreads
taking a deep breath; it causes him to start; Great oppression at
night, waking him from sleep; Feeling of fulness—cannot bear the
least weight on the chest : Stitches; Rush of blood to the chest;
Feeling of coldness in the chest and stomach; Spasmodic, dry,
hollow, racking cough; Suffocative Ascites; Excessive swelling of
the Abdomen, with induration of the liver, and Asthma ; Organic -
disease of the heart—he is obliged to sit up in the bed from fear
of suffocation. - - -
LAMIUM ALBUM.
DEAD NETTLE.
Is proposed by Noack and Trinks for the following troubles:–
Sleeplessness; Difficulty of falling asleep; Sleep disturbed with
dreams; Mental uneasiness; Dread of lunacy—cannot get away
from certain fixed ideas; Congestion of blood to the Uterus;
Premature Menses.
LAURO OER ASUS,
HARTLAUR AND TRINEs. - CHERRY LAUREL.
THIS agent seems to act on the Brain, Spinal cord, and Branches;
the Ganglionic system, and respiratory Nerves. Has been em-
ployed with some success in Clonic and Tonic spasms; Nervous
Apoplexy, with slow pulse; Paralysis of the extremities; Nervous
Headache, or Congestive; Drowsiness; Sopor, with loud breath-
ing; Loss of Speech after Apoplexy; Inflammation and Induration
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LAUROCERASUS. [LAURO.
of the Liver (Jahr); Cholera? Diarrhoea of green mucus; Acute
and Chronic Laryngitis and Bronchitis; Spasms of the Throat and
Chest; Dyspnoea; Apnoea; Hurried, irregular breathing; Wiry,
unequal, intermitting pulse ; Nervous Palpitation; Asthmatic
conditions, from Heart disease; Threatened paralysis of the Lungs;
Cyanosis; Angina Pectoris. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind–Sad; Ill-humour; Discouraged; not disposed for any
kind of work. Second–Cheerful; Mental labour gives him plea-
sure; he feels animated; Internal ease; Soft, languishing, plea-
Sant, and contented. -
Senses.—Dull, stupid—unable to collect the thoughts; Stupe-
faction; Giddy; Vertigo so violent that he can scarcely keep his
feet; Vertigo, with oppressed breathing and languor; he had to
remain in bed eight days; Vertigo, with loss of thought, or of
turning round; things move in a circle; the pupils are dilated,
immovable, staring; or sensation as of gauze before the eyes;
Loss of consciousness; Loss of speech and motion. - -
Head.-Violent Headache; Frontal Headache (morning, early);
the pulse fell from 70 to 64; Pressure in forehead from without
inwards; Sense of contraction in the Brain; Sensation of pushing
in the forehead; the head feels larger; the frontal bone seemed to
expand; Stitches in right hemisphere, with beating and throbbing;
Beating as if with the finger; Heat in the head; Rush of blood,
with stupefaction; Warm feeling, alternating with coolness; Vio-
lent tingling and stinging in the brain; Stitches in the head, here
and there ; Dragging pains in sinciput and occiput, with drowsi-
mess. The symptoms are worse in a warm room, and when
stooping.
- Scalp.–Feeling of icy coldness, from vertex down the neck,
even to small of back; Itching of the Hairy Scalp.
Eyes.—Diminished pain in cancer; Itching; Burning; Dry-
ness; Eyes wide open—staring; Pupil dilated; Objects appear
larger than they really are ; Darkness; Dimness of vision;
Amaurosis.
Nose.-Frequent sneezing ; Obstruction of the nose.
Face.—Yellow spots; Grey-yellow complexion; Features dis-
torted; Convulsions of the facial muscles.
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LAURO.] LAUROCERASUS.
Jaws.--Darting in the jaws; Lock-jaw.
Teeth.-Clenching of the teeth; Darting toothache.
Mouth.-Increased saliva—acidulated; Foam at the mouth.
Tongue.-Covered with white mucus; White; Dry; Rough ;
Feels numb, as if burnt—or stiff; Coldness of the tongue.
Throat.—Sticking as from a peg; Burning; Roughness;
Pain—palate; Scraping in fauces; Choking pain that extends into
the chest, and one side of the neck and face; Impeded deglutition;
the drink rolls audibly through the oesophagus and intestines.
Stomach.-Sense of weakness; Empty feeling; Violent pain;
Contractive pains; Darting at pit, through to back; Spasmodic
pulling at pit; Warmth; Burning; Rising of heat.
Hypochondria–Pain in right; Stinging; Burning; Sticking
pain, with pressure; Beating; Throbbing as from an abscess;
Distention of the region of the liver, with pain of ulceration, as
though an abscess would burst; Inflammation of the liver; Indu-
ration—lasting many years; Sensation as if the spleen were
enlarged.
Abdomen.—Contractive, cutting pains; Pain as if the bowels
would be cut to pieces—relieved by emission of flatus; Sensation
at umbilicus, as if something would be torn loose; Sensation as if
a heavy body had fallen towards the back; Sensation of warmth,
as if steam were ascending; Burning; Distention; Fulness.
Inguinal Region.-Pressing; Stretching under Poupart's
ligament, as if Hernia would protrude; Contractive pain in right
groin ; Stitch, passing up the Spermatic cord.
Stool.—Hard; Firm; Delayed; Constipation eight days.
Secondly—Soft ; Papescent, with Colic ; Diarrhoea; Tenesmus;
Discharge of green, liquid mucus; Unconscious discharge of faeces;
Paralysis of the Sphincter; Constriction of rectum. -
Urine.—Retention—four days; Diminished secretion; Increase
of urine, with perspiration; Pale; Pale-yellow; Foaming; Deposit—
Thick, red, or white, jelly-like flocks.
Bladder.—Pressure on the Bladder; Complete Paralysis.
Urethra.—Burning; Violent burning; Itching.
Penis.--Itching under prepuce; Gangrene of the penis.
Menses.—Early and profuse; Painful discharge of liquid blood
for eight days, with Headache, Toothache, or Colic.
Larynx.--Spasmodic constriction; Sensation in the Bronchi
of tickling with a feather; Scraping, with Hoarseness and increased
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LAUROCERASUS. [LAURO.
secretion of mucus; Feeling of roughness in the throat and trachea,
with Hoarseness and Cough ; Roughness seems to induce constant
hawking of mucus. -
Cough.-Hacking cough, from titillation or pricking; Sensa-
tion as if the mucous membrane were too dry; Copious, jelly-like
Sputa, or mixed with Blood in points; Suppuration of the lungs;
Coughing of Blood.
Respiration.—Panting; Slow; Feeble; Moaning; Rattling;
Difficult; Anxious, with stitches in the Liver; Dyspnoea, with
pains in the Chest, or region of the heart, causing slow and deep
inspiration; Asthma—relieved when walking.
Chest.—Oppression; Constriction, with intense pain; Heaviness
on the sternum; Sensation as if a heavy body were lying on the
Chest (a load); Stitches from back to sternum; Stitches in the
sternum, and at the sides of the Chest; Violent stitches; External
stabbing in the muscles and bones (left side); Pains in every part
of the external thorax on movement; Bruised pain in the ribs;
Burning over the Xiphoid Cartilage.
Heart.—Stitches in the region of the heart during inspiration;
Palpitation, with soft, full pulse; Irregular beats, with slow,
subdued pulse. - - -
Neck.-Stiffness in nape; Painful stiffness, left side of neck;
Beating as with a hammer; Pressure in nape; Contraction of the
Cervical Muscles.
Scapulae.—Sticking pains between the Scapula; Stinging,
burning in right; Pressure under right; also during inspiration.
Back,-Painful weariness; Stiffness, especially the small of the
back. . . . - -
Upper Limbs.-Pains in the shoulder—sometimes lancinating,
or laming, about the acromion; the head of the humerus seems
swollen; Sprained feeling at the wrists; Trembling of the hands;
Distention of the veins. - -
Lower Limbs.-Pain in left hip-joint during motion, as if
strained; Stitches in the Gluteal region; Bruised pains in the
thighs; Tearing in the knees; Heaviness in the legs; the tarsal
joints feel sprained; the feet go to sleep when sitting with legs
crossed, .
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Prostration; Weakness; Nervous debility; Sudden prostration;
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LED.] - LEDUM PALUSTRE.
Sudden fainting fits; Convulsions—followed by paralysis; Con-
vulsions, with staring eyes, foam at mouth; Lock-jaw; Trembling
of the limbs; Lameness, with loss of sensation. When poisoned,
almost sudden death—in five minutes, without a sound.
Tº T (N
LED U M PALUST
T TM
Iü.
HAHNEMANN. WILD ROSEMARY.
Is prescribed, in Homoeopathy, for Arthritic and Rheumatic Affec-
tions of the Joints, with hot swelling of the parts; Violent pains
at night, increased by warmth and motion; Gout of the feet, es-
pecially the great toe; Acne; Tubercles and Boils on the face and
forehead; Menorrhagia; Whooping-cough—second stage; Cough,
with purulent, greenish sputa; Haemoptysis; Phthisis; Asthma;
Haemorrhage from the lungs; Stings of insects; GEdema of the legs
and feet; Diabetes? - • *
Dr. Teste believes Ledum to resemble Arnica in action; and in
cases of Traumatic Whitlow, with persons of a sanguine tempera-
ment, he considers it very superior to Arnica; also for penetrating
wounds with a blunt-pointed instrument, such as a bodkin. -
SYMPTOMs.
Head.—Stupefying headache; Tearing pain; Vertigo the whole
day—very violent when walking; Pain in the head, with swelling
about the eyes; Violent beating; the head inclines backward or
forward (Jahr). - -
Scalp and Forehead.-Painful shaking of the brain on
making a false step; Tubercles on the forehead, like those in
drunkards; the least covering is intolerable; Itching in the scalp;
Liability of the integuments to take cold. -
Eyes.-Lachrymation of acrid tears, scalding the cheek;
Agglutination of the lids; Dilated pupils; Weak sight. - - -
Ears.-Hardness of hearing from taking cold; the right ear
feels as if stuffed with wool; Whizzing; Ringing; Roaring in the
ears, as from wind. -
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LEDUM PALUSTRE- [LED.
Face,—Bloated, or pale; Dry, scaly herpes; Eruptions; Pim-
ples on the face and upper lip; Swelling of sub-maxillary gland.
Throat—Sore throat, with stinging pain; Sensation as of a
lump. *
Mouth.-Sudden flow of saliva; Haemorrhage; Spitting blood;
Waterbrash, with Colic.
Stomach and Abdomen.—Colic every evening, as if diar-
rhoea would set in; Colic, with weak feeling, as after a drastic
purge ; Colic, as in dysentery; Pains in the abdominal muscles.
Stool—Constipation several days; Papescent stool; Diarrhoea
of faeces and mucus, without pain.
. Urine.—Enuresis; Frequent and profuse—a large quantity is
passed at each time, as in Diabetes; Burning in the Urethra;
Grasping sensation in the Bladder. • *- : * .
Menses.—Appear to be early by a few days; Profuse. -
Larynx.-Hoarseness; Cough, with purulent expectoration—
greenish, foetid; Violent cough, with expectoration of bright-red
blood.
Respiration.--Double, sobbing inspirations; Oppressed, pain-
ful breathing—cannot take a full breath; Asthma, with quick,
difficult breathing; Asthma, aggravated by motion or going
up-stairs. -
Chest.—Painful during inspiration, or when walking; Lanci-
nations at the sides; Soreness under the sternum; Palpitation;
Red itching pimples on the skin, like Varicella, on chest, back,
and arms. - -
Upper Limbs.-Pain in the shoulder-joint on lifting the arm;
Tearing and pressure in left shoulder—most violent during motion;
Languor in the upper limbs; Tremor of the hands—a kind of para-
lytic weakness; Arthritic nodosities on the joints; Sweat in the
palms. .
Lower Limbs.-Laming, rheumatic pains in hip-joint; Pres-
sure in the region of right hip—worse during motion; Pressure in
the posterior region of left thigh ; Sensation of shortening in the
muscles, with pain as if strained, in every position; more violent
on contact and during movement; Weakness in the knee-joint ;
Tearing; Pressure when walking; Swelling; Tension, with prick-
ing pain in the knee; Hardness of the whole leg; Hot swelling of
the legs; Cramp in the calves all night. -
Feet.—Obstinate swelling of the foot—eight days; Inflamma-
. . . . . . ... • * - 211 - - - ,
LEPT.] LEPTANDRIA VIRGINICA,
tory or GEdematous swelling of the feet and legs; Soles of the feet
painful when walking; Gnawing, itching on dorsum ; he is obliged
to scratch—worse in bed; Swelling of the ball of the great toe—
painful when stepping. The pains are almost confined to the
joints. -
LEPT AND RIA WIRGINIC A.
AMERICAN REMEDIES. VERONICA VIRGINICA—BLACK ROOT.
THIS remedy is held in great repute by the Eclectics, especially for
Chronic affections of mucous membranes; Chronic Diarrhoea;
Dysentery, and Typhoid Fever; Dyspepsia, arising from portal
affections. It is thought to have a special affinity for the Liver,
and is said to be valuable for three varieties of Diarrhoea. First,
Diarrhoea of Debility: second, Diarrhoea from affections of the
Liver: third, Diarrhoea from affections of the mucous membranes,
especially Chronic Ulceration of the Intestines. -
Dr. Coe (Eclectic) states that it may be safely relied on in
Chronic affection of mucous tissues, especially Chronic Dysentery and
Diarrhoea; also when false membranes are formed in the small in-
testines. He prescribes, as a dose, two to four grains two or three
times a day. He records a case (cured) of Constipation and Haemor-
rhoids, with frequent Haemorrhage, that had existed twelve years.
False membranes, in shreds and patches, several inches long, were
discharged. It is advised for Bilious Headache, with drowsiness;
Jaundice, from retention of the Bile; Chronic inflammation of the
Liver; Dark Stools, resembling tar, and foetid mucous Stool, with
discharge of shreds like thickened mucous membrane.
From a proving by Dr. Burt, it seems to have caused him con-
siderable distress about the Umbilicus and Epigastrium; the pain
was much increased by drinking cold water. After a profuse black
stool he felt much relieved. During the proving, he suffered, more
or less, from frontal headache; Pain in the inguinal glands;
Severe pain in the testicle; Dull aching in the lumbar region;
Frequent pain in the bowels and Hypogastrium; General languor;
Prostration; Heat, and dryness of the skin. - - -
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LOBELLA INFLATA. [LOBE:L.
L0 BELIA IN FLATA,
INDIAN TOBACCO.
THE employment of this remedy in Allopathic and Homoeopathic
practice is much the same. Both large and Small doses are pre-
scribed for some forms of Asthma. It appears to have a special
action on the Pneumogastric Nerve. According to Braithwaite, it
acts like a charm in Acute Bronchitis of Infants, after the inflam-
matory stage, and when the blood is imperfectly oxidised. Under
its use the blue livid colour of the surface will often rapidly dis-
appear; and, as an expectorant, it can scarcely be surpassed. In
Homoeopathy it has chiefly been used for some Asthmatic conditions;
Gastric affections, with vomiting, even of the pregnant; Weakness
and pains in the stomach after food. It has been recommended
for Hernia (threatened incarceration) by Dr. Jeanes, of Phila-
delphia.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Giddiness, with nausea; Trembling and Agitation;
Dull feeling in the occiput and forehead; Pressive pain in occiput;
Dull, heavy pain on a line above the eyebrows; Outward pressing
in both temples; Chilliness—the hair stands on end.
Mouth.-Pungent, disagreeable taste; Clammy; Flow of saliva.
Throat.—Burning, dryness; Prickling; Lump in the pit of the
throat; Sensation as if the CEsophagus were contracted, from below
upward, or of some body rising up that prevents the passage of
food. -
Taste.—Bitter; White-coated tongue; Thirst.
Appetite.—Lost; Hiccough; Acid risings.
Eructations.—Frequent, flatulent eructations, with water-
brash; Flatulence, with acidity; Heat; Burning; Frequent, vio-
lent hiccough, in rapid succession, twenty to thirty times.
Nausea.—Violent, incessant, with shaking, shivering nausea,
pain, heat, oppression, uneasiness, affecting the respiration; Nau-
sea, with inclination to vomit, or profuse perspiration.
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LOBEL.] LOBELIA INFLATA.
Vomiting, with prostration; Vomiting of food, especially if
War Iſle
Heartburn-Waterbrash; Dyspepsia.
Stomach.-Feeling of weakness in the stomach, or at pit—
sometimes through the whole chest; Excessive weakness in the
whole Epigastric region, affecting the chest and below, to Umbi-
licus; Sense of weight and pressure—sometimes extending into the
back; Burning pain, passing towards the spine; Pressure at pit
(before breakfast), after food—worse in the evening, with vomit-
ing of bile; Oppression and anguish in the chest, and pain at the
small of back; Painful constriction in Cardiac region; Spasm of
the Stomach; Warmth; Burning.
Abdomen.—Pain in right hypochondria; Distention of the
Abdomen, with shortness of breath; Rumbling and pain—worse
after food; Pains, with flatus; Sensation as if diarrhoea would
COIſle Oſle
Stool.-Pappy; White; Soft; Discharge of black blood; Co-
pious Haemorrhage from Haemorrhoids.
Urine,—Deep-red colour, with much red sediment, or loose,
cloudy; or pink deposit, with small brown crystals; Urine quickly
decomposes; Sticking pain in right kidney; Pain in the loins.
Chest.—General tightness; Respiration short, rather laboured—
breathes through the mouth; Respiration twenty-four per minute;
Chronic Dyspnoea, with sensation of a lump in throat-pit; Parox-
ysmal, asthmatic attacks; Pains in the Chest after dinner; Pains,
increased by deep inspiration; Burning at sternum; on quick
movement and sneezing, something seemed to fall out of place,
and returned again, with great pain; Violent-boring pain through
the back, under right scapula; Drawing in left breast, from the
nipple to axilla. -
Back-Burning, cutting pain about the third, fourth, and
fifth dorsal vertebrae; Drawing pains, like rheumatic, between the
scapula; Prickling sensation through the whole body, even to the
fingers and toes; Inflammatory rheumatism of right knee.
Hempel, in his New Materia Medica, advises Lobelia for Sick-
headache, with heavy pain in one side of the head; Cardialgia,
with vomiting of mucus, and prostration; Dysphagia; Irregular
Respiration; Angina faucium; Chronic Bronchitis; Hysteria.
He declares it to have a powerful action on the Pneumogastric
Nerve, and the nervous system generally. -
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LYCOPODIUM. [LYCOP.
LYCOPODIUM.
HAHNEMANN. - wolf's FOOT.
BEFORE the discovery of Hahnemann, this substance was con-
sidered inert, or nearly so, for all medicinal purposes. It was
chiefly used in the form of a powder, for the excoriation that com-
monly occurs with infants. Rosenstein employed it, rubbed up
with lard, for Porrigo. It has also been used as a wash in Plica
Polonica.--We are taught by Hahnemann, that Trituration and
succession are essential to develop the powers of this Moss; and,
consequently, its great value will lie in rather a high attenuation.
There is, unfortunately, some division of opinion on this subject,
which does not come within my province to discuss. It may be
obtained from the 3rd to the 200th potency, generally; but the 6th,
12th, and 30th are most frequently prescribed. Lycopodium is said
to be best adapted for persons of a mild disposition, tending to
melancholy, and of the lymphatic temperament; very susceptible
to take cold, and subject to mucous discharges. Its chief action ap-
pears to be on the Splanchnic Nerves, and the organs to which they
are distributed. It seems useful in some affections of the Urine and
Bladder; Gravel; Diabetes ? Incontinence of Urine; Affections
of the chest; Incipient Phthisis; Pneumonia? Cough, with yellow,
grey, or green Sputa; Tertiary Syphilis; Rhagades; Boils; Axil-
lary Abscess; Skin disease; Itching, Scaly, and Herpetic erup-
tions; Enlarged Glands; Spasmodic twitching of the muscles;
Gastric affections; Weak digestion; Nervous dyspepsia; Disease
of the Liver (chronic); Atony of the Stomach and Intestines, with
Constipation; Flatulence; Dropsical Swellings. A cup of strong
coffee appears to antidote the good effects of Lycop. Rückert
records a few cases of tendency to Phthisis, cured by this remedy.
SYMPTOMS. -
Mind.—Desponding; Desire to be alone; Dread of men; Melan-
choly, especially in the evening; Sadness; Weeping; Afraid of
being alone; she is nervous and uneasy; Fearful; Timid; Great
tendency to start. In children—Headstrong; Self-willed; Vehe-
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LYCOP.] LYCOPODIUM. -
ment. Curative action—Merry; Good-tempered. Some of the
primary symptoms are accompanied with oppression and anxiety
at pit of the stomach. -
Senses.—Vacancy of thought; Absence of mind; he is unable
to retain his ideas; cannot find words to express himself; makes
use of wrong words and syllables; Dulness—he cannot collect his
thoughts. Complaints arising from over-study—Dizziness; Vertigo
when stooping or rising up; Incipient paralysis of the Brain.
Head.-Headache after breakfast, chiefly over the eyes; Head-
ache from chagrin; Rush of blood to the head (morning, early);
Tearing in forehead every afternoon; Throbbing in the evening;
Beating; Tearing; Pressure in occiput; Violent shock from occi-
put to the top of the head; Thrilling sensation in the head when
setting the foot down with force; Whizzing in the head; Rheu-
matic headache; Pressure as from a nail on the top of the head.
Scalp.–Contractive sensation of the hairy scalp; Great ten-
dency to take cold; a light breeze sensibly affects the scalp;
Itching, corroding sensation; Eruption; Foetid suppuration, with
enlarged cervical glands; Tumour on the Occiput; Broad tubercle
on the forehead, under the skin; Excessive falling-off of the hair;
the hair turns grey. -
Eyes.—Painful pressure, as from dust; Pain as if bruised;
Itching; Stitches; Smarting; Burning; Inflammation, with red-
mess; Coldness in the evening; Profuse lachrymation and agglu-
timation at night—a quantity of purulent gum, with Smarting;
Mucus about the eyes—he has constantly to wipe them to see
clearly; Dryness of the eyes; Hot feeling; Dim sight; Twinkling;
Sparks; Vibration—the objects seem to tremble; Black spots
hover at a very short distance.
Eyelids. – Inflammation ; Swelling; Aching ; Ulceration;
Redness; Pustules; Pimples; Styes; Suppurating stye. The
eyes are particularly affected by candle or gas-light. -
Ears. — Roaring; Humming; Whizzing; Violent whizzing;
Rush of blood; Hot blood; Throbbing; Darting; Beating; Bub-
bling; Sounds affect the ear painfully; Sensitive to noise; the
ear feels closed, with fluttering; Hearing diminished; Humid
scurf on, and behind, the ears.
Nose.-Spasmodic action of the dilator and compressor mares;
Corrosive pain in the nostrils; Ulceration; Discharge of mucus
and blood; Profuse bleeding from the nose; Obstruction of the
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nose—unable to breathe; Violent Coryza—dry or fluent; Swell-
ing of the nose; Sensitive to smell.
Face.—Pale, wretched complexion; Eyes sunk; Blue margins;
Livid; Wrinkled; Lips blue or yellow, greyish-yellow; Fre-
quent flushes of heat; Circumscribed redness; Swelling of the
cheeks; Herpes, scaly, itching; Pimples; Pustules; Painful feel-
ing of coldness, with stinging; Spasmodic twitching in the muscles
of the face, especially the cheeks and lips.
Lips.-Pale, or swollen; Ulceration of the lips and corners of
the mouth; White blister on the lip; Large ulcer on border of
lower lip.
Jaws.-Drawing, darting, tearing, jerking — chiefly in the
lower jaw, with swelling and throbbing of the sub-maxillary
glands.
Teeth.-Clashing; Grinding; Toothache when chewing, or at
night, with nervous agitation, preventing sleep; Spasmodic pains;
Stinging, drawing in the teeth; Violent single stitches in a hol-
low tooth. Pains are sometimes relieved by warmth–excited by
eating. The teeth turn yellow, and become loose.
Gums.-Swelling, so as to prevent opening the mouth;
Heat and pain; Darting; Tearing; Swelling high up, between the
gums and malar bone; Fistula of the gums; Gum-boil; Bleeding
of the gums.
Mouth.--Small tumours in the mouth; Vesicles; Dryness;
Numbness; Foetid smell; Continual flow of saliva—salt, sour, or .
bitter.
Tongue.—Vesicles at tip; Painful, as if burnt; Tubercles;
Ulcers; Tongue feels stiff; Swollen; Benumbed; Speech in-
distinct. -
Throat.—Chronic sore throat; Stinging; Prickling; Inflamed,
with hoarseness; Stitches; Difficult deglutition; Sensation as of
a ball rising; Sense of constriction, narrowing.
Tonsils.-Swollen; Ulcerated.
Uvula.-Swollen; Elongated; Constant mucus in the throat.
Taste.-Very bitter—constant; obliged to rinse the mouth ;
Sour; Slimy; Mouldy; Cheesy; Water tastes sweet. -
Thirst.—Either absent or constant; a good deal of thirst :
Frequent desire to drink.
Appetite.—Excessive hunger; Craving; Constant, canine
hunger, especially in the afternoon; there is a load in the stomach;
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Desire for sweets. Secondly—Want of appetite; no relish ;
Aversion to meat—to boiled warm food; Bread is especially repul-
sive; Sour taste after milk; Acid taste, or Bitter after a meal;
Thirst after a meal. -
Eructations, with yawning; Frequent and empty (first days);
Constant; Violent in the afternoon; Sour; Bilious, or tasting of
food; Regurgitation; Gulping up of milk; Hiccough after every
meal; Hiccough for three days; Waterbrash; Heartburn, half-an-
hour after every meal; three hours after, with feeling of weakness,
or feeling of pressure, as a stone on the chest.
Nausea every morning (early), or when riding in a carriage;
or afternoon, with acid eructations; Nausea, with weight at chest
and pit of stomach; or pains at nape of neck, and weakness of the
limbs; Loathing at the sight of food; Qualmishness; Vomiting of
bile or food; Vomiting of coagulated blood.
After a Meal,—Thirst; Waterbrash; Uneasy; Bloated ;
Fulness; Distention of the Abdomen; Pressure in the stomach ;
Heat in head and face; Red spot on left cheek; Muscae Volitantes;
Tremors, or throbbing through the whole body; Hot hands;
Constant eructations; Palpitation of the heart; sometimes Colic.
Flatulence is a prominent symptom of Lycop.
Stomach-Intense pain at pit, from pressure, or when stoop-
ing; Swelling at pit; Violent pain after a meal, with chilliness
and deadness of the hands; Pressure at the cardiac orifice—the
clothes seem unbearable; Violent pressure in the Stomach and
Abdomen; Fulness; Contusive pain, going off by eructations;
Contraction and Spasm, extending to the Chest ; Tearing ; Draw-
ing ; Pain as if a pin were pricking the intestines; Gnawing;
Griping; Throbbing at pit; Pains, with Nausea and Colic ;
Sensation as felt when swinging. -
Hepatic Region.—Tension as from a hoop ; Liver painful to
touch ; Pain after a meal; Dull pain; Pressure from within out-
wards; Pain during inspiration; Aching in right hypochondria as
from a shock; Sensation as if grasped with the hand; Cramp-like
pain; Pinching; Stitches; Sense of rawness; Chronic Hepatitis.
Abdomen.—Aching in Epigastrium, from flatulence; Pressure
and cutting before dinner; Frequent pinching; Pressing, from
within outwards—right of Umbilicus; Weight as from a load;
Fulness and Distention, with cold feet; Distention and Colic every
day—several days; 4 P.M.–Spasmodic contraction; Griping;
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Pinching; Cutting Colic; Tearing in both sides of Abdomen,
Groin, and thighs; Drawing pains, affecting the Calves; Skin
(integuments 2) of the Abdomen very sensitive to pain; Constant
incarceration of flatus; Violent rumbling; Gurgling; Audible
gurgling in left Hypochondrium ; Incarceration of Flatulence,
which seems to be the chief cause of pain.
Inguinal Region.—Pressing from within outwards (right and
left); Pulsations; Gurgling at abdominal ring; Painful stitches in
both groins; Pain when walking; Glandular swellings in the
groin ; Tearing stitches in the Hermial region.
Stool—Every other day; Ineffectual urging, with hard stool;
Small stool, with a feeling that much still remains; he had to
make great efforts; for some days the first part was hard and
knotty—the other part soft; Papescent stool after the fifth day;
Hard stool, with pain in back, and, Colic.
Rectum.—Feeling of fulness, even after a copious evacuation;
Sense of contraction; Violent contractive pain; Stitches; Burning;
Itching; Cutting in the Rectum and Bladder; Haemorrhage from the
Rectum; Distention of Varices; Protrusion; Varices of the pregnant.
Anus.-Tension; Itching; Painful contraction; Itching erup-
tion ; Ascarides.
Urine.—Secretion diminished first eight days; in fourteen, more
abundant; Frequent, copious micturition (also at night); Urging
to urinate; Foamy urine; White, turbid; Yellow sediment; Dark
urine, with red deposit; Red sand; Yellow sand; Bright-red
deposit; Strong smell of the urine.
Bladder.—Stitches in the Bladder, Neck of Bladder, and Anus;
Stitches and cutting in Bladder, Rectum, and Perinaeum.
Urethra. — Itching, burning, cutting, drawing; Smarting
during micturition; Violent cutting stitch.
Male Genital.-Chronic Orchitis; General weakness; Dimi-
nished desire, ten days; Male impotence, several years; Loss of
sexual power; no Erections. -
Menses.—Chronic suppression of the menses from fright—
delayed three, four, or five days. Brought back the menses after
five months. Menses too long, and profuse.
Leucorrhoea.—Profuse at intervals; Milky; Blood-red, with
pains in Hypogastrium; Disposed to Miscarry. -
Wagina.-Chronic dryness; Itching, burning, gnawing, dart-
ing; Discharge of wind. Nipples—Sore; Scurfy. . . * - -- ºr
* - Q 2 219.
LYCOP.] LYCOPODIUM.
Cough and Larynx-Titillation, inducing Cough, with grey,
salt expectoration; Short, hacking Cough; Night Cough, with
Hoarseness; Dry Cough, with wheezing; Dry Chronic Cough ;
Cough, with great weakness; Salt expectoration; Morning Cough,
with green sputa, or blackish mucus.
Expectoration,--Thick, white; Yellow, or of Pus, with night-
sweats, as in the last stage of Phthisis; or of blood.
Respiration and Chest.—Shortness of breath during move-
ment, or going up-stairs; Pains in the chest; Violent pains; Op-
pression; Tightness; Stitches in the left side, especially during
inspiration; they almost prevent breathing; Frequent stitches,
from time to time, in the left side—sometimes passing through to
the back. -
Heart.—Violent palpitation (morning, four to five); Sudden
violent palpitation, with yawning and weariness; Tremulous feeling
at the heart, with anxiety; Pulsative sensation in the praecordial
region. -
Neck-Stiffness at nape of neck. Painful stiffness on the left
side; Drawing pains in cervical muscles (left), sometimes to shoulder
and elbow; Semi-Paralysis of the cervical muscles; Involuntary
stretching of the neck; Nodding movement of the head from right
to left; Swelling of the cervical glands; Swelling of the muscles
of the neck, with darting pains.
Back—Burning between the scapula, as from a hot coal;
Tearing on right side of spine—dorsal region; Stiffness; Drawing
pains in small of back; Rheumatic Drawing; Pain as from a strain
in small of back; Stitches from scapula to loins.
Renal Region.—Tearing, drawing pains; Repeated stitches
and pressure in the region of the kidneys.
Upper Limbs.-Swelling of axillary glands; Violent tearing
pains in shoulder-joint, from the neck, when at rest; relieved by
lying on the part—passes off by motion; Paralytic pains in the
shoulder-joint—he cannot lift the arm; Bruise-like pain in
shoulder, scapula, and humerus (right); Involuntary startings;
Spasmodic starting of the arms; Weakness of the arms; Twitch-
ings in left upper arm; Inflamed swellings on the arm, like
Boils. Hands—Boils on the hands; Numbness of the hands;
Redness, swelling, and inflammation of the finger-joints.
Lower Limbs.-Boils on the nates; Pains in the muscles, about
the hip; Paralytic pain in left hip; Pain as if sprained; Tearing
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pains at night ; the limbs feel cold and heavy; Pains in the
thighs; Stiffness of the knee-joint; Swelling of the knees; Cramp
in the calf and feet; Swelling of the feet; Cold feet; OEdema;
Cold sweat of the feet; Profuse sweat; Callosities. Corns—Pain-
ful, inflamed; Stitches; Burning soreness of the toes; Cramp in
the toes.
Skin.—Hot; Dry; Tendency to crack; Itching, as from fleas;
Pimples; Hepatic spots; Freckles; Herpes — yellow, brown,
shrivelled ; Humid, suppurating, deep rhagades, covered with
crusts; Boils that return periodically; Fistulous Ulcers; Mercurial
Ulcers; Excoriation in Children; Glandular swellings; Dropsical
swellings; Chlorosis.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
The muscles and skin are tender to touch; Stiffness of the
joints, back, and neck; Pains during windy or wet weather;
Violent stitches in the cavity of the thorax; Sensation as if the
circulation in parts were stopped; Failing of strength; Weak-
ness; Emaciation.”
M A G NESIA CARB 0NIC A.
HAHNEMANN. * CARBONATE OF MAGNESIA,
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, is suitable in cases of Irregular
Menstruation; Hysteria; Atrophy of Children; Pains in the teeth,
with swelling of the face, and stiff neck; Pyrosis; Cardialgia;
Green, acid Diarrhoea of Children; Chronic Diarrhoea; Incon-
tinence of Urine; Delayed Menses; Leucorrhoea; Old malignant
ulcers on the feet. (By Jahr)—Hysterical Spasms in the
Abdomen; Cramps in the Uterus; Dysmenorrhoea.
SYMPTOMS.
Teeth.--Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks; Drawing,
tearing, extending to the temples; Stiffness in the nape; Darting
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toothache, almost every day; Toothache at night, and of the preg-
nant. . - -
Eyes.—Ophthalmia; Opacity of Cornea; Muscae Volitantes;
Cataract.
Mouth-Dry, might and morning; Tubercles in the mouth ;
Acid taste; Violent thirst; Empty eructations; Nausea; Inclina-
tion to vomit. -
Stomach.-Pains, with acid risings; Contractive pains; Pres-
sure; Empty feeling; Pain, as from ulceration; Sudden stabbing,
as if with a knife, at pit; Burning sensation. -
Abdomen.—Spasmodic constriction; Contractive pain; Colic;
Pinching; Violent colic, as if the bowels would be torn out; Con-
stant rumbling, audible, with flatus; Inguinal Hernia.
Stool.—First—Retention or constipation; one in four days.
Second—Diarrhoea; Green stools; Yellow stool; Frothy, mucous,
diarrhoea, or green water; Greenish mucus; a quantity of AS-
carides pass with and between the stools; Painful varices.
Urine.-Frequent; Unable to retain it; Pale or greenish;
White sediment. . - - - -
Menses.—Delay first days. Secondly—Flow profusely; Fre-
quently dark, acrid, thick, black, pitchy; Appear eight or nine
days too early—sometimes with Colic and toothache.
Leucorrhoea.—Thin, scanty, like water, or smarting; Dis-
charge of white mucus, with pains in Abdomen.
Chest—Tightness; Oppression; Bruise-like pains.
Back and Neck-Pains in small of back at night; Pain as if
bruised; Violent concussive pain; Stiffness, and stitching pains in.
nape of neck; Pressure as if the cravat were tight.
Upper Limbs.-Pain in shoulder, as if sprained; Attacks of
pain at night; Blisters and blotches on the fingers. -
Iower Limbs.-Weariness; Hard swelling under the knee;
Cramps at night; Boils on the legs. A kind of Paralysis affected
the left lower limb, with pain in the hip and knee-joint.
OTHER SYMPTOMS. . . - - - - - -
Sleepless nights; Tossing aboutin bed; Feeling of internal heat;
Itching; Burning; Prickings in various parts of the body; Sudden
depression; Weakness; Feeling of drowsiness after eating; when
awaking in the morning, he feels more fatigued than when he went
to bed. - . . . . . . . . . ...: *
- *.
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MAGNESIA MURLATICA–MANGANUM. [MANG.
* MAGNESIA MURIATIC A.
HAHNEMANN. MURIATE of MAGNESIA.
Is said to be useful for Spasms and Cramps of Hysteric Females;
Nausea of Pregnancy; Distention of the Abdomen; Troubles of
Children during Dentition; Scabs and Scurf in the nostrils; Stop-
page of the Nose; Cramps in the Uterus, with pains in the Thighs,
and Leucorrhoea; Hysteric affections; Weakness of the Limbs.
The whole body feels bruised and uneasy. Weariness in the open
air; Liability to take cold; Syncope, with pale face, nausea, and
anxiety.
MAN G ANU M.
HAHNEMANN. MANGANESE.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, is useful in Inflammation of the
Bones and Periosteum, with gnawing, boring pains; Arthritic and
Rheumatic affections of the Joints, with swelling; Darting lancina-
tions, intolerable at night; Affections of the Eyes and Eyelids;
Hardness of Hearing; Whizzing, rushing, fluttering in the ears;
Violent pains in hollow teeth; Inflammation of the Throat and
Tonsils; Inflammation of the Hip-joint in scrofulous children.
Has also proved serviceable in cases of pain after food, felt at the
pit of the stomach. - . . .
SYMPTOMs.
Head.—Painful pressure from occiput to forehead; Tearing
pains in the bones; Throbbing, ulcerative pains; Sense of concus-
sion in the brain when walking; Hot feeling in the head; Rush-
ing of blood from the nape to forehead.
* Eyes.—Hot feeling and dryness; Darting in the right eye;
Aching; Swelling of the lids; Agglutination; Throbbing in the
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lids; Pupils contracted; Sight short, dim; Fiery sparks forming
wheels; Vanishing of the sight on looking at one object intensely.
Ears.--Darting, tearing, dull sticking in the ear when talk-
ing; Deafness, as if the ears were closed with the fingers—and
open, with relief, on blowing the nose; Fluttering before the ears as
from the wings of a bird; Report in the ears when blowing the
nose or swallowing.
Teeth.-Violent pain in molars that darts into the throat, ear,
malar bone, and the arm, with great exhaustion; the pains are in-
creased by contact and cold water.
Mouth-Earthy smell on rising in the morning—not percep-
tible to himself; Vesicles and Tubercles on the tongue; Accumu-
lation of bitter water in the mouth.
Taste.—Oily; Flat ; Bitter; Food tastes bitter or sour.
Eructations.—Sour, or bitter; Burning; Heartburn.
Stomach.-Burning; Pressure as from a stone; Pain occurring
about a quarter of an hour after dinner, at pit ; Contractive
pains; Stitches; Drawing, with Nausea.
Abdomen.—Contractive feeling; Distention; Bloated; Cutting
pain at umbilicus; Ulcerative pain, inducing a feeling of sickness;
Sensation of warmth, that ascends to the throat; Movement of
flatus, with pinching colic.
Stool.-First—Constipation, forty-eight hours; Difficult;
Knotty. Second—Yellow ; Granular, with tenesmus. After
twenty-four hours' constipation—Two soft evacuations, with pinch-
ing in the Abdomen. x-
Larynx-Roughness in the throat and voice; Dry, deep
cough ; Morning cough, with expectoration of pale-green, yellow
mucus, in clots—expelled without effort.
Chest,-Dull pain, or bruise-like, in the upper part of the
Chest, or at the Sternum; Warmth, with Nausea; Disagreeable
heat, with hot breath, ascending to the fauces; Burning below the
Sternum; Shocks in the Chest; Throbbing in the right half of
the Chest, like palpitation. Evening, in bed—Palpitation of the
heart. -
Neck-Stiff; Swollen; Pain in the muscles; Stiffness at nape;
Tension, as if a band were drawn across the shoulders; Red,
swollen streak, left side of neck, for twenty days.
Joints.-Languor; Weariness; Tremulous sensation in the
elbow and knee-joints, with anxiety, as if he would die.
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Skin.—Rhagades; Soreness in the bend of joints; Chronic
inflammation and suppuration of the finger; Unhealthy skin;
Vesicles; Blotches.
MORBID ANATOMY.
Manganum causes death by paralysis of the nervous system, and
suspension of the heart's action ; Inflammation of the Stomach,
Liver, Spleen, and Intestines; Stomach and Duodenum contain
black mucus and coagulated blood; Black blood in both ventricles.
The Binoxide of Manganese is occasionally used in Allopathic
practice, for Scrofulous, Glandular Swellings of Children, in doses
one-eighth to three-fourths of a grain; and in larger doses, two or
three grains, for some cachectic conditions; and Syphilis, in adults.
It is said to have produced paralysis in those who are employed in
grinding it for the uses of the arts and chemistry.
Some cases of Pyrosis, and Stomach äffections, with pain after
food, appear to have been cured in Allopathic practice,
MENY ANTHES TRIFOLIATA,
BUCK BEAN.
APPEARS to have been occasionally used for Intermittent Fever,
when Coldness predominates; Pains in the Head; Weakness of the
Stomach ; Voice hoarse, rough ; Stitch in the Larynx 2 which
impedes deglutition; Spasmodic Jerking of the Limbs, Itantidotes
the abuse of Cinchona.
SYMPTOMS.
Fever.—Coldness in the Spine, with shaking; the feet are icy
cold; Shuddering of the whole body; Shuddering down the back;
he feels as if he had been in the open air with his back bare ;
Intermittent Fever, with coldness in the Abdomen; Heat first
appears in the face; Flushes of heat over the cheeks; Heat without
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thirst, and slight sweat; Heat of body, with cold feet; Sweat in
the evening, or the whole night. . .
Head.—Stupefying Headache, especially in the forehead, during
rest and motion; Continual heaviness; Pressure in the forehead
from within outwards; Painful pressure on the brain, as from a
heavy weight—worse on going up and down stairs; Pressure on the
head from above downward; Headache in the temples as if pressed
together at the sides; Single stitches in the left hemisphere,
passing towards the vertex; Dull headache when leaning the head
to one side. -
Ears.-Feeling of coldness in the internal ear, as from water;
Fine stitches; Itching in the interior; Cracking noise when
chewing; Discharge from the ears after Measles or Scarlet Fever.
Throat.—Dryness; Roughness; Difficulty in swallowing the
saliva; Continuous stitch in the anterior part of the larynx, only
when swallowing, which seems to be impeded by that stitch.
Larynx,−Titillation; Voice rough—almost hoarse; when
talking, the ears feel obstructed, as if something had been stretched
across; Spasmodic contraction of the larynx; the effort of inspi-
ration induces Cough; Short breathing, with sharp stitches in
the chest, especially during inspiration.
Taste.—Bitter-sweet taste; relishes only meat, not bread and
butter; Intense Hunger, which passes off after eating a little.
Eructations.—Frequent; Empty; Hiccough.
Stomach. — Sudden attacks of heat for twenty minutes,
followed by hunger; Contractive sensation in the stomach; Chok-
ing, and inclination to vomit, with contraction of the stomach;
Continual rumbling, as if the stomach were empty. - -
Stool—Constipation; Retention for thirty-two hours; after-
wards, hard faeces, with pains in abdomen; Loose stool. - (Cured
constipation in a female.) Rectum—Itching in rectum and anus;
Flowing Haemorrhoids. . . . . . . .
Scapular Region.— Painful tearing between the scapula,
especially during a deep inspiration ; Boring stitches in left
scapula, near the spine ; Pain in renal region and small of the
back.
Upper Limbs—Visible jerkings in the left arm; Stitches in
deltoid; Jactitation of the muscles of the right arm; Cramp-like
pain in the muscles of the fore-arm and hand, resembling
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Lower Limbs.-The right thigh and leg are spasmodically
jerked upward; Cramp-like drawing in the thigh; Cramp-like
pain in the muscles of right leg, like paralytic pain; Pain in the
ankles, as if sprained. -
MEPHITIS PUTORIUS,
SKUNK. x
ACCORDING to Hering, this remedy has been employed, with some
benefit, for Continued Drowsiness in the morning; Catarrh, and
Morning Cough, with sore feeling in the chest after a catarrh;
Inflammation of the Conjunctiva; Dimness of sight. For Whoop-
ing cough, by Dr. Neidhard (empirically.)
SYMPTOMs. . -
Frequent Yawning; Drowsiness—readily falls asleep by day,
even in company. Early morning—Overwhelmed with sleep;
Stretches his limbs; a semi-stupor hangs over him; Heat,
burning, pricking in the eyes; Redness of the Conjunctiva, or
fully injected; Pressure in the lids; Inability to read small print;
the letters appear blurred; Catarrhal sufferings; Cough, with ex-
pectoration; Sensation as if something were in the larynx; Chok-
ing sensation; Uneasiness in the legs, as if they would go to sleep.
MERCURIALIS PERENNIS.
Dogs' MERCURY.
THIS poisonous plant somewhat resembles Belladonna;. exerts al
powerful action on the Brain, Nervous System, and the circulation,
Ht produces giddiness, heaviness, tension, fulness, and conges-
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tion in the Brain; Accelerates the pulse, induces throbbing in
the Arteries, and palpitation of the Heart. The secretions are
diminished; the Eyes feel stiff, heavy, and dry, with a sense of
protrusion; Vacant look; Misty sight; Weakness at candlelight,
with slight pain when reading or writing; Painful pricking;
Burning in the tongue; White coating; Acid or bitter taste, with
heartburn; Sickness and feeling of discomfort in the stomach;
feels swollen, or Empty; Griping pains in the Abdomen and at
Umbilicus; Throbbing in the Chest; Sticking pains, with Dysp-
noea; Breath hot, almost burning; Oppression about the heart;
Undulation and throbbing at Epigastrium—also in the Blood-
vessels; Frequent palpitation.
MER C U RIUS,
HAHNEMANN. BLACK OXIDE OF MERCURY.
THE use and abuse of this remedy has been so freely discussed df
late by some medical writers, that it must quite puzzle a medical
student to know whether to prescribe it or not. By some he will
find it lauded as invaluable and indispensable; by others condemned
as a bane and a curse. Most temperate writers agree that it re-
guires to be administered with caution, and its effects carefully
watched, from the circumstance that it will, in some idiosyncrasies,
induce a far worse condition than that for which it was prescribed
—in other words, the remedy may prove worse than the original
disease.
Now, if any example were required to illustrate the necessity for
administering small doses of medicine, one would think Allopathic
experience of Mercury ought to be at once selected for the pur-
pose; but there are none more blind than those who will not see—
none so deaf as those who will not hear. All argument is useless. I
have frequently seen a few globules—three or four only—of Mer-
curius 12, produce ptyalism in individuals who had taken Mercury
in tolerable doses during their lives; and from careful observation
of the effects of Mercury on the human frame, and on my own
person especially, I firmly believe, that an individual who has once
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gone through a course of Mercury, becomes changed in constitution
for ever after; and I think those who are slow to salivate, become so
sensitive, that they resemble walking barometers. If all we read
be really true, the sooner Mercury is struck out of the British
Pharmacopoeia the better. But this is no great business of ours.
We know full well that attenuated preparations will not damage
the health of the present, nor taint the constitution of a future
generation. The only difficulty with us is this—We rarely find
a patient who has not taken it, little or much ; and for this cause
we cannot always (except in children) gain the advantage that our
medicines would otherwise secure, and must occasionally prohibit
the use of Mercurius altogether.
I believe all Homoeopathic practitioners are pretty well agreed
about Mercury, that it is as valuable as any other remedy in its
place, and, when indicated, will prove as useful, curative, and
harmless as any other drug.
The conditions for which Mercurius Solubilis is prescribed are
chiefly as follows:—Diseases of the Lymphatic System; Affections
of the mouth and fauces; Inflammation of parts, with or without
swelling; Aphthae; Swelling, ulceration, suppuration of the Ton-
sils and Glands generally; Sore throat, with difficult deglutition;
Tongue sensitive, sore, ulcerated, swollen; Foetid odour from the
Mouth; Ulceration and receding of the Gums; Toothache; Swell-
ing of the Cervical and Parotid Glands; Painful tearing in, and
discharge of pus from, the Ears; Ophthalmia; Catarrhal, scrofu-
lous, pustular, or syphilitic Ulcers on the Cornea; Gastric and
Bilious disturbance; Putrid Taste; Loss of Appetite; Pain and
Burning at the pit of Stomach—tender to touch; Congestion of the
Liver, with stitching, burning; Complete Jaundice; Colic; Cut-
ting, pinching, or stabbing pains in the Abdomen; Distention;
Swelling of the Inguinal Glands; Suppuration; Catarrh, with
chilliness, cough, sore throat, dislike to the open air; Catarrh,
especially if induced by cold evening air; Hoarseness; Loss of
Voice; Acute and Chronic Bronchitis; Preumonia; Fevers—Ty-
phoid, Typhus, Bilious, Mucous, Hectic; Dysentery; Tumours on
the scalp of infants; Syphilis; Chancres, with induration; Ulcers;
Nodes; Affections of the bones (not Mercurial); Diseases of the
Skin; Eczema; Syphilitic Psoriasis; Erysipelas; Variola—suppu-
rative stage; Whitlow ; Ulceration of the nails; Excoriation of the
Nipples; Inflamed Labia and Ovaries.
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* SYMPTOMS. - -
Cracking in the joints; Pain as if bruised in all the limbs;
Rheumatic, arthritic, tearing pains; all the bones ache in any
position—generally worse at night—not relieved by sweating ;
Heaviness; Weariness; Languor; Easily exhausted; Rigidity;
Stiffness of the joints and limbs. The pains frequently become
intolerable when in bed at night. * -
Mind.—Anguish of mind, with lowness of spirits; Restless—it
feels difficult to remain in one place; Apprehension of some evil;
Great tendency to start, followed by trembling of the whole body;
Excessive indifference to everything, even to food; Lowness of
spirits; Dissatisfied; Suspicious; Distrustful; Irritable.
Senses.—Loss of consciousness; Absence of mind; Crowding
of ideas; Dull, stupid feeling, with dizziness; Fulness in the
head; Momentary vanishing of thought. - -
Head–Giddiness when walking in the open air, with stagger-
ing and nausea; Heat and pain in the whole head; Constrictive
pain, with sensation of a tight band; Tightness, as if screwed up ;
Pressure from within outwards, in the parietal region; Feeling of
fulness, as if the head would burst; Stitches in the forehead;
Stitches through the whole head; Heat and burning in the head;
Headache at night; Rheumatic headache. -
Scalp.–The whole scalp feels painful to the touch; Pains in
the bones; Eruptions on the scalp; Elevated scabs; Humid
eruptions; Falling-off of the hair; Swelling of the head.
Eyes.—Pressure, as from sand, when moving the eye; Stitches;
Cutting under the lid, as from a sharp body; Itching; Heat,
burning, smarting; Inflammation of both eyes—worse in the open
air; Catarrhal, rheumatic, arthritic, or scrofulous ophthalmia;
Syphilitic ophthalmia; Lachrymation; Swelling and redness of
the lids; Nocturnal agglutination; Scurfy eruptions; Pustules
on the conjunctiva; Ulcers on the cornea; Eyes dim; Pupils
dilated; Mistiness; Amaurosis; a strong light is intolerable.
Ears.-Tearing pain in the ears; Soreness and excoriation of
the external ear; Sensation as if cold water were running out of
both ears; Discharge of pus, Blood, or foetid pus; Hardness of
hearing; Roaring; Buzzing; Pulsations; Ringing—worse at evening.
, Nose.—Swelling of the nose; the bones are swollen and tender;
Sore nostrils; Frequent sneezing; Coryza, dry, with stoppage of
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the nose; or Fluent, with profuse discharge of water or mucus;
Bleeding from the nose; also when sleeping or coughing. -
Face.—Pale, clay-coloured, with attenuated, sunken features;
Yellow face and eyes; Feverish heat, and redness of the cheeks;
Sweat in the face; Tearing in the face; Swelling of the cheeks,
with toothache; Syphilitic spots and pustules on the face and fore-
head; Ulcers; Cracks and rhagades at the corners of the mouth.
Lips.-Dry; Rough ; Yellow crusts; Soft, red swelling of the
upper lip; Internal swelling; Pimples and ulcers inside the lips.
Jaws.-Stiffness and tension; almost complete immobility of
the jaw; he can, with great difficulty and pain, open his mouth ;
Pain under the jaw; Caries; Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Teeth.-Tearing toothache; Pains in the incisors; the air
affects the teeth, and anything cold; Violent toothache at night;
Stitches that extend into the ears; Violent stitches in the even-
ing. - -
Gums.-The gums recede; they are swollen, sore, or ulcerated;
Burning hot at night—better by day; Spongy bleeding; Paleness
of the gums; Scorbutic affections of the gums; White ulcers.
Mouth-Foetid smell from the mouth; Inflammatory swelling;
White blisters; Aphtha ; Ulcers and sores; Accumulation of
tenacious saliva; Constant spitting; Pain and swelling of the
salivary glands; Ptyalism.
Tongue-Coated with fur; Insensible, or rough; Burning, or
chapped; Sore, stiff; Swelling of the tongue, with white coating;
Inflammatory, hard swelling; Indented; Ulcerated edges; Feels
as if burnt; Fissure on the tongue; Loss of speech and voice;
Ranula; Stammering. -
Throat.—Sore; Sensation as if a body were lodged there; and he
tries to get rid of it by swallowing; Sensation as if a worm were
there; he constantly tries to swallow it; Pain in the throat during
deglutition; Heat, burning, dryness; Stitching pain in the
tonsils; Pricking; Inflammation of the throat; Syphilitic ulcers.
The soreness extends to the ears and surrounding glands. --
Taste.—Metallic taste; Earthy; Soap-like; Putrid, or sour;
Bitter taste in the mouth, or salt; very salt taste about the lips
and tongue; Taste of putrid eggs; Slimy taste; Bread tastes
Sweet. . . . . . . .
... Appetite.—Excessive appetite; Ravenous, yet he wastes in
body, and loses strength; afterwards he loses his appetite;-Dis-
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like for beef, coffee, butter; Violent burning thirst; Desire for
cold drinks, especially water.
Gastric.—Constant eructations; Rising of bitter water; Bilious;
Bitter; Putrid; Rancid heartburn; Nausea; Shuddering, with
headache; Inclined to vomit; at one o'clock A.M., much water
accumulates in the mouth; it awakes her from sleep; she has
nausea, and vomits a very bitter substance; Violent vomiting of
bitter mucus. -
Stomach.-Pressure in the stomach; Burning pain at pit;
Rising of heat; Soreness as after much vomiting; Painful at pit;
the whole region of the stomach is painful to the touch; Bread is
oppressive; cannot bear the lightest kind of food; Cramp in the
stomach a few hours after eating; Feeling of ulceration in the
stomach. -
Hypochondria.--Stitches in the hepatic region; Burning,
pressing; Pushing from within outwards; the region is sensitive
to touch; Swelling and induration; Acute Hepatitis; Jaundice.
Abdomen.—Colic, as from a cold; and when exposed to the
cool evening air, with Diarrhoea; Inexpressible Colic, which passes
off when lying down; Colic induced by touching anything cold;
Pinching in the abdomen, with chilliness and shuddering; Stab-
bing, cutting pains; Distention; Scrofulous enlargement of the
mesenteric glands.
Inguinal Region.—Pains in the glands; Pricking, aching,
painful stitches; Drawing pain in the groin and testes; Swelling
of the inguinal gland; it becomes red and inflamed; intensely
painful—compelled to lie down; Ulceration and suppuration.
Stool.-Desire for stool every moment, with tenesmus, without
result; Diarrhoea, with chilliness; Yellow Diarrhoea in the even-
ing and at night; Green, slimy, acrid stools; Green mucus, with
burning and excoriation at the anus; Sour-smelling stools; Diar-
rhoea, mixed with blood, or stools of blood; White-grey evacua-
tions; Ascarides creep out of the rectum; Discharge of lumbri-
cales; Prolapsus of the rectum. -
Urine.—Constant desire, yet but little is passed; he tries
every ten minutes, three or four times in the night; Increase of
urine; Profuse as in Diabetes; Turbid urine when passed; De-
posits a sediment like flour; Foetid or acrid urine; Dark-red
urine, as if mixed with blood, or with mucus and pus, filaments
and flocks; Albuminous. -
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Urethra-Burning between the act of micturition; Cutting,
contractive pain; Discharge of blood from the urethra; Stitches;
Greenish Gomorrhoea—worse at night.
Genital (Male).-Soreness and sweat between the thighs;
Pain and swelling of the glans; Inflammation of the prepuce, with
burning pain; Swelling of the prepuce—distended like a bladder;
Smarting; Redness; Cracks and rhagades; Chancre; Raw ulcers
that discharge a yellowish matter, and afterwards bleed; Drawing
pains in the testes and spermatic cord; Hard swelling of the
testes, with shining redness of the scrotum.
Menses.—Discharge of blood six days before the period.
Before the menses—Dry heat, with rush of blood and congestion.
During the menses—Anxiety, red tongue, salt taste, pale gums.
Mercurius will, in some cases, bring on the menses profusely.
Prolapsus of the vagina—Inflamed; Red; Swollen internally;
Inflammation of the ovaries; Leucorrhoea; Corrosive; Acrid, or
mild; coming on in the evening; Greenish discharge, with smart-
ing; Discharge of pus and mucus, or lumps; Hard swelling of the
breasts; Ulceration; Suppuration; Sore, cracked nipples.
: Larynx.-Catarrh, with chilliness, loss of appetite, and con-
stipation; Cough; Sore throat; Coryza ; Aversion to the open
air; Hoarseness, with loss of voice; Burning and tickling in the
larynx. . -
Cough.-Dry, or moist; Fatiguing, titillating; Racking
Cough at night; Dry, Hollow-sounding Cough, with pain in the
chest and small of the back; Cough, with discharge of blood;
Cough, with inclination to vomit.
Chest.—Oppression; Pressure; Anxiety, with difficult breath-
ing; Feeling as if there was not air enough ; Burning in the
chest, extending up to the throat; Soreness; Stitches; Pains in
the muscles, as if bruised; Palpitation of the Heart.
Neck.-Swelling of the cervical and parotid glands; the neck
feels stiff and difficult to move; Cramp-like pains under the
scapula, with blotches and ulcers.
Back,-Bruise-like pain in the back; Burning pain down the
back; Stitching pain, on inspiration, in the small of the back;
Tearing pain near the os coccygis; Pain in the Sacrum, as after
lying on a hard couch.
Upper Limbs.--Stitches; Jerking or beating in the shoulder-
joint; Tearing pain in right shoulder at night, and when moving
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the parts; Cracking in the joints; Pains in the bones, with a
feeling of weariness; Jactitation of the muscles; Itching rash— .
large, red, round spots, that scale off, having a burning pain; Itch-
like eruption on the hands; Painful stiffness of the wrists;
Rigidity and cramps in the hands; Contraction of the fingers;
Deep rhagades on the hands and fingers, as if they had been cut;
they sting, feel sore, and sometimes bleed.
Lower Limbs.-Pains in the gluteal muscles; Burning of the
nates; Tearing in the hip-joint; frequently all the other joints
are affected at the same time, at night, or during motion; Cold-
ness; Cramp-like stitching, tearing, or drawing pains in the
muscles of the thighs and legs; Herpes; Boils; Small Tumours and
Ulcers; Dropsical swelling of the feet and legs; the joints of the
feet and ankles feel as if sprained; Itching and peeling of the
skin between the toes; Pain and swelling of the toes.
Sleep.–Drowsy during the day; Great inclination to sleep in
the day-time; Wakeful until three o’clock in the morning; or
falls asleep late, and awakes at two or three o’clock every morning;
Restless; Sleeps for half-an-hour, then wakes up, sometimes with
desire to pass urine; Anxiety, with throbbing in the blood-vessels
during the night. -
Tever.—Coldness of the hands and feet; Violent thirst ; Chil-
liness and shaking, morning and evening; Sensation as if cold
water were being poured over him; Paroxysms of fever, especially
at night; Shivering, with flushes of heat; Face hot and red; In-
termal chilliness; Alternate sensations of heat and chilliness;
Intermittent fevers; Chilliness, followed by burning heat; Intense
thirst; Exhausting sweat, and foetid odour of the breath; some-
times the sweat is acid, and tinges the linen yellow; Bilious,
Gastric, and Typhoid fevers, with Vertigo; Humming in the ears;
Thick, dirty, yellow tongue; Flat, soapy taste, or mouth and
throat dry; Suppressed stools, or Diarrhoea, and great tenderness
of the stomach and umbilical region; Profuse night-sweats, acid
or greasy; Pulse very variable.
Skin.—Yellow; Jaundiced; Eruptions like scabies; Itching
eruptions; Pustules; Raised herpetic spots; Dry rash.; Scarlatina,
even malignant ; Suppurative stage of Small-pox; Erysipelatous
inflammations; Primary Syphilis; Spreading, spongy, bluish,
and readily bleeding ulcers; Inflammation, swelling, and suppu-
ration of glands; Diseases of the nails. -
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MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS. [MERC. COR.
According to the experience of Mr. Hunt, most diseases of the
skin will require Mercury or Arsenic during the course of treat-
ment. *
Dr. Teste states that Mercurius S. is only suitable for women.
Peculiar Characters.-The symptoms are generally worse at
night; Intolerable in bed; Sweat profuse during motion, walk-
ing, or drinking anything warm; Palpitation when walking; the
evening air is not agreeable; he feels better in warm sunshine,
and when walking, than lying or sitting.
MERCURIUS CORRO SIW U.S.
BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY.
THIS preparation of Mercury is chiefly prescribed for Dysentery,
and is considered preferable to any other of the mercurial forms
for that disease. Noack and Trinks advise it for Syphilitic Ulcers,
that suppurate freely, and discharge an unhealthy pus; Hectic
conditions; Abdominal Typhus, with very foetid evacuations, and
Temesmus; Bilious Dysentery; Parched, cracked tongue; Hollow,
dry Cough, with pains in the chest; Difficult breathing; Expec-
toration of blood; Tubercular Phthisis—first and second stages.
Dr. Teste states that Merc. Corr. is especially suited for men;
while the Solubilis should be prescribed only for women. He pro-
nounces this to be a positive law of great value, and advises its
use for the following:—Syphilis; Chancre; Buboes; Gonorrhoea;
Ophthalmia; Ulceration of the Cornea; Cataract; Amaurosis;
Ulceration of the Pharynx, Nose, and Tongue; Red or copper-
coloured spots; Impetigo; Psoriasis; Falling-off of the hair;
Sub-cutaneous tumours; Exostosis; Caries of the bones; Diseases
of the nails; Phthisis; Haemoptysis; Neuralgia; Paralysis; Chro-
nic cutaneous eruptions (scaly); Chronic Ophthalmia; Chronic
ulceration of the nostrils; Angina; Dysentery; Ascites; Albu-
minuria; Induration of the testes; Impotence; Chronic Articular
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MERC, IOD.] . MERCURIUS IODATUS, .
Rheumatism; Rickets; Scrofulous Caries; Chronic diseases of
the Bones. -
MER O U RIUS I 0D ATUS,
IODIDE OF Mercury.
THIS combination of Mercury and Iodine is chiefly prescribed in
trituration at the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd power. It appears to have
proved eminently successful in some cases of Diphtheria; Affections
of the Throat and Tonsils; Swelling and induration of Glands
generally; Syphilitic sore throat; Ash-coloured ulcers about the
fauces, and on the tongue; Inflammation of the Uvula, Tonsils,
Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi. It may prove useful for indura-
tion of the Liver, with tenderness; Bloated Abdomen of children;
Mesenteric disease; Diarrhoea, green stools, and, probably, Dy-
sentery. 3.
SYMPTOMS.
Mouth.-Sordes about the teeth and lips; Tongue dry—
chapped; Coated white, yellow, or brown; Ulcers on the tongue,
with ashy-grey centre; Tongue indented by pressure of the teeth;
Gums bleed, look spongy, ulcerated; Sub-maxillary glands en-
larged; Inflamed; also the tonsils and parotid ; Abundant flow of
saliva; Cough, with yellow Expectoration, or transparent flake in
frothy mucus; Pains in the teeth, temples, and head.
Throat.—Inflammation of the whole isthmus of the fauces,
which is of a dark-red or purple hue; Patches, like in Diphtheria,
covered with a tough, whitish, or yellow exudation on the Pala-
tine arch; may be deep-red and dry; the inflammation may
extend into the larynx, trachea, and bronchial tubes; Ulcerate the
chordae vocales, change the voice, or cause complete aphonia.
It may prove serviceable in some cases of inflammation and ulce-
ration of the Conjunctiva; Chronic inflammation of the lachrymal
sac and duct; Affections of the nose; Excoriated nostrils; Tenderness
of the cartilages and bones of the nose, especially if Aurum fails. .
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MEZEREUM. [MEZ.
MEZEREUM.
HAHNEMANN. DAPHNE MEZEREON,
CHIEFLY useful after Mercury; Nightly pains in the Bones—the
effects of Syphilis; Affections of the Periosteum; Nodes; Soften-
ing and ulceration of bones; Exanthemata; Scaly, or Herpes.
forming thick crusts; Prosopalgia, increased by warmth—worse at
Evening and Night; Violent, raging Toothache, especially at
night; Obstinate Leucorrhoea (Jahr); Haemoptysis; Angina Fau-
cium ; Subsultus Tendinum, and Itching Eruptions; Gastro-
Enteritis (Hempel); Sensitive to cold, damp air,
SYMPTOMS.
Scalp.–Pains in the bones of the cranium, aggravated by
contact; Sensation as if the upper part of the head were benumbed;
Tenderness of the Scalp; Itching; Biting, as from vermin; White.
scales; Humid, itching Eruption. *
Face.—Frequent, troublesome jactitation in the facial muscles,
especially of the right cheek; Cramp-like pain and tearing in the
region of right malar bone; Boils on the face. -
, Lips.-Swollen; Burning; Ulceration; White Vesicles on the
border of the lip. .
Teeth.-Seated pain in hollow teeth; Drawing, burning, sting-
ing; Boring stitches; Feeling of dulness; Foetid mucus on the teeth.
Mouth and Tongue.—Burning sensation; Vesicles on the
tongue; Tongue white—feels thick and flabby.
Throat.—Soreness of the throat and fauces; Inflammation of
the Pharynx; Aching pains in the bones of the palate.
Stomach,-Eructations frequent, empty, tasteless; Nausea,
with pain in the stomach; Inelined to vomit, with waterbrash;
Heaving in the stomach, with rising of water in the mouth ;
Excessive vomiting of green, bitter mucus, with confusion and
hammering in the head, and burning in the stomach ; Vomiting of
blood; Pains in the stomach, with throbbing of the vessels, and
jactitation of the muscles at the pit; Inflammation of the stomach.
Abdomen.—Pains; Aching; Stitches; Cramp-like Colic, as if
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in the intestines; Rumbling; Bubbling, with flatus; Burning-hot
feeling; Inflammation of the intestines; Pain in the inguinal
glands. -
Stools.--Small; Soft; Frequent; Copious; Papescent; Con-
tinual; Diarrhoea, with Colic; Painful tenesmus; Shivering,
before and after stool. - -
Urine.—Scanty—becomes turbid in an hour; Hot, with red
sediment, and loose flocculi; Haematuria; Discharge of mucus
from the urethra; Painless swelling of the scrotum. -
Leucorrhoea.—Resembling albumen; Chronic discharge of
IIll ICUlS. -
Cough.--Violent when lying down; Deep in the Chest; Cough,
after midnight; the breath smells like decayed cheese.
Chest.—Oppression at the Chest; Slow, difficult breathing ;
Darting pains; Painful stitches; Burning in the region of the
Sternum; Pains in the pectoral muscles. -
Neck-Painful stiffness in nape of neck, in all the cervical
muscles; Pulsation in the small of the back. - -
Upper Limbs.-Throbbing, digging, tearing in the shoulder-
joint; the head of the humerus feels enlarged; Aching pain;
Cracking in the shoulder-joint; Weariness and Bruised feeling
in the arms; Pains in the long bones; Rheumatic, Paralytic
pains; Tearing pains in the hands, bones of the fingers, and
thumb. -
Lower Limbs.-Darting pains from hip to knee; Pains in the
bones of the thighs and legs; Painful dartings in the left knee;
Rheumatic tension and drawing about the knee; Jactitation of the
femoral muscles; Violent pain in the tibia at midnight; Fre-
quently-recurring pains in the bones of the leg, tibia, and fibula;
Hard swelling of the calf when walking, with burning pain;
Tearing pain in the Heels and Tendo Achillis. *
Feet.—Hot, burning pains in right foot; Pain in the toes,
with swelling, and twitchings. -
Skin.—Obstinate itching over the body, as from insects; Red,
itching rash on the neck and arms, single or in clusters—very
troublesome and obstinate; Red pimples or pustules on the arms
and lower limbs. The pains are frequently only felt on one side of
the body, and accompanied generally by chilliness or shivering;
Excessive weariness; Weakness and exhaustion; and, after the
pains have subsided, much soreness remains.
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MILLEFOLIUM-MOSCHUS. [MOSCH.
MILLE FOLIUM.
MILFOIL.
Is recommended for congestion of the Head, Face, Heart, and
Lungs. Haemorrhage from various organs; Excessive Bleeding
from Haemorrhoids; Epistaxis; Haemoptysis; Haematuria; Pur-
pura. tº
SYMPTOMS.
Painful confusion, with rush of blood to the Head; Burning in
the Stomach and Abdomen; Feeling of fulness, and Spasms in the
Stomach. -
(The whole of the above must be purely empirical; for not a single
symptom in the proving seems to produce Haemorrhage in any one
organ). -
MOS CHUS, -
HAHNEMANN. - MUsk.
MosCHUs is chiefly useful for affections of the nervous system;
Periodical attacks of weakness, almost inducing Syncope; Death-
like weakness, with intermittent pulse; Loss of strength; Hysteric
fainting fits; Convulsions; Coldness of the body; Sleeplessness
from Nervousness; Vertigo; Dizziness; Confusion in the Head;
Nervous Headache; Muscae Volitantes; Spasmodic movements of
the Upper and Lower Limbs.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Great anxiety, with palpitation—intense anguish as if
he would die; she turns pale and falls down as in a swoon.
Secondly—Vexed, scolding mood. º
Senses.—Sudden failing of the senses, or absorbed in thought;
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Talks loudly to himself; Throws his hands about; Vertigo, with
stupefaction; Dizziness, as if he must fall—everything seems in
motion; Sensation as if falling from a height.
Head.—Pain deep in the brain; Pressure as from a heavy load
on the top of the head; Stupefying headache—the brain feels
compressed; Pressure, with sensation of movement in the brain;
Sensation of coldness; Pressure between the eyebrows and root of
the nose; Spasmodic drawing through the head; Pain as if one-
half of the skull were cut through; Beating, jerking in occiput;
Rush of blood, with feeling of Heaviness.
Scalp.–Painful; Sore when touched; Heat and sweat.
Sight.—Sudden dimness, as if she would lose her sight; Black
spots before the eyes. -
Nose.—Bleeding almost momentarily; Frequentviolent sneezing.
Taste, Appetite.—Putrid or Bitter; Flat taste; aversion to
food—the sight of it makes him sick; Desire for Beer or Brandy.
Eructations, with nausea; Gagging; Inclination to vomit;
Vomiting every forenoon at eleven; Vomiting of ingesta or of
IIll ICUIS, . . . ."
Hepatic Region.—Swelling, tightness, and jerking; Sticking
pain, aggravated by inspiration; Stitches, like cramp. -
Male Genital.-Violent excitement, even in old persons (one
old man). . . . . -
Female.—Pressing, as if the menses would appear; Violent
pains on the appearance of menses. After a cessation of one year
in a female forty-eight, they appeared for a few hours. -
Chest.—Stitches in the chest, affecting the breath; Suffocative
constriction; Tightness, with Dyspnoea; Spasms of the lungs;
Pressure, with arrest of breath; Stitches, with red, puffed face,
thirst, tongue dry and bright-red; Pupils dilated; Pains in the
chest, that threaten suffocation, and prevent lying down. -
Back,--Drawing pains in the spine, extending to the thighs.
* . " Sleep.–Drowsy by day; Yawning; he can scarcely keep his
eyes open; Coma; Sleeplessness from nervous irritation; Sleepless
the whole night; Restless—awakes every half-hour.
OTHER SYMPTOMs. -
Feeling of pain in the body, with shuddering; Bruise-like pains;
General weariness; Exhaustion; Fainting, with coldness; Fainting
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MURLATIC ACID. [MUR. AC.
turns with Headache; Tetanic Spasms; Spasmodic throwing of
the hands and feet, followed by severe pains; Rush of blood to the
head, with open eyes and spasm of the mouth, followed by deadly
paleness and profuse sweat. . .
Hempel names Musk for Laryngismus Stridulus, and the sink-
ing state in Pheumonia.
MURIATIC ACID,
HAHNEMANN. HYDROCHLORIC ACID,
Is recommended when, with other symptoms belonging to the
remedy, there is great Prostration; Exhaustion; Rapid Sinking of
the Vital Powers; Eruptions; Ulcers that burn and throb, secret-
ing a Foetid Ichor; Ulceration and Scurfs in the Nose; Pimples;
Acne on the Forehead; Boils, with stinging pain; Ulcers on the
Gums, inflamed and swollen; Chronic Diarrhoea; Affections of the
Liver; Typhus Fever; Abdominal Spasms; Blind and Flowing
Haemorrhoids; Diabetes; Weakness of the Bladder; Impotence;
Deafness; Diphtheria (three or four drops of the 2nd or 3rd
dilution, placed with a little Honey on the tongue, has proved suc-
cessful). A similar plan is adopted by many Allopathic practi-
tioners, with the ordinary diluted Acid and Honey, painted on the
throat. Dr Jenner recommends one single application of Hydro-
chloric Acid, diluted—equal parts water and Acid—well brushed
over the throat.
SYMPTOMS. -
Head.—Vertigo in the open air, with unsteady gait; Headache
when walking in the air; Burning feeling in the head; Headache
as if the brain would be torn; Darting from without inwards;
Burning in the forehead; Feeling as if the brain were loose;
Whizzing in the head; Heaviness in occiput; Vertigo, with dim-
mess of sight. - -
Eyes.—Slight inflammation; Itching; Stitches; Burning.
Sight—Half-sight—the object appears cut in half, perpen-
dicularly; Hemiopia. - -
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Ears.-Otalgia; Tearing; Drawing; Throbbing; Ulcerative
pain; Heat; Insensibility of the meatus auditorius; Hardness of
hearing. Second Effect—Hearing better, finer; Sensitive t
noise. * - -
Nose.—Feeling of dryness and obstruction; Dry Coryza.
Face.—Pimples on the face; Vesicles on the lips.
Teeth and Gums.-Tearing pains in the molars—upper jaw;
excited by cold drink—relieved by warmth; Swelling and inflam-
mation of the gums; Scorbutic condition of the gums.
Mouth and Tongue.—Dryness of the mouth. Secondly—
Copious saliva; Mucus about the fauces; Tongue heavy; he can
scarcely raise it ; Ulcers; Burning blisters; Tongue white.
. Throat.—Smarting; Rawness; Rough; Burning; Sensation as
of a hard body, with much mucus; Sore throat, with sense of
excoriation.
Taste, as of rancid grease; Acrid; Putrid, like rotten eggs;
Beer tastes sweet as honey, and causes nausea; Food tastes sweet.
Appetite.—Aversion to food, especially meat; Eructations
frequent—putrid or bitter; Acid risings; Hiccough. -
Stomach.-Pressure; Empty feeling; Burning and throbbing
at a small spot left of the pit; Contractive pain.
Hypochondria-Burning tension in right Hypochondria;
Burning and bruised pain; Violent stitch in left Hypochondrium ;
Stitches under the left ribs; Cramp-like pains—relieved by
flatulence.
Abdomen.—Colic; Pinching; Violent cutting, with pinching;
Empty feeling; Abdominal Spasms; Distention the whole day;
Feeling of fulness after a small meal; Fermentation; Rumbling
and Grumbling; Pains in the muscles.
Stool.—Small pieces, passed with straining; Hard; Difficult;
the rectum seemed inactive; Alternate hard and soft stool;
Diarrhoea, with burning and excoriation. - -
Rectum.–Swelling of the Varices, which are blue and sore;
Blood with the faeces every morning; Profuse flow of blood.
Anus-Itching as from Ascarides; Burning; Tingling;
Stinging.
Urine.—Frequent desire; Passes but a small quantity, with
Tenesmus of the Bladder. Secondly—Profuse emission of watery
or pale-yellow urine; Urine far in excess of the quantity of fluid
drank, as in Diabetes; Turbid; Milky. - T 4
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Genital (Male).-Tends to excite the sexual powers.
Larynx.-Hoarseness; Roughness; Loose Cough ; Pains in
chest and at the sternum, with oppression; Pain in the inter-
costals. -
Chest.—Aching, bruised, or sticking pain during inspiration.
Heart.—Stitches in the region of the heart; the beats are so
violent at night, that the effects are felt in the face (head 2)
Upper Limbs.-Drawing pains in the arm; Tension in elbow;
Eruptions and Blotches on the Arms and Hands.
Lower Limbs.-Pains in the muscles of the gluteal and
femoral region; Weakness of the thighs; Coldness of the feet;
Swelling and redness of the toes.
NAJA TRIPUDIANS.
DR. RUSSELL. POISON OF THE COBRA DI CAPELLO.
DR. RUSSELL, to whom we are indebted for the introduction of this
poison into our practice in England, considers the Naja to be
analogous with Lachesis, and believes that it might be substituted
for it. He has given Naja in several cases of palpitation of long
standing, with the most decided advantage. A lady, aged about
fifty, suffered with almost unintermitting palpitation, but without
organic disease. The 1-100th part of a grain gave almost imme-
diate relief: it did not recur again for about six weeks, when the
Naja was administered with the same benefit. A minister who
frequently suffered from palpitation after preaching, obtained rapid
and enduring relief from this remedy. He feels satisfied that it
has a special action on the heart; and advises the first, second, or
third trituration in cases of simple hypertrophy. It may be pre-
scribed for the following conditions:–Headache, with coldness of
the feet; Flushes in the face; Weight and pressure at vertex;
Acute pains in the head, of a Neuralgic character; Inflammation
of the throat and fauces; Nervous and Spasmodic affections of the
larynx; Cynanche tonsillaris, with livid colour, and languid circu-
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lation; Diseases of the heart; Hypertrophy; Old valvular disease;
Inflammation of the spinal cord.” -
SYMPTOMS.
Irritation, and feeling of warmth in larynx and upper part of
trachea, with short hoarse cough ; Voice hoarse; Eructations
tasting like barley-water; Rheumatic pains in the thighs, arms,
and shoulder-joints; Dulness in the head, with pains in the ab-
domen; Pains in the eyes and eyeball; Flatulence; Colic pains in
the abdomen; Stabbing pain in chest ; Aching, sticking in left
side of chest ; Pain in chest, as if a broken rib were tearing the
lung; Left side of throat red, and painful when swallowing;
Fluttering at the heart, with rising in the throat; Pain at the
heart, extending through to the scapula: ; Dull, heavy sensation in
forehead; Tightness, as if the skull were too small; Voice hoarse,
rough ; Feeling in throat as if something must be swallowed;
Pains in the face; Swelling of the gums; they feel hot and pain-
ful; Sensation as if he had taken cold; Feels very sensitive to a
draught; Sexual desire, increased; Mouth dry and parched;
Aching pain in the temples; Heavy feeling in the eyes; Tightness;
Constriction of the larynx; Difficulty in swallowing; Frontal
headache; Griping pain in the bowels—relieved by a copious,
bilious stool; Urine loaded with lithates and mucus; Cough, with
tightness and fulness in the larynx; Severe headache, with de-
pression of spirits—it affected the right temporal region and the
right eye; Feeling as though he ought to do something he had
neglected; Increased perception of what he ought to do, yet he
could not possibly do it; Tongue furred, rough ; Rawness of the
palate; Griping pains; Bilious diarrhoea, the evacuations being
very sudden; Tightness in the larynx, with desire to cough ;
Headache, with rawness in the throat; Headache; Dulness of
spirits; Tormina in the bowels, with desire to stool; Stringent
sensation in the larynx; Nervous sensation about the heart; the
larynx and trachea are clogged with thick mucus; Pain between
the shoulders—felt like Rheumatism of the muscles of the scapula;
Pains between the scapula; Heavy, dragging sensation in the
spine; Urine loaded with mucus, and deposits a red sediment;
Sadness; Feeling of irresolution; Wretched feelings; Asth-
- * See British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. xii.
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matic constriction in the chest, followed by mucous expectoration;
Sudden prostration of strength in the limbs; Feeling of depression
about the heart—broods over imaginary troubles; a small swell-
ing like a boil appears on the back of right little finger; Pressure
and gagging in the throat; Right nostril sore and ulcerated;
Pimple on the left alae nasi; Headache in the morning.
Naja does good in passive congestion of the palpebral con-
junctiva, with bluish lids and agglutination; also in dyspepsia;
with foul, white, or yellowish-white tongue; Rawness of the throat;
Soreness of stomach, or pressive pain in that region. Relieves
dyspnoea, and prostration in organic diseases of the Heart; also
that anxiety with dragging at praecordia, occurring in cases of
great grief; and Smarting pains in the back. -
NATRUM CARBONICUM.
HAHNEMANN. CARBONATE OF SODA.
NOACK and Trinks recommend Nat. Carb. for Rheumatic and
Arthritic affections, with contraction of the tendons; Pains in
the Muscles and Joints; Weakness from loss of humours; Scrofu-
lous Ophthalmia; Ulcers around the Cornea ; Myopia; Amaurosis;
Muscae Volitantes; and some other affections of the Eyes; Chronic
Gastritis; Diseases of the Liver and Spleen; Uterine contractions;
Menorrhagia; Phthisis—first stage; Weakness of Digestion; Palpi-
tation of the Heart; Liability to take cold; Weakness of the
lower limbs, with paralytic feeling.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Sad; Desponding; Shyness; Dread of men; Anxiety;
Restless; Weary of life; Nervous exhaustion; Starts at the least
noise; Ill-humoured; Peevish; Dissatisfied; Unable to compre-
hend anything he hears or reads; Absence of mind—cannot collect
his thoughts.
Head,—Dull—feels as if he had slept too long; Giddiness;
Headache when turning the head too rapidly; Stitches; Throb-
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bing in various parts of the head; Violent congestion when stoop-
ing; Headache from heat of the sun; Throbbing headache during
the menses. - * -
Scalp.–Tumour at occiput, the size of a hazel-nut; Falling-off
of the hair. -
Eyes.—Painful even in the orbits; Eyeball tender; Burning;
Inflammation of the eyes and lids; Small ulcers around the
cornea, with lancinations; Eyes dim; Wanishing of sight when
reading; Long sight; Black points before the eyes; Sensation as
of feathers; Lachrymation; Agglutination; Fistula Lachrymalis;
Winking of the lids; Closing of the eyes as from drowsiness.
Ears.-Hardness of hearing; Sensitive to noise; Humming;
Roaring; Whizzing; Sense of obstruction.
Nose.—Red; Vesicles; Pimples; Pustules; Blotches; Ulcerated
nostrils; Epistaxis; Blood is blown from the nose—foetid clots;
Obstruction; she has to breathe through the mouth; Constant
Coryza, with Cough, induced by the least current of air; Frequent
Sneezing; Fluent Coryza, with chilliness.
Face.—Burning heat; Redness, alternating with paleness;
Bloated face; Swelling of the cheeks, with glowing redness;
Yellow complexion; Yellow spots on the forehead; Pimples;
Boils; Freckles; White blisters, the size of a pea, about the lip;
Vesicles about the mouth and lips; Swelling of the lips; Cracks;
Rhagades; Vesicles on the chin; Swelling of the sub-maxillary
gland.
Teeth.-Sensitive, especially lower jaw; Toothache when eat-
ing, and at nine every evening; Digging; Grinding; Jerking;
Boring; Cold; Creeping, especially in the upper molars; Constant
toothache, as if the teeth were being lifted out of the sockets—
relieved by warmth; Looseness of the teeth; Swelling and bleed-
ing of the gums.
Mouth, Flat, ulcerated surfaces; Blisters; Pimples on the
tongue.
Throat.—Sensation as of something rising in the throat;
Rough; Dry; Scraping; Redness and inflammation; a clot of
mucus adheres; he cannot get it away. .
Taste.—Bitter; Metallic, or of blood; Taste of pus in the
throat; Bitter taste low in the throat; Food tastes bitter; Sour
taste, with coated tongue.
Thirst-Intense thirst the whole day; Cold drink disagrees.
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Appetite.—No relish for food; Aversion to Milk and Meat—
prefers Bread; Great weakness of digestion; the stomach feels
weak, and is easily deranged. Secondly—Good appetite.
Eructations.—Frequent; Empty; Sour, or bitter; Gulping
of sweetish water; Unpleasant risings after eating fat; Violent:
hiccough after a meal; Painful hiccough, with bitter eructations;
Waterbrash; Constant qualmishness; Nausea, with loathing;
Vomiting of a foetid acid fluid, with white tongue, headache, and
IlallS63,
Stomach.-The region of the stomach is tender to touch;
Pressure as from a stone; Painful contraction; Griping; Gnaw-
ing as from a worm ; Cutting, with pressure; Stitches; Burning;
Tension; Soreness; Tremulousness; Feels swollen, distended.
Hypochondria-Darting in right; Screwing sensation, with
arrest of breathing; Violent stitches; Pain in left when pressing
with the hand; Stitches that extend to the stomach.
Abdomen.—Colic—relieved by vomiting; Tensive Colic at
night; Pinching in the abdomen; Cutting and pinching in every
position; Pain in the intestines as if bruised; Distention after a
meal; Incarceration of flatus; Painful shifting of flatus; Pinch-
ing in the groin; Throbbing, twitching in the groin ; Swelling
of the inguinal glands. -
Stool.—First days—Straining; Unsuccessful; Desire frequent,
with constant feeling of fulness; Small evacuations, like sheep's
dung; Stool, with tenesmus; Soft stools; Four liquid stools in
half-an-hour; Diarrhoea of mucus, tinged with blood; Expulsion
of taenia. -
Urine.—Frequent desire; Copious; the child wets the bed at
night; Nightly micturition every half-hour; Acid or Foetid
Urine.
Urethra-Burning and stitches; Dartings; Pain in the
Bladder, especially when forcing out the last drops of urine.
Genital (Female).-Menses too early, more profuse, and
last longer than usual; Menorrhagia; Leucorrhoea profuse—also
putrid; Yellow Leucorrhoea; Discharge of mucus, passing down
as if the menses would appear; Soreness of the pudendum; Pains
in the small of the back. (Natrum C. is thought to favour con-
ception; Malposition of the os uteri.)
Larynx,−Dry, rough ; Hoarseness; Cough and Coryza day
and night; Cough, with expectoration; Rattling in the chest;
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Morning Cough, with salt, foetid, or purulent discharge; Green
mucus, or Expectoration of Blood.
Respiration,-Difficult; Oppressed, early in the morning.
Asthma.-Breathing relieved by sitting erect, with purulent
Sputa. . -
Chest.—Tightness; Stitches; Stabbing; Darts like shocks of
electricity; Stitches and burning in the exterior of the chest;
Constant chilliness at the left side; Frequent dartings that arrest
the breath. -
Heart—Palpitation, especially when going up-stairs; in the
evening, when lying; by day, when sitting or writing; with con-
fusion in the head. When lying on the left side it awakes her at
night. -
Neck.-Stiffness in nape, as from a cold; Spasmodic, drawing
tension, with difficulty in moving the head; Pains in the muscles
and nuchae; Paralytic pain; also between the shoulders; Suppu-
rating boil; Tumour, the size of a bean, on nape; Glandular swell-
ing; Hardness, and increase of the thyroid body. .
Back.-Pains in the scapula; Pain in small of back—the part
is tender to touch; Pustules and vesicles; Pain in the back worse
at night. - .
Upper Limbs.-Drawing pains in the shoulder; Excessively
violent pains, stitches, and bruise-like pains in the shoulder-joint;
Tearing pain and heaviness in right arm ; Drawing pains in the
elbow; Pains in the metacarpal Bones; Stiffness at the wrist-
joint; Tremor and sweat of the hands.
Hands.--Skin dry, parched, and chapped; Blisters on the
fingers; Warts.
Lower Limbs.-Tearing pains in the hip ; Violent stitches;
Jerking of the Glutei muscles; Heaviness of the lower limbs, with
rigidity when walking; Bruise-like pains; the limbs suddenly
give way; Feeling of Coldness; Painful weariness; Redness, in-
flammation, and swelling of the left leg; Cramp in the calves;
Tendency to strain the tarsal joint.
Feet.—Swelling of the feet or soles; Cold feet; Icy coldness of
the feet; Chronic ulcers on the heel; Swelling and red spot, as
from contusion, on the great toe; Excoriation and Soreness be-
tween the toes. - - -
Skin. Troublesome dryness of the skin, especially after mid-
night; the skin generally becomes dry, rough, and disposed to
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crack; Itching pimples; Vesicles; Herpes, from which a purulent
fluid oozes; Red leprous-spots; Warts.
N ATRUM MURIATICU M.
HAHNEMANN. SALT.
IS recommended for Nervous Fever; Intermittent Fevers; Chlo-
rosis; Nausea and Vomiting of pregnancy; Dyspepsia; Chronic
Constipation; Headache; Chronic, Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Evil
results of Onanism; General Weakness and Debility of females;
Emaciation; Anaemia; Palpitation of the Heart. Rummel
advises it for protracted cases of Chlorosis. Hartmann, for
Urticaria. Schmidt, for Scorbutic Dyscrasia. Thorer, for Quoti-
dian, Tertian, and Quartan Fevers. Gross, for Nervous Fevers,
with great Weakness, Headache, and Nausea; also for Toothache.
Weigel, for Ulcers on the Tongue. Teste is of opinion that it is
closely allied to Lycopodium.
SYMPTOMS.
*Fever.—Chilly the whole day; Constant chilliness, with loss of
animal heat; Coldness, especially of the hands and feet; Shud-
dering, with goose-flesh; Excessive weakness; Headache; Pains
in the back; Chilliness, with heat, morning until noon; Heat,
without sweat, until evening; no thirst, but violent headache;
Fever, with chills (Ague), yellow complexion, headache, debility,
bitter taste—followed by Heat and thirst; Fever, of a typhoid
character, with dry tongue, thirst, and great debility; Fever, with
heat, alternating with thrills of coldness, flashes of heat for
moments; Slight sweats; Profuse sweat when walking by day;
Night-sweats; Profuse morning sweat—acid.
Head.-Headache when turning, early in the morning, in bed;
Heaviness in the head; Stupefying headache after a walk in the
morning—lasting until noon; Oppressive headache; Stitches;
* See Rückert's cases of fever cured by Nat. Mur.
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Stabbing, as with knives, in the occiput; Stitches, chiefly in the
parietal bones; Throbbing ; Hammering Headache.
Scalp.–Scurf on the head; Falling-off of the Hair.
Eyes.-Sensation as from sand; Pain as of excoriation; Smart-
ing; Burning; Inflammation; Redness of conjunctiva; the eyeball
feels distended; Lachrymation; Acrid tears; Agglutimation in the
morning; Twitching of the eyes; Spasmodic closing of the lids;
Sight—Dim, obscured, as through dim glass, or as if through a
veil; Letters and stitches appear confused; White objects appear
as through a feather; Sudden obscuration of sight—only one-half
of the object is seen; Sensation as of rain before the eyes; Black
points; Streaks of light; Fiery points—zigzag ; she becomes longer
sighted than before. •
Mouth and Tongue.-Ulcerated places in the mouth; Vesicles
on the tongue; Swelling; Stinging; Soreness; Constant sensation
as if a hair were upon it; Difficulty of talking; Thirst.
Taste.—Watery, flat; Putrid or Bitter; Sour taste.
Appetite.-No appetite; Dislike to Brown bread, coffee, and
fat meat; Desire for Bitters; Water tastes putrid, and Beer flat;
Constant thirst. Secondly—Appetite improves, and increases even
to Hunger. -
Gastric Symptoms.-Before eating—Drowsiness. During a
meal—Sweat. After a meal—Nausea; Heartburn; Acidity; Eruc-
tations, and sometimes pains in the Chest; Hiccough ; Fulness of
the stomach and abdomen; Nausea immediately after a meal;
Tetching, with exhaustion; Waterbrash, with writhing in the
stomach ; Vomiting, especially during pregnancy, after breakfast;
Milk and fat of meat cause disagreeable eructations. -
Stomach.-Weight, pressure, tightness, especially at pit, with
loss of strength; Oppression; Cramp in the stomach; Contractive
cramp; Colic; Griping; Jerking; Throbbing; Stitches: Burning;
Red spots about the pit. -
Hepatic Region.—Violent aching; Pinching; Drawing pains;
Stitches, when sitting, every afternoon; Tension; Pressure in left;
Stitches in left region during inspiration.
Abdomen.—Frequent distention; Cutting pain every morning;
sometimes every day; and worse at afternoon; much flatus—very
offensive; Gurgling and Fermentation. - -
Stool.-Constipation; Hard, dry, irregular, every two or three
days only. Secondly—Watery Diarrhoea, with Colic.
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Rectum.—Varices painful; Stinging and burning at anus.
Urine.—Frequent at night; Inability to retain it; Involuntary
emission when walking, coughing, or sneezing.
Menses.—Delayed four days; Scanty; Delay at their first appear-
ance in girls. Second—Increase of flow, and appear seven days too
soon. During the menses—Sadness; Anxiety; Toothache; Heat
in face; Spasmodic pain in hypochondrium; Constipation, and
sometimes fever.
Leucorrhoea.—Profuse, transparent, white, thick mucus, or
greenish when walking, with acrid pain, and yellow colour of the
face. -
Cough.-Morning Cough, or suffocative Cough at night, in bed;
Cough, with purulent sputa and bad taste, in the morning; Cough,
with violent headache, and pains in the chest.
Chest.—Oppression; Anguish; Constriction; Dyspnoea during
labour; Asthmatic Wheezing at night, in bed; Pain at mid-ster-
num—increased by inspiration; Tensive pains in the muscles of
the Chest (right)—prevents motion; Pleuritic stitches; Soreness;
Faint feeling.
Heart.—Pains about the heart, especially at night; Stitches;
Darting pain; Palpitation frequent—often from the slightest
motion ; Palpitation when standing; at night, increased by lying
on the left side—diminished by turning on the right side; Flutter-
ing motion of the Heart; Intermitting beats; Sensation of coldness
when thinking deeply. -
Back.-Paralytic pains in the small of the back; Violent pul-
sations; Throbbing in bed at night; Pain in the back, as if broken;
Stiffness in the nape of neck; Boils on the neck, and in various
parts of the body. - g
Limbs.-Heaviness; Weariness; Languor; Pains as if sprained;
Weakness about the knees; Paralytic feeling in the lower limbs;
Cramps in the calves; Rash on the legs, in groups; Burning of the
feet when walking; Heaviness of the feet. (It restores suppressed
perspiration; relieves painful corns.)
Sleep.–Frequent yawning, and great inclination to sleep during
the day; Sleepless at night; she felt a great desire to sleep, but
could not ; Short naps only, with frequent calls to micturate;
Talking, starting in sleep; Sometimes awakes in affright—has pal-
pitation, feels nervous about thieves, and fears they are in the
room; Nightmare.
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NITRIC ACID,
HAHNEMANN.
HAS proved of immense value in Syphilitic Diseases, especially the
secondary forms; and after a full course of Mercury, when that
agent has complicated the affection without effecting a cure. It is
said to be best adapted for persons of dark complexion; Dry,
bilious temperament; Irritable, and disposed to mucous discharges.
According to Hahnemann, not so suitable for those of a constipated
habit. -
It has been used with success in most of the following troubles:—
Syphilitic Ulcers; Bone-pains; Tetters; Rhagades; Angina; Various
Ophthalmia; Syphilitic Ulcers of the Cornea; Ulcers on the ton-
sils, Mercurial or Syphilitic; Affections of the Liver; Jaundice;
Chronic Diarrhoea; Bleeding Haemorrhoids; Diabetes? Metror-
rhagia after miscarriage; Ulcers of the Os Uteri; Swelling and
Suppuration of Cervical, Axillary, and Inguinal Glands.
SYMPTOMS.
Scalp.–Pains in the bones of the head; Itching of the scalp;
Scurfy or humid itching eruptions; Ulcerated spots; Falling-off of
the hair.
Eyes.—Ophthalmia Neanotorum; Syphilitic Ophthalmia;
Swelling of the eyelids; Suppuration from the eyes; Painful pres-
sure and smarting; Violent stitches; Inflamed conjunctiva; Acrid
humour; Constant lachrymation; Agglutination ; in the morning
the eyes are opened with difficulty; the upper lid appears para-
lysed.
Sight.—Dim ; Dark; Misty; he suddenly became blind, and
felt faint for about two minutes; Short sight; Muscae Wolitantes;
a green spot is seen to follow every letter when reading ; Gauze,
Cobwebs, or Sparks before the Eyes; Specks on the Cornea.
Ears.-Pain in the ears, as if something would burst; Dragging
pains; Dartings in the internal ear; Stitches in the right ear;
Swelling of the glands behind the ear, extending to the parotid
gland; Feeling of obstruction in the ear; Difficulty of hearing,
from enlarged tonsils; Humming; Roaring; Throbbing; Cracking.
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Nose.—Soreness and bleeding; Scurf; Ulceration of the nostrils;
Wart-like excrescences in the nose; Discharge of blood when
blowing it; Violent bleeding—blackish blood; Yellow, foetid dis-
charge, or thick, corrosive mucus; Fluent Coryza, with sore nostrils,
or obstruction of the nose; Foetid, disagreeable smell; Sneezing
every day; Redness and scurfy blisters at tip.
Face,—Pale; Yellow; Sickly yellowness; Heat in the afternoon;
Feeling of heat, without increase of temperature; Pains in the bones
of the face; Tearing in the malar bones; Swelling of the cheek ;
Scurf; Scaly skin of the face; Black pores; Pimples on the fore-
head; Itching; Burning, with pus in the tips; Pimples on the
face, lips, and chin, with red borders that scurf off; Herpes in the
whiskers; Itching eruption in the beard; Boils on the chin.
Lips.-Pimples, ulcers, and chaps on the lips; Swelling of the
lips; Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Teeth.--Toothache in the upper jaw, with swelling of the
cheeks; Throbbing toothache when in bed—seems to affect all the
teeth, and prevents sleep; Looseness of the teeth when chewing;
the teeth feel soft and spongy, and become yellow.
Gums.-Swell; Bleed; Whiteness of the Gums; Soreness of
the Gums, with stinging pain. r
Mouth.-Ulcers in the mouth and fauces; Ulcerated spot
inside the cheek, with pain as from a splinter; Spreading ulcer on
the uvula; Copious flow of saliva; Cadaverous or putrid smell
from the mouth.
Tongue.—Vesicles on the edges of the tongue; Painful pimples
on the tip; Sensitive state of the tongue; Mild food causes a
sharp, smarting sensation; Tongue white; Dry coating (morning).
Throat-Sensation of a lump, with pressure, as if the food
would not go down; Burning sensation; Ulcers; Heat and dry-
ness—sometimes much mucus about the fauces; Inflammation and
excoriation; the throat feels raw and ulcerated (especially after
Mercury).
Taste.—Acid ; Bitter; Sweetish ; Continual thirst. *
Appetite.—Want of appetite in the morning—soon satisfied;
Aversion to boiled meat; Brown bread turns sour, and causes
vomiting; Milk is not digested; More appetite for Herrings;
Sweat during a meal; after breakfast and dinner, sweats all over;
Feels sick; Limbs tremble; Excessive languor; Anxiety; Morbid
hunger; Inclination to eat earth, chalk, lime, &c.
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Eructations.—Sour, or bilious, before and after a meal;
Regurgitation of half-digested food; Heartburn; Waterbrash.
Nausea, with anxiety and trembling; Constant nausea, and
inclination to vomit. - - -
Stomach-Pressure before a meal; Pressure at pit, with burn-
ing ; Cramp in the stomach, as from cold; Contractive pinching,
now-and-again; Gripings; Stitch below the pit; Gnawing before
breakfast; Pulsations; Heat, burning; Rush of blood to the pit ;
Sensation of movement at left side of pit. -
Hypochondria.-Pressure and tension; Stitches in Hepatic
region; Tension in left; Pressure at left side of abdomen; Sensa-
tion as if the spleen were swollen; Stitches in the spleen; Jaundice,
with yellow skin, and constipation.
Abdomen.—Pressure at the middle of the abdomen, as from a
large lump; Pain at a small spot, as if a substance would force
out; Contraction about the umbilicus; Cramps; Drawing pains;
Frequent pinching; Cutting pain when in bed (morning); Colic,
with diarrhoea and cold feet; Distention of the abdomen; Excess
of flatus; Incarceration of flatus; Rumbling and uneasiness, with
Diarrhoea. - g
Inguinal Region.—Distended, swollen; Pain as if hernia
would protrude; Swelling of the inguinal glands; Painful when
walking ; Stinging, itching in Bubo ; Suppuration; Inguinal
hernia in children. - t
Stool.—Constipation several days; Hard, scanty stool; Long-
continued pressure to eject faeces that are tolerably soft ; Frequent
stool; Papescent; Soft stool twice a day; Dysenteric stool, with
tenesmus; Fever and headache; Discharge of blood. .
Rectum.—Inactivity of the rectum; Itching at the anus;
Humour; Soreness; Smarting; Protrusion and bleeding of the
varices; Swelling; Burning.
Urine.—Dark-brown, leaving stains on the linen, like coffee-
spots; Intolerably strong odour; Ammoniacal; Foetid; Red
deposit. - -
Urethra.--Smarting, pricking—feels sore; Ulcer in the ure-
thra; Discharge of mucus, yellowish pus, or of Blood.
Genital (Male).-Redspots on the glans; Fleshy excrescences,
that bleed, and emit a foetid odour; Sycosis; Syphilitic ulcers on
the glans and prepuce; Swelling and phymosis; Flat, yellow
ulcerations inside the prepuce—not painful; Testes swollen,
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painful (right); Drawing, contusive pain (left); Pain in the
spermatic cord. Prostate—Emission of fluid, always after a diffi-
cult stool; Nocturnal emissions. x - - .
Female.—Inflammation; Irritation about the labia, pudendum
and vagina; Soreness; Swelling; Burning; Ulcers; Yellow secre-
tion, pus-like ; Menses suppressed, with pains in the back and
Hypogastrium; Palpitation of the heart.
Leucorrhoea of flesh-coloured mucus; or greenish; or cherry-
colour; sometimes foetid. .
Larynx.-Hoarse, husky voice; Cough at night; Dry, or
yellow, bitter expectoration—purulent, or of Blood, dark, coagu-
lated; Ulcerative Phthisis (syphilitic taint P) * -
Respiration.—Panting, shortness of breath; Anxious breath-
ing in the morning, or when walking in the open air; Want of
breath, with palpitation of the heart, going up-stairs. -
Chest.—Aching pains; Cramp-like drawings in the chest;
Contractive pains in the muscles of the chest ; Stitches in right
side, and through to scapula; Violent stitches, impeding respira-
tion; Heat; Congestion of blood to the lungs. * -
Heart.—Palpitation after exercise, from slight motion,
OTHER SYMPTOMS,
Pains between the scapulae; Stiffness at nape of neck; Swelling
of cervical glands; Swelling and inflammation of the axillary;
Strong, unpleasant odour from axilla; Frequent waking in the
night, about two o'clock, and unable to sleep; Sleep, with sweat;
Night-sweat for twenty nights, or only every other night—pro-
fuse, acid—sometimes of a foetid odour; Pains in almost every part
of the body—coming and going; Drawing or tearing ; Cracking
in the joints; Emaciation; Weakness; Tendency to take cold.
NUX MOSCHATA,
HELBIG. NUTMeg.
HAs chiefly been used for Hysteria; Nervous Headache; Neural-
gia of the head? Dyspepsia; Distention of the Abdomen after a
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meal; Conditions during pregnancy; Toothache; Nausea and
vomiting; Diarrhoea—also of children; Oppressed breathing, and
Palpitation of the Heart; Affections of the Liver and Spleen.
SYMPTOMs.
Senses.—Weakness of memory; Absence of mind; Drowsi-
ness; Sudden loss of ideas when writing ; Stupid, imbecile look;
Dulness; Vertigo ; Sopor; Intoxication; Narcotism. -
Head.—Headache, coming on after breakfast; Heaviness;
Pains in the forehead, pressing forward; Painful compression ;
Spasmodic contrastion; Stitches; Beating sensation, as if the
brain were striking against the skull, when shaking the head;
Heat, with pain, especially at the temples; Pressure on the right
side of the head, apparently in the bone, towards the occipital
region. (Useful in non-inflammatory affections of the brain.)
Eyes.—Feeling of fulness in the eyes; Bloated sensation under
the right eye; Feeling of dryness, with disposition to close the
eyes; Stiffness about the lids—the eyes are opened and shut
with difficulty; Weakness of sight; Inability to distinguish dis-
tances. -
Teeth.-Painfulness of the front teeth on inhaling cold or
damp air; Pressure, from within outwards, in the molar teeth
(morning); Pressure as if the teeth were grasped by an instru-
ment for extraction—this was especially felt in a loose tooth;
Pains in the teeth, arising from cold, damp, evening air, with pain
in nape of neck; Toothache during pregnancy; the pains are
increased by cold air—relieved by the application of warmth.
Mouth.-Intensely dry, especially at night; this feeling of
dryness extends to the tongue, throat, and palate, with sticky
slime; Saltish taste; the saliva feels thick in the mouth, like
cotton; the tongue hard and leathery—almost paralysed; Tongue
coated with white mucus, r
Throat.—Dryness; Scarcely able to swallow; the muscles of
deglutition seem paralysed; a kind of Quinsy in children.
Taste.—Chalk-like taste; Pappy; Thirst; Appetite improves;
Malaise, which exercise removes; Weakness of Digestion; Head-
ache after a meal (especially breakfast); Eructations as of turpen-
time; Retching; Nausea; Vomiting of pregnant females; Sea-
sickness? -
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Stomach.-Pressure, with burning, rising; Warmth; Bloated
feeling; Tightness of breathing; Spasm of the stomach, with sen-
sation of great weakness; Distention of the stomach.
Hepatic Region.—Feeling of heaviness; Pressure as if stones
would cut through, accompanied by Diarrhoea; Obstruction of the
Liver; Calculi ? (Relieves swelling of the liver, with stools resem-
bling blood; Enlargement of the spleen.)
Abdomen.—Jerks below the liver and in the abdomen; Pres-
sure towards the pit of the stomach; Contractive sensation when
walking; Pinching below the stomach and around the umbilicus,
as if colic would set in; Cutting, with flatus; Distention of the
abdomen as from flatus, disturbing the sleep.
Stool.—Urging as if Diarrhoea would set in; the stool seemed
to consist of hard light faeces and partly digested food; Diarrhoea
early in the morning, after taking milk; Slimy Diarrhoea, or
stools as of stirred eggs, with loss of appetite; Diarrhoea, with
loss of appetite and drowsiness; Chronic Diarrhoea of the preg-
mant—colliquative, in typhus; of blood, in putrid fever; Lienteria
and Dysentery P
Menses.—Delayed two or three days, with languor; Headache;
Waterbrash; Pain in stomach and liver; Discharge thick and dark.
Second—Menses early four or five days, with pressing in the abdo-
men, and drawing in the limbs; Non-inflammatory uterine affec-
tions; False labour-pains; Painful distention of the uterus.
Larynx.-Sudden hoarseness from walking in the wind;
Catarrh, with roughness in the trachea; Dry Cough; Asthma;
Sputa of mucus and blood, with stitches in the chest; Respira-
tion difficult; Oppression; Tightness, with choking sensation in
the throat.
Chest.—Oppression; Tightness; Painful feeling of a weight on
the chest, impeding respiration; Pressure under the sternum,
obliging him to take a deep inspiration, and expand the chest;
Spasms; Feeling of fulness; Aching under the sternum; Pain
as if the chest had been beaten, especially in the Pectoralis
Major.
Heart.—Stitches; Tremor; Palpitation; Syncope.
Nux. Mosch. seems adapted to conditions arising from cold, wet
weather; is said to strengthen the stomach; and is especially useful
for females and children, or persons of a cool, dry skin, not dis-
posed to perspire; Great weakness in the knees.
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NUX WOM.] - NUX VOMICA,
NUX WOMICA.
Haisewass. - voMICA NUT.
HAS proved exceedingly valuable in Homoeopathic practice, giving
forcible evidence of the beauty and efficacy of medicine adminis-
tered in a pure, simple form, and not unnecessary doses. The
observant physician will discover that, under favourable condi-
tions, there is a certain affinity between the disease and the true
remedy, analogous to that manifested by the magnet and needle.
In such cases, one dose, as Hahnemann remarks, acts like a charm;
the most distressing sufferings are at once relieved; pains gradually
diminish and pass away; so that often, under an acute attack,
when the remedy is truly fitting, the patient becomes well, and, in
a few hours, feels as though nothing had happened. Every practi-
tioner of Homoeopathy can testify to the truth of this statement.
Hahnemann, as we might expect, makes much of this point. He
refers to “those who strike the bush, and to others who only beat
around it.” He knew how difficult was this task; and it is heartily
to be wished that he had given us more cases, showing how he
struck the bush. Possibly then we should value symptomatology
more, and be led nearer to that never-missing clue which alone
can place medicine among the positive sciences. We are not yet
in that happy position. The proving of drugs on the healthy
certainly appears the most rational method of testing their value,
so far as regards powers of disturbance; but, unfortunately, they do
not act on all persons alike, nor even on the same person at differ-
ent periods, nor, under varying influences, in the same manner;
consequently we should only rely on those symptoms which appear
most constantly among the provers: and, further, their value
must be confirmed by curing disease. Thus far have we advanced.
Symptomatology, though imperfect, is invaluable in leading up
for a selection of the true remedy; and we hope that careful
observation, with recorded experience, will tend to advance the
science of medicine, and lead us to anticipate the period when all
curable diseases will yield to the mildest treatment, and physicians
cease to treat affections of their own creation. - -
Nux Womica appears especially to act upon the Spinal Cord, the
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Motor nerves, and the Ganglionic system. Is curative in periodical
Affections of the Nerves; Clonic and Tonic Spasms; Tetanus;
Opisthotonos; Convulsive action of single muscles; parts of, or
one side only, or the entire body. Its range is vast; but it is in
affections of the digestive tract, and biliary secretions, that has
famed it far and wide. Headache, with stomach derangement;
Nausea; Vomiting; Colic; Mucous Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Evils of
over-feeding—wine or coffee; Intellectual fatigue; Over-exertion
of body and mind. It appears to suit persons with dark hair and
eyes, strong, robust (not fat), lively and choleric, subject to bilious
attacks; Haemorrhoids, and habitual Constipation ; Hernia. Nux
has cured Epilepsy; Rheumatic or Bruised pains in the limbs;
Neuralgia; and Toothache. It will prove useful for Rheumatic
affections of the muscles of the chest, back, and loins—especially
from taking cold; Congestion of blood to the Head, Chest, and
Abdomen; Muscular Debility of children; Scrofulous atrophy of
infants and children; Paralysis of the lower limbs; Jactitation ;
Trembling ; Chorea; Tetanic Spasms, and of the masseter
muscles; Fainting fits at night, or after but slight exertion;
Weariness and languor when going up-stairs; Great nervous
weakness; Sensitiveness to the open air; Liability to take cold.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Inward grief; Anxiety, with sweat on the forehead;
he feels as if threatened by some misfortune; Hypochondriac
mood; he is excessively sensitive to external influences, such as
music, singing, noise, strong odours, and bright light; Restless;
has violent palpitation of the heart after midnight; Moaning;
Lamentation; Reproaches every one ; Disposed to quarrel; no
desire for work.
Head.—Heavy early in the morning; Headache, frontal; Ex-
cited by thinking; Pressing from within outwards; Tearing pains
in the forehead; Sensation as if the head were divided; the pains
are aggravated by stormy weather, contact, or motion; Headache
from gastric derangement; Abdominal affections; Self-abuse;
Constipation ; Catarrh; Rush of blood to the head.
Scalp.–Tender to touch—feels bruised; Itching pimples.
Eyes.—Pains at night; Burning; Smarting; Inflammation of
the conjunctiva; Yellow colour of Albuginea; Bleeding; Into-
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lerance of light. Lids—Swollen, red, agglutination; Twitching of
the lids; Sight obscured. -
Ears.-Acute pains; Shooting; Stitching; Ringing; Chirping;
Humming; Roaring; Reverberation; the sound of the voice is
intensified; Rather painful itching in the tube. -
Nose.-Copious discharge of mucus, or coagulated blood;
Fluent, or dry Coryza ; Stoppage of one mostril.
Face.—Pale, with nose pointed, anxious, or wretched; Yellow,
or red; Bloated, swollen; Twitching in the muscles.
Lips.--Dry; Peel; Cracks in the lips; Eruptions around the
mouth. -
Teeth.-Sensitive to cold air; Jerking; Toothache, increased
by hot food and drink; or wine, coffee; or daily, after dinner.
Gums.-Inflamed; Hot ; Swollen; Painful; Throbbing ;
Putrid ulcers. - -
Mouth-Blisters; Ulcers; Pimples; Heat; Dryness; Foetid
smell; Accumulation of mucus, or of water; Soreness of the
mouth.
Tongue.—White, yellow, brown, or blackish ; Dry, cracked, or
edges red; Swollen, heavy; Speaks thick; Stammering. -
Throat.—Excoriated; Sense of a plug during deglutition;
Uvula swollen ; Tonsils inflamed, swollen ; Constriction; Spas-
modic choking; Burning; Shooting.
Taste.—Acid; Putrid; Bitter; Metallic ; Salt, or sweet.
Thirst.—Constant; Dislike to milk or beer; Desire for
brandy. -
Appetite.-Aversion to food—all kinds are disagreeable; the
food seems tasteless; Hungry, but unable to eat; Want of appe-
tite; Drowsy after dinner, with flushes in face, and sweat on the
forehead.
Eructations.—Acid ; Bitter; Putrid; or empty and frequent.
Hiccough.-Frequent; Qualmishness, with sweat on forehead.
Nausea.—Early in the morning, or after a meal, with feeling as
if too much had been eaten. - - -
Womiting.—Every morning; Sour taste and smell; or without
taste; Vomiting during pregnancy; Vomiting of bile or blood.
Stomach–Sensitive to pressure; Weight like a stone; Con-
stant pain—gnawing, cramp-like, or griping; Burning, throbbing,
or pain. after food—no rest until it is rejected; Pain at pylorus;
Feeling of fulness after a meal; Tension.
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Liver.—Throbbing, as if an abscess were forming; Stitches;
Swelling; Induration; Tenderness; Jaundice.
Abdomen.—Sore; Raw ; Bruised; Pinching; Cutting; Colic;
Cramp-like contraction; Distention; Flatulence.
Stool.—Constipation, with determination to the brain; Heat
and sweat of face; Inactivity of rectum; Faeces large; Small
stools, or only of mucus, with burning and tenesmus; Discharge
of blood.
Anus.-Spasmodic constriction; Itching; Haemorrhoids.
Urine.—Painful burning; Difficult; Red colour, or pale.
Larynx.-Bronchial Catarrh ; Dry Cough.
Chest.—Constriction; Sense of suffocation; Difficult breathing;
Rheumatic pains in the muscles (intercostal).
Heart.—Palpitation; Shocks; Frequent slight palpitations
after dinner.
Back,-Pains in the back and loins as if bruised; or Drawing,
Burning, Rheumatic pains; also between the scapula and sacrum,
with sensation of weakness.
Upper Limbs—Drawing, or bruise-like pain in the region of
the deltoid, affecting the joint (Rheumatic P); the arms go to
sleep and feel benumbed; Sudden loss of strength, as if the limb
would be paralysed. -
Hands.-Cold, cramp-like contractions; also in the fingers;
Cold sweat on the hands.
Lower Limbs.-Weakness; Numbness; Sensation of Para-
lysis; Unsteady walk; Stiffness in the knee-joint; Inflammation
and swelling of the knee; Cramp in the calves; Contraction in
the soles; Stitches; Burning.
Toes.—Contracted; Itching; Burning; Sore, inflamed corns.
Sleep.–He sleeps from eleven till one o’clock; after which
he lies awake, and, about three, is obliged to rise—he cannot lie
longer in bed; or not able to sleep until daybreak; Violent
starting on going to sleep; Sleep hindered by flatulence and indi-
gestion. -
Fever.—Coldness; Chilliness; he cannot get warm in bed.
Afternoon or evening—Fever, with yawning; Gastric disturbance,
and headache; Foetid sweats; Shuddering and chilliness after
drinking, with heat in the head and redness of the cheeks; Desire
for beer. Many of the symptoms appear early in the morning, or
after dinner.
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OLEAND..] OLEANDER.
0 LE AND ER,
HAHNEMANN. - launri Rose.
THIS medicine has only been used for Itching, and some Erup-
tions of the Scalp—Scaly or Humid, with burning, gnawing.
Is also recommended for Painless Paralysis; Mental Affections;
Weakness of Mind and Memory; Numbness; Debility; Fainting.
This remedy was employed by Galen for some forms of Eruption
on the skin, and Rheumatic pains in the Back.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Dulness of the senses and mind; he is unable to think;
in reading he cannot comprehend the sense of a sentence; he has
to read it three or four times; other thoughts constantly intrude;
he cannot remember names—even those well known; Absence of
mind; Indolent; Dislike for any kind of labour; Temper irri-
table—will not bear contradiction. -
Head-Feeling of heaviness; he is obliged to lie down; Sen-
sation when raising the head, as if a hundred-weight were drawing
it forward; Sense of lightness, that seems to stupefy; Aching
pain in the brain; Aching pain in the forehead, with pressure
from within outwards; Pain in the forehead, as if it would split;
Pressure in left frontal eminence, from within outward; Beat-
ing; Pulsation; Sudden stupefying pain; Boring pain in the
whole brain ; Shocks in the forehead.
Scalp.–Gnawing, itching over the whole scalp; Violent itch-
ing, with smarting after scratching; Scurfy eruption; the epider-
mis peels off; Itching pimples; Scaly eruptions—humid; Scald
head; Impetigo P
Ears.-Humid; Foetid spots behind the ears; Red, rough
herpes before the ear; Ringing; Buzzing; Drawing; Pulling;
Pain as if a nail were thrust in over the mastoid process. .
Face.—Pains in the bones; Sensation as if a cold wind were
blowing upon the cheek; Twitchings about the mouth; Brown
lips; Sensation of swelling in the upper lip.
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Teeth, Toothache at night; Aching, cutting pain during
mastication, in the molar teeth.
Taste and Appetite.—Everything tastes flat; Hunger—good
appetite; Excessive desire to eat the food set before him; this
excitement caused his hands to tremble; he swallows his dinner
in a great hurry; while swallowing it his head feels giddy, as if
he would lose his senses; and vision obscured.
Thirst.—Especially for cold water; Vomiting of yellow-green
water.
Stomach.-Sensation of emptiness at pit, with feeling of
fulness in the abdomen; Intermittent throbbing at pit; Sensa-
tion at pit, as if he felt every beat of the heart through the whole
chest ; Nausea, with waterbrash and sensation of spasmodic con-
traction in the pharynx, as of strangulation.
Abdomen.—Feeling of coldness on the right side of the abdo-
men, as if a cold breeze were blowing over it; Gnawing in the
region of the umbilicus; Discharge of foetid flatus, like the odour
of rotten eggs.
Stool.—Diarrhoea; Undigested faeces; Burning at the anus.
Urine.—Copious, frequent, especially after coffee; Brownish;
Burning, with white sediment. -
Chest.—Empty feeling; the chest feels too narrow; he is
compelled to take a long, deep breath; Oppression of the chest
when lying down; in a quarter of an hour he throws up mucus,
water, and some food; Sense of heaviness in the chest; Duli, con-
tinuous stitch in the sternum; Dull stitch when walking, affect-
ing respiration; Stitches in the Diaphragm.
Heart.—Violent palpitation, with anxiety and tremors.
Back.-Pain, or right side as if strained, or of a hand being
thrust in violently; Prickings in the dorsal spine; Stitches in the
back, causing him to start; Pressure and sense of strangulation in
the neck—obliges him to loosen his cravat; Throbbing of the
carotids. •,•
Upper Limbs.-Pain in shoulder-joint, as if sprained, when
raising the arm; Swelling of the veins of the hand; Stiffness and
swelling of the fingers.
Lower Limbs.-Weakness in the thighs and legs; Painful
weariness, as after a long journey; Cramp in the calves; Buzzing
sensation in the legs, feet, and soles; Coldness of the feet; Para-
lysis of the feet.
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OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Skin of the body very sensitive—becomes sore even from the
friction of the clothes; Gnawing, itching, when undressing; Scurfy
pimples; Feeling of faintness and sickness, as if he would die;
Fainting fits that terminate in sweating. (Some of the pains are
more of a stupefying character than really painful.) Numbness
and insensibility.
0 P I U M.
HAHNEMANN.
THIS drug was considered of such value by the ancient physicians,
that it has been looked upon as an especial gift from God to man
—“a divine gift.”
Hufeland styles it “a great, a mysterious, an extraordinary
remedy, incomprehensible in its effects, unique in its operations,
and cannot be replaced—the despot of the whole medical world.
It has accompanied the art of healing through all its various
phases—now raised to the skies, then dreaded and banished; but
always again sought for as indispensable.”
The first action of a large dose generally creates pleasant sensa-
tions; Exaltation of the spirits; a feeling of delight. This is
soon followed by a sense of drowsiness, that passes into a stupor,
from which the person can be with difficulty aroused; Stertorous
breathing; Ultimate loss of consciousness and entire sensibility.
The nervous system is overpowered—poisoned; and the deep
coma is the sleep of death.
With a small dose the pulse will be generally accelerated; the
blood-vessels rather distended ; the action of the heart irritable.
The secondary state soon follows. The feelings now become
wretched and miserable; there is great mental anguish and dejec-
tion; Weakness and prostration; Trembling of the body and
limbs; Restlessness; Unable to sleep; Dry, burning heat, alter-
nating with cold sweat; Desire to vomit, without being able to do
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so: Distressing headache; and many other variable symptoms,
according to the idiosyncrasy of the individual.
Hahnemann has not made so much of the proving from this
drug as might have been expected; and this may account for its
comparatively small employment. Probably, in time, it may be
better known, and become a polychrest of the first class.
According to Hempel, “Opium acts on the cerebro-spinal
system ; the digestive, respiratory, and sexual organs; the mind;
the vascular system; and the dermoid tissues.”
It has a tendency, in its primary action, to diminish all the
secretions, except that of the skin; and greatly stimulates the
Brain, even to congestion.
In Homoeopathic practice, it is chiefly prescribed for Constipa-
tion; Apoplexy; Delirium Tremens; Dementia; Convulsions;
Paralysis; Coma; Congestive headache; Labour-pains—false or
spasmodic, or too feeble; the Pains induced by a fright; Sup-
pressed menses; Typhoid and Typhus Fevers; Affections of the
Heart—especially if from grief or mortified feelings; Acne
Rosacea; Polypus—masal and uterine (also externally).
Opium is useful to arouse the torpidity of the nervous system,
and restore a proper action for medicinal influence. It will be
found valuable in Lead Colic.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Cheerful, with acute hearing—afterwards became irri-
table ; Very bad humour; Spirits depressed; Indisposed to work;
the mind was at first active, then somewhat exhausted; Dulness
of memory; Loss of memory from time to time.
Senses.—Unable to think continuously; Stupefaction; Half
conscious; Loss of consciousness and sensation; Insensibility; the
eyes are insensible to touch; he believes every person to be a
deception ; does not know his own relatives, nor the common
objects around him ; Mania, with face and head swollen; Eyes
red, inflamed; Sense of intoxication; Staggering; Intense stupe-
faction; Delirium; Visions; Vertigo, with sensation as if every
thing turned round; Apoplexy.
Head.—Heavy, bewildered ; Dizziness; Painful headache, with
pressure from within outwards; Tearing, beating; Tightness; Con-
gestion of blood; Throbbing of the vessels; Movement of the head
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to-and-fro ; Confusion, without pain; Warm feeling; Pressure;
Tension. -
Eyes.—Feel too large for the orbits; Staring, glistening; Wide
open, or only half closed; Pupils insensible, dilated—generally
contracted ; Scintillations; Blackness, or Dimness of Sight;
Cataract? Quivering of the lids.
Ears.-Humming, ringing.
Face.—Pale, sunk, or bluish ; Clay colour, with relaxed state
of the muscles; Half-imbecile look; Lower lip relaxed; or Bloated
face; Dark-red—brownish; Red spots on the cheeks; Distortion
of the countenance from convulsive action of the facial muscles;
Weins full.
Jaws.-Locked; Pains in lower jaw; Relaxed even to hanging
down.
Mouth, Twitchings about the mouth ; Distortion to one side;
Ulcers in mouth, and on the tongue; Mouth dry, or Ptyalism.
Tongue.--White, or Black; Paralysis; Sense of strangulation
in the throat; Difficult speech; Voice very feeble; Tongue furred,
with bitter taste; Spasm in the CEsophagus when eating or
drinking.
Taste.—Bitter or flat ; Sour rising.
Appetite.—Aversion to all food, with extreme debility; Dislike
to meat; Want of appetite for either solids or liquids. Secondly
—Hunger, with fulness at stomach; Desire for beer.
Eructations.—Nausea—inclination to vomit; Hiccough.
Womiting.—Frequent, continual ; Green Vomit; Blood; Sour
water and mucus; Faeces; Vomiting, accompanied with violent
pains in the stomach—compressive pains. -
Stomach-Sense of great weakness; Weight, oppression;
Pressure, distention, as if too much had been eaten ; Constrictive
pain, causing deadly anguish ; Affections of the stomach from
alcohol; Aching; Constriction. -
Abdomen.—Stitching, drawing Colic ; Lead Colic ; Hard dis-
tention of the abdomen; Tympanitis; Hernia.
Faeces.—Inertia of the intestines; Peristaltic motion weak;
Constipation from torpor; Faeces; Small hard balls passed with
difficulty; Constipation, from want of exercise in some cases;
Watery motions—frothy, papescent; Black stool. -
Rectum.—Sense of constriction, as if the Anus spasmodically
closed.
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Urine.—Diminished or suppressed ; Retention, with sensation
as if the canal were closed; Urination difficult; Dark colour; Red
sediment; Haematuria.
Larynx,−Mucus in the larynx, causing hoarseness.
Cough.-Hollow, dry, even violent; Cough, arresting the
breath; Spasmodic ; Yawning, followed by sleep; Cough, with
expectoration of thick mucus and blood.
Chest.—Sense of constriction; Oppression; Contractive pain
at Sternum; Aching at right side; Stitches during inspiration.
Respiration.—Accelerated; Short, or very difficult, with great
anxiety; Suffocative ; Panting; Snoring; Stertorous moaning;
Sudden arrest of the breath; Rattling of mucus.
Heart.—Palpitation; Sense of heat; Burning, as from a hot
coal in the cardiac region, with sighing and anxiety.
Limbs.-Jactitation ; Convulsive movements; Trembling.
Sleep.–Drowsiness—half conscious, hearing what is said, but
unable to arouse-himself; Sleeplessness—turning about with great
anxiety; Urgent desire to sleep, but unable; During sleep, shocks;
Jerking of the limbs; Anxious, frightful, or lascivious dreams.
Fever.—Coldness; Chilliness, followed by heat and profuse
sweat ; may be delirium, or unconsciousness; Slow pulse.
Skin-Pale, bluish—blue spots; Small red spots that itch ;
Pale elevations on the skin; Red blotches; Acne 2
0 X ALIC A. CID,
LARGE doses will produce a sense of constriction and burning in
the throat and stomach, with pain at pit, increased by pressure;
Vomiting of a green or brown, blackish, grumous substance, and
sometimes florid blood; the countenance becomes pale and anxious;
the skin cold and clammy, and a state of collapse is speedily in-
duced; Frequent pulse, and hurried respiration. Sometimes, from
smaller doses—Inflammation of the mouth; Soreness and swelling
of the tongue; Troublesome Cough ; Cramps and numbness of the
limbs; Severe headache; Delirium and convulsions, are the prin-
cipal symptoms. It probably poisons the Blood.
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OXAL. AC.] OXALIC ACID.
It has been used, in Allopathic practice, for Inflammation of the
Lungs and Stomach; also in Phthisis, alternated with Fluoric Acid.
IN HOMOEOPATHY it is thought to resemble Nux Womica, from its
apparent similarity of action on the nervous system. It seems to
act on the Brain, Heart, Lungs, and Stomach. A case of Chronic In-
flammation of the Abdomen is recorded as cured; and some affec-
tions of the urinary and sexual organs. Heaviness and pains in the
testes, with weakness of the sexual powers, have been benefited by
its use. Laryngitis; Disease of the lungs; Palpitation of the heart;
Rheumatism of the joints; Lameness of the lower limbs, are all
placed in the category. Hempel tells us that it will be useful for
Neuralgia of the Spine; Pyrosis; Gastro-Enteritis, and a feeling of
numbness, threatening Paralysis. -
Thus it will be seen that the two opposed systems nearly re-
semble each other in opinion on the action of this drug.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Powers for meditation much below par; Disinclined to
conversation; he feels a sense of fulness in the face. The secondary ac-
_tion, from the 1st and 2nd triturations, appears to be as follows:–
More composed; much exhilarated; Cheerful; Vivacity; Increase
of animal spirits; more playful and mirthful than he has been for
years; Pulse more frequent than usual.
Head.—Giddiness; Swimming; Emptiness, with sensation of
faintness, as if all the blood had left the brain; Pain at base of oc-
cipital bone—returning, several times a day, for two days; Com-
pression as from a screw behind each ear; Pain in the vertex;
Heaviness; Dulness in forehead and vertex; Flushes of heat, with
perspiration; Sharp pains in forehead and vertex—worse over the
left eye and temple. (It cured a dull pain in the forehead, which
frequently troubled him in the morning.)
Eyes.—Pains in the orbits—worse in the left; Pressure in the
eyes. -
Ears.-Pain deep, affecting the inner opening of the Eustachian
tube. -
Nose.—Sneezing; Watery discharge, with chilliness and pain
in nose. - •
Face.—Flushes of heat, and fulness, and redness; Pain in lower
jaw. -
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Teeth.-Pains in the molar teeth; Bleeding of the gums.
Tongue.—Red, dry, excoriated; Sour taste in the mouth.
Throat.—Soreness of the throat, with burning expectoration
of thick yellow mucus. A chronic sore throat is much improved
during the proving. .
Appetite.-Increased, with feeling of acidity; Violent thirst.
Eructations.—Tasteless after every meal; Hiccough.
Stomach.-Qualmishness; Gnawing, burning; Burning in the
throat and stomach; Violent pressure, as from a heavy weight, at
the pit ; it passes off, and returns every fifteen minutes, but gradu-
ally less in intensity; Discharge of flatus relieves the pain; the
region of the stomach is sensitive to touch; Pyrosis every evening,
especially after tea, with flatus. -
Abdomen.—Cramp-like pain and Colic about the umbilicus
every day; Dull, aching pain, right side of abdomen, only at one
spot ; Colic, as if he had eaten unripe fruit ; Sensation of soreness in
the abdomen, but especially at umbilicus; Continuous pain in left
iliac, also in left hypochondriac regions; Pain and pressure ;
Pressing down; Flatulence, and much rumbling; Pain in the de-
scending colon, followed by a free evacuation; Sudden and distress-
ing feeling in the abdomen, followed by a twisting about the
umbilicus, with an evacuation of hard faeces.
Stool-Faeces mixed with blood; Pappy stools, or constant
watery evacuations, sometimes mixed with blood; accompanied
with nervous headache, Colic at umbilicus, and pains in the rectum
and anus; Tenesmus. After recovery from the ill effects, Consti-
pation followed (Christison.) .
Urine.—Micturition profuse every one or two hours; Light
straw-colour—passed with burning; Urging, with copious discharge,
and a lighter colour than usual; Pain in right renal region.
Genital (Male.)—Great increase of sexual desire—night and
morning; Pain in the testes and spermatic cord after walking—
worse on the right side; Sensation of contusion in both testicles;
Severe pain and heaviness in both testicles, with shootings in the
spermatic cord; Jerking in the testes and cord. -
Larynx.-The larynx feels swollen; Tickling, sticking sensa-
tion, that induces Cough, with Soreness; Hoarseness, with mucus ;
Frequent hawking—either a thick yellow mucus, or yellowish-white
phlegm, with a black lump, the size of a pea, in the centre, is
expectorated. -
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Chest.—Respiration difficult, with wheezing, constriction in
the larynx, and oppression of the chest, especially towards the
right side; Sharp shooting pains in the left lung; Several sharp
stitches; Stitches in the left breast when walking; Sharp lanci-
nations in the left lung, occurring suddenly—arresting the
breath. .
Heart.—Pain at the heart, extending from behind, towards the
anterior part, when walking; Violent pain, like electric flashes,
from within; Palpitation after lying down at night in bed, for
three successive nights, lasting half-an-hour each night.
Back and Loins.—Pains when rising from a recumbent
position; Weakness in the loins, hips, and lower limbs; Acute pain
in the back, extending into the thighs; Numbness and weakness
in the back and limbs; Cold creeping from the lower part of the
spine upwards. - - -
Upper Limbs,-Shooting pain in right shoulder; Twitching
in the deltoid; Sprain-like pains in the wrist; the right wrist
feels painful, as if sprained or dislocated; he is unable to retain
his hold of any article; Sensation of numbness in the arms;
Deadness of the hands; Lividity of the nails and fingers.
Lower Limbs—Pain in the right hip-joint; Pain, with feel-
ing of swelling in the right ankle-joint; Sharp shooting in the
instep; Pains about the knee-joint; Violent contracting pain in
the external tendon of the left knee; Jerking pain in the hollow
of the left knee; Lameness and stiffness; Lividity and coldness,
with almost loss of motor power, more or less, for fifteen days
(from 3ij). -
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Exhausting Fever, with Dyspepsia; Flushes of heat and sweat;
- Clammy sweat; Pulse more frequent and hard—100 to 108; after-
wards Small, tremulous, intermittent; Dilute Acid was found to
excite Nervous Symptoms. The pains and sensations frequently
intermit, and return, but with diminished force.
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.
Membrane of the mouth and fauces white, shrivelled, aily
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PETROLEUM. [PETR0.
detached; OEsophagus contracted into folds; Epithelium detached
in patches, leaving a brown surface beneath; the tube sometimes
appears like worm-eaten wood. Stomach contains a dark-brown
or greenish-brown grumous matter, resembling meconium: this
kind of mucus also lines the oesophagus and duodenum. The
mucous membrane is sometimes pale, and free from rugae; or the
membrane highly inflamed, and the rugae strongly marked; in
some cases extensively detached, or may be easily stripped off, and
the vessels minutely injected with black blood. In cases of long
continuance, the small intestines present the same appearance as
the stomach. Perforation is very rare; the peritoneum has been
found inflamed; the lungs sometimes congested; also the liver,
spleen, and kidneys.
PETRO LEU M.
BARBADOES TAR.
HAS been found of service in affections of the Bladder and Urinary
Apparatus; some Skin diseases; Rhagades of the Hands; Herpes
of the Scrotum; Ulcers about the feet; Chilblains; Gastric ail-
ments; Sea-sickness; Colic, with Diarrhoea; Profuse sweats night
and morning; Dysentery P s
*
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Sad, desponding; Melancholy, with sick feeling; Dis-
position to weep ; Nervous starting.
Head.—Vertigo, with nausea; Sense of balancing to-and-fro;
Throbbing ; Heaviness in the morning; Staggering.
Scalp.–Soft tumours; Pimples; Scurf; Sense of ulceration;
Falling-off of the hair; Profuse sweat.
Tongue-White, ulcerated; Foetid odour of the breath, or like
garlic. -
Throat.—Stinging pains when swallowing; Raw, dryness; Con-
stant hawking of mucus.
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Taste.—Putrid; Flat, slimy, or sour; Desire for Beer; Dislike
to warm boiled food. - *
Digestion.—Weak; after a slight meal he feels giddy—his
head swims; Flushes after a meal; Repletion after a moderate
meal; Sour eructations; Heartburn; Hiccough; Waterbrash;
Nausea; Sickness from the motion of a carriage or vessel; Green,
bitter vomit.
Stomach,-Sudden griping; Feeling of fulness; the pit is
swollen, and painful when touched.
Abdomen.—Colic; Griping; Puffiness; Distention; Tendency to
Diarrhoea; Discharge of faeces and blood; Pinching the whole day, with
Diarrhoea; Violent cutting pain, lasting two days, with griping;
Vomiting of clear water; Diarrhoea and headache; Coldness;
Rumbling emission of foetid flatus.
Stool.-First—Constipated, hard, knotty. Secondly—Diar-
rhoea, watery or yellowish ; Mucous Diarrhoea, or Blood and Mucus;
Diarrhoea during pregnancy; Ascarides; Taenia.
Rectum.—Weakness; much pressing to expel the faeces; Burn-
ing stitches; Fistula 2
Urine.-Frequent micturition; Double stream; Constant drib-
bling; he had to wait some time before he could pass any ; Stric-
ture ? Nocturnal micturition; Involuntary; Turbid; Red as blood;
Shining pedicle on the surface; Brown, foetid; Red sediment,
adhering to the vessel. --
Bladder.—Cutting pain at neck; not able to expel the last
drops. - -
Urethra.-Burning pain; Throbbing ; Contraction; Stitches;
Mucous discharge. -
Penis.-Pain in the glans; Eruption, Smooth and red—seems
to restore erectile power for a short time; Discharge of prostatic
fluid. -
Scrotum.—Itching; Moisture; Redness; Excoriation; Herpes.
Chest.—Wheezing; Oppression; Stitching pains like Pleu-
risy; Eruption on the chest and nape of neck.
Skin.—Unhealthy; Tendency to ulcerate; Cracks; Chapped
hands in winter; Roughness of the skin; Chilblains; Ulcers of
the toes; Stitching, burning in corns; Swelling of the feet;
Cracking of the joints, with a feeling of stiffness; the arms and
legs go to sleep easily; Jerking in the limbs during a siesta after
dinner. -
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PHOSPHORUS. IPHOSP.
PHOSPHORUS,
HAHNEMANN.
NoACK and Trinks state that Phosphorus is indispensable when
the cerebro-spinal system of nerves becomes depressed, and
threatened with Paralysis, under the influence of acute disease:
such as Prieumonia, Pleurisy, Typhus Abdominalis, and the Exam-
themata (Scarlet Fever, Measles, Variola). It is eminently useful
in cases of debility, with loss of vital power. For such conditions
Hahnemann advises a few doses of China, to precede the exhibition
of Phosphorus; or, if the nervous system be very sensitive, Nux
Womica should be preferred. Phosphorus appears to have a specific
action on the Brain, Lungs, Kidneys, and Skin; and has been suc-
cessfully employed for Nervous Apoplexy, Pneumonia, Paralysis
of the Cord, Apoplexy of the Lungs, Tubercular Phthisis—early
stage; and the Debility of Old Age. It is of considerable value
in treating Disease of the Brain; Hemiplegia; Imbecility; Vertigo,
especially of the aged ; Amaurosis; Epilepsy; Gastritis; Gastro-
Enteritis; Schirrous Induration of the Stomach; Inflammation of
the Larynx; Croup; Chronic Bronchitis; Dry Cough; Congestion,
or fatty degeneration of the Kidneys; Albuminuria; Prosopalgia;
Lymphatic Abscess; Sudden disappearance of the Eruption in
Acute Exanthema ; Chronic Diarrhoea; Typhoid; Typhus and
Hectic Fevers; Diseases of the Bones,
SYMPTOMS.
Emotions.—Weeping, sadness, low spirits; Anxious; Irritable—
easily offended; Tendency to start; Dislike to any kind of work.
Head.—Dull, feeling of weakness, giddy; Dizziness every morn-
ing; Vertigo at noon—sense of falling out of the chair; Vertigo
when walking; Chronic Vertigo of almost all kinds; Sense of
fulness in the head; Headache—oppressive, constrictive; Congestion
of blood to the head; Humming, roaring pain, as if the brain had
been bruised.
Scalp.–Small tumours; Eruptions, itching, smarting, or painful,
like small boils; Scales; Falling-off of the hair. -
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PHOSP.) PHOSPHORUS.
Eyes.—Lachrymation in the open air; Agglutination in the
morning; Inflammation, with heat; Congestion of the conjunctival.
vessels.
Sight.—Short, dim; Blackness; Dark spots or bodies passing:
Attacks of sudden blindness by day; a grey mist appears over the
eye. -
Ears.-Deafness, more especially for the voice; Beating, throb-
bing ; Heat and redness; Sense of obstruction. - -
Nose.-Sore, inflamed vesicles; Frequent bleeding ; Obstruc-
tion of the nose every morning; Discharge of green, yellow mucus;
Acute smell; Dry or Fluent Coryza.
Eace.—Pale, sickly; Hippocratic, or bloated.
Mouth.-Corners of the mouth ulcerated; Herpes around the
mouth.
Lips.-Blue, or chapped; Rhagades on lower lip ; Dry lips.
Jaws.--Tearing in the face and jaws. Lower jaw—Jerking,
drawing. -
Teeth.--Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks.
Gums.-Bleed, ulcerate; Swell, and are inflamed.
Mouth-Sore, rough, with vesicles; Feels slimy.
Tongue.—Dry; White coating; White mucus.
Throat.—Scraping, burning, dryness; Hawking of mucus every
morning.
Taste.—Sour after food; Bitter, foul, or lost.
Appetite.—Ravenous; Drowsy after a meal; Heat in the hands,
and considerable acidity; Irresistible sleep after dinner.
Eructations.—Chiefly acid; Frequent risings of air; also with
pain at the cardiac orifice of the stomach; Sour regurgitation after
every meal; Heartburn; Hiccough; Gulping of bile; Nausea, lasting
the whole day, with thirst ; Waterbrash; Vomiting of ingesta;
Repeated vomiting of bile; Green or Blackish vomit, with pains in
the stomach, and excessive weakness.
Stomach.-Painful when walking ; Tender to the touch ;
Violent pain, gradually extending; Chronic weakness of digestion;
Distention—feeling of fulness; Burning sensation; Clawing, pres-
sure—excessive pressure ; Cramp, with pressure ; Contraction ;
Stitching; Pain always after food—burning; Inflammation of the
stomach; Hypochondria; Violent pain; Stitches—unable to lie on
the right side. - -
Abdomen.—Violent pains all over; Spasmodic pressure; Pinch-
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ing, contraction, or cutting; Spasmodic Colic in the morning ;
Soreness, as from inflammation, extending to the hypogastrium ;
Flatulent Colic, which lies deep, and seems to threaten diarrhoea;
Relaxed feeling—weakness; Rumbling; Pressing, with frequent
flatus; Yellow spots on the skin of the abdomen and chest.
Stool.-First—Constipation, hard, difficult, absent; Several eva-
cuations—papescent; Diarrhoea, slimy, green, blackish, or mixed
with a little blood; Diarrhoea, alternating with constipation.
Anus.-Burning and tenesmus; Itching; Stinging ; Protrusion,
and bleeding of Haemorrhoids.
Urine.—Increased, profuse, watery; Whitish or turbid sediment;
White, yellow, or red—passed with smarting or burning.
Larynx-Dry; Voice hoarse, or lost, or only whisper; Painful,
sensitive; Expectoration slimy, yellow, or green—purulent, or of .
blood; Dry cough by day, with headache; Chronic dry cough.
Respiration.—Difficult, loud, panting ; Breathing difficult
when lying down; Sense of tightness in the chest; Fits of threat-
ened suffocation.
Chest.—Lancinations, especially left side; Pressure; Contrac-
tions; Burning, excoriation; Great anguish; Stitches; Congestion
of the vessels; Engorgement of the lung tissue; Pneumonia.
Heart.—Palpitation, from the least excitement or emotion, after
a meal, or night and morning, or when lying on the left side.
Back—Stiffness at nape of neck; Cervical and axillary glands
swollen; Pains in small of back, as of dislocation.
Legs.-Weary, heavy; Pain and stiffness in the knees; Feet
swollen, painful when walking, especially the soles; Chilblains and
COTIlS.
Fever.—Chilliness, followed by heat; Thirst and sweat; Flushes
of heat, with anxiety; Morning sweat.
Sleep.–Drowsy by day; at night, a long time before he can
sleep; Dreams, anxious, frightful; he is not refreshed from the
night's rest; Night-sweats.
Skin.-General itching over the whole body; Burning, itching ;
Round, herpetic spots; Furfuraceous, dry herpes; Blotches; Brown
or bluish-red, lepra-like, or yellow spots; Vesicles; Blisters; Small
boils on the neck and chest; Large boils on the thighs and abdomen ;
Excoriations; Scaling of the skin; Lymphatic abscesses, with fistu-
lous ulcers, footid pus, and hectic symptoms; Burning in the whole
body, or the hands and feet only.
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PHOS, AC.] - PHOSPHORIC ACID,
PHOSPH0 RIC ACID,
HAHNEMANN.
HAs been employed successfully for Debility; Profuse sweats;
Night-sweats; Evils resulting from self-abuse; Impotence;
Speedy emissions; Nocturnal emissions; Albuminous urine P Dia-
betes? Fevers—Gastric, Hectic, and Typhus. Nervous Vertigo;
Acne Rosacea; Boils; Inveterate Ulcers; Scrofulous Caries of the
Bones; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Amblyopia; Loss of hair, from
grief; Weakness, depending on too rapid growth in youth; Rick-
ets in young children.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Sadness—inclined to brood over his illness; Low
spirits—worse when walking in the open air; Indifferent; Apa-
thetic—compelled to lie down.
Head.—Dull headache, with buzzing in the head; Vertigo
when standing or walking ; Violent pain over the eyes; Headache,
as if the brain were pressed upwards, with pulsation; Aching;
Stitching in every part of the head; Compressive pain in the
whole brain; Painful concussion in the head when walking.
Scalp.–Sore, painful to the touch; Painful elevations on the
scalp; Great falling-off of the hair after grief; Withered; Grey.
Eyes.—Painful in the morning—unable to open them; Inflam-
mation of the lids; Stye, on upper lid; Yellow spot near the
cornea; Sight weak—dazzling ; Short sight ; Dim, misty appear-
ance of gauze; a black streak before the eyes.
Ears.-Intolerance of sound, especially music; Roaring; Whiz-
zing; Hard of hearing at a distance.
Nose.--Bleeding from the nose; Purulent discharge—foetid;
Itching; Pimples; Red spots; Scurfy eruptions.
Face,—Pale; Blue margins around the eyes; Suddenly becomes
dark-red; Flushes of heat; Burning pain in the cheek; Pimples
on the face, forehead, and chin; Blotches; Moist Herpes;
Pustules.
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Lips.-Dry; Ulcerated; Scabs; Painful pimples; Yellow-
brown crusts, exuding pus.
Mouth.-Tenacious, viscid mucus; Soapy; Slimy.
Tongue.—Dry; Stinging; Smarting; Burning; Intense thirst.
Taste.—Flat; Putrid—of herbs; Acid ; Smoky.
Appetite.—Aversion to brown bread—it almost causes vomit-
ing ; Bread tastes like bile; Acids cause eructations, and other
ailments; Desire for cold milk, Beer, Juicy, refreshing food.
Stomach.-Pressure as from a load, with drowsiness; Nausea;
Vomiting; Eructations; Oppression; Sense of a load.
Abdomen.—Cramp-like pains at umbilicus; Sense of con-
traction in the intestines; Stitches; Gurgling, rumbling, with
much flatus.
Stool.-Loose and frequent; White-grey diarrhoea, or slimy,
watery, yellow; Protrusion of Haemorrhoids; Tenesmus.
Urine.—Frequent desire; Irresistible, burning micturition;
Pale urine, with flocculi, or dark, cloudy; Milky urine, with glu-
tinous lumps; or white, as if mixed with flour; Foetid urine;
Painful spasmodic constriction of the bladder.
Genital Organs.—Painful drawing in testes and cord; Fre-
quent emissions; Gnawing, burning in testes and prostate gland;
Discharge of prostate fluid when at stool.
Skin.—Red spots on the limbs; Scarlet eruption; Rash over
the body; Fine red rash, in clusters; Moist or dry herpes; Boils;
Excoriation in the bend of joints, scrotum, thighs, toes; Wounds
that have a Smarting pain.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Profuse sweat in the morning, or at night, or all day; Sweat
about the neck when falling asleep by day; Diseases of the bones;
Bruised sensation about the hips, limbs, and back, especially in
youths who are growing rapidly; Jactitation of the muscles,
especially the lower limbs; Weakness of the lower limbs; Languor;
Weariness, especially after walking; Boil on the nates and thighs;
Sweating of the feet; Swelling of the feet; Blisters on the toes;
Chilblains; Inveterate ulcers, with dirty pus, or indented base;
Rickets in children, with enlarged wrists and ankles; Bone-pains,
particularly such as result from Mercury; the pains are worse
during rest—relieved by motion. -
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PLAT.] PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA-PLATINA.
PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA.
- POKE.
LARGE doses produce Vertigo; Dimness of vision; Profuse sweat;
considerable prostration; Tremors; Increased secretion of urine;
Purging, vomiting; Stools, with blood. It is said to be capable of
curing Syphilis, and Ulcers that affect the face and lips. It appears
to have been employed, with some success, for Syphilitic Rheuma-
tism; Chronic Rheumatism; Neuralgia; Swelling of the Testes;
Bleeding Piles.
In Homoeopathy it has cured—Constipation of long standing;
Urgent desire to micturate; Nocturnal micturition;'''Dark-red urine,
staining the vessel; Metrorrhagia; Painful menstruation; Violent
pains in the abdomen during the menses; Leucorrhoea; Inflamma-
tion and suppuration of the Breasts; a pain in the right Hypochon-
dria during pregnancy.
The pains are of a neuralgic character—shooting, drawing,
aching. It seems to increase the flow of Saliva, Bile, Urine, and
Menses. Some testify to its powers in curing skin diseases, espe-
cially the scaly variety; Psoriasis; Ringworm ; Shingles, and
Tinea Capitis. Also in some affections of the eye—Catarrhal
and Syphilitic Ophthalmia; Granular Conjunctivitis. Dr. Burt
states that he has cured Diphtheria, in thirty-two cases, by this
drug—three or four drops every hour, and a gargle of fifty drops
in a tumbler of water (we suppose matrix tincture). -
PLATINA,
HAHNEMANN. PLATINUM METALLICUM.
HAHNEMANN appears to have been the first to introduce this metal
into medical practice, as another experiment for the development
of medicinal powers by his mode of trituration. The Bichloride of
Platinum is used for testing the presence of potash and ammonia;
but, I believe, never yet proved on the human subject. Platina has
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PLATINA. [PIAT.
become a medicine of great value to Homoeopathists in treating
diseases of Females, especially in cases of profuse and prolonged
menstruation, when the blood is clotted; with bearing-down pains,
and those that resemble labour-pains, with pressing in the inguinal
region.
Hempel (New Mat. Med.) advises Platina for melancholy, with
anguish about the heart, feeble pulse, and trembling of the hands;
Globus Hystericus; Nymphomania; Catalepsy; Lead colic.
Jahr, for Facial Neuralgia. It resembles Aurum in some respects,
and may deserve notice in Secondary or Tertiary Syphilis.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind and Spirits.-Great anxiety, with palpitation of the
heart ; Lowness of spirits; Trembling of the hands; Flushes of heat
in the face; Talking seems to induce violent palpitation; Anguish,
with fear of death; she feared losing her senses; Trembling of the
limbs; Dyspnoea and palpitation; he feels as if he must soon die,
and is horrified at the thought. It produced the same effect in a
female; Loud cries for help; Excessive nervous debility and uneasi-
ness of mind, with constant thoughts about death ; Weeping gave
some relief. -
Senses.—Illusions about persons; she thought every one around
her small in stature and insignificant, compared with herself;
Proud feelings—she feels herself superior in mind and stature to
those around; when in this state she ate her food in a greedy
Iſla,Illſleſ, - -
Head.—Passing attacks of Vertigo when standing, as if the
senses were going, followed by palpitation and headache; Sensation
as if the head were compressed, especially in the forehead down to
root of nose; Benumbed, constrictive feeling; Shaking in the brain
as if it struck against the skull, when beginning to walk; Pressure
in the temples, with cramp-like pain from without inwards, as from
two screws, with heat and redness of the face; Violent pressure on
the head as from a weight, as though the brain would protrude
through the forehead—increased by stooping or movement; Roaring
as from a mill. (This symptom has been cured also with Iod. and
Glonoine.) - -
Ears.--Whizzing in the ears, with stitches in the head; Dull
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roaring every morning; Noise in the ears and head every night,
after lying down in bed. It lasted several weeks. -
Nose.—Dry Coryza in one nostril, which afterwards became
fluent. -
Face.—Pale, wretched look; Feeling of coldness, creeping, and
numbness over the whole right side of the face; Cramp-like or
screwing, with numbness in the malar bones.
Jaws.-Pulsative digging in the jaws; Cramp-like pain in the
lower jaw ; Lock-jaw.
Teeth.-Throbbing, digging pains.
Lips.-Dry, peeling, roughness; Vesicles on the lips; Smart-
ing ; Bleeding.
Tongue.—Sensation as if it had been burnt. -
Mouth.-Wiscid; Slimy in the morning, and after a meal.
Throat.—Rawness; Scraping; Painful rawness, with the sen-
sation as if a small piece of skin were hanging loose ; Stinging
pain; Subdued pain; Constant striving to clear the throat of
mucus; Right tonsil swollen and painful.
Appetite.—No appetite; Aversion to food—the first mouthful
satisfies.
Eructations.—Empty and loud—in the morning and after
dinner. -
Nausea.—Continued, with great languor, anxiety, and tremu-
lous sensation through the whole body in the forenoon; Qualmish-
mess, and desire to vomit. -
Stomach.-Visible twitchings in the region of the stomach;
Sense of repletion, as if overloaded; Pressure at pit ; Distention;
Contractive pain at pit; Sensation of suffocation, as from being
too tightly laced; Throbbing, beating, as with a hammer, near the
pit ; Shocks, slowly going and coming; Gnawing and writhing
early in the morning, with hunger.
Abdomen.—Lead Colic 2 Constrictive sensation; Pinching and
drawing, that arrests the breath; Writhing pain about the Umbili-
cus; Very painful stitches; Deep or dull stitches at Umbilicus;
Pain in abdomen, with anxiety, such as accompanies fright, with
urging to Diarrhoea; Spasmodic distention, with elevations that
may be traced on the surface; Copious emission of flatus.
Stool.—Constipation for several days; also from travelling; or
the effects of working with lead; Difficult expulsion of scanty
faeces—passing in lumps, or cohesive, like clay; he has to bear
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down considerably to expel even a soft stool. After stool—Shud-
dering and trembling, with weakness; Passes blood with the stool;
Tenesmus; Ascarides; Burning in the Rectum.
Urine,—Red urine, with white clouds; a Pale-yellow, or
watery. - -
Genital Organs.—Soreness, excoriation about the parts; also
the scrotum; Increased desire; Discharge of prostatic fluid.
Female.—Pressure in hypogastrium, as if the menses would
appear, with headache; Painful pressing (bearing down), affect-
ing the small of the back; Congestion of blood to the uterus; In-
duration of the uterus.
Menses.—Early and profuse—of too long duration; Metror-
rhagia, with discharge of dark coagula; Great sensitiveness of the
parts; Headache, restlessness, and weeping; Metrorrhagia, with
thirst; Bearing-down pains; Sensation of a ball moving in the
abdomen, or as if the body were growing larger; False and pain-
ful labour-pains, with anxiety and fear of death.
Chest.—Oppressed breathing—short, difficult, anxious, with
sensation of warmth rising from the stomach to the throat; Sense
of weakness, or as of a load; Dyspnoea, as if too tightly laced;
Cramp-like pain; Shocks; Stitches; Burning sensation; Sudden
stitch in left side of chest, below the axilla, causing him to start;
Cramp-like pain in left side. -
Neck,-Weakness at nape—unable to hold the head erect;
Numbness; Sense of constriction ; Cramp-like pain—worse when
moving the head, or turning toward the shoulder.
Back-Pain in the small of the back, as if broken, when bend-
ing the body, or after a short walk; Pressive pains in the Infra
Scapular region; Pressure as from a plug in the middle of the
dorsal spine; the spot is tender and sore to pressure; Feeling of
numbness in the os coccygis, as after a blow; Contusive pain in
os ileum. -
Upper Extremities.—Weakness about the shoulders; Stitches
that cause the arm to start; Pains in the arms, as if they had
been beaten; Lameness; Paralytic feeling in the arm; Weakness
and weariness in the arms; Burning pain in the elbow, as if it
had been scraped. - - -
Hands.-Cramp in the hands; Formication; Twitching; Jerk-
ing; Cramp-like pain in the fingers and ball of thumb; Painful
feeling of numbness in the fingers and thumbs. ... -
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Lower Extremities.—Jactitation of the muscles, especially the
legs; Tingling; Numbness; Cramp-like pains; Feeling of weak-
ness in the thighs, with sensation as if they were bandaged too
tightly; Pain in thighs, as if bruised, when sitting; Tension in
the left knee; Pain as from contusion, after a violent blow; Feel-
ing of weakness and numbness about the knee-joints, causing
them to give way when standing; Tremulous; Tingling, and un-
easiness in the legs; Numbness and weariness in the feet; Pain
and swelling in the balls of the toes, and especially the great toe.
Sleep.–Yawning—violent, almost spasmodic; Great drowsi-
ness in the evening; Sudden awaking-up when in bed—about
midnight, with a feeling of stupor; Various dreams—anxious or
confused.
OTHER SYMPTOMs.
|Ulcers on the fingers and toes; Evils arising from the effects of
lead; Numbness; Rigidity; Spasms; Cramp-like drawings; Dart-
ings in various parts of the body; Trembling and palpitation of
the heart; Burning pains in the limbs; Tremulous sensation;
Throbbing in the arteries; General weariness.
The symptoms of the body appear to be relieved when those of
the mind are excited, and vice versä. Many of the symptoms
appear to be relieved by motion, and in the open air.
It is said to be most suitable for females of an irritable dispo-
sition, and those subject to Hysteria; also the Proud and Haughty
in manner. ^*. -
PLUMBUM.
NOACK AND TRINKs. - - LEAD.
ACCORDING to Allopathic authorities, the Acetate of Lead acts as
an astringent, and possesses considerable power to check Haemor-
rhage; depresses the action of the Heart; and is said to have provéd.
valuable in the following affections:—Epistaxis; Menorrhagia,
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with threatened abortion; Discharge of blood from the bowels;
Dysentery; Diarrhoea; English Cholera; some cases of Bronchitis.
It checks the sweating of Phthisis and Hectic.
Noack and Trinks state that the primary effects of lead are mani-
fested on those organs that are supplied by the Splanchnic nerves;
and, Secondarily, on the Motor and Cerebral nerves. It is most
useful in Chronic affections of the cerebro-spinal and ganglionic
system ; Spasm and Paralysis.
In Homoeopathy, Lead has proved curative in some cases of
Spasmodic vomiting; Cardialgia; Pains from the stomach to the
back; Ileus; Chlorosis; Constipation; Affections of the bladder,
with slimy sediment in the urine; Nocturnal emissions; Palpita-
tion of the Heart; Haemoptysis; Ulceration of the mucous mem-
branes; Paralysis of the lower limbs; Weakness of the sexual
powers (Possart). *
THE ACETATE OF LEAD may be indicated in some of the follow-
ing conditions:—General Debility and Emaciation; Consumption ;
Hectic Fever; Jaundice, with indurations; Fainting fits; Para-
lysis, partial (right side) or complete; Violent convulsions, with
colic pains; Epilepsy; Delirium; Vomiting; Ulceration of the
intestines 2 Constipation (Jahr).
Homoeopathic literature does not furnish much experience of
positive cures by either of the preparations of Plumbum. -
SYMPTOMS OF P. ACET.
Mind.—Absence of mind; Dulness of the senses; Spirits low ;
Melancholy; Weakness of memory; Delirium at night, with
swollen eyes; Furious rage. -
Head.—Heavy, stupid feeling; Pressure, as from congestion;
Vertigo, that passes off in the open air; Tearing pain in the
temples, with a feeling of internal heat.
Byes.—Heaviness; Aching; Feeling as if the eyes were too
large; the eyes appear distorted; Misty sight; Obscuration;
Amaurosis; Blindness; Pupil immovable, as if paralysed.
Nose.—Erysipelatous inflammation; Vesicles filled with pus;
Horrible smell; Obstruction of the nose; Discharge of mucus.
Face.—Pale-yellow ; Cadaverous; Vesicles on the forehead;
Boring pains in the teeth and jaws; Swelling of the face, with
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pains in the ears; Peeling of the lips; Grinding of the teeth;
Loud noise when moving the jaw; Lock-jaw P -
Teeth.-Covered with yellow mucus; Foetid odour from de-
cayed teeth.
Gums.-Blue border on the gums; Paleness of the gums;
Swelling; Painful, hard tubercles on the gums.
Mouth.-Dry, or tenacious mucus early in the morning; Sour-
ish; Ptyalism of a sweetish taste; Paleness of the epithelium;
Aphtha ; Ulcers that turn yellow. .
Tongue.—White; Yellow, thick coating, or dry; Brown,
cracked; Swollen, heavy; Speech impeded; Burning pimples on
the tip of the tongue. -
Throat.—Sensation of a swelling when swallowing; Difficult
deglutition; Sensation as if a foreign body were lodged in the
throat—it descended when swallowing, but rose up again imme-
diately; a small body appears frequently rising in the throat;
Constriction in the throat, with stiffness of the neck; Threatened
paralysis of the pharyngeal muscles; Inability to swallow food.
Taste.-Sweetish; Styptic; Metallic; Sulphur; Excessive
Thirst. . - :
Appetite.—Feeling of hunger, even after a meal; Desire for
bread and cakes every hour during the day; Great relish for
tobacco. . . . . . . . - . . . . . .
Eructations, of a sweetish taste; Gulping of sweetish water or
acid; Hiccough ; Loathing; Retching; Constant vomiting, with
constipation and sticking pains; Vomiting that cannot be arrested;
Vomiting of a yellow substance resembling the yolk of eggs;
Vomiting of foetid bilious matter; Womiting, with taste of liquor-
ice; Vomiting of blood; also of faeces, with violent colic and
constipation. - - &
Stomach.-Excessive pains in the stomach, abdomen, and loins,
with feeling of internal heat; Pressure as if from a hundred-weight;
Pressure at pit; Contraction; Burning; Stinging; Dartings from
pit of stomach to the back; Cardialgia, with vomiting, and many
other gastric symptoms. - .
Hypochondria–Stinging pains—relieved by friction; Con-
tinued darting pains in the liver; Pressure in the hepatic region.
Abdomen.—Wandering pains—increased by contact; Pains
that become intolerable, with fainting and mental derangement;
• Pains about the umbilicus; Pains, with sensation of constriction;
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Pressive pain at a small spot—the part protruded; Colic; Pinch-
ing; Gnawing; Cutting; Tearing; Sticking pain in transverse
colon; Sensation of cold water in the abdomen, followed by heat;
the abdominal muscles feel hard and tense; Distention of the
abdomen, with considerable retraction of the umbilicus; Nodosi-
ties in the abdomen, perceptible to the hand; Enteritis, with
fever; Turbid urine; Burning in the intestines, and convulsions;
Ulceration of the intestines 2
Stool.-Constipation; Discharge of faeces like small balls; Con-
stipation, with colic and paralysis of both hands; Faeces like
sheep's dung. Colour—Ash-grey, Lead-colour, Whitish, or Yellow;
Soft or watery stools; Dysentery.
Rectum.—Tenesmus, pressing from within outwards; Darting,
burning, extending to perinaeum and neck of bladder ; Constric-
tion of anus; Haemorrhoids disappeared.
Urine,—Retention; Passed with difficulty, in drops; Tenesmus
of the bladder; Increased secretion; Involuntary emission of
watery urine, or turbid.
Male Genital.—Inflammatory swelling of penis and scrotum,
with fever; Constipation; Delirium; Gangrene (from poisoning);
Painful swelling of the testes—they feel excessively heavy; Total
loss of desire. - -
Larynx-Roughness; Mucus frothy, transparent; Yellow-green
sputa in tenacious lumps, easily coughed up; Cough, with ex-
pectoration of pus, and even blood.
Chest.—Respiration difficult—obliged to open the window at
night; Short, anxious, oppressed breathing—very violent at in-
tervals—suffocation; Dull pressure at lower part of sternum;
Pressure at left side of the chest; Dull sticking at intervals; Sup-
puration of the lungs.
Heart.—Twitching; Stitching in the region of the heart during
inspiration; Anguish, with cold sweat; Palpitation of the heart;
Rush of blood during a rapid walk. -
Back.-Tearing pain in right Scapula, with sensation of its
being raised up; Sticking pain in Scapula; also the spine and
small of back; Pain in anterior spinous process of the ileum.
Upper Limbs.-Bruise-like pain in deltoid; Tearing pains, of
short duration, in right arm, passing into the fingers; Pains of a
rheumatic character—worse at night; Hands pale, weak, trem-
bling; Pain in the hands, with loss of mobility; Inability to close
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the hand; Paralysis of both hands; Trembling of both hands;
Weakness in the arms, with atrophy, and loss of sensation.
Lower Limbs.-Pain in the knee; Fleeting pain in tibia;
Difficulty in pressing the feet on the floor; they feel dead or
benumbed; Spasmodic jerking of the thighs; the legs go to sleep;
Spasmodic shaking of the legs; Weariness and languor when walk-
ing; Stiffness and lameness in the legs, especially on going up-
stairs; Paralysis of the lower extremities; Swelling of the feet;
Foetid perspiration.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Sleeplessness at night, from pains in the abdomen; Starting
when on the point of going to sleep; Coldness; Chilliness; Cold
sweat; Pulse slow, feeble, or small—frequent, unequal, hard; if
quick, intermitting; General cachexia; Excessive emaciation; the
pains aggravated at night.
PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM,
AMERICAN REMEDIES. MANDRAKE-May-APPLE,
THIS drug has been inserted in the New British Pharmacopoeia,
under the supposition that it may become a substitute for Mercury.
It seems to have proved successful in some cases of Jaundice, and
is considered a good Cathartic.
Homoeopathic practitioners exhibit Podophyllum for the follow-
ing affections:—Congestion of the Liver and Spleen; Indigestion;
Heartburn; Waterbrash; Headache from Indigestion; Constipation,
alternating with Diarrhoea; Dysentery; Hasmorrhoids; Prolapsus
Recti; Prolapsus Uteri; Cholera Infantum; Mercurial Rheumatism;
Palpitation of the Heart, from exertion or mental emotion. e
The latest American authorities consider it to be a Myalgic
Remedy, and declare it Homoeopathic, for Gastro-Enteritis;
Bronchitis; and Urethritis; Induration and suppuration of Glands;
Bilious Fever; Rolling of the head in children during difficult
dentition; Grinding of the teeth at night. . . .
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The abdominal pains resemble those of Plumbum, with this
difference—Plumbum acts on the Nerves; Podoph. on the Muscles.
The colic of the latter is generally accompanied by Diarrhoea, or
Dysentery, with Prolapsus Ani; Enuresis; Acute or chronic,
mucous or follicular Enteritis. In Uterine affections the following
symptoms will be indicated:—Numb, aching pain in the region of
the right ovary, with heat running down the left thigh; Swelling
of the labia; After-pains, with flatulence, :
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Congestion to the head, with dimness of sight; Head-
ache, with drowsiness in the morning; Pain on the top of the head
when rising in the morning; Morning headache, with heat in the
head and flushes in the face; Delirium during fever, with thirst;
Perspiration of the head during sleep; Vertigo while standing ;
Inclination to fall forwards; Headache, alternating with Diarrhoea;
Rolling of the head during difficult dentition in children,
Eyes.-Heaviness of the eyes, with pains on the top of the
head; Pain in the eyeballs and temples, with heat and throbbing
of the temporal arteries; Drawing sensation ; Smarting, º
Teeth-Grinding of the teeth at night, in children, during
dentition; Mucus on the teeth (morning). • * * : * : * .
Mouth.-Offensive odour; Breath smells badly to himself;
Salivation; Dryness of the mouth and tongue on awaking in the
morning; Sour taste, or of fried liver; White fur on tongue, with
foul taste; Putrid taste, -
Throat.—Sore throat, first on the right, then on the left side;
Throat feels sore when swallowing liquids; Dryness of the throat;
Rattling of mucus; Goitre.
- Appetite, Voracious, or satiated with but a little food, fol-
lowed by nausea and vomiting; Appetite indifferent ; Regurgi-
tation of food; Diarrhoea immediately after eating or drinking;
Thirst towards evening, and during fever; Desire for acids. *
Eructations.—Acid ; Acidity of the stomach, with sickly.
sensation; Regurgitation of food; Extreme nausea for hours;
Eructation of hot flatus, which is very sour; Waterbrash; Heart-
burn; Vomiting of food soon after a meal, followed by craving
for more food; the food turns sour very soon after a meal; the
gastric affections are attended by depression of spirits,
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Abdomen.-Colic, with retraction of the abdominal muscles;
Pain in the bowels at daybreak—relieved by warmth and bending
forwards—increased by lying on back; Chronic Hepatitis, with
constipation; Cramp-like pains in the bowels; Faintness, with
feeling of emptiness after a stool; Extreme weakness after an
evacuation. -
Stools.-Constipation, with flatulence and headache; Faeces
hard, dry, difficult; Morning diarrhoea, with natural stool in the
evening ; Chronic diarrhoea—worse in the morning; Evacuations
of dark-yellow mucus—smells like carrion; Copious evacuations,
with blueness under the eyes; Chronic diarrhoea, with prolapsus
in children; Much straining, bearing down at stool; Bearing
down of the genitals in females, especially children; Diarrhoea in
children during dentition, with screaming and grinding the teeth;
Cholera Infantum. -
Genital (Women).--Suppression of menses in young persons,
with bearing down in the sacral and hypogastric regions—worse
during motion—relieved by lying down.
Prolapsus Uteri-Symptoms continued several weeks after.
delivery; Numb, aching pain in the region of left ovary. -
Leucorrhoea.—Thick, transparent mucus, with constipation.
Larynx,−Dry cough; Loose hacking cough; Whooping-cough,
with constipation and loss of appetite. --
Chest.—Pains increased by deep inspiration; Snapping in the
right lung, like breaking a thread; Sense of suffocation when lying
down at night.
Heart.—The heart feels as if it were ascending towards the
throat; Palpitation, with clucking sensation and rising upwards,
obstructing respiration; Sticking pain in the region of the heart;
Palpitation from physical exertion or mental emotion; Palpi-
tation, especially connected with Indigestion or Hepatic derange-
ment. -
Neck,-Stiffness in the nape, with tenderness of the muscles of
the neck and shoulders; Pain between the shoulders, with soreness
—increased by motion. - -
Back,-Pain in the loins—increased by a false step; Pain
under right scapula; Muscular pains; Pain in the lumbar region,
with feeling of coldness—worse at night, and from motion. -
Upper Limbs,-Rheumatic pains infore-arm and fingers (left);
Weakness of the wrists. -
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Lower Limbs.-Rheumatic, muscular pains, and weakness in
left hip; also of the joints; Weakness of the knees; Cracking in
the knee-joints during motion; Heaviness and stiffness of the
knees; Aching in the limbs at night; Pain in left knee, leg, and
foot; Slight paralytic weakness of the left side, of one year's
standing, in a girl aged eighteen (cwred). -
Sleep.–Restlessness in children; Moaning, with eyelids half
closed; Feels fatigued; not refreshed from the night's rest. *
Fever.—Chilliness, which continues after the heat commences;
Intermittent fever; Chill at seven in the morning; Pain in the
back before the chill; Fever, with constipation; Pain in the
head; Excessive thirst; Perspiration during sleep.
Skin.-Soft, flabby, with debility in children; Moisture on the
skin; Yellow colour; the pains are of a jerking character, with
sudden shocks; the symptoms are worse in the morning, better in
the evening. -
PRU NU'S SPIN OSA,
SLOE-TREE.
APPEARs to have been employed, with success, in some Dropsical
affections; Anasarca; Dropsy from Heart disease — especially
oadema of the feet. (Observe Symptoms of the Respiratory and
Urinary Organs in the following provings.)
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Dizziness; Nervous pain in occiput, so violent that he
loses his ideas; Pain as if the brain were compressed; Pressure
under the skull, as if driven out by a plug; Pressure in right
parietal region; Painful dragging in right parietal bone; Darting
through the right hemisphere.
Teeth.-Pain as if the teeth were being raised out of their
sockets; Pains that pass from one tooth to another; Nondescript
pains in various teeth—relieved by pressing them together.
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Abdomen, Contractive pains; Cramps in the abdomen, which
compel him to walk cautiously, connected with urinary diffi-
culties; Dropsical swelling, with loss of appetite, scanty urine,
and hard, difficult stool. In a case of Ascites, foetid water was.
passed by the rectum; after which the swelling decreased.
Stool.—Diarrhoea, with Colic, nausea, loathing of food.
Urinary Organs.—Strangury; Urging to pass urine for some
hours; he has to press a very long time; Scanty emission, with
feeble stream; he has to rise frequently at night; Spasms of the
Bladder will not allow him rest ; Tenesmus of the Bladder almost
every quarter of an hour; Violent cramp-like pains at glans-penis;
Burning in the urethra; Pain as if ulcerated—he dare not touch
it; the prepuce retracts behind the glans.
Menses.—Every fortnight, with pains in the back; Discharge
of blood every day for eight or ten weeks; it gradually becomes
more watery; Metrorrhagia of thin, watery blood.
Leucorrhoea, excoriating the parts, and tinging the linen
yellow. -
Larynx,−Voice weak, hoarse; Talking induced pains in the
chest ; Creeping sensation, or tickling in the trachea that induces
cough ; Wheezing cough.
Respiration.—Anxious; Short; Panting; Difficult, with feel-
ing of anxiety and oppression about the heart; Frequent deep
breathing; Arrest of the breath frequent ; Inspirations impeded,
with pains in the chest.
Chest.—Stitches in left side; Pain under the sternum, with
fulness at pit of stomach, and distention of the abdomen; Stick-
ing pain when drawing the breath, impeding inspiration; Chest
painful during inspiration, with sensation as if pressed upon ;
Bruise-like pain in pectoralis major. -
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Pains in the joints—laming, or as if sprained; Awakes early in
the morning; Feels as if he had not slept enough; Chilliness
every evening; Stitches in single muscles; Tottering, staggering
gait ; Trembling through the body; Uneasiness in the lower
limbs; Uneasiness in the body, with shortness of breath, and
oppression in the chest; Sleepless at night; Sweat on the face,
only during sleep; Sad; Morose; Ill-humour.
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PULSATILLA.
HAHNEMANN. ANEMONE PRATENSIS.
THIS valuable remedy was considered, by Hahnemann, to be espe-
cially adapted for the affections of persons who possess a mild,
placid, benevolent disposition, inclined to sadness, easily moved to
compassion; or the gay and lively, alternating with sadness and
weeping. Hence Pulsatilla has been almost exclusively assigned
to females. It does not appear so suitable for males, or those who
are bold and decided in character. Probably too much stress
should not be laid on that point, if the general condition is found
to indicate the remedy.
Pulsatilla acts on the Lymphatic system, and Venous Blood-
vessels; the mucous membranes; Urinary and Sexual organs; the
Eye, and the Skin. It has proved of value when the Menses are
scanty, or delayed beyond the proper period (especially in young
girls). Fever, commencing with chilliness, coldness, pale face, and
absence of thirst; Affections that become worse as evening ap-
proaches, or increase in violence every other day; Pains of a Rheu-
matic character, that shift or wander about the body. It promotes
the appearance of Eruptions on the Skin; and in Eruptive fevers
is invaluable—especially Measles, after the inflammatory stage has
been subdued by Aconite. Also useful for Varices; Ulcers; Chil-
blains, with heat and throbbing; Eruptions from eating fat meat;
Catarrh; Influenza; Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Hordeolum; Deafness;
Toothache; Headache from gastric derangement—pastry, fruit,
ice; Nervous Headache of Females with delicate digestion; Scanty
Menses; Dyspepsia; Indigestion—bitter taste; Waterbrash; Nausea;
Vomiting; Diarrhoea; Affections of the Bladder and Prostate
Gland; Cystitis; Chronic Stricture of the Urethra; Gonorrhoea;
Spasmodic Labour-pains; Feeble Uterine Contractions; Uterine
Congestion; Suppression of the milk; Wenous Congestion of the
right Heart; Hysteria; Wakefulness at night; Affections of Preg-
nancy; Intermittent Fever; Chlorosis; OEdema of the legs and feet;
Emaciation, Pulsatilla relieves venous congestion. It may prove
serviceable in treating Hypertrophy of the right Ventricle, and In-
flammation of the Knee, in conjunction with Aconite.
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SYMPTOMS. -
Mind,-Gloomy; Melancholy, sadness, inquietude; Diffidence,
want of resolution, or precipitate; Anxiety about the future, with
palpitation; Ill-humour, especially towards evening; Temper in
children; Timid, whining, peevish; wants this, then that; Greedy,
selfish ; Cries for the least trifle. -- . . .
Head.-Confused, giddy; Staggering when walking; Vertigo
when rising from a seat, or looking upwards; Heavy when stoop-
ing; Intellectual labour fatigues him; Vertigo, as if intoxicated;
Throbbing in the head; Vertigo coming on every evening; Head-
ache from indigestion; Shocks in the right hemisphere; Pains in
the Occipital region; Sense of tightness across the forehead—the
pains are relieved by pressure, and worse towards evening. -
Eyes.—Sensation as of a foreign body, a particle of sand; Pres-
sure, burning ; Inflamed conjunctiva ; Sharp, shooting pains;
Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Eyelids red, swollen, inflamed ; Styes;
Lachrymation; Agglutination; Blear-eye; Trichiasis; Sight ob-
scured, dim, as if a film covered the cornea; Incipient Amaurosis;
Fiery rings appear.
Ears.—Difficult hearing, from taking cold, or nervous causes—
from suppressed menses, measles, or cutaneous eruptions; Violent
pains in the ear at night; Inflammation of the external ear—heat,
swelling, and redness; Purulent discharge; Scurfy eruptions;
Humming, buzzing, roaring, ringing, chirping.
Nose.-Sensation of ulceration in nostrils and wing; Constant
sneezing; Accumulation of mucus, thick, yellow, or green; Foetid
discharge; Bleeding from the nose.
Mouth.-Dry, feverish; Foetid breath; Tongue covered with
tenacious mucus, or white fur.
Teeth.-Pains in the teeth—drawing, jerking, when eating, or
at night in bed—increased by warmth—relieved by cold water, or
going into the fresh air; Semilateral toothache, with pricking in
the gums, or throbbing. -
Throat.—Raw; Sore; Sensation of constriction; Fauces red, in-
flamed, as if excoriated; Difficult deglutition. - -
Taste.—Slimy, putrid, or insipid, flat ; Bitter or acid.
Appetite-Lost; Aversion to food; Meat tastes putrid, and
bread bitter; no relish for any kind of food. (Useful when Pastry
Bacon, and Pork, cause gastric disturbance, and diarrhoea.) . *
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PULSATILLA. . . [PULS.
Vomiting of mucus, bile, or food; Short, sudden attacks of
vomiting, with bitterness; Waterbash; Frequent Hiccough. - .
Stomach.-Pressure after every meal; Perceptible pulsation at
pit ; the whole region tender to pressure.
Abdomen.—Spasmodic and flatulent Colic ; Fermentation,
grumbling, sometimes with vomiting; Colic during pregnancy.
Stools.-Loose; Nightly Diarrhoea.—various, watery, or like
stirred eggs; Mucus, Bilious, or Green. -
Urine.—Retention; Continual pressure on the bladder, with
frequent urging. Colowr—Red or brown; Gelatinous; Albumi-
nous; Wetting the bed; Involuntary micturition. -
Menses.—Irregular, tardy, or suppressed, with Colic; Delay in
their first appearance; Menses of black, slimy blood. Previous to
the menses—Weight in the abdomen; Chilliness; Headache.
During the menses—Pain in the chest and stomach; Leucorrhoea,
burning, thin, or acrid.
Larynx.-Hoarseness; Husky voice; Catarrh, with loss of taste
and smell; Catarrhal constriction of the larynx, particularly at
night; Cough, dry or moist—worse on lying down; Continual
cough, with scanty and difficult expectoration; Stitching pain in
side of chest ; Threatened Pneumonia in children; Spasmodic
cough ; Whooping-cough. - .
Chest.—Contractive, spasmodic tightness, with difficult breath-
ing; Evening Asthma; Spasmodic Asthma; Bruise-like pains in the
pectoral muscles; Congestion of blood to the chest; Palpitation of
the heart—the symptoms are relieved by sitting up in bed. There
is sometimes a difficulty in lying on one side (this symptom has
been frequently relieved by Pulsatilla). -
Back.-Pain in the dorsal region; Stiffness; Weary; Tension
across the loins; Pain of stiffness in nape of neck; Sticking pain
between the scapulae. . - - - …”
Upper Limbs.--Rheumatic pain in shoulder-joint, and region
of deltoid; the arm is raised with difficulty; Drawing pains from
the shoulder to the elbow and wrist; Pains that seem to affect the
tendons; the wrist feels stiff, and painful to move.
Lower Limbs.-Bruise-like pains in the Gluteal region, and of
dislocation in the hip-joint; Drawing pains in all the muscles of
the thigh, in bed at night; he cannot find ease in any position;
Trembling of the limbs. Knees—Tearing, jerking in the knee-joint;
Swelling of the knee; Cracking in the joint. . . . . . .
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Legs.-Cramp; Varicose veins; Weakness; Weary feeling ;
the legs feel heavy; the bones (tibia) feel bruised; Pimples, which
discharge a watery fluid; CEdema of the legs and feet; Con-
siderably enlarged veins, forming knots; Overloaded valves.
Feet.—Hot ; Swelling of one or both feet, ascending to the
ankle ; Tearing pains in the soles; Burning, pricking in the heel;
Chilblains that break and ulcerate; Itching, tingling in the toes;
Jerking in the great toe. .
Sleep.–Yawning, and drowsy by day; Sleep impeded at night,
from over-crowding ideas; Frequent waking, especially before mid-
might, or two o'clock; Jerking of the limbs when falling asleep;
"Continued dreams; Sleeplessness, from congestion of blood, with
heat, confusion, anxiety. -
Fever.—The fever characteristic is coldness and absence of thirst.
Thirst only during the hot stage; it rarely continues after the hot
stage has passed, which is but short—chilliness being predomi-
mant; even the feeling of heat is often mingled with cold.
First—Coldness, shuddering, especially about the back, and mostly
towards evening, with pale face and headache; Anxiety; Oppression
of the chest. Secondly—Partial dry heat, chiefly affecting the face,
while other parts are cold. Thirdly—Perspiration generally towards
morning; sometimes with cramp in the legs, or comatose sleep.
Pulse.—Generally small, quick.
According to Possart, Puls, might prevent puerperal fever, if
:given in time. -
Skin, Eruption resembling measles; Red eruption, with
burning, pricking, biting; Nettle-rash ; Stinging; Ulcers that
bleed readily; Gnawing; Chilblains, with bluish-red swelling.
The pains of Pulsatilla are relieved by shifting the position; by
motion, pressure, and going into the open air. Some of the symp-
toms appear every alternate day or evening, with increased violence.
*—w
RANUN GULUS BULBOSUS,
*STAPF. : CROW-FOOT,
:THIS remedy; appears to have been successful in two cases, of
Neuralgia Intercostalis; and is recommended for Neuralgia depend-
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ing on Spinal Irritation; Pemphigus neonatorum; the Blebs from
two to four inches in size; Herpes, especially of the fingers
and palms; Vesicular eruptions of new-born infants, resembling
Pemphigus.
SYMPTOMs.
Mind and Disposition.—Quarrelsome, ill-tempered—morn-
ing; in the evening, desponding, sensitive; Discontented; cannot
take a jest; Easily provoked. -
Head.—Dizziness; Vanishing of thoughts; he finds it difficult
to think; Vertigo; Sensation as if the head were enlarged; Head-
ache, especially over the right eye—relieved by walking; Head
feels heavy and distended; Pressing pain in forehead, from within
outward; Congestion of blood to the head when walking in the
open air; Drawing pain in the temples in the evening, with
feverish restlessness, and oppressed breathing; Burning; Prickings
in the scalp, with a sensation of blood rushing to the Brain.
Face.—Heat, with redness of the cheeks, and icy-cold feet;
also internal chilliness; Spasmodic, paralytic sensation in the
jaws after lying down at night; Twitches; Spasms of the lips
(right side).
Eyes, Smarting, as from smoke; Painful lachrymation; Slight
reticulation of the conjunctiva; Pressing pain in the eyeball several
days; Pain in the eyeballs when moving them.
Ears.--Sticking in the right ear, at the tympanum; Stitches
that extended through the ear to the parietal bone.
Nose.-Obstruction of the nose; Scurfy soreness of the nostrils,
especially the right; Nose red, swollen; Nightly discharge of
HºlliCUIS,
Stomach.-Eructations; Nausea; Hiccough ; Nausea in the
afternoon, sometimes with headache; Violent burning at the car-
diac orifice, with great anxiety about the heart; Pressure at pit of
stomach; Painful soreness at pit, tender to touch.
Hypochondria.-Pain on both sides—region tender to touch;
Bruise-like pain under the false ribs; Soreness on the left side
when moving the body; Pulsations in left hypochondria; Pressure
deep in the liver when standing—increased by pressure; Stitches
that arrest the breath.
Abdomen.-After dinner, pinching below the umbilicus; Violent
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stitches from left lumbar region, through the abdomen, below the
umbilicus, to right groin; Subdued pinching colic; a subdued
colic seemed to affect the whole of the intestinal track; the pa-
rietes of the abdomen are sensitive to pressure; the intestines feel
ulcerated; Colic about the umbilicus; Pinching pain in hypogas-
trium; Violent stitches near the anterior spine of Ileum; Tender-
ness in the inguinal region.
Stool.-Evacuations more frequent and easy; Two stools every
day for several days; Hard stool in the morning, and one, more
easy, in the afternoon; the stools became hard with one who usually
had soft and regular evacuations; Stitching in the anus; Profuse
Haemorrhoids.
Chest.—Oppression of the chest; Pressure, with dyspnoea, and
weeping; Oppression when walking up a hill; Pain in the chest,
with restless nights, for weeks; Pain in the chest early in the
morning; Rheumatic pain as from sub-cutaneous ulceration;
Stitches above the left nipple; Pain in the pectoral muscle;
Bruise-like pains in the whole chest; Sticking pain in left chest;
Pulsation at the sternum; Pressure and tightness across the
lower part of the chest; Pains increased by movement, stooping,
or inspiration; Pain in the chest (left side) when in bed; unable
to lie on either side, from pain in the external walls of the chest
(Intercostals), with anxiety, tightness, dyspnoea, and accelerated
pulse. - -
Neck and Back-Rheumatic pain in nape, and between the
scapulac, on awaking in the morning; Pain in dorsal region in the
morning; Pain in the back, with lassitude and ill-humour.
Upper Limbs,-Jerking pains; Sudden tearing pains; Visible
contraction of the skin and muscles; Jactitation of the muscles;
Inflammation of the arm, from the fingers to the shoulder (exter-
nal application of leaves and blossoms); Blisters and vesicles
form; Ulcers on the fingers—flat, spreading, difficult to cure.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Great weakness in the lower limbs; the whole body feels
bruised; Lassitude; Dread of labour; Anxiety; Fainting; Wer-
tigo; Trembling of the limbs; Epilepsy” (Hempel advises it for
Dry Herpes; Phagedenic sores; and sub-acute inflammation at
the cardiac end of the stomach, with Soreness at Epigastrium).
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RATANIA. [RAT.
R AT ANIA,
HARTLAUB. KRAMERLA—RHATANY.,
IN Allopathy the bark of this root is thought to be of value on
account of its astringent properties; for it possesses a large
amount of Tannin, and is chiefly prescribed for chronic mucous
discharges; Haemorrhage, and Incontinence of Urine. Trousseau
and Pidoux, also Bretonneau, have cured fissure of the anus and
constipation by this drug. Hempel recommends it for the same
affection.
It would seem to have considerable action on the functions of
the Uterus; and, on this point, may déserve further study.
Twitching of the Eyelids, Diarrhoea, and Atomic Haemorrhage, have
been cured by Homoeopathists.
SYMPTOMs.
Mind.—Gloomy or quarrelsome; Irritable; Disposed to gaiety
in society, but much depressed when alone.
Head.—Dull; Tearing pains in temple, forehead, or vertex,
especially during the menses—relieved in open air; Fine stitches,
or sharp stitches, that cause the part to feel bruised; the head
feels compressed, as if in a vice; Pain in forehead when straining
at stool, as if the brain would press out; Fine twitching, deep in
the brain; a feeling of digging up in the brain (right side)—relieved
in open air; Heat in the whole head, with heaviness; Pain as if
the head would burst. -
Eyes.—Agglutination of the lids on awaking; Burning and
contractive sensation in the eyes; Sensation in the right eye as if
it were fixed, or motion prevented, although the eye could be easily
moved; Twitching in the lids of the right eye, lasting two hours,
with weakness of sight ; Dimness of vision, as when looking
through a gauze; a white spot appears before the eye at candle-
light, which impedes the sight—relieved by wiping the eye. -
Nose.-Itching; Smarting; Bleeding from the nose three times
a day; Sneezing; Pimples in nostrils, that become scurfy; Stoppage
and fulness.
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Face.—Flushes of heat; Tearing Prosopalgia (left side).
Teeth.-Tearing pains in the molars; Digging; Shooting,
with sensation of coldness at evening; Beating pain in the
incisors.
Gums.-Bleeding of the gums; Swelling; Fungous softening.
Mouth. Accumulation of water; Flat taste.
Lips, Vesicles on the upper lips, that seem to burn when
touched.
Tongue.—Feels tight, as if swollen; Tip hot as fire.
Throat.-Sore during empty deglutition; Stitch in the throat;
Painful spasmodic contraction, that prevents him speaking in a
loud voice, or giving full utterance.
Stomach.-Vomiting of water; Ulcerative pain; Heat; Burn-
ing; Pain at pit, as if cut to pieces; Pain under left breast, near
the pit; Beating; Burning; Cutting, as if ulcerated—relieved by
motion; Vomiting of blood; Streaked mucus; Hiccough.
Abdomen.—Drawing at umbilicus, with feeling of coldness;
Burning and twisting in the Abdomen in the morning, early;
Motion as of a living body—first right, then in left side; Distention,
with constant urging to stool, and much flatus (afternoon).
Stool.-Yellow diarrhoea, with fiery burning at the anus; Hard
stool, followed by one diarrhoeic ; Liquid stool early in the morning;
Three diarrhoeic stools; no pain, but a few drops of blood pass;
Sharp, sudden stitches in the anus; Protrusion of varices after a
hard stool, with pressure and burning.
Menses.—Premature, with bearing down; Two, three, or five
days early, with pain in the Abdomen; Discharge of blood rather
profuse—four days after the menses had ceased; Pain in the small
of the back during menstruation; Pressing in both inguinal regions,
followed by discharge of mucus from the Vagina. (Suppression of
the menses, with swelling of the breasts and abdomen, as if preg-
nant; with profuse leucorrhoea, cutting colic, and constant pain in
the loins.—Teste.) -
Chest.—Feeling of congestion in the chest; Shooting pains
in the chest; Dry cough, with pain of ulceration in the chest.
Back.-Pain as if bruised in the whole spine, with Dyspnoea.
Skin, Red or white pimples between the scapulaº, that itch
and burn after scratching; Small glandular swellings on the
occiput; Tubercles and Boils on the lip; Sickly appearance of the
skin. -
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RHEUM–RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM. [RHOD,
RHEU M.
RHUBARB.
Is chiefly used, in Homoeopathy, for Diarrhoea of Children; Restless-
mess at night, with crying, tossing, moaning, slight convulsions,
snoring inspiration; Acidity of the stomach; Faecal Diarrhoea, with
pinching in the Abdomen; Diarrhoea of parturition; Debility of
the whole body; Sleep not refreshing; awakes with headache.
RHODODENDRON CHRYSANTHUM.
STAPF. - GOLDEN-FLOWERED RHODoDENDRON.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, has been employed for affections
that are excited by rough, tempestuous weather; Drawing, tearing
in the joints and limbs; Lameness and stiffness; Redness; Swelling;
Pains, most violent at night, and during rest; Gout; Chronic
Rheumatism; Toothache; Hydrocele; Swelling of the testes, with
drawing pains in the spermatic cord; White swelling of the knee;
Pains in the lower limbs. Hempel names it for Rheumatic
Asthma, and Rheumatic Ophthalmia.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Erratic pains of a tearing character in the limbs; Formication;
Pricking; Creeping; Disagreeable sensation, as if a worm were
creeping about the affected parts; Insensibility of parts; Paralytic
sensation in the fingers and fore-arm; the skin and bones seem
chiefly affected; Slight drawing and jerking, here and there, in
different parts of the body; Drawing as if in the marrow; Sensa-
tions and pains that subside and reappear as the weather becomes.
rough, windy, or approaching thunder-storm.
Head.—Headache early in the morning; Excessive headache,
as if a weight oppressed the whole brain; the brain seemed to
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press hard against the skull-bones; Aching pain in left half of
forehead and temporal bone; Violent pain in right occiput, as if a
hard body had been forced into the part; when walking, the brain
seems shaken from all sides, especially above; Pains and tenderness
in the bones of the cranium; Itching of the scalp.
Eyes.—Sticking pain, as with a red-hot needle, in the right
eyeball, from within outwards; Burning in the eyes when looking
intently at daylight; Dryness and burning in the eyes; Burning
when reading or writing; Periodical burning; Pains about the
orbit; Pressure, with spasmodic contraction of the lids; Smarting
in right eye; Pupil contracted; Sensation of gauze; Weakness of
sight.
Eyelids.-Swollen, red, agglutinated; Dampness of the eyes;
Suppuration of the lids at might; Lachrymation in the open air ;
Frequent twitching of the lids.
Ears.-Humming, ringing; Sensation as if water were rushing
in; Sensation in left, as of a worm creeping about ; Darting,
beating, shooting in the left ear; Violent otalgia in the right
outer ear in the morning—continued through the day; Stitches in
right ear, from within outwards. -
Teeth.--Toothache excited by thunder-weather; Affects one or
two molars—always with pain in the ear; Drawing, cutting
pain; Tearing in a hollow tooth; Pain in lower jaw all night.
Mouth-Dryness of the whole buccal cavity; Scraping, scratch-
ing sensation in the fauces—the part seems lined with mucus;
Burning in the throat. - -
Tongue.—Greenish coating, with bitter taste; Prickling, burn-
ing; all things taste alike; Putrid, bitter taste, or taste of straw;
Troublesome thirst. - -
Abdomen.—Stitches in the spleen when walking; also in the
evening, when at rest—so violent as to arrest the breath; Pinching,
cutting, aching in the Epigastrium; the integuments of the abdomen
are painful, as from blows. -
Stool.—Constipation; Occasional diarrhoea after a meal, or from
fruit, with sense of weakness in the stomach; Beating and crawling
in the anus, as from ascarides. -
Urine,—Increased; Pale, or clear, with a green tinge; generally
an offensive acrid odour; Passed with burning. -
Genital (Male).-Itching and sweat about the scrotum ; the
testes are drawn up, swollen, and painful for many days; Contusive
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pain in the testes, with alternate drawing in one, then the other;
Pain in the epididymis, which was tender to touch several days;
Drawing, sticking in right testes and spermatic cord; a swelling
of the testicle, that had existed for years, gradually decreased to
the natural size after fourteen days; Swelling of the testes after sup-
pressed Gomorrhoea, with Blenorrhoea; Hydrocele.
Neck-Rheumatic pain and stiffness in nape, early morning, in
bed; Painful sensation, as if the neck would swell.
Back-Violent aching, drawing pain (right side), under the
Scapula; it awoke him from sleep in the morning; when bending
backward, he felt as if some one were plunging a knife through
the chest to the back; Rheumatic pains between the scapula;
Aching pain in the small of the back; Pain as if sprained or
bruised; Large pustules appear on back and shoulders.
Chest.—Oppression and constriction of the chest; Contractive
pain in the chest ; Violent congestion of the chest—two days, more
or less; the whole thorax feels sprained and bruised; Pain in the
muscles of the chest; Aching pain deep in the chest, arresting the
breath; Suppressed breathing, with suffocative sensation.
Respiration.—Anxious, accelerated, with undulating sensation;
Rushing of blood to the chest, with strong beating of the heart;
Beating pain along the left elavicle,
Upper Limbs.-Rheumatic pains in the shoulder; Digging
pains in wrists; Tearing in right shoulder several evenings, in bed,
disturbing the night's rest; Rheumatic pains in the fingers;
Violent tearing in right shoulder-joint; Beating, drawing; Weak-
mess in both arms, as if asleep; Formication; Puffiness of the
hands.
Lower Limbs,-Pain in right hip, as if sprained; Tearing
pain from the thigh to the foot; Acute drawing in right thigh ;
Weariness of the muscles, and heaviness of the thighs, when
walking.
Knees.—Drawing, tearing about the knees; Pain in right
knee, as from a blow; Pain as if sprained; Cold swelling of
the right knee, with pain down the leg; White swelling of the
knee; Jerking sensation in right knee; Internal soreness of the
joint; Pain in the tendo Achillis when stepping; Drawing pains in
the malleolus externus. -
Feet.—QEdematous swelling of the legs and feet; Cramp-like
pains in the tarsal joints; Tingling in the feet and balls of the
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toes; Pain in the heels, rendering it difficult to walk; Stitches in
COIIlS.
Skin-Itching or gnawing in different parts when going to
sleep; Anasarca; Various painful sensations in the skin; the
joints become red, swollen, and painful; Erysipelatous redness of
the fingers. -
Rhod. has proved valuable in the pains of Syphilis, after a pro-
longed course of Mercury.
RHU S R A DIC ANS,
CLIMBING POISON-IVY.*
THIS remedy is quite analogous with the Rhus Tox., and may
be expected to cure Rheumatism generally; also Rheumatic Head-
ache; Erysipelas; Intermittent Fever; Inflammation of fibrous
tissues. It may prove useful in treating Inflammation of the
Tongue; Rheumatism of the Chest, Neck, and Back; Traumatic
Inflammation of the Hand; Sprains; Neuralgia? Diabetes? De-
bility; Fever, with Debility; Typhoid; Typhus conditions; Par-
tial Palsy of the limbs; Faintness and Dyspnoea.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Melancholy; Mental depression; Great discouragement
and apprehension about the future; Unfit for any mental labour.
Head.-Vertigo; Confusion; Momentary loss of consciousness;
the head feels as if it were swelling, and had become too large;
Heaviness; Fulness; Semilateral pain in the temple; Pain over
the eye; Continual dull pain in forehead; Headache, with nausea;
the headache is worse when lying down—better after rising; Pain
in vertex and nape of neck; Sensation as if the crown of the head
were rising up ; Heat, pain, and throbbing in the head.
* The Radicans is a climbing tree; grows from five to forty feet high;
furnished with radicles, or root-like fibres, of a red-brown colour, by which it
is sustained; and thus resembles Ivy: the leaves are smoother at the mar-
gins than the Rhus Tox.
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Scalp.–Tender; Small elevations; Eruptions; Itching.
Eyes.—Pain in the eyes when opening them; Itching at the
inner canthus; Burning in the eyeballs; Lachrymation.
Eyelids.--Smarting; Itching; Heat; Swelling and redness of
the lids, with itching and burning; CEdema of the lids; Confusion
of sight; Vision obscured; Dimness at candle-light.
Ears.-Pain in one ear—small boil; Sensation as if the beat-
ing of the heart and arteries were heard; Sound of rushing water.
Nose.-Epistaxis; Frequent Smeezing; Nostrils excoriated and
encrusted; Fluent Coryza, with copious secretion of mucus.
Face.—Neuralgia; Pain in the left side of the face and lower
jaw ; Erysipelas—burning, Smarting, heat, and redness; Boils;
Pimples; Pustules; Vesicles; Pimples on the face and forehead;
Large red pimple on the cheek; Eruptions at the angle of the
mouth. -
Teeth.-Transient throbbing in the teeth; Pains in carious
teeth; Toothache, with flow of saliva. -
Gums.-Inflamed; Tender; Sore, as if the mouth had bee
scalded.
Mouth.-Much increase of saliva; Air feels unusually cold in
the mouth; Ulcers; Vesicles inside the mouth.
Tongue.—Yellow coat; Burning; Pricking; Tongue feels dry,
sore—especially as if scalded; the tip of the tongue feels sore or
burnt; Vesicles at tip; Rough tongue. (The symptoms of the
tongue were manifested very early.) -
Throat—Pricking; Constriction; Irritation; Smarting; Sting-
ing; Burning; Sense of excoriation; Rawness; Red ; Hot and
swollen; Painful deglutition.
Taste, Appetite.—Disagreeable; Bitter taste, or metallic;
the appetite deficient, or lost.
Eructations.—Empty; Nausea; Vomiting of tasteless water.
Stomach.-Severe pain in stomach, with dizziness; Pain after
food; Pressure and fulness at Epigastrium; Shooting, sharp pain;
Stomach sensitive to pressure.
Hypochondria.-Constriction and pain in left; Habitual,
dull pain; Lancinations in right during inspiration.
Abdomen.—Griping colic; Sharp pains; Shootings after
drinking cold water; Colic that compels him to flex the trunk;
Distention and flatus.
Stool.—Constipation, with headache; Pale evacuations; Diar-
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rhoea, with slimy, yellow stools ; Evacuations streaked with blood;
Bright blood after a stool. -
Anus.-Sore; Excoriated, especially after walking. .
Urine.—Increased secretion and flow; Milky; Deep red, wit
pink deposit; Pressure on the Bladder.
Scrotum.—Inflamed and irritated by walking; Vesicles; Penis
swollen; Bloated.
Cough and Chest.—Dry cough ; Hacking cough, excited by
tickling; Cough on movement or lying down; Pain in chest, near
the nipple; Dull pain (left side); Pains that seem to proceed from
the stomach; Pains worse on inspiration; Chest sensitive to
pressure. - -
Heart.—Palpitation of the heart, with fulness in the head.
Neck.-Rigidity of the neck; Pain in the cervical muscles on
motion—they feel tender; Pains in and between the Scapulaº.
Back,-Pain across the loins and quadratus lumborum; Weak-
ness in the whole spine; Aching in the back and in the renal
region; Aching in the lumbar spine and ileum when lying down
at night.
Upper Limbs,-Severe pain in right shoulder and the acro-
mion process; Pain in the deltoid; Fixed Rheumatism lasted several
days; Numbness, and feeling of deadness in the arms and hands at
night; Pain in the left upper arm, as though the muscles or ten-
dons were strained; Pain in the left biceps and left elbow—also
the ulnar edge of the right arm; Aching at the wrists, especially
during exertion of the fingers; Numbness of the hands and fingers;
Inflammation of the hands, with heat, redness, and swelling; Ery-
sipelatous inflammation of the hands and fingers; Vesicles between
the fingers; Scratches and injuries tend to inflame and suppurate.
Lower Limbs,-Pain in the hip ; Soreness and excoriation
about the nates; Cutaneous redness; Instability; Weakness, and
feeling of heaviness in the limbs, when walking ; Lameness at the
knee; Pain in one knee; Pain at the inside of one knee, near the
patella—worse on moving the joint; Pains in the calf when walk-
ing; Cramps in the calf when lying in bed, or extending the limb;
Itching, red eruption on the legs (lower half), and about the
ankles; Vesicles; Pains at the ankles; Weakness; Swelling, and
lameness; Pains in the sole of the right foot ; Sharp pains in
the feet; Coldness of the feet; Unusual coldness, with numbness.
Sleep.–Sleepy by day, and early in the evening; Imperfect
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sleep at night, disturbed by frequent waking; Dreams of danger
and horses; Fear on waking.
Fever.—Chills, general or partial—generally in the back; Cold-
ness of the extremities; Intermittent fever, every day, at one
o'clock; Fever, with pain in the legs; Universal heat, with dry
skin; Pulse frequent and small; Typhoid condition, with brown
tongue, red tip; Vertigo, and pains in the limbs.
Skin.—Itching, pricking, stinging; Hard, red eruptions; In-
flamed tubercles, elevations, hard pimples; Pustules; Watery
pimples; Vesicular eruptions—some disappear without rupture of
the cuticle—others burst; Erysipelas, especially during hot weather;
Small boils; Swelling of the lymphatic glands,
Characters.-Wandering, rheumatic pains—first one part, then
another; Excessive debility; General languor; Inclination to lie
down. It seems to act on the brain, mucous membrane, skin,
muscles, and tendons. The pains are worse when first beginning
to move in the morning—relieved during the day, when occupied,
and when walking in the open air; some of the sufferings were in-
creased after drinking cold water. -
RHUS TOXICODENDRON,
HAHNEMANN. POISON-OAK.
THIS powerful drug was first introduced into English practice by
Dr. Alderson, of Hull, in 1793; who successfully treated some cases
of Paralysis, Dyspepsia, many Stomach complaints, and Gout, with
the powdered leaves of the plant. Dr. A. Duncan, however, gave
it in large doses, and failed to cure—observing that it only acted as
a gentle laxative. This might be accounted for in consequence of
the clumsy mode of administration. The powdered leaves were, of
course, dried, and the medicinal properties lost in most cases; while
in a few it acted with immense power, producing Convulsions, and
many untoward symptoms. Thus a very valuable medicine was
cast aside as dangerous and useless, for the simple reason that the
physicians of the period did not know how to use it. Now Hah-
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nemann has come to the rescue. Thanks to his beautiful mode of
preparation, we possess, in Rhus, a remedy of immense value, daily
and hourly used by Homoeopathic practitioners, with almost un-
varying success when properly selected and administered. It
seems to have a powerful action on the cerebro-spinal system, both
sensitive andmotor; also the Gangliónic nerves. Its salutary effects
on the human body are especially manifested during a state of rest.
Its action on the ligaments, tendons, serous mucous membranes,
and the skin, is now tolerably well ascertained. According to
recorded experience, Rhus will be found useful under the following
conditions:—ACUTE AND CHRONIC RHEUMATISM, with or without
swelling of the parts (provided always that the symptoms, and cor-
responding state of the patient, will agree with the drug-proving);
Sufferings caused by a heavy shower of rain, when in a state of
perspiration; Evil consequences of bathing in cold water, or wet
feet during the menses; Straining of tendons or single muscles;
Swelling and induration of the glands in the parotid region; Para-
lysis of the extremities; Vesicular and Phlegmonous Erysipelas;
Pemphigus ; Moist eruptions on the hairy scalp; Impetigo; Swell-
ing of the head and face; Inflammation of the eyelids; some
states of typhoid and typhus fever.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Vexed about every trifle; Sadness, inducing a love of
solitude; Weeps without cause; Dread of the future; Imagines
some enemy will do him harm, or poison him; Anguish at heart in
the afternoon. - . * - -
Head.—Vertigo, as if about to fall; Sense of wavering or fluc-
tuation, as if the brain were moving in the skull; Pain as if the
brain were bruised; Stitching pains day and night; Tingling,
painful sensation; Feeling of fulness.
Scalp.–Swelling of the integuments, even to an enormous
size; Small soft tumours; Tinea Capitis, eating away the Hair;
Eruption that becomes covered with a greenish crust; Creeping,
gnawing, tingling; Troublesome itching.
Eyes.—Pain on moving the eyeball; Bruised pain in the
orbit; Scrofulous Ophthalmia? Burning, Smarting; Swelling of
the whole eye, and its coverings; Inflammation of the lids, with
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redness and agglutination. (According to Dudgeon, it is very
valuable in affections of the Eye.) -
Face.—Red, swollen; Erysipelatous inflammation, with burn- " ;
ing, tingling; Vesicular Erysipelas, with yellow serum; Acne
Rosacea around the mouth and chin; Cracking or setting in the
articulation of the jaw when eating or speaking; Spasmodi
action of the masseters. -
Mouth.-Dry, with thirst, or copious flow of saliva.
Tongue—Dry, bright-red, or glazed, brownish—not coated; it
feels as if covered with a skin. -
Throat.—Pressure; Stinging; Shooting, or dryness; Difficult
deglutition; Pain on swallowing, as if the muscles of the pharynx
and the oesophagus contracted on the food. -
Taste.—Bitter the whole day; Taste of Copper; Putrid;
Greasy, with thirst; Appetite lost; Dislike to bread, meat, and
coffee; Desire chiefly for cold water, or milk and dainties.
Stomach-Sensation of coldness; Pressure at pit as if the
stomach were swollen, affecting respiration; Sense of ulceration;
Sensation as if something had given way when making a false step;
after a meal, a lump seems to lie there; Violent throbbing, or
stitches.
Abdomen.—Contractive spasms; Colic at night; Digging,
jerking, pinching—aggravated by food or drink; Distention;
Scarlet colour of the skin of abdomen. -
Stool.—Tenesmus; Diarrhoea at night; Obstinate diarrhoea;
Frothy, mucous, gelatinous, white, or yellow; Involuntary
evacuation.
Urine.—Retention; Wetting the bed, in strumous children;
Involuntary flow in old persons, from paralysis of the sphincter;
Frequent and urgent desire. Deposit—White.
Chest.—Sense of tightness; Oppression; Contraction, so as to
render inspiration difficult; Stitches in the chest and in the sides;
Tingling. - - -
Heart.—Trembling, with sense of weakness; Shooting pain,
with torpidity, and sense of paralysis in left arm.
Neck and Back,-Pain and stiffness in the cervical region;
Pains in the dorsal region, and across the loins, as from a strain;
Pains in back as if bruised; Tearing between the scapula; Swell-
ing of the axillary and parotid glands.
Upper Extremities.—Tearing, burning in the shoulder, with
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lameness of the arm; Erysipelatous swelling of the arm; Burning,
pricking below the axilla; Burning and itching pustules; Cold-
ness; Insensibility of the arm; Vesicles on the wrists; Smarting
cracks on the back of the hands.
Lower Extremities.—Sensation as if the joints were sprained;
Aching pain in the hip-joints at every step; Paralysis of the lower
limbs; Cramp in the calves; Cramp-like pressure in the legs;
Heaviness in the legs; Painless swelling of the feet; Inflammation
and swelling of the instep (erysipelatous), with vesicles and pimples;
Red blotches on the balls of the toes; Heels red, painful.
CHARACTERISTIC OF RHUS TOX.
The Rheumatism of Rhus Tox. is characterised by rigidity and
pain on first moving the joints after rest. Motion relieves the pain;
but frequently the pains are greatly, increased during rest, and
when warm in bed. Notwithstanding this, rest is absolutely neces-
sary to promote the curative action. -
Dr. Neidhard states, that the Rheumatism cured by Rhus is as
follows:—“Rigidity; Paralytic weakness of the joints; Stinging
in the tendons and muscles; Swelling and redness about the joints,
especially the hip and wrist. (The greatest rigidity and pain are
felt on first moving the joint after rest, and on awaking in the
morning).” &
RUTA GRAWE0LENS,
HAHNEMANN. GARDEN RUE.
THIS remedy is sometimes used for Affections of the Eye; Am-
blyopia and Amaurosis; Injuries of the Bones; Rheumatic para-
lysis of the wrists, hands, ankles, and feet; Pains in the Bones.
Hempel and Jahr advise it for Giddiness, with confused vision;
Tottering gait; Fainting debility; Cold skin; Pulse 30; Gastric
irritation; Womiting; Worms in Children; Menstrual Irregu-
larities; Menorrhagia; Chronic Pneumonia, with suppuration
from injury. w -
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GENERAL SYMPTOMS.*
Ailments that occur from an injury; Pains that follow a fall;
Bruises; Contusions; Pains in the bones and periosteum, that are
Gnawing or Burning in character. The pains are increased during
rest, and when sitting—relieved by motion; and worse in damp,
cold weather. -
Mind,-He feels low-spirited; Indulges in melancholy and sad
thoughts; Weary of life; Peevish ; Ill-humour.
Head-Sudden attacks of giddiness when sitting; Vertigo
early in the morning, when rising; Violent Vertigo when walking
in the open air; Heaviness in the forehead, as if a weight were
lying there; Pressure on the whole brain, with nervousness and
restlessness; Beating pain in the head.
Scalp.–Corrosive itching of the scalp; Violent tearing pain,
which is followed by a tumour the size of a walnut ; Humid scurf
on the scalp.
Eyes.—Confused sight, as looking through a mist (Jahr);
IPainful, as from exerting them too much by reading or fine work;
Weakness of the eyes, as from too much reading; Incipient
Amaurosis, with misty sight, and darkness for distant objects;
Sensation as if there were not sufficient light; Pressure and pain
in the Eyeballs; Considerable lachrymation in the open air;
Muscae Wolitantes.
Eyelids.--Spasmodic movement of the lower lid; followed by
a flow of water, lasting one hour and a-half.
Nose.—Bleeding from the nose, with sense of pressure at the
root; Pain as if a plug were bored through it transversely.
Face.—Numb pain in the facial Bones, as from a blow ; Pains
in the Malar Bone—a species of intermittent Neuralgia (Teste);
Acne Rosacea (with Rhus Tox.) - -
Tongue.—Spasm of the tongue, with difficult speech.
Stomach,-Lancinating pains at pit; Pinching pain after
Bread and Butter; Eructations; Frequent Hiccough; Sudden
nausea while eating, with vomiting of the ingesta; when begin-
ning to eat, there is tension and oppression in the chest and
Epigastric region; Food tastes dry and flat; Unquenchable
desire for cold water in the afternoon; Burning; Gnawing in the
stomach.
* See Urinary Symptoms and Prolapsus Ani.
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Hepatic Region.—Aching, gnawing pain in the region of the
liver; Beating, pricking under the left short ribs—increased by
pressure, and arresting the breath at night.
Spleen.—Painful swelling of the spleen. . . .
Abdomen.—Severe stitches in the abdominal muscles; Cold-
mess in the umbilical region, with sensation as if something were
detached from that part; Cutting colic pains; Pinching; Aching,
as from worms; Bruise-like pains (Jahr). -
Stool.—Hard, scanty, like sheep's dung; Difficult expulsion
as from want of power, the faeces being large; Frequent desire,
with protrusion of the rectum; much flatus; the rectum pro-
lapses easily, even when stooping, but is replaced without pain;
Lancinations in rectum when sitting; Tearing pain in the rectum
and urethra.
Urine.—Small quantity; Frequent at night, and during mo-
tion in the day; Excessive urging as if it could not be retained,
yet only a few drops are emitted; Immediately after micturition
the bladder feels filled, and moves up and down; Feeling of pres-
sure in the bladder; Sense of spasm at the neck; Frequent
urging, with discharge of green urine; Gravel.
Genital.—Increased desire; Nocturnal emissions.
Menses.—Too early and profuse ; Irregular, followed by a mild
leucorrhoea; Corrosive leucorrhoea after the menses; Menorrhagia.
Chest and Lungs.-Gnawing, burning pains in the chest;
Compression in the lower part of the Chest at night; Ulceration
of the lungs after mechanical injuries; Violent Cough, with
expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, and sense of weakness in the
Chest ; Tenderness of the sternum; Anxious; Palpitation of the
heart. -
Back,-Pains, as if caused by a bruise from a fall, in the dorsal
region; Pain in the dorsal vertebræ, affecting the breathing;
Drawing, aching pain in right side of dorsal spine, opposite the
liver—very severe during inspiration.
Upper Limbs.-Intense pain in the shoulder-joint, as if
sprained; Tearing in the bones; Bruise-like pain in the Ulna;
Pain in the wrist-joints, as if sprained or bruised; Pain and weak-
ness of the wrists on lifting anything; Numbness and tingling in
the hands; Contraction of the fingers. -
Lower Limbs,-Pain in the bones of the hip-joint, as from a
bruise, during motion; they feel bruised to the touch; he cannot
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bend double (this bruised feeling extends to the anterior femoral
region); Weakness and weariness after walking; During a walk he
staggers from side to side; his legs do not support him; the thighs
especially feel weak; when going up or down stairs, his knees give
way; Tremulousness in the knees; Beating pain in left tarsal
joint ; Burning and corrosive pain in the bones of the feet during
rest ; Burning pains in the toes. º
Fever.-Shuddering of the whole body; Chilly shuddering in
the back; Coldness, descending along the whole vertebral column.
Secondly—Frequent flushes of heat, extending over the whole body,
in the afternoon, with anxiety, as if he would die; Great heat in
the face; no thirst ; Tongue rough, dry—coated white.
Skin-Chafing of the skin; Inflamed ulcers; Warts.
SABA DILLA,
STAPF. INDIAN CAUSTIC BARLEY.
THIS remedy has chiefly been used in fevers—Intermittent fevers,
with thirst during the interval between the cold and hot stage;
Fever, setting in at the same hour every day; Chilliness comes on
about 5 o'clock, P.M., or in the evening, when in bed; Quotidian fever
every day, about 4 o'clock (in a boy); Obstinate quartan fever;
Worm fever; Taenia. -
The tincture has been employed externally for Pediculus; Neu-
ralgic Rheumatism (Hempel); Influenza (Jahr).
SYMPTOMS.
The pains of Sabadilla seem to be of a drawing character, espe-
cially affecting the muscles, bones, and joints; Pain that affects
the interior of the bones, and feel as if being scraped or cut with
a sharp knife; more violent towards afternoon, and increased by
cold; Weariness and heaviness in the limbs, that compel him to
lie down; Sensitiveness to cold; the headache, pains in the chest
and limbs, are frequently felt—first on the right, then on the left
side; Burning, creeping in the skin.
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Mind.—Gloomy; Anxious; Restlessness; Great anguish; Rage.
Head.—Vertigo, as if everything were turning, with gloominess;
Painful pressure in right temple, from within outward; Oppressive
sensation that produces a reeling, staggering; Headache, induced
by continued attention; Constant headache—a sort of tension.
Scalp.–Stinging in the scalp; Burning pain; Itching as from
Vermin—he scratches until it bleeds; Tinea Capitis.
Face,—Heat; Redness; Flushes of heat; it looks fiery red.
Eyes.—Painful drawing in the eyeballs; Blue ring round the
eyes; Burning sensation; Lachrymation from strong light.
: Ears.--Pain, with snapping like electric sparks; Humming;
Buzzing; Sense of obstruction.
Nose.—Bleeding from the nose—profuse; Violent sneezing ;
Fluent Coryza ; Lumps of mucus—yellow, greenish.
Teeth and Jaws.--Toothache; Beating; Drawing; Beating,
jerking in the muscles of left upper jaw; Pain and tenderness, with
swelling of the lower jaw. -
Mouth-Dry, without thirst; Saliva astringent, metallic.
Tongue.—Coated yellow; Feels sore, as if full of blisters;
Burning at tip; Feels scalded.
Throat.—Sense of constriction, scraping, or of a soft body
lodged in the throat; Sensation as of a vapour rising, with bitter-
ness, like Heartburn.
Taste.-Bitter taste, or sweetish; Burning; rather repulsive
taste.
Appetite.—Aversion to meat; Desire for cold water, milk, or
beer; Ravenous desire for sweets, honey, &c.
Nausea.—Desire to vomit, even at the sight of boiled food;
(Idiosyncratic P); Retching; Vomiting of worms.
Stomach.-Feeling of emptiness; Below the pit, pain on pres–
sure; Horrid burning in the stomach, that oppressed the breathing;
Burning that ascended up the CEsophagus to the throat.
- Liver.—Pains in the liver, as if scraped.
Abdomen.—Cutting pain as with knives; Burning Colic, that
urges him to stool; Pain as if from worms; Red spots on Abdo-
men and Chest, the size of a pin's head. ..
Stool.-Slippery liquid, of mucus and blood, or brown, fer-
mented; Copious evacuation, with pain about the Umbilicus;
Burning of anus; Titillation from worms.
Urine,—Increased, mixed with blood; or but little, which
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becomes thick and turbid, like loam-water; Burning in the
urethra, with urging to urinate; only a few drops pass.
Larynx–Hoarseness; Wheezing during inspiration; Cough,
with scraping in the throat ; Deep, dull cough; Short cough
immediately on lying down.
Respiration.—Short, difficult; Wheezing; Oppression, as
from a stone; Shortness of breath the whole day.
Chest.—Burning, as if he had swallowed hot water; Sticking
pains in the chest; Prickings in the chest.
Heart.—Palpitation, with throbbing in all the arteries; Pain
from the right shoulder into the chest; the blood seemed to be
arrested in its circulation, as by a bandage.
Upper Limbs.-Convulsions of the arms; Spasmodic jerks;
Trembling of the hands when writing, as from weakness; Cramp
in the hands and fingers—they become stiff and crooked.
Lower Limbs.-Violent pains, and stinging in the thighs;
Heaviness of the feet; Sweating of the soles; Painful swelling of
the feet; Tenderness; she feels every stone when walking.
Sleep.–Restless; Unrefreshing; Disturbed by dreams.
Fever.—Chiefly manifested by chilliness; Heat intermittent;
little or no thirst; the heat is chiefly in the face and hands; the
sweating stage is accompanied by sleep.
SABINA,
starr. * SAVIN.
ACCORDING to Noack and Trinks, has been employed, with success,
for Painful Congestions of the Uterus; Metrorrhagia; Miscarriage
in the third month; Discharge of dark coagula. It prevented
Miscarriage in the third and fourth month, even when labour-
pains had set in. It facilitates the expulsion of the Placenta: will
be useful in Menorrhagia, after Miscarriage or Parturition; Arte-
rial Metrorrhagia, with discharge of florid blood; Debilitating
menses, with Abdominal Spasms; Pains after delivery ; Beating,
throbbing toothache; Gout in the big Toe; Humid condylomata
cured in one case, where Thuja failed. - - *
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SYMPTOMS.
Pulsative sensation in the Arteries, almost jerking; Heaviness;
Weakness in the body—compelled to lie down ; Aching, burning
pain, with swelling of the toe; Cracking in the joints.
Head.-Pressure and dulness; Frequently-recurring pain in
the right frontal eminence; Aching pain in the right and left
temporal bones; Stabbing pain, as if a knife were plunged several
times into the right frontal eminence, deep in the brain; Beating
headache, with heaviness and stupefaction.
Teeth.--Tearing pains in the roots of the molars; Pains in the
lower teeth when chewing; Toothache in the evening and at
night, as if the tooth would be shattered; Beating; Pressing from
within outwards; Swelling of the gums; the pains are aggravated
by warmth. -
Abdomen.—Writhing and pinching in the umbilical region;
Painful drawing towards the genital organs; Severe stitches in
the hypogastrium, from without inwards; Cutting pains in the
bowels; Pain of constriction; Aching pain in the renal region;
Pains in the lumbar region, resembling weak labour-pains; Bruised
pain in the abdominal muscles, in the evening, in bed.
Stools.-Diarrhoea; Liquid, slimy, or discharge of bloody
mucus; Stitches in the anus; Haemorrhoids painful in the
morning.
Urine.—Copious emission of urine; Dark-yellow, with burning
pains in the vesica; Urethra inflamed, painful; Gomorrhoeal dis-
charge.
Genital (Male)-Hard, painless swelling on the dorsum of
the penis; Figwarts became painful; Swelling of the fraenulum;
Unable to draw back the fore-skin; Pains in the testes and right
spermatic cord; Frequent erections. - - -
Menses.—Copious—three or four times more than usual,
without pain; she passed clots after rising up ; the os tincae is
open, and the discharge of blood (red) very profuse during motion;
Haemorrhage from the uterus; Haemorrhage after parturition or
miscarriage. - *
Leucorrhoea. — Starch-like, yellowish; Foetid; Leucorrhoea
during suppression of the menses; Itching of the pudenda.
Larynx,−Tickling in the larynx, exciting a cough, with slimy
expectoration; Frequent hawking of mucus. -
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Chest and Respiration.—Painless shortness of breath during
rest and motion; the chest feels dilated, and sense of slight oppres-
sion; Pain, with pressure at mid-sternum—not increased by in-
spiration nor expiration; Aching pain in the whole sternum—
increased by inspiration ; Sensation as if the sternum were curved
inwards, and pressed into the chest; the part is tender to touch;
Painless trembling; Tremor behind the sternum by day, produc-
ing a crackling, Snapping sound, like electric sparks; Intermittent
stitches in the clavicular region.
Back,-Drawing pains in the small of the back, extending into
the pubic region; Pain in the vertebrae.
Upper Limbs.-Pains in right shoulder-joint, as if sprained;
Paralytic tearing in the arm and hand; Pains in the elbow-joint
and right ulna—increased by contact or motion; Cracking of the
joints. -
Lower Limbs.-Pains in the bones of the feet; Painful draw-
ing in the joints of the toes; Painful swelling of the great toe ;
Sharp stitches in the heels, from within outwards.
SAMBU CUS,
HAHNEMANN. * ELDER.
IS generally prescribed for Excessive Sweats; some conditions, in
children, resembling Croup, with difficult breathing, threatening
suffocation and paralysis of the lungs; Deep, hollow, croup-like
Cough, with fever; Catarrh in infants; Suffocative Catarrh ;
Asthma of Millar; Cough, with saltish sputa; Dyspnoea; Emacia-
tion; OEdema of the feet; Angina Pectoris.
SYMPTOMS.
Tremulousness of the whole body; General rushing of blood;
Trembling of the hands when writing; Dropsy %
Mind.—Great tendency to start, even at things he sees con-
stantly; Ill-humour. -
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Head.—Dizziness, as if intoxicated, or the head full of water;
Lancinations; Aching or tearing pains in forehead. º
Eyes.-Pupils much contracted—afterwards dilated.
Nose.-Pressure, as if it would bleed; Stoppage from thick
IIll ICUIS,
Ear.—Sharp stitches in right ear, with cramp-like pain.
Face,—Bluish; Bloated, or pale; Livid; Red spots on the
cheeks.
Abdomen.--Pinching; Bruise-like pain, as after taking cold;
Stitches in the muscles; Spasmodic, tearing pains.
Urine,—Frequent desire; Profuse flow; bright yellow; Swell-
ing of the scrotum (QEdematous).
Menses.—Profuse flow, like Metrorrhagia.
Larynx,-Hoarseness, with much tenacious mucus in the
trachea; Angina; Violent dyspnoea; Fits of suffocation after mid-
night—awaking from sleep with blueness of the face and hands;
Angina Pectoris. -
Back-Aching pain at mid-spine, long-continued—not re-
lieved by motion; Throbbing; Cutting; Stitches under the
Scapula, and both sides of the neck. -
Limbs,-Heaviness; Drawing pains; Stitches; Pain in hip-
joint; Weariness of the legs; OEdema of the feet.
Dr. Teste states, that it is suitable for weakly, nervous children,
that perspire readily; liable to stoppage of the nose, and sensitive
to currents of air: for adults who are tall, slender, pale; subject to
night-sweats.
SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS,
AMERICAN REMEDIES. INDIAN PUccoon—BlooD-Root.
THIS drug appears to exercise some power on the Brain, Nervous
System, and Stomach. Large doses produce depression of the
pulse; Burning in the stomach; Faintness; Dimness of sight;
and prostration. It is chiefly prescribed, in America, for Sick
Headache, especially when the attacks occur periodically, every week
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or ten days, commencing in the morning, and continuing all day.
The pains are digging, piercing, or throbbing; affecting the top of
the head and forehead—worse on the right side, accompanied by
chilliness, nausea, vomiting of food, Bile, or green water: the
sufferings are greatly increased by movement—relieved by rest and
sleep; Catarrhal affections; Dry, obstinate Cough; Affections of
the Chest and Respiration; Nasal Polypi (internal and external
employment of the remedy); Loss of smell; Söre throat, with
sensation of swelling; Angina; Rheumatic pains in the limbs;
Swelling of the joints; Burning in the hands and feet at night;
Haemorrhoids? A case of Paralysis of the right side is said to
have been cured by the tincture. Also a case of Vertigo, that was
induced by looking upwards, or quickly turning the head. We
cannot, however, attach much importance to single cases: it is
necessary, to make these remedies valuable, that they should be
confirmed by many cures. For Gastritis, it is thought to resemble
Arsenic in producing the burning and prostration, thirst, pain,
vomiting, with redness of the tongue. According to Dr. Hunt
(America), it will give satisfaction in most forms of Indigestion,
where there is a deficiency of the Gastric juice; Loss of Appetite;
Nausea; Heartburn; Torpid liver; Headache; Vomiting of bitter,
greenish fluids; Heat in the stomach; Eructations, &c. But, to
effect cures, the potencies must be administered,
SYMPTOMS.
General weakness, with feeble, irregular pulse and palpitation;
a quickly diffused, transient, but very peculiar nervous thrill is
felt, extending to the most minute extremity; Muscular pains.
Mind.—Hopeful; Sanguine of recovery; such feelings as are
manifested in phthisis; or extremely morose disposition.
Head.—Beating headache, with vomiting; Vertigo on quickly
turning the head; Vertigo, with pain in the ear; Pains in the tem-
poral region, with distention of the veins.
Face.—Burning heat; Redness of the cheeks and ears; Coryza,
with raw, sore throat; Pain in the breast; Dry cough and diarrhoea ;
Influenza P
Throat.—Sense of swelling in the throat; Heat, burning;
Ulcerated sore throat; Angina; Pharyngitis; he feared the
swelling would suffocate him.
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-
Tongue.—White-coated tongue; feels burnt, or sore, as from a *
boil.
Stomach.-Heartburn, nausea, vomiting; Heat and burning
in stomach, with headache; Bitter vomiting ; Stomach inflamed ?
Abdomen.—Pains in left Hypochondrium; Flatulent disten-
tion; Colic; Cramp-like pains. -
Stool.--Diarrhoea after catarrh, or pains in the chest; Dy-
sentery P -
Urine.—Frequent; Copious; Gomorrhoea P
Menses.—Painful; Scanty, or suppressed, with nausea, pains in
the loins, hypogastric and iliac regions, extending into the thighs.
Chest.—Typhoid pneumonia; Difficult respiration; Face and
hands livid; Pulse soft, easily compressed; Pains in the breast,
with cough; Acute stitch in the right breast; Burning in the chest.
Neck and Back.-Stiffness at nape; Pain on right side, as if
sprained; Rheumatic pains in neck, shoulders, and arms; Pain in
the sacrum, caused by lifting (cured); Acute swelling of the joints,
with Rheumatism. -
Fever.-Chill, with headache; Pain under the scapulae; Heat,
flying from head to stomach; Sensation as if hot water were being
poured from the chest into the abdomen; it reduces the beats of
the pulse from 112 to 80. -
Skin.-Itching; Nettle-rash; Warts; Old, indolent ulcers, with
callous borders and ichor; Jaundice.
SARSA PARILL A.
HAHNEMANN. SARSAPARILLA.
HAHNEMANN states, “that the Genuine Brown Sarsaparilla, which
grows in Hayti, is a very powerful drug; but the medicinal powers
of dry drugs cannot be completely extracted by alcohol; therefore,
you must take the dry root, and triturate with sugar of milk, in
the usual way. Sarsa, removes the following affections —Nausea;
Blood with stool; Cold feet previous to going to bed; Sweat on
the forehead in the evening, when in bed; Dry Coryza, of years'
standing; Paralytic weariness in the hands and feet.”.
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SARSAPARILLA. [SARSA.
From other sources we find Sarsa. prescribed for Rheumatic
pains that occur after suppressed Gonorrhoea; Chronic Gout, with
scanty secretion of urine; Gravel; Stone in the bladder; Mercurial
disease, especially mercurial ulcers; Crusta lactea; Chronic erup-
tions on the skin and Genital organs; Emaciation.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Desponding; Weeping; Unhappy; Dreads labour; Ill-
humour; a fly on the wall vexes him ; Easily offended.
Head.—Heaviness in the forehead; Dull, stupid feeling; Weak-
ness, as after fever; Vertigo—he suddenly fell on the floor uncon-
scious; the throat was swollen ; sour eructations before and after
the fit; at night a sweat broke out ; Pressure as of a load in the
head and left forehead; Pressure, with frequent stitches (morning);
Violent pressure; Cramp-like stitches; Tearing ; Lancination;
Beating pulsation; Humming.
Scalp.–Itching of the scalp; Falling-off of the hair.
Eyes.—Pain in the eyes by candle-light; Pressure in the eye-
ball when reading ; Stitching in the eye when closing the lids;
Burning in the eyelids; Aching pain; Violent burning and agglu-
tination in the morning, early; Inflamed, dry eyelids; Twitchings
in right upper lid; Sight dim, as looking through a gauze or fog.
Ears.-Violent pressure, extending to the temple; Painful
contraction; Ulcerative pain deep in the ear; Inflammation and
swelling of a gland below the right ear; Suppuration ; Burning,
itching scurf on the lobules.
Nose.—Itching eruption, as by an acrid discharge, under the
nose; Eruption in the left nostril; Bleeding, with sensation of
small bubbles bursting within; Epistaxis. -
Face.—Heat in face; Sweat on forehead, with heat in ches
and back; Pains in the masseters; Stiffness in the jaws; Contusive
pain in face and lower orbits; Stinging, itching in face and Scalp;
Pale-red, elevated, rough spots on forehead, the size of lentils; Boil
on the cheek—inflamed, burning, tearing pain—forms a thick Scurf.
Lips.-Herpes, vesicles; Painful, as if pricked with pins; Pim-
ples on the chin, filled with pus.
Jaws and Teeth.-Pain as if broken; Toothache, right side;
Tearing in the teeth and roots, from cold air or drink; Pain and
lancination in the gums.
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Mouth.-Aphtha on the tongue and palate; Dry throat; Sen-
sation as of a blister—it caused pain in the ear during deglu-
tition.
Taste.—Sweet taste, like liquorice-root, several days; Bad
taste, like herbs; Metallic ; Flat, Sweetish, or slimy—in the
throat; Bitter taste.
Appetite.—No appetite; no hunger; no thirst; his stomach
seemed to be insensible; Constant eructations; Bitter, with bitter
taste after soup; Nausea at the thought of food—a disagreeable
vapour rises, with dulness in the head; Nausea and faintness after
dinner.
Stomach-Feeling of distention; Aching pain at pit—increased
by contact; Cramp-like sensation; Heat ; Constriction.
Abdomen.—Pain in left hypochondria, as if bruised; Contrac-
tive pain in the intestines, with rumbling, and feeling of diarrhoea;
Frequent cramps; Empty, hollow feeling after breakfast ; Violent
pinching, followed by contraction of the sphincter ani; Painful
pressure from without inwards, at left side of abdomen, at a small
spot—aggravated by deep breathing; Emission of foetid flatus.
Stool.—Desire, but no stool; Contraction and pressure from
above downwards, for some minutes; the faeces are then passed,
with tearing and cutting pain in the rectum, which feels pressed
out—he can scarcely sit still from the pain; Violent and constant
tenesmus—yet the stool is soft, but the rectum feels contracted;
Fainting fit during the stool; Corrosive burning in rectum; Ulcer
at anus, that bursts with pain, and emits pus.
Urine,—Frequent desire, with scanty emission; a quantity of
pale urine, with gravel-like deposit; two or three micturitions
during the night—profuse each time; Burning during micturition,
with emission of oblong flocks. - - -
Bladder.—Severe tenesmus, as from gravel, with discharge of
white acrid matter and mucus; Constriction.
Urethra.-Burning in the whole urethra at every micturition;
Sensation of scraping; Sharp, cutting stitches; Discharge of pus
(yellow), with redness, and inflammation of the glans; and even-
ing fever, with shivering.
Genital (Male).-Intolerable stench from the parts; Herpes
on the fore-skin; Painful emissions almost every night; Libidinous
feelings, with emissions.
Menses.—Delayed, or scanty—acrid, with burning inside the
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thighs; Pinching in Abdomen; Griping in stomach; Eruption on
forehead before and during the menses; Mucous leucorrhoea when
walking.
Catarrh. — Dry Coryza, without sneezing; Air cannot pass
through the nose; Violent day-cough, with titillation in the throat,
and burning in the nose; Foetid breath; Dyspnoea; Painful con-
striction in the chest, and pain on deep inspiration. -
Chest.—Stitches in the middle or right half of the chest;
Tension in the external chest wall, as if the muscles were too short;
the nipples wither. -
Heart.—Almost continual palpitation, with anxiety.
Neck.-Tension in nape during motion; Tearing pain, that ex-
tends across the vertex to the forehead; Continual violent drawing
stitches in the right cervical region, clavicle, and Hyoid bone;
Swelling of the right side of the neck, painful to touch.
Upper Limbs.-Tearing from the shoulder to the hands;
Paralytic pain in right shoulder; Pain in Elbow, as if a tendon had
been strained; Pain in the fore-arms; Pain in wrist, as if sprained;
Cold hands and tips of the fingers; Herpes and Rhagades on the
hands and fingers, or thumb. -
Lower Limbs.-Stitching pain in right os ileum, in every
position; Weary, bruised feeling in hip-joints; Tearing in the
thigh and near the knee; Stiffness and contraction of the right
leg; Cramp down the tibia to the toes; Stitching, throbbing pain
in the sole of foot when sitting; Tension in the right heel, and
muscles of the toes; Swelling of the feet; Cold feet; Swelling of
the toes; Tearing pain in right great toe, -
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Drawing pains in the scapula; Pains in back—violent when
stooping; Drawing pains in various parts of the body; Itching,
stinging; Burning, itching, with chills; Pimples the size of a pin's
head; Blotches, as from nettles, in various parts; Rash, that
appears on going from a warm room into the cold air; Pustules,
that form ulcers and suppurate; Herpes on every part; Warts.
“Paralytic tearing in all the joints and limbs, accompanied with
trembling in the hands and feet, tearing in the head, and
pinching in the abdomen; great lassitude of the lower limbs—
sometimes with rigidity; Emaciation; Sadness.”—(Jahr.)
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SEGA.J. SECALE CORNUTUM.
SEC ALE CORN UTU M.
NOACK AND TRINKS. o ERGOT OF RYE.
THE value of the Ergot, for its action on the uterus, is well estab-
lished in Allopathic practice. It produces powerful and con-
tinual contractions of that organ in ten or twenty minutes after
administration; sometimes preceded by a fit of vomiting; after
which the vagina secretes a considerable amount of mucus. The
contractions continue until the uterus is empty, and even after.
The chief danger of these doses is to place the life of the child in
jeopardy; the mortality being above 10 per cent. when the Ergot is
employed. It has been stated, that if expulsion take place very
soon after the administration of the drug, the chances of fatality
are greatly diminished.
For Homoeopathic tincture, the utmost care should be observed
in selecting the specimen when the grain is ripe.
* Secale is chiefly advised for some of the following conditions:—
Menstrual Colic, with labour-like pains; Pale, cold face; Cold
extremities and small pulse; or with pressure on the bladder and
rectum; Tenesmus; Violent flooding from the Uterus, the
blood having a foetid smell; Putrescence of the womb ; Passive
Metrorrhagia in feeble, cachectic women; Metrorrhagia after
parturition; Metritis; Polypus; Threatened miscarriage (thir-
tieth potency); Profuse venous haemorrhage from the nose, mouth,
lungs, stomach, and kidneys; Gastric and Bilious affections;
Obstinate Diarrhoea, with great prostration; Cholera, with painful
cramps in the abdomen, chest, and limbs; Diarrhoea of infants at
the breast; Neuralgia of the voluntary muscles and genital organs;
Spasms from fright; Tetanus; Epilepsy at night, with heaviness
in the head and hypogastric region; Debility and Constipation, in
connexion with uterine disease; Trembling of the limbs; Apo-
plexy ; Gangrene; Senile gangrene; Softening of the stomach;
Palpitation of the Heart; Respiration feeble; Vomiting of preg-
nancy.
* Hempel states that Secale will poison the very fountains of life. He
generally points to the 200th potency as efficient. :
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SYMPTOMS.
Mind. —Spirits low, desponding; Melancholy; Anguish;
Anxiety; Dread of death; Stupor, with prostration; Mania, with
Violence and Rage—he would kill those around him.
Head. — Vertigo; Intoxication; Reeling, with dulness of
hearing and sight; Congestion of blood to the head; Stupid look.
Eyes.—Pupil much contracted or dilated; Spasmodic con-
traction; Contortion of the eyes; Frightful contortion, with
closing of the pupil; the eyes roll; Wild, staring look; he sees
things double and threefold; Light obscured; Spots and mistiness.
Ears.-Humming and roaring in the ears; Deafness.
Nose.—Epistaxis; Profuse flow of water; Coryza.
Face.—Wretched look—pale, sunken; Sallow, sunken eyes;
Yellowish complexion; Livid spots on the face; Swelling of the
face. -
Jaws and Teeth.-Trismus; Looseness ; Falling out of the
teeth; Grinding the teeth.
Mouth-Distorted; Frequent biting of the tongue; Spas-
modic movements of the mouth and tongue; Foam—yellow,
greenish, or of blood; a clear fluid accumulates.
Tongue.—Painful tingling; Swelling; Yellow, white; Dry,
thick, viscid coating; Brown or Black tongue; Semi-paralysis of
the tongue; Unable to speak distinctly; Stammering.
Taste, Appetite.—Bitter, spoiled taste; Aversion to food;
Thirst, with dryness of the throat. Secondly—Hunger; Bulimy;
Canine hunger, with weak intellect. -
Stomach.-Eructations acid; Heartburn; Nausea; Vomiting
of mucus or acid substances; Bile ; Black Bile, or Blood; Lum-
brici, or Ascarides; Feeling of emptiness in the stomach ; Con-
stant retching, with pain, pressure, and oppression; Constriction
in epigastrium; Inflammation, followed by Gangrene of the
stomach, liver, and lungs.
Abdomen.—Violent Colic, even convulsive, with pain in back
and thighs; Cutting, tearing in the abdomen; Feeling of cold-
ness in back and abdomen; Distention; Rumbling; Burning in
the abdomen, spleen, and loins; Hepatitis, terminating in Gan-
grene.
Stool.-Painful Diarrhoea, with great prostration; Putrid;
Foetid; Colliquative, watery, or mucous; Involuntary Diarrhoea;
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also in Children, resembling Cholera; the features suddenly
change; Eyeballs sunk—margins blue; Nausea; Vomiting;
Watery, slimy evacuations; Shrivelled skin; Burning in stomach;
Voice hollow ; Urine suppressed; Cramps; Feeble pulse; Un-
quenchable thirst.
Urine.--Suppression; Difficult, with constant urging in the
bladder—it came out in drops, having a copious, thick, red de-
posit, tingeing the vessel.
Menses.—Too long and profuse, with violent spasms; Conges-
tion of blood to the uterus; Metrorrhagia; Moles; Polypus;
Cancer and Gangrene of the Uterus; Diseases of pregnancy and
parturition. (It is often alternated with Calcarea in affections of
the ovaries and uterus.) -
Chest.—Dyspnoea; Oppression; Slow inspirations (thirteen
per minute), with anxiety; Asthma.
Heart.-Violent palpitation; Intermittent pulse; Spasmodic
throbbing of the heart.
Limbs.-Weak; Weary; Great languor; Violent pains;
Slowly-progressing contractions; Spasmodic pains; Drawing or
tearing in the limbs and joints; Tingling; Trembling of the
limbs; Coldness; Formication; Numbness; Rigidity; Paralysis;
Gangrene.
SELENIUM.
HAs been chiefly prescribed in some obstinate cases of secondary
Gonorrhoea, with weakness of the sexual powers; Dribbling of the
urine, from relaxation of the fibres at the sphincter; and, probably,
disease of the Prostate, in old men; Nervous headache; Gastritis;
Chronic disease of the liver; Fluent Coryza.
Dr. Neidhard has cured several cases of Gonorrhoea after the
inflammation had been subdued, the discharge being yellow, thick,
and copious. He advises it especially for those who are predis-
posed to tubercle and pulmonary consumption. -
Dr. Hering advises it for complaints of females at the critical age.
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SELENIUM. [SELEN.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Giddiness; when rising from a seat he fears he must
fall; Vertigo, with fainting, an hour after breakfast or dinner; he
sweats with anguish; Vomits the ingesta, and afterwards sourish
water; Headache every afternoon; Pressure in the forehead and
occiput; Dull stitches in the forehead, temples, and eyes; Heavi-
mess in the occiput, with undulation in the brain; Blowing in the
ears; Jerking in the eyeballs; Headache after lemonade, wine—
sometimes after tea. -
Eyes.—Pains deep in the orbit; Stinging, twitching, or pres-
sure in the eyeballs during the headache; Pressure as from a grain
of sand; the Hair of the Eyebrows falls off.
Ears, Sensation as if a pellicle were stretched over the ear—it
passed off by inserting the finger in the ear, and shaking it ;
Buzzing; Beating; Blowing.
Nose.—Itching, especially of the wings; the septum felt sore,
as if a pimple would form; Fluent Coryza every evening; Clots
of thick jelly-like mucus, or yellow lumps; Stoppage of the
nose, with dryness in the throat, fever, and impeded respira-
tion.
Face.—Twitching of the facial muscles; Greasy feel of the skin;
Crack in the middle of the upper lip.
Teeth.--Toothache, as when beginning to decay—continual
picking the tooth until it bleeds; Pain in a decayed tooth—re-
lieved by open air, cold water, eating and drinking; when in bed
it became raging, throbbing—the pain extended to the jaws,
temples, and eyes; Boring in the molars.
Tongue.-In the morning, coated with a thick, white mucus;
Burning sensation at tip; Pain at the root.
Throat.—Tickling, scraping, that induces hawking, which may
be sometimes tinged with blood; the throat feels dry and parched
—especially so in the evening.
Gastric Symptoms.-Hunger at night, and early in the
morning ; desire for brandy in the evening; Aversion to salt
things; Cardialgia; after a meal he must lie down, but cannot
sleep, from pulsations that are felt throughout the body, and
especially the abdomen.
Hypochondria–Pains under the right lower ribs, extending
to the renal region, particularly during inspiration—the right
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hepatic region is sensitive to pressure, and a red itching rash
appears on the skin; Violent sticking pain between the left ileum
and umbilicus; when walking, it caused him to stop. -
Stool.-Hard, impacted—it had to be removed; the faeces con-
tain filaments like hair; Mucus or blood passes after a very hard
stool; Tenesmus; Painful sensation in the anus.
Urine.—Dropping of the urine after micturition and an evacu-
ation; Involuntary dripping of urine when walking; Frequent
micturition at night; Scanty, dark urine; Red urine in the
evening—urine that Smells like violets; Red, sandy; Coarse or
brick-dust deposit.
Urethra-Sensation as if a smarting drop were passing out of
the orifice; a drop of transparent fluid passes out, with a peculiar,
disagreeable sensation, when sitting or walking—also after a
stool. -
Genital (Male).-Itching of the scrotum ; Darting pain in the
right testicle; Diminished desire—imperfect erections; Impotence;
Nocturnal emissions; Weakness after coitus.
Larynx.-Hawking of transparent lumps every morning,
which are streaked with blood; Cough deep, out of the chest;
Oppressed breathing, with stitches in the side.
Neck and Back-Stiffness at nape; Pains in the muscles
that impeded the movement of the neck; Painful gland on the left
side, with tearing pains; Lameness (not painful) in the small of
the back.
Limbs.-Tearing in the hands, with cracking in the wrist-
joints; Emaciation of the hands; Cracking of the knees; Cramp in
the calves and soles of the feet; Stiffness and cramp in all the
limbs; Pains as from taking cold. -
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
The least current of air is intolerable; he is frequently obliged,
when at work, to cease suddenly, and lie down; Sudden loss of
strength; very notable emaciation of the hands, face, cheeks, and
calves of the legs; the pains are worse after sleep, for which he is
much inclined.
Dr. Wolf has prescribed Selenium for great nervous debility,
after Typhus Fever. It has been successfully employed for a
chronic obstruction of the nose. e *
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SENE G A.
STAPF. SNARE-ROOT.
THE name is derived from the circumstance that this drug was
formerly valued as a cure for snake-bites. It is now employed, in
Allopathy, as a stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, and emmenagogue.
Generally prescribed for that debility, cough, and dyspnoea, which
remains after a severe attack of Pneumonia. Dr. C. Williams
believes that it acts specifically upon the lungs, while it reduces
the beats of the pulse, relieves dyspnoea, cleans the tongue, and
improves the health. Dr. Stokes held it in high esteem for Chronic
Bronchitis and Gastro-Enteritis, with lung disease. Others value
it for Chronic Catarrh ; the second stage of Croup; Dropsy after
Fevers; Disease of the Heart; Palpitation, with Hysteria.
In Homoeopathy, it seems set down to cure similar morbid states,
with one addition. Senega seems to have some important effects
on the eyes, and is said to promote the absorption of broken
Cataract; Influenza—the cough is generally attended with expec-
toration of yellow mucus—tenacious; sometimes streaked or mixed
with blood; Frequent morning cough, even with difficult expecto-
ration; Tightness, wheezing, and oppression in the Chest; Hydro-
thorax after scarlet fever; Pleuritic stitches; Violent palpitation of
the Heart; Peripneumonia; Pheumonia; Increased secretion of
urine, and perspiration; Weakness and debility, especially of the
lower limbs. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Attacks of anxiety; Melancholy, or irritable and vehe-
ment when excited.
Head.—Vertigo, with roaring in the ears; Reeling; Confusion;
Dizziness; Dulness; Aching, stupefying pain in occiput; Aching,
beating in the forehead; Violent rush of blood when stooping,
affecting the eyeballs, with painful pressure; the headache is
relieved by cold, and going into the open air.
Eyes.—Increased secretion of mucus from the lids; Bloated
eyelids; Swelling; Burning; Pressure; Styeon the margin of the
lower lid; Vesicles on the lids, discharging a clear fluid; Creeping
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sensation; Burning pain in the margins of the lids; Pulsation;
Jerking; Spasmodic drawing of the lid towards the nose; Twitch-
ing in the lids; Drawing and pressure in the eyeballs—first right,
then left; Burning pressure; Dryness; Sensation as if the eyes
were too large for the orbits; Smarting, as if from soap ; Sensitive
to light; Rush of blood to the eyes when stooping.
Sight.—Illusions of sight; Vision impeded; Objects look
shadowed; Dull, dim sight; Luminous vibrations before the eyes
when reading; he often has to wipe them; Opacity of the cornea ;
Specks on the cornea; Degeneration of the cornea after pannus.
Ears.-Painful sensitiveness, even for sounds that were generally
agreeable.
Nose.—Dryness; Itching; Smell as from a malignant ulcer.
Face.—Paralytic feeling in the left side of the face; Pains in
the teeth, which are sensitive to cold, damp air.
Mouth-Dryness of the mouth ; afterwards, increased saliva,
which is viscid, with contractive sensation; Putrid smell from the
mouth; Astringent acridity. -
Tongue.-White, or yellowish-white; Slimy in the morning;
Slight burning at tip; Creeping under the tongue.
Throat.—Constrictive sensation; Scraping; the mouth and
throat feel burnt; Pressure; Burning, scraping sensation that
compels him to swallow frequently; in the morning he hawks up
lumps of grey mucus. -
Taste.—Flat ; Nausea; Sweetish taste, or metallic; Taste of
urine in the mouth ; Thirst ; Loss of appetite.
Eructations.—Rising of air; Several eructations; Nausea, espe-
cially after dinner, with inclination to vomit; Retching; Vomiting
of watery mucus. (Large doses cause vomiting and purging.)
Stomach-Nausea from the stomach; Repulsive sensations;
Feeling of emptiness; Aching, almost spasmodic pain; Disagreeable
pressure; Oppression; Burning, then retching and vomiting; Con-
siderable burning in the stomach and bowels; Violent burning and'
pressure in the stomach from small doses; Sensation of gnawing
hunger at pit; Feeling of pressure, or painful digging, just below
the pit; Gnawing pains in epigastrium before a meal; Warmth in
epigastrium; Cutting in epigastrium, resembling colic.
Abdomen.—Motion and rumbling in the abdomen; Shifting,
boring pains about the umbilicus; Pressing in the abdomen;
Colic, with inclination to stool; Cutting pains; Severe pinching
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and rumbling; Drawing sensation, as if a foreign body were placed
between the integuments.
Stool.—Constipation first days; Hard, scanty stool, with press-
ing in the rectum; the faeces appear dry, and too large to pass;
Costive until the ninth day; afterwards, papescent stool; Loose
stools at irregular periods—two or three daily; Beating, pressure
II] allllS.
Urine.—Increased; retains for some time a foaming appearance,
like soapsuds; Frequent micturition, the urine having a greenish
tinge, and cloudy; Copious secretion of urine, with slight burning;
Involuntary emission of urine during sleep, or when dreaming;
the urine becomes cloudy and turbid immediately after passing;
when the morning urine cooled, it deposited flocks, and a yellow-
red sediment; at first the urine is mixed with mucous filaments;
it soon became thick and cloudy.
Urethra.-Burning before and after passing urine; Burning
and pressure; Shootings; Burning, with sensation as if the urine
had to open the passage through the canal; Painful erections;
after two days, diminished desire.
Larynx,−Constant hawking of mucus; Cough, with expecto-
ration of tenacious mucus; Dry cough, with oppression in the
chest; Titillation, inducing a hacking cough; Increased, short,
hacking cough in the open air—continued three weeks.
Chest.—Oppression, especially dwring rest, with stitches under
the left ribs; Short breathing and oppression when going up-
stairs; Oppression, with slight shooting pains towards the
scapula, at indifferent periods, for ten days, when walking in the
open air; Stooping caused a pain in the chest; Pain under right
scapula when coughing, or on deep inspiration, as if the chest
would fly in pieces; Tightness in the lower half of the chest
during inspiration; Aching pains, especially during rest, for some
weeks; Violent aching pain at night, when waking from sleep;
Pressure under the sternum when sitting; it increases, and descends
toward the Heart; Violent aching in the left chest; Violent com-
pression; Pressing pain from within outwards; Cramp-like pain;
Tingling; Crawling; Burning; Dull stitches in the left side when
sitting or lying; Violent burning when sitting (left side); Burn-
ing, with stitches, at a small spot; when sneezing he has a very
violent, sore pain; Congestion of blood to the chest; strong pulsa-
tions; Orgasm of blood, with heat in face, and frequent pulse.
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Heart.—Pressure in the region of the heart when walking,
impeding the breath; Boring pain; Aching pain; Violent beating
of the heart, that shakes the whole chest; the walls of the thorax
are sensitive to the touch. *
Limbs,-Paralytic, drawing pains in the arms; Pain in wrist,
as if sprained; Bruised pain in the muscles of the thigh, with
debility; Tensive pains in the knees and tarsal joints; Weariness
of the lower limbs and feet; Feeling of weakness and debility,
especially affecting the lower limbs; Slight trembling of the legs.
SEPIA,
FIAHNEMANN. INK OF THE CUTTLE-FISH.
ACCORDING to Hahnemann, this juice was never, before his dis-
covery, used in medicine. A very extensive proving will be found in
the Chronic Diseases. Some are of opinion that Hippocrates
used Sepia (probably it was not the juice).
NOACK and TRINKS state that the following affections have been
cured by Sepia:-Chronic pains from straining the ligaments and
tendons; Affections of females; Headache, with irregular and
painful menstruation; Wenous pulsations; Cutaneous eruptions;
Lepra; Impetigo; Ringworm; Dry, scaly, or Humid Herpes in
children; Scabies after Sulphur—large pustules, that fill and
burst, on the hands, between the fingers, on the wrists, elbow, and
knee-joints; Varicose veins and ulcers; Vertigo; Headache, with
melancholy, and suppressed menses; Periodic headache, chiefly
affecting the right side; Headache, with eruption over the face
and body; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Toothache of the pregnant—
beating, throbbing—aggravated by warm food or drink; Profuse
morning sweat; Constant discharge from the vagina; Leucorrhoea,
or blood; Disposition to miscarry; Dislocation and Induration of
the Uterus; Copious Leucorrhoea; Gonorrhoea; Secondary Gonor-
rhoea, with Nitric Acid; Nocturnal emissions; Enlarged abdomen
in women.
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Dr. Neidhard, of Philadelphia, remarks that Sepia will prove
efficacious for disturbance of the circulation in women; Determi-
nation of blood to the head; Flushes of heat, redness, and swelling
of the face; Swelling of the chest, stomach, and abdomen; Throb-
bing in the sacral region; Constipation; Scanty urine; Palpita-
tion; Intermittent pulse; Cold feet and hands.
Red pimples, with roughness and cracking of the skin, and from
which oozes a watery humour; or at other times dry, affecting the
inside of the joints of the knee and elbow; also the face of
children.
Heatin the womb—bearing down after exercise, with slight pain,
which is also felt in the back. In young girls, when the menses
have not appeared, or only slightly, Sepia generally brings them
on more fully.
Dr. Teste states that Sepia corresponds, in the totality of its
symptoms, to Mercurius, and ought to be anti-syphilitic. As yet,
however, there is no good evidence that Sepia possesses this virtue.
Yet the diseases it cures seem to exhibit a confused image of a
disease resembling a syphilitic taint. However this may be, he
seems immediately to discard the idea that Sepia can cure primary
syphilis; but adds—“It is a capital remedy in Gonorrhoea, which,
when even not venereal, causes despair in both Homoeopathic and
Allopathic physicians.” - - -
It is not my intention to offer any remarks on his arguments
about Gonorrhoea, for they appear too vague and contradictory.
He presents us with a picture of the Sepia Gonorrhoea as
follows:— - - -
“Absence of fever, and every other symptom which indicates
inflammation; Complete inertia of the genital organs for some
days, previous to the appearance of the discharge; Coldness of the
genitals; Great nervous excitement; almost always sleeplessness;
occasionally loss of appetite; Formication; Voluptuous titillation;
occasional acute stitches in the urethra or vagina ; Frequent
urging to urinate; Dark urine, that soon becomes cloudy ; Dis-
charge of mucus, which gradually becomes milky, and, lastly,
greenish—it increases from the first to the tenth day; then
decreases after the fifteenth; but may continue for months or
years l Nocturnal erections, painful or not painful, with sexual
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excitement.” He further adds, that in swelling of the testes,
Hydrocele, Ophthalmia, Angina, &c., Sepia does good.
Hempel considers Sepia only useful for some chronic cases of sick
headache; Menstrual irregularities; Constipation of nervous and
hysteric women; and some cutaneous affections.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Desponding; Weeping, sad, melancholy; Anxiety in the
evening, when in bed; Anxious about her health—fears she is con-
sumptive; Unhappy without cause; Discouraged, discontent; In-
clined to start, and is very fearful; the nerves are sensitive to every
noise, and the face is flushed; Irritability; Indifference; Weakness
of memory; Absence of mind; Inability to think.
Head.—Sense of stupidity, dulness; Cloudiness in the morning,
when arising from bed; Vertigo in the morning; also when walk-
ing, and looking upwards; Vertigo when walking in the open air—
she had to be led; everything turns round. -
Headache every morning, with nausea; Anxiety at pit of
stomach, with trembling; Heat in the head; Rush of blood to the
head, with bleeding from the nose; Beating headache in the even-
ing; Painful beating in the occiput; Violent painful shocks in the
forehead; Aching over the eyes; Headache, as if the eyes would
fall out ; Contractive pain in the forehead; Violent headache, as if
the head would burst ; Stitches in the forehead, with inclination to
vomit; Involuntary shaking of the head.
Scalp.–Falling-off of the hair—the roots feel painful; Itching
of the hairy scalp; Scabs on the scalp for forty days; Pustules on
the occiput, that ulcerate, and form rough crusts. -
Eyes.—Pain in the eyes, with heat and headache; Congestion
of blood to the eyes; Pain in the eyelids when waking—they felt
too heavy to remain open; the upper lid falls down; Itching of the
eyelids and the eyeballs; Smarting, pricking; Burning of the eyes
in the morning, with feeling of weakness; Heat and inflammation .
of the eyes—worse on applying cold water; Swelling of the eye,
with headache; Scurf on the lids; a stye forms on the lid; Scabs
on the eyebrows for eight weeks; Glassy appearance of the eyes;
Agglutination of the lids; Unable to open the lids at night; Dim-
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ness of sight when reading or writing; many black spots float
before the eyes; Long sight ; Sensation as of a gauze before the
eyes; Pupil contracted.
Ears.-Excessive sensitiveness to music; Roaring and whizzing;
Loud sounds and humming; Hardness of hearing—the ears feel as
if plugged; Stitches in the ear and the parotid gland; Swelling
near the orifice of the meatus; Discharge of thin pus, with itching;
Herpes on the ear, that suppurate. w
Nose.—Chronic eruption on the tip of the nose; Frequent
bleeding from the nose; Nostrils sore and ulcerated—a small ulcer
in the nostril lasted a long while; Dryness and obstruction of the
nose; Violent, dry Coryza, with roaring in the head and ears;
Prickling in the eyes, and frequent cough, even when asleep; Fre-
quent sneezing; Loss of Smell. -
Face.—Pale, sickly, especially in the morning, with redness of
the eyes; Blue margins round the eyes; Yellow colour of the face;
Yellow spots, or streaks over the cheek and nose; Heat and
flushes; Redness of the face every morning; when speaking, the
face flushes in a moment; Erysipelas and swelling of the face;
Puffy face; Pimples and eruptions on the face, that itch; Scurf;
Herpes; Warts; Black pores; Pimples on the chin. -
Lips.-Hot, dry lips; Burning in the lips; Sore lips; Yellow-
ness around the mouth ; Herpes on the lips; Pimples and scurfy
eruption on the vermilion border; Painful ulcer on the lower lip—
cold water relieved the pain.
Teeth.--Toothache of the pregnant; Drawing toothache when
hot or cold things are taken into the mouth ; Pain in a hollow
tooth, extending into the ear—increased by cold water; Stitching
toothache—she could have cried; Beating toothache; the teeth
decay very fast.
Gums.--The gums swell, and recede from the teeth; Soreness
and ulceration of the gums; easy bleeding of the gums. -
Mouth.-Foetid smell from the mouth ; Swelling of the mouth;
Burning in the mouth, extending into the throat.
Tongue.—White-coated, or covered with mucus; Pain as if
burnt; Painful vesicles; Dry roughness of the tongue, throat, and
mouth; the tongue seemed to stick to the roof of the mouth ;
Soreness of the tip.
Throat.—Dryness all the day, and in the evening—not relieved
by drinking; Scraping sensation in the throat; Sore throat, with
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smarting; Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands; Pressure, with
constriction, as if bound; Sensation as if a lump were lodged in
the throat; there is a good deal of mucus, which he is obliged to
hawk up ; Inflammation of the throat; Swelling and suppuration
of the tonsil; Starting, jerking in the throat.
Taste.—Putrid, like manure; Acid taste, with constipation;
Repulsive, bitter taste; Acidity in the mouth after a meal;
Aversion to meat and milk; everything tastes too salt; much
thirst morning and evening. -
Appetite. — Good appetite; Ravenous hunger; his mouth
waters at the sight of food, or even the thought of it; Painful
feeling of hunger. de
Gastric Symptoms.-Bitter eructations; Heat in the face
after a meal; Headache; Palpitation of the heart; Profuse sweat;
Pains in the limbs; Drowsiness; Distention of the stomach and
abdomen (all the pains increase during and after a meal); Great
weakness of digestion; Eructations, with desire to vomit; Fre-
quent eructations—Bitter in the morning—Acid after supper;
Waterbrash, especially after drinking, with sense of turning in the
stomach; Morning nausea; Retching; Vomiting; also of the
pregnant; Vomiting of a milky water during pregnancy; Bilious
vomiting; Hiccough after a meal, -
Stomach.-Pains in the stomach after food; Pain at pit
when walking; the least pressure causes pain; Pressure at the pit,
as from a stone—worse after eating bread; the inside of the
stomach feels sore ; Cramp in the stomach, chest, and abdomen;
Burning in the stomach, and at the pit; Contraction; Stitches;
Sudden stitches also in the abdomen; Throbbing, beating at the
pit; Pricking; Rumbling; Emptiness in the stomach; Scraping
and burning in the CEsophagus.
Hypochondria. — Stitching, tensive pain in hypochondria
during motion; Frequent dartings; Stitches when coughing;
Difficulty of breathing; Feeling as of a lump on both sides, that
is painful when stooping; Beating in the region of the liver;
Violent stitching; the region is painful to touch, with constipa-
tion; Riding on an uneven road causes pain in the liver; Aching,
cramp-like drawing, or jerking.
Abdomen. — Stitches striking from the epigastrium, below
the pit of the stomach; Stitching and pinching in the intestines,
lasting ten minutes; Aching in the epigastrium; Sensation as if
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the parts of the abdomen were fastened and hard; Puffiness in the
abdomen of those who have borne children; Coldness; Emptiness;
Rumbling; Colic—incarceration of flatus; Weight; Heaviness—
feeling as of a load; Burning; Digging-up pain, with nausea;
Ascites; Feeling of uneasiness, as if diarrhoea would come on ;
Gurgling ; Brown spots on the abdomen.
Stool.—Exhausting diarrhoea the first days; Unsuccessful desire;
sometimes knotty; Hard, difficult stool, like sheep's dung;
Burning in the rectum; Protrusion of varices; Congestion of blood
to the anus; Discharge of much blood with the stool; Contractive
pain in the rectum, perinaeum, and vagina; Tenesmus in the anus;
Discharge of prostatic juice after stool; Burning in the anus every
day; Itching, stinging, flowing Haemorrhoids; Discharge of mucus
from the rectum; Prolapsus recti during stool, with pressure on the
bladder. (Sepia is prescribed for constipation, especially during
pregnancy.) -
Urine.-Involuntary emission of urine before midnight; Con-
tinual desire, with bearing down—he feels a pressure on the
bladder; Sensation as if drops came out, but it was not so;
Inability to pass water for fourteen hours; he was obliged to get
up in the night to micturate, and felt very thirsty; Great pressure
on the bladder; the urine becomes turbid and foetid when standing,
with white deposit; Turbid urine, with brick-dust sediment; Blood-
red urine; Burning in the bladder and urethra; Burning in the
fore-part of the urethra; Secondary Gonorrhoea,
Genital (Male), -Copious sweat; Weakness; Heat; Itching
and redness of the glans; Swelling of the scrotum ; Pains in the
testes; Increased desire; Frequent nocturnal emissions,
Menses—Too early by six or fourteen days; Discharge of a few
drops of blood a fortnight before the period; Discharge of blood
from the vagina after coitus; Reappearance of the menses after
four months’ suppression. Before the Menses—Colic, with faint-
ness; Shuddering; Burning in the pudendum ; Pressure in the
abdomen, Dwring the Menses—Toothache; Throbbing in the
gums; Dimness of sight; Great weakness; Pressure in forehead;
Bleeding from the nose; Bruised pain in the limbs; Spasms in the
abdomen; Tearing pain in back; Palpitation.
Leucorrhoea, Yellow, watery, or mucous; a green fluid was
discharged during pregnancy; Milky discharge ; Soreness from
excoriation; Soreness and redness of the labia; Violent stitches,
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darting upwards, almost to the umbilicus; Stitches in the vagina,
coming on every quarter of an hour.
Uterus.-Bearing from above downwards, as if everything would
be pressed out at the vagina, with colic, and jelly-like discharge;
Prolapsus of the vagina and uterus; Induration of the neck of the
uterus. -
Sepia is useful for occurrences at the critical age; for Nausea;
Vomiting; Toothache; Cough and Constipation of pregnancy;
Soreness of the nipples; Chafing of infants.
Larynx.-Sudden hoarseness; Dry cough ; also in the evening.
Cough.-Spasmodic cough ; Cough at night, that wakes from
sleep; Cough, with difficult expectoration; the interior of the
chest feels sore from coughing; Expectoration of a salt taste, with
cough, morning and evening; Yellow sputa, tasting like rotten
eggs; Foetid sputa, that taints the breath; Blood-streaked sputa;
Purulent expectoration, as if suppuration of the lungs had com-
menced. -
Respiration.—Short, difficult, especially when walking; Dysp-
noea, with tenacious mucus in the Chest; Oppression ; Difficult
breathing from much mucus; she had to sit up in bed.
Chest.—Painful, violent pressure; also at the upper part of
sternum; Attacks of tightness; Stitching when coughing, on the
left or right side; Burning; Rawness; Soreness; Congestion of
blood; Brown spots on the chest.
Heart.—Stitching in the heart; Beating; Palpitation, with
stitches; Feeling of anxiety; Intermittent beats after a meal.
Neck-Stiffness at nape; Tetters; Large boil; Red herpes;
Sense of swelling; Tensive pain; Tearing or stitching in left
Scapula. -
Back—Stiffness in the back—relieved by walking; Brown spots
on the back; Pain in back when sitting; Weariness; Weakness;
Pain as if sprained. - -
Upper Limbs.-Drawing pains and stiffness about the shoulder-
joints; Swelling and suppuration of the axillary glands; Pain in
the head of the humerus, and tendon of the pectoral muscle;
Drawing pains in the arms; Paralytic sensations and stiffness of the
joints; Brown spots and Scurfy eruption about the elbow and fore-
arm; Pemphigus; Blisters; Ulcers on the fingers; Panaris; Mal-
formation of the nails. - -" -
Lower Limbs.-Stitches above the right hip, continuing four
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days, so violent that she could seldom lie on that side; Cramp-like
pains, or as if bruised in the hip-joint; Icy coldness of the lower
limbs; Cramps in the thighs; Lancinations; Boils on the thigh;
Drawing pain in the knees; Stiffness; Weakness; Cracking of the
knee-joint; Cold knees at night; Heaviness of the thighs; Drawing
pain in the legs, down to the heel; Swelling of the legs, as far as
the knee, especially when sitting; Violent cramps in the calves at
night; when walking, the tendons feel too short; Swelling, twitch-
ing, or sweating of the feet; Profuse sweat about the toes, or sup-
pressed sweat; Bad Smell from the feet; Corns, and diseases of the
nails; Ulcers on the heels.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Jerking of the limbs by day; Loss of strength; Sweat during
exercise; Great liability to take cold; Unrefreshing sleep; Night .
and morning sweats—sometimes acid; Evils of Onanism.
SILIC A.
HAHNEMANN. CRYSTAL PEBBLE.
THIS remedy is especially indicated when suppuration threatens, or
has commenced, in the glandular or soft tissues. It may be said
to prove of value in the treatment of every kind of suppuration,
either alone or in conjunction with other remedies. It seems to
possess the power of restoring the suppurative process, when from
any cause it has been arrested; Large Furuncles, Carbuncles,
Panaris, Caries of the bones, with exfoliation; Glandular swell-
ings, secreting unhealthy pus, with Hectic, Scrofulous, Cachectic,
and mercurial ulcers; Fistulous ulcers; Lymphatic Tumours;
Mammary Abscess, &c.
Hahnemann gives the following symptoms as characteristic of
Silica :-Want of cheerfulness and disposition to work; Greatirrita-
bility ; Angry feeling; Anxious about every trifle, with nervous
weakness; Want of memory—soon fatigued when reading or
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writing; Dizziness in the evening; Headache, from the nape to
vertex, disturbing the rest at night; Daily headache from noon till
evening—a weight seems pressing out the forehead; Falling-off
of the hair; Affections of the eyes; Lachrymation; Agglutina-
tion; Pain and pressure at pit of the stomach; Incarceration of
flatus, with difficult expulsion; Nocturnal emission of urine;
Chronic obstruction of the nose; Arrest of breathing when cough-
ing, running, or lying on the back; Paralytic condition of the
upper limbs; Stiffness and weakness of the finger-joints; Coldness
of the feet; Sweat of the feet—foetid sweat; Thickening of the
skin on the soles of the feet; Corns; Ulceration of the great toe;
Ulcers having a foetid odour; Ulcers on the legs, with pale, sickly
face; Cramps in the limbs; Easy perspiration; Acid night-sweats;
Jerking of the limbs at night; also a general tendency to take cold.
Jahr advises it for rickets and slow closing of the fontanelles;
Muscular weakness of children.
Dr. Teste states that he has used it with benefit for Measles (he
considers it a true analogue of Pulsatilla); Cerebral Apoplexy, with
loss of consciousness, followed by partial paralysis of the left upper
and lower limbs; Metrorrhagia (six weeks' standing) in a fat woman,
of brown complexion—Silica arrested it immediately.
According to Hahnemann, Hepar is the best antidote.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Weeping for two hours without any particular cause—
the least remark makes her weep; Restless, impatient, easily vexed;
Intellectual labour is very difficult. -
Head.—Sense of intoxication, as if falling from side to side;
Vertigo, with retching and waterbrash; Vertigo in the morning;
Fits of Vertigo seem to arise from the back, up the nape of the neck,
to the head, with inclination to fall forward; Vertigo every morning,
half-an-hour after rising; Gloominess and Vertigo for several
weeks; Rush of blood to the head; Heaviness; Shaking of the
brain when striking the foot against a hard substance; Violent
stitches in the head; Boring headache; Stitches in the temples;
Headache, with obscuration of sight. r
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Scalp.–Itching of the scalp, with Soreness; Falling-off of the
hair.
Eyes.—Tearing, burning in the eyes; Vessels of the ocular
conjunctiva injected; Inflammation, with lachrymation; Agglutina-
tion at night, with smarting of the lids; Muscae Wolitantes;
Dread of light by day; Twitching of the lids; Ulcers on the
cornea; when reading, the letters are pale or blurred.
Ears.—Beating; Gurgling; Fluttering; Sense of hearing dimi-
nished, especially for the human voice; Feeling of obstruction in
the ears.
Parotid Region.—Swelling of the glands; Hardness of both
parotids, with painful rigidity when moving the head.
Nose.—Frequent sneezing; Loss of smell; Chronic obstruction
from plugs of mucus; Smarting, painful scurfs; Beating pain in
nasal fossae, striking to the brain, with sense of tightness; Septum
tender to touch; Sore, excoriated nostrils; Bleeding from the nose
when picking it. -
Face.—Pale; Red spots on the cheeks and nose; Cracked skin.
Lips.-Ulcers on the lips and corners of the mouth; Swelling
of the lower lip (two days); Cancerous, spongy-looking ulcer on
lower lip. -
Jaws.-Cramp-like pain in left articulating process; Stitches;
Swelling; Pain in sub-maxillary glands—also with sore throat.
Teeth.--Toothache in the morning—violent, tearing, stitching
—both cold and warmth are alike intolerable; Burning, stitching
in several teeth—violent at night, with heat in head, and burning
in the chest; Pains from a strong cold wind, even in sound teeth.
Gums.-Inflamed, swollen; Vesicles, ulcers; Painful soreness of
the gums. -
Mouth.—Dryness of the mouth and lips; Bad smell from the
mouth in the morning; Mucus in the mouth; Accumulation of
water; Heat in the mouth; Itching in the palate and velum ;
Ulcer on the palate; Uvula swollen, elongated.
Tongue.—Sensation as if a hair were lying on the fore-part of
the tongue; Sore, painful spots at tip; Swelling of the right half
of the tongue, without pain; Numbness; Tongue coated with
brown mucus. - - -
Throat.—Sore throat, either dry or with thick mucus; Stinging
in the throat—the food seemed to pass over sore, ulcerated places;
the soreness rendered deglutition difficult,
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Taste.—Bitter in the morning, which seemed to proceed from
the stomach; Oily taste, or of blood; Loss of taste. --
Appetite.—Aversion to meat and meat soup; he is unable to
digest it; he is hungry, and eats well, but the upper part of the
throat feels constricted; she is hungry, but cannot get the food
down; Thirst considerable, with dry throat (after a meal); Reple-
tion for two hours—the taste of the food remains long in the
mouth; Colic or cramp; Cutting or violent eructations; Profuse
heat in the face; Pressure in the stomach after every meal; Palpi-
tation, with anxiety, for half-an-hour after a meal; Heartburn;
Nausea; Empty, loud, or acid eructations in the morning, when
rising; Writhing at pit of stomach, with nausea; Palpitation;
Pressure at sternum; Forcing of bitter water—the symptoms were
relieved by eating.
Stomach.-Pressure after every meal; Load, like lead; Aching
pain, followed by clawing; Screwing, griping, pinching, clawing,
in frequent paroxysms, with cold chills up the back and nape of
neck; Burning at pit of stomach, almost like heartburn.
Abdomen.—Much distention—large, heavy, especially after a
meal; Cutting, pinching colic ; Pressure in the morning, and after
dinner; Colic, with constipation; Foetid flatus.
Stool.-Constipation first days; Hard stools, lumps; the faeces
seem to remain, without power to expel them—the pressure caused
soreness of the abdominal muscles; afterwards, stool with mucus,
or reddish slime—mucus mixed with blood, with smarting or
burning at the anus; Ascarides.
Urine,—Becomes speedily turbid; Yellow deposit, like gravel
or sand—sometimes red; Micturition almost every night, and
early in the morning, every quarter of an hour, for several days;
Involuntary discharge while sitting; Cutting and smarting in
urethra; Burning, or fine stitches. -
Genital Organs.—Redness and excoriation; Pimples on the
mons; Pain in the scrotum when lying down at night (right side),
as if indurated; Compressive pain in left testes; Sweat of the
scrotum ; Pressure in the spermatic cord; Frequent erections and
emissions; Discharge of prostatic fluid at every evacuation.
Menses.—Too early; they reappear after three months' cessa-
tion; Increase of the menses, with icy coldness over the whole
body; Pressure over the eyes; Constipation; Cold feet; Objects
appear pale; Melancholy; Anguish; Desire to drown; Burning
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and Soreness of the pudendum; Drawing pains between the
scapula.
Leucorrhoea.—Painful smarting; Discharge of white, watery
fluid; the infant refuses the breast; the nipples are inflamed,
and suppurate. -
Larynx-Roughness; Sore feeling; Titillating itching—re-
lieved by coughing; Cough, with hoarseness; Coryza, continuing
several weeks, with swelling of the sub-maxillary glands; Cough,
with soreness of the chest; Dry, hacking cough for five weeks;
Cough, with expectoration—salt, brownish, putrid, greenish, yel-
low ; Coughing of purulent matter, or blood and mucus.
Chest.—Oppression, with constriction at the throat; Stitches
in the side; Aching in the sternum; Congestion of blood to the
chest; Oppressive heaviness about the region of the heart.
Neck.-Stiffness at nape, with headache; Pimples on nape,
like nettle-rash; Swelling of the cervical glands and thyroid body.
Back.-Violent pains in the back; Stiffness; Beating; Tearing
pain under scapula when walking; Stitches in right scapula, or
between the scapulae.
Upper Limbs.-Swelling and suppuration of the axillary
glands; Languor; Weakness in the arms; Tearing pains in both
arms; Beating; Congestion; the arms were swollen, and trembled
for an hour; Induration of the cellular tissue; Several hard blis-
ters, the size of a pea, upon a red base; Cracks and chaps; Boils
on the arms; Cramp and paralytic weakness in the hands; at
night the hands go to sleep; Frequent whitlow ; Yellow, rough
finger-nails; when cut, they are dry and brittle, half decayed—
crumble to powder.
Lower Limbs.-Heavy; Paralytic weakness; Pain at right
hip-joint—it seemed impossible to move the limb; Weariness
after a short walk; Sensation, when walking, as if the tendons
were too short; Cold feet; Swelling of the feet and ankles; Foetid
sweat of the feet; Profuse sweating of the soles, and between the
toes; Blister on the heel; Cramp in the feet and great toe ; Pain-
ful corns, with stitches; Corn on the great toe.
Skin. — Itching, biting, creeping, as from fleas; Trifling
scratches heal with difficulty, and tend to suppurate; Stitching;
Burning; Aching in ulcers; Phlegmonous inflammation, with
Rhus Tox. ; Rose-coloured blotches; Ulcers, with vegetations;
Mild suppuration in membranous parts; Carbuncle.
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SPIGELIA.
HAHNEMANN. - \ INDIAN PINK.
IN Allopathic practice, is occasionally used as an anthelmintic,
more especially for Lumbrici; and is also named Worm-seed.
It allays itching in the Anus and Rectum, and is favourably
mentioned for Remittent Fever of Infants, by some American
physicians. e
IN HOMOEOPATHY, we possess a very valuable remedy, in Spigelia,
for Affections of the Heart; Carditis; Pericarditis; Valvular
disease; Hypertrophy; Dilatation; Endocarditis, with or with-
out Articular Rhéumatism; Neuralgic pains in the face and
teeth; Violent headache; Rheumatic and Arthritic Ophthalmia;
Neuralgia of the Optic Nerve; Dimness of Sight, from affection of
the cornea.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Sadness, with anxiety, discouragement; Fearful; Low
in spirits, especially in the evening; Alternate cheerfulness and
gloom, with palpitation of the heart, and anxious oppression at
the chest. -
Head.—Dull, with pressing pain through the forehead; Confu-
sion; Emptiness; Giddiness, almost unto falling; Headache, from
shaking the head; Periodic headaches; Heaviness; Pressure—
worse when stooping; Pain as if the head would burst; Violent
tearing or digging pains; Shaking sensation at every step.
Scalp.–Tender to touch; very sensitive; Eruption on the
scalp; a bony swelling appears at the temple, near the orbit; Pain-
ful when touched.
Eyes, Pains in and above the eyes, and particularly deep in
the orbits; Neuralgic pains; Intolerable pressure in both eyes—
worse when turning them ; Pain in the eyeballs during motion;
the eyes feel too large for the orbits; Sticking pain in the right
eye during motion; Itching; Burning; Digging, or almost mad-
dening pains; Rheumatic Ophthalmia. -
Eyelids.-Inflammation of the margins of the lids, with sore-
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ness and ulceration; Twinkling of the lids; Suffusion of acrid
tears; Ptosis; the upper lid drops, as if paralysed.
Sight.—The eyes are very sensitive to the light; Albuginea
strongly injected; the eyes look dim and faint ; the sight is indis-
tinct, as when the eyes are full of water; Misty; Vanishing of the
sight ; Transient Amaurosis; Cataract; Corneitis—a very small
dose will dilate the pupil; Long sight.
Ears-Boring, stitching in the ears; Stoppage of the ears;
Sense of obstruction; Hardness of hearing; Periodic deafness;
Humming; Buzzing; Fluttering; Pulsations; Ringing, as of
bells.
Nose.—Fluent Coryza ; Profuse discharge of mucus from the
posterior mares and fauces, particularly at night; Stoppage of the
nose with thick mucus.
Face.—Pale, disfigured, with yellowness round the eyes, as
after a severe illness; Puffiness of the face; Violent pains in the
face, especially one side; the muscles appear swollen and distorted;
the skin tense and shining, with tenderness; Anguish about the
heart, and general uneasiness; Pressing pains in the malar bones—
darting, tearing, or burning, more especially the right; Burning
in the upper lip; Blackish pimples on the lower lip; Painless
pustules. -
Jaws and Teeth.-Prosopalgia and Toothache, with palpita-
tion of the heart, chilliness, and restlessness; Tearing pains in the
lower jaw, extending to the ear and nape of neck; Toothache after
eating at night—preventing sleep, and driving him out of bed;
Darting pains in all the teeth, but worse in those that are decayed;
Painful jerks in a decayed tooth—aggravated by cold water or air
in the mouth; Pressing in the teeth from within outwards—relieved
for the time by eating. -
Mouth.-Offensive odour—perceived only by others; Accumu-
lation of saliva in the mouth and fauces, which excites nausea;
Burning vesicles in the mouth and on the tongue; Rhagades on
the tongue; the posterior part of the tongue is painful, and feels
swollen; Stitches in the tongue, on the right side. -
Throat.—Swelling on the left side of the throat, with stitching
pains during deglutition; Much mucus in the throat and mouth
on awaking in the morning—sometimes white, at others yellow.
Appetite.-No appetite, but a good deal of thirst ; Aversion to
smoking, snuff, and coffee; Violent thirst late in the evening;
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Hunger, with nausea and thirst; Acid eructations; Nausea before
breakfast; Inclined to vomit. -
Stomach.-Pressure at pit, with sensation of a load lying there;
Pressure as from a lump, that disappeared after rubbing the part
with the hand, but shifted to the chest; Stitches; Burning;
Great sensitiveness at the pit to contact or pressure of the clothes,
with oppression in the chest ; Anguish, and heat in the face.
Abdomen.—Colic; Painful pressure, as if the abdomen would
burst; Pinching, as if all the intestines were drawn together,
causing anxiety, and impedes the breath; Violent cutting and dig-
ging pains; Sharp stitches, when walking, in the innominate region
—they resembled splenetic stitches—occurred only when walking;
Sensation in the abdomen like frogs croaking; Rumbling, with
flatus, smelling like spoiled eggs; Pains in the region of the
abdominal ring, and os innominatum.
Stools.-White; Pieces of thick mucus, or like sheep's dung
..". in mucus; Hard faeces, passed after long efforts—some-
times the first portion is hard, and that which follows loose;
Crawling in the rectum; Itching at the anus for many days;
Pressure at the rectum; Stitch in perinaeum.
Urine.—Copious—ten emissions in one night, with painful
pressure on the bladder; Watery urine; External pressure on the
bladder caused the urine to flow; Involuntary dropping of the
urine; Burning in the fore-part of the urethra; Burning stitch,
with desire to pass urine.
Genital,—Frequent erections without desire; Discharge of
prostatic fluid; Itching; Burning or stitching in the right testicle,
and in the penis.
Chest.—Dyspnoea—can only lie on the right side—danger of
suffocation when moving or raising the arms; Shortness of
breath; Sudden suffocative attacks, with anxiety and palpitation;
Spasms of the lungs; Violent pains at intervals; Strong, painful
oppression at the middle of the chest; Pressure under the left
clavicle; Constriction of the muscles of the chest; Spasmodic
sensation in the chest—it appeared to proceed from the pit of the
stomach, and arrested the breath; Stitches in the false ribs and
region of the diaphragm; Dull stitches in the right side of the
chest; Sticking pain under the right nipple—more violent during
inspiration. -
Heart.—Unusually strong beating of the heart—it could be
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plainly heard, and seen beating through the clothes; Palpitation
early in the morning, when sitting, with anxious oppression of the
chest; the heart seems to be in tremulous motion; the palpitation
increases when sitting, and bending the body forwards; the anguish
is increased during deep inspiration; he feels the pulsations of the
heart when laying the hand on the pit of the stomach; when sit-
ting down, after rising, the heart beats violently; the spot just
above it feels painfully oppressed by a load, with cutting and dig-
ging in the abdomen, as if caused by incarcerated flatus (this
lasted after the palpitation had ceased). -
Back—Stitches, or twitching in the dorsal and intercostal
muscles, opposite the heart; Bruised sensation in the spine during
rest; Bubbling sensation in left scapula, like drops of blood press-
ing through a valve; Stitches in the right scapular region.
Upper Limbs.-Jerking pains in the arms and wrists; Pains
as if sprained in the joints; Aching in the wrists; Drawing or
tearing pains in the thumb-joints.
Lower Limbs.-Great lassitude; Itching of the skin of the
thighs; Continuous stitch in the left thigh when walking; Draw-
ing, tearing in the right thigh when sitting; Pain as if sprained
in the knee-joint—when walking he is obliged to limp, being unable
to bend the knee; Pain in the calf, with jerking and pulsation in
the patella. - -
Spigelia may prove useful in some Catarrhal and Worm fevers.
SPON GIA,
HAHNEMANN, SPONGE.
THE toasted sponge, in some respects, is analogous to Iodine, and,
probably, Bromine. According to Dr. Garrod, it is a compound,
consisting of Carbon, Carbonate and Sulphate of Lime, Chloride of
Sodium, Iron, and nearly 2 per cent. of the Iodide and Bromide
of Potassium. Others state that Sulphur, Alumina, Silica, and
Magnesia, also are to be found in Sponge. Iodine and the Iodide
of Potassium have quite superseded it in allopathic practice, where
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it was formerly held in high repute for Goitre and Scrofulous
affections. -
In Homoeopathy it is believed to have especial action on the
Larynx, and is chiefly prescribed for Croup, after Aconite has
removed the inflammatory symptoms. Dr. Trinks believes that,
in many cases, Spongia is quite sufficient to remove the inflamma-
tion, without Aconite. Jahr recommends it for Croup, in alterna-
tion with Hepar. Hahnemann more clearly marks out the Croup.
for Spongia, by difficult breathing, with sensation as if the Larynx
were so contracted that the breath cannot pass through it. Hart-
mann seems to place more reliance on Aconite for Croup generally.
Probably the term Laryngismus would be more correct than Croup,
as Hartmann views it. According to Dr. Walshe, true Croup is
rather a rare disease, and can only be cured by removal of the
membrane that has formed in the Larynx or Trachea. Therefore,
to take the term from Homoeopathic writers, it would seem neces-
sary to adopt the widest sense, and then select the one suitable
remedy for the existing condition, without much reference to Noso-
logy. Thus some eight, ten, or more remedies may require to be
consulted, to meet the several varieties named Croup.
According to Noack and Trinks, Spongia will be useful in affec-
tions of the lymphatic vessels and glands; Orchitis, with hard-
ness—the swelling feels firm, smooth, and generally free from
pain; Swelling of the testes, in alternation with Clematis, or when
there is but little inflammation; Torpid Croup, with oppressed
breathing, and considerable hoarseness; Chronic inflammation of
the mucous membrane of the Trachea ; Chronic pains in the Larynx,
with difficult speech, hoarseness, and expectoration of lumps of
yellow mucus; Asthma Thymicum ; Chronic cough, and Bronchitis.
Simple hoarseness will frequently disappear after a few doses of
Spongia.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Paroxysms of anxiety, with heat; Pain in the stomach;
she weeps—is inconsolable; Anguish, with restlessness during the
*ight; Irritability; not disposed to work.
Head.—Headache, with loss of appetite; Lassitude and ill-
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humour; Vertigo, as if intoxicated—disposed to fall to one side, or
backward; the occiput feels heavy as lead; Pain in the right fron-
tal eminence; Dull headache in the right hemisphere on coming
into a warm room; Heaviness and fulness—increased by stooping;
Pains that proceed from within outwards; Dartings or sharp
stitches in the forehead; Jerks through the temples; Rush of blood,
with heat on the forehead; Sensation as if the brain would pass
through the frontal bone.
Eyes.—Painful pressure over the right eye in the morning;
she can open the eyes, but with great difficulty; Oppressive heavi-
ness in the lids, as if they would close; Sticking and aching pain
in both eyes (evening); Redness of the albuginea; Suppuration;
Burning pain, with considerable lachrymation.
Ears.-Contractive, cramp-like pain; Burning in right ear;
Sensation as if an abscess were forming; Inflamed pimple.
Nose.—Eruptions on the nose; Dry or fluent Coryza; Epistaxis.
Face.—Pale, sunk; Blue, or puffy and red; Swelling of the
cheek; Stinging, itching; Eruptions on the chin and lips; Swell-
ing of the sub-maxillary glands. ,”
Mouth.-Accumulation of fluid or mucus; Vesicles on the
tongue and on the inner cheek, with burning—cannot chew solid
food in consequence; Stinging in the throat, and burning in the
larynx; Bitter taste in the throat, not in the mouth; Intense
thirst.
Gastric Symptoms.-Eructations, with cutting and tearing in
the stomach; Acid regurgitations, or Bitter; Hiccough ; Inclination
to vomit, without being able to effect it ; Pressure at the pit of the
stomach—cannot bear tight clothes; Sensation of fulness, or in-
ternal coldness; Stitching pain in the region of the liver.
Abdomen.—Spasms; Stitches, or pricking pains; Colic; Vio-
lent colic after breakfast—it made him bend double; Sense of
strangulation deep in the abdomen; Pain in the inguinal ring;
Glandular swelling in the right groin—painful when walking.
Stool-Hard—or first portion hard; the second soft ; Stitches
in the anus; Tenesmus; Gnawing; Soreness; Ascarides.
Urine.-Frequent micturition—small stream, and frothy; Sen-
sation at the neck of the bladder, as if he must urinate; Inability
to retain it.
Genital (Male).-Itching of the glans-penis and scrotum ;
Burning, or painful drawing stitches through the penis; Squeez-
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ing, strangulating pain in the testes; Dull stitches from the testes
up the spermatic cord; Aching, with swelling of the testes;
Orchitis. - -
Larynx-Hoarseness; Coryza, and very violent cough ; Dry-
ness, scraping, burning, and constriction in the larynx; Difficult
respiration, as if the larynx were closed by a plug, and very little
air could pass; Hollow cough, with expectoration, both day and
night ; Constant cough, that seemed to proceed from one spot, deep
in the chest, where it feels sore; Dry cough, with burning in the
chest—diminishes after eating and drinking; Cynanche Laryngea;
Laryngeal Phthisis.
Respiration.—Slow, deep, as when exhausted; Hurried pant-
ing; Asthmatic breathing; Wheezing; Feeling of weakness after
but very little exertion, with heat in the face and chest; Distention
of the veins, and arrest of breath. >
Chest.—Violent prickings in the chest; Drawing stitches, that
sometimes continue during both inspiration and expiration; Inter-
mittent stitches in the chest; Cutting pain when taking a deep
inspiration; Pains in the intercostal muscles; Rush of blood to the
Chest.
Neck.-Several glandular swellings below the right lower jaw;
Pain in the cervical glands, near the larynx and trachea ; Sensa-
tion of pressure in the goitre several times during the day; Prick-
ings; Stitches; Stiffness in the neck; Tension of the cervical
muscles; Painful tension on the left side of the Pomum Adami
when turning the head; Pain and stiffness, especially when turning
the head to the right side. -
Upper Limbs.-Jactitation of the muscles about the lef
shoulder-joint; Stitches in the elbow; Drawing pains and heavi-
ness in the fore-arms; Pains in the wrists; Trembling of the fore-
arms and hands; Swelling of the hands; Cramp-like pain in the
ball of the right thumb. .*
Lower Limbs.-Tension as if the muscles were too short ;
Weariness in the knees when walking, as if they would give way;
Feeling of heaviness in the whole body, even when walking in the
open air; Bruised feeling in the upper part, and numbness of the
lower half of the body; Painful stitches in several parts; Itching
over the body, with a red eruption; Coldness in the limbs;
Shivering and chilliness; Morning fever, with pains in the head
and abdomen. -
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SQUILLA,
Hausewass. SCILLA—SEA. ONION.
THIS remedy is prescribed by some Allopathic authorities for
Coughs, Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, Croup, Anasarca, &c.
NOACK and TRINKS advise it for Anasarca; Ascites; Pneumonia,
where there is much expectoration; Pleurisy, with cough and
mucus; old, neglected Catarrh, with spitting of blood; Haemor-
rhage from the lungs of bright-red blood; Cough, with expectora-
tion of pus in thick lumps.
HEMPEL, for Bronchitis, with loose, exhausting Cough; Haemop-
tysis; Pleuro-pneumonia; Rheumatic Gastro-Enteritis; Enuresis;
Diabetes Mellitus.
Hahnemann writes—“The primary effect of Scilla is a great
desire to urinate, with a copious flow, clear as water. In a few
hours the reaction of the organism takes place, when it becomes
scanty, assumes its natural colour, or rather darker. Dropsy can
only be cured by Scilla when the urinary symptoms correspond,
which is rather rare; but it may be a specific in Diabetes. Scilla
is useful for excessive mucus in the trachea ; its primary effect
being to render the mucus thinner and looser.”
Squilla is said to irritate schirrous tumours, when attended with
fever and inflammation,
SYMPTOMS.
Head-Cloudy; Dizzy; Contractive pain in the temples;
Stitches in the forehead; Humming headache early in the morning,
or sensation of heaviness; Pressure as if a weight were on the top
of the head; Shocks in the forehead.
Eyes.—Sense of contraction in the right eye; the eyes feel as
if swimming in cold water; the right upper lid feels swollen; the
pupils contracted immediately—afterwards dilated; Violent tearing
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in both eyes, apparently behind the eyeballs; Obscuration of
sight. - -
Nose.-Acrid mucus; Profuse Coryza ; Soreness of the nostrils;
Ulceration of the nostrils; Fluent Coryza, with constant Sneezing.
Face.—Changeable; looks ill, and then more bright and cheer-
ful; Cracked lips—brown or blackish crusts; Blackness of the
teeth. - -
Appetite.—Loss of appetite, with bitter taste; the food tastes
burnt; Empty risings; Nausea, and desire to vomit.
Stomach-Feeling of weakness; Cramp at pit; Pressure as
from a stone; Cardialgia; Excessive pain in the stomach.
Abdomen.—Tearing pain below the umbilicus; Cutting; Pinch-
ing; Tension, although it feels soft to pressure, and sensitive to
contact; Emission of much flatus on pressing the Abdomen;
Rumbling; Bubbling; Pain in the muscles.
Stool.—Hard; Scanty. Afterwards—Brown, loose, slimy stools,
passed with bubbling flatus; White filaments and ascarides;
Watery diarrhoea; Black diarrhoea; Stools of blood; Itching in the
anus; Sticking pain when walking.
Urine.—Great desire to urinate, and evacuate the bowels; he
passed an unusual quantity of urine—it looked like water; he is
unable to retain the urine, the quantity being too great; Noctur-
nal micturition; Reddish urine, with red deposit ; Brownish-
yellow, transparent urine; Scanty; Flocculent after standing.
Genital.-Sticking pain in the urethra; Compressive pain in
the testicles; Haemorrhage from the uterus.
Larynx.-Irritation; Titillation, causing cough; when cough-
ing, painful pressure in the cavity of the thorax from within out-
wards, accompanied by a painful contraction of the abdominal
muscles; Violent cough early in the morning, with stitches in the
side; Morning cough, with profuse expectoration; Cough induced
by deep inspiration, which he feels compelled to take; Cough, with
expectoration of blood; when coughing, he feels a pain in the side
of the abdomen, as if the intestines would protrude; during the
cough there is a feeling of heat within; Headache; Arrest of
breath; Pressure on the bladder, that causes the urine to be
ejected.
Chest,-Respiration heavy, slow ; Dyspnoea, like asthma; Sense
of oppression, as if the chest were too tight; Stitching pains in the
clavicular region; Darting stitches during both expiration and
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inspiration; Stitches in the left side; Pleuritic stitches; Pneu-
monia, conjoined with pleurisy; the pains in the chest are worse
towards morning; Sweat in the axilla.
Neck and Back.-Rheumatic drawing in the cervical mus-
cles; Stiffness in the nape of neck; the skin of the neck feels
sensitive, and pimples form on the neck and back; Bubbling sen-
sation under the scapula: ; Cold; Gangrene.
STAN NUM.
HAHNEMANN. TINFOIL,
BEFORE this metal can be properly employed in medicine, it should
be carefully purified from any alloy—such as lead, arsenic, &c.
It was formerly used for Worms, but has become obsolete. Hah-
nemann states, that the Scotch physician, Alston, was the first to
employ it against tape-worm. He gave a large dose, followed by
a cathartic; but the worm was never killed by the tin. Perhaps
stunned, and washed away; and this but seldom.
Dr. Graves recommends the Oil of Turpentine, in small doses, for
expelling tape-worms; but adds—“The electuary of Tin, too, is,
in some persons, an unfailing remedy.” It is a matter of question
whether the tin-filings, ordinarily"used, were ever purified; if not,
the lead, arsenic, or copper contained in it, might play an impor-
tant medicinal part.
Noack and Trinks state that Stannum has removed Spasms in
children, excited by irritation from worms, with subsequent dis-
charge of a large number. We, however, look to Stannum more
particularly for Affections of the Chest and Lungs; Cough,
with purulent expectoration; Incipient Pulmonary Phthisis,
when the cough is first dry, followed by expectoration of a yellow
sputa, having a sweetish, putrid smell, and saltish taste—some-
times with Hectic Fever; Night or Morning Sweats, especially
about the neck, with great debility and nervousness, and perhaps
diarrhoea. Some cases of Prosopalgia have been greatly relieved
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by this remedy. Rückert records several cases of Incipient and
Suppurative Phthisis cured by Stannum.
SYMPTOMS.
Hahnemann states that Tin relieves the following symptoms:–
Oppressive weight in the forehead; Colic during the menses;
Pressure and stitches in the left hypochondrium; Burning pain in
the region of the liver; Excessive irritability of the Nerves; In-
tolerable uneasiness.
Mind.—Sadness; Restless; Anxiety; Depression of spirits;
not disposed to talk, nor answer questions; easily put out of
temper. -
Head.—Dizziness; Stupefying headache; Heaviness during
rest and motion; Sudden fits of Vertigo ; Frontal headache; Pain
as if the brain were distended, and the skull too small; Drawing
pains in the forehead; Beating in the temples, especially after a
fit of coughing.
Face.—Pale, sunken; Sickly look; Flushes of heat; Stupefying
pain; Contractive pain in the bones of the face—the right malar;
Tearing pain from malar bone into the lower jaw; Burning pain
in the right cheek, below the eye, with swelling in the evening;
Pain and swelling in the upper jaw; the teeth feel elongated,
and become loose. -
Mouth.--Accumulation of saliva or mucus; Foetid odour;
Sore throat; Cutting in the pharynx; Stinging; Dryness or scrap-
ing in the throat–causes much hawking; Bitter taste, or sweet-
ish rising; Acid eructations; Nausea; Retching; Vomiting;
Haematemesis. - -
Stomach-Pressure, and feeling of fulness; Cutting; Griping;
Sense of distention; Chronic Cardialgia, with bitter eructations,
nausea, sickly look, feeling of hunger, and diarrhoea. :
Abdomen.—Spasms in the region of the diaphragm; Pressure
and stinging in the hepatic region; Painful distention and bloated-
ness of the abdomen; Cramp-like pains about the umbilicus;
Painful, digging Soreness of the abdomen; Stitches in the renal
region; Feeling of emptiness; Gurgling; Rumbling; Incarceration
of flatus; Sensation as if he had taken a cathartic; Pressure in the
inguinal region. -
. Stool.-Unsuccessful desire; Frequent desire—the first part
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being natural—then papescent—lastly, thin; Costive for a time ;
Large faeces passed with cutting pains; Hard lumps; Feeling as if
diarrhoea would come on; Greenish stool, with Soreness and smart-
ing about the anus; Corrosive pain when walking.
Urine.-Retention—the bladder feels full, but insensible; Fre-
quent desire, with copious emission; Painful pressure at the neck
of the Bladder; Burning, and soreness of the urethra.
Genital,—No desire nor power; Frequent emissions, without
dreams.
Menses.—More profuse than usual; Discharge of transparent
mucus; Yellowish leucorrhoea, with great loss of strength; Pains
in the malar bones before and during the period of menstruation.
Larynx.-Hoarse; Rough; Chronic Catarrh, with dyspnoea;
Cough, and much mucus; Weakness in the chest, and much rat-
tling of mucus; Exhausting fit of coughing, with bruised pain at
pit of the stomach.
Cough.-Excited by reading, singing, or talking; Cough in-
duced by lying on the right side; Sputa greenish, sweetish, salt, or
putrid; Violent cough, with blood; Soreness in the chest; Mucus;
Phthisis. - -
Respiration.—Short breathing, with anguish in the evening;
Hurried breathing; Asthma at night, or during motion; Oppres-
sion—he must unfasten his clothes to breathe more freely; Oppressive
weight in the upper part of the chest; Sensation as of a body
rising in the throat, arresting the breath; a deep inspiration
seems to afford relief. -
Chest.—Tension; Constriction, especially in the evening; Vio-
lent stitches that arrest the breath; Long-continued stitch—it
made him start—sharp, piercing, cutting as with a knife, chiefly
in the left side of the chest; Burning stitches during expiration;
the whole chest, from the throat, feels sore or bruised; Sensation
of weakness, and empty feeling, after expectoration or talking;
Drawing pain from the clavicles to the axilla (left); the pain is
sometimes described as a painful jerk. -
Neck-Drawing pains in nape; Painful stitches; Weakness of
the muscles; Loud cracking of the cervical vertebræ when moving
the head quickly, --
Back—Sharp stitches between the scapula, from within out-
ward; Sensation, when lifting, as if sprained; Pressure in the
spine, below and between the scapula, when moving or turning
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round; Violent tearing pains in the lumbar vertebrae; Shocks;
Burning pressure in the Small of the back—also in the lumbar
region. -
Upper Limbs.-Paralytic tearing about the right shoulder-
joint; Weakness and heaviness of the arms; Jerking; Jactitation of
the muscles; Stiffness of the arms, hands, and fingers; Swelling
of the hands; Cramps and contractions of the fingers, with jerks.
Lower Limbs.-Jactitation of the left Glutei muscles; Pain in
the muscles of the hip-joint when raising the thigh ; Pain as if
sprained about the hip-joint; Uneasiness in the limbs—constant
desire to change position; Paralytic heaviness and weakness in
the thighs and joints; Stiffness of the knees; Jerking twitchings;
Violent cramp in the calf; Swelling of the feet and ankles in the
evening.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Drowsy when in the open air; Profuse sweat at night, that
exhausts the strength; Sweat at four in the morning, chiefly about
the neck and forehead; General loss of strength; Extreme relaxa-
tion of body and mind; Weariness; Nervousness; Hysteric spasms;
Eclampsia of dentition; Epilepsy, with contraction of the fingers;
Emaciation? Consumption ?
STAPHY SA GRIA.
HAHNEMANN. - STAVESACRE.
THIS plant has been named, by the Germans, Louse Wort, the
bruised seeds having been employed to destroy lice. It has ob-
tained some repute for curing Scabies. M. Bourguignon prescribes
an ointment made with a fine powder, mixed with lard. Dr.
Burgess uses a strong tincture made with spirit. Empirically, by
the ancients, it was prescribed for toothache; and our proving
will show its value in this affection. -
DR. TESTE declares this to be a drug of long action, and thinks
Hahnemann should have placed it among the Antipsorics. Teste
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recommends it for sea-sickness; but says it should be administered
when the dizziness and nausea are felt, and before actual vomiting
takes place: also for nausea of pregnant women.
NOACK and TRINKS name it for the following:—Affections that
arise from disappointment, with feelings of indignation; Mer-
curial diseases; Thread-like figwarts; Humid Tetters; Scald
Head; Falling-off of the Hair; Swelling of the Axillary and
Inguinal Glands; Swelling and Inflammation of the Bones; also
of the Face; Caries; TOOTHACHE in both sound and decayed teeth;
Scrofulous and Arthritic Ophthalmia; Ulcers in the mouth; In-
flamed tonsils; Inflammation of the testes and ovaries; Strumous
disease of the Hip-joint.
According to Hempel, it acts on the Brain, Spinal Cord, and
Stomach; cures Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Nervous Headache, with
sensation as if a ball of lead were lodged in the frontal region;
Scrofulous Sore Eyes; Amaurosis, with a white gauze before the
eyes; Scrofulous Sore Nose; Mercurial Ptyalism; Cutting pains
in the bowels after every meal; Constipation; Burning in the
Urethra; Catarrh of the Bladder; Nocturnal Emissions; Hysteria;
Hypochondria; Gnawing in the Scalp; Itch-like Eruptions.
Staphysagria will be found useful in treating some of those
relics of Syphilis that are often very troublesome to the prac-
titioner, when Mercury has complicated rather than cured the
disease. It seems to act powerfully on the Nervous System; cures
Neuralgia; and improves the memory; Ulceration of the Os
Uteriº
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Sadness—desire to weep; he is not satisfied with his
condition nor circumstances; he has no pleasure in anything;
Ill-humoured, irritated; Silent ill-humour—vexed at trifles.
Senses.—Vanishing of ideas; Confused thoughts; Great weak-
mess of memory; he forgets immediately what he has been reading
or talking about; his memory does not serve him; as to the
actual occurrence of a thing, he could not tell whether it really
happened, or he only dreamt it. - .
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Head.—Heaviness in the head—relieved by leaning on the
hand; Sensation of a heavy load, like a ball; when shaking the
head, it felt as if a leaden bullet were lying in the brain, and
could not be detached; Oppressive, stupefying, frontal headache—
increased by moving the head; Pressing of the brain against the
skull; Aching pain in left temple, as if some one pressed on the
part with the finger; Violent, tearing, sticking headache; Violent
stitches; Sharp, burning prickings in left temple; Sticking head-
ache the whole day; Headache during motion, as if the brain
were loose, and would fall out.
Scalp.–Corrosive itching in the occipital region; Itching;
Gnawing; the hairs can be easily pulled out without pain; a
number of scabs on the scalp, that itch violently; Humid erup-
tions, that emit a foetid odour. -
Eyes.—Smarting pain in the inner canthi; Acrid tears early
in the morning; Pain and inflammation in the ocular and palpe-
bral conjunctiva; Pressure in the upper lid; Sensation as if a stye
would form; when writing the eyes soon ache; they smart and
burn, and cannot well bear the light; Inflammation of the eyelids;
Spasmodic closing of the lids; Frequent winking; Pupils dilated;
Objects appear covered with a white gauze.
Ears.-Stitching pains in the internal ear; Ringing in the ears.
Nose.--Smarting; Soreness or ulceration of the nostrils; Stop-
page of the nose; the posterior nares seem obstructed.
Face,—Weary look; Sharp, pointed features; Eyes deeply sunk,
with blue margins; Pressive, throbbing pains in the face; Cutting
or drawing pains in the malar bone (left); Pimples on the face and
corners of the mouth; Swelling of a gland under the chin.
Lips.-Pustules and ulcers on the lips; Vesicles; Shining-red
ulcer on the border of the lower lip. -
Teeth.-Gnawing pain in the lower incisors; Pains in decayed
teeth, especially after Mercury; Toothache from taking cold in
damp weather; Pains in the roots of the teeth; when chewing the
teeth feel tender; Toothache immediately after eating, or on taking
cold drink. -
Gums. Ulcers and boils on the gums; Pale, white ulcers;
the gums bleed readily for several days, are swollen, and feel
tender. - -
Mouth-Wesicles and ulcers in the mouth and inside the cheeks;
Accumulation of much water in the mouth.
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STAPHYSAGRLA. [STAPH.
Tongue.—Dry; Stinging pain on the tip; Sore pimples on the
edge of the tongue.
Throat.—Rough; Dry; Scraping or burning; Sensation as if
snuff were in the throat; Swelling of the tonsils from Mercury;
Soreness during deglutition.
Taste.—Qualmish; Watery or bitter; Bread tastes sour, and
Beer causes a scraping in the throat. o
Appetite.—Constant hunger, even after food; Desire for liquids,
wine, and tobacco; Hiccough after every meal; Nausea, with in-
clination to vomit; Heartburn after smoking. -
Stomach.-Pressure as from a load—especially excited by eating
bread; Pressure at pit, with fulness. .
Abdomen.—Hard, painful pressure on the right side of umbili-
cus; Spasmodic pains in the abdomen; Swelling of the inguinal
glands; Emission of very hot, foºtid flatus; Enlarged abdomen of
children.
Stool-Constipation for several days; Itching in the anus;
Colic, with desire for stool; Faeces scanty and hard; Discharge of
prostatic fluid during a hard stool. -
Urine.—Copious and frequent for several days; Frequent emis-
sion of a watery urine at first (from a large dose); Discharge of
urine when coughing. Afterwards—Frequent desire to micturate,
but passes only a small quantity of dark urine; after urinating,
he felt as if the bladder was not emptied; Painful micturition, with
burning in the urethra.
Genital.-Nocturnal emissions; Involuntary emission in an old
man (the primary effect is to excite desire); Drawing, burning
sensation in the spermatic cord, to the right testis; Aching pain in
the testes after walking, or from friction; Figwarts.
Menses.—Appear after a long absence, with Colic; Stinging,
itching of the pudenda; Smarting; Ulcer on the labia majora;
Ovaritis; Uterine Cancer?
Larynx.-Roughness after talking; Hawking up of mucus;
Cough, with yellow sputa, in the forenoon, and at night; Ulcerative
pain when coughing, behind the upper part of sternum; Sharp
cough after a meal; Dry, hollow cough. -
Chest.—Contractive oppression of the Chest.; Inspirations slow
and difficult; Expiration gives relief; Spasm of the Diaphragm;
Sharp stitches in the Chest; Bruised pain in the muscles; Ex-
coriation in the Chest; Aching—relieved by walking.
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STRAM.] STRAMONTUM.
Heart.—Violent palpitation on awaking from a siesta; Tremu-
lous palpitation during exercise. -
Neck-Rheumatic pains in the neck, and swelling of the
glands. -
Back—Pain in the small of the back, as if sprained; Early in
the morning it felt as if broken; Swelling of the axillary glands.
Upper Limbs.-Pains in the bones; Stiffness; Arthritic pains
in the fingers and joints; Cramp; Numbness, or convulsive move-
ments of the fingers. - -
Lower Limbs.-Soreness about the nates and gluteal region;
Bruised feeling in the muscles of the thighs when walking; Dull
stitches in the knee-joint; Weakness of the knees; Pains in the
muscles of the legs; Cramp in the legs and feet; Pains in all the
bones. -
Skin-Blotches, the size of peas, on the body and thighs;
Herpes; Dry and crusty; Frequent boils; Mercurial ulcers; Smart-
ing and itching eruptions; Ulcers that are covered with a thin
crust, and from which a yellowish fluid exudes; Induration of the
glands; Putrid-smelling night-sweat.
STRAMONIUM.
HAHNEMANN. - THORN-APPLE.
ACCORDING to Allopathic authority, this drug is similar to Bella-
donna; possessing the power to dilate the pupil, and acting in a
similar manner on the brain. It is advised to be administered
with caution, commencing with small doses—one-fourth of a grain
of the extract; but the medicine should be immediately discon-
tinued if it causes Vertigo; Dryness of the throat, and dilate
pupil. -
Dr. Stoerck appears to have been the first to introduce Stramo-
nium for Mania and Melancholy—a kind of Insanity, from the
fact that he found it produce a sort of Craziness in those who
took it. Some Swedish physicians have prescribed it, with suc-
cess, for Epilepsy. The leaves are frequently smoked, as tobacco,
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STRAMONIUM. ISTRAM.
for the relief of Spasmodic Asthma. It has, from time to time,
been prescribed by various physicians, for Dyspnoea; Hard, dry
Cough ; Neuralgia; Enteralgia; Nervous and Rheumatic Head-
ache. It is thought to act as a sedative on the Nervous System
generally: also used as a local application, for Affections of the
Eye; Syphilitic Nodes; Painful Haemorrhoids, &c.
IN HOMOEOPATHY, it is chiefly used for Chorea; Mental derange-
ment; Furious Delirium, with a disposition to bite and strike;
Alternating states of laughing, singing, extravagant gestures
and speech, with Lowness of Spirits; Melancholy; Religious
Monomania. Probably useful in some forms of Epilepsy; Convul-
sions; Typhus Fever, with delirium; Hallucinations; Delirium
Tremens, with staring, glistening eyes; Visions of Animals;
Delirium Tremens, induced by Beer (Jahr); Spasms and twitching
of the muscles; Nervous Prosopalgia of the facial nerve, especially
the right side. Four cases are recorded as cured by the tincture
and extract—Tetanus; Opisthotonos; Trembling of the Limbs;
Paralysis, after Apoplexy.
HEMPEL presents us with the following list: — Mania, with
Exaltation of the fancy and sensibility; Excessive talking; Cere-
bral Congestion; Vertigo ; Intoxication; Phrenitis; Tetanic
Spasms; Convulsions, with fainting fits; Chorea, resulting from
checked perspiration; Fright, or Onanism; Epilepsy, with clenched
hands; Stertorous breathing and foam at the mouth; Trembling
of the whole body; Convulsions of the Head and Arms, with Hic-
cough ; Hydrophobic Convulsions; Desire to tear and bite; Fury
increased by a Light, by Fire, Water, or a Mirror; Mouth and
fauces dry; Spasm of the Throat; Hysteric Spasms and Convul-
sions; Hysteria, terminating in profuse watery urine; Puerperal
Mania, or Convulsions; Nymphomania, with Constipation; Asthma;
Dyspnoea; Whooping-cough; Acute, eruptive diseases; Typhus
of the Brain and Bowels.
Hahnemann states, that the primary effect of Stramonium is to
suppress the Secretions and Excretions. In this respect it resembles
Opium. The secondary action is just the reverse—the secretions
become copious. It will be well to bear this in mind with
all drugs.
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STRAM.] STRAMONIUM.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Melancholy; also desire for company, lights, and sun-
shine—because darkness and solitude aggravate the symptoms;
Alternations of convulsions and rage; Desire to bite and tear with
the teeth; Violent Spasms; when they had passed off he became
furious—attempted to strike and bite those around him; Silent
ill-humour; Vexed with everything; Apprehensive of the future;
Foreboding evil; Sad without cause ; Easily provoked to passion;
Absence of mind; Loss of memory.
Senses and Head.—Vertigo, with redness of the face; Pain
in the abdomen, and sensation of gauze before the eyes; or with
thirst—foam at the mouth; Giddiness; Rush of blood to the head;
‘Stupefaction, with dimness of sight; Intoxication; Stupefaction
of the senses; he does not notice the objects around him; walks
about with staring eyes; Dances, sings, bursts into laughter;
does not recognise any of his family; Kneels in his bed—attempts
to pray; Timid Mania; or with pride and affectation; Frightful
fancies; he looks frightened and terrified; Headache, with dim-
ness of sight, and hardness of hearing; Headache, with giddiness,
fainting, and thirst; Spasmodic drawing of the head to one side,
with screaming; Constant movement of the head to-and-fro.
Eyes.—Extreme dilatation of the pupils; Sparkling; Glisten-
ing ; Staring eyes; Dimness of sight, with thirst and sweat;
Swelling of the eyes and lids; Contortions of the eyeballs; Fiery
visions before the eyes; Diplopia. -
Face.—Swelling and redness of the face and cheeks; also the
eyes and tongue; Wild, frightened look; or perhaps, at first, he
looks quite friendly, but soon assumes a very contrary appearance;
the upper part of the face looks dingy and dark; but, around the
nose and mouth, is white.
Teeth.-Grinding of the teeth; Beating toothache. -
Mouth-Extreme dryness of the mouth; Partial paralysis of
the organs of speech; he could only stammer out words; Copious
ptyalism day and night; Swelling of the tongue; Trembling of
the tongue; Aversion to water or liquids. -
Throat.—Difficult deglutition; Constriction and spasm of the
oesophagus; she tries to swallow bread and milk, but cannot.
Taste.—Bread and butter tastes like sand; all food tastes like
straw; Constant bitterness in the mouth. -
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STRONTIANA, ISTRON:
Stomach-Nausea; Vomiting of green bile or mucus; Ach-
ing; Biting pain in the stomach; Anxiety at the pit, sometimes
with difficult respiration; Inflammation of the stomach 2
Abdomen.—Bloated, distended, puffed up ; Rumbling, with
diarrhoea and colic; Fermentation; Pain as if the umbilicus
would be torn out.
Stool.—Constipation for six days, without pain; afterwards,
diarrhoea for six days in succession; after a profuse sweat the
diarrhoea ceased.
Urine.—Suppression of urine; the urethra appeared too nar-
row; it came only in drops, and felt hotter than usual; afterwards,
profuse micturition.
Larynx,−Voice hoarse or squeaking—the pitch high, and all
power of modulation lost; Oppression and spasms in the chest,
especially in Hysteric females.
Back and Limbs.-Drawing pains in the small of the back;
Bruised pains about the shoulders; Pain about the mid-spine, cor-
responding with the posterior part of the stomach, where there are
drawing pains; Trembling of the arms; Rigidity of the lower
limbs; Pains in the thighs and loins; Boils on the feet; Violent
motion of the limbs; Sleep sound, with stertorous breathing.
STR0 NTIAN A,
CARBONATE OF STRONTIA.
HAs been chiefly employed for violent Cardialgia; Sense of drag
ging, or cutting pain in the stomach; Oppression; Violent Hic-
cough ; Dyspnoea; Aching pain in the Chest, especially during
motion; Aching pain under the Sternum; Dull pressure in the
region of the Heart; Burning and tenderness under the Sternum;
Pains in the Back; Pinching in the Abdomen, which is full and
distended; Emaciation; Cough; Pains in the Chest; Difficult ex-
pectoration of whitish sputa, with chilliness; Tearing pains in the
Hips, Knees, Shoulder, and Elbow-joints; Heaviness, debility, and
tremor in the limbs; Cramps in the calves and soles of the feet;
Phthisis?
2 B 361.
SULPH.] - SULPHUR.
SULPHUR.
HAHNEMANN.
IN Allopathic doses, can rarely be prescribed with advantage. It is
looked upon as an alterative, a gentle laxative, and, from its
power to relieve venous congestion, valuable in Haemorrhoidal
affections. For diseases of the Skin it has always held a promi-
ment place; and is more especially relied on as a specific for Itch, in
the form of Sulphur Ointment. The milk of Sulphur is the form
generally prescribed as an alterative; but the use of Sulphur in-
duces many unpleasant conditions, and causes silver articles to
turn black, when carried by those who are under its influence.
In Homoeopathic practice we are able to avail ourselves of the
medicinal advantages without inconvenience, and can apply it far
more extensively. It is a remedy of the most searching character;
of long-continued action; and is indispensable in the treatment of
many Chronic diseases. It will be found valuable when some other
medicine has been long continued, and appears to have lost all
power over the disease. A dose or two of Sulphur will wake up,
or, as it were, irritate the nervous system; after which the previous
remedy may again be exhibited with success. It is especially use-
ful after Mercury, and is a powerful antidote to the effects of that
mineral (so, also, is Dulcamara).
Hahnemann placed Sulphur in the highest rank of his Anti-
psorics. It will rarely be required in treating acute disease, but
more frequently as follows:—Shooting pains of a flying or shifting
character, that first appear in one place, then in another; Dry
Chronic Eruptions of various kinds; Itch, with warm soap-baths;
Impetigo of the Scalp (dry variety)—sometimes with yellow or
greenish crusts; Dry Scaly Eruption; Squamous Eruptions on the
Forehead; Acne Rosacea; Mentagra; Chronic Erysipelas of the Face;
Herpes Circinnatus; Lymphatic Swellings and Abscess; Boils;
Chronic Ulcers; Varicose Weins; Horny Warts; Onychia; Whit-
low ; Ulceration of the Nails; Chronic Headache; Wertigo ; Rush
of blood to the Head; Ophthalmia; Catarrhal Ophthalmia of the
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Palpebral Conjunctiva; Soreness of the Eyelids; Arthritic and
Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Chronic Ulceration of the Cornea; Amau-
rosis; Threatened Cataract from repelled Itch, or other Cutaneous
Eruptions; Humming in the Ears; Deafness; Purulent Otorrhoea;
Chronic Dyspepsia; Inflammatory Affections of the Stomach;
Chronic Hepatitis; Induration of the Liver; Congestion of the
Portal System; Flatulent Colic; Chronic Constipation, even in
infants and children; Diarrhoea—also when alternating with Con-
stipation; Haemorrhoids—Blind and Bleeding; Suppressed Haemor-
rhoids, with congestion of blood to the head; Chronic Pneumonia;
Chronic Cough; Pulmonary Phthisis; Chronic Affections of the
Chest; Impotence (with Conium); Chronic Gonorrhoea; Affections
of the Bladder; Evils that sometimes occur after Vaccination;
Cracking of the Joints; Weakness of the legs in children; Diffi-
culty in learning to walk. *-
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Irritable; Obstinate, peevish, whining mood; Melan-
choly; Depressed; Sad; Tendency to weep; Religious melancholy;
Tendency to start; Soon frightened; Despondency; Weakness of
memory, especially for names. - -
Head.—Headache and giddiness on first rising in the morning—
he falls back on the bed; Vertigo on stooping, or walking out in
the open air; Headache, with nausea; Head painful at every step;
Numbness on the right side; Pressure; Aching; Violent pressure
in the forehead; Headache at night, with pressure in occiput;
Periodical headache; Heaviness, dulness, as of a weight, or com-
pressed between screws; Tearing, drawing in the head; Stitching;
Jerking; Rush of blood to the head.
Scalp.–Feeling of coldness on the top of the head; Itching
pimples; Blotches; Impetigo, with yellow exudations forming
crusts, with itching; the roots of the hair are painful to touch;
Falling-off of the hair. -
Eyes.—Painful, as from sand or dust; Painful pressure on
moving the eyes; Itching; Smarting; Dryness or burning; Feeling
of heat; Sense of congestion; Redness; Injection of the vessels;
Vesicles on the cornea. -
Sight.—Dim; Misty, as covered with gauze, or a thin pellicle;
Intolerance of light. #
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SULPH.] SULPHUR.
Eyelids.-Agglutination; Swelling of the lids; Red, inflamed
lids; Twitching of the lids; Ulcerated edges of the lids.
Ears.-Drawing pain in left; Stitches; Humming in both ears;
Hearing obstructed; Whizzing; Roaring; Cracking; Excoriation
behind; Discharge of pus from the ears. -
Nose.—Swollen; Inflamed; Obstructed; Smell lost; Bleeding
from the nose; Nostrils ulcerated; Inflamed.
Face.—Pale; Yellow, wrinkled skin; Swelling of the face; Hot;
Red; Burning; Erysipelas—especially spreading towards the
eyes; Circumscribed flush (hectic); Creeping twitches; Acne P
Lips.-Chapped; Swollen; Puffed; Painful vesicles on the
lips; Rhagades; Blisters; Eruption around and at the corners of
the mouth.
Mouth–Hot, dry—taste of blood; Burning; Peeling-off of
the skin; Vesicles; Sore mouth; Aphtha; Accumulation of saliva;
Foetid smell from the mouth.
Tongue.—Dry; Coated white; or cracked; or vermilion colour;
Saltish mucus; Smarting vesicles on the tongue.
Teeth.-Jerking in single teeth; Evening toothache; Sense of
elongation. -
Gums.-Throb and swell; Recede from the teeth—loosening;
Hard swellings on the gums; Discharge of pus and blood. -
Throat.—Sore—impeding deglutition; Dryness; Contraction.
Taste.—Flat ; Putrid; Bitter or sour; Sweet nausea; Taste of
Bile; Coppery taste in the mouth. .
Appetite.-Aversion to fat, meat, milk, or Brown Bread; Vege-
tables are not digested; Sweets induced Colic; Waterbrash;
Heartburn; Acid eructations; Nausea; Vomiting of food; Vomit-
ing of Blood, or Blackish fluid.
Stomach.-Sensitive to pressure; Pain after food; Pulsation
and swelling at pit; Spasmodic contractions, or digging pains—
sometimes immediately after eating.
Hepatic Region.—Tender; Sensitive; Swollen; Indurated;
Sensation as if wounded; Drawing and shooting pains.
Abdomen.—Distended; Full; Feels raw and sore; Spasmodic
shootings; Contractions (chiefly left side); when taking a deep
inspiration, he is compelled to cry out; Spasmodic Colic, extend-
ing from Umbilicus to Hypogastric region; Constrictive pains
about the Umbilicus; the abdominal muscles are tender, and feel
bruised; Empty rumbling in the intestines.
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SULPHUR. [SULPH.
Inguinal Region.—Painful swelling of the glands; Tearing;
Stitching; Burning stitches; Suppuration of a gland.
Stool.—Hard, difficult, as if burnt; Knotty, insufficient evacu-
ation, only once in three days; Involuntary stools; Diarrhoea,
with mucus; Green or brownish stools, with tenesmus; Ascarides;
Lumbrici; Prolapsus Ani; Protrusion of Haemorrhoids; Itching,
stinging in anus.
Urine,—Frequent urging; Desire at night; Wetting the bed;
Urine with foetid smell; Thick, white deposit. -
Genitals.-Gleet; Phymosis; Paraphymosis; Discharge of
prostatic fluid; Hydrocele; Swelling of the testes.
Menses.—Early, or suppressed, with headache; Pain in loins;
Itching in the valva; Colour too pale; Tendency to miscarry.
Trachea.—Roughness; Titillation; Voice hoarse, weak.
Cough, with thick, yellow sputa, or greenish, or with Blood;
Tubercular Phthisis; Cough, with fever.
Chest.—Stitches; Tightness; Dyspnoea when lying down at
night; Rattling of mucus; Sense of weakness when talking; Pain
and obstruction on the left side. (Chiefly useful after neglected
Pneumonia.)
Heart.—Frequent palpitation on ascending stairs, or a hill;
Palpitation that is sometimes visible, with great anxiety.
Back—Pains across the loins—wrenching, or bruise-like—
from walking, laborious occupation, or when rising from a seat;
Chronic swelling of the Occipital and Axillary glands.
Upper Extremities.—Drawing pains in the shoulder-joint,
and down the humerus. .
Hands. Trembling; Sweat; Cracking of the skin; Chilblains;
Whitlow; Hangmails; Deadness in the tips of the fingers.
Lower Extremities.—Heaviness; Lameness, with languor;
Soreness between the thighs; Swelling at the knee-joint; Cramp
in the calves; Swelling of the feet; Cold feet; Swelling of the
toes; Blisters on the toes; the limbs go to sleep. -
Skin.—Itching, chronic eruptions; Burning, itching, like
nettle-rash; Tendency to become chapped; Unhealthy skin; Ulcers;
Boils; Abscess; Swelling and suppuration of glands; Scurfy
eruption of small vesicles, with red areola ; Small-pox during
suppuration; Rheumatism. The pains are relieved by warmth
and rest—worse at night; some pains come on during rest, and
are then relieved by motion.
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SULPH, AC.] SULPHURIC ACID.
SULPHURIC ACID.
HAHNEMANN.
DILUTE Sulphuric Acid is employed, in Allopathy, for the follow-
ing:—Lead Poisoning; Chronic Lead Palsy ; Haemorrhages;
Haematemesis; Calculi of the Phosphatic kind, with alkaline urine;
Painless Diarrhoea; Choleraic Diarrhoea; Diarrhoea of Children;
Diarrhoea of Puerperal and Typhoid Fevers. For Scarlet Fever;
Profuse sweats, even in Phthisis; Leucorrhoea; Chronic Rheu-
matism, and many Cutaneous diseases, even Syphilitic.
IN HOMOEOPATHY, Noack and Trinks advise it for Chronic Ail-
ments, when Sulphur has proved insufficient; Epistaxis; Excoria-
tions of the skin; Aphthas; Haemoptysis; Chronic Ophthalmia;
Pyrosis, with Acid Vomiting ; Purpura Haemorrhagica; and dis-
charge of black blood from the nose, mouth, anus, and urethra, with
rapid loss of strength; Cough, with expectoration of blood.
HEMPEL (New Materia Medica), for Obstinate Headache; Brandy
Mania; Profuse Leucorrhoea; Acidity of the stomach; Hiccough;
Aphtha of Children; Inflammatory Croup; Mercurial Ptyalism;
Phosphatic Calculi, with alkaline urine; Lead Colic; Night-sweats;
Metrorrhagia; Bed sores; Flesh-wounds that threaten Gangrene;
and Burns (external application).
HAHNEMANN-Tension in the eyelids; Short sight; Hard hear-
ing; Inguinal Hernia; Chronic looseness of the bowels; Profuse
menses; Metrorrhagia; Roughness in the throat; Asthma ; Swell-
ing of the feet; Coldness of the feet.
Sulphuric Acid is very valuable for Acidity of the Stomach, and
Diarrhoea of children and adults.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Desponding; Sad; Weary; Peevish ; Irritable; Ex-
cessively nervous; Starting at the slightest noise; Hurried man-
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ner; she cannot do things quick enough to please herself; Im-
patient. - - f
Head.—Dulness; Stupid feeling; Vertigo—going off in the open
air; Vertigo when sitting; Morning headache; Aching and burn-
ing—frequently in the forehead and eyes; Drawing pains in the
head; Stitches in the left frontal eminence, sudden and painful,
like shocks; Sensation as if the brain were loose and moving to-and-
fro—painful when shaking the head.
Scalp.–Tender to the touch, as from sub-cutaneous ulceration;
Itching of the scalp; Eruptions on the head; the hair turns grey,
and falls off. . --
Eyes.—Drooping of the lids, with feeling of stiffness in the morn-
ing, and difficulty in opening them; Itching, Smarting, burning ;
Burning and pressure in the eyeball; Redness of the eyes, with
constant lachrymation; Agglutination in the morning; Dim sight.
Ears.-Tearing or jerking pains in the ear; Ringing; Noise as
from a distant waterfall; Hearing obstructed, as if a leaf were
stretched over the ear. -
Nose.—Bleeding from the nose in the evening, when sitting or
standing; Obstinate, dry Coryza; Violent Coryza, with sore eyes.
Face.—Redness, heat, and sense of distention; Tearing in the
left malar bone, or bruised pain; Pimples on the face, forehead,
and side of the nose (Acne Rosacea. 2); the skin of the lips peels off.
Teeth.-Tearing pains in the teeth of the left lower jaw;
Toothache—aggravated by cold—relieved by warmth; the teeth
feel to be set on edge; Gums easily bleed, ulcerate; Pain under
the jaw, affecting the tongue and the sub-maxillary gland.
Mouth.-Profuse flow of tasteless saliva; Vesicles inside the
cheek; Aphtha ; Ptyalism.
Throat.—Rough; Scraping; Pricking; Contractive sensation,
especially on the right side, with sensation as if a ball were there.
Taste.—Putrid, flat, pappy; Bread tastes bitter, and causes
oppression at the Stomach; Milk induces flatulence; after drinking
it, felt faint and exhausted. - - -
Gastric Symptoms.-Qualm after eating; after a warm
dinner, cold sweat breaks out on the forehead, face, and body; Sour
eructations; Strong acidity, even in the throat; Gulping of
sweetish water; Vomiting of water—afterwards the food, with
nausea; Nausea, with chilliness; Rising of saltish water in the
mouth; Heartburn; Hiccough; Eructations, tasting like onion. .
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SULPH, AC.] v SULPHURIC ACID.
Stomach.-Tender to touch; Pressure as from a stone; Feeling
of fulness and distention; Violent contractive pain in the stomach
and abdomen, affecting the breath; Sudden gripings; Stitch ;
Prickings; Pinching; Burning in the stomach. -
Stitches in the region of the Liver and Spleen.
Abdomen.--Pinching and cutting pains, extending towards
the lumbar region, with pressure on the rectum; Pressing pains,
like those of labour, with faintness and nausea; Labour-like pains,
extending to the hips, with sensation in the small of the back, as if
bruised; Burning and pressure in the region of the uterus; Pains
in the groin ; Beating in the inguinal region for several days; it
caused protrusion of a hermia that had been reduced; Bubbling in
the abdomen, as from water, when lying upon the back.
Stool.-Chronic diarrhoea; Yellow-white, foºtid stools of liquid
mucus, or streaked with blood (in children); Hard lumps, mixed
with blood, and painful prickings in the anus during menstruation; :
Congestion of blood to the rectum; Haemorrhoids, with pricking
and burning.
Urine.—(Primary effect)—Retention of urine and stool; after-
wards there is frequent desire, with burning and cutting in the
urethra, and pressure at the neck of the bladder. -
Menses.—Too early and profuse, with indigestion and night-
mare; Discharge of mucus and blood; Burning leucorrhoea. -
Larynx, &c.—Hoarse; Rough and dry; Short, hacking cough,
with dyspnoea; Stitches in the chest, and palpitation of the heart.
Back.-Boils on the back; Tenderness of the axillary glands.
Upper Limbs.-Heaviness of the arms; Laming pains and
contractions; Bluish spots on the fore-arm; Drawing pains at the
wrist; Eruptions on the hands, and between the fingers; Chil-
blains. - -
Lower Limbs.-Contractive pains in the thigh; Weakness in
the knees; Pain in the heel or instep; Stiffness of the ankles when
walking; Coldness of the feet; Swelling of the feet; Shooting,
painful corns. - -
Skin-Itching eruptions in various parts of the body; Small,
livid, or bluish spots; Suppurating Sores, that seem to threaten
mortification; Excoriation of the skin; Jaundice; Pain that accom-
panies the healing of burns; Bed sores.
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TABACUM. [TABAC,
TABA CUM.
TRINKS, TOBACCO.
TOBACCO has been employed, in the Dominant School, chiefly by
Enema—very rarely administered by the mouth ; for, at the best,
it is a dangerous and uncertain remedy in Allopathic doses. Dr.
Stokes has remarked that excessive smoking tends to induce palpi-
tation of the heart. A tendency to Amaurosis has been observed in
some persons who habitually chew tobacco. It was formerly pre-
scribed as a local application to the scalp, for Ringworm; but a
few cases proved fatal. As an Enema for Hernia, it has also been
attended with very serious results. In small doses it produces
great depression, and seems to exhaust the vital powers. Dr.
Fowler employed it for Dropsy; and Dr. Graves applied a compress
soaked in a decoction of the leaves, for Colic pains in the Ab-
domen.
IN HOMOEOPATHY, some cures are reported from the exhibition of
Tabacum—Asiatic Cholera, after Verat or Secale, where there was
violent nausea; Cold sweat ; occasional vomiting; Oppression of
the Stomach; Anguish ; Restlessness; Cramp-like clawing in the
calves; Tearing pains in the Limbs; Epilepsy; Renal Colic, from
impaction of a stone in the right ureter. Prescription—Tab., 3,
three drops every half-hour. Hiccough; Whooping-cough attacks
relieved ; Asthma humidum, with tension in the Chest and Ab-
domen; Obstinate Constipation. Hempel sets it down for Sea-
sickness. -
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Cheerful, merry, loquacious, almost amounting to deli-
rium; Sudden bursts of laughter—afterwards he became peevish,
then stupid, with heaviness and dulness in the head; Oppressive
anxiety—uneasy at the chest; Moaning; Vertigo, with qualm at
the stomach; Intoxication, - :
Head,—Stupefaction; Sense of fulness about the head and nape .
of neck—he had to loosen his neck-tie; Violent headache in the
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left half of the forehead; Congestion of blood to the head, with
flushes of heat in the face.
Eyes.—Burning in the eyes; Heat and stinging in the eyeballs.
First—The pupils are contracted—afterwards dilated.
Face,—Blue and contracted; Death-like paleness, with sickness
at the stomach. - - -
Stomach. — Frequent eructations; Hiccough ; Heartburn ;
Qualm and nausea; Loathing and faintness; Spasmodic vomiting;
Sweat; Diarrhoea, and pains in the abdomen; Feeling of great de-
bility; Spasmodic pressure at the pyloric orifice; Writhing and
stitches—afterwards a feeling of coldness in the stomach, and
shuddering down the back.
Abdomen.-Violent contractions of the abdominal muscles;
Pain in the region of the liver; Stitches; Prickings—increased
during inspiration; Fine stitches in the whole abdomen; Hor-
rible pains, with burning—it caused him to shriek; Painful pres-
sure in the renal region; VIOLENT COLIC, with vertigo, headache,
nausea, contracted abdomen, small pulse, cold, damp skin, and
dilated pupil; Colic, with spasms of the bowels, and diarrhoea.
Stool.-Urging to stool, with tenesmus; Flatus, followed by
sudden papescent, yellow, or greenish slimy stools, with tenesmus;
Diarrhoea; Several diarrhoeic stools, with flatulence, colie, burn-
ing, and tenesmus.
Urine,—Urging to urinate; Profuse, clear, lemon-coloured;
Frequent pressure on the bladder; Nocturnal enuresis.
Larynx and Chest—Tickling, scraping, inducing a cough ;
Sense of oppression; Difficult breathing; the chest feels too nar-
row and constricted—unable to take a very deep breath; Pains in
the intercostal muscles. -
Heart.—Violent palpitation, with throbbing of the vessels in
the neck; Irregular pulsation; Palpitation, induced by lying on
the left side; Fainting fits. - -
Limbs.-Tremor of the limbs; Coldness; Feeling of lameness;
Spasmodic contractions; Pains in the hip and knee-joint; Cramps
in the hands and feet; Burning pain in the knee. -
Fever.—Icy coldness of the limbs; Shuddering in the whole
body, with pain between the scapulaº ; Hot skin, with internal
coldness; Night-sweat; Cold sweat.
The pains generally predominate on the left side.
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TARAXACUM. ITARAX.
TARAXA CUM.
HAHNEMANN. DANDELION.
THE Dandelion has been, from time to time, a favourite remedy
with Allopathic physicians. It is considered Tonic, Alterative,
and Diuretic, and thought to act powerfully on the liver. Zim-
mermann believed it valuable for removing pulmonary tubercles.
Dr. Todd, for inflammation of the Duodenum, and Dyspepsia.
Several physicians, for Chronic inflammation; Torpidity, and
enlargement of the Liver; Jaundice; Phthisis; Dysmenorrhoea;
and some Chronic cutaneous affections. It has been also recom-
mended for Gall-stones, combined with Nitric Acid.
IN HOMOEOPATHY it has been used for Rheumatism; Gastric
Fever; Quotidian Fever, and Ague; Profuse sweat, with thirst ;
Restless sleep; . Violent headache; Nausea and bitter taste.
Hahnemann says it may be useful in Dropsy and Diabetes, that
do not depend on Chronic Miasm, which is frequently the case.
SYMPTOMS.
Head.-Violent headache, that is felt only when walking or
standing ; Oppressive pain in the forehead; Aching in right
temple; Painful pressure from within outwards; Sense of eontrac-
tion or constriction from all sides, pressing the brain; Sharp
stitches in the forehead.
Eyes.—Burning and pricking in the eyes; Violent burning in
the eyeballs; Fine pricking in the eyeball and eyelids; Agglu-
tination. &
Ears.-Drawing pains in the ears; Chirping, like grasshoppers.
Nose.—Bleeding from the nose; Frequent sneezing.
Mouth.-Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, or acid water.
Tongue.—Burning, pricking; White coating that peels off,
here and there, in patches, and leaves the part raw and tender;
Dry, brown coating in the morning.
Taste, &c.—Bitter; Meat and gravy turn sour; Nausea, with
anxiety; Bitter Eructations, and hiccough; the stomach feels
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overloaded with fat food; Nausea, with anxiety and chilliness;
Empty eructations for several days.
Abdomen.—Movement in the abdomen as if bubblese were
bursting in it; Pinching in the abdomen, with emission of flatus;
Single, violent, sharp stitches in the epigastrium (right side of
the abdomen); also in the hypogastrium; Pain as if sprained in the
left groin. - - - -
Stool.—Soft, but passed with straining; Titillation in the
perinaeum. -
Urine,—(Primary)—Frequent copious emissions. (Second
effect)—Frequent desire, with only scanty emission; Burning,
stinging in the testes. -
Neck–Pains in the nape of the neck; Sharp, boring stitches;
Sticking pain, with pressure—also in the whole spine; Pain under
the right scapula, and the intercostals of the right side; the
muscles of the jaw and neck are painful; Acute pain, extending
from the sternum to the mastoid process of the jaw. -
Upper Limbs-Jerking in the muscles of the arm ; Throbbing
in the vessels; Drawing pains that frequently return ; Cold; Dead-
ness of the tips of the fingers. -
Lower Limbs.-Pain in the knee-joint; Drawing pains in the
legs; Aching in the calves; Burning in the soles and toes.
TARTARUS EMETIOUS
STAPF. - TARTARISED ANTIMONY.
THIS drug was a great favourite with the late Dr. Graves, who
prescribed it generally in combination with Opium, especially for
fevers, with cerebral complication and loss of sleep; also Chronic
Bronchitis. - - -
It appears to act powerfully on the Lungs and Heart, and
relieves Capillary Congestion. Dr. Rasori introduced it, in the
early part of this century, for Pneumonia and Acute inflammation
generally. It has also been prescribed by others for the following
affections:—Acute Bronchitis; Influenza; Croup and Laryngitis
(Drs. Cheyne and Stokes); Whooping-cough (Watson); Delirium
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Tremens (Graves); Puerperal Convulsions (Collins and Murphy);
Tetanus (Liston, and others); Cholera and Diarrhoea (Billing);
Albuminuria (Barlow). Also, Congestion of the Liver; Threat-
ened attack of Jaundice; Hydrocephalus; Epilepsy; Erysipelas;
Inflammation and Rheumatism of the Joints; Swelled Testicle;
Syphilitic Bubo, &c. -
I have set down the above list for the reason that it appears to
me a much better one than Homoeopathy can present at this
time; and it is very desirable, when possible, to show how the
truth becomes manifest. The experience of the one system must,
and will, confirm the experience of the other in due time; for truth
is everlastingly the same.
IN HOMOEOPATHY (Jahr's Mamwal, by Curie) it is only named
for symptoms which are commonly present in Rheumatic Fever;
Varioloides; Gastric and Bilious Affections; Asphyxia of new-born
infants; Whooping-cough ; Croup, &c.
Hempel, in his New Materia Medica, does not seem to value it
to any extent; but names it for Gastrodynia; Chronic Gastritis;
Stomacace; Variola; Angina; Delirium Tremens; Croup; Diph-
theria; and Pneumonia. +
Teste says that he has seldom used it; but thinks the symptoms
are strikingly similar to those of Ipec.
From all this we do not learn much. Probably the drug may
repay if better studied. It appears to produce a clear pustule on
the skin, that is precisely the same in appearance as the Vaccine
pustule. I have used it for uncomplicated Small-pox, without any
other remedy, and the patients did well. -
Dr. Gray (America) administered it in a case of Apoplexy,
where there was fruitless efforts to vomit, in a woman, aged sixty.
These efforts to vomit recurred about every half-hour. One dose,
the sixtieth part of a grain in water, cured the symptom at once.
The coma disappeared, and she made a good recovery. He also
advises it in the first stage of Influenza; for Gastric and Bilious
Fevers; and thinks it might be valuable in continued fevers, such
as are prevalent in England.
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TART, EMI TARTARUS EMETICUS,
- SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Anxiety; Anguish, with cold sweat; Mind excessively
uneasy; Restless; Desponding; Tendency to start; the child feels
timid, cries when touched, and continually wants to be carried.
Head.—Dulness; Dizziness; Violent headache, with giddiness
and palpitation; Stupefaction; Drowsy; Weary; Headache, with
pressure from without inwards, especially in the forehead, and over
the root of the nose; Sharp stitches in the whole head; Heaviness,
as if a part of the brain had become a hard lump; Trembling of
the head during every motion of the body.
Eyes.—The eyes feel so weary that they close; Desire to press
the eyelids firmly together; the eyeball feels bruised; Burning and
smarting, with redness of the conjunctiva; Swelling of the ocular
conjunctiva, with turgidity of the vessels; Scintillations; Misti-
ness and vertigo when rising from a seat.
Ears.-Humming in the ears.
Nose.—Ulceration of the nostrils; Coryza, that is preceded by
bleeding from the nose; Fluent Coryza, with chilliness, and partial
loss of Smell and taste.
Mouth.-Inflammation of the mucous membrane, which is
covered with pustules, some of which appear depressed in the
centre; Swelling and excoriation inside the mouth ; Aphtha.
Tongue—Red as in scarlet fever; Papillae prominent; Bright-red,
dry in the centre, or white coating; Swelling, and difficult move—
ment of the tongue.
Face.—Wretched, pale look; Blue margins around the eyes;
Blue lips, and pointed nose; Convulsive twitching of all the facial
muscles; Spasmodic closing of the jaws; or the face may be red
from strangulation.
Lips.--Dry; Scaly; Cracked; Excoriated; Red.
Teeth.-Violent toothache early in the morning; Redness of
the gums. -
Throat.—Burning heat in the throat; Sudden swelling of the
tonsils and cervical glands; Violent sore throat.
Pharynx.-Inflammation of the pharynx, which is covered
with small pustules; the soft palate is swollen, and covered with
tenacious mucus, or vesicles; Difficulty of swallowing; the throat
and pharynx feel tightly closed, with red face; Turgidity of the
vessels; Dysphagia and dyspnoea.
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TARTARUs EMETICUs. [TART, EMI.
Larynx.-Aphonia from exhaustion; Cough, with gasping for
air at the commencement of the paroxysm; Loose cough at night,
witherattling of mucus; Cough of children, which makes them
angry, with sweat about the head; Cough after a meal, with vomit-
ing of food.
Chest.—Burning pain under the sternum; Soreness in the
chest ; Velvety feeling; Sense of oppression in the chest; Eruption
on the chest. -
Respiration.—Nocturnal orthopnoea; Breathing short, diffi-
cult—obliged to be propped in the erect position; Cough and ex-
pectoration relieve; Frequent attacks of intermittent, unequal
breathing during sleep; PARALYSIS OF THE LUNGs; Inflammation
of the lungs. -
Heart.—Feeling of heat about the heart, with sudden attack of
languor and despondency, obliging him to let the arms hang down;
Warmth and anxiety, with violent palpitation that is felt in the
head; Violent sudden beating of the heart, with tingling and pres-
sure at the pit of the stomach—it came on every night—relieved by
perspiration; Palpitation during a diarrhoeic stool; Dilatation of
the heart.
Taste.—Metallic or astringent; Saltish, or bad foul taste, with
accumulation of water in the mouth. *
Appetite.—Hungry when walking in the open air; he eats his
food with a relish, but is attacked with loathing afterwards;
Qualmish prostration; Desire for apples, water, and acids; Dislike
for milk. - - .
Gastric Symptoms.-Frequent nausea; Anxiety; Vomiting
and diarrhoea; Empty or putrid eructations; Pains in the stomach
and abdomen; Sensation as of a heavy weight lying there; Nausea,
with a feeling of emptiness; Violent retching, with water in the
mouth, languor, and sweat on the forehead; Vomiting of a tena-
cious substance, or bile; Choleraic vomiting; Haematemesis.
Stomach.-Violent oppression; Unpleasant sensation of warmth
in the stomach; Throbbing pulsations; Burning ; Excessive
pains; Congestion of blood; Violent Cardialgia; Inflammation of
the stomach ; the smallest quantity of food causes pain; Feeling as
if overloaded.
Abdomen.—Stitches in the epigastrium; Tension, tenderness;
Violent colic, as if the bowels would be cut to pieces; Cutting,
tearing, pinching, that is relieved by stool; Sensation as if there
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were stones in the abdomen—worse when sitting bent—causing
motion of the limbs, with great depression of the spirits; Aching
pains about the pubic bones; Pulsations; Rumbling; Sensation of
great fulness; the expulsion of flatus relieves many of the symptoms.
Stool.-Light-brown, yellow diarrhoea; Colliquative diarrhoea,
with meteorism; Diarrhoea, with palpitation; Stools of blood;
Shooting stitches into the rectum; Heat and burning at the anus;
Tenesmus. - -
Urine.—Sharp stitches in the renal region; Increased secretion
of the urine; Watery urine, with a mealy sediment; Inflammatory,
red urine, with red filaments, or dark-brown, red, turbid urine.
Bladder.—Acute, sticking pain in the bladder, towards the
neck; Violent pressure on the bladder; Tension in the perinaeum;
Burning in the urethra.
Genital.-Tearing pains in the testicles; Pustules on the
mons; Discharge of watery blood from the vagina. º,
Back,-Rheumatic pains in the back; Feeling of weariness
when seated, as after carrying a heavy load.
Upper Limbs.-Rheumatic pains; Tearing, jerking in the
muscles and joints; also in the hands; Trembling of the hands;
the fingers feel cold, dead, and insensible, especially the tips.
Lower Limbs.-Heaviness; Rheumatic pains in the hips,
thighs, legs, and knees; Painful cramps in the calves; Burning and
beating in the knee-joint; Coldness and numbness of the feet;
Sleeping of the feet. - -
Fever.—Cold, chilly, creeping; Chilliness in the evening, fol-
lowed by flushes of heat; Restlessness, heat, and thirst; Headache;
Profuse sweat; Drowsiness; Great desire for sleep; Excessive heat
of the body; Profuse night-sweat; Throbbing in every artery;
Pulse soft, quick; Intermittent fever, with thirst and drowsiness.
Skin.-Itching of the skin; Miliary eruptions; Yellow spots;
Pustulous eruptions on the genital organs; Pustules like Small-
pox, with depressed centres; Red areola; Gangrenous ulcers, with
traumatic fever; Caries of the bones of the cranium (occurred after
friction with T. Em. Ointment).
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Weariness and sensitiveness of the whole body; Tremor during
motion; Spasmodic movements and twitchings; Fainting fits;
Great prostration; Emaciation. - -
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TEREBINTHINA. [TEREB.
TEREBINT HINA,
HARTLAUB AND TRINKS. OIL OF TURPENTINE.
FORMERLY this oil was used, in medicine, almost exclusively for
Haemorrhage and the expulsion of Tape Worms. During the last
half century, many other valuable properties have been discovered
in it; so that it now presents a tolerable list of ailments for which
it is prescribed. -
Drs. Graves and Copland express great confidence in the employ-
ment of this remedy as an enema, or by the mouth; and also in the
form of stupes or fomentations, in Typhus and Typhoid Fevers. It
seems to arouse the depressed vital energies. In the latter stages
of Typhus, the application of Turpentine is highly recommended.
Dr. Graves generally administered it in combination with Castor
Oil. Dr. Murchison advises it in the Bronchitis of Typhus Fever.
In Puerperal Fevers, by Dr. Murphy. In Inflammation generally.
Dr. Copland holds it in high esteem, in one form or another, as the
case presented may require: he states that it will prove useful in
Inflammation of the Brain; Coma, with trembling pulse, and
depression of the vital powers. It is, however, generally prescribed
in combination; and to this we demur. In Haematuria, Haemate-
mesis, and Haemoptysis; with Phthisis; Uterine Haemorrhage;
Epilepsy from Worms, and perhaps other causes; Tetanus; Neu-
ralgia; Sciatica; and Lumbago. For diseases of the eye it is
extensively employed, especially Iritis; Affections of the Cornea
and Choroid; Amaurosis; Hydrophthalmia; Hysteric, Nervous
Headaches; Obstinate Constipation, especially depending on
Brain disease; Jaundice; Flatulent Colic; and more especially
in diseases of the Urinary and Genital organs; Suppression
of urine ; Calculi; Chronic affections of the Kidneys; Chronic
Gonorrhoea; Gleet; Amenorrhoea; Erysipelas, and many other
affections.
In Homoeopathy, the true merits of this drug may be said to be
almost unknown; all about it seems to be borrowed from the oppo-
site school. Hempel states that it acts on the large venous trunks
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TEREB.] TEREBINTHINA.
of the lower extremities: where he obtained this notion, will per-
haps be found on further perusal of his work. He sets it down for
Rheumatic pains of a drawing, tearing, lancing character; Ischias;
Diarrhoea of mucus and water; Urethritis; Burning in the urethra;
Cystitis; Erythema, papulous and vesicular. It has been prescribed
for Dropsy, depending on Renal disease. -
SYMPTOMS.
Head.—Sudden Vertigo, with obscuration of sight; Dull head-
ache, with Colic; Aching pains, with vomiturition—abating, and
again returning; Excessive fulness and pressure in the head—it
caused her to scream; Tearing headache (right side for nine days);
Tearing headache, coming and going; Shooting in right mastoid
process; Cutting pains in the forehead and temples.
Eyes.—Black motes momentarily pass when walking in the
open air, with slight Vertigo. -
Ears.-Sound as of a clock striking—continued four hours.
Nose.—Violent bleeding from the nose; Discharge of a watery
fluid. -
Mouth and Teeth-Drawing pains in the teeth; Burning
soreness, and interstitial distention of the gums ; Easy bleeding of
the gums; Burning at the tip of the tongue, with enlarged
papillae.
Throat.—Scraping sensation in the throat; Sensation of
warmth in the Pharynx and Stomach. -
Appetite-Want of appetite; Aversion to meat; Rancid
eructations; Slight nausea; Bloated abdomen; Vomiting of yel-
lowish mucus. -
Stomach.-Pressure, felt when lying on the left side; Pressure
at pit from without; Sensation as if he had swallowed a ball, and
it lodged at the pit; Feeling of warmth and pain; Burning in
the stomach, with Nausea and Vertigo; Accumulation of water in
the mouth.
Abdomen.—Frequent Colic, and movements in the bowels;
Distention of the whole abdomen, as from flatus; Sensation at the
umbilicus, as if pressed by a cold, flat substance; Constant cutting
pain in the abdomen, that extends to the thighs; Pains in the
abdomen, with protrusions here and there; Sensation as if the
bowels were constricted. ".
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Stool.—Constipation, with distention of the abdomen; Faeces
brown; unusually dry. Secondly—Thin, greenish, yellow; Diar-
rhoea; Discharge of mucus and water; Yellow stools, with Taenia,
in pieces (it seems Tereb. does not expel the worm entire—the
head is left behind); Violent burning; Stinging in the rectum ;
Tingling in the anus; Ascarides.
Renal Region.—Aching pains in left kidney; Pressure in the
kidneys when sitting; Sensation of heaviness and pain in the
region of the kidneys; Feeling of heat in the renal region; Fleet-
ing, drawing in the right kidney, proceeding into the hip; Violent
burning, drawing pains in the region of the kidneys; Fleeting,
tearing pains in the Symphysis Pubis. -
Bladder and Urine.—Complete suppression of urine; Stran-
gury; Painful erections, as in chordee; Violent dragging and
cutting in the bladder—worse during rest; Burning in the bladder
and urethra during micturition; Spasmodic pains in the bladder
—frequently recur when sitting; Clear urine, that has an odour
like violets; Urine with a thick, muddy deposit; Slimy sediment;
Urine of blood; Enuresis; Haºmaturia. -
Chest.—Dryness of the mucous membrane of the air-passages;
Aching pains behind the sternum; Dyspnoea; Sensation as if
the lungs would be congested; Burning in the chest—along the
sternum first, and then extending over the whole chest—termi-
nating in stitches. -
Back and Limbs.—Drawing pains in the back and nape of
neck; Stiffness of the limbs; Heaviness; Sensitive state of the
nerves of the lower limbs; Drawing pains in the hip, left thigh,
and region of the vagina femoris muscle; Drawing pain in the
groin. -
TEU CRIUM.
STAPF. TEUCRIUM MARUM VERUM-WALL GERMANDER.
ACCORDING to Jahr, will be found efficacious in Polypus of the
Nose, and some affections brought on by ascarides. It was for-
merly prescribed for Gout, Jaundice, and Intermittent Fevers.
Suitable for weak, delicate constitutions; Tonic and Bitter.
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TEUCR.] TEUCRIUM.
SYMPTOMS.
Tearing pains in the limbs, especially the joints; Jerking of the
muscles; Numbness and tingling of the limbs; Trembling, with
dizziness; Great irritability and nervous excitement over the whole
body.
Mind.—Ill-humour, irascible; Irritable temper; Dread of work.
Head.-Confusion; Stupid feeling; Aching in the right half of
the forehead; Tearing pains in the temples; Pressure in the fore-
head, over the eyes; Pressure in the right temple.
Face.—Pale, wretched; hollow eyes; Rash on the forehead and
upper part of the face; Cracks in the lips; Pains in the teeth;
Smarting in the eyes; Fluent Coryza from the nose; Feeling of
stoppage in the nose; Loss of Smell; Sensation in the right nostril
as if it were stopped up—blowing the nose would not relieve it ;
Smarting and scraping in the throat.
Taste.—Mouldy or bitter; Slightly bitter taste of the food.
Appetite.--Feeling of hunger; his appetite great—increased
in the morning; he felt so hungry that he could not sleep.
Stomach–Anxiety and oppression at the pit; Painful pressure
from within outwards; Sensation of emptiness, with rumbling;
Feeling of faintness.
Abdomen.—Cramp-like pains, with rumbling in the abdomen,
and incarceration of much flatus; Crampy sensation in the abdo-
men, that extended into the testes, as if they had been subjected to
strong pressure; Frequent emission of flatus, that smelt like liver,
or sometimes like rotten eggs.
Rectum.—Itching and creeping about the anus, as from
ascarides, with restlessness at night—continued for several days. (A
large quantity of ascarides, with creeping in the rectum, and loss of
appetite, was cured by a minute dose of Teucrium)—Stool copious,
papescent, foetid.
Urine,—Increased discharge of watery urine; Sore smarting in
the urethra; Burning during micturition.
Chest—Catarrhal symptoms, with sneezing and obstruction of
the nose; Short, dry cough; Titillation as from dust in the trachea;
Oppression and constriction in the chest.
Upper Limbs,-Aching pain in the right shoulder; Rheumatic
drawing in the left shoulder; Sore pain in the left axilla, as if an
abscess would form; Dull, cutting pain through the muscles of the
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fore-arm ; Feeling of heaviness in the whole arm ; Pains in the
elbow and wrist-joint; Drawing pains in the fingers.
Lower Limbs.-Jactitation of the muscles; Pain in theischiatic
nerve, as if it were pressed upon; Aching pain in left knee; Aching,
with heaviness in the calf of the right leg; the right great toe is
inflamed and painful.
THERIDION.
THERIDION OF CURACO.
THIS remedy has been recommended for some Gastric Affections;
Sea-sickness; Hysteria; Complaints that occur at the change of
life; Sick feeling; Weakness and trembling of the limbs, with
SWeat.
SYMPTOMS,
Mind-Despondency; Sad; Tendency to start; Dread of labour,
particularly his ordinary occupation.
Head.—Feeling of dulness and heaviness; Strange feeling in the
head; Vertigo when stooping; Headache on moving; Violent head-
ache, especially in the forehead, with throbbing, extending to the
occiput; Headache, as if a band or hoop pressed over the root of
the nose and ears; Vertigo, with nausea, almost vomiting; Head-
ache in the evening, with great dejection.
Eyes.—Sensation as of gauze before the eyes; Frequent lumi-
nous vibrations.
Ears.-Violent itching behind the ears; Hearing very sensitive;
a loud sound vibrates through the whole body, and causes nausea ;
Noise as from a waterfall.
Taste and Appetite.-Slimy taste; Saltish taste; Desire for
wine and acid fruit; Nausea at night, with Vertigo; Vomiting of
slimy water or bile; Cold sweat, or scalded feeling in the throat;
Headache and accelerated pulse after vomiting.
Stomach,-Sensitiveness at the pit of the stomach; Symptoms
resembling sea-sickness; Pain in the inguinal region, as if it had
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been beaten; Stool, intermittent—more difficult towards evening;
Prolapsus Ani.
Urine.—Increased secretion; Immoderate sexual desire.
Chest and Back,-Stitches high up in the chest, through the
left shoulder; Pain between the shoulders; Cold drawing from
right hip to the left knee.
THUJA 000 IDENTALIS,
HAHNEMANN. ARBOR WITAE-TREE OF LIFE.
THIS is the grand remedy for Sycosis. Under its use figwarts
split up into narrow strips or fissures—become almost thread-like,
and die away.
In an Appendix of Provings, published with the North American
Journal of Homoeopathy, 158 pages are devoted to Thuja. It
is generally prescribed for diseases of the Urinary and Genital
Organs; consequently an attempt to work out the various provings
contained in that volume, would greatly exceed our prescribed
limits.
Noack and Trinks state that Thuja has been successfully used
for the following affections:–Warts on the face, nose, and hands;
Sycosic warts, discharging moisture, or pus and blood; Figwarts
under the arms—on or under the prepuce; Large figwarts at the
anus; Cauliflower-shaped condylomata on the genitals; Sycosic
excrescences on the eyelids; Secondary Gomorrhoea, and disease of
the Prostate Gland, resulting from that affection; Suppuration of
the Prostate; Schirrus of the Uterus ; Haemorrhoids, blind or
flowing, with stinging and burning pains at the Anus. Jahr pre-
scribes it for Rheumatic and Arthritic Pains; Syphilitic tetters;
Obstimate chancres; Ranula; Prosopalgia; Colic, from - strangula-
tion of the intestines. Dr. Boenninghausen advised it for Variola.
He believed that the violence of the symptoms were greatly mode-
rated by its use, and that it will prevent pitting; but I fear this
is more fanciful than real, or it would have found its way now
generally into practice for this disfigurement, if it could be relied
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on. He also remarks that Thuja should be alternated with Nit.
Ac., Staph., Merc., or some other suitable remedy.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Thuja appears to improve the spirits, and impart an
air of cheerfulness, and a feeling of lightness.
Head.—Headache early in the morning, as if from sleeping too
Soundly; the pain is pulsating or throbbing, with redness of the
face; Drawing, tearing pain in the right side, extending into the
face, over the root of the nose, into the malar bone—worse morning
and evening; Dull pain in the head, as if stupefied; Numb feeling
and humming in the left brain and ear; Heaviness, with sensation
of a load pressing on the brain; Headache from the forehead to
the occiput, with a bruised feeling ; Sensation in the right parietal
region, as if a nail were driven in; Strong stitches in the left tem-
poral region; Rush of blood to the head.
Scalp.–Biting, gnawing; the roots of the hair feel painful
when lying, or if pressed upon; Sensation of insects crawling about
on the scalp; Swelling of the temporal veins.
Eyes.—Short sight; Sensation as if a gauze were before the
eyes; Sense of pressure—the eyes feel swollen; Burning sensation
in the eyes; Condylomata on the eyebrows; Tubercles or Styes on
the lids; Itching pustules between the eyebrows.
Ears.-Violent stitches; Hammering, tearing until midnight,
with desire to micturate, and coldness of the legs; Aching pains
in the meatus auditorius. - g -
Nose.—Frequent bleeding of the nose from getting over-
heated; Painful scabs in the nose; Ulceration, followed by Scurfs;
Mucus, mixed with blood, is blown from the nose; Swelling of the
alae—it feels hard, tense, and painful; Dry Coryza, with headache.
Face.—Pimples on the face; Pains in the malar bones, of a
boring, digging character—relieved by pressure; Burning heat in
the face and cheeks; Feeling of tension and stiffness of the mas-
seter muscles—opening the jaw is painful; Burning heat in the
face and cheeks. -
Lips-Stitches in the lip; Jerking in the upper lip; Red pus-
tules, or itching pimples; also on the chin; Dryness of the lips;
Swelling of the left sub-maxillary gland.
Teeth.--Toothache from evening until midnight; Fine
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stitches; Constant gnawing pain in carious teeth—it affected the
whole left side—aggravated by cold air or drink; Violent tearing
pain in molar tooth; Soreness and sharp beating pains in the
gums; Swelling of the gums. -
Mouth.-The mouth feels full of blisters, as if it had been
scalded; Swelling and irritation of the salivary glands; Ranula,
with discharge of greyish, transparent, jelly-like substance; much
saliva flows from the mouth.
Tongue.—Sore at the tip; White vesicles on the tongue, that
are very sore; Aphtha P. White coating on the tongue; Painful
|blister on the fore part of the tongue; Swelling of the tongue, that
caused indistinct speech.
Throat.—Roughness in the throat; Swelling of the tonsils;
Soreness and swelling—the throat feels full of mucus; Chancre-like
ulcers in the throat and mouth, after Mercury for Syphilis; Pres-
sure and pain at the back of the throat during deglutition.
Taste, Appetite.-Mawkish taste, or Bitter; Mucus in the
throat and mouth ; Slimy, sweetish taste after a meal; no relish
for food; after eating he feels faint, and has palpitation at the
heart; Hiccough after a meal, with pressure at the pit of the
stomach, and bloated Abdomen; Nausea, and vomiting of a sour
liquid; Desire for cold drink; Debility and laziness after a meal;
Uneasiness from eating fat food or onions.
Stomach.-Cramps, especially towards evening ; Contractive,
cramp-like pains; Beating, almost like an artery, at the scrob.
cordis; Burning at the pit of the stomach, chest, and region of
the liver—the parts felt hot; Anguish in the stomach, that rises
into the head, and returns again to the stomach, with qualm.
Abdomen.—Bloated, distended; Movement as from something
alive; Pressive pains in the left renal region, from within out-
wards; Indurations in the Abdomen; Pain at one side, as if a
hook drew something up ; Cutting pains in the hypogastrium;
Stitches from the groin into the thigh; Painful swelling of the
inguinal glands.
Stool-Constipation for several days; Hard, difficult stool;
Hard, large, brown faeces, with blood; Feeling of great debility
after the evacuation, which was hard, in the afternoon. Secondly—
After some days, copious, papescent stools; Several loose stools.
Anus.-Painful contraction at the anus; Violent pain in the
rectum during stool; Burning; Pricking; Burning at the anus;
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Red Condylomata at the anus; Fistula; Prickings in the peri-
naºum; Painful Haemorrhoids.
Urine.—Frequent desire, without pain; Interrupted stream;
Sensation as if the urine were running along the urethra; after
urinating, some drops still remain; the urine appears like clear
water, but becomes cloudy on standing; Bloody urine; Red urine,
that deposits a brick-dust sediment. - - -
Urethra-Burning, during and between the acts of micturition;
Cutting pain; Sense of excoriation; Burning, itching at the tip of
the glans; Lancinating stitches from behind forwards; Violent
stitches in the glans; Sycosic Gonorrhoea.
Testes, &c.—Drawing pains in the testes; the left is drawn
up ; the Epididymis enlarges; Swelling of the inguinal gland;
Profuse sweat of the scrotum, and the whole of the organs;
Swelling of the prepuce; Red spots that itch, then burn;
Round, flat ulcer on the Corona, painful and burning; Red, smooth
excrescences behind the glans, under the prepuce; Small, flat,
stinging vesicles; Chanérous ulcers; Balanorrhoea after Mercury;
Pains in the figwarts, that are near the anus; Burning, stinging,
severe stitches, -
Prostate.-Inflammation of the prostate gland; Discharge of
prostatic juice early in the morning; Nocturnal emissions; Stitches
in the penis and spermatic cord; Stricture of the urethra.
Female.—Itching, excoriation, and Smarting of the pudendum;
Swelling of the labia; Cramp-like pains; Discharge from the
urethra; Wart-like excrescences at the mouth of the uterus;
Whitish ulcer on the labia majora; Cancer of the uterus 2
Back—Pain in the loins; Drawing pain, when seated, in the
small of the back; Feeling of stiffness in the nape of the neck, with
pain in the ear (on the left side); Tearing pains in the left scapula.
Upper Limbs-Cracking of the shoulder-joint, with pain as of
dislocation; Profuse sweat in the axilla; Paralytic feeling in the
arms; Bruised pain, as if beaten; Involuntary jerking of the arm;
Tearing, beating, from the shoulder to the fingers; Numbness and
tingling of the fingers; Swelling of the veins of the hands; Perspi-
ration of the hands; Trembling of the hands, especially after
writing. -
Lower Limbs.-Cracking in the knee and tarsal joints; when
seated, the thighs and legs go to sleep; Sweat of the thighs, near
the pubes; Painful feeling of relaxation in both hip-joints; the
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joints feel as if they would dislocate; Pain in the knee, as if it
were cut into with a knife; Stiffness of the limbs when walking;
Involuntary jerking of the foot; Lancinations in the toes and
corns; Burning in the corns; Swelling of the veins; Stiffness and
heaviness in all the limbs; Pains that shoot from the legs and thighs
into the head, and return to the pit of the stomach; Feeling of
great weakness of the body.
URTIGA URENS
STINGING-NETTLE.
HAs been prescribed for Burns, Dysenteric Diarrhoea, and Nettle-
Rash. -
U W A U RSI,
ARBUTUS—BEAR's BERRY.
RECOMMENDED for Haematuria; Painful burning urine—slimy or
purulent; Calculi of the bladder; Dropsy, depending on disease of
the Heart or Liver. - -
WALERIANA,
STAPF. - - WALERLAN.
THE wild variety of this plant is considered the best for medicinal
purposes. It is said that cats are very fond of it, and become
exceedingly playful when under its influence. It has long been
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thought valuable for nervous affections, Fabricius Columna is
reported to have cured himself of Epilepsy by the Valerian Root.
I believe it is chiefly prescribed, in the orthodox school, for Hysteric
Headaches; Fits of Hysteria, with palpitation; Typhoid and Typhus
fevers; Mania and Melancholia. It is frequently combined with
Camphor, Iron, or Zinc–rarely prescribed alone.
IN HOMOEOPATHY it is not much used; but set down for some
kinds of Intermittent Fever; Headache and Colic in hysterical
women; Rheumatic pains, that appear suddenly, and fly from one
part to another; Paralytic pains, with lassitude; or morbid excite-
ment, with irritability; Feeling of weakness in the knees,
Hempel, in his New Materia Medica (where he seems to have
indulged, of late, a little in the old-school practice), advises its use
for the following:—Epilepsy; Vertigo; Hysteria; Nervous Head-
ache; Hysteric Headache; Amblyopia; Nausea, with inclination
to vomit; Rheumatic, tearing pains in the Right Calf; Neuralgic
Spasms; Pain in the Toes; Sudden jerking pains here and there;
Dyspepsia; Hysteric mirth and depression; Increased flow of
Urine, with a slimy or red sediment,
Jahr recommends it for the evil results of Mercury. The
primary effect of Valerian is acceleration of the pulse, and
congestion of blood to the head,
SYMPTOMS.
Mind,-Tremulousness; Palpitation of the heart; Fearful
when sitting in the dark; Cheerful; Joyous; Alternation of the
most opposite states.
Head.—Stupefaction; Feeling of intoxication and vertigo when
stooping; Sticking pain on the top of the head; Piercing, drawing,
with pressure; Sensation of icy coldness in the upper half of
the head; Fleet jerkings in the right temple; Violent pressure in
the forehead; , Darting, tearing, affecting the eyes and orbits;
Painful drawing around the orbits; Pains in the head that are
induced by a current of air. or
Eyes.—Smarting in the eyes, as from smoke; Burning and
Smarting in the eyes; Feeling of pressure—the eyelids feel swollen;
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he sees things at a distance better than usual; Scintillations
before the eyes; Black motes.
Face.—Cramp-like, quickly-passing jerks in the malar bones;
Twitchings in the muscles of the cheek; Toothache; Shooting
pains in the teeth.
Gastric Symptoms.-Frequent empty eructations; Gulping
of a rancid fluid; Nausea, with inclination to vomit; Sensation as
if a thread were attached about the umbilicus, and gradually rose
into the fauces, exciting a copious accumulation of saliva; Vomit-
ing at night; she feels nauseated and faint; Lips white; Body
cold, like ice; Chills, and vomiting of bile; Pain in the liver and
Epigastric region; Spasms in the abdomen after dinner, and at
night when in bed; Violent Colic after ten o’clock at night, with
feeling as of sub-cutaneous ulceration.
Stool.—Painful Diarrhoea, with tenesmus—it disappears, and
returns again; Greenish papescent stool, with blood; Boring pain
in the rectum; Tearing pain in the anus.
Urine.—Frequent emission of urine; Straining to pass water
caused the rectum to protrude, and a few drops of blood escaped,
in an infant; Ascarides (Jahr).
Chest.—Difficult respiration and anxiety; Pressure across the
lower half of the chest; Sudden stitches in the chest and region
of the liver, from within outward; Sudden jerks like electric shocks;
Dull stitch, from within outward, in the left side during the period
of inspiration; Stitches in the region of the Heart.
Back. —Drawing pain in the back; Rheumatic pains in the
scapula; Stitches in the renal region when sitting; Intense pain
in the left lumbar region, above the hip, as if he had strained the part.
Upper Limbs,-Paralytic pains in the shoulder and elbow-
joints; Trembling of the hands when writing; Painful jerks in
the arms and hands. -
Lower Limbs,-Twitching and jerking in the muscles of the
right hip; Cramp-like pain in the front of the thigh and in the
groin ; Repeated darts in the middle of the left thigh when stand-
ing; Bruise-like pain in the tibia when walking, as if the bone
had been broken and not cured; Violent stitch in the left knee—
it flew to the toes, and back again, and afterwards affected the
other limb; Pulsative tearing in the right calf when sitting; Con-
stant pain in the heel when seated; Tearing in the feet and toes.
Pulse.—Increased pulse (immediately); Pulse irregular—90
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beats—in a few minutes only 60; in three-quarters of an hour, 78
to 86; Beats of the heart feeble.
Fever.—Chilliness—then increased warmth; General heat;
Flushes of heat; Frequent sweat; Heat and sweat over the whole
body. The fever is sometimes accompanied with thirst, and con-
fúsion in the head.
W ERATRUM ALBUM.
HAHNEMANN. - - WHITE HELLEBORE.
THIS drug was held in high repute by the ancients; but, like
many others, has been almost rejected, in consequence of the
uncertain power of the preparation. A dose of one specimen may
do a great deal too much; while the same dose of another may be
administered without any effect. A powerful dose produces violent
inflammation of the stomach and intestines—almost paralyses the
circulation; induces giddiness; Dilated pupil; Blindness; Syncope;
or Convulsions, even to death.
It has been employed for Mania, Melancholia, and Epilepsy;
Gout; Rheumatism; and some diseases of the Skin. Veratrum
Ointment is frequently prescribed for Neuralgia of the face.
In Homoeopathy, Veratrum is exhibited when the symptoms
agree with those of the drug-proving, as in all other cases. It is
thought to be analogous with Arsènic; for it produces many very
similar symptoms. But probably the symptoms that appear in
Cholera, about the middle stage, are more closely allied to Weratrum
than any other disease.
According to Jahr, it will be most frequently indicated for
Chronic Affections, from the abuse of Cinchona ; Evils resulting
from Fright, Anger, or Wexation; Physical and Nervous Weak-
ness—the result of acute disease ; Hysteric Spasms; Dyspepsia ;
Vomiting; Gastric and Intermittent Fevers; Puerperal Fever;
Rheumatism; Sporadic or Asiatic Cholera ; Diarrhoea (several
varieties); and that induced bycold drink or ices, when over-heated;
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Rheumatism; Odontalgia; Haematemesis; Ravenous hunger, after
acute diseases; Nervous headache, with nausea and vomiting;
Violent Colic. -
The pains of Weratrum almost drive to Madness or Delirium.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Melancholy; Sadness; Disconsolate, with headache;
Anxious; he dreads some misfortune, or feels as if he had com-
mitted an evil deed; Slight delirium; Great anguish the whole
night; he does not know his own relations; Rages, tears his
clothes; Furious Delirium. -
Head.—Headache, with vomiting of green mucus; Pale face,
or Colic, with pain in the back; Violent headache, with diuresis;
Dull pressure in the vertex early in the morning, after waking ;
Headache as if the brain were broken up; Paroxysms of pain in
various parts of the brain; Burning in the brain; Pressing in the
vertex, as if the brain were pressed flat; Headache that passes off
when the menses appear; Headache, with stiffness at the nape of
the neck; Beating headache.
Scalp.–Sensation as from drops of water running over the
temple—a feeling of warmth and coldness at the same time; the
hairs feel very sensitive; the top of the head feels chilly; Sensa-
tion as if a piece of ice were on the head; Creeping sensation—
feels as if the hairs stood on end.
Eyes.-Pain in the eyes; Pressure on the lids; Feeling of dry-
ness or of salt in the eyes; Bruise-like pain in the right eyeball—
relieved by pressure; Ophthalmia, with headache—tearing pain
that prevents sleep; the eyes look faint, and āre surrounded with
blue rings; Excessive dryness of the eyelids; Inflammation of the
right eye; Paralysis of the lids—they droop, and feel heavy; Scin-
tillations; Vanishing of sight.
Ears.-Sensation as of a pellicle stretched across the ear—one
or the other is frequently stopped up ; Humming and roaring in
the ears when rising from a seat, with fiery sparks before the eyes;
he complains of deafness, and pain in the chest ; Alternate feeling
of coldness and heat in the right ear several times.
Nose.—Red spots on the nose; Vesicles; Sensation of internal
dryness; Sense of ulceration inside; the nasal bones feel com-
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pressed; Haemorrhage from the right nostril; Bleeding from the
nose when sleeping at night; Icy coldness of the nose.
Face.—Cold, disfigured face, with pointed nose and sunken
cheeks; Death-like expression; Face bluish or yellow; Cold sweat
on the face; Alternate paleness and redness of the face, or one
cheek red and the other pale; Dark-red, with heat; Burning heat;
small red pimples on the face, with elevated borders—brown, and
afterwards yellow tips, filled with pus; Thick rash on the cheek,
with pain in the face; Copper-red eruption on the face, mouth,
and chin; Swelling of the face for several days; Jerking, pinching
pain in the muscles; Tensive pain over the right side of the face
and ear; Sweat in the face—also in the axilla when walking.
Lips.-Dry, black, and parched; Chap in the upper lip; Burn-
ing pain in the border of the upper lip. -
Jaws.-Cramp in the jaw; Lock-jaw; Strong pressure in the
muscles of the left jaw; Pain in the articulation when opening the
mouth; During mastication the muscles feel bruised; Swelling
of the sub-maxillary gland, with sore throat, and sense of constric-
tion during deglutition.
Teeth.-Grinding the teeth; Violent toothache, with headache;
Redness and swelling of the face; Beating, throbbing toothache,
with nausea, vomiting, coldness of the limbs, bruised feeling in the
body, cold sweat on the forehead, and excessive weakness; much
thirst ; Looseness of the teeth.
Mouth. — Inflammation of the whole cavity; Dryness and
viscidity, without much thirst; the mouth feels alternately dry
and viscid, then watery; Accumulation of tasteless water in the
mouth; Increased flow of saliva, having an acrid, saltish taste;
Ptyalism. -- -
Tongue-Yellow-coated, or dry, blackish, and cracked; Burn-
ing on the tongue and in the pharynx; Swelling of the tongue;
Speechless, or stammering speech.
Throat.—Scraping in the throat; Roughness; Burning; Dry-
ness, which cannot be relieved by drinking; Drawing pain in the
throat, with thirst and Colic; Numbness in the fauces, with a
feeling of thickening.
(Esophagus.-Spasmodic constriction in the oesophagus; Pres-
sure as from a tumour, that appeared to distend the tube, and
almost cause suffocation.
Taste.-Putrid, like manure; Taste of herbs, or of bile; Bitter
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taste; Constant sour taste, with profuse saliva; Taste of pepper-
mint; Desire for acid, cooling drinks—Fruit, Lemon-juice.
Appetite.--Voracious; Canine hunger; Dislike for warm food;
Desires cucumber, herrings, Sardines, and especially fruit. -
Gastric Symptoms.-Bitter eructations; Nausea, with con-
stant flow of saliva from the mouth; much nausea before break-
fast; Hiccough; Inclination to vomit, with bilious taste in the
mouth; Qualmishness; Disposition to vomit, with lock-jaw;
Vomiting, even to fainting; Vomiting of food or green mucus—
froth; Yellow, green, or black vomit; Violent vomiting, with
desire to lie down—even at the commencement he is excessively
weak; Vomiting bile, mucus—then black bile, and, lastly, of blood;
Vomiting, with shuddering all over the body; Painful retraction
of the abdomen; Vomiting, with Diarrhoea, and pressure in the
stomach; the vomiting is renewed by movement, and taking the
smallest quantity of drink; the vomiting was relieved by drinking.
cold milk. .
Stomach.-Cramp-like pain at pit when walking; Feeling of
weakness; Internal coldness; Painful sensitiveness; Anguish at
pit; Burning at pit; Violent pressure at the pit of the stomach,
extending to sternum and the infra-costal region; Pricking pain
in the region of the spleen when walking; Inflammation of the
stomach. -
Abdomen.—Pains in the abdomen as if cut with knives;
Drawing pains deep in the abdomen; Cutting Colic; Flatulent
Colic, affecting the whole abdomen—the flatus is passed with
much difficulty; the intestines feel painful and bruised; Disten-
tion and swelling of the abdomen; Colic, with loud rumbling;
Nightly Colic, with sleeplessness; Burning, as from hot coals, in
the whole abdomen. º
Stool.—Constipation; Chronic constipation—also of infants;
Costive, with pain and heat in the head; Faeces hard and large;
Diarrhoea, with cutting pains; Greenish, watery, flocculent;
Brown or blackish; Frequent and violent Diarrhoea, accompanied
by extreme weakness and prostration; During the stool he turns
pale; Cold sweat on the forehead; Diarrhoea of blood; Burning at
the anus. - * -
Urine—Scanty; Yellow, turbid when passing; Dark-red, or
Greenish; Acrid, burning urine, or involuntary micturition; Burn-
ing in the fore part of the urethra; Desire to urinate, even when
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the bladder is empty; Enuresis, with hunger and thirst; Head-
ache; Nausea; Constipation, and Colic.
Menses, that had been suppressed, soon appeared; Profuse
menses, preceded by bleeding from the nose, or vertigo; Headache;
Disposition to vomit. During the menses—Buzzing in the ears,
pains in the limbs, and thirst; Pimples on the labia; Puerperal
Fever ?
Larynx and Cough-Spasmodic contraction of the larynx,
With contracted pupils, and protrusion of the eyes; Irritation in
the lower part of the bronchi, with cough and but slight expec-
toration; Dry, hacking cough, which seems to come from the
lower part of the sternum; Short breath, and oppression at the
chest ; Violent cough, with eructations, and inclination to vomit;
Cough, with yellow expectoration; Pain in the chest and side
when coughing; Deep, hollow cough; Severe, dry cough at night,
for three hours; Stitching pain in the spermatic cord when
coughing.
Chest—Spasmodic contraction of the left intercostals; Painful
constriction of the chest; Stitch during inspiration, arresting the
breath; Cutting pains in the chest; Dyspnoea—the trachea felt
full of tenacious mucus; Excessive anguish, with arrest of the
breath.
Heart.—Violent beating of the heart—it raises the ribs, and
presses the hand back; Paroxysms of anguish at the heart, which
beats very strong, with feeling of heat; Palpitation, with anxiety—
hurried, loud breathing.
Neck.-Rheumatic stiffness in nape; Feeling of weakness in the
cervical muscles; the head seemed too heavy for them—a sort of
paralysis; Rheumatic pains between the scapula—also from the
nape to the small of the back, during exercise; Bruised pain.
Back-When stooping and rising again, the back felt as if
broken; Bruise-like pain in the spine when walking; Pain down
the whole spinal column, with diuresis; Constipation and thirst;
Paralytic, bruise-like pain in the lumbar vertebrae.
Upper Limbs.-Painful paralytic weakness or bruise-like pains
in the upper limbs; he cannot keep the arm elevated, from the
pain he suffers; the arm feels as if too full and swollen; Pain at
the elbow-joint—it feels swollen; when grasping anything with
the hand, the arm trembles. ;
Hands.-Icy coldness of the hands; Tingling as if gone to sleep-
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it caused an anxious feeling; the fingers feel dead; Cramps in the
hands and fingers; the thumb-joint feels as if sprained.
Lower Limbs.-Paralytic feeling, first in the right, then in the
left hip, that prevented walking; Drawing pains in the gluteal
region; Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the thigh; Weakness in
the thighs and knees; Cracking in the knee-joints; Pains in the
thighs when sitting, as if broken; Painful jerking in the knee—
it also rose involuntarily, without pain, but made her start; the
lower limbs feel heavy and weary; the knees feel weak; when step-
ping, a pain is felt below the knee, as if the part had been broken;
Very violent cramps in the calves of the legs—also in the feet; Icy
coldness of the feet; Jerking of the feet; Sensation as if cold water
were trickling over them, with trembling; Arthritic pains in the
toes (great toe); Stitches and soreness of the corns. -
Skin.—Itching of the skin; Eruption like nettle-rash; Dry
itching eruption, resembling scabies; Scaling of the Epidermis;
Burning heat and tingling; Blue colour of the skin, as in Cholera.
VERATRUM WIRIDE
AMERICAN REMEDIES. AMERICAN HELLEBORE.
THE purgative powers of this drug are very feeble compared with
the W. Alb. It is said to be an arterial sedative: it quickly lowers
the pulse; produces nausea, with great prostration, and loss of
command over the muscles. It is prescribed by American physi-
cians for the following:—In Inflammations it is thought to alter
the character of the blood. In Pheumonia, valuable, according to
Dr. Norwood, and others; Acute and Chronic Rheumatism; Gout;
Neuralgia; Nervous Asthma; Jaundice; Palpitation of the Heart.
Dr. Coe (Eclectic) states that it ranks high in Pheumonia;
Pleuritis; Croup; Asthma, and affections of the respiratory organs.
In Spasmodic and Membranous Croup it gives prompt relief. For
Cerebral Affections, Hydrocephalus, and Phrenitis, it is of great
utility; also in Puerperal Fever. - .
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In this country, Dr. Handfield Jones has prescribed it for Croup,
with some success.
Of its powers as a Homoeopathic remedy, we must at present be
silent, not being possessed of a proving.
I believe it has been prescribed for Erysipelas and Small-pox,
with some success: and is recommended for Meningitis; Inflam-
mation of the Womb, and its appendages; also for Mesenteric
disease: but, in most cases, many other Homoeopathic remedies were
employed; so that the positive effects of the V. Viride have yet to
be realised and declared, before it can take rank with its ana-
logue, the Veratrum Album.
WERBASCUM,
HAHNEMANN. - YELLOW MULLEIN.
HAs been occasionally employed for Catarrh and Cough; Proso-
palgia of the face ; General lassitude, and indisposition for work,
either mental or physical.
SYMPTOMS.
lMind.—Various thoughts and fancies crowd upon the mind;
Indifference; Despondency; Vexed, peevish; Indisposed to work.
Head.-Sudden Vertigo; Violent pressure in the forehead;
Stupefying headache—deeply penetrating; Deep, sharp, inter-
mittent stitches; Pains as if the temples were pressed with a pair
of pincers; Hammering pain in the frontal eminence.
Face.—Neuralgia of the face, with stupefying, pressive, or ten-
sive pains, principally in the malar bones; Violent pain in the left
malar bone, and in the ear; Horrible pain in the left malar, and
articulation of the zygoma and temporal bone. -
Catarrh.-Obstruction of the nose and larynx; Tightness and
tension across the Chest; Pain under the left nipple during inspi-
ration; Pain in the costal cartilages, that arrests the breath; Cough,
with a sharp, hollow, ringing sound that seems to come deep out of
the chest. - . . . . . -
2 D 2 395.
WIO, TRIl VINCA MINOR-WIOLA ODORAT0–VIOLA TRICOLOR.
WINCA MINOR.
wintERGREEN.
Dr. SoHULER has cured a badly-smelling eruption on the head and
face; also behind the ears. It is said to be a good remedy for
Plica Polonica; Haemorrhages; Aphtha in the mouth; Ulcers in
the throat; Hoarseness, and great debility.
WIOLA 0I)0RAT0.
STAPF. . . - WIOLET.
PRESCRIBED occasionally for Hysteria; almost constant weeping,
without cause; Hypochondria; and gastric disturbance; Trembling
of the limbs; Weakness of memory; Vertigo, with rush of blood
to the head; Dyspnoea, with heavy oppression at the chest.
Dr. Teste states that he frequently uses this remedy for Hoarse-
ness, followed by coryza, with cough, and dryness of the skin;
Dyspnoea violent during the day; Measles, and Whooping-cough.
- WIOLA TRICO LOR.
stapf. - PAN.SY.
WAS employed by the ancients for Asthma, Epilepsy, and obsti-
nate skin diseases; Crusta Lactea; Impetigo; Fauces; Swelling
of the Glands; Boils; Venereal Eruptions; and Ulcers. It pro-
duces anxiety and Palpitation of the Heart; Pains between the
scapula and in the limbs; Twitchings during sleep; Pains in the
Joints; Headache, with sense of shaking in the Brain; Frontal
Headache; Weariness of the body; Foetid urine, or odour like
that of a cat. It is but seldom prescribed. * .
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ZINCUM. Izinc:
..-
ZIN CUM.
HAHNEMANN. - zinc.
VARIOUS preparations of Zinc are employed, in the Allopathic
School, for several different purposes—chiefly in the form of Lotion
and Ointment. Not very frequently prescribed as an internal
remedy. For external use, it may be applied to Burns, Scalds, Ex-
coriations, Bed Sores, &c.; weak and indolent ulcers; and to
prevent pitting in Small-pox. The Chloride was employed for
Cancer and Lupus; some affections of the Eye; and an injection for
Gomorrhoea. -
The Iodide of Zinc–for Scrofula; Affections of the mesenteric
glands; and Chronic disease of the Liver. The Oxide—for Spas-
modic Asthma, Whooping-cough, Convulsions, and Chorea; also
in Chronic Dysentery. The Ointment—in skin diseases, Impetigo,
&c.; and some of the Ophthalmia. The Sulphate, and the Vale-
riante of Zinc have each their respective patrons.
The Zincum used in Homoeopathy is the pure metal, which very
readily oxidises in the air in consequence of this.
Hahnemann writes—“Take a piece of pure Metallic Zinc ; hold
it under distilled water; rub it on a fine hone, or setting-stone;
place the powder that falls to the bottom on white blotting-paper,
and prepare it by trituration in the usual manner of dry
substances.” - -
From Noack and Trinks we learn that Zincum may be prescribed
for the following affections:–Chronic Rheumatism; Convulsions of
Children; Dropsical affections, with pain in the Kidneys; Ob-
stinate Chronic Eruptions; Dry Herpes; Scaly Eruptions; Herpes
of the Tonsils; Venereallard-like Ulcers; Chronic Gastro-Enteritis;
Obstinate Constipation; Melancholia, with anguish of mind;
Excessively violent and obstinate pain in the Brain; Incipient
Paralysis of the Brain in Scarlet Fever, with loss of consciousness;
or Sopor, with delirium; and in acute Hydrocephalus during den-
tition; Ischias Nervosa. • {
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ZINC.] ZINCUM:
JAHR—for Spontaneous dislocation; Paralysis; Amblyopia;
Amaurotica; Flatulent Colic; Gravel; Calculi Orchitis? Tendency
to Miscarry; Nymphomania.
It has been employed, by some British Homoeopathists, for In-
flammation of the Brain; Albuminuria; and probably may prove
useful in Renal affections; some forms of Bright's Disease; Night-
sweats; Incipient Phthisis; and affections of the Liver and Spleen.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind.—Desponding, sad, low spirits—thinks calmly of dying;
Feels exhausted; Aversion to labour; Irritable; Persons talking
makes him feel nervous and peevish; after a little excitement he
trembles for a long time; Impatient without ill-humour; Change-
able mood; Forgetful; Loss of memory.
Head.—Stupid, heavy, dizzy ; Vertigo, with feeling of weak-
mess; Vertigo in the Occiput when walking, as if he would fall to
the left side; Wertigo, as with a threatened attack of Apoplexy—he
feared falling; Violent pain in the head, eyes, and abdomen;
Violent headache after his usual glass of wine; Stupefying head-
ache the whole morning ; Pressure in the forehead; Violent pain at
a small spot in the middle of the forehead; Frequent aching in
the forehead; Sharp pressure at a small spot in the forehead; Pain
in both sides of the head, as if it were between screws; Drawing
and beating in the forehead; Tearing in the right temple, and
right half of the head; Lancinations in the forehead and temples;
Boring in the parietal region; Violent beating and tearing in the
right frontal region, from morning till evening; Tumult in the
brain, like the dashing of waves; Heat in the head, with redness of
the face. * - -
Scalp.–Pain as of ulceration; Painful gnawing; Frequent
itching; Soreness; the hairs are painful to the touch; Itching
pimples on the scalp; Great falling-off of the hair. -
Eyes.—Pain as if the eyes would be pressed into the head;
Violent pressure in the eye and temple; Rheumatic pain in the
right eye; Lancinations; Pricking, with pressure in the eyeball;
Inflammation and redness in the Conjunctiva; Violent inflamma-
tion of the eyes; Drooping and lameness of the upper lid; Constant
weariness; Morbid weakness of the eyes; Sight dim, obscured—
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yellow, blue, and green wheels; Fiery balls hover before the eyes;
Dread of the sun-light; Lachrymation. .
Ears.-Otalgia; Tearing pains in the ears; Violent stitches; In-
tensely painful lancinations deep in the right ear, near the tym-
panum ; Purulent discharge from the left ear; Foetid humour; the
orifice of the meatus is hot and swollen; Buzzing pulsations;
Whizzing pulsations; Loud report, as from breaking glass; Hard-
ness of hearing.
Nose.—Intolerable pressure at the root of the nose; Swelling
and pain in the left wing of the nose—a red, hard point is felt
there for three days; Blowing of blood from the nose; Bleeding
from the nose after sneezing; Itching of the nostrils; Obstruction
of both nostrils; Alternate dry and fluent Coryza.
Face.—Pale, livid; Pains in the malar and orbital bones, ex-
tending to the left upper jaw, and into the ear; Sudden stitches
that seem deep in the bone, leaving some tenderness in the part ;
Itching and swelling of the cheek; Pimples in the face.
Lips.-Shooting pain; Twitching or swelling of the lips; Sting-
ing of the upper lip; Jactitation of the muscles, affecting the upper
lip ; Pimples or vesicles clear as water, or pustules; Large, yellow-
ish-white, itching pimple on the lower lip; Painful rhagades in the
lips; Yellow ulcers; Pimples and pustules, that itch violently, on the
forehead, face, and chin. -
Jaws and Teeth.-Cramp-like, tearing pain in the lower jaw,
and in the articulation—worse when biting hard ; Frequent draw-
ing pain in the roots of the incisor teeth; Intense pain in the
upper incisor teeth; Violent jerking in the molars; Tenderness of
the upper molars; Beating and throbbing in the hollow teeth;
Painful burning in the front teeth.
Gums.-Ulcerated; Sore, or swollen; Blanched; Violent bleed-
ing of the gums; Frequent bleeding of the gums; Gumboils.
Mouth.-Increased secretion of saliva, with a metallic taste,
and shooting pain at the tip of the tongue; Yellow, little ulcer on
the internal surface of the left cheek. -
Tongue.—The tongue feels painful and sore; White coating,
or yellowish, especially towards the root; Feeling of icy coldness on
the tongue; Vesicles on the tongue, that are painful when eating ;
Stinging, smarting under the tongue, close to the roots of the in-
cisor teeth, and on each side the franulum; the palate and gums
feel tender during mastication.
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ZINC.] ZINCUM.
Throat.—Dryness in the throat, with sense of rawness and
Scraping in the pharynx; Accumulation of much mucus; Hawking
of a greenish mucus, which adheres firmly to the back part of the
throat; Aching pain in both tonsils; Sore throat, with feeling of an
internal swelling; the throat, internally and externally, feels full and
swollen; Cramp-like strangulation, as from spasm of the muscles of
deglutition, when attempting to swallow even fluids; Tearing,
drawing pains on each of the pillars of the fauces, affecting the
cervical muscles; Herpes and ulcers in the throat.
Taste.-Taste of blood in the mouth, with sweetish risings from
the stomach; Taste as of decayed cheese; Sweet, salt, or bitter
taste; Burning thirst; Intense desire for cold water; Thirst, with
heat in the palms of the hands.
Appetite.—Aversion to meat, and boiled warm food—to fish,
veal, and sugar ; Greedy manner when eating; Hasty deglutition—
the appetite seemed insatiable, yet the stomach feels full, with
pressure in the head.
Gastric Symptoms. – Difficult digestion ; Acidity of the
stomach; Acid eructations after a breakfast of bread and milk, or
sweet food—it seemed to induce heartburn; Dinner does not digest.
After supper—Bitter taste in the mouth; Burning in the stomach,
with eructations, and desire to vomit, one hour and a-half after
dinner; Feeling of repletion, with distention of the abdomen ;
Bloated feeling after a meal, with eructations of wind; Griping in
the epigastrium ; Dizziness after dinner; Hiccough after break-
fast; Nausea in the morning, as from an emetic ; Nausea, with
tremor, exhaustion, and debility, or with retching and vomiting of
a bitter slimy fluid—afterwards the ingesta, followed by a cough
and sweat; Chilliness of the arms; Shaking of the body; Hiccough
and Colic in the abdomen; Womiting of blood and mucus.
Stomach.-Feeling of emptiness; Qualmishness; Sharp pains
in the stomach, and at the pit; Pain at pit during inspiration ;
Burning at pit; Pressure; Contraction, with anxiety and heat;
Sensation as if the parts in the region of the stomach were screwed
up ; Frequent clawing ; Tearing and pinching; Stitches; Pulsation
or throbbing; Sense of movement as if a worm were in the
stomach; Burning toward the Oesophageal orifice before break-
fast,
Hypochondria. —Spasmodic pains, with oppression of the
chest, and difficult breathing; Pressure at a small spot in the right
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hypochondrium ; Clawing, with pressure or pinching; Tearing,
drawing—setting in with a sudden jerk; Stitches in the right side,
affecting the liver, abdomen, and hip; Intermitting pains in the
hepatic region; Stitching during inspiration, with acid eructation;
occasional stitches in the right hypochondrium, with burning or
Smarting pains.
Spleen.—Clawing, with pressure—sometimes in paroxysms;
Stitches, with pressure deep in the spleen—increased by pressing
on the part ; Dull stitching in the spleen. -
Kidneys-The region of the left kidney is very sensitive to
touch ; Pressure or violent clawing in the left renal region; Sharp,
intermittent, tearing pain in the left kidney; Cutting, tearing, and
sometimes a drawing, pressive pain in the region of the right kid-
ney; Dull stitches in the right kidney; Pain, pressure, or stitches
in both kidneys; Soreness, or pain as if bruised, when standing or
walking, in the renal region.
Abdomen.—Colic, as if diarrhoea would come on ; Pressure in
the abdomen, with much distention, after partaking of but little
food; Bloated abdomen, with a feeling of pressure—relieved by an
emission of foetid flatus; Dull pressure at a small spot below the
umbilicus, as if there were an internal induration; Hard pressure
at the sides of the abdomen, in the hypochondria, and back, as
from flatus, in the morning in bed—increased by walking—slightly
relieved by stool—always renewed by walking—it lasted many days;
Tension that is felt on both sides of the abdomen; Constrictive
Colic that arrests the breath ; Violent contractions of the abdomen;
Cutting, pinching about the umbilicus, or over the whole abdomen,
from night till morning; Violent cutting pains after taking milk;
Writhing pains that precede every emission of flatus; Frequent
passing of hot flatus, having a very foetid odour.
Hypogastrium.—Pressing and pushing in the pubic region;
Sensation as if the psoas muscle were too short when walking;
Pains in the right groin and inguinal region; the inguinal glands
feel swollen; Painful sensation, as if hernia would set in ; Protru-
sion of inguinal hernia.
Stool.-Constipation, with slight desire—after long urging, the
faeces were passed with great difficulty; Dry, insufficient stool every
three days; Stools of a large size—hard, difficult, that press on the
sphincter of the anus; after dinner a soft stool, with humming in
the head, and giddiness; Papescent stool for many days, with
401
ZINC.] ZINCUM.
tenesmus; Loose stool, with bright blood and foam—preceded by
Colic.
Rectum.–Pressing and boring in the rectum; Jerking stitches
in the perinaeum; Drawing pain; Cutting and smarting sensation;
Stitch, quick as lightning, darting in the rectum and anus; Creep-
ing in the anus, as from worms; Violent itching at the anus;
Burning and Soreness at the anus; Protrusion of Haemorrhoids;
Discharge of blood from the anus.
Urine.—Retention when commencing to urinate; Excessive de-
sire—a large quantity is passed; Involuntary discharge when blow-
ing the nose, walking, coughing, or sneezing ; Turbid urine, loam-
coloured, or reddish; very yellow, that deposits white flocks;
Orange-coloured urine; Flow of blood after micturition; Sharp
lancinating pains in the urethra; Painful drawings in the urethra
and penis; Soreness and burning in the urethra after micturition.
Genital Organs.—Sensitiveness of the penis—the friction of
walking, or the shirt, causes irritation; Painful jerking at the root
of the penis; Stitches or tearing pains in the glans-penis; Violent
itching of the scrotum; Excoriation about the scrotum, and on the
thigh, where it presses; Right testicle painful to touch; Shootings
in the left testicle during rest; Prickling pain in the testes when
sitting.
Menses.—Early and profuse; Discharge of lumps of coagula
when walking. During the menses—Heaviness in the limbs; Violent
drawing pains in the knees; Inflammation of the eyes; Oppression
at the stomach ; Chilliness; Weakness of the hands and feet; or
weeping anxiety; Distended abdomen; Itching and swelling of the
pudendum. After the menses—Discharge of thick mucus; Defi-
ciency of milk. -
Larynx,−Dryness of the throat and fauces; Hoarseness, with
burning in the trachea ; Hawking of a quantity of coagulated
blood; Discharge of blood during a dry cough, or tenacious mucus;
Cough at night, with pricking in the chest, or pains in the head;
Thick, purulent expectoration day and night.
Chest.—Oppression of the chest when walking in the open air—
it felt as if a bandage were placed around the chest; Pain in the
right side, as if the blood were forcing its way into the capillary
vessels of the lungs; Spasmodic dyspnoea; Shortness of breath, from
flatulence; Tension in the chest, and under the left clavicle;
Stitches in the right chest when walking in the open air; Burning
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in the chest and sternum; Sensation in the left chest the size of a
hand—the part felt as if decaying, and a stitching pain is felt
there; Painful throbbing in the left chest, near the axilla.
Heart—Frequent palpitation, without anxiety; Painful palpi-
tation, with a stitch at every beat; Stitches under the heart, like
pleuritic stitches; Irregular beating of the heart, with sense of
suffocation.
Neck.-Stiffness of the cervical muscles in the morning; Noc-
turnal pains in the cervical muscles; Rigidity of the left side of the
neck; Pressure, or tearing pain in the right side of the neck, ex-
tending to the ear and jaw. -
Back-Pain in the small of the back when walking or sitting
down; he was obliged to stand still; Drawing in the dorsal spine,
with painful weakness; Burning and pressure in the dorsal spine;
Pain, like rheumatism, between and above the shoulders—also in the
lumbar region; Burning, tearing between the spine and right
scapula; Burning or darting stitches under the left scapula; Spots
and scabs between the scapulaº. - -
Upper Limbs.-Violent tearing pains in the shoulder-joint;
Rheumatic pain in the Deltoid; Boils on the shoulder and arm ;
Rheumatic pains in the wrist; Weakness and tremor of the hands
when writing; Paralytic condition of the right hand—it feels heavy
and insensible; Rough herpes on the hands—the skin becomes
chapped and painful—also between the fingers; Tearing pains in the
fingers and joints; Numbness of the fingers.
Lower Limbs,-Rheumatic pains in the legs, knees, and joints;
Heaviness in the limbs; Drawing pains in the thighs; Tearing in
the muscles; Varices of the thighs; Tearing pains in the knees;
Tremor of the knees; Tearing pains in the calves; Aching in the
ankles; Varices of the legs; Painful swelling of the Tendo Achillis;
Burning of the soles of the feet; Chilblains.
OTHER SYMPTOMS.
Jactitation in various parts of the body; Twitchings and jerking
in the muscles; Tremulous weakness, and trembling of the limbs;
Cramps in the extremities; General exhaustion; Drowsiness—aver-
sion to noise; Violent throbbing in the body; Drawing, tearing
pains in the long bones; Profuse sweat when walking in the open
403
ZING, OX.] ZINCUM oxyDATUM.
air; Night-sweat; Acid night-sweat; Excessive weariness in the
morning when awaking. r -
The pains frequently seem to exist in the fasciae and cellular
tissue. Wine and Nux Wom. appear to increase the sufferings.
Many symptoms, especially the gastric, appear after dinner, and
towards evening—worse during rest—relieved by motion.
ZINCUM 0xYDATUM.
OXIDE OF ZINC.
SYMPTOMS.
Remarkable sinking of the strength, with feelings of internal sick-
ness; Painful tension in the muscles during movement; Trembling
of the limbs, with jactitation of the legs; Trembling of the feet;
Bruise-like pains and heaviness in the arms; Eructations; Sick-
ness and nausea, with vertigo ; Bilious vomiting; Vomiting and
Diarrhoea; Pains and fulness in the stomach; Burning in the
stomach, with sweat on the head and hands; Hiccough; Violent
thirst; Spasmodic constriction in the chest; Palpitation of the
Heart, with anguish, especially in the evening; Spasmodic pulse;
Sudden attacks of vomiting in children. - -
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LIST OF MEDIGINES AND ANTIDOTES
[The Antidotes between Brackets are by Dr. Teste.]
PAGE. MEDICINE, - - ANTIDOTE.
1...ACONITUM NAPELLUS......... Weg. Acids, Wine, Camphor.
9...ACTEA RACEMOSA ............ Secale.
10...ACTEA SPICATA ............... * * % #
11...AETHUSA CYNAPIUM ......... Camphor? - -
13...AGARICUS MUSCARIUS ...... Wine, Coff, Camph., [Nit, Ac.]
14...AGNUS CASTUS ............... Camphor.
14...ALOES................. . º. is e º e º O & 0 & Acids, Vinegar.
15...ALUMINA ..................... Bry, Cham, Ipec.
16...AMBRA GRISEA............... Camph., Nwaº
17...AMMONIUM CARBONICUM....Camph., Hepar.
19...AMMONIUM CAUSTICUM...... |Winegar. ... •
20...AMMONIUM MURLATICUM ...Camph., Coffee, Hepar.
21...ANACARDIUM.................. Camph., Coffee.
21...ANGUSTURA VERA............ Coffee.
22...ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM ...... Hepar, Merc.
26...APIS MELLIFICA ............ Lachesis 3
27...APOCYNUM CANNABINUM ...Bry., China.
27...ARGENTUM................ ......Merc., Pwls.
28...ARGENTUM NITRICUM ...... Merc., Nat. Mwr., Salt.
29...ARNICA MONTANA............ Camph., Igmatia, [Cocculw8.]
33...ARSENICUM ................... Camp., Chin, Iod, Nua, [Verat.]
39...ASAFCETIDA .................. Cawst., China. -
42...ASARUM EUROPAEUM ...... Acids, Camphor.
43...AURUM ........................ Bell., Cup., Merc.
45...AURUM MURIATICUM......... Mercwriw8.
46...BAPTISLA TINCTORIA......... Rhºw8?
46...BARYTA CARBONICA ......... Bell., Camph., Merc.
48...BARYTA MURLATICA ......... Albwmen. -
49...BELLADONNA .................. Coffee, Camphor, Wine, Opium.
56...BERBERIS WULGARIS ......... Camphor.
59...BISMUTH ..................... Nua, Wom., [Camph., Colch.
60...BORAX .......... a s • * * * * * a • * * * * Cham., Coff. - - -
405:
iIST OF MEDICINES AND ANTIDOTES.
PAGE. MEDICINE. - ANTIDOTE.
61...BOVISTA....................... .Camph. --- -- ~" -- - - - -
63...BROMINE ..................... Opium, Coffee, Camph.
65...BRYONIA ALBA ............ ...Acom., Nua, [Ferr.]
70...CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS ...Camph., Acom., Chim.
75...CALCAREA CARBONICA ......Camph., Sulph.
77... CALCAREA PHOSPHORICA ...Nua, V.
78... CAMPHORA....... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Opium.
80...CANNABIs SATIVA ......... ...Acids, Camph. * - -
82...CANTHARIs..................... Vinegar, Alcohol, Camph. ...
86...CAPSICUM ..................... Camphor. -
87... CARBO ANIMALIS ............ Camphor. - - - "
88...CARBO VEGETABILIS .........Camph., Coff, Ars., [Ferr.].
90...CAUSTICUM............ e. e. tº a tº c e º e a e s Coff, Nua, Vom., Colo., [Lawro.]
96...CHAMOMILLA .................. Coffee, Pwls., Ign.
100...CHELIDONIUM MAJUS ......Camph.
101...CHINA ........................ Ars., Verat. - -
106...CICUTA VIROSA ...............Arnica, Tobacco, [Camph., Opi.]
108...CINA ........................... Bry, Chin. . .
110...CINNABAR ..................... Nitric Ac., Sulph., Chin.
112...CISTUS CANADENSIS ......... Belladonna 3
112...CLEMATIs ..................... Camph., Bryonia.
113...COCCULUS ..... e s a se e e s a v e s e e s e Camph., Nua, [Staphy.]
116...COFFEA ......... ...............A.com, Cham., Ignat., [Tabac.]
117...Colchicum .................. Vinegar, Puls., Nua, Camph.
119...COLOCYNTH ............ • * * * * * Camph., Coff, Cawst, Milk, Opi.
123... CONIUM .......... ... • * * * * * * * * * * * * * Coffee, Nit. Acid. -
128...COPAIVAE ................. ....[Mercwrius.]
129...CORALLIA RUBRUM ......... Calc., Coffee.
130...CRoCUs SATIVUs ............ Acom., Bell, Opium.
132...CUPRUM........... • * * * * * * * * * * * * Milk, Albwmen, China.
135...CYCLAMEN EUROPAEUM ...... Pulsatilla. - -
136...DIGITALIS ........ • e e s • e s • * * * * * Milk, Vinegar, Nua, Opium.
140...DROSERA ..................... Camph. -
143...DULCAMARA .................. Merc., Ipec, Camph., [Caps.]
145...ELATERIUM .................. Colocynth.
145...EUPATORIUM .................. Coffee.
145...EUPHORBIUM...... • * * * * * * * * * * * Camph.
147...EUPHRASIA ..................Camph., Puls...
148...FERRUM ACETICUM .........Ars., Hep, China.
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LIST OF MEDICINES AND ANTIDOTES.
PAGE, MEDICINE. ANTIDOTE.
150...FILIX MAS .................. Camphor.
150...FLUORIC ACID ............... # 3: * 3:
151...GELSEMINUM .................. Cham., Rhºws.
153...GINSENG........................ Camph
154...GLONOINE ..................... Iodium ? Camphor?
155...GRANATUM RADICIS ......... Weratrum, 2
156...GRAPHITES..................... Wine, Ars., Nua.
159...GRATIOLA ..................... Antidotes Iod.
161...GUALACUM ..................... Nua, Vom
162... GUMMI GUTTI ............... Colocynthis? Mercury 2
163...HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA...... Pwls.
165...HELLEBORE .................. Camph., China.
168...HEPAR SULPHURIS ......... Vinegar, Bell., Cham.
172...HYDRASTUS CANADENSIS ... Pulsatilla. ?
173...HYDROCYANIC ACID ......... Camph., Coff, Opium.
174...HYOSCYAMUS .................. |Winegar, Camph., Bell.
178...IGNATIA AMARA ............ Coffee, Vinegar, Pwls., Camph.
182...IODIUM ........................ Chin., Opium, Milk, Gratiola.
187...IPECACUANHA.................. China, Nua, [Verat.]
190...KALI BICHROMICUM .........Nua. ?, Phosphorus 2
193...KALI CARBONICUM ......... Camph., Coff. .
197...KALI IODIDUM ............... Chima., Valer., Merc.
198...KALMIA LATIFOLIA ......... Rhododendron 3
200...KREASOTUM .................. Acon, Nua, Wom., [Ferr.]
203...LACHESIS ..................... Bell., Arsen.
205.,.LACTUCA VIROSA ............ |Weget. Acids, Coffee.
206...LAMIUM ALBUM ............ * * # *
206...LAUROCERASUS ............... Coffee, Opium.
210...LEDUM PALUSTRE.............Camphor, [Rhus Toa..]
212...LEPTANDRIA VIRGINICA ... * 3% * *
213...LOBELLA INFLATA ............ Camph., Ipec.
215...LYCOPODIUM .................. Coffee, Puls., Caust, [Lach.]
221...MAGNESIA CARBONICA ...... Nwaº Wom., Merc.
223...MAGNESLA MURLATICA ...... Chamomilla.
223...MANGANUM .................. Coffee, Merc.
225...MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA... Camphor.
227...MEPHITIS PUTORIUs.........Camphor.
227...MERCURIALIS PERENNIS ... * * * *
228...MERCURIUS ...... • * * * * * * * * * * * Awr., Nit. Ac., Sulph., Am. Carb.
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LIST OF MEDICINES AND ANTIDOTES.
PAGE. MEDICINE. ANTIDOTE.
235...MERCURIUS CORROSIVUS ...[Sepia, Lobelia, Merc. Sol.]
236...MERCURIUS IODATUS ...... * * 3: *
237...MEZEREUM .................. Winegar, Camph., Merc.
239...MILLEFOLIUM ............... # * * %
239...MOSCHUS ..................... Camph., Coff.
241...MURLATIC ACID ........... . Camph., [Ipec.]
243...N.AJA TRIPUDIANS............ Ars., Bell.
245...NATRUM CARBONICUM ...... Ars., Camph.
249...NATRUM MURLATICUM ...... Ars.
252...NITRIC ACID .................. Merc., Camph., Hepar, [Calc.]
255...NUX MOSCHATA ............ Camphor.
258...NUX WOMICA.................. Wine, Coff, Camph., Op., [Lach.]
262...OLEANDER..................... Camph., Nua.
264...OPIUM ........................ Coffee, Vinegar, Camph.
267...OXALIC ACID.................. Chalk.
271...PETROLEUM .................. Acon, Nua, Vom., [Camph.]
273...PHOSPHORUS .................. Wine, Camph., Nua, [Cham.]
276...PHOSPHORIC ACID ......... Camph., Coff.
278...PHYTOLACCA DECANDRA ...Opium, Coffea.
278...PLATINA........................ Pulsatilla, [Colch.]
282...PLUMBUM ..................... Sulph. Ac., Plat., Op., [AEthw.]
286...PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM Nua, Vom.
289...PRUNUS SPINOSA ............ * %. , 3% *
291...PULSATILLA .................. Vinegar, Coff., Cham, Nua, Wom.
294...RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS ...Bry., Rhus, Camph.
297...RATANIA........................ % % * §§
299...RHEUM ........................ Camphor.
299...RHODODENDRON CHRYSAN... Clematis, Rhws.
302...RHUS RADICANS ............ Bryonia, Coff., Pwls.
305...RHUS TOXICODENDRON......Bryonia, Coff., [Led.]
308...RUTA GRAVEOLENS ......... Camphor.
311...SABADILLA..................... Pwls., Camph.
313...SABINA ........................ Pwls., Camph.
315...SAMBUCUS ..................... Arsen., Camph., [Colch.]
316...SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS % # 3% #
318...SARSAPARILLA ............... Camphor.
322...SECALE CORNUTUM ......... Camphor.
324...SELENIUM ..................... Pwls., Ign.
327...SENEGA ......... tº e º e o 0 ° & e o e g c e s Bell, Bry, Camph.
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PAGE. MEDICINE. ANTIDOTE.
330...SEPLA........................... Aconite, [Merc.]
337...SILICA ............. • * * * * * * * * * * Hepar, Camph.
342...SPIGELLA ..................... Awrwm, Camph., [Cocc.]
345...SFONGLA........................ Camphor.
349...SouTLLA........................ Camphor
351...STANNUM ..................... Pwlsatilla.
354...STAPHYSAGRIA ............... Camphor.
358...STRAMONIUM .................. Weg. Acids, Nua, Opium.
361...STRONTIANA .................. Camphor.
362...SULPHUR ..................... Merc., Nua, Chim, [Camph.]
366...SULPHURIC ACID ............ Pwlsatilla.
369...TABACUM ..................... "Wine, Nua, Vom.
371...TARAXACUM .................. Camphor.
372...TARTARUS EMETICUS......... Chima, Ipec., Pwls.
377...TEREBINTHINA ............... Camph., Camtharides.
379...TEUCRIUM ..................... Igmatia.
381...THERIDION..................... 3. * * *
382...THUJA OCCIDENTALIS ...... Merc., Cham, [Colch.]
386...URTICA URENS ............... * * * *
386...UVA URSI ..................... * : * * *
386...WALERLANA..................... Camphor, Coffea.
389...WERATRUM ALBUM ......... Acomite, Coffea, [Staph.]
394...WERATRUM WIRIDE ......... * * * *
395...VERBASCUM .................. Camphor.
396...WINCA MINOR ............... Yegetable Acids.
396...WIOLA ODORATO ............ Camphor
396...WIOLA TRICOLOR ............ Camphor.
397...ZINCUM ........................ Wime? Hep., Ignat., [Lobelia.]
404...ZINCUM OXYDATUM ......... # * * *
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TASTE, APPETITE WOMITING, Erc,
Aconite.—Qualmishness and Nausea; Bitter taste; Flat ;
Fishy; Mouth filled with air like rotten eggs; Food (good) seems
insipid, tasteless; Loss of Appetite—aversion to all food; every-
thing tastes bitter, except water; Constant desire to drink water;
Thirst unquenchable; Waterbrash of a sweetish taste; Regurgita-
tion of sweetish water; Empty eructations; Intense hunger,
although he has just eaten; Desire for beer, which lies heavy;
after a meal, he gets very sleepy; Hiccough in the morning, and
after food; Sick feeling, with taste of sweets or fat (warm soup
relieves many of the symptoms); Vomiting of greenish liquid; Bile;
Lumbrici; Nausea; Inclination to vomit, with profuse sweat;
Vomiting, followed by intense thirst; Vomiting of mucus; Vomit-
ing of mucus and blood three days; Womiting of dark coagula in
large quantities.
Antimo. Crud.—Loss of appetite, with empty feeling; Empti-
mess, with loss of heat, two days; Violent thirst in evening; Dry
lips; Bitter, bile-like taste; Gulping of fluid that tastes of the
food; Nausea after a glass of wine; Flatulence which smells foetid;
Nausea, with Vertigo, after drinking wine; Nausea—very violent;
Womiting—nothing can stop it; Vomiting, with anxiety; Convul-
sions; Diarrhoea; Vomiting, with excessive anguish; Vomiting of
slime and bile. - -
Arnica.-Putrid, slimy taste of rotten eggs, especially be-
tween meals, and early in the morning; Bitter taste; Eructations
empty; Half-suppressed eructations; Gulping up of saltish water;
Dislike to Meat, Broth, and Milk; Desire to drink constantly—not
caring what, for everything is alike offensive; Appetite enormous
in the evening. After supper—Weeps; Peevish (female).
Arsenicum.—Bitter taste (morning, or after food and drink).
Early in the morning—Bitter, putrid, salt, sour; Thirst unquench-
able, burning; he can drink but little at a time—fears suffocation;
Desire for acids, coldwater, brandy, coffee, milk; Loss of Appetite—
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aversion to food; Butter is repulsive—also smell of boiled meat.
After a meal—Headache; Pressure at stomach; Empty eructa-
tions, with faint feeling; after drinking he shivers and feels chilly—
vomits, and then has diarrhoea set in; Eructations bitter, or empty
and frequent; Gulping up of bitter water—green mucus; Water-
brash continual; Womits, but with difficulty—strains; Hiccough
frequent, and after a meal; Nausea—inclined to vomit, 11 A.M. and
3 P.M.; Nausea, with tremor—obliged to lie down; Vomits every-
thing, fluid and solid; Vomits night, morning, and after every meal;
Vomits bile, yellow-green mucus—thick, glassy; Vomits brown
or blackish—blood, mucus; Vomiting, with diarrhoea; Fainting
(the vomiting is not easy, but with straining); Womiting, with
violent pains in stomach, with internal heat and thirst—exhaustion.
Belladonna.—Loss of taste; Insipid; Spoiled; Putrid, like
decayed meat; Bread tastes and smells sour; Milk also ; Coffee is
offensive; Aversion to all nourishment, with frequent weak pulse;
Appetite lost; Meat repulsive; Headache; Long-lasting aversion
to food; Desire for one thing, then another; when brought, no
relish for it; Feeling of emptiness and hunger; Appetite for bread
and butter; Vegetable soup only; Absence of thirst; Aversion to
drink; Great desire for cold drink; he drinks with trembling
haste; Thirst wngwenchable—Suffocative, yet unable to swallow
the least drop of fluid; Contractive sensation after but little food;
Feeling of intoxication after a meal—six hours and a-half; Frequent
Eructations—burning, sore, choking; Hiccough—repeated attacks;
violent also at midnight, and with profuse Sweat. After hic-
cough—Convulsions of head and limbs, followed by nausea and
lassitude (or right arm, and left leg); Head red and hot; Thirst;
Nausea—inclined to vomit—confined to the throat; Qualmishness
after breakfast ; Nausea at the stomach; Inclined to vomit, even
when walking in the open air; Vomiting, with Vertigo; Flushes of
heat; Sweat; Vomiting of bile and mucus; Vomiting of food not
digested, after twelve hours in stomach; Wakes at midnight three
times—each time inclined to vomit—covered with profuse sweat,
but unable to vomit.
Bryonia.-Taste lost, or flat, putrid, disgusting, as from de-
cayed teeth; or sweetish, sickly, or bitter, particularly early in the
-morning; Food tastes bitter—rancid, smoky taste; Aversion to
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food; Loss of appetite, yet he seems hungry, and eats; Appetite
lost for ten days; Loss of appetite after the first mouthful; Appe-
tite for Milk, Wine, Coffee; he feels empty, hungry, but no appe-
tite; Nausea, succeeded by hunger; Hunger in the morning, early,
with thirst and flushes of heat; Ravenous appetite for six days;
Great desire for Coffee; Thirst, frequent and considerable, day and
night ; he drinks much at once ; Desire for cold drink, coffee,
acids; Astringent, dry taste—lips parched; Eructations, oppres–
sion, especially after bread ; Eructations sourish ; Gulping of
phlegm ; Nausea on waking in the morning; Nausea, with bitter-
ness; Ptyalism; Nausea, with anxiety, on attempting to drink;
Empty retching—throws up water and mucus—with coldness of
body; Vomits drink immediately—also bread; Vomiting of food;
Bile, with hiccough; Womiting of mucus—yellow-green—Blood.
Calcarea.—Taste flat, not salt enough; Meat has little or no
flavour; Taste impure—of manure; or bitter, sweet; Taste (metal-
lic—lead—morning); Iron, ink; Sour—spits continually; Saltish,
with thirst ; Thirst great in the afternoon; Desire for water; Loss of
appetite; Aversion to anything boiled; Aversion to meat; Chronic;
Appetite ravenow8; Stomach weak; Desires salt food; Hunger
soon after dinner ; Milk disagrees, regurgitates — turns sour;
Waterbrash after milk, early in the morning; after eating, a burn-
ing sensation in the throat; Eructations after eating—frequent ;
after dinner he feels the heart beat; Languor, and feeling of weak-
ness; Eructations bitter, of ingesta; Bile; Sour; Desire to sleep—
unconquerable after dinner—with cold feet; Burning rising after
food; Nausea, with sour waterbrash; Sour vomiting in children;
Vomit of blood. -
Carbo Veg.—Saltish taste the whole day; Bitterness before
and after meals, with eructations; Appetite very small; Heat, and
rough tongue; Appetite small, with relaxation, and weakness of
extremities; Appetite small, with sick qualms and emptiness; Ap-
petite lost, with lassitude and coated tongue; Food usually fond of
is now disagreeable; Dislike to fat meat, butter, milk; Desire for
Coffee, something sweet, or salt; Great weakness of digestion, es—
pecially after Mercury; the most simple food troubles him; Eruc-
tations almost continual; Eructations frequent, empty, preceded
by pinching in abdomen; Eructations sour, with burning in sto-
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mach; Hiccough very frequent; Nausea early in the morning, with
qualms; Nausea at ten or eleven o'clock, forenoon; Nausea con-
tinual, without appetite or stool; Nausea at night—also water-
brash; Derangement from Wine; Haematemesis.
Causticum, Secretion of an acrid fluid; Greasy taste; Violent
thirst for many days; Desire for cold drink; Ravenous kind of
hunger, with headache; Hunger, but no appetite; Taste dimin-
ished; Aversion to sweet things; Fresh meat nauseates; Oppres-
sion after breakfast; Nausea after supper; Chilliness after a meal;
Face and eyes hot ; Eructations empty, tasteless—oppress the
breath; Eructations almond-like—also musk, or bitter, acrid ;
Gulping of insipid water into the mouth; Frequent waterbrash,
cool water, or saltish ; Nausea, with frequent gulping of water;
Nausea every morning, and before a meal—hungry; Vomiting
sour, followed by sour eructations (acid 2); Vomiting of ingesta ;
Sensation as if lime were burnt in the stomach, with rising of air.
Chamomilla.-Bitter taste, or rancid, putrid; Bread tastes
sour; Bitter taste early in the morning; Loss of appetite—no
relish for food; Aversion to Broth and Coffee; after Coffee, nausea
and suffocative fits; Heat and sweat; Sour eructations—the pain
is aggravated by eructations; Inclined to vomit after breakfast;
after a meal the abdomen is distended; Vomiting of food, sour and
slimy substance; Bitter, bilious vomit; Sour vomit; Acidity in
children; Nausea; Heat and sweat in the face after eating.
China.-Taste flat, watery, after drinking; Taste bitter (morn-
ing, early), or drinking coffee; Taste sour—sweetish—then sour;
Food tastes salt; Taste of food flat, like clay, wood, or straw;
Bitter taste, especially bread and beer; Indifference to food; Loss
of appetite; Aversion to every kind of nourishment; Appetite lost,
or passes food, though hungry, from the food being disagreeable;
Aversion to Beer; Desire only for dainties or sour things—wine,
sour fruit (cherries); Violent thirst; Desire to drink frequently,
but a little at a time; Weak digestion, with pain after a small
meal. After a meal—Fulness, distention, with great languor and
drowsiness; Eructations empty, sobbing, sour, or bitter; Heart-
burn after every meal; Loathing; Nausea; Inclination to vomit;
Womiting continual; Womiting of sour water, mucus, or food.
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Cocculus.-Metallic, coppery, with loss of appetite; Sour
taste after a meal; Excessive repugnance to food, even the smell
of it, yet there is a feeling of hunger; Thirst, especially during a
meal, and every hour of the day; Want of appetite—the food has .
no taste; Eructations bitter or empty, leaving a bitter taste;
Eructations, with short sticking pain at pit of stomach; Hiccough;
constant disposition to hiccough; Nausea when eating, with in-
clination to vomit; Paroxysms of nausea, with tendency to faint;
Paroxysms of nausea, also, when riding in a carriage; Early in
bed—unable to get up; Sick; Inclined to vomit. On taking cold, or
becoming cold—Sickness; Waterbrash; Inclined to vomit, with
headache, and bruised pain in intestines.
Colchicum.-Food tastes musty, like old linen; Loathing and
shuddering at the sight of food; Appetite lost on smelling the
food; Smell of broth nauseates—at eggs he almost faints; Thirst
intense, burning, unquenchable; Eructations empty (forenoon);
Nausea at table; Nausea in an erect position; Nausea—inclina-
tion to vomit, with flow of saliva; Vomiting of bitter, yellow
mucus, with gagging; Vomiting violent, with spasms and trem-
bling; Womiting violent, with constant singultus.
Colocynthis.-Bitter taste; Metallic styptic taste on tip of
tongue; Putrid nausea—more from fauces; Thirst considerable;
Throat dry; Sensibility of taste for bitters increased; Canine
hunger; Empty feeling; Weakness. After eating—Nausea. After
drinking—Insipidity; Erwctations empty, bitter, burning; Pal-
pitation; Spasm in oesophagus; Nausea; Retching; Vomiting of
food without nausea; Vomiting frequent—greenish fluid; and
Diarrhoea.
Conium.—Bitter, sour after breakfast; Flat, putrid taste when
eating ; Bitterness in mouth and throat; Thirst considerable
every afternoon; Thirst—lasting the whole day—intense; Acid
risings, with putrid, flat taste; Appetite decreased, or lost;
Appetite quite lost, with sense of weakness in the stomach;
Bread is not relished ; Desire for coffee, salt or salt food, or acids;
Gulping up of sour substances; Eructations; Eructations empty,
unsuccessful, or sour; Eructations, tasting of food after six hours—
full at throat; Heartbwrm—evening, or after a meal; Nausea, and
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inclination to vomit; Vomiting of mucus, with headache; Retch-
ing, nausea, and vomiting of pregnancy.
Cuprum.—Sweet taste in the mouth, or sourish; Sensation as
if the tongue were in contact with iron; Coppery taste, with
burning; Thirst intense; Food tastes like water; Waterbrash
after drinking milk; Appetite lost for two days; Hiccough;
Warm food is more palatable than cold; Eructations; Nausea and
loathing; Vomiting continual, with nausea and diarrhoea; Vomit-
ing, with very painful colic ; Vomiting excessive, with stomach-
pains and tenesmus; Vomiting of water—green and bitter mucus.
Digitalis.--Taste flat, slimy; Sweetish, with ptyalism; Bitter-
mess; Bitter taste of bread; Desire for bitter food—acid drink;
Want of appetite; Tongue clean ; Empty feeling; Eructations
sour—taste like vinegar; Nausea; he feels as if he must die
from it; Nausea, fits of, with inclination to vomit, and despon-
dency; Nausea every morning, which remains after vomiting ;
Retching, and inclination to vomit; Convulsive efforts to vomit;
Morning vomit; Vomiting violent, and of long duration; Vomit-
ing excessive, with cold sweat, and cold extremities; Vomiting of
the ingesta, or Green liquid, or bile; Vomiting of mucus; Bilious
vomiting several days.
Drosera.-Bitter taste, or loss of taste for food; Thirst early
in morning, and hot stage of fever; Aversion to pork; Nausea,
especially from fat; Waterbrash; Nausea, with pain in forehead;
Vomiting of bile, water, mucus, food, on coughing. -
Dulcamara.-Taste of soap ; Bitter taste; Increased saliva;
Desire for cold drink, with dry tongue; Hunger, with dislike to
food; Eructations frequent; Regurgitation of food (soup); Eruc-
tations empty, and with Heartburn; Nausea; Loathing as if he
would vomit; Nausea, with chilliness, shuddering ; Nausea,
Retching, and Waterbrash ; Vomiting, and of tenacious mucus.
Graphites.—Taste Bitter, Acid, or of rotten eggs (morning);
Dislike to meat, fish, or warm cooked food; Dislike to salt food;
Thirst early (morning); Thirst after a meal; Sweat during meals;
Canine hunger after food; Nausea and vertigo. After a meal—
4.18
TASTE, APPETITE, VOMITING, ETC. [TASTE, &c.
Headache—confusion; Heartbwrm after a meal; Colic; Griping,
burning eructations. After a meal—Desire to eructate, but unable
to do so; Sour, rancid regurgitations; Hiccough after every meal;
Naw8ea at noon, or even the whole day; Nausea, with faintness,
and inclination to vomit; Vomiting, with nausea; Vomiting of
ingesta; Vomiting, with colic pains; Waterbrash.
Hellebore.—Slimy taste; Dryness; Thirst ; Appetite vora-
cious; Hunger constant (relish for food); Nausea; Aversion to
greens; Food tastes natural, but is repulsive—yet hungry; Womit-
ing of green, blackish substances, with colic.
Hepar Sulph-Putrid taste; Metallic; Sourish metallic ; Taste
of dough ; Loss of taste; Foetid taste; Appetite voracious; Dis-
like to fat; Desire for wine, Acid drink, Vinegar; Thirst exces-
sive; Digestion easily deranged; Erwctations, with Burning in
the throat; Eructations frequent, empty, or sour; Rising of food.
After a meal—Heat and fulness in abdomen; Oppression at chest ;
Palpitation of heart—requires to take deep breath; Weakness,
especially resulting from Mercury or Quinine; Hiccough; Nausea
early in morning; Nausea—frequent sudden attacks—turns pale
and cold; Qualmishness, with inclination to vomit; Waterbrash ;
Vomiting every morning—Bile, or green water; Vomiting, pre-
ceded by retching, violent and long; Vomiting of mucus, with
coagulated blood.
Hyoscyamus.--Bitter taste; Eructations taste bitter; Appe-
tite and strength diminished daily; Thirst unquenchable, followed
by profuse sweat; Unable to swallow drink; Dread of drink;
Constant desire to eructate, but is not able; Nausea and Vertigo;
Vomiting, with vertigo, and after food; Vomiting of the food
taken, for several days; Womiting, with pains at pit of stomach ;
Vomiting of mucus and dark-red blood; Vomiting of blood, with
arrest of breath, convulsions, and cold extremities; Vomiting and
retching, with cutting pains; Colic; Sweat; Hiccough frequent,
with spasms in Abdomen; Hiccough, with thirst, foam at mouth ;
Constipation; Hiccough, with involuntary urine. After a meal the
symptoms are increased, and then become more violent; Headache;
Sense of Intoxication; Pressure at temples; Depression after
dinner, as if some disaster must happen.
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Ignatia.-Taste flat, like chalk; Mouth full of mucus; Food
has no taste; Saliva has a sour taste; Food usually agreeable—after
a little is taken, becomes unpleasant; Aversion to Acids, Wine,
Brandy, Fruit, Smoking; Aversion to Milk, warm food, meat—
prefers cheese, butter, bread; Hiccough when smoking, in one a
constant smoker; Appetite lost, or a very little satisfies; Gulping
of a very bitter fluid; Regurgitation of food; after eating, the food
seems stopped at cardiac orifice; at 3 A.M. he feels hot, and
throws up his supper; Eructations sour, musty, mouldy (evening);
Constant spitting; Saliva flows during sleep; Hiccough after
eating or drinking; Nausea; Qualmishness, with uneasiness, agita-
tion.
Iodium-Taste most unpleasant, disagreeable, offensive; Bitter
in afternoon; Salt, or sour, or of soap; Sweet at the tip of the
tongue; Thirst day and night; Appetite increased; Voracious;
Gnawing hunger; Desire to eat again soon after a meal; Discom-
fort unless he eats every three or four hours; Alternation between
loss of appetite and extreme hunger; Digestion weak—cannot bear
much at one meal; Eructations empty, or sour, with burning;
Heartburn after very little solid food; Hiccough ; Nausea—in-
clined to vomit; Vomiting of bile; the secretion of Bile—Gastric
and pancreatic juice seems to be increased.
Ipecacuanha,_Taste flat, or like rancid oil in the fauces;
Sweet taste, like blood; Bitter taste (morning); Beer tastes flat;
Desire for dainties; Aversion to food; Tobacco nauseates, and
causes vomiting; Qualmishness; Inclined to vomiting; Nausea as
from the stomach, with empty eructations, and accumulation of
saliva; Empty retchings after Gold drink and smoking; Vomiting,
especially when stooping; Vomiting of mucus in large quantities;
Vomiting of mucus—yellow or foetid; Vomiting of mucus—green
or pitchy-black. -
Kreasotum.—Taste flat, like straw; Bitter taste; all food
tastes bitter (morning early, and evening); Appetite gone; Sensation
of fulness as if too much food had been taken; Eructations sour, or
empty, with spitting of frothy saliva; Nausea, especially of preg-
nancy, with constant spitting, burning in the mouth, and shiver-
ing, chilly feeling; Retching in morning early, as in pregnancy; or
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constant rising of sweetish water in the mouth; Vomiting of water
and mucus; Dry nose; Hot forehead; Cold feet and hands;
Thirst.
Lachesis.-Taste offensive—rancid grease; Copper; Taste Metal-
lic, with dry mouth; Salt, especially lips; Taste saltish, sour, mucus,
and saliva; Bitter, morning and night; Taste pappy, or of glue. Ap-
petite—Loss of entire, or for bread; Nausea after milk; Aversion
to food, yet a hungry feeling; Indifference to food for several weeks
—also his usual tobacco and wine; Appetite increases, becomes
strong, but easily deranged; Hunger—gnawing; while waiting he
becomes faint; Desire to eat; after eating he is relieved; Desire
for oysters, acids, wine. Before a meal—Languor, empty risings, or
sour gulpings. After a meal—Regurgitation of ingesta; Vomits on
coughing. After a meal—Drowsiness, languor, heaviness, weary—
lies down; many symptoms arise two or three hours after a meal;
Pains increased, or reappear after drinking wine; after coffee he
feels better; Eructations empty, especially after dinner—choking
to suffocation; Eructations which afford great relief—before, he
felt very ill; Eructations sour, or burning; Bitter, sour, after meat
fried; Regurging of sour water, or of ingesta; Sense of rawness;
Nausea every five or ten minutes (noon and afternoon); Nausea—in-
clined to vomit; he feels sick and ill—suddenly awakes from a
sound sleep; Vomiting of ingesta, or of bile, or green mucus;
Vomiting—very sudden inclination, with urging to diarrhoea;
Vomiting of drunkards—of the pregnant.
Ledum Pal.—Bitter taste; Unpleasant, musty; Hiccough;
Appetite lost, with qualmish feeling in the stomach; a little food
taken seems too much; Pressure and nausea; Strong desire for cold
water; no thirst; Waterbrash; Sudden flow of water from the
mouth, with colic pains; Eructations in the morning; Retching;
Choking; Nausea when walking in open air, with sweat, especially
forehead. Stomach—Contractive pain at sternum after eating fast.
Lobelia Inflata.-Pungent, disagreeable taste; Flow of flat,
clammy saliva, with taste like solution of corrosive sublimate;
Acrid, burning; Bitter, with thirst; Sour fluid gulpings; Hiccough,
with abundant saliva; Flatulent eructations; Nausea, long-conti-
nued, with shivering; Waterbrash; Constant disposition to vomit;
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Nausea, with perspiration; Womiting, especially after warm food;
Vomiting, with prostration; Vomitiſg, with cold perspiration on
face; Violent vomiting.
Lycopodium.–Taste bitter early in morning; Very bitter—
compelled to rinse the mouth; Sour taste of food, cocoa, sweets;
Slimy; Mouldy; Cheesy; Thirst generally absent; Thirst, with dry
lips and mouth; Faint, sick feeling; Appetite lost—no relish for
food; Aversion to meat; Bread is repulsive, also boiled warm food;
Appetite lost after the first mouthful; Desire for sweets; Inclined
to sour eructations; Hunger excessive; Constant hunger, with
sense of a load in the stomach. After a meal—Sense of oppression;
Fulness in chest; Hiccough after supper; Fulness and heaviness
after a meal. After a meal—Sensation of fasting; Pressure in
stomach. After a meal—Pressure; Prickings in forehead; Heat in
the head. After a meal—Red spot on left cheek; Burning-red face;
Hot hands. After a meal—Black spots before the eyes; Distorted
features; Tremors. After a meal—Throbbing throughout the body;
Nervous, weary, palpitations. After a meal—Sensation as if the
food touched an ulcerated spot; Solid food is not digested; Milk
causes diarrhoea; Burning (heartburn) eructations half-an-hour
after every meal; Nausea before breakfast, or when riding in a
carriage; Nausea (afternoon), with sour eructations; Oppression at
the chest ; Nausea, affecting the head; Pain in nape of neck; Trem-
:bling of hands; Nausea, with burning in abdomen; Face icy cold;
Waterbrash every other day—saltish water, or bitter; Qualmish-
ness; Inclined to vomit; Hawking of phlegm; Vomiting, at night,
of mucus and bile; Dark blood. . - * * * *
Mercurius.-Metallic; Bitter; very bitter between meals; Bit-
terness of tongue and lips (not of food); Putrid taste in the morn-
ing; Salt taste many days; Salt taste on lips and tongue; Sweet;
Sourish; Taste like rotten eggs on moving the tongue about the
mouth; Slimy taste; Thirst ; Violent desire for water; no desire
for food; Aversion to dry, solid food—prefers liquid; Burning
thirst day and night; Aversion to meat; Aversion to coffee, butter;
Appetite completely lost, especially the morning, early; Appetite
ravenous, with feeling of weakness—he cannot digest; Eructations
of air, constant and violent; Eructations bitter; Bitter water; Re-
gurgitation; Hiccough; Empty retching; Nausea; Inclination to
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vomit; Waterbrash—very bitter, with nausea and vomiting; Vomit-
ing of mucus which has a bitter taste.
Muriatic Acid.—Taste of rancid grease; Bitter (early morning);
White tongue; Putrid, like rotten eggs; Sweet taste, like honey;
Aversion to all food, more especially meat; Eructations constant,
bitter or putrid, or sour fluid ; Hiccough before and after dinner;
Nausea; Qualmishness, and inclination to vomit; Vomiting.
Natrum Muriat.—Taste lost for a long period; Flat, watery
taste; Bitter taste; Bitterness of the mouth ; Putrid; Putrid taste
and smell; Acid (morning, early); Appetite lost; Dislike to coffee,
brown bread; Aversion to fat meat—tobacco-smoke; Smoking
causes him to sweat and tremble; Hunger frequent; Sense of sink-
ing from hunger, but no appetite; Appetite excessive at supper and
dinner; soon hungry again; Thirst constant, without much desire
to drink; Desire for food and drink of a bitter kind; Water has a
putrid taste. Before a meal—Drowsiness. During meals—Sweatin
face. After meals—Acidity; Heartburn; Nausea; Spasm in chest.
After meals—Acidity; Dry mouth and throat; Sour gulpings;
Eructations empty; Acid ; Acid regurgitations; Waterbrash ;
Hiccough several days; Nausea daily, 7 A.M. until noon ; Nau-
sea immediately after a meal; Vomiting of food; Vomiting of bile;
Nausea and vomiting of the pregnant; Sufferings from acid food,
bread, milk; Fat food and milk disagree—rise, with nausea.
Nitric Acid.—Taste sour, chiefly morning or night. Evening—
Bitter after food, with white-yellow tongue; Sweetish (morning,
early); Thirst excessive—continual; Thirst, with suppuration of the
lungs; Soreness in pharynx and chest. Appetite–Loss of (morn-
ing); very little food satisfies; Brown bread tastes sour—inclines
to vomit; Dislike to boiled meat and sweet things; Desire for
herrings, fat food, earth, chalk, lime; Hunger, with weariness of
life. During a meal—Sweat on forehead; Sore feeling in chest.
After a meal—Taste of the food; Nausea in throat; Languor
excessive, especially in joints of knees and elbows; Weary, drowsy,
chilly; Pale, with coated tongue; Sweat all over, after breakfast
and dinner; Nervous anxiety; Trembling of the limbs; Weary;
Nausea after eating fat; Indigestion from milk; Eructations empty,
before and after a meal—or sour, bilious; Regurgitation of partly
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digested food; Hiccough; Nausea, with trembling and anxiety—
with heat; Inclination to vomit; Constant nausea.
Nux Womica.-Sour taste and smell (morning, early, or after
food); Sour taste of bread; Milk turns sour; Sweet taste; Sulphur
taste, or slime; Metallic; Taste of herbs—tops of carrots; Taste
putrid; Putrid (early morning), as from decayed teeth; Putrid
taste, passing off after breakfast; Putrid, bitter taste, yet food and
drink not affected; Bitter, putrid expectoration; Hawking—low in
the pharynx; Food has but little taste, especially milk, meat,
coffee; Appetite lost, with thirst; Aversion to food; Food and
drink have a foetid smell; Aversion to tobacco, coffee; Thirst for
milk, not water; Aversion to food, yet he feels hungry, especially
after pale ale. Dwring a meal—Heat in head; Sweat on forehead
and scalp; Flushes of heat; Sense of fainting; Nausea. After a
meal—Feeling of sickness, with sense of overloading the stomach;
Sadness; Dissatisfied; Chilly; Cold; Cheeks hot, red; Dulness in
head; Drowsiness; Sudden qualmishness; Vertigo; Fainting ;
Vomiting, with pressure at stomach; Burning in throat; Tobacco
induces Nausea, and inclination to vomit; Hiccough frequent
before dinner; Regurgitation of food; Frequent eructations—
painful—bitter before breakfast; Eructations sour after a meal;
Putrid; Gulpings of fluid; Gulping of bitter, sour fluid (night);
Waterbrash; Nausea; Heartburn, with taste of bad grease ;
Nausea one hour before dinner, or when about to eat; Nausea.
early in the morning, with qualm about the heart; Nausea,
with anxiety, shuddering, qualmish, sick feeling; Chronic morn-
ing sickness; Palpitation; Empty retching; Violent vomiting,
having a sour smell, and tasting like mucus; Vomiting of bile
(at night); Morning vomit—tasteless; Vomiting of black blood,
coagula, bright blood; Vomiting, with cramp in calves, cold
feet, trembling; Lock-jaw; Easy gulping of blood; Vomiting of
the pregnant. - -
Opium, Taste bitter, flat, sour; Loss of appetite; Aversion to
food, with debility; Dislike to meat, with coated tongue—white;
Hunger voracious—a few morsels seem to satisfy; Hunger, with
oppression in the stomach after a meal; Hunger, with great debility;
Desire for beer; Eructations; Nausea; Hiccough, with short inter-
missions; Retching; Inclination to vomit during exercise; Womit-
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ing after a meal—also with convulsive movements; Vomiting of
faeces and urine, with incarcerated hernia; Sour vomiting, with
stupor.
Petroleum.—Slimy taste, with white tongue; Slimy (twenty
days); Slimy taste, without appetite ; Slimy, sour; Sour taste;
Bitter, with scraping in the throat; Flat taste; Putrid—rancid in
the throat; Thirst the whole day; Great thirst for beer; Aversion
to warm boiled food or meat; Appetite ravenous at dinner; Hunger
at night. After a slight meal—Giddiness and swimming in head;
Congestion in the head after a meal; Heat and sweat about the .
head; Fulness after a moderate dinner, with pressure at pit; Cramp-
like spasm in Chest, arresting breath after a meal; Weakness, that
disappears after a meal; Heartburn; Hiccough; Waterbrash;
Nausea; Nausea, with waterbrash; Qualmish all day; Sickness
when riding in a carriage; Sea-sickness; Vomiting of green, bitter
water; Vomiting of pregnancy.
Phosphorus.-Slimy—taste of bad cheese; Salt, or acid, or
Sweet; Bitter taste the whole day, and at breakfast; Sour taste
after drinking milk; Acid after every meal; Acidity, with pulsa-
tions in the forehead; everything taken turns acid; Loss of taste—
no relish ; Sense of taste diminished; Spirits taste like water;
Loss of taste; Aversion to boiled milk; Desire for water; Urgent
desire for refreshing, cooling things; Hunger after a meal; Canine
hunger at night, with languor, heat, and sweat—followed by chills,
coldness, and chattering of the teeth; Waterbrash after acids; Sour
eructations after milk; Nausea and palpitation after smoking;
Hiccough. After dimmer—(every day, Headache); Head confused.
After dinner—Heat in face; Drowsiness; Sleep irresistible. After
dinner—Indolence; Pain in stomach; Shocks at the heart. After
meals—Pulsations at pit; Oppression; Shortness of breath; Anxiety;
Heat; Burning in the hands; Great weakness; Vesicles on tongue
(one hour); Frequent eructations, with pain in cardiac orifice; Spas-
modic eructations; Eructations bitter, tasting of the food; Acid after
every meal; Acid regurgitation of food, and bile or water; Heart-
burn after a little fat; Hiccough frequent; Nausea constant, with
thirst and hunger; Waterbrash after acid drink; Vomiting, with
weakness, quick pulse, paralysis of arm; Vomiting of bile for
eighteen hours; Sour, bilious vomit; Vomiting, with cold sweat on
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forehead; Icy cold feet; Womiting of blood; Vomit, with diarrhoea;
Asiatic Cholera.
Phosphoric Acid, Taste putrid, flat—of herbs—smoky, acid;
Long-lasting taste of bread; Aversion to bread—it has a sour
smell; Bread tastes like bile; Violent thirst ; Desire for milk or
beer; Appetite lost; Desire for juicy, refreshing things; Acids
induce eructations. After a meal—Dulness in the head; Pressure in
stomach; Nausea; Constant nausea, as if in the throat; Vomiting.
Platina.-Sweet taste on tip; Thirst—constantly drinking; Loss
of Appetite; Dislike to food; Weeping mood; after a few mouth-
fuls she is sad, and satiated; Hunger, with pinching about um-
bilicus after a meal; Eructations loud, empty (morning and after
dinner); Gulping of a bitter, sour fluid, inducing cough ; Qualm
and Nausea, with languor, anxiousness, trembling; Desire to vomit,
but does not; with uneasiness of the limbs.
Pulsatilla.-Slimy, or of decayed herbs, or putrid meat (morn-
ing); Pus-like; Pungent; Earthy or Nauseating; Bilious taste
after a meal; Bitter in the evening; Food tastes bitter, especially
bread when chewing only; Butter and meat taste bitter; Milk has
mo taste; Taste diminished for every kind of food; Loss of Appetite;
no desire for warm food—only cares for bread, butter, and fruit;
Desire for food, not caring what; he does not relish anything; Loss
of thirst; Nausea, with inclination to vomit; Thirst, with dry
throat; Desire for water, beer, spirits; a very little fluid causes an
inclination to vomit; Nausea, and inclination to vomit at night and
evening; Vomiting, saltish or acid, or bitter in the morning ;
Vomiting of mucus after supper, in bed, or after every meal.
Before Vomiting—Pale face; Chilliness; Pain; Stitches in ear.
After Vomiting—Bitter mouth; Burning in CEsophagus; no
Appetite; Erwctations after a meal; Bilious, bitter; Acid after
coffee; Eructations tasting of rancid tallow, or putrid meat.
Symptoms after a meal—Pressure and pain in stomach; Heavi-
ness of the head; Stiff neck; Short breath; Vexed mood; Alter-
nate laughing and weeping; Frequent eructations, tasting of
ingesta; Nausea as from oil; Sudden, short vomit of bile;
Waterbrash; Vomiting of Blood; Vomiting after rich pastry,
fat food.
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Rhus Tox. —Sharp, acid, bitter; Coppery, with scraping in
throat; Putrid—early morning, and after meal; Greasy; Bitter
taste the whole day; Food tastes bitter, especially bread; Sour
taste after milk; Flat, slimy taste; Appetite completely lost for
every kind of food; Repugnance to bread especially; Dislike to
meat and broth ; Dislike to wine, coffee; Brandy causes violent
burning in throat; Liquid, when swallowed, is apt to get into the
glottis; Difficulty of swallowing solid food, from dryness in throat,
with sense of contraction in pharynx and oesophagus; Desire for
cold milk, and for dainties; Eructations, with creeping in the
stomach, especially sitting up ; Eructations violent, empty (even-
ing), with hiccough ; Eructations burning, with giddiness, and
faint after a meal. After a meal—Eaccessive sleepiness; Toothache;
Headache. After a meal—Cough; Weariness; Headache, especially
after beer. After a meal—Shuddering; Pressure in the stomach;
Nausea, especially in the throat; also in chest and stomach; Ris-
ings and nausea, with anxiety; Waterbrash; Sudden vomiting
while eating.
Secale Cornutum.—Flat, bitter, spoiled taste; Peculiar taste,
as after smoking; Thirst unquenchable; Thirst, with dryness in
throat; Aversion to food; Food not assimilated. Second—Appe-
tite excessive, especially for acids; Hunger canine, with weakness
of mind; Eructations sour, or with offensive, putrid smell; Heart-
burn; Nausea; Retching—inclined to vomit; Vomiting of mucus,
black bile, or bilious substances.
Sepia-Acid taste, with constipation; Putrid; Bitter; Thirst,
both morning and evening; also without appetite; Aversion to all
food, especially meat; Salt taste of food; Aversion to milk; Desire
for vinegar, for wine; Ravenous hunger, especially at sight of
food; Painful feeling of hunger; Water in the mouth; Heat and
sweat during a meal—profuse after dinner; Acidity in the mouth
after a meal; Weak digestion; Erwctations very frequent, bitter
(morning), acid (evening); Hiccough after a meal; Waterbrash;
Nausea; Nausea before breakfast—and of the pregnant; Vomiting
after the nausea in the morning—relieved by eating; Vomiting of
the pregnant, with great fatigue; also of milky water.
Silicea.—Bitter taste in the morning; Taste of oil or blood;
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Loss of taste; Aversion to meat and meat-soup; Great thirst, with
loss of appetite. After a meal—Eructations; Acidity in the
mouth; Pressure in stomach; Repletion; Sweat; Palpitation;
Profuse heat; Fulness; Drowsy and faint; Heartburn after every
meal; Eructations acid; Nausea after exercise, when heated ; Con-
stant nausea; Nausea, with headache, and pain in the eyeballs
on turning them; Vomiting after every drink; Vomiting of in-
gesta at night.
Spigelia.-Flat, putrid taste, having the sense of a foetid
odour; no appetite, but a good deal of thirst—also evening;
Aversion to smoking, snuff, and coffee. Second—Canine hunger,
with nausea and thirst ; Nausea before breakfast.
Spongia.-Thirst, with desire for cold water (evening); Sweet
in mouth ; Bitter in throat; Hiccough; Appetite increased; Hun-
ger; Eructations empty, acid; Waterbrash.; Eructations bitter;
Nausea—inclination to vomit; Eructations, with cutting, tearing
in the stomach.
Squilla, Sour or bitter; Food tastes flat, insipid, or burnt;
Appetite completely lost; Meat and soup had no taste; Bread and
butter tastes sweet; in a few hours he is hungry, and seemed as
if he could not eat enough ; Meat and soup taste sweet, and are
repulsive ; Eructations empty or acid, or unpleasant taste; Nausea
at back of throat, with accumulation of water in mouth; Nausea
constant, with cough in the morning; Retching; Desire to vomit,
alternating with threatening diarrhoea; Thirst for cold water; he
can swallow but very little at a time.
Stannum.—Taste flat, bitter, or sour; Bitter taste of food (not
water); Sweet rising in the throat; Beer tastes like herbs, or
bitter; Appetite increased; Thirst; Weak Digestion; Eructa-
tions acid, with sense of roughness in the throat; Nausea and
bitterness; Retching (evening); Vomiting—bitter, bilious; Vomit-
ing of undigested food; Vomiting of blood. -
Staphysagria-Flat or bitter taste in mouth, or watery;
Food tastes good; Bread tastes sour; Desire for milk; Eactreme
hunger immediately after a meal; Hunger, with waterbrash;
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Desire for liquids, wine, tobacco; Hiccough after every meal;
Qualmishness—three days’ duration; Nausea, with desire to vomit
every morning; Accumulation of water in the mouth after a
meal; very soon after a full meal he is hungry, with water in the
mouth.
Stramonium.—Bitterness of the mouth, and of food; or like
straw; Taste for food spoiled; Appetite diminished; Spasmodic
hiccough ; Sour eructations; Inclination to vomit; Vomiting
(evening, night), with limbs convulsed; Vomiting of mucus, green
bile, with thirst (evening); Vomiting of sour-smelling mucus;
Bilious vomit from slight motion.
Sulphur.—Putrid in the morning; Nausea, with sweetish
taste, in the forenoon; Sweetish, putrid; Acid, vinegar-like (morn-
ing, or all the day); Bitter taste (morning, early), with low spirits,
and dulness in head; Bitter taste on waking; Bitter mucus in the
mouth ; Bitter taste soon after eating—the food tastes bitter;
Bilious taste before breakfast—the food tasted good; Salt, or salt-
ish, sour taste; Food tastes like straw, flat; Appetite completely
lost—desire only for acid food; Aversion to meat. Second—Exces-
sive hunger; Thirst intense—desire for beer, sugared water; Milk
lies heavy—is vomited—turns sour—causes eructations; Vege-
tables are not digested; Sweets induce colic, and pain in stomach;
Meat or fat is not digested; Headache and dulness after a meal.
After eating—Repletion; Nausea; Waterbrash; Depression. After
dinner—Cold feet; Palpitation; Shudders; Legs heavy; Food
rises up to the throat; Vomits immediately after food or drink;
Eructations—morning, and after every meal—Empty; Eructa-
tions tasting like rotten eggs, or acid; Aeid risings; Eructations
acid, with burning; Sour regurgitations after drinking; Eructations
foetid at night; Heartburn—morning—the whole day; Naw8ea.
every morning, and when riding in a carriage; Nausea before a
meal—also with tremor and fainting; Nausea, with inclination to
vomit (three mornings); Waterbrash; Vomiting—sour at night,
with cold sweat in face; Vomiting of food—of mucus, with retch-
ing—Bitter, or blood. - -
Sulphuric Acid.—Bad, flat, putrid; Pappy food not agree-
able; Loss of appetite; Aversion to food; Dislike to coffee;
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Bread has a bitter, bilious taste; Milk induces flatulence, exhaus-
tion, and faintness; Qualmishness after eating; Warm food
causes a cold sweat on face and forehead. After a meal—Faint-
ness, Colic, uneasiness—stomach feels tight, as if it would burst;
Acidity in the throat; Eructations sour, especially in open air;
Acid regurgitations; Gulping up of sweetish water; Eructation
tasting of onion; Nausea, with saliva; Chilliness; Desire to
vomit; Womiting of clear water, followed by the food eaten.
Tartar Emetic.—Offensive; Bad; Metallic ; Astringent; Salt ;
Foul; Qualmish, with water in the mouth; Food tastes flat;
Thirst every other day; Desire for water and apples; Loathing
after eating; Qualmishness, with prostration; Nausea, with
anxiety; Nausea; Vomiting and Diarrhoea; Great languor;
Eructations empty or putrid; Regurgitation of watery fluid—
salt or acid; Hiccough ; Vomiting—spasmodic.
Thuja.-Flat ; Sweetish ; Slimy; the saliva and bread taste
bitter; Mucus in the throat; no relish for food; Anxiety after
eating, with palpitation of the heart; Hiccough ; Eructations
rancid, putrid, bitter; Desire for cold drink before a meal, and
a long time after. After a meal—Debility; Lassitude; Inability
for exercise; Sufferings from fat, greasy food—onions.
Weratrum.—Taste diminished, pappy; Insipid, sourish taste;
Profuse saliva without taste; Putrid, herb-like, or like manure;
Bitter, like bile; Pungent coolness, such as is produced by pep-
permint. Appétite—Desire for acids, fruit, cooling things—not
warm food; Craving for food, cucumber, sardines, herrings—more
especially fruit; Constant flow of saliva from the mouth; Hic-
cough; Erwctations empty, bitter, or sour; Bilious risings;
Nausea before breakfast; Inclination to vomit, with taste of bile;
Nausea constant, with profuse saliva—with thirst; Inclination to
vomit, with lock-jaw and ptyalism; Bitter vomiting; Vomiting
of ingesta; and with green mucus, or dark-green; Vomiting of
Blackish bile and mucus; Black bile; Blood; Vomiting, accom-
panied with chilliness and shivering; Weakness; Vomiting, with
painful retraction of the abdomen; Vomiting renewed by motion,
or the least quantity of liquid drink; Vomiting, with diarrhoea,
and pains at the pit of stomach. -
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Zincum.—Taste of blood—decayed cheese; Sweet; Saltish ;
Bitter, or of raw peas. Thirst—Burning, violent; Thirst for
water, at or after dinner, with heat in the palms; Aversion to
boiled warm food—meat, fish, veal; Greediness when eating—
cannot feel satisfied; Difficult digestion; Sour risings after bread
and milk; Acrid risings after eating sweets; Griping in epigas-
trium (two hours). After dinner—Feeling of emptiness. After a
meal (dinner or supper)—Bloated, distended feeling; Bleeding of
the nose after dimmer, with swimming in the head; Dizziness, as
if looking through gauze, after dinner; Eructations empty,
sweetish, or acid, after dinner; Nausea produced by the action of
the body during washing; Nausea and vomiting return on move—
ment, or sitting up.
STOMACH, LIVER, AND SPLEEN.
Aconite.—Burning sensation, and oppressive pain, from mouth
into oesophagus and stomach; Sensation of rawness from throat to
stomach; Contractive pain, as from astringents; Violent pain im-
mediately after eating or drinking; Tightness, pressure, fulness,
weight, in hypochondria; Pain and swelling at pit of stomach,
with short breath; Stitches under right ribs during inspiration;
Pressure as of a stone or load, inducing Asthma—at other times a
spasm is felt passing through the back; Continual sensation as of
a cold stone lying in stomach—repeated vomit and stool did not
remove it; Sensation of stiffness toward back, as if strained.
Arsenicum.—Excessive pain in stomach, and pit very tender
to the touch, with distention; Pressure, as from a stone; Pressure
as if the heart were displaced. After a meal—Sensation as if the
Stomach and CEsophagus were full to the mouth, with empty
eructations; Spasmodic pains—cutting, tearing, gnawing, peck-
ing; Burning; Heat; Pain; Oppression; Anxiety; Oppressive
anguish; Moaning at night.
Arnica.-Nausea; Qualmishness; Retching to vomit; Eructa-
tions empty; Retching at night, with sense of a lump; Vomiting
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of blood—coagulated, dark—renewed by eating and drinking;
Feeling of repletion, with loathing; Stitches at the pit of the
stomach, through to back; Pressure and digging at sternum;
Sensation as of a ball of thread rolling up. After a meal—Fulness
at pit, with painful pressure—deep at one spot, apparently at the
bladder—felt most when standing—with constant desire to pass
urine. Pinching, spasmodic griping; Biting pain; Painful pres-
sure at pit, with dyspnoea; Stitches extending to the back, with
constriction in the chest.
Belladonna. — Throbbing, beating at pit; Violent pains;
Hard and painful pressure after a meal; Periodical pains after a
meal; Fulness; Pressure; Painful pressure when walking;
Spasms; Chronic Spasm of the stomach during a meal; Contrac-
tive pains; Stitches; Burning; Lancinations; Cutting pain at
pit—arresting the Breath; Inflammation of the Stomach and
Dwodenwm.
Bismuth.-Nausea—he felt he must vomit; Pressure in the
stomach; Burning pressure, with vertigo; Humming in the
head; Redness of the conjunctiva; Small, quick, or hard pulse ;
Vomiting, with diarrhoea ; Burning in the throat; Troublesome
pressure and burning, followed by an emission of much flatus;
Pressive pain, with frontal headache; White tongue; Dimness of
sight; Pains like Colic; Burning; Inflammation.
Bryonia.-Pressure after eating, with ill-humour (irritable);
Pressure, when walking, at pit of stomach; Pressure on bladder
and perinaeum—removed by sitting; Contractive pain in stomach,
with flushes, eructations, nausea; Stitches when lying (one side);
Darting when making a false step or movement; Painful soreness
at pit when coughing or touching it—he cannot bear the slightest
pressure; Pinching, cutting like knives, at pit ; Sensation of
swelling at pit ; Burning in stomach; Spasms; Inflammation of
stomach; Tension, burning, stinging, in hepatic region when
coughing or taking breath; Drawing in hepatic region (morning,
early), through stomach and back; also after a meal, with vomit-
ing; Inflammation in hepatic region; Stitches in spleen.
Calcarea.—Painful to touch—cannot bear clothes; Inflation,
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with pressure (left side); Pressure all day, and of a lump after sup-
per; Pressure, with griping, tearing (walking); Spasm, with eruc-
tation and yawning; Violent spasm (afternoon)—then sweat all over
body; Griping, gnawing, cutting, pinching; Tension, constriction
in Hypochondria; Tension and pressure in hepatic region—it feels
enlarged, as if it would burst—unable to lie on right side; Aching
pain in liver (night)—hard to the touch ; Drawing pain (liver),
posterior to the back; Stitches in hepatic region during or
after stooping; Pain as if the liver were raw; Throbbing in
left hypochondria during rest and motion; Sharp pinching in
left hypochondria.
Carbo Veg.—Weight, with trembling sensation in stomach;
Heavy, as if hanging down, when walking; Sense of pressure, passing
off in flatus; Pinching at the pit from flatulence; Spasm in the
stomach, with sour eructations; Spasm, with cardialgia, when
nursing ; Contracting spasm at night, with acidity; Spasm from
portal obstruction; Contraction just below the stomach; Contrac-
tion near Scrob. cord. (right side); Gnawing early, before breakfast;
Acrid rising to throat, like heartburn; Pains are aggravated or ex-
cited by fright, flatulent food, after a meal, chagrin, or a cold.
Liver—Pain as if bruised; Tightness as if the skin were too short.
Liver—Pressing pain when walking in open air. Liver—Pain as
if beaten to pieces. Liver—Violent stitches in region of ; Pain
lancinating; Tearing in both hypochondria, which are painful to
the touch.
d
Causticum.—Pains in the stomach; Pressure (morning, early);
Pressure in scrob. cord.—also as of an icicle; Spasm; Contraction
early in the morning, and with water in the mouth ; Griping, pres-
sure, tightness, pinching at pit; Stitches at Scrob. cord., with sense
of contraction; Tingling in region of the stomach; Shuddering;
Hypochondria (left)—sharp stitches, or burning; Stitches in liver
(afternoon)—duration four hours; Painful tearing in liver at even-
ing; she cannot bear the weight of the dress.
Chamomilla.-Pain and distention in Epigastrium, with sen-
sation of the contents rising into the chest ; Incarceration of flatu-
lence, pressing upwards; Oppression as of a stone; Spasms after a
meal, or at night, or from coffee; Burning at pit of stomach.
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China.--Fulness after a meal; Oppression. After every meal—
Presswre, with burning; Pressure, arresting the breath; Hard pres-
sure; Pressure in the evening—feels as if diarrhoea would come;
Spasmodic pains—contractive, crampy; Stitches—griping, tearing;
Darting, soreness; Soreness at pit—diarrhoea does not relieve.
Liver—Pain in, when touching, as if ulcerated. Liver—Pressure
in, while standing, passing, or bending. Liver—Stitches during an
inspiration or contact. Liver—Swollen, enlarged, hard. Spleen—
Stitches when walking slowly; Cutting pressure; Swelling, with
hardness. -
Cocculus.-Sensation of having been a long time without food;
Pecking; Gnawing ; Pressure at pit arrests breathing; Clawing
and tension at pit when walking; Violent spasm; Griping; Claw-
ing in stomach; Constrictive pain hinders sleep; Spasm after a
meal; Feeling of weakness.
Colchicum.—Tingling; Soreness; Burning; Heaviness; Icy-
cold feeling; Oppression at pit; Stitches at pit—also pressure;
Burning; Stomach sensitive to the touch—cannot bear the hand;
Pain as from Soreness.
Colocynthis.--Fulness in epigastrium; Burning while eating;
Pains as of Squeezing, cutting, cramping, plucking; Constriction,
extending up osophagus to throat; Pressure as from a stone;
Squeezing pains which prevent sleep; Painful at pit, which is
tender to touch ; the stomach pains are often accompanied with
pain in teeth and head; Colie, with diarrhoea, after the least nou-
rishment. -
Conium.—Pressure at pit, as if a round body would rise from
the stomach up through Gesophagus; Drawing pains—pit to fauces,
and shortness of breath ; Contractive pain, with coldness in stomach
and back; Spasm and spasmodic pinching, grasping, or clenching;
Raw, sore feeling, as of sub-cutaneous ulceration; Oppression at pit
on leaning back, arresting breath and speech. Hypochondria—Sen-
sation of tightness as of a band; Aching; Sharp drawing; Painful
tearing, or stitches in liver (right lobe), arresting breath; Painful
stitch (left)—morning, in bed; Oppressed breathing; Searching
lancination—left hypochondria. - -
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STOMACH, LIVER, AND SPLEEN. ISTOM, &c.
Cuprum.–Horrible spasms and colic pains; Pressure at pit;
Gnawing and pricking, as if piercing with pins; Peculiar anxiety,
with sensation of weakness, especially about the pit, which is ex-
cessively sensitive to touch and motion.
Digitalis.-Weakness of digestion long-continued; Weakness—
feels as if he should die after eating; Weight; Pressure frequent,
as of a load; Pressure, with cutting at pit; Nausea and vomit;
Spasms—relieved by eructations; Lancinations from pit, extend-
ing to sides and back; Burning—great heat, extending to oeso-
phagus.
Drosera.-Hypochondriac region tender to touch ; Clawing,
sticking, throbbing in stomach—at pit; Cramp and tension at pit
during inspiration; Spasm and contraction from stomach to the
back. -
Dulcamara.-Pressure at stomach, extending into the chest ;
Aching at pit, like a shock—increased by pressure; Sense of infla-
tion at pit; Tight pain at pit; Retraction at pit, with burning
pain; Crampy pain in stomach, arresting the breath; Dull stitch—
also sticking pain in scrob. cordis.
Graphites.—Pressure—relieved by lying down; Griping con-
traction; Griping, with nausea; Constant spitting; Contractive ;
Clawing or squeezing; Gnawing; Stitches and throbbing at pit ;
Cold feeling in stomach; Stitches in hypochondrium.
Helleborus.--Scraping or rubbing (rough) sensation; Painful
burning, rising to the CEsophagus; Pinching pain as if bruised—
pyloric region—the pain felt at every step—talking and contact ;
Distention at pit, with sense of ulceration. -
Hepar Sulph-Pressure after a very moderate meal; Tension
across pit; unable to bear the clothes; Pressure at pit every morn-
ing on awaking; Swelling, with pressure; Sense of distention; Cold
hands; Gnawing, with acid regurgitation; Uneasy weight and
acridity during digestion; Stitches in region of liver when walk-
ing; Congestion in both hypochondria 2–with sensation as if the
circulation had stopped; Stitches in the Spleen when walking.
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STOM, &c., STOMACH, Liver, AND SPLEEN.
Hyoscy.—Tightness about pit; Sense of weakness; Burning,
as if inflamed; Pressure at sternum; Spasm and oppression;
Spasm of Diaphragm; Epigastric region sensitive, and tender to
touch. -
Ignatia.-Sensation of emptiness, as after long fasting; Weak
feeling; Periodical pains at night—increased by pressure; Pécu-
liar sense of weakness at pit and epigastric region; Pressure at
pit ; Fine stinging sensation, pricking jerks, and spasmodic pain;
Drawing, burning pressure; Region of stomach sensitive to con-
tact; Constrictive sensation in hypochondria—increased by pres-
sure and movement (walking). ',
Iod.—Pain, and sense of obstruction, with bilious stools; Ful-
ness, pressure, and distention; Gnawing pains; Pressure—increased
after every meal; Fulness and distention; Prickings; Pulsation at
pit; Increased heat; Burning; Left hypochondria hard—tender on
pressure ; Stitches in hepatic region; Pulsative pains in Epigas-
trium.
Ipec.—Feels to hang down, as if relaxed; no appetite; Empty
relaxation, with excessive sick feeling ; Sensation of sickness at
Scrob. cordis; Dull, sticking pains, as with a pointed stick, at pit;
Severe spasmodic pains in stomach; Pressure; Swelling in region
of stomach.
Kreasote.--Tightness across the region of the stomach—the
clothes must be loosened; Sensation at pit, as if a fibre were being
torn out—it seemed to affect the whole frame; (3 P.M.)—rest; Pul-
sation at pit, which extended through the body (motion); Frequent
stitches at pit at night—also by day; Painful, hard spot, left side
of stomach (Schirrus?) -
Lach,-Violent pains; Pain at pit on slight pressure; Soreness;
Gnawing, digging, as from a worm; Pressure (morning)—obliged to
rise—relieved by emission of flatus; Pressure as from a load after
a meal—relieved by eructations; Spasmodic pains, 6 P.M. every
evening, with nausea and vomiting; Sensation in stomach and
bowels, as if a lump were accumulating; Sudden stitch at pit;
Burning at pit; Alternate heat and coldness, with oppressed
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stomach, LIVER, AND SPLEEN. [STOM., &c.
breathing; Hypochondria; Pain and sense of ulceration when
coughing, or on taking a deep inspiration; Pain in right side—feels
as if a lump were forming; Pain and darting in the region of the
Spleen. .
Lobelia.--Dyspepsia; Feeling of weakness, extending to the
Chest; Sensation of excessive weakness up to chest, down to um-
bilicus; Pressure from stomach to back, as from a plug; Burning,
extending to spinal column, as if inflamed at the posterior part of .
stomach ; Pressure at pit, with bilious vomiting, oppression at
chest, and pain at Small of back; Painful constriction at car-
diac region; Spasm at stomach. Abdomen—Distention of, with
shortness of breath; Pains worse after food; Dull pain. Stool—
Pap-like ; White; Soft; Sense of passing a hard, rough body;
Copious discharge of venous blood from haemorrhoids.
Lycopodium.-Intense pain at pit, with swelling; Fulness—
the slightest pressure cannot be borne ; Pressure, and at cardiac
orifice (evening); Pressure violent (forenoon); Pain on touch and
breathing; Pressure at pit, and lower part of chest (afternoon), or
on lifting a weight; Spasm and contraction in stomach and chest—
returns on taking wine; Whirling sensation at pit, with dry flushes
in the face; Tearing; Gnawing; Griping; Tension when breath-
ing; Anxious; Qualm at pit, such as may feel from swinging; Hy-
pochondria; Tension as from a tight band; Pain after a meal;
Tension—cramp-like, or grasping as with the hand; Sensation
as if the suspensory ligament of the liver would be torn; Stitches,
pinching, or sense of rawness; Tension and pain in left hypochon-
drium; Gurgling very audible in left hypochondrium.
Mercurius.-Burning pain at pit; Constriction, tearing; Pain
over the whole region—very tender to touch; Pulsation at pit,
which is visible; Ulcerative pain; Sensation as if one had vomited
much; Aching pain, especially during a deep inspiration; Cramp
after taking very little food, even the lightest; after a meal
(seated) the food lies heavy, in one lump; Bread causes oppression,
or seems to drag the stomach down; Pressure after a meal, with
nausea; Region of stomach very sensitive; Ill-humour after a
meal. Hepatic Region—Very sensitive, tender—pricking, shoot-
ing; Painful stitch, affecting inspiration, and with eructations;
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Burning sensation; Pressure from within outwards; Swelling and
induration, with deep yellow colour of skin.
Mur. Ac.—Contractive pain at one spot, as if drawn up; Violent
pressure, as if the stomach were too full; Feeling of fulness, although
he had not eaten; Feeling of emptiness—not relieved by eating;
Burning and throbbing at one spot (left side), near pit; Burning in
the right hypochondria, at a small spot; Stitches under the left
ribs; Stitch in left hypochondrium; Cramp-like pain, tension, in
left hypochondrium. -
Nat. Mur.—Sensation behind the sternum, as of a foreign
body; Sensation of a hard swelling at pit, with tightness; Pain on
slight pressure; Swelling and pain as if ulcerated; Pressure, with
sensation of having taken cold; Pressure, with nausea and rapid
failure of strength; Cramp (evening), through the night, until the
morning; Contractions; Cramp, with sense of coldness in stomach
and back; Jerking; Throbbing at pit; Stitches; Prickings;
Burning at pit—sometimes with heat—then coldness; Small red
spots at pit ; Stinging, itching—and become pustules. Hepatic
Region—Violent aching; Drawing from above downward; Pinch-
ings (right side); Stitches when, seated (afternoon); Stitches (left
side) during inspiration—fast walking.
Nitric Acid.—Pain in cardiac region when passing the food;
Pressure in stomach—increased by weight of the hand; Pressure,
especially before a meal—removed by eating; Pressure at pit, with
Sudden burning, as if blood would be vomited; Pressure and sore-
ness in the morning, and during the day; Cramp as if from cold;
Contractive cramps; Cramp, extending to the umbilicus, with
rapid breathing; Stitch below the pit; Gnawing pains before
breakfast; Pulsation—rushing of blood—at pit; Heat; Burning;
Sense of movement (left of pit), without pain. Hepatic Region
–Stitches; Pressure; Tension; Yellow skin, with constipation;
Pressure, tension, in left hypochondria. Spleen—Stitches constant
at every movement. Spleen—Sensation as if enlarged.
Nux Wom,-Spasmodic aching—fauces to pit (morning, early);
Pressure constant about the cardiac region; Constant pain; and
sensitive to pressure; Violent pain; Pressure as from a stone
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(morning, early); or after eating; Oppression at pit, with anguish
at night; Pressure, like a stone, in epigastrium—increased by
motion—relieved by rest; Fulness at pit, especially after a meal;
Tension across epigastrium (3 P.M.), with sore pain in abdomen;
Cramp-like pain, with pressure from pharynx to pit; Cramp-like
contractions; Griping, tearing pains after midnight—also after a
meal, or before breakfast; Painful contraction at pylorus—the
food seems as if it would rise; Choking sensation; Gnawing lan-
cinations; Tearing; Raw, sore feeling in stomach; Throbbing
after supper; Shocks—sense of turning about ; Burning; Burn-
ing at pit; Burning at pylorus; Cardialgia, with anguish, after
coffee or chamomile tea; Hepatic region very tender to pres-
sure; Throbbing, as of an abscess; Stitches; Tensive pressure—
aggravated by touch and motion—unable to lie on the affected
side; Swelling and induration after Quinine; Jaundice.
Opium.-Oppression; Pressure as from a stone; Pressure after
dinner—relieved by walking in open air; Pressure across the stomach
and region of diaphragm; Painful distention at pit; Sudden com-
pression of diaphragm; Constrictive pain in stomach, with intense,
deadly anguish.
Petroleum.—Qualmish, empty feeling, with dulness of the head;
Heaviness—relieved by walking ; Oppression before breakfast; Dis-
tention and fulness at pit; Cramps at pit; Sudden gripings, as if
produced by a cold, with anxiety; Pain and sensation as if some-
thing would be torn off; Stitches brought on by little exertion;
Swelling and tenderness to touch at pit. Hepatic Region—Pres-
sure; Stitches.
Phosphorus.-Whole region painful to the touch; Painful
when walking; Digestion weak, deranged, difficult; Pressure at a
small spot, and in right temple at the same time; Pressure in car-
diac region, especially after bread; Pressure as of a load. After a
meal—Arresting the breath; Repletion, with pressure and flatu-
lence; Sensation as if stomach were compressed from the sides;
Cramp, with chilly tremulousness; Contractions; Pinching; Gnaw-
ing; Griping, with arrest of breath; Rumbling, with sensation of
bubbles bursting within; Coldness—sometimes alternating with
heat; Burning in stomach—ascending to throat—descending to the
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STOM., &c.] STOMACH, LIVER, AND SPLEEN. - * =
bowels; Burning—violent, with thirst; Anguish; Convulsed face;
Cold limbs; Clear running at the eyes; Lips pale; Pulse weak;
Gradual loss of strength; Death; Burning at pit; Inflammation;
Gangrene; the pains come on after eating—evening and night ;
Contraction at pit, with regurgitation.
Phosp. Ac.—Pressure as from a load, with drowsiness; Exces-
sive fatigue after breakfast—load heavy, like lead; Sensation of
to-and-fro movement (balancing) in the stomach; Oppression
before and after dinner, especially at pit—unable to bear the pres-
sure of clothes; Stitches at pit, as if something were being torn
away; Stitches at pit, passing through to small of back; Coldness
in stomach; Burning at pit. Hepatic Region—Pressing, pushing,
with anguish ; Cramp-like pains; Stitches in liver and spleen;
Burning at one spot; Heaviness in the liver.
Platina.-Twitchings, like jactitation of muscles; Pressure at
pit; Repletion, as if overloaded (morning), with eructations;
Drawing pain at pit, with sensation as if strained; Contractive
pain at pit, as if she had laced too tightly, causing a sense of suf-
focation; Pinching in scrob. cordis ; Creeping from pit of stomach
to throat—compels her to cough; Dull beating (hammering)
under the rib cartilage; Violent stitches (right side) near pit; Dull
shocks; Gnawing and writhing (morning, early), with waterbrash.
Pulsatilla. — Pain at pit during inspiration; Pain on pres-
sure; Aching pain (afternoon), arresting the breath; Aching,
drawing at pit (morning, early), passing into side of chest—then
to the back, when it is of a tearing character; Tingling at pit;
Tension; Jerks, with internal heat; Pulsation at pit—perceptible;
Griping, tearing; Beating; Stitches when missing a step on
uneven pavement; Pain at pit of stomach and hypochondria dur-
ing pregnancy. Hepatic Region–Drawing, tensive pain; or Con-
tractive, sticking, darting pain; Darting and pricking in infra-
costal region, as of an ulcer—through to back. -
Rhus Tox—Pressure at pit, with sense as if swollen—imped-
ing respiration (evening); Pressure as having swallowed too
large a morsel; Sensation as of a lump, when standing up, after a
meal; Frequent risings from pit to throat, affecting the breath
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STOMACH, LIVER, AND SPLEEN. [STOM., &c.
(evening); Oppression and contraction, as if drawn together;
Cramp-like sensation at pit, as if tight, too full; Violent throbbing
below the pit; Stitches (right side); Pinching at pit, extending
into hypogastric region; Pinching below the diaphragm, then in
the stomach; Ulcerative pain at pit; Cold feeling in stomach;
Sensation when stooping, or from false step, as of some substance
detached. Hypochondria–Pressure from below upwards, with
anxiety and fear of death; Pain in right Hypochondria.
Secale.—Constant pain, oppression, and pressure at pit, with
desire for drink; Pressure until the breath is impeded, with desire
for food; Sensation of heat and excited action; Heat and burn-
ing ; Inflammation; Gangrene of stomach, liver, and lungs.
Sepia.-Pains in stomach and pit—walking; Pressure in pit;
Pressure after a meal, with tenderness; Pressure on the stomach ;
Hard pressure, as from a stone, especially after bread; Cramp in
stomach and chest ; Burning in stomach and pit; Heat and
stitches; Fine pricking; Pulsations at pit. Hepatic Region—
Stitching, jerks; Throbbing and soreness. -
Silica.—Load heavy as lead; Pressure — painful pressure ;
Screwing sensation, followed by a soft stool; Griping, grasping; "
Burning at the pit; Pressure in stomach, with cutting in intes-
times. Hepatic Region—Hardness, distention; Throbbing pains,
with sense of ulceration—increased by contact and walking ;
Stitches under the lower ribs—increased by deep inspiration.
Spongia.-Pressure at pit; Aching—cannot bear pressure of
clothes; Relaxed feeling in stomach and Oesophagus, as if filled
with tepid water; Sensation as if stomach were open; Sensation
of coldness at pit, with fulness.
Stann-Pressure, and crowded sensation in the stomach; Pain,
as from sub-cutaneous ulceration, on contact; Pressure at pit, with
anxiety, as if haemorrhage would come on; Cutting; Spasmodic
griping, with rising and nausea; Puffing up of the skin in the
region of the stomach; Chronic cardialgia, with hunger and diar-
rhoea; Cardialgia, with nausea—pale, sickly complexion. Hepatic
Region—Hysteric spasms in region of the diaphragm; Cutting in
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STOM., &c.] - STOMACH, LIVER, AND SPLEEN.
right hypochondria—cramp-like pain in left; Painful jerks on
both sides; Stinging and pressure in liver; Stinging in the region
of the spleen.
Staph, Pressure as from a load, on awaking in the morning—
not removed by any change of position; Pressure and tension—
aggravated by eating bread; Sense of relaxation, as if the stomach
hung loose; Tension and oppression at pit; Pinching; Tension
across the epigastrium, with anxiety and dyspnoea; Cramp-like
pressure below the sternum; Contraction in hypochondria, oppress-
ing the breath (three days).
Sulph. The whole region very sensitive to pressure, even the
bed-clothes; Presswre, with burning; Nausea; Anxiety, as from
a lump; Pressure towards chest and back, hypochondria and
abdomen; Pressure at pit, with anxiety—intolerable; Pressure
very violent—two hours after a meal—affecting the back; Com-
pression, with vomiting; Swelling at the pit; Tension, with sen-
sation as if too much food had been eaten; Contractive pain,
arresting the breath; Boring at nape of neck; Spasm immediately
after a meal—at night—before dinner, with sweat; Digging, pinch-
ing, biting; Pricking—frequent pricking; Coldness; Heat; Bwrm-
ing, coming on several times a day; Burning, with stinging—
with tearing, cutting pains; Throbbing, beating pulsation, with
faint feeling—with orgasm of blood, as if the breath would be
stopped.
Sulph. Ac.—Sensitive to the touch; Pressure as if a hard body
were rising up ; Fulness; Distention; Contractive pains, with
anxiety; Griping, cutting stitches; Prickings; Agreeable feeling
of warmth; Burning, with confusion in the head; Coolness, with
relaxed feeling, and loss of appetite; Pinching below pit—pres-
sure causes pain, as after a shock. Hepatic Region—Stitches;
Shooting pains; Darting stitches in the spleen.
Tart. Em, Sensation as if overloaded—vomits tenacious sub-
stances; Vomits bile; Womiting, followed by great languor, drow-
siness, weariness—desire for cooling things; Face pale, sunk;
Eyes dim; Sweat on forehead; Oppression in the stomach; Beat-
ing; Warmth; Burning; Congestion of blood; Inflammation.
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ABDOMEN. [ABD.
Zinc.—Sharp pains at pit—also on inspiration; Pressure at pit;
Contraction, with anxiety; Heat in the head and body; Sensation
at pit as if screwed together; Tearing and pinching; Beating,
pulsation, or resembling worm-movement; Burning toward the
cardiac orifice, before breakfast. Hypochondria—Spasms, with
difficult breathing; Pressure in a small spot (right); Stitches;
and right hip ; Sharp jerking stitches in liver; Cramps, with
pressure (left). Spleen—Dull stitches; Stitches, with pressure,
deep in ; Pulsations in ; Pain increased by pressure. Kidneys—
Pressure (left), or with violent, crampy pain; Tearing pain in the
right—also cutting, tearing, or drawing ; Stitching and pressure
in region of both.
ABD () MEN,
Aconite.—Umbilicus retracted early before breakfast. Umbi-
licus—Burning at, and around. Umbilicus—Pinching, grasping,
tearing; Shocks; Jerks; Sensation, left of umbilicus, of something
cold pressing out; Burning at umbilicus—extends to Scrobic. cordis,
with beating and lancination, followed by rigor—heat and pain
passes; Cutting pains, so violent that he screams and tosses early
in the morning in bed; Abdominal region very sensitive to touch,
with fits of anguish; Distention like dropsy; Hiccough; Consti-
pation and loss of sleep; Colic, as if from wind—induced by stoop-
ing ; Rumbling and fermentation in bowels; Rumbling and
gurgling—relieved by passing wind; a spot feels sore and raw inside
(all night); Drawing and cutting pains in various parts, darting
into chest and to right shoulder; Strangulated Hernia, with bilious
vomiting, and inflammation.
Antimo. Crud.—Inflation after a meal; Intolerable pain all
over abdomen; Pinching—left of umbilicus; Pinching (right side)
toward back (evening)—increased by movement; Violent cutting,
hard stool, and red urine; Violent cutting nausea and waterbrash;
Loud rumbling, as if the intestines were empty; Loud rumbling
like water bubbling; Emptiness through intestines—passes after a
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ABD.] - ABDOMEN.
meal; Groins tender to pressure. Groins—Glands swollen, hard
—felt over Poupart's ligament. *
Arnica.-Stitches under the left ribs, arresting the breath when
standing; Clawing, throbbing on left side, above the umbilicus;
Pressure below the last ribs; Pressure from below upwards, like a
stitch, toward the spleen; Cutting above the umbilicus when taking
a deep breath, and at every step; Colic, resembling dysentery;
Digging in the hypogastrium (both sides), with nausea and drowsi-
ness; Tension and inflation at lower part after supper, with dull
pressure—he awakes every hour, and emits flatulence, without relief;
Right side distended; Painful to touch, as if from an internal
wound; Pain increased by coughing, blowing the nose, or putting
foot to ground—continues from morning until two o'clock every
day; the part feels as if it had been torn or cut ; Pressure like a
stone in hepatic region, felt when lying on left side; Tearing pain
above umbilicus; Pain in right side as from a sudden contusion—
walking ; Sharp stitches in both loins; Pain in the loins, within
outwards, on stooping; Dull stitches (right side) below ribs;
Burning, stinging in epigastric region; Retraction of umbilicus;
Colic pains, with flatulence, which seemed the cause; Fermenting
about umbilicus, with flatus; Colic—after one hour tenesmus—then
flatus, followed by an evacuation of small lumps; Sharp thrusts
through the abdomen from one side to the opposite; much rum-
bling, as from emptiness.
Arsenicum,-Stitches in the spleen; Pains all over the abdo-
men—worse at night, or after food, with vomiting and diarrhoea, or
with great anguish, tossing, restlessness, despairing of life (left
side particularly); Spasmodic pains—tearing, boring, with sweat ;
Jerks from pit of stomach to rectum, from which he starts; Cramp-
like colic, as if the bowels were twisted; Cutting pains; Gnawing,
tearing, with icy coldness of extremities, and cold sweat on face ;
Cold sensation internally, though warm to the hand; Burning,
with cutting (afternoon)—passes off after a stool; Soreness, espe-
cially when coughing or laughing; Swelling; Distention of the
abdomen; Dropsy; Ulcer above the umbilicus; Painful sensibility
to touch and movement. Right groin—Glands swollen; Pain as
if strained; Weakness of the abdominal muscles; Tympanitis in
•children; Enlarged mesenteric glands. -
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Belladonna. —Duodenum inflamed; Burning in abdomen;
Colic continual; Constipation; Enuresis; Eructations; Colic; Spas-
modic tension from chest to abdomen, so violent he cannot move
his body half-an-hour; Colic, with leucorrhoea; Pressure as from a
stone (evening); Pain in loins; Pressure as by a hard load—walking
—passes off on sitting down; Pressing at right abdominal ring, as
of a hard body, though nothing is felt by hand on the spot; Pressing
at umbilicus, as if intestines would protrude; Digging pains; Dis-
tention—not hard nor painful; Cramp-like, constrictive pain low
down, with jerks or dull stitches toward the perinaeum; Constriction
around the umbilicus, as if a lump or ball were forming; Contrac-
tion; Clawing at umbilicus, bending him double; Pinching Colic—
he sits with his body bent double ; Colic—the spot seems seized by
talons; Flatulent colic ; Lancination in inguinal glands; Dull lan-
cinations left of umbilicus; Violent incisions and pressure—hypo-
gastrium; Long-lasting painfulness of whole abdomen; Sore; Raw;
Painful tenderness of abdomen to touch; Loud rumbling, as if all
were in commotion; Rumbling and pinching.
Bryonia.-Colic—chronic, with tension and waterbrash; Colic
during pregnancy; Hysteric spasms; Hard swelling around umbi-
licus; Ascites; Soreness in integuments and groin ; Tearing, draw-
ing from hips to pit of stomach; Stitches in evening when at
stool; Lancinations from below upwards, to stomach—after a cup of
warm milk he bends double—a stool relieves the pain; Painful
stitches or twisting about umbilicus; Pain, with anguish, difficult
breathing—relieved by walking; Spasms after supper; Flatulent
colic, with pain in the coecum ; Pain as after purging, or as if
haemorrhoids would appear; Spasmodic pains after dinner; Severe
colic (forenoon)—fears diarrhoea; Pressure like a button on um-
bilicus when walking in the open air; Sensation, deep in abdo-
men, of a lump lying; Heat, pressure, and pinching; Loud rum-
bling (evening, in bed) for eighteen days; Bloated; Flatulence,
with colic. T.
Calcarea.—Pressure from pit of stomach downwards; Aching
pain below umbilicus; Violent pressure, with hard stool; Consider-
able distention, with colic—frequent (day); Contractive pains, pass-
ing toward small of back; Gnawing, griping, cutting, with vomit-
ing of food; Spasms—frequent, severe, intestinal (evening, might);
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ABD.] ABDOMEN.
Cold thighs; Sense of sudden griping, tearing toward uterus
(several days), with discharge of mucus and blood with stools; Colic
—frequent, after a bad cold, with languor; Wretched complexion
—relieved by cold water; Enlarged, hard abdomen in children—
mesenteric glands; Burning pain below navel—lancinating, to
groins; Feeling of coldness in abdomen. Groin–Stitches in:
Soreness of both ; Swelling; Sense as if hernia would protrude–
both glands swell. Muscles—Tension and pricking in ; Twitch-
ings. Muscles—Tearing in, especially during inspiration; Rum-
bling; Constant gurgling; Flatulence; Fermentation; Incarcera-
tion of flatus—very frequent, with pain in small of back, and vertigo.
Carbo Veg.—Colic pains, as from a cold—relieved by passing
wind; Colic from riding in a carriage; Abdomen heavy ; Abdomen
seems to hang as with a weight; Abdomen distended with wind—
it. passes in abundance; Aching tension, with constant uneasiness;
Aching pain, with rumbling; Damp, warm flatus; Aching in left
iliac region, with pinching; Aching, lancination, tearing towards
umbilicus; Pain, as from straining—felt on raising the arm ; Sore-
ness of abdomen, and below umbilicus; Pain in abdominal muscles
as if bruised; Frequent burnings in skin near umbilicus; Disten-
tion from incarcerated flatus, and cramp-like pain left of epigas-
trium, rather towards the back; Incarceration of flatus near the
bladder, which passes off in crampy pain, and heat at rectum;
Flatulence and loud rumbling; Flatulence moving about, with .
stitches; Flatulence excessive on awaking in the morning; Fla-
tulence emitted, with a putrid smell; Flatulent and haemorrhoidal
Colic.
Causticum.—Pressive pain in the morning, early ; Pressure,
with loose stools (night)—with stitches that arrest the breath;
Pressure at epigastrium; Sense as of a load; Dull aching—deep at
hypogastrium; Inflation of abdomen, with emission of loud flatus;
Full, hard, painful distention, with spasmodic colic; Pot-belly in
children, with glandular swellings; Tightness and contraction;
Pinching, with pale face; Pinching and cutting—chiefly right side;
Cutting, as of a small band, with loose stool; Stitches that recur
for a long time; Stitches at right side, from without inwards;
Prickings over the whole abdomen; Bruise-like sensations—right
side, to pudendum; Empty feeling—relieved by pressure; Pain as
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from bruises in both groins; Swelling at umbilicus—pain on touch;
Stinging, burning (right side); Stitches; Flatulence—shifting, with
cutting—gone after stool; Flatulence, with protrusion of varices;
Flatulence—emissions of foetid, without pain.
Chamomilla.-Flatulent Colic, with rumbling, piercing pain;
Compressive pain; Intolerable colic (sunrise); Sensation as if
hollow, and continual motion in bowels; Colic ; Cutting, pinch-
ing, tearing at umbilicus; Pain as when costive, and forcing at
stool; Continual tearing colic at side, with sensation as if the
parts were being rolled into a ball.
China.-Aching pains after every meal, with fulness; Aching
pains below umbilicus—also left side; Aching pains, with chills;
Pressure, heaviness; Pinching—obliged to bend double—then
relieved; Pinching, with shaking chills—inclined to vomit;
Pinching, as if diarrhoea would come—emits wind when sitting;
Colic ; Violent contractive pains—and after supper; Cutting, with
rumbling; Cold sweat on forehead; Coldness, feeling of, about
epigastrium on swallowing ; Heat at umbilicus; Inflammation;
Induration; Dropsical swelling, with Asthma, Cough; Distention,
with oppressive anxiety, or Diarrhoea; Distention, with accumula-
tion of Wind; Fermentation; Flatulence considerable, sometimes
very foetid; Pinching, cutting in all directions; Ulcers in the
abdomen; Soreness in the inguinal region, as of hernia.
Cocculus.-Compressive pinching at Epigastrium; Arrest of
breath; Clawing at left of abdomen and chest; Prickings in left
side; Stitches when stooping; Tearing in the intestines; Disten-
tion considerable; Flatulent colic (midnight)—turning from side
to side; Constriction in hypogastrium, with pressure toward
genitals; Precursory symptoms of Inguinal Hernia; Darting, with
pressure in right abdominal ring; Forcing; Empty, hollow sensa-
tion, as if all were gone; Troublesome flatus—it seems to distend
one part, then another; Fulness in the inguinal region, like
Hernia; Dilatation; Disposed to Hernia.
Colchicum. — Chilliness; Pain; Weakness; Pain all over
abdomen; Colicky pains; Pressure in epigastrium; Pressure left
of umbilicus (before dinner); Pain in umbilicus; Stitches at
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umbilicus; Cramp-like feel; Lancinations—right upper of abdo-
men; Great distention; Swelling; Peritoneal Dropsy, with fold
above pubis. -
Colocynth.-Pressure in the viscera—increased by bending
down. Umbilicus—-Griping, cutting, drawing, Squeezing. Um-
bilicus—Constrictive sensation, returning at intervals. Umbilicus—
Stitching below—worse when walking. Umbilicus—Griping—in-
creased by moving—relieved by bending or evacuation; Tender-
mess; Bruised feel about the intestines—worse when walking ;
Rumbling pulsation, with much flatus passing; Sensation as if
intestines were squeezed between stones; Rumbling commotion in
hypogastrium; Drawing, Searching pain ; Drawing from ileum to
inguinal region, and to femoral space (left); Colic—cutting pains
in belly as with knives, extending to lower limbs, with tearing
pain—worse walking; Pains which make him bend double, with
agitation of body; Commotion; Emptiness in lower belly as if
nothing in it; Pain and sensation as if he had taken cold;
Pinchings above the pubis; Cutting, stabbing in pubic region;
Increasing constriction in intestines every ten to twenty minutes
—relieved by forcible pressure of hand; Cutting in Hypogas-
trium, passing upwards; Bowels sore, empty. -
(Coffee and Smoking diminish Colic pains—walking increases.)
Conium.-Pains violent from exertion, with chilliness; Hard
inflation, with protrusion of umbilicus; Swelling of abdomen and
Mesenteric Glands; Contracted place in the Colon; Spasm in
abdomen; Contraction, oppression, writhing, digging; Pinching in
abdomen and hypogastrium; Lancinations violent, especially
right side, as of knives; Shootings during the emission of flatus;
Drawing sensation after drinking; Pain as if sore, especially when
walking on pavement; Tearing in hypogastrium to inguinal ring;
Sensation of pushes against the walls (as a foetus); Sharp stitches
in the muscles, to the groin ; Pain and sense of swelling in right
groin; Gurgling on the left side; Flatus emitted; Cutting pains
before and during emission of flatus; Emission of flatus that feels
cold. -
Cuprum.—Painful pressure, as from a hard substance; Violent
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spasmodic movements in intestines; Colic pinchings, especially left
side; Pinching, cutting, and tearing in the bowels; Drawing from
left hypochondria to spine of ileum ; Corrosive stitches, and ulcera-
tive pains.
Digitalis.-Pressure and tightness in hypochondria; Sensitive-
ness to pressure in hepatic region; Contractive pain—twisting;
Pinching in abdomen; Cutting, extending into the pelvis and
scrotum. Region of Kidney–Sticking—fine stitches (left). Um-
bilicus—Sharp stitches; Colic, cramp-like; Boring and bearing
down left side of abdomen; Inflation and dropsical swelling of
abdomen.
Drosera.-Colic after acids; Cutting, pinching; Dull, draw-
ing stitch from right to left, arresting the breath when walking;
Cutting shocks; Boring stitches; Stitch in right groin.
Dulcamara. — Inflation — uneasiness after a meal; Sudden
cutting or pinching around umbilicus; Pinching as if a long
worm were moving about; Stinging pains; Stitches that arrest
breathing; Colic, especially caused by a cold in wet weather;
Colic, with feeling as if diarrhoea would set in ; Swelling and
aching of the inguinal glands; Pains in the groin (left), and cold-
ness in back.
Graphites. – Inflation; Distention; Fulness; Heaviness;
Hardness, as of incarcerated flatus; Jerkings; Griping, with thirst
—no appetite; Distention, with diarrhoea; Inflation, with vertigo;
Head heavy—drowsiness; Qualmishness, and burning at left side;
Violent pain in right groin—bearing down, forcing; Swelling of
inguinal glands; Pinchings in abdomen; Rumbling after dinner,
or during; Pinching, followed by emission of flatus; Erysipelatous
inflammation near umbilicus, with large vesicles.
Hellebore.-Weight—sharp pressure—movement like bubbles
bursting; Gurgling, as if the bowels were full of fluid; Dropsical
swelling of the abdomen.
Hepar.—Constriction, cramp-like pinching, tension—frequent
by day; Violent stitches in left side, below the ribs; Hard tension
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and pressure; Aching or incisive pains—or bruised sensation—
worse when walking ; Pinchings early in the morning, as if she
had caught cold—threatening menstruation; Colic, cutting pains
—different parts—several days—towards evening; Fermenting,
whirling sensation near umbilicus; Rumbling and empty feeling
in the intestines; Swelling, or suppuration of Inguinal Glands.
Hyoscyamus.--Pinching Colic, as if abdomen would burst—
pressure relieves; Distention, as from inflammation—tender when
touched; all the integuments seem tender, as if sore; Drawing
pain in the intestines; Spasms, with cutting, vomiting, headache,
and screaming; the muscles of abdomen feel painful and bruised;
Pricking pain just below umbilicus.
Ignatia.-Periodical spasms in the sensitive, Hysteric female ;
Rumbling in the intestines; Throbbing; Colic — pinching, fol-
lowed by sticking—one side; Rumbling, with much trouble from
flatus; Colic, with pain as if the bowels. were bruised—in bed
(morning); Sensation about umbilicus as of something alive ; the
whole abdomen seems filled with flatus, so as to cause pressure on
the bladder—even during sleep; Painful stinging below the um-
bilicus; Pinching colic, passing up to the left side of the chest ;
Colic aggravated by brandy, coffee, and sweets; Flatulent colic
every night—also after a meal; Drawing, pinching—then a press-
ing towards rectum, with qualm, weak feeling at pit of stomach,
and fulness of face; Darting in left groin—sensation as if hernia
would protrude. -
* Iodium,_Oppressive pain between pit of stomach and umbili-
cus; Pressure near right hip—comes on while sitting; Increased
size of the abdomen; Inflation; Ascites; Colic; Pinching, cutting,
or aching pains; Violent cuttings—umbilicus—with desire to
relieve the bowels; Spasms resembling labour-pains; Frequent
pressing and bearing down (lower pelvis), accompanied with diar-
rhoea; Pulsations in abdomen—the symptoms return, after a
meal, for many days; Incarceration of flatus, especially on left
side; Pressing movements, from stomach towards pubis and
bladder; Disappearance of swelling in the inguinal glands.
Ipecacuanha.-Contraction and stitches in left hypochondria;
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Griping, pinching in both hypochondria, and at pit of stomach.
Umbilicw8—Around, cutting, with shuddering, and tearing colic.
Umbilicus—Near (one side only), cutting colic—increased by pres–
sure or touch; Foam at mouth, with dilated pupil; Cutting colic
(female); Cold body; Heat in head; Grasping, as with the ex-
tended hand, on the intestines—the pain increased by motion—
relieved by rest; Colic in children, with tossing and screams;
Colic ; Tearing or pricking ; also at right groin ; Soreness, as
from pain over the abdomen.
Kreasotum.—Contracted sensation of twisting, or as of a ball
lying near the umbilicus—wakes him about 3 A.M.; Griping, tear-
ing at umbilicus—the whole abdomen feels as if w!cerated; Colic,
like labour-pains, which press to lumbar region, with heat of
face, palpitation, frequent pulse, desire to urine ; Spasmodic pains
in abdomen; Drawing, during menses; Ulcerative pains felt on
deep inspiration; Cold feeling, with scanty urine; Distention,
puffed; Distention, especially after the menses; Pain and tension
in the inguinal region (right). •
Lachesis.-Colic—severe across the abdomen, about umbili-
cus; Empty feeling, as having fasted too long; Fears diarrhoea;
Heaviness at night; Pressure, arresting the breath; Spasmodic
pains, and especially during the menses; Cutting before the menses
appear, or stabbing as from a knife; Sensation of something alive,
with heat and sweat in face, followed by creeping chills; Throb-
bing; Burning; Distention; Hard distention, as if full; Rumbling;
Incarceration, with difficult expulsion of flatus; Violent pains in
right groin, of long standing; Painful swelling and hardness, with
pulsation between the crest of ileum and umbilicus; Pain in left
groin when lifting anything heavy, with burning, pulsation, and
throbbing—palpable to the touch,
Ledum.—Colic, as if the bowels were contused and weakened ;
Colic in region of umbilicus; Sensation as if diarrhoea would come
on; Stitch in the side, above the hip—sharp pressure; Colic every
evening; Colic, with discharge of blood (anus); Dull sticking in
abdominal muscles, and pressure at left pelvic brim. Stool—Rec-
tum—Constipation several days; Stool mixed with blood; Painless,
pap-like stool; Diarrhoea of faeces and mucus.
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Lycopodium.–Umbilicus—Painful to touch ; Colic (morning,
early); Pressure and pain in right iliac fossa, causing him to walk
bent, and affecting the breath the whole day; Pressure and cut-
ting before dinner; Pinching, pressing from within outwards, to-
ward hip (right); Weight as from a load; Full distention; Cold
feet; Distention, with flatus—or just previous to the menstrual
flow ; Distention, with flatus, towards evening—or afternoon,
4 P.M.; Spasms; Spasmodic contraction; Pinching (afternoon);
Griping; Tearing; Arrest of breathing; Sticking pain, from blad-
der up canal of urethra (in bed)—evening; Cutting colic—relieved
by stool; Drawing colic; Drawing pains, extending into the calves;
Indurations; Burning; Sensitiveness of skin to touch; Stinging,
sore pain of skin from slight pressure of clothes; Pressing from
within outward—right inguinal region; Pulsation, or stitches in
both groins; Tearing ; Incarceration of flatulence; Constant flatu-
lence—inodorous; Gurgling, rumbling throughout the intestines;
the pains seem to be caused by abundance of wind.
Mercurius.-Colic, with sense as having taken cold (in open
air); Colic, with diarrhoea—caused by cold might air; Colic—in-
duced by contact with cold substances; Colic—very violent—re-
lieved only by lying down; Colic—twisting, with pressure—can-
not lie on right side; Colic and pinching at midnight—wakes
from sleep; Pinching, accompanied with chilliness, shivering;
Stabbing pains; Distention and tenderness of the whole abdomen;
Enlargement, from swelling of mesenteric glands; Rumbling;
Gurgling and pulsation, with flatulence. Ingwinal Region—Ach-
ing, boring in both groins; Painful stitches, or pricking, in either
groin ; Violent cuttings in both groins, causing him to start; Swell-
ing of the inguinal glands; Drawing in testes; Painful swelling,
redness; Inflammation of one gland—he can neither walk nor
stand; Ulceration and suppuration of the inguinal glands.
Muriatic Ac.—Colic, cramp-like pains in the morning in bed;
Colic pains during motion, with flatus expelled; Pinching; Violent
pinching, with cutting pains; Empty feeling; Spasms; Distention
the whole day; Feeling of repletion after a moderate meal; Aching
pain from distention—felt at every step. Umbilicus—Pinching,
which extends to both sides; Rumbling and fermentation—also in
hypogastrium; Pinching in abdominal muscles, around and below
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umbilicus; Dull stitches in right iliac-or burning stitches in
ileum.
Natrum Mur.—Contractive pains, resembling those of labour;
Spasmodic colic; Drawing, cutting, pinching pains; Contractive
pains which double up the body—relieved by walking; Swelling, and
frequent distention of the abdomen—the intestines feel heavy and
loose, as if they would fall out; Cutting pain every morning; Fla-
tulence during motion; Expulsion of flatus—smell of rotten eggs;
Fermentation; Gurgling; Borborygmi for several weeks; Flatu-
lence, with heaviness in the head; Humming in the ears. Ingwinal
Region—Pain on rising from a seat, or walking fast; Sensation as
if sprained—left groin; Hermial protrusion.
Nitric Ac.—Pressure in middle, as of a large lump; Pain and
pressure, as if something would protrude; Contraction; Cramps;
Drawing pains, with shuddering ; Frequent pinchings after a good
evacuation; Cuttings in bed; Cutting, with cold feet; Stitch-like
colic ; Digging; Digging upwards, below umbilicus; Distention
(morning); Pains as if ulcerated—hypogastric; Excessive flatulence;
Incarcerated flatus, especially morning and evening; Rumbling,
with diarrhoea—duration one week; Colic and flatus; Excessive,
abundant flatus; Gurgling—frequently after a meal; Liability to
cold in abdomen; Hernia very much distended; Pains—left in-
guinal region; Swelling of inguinal glands; Contractive stitches;
Suppuration of inguinal glands; Pain when walking—the limb on
that side feels useless—the muscles on the stretch.
Nux Wom.—Colic of pregnancy, or from bathing; Suppressed
haemorrhoids; Colic—periodic, before breakfast—after a meal;
Colic as from a cold, threatening diarrhoea; Hot face—dry lips;
Cramp-like contractions (left side)—also hypogastrium ; Cramp-
like contractions, or with digging about the uterus; Kneading sen-
sation in the region of umbilicus—rolling up ; Burning in, and dis-
tention of the abdomen after a meal; Pinching, with pressure; Cut-
ting, with eructations; Desire to vomit; Cutting at the umbilicus—
hypogastrium, every morning; Drawing; Prickings; Stitch in the
side, arresting the breath; Retarded circulation, with heat, burn-
ing, and pulsations; Heaviness as from a load; Bruised pain,
extending to loins; Sensation as if the bowels would fall down—he
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can walk, but slowly; Pain; Raw, sore feeling—increased at every
step; Enlargement in children; Swelled glands; Flatulence, and
incarceration of flatus under short ribs; Flatulent colic, as if the
intestines were pressed by stones; Flatulence, with sticking, dart-
ing pain, extending through bladder, neck, bulb of urethra, into
perinaeum, rectum, anus; Rumbling (morning, early, in bed), with
flatulent colic ; Hot palms and soles; Twitching of abdominal
muscles; Creeping, bruised sensation; Pricking at a small spot—
increased by walking and pressure; Contraction and pressing down
toward the genital organs. Abdominal ring—Weakness as if her-
nia would protrude. Abdominal ring—Pain in morning, as if her-
nia would be incarcerated; Aching pains in the bones of the pubic
arch ; Inguinal hernia—incarcerated; Femoral hernia; Umbilical
hermia of infants, from much crying.
Opium.—Oppression and puffiness, as if it would burst—increased
by motion; Oppression, with weight about umbilicus—with inter-
mal heat; Stupefaction about the head; Anxiety; Beatings; Aching
tension; Stitches between inspiration (left side); Heaviness and
pressure as from a stone; Cutting pain, as if dividing the intes-
times in pieces; Constant accumulation and emission of flatus;
Hard distention, with pain and tenderness (Tympanitis); Incarce-
rated Hernia, with vomiting of faeces and urine.
Petroleum.-Colic and painful pressure; Colic towards morn-
ing; Puffy distention after a meal; Griping; Pinching; Pinching
every ten minutes; Cutting in epigastrium, with nausea and diar-
rhoea at 4 A.M.; Cutting immediately—again in seventy-two hours
—then several times in the day; Cutting—two days; Discharge of
faeces and bloody stools; Feeling of coldness in the abdomen;
Rumbling, empty feeling; Sensation as if diarrhoea would come on ;
Formication and tingling in abdominal muscles, even to thighs
(sitting); Stitching in the inguinal region; Pain as if hernia
would press through on coughing.
Phosp.–Tension and pain in epigastrium; Morning Colic;
Colic in cool weather; Violent pains; Pressure; Pressure in hypo-
gastrium ; Pain—abdomen, as if something had burst; Tearing,
with urging to stool; Inflammation and soreness, extending to the
genital organs; Coldness, and sensation of coldness, in abdomen
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Heat; Burning and pressure, with soft stool; Emptiness; Weak-
ness; Relaxed feeling ; Oppressive fulness (midnight); Incarcera-
tion of flatus, with coldness of body, and heat in face; Full, dis-
tended abdomen; Rumbling, as if diarrhoea would come on;
Pressure towards the sides, or small of the back; Boils on the
abdomen; Aching in groins (left); Tumour in groin ; Swelling of
inguinal glands; Protrusion of inguinal hernia; Pain as if incar-
cerated.
Phosp. Ac.—Pressure; Pinching; Cramp-like pain about um-
bilicus—also in the intestines; Cutting pain across the abdomen;
Burning and distention; Gurgling, as of water; Profuse emission
of flatus, especially after acid food; Distention, with dropsical sen-
sation on touch and movement; Distention, which passes off on
emission of flatus; Stitches above the groin—produced by motion;
Cutting in left groin; Pressure and gurgling in right groin ; Swell-
ing of inguinal glands.
Platina, Sensation as if laced too tightly; Constrictive sensa-
tion; Sensation as if all were drawn together, from umbilicus to back;
Attacks of drawing (right side)—short breath (Lead Colic); Draw-
ing from chest down to both groins, with pain in genitals; Writh-
ing about umbilicus, with oppressed breathing and trembling;
Painful stitch above umbilicus; Anxiety as from fright, with pain
in abdomen—seeming to threaten diarrhoea; Burning; Sudden
striking (right side)—small spot (left side); Distention after a
meal; Bubbling, with anxiety and uneasiness; Copious emission of
flatus; Dull shocks; Beatings. -
Pulsatilla.-Colic—increased by motion—relieved by rest;
Colic only when walking, or in the evening, with rumbling; Feel-
ing of emptiness, as if the viscera had been taken out; Spasms,
particularly of the pregnant; Tearing; Griping, deep in left side—
relieved by a firm bandage; Cutting Colic every other evening
(morning, early), with flatus—during rest, after motion—before
supper—above umbilicus, threatening diarrhoea—deep in abdomen,
after dinner; Inclined to vomit (afternoon)—relieved by bending
the body double, and going to bed; Continual stitch in the side, as
from incarcerated flatus; Fulness after a meal, especially after sup-
per; Distention—hard distention as if abdomen would burst, with
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swelled feet; Hard circular prominence round umbilicus—painful
when walking ; Flatulent colic after supper; Rumbling in epigas-
trium; Flatulent colic in hysteric females, shifting from one part
to another; Colic at night, with pressure here and there—with
heat of body; Pain in the muscles of abdomen, especially when
coughing or gaping; Walls of the abdomen painful, sensitive,
tender to touch, swollen; Pustules in the groin, with stinging
palm.
Rhus Tox,−Violent colic at night, with stools of blood; Colic,
with a heavy lump ; Aching at a small spot ; Cutting on left of
umbilicus—worse during inspiration; Sticking, contusive pain—
shooting, like an arrow flying through the part (umbilicus),
regularly with beat of pulse; Visible contractions across umbilicus
—part hard and distended; Sensation as if something were being
torn off; Distention—excessive, or painful after a meal; Sensation
on rising (morning), as if the integuments were too short ; Draw-
ing across the abdominal ring ; Sensation in left groin, as if hernia
had protruded; Pressure in right groin, as if hernia would come
on; Heaviness in the groin when walking, as of a tumour hanging
down; Contraction and pain in inguinal glands at night, in bed;
Red, sore places, from blisters that had burst; Scarlet-red colour of
the skin of the abdomen. -
Secale.—Violent colic, with pain in small of back and thighs;
Coldness in the abdomen and back; Burning in abdomen, with
seated pain in loins and spleen; Distention; Hardness; Tender-
ness; Rumbling.
Sepia.--Weight—feeling as of a load during motion; Disten-
tion; Hard distention, with fulness of the veins; Spasms; Contrac-
tions; Digging up; Burning; Coldness; Hardness; Enlarged
abdomen of matrons; Ascites; Brown spots on the skin; Empty
feeling; Rumbling, with distention; Burning and shooting.
Silica.-Violent colic, with rigidity; Hands yellow; Nails blue;
Colic, with constipation; Cutting about umbilicus; Burning in the
intestines; Aching in the abdomen. Abdomen—Pressure in ; Dis-
tention; Heaviness, especially after a meal. Abdomen—Hot, dis-
tended—and in children; Pot-belly. Abdomen—Aching pains;
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Colic—relieved by emission of flatus; Foetid flatus. Hypogastrium
—Cutting, pinching, without diarrhoea; Pain in right groin;
Tearing in both groins; Painful hernia, with sensation as if some-
thing were being torn out; Inguinal glands inflamed, tender to
touch—size of peas.
Spigelia.-Painful pressure and distention, as if the abdominal
walls would burst (evening)—somewhat relieved by a loose stool;
Pinching, as if the intestines were tied up—anxiety and dyspnoea;
Sharp stitches in the cavity of the abdomen; Drawing; Burning;
Cutting about umbilicus (afternoon); Chilly; Diarrhoea; Profuse
micturition. -
Spongia.—Pricking; Frequent pinching; Spasmodic cuttings,
chiefly after a meal (breakfast); Sensation as of something burrow-
ing above the left hip ; Sense of strangulation deep in abdomen;
Pain, like hernia, in inguinal region; Swelling of glands (right).
Stannum.—Pressure and tension, passing to small of back—
severe when stooping; Painful distention of abdomen—integu-
ments tender to touch; Cramp-like pains around the umbilicus;
Pinching below the stomach, and above the umbilicus—going off
by pressure on the edge of a table; Pinching in various parts;
Digging pain in abdomen, and about the umbilicus; Tenderness
and sore feeling all over abdomen—worse on being touched; Pain
as from sub-cutaneous ulceration, arresting the breath; Stitches
(right side) when coughing—left when walking; Empty feeling
after a meal; Pressure of imgwinal glands; Swelling of glands;
Pricking in the right groin.
Staphysagria.-Tensive pressure; Fulness, with nausea and
profuse saliva; Cutting in region of umbilicus; Cutting and rum-
bling in abdomen; Cutting in intestines, with nausea, lassitude,
flow of saliva—followed by heat in face—rush of blood to the
head; Weins of hands distended; Hard, painful pressure below um-
bilicus (right side); Pinching stitch in the bowels (left side);
Emission of hot flatus; Violent griping; Pinching here and there,
passing over the abdomen; Tremulous sensation, and feeling of
weakness; Swelling of the inguinal glands; Abdomen enlarged
(pot-belly) in children; Colic pains, with desire to go to stool.
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Stramonium,_Bloated condition of abdomen, with anxiety at
pit of stomach; also with chilliness; Confusion in the head—semi-
comatose state; Bloated abdomen—not painful; Rumbling, with
diarrhoea; Rumbling, with colic ; Fermentation as if something
were alive within; Tearing pain as if the umbilicus would be
torn out.
Sulphur.—Painful sensitiveness as if all were raw and sore;
Movement like the fist of a child; Movement as if some
substance would press out ; Pain as if something were being
torn out; Colic—periodic—or after drinking—or at night;
Spasmodically contracting Colic, passing to groin and genitals;
Pressure, with heaviness like a lump; Digging pressure; Colic at
midnight; Tension every morning on waking; Colic from flatu-
lence—relieved by sitting bent—aggravated by sweets; Colic, with
cutting and sticking—with diarrhoea; Pinching and tension
towards evening; Cutting after dinner; Cutting, with nausea and
profuse sweat; Stitches (left side); Digging pain; Heat; Anguish;
Congestion of blood; Ascites; Incarceration of flatus—especially
left side; Distention; Hardness; Distention in epigastric region;
Repletion; Rumbling—also in hypogastrium ; Abdominal muscles
painful to touch (bruised), and when walking; Pressure in hypo-
gastrium and pubis, as if tied up. Ingwinal Glands—Swollen—
suppurate; Ingwinal Hermia presses through the ring; Bruised,
contused pain; Inguinal Hernia painful—inflamed—incarcerated.
(Also Aconite.)
Sulph. Ac.—Pinching toward lumbar region, with sweat;
Pinching, cutting, resembling labour-pains—extending to the
hips, with bruised sensation at small of back; Stitches left side
of abdomen during motion—going off when seated; Burning
and pressure below umbilicus; Jerking in groins; Tearing in left
lumbar region; Pushing from within outward (right side), as if
hernia would protrude ; Beating for some days in hernial sac;
Gurgling as of water when lying on the back.
Thuja.-Tension, as if bound too tight; Bloated distention;
Cramp; Indurations; Heat in lumbar region; Sensation as if the
muscles were hooked up—also strained; Pain in hypogastrium ;
Stitches in groin; Swelling of inguinal glands. Q
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Weratrum.—Cutting as with knives, here and there; Cutting
colic; Colic after a cold, or abuse of Quina; Flatulent colic;
Flatulence throughout the intestines, with tardy emission of flatus,
and bruised feeling in the whole abdomen; Distention, with loud
rumbling and colic; Sticking pains here and there—dull, aching,
bruise-like ; Frequent sensation as if diarrhoea would come on ;
Cutting pains about the umbilicus—also from the back to um-
bilicus; Sudden cutting colic early in the morning, with diar-
rhoea, 4 A.M. (The Colic pains are mostly aggravated by walking.)
Twitchings in the abdóminal muscles, with warmth in the chest ;
Sensation in the left groin, as if hernia would protrude.
Zincum.—Attacks of violent colic, with flow of water from the
mouth; Pressure in abdomen, with puffiness from umbilicus to pit
of stomach—with sensitiveness in right upper eyelid; Dull pres-
sure at a spot below umbilicus, with feeling of induration; Hard
pressure at sides of abdomen, hypochondria, and back, with flatus;
Tension in abdomen at both sides; Distention on going to bed
(night) without having eaten; Stitches and pinching at umbilicus;
Violent cutting pain after milk, with rumbling and flatus; Sen-
sation as if the intestines were being pricked with pins; Pressure
and pushing at pubis (four days); Incarceration of flatus when in
bed, with colic and rumbling; Fermentation and rumbling;
Emission of hot flatus; Protrusion of inguinal Hernia.
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Aconitum Napellus.-Retention of stool, followed by diar-
rhoea; Diarrhoea, with Colic and Enuresis; Diarrhoea, with
nausea and sweat; White stool, with dark-red urine; Unexpected
discharge of loose stool—thought it wind; Sudden paralysis of
Sphincter Ani; Involuntary stool; Stool black, foetid; Four or five
soft small stools in the day, with straining; Hard stool—straining;
Constipation for some days; Burning heat in haemorrhoids; Bleed-
ing of haemorrhoids. Anus—Shooting in—stinging in. Anus—
Flow of white mucus, with itching. Anus—Sense of warm liquid
passing from the anus.
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Antimonium Crud.—Constipation three days; Hard stool—
straining; Stools loose, followed by small and hard, difficult ;
Stools loose after vinegar, with pain in rectum; Feeling as if diar-
rhoea would come on ; Diarrhoea alternate, with constipation in the
aged; Diarrhoea of pregnant women; Slimy discharge, with flatu-
lence; Discharge of blood, with solid faeces; Discharge of Black
blood; Pain in rectum during stool; Soreness as if an ulcer were torn
open ; Sharp itching; Burning, itching, and excoriation, especially
at night—also titillation and burning in varix in bed; Haemor-
rhoids protrude; Boil on perinaeum. •
Arnica Mon—Tenesmus, with flatulence; Flatus, with smell
like rotten eggs; Tenesmus every half-hour; Stool of slime only ;
Tenesmus, with sour, pap-like stool four or five times a day;
Pap-like diarrhoea, with much distention ; Pap-like, Brown stool;
Aching in rectum; Frequent small stools of slime only; after
every stool obliged to lie down; White stools, like diarrhoea;
Diarrhoea resembling brown yeast; Undigested stools—not liquid;
Tenesmus—pressing, bearing down when standing. Secondly—
Constipation. - i
Arsenicum.—Diarrhoea at night—renewed by eating or drink-
ing—with tenesmus; Colic ; Vomit, and great weakness; Burning
—alternating with constipation. Stool—Watery, yellow, dark-
green, slimy, or whitish ; Dark, putrid, brownish, black, undi-
gested—lumps like tallow—Blood; Tenesmus and burning; Painful
contraction after stool; Great weakness; Trembling; Dragging at
umbilicus; Palpitation—obliged to lie down. Rectum—Spas-
modically protruded—painful; Itching, soreness, excoriation,
burning; Haemorrhoids swollen, painful—burn at night—sting
by day, when walking—relieved by lying; Itching about the
perinaeum.
Belladonna.-Shuddering while at stool; Sensation of coming
diarrhoea, with heat in abdomen; Papescent stool, with mucus;
Diarrhoea, with heat in the head (alternate); Yellow, granular,
slimy stool (sour smell); Green, white, or watery, with sweating;
Urging to stool frequent—little or none passes; Small evacuations
for several days; Tenesmus; Tenesmus, with colic; Diarrhoea;
Vomiting; Contraction and pressure at the anus; Constipation,
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with heat of the head; Itching, with constriction at anus; In-
voluntary discharge of faeces, from paralysis of the sphincter.
Bryonia.-(Primary effect)—Retention (frequent). (Secondary
effect)—Looseness (rare). Bryonia can cure constipation;
Chronic Constipation—(Hempel). Hard, tough stool, with pro-
truded rectum, which soon returned itself, followed by diarrhoea;
Faeces of large size, and passed with difficulty; Hard stool, followed
by diarrhoea and fermentation; Diarrhoea, with undigested stool
(two days); Diarrhoea, smelling like rotten cheese (two days);
Diarrhoea (four days)—sudden—could not retain it; Loose, brown,
thin stool—infant at breast.
Calcarea Carb.-Constipation—increases from day to day, with
gloom; Hard, undigested stool—hot. Stool—Burning, with slime—
or unusual size; Stool frequent—first hard, then pappy—last
liquid; Constant urging, with scanty stool; Diarrhoea of children—
sour or yellow, foetid; Diarrhoea, which does not seem to weaken;
Diarrhoea of scrofulous phthisis; Dentition of children; Diarrhoea,
clay-like, frothy, undigested; Fluid like herring-brine oozes from
rectum; Stools white, streaked with blood; Despondency; Dis–
charge of blood from rectum; Varices distended; Varices protrude
—painful when walking; Burning in the rectum during stool;
Tenesmus, with dyspnoea after a stool; Feeling of faintness;
Burning, itching; Pricking, tingling at anus (ascarides); Grape-
like eruption around anal aperture, with soreness—inflamed—
painful; Troubles from suppressed Haemorrhoids.
Carbo Weg.—Constipation; Flatulence; Pressure; Desire,
with tingling in rectum; Pressure on bladder; Tenesmus; Hard
evacuations two and three days; Tenesmus, with discharge of
mucus; Diarrhoea; Stool eovered with yellow filament—the latter
portion expelled is with blood; Discharge of blood with the
evacuation; Burning while a few hard pieces are expelled; Cut-
ting and pricking during evacuation; Colic; Complete emptiness
after stool; Burning; Smarting; Anxiety, with tremulous sensa-
tion after stool; Sharp stitch, as of a hot pin, from os coccygis;
Itching; Titillation; Swelling and congestion of varices; Dis-
charge of pure blood, with tearing pain; Oozing of acrid,
corrosive humour—also at night; Soreness at anus, extend-
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ing to perinaeum; Itching and stinging, extending to peri-
Ilāell'Iſle
Caust.—Constipation—desire frequent—unsuccessful; Stool
tough, shining like grease, or white mucus; Cutting in rectum
during stool; Stool with blood, burning, and sore rectum ; Burn-
ing in anus, with palpitation after a stool; Anxiety in the chest
after a stool; Anxiety—also evening; Heat of face; Inclination to
sweat; Prostatic discharge after a stool; Pressure in rectum and
anus—worse after stool; Pressure as if some hard faeces were im-
pacted; Spasm, so as to prevent walking; Itching in anus—ex-
cessive, day and night; Smarting, tingling pain after a stool;
Varices of rectum hindering the stool passing; Varices large,
painful, with Soreness; Painful pustule near the anus, discharg—
ing freely; Pain and pulsations in perinaeum; Protrusion of
varices; Fistula of rectum. •
Chamomilla-Constipation frominactivity of rectum. Secondly
—Diarrhoea—hot—smells like rotten eggs; Diarrhoea—painless,
green, or watery, or mixed with mucus; Diarrhoea, with Colic—
white mucus; Faeces covered with mucus; Pressing at ring, as if
hernia would protrude; Haemorrhoids—blind, flowing; Itching,
with pain at anus.
China.-Diarrhoea—loose, yellow, or watery; Stools soft—
thinner than usual; Stools—mucous—undigested; Blackish;
White; Bilious, or putrid—knotty; Diarrhoea of almost all
kinds after a meal (night); Diarrhoea—painless, with great weak-
ness; Diarrhoea during Measles or Small-pox, or from fruit.
Before stool—Colic. During stool—Acrid feeling in anus. After
stool—Tingling as from worms; Stitches; Tingling—discharge of
mucus; Ascarides; Lumbrici; Burning, tingling in the anus;
Constipation; Accumulation of faeces, with dizziness and heat in
the head; Passing the faeces with difficulty—piece by piece.
Cocculus.-Constipation several days; Stool hard, difficult,
every other day. After stool—Tenesmus—causes fainting; Stool soft,
loose, yellow—burning at anus; Desire for stool, with foetid Diar-
rhoea; Ineffectual desire for three days; Evacuation on the fourth,
which was expelled with great difficulty. -
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Colchicum.—Stools extremely painful, hard, scanty—urging,
with pain in the anus; Disposed to Diarrhoea; Colic—then a loose
stool; Watery stool; Stool of blood, with a filmy substance;
Evacuations of transparent, jelly-like mucus; Dysentery; White
mucus; Tenesmus; Tingling; Jerking ; Tearing and lancination
in anus; Burning at anus; Spasm of Sphincter Ani; Prolapsus
Recti; Diarrhoea. - -
Colocynth—Diarrhoea, with tenesmus; Dysentery; Pappy
stools—frequent—desire urgent; Diarrhoea day and night; Pap-
like stool, with griping; Burning at anus; Stool viscid, scanty,
or thin mucus—no pain. Stool—First—Watery, thin mucus—
bilious—next of blood. Stool—Liquid, frothy, saffron-yellow—
musty odour; Yellow-green stool, with sour, putrid smell; after
an evacuation, cramp in left leg; Emission of flatus, with loud
noise; Sensation of bubbles passing from anus; when walking,
much flatus, giving shocks in rectum; Pricking at amus, with dis-
charge of mucus; Darting pain, with stitches in the bladder;
Pressure, alternately, on rectum and bladder; Discharge of blood
from anus for months? Contraction of rectum ; Paralysis of
Sphincter Ani.
Conium.—Frequent, constant urging, without stool; Stool
hard, with tenesmus every second day; Temesm/w8, with a very
thin, scanty stool; Liquid stools, with some very hard lumps;
Liquid stools, with undigested matter and mucus; Discharge of
blood in the morning, with the stool. During stool–Burning, or
cutting in the rectum. During stool, and after—Palpitation—the
heart sometimes stops. After stool—Tremulous weakness—relieved
in the air; Stitches in anus—frequent between stools; Heat in
the rectum; Heat at anus; Itching in rectum and anus; Burning.
Cuprum.—Violent Diarrhoea; Stitches in anus; Haºmorrhage
from rectum and veins; Tingling and sharp stitches at amus; Con-
stipation several days, with heat of body.
Digitalis.-Loose stools; Diarrhoea; Ash colour, with Jaun-
dice; Diarrhoea—watery, or of mucus; Involuntary stools; Dy-
sentery; Discharge of ascarides. After stool—Pressure in the
lumbar region.
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Dulcamara.-Diarrhoea-slimy; White mucus—faint feel-
ing; Diarrhoea of white or green mucus, or brownish; Diarrhoea
from cold in summer, with colic ; Diarrhoea of watery stools at
night, and prolapsus recti; Diarrhoea — chronic, with blood;
Biting at anus; Sudden pressure on the rectum—he can scarcely
retain the stool; Desire, with colic.
Graphites.—Constipation—the stools become regular in time;
Stools small—size of lumbrici; Faeces hard, knotty; Stools covered
with white mucus; Itching at anus; Stools with very foetid, intol-
erable smell. Stools—Blood is discharged every day; Burning at
rectum; Swelling around anus; Varices of Rectum; Sore, cracked
—burning of protruded varices; Smarting, or stitches after an
evacuation.
Hepar.—Stools hard, and passed with difficulty; Peristaltic
action deficient—even a soft stool requires force to expel it; Tenes-
mus; Frequent desire to evacuate, but only flatus escapes;
Diarrhoea, with colic; Hot hands and cheeks; Diarrhoea —
whitish, or clay colour in children—Smell sour; Diarrhoea.—evacu-
ations of mucus and blood; Haemorrhage from rectum, with soft
stools; Burning Soreness in rectum after stool; Creeping, tingling,
as of ascarides; Pimple near the anal orifice, with swelling; Sweat-
ing at Perinaeum, -
Hyoscyamus.-Desire for stool—constant, urgent; Frequent,
copious, papescent ; Diarrhoea.—stool loose, small, thin; Mucous
diarrhoea—exhausting ; Watery, painless diarrhoea, and before and
after parturition; Involuntary stools; Paralysis of Sphincter Ani;
Flowing Haemorrhoids.
Ignatia.--Stools hard at first—afterwards soft ; Mucous stool;
Diarrhoea, with mucus and blood—rumbling and Colic; Consti-
pated after riding in a carriage—also from a cold; Disposition to
stool seems urgent, but only rectum protrudes; Anxious desire;
Great forcing required, with tenesmus; Faeces seem of large size,
and are expelled with difficulty; Faeces seem lodged high in rectum;
Peristaltic action wanting; Small quantity of tough, loam-colour,
soft faces expelled with difficulty; Rectum prolapsed on very
slight effort to evacuate. Rectum — Sharp, painful pressure
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after evacuation. Rectum—Long stitch from anal margin up
the rectum; Contraction of the anus—narrowing for a few days;
Attacks of cutting high up in the rectum; Creeping sensation in
the rectum, as of ascarides; Blind haemorrhoids, with pain, pressure,
and soreness; Swelling and distention of veins at Sphincter Ani;
Itching in anus and about perinaeum, especially when walking;
Sense of smarting excoriation after even a loose stool.
Iodium. — Constipation continued many days; Stool hard,
knotty. Stool—Period irregular ; Constipation—then diarrhoea.
Stool—Whitish, white mucus, frothy, or thick mucus. Stool—
Mucus and blood; Foetid, pappy stools. Rectum—Violent itch-
ing; Smarting excoriation. Anus–Stitching, dragging, burning
(evening).
Ipecacuanha. — Diarrhoea of fermented matter, yellow or
lemon-colour; Diarrhoea — grass-green, or mucus tinged with
blood; Diarrhoea—faeces covered with blood and mucus; Diarrhoea
—liquid or rice-water stools, and with stinging, burning at anus;
Pricking and creeping at anus; Stools of blood; Discharge of black
blood, resembling pitch. .
Kreasote, Stool dry, hard, with straining every third or fourth
day. (Second effect)—Several, or two or three stools daily in one
habitually costive. Rectum—Drawing; Lancinations in ; Darting
pain in ; Spasmodic pains, extending to groin, and passing to right
testicle, during a very difficult evacuation; Spasms in rectum
and groin—compelled to walk bent, and sit down cautiously.
Lachesis.-Constipation several days—eight days—fourteen
days; Faeces hard, like sheep's dung; Unsuccessful straining; the
Sphincter Ani seems closed, as by pressure of the faeces against it;
Thin, soft, yellow stools, or slippery balls; Alternate loose and hard
stools; Tenacious; Pitch-like; Disposition to Diarrhoea in warm
weather; Discharge of blood and pus; Urging towards anus; Con-
striction; Burning; Protrusion of rectum; Varices; Haemorrhoids
during scanty flow of menses.
Lycopodium.—Stool every other day; Constipation two or
three days—after which, evacuation regular; Ineffectual urging;
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Stool effected with great effort (burning)—the first part hard,
knotty—succeeded by soft faeces; Pap-like stools daily, after the
fifth day, for several weeks; Desire for stool only in the evening—
sense as if some still remained; Tenesmus (morning); ‘Haemor-
rhage from rectum; Contraction of the rectum, which prevents
expulsion; Contractive pain in perinaeum—long-lasting, after scanty,
hard stool; the frequent stools are accompanied with burning at
amus and rectum ; Burning, itching; Fatigue, exhaustion after a
stool; Pressive pains in the head; Lassitude in the thighs; Varices
protrude and swell; Cutting in rectum, extending into the bladder;
Stitches; Tearing, affecting respiration; Itching eruption about
the margin of anus; Pain in the anus after a stool.
Mercurius.-Tenesmus frequent; Constant desire for stool;
Constipation, with fever; Low spirits and loss of appetite; Stool
passed with considerable effort—straining; Stool hard, scanty–
preceded by chills, shivering ; Discharge of mucus and blood,
with colic and tenesmus; Loose stools of faeces, mucus, and blood,
or mucus only; Pap-like, with mucus; Yellow ; Whitish-gray;
Stools only at night; Diarrhoea (evening and night); Diarrhoea,
with streaks of blood; Dysenteric stools; Discharge of blood before
and after hard faeces. Stools—Green, dark-green; Bilious, frothy,
or slimy. Stools—Brown, loose, easy; Black, pitch-like. Stools of .
sour smell, or undigested food. Stools—Diarrhoea, with anxiety;
Cold sweat on forehead; Trembling; Tenesmus; Burning in the
anus; Burning after every stool; Sharp stitches in the anus;
Soreness; Itching; Prolapsus Recti; Black colour—discharging
blood; Ascarides creep out of the rectum.
Muriatic Ac.—Hard, difficult evacuation—especially morning;
Evacuation of small pieces with much straining; Evacuation soft
in the afternoon—alternation hard and soft; Diarrhoea—liquid,
with burning, stinging at anus; Diarrhoea, with excoriation; Smart-
ing; Tingling; Stinging; Violent itching at the anus, and in the
rectum; Swelling of the varices—blue colour—painful and sore;
Haemorrhage of the varices during stool (several mornings); Itching
about the anus and perinaeum; Desire to scratch. -
Natrum Mur.-Retention; Hard stool every second or third
day; after a few days—stool soft, loose, pappy; Diarrhoea like
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water, and with Colic ; Faeces mixed with blood—clots of blood;
Soft stool, with labour-like pressure—difficult expulsion. Rectum,
—Burning in, during and after a stool (hard); Tenesmus; Fissure
in anus; Bleeding Soreness; Spasmodic constriction at anus;
Hard stool, followed by liquid stool; Stitches; Throbbing; Smart-
ing; Shootings upwards; Burning, Smarting Soreness at anus, with
heat; Excoriation between the mates; Painful shootings; Darting
in haemorrhoidal tumours; Herpes around the anus.
Nitric Ac.—Constipation several days, without pain; Ab-
domen distended; every other day, hard stool, covered with mucus.
Stools—Hard, scanty; Small lumps, with mucus; Difficult.
Stools—Irregular; Dry; Small; Long pressure required to expel.
Stools—Desire for, but unsuccessful; Soft stools; Pap-like.
Stools—Soft, twice a day, for several weeks; Diarrhoea after
dinner, or every other day; Food undigested; Dysenteric stool,
with tenesmus, fever, headache; Exhaustion; Profuse discharge of
blood during stool; Burning at anus. Anw8—Stitching and con-
traction—lasting some hours. After stool—Great exhaustion, irri-
tability, uneasiness; Rectum inactive—seems incapable of expell-
ing the faeces; Pressure in the rectum; Pinching; Itching;
Smarting; Painful burning in rectum—especially after voiding
urine; Pressure and sensation as if a varix would form; Varices
and pricking at anus; Swelling; Burning; Varices constantly
protrude; Bleeding; Itching; Soreness; Itching when walking in
the open air, and after stool; Humour and excoriation about the
mates when walking; Perinaewm-painful pimple on; Stitches
sharp ; Drawing pain in perinaeum.
Nux W.-Constipation, with rush of blood to the head; Con-
stipation, with obstruction of the portal circulation; Constipa-
tion from intestinal inactivity; Weakness of peristaltic power;
Constipation from sedentary habits; Contraction; Constriction;
Constipation of pregnancy—of infants and children—from coffee;
Stool hard, large, dry, difficult, or mixed hard and soft; Stool
enveloped in mucus; Soft, followed by hard; Diarrhaea (morning,
early, or after dinner), dark colour; Diarrhoea of mucus, dark-
coloured, with smarting, burning in anus; Mucus, and small-size
evacuations, with urging and tenesmus; Diarrhoea, putrid, watery;
after a cold, with pains in back and thighs; Dysenteric diarrhoea,
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with cutting and tenesmus; Alternate constipation and diarrhoea;
Pitch-like stools; Undigested faeces; Pressure in rectum before
stool; Sensation, after evacuation, of some being left behind, in
consequence of contraction in the rectum. After evacuation—
Soreness, biting; Discharge of Blood; Urging to evacuate without
success; Prickings and burning in haemorrhoids, at sphincter ani;
Painful contractions about the rectum and anus; Painful spas-
modic stricture at the anus; Contraction—narrowing of the
rectum ; Twitching in the anus between the evacuations; Itching
intolerable, as from ascarides; Discharge of ascarides; Itching,
with sore pain; Smarting hamorrhoids; Perinaewm—aching in-
itching in, after dinner.
Opium,_Weakness of peristaltic action; Retention of faeces;
Constipation for ten days—six or eight weeks; Constipation for
months—only small, hard balls passed; Constipation of the
plethoric, the pregnant, and infants; Hard stool, with pinching
and flatulence; Hard stool for six days—great effort to expel the
faeces; Sensation as if the passage in the rectum were closed;
Costiveness for several months; Diarrhoea (second effect); Invo-
luntary stools; Pain in the rectum; Distensive pressure in the
rectum. -
Petroleum.—Diarrhoea; Yellow, watery stools, with weakness;
Diarrhoea of profuse mucus; Blood and mucus; Soft stool, with tenes-
mus, or difficult of passage. (Second effect)—The stool is harder;
Diarrhoea of pregnancy; Ascarides passed with faeces; Taenia;
Hunger after stool soon satisfied. After stool—Qualmish, weak,
dizziness. After stool—Vanishing of sight—he had to close his
eyes to recover it; Pressure in the rectum and anus; Itching;
Burning, stitching in rectum and anus; Scurfy eruption at anus;
Fistula in rectum; Itching herpes on the perinaeum.
Phosphorus.-Constipation six days, with pressure, disten-
tion, and flatulence; Difficult expulsion of faeces; Stools scanty—
hard lumps; Stool hard, with discharge of blood; Paralysis of
intestinal canal; Stool dry, hard, covered with mucus; Pappy
stool; Stool soft, with cutting and pressure in the intestines;
Diarrhoea sixteen days, with tenesmus—relieved by coffee; Chronic
Diarrhoea, or of slime, blood, watery; Typhoid diarrhoea; Ex-
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hausting diarrhoea of the phthisicky; Alternate diarrhoea and con-
stipation of the aged; Green stool (infant); Green; Green and
black stools; Undigested, involuntary stools; Blood with stool two
mornings; Gnawing pain in rectum during a rather loose stool;
Burning in rectum and anus after soft stool, with great weakness;
Tearings in the rectum; Pricking between the evacuations;
Cramp-like forcing in rectum; Pricking, darting at anus; Gnaw-
ing itching at anus; Pain in varices many days; Haemor-
rhage; Mucous discharge; Ascarides; Taenia; Relaxation of the
Sphincter Ani.
Phosphoric Acid.—Frequent desire, but unsuccessful; Strain-
ing; Soft stool; Diarrhoea—white-gray; Slimy, watery; Light-
yellow; Sudden discharge of pappy faeces during emission of wind;
Smarting at anus after a difficult stool; Tenesmus; Tearing,
smarting, itching—anus (morning and evening); Protrusion of
varices during a stool.
Platina.-Constipation several days, and from travelling;
Faeces passed in lumps, causing weakness; Stool difficult, with
cutting, burning, and protrusion of varices; Stool as if burnt, or
scanty, like soft clay; Stool pappy, half-digested, mixed with
'blood; Stool thin, with tenesmus, or dry lumps; Blood with
stool; Creeping tenesmus every evening; Burning in rectum ;
Stitches and violent pressure in rectum, without stool.
Podophyllum P.-Constipation, with headache and flatulence;
Constipation during remittent fever; Extreme weakness and
cutting pain after stools; Stool yellow—dark-green (six to eight
in one day), or white, slimy; Infantile Cholera; Stools of dark-
yellow mucus; Chalk-like stools, very offensive, with thirst in
children; Watery, hot stools; Frothy mucus; Undigested; Pro-
lapsus Ani, of long standing, and with diarrhoea (six years);
Descent of the rectum from little exertion—frequently morning;
Constant pain in the lumbar region, during, and worse after, stool.
The prolapsus generally occurs in the morning.
Pulsatilla.—Obstinate constipation, or alternate hard and soft
stools; Evacuations difficult, with pain in the back (pressing);
Difficult (morning, early)—two loose stools during the day; Fre-
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quent desire for stool, with livid look and faintness; Frequent
urging, as if diarrhoea would set in; Frequent loose stool, with
mucus, or of mucus only; Evacuations of mucus mixed with blood;
Diarrhoea at night—green, slimy, or stirred eggs; White stool;
Watery diarrhoea at night; Diarrhoea, with colic, cutting pain;
Loose, acrid; Diarrhoea during or after measles—unconscious,
during sleep; Diarrhoea, dysenteric—chills, shaking, goose-flesh.
Rectum—Burning; Painful soreness; Stinging; Tearing, with
pressure; Soreness of anus; Smarting at the anus, between the
mates, and in varices; Haºmorrhoids, blind, with itching, and single
stitches; Haemorrhoids, painful, protruding—blind, with pain in
back. Hahnemann remarks that nightly diarrhoea is a character-
istic of Pulsatilla.
Rhus Tox,−Alternate constipation and diarrhoea; Diarrhoea
(several stools in the hour) for sixty hours; Stools red and yellow,
with mucus, jelly-like—mixed with blood; Stools sudden, frothy,
yellow, or whitish-yellow, without smell; Stools—stirred up; Diar-
rhoea at night, with headache, pain in limbs; Stools involuntary at
might, during sleep. Rectum—Constant temeSmws, with tearing in
the intestines; Burning before the evacuation; Protrusion of haemor-
rhoids; Soreness in the anus; Itching deep in the rectum.
Secale Corn,-Painful diarrhoea, with great prostration;
Diarrhoea.—watery—mucous—brown—serous—putrid; Diarrhoea
involuntary, or after cholera, in children; Diarrhoea, with sudden
change of features—eyes sunk, blue margins; Nausea; Vomiting;
Sense of anxiety; Shrivelled skin; Burning in stomach; Voice
hoarse; Thirst unquenchable; Pulse feeble, or almost impercep-
tible; Urine suppressed; Upper limbs paralysed; Cramp in calves;
Expulsion of ascarides.
Sepia-Exhausting diarrhoea, and green, or acid-smelling
stool of children; Stool scanty, with straining and tenesmus—
knotty foeces; Stool, with much blood, and cutting in the abdomen;
Stool soft, jelly-like; Expulsion of ascarides; Contractive pain in
Tectum, perinaeum, and vagina; Stitches; Burning at the anus
every day; Burning in the rectum during a loose stool; Stinging and
itching; Oozing moisture from anus; Stinging, with discharge of
mucus; Prolapsus Recti; Protrusion and itching of the varices;
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Congestion of the anus; Flowing piles; Excoriation between the
mates.
Silica.-Constipation during three days; after which hard
lumps passed; Faeces remain long in the rectum; Straining at
stool; Faeces hard, with tenesmus, and receding back into the rec-
tum; Stools pappy—several during the day; Stools of mucus and
blood; Protrusion of varices, with pain; Itching in rectum and
anus; Spots, with scurfy exfoliation at perinaeum and os coccygis;
Burning in the rectum during the evacuation; Fistula in ani;
Long stitch in the rectum; Distention of a vein to the size of a
goose-quill.
Spigelia.--Discharge of thick mucus, and faeces covered with
mucus; Stool hard, with much straining; Loose stool two days
(four times a day)—yellow, tenacious mucus; Crawling in the
rectum, as from worms; Itching in the anus.
Spongia.--Stool hard—first part hard, latter soft; White,
loose; Stool, preceded by stitches in the anus, and rumbling in
abdomen; Sense of excoriation in anus; Tenesmus; Pain from
abdomen to anus; Ascarides passed every day.
Stannum.—Frequent but ineffectual desire to evacuate the
bowels; Frequent desire—passing a little mucus or dry lumps;
Hard lump, suddenly slipping through the sphincter. Second—
Loose stool—feeling as if diarrhoea would come on ; Greenish,
scanty stool—thin, slimy evacuations; Discharge of mucus after
stool; Aching in rectum ; Burning at amus.
Staphysagria.-Constipation several days; Scanty, hard
stools; Frequent desire—very small pieces only—part hard and
part soft ; Desire, when there is really nothing in the rectum;
Loose, yet difficult stool, as if the anus were constricted; Tenes-
mus; Contusive pain (rectum) after a hard stool; Aching or
smarting after a stool; Itching of the anus; Blotches around the
allllS. i
Stramonium.—Constipation six days — not troublesome;
Blackish stools; Writhing pain before the evacuation; Diarrhoea
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six days; Discharge of coagulated blood; Haemorrhoids several
days.
Sulphur.—Constipation, occasional—Chronic, with piles;
Constipation of infants; Stool hard, difficult, as if burnt; Lumpy,
with mucus; Knotty; Insufficient; Frequent desire unsuccessful;
Stool expelled with straining—sense of some still in the rectum ;
Stool half liquid, hot, scalding ; Diarrhoea from a cold, with chilli-
ness; Dyspnoea; Colic; Diarrhoea during pregnancy; Diarrhoea of
children, with mucus; Diarrhoea—frothy, with tenesmus; Brown,
foetid-smelling stool; Pale, sour, undigested—white slime, streaked
with blood; Passage of ascarides and lumbrici; Palpitation of the
heart during stool—also weeping; Nausea; Rush of blood to the
head; Prolapsus Recti. After stool—Exhaustion; Pressure, prick-
ings; Chilly; Faint; Beating in the rectum; Violent stitches in
rectum (evening), and between stools; Creeping, biting, as from
ascarides; Burning at anus; Itching at anus and rectum; Humid
varices; Discharge of humour from the anus; Protrusion of
varices—oozing of blood; Contractive sensation in the perinaeum;
Pressure on the bladder when at stool, from hard faeces; Tenesmus,
painful—unable to lie or sit after a stool.
Sulphuric Acid.—Stool hard, knotty, difficult, like sheep's
dung; Small black lumps, mixed with blood, with painful prickings
in the anus; Faeces of large size; Loose stool, with feeling of
emptiness; Diarrhoea of frothy mucus, or watery, or green;
Chronic diarrhoea.—yellow or saffron-coloured mucus—foetid,
streaky, bloody; Pain as if the rectum would be torn; Congestion
of blood to the rectum; Haemorrhoids, with pricking and burning;
Itching; Dampness; Oozing.
Thuja.-Constipation—(Copious loose stools—second effects);
Pain in rectum during stool; Painful haemorrhoids; Blotches
like figwarts around the anus; Discharge of blood; Painful con-
traction of the anus.
Weratrum.—Constipation—also of infants; Chronic constipa-
tion; Costiveness, with heat and pain in the head; Faeces hard
and large; Diarrhoea, with cutting before and after stool; Fre-
quent diarrhoea; Diarrhoea—greenish, watery, flocculent, brown,
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blackish; Diarrhoea at night—also very violent, with sweat; Pale-
ness; Diarrhoea, with shuddering, chilliness, extreme prostration,
cold sweat, especially on the forehead; Burning, smarting at
anus; Pressure, with blind piles.
Zincum,_Constipation—urging, difficult, dry, scanty; Stool
tough, scanty, or yellow, with heat, burning, pricking; Expulsion
difficult, with discharge of prostatic juice; Stool—large size—hard,
in lumps, with pressure; Soft stool after dinner, with giddiness
and humming; Soft stools, with blood and foam, preceded by
colic ; Sensation, in the rectum, of wind, but cannot pass any;
Cutting and smarting in the rectum and anus; Darting stitch, like
an electric shock, in the rectum and anus; Jerking stitch, passing
from rectum to neck of the bladder; Creeping as of worms in
anus; Itching and Soreness; Burning and tingling; Protrusion of
Varices; Discharge of blood from the anus.
URIN ARY OR GANS,
Aconite.—Urime—Enuresis, with profuse sweat; Frequent
desire to pass water; Anxious desire; Painful desire; Frequent
discharge of limpid urine; Desire to urinate induced by slight
pressure on abdomen; Urine—Scanty, bright-red, hot—passed
with burning; Urine—Brown, burning—deposit brick-dust; Dark
wrime; Urine—Scanty, difficult, with urging—sometimes pinching
at umbilicus. Bladder and Urethra—Painful when walking;
Burning and tenesmus at neck; Stinging or dull burning in fossa
navicularis; Temporary paralysis at neck; Vibratory splashing
during micturition; Burning through the whole canal during
micturition; Shooting stitch in urethra when walking; Stitches
at orifice.
Antimonium Crud.—Urine—Frequent—desire violent, though
little passed. Colour—Gold-yellow, brown-red, with red cor-
puscles after standing twenty-four hours; Frequent micturition,
with much mucus; Cutting pain. Urethra—Burning in, with
pain in Small of the back. -
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Apis Mel—Attacks of urination every few minutes (profuse
discharge of natural urine was induced in a dropsical patient by
three doses); Frequent desire, with burning in the urethra; Burn-
ing and scalding at the neck of the bladder, with tenesmus;
Strangury.
Arnica.-Urine—Copious, watery; Brown, with brick sedi-
ment; Brown, which turns turbid and whitish ; Yellow-red—small
quantity; Emission of blood. Bladder and Urethra—Tenesmus
at neck; Urine passed in drops; Sensation as if the urethra were
constricted; Spasmodic stitches in the urethra; Cutting at the
orifice after urinating.
Arsenicum.—Urine—Scanty. Colour—Dark-yellow, or colour-
less; Greenish, dark-brown—turbid when leaving the bladder—or
deposit slimy, albumen; Involuntary urination when asleep;
Retention, with frequent urging—or copious, hot, burning; Burn-
ing during micturition; Painful, difficult; Incontinence of
twenty-five days. Bladder and Urethra—Burning in the urethra;
Biting, tearing; Paralysis of the bladder.
Belladonna-Urine—Retention; Difficult, with profuse sweat;
Frequent desire, but it passes only in drops. Colour—Yellow,
gold-colour; White, with thick sediment—or becomes turbid,
with red deposit; Frequent, copious—of pale, thin, watery,
with sweat; Inability to retain, from paralysis of neck of bladder.
Bladder and Urethra—Paralysis of bladder; Writhing and turn-
ing, as of a large worm; Dull pressure in the region of the bladder;
Lancinations in the urethra—whole canal; Dull stitches behind
the glans; Flow of prostatic juice from relaxed penis, at night, in
'bed.
Berberis–Urging to micturate—the emission being accom-
panied by violent pains in the renal region, of a pressing or lancina-
ting character—extending down the uterus into the bladder, the left
kidney being more particularly affected, and the pain worse when
sitting or lying down, than during motion. Bladder—Contractive,
spasmodic, or even cutting pains in the bladder—or frequently-
recurring aching pains—or sensation of burning or smarting;
During micturition, pains in the loins and thighs; Stitches in the
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urethra. Characters of Urine—Pale-yellow, with transparent,
jelly-like sediment—or turbid, flocculent, with mucous deposit;
Yellow crystals are deposited on the sides of the vessel; Red urine,
with red deposit. -
Bryonia-Urine—Hot, red, or brown; Scanty—passed with
burning and sensation as if the passage were too narrow ; Desire,
especially at night. Bladder and Urethra—Sense of constriction
at neck of bladder; Sensation as if more were retained in the
bladder; Itching, burning in urethra; Drawing, lacerating feeling
at the exterior part of the urethra.
Calcarea.—Urine—Frequent micturition at night, with burn-
ing; Bloody; Blood-sediment; Dark-brown, foetid, white, or clay-
like sediment; Flour-like deposit; Mucus passed with the urine; a
Dark, without sediment; Frequent wetting the bed; Desire, when
walking especially. Urethra and Bladder—Stitches (female);
Cutting in urethra; Burning in orifice; Burning in urethra
during micturition; Soreness; Burning before and after urinating;
Polypus of the bladder; Catarrh of Bladder.
Cannabis.-Urine—Chronic retention; Painful, bloody; Vio-
lent burning through the fore part of the urethra during micturi-
tion; Burning during and after micturition; Stinging; Smarting;
Biting; Urine full of filaments, or turbid; Urgent desire;
Stream scattered fan-shape. Urethra and Bladder—Cutting pain
in the fore part of the urethra; Burning stitches near the bulbous
portion; Urethra inflamed throughout the whole canal; Discharge
of mucus—thin, watery; Painful discharge of mucus—yellow;
also (prostatic) painless; Difficult passage of urine, as from para-
lysis of the bladder; Accumulation of mucus and pus, clogging
the catheter.
Cantharis.-Constant but ineffectual desire—discharging only
a few drops; Desire very frequent; Painful burning, smarting, or
cutting; Urine Red, bloody, or full of mucus, or turbid, like
loam-water; Jelly-like; Albuminous or sandy deposit; Reten-
tion from over-distended bladder; Discharge of blood in drops.
Ridneys—Sharp cutting, or stitches, with pains extending to the
axilla; Shooting, tearing, or cutting in ureters, to the bladder;
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Inflammation; Enlargement of the kidneys; Suppression of urine;
Ulceration and suppuration of kidneys; Dyswria; Ischwria;
Strangwry. Bladder—The bladder seems unable to bear a
very small quantity of urine; Heat and burning; Excessive pain.
in Bladder; Pressure; Stinging, tearing at the neck; Paralysis;
Suppuration, with involuntary flow of urine; Temesmus of the
Bladder; Distention; Gangrene of the mucous coat. Urethra—
Violent cutting pains, causing him to bend double; Inflamma-
tion and suppuration; Discharge of yellow mucus; Haemorrhage.
painful during erection, or with convulsions; Painful gonor-
rhoea; Chordee; Discharge of dirty, purulent fluid from the
urethra.
Carbo Veg.—Urine—Quantity greatly diminished; Strong
desire to urinate; Frequent desire, with anxiety day and night;
Diabetic P. Dark-red, as if with blood; Reddish, turbid; Deposit
of Gravel, or red sediment. Urethra—Burning or smarting;
Lacerating, drawing, especially in the morning, after passing water.
Causticum.—Urine—Desire urgent and frequent; Involun-
tary during sleep, or coughing, sneezing, &c.; Pale, watery; Tur-
bid, flocculent, after standing—deposit of mucus; Acrid urine.
Urethra—Itching at orifice; Cutting; Burning at night; Burn-
ing when passing urine; Haemorrhage; Stricture of the urethra.
Chamomilla.-Urime—Hot; Yellow; Anguish during pass-
ing; Urging ineffectual; Burning (pains in abdomen seem to
prevent easy micturition); Stream weak, slow. Deposit—Floc-
culent; Turbid; Yellowish. Bladder and Urethra—Burning at
neck of bladder, and smarting in urethra during micturition;
Sticking pain at neck of bladder; Soreness at the edge of prepuce
(excoriation); Sense of weakness at the bladder.
China.-Urine—Dark colour, with red, brick-dust sediment;
Scanty, or greenish-yellow; Desire frequent, with pressure in the
bladder; White, turbid—white deposit. Urethra—Stitches in ;
Burning at orifice; Sore if rubbed against the clothes. -
Clematis.-Urine—Frequent micturition—passing but little
at a time, or drop by drop; Diabetes? Urethra—Painful to touch;
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Scalding when first passing urine; Contraction; Constriction of
the urethra; Spasmodic stricture.
Colchicum.–Urine—Diminished; Dark-red, burning like
fire; Constant desire; Burning and tenesmus. Colour—Brown or
blackish; Sediment, whitish. (Second effect)—Profuse, yellow, or
watery. Urethra—Burning and tenesmus; Constant burning;
Drawing pain, especially towards the orifice.
Colocynth.-Urine—Retention; Desire, with scanty emis-
sion; Odour intensely foetid—becomes like white of egg, gluti-
nous, or turbid, with deposit like gravel, or red, hard crystals
adhering to the vessel. Urethra—Itching at orifice; Burning
after urinating; Pricking about the glans; Pressure at end of
penis after passing urine. Bladder—Stitches in the bladder—
then in the rectum.
Conium.–Urime—Frequent (half-hour); Urgent desire; Wet-
ting the bed; Inability to retain; the stream interrupted;
Compelled to urinate at 2 A.M. every morning (several days);
Micturition difficult—painful; Turbid; Sediment white, or urine
pale as water. Urethra—Burning in; Smarting after passing
urine; Cutting and pain, with mucus; Burning after urine;
Stitches down into the bulb of the urethra; Discharge of pus.
Bladder—Crampy pressure at the neck; Stitches—more violent
when walking; Sharp pressive pain in bladder.
Copaivae.—Urine—Constant, ineffectual urging; Increase, as
in Diabetes; Foaming; Green—smell of violets, tasting bitter.
Urethra—Inflamed; Orifice swollen, dilated; Itching, biting, burn-
ing, before and after urine; Contraction; Pulsations; Yellow,
purulent discharge. Bladder—Excessive irritation. Genital
(Male)—Weakness; Impotence; Dryness of the mucous mem-
brane; Swelling and induration of the prostate; Swelling of the
testes.
Digitalis.-Urine—Constant desire, but only a few drops can
be passed at a time, which are hot, burning, or scalding—dark-
brown colour; Alternate retention, and copious emission of watery,
pale urine; Difficulty of passing urine, with a sense of constriction
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in the urethra. Urethra—Pressing, burning, in the incisive
pains. Bladder—Inflammation at the neck; Cutting pain; the
urine is more easily retained in the recumbent position; Sense of
contraction in the bladder, which seems to press and render mictu-
rition difficult.
Dulcamara.-Urine—Painful micturition; Burning; Turbid—
white deposit, or sometimes red; Scanty; Foetid. Urethra—Pulsa-
tion; Stitches; Contraction of; Stricture; Discharge of mucus.
Bladder—Paralysis; Involuntary flow of urine; Thickening of;
Catarrh of. -
Graphites.—Urine—Frequent desire, especially at night; Wet-
ting the bed P Acid smell. Colour—Dark-brown—in two hours ap-
pears very turbid, with reddish deposit; Sudden desire, but very
little is passed.
Hepar Sulph.-Urine—Sharp, cutting, or burning; Frequent
desire; Involuntary at night; Dark-yellow, or brown—a greasy
substance lies on the surface—variegated; Urine passed with
burning—turbid, fleecy-looking appearance. Urine—Orifice red
and inflamed; Stitches in ; Cutting pain; Soreness, as if ulcerated ;
Discharge of mucus.
Iodium.—Obstinate retention of urine, or involuntary micturi-
tion—also at night. Urime—Dark, turbid, or milky; Thick urine,
with very dark sediment, and ammoniacal odour—passed with
smarting.
Ipecacuanha-Frequent desire, with scanty emission; Turbid
urine—deposit like brick-dust; Bloody urine.
Kali Carb.-Urine—Great desire—it flows slowly; he is com-
pelled to rise at night; Burning during and after. Colowr—Pale
or greenish; Dark-yellow; Turbid, cloudy. Deposit of copious
sediment after standing. Urethra-Burning, biting sensation at
the orifice; Frequent drawing, tearing, sharp cutting—anterior
part. Bladder—Cutting pain. -
Kreasotum.—Urine—Frequent desire, with profuse emission
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{
—and at night; Large quantity of pale urine almost every hour;
Sudden urging six or seven times a day; Hot, clear, and copious.
Deposit—Reddish, or white, or turbid after standing.
Lachesis.-Urine—Difficult; Frequent desire—copious flow of
foaming ; Dark, like porter, or deep yellow; Saffron colour, as in
Jaundice, or brown-red (typhoid); Turbid; Sandy, or red brick-
dust deposit.
Lycopodium.-Urine—Diminished first eight days—flow in-
terrupted—a few drops pass, slimy and turbid, with pain; Urging
to urine—turbid, with white deposit; Dark colour—deposit sandy
or red-brick; Strong ammoniacal smell; Burning in a female
urethra. Urethra—Itching, tingling, burning; Violent drawing,
cutting—quickly passing off; Violent cutting stitch. Bladder—
Cutting pain in bladder and rectum; Stitches in the bladder; also
at the neck.
Mercurius.-Urine—Scanty, hot, red; Constant desire, with
scanty emission; Dark-red, as if mixed with blood; Acrid;
Difficult to retain; very turbid-looking while being passed—white
deposit; Acid smell, or full of filaments, flock-like ; Mucus or pus
—after standing, thick deposit. Urethra—Burning in, during
and between the act of urinating; Discharge of blood from ; Cutting
in; Greenish discharge, or thick, whitish yellow; Orifice inflamed.
Muriatic Acid.-Urine—Frequent desire, but only a small
quantity is passed; after which there is much tenesmus of the
bladder; Desire, but he has to wait awhile before any will appear;
he passes much more urine than he has taken drink—which is
watery or pale; Involuntary discharge—milky, white, turbid.
Urethra—Cutting pain in the posterior part during urine and
stool; Stinging in the orifice after urine; Burning stitch; Inflam-
mation of the prepuce.
Natrum Carb.-Urime—Constant desire; after pressing a long
time, a little was passed, with erection and tenesmus; Constant
desire to urinate—the last drops consist of mucus only; Copious mic-
turition—for ten mornings he passed two pints of lemon-coloured
urine; at night, every half-hour; the child wets the bed; Urine
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turbid; Yellow mucus; Foetid urine. Urethra—Stitches and
burning, tearing and Smarting.
Natrum Mur.—Urine—Increased desire every half-hour—fre-
quent at night; awakes him from sleep; Strong desire—unable to
retain it; Involuntary when walking, coughing, sneezing; Deposit
—red sand, brick-dust; Loam-coloured urine, with red sediment;
the sediment is speedily deposited. Urethra—Biting, cutting,
burning, after micturition, with flow of thin mucus; Violent
stitches; Stinging, itching; Soreness at the meatus; Discharge of
yellow pus, which stains the linen; Gleety discharge.
Nitric Acid.—Urine—Suppressed several days; Great desire
—very scanty; Desire at night, with cutting in the abdomen—
stream very small, scanty, turbid, foºtid—cold, dark colour, or
brown—passed with Smarting; Strong ammoniacal odour like
horses’; also tobacco; Stains like coffee-grounds. Deposit—
Bright-red, adhering to the vessel, or flocculent filaments, mucus.
Urethra—Smarting, during micturition—cutting—the whole ure-
thra is painful, irritable—the orifice swollen; Violent pain after
micturition; Ulcer in urethra; Discharge of mucus, pus, blood.
Nux Wom.—Urine—Painful, ineffectual desire, or passing
in drops, with burning and tearing pain; Urging at night, with
blood; Inclination and urging (afternoon); Painful discharge of
thick urine; Reddish, with brick-dust deposit; Pale urine, watery,
copious. Bladder—Discharge of mucus from bladder; Pain at
neck, burning and tearing. Urethra—Burning, pricking, darting,
itching; Contractive pain at orifice, as if sore; Spasmodic con-
traction, with difficult micturition; Discharge of mucus; Blood.
Opium,-Urine—Suppression; Retention, with thirst; Dark
colour, scanty, red—brick-dust deposit—passed with effort—some-
times increases the flow. Bladder—Muscular power of the bladder
diminished.
Petroleum.–Urine—Frequent desire, but little is passed at
one time; Constant dribbling; Enuresis at night; Involuntary
micturition; Dark-yellow, brown, or red like blood—a shining
pellicle floats on surface. Deposit—Brownish flocks, red or white
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sediment—foetid smell, or ammoniacal. Bladder—Sense of pres-
sure; Burning at neck, or cutting pain. Urethra—Sense of con-
traction, like stricture; Stitch; Throbbing, burning pain—dis-
charge of mucus.
Phosphorus.-Urine—Desire frequent—unable to retain;
Increased; Profuse; Involuntary; Pale; Watery, or dark-brown;
Smell like garlic, sulphur—or strong ammoniacal odour, with
white-yellow deposit; Brick-dust sediment; White flocculi, or
yellowish sediment—a variegated pellicle—greasy appearance;
Stitch from neck of bladder up the wrethra; Burning in the
urethra; Stretching; Jerking; Quick drawing to-and-fro in the
urethra, extending to the bladder, with a feeling of contraction.
Phosphoric Acid.—Urine – Retention for seven hours;
Desire urgent—eight times a day, with pale face, heat, thirst;
Irritable desire, with cutting, burning, and pain in back;
Frequent micturition of watery or cloudy; Pale, with thick, white
flocks; Milky-looking—lumps gelatinous, or as if stirred with
flour; Diabetic. Bladder—Spasmodic constriction. Urethra—
Burning in ; Rawness; Drawing, extending into the anus; Stitch-
ing between the act of micturition; Creeping, swelling at the
orifice. -
Phytolacca Decandra.-Urine—Urgent desire; Copious at
night; Deposit—chalk-like; Dark-red urine—stains like the
colour of mahogany—very adherent to the vessel; Dull pain in
renal region, especially right; Uneasy feeling in the uretus.
Bladder—Pain in region of, before, and during micturition;
Gurgling sensation in the prostate (afternoon), repeatedly; Neu-
ralgic pain, and swelling of testes.
Plumbum, Urine—Retention; Difficult emission—passes in
drops during the colic—after this a sudden and free discharge.
Urime—Red or brown, as if with blood, or turbid. Deposit—Slimy.
Bladder—Tenesmus at neck, with burning in urethra.
Podophyllum.–Urine—Diminished secretion; Suppression;
Scanty, with frequent desire; Involuntary discharge when asleep;
Frequent micturition at night, in pregnancy. -
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Pulsatilla.-Urine—Retention, with heat and pain, or ten-
derness in vesical region; Involuntary micturition, especially when
walking or coughing; Copious flow of urine; Wetting the bed;
Pale, watery; Red or brown. Deposit—Brick-dust, or violet colour
—Sandy, or jelly-like—purulent, or bloody, with pains in both
kidneys. Bladder—Pressure continual; Dull stitch. First—Te-
nesmus, with difficult micturition. (Second effect)—Copious flow;
Spasmodic pain at neck, extending to pelvis and thighs; Burning
at neck; Pain in vesica on slight pressure; Catarrh of the
Bladder. Urethra—Creeping pain, with pressure at orifice; Burn-
ing at orifice; Sharp pressure; Contraction; Stream Small;
Yellow discharge ; Gonorrhoea, and with blood; Discharge like
semen. (Pulsatilla restores the suppressed gonorrhoeal discharge.)
Rhus Tox,−Urine—Retention; Dysuria, with drops of blood
and tenesmus; Incontinence; Hot, dark, turbid; White, flock-
like, Snowy sediment.
Sarsaparilla-Frequent desire, with scanty emission; Mic-
turition, with burning—more copious discharge; a quantity of
pale urine, that deposits a sediment; two or three copious emis-
sions of urine during the night; Severe tenesmus, with discharge
of a white, turbid, acrid matter, and mucus; Urine that deposits
oblong flocks; Sharp cutting pains in the urethra during mic-
turition; Discharge of yellow mucus. Useful for Gravel; Calculi;
Severe tenesmus of the bladder,
Secale.—Urine—Suppressed; Difficult, with urging—flows in
drops. Deposit—Thick, red—stains the chamber; Haemorrhage
from the urethra.
Sepia-Urine—Continual desire, but scanty; Bearing down—
sensation as if drops were passing out of the bladder; Pressing on
the bladder; Frequent micturition; Wets the bed before mid-
night; Urine turbid. Deposit—Brick-dust, or blood; White
sediment, which becomes foetid on standing—or mucus. Bladder—
Spasm; Violent burning. Urethra-Smarting during micturition;
Burning in the fore part; Smarting at the orifice; Itching;
Stitching; Violent cutting; Secondary Gonorrhoea; Discharge of
a milky fluid after micturition.
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URINARY ORGANS. - [URINE.
Silica.-Frequent micturition at night; Involuntary emis-
sions; Wetting the bed. Urime, that soon becomes turbid.
Deposit—Sandy, yellow, gravel, or red, like brick-dust.
Squilla.-Urine—Great desire to urinate—constant, but in-
effectual; Urine passed at night; Red urine. Deposit—Red,
brown, yellow, flocky. (Urine greatly increased, and watery—
Diabetes?—this is the primary action.) Bladder—Tenesmus;
Constant pressure.
Staphysagria.-Urine—Copious, frequent, watery—after a few
days it became yellow; Emits a small quantity every quarter of an
hour; Frequent desire, but only a small quantity of dark-yellow
or reddish urine is passed—only in drops; Painful micturition.
Urethra—Burning, deeply seated, between the acts; Burning in
the whole of the urethra, at each micturition, many days.
Sulphur.—Urine—Violent, or sudden desire; Painful—a small
quantity is passed with great effort; Frequent micturition—also at
night; Copious after midnight; Wetting the bed—desire every
half-hour; Discharge of urine when coughing—stream thin, or
intermittent—soon becomes turbid; Greasy pellicle; Foetid
smell—or like the odour from the feet. Colour—Yellow or dark-
brown, or blood; Rose colour. Deposit—White, like flour, or
slimy, mucus. Bladder—Pressure on ; Stitches in. Urethra-
Burning in the anterior portion during micturition; Cutting
as if the urine were acrid; Smarting; Stitches and tearing;
Orifice red and inflamed,
Taraxacum.–Urime—Copious micturition, without pain; Fre-
quent desire. (Second effect)—Secretion diminished; Diabetes?
depending on chronic miasm (H.)
Terebinthina. — Urine — First days — Increased secretion.
Second—Diminished; Difficult; Total suppression; Smell like
violets. Deposit—Slimy, or white, yellow, or red—even blood.
Urethra—Burning in ; Urethritis; Chordee. Bladder—In-
flamed; Burning; Movement in; Sensation as if distended and
drawn forward; Dragging; Cutting; also at umbilicus—worse
during rest.
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URINE.] URINARY ORGANS.
Thuja-Urine—Frequent desire—almost every hour, without
any pain; a good deal at night; Micturition frequent and copious;
Sensation as if some drops were still being voided or left behind ;
Interrupted stream; it looks clear like water; after standing it
becomes cloudy; Urine red like blood; Thick sediment; Red, like
brick-dust. Urethra—Burning between the act, during, and even
some time after micturition; Burning as if the canal were ex-
coriated; Burning toward the bulbous portion; Smarting and
itching ; Stitches, passing from behind forward; Stitch in the
evening; Stitches at night—preventing sleep; Stitch from the
anus into the urethra; Discharge of glutinous mucus; Stricture
of the urethra; Stitches in the fossa navicularis; Lancinating and
cutting pains; Cutting pain—violent when walking. Bladder—
Pressive pain in left renal region; Burning in the region of the
kidneys; Drawing pain down the ureter; Burning and pressure at
the neck of the bladder.
Valeriana.-Constant crying and straining in an infant ; the
child pressed so hard to pass the urine that the rectum protruded,
and a few drops of blood were expelled from the anus; Cramp-like
pains in the bladder. Secondly—Frequent emission of urine.
Weratrum.—Urine—Burning, scanty; Yellow and turbid during
emission; Frequent, scanty; Dark-red; Acrid; Greenish; In-
voluntary micturition; Diuresis. Urethra—Stitch at the orifice;
Pain as if constricted behind the glans. Bladder—Pressure on ;
Painful, or burning.
Zincum—Urine—Frequent and increased; Clear, pale, like
water, or lemon-yellow; Excessive desire to urinate. First days—
She urinates considerably at night without drink; Discharge of
urine when walking, eoughing, or blowing the nose. Deposit—
Turbid, loam-colour; Yellow urine, depositing white flocks;
Orange or red colour, depositing flocks. Bladder—Pressure on;
Colic, followed by spasm of the bladder. Urethra—Painful
drawing; Creeping; Sharp, tearing, cutting from the middle;
Stitching, burning, or tearing ; Soreness in the fore part of
the urethra; Flow of blood from the urethra.
484.
LRINARY DEPOSITS. [U. DEP,
URIN ARY DEPOSITS,
Aconite—Brick-dust sediment.
Antimonium C.—Red corpuscles ; Much mucus.
Arnica.—Brick-dust, turbid, whitish; Blood corpuscles.
Arsenicum.—Turbid when passing; Slimy; Albuminous.
Belladonna—white, thick, or red; Brick-dust.
Berberis–Transparent, jelly-like—or turbid, flocculent—or
reddish, bran-like; Deposit of yellow-red crystals on the sides of
the vessel. :
Bovista-Turbid, like loam-water; Violet deposit.
Bryonia-Red brick-dust; Sandy or pinkish deposit.
Calcarea.—White, like flour; Clay-like; Mucus.
Cannabis.--Turbid; Full of filaments, like mucus or pus;
Thick urine that quite clogged the catheter.
Cantharis.-Sandy; Full of mucus, blood; Loam-like; Albu-
minous; Jelly-like. :
Carbo Weg.—Red sediment, or Gravel; Saccharine?
Causticum.—Flocculent; Mucus.
Chamomilla-Turbid; Yellowish deposit; Flocculent.
China.-Red, brick-dust; Dingy yellow, loose sediment; White,
turbid. - *
Chininum.—Flocks; Slimy, greasy deposit; Yellow sand and
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U, DEP.] URINARY DEPOSITS.
crystals; Clay-coloured; Copious brick-dust; Gravel; Fine, yellow- -
ish-white sand; Clear crystals; Saccharine?
Colchicum.—Whitish deposit.
Colocynth-Deposit viscid, like white of egg; Light-brown,
flocculent, transparent ; Small, red, hard crystals, that adhere to
the vessel; Copious deposit, like gravel.
Conium.—Tough, turbid mucus, blood; Diabetic?
Copaivae.—Mucous deposit—greenish, turbid.
Corallium.—Loam-like deposit.
Croton-Slightly turbid; Flocculent; White deposit; Brown
crystals deposit on the sides of the vessel; Greasy particles float on.
top ; Mucus that is drawn into threads.
Cuprum.—Dark-red, turbid; Yellow deposit.
Digitalis—Thin, brown deposit; after several hours—red,
turbid.
Dulcamara.-Turbid; White; Viscid; Sometimes red, some-
times white.
, * Eupatorium,_White, clay-like sediment.
Euphorbium.—A quantity of white sediment.
Graphites.—After two hours, becomes turbid; Reddish deposit,
or turbid, with white sediment.
Gratiola-Flocculent sediment.
Hepar—Pale urine becomes turbid and thick; White deposit;
Urine flocculent and turbid during emission—soon deposits a
white sediment; Greasy, glistening pellicle on the surface, dis-
playing many variegated colours. -
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Hyoscyamus.-Yellow urine; Turbid on emission; Whitish-
gray deposit. -
Ignatia.-Lemon-coloured urine; White deposit.
Iodium.—Thick urine ; Dark sediment.
Ipecacuanha, -Turbid urine; Brick-dust deposit.
Kali Bic.—High colour, with white, copious deposit; White
film and white deposit.
Kali Carb.-Urine like loam-water; Copious, dirty sediment.
Kreasote.—Turbid; Deposit like the sediment of beer in a
brewer's tub; Reddish sediment; White.
Lachesis.-Flocculent, or like brown sand—or red, or brick-
dust; Mucus, like beaten white of egg.
Laurocerasus.-Cloudy deposit; Thick, red sediment; White,
or jelly-like flocks; Thin pellicle on the surface, like cobwebs.
Ledum.-Yellow urine, with white, lime-like deposit.
Lobelia.-Loose, cloudy sediment; Urine quickly decomposes;
Pink sediment; Small brown crystal; Deep-red urine; Copious
red deposit. -
Lycopodium,_Turbid, slimy; White, turbid; Yellow deposit;
Dark, with red sediment; Red sand; Yellow sand; Bright-red .
deposit.
Magnes. Carb.-White sediment.
Magnes. Mur.—Urine as if mixed with yeast; Cloudy deposit.
Manganum.-Turbid, earthy deposit; Violet-colour sediment.
Mercurius.-Urine very turbid when passing; Sediment thick,
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U. DEP.] URINARY DEPOSITS.
like flour or chalk; Large filaments, like flocks; Pieces of mucus,
like flesh; Pus, or mucus—deposits a thick sediment; Dark-red
urine—deposit like blood; Diabetic 2 Albuminous.
Moschus.-Thick, like yeast.
Muriatic Ac.—Urine—white-looking, like milk; Diabetes?
Naja-Brick-dust sediment; Thick urine.
Natrum Carb.-Turbid; Deposit of yellow mucus.
Natrum Mur-Brick-dust deposit; Loam-like urine, with red
sediment; Red Sand.
Natrum Sulp.–Brick-dust—yellow, reddish (evening); White,
yellowish (morning).
Nitric Ac.—Dark urine soon becomes turbid; White, clear
urine, when passed, soon becomes flocculent, filamentous, and
deposits a red sediment that adheres to the vessel; Brown, red
gravel; White deposit.
Nux Vomica—Reddish urine—brick-dust deposit.
Oleander.—Brownish urine—whitish sediment.
• Oleum Anim.—Clear urine—cloudy deposit—dense, flocculent.
- Opium-Dark-red-brick-dust deposit.
Paris.-Red urine; Flocculent, cloudy, reddish sediment, and
opalescent.
Petroleum.—White sediment; Dark-yellow urine, with red
sediment—a shining pellicle floats on the top; Dark-brown flocks;
Red deposit adhering on the vessel.
Phosphorus—Turbid, yellow-white deposit; Brown urine—
red sandy deposit; Red urine, smelling of sulphur—deposits thick
488 - .
URINARY DEPOSITS. IU. DEP,
yellow mucus; Gold-yellow deposits a whitish sediment; Pale
urine—white flocculent deposit—yellow sediment; Urine de-
positing a brick-dust sediment ; Pale urine, depositing white
crust on the sides of the vessel ; Greasy, variegated pellicle on the
ll IIIle,
Phosph. Acid.-Pale urine—thick, whitish flocculi; Milky
urine, with bloody, jelly-like lumps, or as if stirred with flour;
Albuminuria ; Diabetes.
Phytolacca-Chalk-like deposit; Dark-red, mahogany-colour
deposit, difficult to clean off the vessel.
Platina.-Red urine, with white clouds—or turbid urine, with
red deposit on the sides of the vessel.
Podophyllum.—Flow of urine highly charged with calculous
sediment. It is said to be very valuable for removing Uric Acid
deposits.
Pulsatilla.--Dark urine, without sediment; Urine with a ring
of violet-coloured mucus on the surface, with sandy deposit, jelly-
like sediment—red deposit; Brick-coloured urine, with violet-red
sediment; Haematuria, with purulent sediment.
Raphanus Sat.—Dingy-yellow urine, with deposit like yeast.
Rhus Rad—Deep-red urine—pink deposit.
Rhus Tox—White, turbid urine; Flocculent, watery urine,
with Snow-white sediment.
Ruta-Green urine, with deposit of gravel.
Sabadilla.-Urine with blood; Urine that becomes thick and
turbid, like loam-water. . * -
Sarsaparilla–Pale urine deposits a sediment of fine gravel;
Emission of oblong flocks, or white, acrid, turbid matter, with
mucus, accompanied by severe tenesmus.
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U. DEP.] URINARY DEPOSITS.
Secale.—Copious, thick, red sediment, staining the vessel.
Selenium.—Brick-dust; Red, sandy, coarse-grained sediment.
Senega-Urine greenish tinge—cloudy sediment. At first the
urine is mixed with mucous filaments—on cooling, thick and
cloudy; Deposit of a thick sediment—lower layer yellow-red—the
upper, yellow flocks; Orange-coloured, clear urine, gets turbid
from standing, and deposits a white sediment; Reddish deposit,
with mucous flocks. *
Sepia-Urine becomes turbid and foetid, with white sediment;
Urine, with mucus that is turbid, and dark when emitted; Turbid,
with brick-dust deposit; Turbid, clay-coloured urine, with red
sediment; Deposit of blood in the vessel.
Silica—Yellow sediment, like gravel; Reddish, Sandy deposit
—the urine deposits yellow sand.
Spigelia—Urine with whitish sediment for several days.
Spongia.-Urine deposits a thick, greyish-white sediment;
Clear, saffron-colour urine deposits a yellow sediment.
Squilla-Reddish urine, with red sediment; Brown-yellow,
clear urine forms flocks after standing; he previously passed too
much; Diabetes?
Stannum.—Resembling pea-soup; Foetid.
Staphysagria.-Loam-like sediment.
Sulphur.—Urine sometimes clear, at others saturated with a
thick sediment; Urine becomes turbid in a few hours; Whitish
during emission; Deposit like flour; Reddish deposit; Greasy
pellicle on the urine for seven days.
Sulphuric Acid-Urine becomes turbid, and deposits a loam-
coloured sediment; White deposit; Urine covered with a pellicle,
and deposits a blood-coloured sediment. -
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Tartar Emetic.—Inflammatory, red urine, depositing blood-
red filaments; Watery urine, with mealy sediment.
Terebinthina-Deposits thick, muddy, white-yellow sedi-
ment; Slimy deposit after standing twelve hours; Haematuria.
Thuja.-Urine like water; after long standing becomes
cloudy; Red urine, with thick, brick-dust deposit.
Tongo.—Scanty urine, with white sediment; Wine (red?)
coloured urine, depositing viscous mucus immediately.
Uva Ursi.-Slimy, purulent deposit; Haematuria.
Weratrum.—Turbid when passed.
Viola Tri-Turbid, smelling like cat's urine.
Zincum.—Morning urine—turbid, loam-coloured; Orange
colour, or very yellow urine, deposits flocks that are whitish.
GENITAL ORGANS
(MALE).
Aconite.—Itching of the prepuce; Stinging and pinching in
the glans-penis; Tingling; Itching of the genital organs; Pain in
the scrotum and testes as if contused; Inflammation of the
scrotum.
Agaricus.-Drawing pains in the cord and testes; Desire, or
aversion to coitus; the act is followed by a feeling of great debility,
languor, and night-sweats.
Agnus Cast.—Diminished desire; Feeble erections; Penis
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small, relaxed, flaccid; Impossible to excite any desire; Drawing
pains in the spermatic cord; Coldness of the testes; Quality of the
semen much deteriorated from taking twelve grains, daily, for three
months; Complete impotence; Yellowish discharge, like gonor-
rhoea.
Alumina-Excoriation under the prepuce, with secretion of a
greasy fluid; Contractive pain in the right spermatic cord and
testes; the left testicle feels hard and painful; Involuntary
emissions at night; Several erections; Pain in perinaeum; Flow
of prostatic fluid when at stool.
Anacardium.—Cutting pains in the penis; Extreme excite-
ment of sexual desire; Involuntary erections during the day; Dis-
charge of prostatic fluid after micturition, or with hard evacua-
tions.
Arnica-Erections without desire—sometimes violent and
long-continued; Red-blue swelling of the penis and scrotum ; In-
flammatory swelling of the testes, with pain and lancination, extend-
ing up the spermatic cord; Hydrocele—especially from a blow or
fall—such as may occur when riding on horseback.
Arsenicum.—Inflammation and swelling of the glans and
scrotum; Burning, stinging, or itching of the prepuce; Painful
swelling of the genitals—glans blue and red, with excoriation;
Erysipelatous inflammation of the scrotum; Gangrene; Rhagades;
Swelling of the testes; Flow of the prostatic fluid; Chimney-
sweep's cancer.
Aurum.—Sexual desire excited—greatly increased—so much
as to disturb his nightly rest; Constant pollutions; Discharges
from the relaxed penis; Itching of the scrotum ; Pressure and
tensive pain in right testicle; Swelling of the right testicle, with
aching pain in the evening; Chronic induration of the testes.
Aurum has a very powerful effect on the genital system. Useful
after Mercury. - -
Baryta C.—Burning pain in left testicle; Violent itching, and
profuse sweating of the scrotum; Numbness; Swelling of the
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Epididymis; Sexual desire diminished—totally suppressed; Noc-
turnal emissions. .
Belladonna.-Tearing pains in left spermatic cord; Lancina-
tions in the testes, which are drawn up; Nocturnal emissions from
a relaxed penis; Total indifference to all sexual intercourse;
Profuse sweat of the parts at night.
Berberis.--Torpor and coldness; Sensation of weakness in the
genitals; Penis shrivelled and retracted; Great weakness after
coitus; Burning and excoriation in the penis and prepuce, or
feeling of numbness; Pains in the spermatic cord—dragging,
aching, or lancinating; Pressive pains in the cord, extending into
the testes—especially the left; the pains are excited or aggravated
by movement; Soft swelling of the spermatic cord, particularly
low down, close to the testes, in the epididymis, with smarting, ex-
coriating pain; Tingling in the scrotum, or coldness in the left
side; Shrivelling of the scrotum,
Calcarea.—Burning stitches at the glans-penis—prepuce red
and inflamed—burning when touched, or during urination; Pain,
as from contusion, in the testicles; Aching pain in right; Feeling
of soreness; Scrotum relaxed; Sore spot on the scrotum ; Con-
tractive pain in the spermatic cord; Sexual desire increased; Flow
of prostatic fluid; Frequent nocturnal emissions; Feeling of weak-
ness in the head, and trembling of the limbs.
Cannabis.-Swelling of the glans and penis; Coldness of the
genitals, while the other parts of the body are warm; Redness and
humour behind the corona glandis; Continual burning of the pre-
puce, which is hot, inflamed, and of a dark-red colour; Bright-
red spots, the size of a pea, on the prepuce; the penis feels sore, as
if burnt, when walking; Tensive pain in spermatic cord; Feeling of
pressure or dragging in the testes; Swelling of the prostate gland.
Cantharis.-Heat and burning in the organs; Burning in the
seminal ducts during the emission; Drawing pains in the sper-
matic cord; Swelling of the penis and scrotum ; Feeling of weak-
ness in the organs; Frequent involuntary emissions; Violent
priapism; Painful erections, with chordee; Discharge of semen in
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the morning, when in bed—also of blood; Inflammation; Mortifi-
cation. -
Capsicum.—Impotence; Coldness of the scrotum; Drawing,
crampy pains in the cord and testes; Wasting of the testes; Ex-
tinction of the sexual instinct; Emaciation; Falling-off of the
beard, and weakness of sight.
Causticum.–Burning pain in the penis; Large red patches
on the penis; Secretion of smegma behind the glans; Vesicles
under the prepuce that ulcerate; Aching pain in right testicle, as
if contused; Tearing pain or stitches in right testicle; Burning in
the prostatic region; Discharge of semen and blood.
China, Swelling of the testes and cord; Drawing pains in the
testes; Desire increased; Frequent erections, followed by debility;
Excited, lascivious feelings, day and night ; Evil results of onan-
ism; Impotence.
Clematis.-Bruise-like pain in the testes; Pains that ascend up
the spermatic cord; Swelling and induration of both testes—they
are painfully sensitive; Swelling of the right half of the scrotum,
with enlargement of the testicle; Thickening of the scrotum.
Conium,_Inflammation of the prepuce ; Pains in the glans;
Pain in the testes; Drawing pain in left testicle; Pain as if one
were cutting with a knife through the septum, to the root of the
penis; Swelling of the testes, especially from contusion; Frequent
discharge of prostatic fluid.
Corallia–Profuse sweat of the genitals; Swelling and sore-
mess of the prepuce, especially the margin, when touched; the
fraenulum feels as if pricked by pins; Red flat ulcers on the glans;
Secretion of yellow, or yellow-green, foetid pus.
Digitalis–Irritation in the glans; Contusive pain in the right
testicle; Hydrocele; the scrotum appears like a bladder filled with
water; CEdema of the scrotum. . . . .
- Graphites.—Eruption on the penis—the glans covered with
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mucus; Drawing pain in the glans; Swelling of the prepuce,
with painless vesicles; Swelling of right testis; Sticking pain;
• Drawing in both testes; Great irritation, with increased desire.
Hepar.—Ulcers, chancre-like, on the prepuce; Itching about
the glans; Excoriation between the thigh and scrotum, with
Smarting ; Prostatic flow after urine or difficult evacuation; Desire
feeble or absent.
Iodium.—Violent itching and titillation of the glans; Cutting
pain in corona; Pressing, bearing down in the testes; a painless
swelling of the right testicle is scattered, with itching, burning,
and foetid oozing; Induration of the prostate (cured).
Kali Carb.-Swelling of the testes; Dragging in the left;
Heat in the testes, ascending up the cord. Scrotum—Itching
in—soreness—tender, as if bruised; Desire feeble (lost for eighteen
days); Great weakness after connexion; the eyes are affected, more *
or less.
Lachesis—Red spots on the glans; Syphilitic or mercurial
pains; Milky discharge from urethra; Pains in testes—worse
when sitting; Nocturnal emissions; Sexual power weak, or entirely
absent. -
Lycopodium.—Chronic orchitis; Excoriation between the
thigh and scrotum ; Weakness of the organs generally; Impotence
of long standing; Penis small, cold, and relaxed; Erections feeble,
or absent; Excessive desire; Pollutions.
Mercurius.-Prepuce hot, inflamed, sore; Puffiness, as if dis-
tended by air or water—or swollen, red, and inflamed—very
sensitive to the touch, or pressure of the clothes; Purulent secre-
tion between the prepuce and the gland; Itching, red vesicle, or
vesicles, on or under the prepuce, which burst and ulcerate—form
a yellowish pus; Chancrous ulceration, with hard, raised edges—
depressed, flat, clean-cut centre, covered with a lard-like secretion,
on the glans or prepuce; the penis feels cold. Testes—Hard,
swollen; Drawing pains—also extending into the groins; Drawings
in the spermatic cord at intervals; Hard swelling of testes, with
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red, shining scrotum; Emission of semen—also mixed with blood
at night. - -
Moschus.-Violent sexual excitement; Tensive pain in the
penis; Nausea and vomiting after coitus; Involuntary emissions
that are painful; Impotence.
Muriatic Acid—Testes—Tension from the right teste to the
penis; Itching of the scrotum; Sense of weakness; Relaxation;
Erections feeble, slight, with emission of a frothy fluid.
Natrum Carb.-Testes—Heaviness; Drawing, with pressure
(morning), numbness, contusive pain; Scrotum sore; Itching,
stinging; Great sexual excitement—erections every morning for
three weeks; Painful emissions; Discharge of prostatic juice during
a hard stool; Pollution without erection; Weakness—inclination
to sweat. -
Natrum Mur.—Strong, unpleasant odour of the parts;
Twitching, jerking, or stitches in the penis; Itching, tickling
in the glans—great desire to scratch; Red spots on the glans;
Prepuce retracted. Testes—Drawing, aching, pinching. Scro-
twm—Relaxed; Violent itching, with red irritation on the left
thigh, which chafes and becomes sore; Humid herpes on the
scrotum, and on the thigh ; Weakness of the parts; Impotence;
Desire feeble, or dormant; Excessive excitement; Strong and fre-
quent erections; Wehement desire.
Nitric Acid.-Falling-off of the hair; Itching—a spot on
the penis ulcerates, and will not heal; Red spots on glans, that
scab ; Brown spots; Fleshy excrescences on corona; Foetid,
bleeding, deep ulcer on glans — elevated edges tender, sensi-
tive; Foetid, flat ulcers. Prepuce—Inflamed, swollen; Swelling,
and phymosis; Chancre-like ulcers; Flat vesicles, that itch, burst,
and become scurfy; Flat ulcers, yellow, painless, inside the pre-
puce. Testes—Swelling of the right—painful to touch; Drawing,
contusive, burning (left). Scrotum—Relaxed ; Sore spots, and
itching; Pain in cord; Seawal desire lost, or much diminished;
Discharge of prostatic fluid; Nocturnal emissions; Violent spas-
modic erections. -
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. Nux Wom.—Itching of the glans; Retraction of prepuce;
Smarting, itching of inner surface towards evening; Soreness
between scrotum and thigh; Itching of scrotum. Testes—
Heat, pain, inflammation, and swelling; Constrictive pain; the
testes feel hard, drawn up ; Sticking, spasmodic tightness in sper-
matic cord; Sexual desire easily excited; Frequent emissions, with
or without erection; Erection every morning for some days; Pain-
ful erections.
Petroleum.—Tearing, itching, or stitching in glans; Smooth,
red spot ; Red eruption, itching. Scrotum—Moisture and itch-
ing; Eruption between the scrotum and thigh ; Red, humid sore-
ness on one side of scrotum. Testes—Cramp-like pain in the left;
Discharge of prostatic fluid ; Weakness and irritation—it seemed
to restore virility for a few months.
*Phosphorus.-Ulcer on prepuce—heals quickly; Pain in
scrotum. Testes—Drawing pains, extending up spermatic cord ;
Swelling of testes and cord; Irresistible desire; Irritation; Erec-
tions—at first powerful, then lost; Feebleness; Rapid emission;
Nervous weakness; Nocturnal emissions; Discharge of fluid during
hard stool.
Phosphoric Acid, Vesicles about the franulum; Itching,
creeping, stinging in the glans; Swelling of the penis; Violent
erections. Testes — Drawing in the testes, as if excoriated;
Gnawing pain—burning in the left testicle; Swelling in the
left. Scrotum—Soreness, stitching, formication; Inflammation
of the scrotum; Falling-off of the hair; Frequent emissions;
Discharge of prostatic fluid when at stool.
Phytolacca.-Neuralgic pains and swelling of the testes;
Gurgling, or throbbing in the prostate gland; Herpes on the
genitals. -
Plumbum.—Tearing, contractive pains in penis, testes, and
cord, frequently with pains in the hypogastrium ; Generally both
testes are affected—frequently drawn up tight; Swelling of testes.
* According to Hahnemann, Phosphorus will not cure debility of the
genital organs from exhaustion of the vital powers. ºf
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GEN. M.] GENITAL ORGANs (MALE).
Pulsatilla-Prepuce—Stinging, itching, smarting, biting.
Scrotum—Swelling of right side; Relaxed state; Drawing pain
from the abdomen to cord and Testes, which hang low; Swelling—
also from contusion; Burning, without swelling; the right is
drawn up and swollen; Tearing pains in both ; Hydrocele. Pros-
tate—Inflamed; Erections without desire; Nocturnal emissions.
Rhododendron Chry.—Testes—Drawn up, swollen, painful,
as if contused; Drawing pain, first in one, then the other; Epidi-
dymis tender for many days—creeping pain; Swelling of the testes
(a swelling that had existed for years, decreased to the natural
size after fourteen days); Hydrocele in a boy—the size of an egg.
Rhus Tox,−Tympanitic swelling of the scrotum ; Humid
eruption, with swelling of the prepuce and glans; Vesicles and
blisters on the glans; Swelling of the prepuce, which is darker
than natural; the scrotum becomes hard and thick; Horrible
eruptions about the genital organs.
Sabina.-Urethra-Painful and inflamed; Purulent discharge;
Hard swelling on the dorsum of the penis, near the glans—dull,
not painful—rather cartilaginous; some figwarts became more
painful and burning; Contusive pain in right testes.
Sepia-Weakness; Itching; Sweating; Glans hot; Prepuce
sore; Red tips on the glans; Purulent secretion; Suppuration
and itching; Red, little indurations about the glans and prepuce;
Swelling of the scrotum; Pains in the testes.
Silica.-Redness and excoriation of the prepuce, with swelling,
itching, and humid pimples; Humid spots on the scrotum; Itch-
ing and sweat of the scrotum; Hydrocele? Discharge of pros-
tatic fluid at stool.
Spongia.-Itching, burning of the scrotum and penis; Draw-
ing stitches; Pain in the scrotum on touching it; Pressive,
strangulating pain in the testes; Dull stitches in the cord, which
is swollen and painful; Aching, swelling of the testes; Orchitis.
staphysagria–First—Sexual desire excited Second—Ab-

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sence of white, humid excrescences on the corona, and in the
hollow behind; Aching pains in the testes; Stitches in the testes
(right), and burning up the cord.
Sulphur.—Foetid sweat of the parts; Excoriation between the
thighs; Penis cold, blue; Glams and prepwce icy cold; Prepwce
red and swollen—covers the glans, and is fissured; or stiff and
hard, leathery—shines, and exudes a thin, bad-smelling ichor;
Phymosis, with secretion of foetid pus; Ulcer on the glans and
prepuce, with pad-shaped border; Scrotum relaxed—moist; Epi-
didymis swollen and thickened; Hydrocele; Impotence; Several
emissions; Rapid emission of semen; Discharge of prostatic
Julce.
Thuja.-Swelling of the prepuce; Red spots on the glans and
prepuce ; Erosions on the inner side of the prepuce ; Granular
spot on prepuce, which suppurates and scabs; Round, flat, dirty
ulcer on the corona glandis, with a red margin; a few red, smooth
excrescences behind the glans, with creeping sensation; Small,
flat vesicles on the glans, with stinging pain; Figwarts, with
titillation, or itching, stinging, or burning—sore to the touch;
Chancrous ulcers. Penis—Burning stitches in the penis; Jerk-
ing pain, as if a nerve were suddenly put on the stretch. Scrotum.
—Sweating of; Moist eruptions; Pricking; Itching (left side) in
the evening. Testes—Left testes drawn up, with swelling of the
inguinal glands; Drawing in the testes; Sharp stitches in the left;
Epididymis enlarged; Inflamed prostate. - -
Zincum.—Penis sensitive to pain—cannot bear the friction of
the clothes when walking; Painful jerks at the root; Tearing at
the tip of the glans. Scrotum—Shuddering; Shrivelled; Itch-
ing; Soreness on the scrotum, and a corresponding spot on the
thigh. Testes—Painful to touch; Drawings from testes up the
spermatic cord; Testes drawn up, with pain and swelling. .
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GEN. F.J. GENITAL ORGANS (FEMALE).
GENITAL ORGANS,
(FEMALE).
Aconite—The menses, which had just ceased, resumed their
flow profusely; Metrorrhagia; Leucorrhoea.—profuse, tenacious;
Yellowish. Aconite will restore the menses, when suppressed, in
young girls who lead a sedentary life; and will be useful if
Frenzy or Rage accompanies the appearance—also in Milk Fever;
Puerperal Fever; with Peritomitis; Phlegmasia Dolens; and In-
flammation of the Ovaries. -
Alumina-Menses scanty, pale—too soon or too late. Be-
fore the menses—Restless, uneasy nights, with dreams; Rush of
blood to the head; Heat in the face; Palpitation and headache,
or Colic and bearing down; Leucorrhoea; Profuse flow of mucus
between the periods, even without pain; Chronic Lewcorrhoea,
generally transparent, like white of egg—stiffening the linen, or
clear, like water; Itching in the vagina; Toothache; Hard, scanty
evacuations.
Ambra Grisea.—Menses three or four days early; Haemorrhage
from the uterus; During the flow, the veins of the left leg became
distended and painful; Leucorrhoea—profuse at night; Discharge
of bluish-white clots of mucus.
Ammo. Carb.-Menses six days early; Copious flow, with
spasms and excoriation; Colic; Leucorrhoea ; Acrid, burning,
watery discharge; Swelling and excoriation of the pudendum.
Apis.-Bearing-down pains; Aching and tenderness in the
Hypogastrium; Haemorrhage; Miscarriage at two, three, or four
months (suppressed menses are brought on by Apis); Tenderness
of the ovaries; Aching pains, or sharp cutting in left ovarian
region; Lewcorrhoea.—yellow, or green and acrid, with painful,
burning micturition,
Arsenicum.—Menses too early and profuse—came on after
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GENITAL ORGANS (FEMALE). [GEN. F.
twenty days; During the flow, lancinations in the pudendum,
anus, and rectum ; Pains in stomach, back, and hypogastrium,
that caused her to bend double, with eructations, moaning, and
weeping; Flow of blood and mucus; Lewcorrhoea.—acrid, cor-
rosive, thick, and yellow; Induration and Cancer of the uterus.
Belladonna—Increased flow of the menses, with pressing
down early in the morning, as if the contents of the abdomen
would issue forth. Previous to the menses—Lassitude, colic,
dimness of sight, and loss of appetite. During the menses—An-
guish about the heart, and thirst ; Cramp-like pain in the back.
Uterws—Haemorrhage, having a foetid smell; Prolapsus and indu-
ration of the uterus; Discharge of bright-red blood—also after the
period; Haemorrhage after parturition. Useful in adhesion of the
Placenta; Inflammation of the ovaries and uterus; Erysipelatous
inflammation of the Breasts.
Borax,−Menses early, copious, pale, with colic, nausea, and
pain in the stomach, or with beating in the head, and humming in
the ears; Lewcorrhoea of white mucus, like albumen, or thick,
resembling paste; Sterility of fourteen years, with constant
chronic leucorrhoea—became pregnant after taking Borax. Thus
it is thought that Borax might favour conception. (Query?)
Bryonia.-Menses suppressed, with bleeding from the nose—
too early—eight, fourteen, and twenty-one days; Bleeding between
the menses. During the menses—Pains in the limbs; Colic
during pregnancy or parturition; Increased flow, the blood being
dark-red, with pain in small of back; Puerperal fever; Burning
pain in the uterus; Milk fever; Inflammation of one nipple, or
induration—also of the breast.
Calcarea.— Stinging, itching, aching—sore, red, swollen;
Menses appear seven days too soon ; Excessive flow—twice; Rush
of blood to the head, with heat; Toothache during menses or
pregnancy; Leucorrhoea, like milk—also with burning, itching;
Varices of the pudendum; After-pains protracted; Deficiency of
milk; Acidity; Muscular weakness of infants; Ophthalmia.
Cantharis.-Burning and itching in vagina; Menses profuse,
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GEN. F.] GENITAL ORGANS (FEMALE).
black—too early—painful; Pressing downwards; Swelling of the
os uteri and neck; Inflammation of the ovaries, especially the
right. Useful for expulsion of placenta, moles, foetus, &c.; Swell-
ing of the pudenda.
Carbo Weg.—Menses too early; Blood thick or pale; Leucor-
Thoea.—milky, yellow, thick, or greenish; White mucus, or blood
and mucus; Headache; Colic; Spasmodic pains. Pudendºwm-
Itching; Sore; Excoriation; Rawness.
Causticum.—Menses too late (ten days); Colic; Cramp; Pain
in the back—increased during motion—lasting the whole period;
Burning and excoriation of the vulva; Lewcorrhoea at night, profuse,
with menstrual smell; Nipples sore, cracked; Deficiency of milk.
Chamomilla.-Metrorrhagia—deep-red blood, or clots, with
irritable temper, ill-humour; Colic before the menses; Frequent
discharge of coagula, with violent uterine pains, and pains in the
veins of the thighs and legs; Lewcorrhoea ; Yellow, corrosive
leucorrhoea; Smarting in vagina; Downward pressure in the uterus,
like labour-pains, with desire to urine; Abdominal spasms; Violent
after-pains; Haemorrhage; Puerperal fever; Milk fever; Sore
nipples; Induration of breasts.
China.-Menses profuse, with spasms in the chest, and colic in
abdomen; Headache; Bloated face; Fainting, or suppressed
menses, with sense of fulness and bearing down toward the vagina;
Uterine spasms; Metrorrhagia—clots of black blood; Leucorrhoea,
preceding the menses, with pain and bearing down; Leucorrhoea
of serum and blood—occasional clots—foetid. Suitable for those
who have lost a great deal of blood, and are very weak.
Cocculus.-Menses reappear after twelve months’ suppression
(two cases); Menses suppressed, with flatulence; Dyspnoea; Nausea;
Fainting; Spasms in the chest and abdomen; Menses painful;
Menses scanty, irregular; Leucorrhoea between the periods;
Spasms in the uterus; Discharge of blood and mucus during
pregnancy.
Conium.—Menses suppressed—even of long standing; Menses
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delay seven days—appear on the seventeenth day; Brownish
blood, with pain in the breasts; Menses accompanied with spasms
in the abdomen; Lewcorrhoea.—Smarting, burning, with cough,
expectoration; Hoarseness; Discharge of white acrid mucus;
Itching of vagina and pudendum—also sharp stitches. Uterws—
Spasms in; Pinching, griping in hypogastrium. Breasts—Indu-
ration; Inflammation—schirrous.
Copaivae.—Discharge of purulent mucus—thick, and sometimes
mixed with blood; Bearing down toward the vagina; Metrorrhagia.
Crocus.--Fulness, as if the menses were about to flow, with
colic and dragging down towards the vagina; Menses too frequent
and copious; Haemorrhage from the uterus—black, clotted;
Haemorrhage induced by the least movement; Haemorrhage after
delivery (fatal).
Dulcamara. — Herpes about the labia; Menses retarded
twenty-five days—suppressed from a cold; Rash on the skin before
the menses; Herpetic eruption on the breasts.
Ferrum Ac. — Menses suppressed (eight weeks)—preceded
by headache; Humming in the ears; Miscarriage; Prolapsus of
the vagina during pregnancy; Milky leucorrhoea.
Graphites.—Menses suppressed, with weight in the upper and
lower limbs; Menses delayed three, seven, nine, eleven days—
scanty, pale; Evening headache; Morning sickness; Itching and
heat before the menses, in vulva; Pain in back; Toothache;
Cough, chiefly by day; Sweats; Headache; Flatulence and
nausea; Cramp in abdomen; Soreness from excoriation, in vulva,
and between the thighs; Leucorrhoea profuse; Discharge of white
mucus; Leucorrhoea thin, with distended abdomen; Nipples
excoriated.
Hepar—Menses retarded ten days, and scanty, with head-
ache; Itching and Soreness about the pudendum; Congestion of
the uterus; Haemorrhage from the uterus, with inflated abdomen;
Acrid leucorrhoea, with Smarting at the vulva; Ulceration of the
vulva—also of the nipples.
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GEN. F.] GENITAL ORGANs (FEMALE).
Hyoscyamus, Urine—Involuntary emission; Paralysis of
the Bladder; Menses profuse, with delirium—or retarded—sup-
pressed; Hysteria; Fits of laughter; Cramps; Convulsive trembling
of hands and feet; Haemorrhage of bright-red blood, with spas-
modic pains; Puerperal fever; Spasms during pregnancy and
parturition. -
Ignatia.-Menses profuse and too early—or scanty, in clots of
black blood—putrid smell, with fainting, palpitation, headache;
Colic and spasms. Uterws—Pains, spasmodic, labour-like—relieved
by pressure, and in the recumbent position.
Ipecacuanha-Menses appear in a fortnight; Haemorrhage
from uterus, of bright-red blood, with clots; Bearing down of the
uterus toward the vagina and anus.
Iodium. — Menses delayed eight days, with headache and
palpitation; Menstrual difficulties and weakness; Induration of
neck of uterus; Corrosive leucorrhoea—soon becomes mild and
scanty; Sudden cessation of menses; Pains in the breasts; Indu-
ration-and atrophy of the breasts.
Kali Carb.-Menses early and profuse; the menses reappear
after many days' suppression (one case eighty-seven days); Sup-
pressed menses, with anasarca and ascites; Menses acrid, corro-
sive—pungent smell; Itching pimples and excoriation; Soreness.
During the menses—Putrid taste; Pressing pain in small of back;
Colic ; Toothache; Earache—stitching character; Restless or
sleepless nights; Itching over the body; Stitches in various parts;
Lewcorrhoea.—yellow, or mucous, with itching, burning, and pains
like labour; Shooting stitches in the vulva.
Kreasotum.—Menses early four to ten days—profuse, dark—
lasting eight days, with pain in small of back—preceded by dulness .
of hearing; White leucorrhoea; Pain at umbilicus; Nervousness,
accompanied by humming, buzzing in the head and ears; Difficult
hearing; Flatulence, like rotten eggs; Constipation. After the
menses—Violent spasms, chiefly in the abdomen and groin; Bearing
down, as if they would reappear; Lewcorrhoea.—white or yellowish;
Mild—tinging the linen yellow, with weakness in the lower ex-
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tremities, or pain in the back; Flushes of heat in the face; Menses
during pregnancy—third month—dark blood; Disposition to
miscarry; Metrorrhagia ; Vomiting during pregnancy; Intense
weakness; Shooting pains in the mammae.
Lachesis.-Chiefly at the critical age—too profuse menses;
Metrorrhagia, or intermittent periods, with headache of a beating
character; Menses scanty, or intermitting. Before the menses—
Leucorrhoea slimy; Vertigo; Headache; Cardialgia; Indigestion;
Oppression at the chest. During the menses—Beating in the head;
Violent bearing down, like labour-pains.
Lycopodium.-Menses profuse, and of long duration; Chronic
suppression—also from fright; Chronic dryness of the vagina;
Itching, burning, gnawing; Darting pain in labia; Discharge of
flatus from vagina; Leucorrhoea.—milky, yellow, or reddish; Cor-
rosive; Nipples sore, excoriated; Excoriation of infants.
Mercurius.-Inflammation and swelling of the vagina; Pro-
lapsw8 of the vagina; Menses suppressed, or preceded by rush of
blood to the head; Dry heat of body; Red tongue; Leucorrhoea—
acrid, or greenish. Mammae—Hard, swollen; Sore—ulceration,
suppuration; Nipples sore, inflamed.
Natrum Carb.-Menses preceded by headache; Drawing
pain at nape of neck; Cutting in hypogastrium during menses;
Tearing, beating in the head; Distended abdomen; Pain in back
by day; Tearing in right hip; Stitches here and there; Chilliness;
Leucorrhoea—putrid, yellow, profuse, with colic and pain at um-
bilicus—continuous for five days; Discharge of mucus from vagina.
Uterw8—Pressing downward—the os uteri is out of shape; Motion
as of the foetus; Metrorrhagia. Supposed to facilitate conception.
Natrum Mur.-Menses—delay four days; Scanty—one-third
the usual quantity; Retention in one who had always been regular;
Appear three days and seven days too soon; Scanty, with headache;
Reappearance after eighty-five days’ cessation; Reappear in a
woman fifty years of age—having ceased six months; Menses pro-
fuse, blackish. Before menses — Sad, melancholy, headache.
During menses—Fainting, anxiety, stitching toothache; Pain from
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cold air; Fever, thirst; Loss of sleep; Burning, cutting in hypo-
gastrium; Lewcorrhoea.—profuse, of white, thick, or transparent
mucus—or greenish, with sharp pain and yellow face; Itching of
the pudendum; Pimples on the mons; Falling-off of the hair.
Nitric Ac.—Menses early, scanty—come on again; Menses
profuse; Leucorrhoea.—flesh-colour, stringy, green, brown, foºtid;
Itching of pudendum; Irritation and inflammation of the labia
and vagina; Stitches; Swelling ulceration; Ulcer, with burning,
itching, and yellow pus.
Nux Mos.-Menses late or early—preceded by pain in small
of back; Headache; Languor; Pressure in stomach; Waterbrash;
Pain in liver; False labour-pains; Painful distention of the
uterus. -
Nux Wom.—Menses early, scanty, with chilliness, faintness;
Spasms in the abdomen; Menses do not last so long, and are more
scanty than usual; Leucorrhoea.—yellow, leaving stains—foetid.
Vagina—Internal swelling of; Inflamed labia; Itching eruption;
Burning sensation. Uterw8—Contractive spasms, with discharge
of coagulated blood; Congestion; Metritis, with heat, burning,
pressure, heaviness; False pains; Symptoms which seem to threaten
miscarriage; Nausea and vomiting of the pregnant; Nipples tender
or painful.
Opium.—Menses increased, or not influenced (stops uterine
contraction in half-grain doses); Excessive labour-pains and false
pains relieved; Violent movements of the foetus.
Petroleum,_Menses premature, Scanty, with heat in the hands
and soles of feet; Roaring in the ears; Spots on the legs; Feels
languid and bruised; Leucorrhoea like albumen; Profuse leucor-
rhoea for several days; Soreness about the parts; Burning, with
discharge of blood.
Phosphorus-Menses early and scanty. (Second effect)—
Delayed; Menses early, profuse—last too long, with pain in back
and abdomen; Stitches through the pelvis, uterus, and vagina;
Menses appear after eighteen months' cessation (aged fifty-one),
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with bad odour. During menses—Toothache; Chilliness; Violent
pain in back (bruised); Sick feeling; Anxiety; Palpitation;
Tired; Faint; Contractive pain across stomach; Nausea; Fever
two days; Fermenting, cutting in abdomen; Vertigo on motion.
After menses—Great languor; Blueness around the eyes; Leu-
corrhoea—slimy, milky—excoriating and blistering the parts.
Breasts—Painful, hard nodosities; Stitches; Abscess; Suppura-
tion; Erysipelas; Discharge of blood during pregnancy.
Platina.-Menses early—six to fourteen days; Very profuse—
of too long duration, with drawing pains in abdomen; Cramps;
Spasms; Parts sensitive; Bearing down; Metrorrhagia of dark,
thick blood, or liquid, with large clots or lumps; Discharge of a
quantity of coagulated blood, even after miscarriage or delivery;
Lewcorrhoea, like albumen, by day, on rising from a seat, or after
passing urine; Over-sensitive state of the vulva and pudenda.
Uterw8—Congestion of blood to ; Induration of, with cramps and
stitches in ; Nymphomania.
Podophyllum.—Menses suppressed, with bearing down, and
pain in back (girls especially); Lewcorrhoea, with constipation
and bearing down; Thick transparent mucus. Uterw8—Prolapsus;
also after parturition, with pain in Sacrum, flatulence, muco-
gelatinous stools; Pain in the ovaries, especially the right;
Swelling of the labia during pregnancy; After-pains, with heat,
flatulence, bearing down.
Pulsatilla.-Menses suppressed, with inclination to vomit;
or with chilliness and cold feet; Trembling; Suppression in girls
from taking cold; Colic and abdominal spasms, or with Oedema of
the feet and legs; Menses too early, or of too short duration—
the blood thick, dark, in clots; or pale, thin, watery; or flowing by
day only, or in gushes; Lewcorrhoea.—thin, acrid, or milky, or
white, thick mucus. Uterw8—Contractive pains like labour;
Uterine spasms; Drawing, tensive pains; Pressing; Bearing down;
Labour-pains feeble or deficient; False pains; Palliative in
uterine cancer. Vagina—Burning, stinging, swelling of the
labia. Breasts—Swollen; Sensation as if the milk would appear.
Rhus Tox,−Discharge of menstrual blood, with coagula, and
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GEN. F.] GENITAL ORGANS (FEMALE).
pains like labour; Soreness and pain in the vagina; Menses
reappear suddenly and profuse; Discharge of black water two
weeks after delivery; Repeated attacks of milk-leg; Puerperal
Fever ? Mammae swollen, sore, inflamed (with Graph. for chil-
dren).
Sabina.-Menses appear without pain—very profuse, passing
clots of blood after rising; the os tincae is open; Discharge at
intervals—worse during motion; Menses continued very profuse for
nine days; Haemorrhage from the wterws; Metrorrhagia ; Mis-
carriage ; Lewcorrhoea.—milky, starch-like, ichorous; Foetid leu-
corrhoea, with blood and serum—painful—it occurred every fort-
night (permanently cwred).
Secale.—Menses too long; Profuse, with violent spasms;
Metrorrhagia of red fluid blood, or dark blood having a foetid
Smell; Metrorrhagia, with venous congestion and haemorrhoids;
Lumps of dark blood, with great debility; Torpor; General lan-
guor; Congestion of the uterus; Swelling, and tumours on the
os tincae; Excessive uterine contractions; Cancer and Gangrene;
Adhesion of Placenta; Threatened miscarriage in third month;
Descent of the uterus; Alarming flooding.
Sepia.-Menses early—six to fourteen days; or suppressed; Re-
appearance after four months (at the critical period Sepia is
very useful); Lewcorrhoea.—yellow or watery; Discharge of blood,
or like milk—mucous, corrosive, foetid smell, or resembling
pus, green-red fluid; Eruptions on the genital; Swelling or
itching about the labia. Uterw8—Pressing downwards; Prolapsus
of vagina and uterus; Induration of the neck; Soreness and red-
ness of the labia, perinaeum, and between the thighs; Disposition
to miscarriage; Toothache; Nausea; Vomiting; Cough; Con-
stipation during pregnancy; Excoriation of the nipples.
Silica.-Menses too early, scanty. (Second)—Increased, with
coldness over the body; Costiveness; Lewcorrhoea, with Smarting;
or milky, preceded by cutting at umbilicus; Discharge of white
water, with itching of the pudendum; Induration, inflammation,
and suppuration of the breasts and nipples; Sore cracks in the nip-
ple. Useful when the infant refuses the breast, and vomits the milk.
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Sulphur.—Menses too early—profuse; Appear again, having
been long suppressed; Menses profuse, with acid smell; Pale
colour of menses. Before the period—Cough (evening) when
lying down in bed; Stitching in a decayed tooth; Burning in
throat; Bleeding from nose. During the period—Colic; Pain in
back; Spasm in abdomen and hypogastrium ; Leucorrhoea.—
painful burning; Smarting like salt; Thin, or yellow, or of
mucus. Vagina—Itching, burning in ; Sore, excoriated. Pwden-
dwm—Very troublesome itching; Pimples; Vesicles; Sore spot
for some days; Labia inflamed. Mammae-Suppuration of; In-
flamed ; Indurated; Nipples sore; Cracked.
Thuja-Pudendum — Itching, sore, or smarting; Labia
swollen, tender to touch; White ulcer on the labia majora ;
Burning and Smarting in the vagina. Uterw8—Wart-like excres-
cences at the mouth of the uterus, with stinging, burning.
Weratrum Alb.-Menses profuse, preceded by bleeding from
the nose; or headache, with inclination to vomit; or vertigo; Hum-
ming in the ears; Pains in the limbs, and intense thirst; Sup-
pression of the catamenia, with delirium; Nymphomania after
parturition. g
Zincum.—Menses reappear after three months; Menses too
early and profuse ; Discharge of lumps of coagula when walking;
During the flow, heaviness in the limbs; Drawing pains in the
knees; Fulness and oppression in the region of the stomach; In-
flammation of the eyes; Weeping; Anxiety; Chilliness; Swelling
and irritation about the pudenda; Spasmodic colic after the
menses; Discharge of thick mucus, or mucus and blood; Sore
nipples; Milk scanty, or suppressed; the genital organs are exces-
sively sensitive; Nymphomania. -
MOUTH AND TONG UE,
Aconitum Nap.–Sensation of, or actual dryness of the mouth
and tongue; Tingling, smarting, stinging, burning; the tongue
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MoUTH, &c.] MOUTH AND TONGUE.
feels swollen; Benumbed—feels like leather; Stitches; Ptyalism;
Vesicles on the tongue.
Alumina-Mouth sore; Tongue feels as if burnt; many small
ulcers in the mouth ; Dry mouth in the morning, early; Saliva
increased towards evening; Tongue feels coated and rough; Yel-
lowish-white.
Ambra Gri.—Foetid odour from the mouth ; Smarting, as if
excoriated; Vesicles that prevent eating; Soreness and pain in
the salivary glands; Pain at the root of the tongue; Grey-yellow
coating. -
Ammonium Carb.-Mouth and cheeks covered with vesicles;
the cavity feels contracted from swelling; Talking and moving
the tongue is attended with pain; Ulcers on the tongue and at the
tip ; Burning at the tip; Vesicles on the tongue, especially the
border, with burning, stinging pain—almost unable to speak.
Antimonium Crud.—Excessive ptyalism; Blisters and exco-
riation of the tongue; Thick white coating on the tongue.
Arnica—Dry mouth, without thirst; Foetid odour, or pu-
trid. Tongue—Dry, coated white; Biting sensation on the tongue;
Haemoptysis; Haemorrhage from the nose and mouth,
Arsenicum.—Foetid odour; Flow of bitter saliva, or great dry-
mess of the mouth and throat; Intense thirst—he is compelled to
drink frequently, but only little at a time. Tongue—Coated white;
Tongue red and dry, or blue, brown, or blackish—cracked;
Trembling; Insensible—feels burnt; Burning vesicles on the
tongue; Aphtha. -
Baryta Carb.-The whole mouth and cheeks covered with
vesicles; the buccal cavity feels numb; Dryness of the mouth.
Tongue—Rough, hard at the middle; Fissured, excoriated at the
tip ; Vesicles; Burning blisters; Constant mucus in mouth, with
Spitting. -
Belladonna—Red, inflammatory swelling of the mouth and
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fauces; Considerable dryness in the mouth and throat; Parched
state, as if the cuticle had been destroyed; Mouth and cheeks
extremely sore; Mouth slimy—tenacious saliva flows; Profuse
ptyalism. Tongue—Hot, dry, red edges—cracked, or white coat-
ing ; Sore, burning vesicle on the tip; Tremulous when protrud-
ing; Papillae prominent—bright-red; Strawberry tongue; Stam-
mering; Weakness; Heavy speech ; Thick, indistinct utterance;
Aphonia; Nasal speech; Haemorrhage from the mouth and nose.
Borax.-Aphtha in the mouth and on the cheeks; Ulcers
in the mouth ; Bleeding when eating; the whole mucous mem-
brane feels shrivelled and burnt; Tender mouth of infants—they
cry when put to the breast. Tongue—Dry; Red blisters; Feeling
of stiffness; Aphtha on the tongue.
Bryonia-Dryness of the mouth and palate, with or with-
out thirst; Frothy, soap-like saliva, that induced much spitting;
Putrid odour from the mouth. Tongue—Coated white or yellow ;
Rough, brownish tongue; Dry tongue; Burning vesicles; Indis-
tinct speech, caused by a dry state of the mouth, tongue, and
throat,
Calcarea.—Knotty swelling in the right cheek, which is pain-
ful every evening; Blisters in the mouth, which ulcerate; Yel-
lowish-white ulcers on the tonsil, Tongue—Sore, painful; Warm
food caused great pain; Blisters on the tongue, with pain and
heat in the mouth; Burning pain and swelling of the tongue, or
on one side only; Tongue rough, sore, coated white; Difficult
movement of the tongue; Ranula ; Acid saliva; Constant accu-
mulation of mucus, which he is obliged to spit out,
Cannabis.-Burning dryness in mouth, palate, and throat;
Attacks that rendered speech difficult; Failing of the voice;
Speech affected by pain in back; it also affected respiration.
Cantharis.-Burning in the mouth, extending down the CEso-
phagus into the stomach; the whole mucous membrane of the
mouth is inflamed; Vesicles; Small ulcers; Bluish-red swelling
inside the mouth, the size of a hazel-nut, that discharged coagu-
lated blood; Accumulation of water or mucus in the mouth;
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Foam at the mouth; Ptyalism; Blood in the mouth on awaking
in the morning; Frothy saliva. Tongue—Dry, or slimy coating;
White coat, with bitter taste; Vesicles on the tongue; Inflamma-
tion; Suppuration; Redness of the palate and uvula; Voice weak,
feeble, trembling.
Carbo An.—Wesicles in the mouth; Dryness of mouth, tongue,
and palate; Vesicles on the tongue that are painful; Burning
soreness at the tip of the tongue; Difficult movement of the
mouth and tongue. -
Carbo Veg.—Dryness of the mouth when awaking in the
morning, without thirst; Feeling of heat in the mouth; Bitter
mucus; Increased flow of saliva; Foetid odour. Tongue—Coated
white, or with yellow-brown mucus; Cramp-like pain at root ;
Darting, stinging; Raw, sore feeling; the tongue feels heavy, in-
flexible, causing a thickness of speech.
Causticum.—Swelling inside the cheek; Sore spot in the
palate; Burning and dryness in the mouth; Roughness, as if
lined with a skin; Accumulation of water in the mouth, having
an acrid taste; Watery saliva or mucus. Tongue—Sore, painful
at tip and edges—feels as if burnt, or he had bitten it; Vesicles;
the tongue seemed to adhere to the roof of the mouth; Difficult,
indistinct speech; Stammering; Paralysis of the lingual muscles.
Chamomilla.-Acid or Putrid smell from the mouth after
dinner; Dry mouth, with thirst; Flow of frothy saliva; Aphthae
in the mouth. Tongue—Red, fissured, or thick, white, or yellow
coating; Stinging vesicles on and under the tongue; Convulsive
movements of the tongue.
China.-Ptyalism, and with nausea; or from Mercury; Con-
tractive pain in the salivary glands; Slimy mouth; Effusion of
bright blood into the mouth ; Haemorrhage from mouth and nose;
Putrid smell from the mouth. Tongue—Yellow, white, dirty-
looking; Parched, dry, brown, or blackish; the tongue feels dry
and thickly coated; Burning stitches in the dorsum.
Colchicum.—Heat in mouth, with thirst ; Profuse ptyalism;
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Burning and stinging in the throat. Tongue—Stiff, heavy, in-
sensible.
Colocynth.--Tongue—Rough—feels as if sand were lying
upon it; Feels scalded; Burning at tip; Edges sore when eating;
Tongue coated white or yellow.
Conium.—Ptyalism; Dryness, with acid taste; Deglutition
frequent, involuntary; Spasm of the pharyngeal muscles; Pressure
in the oesophagus; Frequent hawking of mucus. Tongue—
Swollen, stiff, and painful; Scraping in the throat.
Digitalis.-Profuse foetid ptyalism; Foetid odour from the
mouth; Accumulation of watery saliva—first sweetish, then salt;
Ptyalism after Mercury; Soreness of mouth, tongue, and gums.
Tongue—Coated white (early morning); Swelling of the tongue;
Ulcer on the tongue; Blue tongue (Cyanosis).
Drosera.-Frequent flow of watery saliva; Haemorrhage from
the mouth; Ulceration of the velum; Pain after salt food; Sting-
ing in the throat; Hawking of green or yellow mucus; Sensation
in the pharynx, as of crumbs. Tongue—Whitish ulcers; Small
swelling in the middle of the tongue, without pain.
Dulcamara.-Ptyalism—soap-like saliva. Tongue—Dry, or
loaded with thick mucus; Swelling of the tongue; Paralysis;
Elongated uvula; Pimples and ulcers in the mouth; Sore throat;
Tenderness and softening of the gums; many of the symptoms
that arise from taking cold.
Euphorbium,_Ptyalism—salt taste of saliva; Burning in the
palate, fauces, and stomach; Rawness and roughness of throat;
Inflammation of the OEsophagus.
Graphites.—Sour, putrid odour; Smell of urine, Tongue—
Rough, raw; Papillae sensitive; Sore; Burning vesicles and tuber-
cles under the tongue; White, painful ulcers; White coating on
the tongue.
Helleborus.-Aphthas; much saliva, with excoriation. Tongue
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—Rigid, insensible; White in the morning; Vesicles and pimples
that sting when touched; Swelling of the tongue; Dryness of the
palate; Soreness and roughness of the throat.
Hepar Sulph-Ulcers in the mouth, with a base resembling
lard; Painful burning in the tip of the tongue—it wakes him in
the night; Salivation that is induced by Mercury.
Hydrocyanic Acid, Increased saliva; Burning in the palate;
Inflammation. Tongue—White; afterwards dirty, dark, and foul;
Cold tongue; Contractive pain at the root; Spasm of the pharynx
and oesophagus; Stiffness of the tongue; Swelling and protrusion
of the tongue.
Hyoscyamus-Saltish saliva; Foam at the mouth; Foetid
odour; Constant spitting; Stomacace; Ulceration of the soft
parts, and on the cheeks. Tongue—Clean, dry, parched—feels as
if scalded by hot food; Paralysis of the tongue; Redness of the
tongue, or brownish coat.
Ignatia-Acid saliva; Soreness of the inner mouth, which is
red and inflamed. Tongue—Feels burnt at tip, and very painful;
Stinging, Smarting at the tip; when eating or talking he con-
stantly bites one side of the tongue; White coating on the tongue.
Iodium.—Aphthae; Mercurial ptyalism; Sore elevations inside
the cheek; the buccal glands are intensely painful—they smart as
from vinegar acting on an ulcer; Putrid odour from the mouth ;
Smarting and pulling in the tonsils; Small, ash-coloured, painful
ulcers, with profuse salivation; Swelling and elongation of the
uvula. Tongue—Thickly coated; Yellow or brownish.
Ipecacuanha-Every part of the mouth feels painful; Copious
secretion of saliva; he is constantly obliged to swallow; when
lying down, the saliva runs from the mouth. Tongue—Yellow, or
white; Stinging pain in the fauces; Spasmodic contractions;
Sensation of swelling in the pharynx; Difficult deglutition, as if
the muscles were paralysed.
Kali Bich-Dryness of the mouth and throat; the velum
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appears rough, with papular elevations; Excavated cicatrix on the
roof. Tongue—Dry, thickly coated; Yellow towards the root;
Brown patch on the tongue; Tongue smooth, red, or cracked,
Kali Carb.-Foetid smell, like decayed cheese; Corrosion,
Soreness, or numbness of the mouth; Violent burning (morning),
with thirst ; Dry, or viscid saliva; Painful vesicles in the mouth,
with burning pain. Tongue—Dry in the morning; White and
dry; Vesicles on the tongue that are very painful; Soreness and
pimple at the tip; Rawness; the tongue is swollen, and covered
with vesicles.
Kali Iod.—Putrid, bad odour, that is offensive even to him-
self; Numbness of the mouth; Heat, burning; Sensation as after
eating food too hot; Salivation; Viscid, saltish saliva; Irritation
of the salivary glands; Saliva sweet, or bloody. Tongue—Burn-
ing vesicles at tip; Ulcers on the tongue and in the mouth.
Lachesis.-Violent burning in the mouth; Dryness, Soreness,
with thirst; Constant desire to drink; Accumulation of water in
the mouth; Gangrenous spots in the mouth, with burning pain.
Tongue—White, yellow, or black; Tongue stiff, difficult to move,
or protrudes; Heaviness of the tongue; Difficult, impeded speech;
Inflammation of the tongue and velum ; Gangrene of the tongue.
Laurocerasus.-Accumulation of acid saliva; Foam at the
mouth. Tongue—Coated with white mucus early in the morning;
Tongue white and dry, or rough and dry; Astringent sensation at
root; Coldness of the tongue; Swelling and stiffness at the left
side; Loss of speech (with Apoplexy).
Lycopodium-Small tumours in various parts of the mouth;
Foetid smell early in the morning; Numbness of the mouth and
tongue; Dryness in the mouth; the saliva soon dries, and becomes
a tough mucus; Flow of saltish or bitter saliva. Tongue—Sore,
ulcerated; Tubercles on the tongue; Vesicles that feel raw and
painful; Ulcer under the tongue—troublesome when talking or
eating; the tongue feels swollen, -
Manganum.—Odour from the mouth, like clay or earth;
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Vesicles and tubercles on the tongue; Ptyalism; Dryness of the
lips, mouth, and palate; Tongue white.
Mercurius.-Foetid odour from the mouth; Burning soreness
and dryness; Inflammation of the mouth ; Vesicles; Elevated,
white blisters; Ulcers and sores; Aphtha ; Stomacace; Profuse
saliva, slimy or acid; Peeling of the cuticle; Salivary ducts
swollen and ulcerated; much tenacious saliva. Tongue—Thickly
furred in the morning; Feels pithy, or insensible; Rough, white,
yellow, brown, or blackish ; Painful, as if chapped; Sore, stiff, and
hard; Hard swelling of the tongue, with ulcerated edges and inden-
tation; Fissure on the dorsum ; Tongue feels burnt; Loss of
speech; Smarting Soreness, even when touching the teeth; Ranula;
Trembling of the tongue.
Muriatic Ac.—Sensation as if the mouth were glued, with
insipid mucus; Mouth constantly full of water; Painful pimples
on the palate, which feels sore and burning. Tongue—Heavy,
elongated; Burning vesicles and blisters; Deep ulcer on the
tongue, with a black base and inverted edges; Wasting of the
tongue; Blue colour of the tongue.
Natrum Carb.-Blisters inside the cheek, that emit a watery
fluid ; Flat ulcers in the mouth; the inside of the cheek is sore
during mastication; Glutinous saliva; Insipid mucus; Musty
odour from the mouth. Tongue—Pale colour; Vesicles or pimples
on the tongue—it feels cracked and Sore; Difficult speech from loss
of mobility of the tongue,
Natrum Mur.—Ulceration of the mouth and tongue; Vesicles
that Smart and burn when eating ; the tongue feels numb and
stiff; Tingling sensation; Sensation as if a hair were constantly on
the tongue; Haemoptysis.
Nitric Acid.—Contractive sensation in the mouth ; Ulcerated
spot inside the cheek, as from a splinter, with stinging pain;
Ulcers in the mouth and fauces; Spreading ulcer on the uvula;
Copious flow of saliva; Mouth always full of water; Bloody saliva;
Putrid, or cadaverous odour from the mouth. Tongue—Vesicles
on the tongue; Painful pimples at tip—the tongue is so sore and
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sensitive that mild food causes a smarting pain; he is constantly
biting the tongue while eating; Tongue white, or thickly coated;
in the morning it cleaves to the roof of the mouth.
Nux Wom.—Inflammation of the cavity of the mouth ; Diffi-
culty in Swallowing and opening the mouth; Foetid ulcers in the
mouth and fauces; Aphtha, ; Stomacace; Putrid, cadaverous odour
in the morning, early—sometimes with headache; Parched state
of the mouth after midnight—the tongue seemed glued to the
mouth ; Flow of saliva during sleep ; Spitting of blood—sometimes
coagulated. Tongue—White, yellow, or brownish; Raw, sore;
Cracked, with bright-red edges; Painful vesicles on the tongue;
the tongue feels enlarged; Heavy, difficult speech; Stammering.
Opium.—Profuse ptyalism; Ulcers in the mouth; Dryness of
the tongue, palate, and fauces; Tongue white or black; Paralysis
of the tongue; Sense of strangulation in the fauces.
Petroleum.—Ulcers inside the cheek; Foetid breath, or like
garlic; the saliva smells putrid. Tongue—Dotted with yellowish
spots; Thick, white coating, that cannot be scraped off; the right
side of the mouth and palate feels raw and painful—he cannot turn
the food in the mouth.
Phosphorus—Soreness of the mouth and fraenulum; Rough-
mess and soreness of the mouth and palate; Vesicles in the mouth,
with sore throat; Haemoptysis. Tongue—Furred, dry; White
mucus; Bleeding tips; Excoriation; Clear Vesicles; Burning;
White coating on the tongue at night; Skin of the palate shrivels
and peels off; Tongwe loaded with mucus, or brown coating, or
blackish appearance.
Plumbum.—Dry mouth ; the epithelium of the buccal cavity
is either bluish or blanched; Heat and burning in the mouth;
Aphtha ; Ulcers on the sides of the mouth that emit a foetid odour,
and turn yellow; Sourish, tenacious saliva, or sweetish ; Ptyalism;
Haemoptysis. Tongue—Burning pimples on the tip of the tongue;
Dry, or white coating—yellow, green, or brown; Very thick mucus
on the tongue; Rhagades; Inflammation; Heaviness; Impeded
speech. --
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Pulsatilla–Putrid odour from the mouth early in the morn-
ing, or in the evening, when in bed; Drymess of the mouth and
tongue; Accumulation of sourish saliva in the mouth; Sweet
Saliva, that induces an inclination to vomit. Tongue—The tongue
feels too broad, and is covered with a thick, tenacious mucus,
either white, yellow, or greyish ; Sensation in the centre of the
tongue as if it were burnt; Painful vesicle on the side and tip of
the tongue; White tongue in the morning, with foul taste in the
mouth.
Rhus Tox-Foetid odour as from decayed teeth; Dryness, with
violent thirst, which cannot be quenched; Copious accumulation
of Saliva—it flows from the mouth when sitting in the chair, asleep;
Saltish mucus in the mouth; he spits a good deal of mucus and
saliva the whole day; Yellow or bloody mucus flows from the
mouth at night. Tongwe—Coated with mucus that has a salt
taste; Dry, red tongue (not coated), with intense thirst ; Dry,
parched, red, or brown tongue; Sensation as if the tongue were
covered with a skin; much thirst in the afternoon, and after
midnight.
Sabadilla.--Dryness, without thirst; Accumulation of Saliva,
with nausea and slight retching; Astringent saliva, having a me-
tallic taste. Tongue—Burning at the tip and right side; Tongue
sore—full of blisters; the cavity feels sore, as if scalded; Tongue
coated, mostly yellow, especially the middle and back part ; the tip
more white, or bluish. g
Sanguinaria-Slimy taste in the mouth; Pricking sensa-
tion on the tongue and roof of the mouth. Tongue—Coated
white; Sore, as if a boil were forming; Tongue feels as if burnt.
Secale.—Dryness of the mouth—not relieved by water; Foam
at the mouth like pale blood, or having a yellow or greenish tinge;
Clear fluid; Sour liquid; Frothy or bloody saliva. Tongue—
White, yellowish, dirty brown, or blackish—sometimes loaded
with a thick coating.
Sepia.--Swelling of the soft parts in the cavity of the mouth;
it is difficult to take nourishment; Foetid odour. Tongwe–Sore
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and painful, as if burnt; Painful vesicles on the tongue; White
tongue, or coated with thick mucus; Dryness of the mouth,
tongue, and throat.
Silica-Accumulation of water, or constant mucus in the
mouth; Foetid breath; Hot breath; Swelling of the right half of
the tongue; Numbness of the tongue; Constant sensation of a
hair lying on the tongue; Brown mucus on the tongue; Sore,
excoriated; Ulcer on the palate, extending to the gums; Swell-
ing and elongation of the uvula.
Spigelia.—Offensive odour; Saliva that excites nausea—it is
frequently white and foaming; Burning vesicles in the mouth,
palate, or on the tongue; Rhagades of the tongue; the back part
of the tongue feels swollen and painful.
Staphysagria.-Vesicles, ulcers, and adventitious growths
inside the cheek; Ptyalism—mouth constantly filled with water;
much mucus in the mouth ; Bloody saliva; Swelling of the
salivary glands—when talking he is constantly obliged to swallow.
Tongue—Coated white; Pain in the border of the tongue, as if a
sting were left there; Dry feeling on the tongue; Swelling of the
sublingual glands and tonsils, especially after much Mercury.
Stramonium.—Extreme dryness of the mouth—yet the tongue
is moist; the palate feels parched; the tongue is swollen, and
hangs out of the mouth ; Paralysis of the lingual muscles; he is
dumb ; Foam at the mouth; Constant flow of saliva—three or
four pints daily; Blood and froth from the mouth; Swelling of
the tongue; Trembling of the tongue when attempting to pro-
trude it ; Aversion to liquids; some of the symptoms resemble
Hydrophobia.
Sulphur.—Small vesicles in the mouth, that smart when salt
food is taken; Aphtha in the mouth and on the tongue; Dryness
and burning in the mouth; Saliva that tastes salt, acid, or bitter;
Foetid odour from the mouth; Ptyalism from Mercury; Stomacace.
Tongue—Sense of burning on the tongue; Covered with vesicles;
Red tongue, with a white tip; Dry tongue (morning); White,
brown, parched, or rough ; Cracked; Red as Vermilion.
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Tabacum.—Mouth full of white, tenacious mucus; Dryness of
the mouth, lips, and tongue; Stinging of the tongue; Taste of
burnt milk in the mouth; Swelling of a sublingual gland.
Taraxacum.—Sourish saliva, with sensation of constriction in
the larynx. Tongue—Coated white—peels off here and there,
leaving tender patches that become dark-red. Dry, brownish
tongue. .
Tartarus Emet.—Inflammation of the mouth and mucous
membrane; Small or large pustules, that are depressed in the
centre; Swelling and excoriation of the mouth; Aphtha. Tongue
—Red; Papillae prominent; Strawberry tongue, or bright-red;
Very dry in the centre; Tongue moist and clear; Coated white or
grey.
Thuja-Dryness, without thirst ; the inner mouth is full of
vesicles, with thirst at night. Tongue—Sore at the tip; Coated
white; Painful blisters; Ranula transparent, jelly-like ; Pain in
the whole palate when swallowing the saliva; Ulcers in the
mouth, like chancres (after excessive doses of Mercury); Warts on
the tongue.
Weratrum.—Accumulation of tasteless water in the mouth ;
Ptyalism; Flow of viscid saliva, acrid and saltish; Burning in
the mouth; Heat of the mouth and fauces; Considerable inflam-
mation of the mouth. Tongwe–Coated yellow; Dry, blackish,
and cracked, or red and swollen; Coldness of the tongue.
Zincum.—Increased saliva, with metallic taste; Yellow ulcer
on the inner surface of the left cheek. Tongue—Painful and
Sore; Vesicles on the tongue—painful when eating; Swelling on
the left side of the tongue; White coating on the tongue, with
feeling of icy coldness; Yellowish-white coating at the back part
of the tongue.
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TEETH AND GUMS,
Aconite.--Toothache, induced by a raw, cold wind; Shocks,
with throbbing and congestion to the head; Heat and redness of
the cheeks; Congestive toothache; Rheumatic tooth and face-
ache; Pains aggravated by wine or brandy; Toothache in young
girls, or the sedentary; Burning, tingling in the lower jaw; Neu-
ralgic pains in the face and jaws.
Arsenicum.—Sharp, successive pullings—diminished by sitting
up in bed; Toothache, extending to the cheek, ear, or temples;
or before the menses; Pain furious, unbearable—increased by
lying on the side affected—relieved by the warmth of a fire; Sense
of elongation; Grinding of the teeth; Bleeding of the gums.
Belladonna-Sharp drawing, pulling, extending to the ears,
especially at midnight, or in the evening—aggravated by contact
or cold air; Toothache, with beating in the head—face red and
hot; Toothache of the pregnant; Darting in the nerves of several
teeth; Grinding the teeth, with foam at the mouth; Difficult
dentition; Spasm of the masseters; Lock-jaw.
Bryonia-Pains in the molar teeth—increased by hot food—
relieved by pressure, and lying on the affected side; Jerking;
Pulling; Sensation of elongation, looseness; Toothache that
compels him to lie down. Gwms—Sore and spongy.
Calcarea.—Pain—contractive, shooting, digging, pulsative,
or gnawing; Soreness; Toothache—excited by cold drink, cold
air, at night, especially during or after the menses, during preg-
nancy, or when eating—often with copious flow of saliva; Tooth-
pains, that are increased by the least noise; Foetid smell from the
teeth. Gwms—Itch, swell, bleed, ulcerate. -
Carbo Veg—Roots of the teeth sore; the teeth feel soft, or
ulcerated; Gnawing, drawing, or tearing pain in all the molar
teeth; Bubbling sensation; Chronic loosening of the teeth;
Darting in sound teeth; Feeling of Soreness; Salt food induces
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toothache. Gums—Bleed, swell, ulcerate, recede from the teeth;
Pustules; Boils.
Causticum.—Acute pains in the teeth—sensitive to touch and
air; Pain chiefly in the molars—dull, aching, or stitching; Throb-
bing toothache; Feeling of elongation; Looseness of the incisors.
Gwms—Painful, swollen, suppurate; Fistula.
Chamomilla.-Toothache after coffee, or excited by warm
drink, hot food, or the heat of a room; Sensation, at 3 A.M., of a
scraping or gnawing in the nerve; Toothache from cold, or Sup-
pressed perspiration; Swelling of the cheeks; Creeping, drawing,
especially after eating or drinking; Toothache, coming on
immediately he gets warm in bed, by fits and starts; or pain
intolerable, unbearable, especially at night, with redness of one
cheek; Sweat on the head and face; Thirst; Digging and gnaw-
ing in carious teeth. Gums—Painful; Swollen; Burning hot;
Difficult dentition, with fever and Diarrhoea.
China.-Toothache, throbbing, at night or after dinner—
relieved by strongly pressing the teeth together; Looseness of the
teeth; Dark sordes.
Clematis.--Toothache so violent as to drive one to despair;
Jerking, shooting, drawing—first in one, then in another; or
all the teeth seem affected; the pain, though intolerable, does not
appear to affect any particular tooth ; Shooting, jerking—ex-
tending to the ear, sometimes the eye; Rest and quiet seem to
give most relief; Toothache relieved for a short time with cold
water; Toothache, which quite unfits him for meditation; Tooth-
ache, affecting especially the left upper row ; a hollow tooth feels
elongated, and tender to the slightest touch ; Profuse flow of
saliva; Swelling of sub-maxillary glands.
Coffea.—Darting in the teeth from above downwards; Tooth-
ache at night, or after a meal, accompanied with much anguish;
'Weeping and restlessness at night.
Colocynth-Throbbing toothache (left side); Sensation as if a
nerve were pulled and stretched; Drawing in the upper teeth
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(right side), with swelling of the upper lip. (This medi-
cine seems to influence the second and third branches of the
fifth nerve.)
Conium.—Drawing pains (right side)—lower teeth, to the malar
bone; Jerking and gnawing in the teeth; Feeling of looseness in
the molars, as if they would fall out; Pains during mastication;
the Gwms bleed readily.
Euphorbium.—Pains in the upper molars—increased by touch
or mastication; Toothache on beginning to eat; the teeth become
brittle, and break off.
Fluoric Acid.—Feeling of warmth; Sensation of roughness;
Aching at the roots in the upper jaw—mitigated by cold water;
a fistula near the right canine disappeared; Improved condition of
the teeth after the second week.
Graphites.—Congestive toothache, especially at night, with
swelling of the glands; Pains—drawing, tearing, or stinging—in-
duced by cold drink—or if at night, increased by the warmth of
bed; Foetid odour from the mouth. Gwm3—Swell, and easily
bleed.
Gratiola.-Tearing in molars—going off by pressure; Stitch,
which passes up into the head ; Boring pain at night. º
Guaiacum.—Tearing in left upper molars; Pressive pain when
closing the teeth; Dull aching in left jaw, and painful dragging in
left ear. -
Hellebore.—Lancinating toothache in molars of right upper
and lower jaw, tormenting the whole night without relief from
either cold or warm things—passes off in the day.
Hepar.—Toothache, extending into the ear; Toothache, es-
pecially during a meal; Congestive toothache; all the teeth ache
on admitting cold air or fluid into the mouth; Stitching, jerking
toothache; Looseness; Elongation. Gwms—Swollen, with sensa-
tion like a new tooth protruding; Ulcers on the gum.
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Hyoscyamus.-Tearing pains, with congestion of blood to the
head; Throbbing, extending to the forehead, eyes, and root of
nose; Pain increased by pressure; Beating, whizzing in a tooth—
chiefly in the morning—excited by cold air. In violent cases
there is much heat in the face and head; Spasm and constriction in
the throat; Difficult deglutition; General exhaustion; Teeth elon-
gated, loose, covered with mucus; Clenching the teeth; Lock-jaw.
Ignatia.-Pain in molars as if crushed; Teeth painful, be-
numbed, loose; Difficult dentition, with convulsions.
Iodium.—Toothache in several molars alternately; Drawing,
with stitches, extending to right ear. Gwms—Swell, ulcerate,
bleed; Teeth become yellow.
Kali Carb.-Stitching toothache, with pain in face, especially
when eating; Throbbing in all the teeth—pains induced by cold
water; Violent stitches in the teeth. Gwms—Inflamed, sore—
painful and ulcerated.
Rali Iod. — Violent darting, or shooting—evening until
midnight—and again 4 to 5 A.M.–aggravated by cold—relieved
by warmth; Sensation as if a worm were gnawing the tooth.
Kalmia. —Short pains in the teeth (right side)—evening;
Severe pressure in the molars after 10 P.M.–lasting several hours;
Acute striking pains in the face. w
Kreasote.—Drawing pains chiefly—first in molar, then in
upper incisors, passing into the temples and ear—worse during
rest. Gums—Red and inflamed.
Lycopodium.-Drawing, darting, jerking; Teeth painful when
chewing; Nightly pains in, with nervous debility and agitation;
Tossing; Restlessness; Grumbling, or dull aching in the teeth,
with swollen gums; Throbbing, beating; Elongation, looseness;
Yellow colour of the teeth; Drawing pains in lower jaw, with
darting into the ear. Gums—Hot, swollen, painful—bleed freely
when touched; Gumboil; Fistula dentatis; Swelling of sub-
maxillary gland; Foetid smell from the mouth.
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Magnesia Carb.--Toothache, coming on every night, or when
arising every morning—sometimes very violent, but passes off
when walking about in the open air; Darting pains in the teeth,
which are felt in the fingers; Throbbing, or single sharp stitches
in the teeth; Toothache that is relieved by intense cold, or lying
on the part affected.
Manganum.—Toothache in molars, with darting pain in the
arm, or the malar bone, throat, and ear, causing extreme exhaus-
tign, which compels him to lie down; Toothache, lasting from four
to five days—appears in the morning, and again between ten and
midnight; Smarting Soreness in molar—insupportable, especially
when a little cold drink is brought in contact ; the pains are
relieved by bearing (pressing 2) the head down on a table.
Mercurius.—Sensation as if the teeth were set on edge, or
loosening, especially the front teeth; Aching in the front teeth
immediately on drinking anything cold; Violent toothache at
night, with chilliness over the whole body; Tearing pains, espe-
cially toward the roots—also in carious teeth, affecting the cheek
and sub-maxillary glands; Stitching pains that seem unbearable
in the evening, and at night; Pulsation, jerking—passing into
the ear and temple, especially in the evening. Gwms—Ulcerated;
Painful to touch ; Bleed readily; Red, inflamed margin around
the insertion of the teeth; Whitish ulcers; Spongy gums; Re-
ceding of the gums from the teeth; Loud grating of the teeth at
night, during sleep, especially in children.
Mezereum.—Drawing, burning, sticking pain in hollow
teeth, especially upper molar; Tearing, darting from the molar
to the temple; Boring stitches, chiefly right side—awakes him
from sleep; the teeth feel dull—those on the left side elongated;
the pains are inereased by contaet or movement, accompanied
with chilliness and constipation. -
Natrum Carb.--Toothache coming on during a meal, in the
evening, or only at night—the pains are of a digging or jerking
character—relieved by warmth; Swelling of the sub-maxillary
glands; all the teeth are sensitive, but more especially those of the
lower jaw. .
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Natrum Mur.—Rapid decay of the teeth; Sensitive to cold
air; Pain intense from drawing the air into the mouth. Gwms—
Sensitive and swollen; Painful ulcers ; Putrid inflammation ;
Fistula Dentatis.
Nitric Acid.—Toothache chiefly affecting the upper jaw, with
swelling of the cheeks, especially from abuse of Mercury; Yel-
low colour and looseness of the teeth. Gwms—White ulcers;
Swelling, especially the upper gums.
Nux Womica-Toothache in either sound or decayed teeth—
or tooth-pains of a purely nervous character; Tearing, drawing, or
jerking—generally renewed or increased by cold air or drink—
soothed by the application of heat; Toothache coming on when
annoyed, or during meditation and constant intellectual labour;
Drawing pains in several teeth; Darting in the ear; Toothache
setting in suddenly—becomes very painful—relieved by warmth
only; and returns again, with prickings; Acute, tearing pain in a
hollow tooth, piercing through the whole jaw—sometimes ex-
tending to the face and temples—passing off during sleep, but
renewed immediately on taking cold water into the mouth; Dig-
ging pain; Feeling of Soreness—induced by mental reflection;
Sensation as if a tooth had become dislocated and appeared loose;
Looseness and falling-out of the teeth—even those that are sound.
Gums—Swollen as large as the little finger; Pain and throbbing,
as if an abscess were forming; Putrid smell; Spots on the cheek
come out during the pains; Lock-jaw, with consciousness.
Oleander-Constant toothache at night, with great anguish;
Frequent micturition; Inclination to vomit; Strange feeling in
the mouth, as if all the teeth were loose.
Opium.—Looseness; Fine twinges in the dental nerves; Mus-
cles of the lower jaw relaxed; Violent pain in lower jaw; Lock-jaw.
Petroleum.—Numbness of the teeth; Sordes. Gwms—Tender;
very sore, with vesicles; Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Phosphorus-Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks; Stitches,
especially in the open air, or from slight cold, with Ptyalism;
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Beating, jerking, or stitches when exposed to the least current of
air. Gwm3—Bleed easily; Swell; Suppurate.
Plumbum.-Teeth brittle—decay, turn black, loosen, and fall
out. Gwms—Margins blue or violet; Bluish ash-colour; some-
times retreat below the teeth; Hard, painful nodes on the
gums.
Pulsatilla.-Toothache, especially of females during the
menses, or period of pregnancy—the pains are of short duration;
Single jerks or stitches—generally pass off during rest; Tooth-
ache induced by taking anything warm into the mouth—relieved
by cold water; Drawing toothache, as if a nerve were put on the
stretch ; Toothache in young persons, who may be troubled only
in the spring season.
Rhododendron.—Grumbling or tearing in the four anterior
molars, shifting from one side to the other, or from the upper to
the lower row; Drawing, cutting, or aching, in cloudy, windy
weather, or the approach of a thunder-storm; sometimes the pain
will commence in the ear; it is relieved by pressure, and not unfre-
quently by eating.
Sepia.--Toothache of the pregnant—aggravated by warmth;
Drawing pain, or single jerks; Beating toothache, sometimes
affecting the ear; Early decay of the teeth. Gwm3—Dark-red,
swollen, painful.
Silica.-Toothache, with inflammation of the periosteum;
Swelling of the bones; Tearing pain when eating warm food, and
the cold air gets into the mouth; the pain affects the jaw more
than the teeth.
Spigelia.--Darting pains, or painful jerks in a carious tooth—
aggravated by cold water; the pain presses from within outwards;
a pain in the decayed tooth seemed to affect all the others; Tooth-
ache, with prosopalgia; Chilly, restless; Bloated face; Yellowness
about the eyes; Palpitation at the heart; Pains in the teeth and
upper jaw (day-time), affecting the eyes and ears; Swelling o
upper lip ; Pain in stomach. • ‘7
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Staphysagria.-Very valuable in many kinds of Tooth-pains;
Tearing toothache; Pains in sownd—also decayed teeth. Tooth-
ache when eating, or immediately after; Tearing, drawing in
molars and bicuspids—worse in the open air—relieved in the even
temperature of the room; Teeth so tender that he cannot chew
his food; a little cold water relieves the pain, but it commences
again on taking food (chewing); the teeth blacken rapidly—
become streaked. Gwms—White or pale; Swollen; Ulcerated;
Excrescences; Gumboil; Swelling of cheek and sub-maxillary
gland.
Stramonium.—Grinding of the teeth, with movement of the
hands; Shuddering over the body; Disagreeable grating when half
conscious; Pulsative pains in the teeth.
Sulphur.—Toothache in the open air—chiefly after suppressed
eruptions, and with congestion of blood to the head; Jerking in a
single tooth. Gwms—Swelling and throbbing; Swelling around
the roots of teeth long since decayed; Looseness of the teeth.
Weratrum.—Beating toothache (various kinds), accompanied by
great debility; Pains in facial muscles, as if bruised; Swelling of
the face; Nausea; Vomiting; Tooth=pains, with headache; Cold-
ness of the limbs; the molar teeth feel as if filled with lead ;
Pressure in the muscles of the left jaw; Inability to open the mouth
easily; she feared lock-jaw.
Zincum.—Teeth sensitive. Gwms—Sore, especially the inner
side; White and painful; Ulcers; Gnawing; Itching; Bleeding of
the gums.
THRO AT AND PHARYNX.
Aconite.—Painful burning and pricking in the throat;
Burning, stinging; Difficult deglutition; the fauces are of a dark-
red colour, and feel swollen; Violent pains in the throat; Acute
Amgina.
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Alumina.-Constriction, pressure, or stinging, in the throat
during deglutition; Chronic inflammation of the fauces; Dryness;
Parched feeling; Sense of rawness; Chronic swelling of the tonsils;
Pains in the throat during deglutition, with a sense of compression
in the oesophagus and middle of the chest, as if the tube were
pressed upon or contracted.
Arsenicum.—Burning in the pharynx, or tearing pain; Angina;
Angina gangrenosa; Difficult, painful deglutition; Constriction of
the pharynx and oesophagus as if closed; the difficult deglutition
seemed to arise from debility or paralysis of the muscles; every-
thing swallowed seemed to lodge in the oesophagus; Accumulation
of a grey or green mucus in the throat, having a salt or bitter taste.
Asafoetida-Dryness and burning in the throat, and especially
the oesophagus; Sensation as if a body were ascending up the
tube, that caused a tightness in the throat, with pressure in the
chest—it obliged him to swallow frequently, preceded by a sense
of burning; Inflammation of the oesophagus? -
Baryta Carb.--Throat rough, excoriated, with painful tension
on each side of the neck; Sense of choking or contraction—during
deglutition it felt as if a plug were in the throat; Attacks of
choking after dinner, when sitting or writing, as if the thyroid
were enlarged—it rather impeded breathing; Swelling of the
palate and tonsils, which suppurate; Chronic inflammation of the
throat, with swelling of the tonsils.
Belladonna-Sore Throat of Scarlet Fever; Rawness and
soreness of the palate; Dryness of the fauces; Violent burning in
the throat; Sore throat, with stitching pains, and feeling of an
internal swelling; Sensation as of a lump that cannot be removed;
Inflammation (even phlegmonous) of the throat, fauces, and velum
palate—also accompanied with violent fever; Inability to swallow
even liquids; Deglutition seems to be impeded in consequence of
great dryness of the throat; Painful contraction and narrowing of
the fauces; Pains in the throat, that extend to the ears; Great
aversion to drink, such as occurs in Hydrophobia; Swelling of the
glands in the cervical and parotid regions; Ulcerated throat;
Diphtheria.
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Bryonia.-Considerable dryness of the throat, especially in
fever—worse at evening, and when in a warm room—recurs soon
again after drinking; Sore throat, with difficult deglutition, and
hoarseness; Food and drink excite a choking sensation; Feeling
of pressure in the oesophagus; Painful sticking when turning the
head, touching the throat, or when swallowing; Painful constric-
tion in the oesophagus; Sensation during empty deglutition as if
the throat were excoriated, with an accumulation of mucus that
requires some effort to detach. - -
Calcarea.—Chronic sore throat, with swelling of the glands;
Sensation of an internal swelling, that extended to the ears;
Stitches and pressure in the throat during deglutition; Bread is
difficult to get down ; Sensation of rawness in the oesophagus,
even to the stomach—it felt raw and sore; Swelling of the tonsils;
Elongation of the uvula ; the uvula is dark-red, swollen, covered
with little blisters; Swelling and inflammation of the palate;
much phlegm in the throat—sometimes it tastes like iron; Hawk-
ing of phlegm in the morning, Useful in tuberculous affections.
Cantharis-Burning in the throat and pharynx, that extends
down the oesophagus, stomach, and through the intestinal canal;
Biting, stinging; Dryness; Inflammation of the tonsils and fauces,
which are covered with numerous vesicles; Suppuration and ex-
foliation of the mucous membrane; Great difficulty in swallowing
liquids.
Capsicum.-Ptyalism; Spasmodic contraction of the throat
and fauces; Pain during deglutition; Drawing pains in the throat
between the acts—the part feels sore, with a sensation of being
spasmodically drawn together; Sore throat, with Rheumatism.
Carbo Anim.—Sensation of excoriation or ulceration in the
throat; Rawness; Soreness and burning; Pressure when swallow-
ing; Phlegm in the morning.
Carbo Veg.—Scraping; Roughness and dry feeling in the
throat; the oesophagus feels contracted or closed; Difficult deglu-
tition—the fauces feel as if constricted by a spasm. Useful in
sore throat after Measles; OEsophagitis? Rattling of mucus, which
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is easily expectorated; Pain of excoriation when swallowing or
coughing.
Causticum.—Burning pain in the throat; Scraping, rough-
mess, excoriation ; Sensation of coldness ascends into the throat;
Acrid rawness, with a sensation as if the substance swallowed passed
over a plug, or as if a tumour were in the throat; Constant desire
to swallow—the inside of the throat feels torn ; Dryness without
thirst ; Sense of constriction; Audible cracking; Hawking of
much mucus; Continual accumulation of phlegm, which is raised
with difficulty.
Chamomilla.-Sensation as if a plug were in the throat when
swallowing ; Pain increased by deglutition or movement; Throb-
bing ; Stinging; Burning in the pharynx; Burning heat in mouth,
oºsophagus, and stomach; Inability to swallow solids when lying
down; Sore throat, with swelling of the cervical or sub-maxillary
glands and tonsils.
Chelidonium,_Tension about the neck, throat, and larynx;
the pharynx feels constricted and narrow ; Sensation as if the
larynx were pressing against the oesophagus, and impeded deglu-
tition; Choking in the throat, as if a large morsel had been swal-
lowed too hastily.
China.--Dryness and roughness in the throat; Astringent sen-
sation; Stinging during deglutition ; Sensation of swelling in the
throat; Swelling of the uvula ; Contraction of the oesophagus;
Sore throat, induced by a free current of air.
Cocculus.--Dryness in the throat and Oesophagus; Great sen-
sitiveness; Heat and burning; Aching pain in the tonsils; Burn-
ing; Dryness; Choking sensation in the oesophagus, with a taste
like sulphur; Apparent paralysis of the oesophagus; Difficult deg-
lutition.
Drosera.-Stinging in the throat during deglutition; Scraping
pain after salt food; Sensation as if some crumbs were lying in
the pharynx; Ulceration of the velum; Difficulty in swallowing
solid food; the oesophagus seemed contracted.
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* Dulcamara.-Sore throat from a cold; Pressure in the throat;
Elongated uvula; Heat in the fauces; Swelling of the glands
(sub-maa'illary).
Graphites.—Constant sore throat, as from swelling of the
glands; Sensation as if a plug were in the throat; Constant spasm
in the throat, as if he would choke or be strangled; Swelling of
the tonsils; Saltish, burning mucus in the morning.
Hepar Sulp.–Difficult deglutition, without sore throat; Vio-
lent pressure in the throat—she feared suffocation in the evening;
Sensation of an internal swelling, like a clot in the throat (early in
the morning); Roughness and scraping in the throat; Stinging
when coughing or inspiring deeply; Stitches in the throat, as from
a splinter—it extended into the ear—worse when swallowing or
turning the head; Hawking up of mucus; Salivation; Swelling of
the tonsils. -
Hydrocyanic Acid, Inflammation of the palate; Scraping
in the throat and pharynx; Heat and spasm of the pharynx; In-
flammation of the pharynx and oesophagus. -
Hyoscyamus.--Parching dryness of the throat, and in the
fauces, with thirst ; Throat so dry and constricted that a little tea
almost choked him; Inability to swallow from constriction of the
throat; he was compelled to eject the liquid out of his mouth;
Hydrophobia?
Ignatia-Stinging, that occurs between, but not during the
acts of deglutition; Sensation, when swallowing, as if the food
passed over a lump, which feels sore during the act of deglutition;
Strangulating sensation in the throat, as if a large lump had lodged
there; Stitches from the throat to the ear; Tonsils swollen and
inflamed, with small ulcers; Aching pain in the sub-maxillary
glands—when the pain ceased the glands began to swell; the sub-
maxillary glands were painful when moving the neck, and after
walking in the open air; Difficulty in swallowing either solid or
liquid food. -
- Iodium.—Obstinate constriction of the throat and fauces, that
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impeded deglutition — even water; Feeling of fulness in the
throat; Stitches in the throat; Scraping and burning in the fauces;
Pain in the oesophagus—increased by pressure on the larynx; In-
flammation and ulceration of the throat and oesophagus; Copious
flow of watery saliva.
Ipecacuanha.-Fine stinging in the fauces; Pain during
deglutition, as if the pharynx were swollen; Difficulty of swallow-
ing ; the muscles and tongue seemed paralysed; the fauces feel
dry, rough, and Sore; Spasmodic contraction in the throat and
chest.
Rali Bich,-Sharp shooting pains in the left tonsil; Sore
throat; Uvula relaxed, injected; Tonsils red, swollen, painful,
and finally ulcerated; the soft palate and fauces red—occasionally
copper-colour; Ulcer on the uvula; Smarting and tingling in the
fauces ; Sensation of a hair in the throat; also a broad, prickly
body; Sharp, shooting pains in left tonsil; Sore throat, with
pain at the palate; Cough, with transparent, lumpy sputa, easily
expectorated.
Rali Carb.-Sore throat, with difficult deglutition; Particles
of food easily get into the larynx; Difficult deglutition—the food
descends but slowly down the oesophagus, which is very sensitive,
especially to warm food; Sensation of a lump in the throat, on the
left side, with pressure and anxiety; Elongation of the uvula;
Scraping and dryness at the back part of the throat, with te-
nacious mucus, difficult to detach.
Kali Iod.—Dryness; Bitterness; Choking sensation; Burning,
scraping, or roughness in the throat; Stinging and painful pres-
sure when speaking or swallowing; Painful goitre—very sensitive
to touch; a hard goitre became softer, and decreased in size.
Lachesis.--Tingling in the morning, followed by pricking;
Stinging on the left side; Sore throat; Small, sore spots; Sore
throat—worse after sleep, or every cold day; Sore throat, that
extends to the ears—also with danger of suffocation; Constant
pain during empty deglutition; Crampy sensation, deep in the
throat; Pressure in the throat; Sensation of a swelling, plug, or
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lump-it seemed the size of a fist—on the left side—it felt like a
small sponge; Sensation as of a tubercle the size of a walnut ;
Burning, or feeling of rawness in the throat; Inflammation of the
throat and tonsils, with swelling, and disposition to suppurate;
Phlegmonous inflammation; Syphilitic ulcers, especially with
mercurial complication—having a foetid odour, and purulent
secretion; Diphtheria? Constriction of the throat, like an hour-
glass; Constant urging to swallow, but drink returns through the
nares; Accumulation of much mucus in the throat; Hydro-
phobia P
Laurocerasus.-Burning; Roughness; Sensation as if a peg
were sticking in the throat; Scraping in the fauces during deglu-
tition; Painful spasms, with heat in the pharynx, oesophagus, and
stomach; the drink is heard to roll down the oesophagus, and into
the intestines.
Lobelia.-Burning and dryness of the throat and fauces;
Burning and prickling; Sensation of a lump at the throat-pit, im-
peding deglutition ; a substance seemed to rise up in the oesopha-
gus, and prevented the descent of the food. -
Lycopodium.–Soreness of the throat when swallowing or
coughing; Sense of contraction in the pharynx; the throat feels
narrow during deglutition; Sensation of a ball rising in the
throat; Chronic Sore throat; Tearing pains in the left side, from
below upwards; Stinging; Pricking; Irritation, with hoarse-
ness; Difficult deglutition, lasting nine days; Ulcers on the ton-
sils, resembling chancre; Mercurial ulcers; Suppuration of the
tonsils; Drymess and burning in the throat, with thirst at night;
Expectoration of blood and mucus; Swelling of the glands, ex-
ternal and internal.
Mercurius.-Sore throat; Sensation as if a pippin were
lodged in it, or a substance he is constantly striving to swallow;
Difficult deglutition; Spasmodic arrest of food, with danger of
Suffocation; the fluid passes through the nostrils; Heat and pain
in the throat; Painful dryness; Constant dryness; Stinging and
painful stitches in the back part of the throat, extending to the
ears; Stitching pains in the tonsils during deglutition; Inflam-
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mation; Swelling and ulceration of the tonsils; Elongation and
swelling of the uvula ; Catarrhal sore throat; Syphilitic ulcers
in the throat; Swelling of the sub-maxillary, cervical, and parotid
glands; Ptyalism; Accumulation of mucus, that constantly fills
the posterior mares; Erysipelatous inflammation of the fauces;
the night air, and much talking, aggravate the symptoms.
Mercurius Iodatus.—Inflammation of the fauces, tonsils, and
uvula ; the membrane assumes a bright scarlet, or dark-red, and
even a purple hue; Red patches, that are covered with a white
or yellowish exudation, sometimes in spots; or a tough, thick sub-
stance is formed, which caused coughing and hawking. This
remedy has proved valuable for Diphtheria.
Naja-Left side of the throat red and painful during deglu-
tition; Sensation as if a substance were in the throat that must be
swallowed; Difficult deglutition; Raw, sore feeling in the palate
and fauces; Headache, with rawness in the throat, and greatly
depressed spirits.
Nitric Ac.—Stinging, burning, and stitches in the throat;
Painful pressure and soreness in the throat, as from a tumour;
|Ulcers in the throat, especially after much Mercury; Painful
swelling of the tonsils; Inflamed throat, with shooting pains;
Sense of excoriation; During deglutition the throat feels swollen
and raw ; Accumulation of much mucus at the back of the throat.
Nux Wom.—Sore throat, with Catarrh; Swelling of the velum,
palate, and uvula; the parts feel thick and swollen; Sore throat,
felt during deglutition; Itching, pricking stitches; the fauces feel
raw and sore, especially when inspiring cold air; Burning in the
throat at night; Scraping sensation, or as if scratched; Choking
constriction in the pharynx.
Phosphorus-Throat raw and sore—dark-red colour; Scrap-
ing, stinging during deglutition; Burning in pharynx, with
smarting and feeling as if excoriated; Painful irritation in the
oesophagus, with dragging sensation; Painful deglutition; Sense
of tightness; Dryness; Swelling of the tonsils; Expectoration of
mucus in the morning—grey and salt.
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Phytolacca.-Sore throat, with accumulation of thick, white,
yellow mucus about the fauces in the morning—much better after
breakfast; the throat feels dry and sore during deglutition; Sore-
ness of the posterior fauces, extending to the Eustachian tube;
Roughness and dryness in the morning.
Platina.-Painful rawness, with feeling as if a piece of skin
were hanging loose; Scraping, as from a chill; Cramp-like draw-
ing and constriction around the os hyoides; Painful swelling of
right tonsil; Elongation of uvula ; Mucus in the throat.
Pulsatilla-Stitches in the back part of the throat between
the acts of deglutition; the throat feels sore, and narrower than
usual; Cutting pains in the throat; the back of the throat feels
very raw and painful, and the whole pharynx swollen—worse
when swallowing; Shooting pains; Difficulty of swallowing—the
muscles seemed paralysed ; Dryness of the throat early in the
morning.
Sanguinaria-Burning in the fauces and oesophagus; the
throat feels swollen, as if it would suffocate him—painful when
swallowing—worse on the right side; Ulcerated sore throat;
Angina; Pharyngitis. *
Senega.-Constriction and irritation in the fauces; Sensation
as if burnt; Burning, scraping in the throat; Inflammatory swell-
ing of the fauces and uvula; Tenacious mucus in the morning;
Greyish lumps, or white mucus, that clings to the throat and
excites cough. -
Sepia.-Constant dryness; Smarting, scraping, and soreness of
the throat, as if from incipient Catarrh ; Roughness, with con-
siderable mucus; Pressure as of a band; Constriction; Pinching;
Sore throat, with hoarseness and swelling of the sub-maxillary
glands; Inflammation of the throat and right tonsil; Difficult
deglutition—the muscles seem paralysed.
Silica.-Stinging sore throat when swallowing; the neck is
painful to touch; Sore throat, with much mucus; Expectoration
of salt mucus, or yellow, foetid lumps; Pain in larynx when lifting
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a heavy weight; he feels a lump in the left side of the throat; the
food seems to glide over sore places; Foetid odour from the mouth
in the morning.
Staphysagria.-Roughness in the throat; Stitches in the palate
that ascend to the brain; Dryness in the throat, especially at even-
ing; Drawing pains from Hyoid bone to lower jaw; Swelling of
the sublingual gland—it prevents deglutition; Burning, scraping
in the palate and fauces; Swelling of the tonsils, from Mercury.
Sulphur.—Sore throat, with swelling of the cervical glands;
Pressure, as from a lump, during and between deglutition; Chok-
ing, with feeling of Soreness, during deglutition; the oesophagus
seemed spasmodically to contract, and so prevent the food passing;
Burning in the oesophagus from below upward; Sensation as of a
ball ascending into the throat.
Tart. Emet.—Sudden swelling of the tonsils and cervical glands;
Violent sore throat; Pain, heat, redness; Inflammation of the
pharynx—the parts are covered with mucus and vesicles, or large
pustules, depressed in the centre; Dysphagia, with red face;
Vertigo; Injected conjunctiva and dyspnoea.
Thuja-Roughness and stinging, as from snuff; Pain and ex-
coriation; Swelling of the tonsils and salivary glands; Increased
flow of saliva; Pressure and stinging in the throat; Ulcers in the
throat, resembling chancre; Hawking of blood-red mucus.
Weratrum.—Scraping, roughness; Burning or drawing pain in
the throat, with thirst and colic ; Spasmodic contraction of the
oesophagus; Sense of suffocation; Feeling of coldness, which
ascends upwards to the palate.
Zincum.—Dryness in the throat; Rawness in the pharynx;
Smarting and scraping in the fauces; Accumulation of mucus that
fills the posterior mares; Hawking of greenish mucus that adheres
firmly to the lower part of the throat; Pain as from an internal
swelling; Tearing, drawing pain on both sides of the fauces between
the acts of deglutition; Herpes in the throat, after a neglected
gonorrhoea.
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Aconite.—Short, dry titillation in larynx, from coming out of
the air into a warm room; Cough at night, with croaking—danger
of suffocation; Spasmodic constriction of the trachea ; Cough
that is particularly troublesome at night, not allowing rest nor
sleep, with dry, hot skin; Cough from having just taken cold;
Membranous Croup; Croup-like, hoarse cough.
AEthusa.--Dry cough after dinner.
Agaricus.-Dry cough ; Catarrh, with much mucus in nose.
Ambra.--Spasmodic cough, like whooping-cough; Deep, dry
cough, with scraping sensation in the throat—pain inside.
Ammonium Carb.-Rattling of mucus for several days; Violent
dry cough in the middle of night; Asthmatic cough; Spasmodic
Asthma ; Cough, with expulsion of bloody phlegm; Incipient pul-
monary phthisis. -
Ammonium Mur.—Dry cough; Violent when in bed, with
water in mouth; Cough, with blood; Chronic cough—worse after
eating and when lying down; Spwta thick in the morning, but
tasteless. - -
Anacardium.—Violent cough after dinner, with vomiting
of food; Severe cough at night, or 4 A.M.; Grey-yellow sputa;
Pus; Blood; Short cough by day, especially afternoon.
Antimonium Crud.—Cough after rising early in the morn-
ing—seems to come from the abdomen; Dry, convulsive cough;
Catarrh.
Argentum Nit—Cough, with titilation in the larynx, by
day; Suffocative cough at noon, for several days.
Arnica.-Dry, short, hacking cough every morning after
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rising; Cough at night; Cough in children induced by crying;
Cough, with raw feeling in the chest; Expectoration of blood;
Haemoptysis; Bright-red, frothy blood, or blackish clots.
Arsenicum.—Laryngeal phthisis; Burning in the larynx; Dry,
short cough, as from the vapour of sulphur, with sense of suffoca-
tion; Cough during a walk in the open air, or early in the morn-
ing; Cough when in bed at night, with asthma and fits of suffoca-
tion; Arrest of breath; Short, hacking cough, with Soreness;
Excoriation in the chest; Cough, with difficult expectoration of
tenacious mucus, or saltish; Sputa streaked with blood; Cough,
with feeling of burning heat, or nausea, as if he would vomit.
Asafoetida-Short, hacking cough; Violent, racking, with
short breath, and oppression of the chest; Spasmodic asthma, with
dry cough.
Baryta Carb.-Hoarseness; Aphony; Cough excited by con-
tinual speaking; Cough after midnight, with much mucus;
Cough, with phlegm; Loose cough, with saltish, starch-like
Sputa. -
Belladonna.-Pain in larynx, with danger of Suffocation;
Hoarseness; Rattling of mucus in the bronchi; Aphonia; Spas-
modic constriction of the throat; Violent cough at noon—several
days, with much tenacious mucus; Coughing fits, with heat and
congestion in the chest; Night cough awakes from sleep; Vio-
lent dry cough, as if a foreign body were in the larynx; Sensation
as of a dry catarrh having settled in the chest, with dry cough;
Dry cough, with headache, day and night; Hollow, barking,
spasmodic cough; Cough, with violent pressure in the nape of the
neck; or lancinations under the left ribs; or frontal headache; or
pain in stomach; Expectoration of mucus, with blood (early in
the morning); Cough, with taste of blood in the mouth; or sore
throat.
Borax.-Cough, with mucus and pain in liver; he coughs up
a white mucus, streaked with blood—matter having a mouldy
smell; Cough, with stitches in the chest; a stitch, almost like a
knife, accompanies deep inspiration, coughing, or yawning.
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Bovista,—Hoarse cough; Scraping in the throat; Burning,
with desire to cough; Titillation, especially morning and even-
ing; Dry cough morning and evening.
Bromine.—Cough induced by deep breathing; Exhausting
cough ; Rough, hollow, dry; Sense of suffocation; Short breath;
Pain and Soreness in the chest; Dry, spasmodic wheezing, rat-
tling; Cough in children during dentition; Pneumonia.
Bryonia.-Violent Coryza; Hoarseness, with perspiration;
Dry cough, with creeping sensation in the stomach and throat;
Cough, with vomiting of the ingesta; Scraping, painful cough,
with retching; Cough, with long-continued stitch in the left
brain; or sensation as if the head and chest would fly in pieces;
Stitches in the throat, chest, and region of the last rib ; Stitches
in the sternum; Cough, with soreness at pit of stomach; Violent
morning cough, with copious expectoration; he coughs up coagu-
lated blood, or pure bright blood; Acute and Chronic Bronchitis.
Calcarea.—Painless Hoarseness; Chronic Hoarseness; Wheez-
ing, rattling during expiration; Phlegm in the larynx and
chest; Ulceration of the larynx; Cough, excited by the sensation
of a plug moving up and down in the throat; Nervous cough
excited by music; Dry hacking cough at night; Dry cough after
midnight, with violent beating of the heart and arteries; Convul-
sive cough in the evening; Cough, with thick mucus at night;
Morning cough, with yellow mucus; Expectoration of blood with
the cough ; Vertigo and pain in the chest ; Sputa having a salt
taste; Foetid mucus; Laryngeal Phthisis; Tubercular Phthisis.
Cantharis.-Burning heat in larynx—constricted even to suffo-
cation; Cough, with difficult expectoration—also of blood after a
short cough.
Capsicum. — Cough towards evening, and especially after
Coffee; Pain in the throat when coughing, as from a swelling;
Aching as if an ulcer would open; Cough, with pain in the ear;
Stitches at neck of bladder, with drawing pain in chest; Pain in
the thigh, extending to the knee; Foetid smell from the lungs
when coughing; Malignant Bronchitis 2
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Carbo Anim.—Roughness in throat, with dry cough; Dry
cough only at night, when lying on the right side (several nights);
Dry cough day and night—the cough that was dry is now loose;
Sputa, yellowish-white—or pus; Cough, with greenish pus; Thick
green pus from a vomica in right lung; Pleuritic stitches induced
by cough; Pleuritis, with chronic Bronchitis.
Carbo Veg.—Hoarseness in the evening, especially damp,
cold weather; Frequent irritation at the back of throat, inducing
cough; Dry cough after every expiration, with flushes of heat and
sweat; Cough after the slightest cold, or on going into a cold
room; Evening cough (short), or causing retching and vomiting;
Attack of spasmodic cough three or four times in the day; Ex-
pectoration of mucus—pieces of green mucus; Yellowish pus;
Painful rawness in the chest ; Stitches in the head; Chronic
laryngitis; Incipient phthisis of the larynx; Threatened gangrene
of the lungs; Suppuration. .
Causticum.—Rough, hoarse voice for many days; Aphony,
with sensation as if a wedge were in the throat; Catarrh, with
nightly dryness of the throat; Short and hacking cough, with
constant tickling in the throat; Dry, exhausting cough in the
morning; Cough after midnight, with expectoration; Dry, hollow
cough, with soreness in the larynx; Feeling of ulceration; Sore-
ness of the chest when coughing; the mucus is very difficult to
detach; Spasmodic Asthma; Stitches in the chest.
Chamomilla-Catarrhal hoarseness, and cough, with rattling
of mucus in the trachea ; a feeling of Soreness is felt at one spot;
Dry cough, produced by titillation; Wheezing; Constant titilla-
tion at upper part of the sternum; Sense of constriction in the
throat, as if suffocation would ensue; Catarrhal cough of children,
from cold, or after Measles; Sudden stoppage of the breath.
China.-Violent cough after every meal; Cough excited by
drinking, talking, movement, or deep inspiration; Cough, with
expectoration of clear tenacious mucus; Pain in the scapula, and
vomiting of bile; White sputa, with blackish granules; Purulent
sputa; Haemorrhage from the lungs; Blood-streaked mucus;
Suppuration from the lungs.
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Cina,—Mucus in the larynx after rising; Frequent hawking ;
Titillation low down in the trachea, inducing cough, with expecto-
ration of whitish mucus; Hoarse cough, with vomiturition; Dry,
spasmodic cough, with want of breath, and jactitation of the limbs.
In Children—Before the cough, she raises herself suddenly, stares
around, looks unconscious—body rigid, as if she would have an
epileptic fit—she then coughs, moans—a gurgling noise is heard—
she looks anxious, gasps for air, with face intensely pale (the fit
lasts about two minutes); Whooping-cough in the scrofulous, and
those troubled with worms and Enuresis. 4.
Cocculus.-Cough induced by a contractive sensation in the
trachea, which seemed to arrest the breath; Hysteric P
Conium,_Catarrhal fever, with inflamed throat; Hoarseness;
Sense of fulness; Rattling in the chest; Itching, titillation,
causing a short hacking cough; Dry cough, with evening fever;
Cough induced by lying down; Night cough; Whooping-cough
and Asthma, after Measles, with discharge of bloody mucus from
the chest; Preumonic complication; Suffocative cough, with
flushed face; Spasmodic cough, with shortness of breath. Secondly—
The cough loosens—the chest feels relieved; Yellow sputa, tasting
like rotten eggs; Cough during pregnancy; Cough of scrofulous
persons, with evening fever. -
Copaivae.—Dry cough, with feeling of dryness in the larynx;
Short cough, with huskiness and oppression in the chest ; Diffi-
cult breathing; Profuse expectoration of greenish-grey, purulent
mucus, of a disgusting smell; Increases expectoration in phthisis.
Cuprum Met—Hoarseness on inspiring cold air; Continual
hoarseness—he cannot speak; Spasm in the throat that hinders
speech ; Continual cough ; Uninterrupted dry cough, from half
an hour to two hours—affecting the breath; Cough, with ex-
pectoration of white mucus, and fits of spasmodic Asthma;
Haemoptysis.
Cuprum Acet—Violent dry cough at night, with pains in the
head; Stitches in the chest ; Suffocative arrest of the breath, and
palpitation of the heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Digitalis.-Considerable hoarseness early in the morning, after
night-sweat; Hoarseness without pain; Tenacious mucus that is
detached by coughing; Dry, spasmodic cough after much talking;
Cough after a meal—at midnight, with sweating; Dry, asthmatic,
morning cough ; Cough, with tight pain in the arm and shoulder,
or chest ; Cough, with sputa like starch—or blood-streaked sputa;
Painful Asthma when walking.
Drosera.--Titillation in the larynx, as if from a feather;
Rough scraping in the soft palate and fauces, inducing a short
hacking cough, with expectoration of yellow mucus; Voice hoarse
and deep (bass); when coughing, the air appears to be retained,
as from successive inspirations; Whooping-cough ; Pain in the
hypochondria when coughing, as if forcibly constricted; this pain
arrests the breath—he cannot cough unless he presses his hand
on the pit of the stomach; Cough deep from the chest; Nightly
cough—it wakes him at two o'clock; Cough, with heaving, as if
about to vomit; when coughing he throws up water, mucus,
and food; Whooping-cough, with haemorrhage from the mouth
and nose; Wheezing respiration; Blue face; Anguish, and threat-
ened, suffocation; Simple laryngeal phthisis, with wasting of the
body; the breath smells like fresh milk; Violent cough of young,
consumptive persons. Drosera has proved useful in Chronic
Hoarseness.
Dulcamara-Short hacking cough excited by deep breathing;
Cough, with expectoration of tenacious mucus, and stitches in the
sides of the chest; Asthma humidum; Whooping-cough—the moist
stage; Cough induced by repeated colds from wet weather; Expec-
toration of bright-red blood. *
Eugenia.-Constant hawking up of yellow, bloody mucus;
Moist cough (evening and night), without expectoration; the
cough seems to bring something up in the throat-pit, that again
descends immediately. (This remedy has been used in an Epi-
demic affecting children.) Coryza, cough, ophthalmia, and pain in
the ears.
Eupatorium.—Hoarseness, with rough voice ; Cough worse in
the evening; Hectic cough from suppressed intermittent fever;
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Loose cough at night; Cough, with flushed face and tearful eyes;
Cough before or after the eruption of Measles; Cough, with great
dyspnoea, requiring the head and shoulders to be much elevated;
Difficult breathing, with sweat and anxious looks; Influenza,
especially of aged persons; Deep-seated pain in left side and right
shoulder.
Euphrasia.-Cough only by day, or worse during day, with
mucus that cannot be detached; Difficult breathing; Copious,
fluent coryza; Deep breathing is very difficult; Stoppage of the
breath during cough.
Ferrum Acet.—Spasmodic cough, with expectoration of trans-
parent and tenacious mucus; Dry laryngeal cough ; Bloody cough
at night; Hawking of bloody phlegm ; Copious expectoration of
pus, having a putrid taste—or greenish pus, having a sickly taste;
Asthma after midnight; the Asthma is worse when sitting still.
Guaiacum.—Sudden attack of obstruction in the chest, about
the heart, as if the breath would be stopped; the attacks are fre-
quent, even at night—excite a dry cough, which continues until
relieved by expectoration; Stitches in the left side, towards the
back; Cough, with expectoration of foetid pus. *
Hepar.—Seated pain in one spot of the larynx; Fits of cough,
with sensitiveness of the nervous system; Fits of dry cough in the
evening; Violent cough at night, from eleven till twelve, when in
bed; Cough, with eacpectoration of mucus, the whole day; Ex-
pectoration of mucus and blood; Hoarse, anxious wheezing;
Short breathing, as if he would be suffocated when in the recum-
bent posture; after the cough a foetid sweat breaks out; Sense of
oppression and constriction in the chest; Cough, affecting the
whole head, with throbbing in the forehead and temples. Hepar
is useful in Croup, after Aconite and Spongia have removed the
acute inflammatory condition of the larynx, and the exudative
process has commenced. (Chronic inflammation of the trachea,
with Hoarseness.)
Hydrocyanic Acid.—Painful scraping and burning in the
larynx, with sensation as if swollen; Spasmodic constriction; Short
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hacking cough, with prickling in the larynx and trachea; Asthma,
with acute pains in the chest.
Hyoscyamus.-Dryness, stinging, burning, and constriction in
the larynx; Sensation of mucus adhering to the trachea; Constant
cough when lying down, which passes off on rising ; Nocturnal
dry cough ; Spasmodic cough at night; Fits of cough, resembling
Whooping-cough; Haemoptysis, with convulsions; Cough, with
greenish sputa; Incipient Pheumonia 2 with great anguish;
Typhoid Pneumonia.
Ignatia.-Constrictive sensation in the throat-pit, as from the
vapour of sulphur; Chronic night cough; Dry cough, day and
night, with fluent coryza ; Spasmodic cough ; Hollow cough ;
Yellow sputa, having a bad taste and smell.
Iodium.—Pain in larynx; Pressure, extending into the fauces,
as if the parts were swollen—he hawks up a tough mucus; Swell-
ing of the bronchial glands—the pressure on the tube seems to
threaten suffocation; Contraction and heat in the larynx; Inflam-
mation of the trachea ; Hoarseness in the morning; Hoarseness
for more than two weeks; Dry, short, hacking cough; Cough, with
irritation, and violent tickling in the throat. “A troublesome
hawking, with tingling and stinging in the larynx, rapidly dis-
appeared.” Cough, with expectoration of mucus; Rattling of
mucus, with oppression; Mucus streaked with blood.
Ipecacuanha-Rattling of mucus in the bronchi during in-
spiration; Dry cough induced by a titillation in the larynx;
Cough from a contractive, titillating sensation in the larynx,
extending into the bronchial tubes; Cough when lying on the left
side; Cough, with expectoration of thick mucus, that has a repulsive,
metallic taste; Cough towards evening—Suffocating, fatiguing, and
exhausting; Convulsive, violent cough at six or seven in the even-
ing; Cough, with inclination to vomit. In Children—Suffocative
cough—the child becomes quite stiff, and blue in the face; Spas-
modic Asthma; Crowing inspiration; Danger of Suffocation;
Coldness of the extremities; Spasmodic cough, with gagging;
Convulsion of the facial muscles; During the fits of spasmodic
Asthma, there are frequent remissions, of ten or fifteen minutes.
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Kali Bich,-Pain as of ulceration in the larynx; Tickling in
the larynx on lying down at night, causing considerable cough ;
Transparent, dirty, or slate-coloured sputa easily detached; Loud
wheezing cough, with retching; Viscid, tough mucus, that can be
drawn out in strings; Cough, with tough, black mucus; or thick,
yellow; or yellowish-green, tough sputa; or dense, transparent
sputa; Sputa, with traces of blood; Cough, with pains at mid-
sternum; Darting between the scapula; Cough, with pain in the
loins and sides, or swelling and heaving at the stomach; Dysp-
moea, with slight pains in the chest ; Dyspnoea during sleep;
Bronchitis, with eaſpectoration of tough, heavy sputa.
Kali Carbon, Complete Hoarseness and Aphony; Rough
throat; Partial inaction of the epiglottis; Particles of food easily
drop into the larynx; Cough, with rough feeling in the throat;
Cough induced by titillation in the throat; Evening cough;
Night cough when in bed, lasting several weeks; Short cough,
mostly at night, with some expectoration; Suffocating, choking
cough, at 5 A.M., with spasm in the chest; Redness of the face,
and sweat over the whole body; Violent morning cough, that
almost caused vomiting; Cough, with abundant expectoration—
coughs up red lumps from the throat; Blood-streaked sputa;
Oppressed breathing; Wheezing, with stitches; Spasmodic Asthma;
Cough, with night-sweat; Hectic; Incipient Phthisis? also with
discharge of tuberculous lumps ? Pleuritis? .
Kali Hydrio, -Constant irritation in the throat, inducing a
dry cough; Dry, hacking cough—afterwards accompanied by a
copious greenish expectoration; Violent cough, with spasms in the
chest ; Sharp stitches in the chest; Influenza; Sub-acute Bron- -
chitis, with affections of the eyes; Inflammation of the membrane
of the lungs; Haemoptysis; Suspicious cough, with grey or white
sputa—saltish or sweetish taste; Pains in the limbs, and general
debility; Tuberculous Phthisis.
. . . Kali Nitricum.—Cough day and night, with soreness in the
chest; Cough, with headache, that arouses from sleep; Cough when
going up-stairs, and in the open air; Dry, hacking cough the
'whole day, with audible palpitation; Cough, with pain in the
back; Cutting under the sternum; Violent burning in the chest,
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until the sputa loosens; Sour-smelling sputa; Expectoration of
coagulated blood; Asthma; Stitches in the chest during inspira-
tion; Stitches in the scapula: ; Exhausting sweats. -
Kreasote.—Scraping and roughness in the throat; Voice
hoarse, rough; Sense of crawling in the bronchi; Cough, with
difficult expectoration; Asthmatic cough ; Wheezing, dry cough ;
Constant hacking; Cough, with drowsiness; Emissions of urine;
Retching; Scraping cough, with thick, yellow, or whitish sputa, or
grey, insipid mucus; Difficult, anxious breathing; Nervous Asthma;
Chronic Catarrh of aged persons; Hoarse, hollow cough.
Lachesis.-Suffocative throbbing between the trachea and
chest; Sensation of narrowing; Swelling of the larynx, with
rawness and scraping; Hoarseness, with feeble voice and constric-
tion; Cough occasioned by ulcers in the throat; Pressure on the
larynx; Titillating cough, with dryness; Shcrt, hacking cough,
with tingling in the throat; Slimy expectoration; Blood, with
frothy mucus. -
Lactuca Virosa.-Cough, with tickling; Sense of fulness in
the throat, and tightness in the chest; Spasmodic, hollow, dry
cough ; Dry, suffocative cough, with sense of coldness at the
stomach; Whooping-cough 2 Frequent desire to take breath, from
a feeling of oppression in the chest.
Laurocerasus.--Spasmodic constriction of the larynx; Crawl-
ing titillation; Scraping; Hoarseness; Increase of mucus and
thirst ; Frequent hawking of sweetish mucus; Cough, with copious,
jelly-like expectoration mixed with bloody points; Tickling, short
cough.
Ledum.–Suffocative arrest of breath, followed by cough ;
Cough, with purulent expectoration; Greenish, foetid expectoration;
Cough, with profuse expectoration; Violent cough, with bright-
red blood; Laryngeal Asthma ; Whooping-cough. .
Lycopodium.—Voice hoarse, husky, feeble; Titillation in the
larynx; Irritation that produces cough; Dry cough, with wheezing,
snapping, like electric sparks; Nightly cough, affecting the
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stomach and diaphragm; Dry cough day and night, of years' dura-
tion; Cough, with grey, salt eaſpectoration; Cough, with expec-
toration and great weakness of the stomach ; Cough, with blackish
sputa—day and night; Morning cough, with green sputa, or white
mucus; Thick, white, yellowish sputa, or pus, with raw, sore feel-
ing in the chest; Cough, with discharge of pus for eight days—with
fever and night-sweats; Cough, with expectoration of blood;
Smarting pain and excoriation in the chest ; the breathing is very
short during the cough, and the region of the stomach painful.
Magnesia Carb.-Hoarseness for two days; Fits of spasmodic
cough the whole night; Violent cough, with thin, salt expectora-
tion. -
Magnesia Mur.—Cough, with some little expectoration; Salt,
sweetish mucus. -
Manganum.—Rough throat early in the morning; Roughness
of speech, with dry throat; Dry cough, with dartings in the parietal
bones.
Mercurius.-Catarrh, with chilliness; Sore throat; Coryza ;
Dread of open air; Constant hoarseness; Loss of voice; Dry cough,
or cough with expectoration; Violent, racking cough in the even-
ing, when on the point of going to sleep; Cough for many nights,
that seemed to arise from irritation in the stomach; Cough which
sounds as if the chest were dry, with pain in the chest and small
of back; Cough, with inclination to vomit; Haemoptysis; Short-
ness of breath when walking, or on going up-stairs.
Muriatic Ac.—Hoarseness for eight days; Dry, hacking,
violent cough, as if the sternum would fly to pieces; Loose cough,
with some mucus.
Natrum Carb.-Coryza, with cough day and night—with
oppression in the chest ; Cough, with slight expectoration, and
rattling of mucus in the chest ; Morning cough, with expectora-
tion—salt, foetid, or purulent—green, or bloody.
Natrum Mur.—Scraping sensation in the larynx; Hoarseness
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early in the morning; Cough from titillation in the throat-pit;
Cough, with dyspnoea day and night ; Morning cough; Chronic,
hacking cough; Spasmodic, suffocative cough, when in bed at
might; Cough, with vomiting of ingesta, or badly-tasting sputa;
Purulent expectoration. During cough, there may be—Pain in
forehead, as if it would burst; Pain in the cervical glands; Pain
deep in the chest ; Soreness in larynx and trachea ; Pain in the
abdominal ring, scrotum, and spermatic cord.
Nitric Ac.—Stinging pain, or stitches in the larynx; Sharp
scratching in the larynx and throat; Hoarse, husky voice; Dry
cough, as after a cold; Barking cough in the evening; Cough,
with discharge of mucus, or yellow sputa, of bitter taste; Purulent
expectoration (Ulcerative Phthisis, after Kali); Cough, with black,
coagulated blood; Soreness in the chest, as if ulcerated.
Nux Womica, Catarrh, with headache; Dry, painful Catarrh
in the larynx; Sensation as if the upper part of the larynx were
narrowed by mucus, causing continual hawking (Nua is adapted
for the early stage of Dry Coryza, Cough, and Bronchial Catarrh);
Cough when reading and meditating; Dry cough from midnight
until daybreak; Dry, fatiguing, continuous—sometimes induces
vomiting at midnight; Acrid sensation in the throat while cough-
ing; Cough, with headache, as if the skull would burst; Cough,
with bruise-like pain in epigastrium ; Dry, spasmodic Asthma ;
Foetid Breath. (As a curative effect, the cough loosens, and expec-
toration occurs.) - -
Opium,_Cough that is worse after a meal; Hollow, dry cough;
Fits of coughing, followed by yawning; Desire to cough, but cannot;
the breath is arrested, and the face turns blue; he falls into a deep
sleep, and cold sweat; Spwta thick, bloody.
Petroleum.—Hoarseness in the afternoon; Hoarse for several
days; Dry cough, with dryness in the throat; Stinging under
sternum; Night cough ; also immediately after lying down;
Cough, with pleuritic stitches in the chest, and contractive pains
in the head.
Phosphorus-Larynx sensitive; Painful; Burning; Rough-
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ness; Hoarseness; Chronic hoarseness; Violent Catarrh, with
hoarseness, cough, and fever; Relapsing Croup, or last stage;
Cough, with rawness, Soreness, or tickling in the chest; Night
cough, with stitches in the throat; or Hypochondria; Cough
induced by cold air affecting the chest; Violent dry cough, with op- -
pressive headache; Dry cough, awaking from sleep—fourteen nights
in succession; Hollow cough, with headache, or pressure at pit
of stomach, disturbing sleep at night; (Cough from tubercles, or
inflammation of the lungs); Panting, fatiguing cough, with
tenacious sputa; Cough day and night, with expectoration of
much mucus; after a few days, stitches in the chest; Sputa
greenish; Purulent; Whitish, or mixed with blood; Purulent
flocculi, with erosive, burning feeling behind the sternum; Diffi-
cult respiration; Phthisis. -
Plumbum. — Cough, with discharge of blood; Excessive
dyspnoea; Suffocative oppression in the chest; Stitches in the
chest; Spasmodic difficulty of breathing; Palpitation of the
heart.
Podophyllum.—Dry or loose cough ; Whooping-cough, with
constipation, or Diarrhoea; Cough, with intermittent (fever; Loss
of appetite; Palpitation.
Pulsatilla-Dry cough at night—relieved, or going off, by
sitting up in bed; Cough that is continued after lying down;
Scraping dryness in the throat; Loose cough, with eaſpectoration
of yellow mucus; Cough, with vomiting, and sensation of turn-
ing in the stomach; Stitches in shoulders, side, or back; Sputa
yellow, greenish, or dark coagula; Putrid or bitter; Cough, with
Catarrh; Influenza. - -
Rhus Tox,−Cough generally short and dry, with shortness of
breath about midnight; with tension across the chest; Feeling of
constriction; Tightness; Stitches in the chest; Expectoration of
bright-red blood; Evening cough, with vomiting.
Sabadilla-Dry cough at night—cannot rest; Cough imme-
diately after lying down; Short breath; Stitches in the sides of
the chest.
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Sambucus.-Deep, hollow cough, with violent dyspnoea; Asth-
matic attacks; Spasmodic, suffocative attacks at midnight (espe-
cially in children), with wheezing, restlessness, and screaming;
Laryngitis; Angina Pectoris.
Sanguinaria Canad.—Dry cough, continual and severe, with
dry throat, sense of swelling in the larynx, pain in the breast,
and redness of the cheeks; Cough, with eaſpectoration; Cough,
with Coryza and Diarrhoea; Pulmonary consumption; Whooping-
cough; Asthma; Pneumonia; Hydrothorax. • *
Selenium.—Cough deep in the chest; Husky voice; Stoppage
of the nose; Thirst; Dry throat; Sleeplessness; Alternation of
heat and chills. -
Senega.-Dry, chronic cough, with oppressed breathing;
Roughness in the throat; Short, hacking cough—worse in the
open air; Old, long-standing cough, with wheezing; Aching pain
in the chest; Dull, stitching pain in the left side, especially on
awaking in the night; Cough, with expectoration of tenacious
mucus; a good deal of mucus in the trachea, with rather difficult
breathing; Wheezing and rattling of mucus; Rush of blood to
the chest ; Pain under the right scapula; the whole cavity of the
thorax feels sore when coughing or sneezing; Incipient paralysis
of the lungs.
Sepia-Sudden attacks of hoarseness; Cough dry or spas-
modic; Cough that seems to proceed from the stomach, with
vomiting of a bitter fluid; Cough at night or morning; Cough of
the pregnant; Cough, with much mucus of a salt taste, with
debility and soreness of the chest; Sputa grey and yellow;
Purulent, or streaked with blood; Oppression and tightness in the
chest, with tenacious mucus; Dyspnoea when walking or lying
down; Pains in the chest increased by motion; Stitches when
coughing, or during inspiration; Stitches from the sternum,
through to back and shoulders; Palpitation, or tremulous emo-
tion at the heart, when walking fast.
Silica-Fatiguing cough, with scanty expectoration; or con-
tinual cough, with copious mucus; Cough, with vomiting of mucus,
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translucent or purulent matter, or blood; Deep, hollow cough ;
Short breathing on the least exertion; Ulceration of the lungs.
Spongia.-Hoarseness; Voice husky, feeble; Pain in the larynx
when moving the head; Sensation of choking and swelling in the
larynx; the throat feels plugged up; Constant raising and depress-
ing of the larynx when breathing—the head thrown backwards;
Sawing sound, with pale face and anxious look; Laryngismus;
Croup (also with Aconite); Dry cough day and night, with a
burning sensation, as if some hot substance were in the chest;
Constant cough, with a sore spot in the chest ; Yellow sputa.
Squilla,—Violent cough early in the morning; Cough at every
inspiration—dry, short, hacking ; Cough, with constant expectora-
tion, short breathing, or headache; Cough, with a feeling of in-
ternal heat; Violent cough, with stitches in the left side; Cowgh,
with eaccessive secretion of mucus in the chest.
Stannum.—Feeling of roughness and hoarseness in the throat;
Cough induced by titillation, talking, singing, or laughing—
sometimes by lying on the right side; Dry, shaking cough—worse
at morning ; or with expectoration of mucus easily detached;
Spwta tenacious, lumpy—green, yellow—sweetish, faint, unplea-
Sant taste, or putrid; Oppression and weight, especially at the
upper part of the chest ; Phthisis.
Staphysagria-Sense of contraction at the throat-pit; Cough,
with copious expectoration—yellow, or of pus, especially at night;
Tenacious mucus in the chest.
Sulphur.—Hoarseness, especially in the morning; Throat rough;
Loss of voice; Creeping sensation in the larynx; Catarrhal cough,
with headache, discharge from the nose, and raw feeling in the
chest; Loose cough, with rattling of mucus; Vomiting; Soreness
and pressure at the chest ; Sputa—white, yellow, or greenish
lumps, having a sweetish taste; Chronic cough; Suppuration of
the lungs.
Sulphuric Acid—Hoarseness; Pain in larynx; Short, hacking,
dry, panting cough, with feeling of hunger; Chronic Haemoptysis.
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Tartar Emet.—Cough of infants or children, with gasping for
breath; Sweat about the head; Cough, with short or panting
breathing; Cough at night, with expectoration of mucus, and
difficult breathing—obliges one to sit up erect; Catarrh, with
much mucus in the chest; Croup; Whooping-cough; Paralysis
of the lungs.
Weratrum.—Cough, with titillation low down in the chest ;
Profuse yellow expectoration; Cough that resembles whooping-
cough; Face blue; Eyes protruding; Urine passes involuntarily;
Cough, with stitching pains in the inguinal region.
Zincum.—Dry cough at night; Cough, with discharge of blood;
Burning pain in the chest, and sweat at night; Hawking up of
black blood.
RESPIRATION−0 HEST.
Aconite.—Shortness of breath when sleeping, especially after
midnight; Anxious; Sobbing; Laboured, stertorous breathing;
Paroxysms of suffocation, with anxiety; Anguish in the chest, that
arrests the breath; Stitches, varying in degree, in the chest and
sides of the chest, accompanied by a whining, plaintive moan;
Creeping and crawling in the chest, like beetles; Feeling of oppres-
sion, weight, and fulness—also behind the sternum; Congestion of
blood to the lungs; Feeling of heat and burning in the lungs;
Shooting stitches in the left intercostal and pectoral muscles;
Asthma of the sensitive, and those who lead a sedentary life;
Inflammation that accompanies Pneumonia and Pleuritis.
Ambra-Asthmatic affections of scrofulous children; Oppres–
sion; Wheezing; Dyspnoea; Tremor at night; Pain, as if bruised;
Burning; Pressure and lancinations.
Arnica.-Short, panting breath; Excessive difficulty of breath-
ing; Dull stitches through the sternum, from without inwards;
Prickings, as from pins, in the sides of the chest; Stitches, with
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short cough, that increases the pain; the bones and cartilages
feel bruised when breathing; Pain as if sprained in the articula-
tions of the ribs; when awaking in the morning, he feels as if a
load of blood had accumulated in the chest; Aching pain in the
right breast, at a small spot; Pleuro-Pheumonia; False pleurisy.
Arsenicum.—Anxious oppression and shortness of breath;
Painful breathing—laboured—worse in windy weather, and when
moving about; Chronic Asthma, returning frequently; Dyspnoea
when ascending a hill, going up-stairs, when walking, or cough-
ing; Arrest of breath, with pain at the pit of the stomach, or in
the abdomen, when getting into bed at night, with wheezing;
Sense of suffocation, with weakness and debility at night; Suffo-
cative Catarrh ; Constriction, with anguish and restlessness; the
chest feels excoriated and raw ; Burning in the chest and sternum;
Dropsy of the chest; Yellow spots on the chest.
Asafoetida.--Spasmodic Asthma; Hurried breathing; Small,
frequent pulse; Stitches in the left side of the chest, from within
outwards, when lying down; Stitches, lancinations, darting in the
chest ; Pressure in the sternum; Oppression as if the lungs could
not expand.
Belladonna-Difficult respiration; Irregular breathing—some-
times hurried, then slow; Inspiration short ; Violent expiration;
Pressure in the chest that affects the heart, with nausea, rising to
the throat; Violent oppression across the chest, as if compressed;
Heat that suddenly rises up in the chest; Asthma; Dyspnoea, from
drinking coffee; Stitches in the sternum when coughing; Fine
stitches in the left side, and under the clavicle; Hysteric spasms in
the chest; Painful pressure in chest and between the scapula, with
shortness of breath; Great uneasiness in the chest ; Stitches, with
desire to cough ; Rush of blood to the chest ; Pneumonia fever;
Milk fever; Tumour of the breast.
Bromine.—Oppression at the chest; Laboured, difficult breath-
ing—it seemed to be arrested in the middle of the chest; Feeling
of fulness in the chest and throat; Rattling respiration; Sense of
suffocation, tightness, with feeling of weakness and exhaustion;
Pains in the right lung; Pressure in right breast ; Rheumatic, dull
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pain, with contraction; Sharp stitches in right breast when walk-
ing fast; Painful dartings; Congestion; Burning in the chest;
Pneumonia of the right lung 2
Bryonia-Burning pain in right half of chest; Breathing
short—expirations hurried; Oppression of the chest, with desire to
breathe deeply; the chest felt stopped up, and could not be ex-
panded; Sobbing breathing ; Quick, anxious breathing, with
stitches in the chest, affecting the muscles of the chest and scapula
—he is compelled to sit upright; Attacks of oppression, especially
at night, with stitches in the abdomen; Stitches in the side during
inspiration; Stitch through the chest to the scapulae during
inspiration; Stitches and pulsations in the right half of the chest ;
Stitches in the chest when lying on the back—aggravated by every
movement; Cramp-like tension; Pain in the chest, that passes off
after emission of flatus; Heat and burning in the chest ; Clawing
behind the sternum; considerable swelling of the chest in front;
Prickings in the cavity of the chest during expiration; Rheuma-
tism of the muscles of the chest; Rheumatic pleuritis; Pneumonia;
Pleurisy (after Aconite); Hydrothorax; Typhoid Pneumonia; In-
cipient phthisis; Suppuration of the lungs; Milk Fever.
Calcarea.—Arrest of breath when walking in the wind—he is
frequently compelled to take a deep breath; Strong desire for a
deep inspiration; Desire to hold the breath; Loud breathing
through the nose; Obstruction of the nose; Shortness of breath—
worse when sitting, and on ascending an eminence; Tightness of
the chest—it felt full of blood; the lungs seem compressed, and
unable to expand; Dyspnoea, with stitches in the chest, and feeling
of tightness; the whole chest feels painful when touched, or during
inspiration; Stitches that extend up toward the throat; Stitches
in left side (evening); Stitches from left to right, with difficult
breathing; Soreness in the chest during an inspiration; Sense of
weakness and oppressive anguish ; Spasms that check the breath ;
Pricking in the muscles; Pimples on the chest.
Camphora.-Accumulation of mucus in the air-passages, with
danger of suffocation; Oppression of the chest ; Respiration almost
stopped; Pressure at top of sternum, as from a load; Anxious,
panting breathing; Stitches in the left breast when walking;
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Suffocative Catarrh, and paralysis of the lungs, in aged persons
Angina Pectoris, from a cold; Spasms in the chest, from the vapour
of Copper or Arsenic.
Cannabis.-Oppression as from a load on the chest; Beating in
the chest, that frequently recurs, and arrests the breath; Cutting
pains; Dulness of the left side of the chest; Respiration difficult,
especially so when lying down; Chronic Catarrh ; Inflammation of
the lungs, with vomiting of a green, bilious substance; Inflamma-
tion of the lungs, with delirium.
Cantharis.-Respiration difficult, from dryness of the nose, and
contraction of the larynx and trachea ; Feeling of weakness in the
air-passages—it required an effort to breathe or speak; Want of
breath when ascending an eminence; Pressure; Sticking pains and
stitches in the chest ; Violent lancinations in the sternum ; Stitches
at night during inspiration; Heat and burning in the chest, with
colic and constipation; Pain in the costal cartilages; Small clots
of blood come into the mouth early in the morning; Pains, dart-
ing or sticking, under the ribs and in the upper sternal and clavi-
cular regions.
Capsicum.-Pain in chest when sitting, as if it were too full;
Deep, sighing breathing ; Asthma, from affection of the stomach,
with eructations and redness of the face; Sense of constriction,
with oppression of the breath; Throbbing; Aching; Pain at one
spot under the rib-tender to the touch.
Carbo An.—Rattling and wheezing for hours, when in bed at
night; Panting breathing, with oppression and constriction—it
almost caused suffocation; Great feeling of distress in the chest, from
compression—it arrests the breath—with stitches at the heart;
Violent pains and soreness in the chest; Stitches in right breast
that arrest the breath; Lancinations in the sternum, as from knives;
Burning in right side—also with aching; Pains as if from an
abscess; Suppuration of the lungs.
Carbo Veg.—Respiration difficult when lying down in bed,
with throbbing in the head; Tightness of the chest, with short
breathing, from flatulence; Spasmodic oppression; Pains in the
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chest, from incarcerated flatus; Aching in right chest, with pain
through to right scapula; Very painful stitches that arrest the
breath; Continual, violent burning in the chest, as from a red-hot
coal; Soreness and Smarting; Warmth, with a feeling of the blood
rising; Congestion, with anguish, from flatulence; Chronic inflam-
mation of the lungs; Hydrothorax.
Causticum.—Shortness of breath when walking in the open
air; Short breath, with aching in the abdomen; Pain and weak-
ness of the thighs; Sensation as if the clothes were too tight over
the chest; Asthma when sitting or lying down; Spasmodic Asthma;
Tearing and pressure; Drawing pains; Rheumatic pains in the
chest ; Stitches in the sides, or under the sternum, during both
inspiration and expiration; Stitches deep in the chest during deep
inspiration; Stitches, through to the back; Pain in right lung, as
if it were torn loose from the pleura—this pain continued when
lying down; Burning pain, with stitches.
Chamomilla.-Burning pains under the sternum, and in the
whole chest, with dulness of the head; the inside of the chest feels
bruised; Contraction; Oppression; Tensive pains during inspira-
tion; Cramp-like pains, as from flatulence, with pain in stomach,
and heartburn; Constrictive, suffocative Asthma at the throat-
pit; Stitches from the abdomen into the chest ; Stitches at the
sides, and through to the back—sometimes at every inspira-
tion; Sudden stoppage of the breath in children; Prickings in
the chest.
China.-Sense of tightness; Oppressed, painful, or short, hur-
ried breathing; Suffocative fits that arrest the breath, as from much
mucus, when awaking in the night; Asthma, with oppression;
Small, feeble pulse; Wheezing; Whistling, rattling, with pain in
the stomach; Suffocative Catarrh ; Stitches ; Cutting pains
during rest at night; Stitches when reading, or by day only;
Stitches in the side, accompanied by heat, with strong pulse and
prominent eyes; Congestion to the chest; Paralysis of the lungs in
aged persons.
Cocculus.--Tightness; Constriction; Oppression at upper part
of sternum, arresting the breath; Sibilant, snoring breathing, with
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sense of Suffocation; Spasms in the chest ; Rawness, Soreness;
Hysteric spasms; Pulsations, like knocking, when sitting—it con-
tinued for a quarter of an hour; Violent stitch through the chest
to the back when walking; Stinging pains in the sternum; Stitches
in the sides of the chest; Rushing of blood to the chest, with
anxiety; Pains about the articulations of the ribs with the dorsal
vertebrae, as if sprained; Nervous palpitation of the heart.
Conium.—Difficult respiration, as if the walls of the chest did
not expand; Violent pains in the chest; Shortness of breath when
walking ; Morning Asthma, ; Tightness in the chest; Aching in the
sternum; Suffocative fit, with violent cough ; Plewritic stitches, as
if a knife were plunged into the side—it caused loud moaning;
Beating stitches under or near the sternum; Jerking ; Tearing;
Cramp-like pains; Tearing, lancinating pains in the breasts and
nipples; Spots and pimples on the chest ; Caries of the sternum.
Cuprum.—Hurried breathing, with rattling in the bronchi, as if
full of mucus; Short, difficult breathing, with spasmodic cough ;
Asthma—worse at night; Spasmodic Asthma; Spasms in the chest
that arrest the breath and speech; Feeling of contraction in the
chest, especially after drinking; Arrest of breath, with sense of
suffocation; Pressure as from a hard substance near the third rib ;
Stitches in the side, preceded or succeeded by a scream.
Digitalis.-Slow, difficult respiration—deficient power—he has
often to inspire deeply, and is unable to hold the breath, even for a
short time; Spasmodic constriction of the larynx, with suffocating
constriction in the chest ; he feels as if the walls of the chest ad-
hered; when awaking in the morning he has to rise up quickly;
Sensation, during inspiration, as if electrified; Tightness; Sharp
stitches; Raw feeling and pulsations in the chest ; Throbbing as of
a large artery in the right side of the chest. -
Eupatorium.-Dyspnoea very great; Necessity to maintain the
horizontal position; Difficult respiration, with profuse sweat, and
anxious look; Pain and irritation of the pulmonary organs, with
heat in the chest—he is not able to lie on the left side; Deep-seated
pain in that side; Soreness and grating sensation in the chest at
every deep inspiration.
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Ferrum Acet.—Dyspnoea when seated, with sense of fulness
and tightness in the chest; Asthmatic attacks after midnight;
Asthma, with weariness of the limbs; Slow, difficult respiration—
worse when sitting still—improved by talking, or occupation—par-
ticularly violent when lying down at night; Tightness and con-
tractive spasm in the chest ; Asthma, with anxiety at the pit of
the stomach.
Graphites.—Sense of suffocation when going to sleep; Sudden
attack, like Asthma, when lying in bed; Oppression of the chest;
Violent Asthma, with sense of suffocation in the open air; Tender-
ness of the chest—she cannot bear the pressure of her clothes;
Tearing in the left side of the chest ; Spasms in the chest ; Violent
stitches in the right side of the chest at every inspiration; Pleuri-
tic stitches; Sweat on the sternum every morning. -
Hepar Sulp.–Wheezing respiration, threatening suffocation
when lying down ; Hoarseness; Shortness of breath, as after run-
ning; Suffocative fits, with the head thrown backwards; Stitches
in the sternum when walking, or breathing deeply; Spasmodic con-
striction of the chest; Sensation as if hot water were floating in the
chest ; Heat about the heart, with palpitation; the muscles of the
chest and pectorals feel tender to touch, and when moving the
arm; Pimples and ulcers on the chest.
Hydrocyanic Acid.-Inflammation of the larynx, with swell-
ing, and spasmodic constriction; Arrest of breath, caused by spasm
of the laryngeal muscles; Tightness of the chest, with feeling of
suffocation; Acute pains in the chest—they seem almost unbear-
able; Sticking pain in the left side, near the sternum; Pain in the
region of the heart; the beats of the heart are feeble.
Hyoscyamus.-Difficult respiration, with rattling of mucus;
Spasms in the chest, that arrest the breath—he is compelled to lean
forward; Internal stinging, with a feeling of oppression; Pressive
pains; Stitches in the right side; Haemoptysis, with convulsions;
Typhoid Pneumonia; Pleurisy, with Gastritis; Incipient Phthisis?
Ignatia.-Oppression of the breath after midnight, as if the
chest were too narrow; Stitches in the left side ; Lancination at
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mid-sternum, as from a sharp knife; Spasmodic constriction of
the chest; Oppressed breathing, as from the pressure of a load
lying on the chest, especially affecting the inspiration, expiration
being somewhat easy; Slow inspirations, which are effected by the
diaphragm and abdominal muscles; Arrest of the breath when
walking or running; Inspirations long; Expirations short; Throb-
bing pains in the chest; Sobbing respiration; Asthma of Millar.
Iodium.—Respiration seriously impeded, with very difficult
inspiration—it seemed impossible to expand the chest; Suffo-
cative Catarrh; Pressure on the chest; Great oppression,
such as would occur from the vapour of sulphur; Asthma, with
sensation as if the windpipe would close ; Asthma, with pain
during inspiration, and rapid beating of the heart; Loss of breath
when going up-stairs; Stitches in the side; Sharp stitches only
during expiration, on the right side; Violent pulsations; Con-
gestion of blood to the chest; Shooting pains in the left side of
the chest; Pain in the integuments of the chest.
Ipecacuanha.-Spasmodic Asthma, with constriction in the
throat and chest, exciting a peculiar panting sound—gasping for
air—threatened Suffocation—pale face—pulse almost extinct—it
lasted the whole night; Asthma, continuing from 10 P.M. until
10 A.M.–it continued for eight nights; Evening Asthma, ; Con-
traction of the chest, with short, panting breathing; Spasms in
the chest; Oppression, with short breathing, as from a cloud of
dust; Feeling of Soreness in the chest; Red, itching spots on the
chest, that burn after being scratched.
Kali Carb.-Shortness of breath early in the morning—also
when walking fast; Great oppression in the chest, with painful
breathing; Arrest of the breath at night—it awakes him from
sleep; Intense pain in chest when talking; Sharp, aching pains;
Spasmodic pains; Tension and pressure; Cutting pains and
stitches in various parts of the chest, and under the clavicles;
Pains that strike deep into the chest, from without inwards;
Painful throbbing in the clavicles, shoulders, and intercostals;
Sensation of great weakness, and faint feeling about the chest.
Kali Iod,—Violent flashing stitches, that strike deeply into
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the chest when walking; Several darting, sharp stitches in the
left upper half of the chest; Pains as if the parts were being cut
to pieces; Acute pain in front of chest and left lower ribs, with
Cough, Dyspnoea, and Fever; Violent stitchings and darting in
mid-sternum, extending to the shoulder; Pleuritis? Pain and
Soreness of the muscles of the chest; Syphilitic Rheumatism.
Kreasotum.—Sudden attack of oppression in the chest, with
stitches in the left side; Difficult expirations; Considerable heavi-
ness in the chest; Sense of pressure about the sternum; Pain as
if the sternum would be crushed; Bruise-like pain in the chest;
Painful rawness; Burning that ascends to the throat—it caused
heat in the face, as after drinking spirits; Stitches in the chest ;
Stitch in the right side, that arrests the breath, extending to the
Scapula ; Lancinations during the day, that are relieved by pres-
sure; Stitches under the left breast, as with a sharp knife—darting
into the stomach, abdomen, and thighs,
Lachesis.-Shortness of breath, with headache; Short breath
after very little exertion—even the act of taking food; Difficult
breathing in Hydrothorax, with oedema of the feet—with affec-
tions of the throat, and great weakness, and threatened syncope;
Tightness, as in Asthma ; Suffocative fits, with blue face, as in
Cyanosis; Frequent pains in the chest, with headache, as in
Typhoid or Typhus fevers; Stitching and pressing pains, with
Dyspnoea ; Neglected Pneumonia; Pimples and searlet spots on
the chest.
Lactuca.--Difficult breathing, with stitches in the left lobe of
the lung ; Frequent desire to take a deep breath when sitting;
Feeling of fulness; Heaviness in the chest—cannot bear the least
pressure on the chest; Aching pains about the sternum; Stitches;
Lancinations; Rush of blood; Feeling of weariness; Pressure as
of an immense weight upon the chest; Painful throbbing; Burn-
ing; Asthma ; also with Heart disease ?
Laurocerasus.-Slow moaning; almost imperceptible breath-
ing; or panting, with rattling of mucus; Dyspnoea, with a feeling
of tightness, and pain in the region of the heart; Paralysis of the
lungs; Spasmodic oppression, with difficult breathing; Stitch in
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the back and region of the heart; Pains in the chest during
movement; Asthmatic oppression when walking.
Ledum.-Spasmodic, double inspirations (sobbing)—it seemed
impossible to get a full breath; Respiration painful and oppressed;
Asthma, with a feeling of constriction; Asthma increased by
walking or going up-stairs; Sensation as of something alive in the
chest ; Lancinations in the chest—affected by moving the arm ;
Soreness under the sternum ; Small, red pimples that constantly
itch, on the chest and back; Haemorrhage from the lungs P
Lobelia. — Sense of tightness in the chest, with laborious
breathing; Chronic Dyspnoea, with the sensation of a lump in the
throat; Fits of Asthma ; Pains in the chest; Burning pain under
right breast.
Lycopodium.—Dyspnoea in children; Spasmodic movements
of the Alae Nasi;" Oppression, with shortness of breath; Pains in
the chest, so violent for six days, that it was impossible to lie on
the left side—afterwards he had morning cough, with greenish
sputa; Violent pressure and tension in the right half of the chest;
Pressure as from a button, at one spot; Fulness and oppression;
Stitches here and there when breathing; Stitches in the left side
during inspiration, that greatly affect the breath, and are felt in
the back; Pulsative stitches in the left side; Tearing pains near
the left clavicle; Pain as if sprained; Bruise-like pain; Burning
rising like Heartburn; Painful eruption; Itching; Hepatic spots
on the chest; Chronic Catarrh ; Incipient Phthisis; Neglected
Pneumonia. - - - - - -
Mercurius, Sensation early in the morning, as if he had not
sufficient air; Suffocative feeling, as if he had inspired smoke;
Shortness of breath when walking; Anxiety, with oppression under
the sternum; Dyspnoea after a meal; Burning in the chest and
throat; Stitches when coughing or sneezing, that extend to the
back; Stabbing pains in left side; Violent tearing pains in the
muscles of the chest, and in the left shoulder; Bruise-like pain
across the chest; Pains in the chest as if sore or ulcerated;
* Mr. Wilson has observed, that this symptom, when present, is a decisive
mark for Lycopodium. - '.
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Catarrh ; Asthma ; Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Tubercle, with
Haemoptysis.
Muriatic Acid.—Deep breathing, with moaning; Oppression
in the evening—painful on the right side; Tension about the
sternum, affecting the breath ; Violent pressure at sternum, above
the pit of the stomach ; Cramp-like pains, with pressure in
the chest ; Sticking pains during violent motion and inspira-
tion; Pressure as in Asthma; Aching, bruised pain; Stitches in
the praecordial region, extending to the axilla and back—also the
thigh and knee; Boring stitch in the intercostals of the right side
when sitting; Soreness, with cutting pain in the chest, and desire
to cough; Burning stitches under the left breast; Violent stitches
in right nipple. -
Natrum Carb.-Oppressed breathing early in the morning;
Difficult breathing—shortness of breath; Loss of breath when walk-
ing; Tightness; Asthma, with hoarse, deep voice; Scraping in the
throat, and congestion of blood to the head, followed by purulent,
bloody expectoration; Stitches in the sides of the chest and abdo-
men; Stabbings in the chest in every direction, as if with knives,
for three days; Burning, darting in right chest, like electric
shocks; Constant feeling of chilliness in the left side; Stitches
and burning in the outer parts of the chest ; Stitches in both
breasts; Darting pains in the muscles.
Nitric Acid.—Want of breath when walking in the open air,
with heaviness of the feet; Loss of breath when going up-stairs,
with palpitation and anguish ; Sudden loss of breath, with palpi-
tation when walking slowly; Dyspnoea—panting when at work;
Sudden oppression in the morning—also when walking a little
fast, with sweat on the chest and back; Pain and soreness with
every inspiration; the chest feels crowded, as if the blood could
not circulate; Aching pains in right half (morning); Cramp-like
drawing—sometimes front and back; Momentary cramp; Cramp-
like contractions in the muscles, causing him to bend double;
Contractive pains when sitting—also above the heart, affecting the
breath; Stitches about the sternum; Violent stitch through the
lungs; Stitches in right side and scapula; Stitches that seem
caused by incarcerated flatus—sometimes with nausea; Pain as
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from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Feeling of heat, chiefly in the
upper part of the chest, or in the whole chest ; Burning after
taking anything salt; Congestion of blood to the chest ; Throbbing
in the chest ; Pains in the outer walls when stooping; Spots like
freckles; Warts on the sternum; Pneumonia in the aged and
emaciated; Schirrus of the breast.
Nux Mosch-Sudden pain in the region of the diaphragm
during inspiration; Oppression of the chest, that seemed to proceed
from the pit of the stomach; Painful feeling of weight on the
chest, that impedes respiration; Dyspnoea after a meal; Spasmodic
stitches in the region of the heart, with colic early in the morning.
Nux Wom,-Foetid odour of the breath, early in the morning;
Oppression, with short, hacking cough; she feels unable to inspire
sufficient air when lying down; Constrictive sensation throughout
the chest, when walking or going up-stairs; Sensation as if the
clothes were too tight; Difficult breathing after a meal, from pres-
sure about the umbilicus; Arrest of breath, with choking in throat,
ascending from pit of stomach; Anxious oppression at night, after
a meal, or before breakfast ; Dyspnoea, with anxiety—it gradually
increases for some hours, with occasional sweating over the body;
Dyspnoea at night, or early in the morning, when in bed; Suffoca-
tive fits after midnight; Dry, spasmodic Asthma of adults;
Spasms in the chest; Cramps in the chest at night; Pain in the
chest when in the open air, as if oppressed by a load; Pain of
oppression in the sternum; Aching and cutting pains after food;
Burning and heat, with anxiety; Feeling of heat in the chest;
Heat that rises up into the mouth; Congestion of blood to the
chest; Stitches in the muscles of the chest; Rheumatic pains in
the muscles of the chest ; Rheumatism, even of the intercostals;
Bruise-like pain from the sternum to the scapula: ; the whole
sternum feels bruised when touched; the walls of the chest feel
bruised and tender to contact—he cannot bear the pressure of the
arm; the chest feels as if pressed by a weight; Chilliness, with
tensive pain.
Oleander.—Sudden feeling of coldness in left chest; Feeling
of emptiness, as if the whole contents of the chest had been re-
moved; Oppression when lying—in a quarter of an hour he throws
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up food, mucus, and water; Sensation of narrowness in the chest—
he is compelled to take a long, deep breath; the chest feels op-
pressed by a heavy weight when walking, standing, or lying ; Dull
stitches in chest, especially at sternum; Dull stitch, continuing
during expiration and inspiration ; Stitches in the diaphragm,
when lying down; Stabbings in the left chest, as with a knife;
Beating, like dull shocks, in the outer walls of the chest, below the
axilla—the muscles ache as if pressed upon ; Jerking in the
muscles; Sudden feeling of coldness in left chest.
Opium.—Respiration accelerated—difficult—it becomes shorter
and shorter, especially at night—at times it appears suppressed
altogether for some minutes; Inspirations long, slow, and sighing;
Short, snoring breathing; Oppression of the breath, with trembling
of the arms and hands; Difficult respiration, with anxiety; Con-
striction of the chest, as if rigid; Spasmodic Asthma; Oppressed,
difficult respiration, with anxiety about the heart; Panting, loud
breathing; Stertorous; Difficult—anxious, with open mouth; Loud
painful rattling; Moaning—now snoring, and loud—then difficult,
feeble, slow, and sometimes almost imperceptible; Arrest of
breath, like one dead—it returns with a sigh; Aching pains in
chest; Contractive, cramp-like pains in sternum and back; Heat
and burning in chest; Burning in the heart, as from a red-hot
coal; Tensive pain at the attachment of the diaphragm during
inspiration.
Petroleum.—Wheezing in the trachea—in the evening, when
in bed; Asthma—huskiness; Oppression at night, with restless
sleep; Evening Asthma for some hours; Oppression, with difficult
breathing—worse when sitting than walking; Chest sensitive to
cold air; Pressure on the sternum ; Pressure as if the chest were
supported by the hand; Stitches in the chest, like those of Pleurisy
—also with pain in the head; Violent pleuritic stitches; Violent
stitch toward the heart—momentary palpitation; Feeling of cold-
ness about the heart, and in the chest ; Violent pain, more to ar-
ing than stitching, in the outer chest, below the axilla, preventing
sleep the whole night; Herpes on the chest.
Phosphorus-Loud, panting breathing; Arrest of breath dur-
ing a quick walk; Difficult breathing in the evening, when in
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bed; Panting when ascending a hill; Lowd, rattling breathing;
Anguish; Anxiety, and throbbing in the chest, especially the right
side; Oppression when sitting; Oppression early in the morning,
with palpitation, or with nausea; or with chilliness and violent
headache—almost unconscious; the chest feels as if bound by a
band; Tension; Tightness, with dryness; Contraction of the
lungs; Cramp-like contraction of the whole chest ; Stitches and
Stitching pains ; Constrictive cramps; Severe stitches in both
sides during rest and motion; Stitches in the left side, under the
ribs, for five days; Shootings in the upper part of the chest ;
Chronic stitches; Rush of blood to the chest at every emotion,
with pains between the scapula; Burning, from the stomach into
the chest, with anxiety and sweat; Burning at the lower part of
sternum; Soreness, with burning; Weakness of the chest for
several days, with threatening pain; Pain, as if bruised, when
moving or touching the chest; Soreness of pectoral muscles and
the clavicle; Stitches and pains in the breast ; Pains in the left
side when lying upon it; Beating, as with a finger, on the right
side; Yellow spots on the chest; Incipient, Pulmonary Phthisis;
Pneumonia; Typhoid Pneumonia; Long-neglected Pneumonia;
Paralysis of the lungs.
Platina.-Sudden arrest of breath, such as occurs when walking
against a sharp wind; Short, difficult, anxious breathing; Oppres-
sion, with warmth rising from the pit of the stomach, and ascending
to the throat; Sense of weakness in the chest, and oppression as
from a load; Dyspnoea, as if laced too tightly; Aching, or cramp-
like pains in the chest ; Stitches; Sudden stitch in left side;
Burning between the ribs, on left side—passing off, and returning
again.
Plumb. Ac.—Difficult breathing—compelled to rise at night,
and open the window; Short, anxious panting; Dyspnoea; Sudden
oppression of the chest—returning with great violence at intervals;
Respiration impeded, as from paralysis of the laryngeal muscles;
Pressure on chest and lower part of sternum; Dull pressure on left
side—increased by laughing, with pain between the scapula;
Dull sticking in left side at intervals; Suppuration of the lungs.
Pulsatilla.-Rattling, short, quick breathing, with a feeling of
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soreness in the chest ; Dyspnoea after a meal, and when smoking—
also when lying on the back, with vertigo; Dyspnoea at night in
bed, as if the throat were constricted; or early in the morning;
Dyspnoea, excited or aggravated by cold air, exercise, or ascending
a hill; Evening Asthma after food; Spasmodic Asthma ; Oppres-
sion in the chest when walking fast; Asthma at night—it awakes
him from sleep, in a suffocative fit, with short cough; Inclination
to vomit; Frontal headache; Cold feet, and cold sweat on the face,
with eructations; Suffocative fit, with hiccough; Suffocative fit,
with a spasm in the throat and chest ; Spasms, with short cough ;
Spasmodic constriction across the chest ; Tightness; Pain in the
side, with cough—cannot lie on One side; Sticking pain in side
when lying down at night (most frequently the left); Feeling of
anxiety in the chest, with accelerated pulse; Congestion to the
chest and heart at night, with anxious dreams; Paims here amol
there, as from an internal ulcer; Pain at mid-sternum, as from an
ulcer, with frontal headache before midnight; Painful spot at the
sternum, as if the air affected it; Pressing and gnawing in the
sternum; Pains in the chest as from bruises; Stiffness of the
muscles; Pain in Pectoralis Major when raising the arm; Typhoid
Pneumonia; Catarrhal and bilious affections; Pheumonia of infants.
Ranun. Bulb.-Dyspnoea, with oppression when walking on
level ground—better when ascending a hill; Oppression, with weep-
ing, and pain in the eyes; Rheumatic pains in the chest ; Feeling
in the chest as from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Restless mights, from
pains in the chest, for weeks; Violent beating after dinner—it
compelled him to lie down; Bruise-like pains when awaking in the
morning; Burning; Pressure; Lancinations, especially in the
right side—deeply seated; Violent pains in the whole right chest,
early in the morning, when walking in the open air; Constant pain
in the afternoon, on the left side, in the pectoral muscles; Pressing
pains in the walls and muscles of the chest; Pain as if the plewra
adhered to the chest walls.
IRhus Tox,−Dyspnoea, especially when at stool; Tightness,
with nausea; Pain and pressure at pit of stomach; Oppression as
after violent weeping; Anxious oppression at night; the breath
seems stopped at the pit of the stomach; Sense of Suffocation after
a meal; Weakness, with qualm; Constriction; Difficulty of speech;
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Fulness in the chest; Pains in the morning, as if the sternum would
be pressed in; Stitches in the chest and on both sides the sternum;
Stitch during inspiration or sneezing; Feeling of numbness; Swell-
ing and painfulness under left axilla; Boils and pimples on the
chest.
Sabadilla.-Short, difficult breathing, especially in the after-
noon; Oppression when lying or sitting, as if a heavy load were
placed on the chest; Burning in right side; Sticking pains between
the third and fourth ribs; Shooting pains during inspiration, or
when coughing; Pains that disturb the sleep, and prevent lying
on the side; Stitches in the side, like pleuritic stitches; Pulsations
through the body; Palpitation of the heart.
Sambucus, Violent Dyspnoea ; Suffocative paroxysms after
midnight; when awaking the eyes and mouth are half open; Face
blue and swollen; Wheezing in the chest ; Painful stitches in left
side; Pressure behind the sternum and in the region of the stomach,
with nausea and great debility; Sudden clutching internally, at
about the fourth rib, on both sides of the chest; Amgina, Pectoris.
Sanguinaria Cana.-Pains in the breast, with periodic cough
—either dry, or with expectoration; Burning and pressing in the
chest, with heat in abdomen, and diarrhoea; Slowly-shooting pain
in right side, about the seventh rib; Slowly-shooting pain in the
left side, near the axilla; Acute stitch in the right breast; Stitches
from the breast to the shoulder; Pressing pains in chest and back;
Constant pressure and heaviness, with oppression of the breath;
Numb pain, the length of the scapulae, on the left side; Soreness of
the nipples. Useful in affections of the lungs; Pneumonia; Typhoid
Pneumonia, with difficult breathing; Livid face; Soft pulse;
Asthma ; Hydrothorax.
Senega, Sense of stagnation in the lungs when walking
quickly; Oppression at the chest, especially during rest, with
stitches under the ribs; Shortness of breath when going up-stairs;
Tightness and oppression, with shooting pains through to the
scapula: ; Pain under the right scapula when coughing; Aching
pains in the chest, at various periods, especially during rest, for
some weeks; Violent aching pain on awaking in the night; Aching,
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boring pain in the whole left chest, especially in the region of the
heart; Violent pressive pains from within outwards; Cramp-like
pains in different parts of the chest; Stitches through the chest to
the back; Dull stitches in left chest when sitting or lying; Dull
stitches under the short ribs of the left side; Dull stitches, with
weakness in the limbs; Nausea and sweat—almost to fainting;
Violent burning in the left chest when sitting; Burning, with dull
stitches that extend to the back; Soreness in the chest, between
the third and fourth ribs; when Sneezing he experiences an ex-
tremely violent pain, as if the chest would fly in pieces; Strong
pulsations in the chest, with violent congestion; the thorax is
painful to the touch; Catarrhal fever; Pneumonia—latter stage,
when the cough is dry; Peripneumonia 2 Hydrothorax P
Sepia-Dyspnoea, with tenacious mucus; Oppression morning
and evening; Arrest of breath, as in Asthma, when standing still;
Oppression at night, affecting the breath—worse when lying down;
Fits of Asthma at night, with cough and expectoration; Oppres-
sion and shortness of breath when walking, going up-stairs, or
lying in bed; Pressure, as from a weight, in the upper part of the
sternum; Heaviness; Sense of tightness in the chest; Stitches in
right side and scapula during inspiration; Rawness in the chest,
like raw flesh; Burning pains about the sternum; Orgasm of the
blood, and congestion to the chest, threatening Haemoptysis; Itch-
ing of the skin; Brown spots on the chest.
Silica.-Arrest of breath when lying on back, stooping, run-
ning, or coughing; Shortness of breath during manual labour;
Panting when walking fast; Dyspnoea during rest, and on awak-
ing in the morning; Oppression, with constriction in the throat;
Sense of weakness when talking; Pressure when coughing and
sneezing; Violent pressure at the sides of the chest ; Aching pains
in the sternum; Violent stitches in the right side, or through to
the back; Violent contractive pain when walking; Heat in the
chest, with chilliness in the body; Burning pains in the chest;
Congestion of blood; Pains in the intercostals of the left side;
Itching eruption on the sternum; Induration of the breast :
Cracked nipples.
Spigelia.-Shortness of breath when talking, with anxiety and
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redness of the cheeks; Dyspnoea—can only lie on the right side;
Danger of suffocation when making the least motion, or raising
the arms; Spasm of the lungs; Pains in the chest at intervals;
Violent pressure below the left clavicle; Strong, painful oppression
in the middle of the chest ; Tearing pain, with sense of constric-
tion in the muscles, when standing; Sense of constriction in the
lower part of the chest, above the pit of the stomach—afterwards
this sensation is felt towards the throat, with palpitation of the
heart; Dull stitches during inspiration.
Squilla.--Dyspnoea, with quick breathing and anxiety; Stitches
in the left ribs; Stitches in the left side, as in Pleurisy—the pains
are worse towards morning; Congestion of blood to the chest;
Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Catarrhal affections of the chest; Sensation
of heaviness, with pressure at the chest.
Stannum. — Asthma at night, when lying on the back;
Dyspnoea when going up-stairs, or during slight movement;
Sensation as if the clothes were too tight ; Wheezing and rattling
in the chest ; Oppression at the upper part of the chest—he has
to take a deep breath; Oppression at the chest, with a feeling of
emptiness in the stomach; Weakness of the respiratory organs;
‘Oppression as from a load; Tension and constriction; Violent
stitches in the chest and shoulder-joint during inspiration; Stitches
that arrested the breath; Sudden, sharp lancination, as with a
knife; Pressure; Aching; Bruise-like pain; Soreness in the whole
chest, from the throat downwards; Feeling of emptiness in the
ºchest; Drawing pains in the clavicles and cartilages of the ribs;
Jactitation of the muscles in the pectoral region.
Staphysagria.-Contractive oppression, with slow and difficult
"inspiration—relieved by expiration—with anxiety and restlessness
—worse when sitting—relieved by walking; Uneasiness in the
* chest; Spasm of the diaphragm; Painful, violent stitches that
impede the expirations; Soreness behind the sternum; Sharp
stitches at the fourth costal cartilages, on both sides; Pressing
from without inwards—not affecting the breath; Pain in the
middle of the sternum, as from ulceration—increased by stretching
the body, or pressing on the part affected; Bruise-like pains in
the muscles—felt when crossing the arms; Rash on the chest, that
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itches, and becomes red when warm; Herpes; Small red pimples
—burning, itching, stinging, like nettle-rash.
Sulphur.—Spasmodic Asthma of adults; Mucous Asthma;
Rattling of mucus in the chest ; Asthma during a walk in the
open air; Frequent attacks of suffocative arrest of the breath
during the day; Arrest of the breath at night—relieved by sitting
up in bed; Suffocative fit every night, without pain; Sudden fit
of threatened suffocation; when falling asleep she uttered a loud
cry—towards morning had palpitation, followed by a slight sweat;
Dyspnoea; Weakness in the chest ; Anxiety; Tightness; Tension
and pressure; Heavy feeling in the chest for several days; Painful
screwing sensation in the chest ; Spasms in the evening, when in
a warm room; after singing the chest feels tired; Pain as if the
walls of the chest would fly in pieces during sneezing or coughing;
Pains from Chronic Pneumonia; Pains when moving the arms;
Spasms in the chest, with blue face and dyspnoea; Stitches that
extend to the back; Sticking, cutting, or beating in the chest ;
Cracking in the sternum during movement; Burning in the chest,
with heat in the face; Feeling of coldness in the chest; Violent
orgasm—a sort of boiling—with faintness and tremor in the right
arm ; Pains in the sternum and in the ribs; Pain in the chest as
if bruised; Pneumonia—stage of hepatisation; Chronic chest
diseases; Pulmonary Phthisis; Chronic Asthma, with profuse
sweating ; Soft tubercle; Suppuration of the lungs.
Tartar Emetic.—Short, difficult breathing—want of air—ob-
liged to sit erect; Nocturnal orthopnoea; Unequal, intermittent
breathing during sleep; Great oppression of the chest; Velvety
feeling in the chest; Frequent attacks of Dyspnoea at night, that
threaten suffocation; Rattling of mucus; Burning, and pains of
excoriation in the chest ; Paralysis of the lungs; Inflammation
of the lungs; Asthma of Millar.
Terebinth.-Pains in the sternum; Difficulty of breathing;
Dyspnoea; the lungs seem congested; Burning in the chest—com-
mencing at the sternum, and gradually spreading over the whole
chest; Fleeting pain in left pectoral muscle.
Thuja-Oppression felt on one side of the chest, then on the
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other; Sensation in the chest, as of some internal adhesion; Pres-
sure as from a heavy body; Strong, beating, intermittent stitches;
Pain in the side, under the arm, as if the muscles were bruised;
Difficult breathing, with great desire for water; Sensation as if
some one were excoriating the chest from within; Pressure after
a meal; Considerable orgasm of the blood when going up-stairs;
she has to rest frequently—her heart beats violently.
Weratrum.—Spasmodic contraction of the intercostal muscles,
that seems to arrest the breath; Cramp-like pains in the sternum
after drinking; Aching pain in sternum after eating or drinking;
Several attacks of pain, during the day, in right chest, arresting
the breath; Oppression and anguish, that arrests the breath ;
Dyspnoea—the trachea seemed clogged with tenacious mucus;
Painful and difficult breathing—it had almost ceased; Oppression
and arrest of breath when walking, with a sense of fulness; Pres-
sure and pulsation at the fourth rib, as from a dull point; it felt
sore to the touch, as if there were sub-cutaneous ulceration; Pains
in the side and in the stomach; Pains in the breasts and in the
thighs; Frequent pains in the chèst—also with pain in the back;
"Beating at the upper part of the sternum, occurring with rhythmic
precision.
Zincum.—Oppression of the chest two evenings in succession,
with stitches and pressure at mid-sternum; Pain in right chest, as
if the blood were impeded in the capillaries; Spasmodic Dyspnoea;
Shortness of breath, from flatulence; Pressure in chest and
throat; Pressure in chest, from wind in the stomach ; Tension in
different parts of the left chest; Tearing pains, lancinations, and
stitches in various parts of the chest ; Violent stitches in the
sternum; Stitching at one place in the left side, about the size of
a hand—it felt as if the part were decaying; Stitches in the
clavicles; Stitches over the heart; Burning in the chest; Sensa-
tion of weakness and burning about the sternum; Painful throb-
bing under left axilla—the symptoms are increased by motion;
Convulsive Asthma.
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Aconite.-Sense of compression in the region of the heart;
Slow shocks, from within outwards; Palpitation, with great.
anguish, heat in the face, and debility; Palpitation in the young
and plethoric; Lancinating pain in the region of the heart.
Alumina-Palpitation every morning on awaking; Irregular
beating of the heart; Shocks at the heart.
Ambra.-Anxiety about the heart, with arrest of breath;
Flashes of heat; Palpitation when walking in the air, with pale
face, and sensation of a lump in the chest, that caused a pressure.
Angustura.-Violent palpitation when sitting or stooping,
with a painful sense of contraction; Violent palpitation when
lying down in bed; Painful thrust or shock in the region of the
heart.
Arnica.—Stitches at the heart, passing from the left to the
right side, with fainting-fits; Quivering—the motion is first rapid,
then suddenly becomes slow; Sensation as if the heart were
squeezed together.
Arsenicum.—Violent palpitation at night when lying on the
back—also with anguish; the action of the heart seems irritable
—the beats irregular. Valuable in organic disease.
Asaf-Beating of the heart and arteries, with full, swelling
pulse; Palpitation; Aneurism; Organic disease of the heart.
Aurum,_When walking the heart seems to shake as if loose—
sometimes one very violent beat is felt; Palpitation, with an-
guish and oppression; Organic disease, with Hydrothorax; Aneu-
rism; Affections of the heart, from Mercury and Syphilis.
Belladonna.-Palpitation when at rest—the shocks seemed to
extend to the neck—it increased on motion—with difficult breath-
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ing; Bubbling sensation when going up-stairs; Tremor of the
heart, with anguish and aching pain.
Bromine,—Slight oppression and palpitation of the heart;
Violent palpitation in the evening—she cannot lie on the left
side; Inflammation of the heart; Hypertrophy of the heart. -
Bryonia.-Palpitation of the heart for several days in succes-
sion—sometimes violent.
Cactus.-Acute pains about the heart, that impede respiration,
and even movement of the body; Painful stitches, that made him
cry aloud; Palpitation constant day and might—worse when
walking and lying on the left side; Nervous palpitation, from
mental excitement, or during menstruation; Chronic palpitation;
Dyspnoea ; Constriction and oppression of the chest.
Calcarea.—Palpitation of the heart; Violent palpitation, with
unequal pulse; Violent palpitation, with fear of organic disease;
Violent palpitation, with anguish, uneasiness, dyspnoea, and pain
in the back—during each inspiration she utters a violent sound—
with cold sweat; Stitches about the heart, that arrest the breath,
and leave an aching pain. -
Cannabis.-Beating in the chest, that is most painful in the
region of the heart; Jerkings, with palpitation and oppression;
Inflammation of the Heart; Aneurism of the aorta; Polypi of
the Heart—the beat is felt below the natural position. -
Cantharis—Drawing pain in the region of the heart; Violent
palpitation; Anguish about the heart, especially in the afternoon.
Carbo An.—Pinching pressure about the heart; Palpitation
in the evening; Palpitation—the beat is felt in the head; Palpi-
tation when singing; Very violent when awaking in the morning
—it compels her to lie still. - -
Carbo Veg.—Palpitation, especially when sitting—a few quick
beats are felt at a time; Excessive palpitation for several days—
also with intermittent pulse when going to bed at night; Throb-
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bing and pulsation, with anxiety and uneasiness—she felt the
beating against her hand.
Causticum.–Palpitation, with languor; Violent palpitation
in the morning, with irregular pulse; Stitches at the heart.
China.-Palpitation, with rush of blood to the head—redness
and heat of face, with cold hands; Strong beats of the heart, with
anxiety—or feeble pulse, and cold skin.
Colchicum.–Violent palpitation of the heart; Tearing pains
in the region of the heart; Burning sensation; Rhewmatic affec-
tions of the Heart.
Conium.—Violent palpitation after drinking; Frequent shocks
in the region of the heart; Frequent and visible palpitation—
pulse unequal.
Cuprum.—Boring pain in the region of the heart; Quick
beating of the heart for a quarter of an hour (after supper);
Violent palpitation; Headache, with palpitation before the menses
appear.
Digitalis.--The beating of the heart beeomes stronger, with
anguish and pain under the sternum; Increased activity of the
heart, with slow pulse; Hypertrophy; Valvular disease.
Graphites.—Stitches in the region of the heart; Palpitation in
the evening when lying on the side in bed—so violent as to shake
the covering—it passed off after turning on the other side; Violent
pulsations about the heart and other parts of the body—during
slight movement, the pulsations caused the arm and hand to move
with anxiety; Violent shocks at the heart, like electric shocks,
extending from the heart up to the neck. -
Ignatia.-Palpitation at night, or during deep meditation; or
during dinner; after a short map; or early in the morning when in
bed; Stitches in the region of the heart.
Iodium.—Palpitation of the heart, threatening syncope; Pal-
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pitation that can be heard the distance of a few paces; Palpitation
lasting the whole day; Spasmodic palpitation, affecting the stomach
and abdomen; Sensation as if the heart were being squeezed ;
Hypertrophy; Organic heart disease.
Kali Carb.-Frequent palpitation, with anguish; Violent pal-
pitation in the forenoon, especially after abstinence from food—
sometimes with headache and nausea; Cramp-like pains; Darting;
Burning in the region of the heart; Frequent intermission of the
beats.
Lachesis.-Irregular beating of the heart; Palpitation, with
anxiety; Chronic palpitation in young girls; Palpitation that re-
bounds at the back; Palpitation, with Rheumatism; Cyanosis.
Lycopodium,_Violent palpitation of the heart from four to
five o’clock in the morning; Palpitation, with pulsative sensation
in the praecordial region; Sudden, violent palpitation when weary,
or during digestion ; Tremulous palpitation—also with anxiety.
Muriatic Acid.—Stitches in the region of the heart, with
arrest of breath—relieved by friction ; the beats of the heart,
during the nightly fever, are so violent, that they are felt in the
face.
Naja-Oppression at the heart, with pain in the chest; Beats
of the heart Small and trembling; Organic affections; Dropsy of
the pericardium; Enlargement of the heart.
Natrum Carb.-Painful cracking in the region of the heart
several times a day; Palpitation when going up-stairs—also when
lying on the left side—it awakes her in the night; Palpitation in
the evening when lying, and in the day when sitting; Anxious
palpitation when writing, with dull pressure in forehead, and con-
fusion in the head.
Nitric Acid.—Congestion of blood to the heart, with anguish;
Palpitation, especially after exercise, with languor and faint feel-
ing; Palpitation in paroxysms, with anxiety and oppression of the
breath (fits last one hour); Momentary violent palpitation, with
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diarrhoea; Palpitation induced by slight emotion; Tremor at the
heart; Contractive sensation, that ceases after one strong beat.
Nux Wom.—Painful pulsative shocks in the region of the
heart; Palpitation when lying down after dinner; Orgasm, with
palpitation early in the morning; Frequent slight attacks of pal-
pitation; Palpitation, with nausea, inclination to vomit, and
sensation of heaviness in the chest. -
Oleander.-Violent palpitation, with a sensation that the chest
had become wider—it seemed to expand greatly while inspiring;
Anxiety about the heart, with anxious thoughts—with trembling of
the whole body, lasting several hours; Dull, drawing pain about
the heart—more violent when stooping, and during expiration.
Opium.-Burning at the heart as from a red-hot coal (a valu-
able palliative in organic disease of the heart); Neuro-Carditis, with
excitement, anguish, feeling of oppression, trembling, and double
beating of the heart.
Phosphorus.-Rush of blood to the heart, with palpitation
every day after dinner; Palpitation when in bed in the morning,
and in the evening after lying down; Palpitation during the day,
when sitting; Threatened paralysis of the heart.
Plumbum Acet.—Twitching in the region of the heart; Stitch
at the heart during inspiration, with anxiety, heat, and redness of
the face; Anguish about the heart, with cold sweat; Rush of blood
to the heart during a rapid walk; Palpitation.
Pulsatilla,-Pressure, burning, and heaviness in the region of
the heart; Dull stitches, with anxiety; Accelerated pulse; Palpi-
tation from suppressed menses after taking cold; Palpitation, with
dimness of sight, loss of sense, trembling of the limbs from fright
or disappointment; Affections of the right ventricle; Valvular
insufficiency, or increased activity of the right ventricle.
Rhus Tox. —Violent palpitation when seated—it moved the
whole body at each beat; Striking pain in the region of the heart,
with painful lameness, and numbness in the left arm.
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... Secale.—Violent palpitation, with contracted and frequently
intermittent pulse; Spasmodic throbbing of the heart. Secale will
reduce the number of beats from ten to fifteen in a minute, in
the course of an hour. -
- Sepia-Beating of the heart in the evening; Palpitation, with
stitches in the left side of the chest; Palpitation, with anxiety;
trembling of the fingers and lower limbs; Intermission of the beats,
from anxiety, or after a meal.
Spigelia.-Strong beating of the heart—he can frequently hear
it; the pulsations could be seen, heaving, and raising up his clothes;
Palpitation, with anxious oppression of the chest; Palpitation early
in the morning, after rising; Tremulous motion of the heart; the
palpitation increases when seated, and bending the chest forward;
the anguish increases during deep inspiration ; after rising, and
again sitting down, the heart beats violently; and immediately
above the heart a load is felt, and, at the same time, a cutting pain
in the abdomen, as from flatus; this pain continued longer than
the palpitation.
Staphysagria.-Palpitation when walking, or on listening to
music; Tremulous palpitation during exercise; Violent palpitation
on awaking from a siesta. * ... •
Sulphur.—Sudden and violent palpitation in the evening,
during inspiration; Palpitation at every hour of the day, without
apparent cause, and void of anguish; Pressure in the region of the
heart; there did not seem sufficient space for the heart to move;
Rush of blood to the heart; Hollow feeling about the region of
the heart; Visible palpitation when walking or ascending a hill.
Weratrum.—Violent beating of the heart—it raises the ribs,
with strong impulse under the hand; Palpitation, with anxiety, and
hurried, audible breathing; Paroxysms of anguish about the heart,
which beats strongly, with sensation of great heat.
Viola Tricolor—Oppression, with stitches in the region of
the heart when sitting and bending forwards; Palpitation, with
anxiety when lying down. * . . . .
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Zincum,_Frequent palpitation, without anxiety; Painful.
palpitation, accompanied by a sharp stitch at every beat. .
FACE AND LIPS,
Aconite,—Bluish, with black lips; During the fever, either
red, hot, and bloated, or alternately pale and red; Redness of both
cheeks; Sweat on forehead; Twitching of the facial muscles. Lips
—Black and dry; Prosopalgia; Drawing, tearing, and lancinating;
Tingling and swelling of the cheeks; Pains in the muscles and
nerves of the face; Erysipelas; Congestion to the face and head.
Alumina, Pale, gloomy, desponding expression—alternately
red and pale; Copper-coloured cheeks; Roughness of the skin;
Blotches; Violent itching; Humid scurf on temples; Boils on the
cheek; Vesicles on the lips; Chapped lips; Dry peeling of the
lips. .
Ambra,_Jaundiced complexion; Flushes of heat; Pimples;
Red spots; Spasmodic tremor of the muscles; Convulsive twitch-
ings; Hot lips; Pain and swelling of sub-maxillary gland.
Ammo, Carb.-Pale face, that seemed to denote bad health;
Distortion of the features; Tension of the skin, as if swollen ;
Sharp drawing and shootings; Freckles; Boils; Hard swelling in
the cheeks—also the cervical and parotid glands. Lips—Dry,
cracked, burning—covered with vesicles; Soreness of the corners of
the mouth.
Antimon. Crud.—Red pimples (acne) on the face, on each side
of the nose—tipped with pus; Red, burning, suppurating erup-
tions on the face ; Small, honey-coloured blotches; Twitching of
the muscles in the corners of the mouth; Cracks; Rhagades at the
corners of the mouth; Dryness of the lips; Red pustules or
vesicles on upper lip, -
Arnica.-Flushes of heat; Redness and burning of one cheek;
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Swelling of the cheek, with pinching pain as if two hammers were
beating the flesh; Face pale, wan—hot or bloated; Pustulous
eruptions about the face, near the eyes; Swelling of the lips; Dry,
chapped, or fissured; Ulceration at the corners of the mouth;
Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Arsenicum.—Pale, sunken, death-like; Livid, sickly, lead-
coloured, or greenish ; Bluish spots and streaks; Yellow, as in
Jaundice—or bloated, puffed, red face, with swelling around the
eyes—or blue margins; Pointed nose; Face much disfigured;
GEdema of the face; Hard swelling in the frontal eminences;
Herpes; Erwptions; Acne Rosacea on the face; Prosopalgia, of a
burning, drawing, or stitching character. Lips—Blue or blackish;
Dry or parched; Brown streaks; Swelling of the lips; Cancer of
the lip (especially the lower), with hard, indurated edges, and
lard-like base; Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Aurum,_Bloated face, shining as with sweat; Swelling of
both cheeks—also the nose and lips; Swelling of one cheek, with
painful stitches; Violent tearing in the malar bone; Pain and in-
flammation in the malar bones, especially from Mercury—also the
frontal, nasal, and Superior maxillary bones; Caries of the bones;
Red eruption on the forehead; Swollen, scrofulous lips.
Baryta Carb.-Inflammatory prosopalgia, with swelling; Sen-
sation as if the face were covered with cobwebs; Swelling of the
left cheek; Heat and redness of the face, with orgasm of the
blood; Eruptions on the face; Herpes; Crusta Lactea ; Blisters
on, and swelling of, the lips; Large, elevated induration on the
upper lip; Chapped, dry lips.
Belladonna,—Face pale, anxious—speedily changes to a
flushed redness; Feeling of heat in the face ; Sensation of tin-
gling; Violent heat and redness, without sweat; Red-hot face, with
cold extremities; Face very much swollen and hot, as from drink-
ing too much wine; Congestion of blood to the face and head;
Bluish-red face; Scarlet redness of the face, with full pulse; Red
and swollen face, with staring eyes; Swelling of the cheeks, with
burning pain; Erysipelas; Hard, large swellings about the face,
near the nose, with swelling of the lips; Cutting, tearing, drawing
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pains; Newralgic pains of the face; Prosopalgia; Ulcers at the
corners of the mouth; Small pimples or vesicles on the lips;
Swelling of the lips; Hard indurations on the lips; Chap in the
middle of the upper lip; Pimples that inflame and ulcerate;
Spasmodic movements of the lips, and distortion of the mouth;
Pimples and pustules on the chin—sometimes burning; Swelling
of the sub-maxillary glands.
Bryonia.-Colour of the face—yellow or livid; Heat in face,
with burning and redness of the cheeks, especially towards night;
Red spots or blotches; Bloated face—red, hot, puffy—soft to
touch ; Swelling of the face—sometimes of one side only, or the
upper half about the eyes, with swelling of the lids—he could not
open the eyes; Tension of the skin when moving the facial
muscles; Red spots on the face and neck for two days; Flushes of
heat over the face; Hard blotches in the face. Lips—Cracked
and swollen; Ulcers on the lips, that burn when touched; Blotches
on the chin.
Calcarea. — Face — Pale, thin, wrinkled—old look; Yellow
colour of the face—or red, hot, bloated; Circumscribed redness of
the cheeks; Erysipelas ; Pains that pass off when the swelling
appears; Tearing pains in the bones of the face; Twitchings in
the facial muscles; Pulsations and throbbing, or violent stitches
in the cheek; Violent itching; Burning in the cheeks, or whole
face; Feeling of swelling in the face, especially about the nose
and under the eyes; Eruption of small pimples in the face and
whiskers; Boil on the centre of the cheek; Ulcer on the cheek;
Humid eruption on the cheek and forehead; Crusta Lactea; Spas-
modic contraction of the lips and mouth ; Roughness and dryness
of the lips; Swelling of the upper lip; Chapped lips; Pimples;
Scurfy eruption on the borders of the lips; Pimples and eruptions
on the chin; Hard swelling of the sub-maxillary gland—it
attained the size of an egg.
Cantharis. – Sallow, yellowish, complexion; Pale, sickly,
wretched, death-like look—expression of despair; Sudden heat in
the face, with thirst; Burning in the face; Swelling of the right
side, with tension, without heat or redness; Eruptions; Blotches
on the face and cheeks (acne); Tearing pains in malar bone and
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FACE, &c.] FACE AND LIPS.
mastoid process, with stitches in the ear (right); Lancinations
about the eyebrows and forehead; Pimples and vesicles on the
‘forehead; Pains in the lips; Soreness, burning, dryness; Swelling
of the wpper lip; Clear vesicles, or pustules, that burn when
touched; Pains in the right lower Jaw; Lock-jaw.
Carbo An.-Frequent attacks of flying heat in the face;
Frequent flushes of heat, with redness and burning of the cheeks;
Small pustules on the cheek and forehead; Red spots; Erysipelas;
Numerous pimples in the face, not sensitive; Copper-coloured
spots; Yellow colour of the face. Lips—Swelling, heat, and
dryness; Bleeding of the lips; Chapped; Vesicles.
Carbo Veg.—Extreme paleness of the face; Complexion
greyish-yellow; Pimples on the face and forehead; Moist herpes
on the face; Severe attacks of pain in the left side of face; Tear-
‘ing pain in the left cheek; Jerking pain in left zygoma; Drawing,
boring, or burning pains; Jerking pains in several parts of the
face; Jerkings in the upper lip; Painful eruptions on the lips;
Burning pustules—the borders of the lips are covered with pim-
ples; Chapped lips; Eruptions on the chin; Spasmodic pains in
the lower jaw,
Causticum. — Sickly complexion; Yellowness of the face;
Cachectic appearance; Yellow tinge about the temples, with bluish
lips; Arthritic pains in the face and facial bones; Burning—also
a sensation of coolness, with burning, in the malar bones; Swell-
ing of the cheeks, with throbbing pain; Itching, burning, fine
eruptions; Red pimples; Burning vesicles, that emit a corrosive
ºfluid, dry up, and scab; Old warts on the nose and eyebrows;
(Semilateral paralysis of the facial muscles, from the forehead to
the chin;) Itching eruptions around the mouth ; Vesicles at the
right corner of the mouth—painful when eating; Ulcer that
causes a burning pain inside the upper lip; Herpes and pustules
on the chin ; Inflammatory swelling under the chim, as if an
abscess would form ; Feeling of tightness about the jaws, with
difficulty in opening the mouth ; Arthritic pain in the inferior
maxillary bone.
- Chamomilla,—Heat, redness, burning of the face and cheeks,
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or of one cheek only, while the other is pale and cold; Pale, sunken
look, as after much painful suffering; Frequent changes of the
countenance; Yellow complexion; Bloated—swelling of one side,
with pain—blue-red colour—hardness of the part—drawing, beat-
img, or darting; Red rash on the cheeks, especially in children
during dentition; Convulsive movements of the facial muscles;
Twitching of the lips; Parched, dry lips—chap in the middle of
lower lip; Scurfy eruption and peeling of the lips; Spasmodic
contraction of the masseters.
China.-Hippocratic countenance, with pointed nose; Hollow
eyes, with blue margins; Yellow, like Jawndice; Grey-yellow
complexion, or blackish; Sickly look; Red-hot, bloated face, espe-
cially when entering a warm room from the cold air; Prosopalgia
—nervous or rheumatic ; Beating, tearing, or darting. Lips—Dry,
parched, wrinkled, or chapped; Blackish lips; Swelling of the
lips; Sordes; Burning ulcers on the lips; Painful swelling of the
sub-maxillary glands.
Cicuta.-Face deadly pale, cold, with cold hands; Swelling of
the face and neck; Dark-red, lentil-sized eruptions of the fore-
head, face, and hands, that flow into each other, with burning
pain; Burning vesicles on the lip ; Spasmodic action of the facial
muscles; Grinding of the teeth; Lock-jaw.
Clematis.-White blisters on the face, such as are produced by
a scorching sun; Vesicles and eruptions on the lips and chin;
Cancer of the lip 2 Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Colchicum.-Features altered, as from severe illness; Sad,
pitiful look; CEdematous swelling of the face; Yellow spots;
Tingling sensation; Itching eruption; Neuralgia; Beating, jerk-
ing, drawing pains; Sensation as if the bones were being crushed;
Tearing pains in the face, that extend to the ear.
Colocynth-Pale face, with dulness of the eyes; Swelling of
the face; Heat and redness of one cheek, with violent pains; Ten-
sion; Tearing, burning, or stinging in one side of the face (espe-
cially the left), affecting the ear and head; Searching, burning
pain—worse during rest; Cramp-like drawing in the left malar
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FACE, &c.] FACE AND LIPS.
bone, extending to the eye; Painful pressure in the orbits, near
the root of the nose, with chilliness and confusion in the head;
Herpes and boils on the face. Lips—Swelling of the upper lip;
Burning in the lower lip; Suppurating pimple at the right angle
of the mouth.
Conium.—Heat in the face, with congestion of blood to the
head, and stoppage of the nose. Face—Blue, swollen, or sickly
pale; Soreness of the skin of the face; Herpes and spreading
ulcers on the face; Flashings—tearing in the right side of the
face; Aching in the facial bones at night, especially the orbital
and malar bones of the right side; Nocturnal Prosopalgia;
Lancinations near the ear. Lips—Dry, scaly; Vesicles on the
lips; Ulcers on the lips—also after a fever; Cancer of the lip;
Grinding of the teeth. *.
Cuprum.—Pale, cachectic look; Changed features—full of
anguish ; Sad, dejected expression; Bluish face and lips; Eyes
sunken deep, with blue borders; Spasmodic distortion of the
features; Painful stitches in the face; Spasm of the jaw.
Digitalis.-Face pale; Blue lips and eyelids (Cyanosis); Con-
vulsive movements on the left side of the face; Drawing pains in
the malar bones; Swelling of the cheek; Red tubercle in the
middle of the forehead, with Smarting and burning; Black pores
in the skin of the face, which suppurate, and become ulcerated.
Lips—Blue, dry, parched; Swollen; Eruptions on the lips.
Dulcamara.-Redness of the face; Circumscribed redness of
the cheeks; Drawing and tearing pains in the cheek; Humid
eruptions; Blotches; Herpes on the forehead, temples, and chin,
that form a thick crust—yellow or brownish; Warts and eruptions
on the face; Pimples and ulcers around the mouth ; Distortion of
the mouth; Twitching movements of the lips; Pimples on the
chim.
Euphorbium.—Violent burning in the face; Red, inflamma-
tory swelling of the cheek, with gnawing and digging; Erysipela-
tous inflammation of the face and head; Excessive swelling of the
cheek, which is covered with yellow vesicles; Vesicles the size of
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peas, emitting a yellow fluid, were produced by rubbing the juice
on the cheek; White oedematous swelling of the cheek.
Ferrum Acet.—Livid, jaundiced complexion; Paleness of the
face and lips; Blue spots on the face, or yellow spots; Fiery red-
ness of the face; Puffy, bloated face. Lips—White, anaemic.
Graphites.—Paleness—sudden paleness after reading; Flushes
of heat; Swelling on the left side; Erysipelas on both sides of the
face, with stinging and burning; Incipient paralysis of the left
side; Continual feeling as if a cobweb were over the face;
Freckles; Eruptions, with a feeling as if the skin were cracked
and raw. Lips—Stitches as if pierced by a needle; Burning, and
feeling of heaviness about the lips; Ulcers at the corners of the
mouth ; Vesicles on the lips; Scabby eruptions on the chin, and
about the mouth ; Swelling of the maxillary glands; Pain and
partial paralysis of the muscles of mastication, with difficulty in
moving the jaw ; Falling-off of the beard and whiskers, sometimes
in patches. -
Gratiola.—Burning heat in the face, like fire, especially after
a meal; Tingling and burning in the malar bones; Sensation of
tightness, as if the face were swollen.
Hepar Sulp.–Yellow colour of the face, with blue margins
under the eyes; Heat in the face at 7 P.M., or at night—also early
in the morning when awaking; Flushes of heat in the face; Red-
ness of the cheeks; the cheeks are red as fire in the evening, and
early in the morning; Erysipelas of the face, with prickling and
tension; Vesicular Erysipelas; Swelling of the left cheek for two
days; Pains in the malar bones when touching them ; Pains in
the ear and temple; Chronic eruptions on the face in young
persons (acne); Rash on the face. Lips—Chap in the middle of
the lower lip; Eruptions on the borders of the lips, and around
the mouth ; Yellowish vesicles that scurf off; Ulcer at the corner
of the mouth (cured by Bell.); Itching pimples; Vesicles and
ulcers on the chin. *~.
Hydrocyan. Acid.-Face pale, bluish—aged look; Sallow,
grey complexion; Transfigured features; Frightful distortion of
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the facial muscles; Corners of the mouth drawn; Cynic spasms;
Ilock-jaw.
Hyoscyamus.-Burning heat—redness—dilated pupils; after-
wards—bluish, cold, pale; Frequent change of countenance.
Face—Brownish, red, swollen; Clusters of pustules, like Small-
pox—full of yellow pus—chiefly on the cheeks and chim.
Ignatia-Face pale, red, or blue; Clay-coloured, sunken
look, with blueness, or dark ridge under the eyes; Alternation of
redness and paleness; Redness and burning of one cheek and ear;
Sweat only of the face; Pains in the cheeks and jaws; Convulsive
action of the facial muscles; Twitchings at the corners of the
mouth; Sensation as if the jaws would be closed; Ulceration of
the lips and corners of the mouth.
Iodium.—Yellow, as in Jawndice, or brownish, tanned face;
Frequent, sudden redness of the face, with burning in the ears;
Pale, contracted, withered look; Convulsive twitchings; Sup-
purating ulcer on the cheek; Swelling of the glands.
Ipecacuanha.-Face pale, livid, bloated, or yellow ; Sickly,
bluish, as after a long, severe illness; Convulsive movements of
the facial muscles; Rash on the face, cheeks, and forehead; Heat
of the cheeks. Lips—Eruptions and aphthae; Smarting, sore
lips; Redness of the skin around the mouth.
Kali Carb.-Heat and redness of the face, with icy-cold feet;
Burning, red cheeks in the evening—followed by extreme pale-
mess; Bloated; Swelling of the face, and between the brows;
Swelling of the cheek, with small pimples, that are continually
going and returning; Pustules; Freckles; Old warts; Burning
in the face, under the right eye. Lips—Spasmodic twitchings;
Burning; Stitches in the lips; Swelling and rhagades of the lips;
Bleeding ; Vesicles and Scurf; Thickness and ulceration of the
lower lip; Peeling-off of the skin; Swelling of the sub-maxillary
glands.
Kali Iod.—Swelling of the face and cheeks; Extreme paleness
•of the face; Pains in the bones of the face—extending to the
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teeth and lower jaw; Tearing, darting in left malar bone when in
bed, early in the morning; Painful stinging and darting in the
left cheek—lasted a long time; Violent darting pain from left
upper jaw to the parietal bone; Gnawing pain in both sides of
the lower jaw.
Kalmia.-Pressing pains on the right side of the face, between
the eye and nose—also in the teeth. (Very severe Neuralgic pains
of the face have been cured.)
Kreasotum.—Heat and redness; Livid complexion; Constant
heat in the face, with shortness of breath when in a warm room ;
Tearing pains in the right side of the face, from the lower jaw to
the temple; Eruptions; Acne; Pimples on the forehead, that
sting and remain dry—or greasy-looking spots on the cheek and
chin, that become covered with a yellow crust; Scaly herpes on
the eyelids, cheeks, and around the mouth. Lips—Dry, chapped;
Peeling of the skin, especially the upper lip.
Lachesis.-Sunken face, with expression of suffering, or as
after long watching; Distortion of the face, such as occurs after a
fit of Apoplexy; Pale face especially, accompanied with ulcers;
Livid, grey complexion, with fever or abdominal diseases; Heat
in the face, with redness, which may become blue; Redness of
face, with pains in the limbs, chest, and stomach; Prosopalgia of
young girls; Swelling of the whole face, and also of the head—
commencing about the eyes; Erysipelas of the face—commences
at night—the next morning the part is very much swollen—with
hammering headache; Sudden nightly swelling of the face, with
violent itching—comes on after taking cold; Small pimples;
Blotches; Pustules; Red herpes; Old, thick, scurfy eruptions in
the whiskers. Lips—Heat, dryness; Swelling of the lips; Swell-
ing of the lower lip ; Pustules on the lips; Distortion of the
mouth during Apoplexy.
Laurocerasus. – Livid, grey, yellow complexion; Yellow
spots; Bloated, swollen face; Distorted features; Convulsions of
the facial muscles; Prosopalgia; Darting in left malar bone and
lower jaw; Eruptions around the mouth; Lock-jaw; Bruised pain
in the whole lower jaw in the evening.’
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. Ledum Pal—Pale, or bloated face, with eruptions; Red
tubercles on the forehead; (acne, as in drunkards ;) Pimples
and boils on the forehead; Dry, scaly herpes on the face; Intoler-
able tearing pain in the face, extending to the head and neck,
during the whole night, with occasional toothache. Lips—
Pustules on the upper lip; Swelling of the sub-maxillary gland,
which is painful when touched.
Lycopodium.–Pale, wretched, sunken; Blue margins around
the eyes; Wrinkled; Livid face, with blue lips; Yellow, or
yellow-grey; Flushes of heat in the face early in the morning;
Frequent flushing in the face; Circumscribed redness; Burning;
Red, bloated face; Swelling of the cheeks; Eruptions on the
face; Pustules, pimples, freckles; Fine eruption all over the
face; Itching, scaly herpes; Spasmodic twitchings in the muscles
of the cheeks; Tearing pains in the malar bones; Painful feeling
of coldness in the face. Lips—Pale or blue; Swelling of the
lips; Soreness and ulceration of the corners of the mouth; White
blister; Large ulcer on the border of the lip.
Manganum.—Face pale, sickly; Pain in the malar bones;
Cramp-like pains in the jaws; Sore, excoriating pain in lower
jaw; Tearing pain between the root of the nose and the eyebrows.
Lips—Eruptions and vesicles on the lips; Red pimple; Dry,
parched lips; Corrosive tumour on the upper lip.
Mercurius.-Yellow complexion, as in Jaundice—or pale,
earthy, cachectic-looking countenance; Livid circle around the
eyes; Feverish heat and redness of the cheeks after midnight;
Tearing pains in the face; Swelling of the right cheek, under the
eye; Swelling of the cheeks, with toothache; Red spots and
herpes on the face; Syphilitic spots and pustules on the face
and forehead. Lips—Stinging of the lips; Dry, rough, or burn-
ing sensation on the lips; Painful ulcers; Pimples; Soft, red
swelling of the upper lip; Excavated ulcers on the lips; Ash-
coloured spots on the lips; Cracks; Rhagades; Ulcers and sore-
ness of the angles of the mouth ; Pustules, suppurating sores, and
ulcers on the chin; Mentagra; Swelling of the sub-maxillary
glands, with or without inflammation; Clenching and immobility of
the jaw; Caries of the jaw.
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Natrum Carb.-Burning heat and redness of the face; Bloated
or yellow complexion; Violent pains in the malar bones; Yellow
spots and pimples on the face and forehead; Eruptions near the
nose, and around the mouth ; Swelling and eruptions on the
lips.
Nitric Acid.—Paleness or yellow colour of the face, especially
around the eyes; Sickly appearance, with feeling of languor;
Tension of the skin of the face; Pains in the malar bones; Violent
tearing pains, or bruise-like; Pricking, twitching; Violent pul-
sations; Black pores in the face; Pimples on the forehead, close
under the hair; Pustules, with red, broad borders; Syphilitic
eruptions; Erysipelatous swelling on the left cheek —stinging
and painful; Itching eruption in the whiskers and beard. Lips
—Swelling of the lips; Chaps, pimples, ulcers; Large boil on the
chin; Pain and swelling of the sub-maxillary glands; Cracking in
the jaw, at the condyle, during mastication.
Nux Womica.-Earthy, yellowish complexion; Yellow appear-
ance around the nose and mouth ; Gloomy, wretched look; Pointed
nose; Red, bloated face; Dark-red face; Alternate redness and
paleness; Heat and redness of the cheeks—or of one cheek only;
Pale swelling on one cheek; Bloated appearance about the eyes,
mouth, and nose ; Twitchings in the facial muscles; Tearing in
the malar bone on one side of the face, affecting the ear—also
with swelling of the face; Distortion of the mouth to one side.
Lips—Dryness and painful feeling of the lips; Ulcers on the
lips; Excoriation; Pimples; Rhagades, especially of the lower
lip.
Opium.–Frequent alternation of paleness and redness of the
face; Pale face and forehead; Glassy eyes; Bluish or clay-coloured
face—all the muscles appear relaxed; Stupid look; Bloated face,
with hot and dry skin; Dark-red face; Cherry-brown; Red,
puffed, swollen; Veins of the face distended; Inflamed appear-
ance of the face; Protrusion of the eyes; Spasmodic movements
of the muscles; Distortion of the mouth; Swelling of the lips;
Falling down of the lower lip; Spasm of the Jaw. *
Phosphorus-Pale, sickly complexion; Livid countenance;
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Deep, hollow eyes—blue margins; Hippocratic face; Blue redness
of the cheeks; Circumscribed redness of the cheeks; Face hot,
with sweat on the forehead; Glowing heat; Flushes; Burning
and redness of the cheeks; Sweat of the face; Puffiness and swell-
ing around the eyes; Pimples on the face, and wing of the nose;
Single pimples; Pustules and scurf on the face; the skin of the
face peels off; Aching pains in the malar, temporal, and parietal
bones; Violent Prosopalgia ; Tearing pains in the bones of the
face and temples; Tearing pain under the orbit; Violent tearing
pain under the right ear; Sticking pains in the malar bones—the
pains return after taking the least cold, and by contact or motion.
Lips—Dryness of the lips; Rhagades at the middle of the lower
lip; Burning pain in the lips—they burn like fire; Vesicles on
the lips, the size of peas; Eruptions at the corners of the
mouth.
Platina, Violent heat in the face, with burning about the
eyes; Burning heat, with glowing redness; Oppressive heat ;
Violent thirst; Headache; Feeling of coldness and numbness in
the whole right side of the face; Painful numbness in the left
malar bone; Pulsative, digging pains in the jaws; Tension and
numbness in the facial bone and mastoid process of the jaw, as if
placed between screws; Gnawing pains in the cheek—soon recur-
ring; Tensive feeling and numbness in the chin, as if between
screws; Sensation as if the chin were suddenly drawn up ; Dull
shocks under the chin. Lips—Vesicles that Smart on the border
of the lower lip; Dryness and roughness of the lips; Bleeding and
peeling of the skin of the lips; Erosion of the lip, as if it had
been rubbed sore; Small, painless aneurism by anastomosis on the
chin.
Plumbum.-Death-like, clay, or lead-coloured countenance;
Swelling of the face and eyelids; Emaciation chiefly of the face;
Wrinkled, aged look; Expression of anguish; Jactitation of the
muscles; Sunken eyes; Pointed nose; Skin of the face feels
greasy; Vesicles on the forehead and nose; Peeling of the lips;
Loud cracking of the jaws; Grinding of the teeth; Lock-
Jaw. -
. Pulsatilla. –Pale, or yellowish; Alternate redness and paleness;
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Puffed, blue-red (apoplectic); Red—bloated during the fever;
Heat and burning redness, especially in the evening—followed by
paleness; Sweat on the face and scalp; Erysipelas, with stinging,
and subsequent desquamation; Blotches; Eruption like Measles;
Swelling of the sub-maxillary and cervical glands.
Rhus Tox—Face disfigured—distorted—elongation of one side;
Redness, with burning; Cold sweat; Swelling of the face, eyelids,
and lobules of the ears; Violent swelling of the face; he could not
open his eyes; Erysipelatous inflammation of the face—also with
swelling of the neck; Vesicular Erysipelas; Burning pain in right
cheek, as if ulcerated; Chronic eruptions on the face; Herpes;
Crusta Lactea ; Acne Rosacea; Eruptions that form yellowish or
greenish crusts. Lips—Dry, cracked, parched, or sordes of a
reddish-brown colour; Black lips; Clusters of pimples, filled with
a watery fluid, around the mouth and on the borders of the lips;
Pimples on the chin—the tips filled with pus; Eruptions on the
hairy parts of the face; Mentagra.
Sepia-Yellowness of the face and eyes; Yellow streak over
the cheek and nose; Flushes of heat ; Redness; Heat in the face
every morning when awaking—also at noon and night; Flushes of
heat in the face when talking; Puffy swelling of the face; Pale
swelling of the face; Pains in the face; Drawing pains; Itching
of the whole face; Itching pimples on the cheek; Roughness of
the skin of the face; Black pores; Herpes and scurfy eruptions;
Warts on the face; Tubercles on the forehead; Crusta Lactea.
Lips—Dry and hot; Burning eruption; Scaly peeling of the lips;
Pain in the upper lip ; Herpetic eruptions; Humid pimples; Yel-
lowish tinge around the mouth; Painful ulcer inside the lower
lip; Herpes and blotches around the mouth ; Pimples and long-
lasting seabs on the chin.
Silica.--White spots on the cheeks; Red spots, with redness
of the nose; Heat and burning of the face after washing; Swell-
ing of the face and lips; Swelling of the cervical glands, with
chilliness, and icy-cold feet; Eruption on the face; Pimples on
the forehead, and about the nose and eyebrows; Boil on the cheek,
not very painful; Indurations about the face and on the lips.
Lips—Smarting vesicles; Pimples on the borders of the lips;
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Spongy-looking ulcer on the lower lip; Cancer of the lip; Swell-
ing of the lower lip; Boil on the chin—painful to touch; Caries
of the bones of the jaw; Swelling and induration of the sub-maxil-
lary glands.
Spigelia.-Face pale—yellow around the eyes; Lips pale, or
dark-red; Puffiness of the face; Muscles swollen and distorted;
Neuralgia of one side of the face, with anguish at the heart ;
Violent pains; Darting, tearing pains, chiefly on the right side;
Burning pain in right malar bone; Blackish pustules on the lips;
Burning in the upper lip. -
Stannum,_Face pale—eyes sunken; Flushes of heat that are
felt both internally and externally; Stupefying pain in face and
forehead; Contractive, cramp-like pains in the bones of the face;
Drawing pressure in the malar bones, and often extending to the
orbits and lower jaw; Chronic pains; Burning pain in cheeks—
followed by swelling; Pimples in the face—tender when touched,
and sore when washing the face; Red tumour at the angle of the
right lower jaw.
Staphysagria.--Weary, tired, worn-out appearance, with
hollow eyes; the face becomes blue or brown, from chagrin or
indignation; Severe pressive and throbbing pains in the face,
extending from the teeth to the eyes; Drawing, cutting in left
malar bone; Tearing, burning, or stinging in the face and teeth;
Inflammatory pains in the malar bone; Burning, with sharp
stitches in the left cheek; Pimples on the forehead, cheeks, and
corners of the mouth. Lips—Fine cracks; Vesicles that sting
and burn ; Ulcer on the lip, with drawing, gnawing pain; Ulcer
that emits pus, and afterwards a greenish fluid ; Enlarged gland
under the symphysis of the lower jaw, the size of a hazel-nut—
it feels like cartilage—it aches during mastication, and when
pressed.
Stramonium.—Face swollen, bloated, turgid with blood;
Swelling and redness of the face, eyes, and tongue; Disfigured
face; Friendly expression—alternating with a dismal, anxious, or
a wild, frenzied look, with staring eyes; Circumscribed redness of
the cheek; Erysipelas on the right side of the face; the upper
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part of the face is dirty-looking, or of a coppery hue; while the
parts around the mouth are white; Whiteness of the Ala
Nasi.
Sulphur.—Pale, swollen, or bloated face; Eyes deeply sunk,
surrounded with a blue margin; Flushes of heat on the left cheek;
Heat and burning in the face, with red spots; Heat every evening,
from 5 until 9 P.M.; Painful burning heat of the face and neck;
Heat in the face during the whole day; Redness and heat, with
burning; Circumscribed redness; Sensation as if cold water were
being poured over the face—it lasted some minutes; Creeping;
Drawing; Twitching in the face; Swelling of the cheeks, with
pricking pain; Erysipelas of the face, with swelling; Violent
itching of the face; Phlegmonous Erysipelas; Pimples—moist tet-
ters; Black pores; Herpes—dry, scaly, on the face and forehead;
Mentagra. Lips—Dry, hot, burning; Scaly, rough; Chapped;
Burning rhagades; Blotches; Swelling of the lips; Herpetic erup-
tions around the mouth ; Fever-blisters; Vesicles; Tremor and
twitching of the lips; Jerking of the jaw when falling asleep;
Glandular swelling under the jaw; Painful prickings in the sub-
maxillary glands. - -
Thuja-Transient flushes in the face; Burning heat—redness
all day; Sweat on the face; Itching eruption over the whole face;
Pimples; Scurfy eruption on the cheek; Red, painful blotches on
the forehead; Swelling at the side of the left cheek—it felt like
a gland; Fine, darting pains in the muscles of the face; Boring
pains in left malar bone—relieved by pressure; Stiffness of the
masseter muscles. Lips—Jerking in the upper lip; Red erup-
tions, that bleed when broken; Pimples on the chin.
Weratrum.—Death-like, cold, disfigured face, with pointed
nose and sunken cheeks. Face—Pale, blue, or yellow—or dark-
red and hot—one cheek red, the other pale; Face red when lying
down; Pale when sitting up ; Swelling of the face for several
days; Cold sweat on the face; Sensation as if an eruption would
appear; Small red pimples, with elevated borders—brownish,
tipped with yellow pus—become sore when touched or broken;
Thick rash on the cheeks, with Newralgic pains in the face;
Copper-red eruption on the face; Acne Rosacea. Lips—Dry,
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parched, brown, or blackish; Lock-jaw; Cramps in the jaw;
Swelling of the sub-maxillary glands.
Verbascum.—Violent pressure in right malar bone; Sensation
of violent pressure on left malar bone, extending to the ear—in-
creased by pressure—it is felt frequently during the day; in the
evening, when about to fall asleep; and also in the morning when
awaking; Dull pressure about the zygomatic articulation of the
temporal bone—aggravated by pressing the teeth firmly together;
Intermittent pains in the left malar bone; Pain in the left
zygoma, of a tensive, dull, stupefying character.
Zincum.—Bruise-like pains in the facial and orbital bones;
Sudden stitch from the right malar bone to the orbit; Swelling
of the cheek; Pimples in the face. Lips—Jerking pain in the
lips; Violent jerking of the muscles of the left lip; Swelling of
the upper lip ; Pimples; Vesicles that emit a clear fluid ; Small
pimples, with a little moisture; Large, yellowish-white pimple on
the lower lip; Burning rhagades; Corners of the mouth sore and
ulcerated; Small pustules on the chin, that itch violently, and
become confluent,
EYES,
Aconite.—Ophthalmia; Catarrhal, rheumatic, or inflammatory;
with chemosis; Heat, burning ; Acute Ophthalmia ; Vessels of con-
junctiva intensely congested; Pain internally, as if the eye would
be pressed out; Painful inflammation; Burning, first in one eye,
then the other, or in the left only; Itching and burning; Eye
sensitive to air when not so to light, or excessive photophobia;
Profuse lachrymation; Swelling of lids; Yellowness of sclerotica;
Sight dim, as when looking through a gauze; Sudden blindness;
Pupil first contracted, then dilated.
Alumina-Pressure; Stinging, itching, or burning in the
morning; Copious lachrymation, or profuse secretion of mucus;
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EYES. [EYES.
Agglutination every night, with feeling of heaviness in the upper
lids; Objects have a yellow tinge; Ophthalmia Senilis (Dud-
geon).
Ambra.-Redness of the ocular conjunctiva; Smarting, as of
dust; Sight dim, as if looking through a fog.
Antimonium.—Eyes red, inflamed; Dread of light; Redness
of left eye. -
Argentum Nit.—Opacity of the cornea 2
Arsenicum.—Tearing, Bwrming, like red-hot needles; Violent
pains compel him to lie down ; Throbbing and stitching ; Excessive
intolerance of light; Violent inflammation of the conjunctiva and
sclerotica; Vessels dark-red; Scrofulous and rheumatic Oph-
thalmia ; Very profuse lachrymation; Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Eyes
dull, protruded, staring ; Spasmodic closing when looking at the
light; Photophobia. Lids—Nightly agglutination; GEdematous
swelling of the lids; Margins of lids dry, crusted; Pupils con-
tracted; Muscae Volitantes. Useful in Ophthalmia, with Haemor-
rhoids, and menstrual difficulties,
Aurum.—Scrofulous swelling of the lids; Half sight; Double
sight ; Fiery sparks—one object seems to pass into another; Black
spots; Eyes prominent. -
Baryta.-Eyes weary, sore; Eyeballs painful; Pressure deep in
the eye; Sensation of a gauze before the eye; Black spots; Sparks.
Lids—Eyelids opened with difficulty; Agglutination.
Belladonna.-Painful burning, as if subjected to a hot vapour;
the inner canthus is very painful; Pain in the orbits, as if the eyes
were being torn out; Burning dryness; Scrofulous inflammation;
Pupils dilated; Staring, fixed look; Glistening, shining; Ecchy-
mosis; Haemorrhage; Pressive pain, with lachrymation; Spas-
modic action of the recti muscles; Eyes constantly in motion;
Vision diminished, or, for a short time, extinct; every object
appears dim, or black; when reading, the letters appear blotted—
unable to read print for three days; Objects seem blue or yellow;
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EYES.] EYES,
Bright sparks; Figures appear upside-down; Sight excessively
weak. Lids—Retracted, trembling, quivering; Smarting, burn-
ing; Entropium; Drooping of the lids (Ptosis); Lachrymation—
also of salt water.
Bromine.—Inflammation of the conjunctiva; Burning in the
eyes; Darting, stitching; Lachrymation (right); Throbbing
stitches in the left eyelids—extending to forehead and temple;
Acute inflammation, with fever and suppuration; Dilated
pupil.
Bryonia.—Pressure as of sand (early morning); Sharp pains;
Frequent lachrymation in the open air and sunshine; Painful
swelling of one eyelid, with discharge of pus; Burning in the eyes
and lids; Redness, swelling, and inflammation of the lids; Spark-
ling; Swimming; Dim sight; Ophthalmia of infants.
Calcarea.—Sensation of a foreign body, or a grain of sand;
Itching—violent itching; Stitches; Throbbing; Feeling of heat;
Burning; Inflammation—vessels of ocular conjunctiva deeply
injected, with shooting and throbbing pains; Burning in eyes
when closing the lids; Sense of ulceration. Lids—Gummy dis-
charge; Lachrymation; Agglutination every night; Twitchings;
Swelling ; Redness; Darkness seems to pass across the eyes, like
gauze—feathers; Sudden blindness after dinner; Dancing wave-
lets; Sparks; Black spots; a black spot accompanies the letters
when reading; Long or far sight; Scrofulous Ophthalmia—and of
infants; Specks on, and ulceration of, the cornea.
Cannabis.-Weakness; Indistinct vision; Spasmodic drawing;
Pressure from within outwards; Specks, or pellicle on cornea;
the cornea becomes opaque; Cataract.
Cantharis.-Ophthalmia ; Dim sight; Pimples and excoriation
on the lids. -
Causticum.—Sensation on upper eyelid, as if a stye were form-
ing; Smarting, as if salt were in the eyes; Burning without red-
ness; Eyes inflamed, with aching and burning; Periodical
attacks of inflammation, especially in the scrofulous ; Visible
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twitching of the lids; Warts on the eyebrows; Sight partially
obscured, as in a fog; a swarm of insects seem before the eyes;
Incipient amaurosis; Chronic Ophthalmia; Rheumatic; Arthritic;
Scrofulous; Specks on cornea; Opacity of the cornea; Cataract.
Chamomilla.-Catarrhal Ophthalmia of infants; Eyelids swollen
and red, with exudation of pus after sleep; Twitching of the eyes
and lids; Spasmodic contraction ; Haemorrhage from the eyes;
Yellow colour of sclerotica; Rolling of the eyes, in convulsions;
Slight intolerance of light.
China.-Sight dim, weak; Letters look pale; the outlines of
objects only are visible; Cornea appears dim; Twitchings and
tremor of the lids; Incipient amaurosis, from weakness, debility.
Cicuta,—Sudden vanishing of sight, with vertigo; when walk-
ing, objects vacillate; she stares at one spot for a long time—the
object is not correctly seen ; sometimes objects appear double, or
look black; Diplopia; Photophobia; Amblyopia, with brain
disease; Dilated pupil.
Cina.-Chronic weakness of the eyes; Dilated pupil; the eyes
feel sore and weary, even early in the morning; Convulsive or
spasmodic twitchings in the orbicularis palpebrarum; Feeling of
dryness in the eyelids; Titillation; Itching.
Clematis.-Chronic Ophthalmia; Sore smarting; Vessels in-
jected; Margin of lids inflamed, ulcerated; Inflammation, with
lachrymation; Burning; Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Rheumatic Oph-
thalmia.
Colocynth-Cutting pains, as with knives, in right eyeball,
extending to root of nose and forehead.
Conium.—Scrofulous Ophthalmia? Great intolerance of light;
Feeling of coldness in open air; Stitches; Smarting heat; Eyes
look red; Eyelids inflamed, with Hordeolum; Eyes prominent—
evil effects of a blow—contusion; Twitching of the lid; Yellow
colour of sclerotica; Weakness of the eyes, and of sight; Short-
ness of sight—objects have a red appearance (Hyoscy.); when
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EYES.] EYES,
reading, the lines seem to move up and down; he sees objects
double or threefold.
Crocus.-Spasm of lids; Twitching; Itching; Burning; Dim
sight, with profuse flow of tears; Sensation of a thin pellicle, or
of gauze, over the eyes; Reading causes profuse lachrymation; the
eyes feel swollen and tight, as after much weeping; Constant
winking; Visible quivering of the eyelids.
Cuprum,_Wandering look; Eyes staring, protruded, glisten-
ing; Immobility of the pupils; Dilatation; Aching, tired feeling
in the eyes—or bruise-like ; Eyes red, inflamed ; Wild look;
Rolling of the eyes during convulsions or frenzy.
Digitalis.--Catarrhal, scrofulous, and arthritic Ophthalmia,
especially from the sudden disappearance of a cold; Inflammation
of the Meibomian glands; Throbbing pain in the orbits; Inflam-
mation of both conjunctiva; Redness; Pain; Sense of excoriation,
or of sand ; Profuse lachrymation ; Smarting tears; Pupil
dilated; Sensibility trifling, or lost; Amaurosis— lasting three
days; Visions—dark bodies—flies—shining bodies dance; Various
colours are seen—especially green or yellow; Objects appear
covered with snow; all faces appear deadly pale.
Drosera.--Dull tearing or burning in left eyeball; Stitches
deep through the eyes; Smarting pain; Presbyopia, ; Weakness
of the eyes; Gauze before the eyes; Letters appear blurred.
After a walk in the evening—Obscuration of sight; Agglutination
of the lids; Contraction of the pupils.
Dulcamara-Ophthalmia meanotorum; Scrofulous inflamma-
tion of the lids; Paralysis of the upper lid; Twitching; Incipient
amaurosis; Dim sight; Sparks, like fire, dart out of the eyes.
Euphorbium.—Acute and chronic inflammation; Smarting,
with lachrymation; Pale-red inflammation of the lids; Agglu-
tination; Sensation of pus in right eye; Diplopia; Objects
appear larger than they are.
Euphrasia-Painful pressure; Smarting, as from sand; Sting-
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ing, from the effect of light—intolerance; Burning and smarting;
Lachrymation; Intense pain from the effects of light; Rheumatic
inflammation of the eyes; Inflamed cornea ; Sclerotic vessels
highly injected; Fine stitches in the eyeball. Eyelids—Swollen;
Margins inflamed, ulcerated, gummed; the cornea appears
covered with a bluish pellicle, which renders the sight dim;
Ulcers or specks on the cornea. -
Gelseminium.—Pain in the orbits; Misty sight; Heaviness
of the lids; Difficulty in keeping the eyes open; Congestion of
the vessels of the palpebral conjunctiva; Diplopia—only whe
turning the head on the shoulder. -
Graphites.—For Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Ulcers on cornea ;
Violent stitches through the eye; Smarting, as of some acrid sub-
stance; Burning—violent in the morning; Sclerotic and conjunc-
tiva intensely red; Chemosis; Inflammation and swelling of the
lids, with mucus; Myopia; Great intolerance of light; Pressive
pain in the eyebrow, extending into the eye.
Guaiacum.—Swelling and protrusion of the eyeball—the eye-
lids appear too short; Amaurosis.
Hepar.—Violent pains, as if the eyes were being drawn into
the head; Incisive boring, or dull stitching; Redness, inflamma-
tion, and swelling of the lids; Erysipelatous inflammation, with
bruised feeling, and weariness; Spasms of the lids; Twinkling of
the lids; Quivering of the lids; Spasmodic closing of the lids;
Inability to open them ; Sensation of net before the eyes; Tem-
porary darkness after stooping ; Aching of the eyes in bright day-
light; Pimples around the eyes, and on the lids; Hordeolum;
Specks and ulcers on the cornea ; Dimness of sight as evening
advances; Far sight—letters appear unusually large; Illusions of
sight—the letters, when reading, seemed like heaps of ants in
motion; Obscuration when reading.
Hyoscyamus.-Spasmodic motion of the eyes; Staring or
fixed look; Eyes protrude—roll in different directions; Sparkling;
Strabismus; Pupils dilated; Objects appear bright-red, or much
larger than they are. - -
599.
EYES,1 EYES,
Ignatia.-Conjunctivitis; Eyes red, inflamed; Intolerance of
light; Dimness of sight; Pupils dilated.
Kali Bichrom.—Smarting; Soreness; Pressive pain in ball;
Burning in ball and lids; Ocular conjunctiva injected; Vessels .
red; Eyelids slightly granular; CEdema of lids; Lachrymation;
Yellowish-brown spots on the albuginea; Inflamed caruncula;
Pustule on left cornea (the inflammation is sub-acute).
Kali Carb.—Fine injection of conjunctiva; Smarting ; Biting;
Bwrming in the eyes and lids; Swelling of right eye; Large swell-
ing of upper lid; Swelling between the eyebrows and the lids—
forming a small sac ; Agglutination (morning); Lachrymation ;
Muscae Volitantes; a black ball hovers before the eyes; little
objects, like curls, appear when reading; White drops, like Snow ;
Blue, green, and yellow colours; Wheels—yellow and white ;
Eyes sensitive to daylight. -
Kalmia.-Acute stitches; Strong pressing, accompanied with
pains in the limbs; Feeling of stiffness about the eyes and lids;
Glimmering of small points; Left eye inflamed.
Kreasote.-Itching, biting sensation; Heat and redness of
lids; Lachrymation ; Tears scalding, smarting, salt; Suppura-
tion; Dimness of sight; Sensation of gauze or particles of down
before the eyes; the eyes look as if one had been weeping.
Lachesis.-Inflammation of eyes and lids; Feeling as of a
stye forming; Pressure as if the eyes would start from the orbits;
Pain after reading at candle-light.
Lycopodium.—Sensation of dust; Bruise-like pain; Stitches;
Itching; Smarting; Biting; Cold feeling; Burning; Inflamma-
tion of the eyes and lids; Lachrymation and agglutination; Puru-
lent, gummy mucus; Pustules; Styes on the lids; Red pimples,
passing off in Scurf; Dryness of the eyes, with heat and dimness;
Spasmodic twitching of the lids (lower); Weakness of sight;
Muscae Volitantes.
Magnesia?—Scrofulous Ophthalmia; Corneitis; Cataract.
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Mephitis Putorius. – Conjunctivitis; Dimness of sight;
Prickings; Heat; Burning; Pain on moving the eyes; Conjunc-
tiva intensely red; Inability to read fine print—the letters
appear blurred; Weakness of sight, with pain in head. s
Mercurius.-Pressure as from a foreign body—sand—felt espe-
cially on quick movement of the eye; Cutting under the lid, as
from a sharp body; Smarting, as from horseradish; Itching, burn-
ing, with lachrymation—worse in open air; Inflammation of both
eyes, with injection of conjunctiva—also the sclerotic vessels;
Lachrymation—even very profuse; Lids red, swollen ; Constrictive
closing of the lids; Agglutination at night; Pustules on the
conjunctiva ; Scurfy eruption around the eyes—gum on the lids.
Sight—Black motes; Vanishing of the sight for five minutes,
every half-hour; Misty, dim sight; Intolerance of light, even the
glare of a fire. Useful for Gonorrhoeal, Scrofulous, and Infantile
Ophthalmia (Marcy).
Muriatic Acid.—Itching in the eyes; Stitches; Burning pres-
sure early in the morning, when washing; Slight inflammation of
the eyes; Half sight—one-half of the object appears cut off in a
perpendicular line. . . . . .
Natrum Carb.-Heaviness of the lids; Pricking, itching sen-
sation, as of a hair in the eye; Inflammation ; Lachrymation;
Agglutination—closing of the lids, with drowsiness; Long sight—
unable to read fine print; Sensation of feathers before the eyes;
Muscae Wolitantes.
Natrum Mur.-Stitches in the eye; Painful excoriation;
Violent burning in the evening; Redness—inflammation, with
sensation as if the eyeballs were too large; Soreness and ulceration
of the lids; Pimples; Styes; Lachrymation; Acrid tears; Agglu-
tination in the morning; Tremor of the lids; Spasmodic closing.
Sight—Dim, obscured; Gauze before the eyes—letters appear
blurred—the stitches, when sewing, are indistinct; it appears to
rain; she becomes long-sighted; Diplopia; Muscae.
Nitric Acid.-Eyes sore, weak, red, itching; Stitches; Smart-
ing, burning, swelling of the lids; Suppuration ; Frequent lach-
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rymation; Acrid humour; Eye-gum; Trembling of the lids;
Drooping of the upper lid; Difficulty in opening the eyes in the
morning; Paralysis of the lid; Photophobia; Sight dim, dark;
Sudden blindness in the open air, with feeling of faintness; Short
sight; Objects appear double; Grey spots; Muscae Volitantes;
Dark spots on the cornea; Ulcers. Useful in Syphilitic affections,
after Mercury. Mercurial Ophthalmia; Pains in the orbital bones.
Nux Wom.—Pressure in the eyes and on the upper lids when
awaking in the morning, with intolerance of daylight; Sight ob-
scured for a few hours; Aching in the eyes; Burning, without
inflammation; Spasmodic motions of the eyeball; Amaurosis,
from excessive study, over-reading, and indulgence in stimulants;
Effusion of blood into the albuginea, without pain; Catarrhal in-
flammation of the lids; Muscae Volitantes; Suppuration of the canthi.
Opium.—Staring, glistening eyes; Immovable; Pupils insen-
sible to light; Eyes half closed; Pupils first dilate, then contract;
Trembling of the lids; Sight dim, obscured, as through gauze.
Paris.-Sensation as if the eyeballs were too large for the
orbits; Pressure, darting through the eye; Burning, with lachry-
mation; Gum in the morning; Lachrymation (morning); Quiver-
ing of the upper lid, -
Petroleum.—Pressure in the evening, at candle-light; Cutting
pain when reading; Stitches; Beating; Burning; Weakness of
the eyes and dimness of sight; Long sight; Flattening of the
cornea; Double sight; Spots hover before the eyes; Vibrations.
Phosphorus.-Determination of blood to the eyes; Inflamma-
tion; Heat; Redness; Pressure, with pain as from sand; Agglu-
tination in the morning; Lachrymation; Secretion of gum dur-
ing the day; Puffy swelling of right upper lid; Frequent winking
of the lids; Short sight; Blackness; Darkness at candle-light;
Sensation of black gauze, or of a grey cover before the eyes;
Large black spots passing before the eyes. Useful in Catarrhal,
Scrofulous, and Rheumatic Ophthalmia. Muscae Volitantes; Cap-
sule lenticular; Cataract; Inveterate Catarrhal Ophthalmia; Sud-
den attacks of blindness during the day; Amaurosis, from loss of
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animal fluids; Onanism (Marcy); Incipient Amaurosis in a boy
aged nine (Rückert).
Phosphoric Acid.-Inflammation of the eyes and lids; Stye
on upper lid; the eyes are dazzled when looking at a bright light;
Short sight; Dim sight; Black streak before the eye.
Platina.-Pain in right orbit; Sore, gnawing sensation, as of
excoriation in the upper border of the orbit; Burning sensation
in the eyes, with drowsiness; Distortion of the eyes; Twitching of
the eyelids.
Plumbum.—Violent contraction—closing of the lids; Paralysis
and insensibility of the lids; CEdema; Eyes protruded; Pupils
contracted; Sight dim, misty; Amawrosis; Vessels of the con-
junctiva and sclerotica injected, with feeling of fulness and con-
gestion in the eyeball.
Pulsatilla.-Pain as if scraped with a knife; Tearing, cutting;
Pressure; Burning; Pressure as from sand; Sticking pain; In-
flammation of the eyes, lids, and Meibomian glands; Conjunc-
tivitis, with stye on the lid; Feeling of dryness, with pressure as
from a foreign body; Lachrymation in the open air; Blear eye;
Trichiasis; Sensation as if something adhered to the cornea;
Sight dim; Obscured; Fiery circles. Chiefly for Catarrhal Oph-
thalmia—also after or during Measles; Gomorrhoea; Affections of
the eyes during Menstruation.
Ranunculus Bulb.-Smarting as from smoke—the eyes are
very painful; he was unable to do anything for half-an-hour; Sen-
sation of soreness and burning; Painful pressure; Sensation as if
a hair were in the eye; Violent pressing pains in the eyeballs for
several days.
Ratania.-Twitching in the right eye and upper lid; Biting,
contractive sensation in the eyes; Sensation in the right eye, as if
it were in a vice; Twitching in the right lower lid, with a press-
ing upwards that impeded vision ; Dim sight.
Rhododendron.-Burning and prickling under the right eye,
and in the cheek—returning occasionally for many months; Swell-
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ing of the lids; Suppuration of the lids; Dry burning in the
eyes; Burning when writing or reading, especially in the evening.
Rhus Radi-Itching, stinging; Jerking of the eyelids; Heat
and itching in the eyes and eyelids; Redness, swelling, with itch-
ing and burning in the lids—with sensation of fulness, as if threaten-
ing Erysipelas; OEdema of the lids; Lachrymation; Agglutination. .
Rhus Tox,−(According to Dr. Dudgeon, this remedy is of
considerable value in Erysipelatous, Scrofulous, and Exanthematic
Ophthalmia.) The eyeball feels sore when turning the eye, or mak-
ing pressure upon it; Burning pressure from evening until morn-
ing; in the evening the lids feel heavy and stiff, as if paralysed;
Inflammation of the lids; Redness of the ocular and palpebral
conjunctiva, with burning and feeling of protrusion; Agglutination
in the morning; Swelling of the lids; Hard, red swelling, like a
stye on the lower lid; Lachrymation, with burning; CEdematous
swelling around the eyes; Catarrhal, Rheumatic Ophthalmia P
(Hepar Sulp.) Affections of the Meibomian glands (Hartmann).
Ruta.-Aching as if the eyes had been exerted too much by
reading; Heat; Sensation as of fire; Burning under the left eye;
Smarting; Considerable lachrymation in the open air; Spasm of
the lower lids; Spasmodic action of the orbicularis muscle; Sen-
sation as if there were not sufficient light; Weakness of the eyes;
Red halo; Incipient amaurosis; Muscae Wolitantes; Specks on the
COTIléa,
Secale.-Spasmodic contraction of the pupils, and contortion of
the eyes; the eyes roll about; Staring, wild look; Frightful con-
traction, with strongly-contracted pupil; Objects appear double or
triple; Strabismus; Luminous vibrations. Sight—Misty, ob-
scured; Convulsive movements of the eyes.
Senega.-Increased secretion of the lids; Violet-coloured
ecchymosis at the lower part of the iris; Lancinating pains around
the eyes. It promotes absorption of the broken Cataract. Pulsa-
tions; Jerking in the lids; the eyelids are full of mucus early in
the morning; the sight is dazzled with luminous vibrations,
especially when reading; Shadows before the eyes. * *
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Sepia-Pain in the eyelids, as if too heavy; on awaking in the
morning the lids feel as if pressed down by a heavy weight;
Pricking, smarting in both eyes; Inflammation; Redness; Swell-
ing of the eyes, with headache; Agglutination; Jerking, twitch-
ing of the lids; Paralysis of the lids; Dimness of sight; a number
of black spots before the eyes; Green halo around the candle-
light ; Pustules; Styes that are slow in suppurating.
Silica.-Heat; Smarting redness; Agglutination at night;
Burning, itching of the lids; Twitching of the lids; Spots; Ulcers;
Cicatria, on the cornea ; Sparks, or black motes; Letters look
blurred or too pale when reading; Light obscured—grey colour;
Sudden attacks of blindness; Far sight; Amaurosis; Cataract 2
Trichiasis 2 Ectropium ? Fungus haematodes? Scrofulow8 Oph-
thalmia. -
Spigelia-Newralgia of the optic nerve; Pains in and around
the eyes, and deep in the orbits; Pain in the eyeball during
motion; Intolerable pressure; Digging, sticking pains of a very
violent character; Sensation as if the eyeballs were too large ;
Right eye inflamed, with a feeling as if it would be pressed out of
the socket, with violent headache; Paralysis of the right upper
lid; Ulceration of the lids; Rheumatic Ophthalmia, with conges-
tion of the vessels; Pain every day from morn till noon—it then
disappears; Pain every morning, with frequent violent stitches;
Pupils contracted—the cornea looks faint and glassy; Sensitive to
light; Continual winking of the lids; Ptosis of the upper lid.
Stannum.—Pain in the eyes, as if they had been rubbed with
a woollen cloth; Sudden jerks; Dull shocks about the orbits;
Tensive stitch in left eyeball—violent when moving the eye; Pro-
trusion of the eyes; Winking of the left eye for one week; Nightly
agglutination; Lids contracted, with a feeling of burning.
Staphysagria-Aching pain in the upper part of right eyeball;
the light causes the eyes to ache, with smarting lachrymation;
Pain and inflammation in the eye; Smarting pain in the inner
canthi; Inflammation of the lids; Hordeolum; Spasmodic closing
of the lids; Hollow, sunken look about the eyes; Objects appear
covered with a white gauze ; Pupils dilated. . . . . . . . .
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EYES.] EYES,
Stramonium.—Staring, somnolent eyes; Pupils dilated—im-
movable; Eyes swollen; Eyeballs contorted in every direction;
Sparkling, glistening; Swelling and inflammation of the lids;
Dimness of sight, with thirst and sweat; afterwards giddiness and
headache; Presbyopia; Diplopia; the objects are multiplied, and
of various colours; Black objects appear grey; Dulness of vision,
as if looking through a glass of turbid water.
Sulphur will prove useful in scrofulous affection of the eyes,
and inflammation of the lids, with discharge of mucus or pus;
Affections of the eyes, supervening on repelled eruptions; Violent
pressure on moving the eyes; Bruised feeling; Dryness; Smart-
ing; Feeling of heat; Sense of congestion; Fulness; Intolerance
of sunlight; Incipient amaurosis; Ulcers on the cornea; Opacity
of the cornea; Pustular Ophthalmia; Specks on the cornea;
Yellow colour of the sclerotica. Eyelids—Burning inside the lids;
Swelling of the lids; Styeon the upper lid; Discharge of purulent
mucus; Agglutination; the eyes frequently close of themselves;
Twitching of the lower lids—several days; Ulceration of the
margins of the lids; Black spots hover before the eyes; a white
spot appears when looking into the air; General weakness of the
sight.
Thuja-Considerable pressure in the eyes for two or three days;
Akbuginea red and inflamed, with Smarting as from Sand; Weak
eyes, with pressure, as from very fine sand; Stinging in the eyes
when in the open air; Tearing, burning, itching; Sight dim in
the open air; Short sight; Sensation as if gauze were placed
before the eyes; Redness of the eyes; Sharp, penetrating stitch,
from time to time, in the inner canthus of right eye; Feeling of
heat and dryness in the eyes; Tearing pain in left eyebrow;
Pimples between the eyebrows, that itch, and exude pus. Eyelids
—Red blotch on the margin of lower lid; Swelling of the lids,
with hardness, or spongy excrescences that bleed readily.
Valeriana.—Smarting as from Smoke, at 3 P.M.; Burning,
smarting in the eyes, about ten o'clock in the morning; Pressure
in the eyes after rising in the morning—the margin of the lids
seems swollen and sore; Sight improved for distant objects; Black
motes; Scintillations. - -
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Weratrum.—Rheumatic, painful tearing, or compressive pains in
both eyes; Painful Ophthalmia, with excessive headache; Bruise-
like pain in the eyeball; Inflammation of right eye. Eyelids—
Excessive dryness of the lids; Paralysis of the lids; Profuselachry-
mation and sharp cutting pains; Pupils very much contracted or
dilated; the eyes look faint, dim, dull, or yellow.
Zincum.—Pain as if the eyes would be pressed into the head;
Lancinations in the eyes and head; Feeling of Soreness; Burning
or smarting; Conjunctiva red and inflamed ; Dryness of the eyes;
Constant weariness; Feeling of weakness; Dread of the sunlight;
Contracted pupil. Eyelids—Burning of the lids; Drooping of the
upper lid. -
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Aconite.—Bleeding from the nose, especially in plethoric per-
sons; Pressure over the root; Coryza, with headache; Humming
in the ears; Discharge of clear fluid from the nose; Furuncle at
the tip.
Alumina.-Ulceration of the nostrils; Sore, Scurfy, or dis-
charge of a thick, yellow mucus; or green, thick lumps; Stoppage
of the nose; Bleeding from the nose; Redness and swelling; Con-
stant disposition to Coryza and Catarrh.
Ambra.-Bleeding from the nose early in the morning; Fre-
quent sneezing; Tingling; Dryness; Stoppage; Chronic, dry Coryza.
Ammo. Carb.--Twitching in left wing of the nose—it seemed
to be drawn up; Pustules and pimples; Discharge of mucus and
blood; Epistaxis when washing in the morning, or after dinner;
Chronic dryness of the nose; Stoppage of the nose at night; Dry
Coryza.
Ammo. Mur.—Soreness around the nostrils; Bleeding from
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the left fossa; Coryza, with soreness of the nose; Difficult expul-
sion of mucus from one nostril; Sneezing, with pains at the nape
of the neck and shoulders. - -
Anacardium.—Bleeding from the nose after violent blowing;
Illusions of smell—or smell entirely lost; Obstruction of the nose;
Chronic Coryza; Violent fluent Coryza ; Discharge of much mucus;
Frequent sneezing, with coldness of the body and hands; Heat of
the head; Cramps in the calves, and anxiety about the Heart.
Antimon. Crud-Soreness of the nostrils when inspiring air;
Nostrils chapped and crusted; Painful and sore; Bleeding from
the nose for several successive days; Stoppage of the nose in the
evening—he can scarcely talk; Dry or fluent Coryza. ---
Arnica.-Painful sensation in the nose as from a fall; Cramp-
like pain, or lancinations; Swelling of the nose; Feeling of heat;
Frequent bleeding at the nose; Sensation as of an insect crawling
in the nose; Pimples in the nose, that are tipped with pus;
Coryza, with burning heat. - - -
Arsenicum, Pain at the root; Stitches in the nose; Burn-
ing, with 8welling and pain; Hard tumour, like cancer; Ulcera-
tion of the nostrils, very high up in the nose; Smell of pitch or
of sulphur; Profuse fluent Coryza, with much sneezing; Hoarse-
ness and sleeplessness; Discharge of a burning, biting, watery
fluid, with Soreness about and under the nostrils.
sº
Aurum,--Caries of the nasal bones; Soreness of both nostrils;
Painful ulceration of both nostrils; Ulcerated crust in right
nostril—he can scarcely breathe through the nose; Stoppage of
the nose; Scrofulous swelling of the nose; Dark-brown, red,
slightly elevated spots, tender to touch; Cancer? Sense of smell
increased; Sweetish smell—or of brandy; Putrid smell when
blowing the nose; Foetid, yellow-green discharge from the nose. 2:
• *- : * - - - • ** *- : *
• Baryta. C.—The nose feels clogged with mucus; Epistaxis of
bright-red blood several times a day; Stoppage, and troublesome
dryness of the nose; he blows blood and mucus from the nose;
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Belladonna.—Red blotches near the root of the nose—painful
when touched; Pimples, that quickly fill with pus, and form
crusts; Cold nose; Diminished smell—or of rotten eggs; Smell
too sensitive; Soot and tobacco-smoke are intolerable; Pain as
from a bruise in the nose, above the wing; Tingling; Fine
stitches; Sudden redness of the tip, with burning; Pain and
ulceration of the left nostril; Bleeding from the nose; Fluen
Coryza, with cough; and smell of herring-brine. -
Bovista,—Soreness, redness, and burning of the septum;
Scurfs and crusts in the nostrils; Scurfy pustules; Constant feel-
ing of Catarrh ; Stoppage of the nose, impeding the air and
speech; Bleeding from the nose early in the morning. .
Bryonia.-Swelling of the nose—it feels as if ulcerated, and is
very painful when touched; Inflamed and ulcerated nostrils, with
biting or gnawing pain; Chronic, dry Coryza, with twitchings in
the nose; Bleeding from the mose every morning, after rising—or
during sleep—or during a suppression of the menses; Violent
sneezing in the morning; Profuse fluent Coryza, with darting
pains; Pains in the forehead; Crusts of hardened mucus in the
IlOSę, . - | -
Calcarea.—Twitching of the muscles of the nose; Stinging
pain in the nostril; Soreness of right nostril; Inflammation,
redness, and swelling of the nose; Swelling of the right wing;
Pimple in right nostril—painful only when the muscles of the
nose or face are in motion; Nostrils sore and ulcerated; Violent
bleeding from the nose—almost to fainting; Smell as of rotten
eggs, manure, or gunpowder; Very foetid smell in the nose;
Polypw8; Dryness of the nose at night—moist during the day;
Stoppage of the nose with yellow, foetid pus; Violent fluent
Goryza, with heat in the head; Headache and Dyspnoea. .
... Cannabis.--Large nodosity, like Acne Rosacea; Swelling of
the alae nasi; Dryness; Dull pressure at the root; Sensation of
warmth, as if the nose would bleed; Epistaxis; Haemorrhage,
even unto fainting. . . . . . ... . . . " • . . .
tº g sº * * * -- - - - - - ". . . . . . • * tº ºr ºn a ... = ** * * *
: Gantharis–Inflammation of the right wing,...with shining
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rédness, and swelling; Erysipelas of the nose, extending over
the cheek, on the right side, with swelling, hardness, and subse-
quent desquamation; Pimples in the nostrils, that burn when
touched; Violent sneezing; Bleeding from the nose early in the
morning. *
Capsicum.—Epistaxis, especially before rising—after which,
blood and mucus are blown from the nose; Sensation in left nostril,
as from a pimple forming; Dry Coryza, with burning sensation.
Carbo An.—Swelling and redness of the nose ; Sore nostrils;
Pimples that form scurfs; Epistaxis for several mornings in suc-
cession; Discharge of a large quantity of bright-red blood—pre-
ceded by Vertigo, or dulness in the head; Stoppage of the left
nostril; Dry Coryza, with difficulty in breathing through the nose.
Carbo Veg.—Sensation of heaviness in the nose; Formication;
Tingling; Eruptions on the wing; Itching around the nostrils;
Scabs on the tip; Epistaxis at night—or when stooping, or strain-
ing at stool; Stoppage of the nose in the evening, especially the
left nostril; Violent fluent Coryza, with Catarrh ; Hoarseness and
Soreness in the chest; Secretion of green mucus; Profuse bleeding
from the nose, several times during the day, with paleness of the
face. - -
Causticum.—Itching of the nose and tip, wings, and nostrils—
the septum is very painful to the touch ; Pimples on the tip, and
also the root of the nose; Old warts on the nose; Total obstruc-
tion of the nose, with loss of Smell; Dry Coryza, with difficult
breathing; or fluent Coryza, with cough at night; Headache;
Hoarseness, and foetid discharge from the nose.
China-Heat and redness of the nose; Stitches in the septum;
Frequent bleeding early in the morning, after rising, for several
mornings; Bleeding after blowing the nose; Haºmorrhage from
the nose and mouth; Coryza, with sneezing; Watery discharge;
Violent Coryza, with constant dropping of fluid from the nose—or
dry Coryza, with lachrymation and toothache. -
Cina-Constant inclination to bore the nose, in children-even
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until it bleeds; Violent sneezing; Fluent Coryza ; Nose full of
mucus in the morning; Purulent discharge; Stoppage of the nose
in the evening.
Coffea.— Sudden, copious, watery discharge from the nose;
Fluent Coryza, with sneezing; Epistaxis, with ill-humour.
Colchicum.—Tingling, cramp-like feeling; Oppressive weight;
Soreness of the septum ; Smeezing, with tingling; Chronic Coryza,
with thin discharge; Epistaxis in the evening; Morbid sense of
Smell; Eggs almost cause fainting; the smell of broth, nausea.
Conium.—Itching, tingling of the nose and nostrils; Stinging,
itching, or burning; Soreness of the septum, as from a pimple;
Pustule on the right wing; Frequent bleeding from the nose—or
purulent discharge; Chronic stoppage of both nostrils; Frequent
Sneezing; Sense of smell excessively acute; Constant smell of tar—
which he also seems to taste; Inflammation of the nose after much
Mercury.
Crocus.—Violent sneezing; Discharge of tenacious, thick, dark,
almost black blood, with cold sweat on the forehead.
Dulcamara.—Dry Coryza, with Sneezing, and a feeling of dul-
ness in the head—aggravated by cold air; Copious bleeding from
the nose, of hot, bright-red blood, with a feeling of pressure in the
frontal sinus.
Euphrasia-Pustules on the wings—internal parts sore and
painful; Profuse fluent Coryza, with smarting lachrymation;
Sneezing—discharge of mucus; Cough and expectoration.
Graphites.—Nose red, dry, scurfy; Black pores; Cracked,
ulcerated nostrils; Painful scabs; Discharge of blood and mucus;
Obstruction of the nose, with flow of clear water; Dry Coryza–
sometimes with nausea and headache; Fluent Coryza, with Catarrh;
Frequent discharge of mucus from the nose; Foetid, purulent dis-
charge; Epistaxis, with palpitation; Sense of smell sensitive—
cannot bear flowers—smell like burning soot (morning); or burnt
hair, with sulphur, at night. . -
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Helleborus.-Constriction in the nose that threatens suffoca-
tion; Sneezing; Spasmodic, ineffectual desire to sneeze. -
Hepar Sulp.–The bones of the nose are tender to touch;
Drawing pains that extend into the eyes; Contractive sensation;
Itching, heat, and redness; Burning in the nose; Pain as if
bruised; Ulceration of the nostrils; Scurfs in the nose; Conges-
tion of blood; Discharge of coagula when blowing; Coryza, with
inflammation and swelling; Sense of Smell very fine and sensi-
tive. . . .
- Ignatia—Painful Soreness, with swelling and sense of ulcera-
tion; Stoppage of one nostril; Coryza, with frontal headache and
hysteric nervousness; Dry Coryza, with Catarrh.
Iodium.—Red, burning spot on the nose, under the eye; Itching,
stinging in the septum ; Profuse Epistaais; Fluent Coryza, with
much sneezing; Increase of yellow mucus.
Rali Bich—Watery discharge, with redness; Soreness, sneez-
ing, and snuffling; Soreness and swelling of right wing; Stoppage,
with pain on the bridge of the nose; Tenderness and ulceration of
the septum; Hard plugs—clinkers—resembling pieces of India-
rubber. These elastic plugs form in a few days, and are painful if
torn out : they soon pass through their natural course, and become
detached. Foetid smell—or loss of smell. Kali B. has been found
valuable for the cure of Polypus. -
Kali Carb.-Itching; Burning in the nose; Ulcerative pain
in right fossa; Burning that extends to the cribriform plate of the
ethmoid. Nose—Hot, red, and swollen; Pimples; Ulcers; Sore,
scurfy nostrils, which appear intensely red; Frequent bleeding;
Dry Coryza — or obstruction, with thick, yellow-green mucus;
Profuse fluent Coryza, with excessive sneezing; Headache and pain
in the back. -
Kali Iod.—Violent bleeding from the nose; Burning, with
flow of clear water; Catarrh; Profuse flow of serum, or thick,
yellow mucus; Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose
and eyelids; Catarihal inflammation, affecting the whole apparatus,
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with sneezing; Lachrymation; Injection of the conjunctiva; Pains
in the ears, and hammering in the forehead.
Kreasotum.—Foetid smell in the nose when awaking in the
morning; Frequent sneezing (early morning); Dry Coryza, with
much sneezing; Epistaxis of thin, light-red blood in the morning,
or thick and black blood; the membrane feels sensitive to the air.
Lachesis.— Pains in the nose, that proceed from the head;
Redness of the nose (acne), as in drunkards; also from Syphilis, or
when complicated by Mercury; Swelling, pain, and soreness of the
nose; Scurfy nostrils; Dropping of blood from the nose—or when
blowing it, with headache and sense of congestion; Copious flow
of blood; Discharge of pus and blood; Profuse Coryza, with sore-
mess of the nostrils; Fluent Coryza every day.
Laurocerasus.-Itching and titillation in the nostrils; Fre-
quent sneezing; Violent sneezing in the morning; Obstruction of
the nose—it seemed impossible for the air to pass; the upper part
felt closed; Feeling of fulness and dryness in the nose.
Lycopodium.—Spasmodic action of the muscles of the nose—
fan-like movement; Corrosive pain in the left nostril; Swelling of
the tip, which is painful to touch; Closing of the nostril by mucus
every night; Smell sensitive for Hyacinths; Total loss of smell;
Bleeding from the nose once or twice a day; Considerable dis-
charge of blood after blowing the nose; Frequent sneezing;
Obstruction and dryness, especially about the root of the nose
(this obstruction seemed to arrest a child's breath for fifteen seconds
during sleep, although the mouth was open); Coryza, with swelling
of the nose and soreness of the lip; Profuse fluent Coryza.
Mercurius.-Red, shining swelling, especially on the left side
of the nose; Swelling and tenderness of the septum; Scurfy
nostrils; Swelling of the bones, with tenderness; Black pores;
Violent itching; Scabs in the nose; Bleeding when sleeping or
coughing; Frequent sneezing; Coryza, with profuse watery dis-
charge, or corrosive mucus; Putrid smell from the nose.
Natrum Carb.-Pimples and vesicles on the nose; Burning
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vesicle on right wing; Pustule, with red areola on left wing ;
Blotches on the nose; Ulceration of the nostrils; Obstruction of
the nose when talking; Discharge of hard, foetid clots; Coryza—
now fluent, then dry—from a current of air; Constant Coryza,
with cough—passes off by sweat.
Natrum Mur.—Insensibility of one side of the nose; Twitch-
ings of the muscles; Redness; Heat and swelling of the left wing,
which is sore to the touch; Pimples on the wing of the nose;
Smarting vesicles; she blows out a quantity of coagulated blood;
Violent bleeding at night when coughing; Frequent sneezing;
Loss of Smell; Dry Coryza, with obstruction; Excessive fluent
Coryza, with loss of smell and taste.
Nitric Acid.-Pain as if there were splinters in the nose when
touching it; Soreness of the wings; Soreness, with scurf and scabs
in the nostrils; Redness of the tip, with scurfy blisters; Figwarts
on the nose; Discharge of blood when blowing or weeping;
Foetid smell in the nose; much sneezing every day; Violent
sneezing morning and night; Obstruction of the nose; Yellow,
foetid discharge; Coryza, with headache and a dry cough; Violent
fluent Coryza, with hoarseness; Stitches in the throat, and cough at
every attack.
Nux Wom.—Copious discharge of mucus from both nostrils,
although they feel obstructed; Fluent Coryza during the day, with
dry Coryza at night; Obstruction of one nostril only, with much
itching; Common Catarrh (early stage), with dulness in the head,
lachrymation, and stoppage of the nostrils; Dry Coryza, with
headache; Dry Coryza of infants; Bleeding from the nose, with
discharge of clots and mucus; Smell sensitive; Odour of decayed
cheese, or of sulphur, or of candle-snuff when going out.
Petroleum.—Pustules and pimples on the nose; Pustule on the
right wing; Swelling of the nose, with purulent discharge; Ulcera-
tion of the nostrils; Troublesome dryness of the nose; Catarrh,
with hoarseness.
Phosphorus.-Severe pain, with pressure; Inflammation;
Scrofulous swelling of the nose; Freckles; Pimples; Vesicles;
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Dry, hard crusts; Coagula; Polypus; Violent bleeding when at
stool, or early in the morning; Acute smell for bad odours, with
headache; Foetid smell; Loss of smell; Obstruction of the nose
every morning; Discharge of green-yellow mucus; Coryza, with
headache; Pain in the throat; Loss of appetite, and sick feeling.
Plumbum.—Frequent and copious bleeding from the nose,
which can scarcely be arrested; Erysipelatous inflammation of the
nose; Pustules in the nose ; Horrible smell from the nose; Dis-
charge of watery mucus; Discharge of tenacious mucus; Cold nose
for several days.
Pulsatilla.-Sensation as if an ulcer would form in the nostril;
Ulceration of the wing and nostrils, with discharge of a watery
fluid; Darting pain in the nose; Haemorrhage from the nose, with
dry Coryza ; Green, foetid discharge from the nose; Stoppage in the
evening, from Catarrh, with discharge, in the morning, of a thick,
yellow mucus; Frequent sneezing ; Coryza, with loss of smell and
taste; Influenza—worse towards evening, with chilliness and slight
fever; Epistaxis in Typhoid Fever.
Rhus Tox. —Tension and soreness of the nostrils; Herpetic
eruption; Feeling of hardness, and swelling under the nose—some-
times with a darting and burning pain; Eruption that forms a
crust on the left wing of the nose; Burning in the left nostril;
Bleeding of the nose when stooping, or at night, and early in the
morning; Frequent and very violent sneezing; Stoppage of the
nose—relieved in the open air.
Sabadilla.-Fluent Coryza; Sneezing, with contractive head-
ache, and threatened Catarrh; Discharge of transparent mucus, or
of large lumps from the nose; Biting sensation in the nose, as from
mustard; the smell of garlic is especially intolerable; Epistaxis;
Violent sneezing.
Sambucus.--Stoppage of the nose; Accumulation of thick,
tenacious mucus; Suffocative Catarrh, with threatened suffocation
and Paralysis of the lungs.
Sanguinaria.-Heat in the nose; Polypus (tincture applied,
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or the root powdered as a snuff); Loss of smell; Influenzā; Coryza,
with rawness in the throat, cough, and pain in chest; Frequent
Sneezing; Fluid Coryza; Smell in the nose like roasted onions.
Sepia.-Painful pressure at root; Nose and nostrils sore and
inflamed; Small ulcer in the nostril, lasting a long time; Plugs
in the nose from hardened mucus; Pimples and painful eruptions
on the tip; Bleeding when blowing; Violent epistaxis, especially
after being heated: Epistaxis from a very slight blow; Obstruc-
tion of the nose from lwmps of indwrated mucus; Obstruction,
with impeded respiration for seven days; Dry Coryza ; Frequent
sneezing; Foetid smell from the nose; Fluent Coryza, with pain at
the back of the head, and drawing pains in the limbs.
Silica.-Beating pain, as from ulceration—striking up to the
brain, with tightness and aching in the forehead; Pain in nose, as
from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Gnawing in the upper part of the
nose; Itching, with redness, and small vesicles at the wings;
Ulcers in the nose; Smarting, painful scurfs; Discharge of acrid
water; Epistaxis; Frequent sneezing; Loss of Smell; Chronic
obstruction, so as to prevent free speaking or breathing; Trouble-
some dryness; Plugs of mucus; Fluent Coryza.
. Sulphur.—Spasm of the nose; Sense of cracking, bubbling, and
bursting ; Nostrils red, sore, burning; Inflammation and swelling
of the nose; Internal ulceration; Black pores; Wings swollen and
inflamed ; Sensation of blood rushing to the nose when in the
open air; Scurfs and dry ulcers in the nose; Freckles; a yellow
fluid, having a strong odour, drops from the nose night and morn-
ing, for two days; Epistaxis for seven days; Violent fluent Coryza ;
Burning; Discharge of acrid water; Violent obstruction for several
days, with discharge of bloody lumps; Obstruction of one nostril;
Chronic obstruction. - -
Sulphuric Acid,—Bleeding from the nose, especially in the
evening, when sitting or standing; Obstinate dry Coryza; also with
sore eyes. - ..
Thuja.-Ulceration half an inch up the nose ; Discharge of
mucus mixed with blood; Painful ulcers that form scabs; Swelling
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and induration of the left nasal wing—the right nostril threatens
to become hard; Bleeding from the nose two or three times a day;
Dry Coryza, with headache; Fluent Coryza towards evening, with
cough.
Zincum.—Intolerable pressure at root of the nose; Feeling of
Soreness in the nostrils; the left nasal wing is swollen and painful;
Obstruction of both nostrils; Violent dry Coryza the whole day,
with pain in back; Fluent Coryza towards evening, with pain in
the right tonsil.
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Aconite.—Sensation as of a worm ; Tearing pain; Aching;
Burning ; Tingling; Roaring; Partial deafness, as if stopped—or
hearing unusually sensitive. -
Alumina-Stitches; Heat and redness for many evenings;
Pulsations; Humming; Noise like tolling a bell. -
Ambra.-Pain in the lobule, and behind the ear; Feeling of
tingling, itching; Tension; Roaring, ringing, whistling, snap-
ping; Deafness in one ear. -
Ammo. Carb.-Humming; Buzzing; Ringing; Throbbing in
the ear at night; Diminished hearing in the left ear; Suppura-
tion.
Antimon. Crud.—Stitches in the ears; Sensation as if little
heaps of animals were moving about; Redness, burning, and swell-
ing of the ear; Splashing, as from drops of water; Continual
roaring; Violent din; Partial deafness, as if a leaflet were placed
over the tympanum.
Arnica-Pains in the cartilage, as from a bruise or contusion;
Pressure in the region of the tympanum; Stitches in the ears;
Humming and tingling; Heat and burning in the lobule.
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Arsenicum.—Tearing pains in the ears, extending to the neck
and shoulder; Sensation as if the ears had been plugged up ;
Deafness, more especially for the voice; Roaring in the ears
during the paroxysms of pain; Noise as of the rushing of water.
Asafoetida. — Diminished hearing, With purulent, greenish
discharge, and especially if caused by the abuse of Mercury.
Aurum.—Tension; Pressure; Crepitation; Humming; Roar-
ing in the morning, when in bed; Foetid Otorrhoea; Caries of the
mastoid process—also from Mercury; Hardness of hearing.
Baryta Carb.-Pains in the ear, and the bones in front of the
ear; Violent stitches, that made her scream; Throbbing and
pressure in the ear on which he had been lying ; Eruptions on the
ears; Cracking; Tingling; Roaring ; Buzzing; Ringing of bells;
Hard of hearing.
Belladonna-Stitches in the ear when chewing, extending
from the jaws; Violent stitch, from the right parotid region to
the external ear; Tearing pain in the cartilage of the left ear;
Tearing, from above downwards, in the internal and external ear;
Stitches in the meatus externus; Sharp thrusts in the internal
ear; Painful dragging; Boring; Lancinating thrusts through the
mastoid process; Feeling in the right ear as if it were being torn
out of the head; Discharge of puriform fluid for twenty days;
Tingling; Din, as of trumpets; Whizzing, humming, murmuring
—worse when sitting—better when walking ; Roaring in the ears,
with Vertigo and dull Colic ; Rushing of wind; Fluttering, bub-
bling; Sensation as if a skin were drawn over the ears; Hardness
of hearing, from taking cold; Acute Otitis; Parotitis.
Borax-Stitches in the left ear; Inflammation and swelling of
both ears, with discharge of pus, and pains in the head; Hardness
of hearing in the left ear (a child, aged five years); Roaring.
Bromine.—Painless Otorrhoea; Burning in the right ear, as
from a hot coal; Beating; Tingling, as from bells; Affection of
the ear, with swelling of the tonsils; Difficult deglutition, espe-
cially for liquids. -
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ORGAN OF HEARDNG. [EARS,
Bryonia-Pressure, and contractive pain, with dartings, and
hardness of hearing; Burning in the ear, from within outwards;
Tumour behind the ear; Tumour in front of the ear, discharging
moisture, and covered with a yellow scurf; Sensation as if the
ears were obstructed; Humming; Buzzing; Singing; Intolerance
of noise; Discharge of blood from the ears; Ulceration of the
concha.
Calcarea.—Cramp-like pain; Pressure; Stitches in the left
ear; Tearing stitches in the right ear; Pulsations in the ears;
Heat in the interior of the ears, like hot blood; Burning pain
around the ear; Swelling of the ear, with increase of wax; Moist
eruption behind the right ear; Shooting in the ear when blowing
the nose; Sensation in the right ear as of something lodged
before the tympanum; a shrill sound seems to affect the brain;
Tingling; Singing; Snapping, like electric sparks; Cracking,
like breaking dry straw ; Buzzing; Roaring; Ringing; Flapping
sound; Pwrulent discharge from the ears; Polypus in the ear.
Carbo Veg.—Pulsations in the ears; Heat and redness of the
left ear; Discharge of thick, brown matter from the right ear;
Discharge of a thick, flesh-coloured liquid, having a foetid odour;
Suppuration of the inner ear; Deficiency of wax; the ears feel as
if stopped by two bags of sand; he feels as if a load were lying
before his ears, but the hearing is not affected; Chirping; Rust-
ling; Roaring; Violent humming in both ears.
Causticum.—Pain in the ears, as if the inner parts would
burst forth; Sensation, when lying down, as if the flesh on the
left side had been severed from the bones; Tearing pain in the
tympanum ; Boring lancinations; Stitches in the right ear;
Tumour behind the ear; Swelling of the ear, with dragging pain,
and discharge of bloody fluid; Foetid discharge, or 8wppwration
from the internal ear; Air gushes into the ear; Sounds and
footsteps re-echo; Whistling; Humming; Chirping, as of a
cricket; Noise as from the rushing of a water-dam; Detonations;
Frequent roaring in the ears.
Chamomilla.-Acute Otalgia, with tearing, drawing pains;
Single, long-continued stitches when stooping, with angry feel-
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ings; Dull pains; Shocks; Stitches from the ear into the neck;
Sensation of a bird fluttering, with sense of obstruction; Hum-
ming; Tingling; Sound of rushing waters; Hearing dull, or over-
sensitive to music ; Discharge from the ears.
China.-Otalgic stitches in the ear; Pains in the lobules or
the cartilages; Heat and burning of the ears; Redness of the
lobules and cheeks; Beating ; Ringing ; Tingling; Humming ;
Hardness of hearing; Sensation as if something were lying against
the ear.
Colchicum.—Discharge from the ears, with tearing pains,
after the Measles; Dragging, tearing, or cramp-like pains; Roar-
ing, with sensation of stoppage of the ears.
Colocynth—Dragging; Rushing in the ears; Beating; Dul-
ness of hearing, with giddiness; Itching, stinging, deep in the
tube; Feeling of warmth; Painful drawing behind the left ear.
Conium, Pain in the ear as if it were forced asunder; Stitches
in both ears during a walk in the open air ; Stitches behind both
ears, in the mastoid process; Drawing stitches, from within out-
wards; Throbbing in the ears; Accumulation of wax like decayed
paper, mixed with purulent mucus—the hardness of hearing ceased
when the wax was removed, but returned as it again accumulated;
Painful sensitiveness of hearing—the least noise caused him to
start; Shrill tingling ; Humming; Roaring, as from the wind, or
as a waterfall, in the right ear; Swelling and induration of the
parotid region.
Digitalis. – Pain as of constriction; Pulsations; Single
stitches; Hissing before the ears, as from boiling water; the
hearing is suddenly obstructed with tingling in the ear; Painful
swelling of the parotid gland.
Drosera-Otalgia, with sticking pain in the inner ear; In-
duration behind and below the ear; Roaring and humming;
Hardness of hearing; Pain in the ears during deglutition.-
Dulcamara.-Pain in the ear, that prevented sleep; Dragging
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pain, with nausea; Tearing in the left ear, with stitches from
within outwards; Sensation in the ears as if cold air had got in;
Tingling in the ears.
Ferrum.—Humming in the ears, with a disagreeable sensation
in the brain (relieved by laying the head on the table); Ulcerative
pain; Stitches in the ear.
Graphites.—Painful dragging in the internal ear; Stitches in
the ear; Pulsative throbbing, especially after a meal; Sense of
fanning or blowing; Sensation as of a valve opening and shutting;
the left ear feels as if filled with water; Ears red and hot ; Herpes
behind the ears; Hard tubercle behind the right ear, painful to
touch; Herpes that scale off; Discharge of pus; Foetid discharge;
Hardness of hearing; Roaring in the head, with detonation;
Violent roaring at night; Pealing like thunder; Hissing in the
ear the whole day; Cracking during a meal; Sound like the
bursting of a bladder; Sound like the report of a gun in the left
ear, when swallowing.
Hepar Sulp.–Pain in the outer ear when resting upon it at
night; Darting pains; Violent stitches; Heat; Redness, with
itching; Scurfy eruption on and behind the ears; Discharge of
pus—sometimes foetid; Increased secretion of cerumen; Hardness
of hearing, with whizzing; Roaring; Throbbing ; Snapping, as of
electric sparks; Detonation when blowing the nose.
Iodium.—Dragging pain in left ear; Frequent din as from a
mill, in the right ear; Buzzing; Hardness of hearing; Movable,
painful swelling, the size of a pigeon's egg, in the front part of the
right ear.
Kali Carb.-- Frequent tearing pains deep in the right ear;
Alternate pains in both ears; Stitches in both ears in the evening
when in bed; Frequent stitches, from within outwards; Boring ;
Aching; Gnawing; Throbbing or hammering in the right ear
when resting upon it; Pimples on the ears; Soreness and suppura-
tion behind the ears for four weeks; Discharge of yellow liquid
cerumen; Ulcer in the ear; Discharge of a very foetid humour
from the ears; Bursting of a small tumour; Hard swelling of the
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EARS.] - ORGAN OF HEARING.
parotid region; Hearing dull, diminished; Singing, whizzing, or
violent roaring in the ears; Frequent cracking in the ear.
Kali Iod.—Painful gnawing in the internal ear; Violent boring
or darting pains, that sometimes extend into the head; Pain that
causes him to start; Painful tearing, deep in the ear; Frequently-
recurring, tearing pains in the right ear; Sensation as if a leaflet
were stretched over the ears, without affecting the hearing.
Kreasotum.—Humid herpes on the ears, with swelling of the
cervical glands; Heat and burning of the ears; Inflammation of
the left outer ear, with considerable swelling, and tensive, burning
pains; Stiffness of the neck, arm, and shoulder—preventing move-
ment, or turning the head to the left side.
Lachesis.-Throbbing in the bones; Scurfs and Soreness on
the ears; Dryness of the ears—the cerumen turns quite white, or
appears like pap, and sometimes turns yellow; Sensitive to sounds;
or hearing diminished, with a sense of obstruction.
Lycopodium.—Otalgia when in the open air; Sensation as of
a foreign body being forced into the ear; Tearing pains in the right
and left meatus; Darting stitches in the internal ear; Sensation
as if hot blood rushed into the ears; Humid scurf on and behind
the ears; Pain behind both ears—it was so severe as to compel
him to walk bent; Great sensitiveness to noise when walking;
Music affects him most painfully; the sound of a voice seemed
hollow, yet strong; Fluttering; Humming; Roaring ; Violent
whizzing; Singing as of a kettle boiling; Chirping; Beating or
bubbling, as of air in the ears; Sensation as of sand in the ear.
Manganum.—Darting, tearing in right ear, early in the morn-
ing; Dull sticking pain in the ear when talking; Deafness as
if the ears were closed with the hand; Deafness, depending on
changes in the weather; Whizzing and rushing; Fluttering; Loud
report in the ear when blowing the nose. -
Mercurius.-Acute Otalgia ; Dragging or tearing pains when
stooping; Burning in the cartilage—the left ear feels painful and
inflamed; Soreness and excoriation of the internal right ear;
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Ulceration of the concha; Fungoid growths in the ear; Sensation
as if cold water were running out of both ears—several times a
day—it comes on Suddenly; Humour oozes from the ear; Discharge
of pus, blood, or blood and foetid pus from the ears; Discharge
of liquid cerumen from the ears; Hardness of hearing in both
ears; Buzzing, as from wasps; Fluttering, as of a bird; Various
noises; Ringing; Pulsative roaring; Swelling of the parotids;
Scrofulous caries of the internal ear; Deafness.
Muriatic Acid. — Otalgia of the right ear; Throbbing ;
Gnawing, ulcerative pain; Hardness of hearing; Deafness.
Nitric Acid.—Pain in the ear as if something would burst;
Dragging, drawing, cramp-like pains; Stitches in the right ear;
Soreness behind the ears; Large blotches on the lobules, the size
of peas; Steatoma of the lobule; Caries of the bones; Swelling of
the glands behind and below the ear; Feeling of obstruction—the
enlarged tonsil seemed to cause dulness of hearing; Evil results
of Mercury on the ears—the right ear becomes suddenly closed;
he is deaf for a short time; Sensation as if water were in the ears;
Throbbing; Roaring; Humming; Cracking in the ear during
mastication. -
Nux Wom.—Pains in the ears at night, in bed; Tearing pain
in or behind the ear, affecting the face; Itching in the tube,
obliging him to swallow frequently—it disturbed his might's rest;
Single sharp stitches in the inner ear, with cramp-like sensation;
Painful stitches early in the morning, when in bed—he was obliged
to cry out; Lancinating pains in the inner ear, from without
inwards, towards evening; Paroxysms of pain in the inner ear;
Stitching, or almost cramp-like pain in the inner ear, when com-
pressing the jaws, or during mastication; Noise in the ears, as from
a machine working, at night; Chirping, as from a cricket, at
night; Humming, buzzing, as of bees; Roaring in the ears early
in the morning; Hollow sensation, with reverberation of the sound
of his own voice, early in the morning; Tingling; Hissing in the
ears; Swelling in the parotid region. - . . -
Petroleum.-Eruptions on the outer ear, lasting thirty days;
Redness; Rawness; Soreness, with discharge behind the ears;
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EARS.] ORGAN OF HEARING.
Troublesome dryness of the inner ear; Loss of hearing in the right
ear; Paralytic deafness; Roaring, with pain in the ears.
Phosphorus.-Dragging; Drawing; Intense pains in the ear;
Throbbing in the ear; Pulsations; Violent stitching; Beating ;
Heat and redness; Pimples and vesicles on the concha, with
burning; Strong echo in the morning—every sound is re-echoed
precisely; Occasional obstruction in the right ear; Lowd whizzing;
Humming; Buzzing; Constant buzzing sound; Singing, that is
worse when lying; Hardness of hearing, especially for the voice;
Congestive deafness. Useful in acute Otalgia; Deafness after
typhoid fever, and some inflammations. Deafness of aged persons
may be relieved.
Phosphoric Acid.-Roaring in the ears, with hardness of
hearing; he cannot hear the ticking of a watch at the distance of
eighteen inches; and when the watch is held close to his ear, it
resembles a hissing, but no distinct tick can be recognised; In-
tolerance of noise and conversation; for a long time music was
almost painful.
Platina.-Otalgia; Cramp-like pains; Sensation of cold air
passing into the right ear; Whizzing in the ears, with stitches in
the head; Tingling; Noise as of the wind blowing—it prevented
her hearing other sounds; Dull roaring; Rolling noise—every
morning first, but afterwards every evening, after lying down; it
came on at the same hour for several weeks; Noise like distant
thunder. - - Ó
Pulsatilla-Acute Otalgia—also with inflammation; Darting,
or tearing-darting, stinging pains; Heat, redness, and swelling
of both the internal and easternal ear; the pains are often so
intense as to seem unbearable; they frequently come on in
paroxysms, and affect the whole head; Otorrhoea, with acute exan-
themata; Rheumatic Otalgia at night; Otalgia of children; Dis-
charge of thick pus from the ears, especially after Measles—also
with painful swelling of the glands; Deafness from suppressed
Measles; Hardness of hearing, from Catarrh, or nervous causes;
Nervous deafness; Rush of blood to the ears; Pulsation, murmur-
ing; Rushing as of wind or water; Frequent buzzing, ringing,
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ORGAN OF HEARING. [EARS.
chirping, as of crickets; Eruptions on the external ear, with burn-
ing and gnawing pain.
Rhododendron.—Humming and constant buzzing in the ears;
Sensation as of a worm creeping; Shooting stitches; Acute Otalgia,
commencing in the morning, and continuing the whole day.
Rhus Tox-Painful beating in the internal ear at night;
Sudden pain, as if a thread were being drawn through the ear;
Noise as from young mice; Creeping titillation, as from living
insects; Swelling of the ears and lobules; Discharge of pus and
blood, with hardness of hearing; Swelling in the parotid region.
Ruta.—Sensation as if a piece of blunt wood were being moved
over the walls of the ear, with scraping pressure; Contusive pain
in the ear-cartilage; Pain as after a shock or blow under the
mastoid process; Bruise-like pain.
Sanguinaria-Burning of the ears, with redness of the cheeks;
Pains in the ears, with headache; Humming in the ears, with
vertigo, and determination of blood to the head; Beating, hum-
ming, cracking; the noise of a Smith's hammer affected his right
ear painfully at every stroke.
Sepia.-Pain in the left ear, as if it were being torn out;
Dragging pain in both ears; Constant earache at night; Pain as
from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Herpes on the lobule; Herpes
behind the ear, and on the mape of the neck; Suppurating eruption
on the ear; Discharge of thin pus from the internal ear; Hearing
very sensitive to noise and music ; Deafness; Sudden hardness of
hearing, as if stopped with a plug.
Silica.-Beating, shooting in the ears from within outwards;
Scurf behind the ears; Inflamed margins, with humid eruption;
Swelling of the external, with discharge from the inner ear;
Discharge from the left ear; Increase of moist wax; Ichorous
suppuration; Caries of the internal ear, and the mastoid process;
Sense of obstruction in the ear; Difficulty in hearing the human
voice; Cracking when masticating and swallowing food; Hard
swelling of both parotids.
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BIEAD.] HEAD AND BRAIN.
Sulphur.—Otalgia in the left ear; Pain when swallowing or
sneezing; Drawing, tearing in left ear, extending to the head—also
into the fauces; the internal ear feels painful if pressed with the
finger; Large boil on the helix; Discharge of pus from the ears;
Excoriation behind the ears; Obstruction of the ears when eating
or blowing the nose; Humming, whizzing, roaring, cracking;
Bursting of bubbles; Fluttering; Detonations; Hearing very sen-
sitive. A deaf person felt nauseated, when playing on the piano,
from Sulphur. *
Zincum.—Intensely painful lancinations deep in the right ear,
near the tympanum; Violent stitches in the ears; Purulent dis-
charge from the left ear day and night; Foetid discharge from the
left ear; the orifice of the meatus is hot and swollen; Buzzing,
and very troublesome pulsations in the evening—also when writing;
Reports in the ear; Noise like a pane of glass breaking when falling
asleep.
HEAD AND BRAIN
Aconite.—Vertigo, with a sense of waving to-and-fro in the
brain; Vertigo when stooping, with staggering to the right side;
Vertigo—everything turns round—so giddy that the head could
not be moved, with feeling as if the eyes were closing; Vertigo
when walking, not when sitting—worse when rising from a seat—
increased by shaking the head; Weight, especially in the forehead,
with nausea and qualmishness; Vertigo, with headache—worse
when stooping; his head feels, in the front, as if it were nailed up;
Confusion in the head, as after intoxication, with pressure in the
temples; Headache, with bruised feeling—this bruised pain was
also felt in the limbs; Fulness and heaviness in the forehead, as
if a weight were pressing the brain out through the forehead;
when stooping the forehead feels full, as if the contents would burst
forth; Heat in the whole head—followed by soreness (evening);
Humming in the head; Crepitation; Numbness; Headache in-
creased by speaking; Feeling as if the eyes would fall out—as if
the brain would protrude; Sensation of heaving in the brain here
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and there; Shooting, pulsating headache—sometimes pressive—
relieved by sitting; Very acute, pressive pain over the forehead;
Squeezing in the forehead, over the root of the nose; Furious
headache—pain increased by light and noise; Shootings, pulsa-
tions in the forehead; Headache at the vertex, with pressure as
from a tightly-fitting cap ; Sensation as if the head were com-
pressed by screws at the temples; Burning sensation, as if the
brain were moving about in boiling water; Congestion of the
brain; Headache from much sitting ; Delirium of Aconite—
chiefly occurs at night, with desire to escape from the bed; very
changeful mood; Full of mirth—then disposed to weep; Some-
times furious—runs about the house; Acts with extreme haste;
has a keen, sharp look; Talks loud and boldly.
Ammo. Carb.-Chronic headache—also with nausea; Sense of
weight in the head; Oppressive fulness in the forehead; Tumult;
Sensation as if the brain would issue forth; Throbbing, beating in
the forehead, as if it must burst; Headache, with stitches the
whole day; Throbbing, beating in the temple; Sensation as
if the brain were moving to-and-fro; Hammering headache.
Antimo. Crud.—Headache—followed by slight bleeding from
the nose ; Violent headache after bathing, with dislike to food, and
weakness in the limbs; Dull, stupefying pain in the whole head;
Headache as if the forehead would burst; Pressive pain over right
brow, within the skull; Continual boring pain in the forehead, from
within outwards; Rush of blood to the head. Scalp—Red, hard
pimples; Tubercles, here and there, on the scalp, the size of peas;
Eruptions, slightly elevated, near the forehead; Troublesome itch-
ing of the scalp; Falling-off of the hair. -
Arnica.-Burning heat in the brain, without heat in the body;
Heat in the head; Aching in the temples; Throbbing in the
temples; Aching in the forehead, as if the brain were being rolled
up into a ball; Headache over the eyes, towards the temples; the
skin of the forehead felt contracted; Lancinations in the forehead
when coughing; Stitches in the forehead; Dartings in the left
temple; Headache, with sensation as if a nail had been thrust into
the left temple—followed by sweat and languor at midnight;
Darting, lancinating headache when stooping, with qualm and
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nausea; Cutting, tearing pain in the head—increased by coughing
or stooping; Darting pain in the forehead; Great heat of the head
—external and internal; Headache from concussion, shock, or a
blow; Concussion of the brain. -
Arsenicum.—Vertigo, coming on every evening, or on being
seated; when lying down he is seized with vertigo, and inclined
to vomit—he is obliged to rise for relief; Vertigo only when walk-
&ng—he falls to the left side; Giddy, stupid feeling in the forehead
when walking in the open air, as if intoxicated—he staggers as if
he would fall; Loss of sensation and consciousness—he knew
nothing that happened after he was put to bed; Headache; Gid-
diness; Want of sleep; Headache and weariness, as from in-
sufficient sleep; Anxiety, inquietude, with pains in the head; Sad-
ness and melancholy; Heaviness, as if the brain were oppressed
by a weight, with humming in the ears; Violent headache for
several days; Headache after dinner; Periodic headache—relieved
by cold water; Great weight in the forehead when sitting or
standing, with humming in the ears; Tearing pains in the head,
with heaviness, weariness, and drowsiness; Beating pain in the
head, with nausea and inclination to vomit; Hammering in the
temples; Feeling of great weakness in the head; Sensation as if
the brain were moved—it shook like water, and seemed to dash
against the skull when walking or moving the head; Delirium of
Arsenicum ; Mania, with headache; Anguish ; Ringing in the
ears; Fancies he sees a person who had been hung; Desires to hang
himself; Restlessness; Loss of speech; Trembling; Weeping;
Sweat on the forehead; Kneels down in the attitude of prayer;
Delirium, with trembling of the limbs; Inability to stand; Faint-
ing; Vomiting; Severe pains in the stomach; Heat of urine;
Constipation; Dry skin; Mouth dry, parched; Pulse hard, wiry;
Organic affections of the brain; Depressed vitality; Exhaustion.
Asafoetida.-Congestion of blood to the head, with heat in the
face; Pressure, particularly in the forehead, over the eyes; Sensa-
tion as if the head would burst—or feeling of compression in the
occiput; Headache, which shifts or disappears by contact; Confu-
sion, with whirling sensation; Constriction, as if the brain were
pressed by drawing a cloth over it; Stitches in the left temple and
forehead. * - - - . º,
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Aurum.–Dulness in the head; Heaviness in the occiput;
Vertigo when stooping, or when in the open air, as if intoxicated
—he felt he must lie down; Headache, with a bruised pain—stupe-
fying when talking or writing—it seemed to increase even to
violence, with confusion of thoughts and ideas; Pressure in the
temples, with tearing pains in the head; Burning, with tearing
pains in the forehead that seemed deep in the brain ; Semi-
lateral, throbbing headache; Tumult and roaring, as of rushing
water; Hysteric headache; Rush of blood to the head.
Baryta Carb.-Headache in the evening—every noise seemed
to affect the brain very painfully; Painful pressure in the right
hemisphere, extending to the occiput, with stiffness at the nape of
neck; Violent stitches in the brain, with heat and tingling;
Stitches in the right frontal eminence, from within outwards; the
blood feels to be stagnant in the brain, as if it could not circulate;
Heat in the head, with lancinations; Considerable rush of blood
to the head; Tendency to take cold in the head. Scalp—Erup-
tions on the scalp, dry or humid; Baldness.
Belladonna, Vertigo—sense of balancing to-and-fro; Turn-
ing, heaving sensation, or of things turning round in a circle;
Reeling when seated; and, when walking, must hold to the walls;
Staggering as if intoxicated; Confusion of the senses—he scarcely
knows what he is doing, and thinks he must be dreaming; Loss of
consciousness; Intellect lost for some weeks; Memory very feeble
—he forgets immediately; Heaviness, as if the brain were stunned;
Sensation in the morning, as if something descended upon the orbits;
Headache in the forehead; also one side only; Aching in the fore-
head—it compels him to close the eyelids; Headache as though the
sides of the head were being compressed; Throbbing, which ends
in painful stitches; Stabbing pain, as with a knife, from one
temple to the other; Swelling of the whole head; Sensation of
dilatation in the whole brain; Headache, coming on about 4 P.M.
every day; Convulsive shaking of the head; Jerking pain in the
head; Congestion of blood to the brain; Sharp stitches, from
within outwards, in the frontal region; Tearing pain over the eye-
brows; Digging on the top of the head, with sensation as if the
skull were thin, and could be broken through; Sensation of cold-
ness in the brain, at the centre of the forehead; Sensation of swash-
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ing in the brain; Sensation as of a heavy stone in the forehead;
the pains are generally rendered worse by movement and a current
of air—relieved by supporting the head; Headache, with symptoms
of Hysteria; Inflammation of the Brain; Delirium of Bell. ; he
suddenly screams, with trembling of the hands and feet; Anguish
about the heart; Headache; Redness of the face; Constant uneasiness;
Incoherent speech; Delirium, that subsides after a meal; Nightly
delirium, that subsides during the day; Crazy delirium ; Runs
about in a state of nudity—dances, laughs, asks for improperthings
—raises his feet very high—fancies he has articles to step over—or
very merry—laughs, sings, and whistles—smiles to himself—takes
out money and counts it (this is often followed by drowsiness);
Deliriwm at might; Muttering, moaning, weeping; Talks about
war and soldiers, and especially about dogs—fancies a black dog is
in the room; Grinds his teeth; Delirium, with Frenzy; Irritable
mood; Taste and smell acute; Displeased with everything—tears
his clothes; uses horrible words; curses, screams, howls; spits and
bites—does not know his friends; Eyes open, staring—dilated
pupils; Attempts to get away—tries to jump out of the window;
Desires some one to kill him.
Bismuth.—Sensation as if the anterior part of the brain were
turning in a circle, several times a day—lasting a few minutes;
Heavy, painful weight in forehead, and over the root of the nose
when sitting; Pressure and weight in forehead—worse during
movement—also in the occiput; Pressive, drawing pains in dif-
ferent parts of the head—more violent during movement; Dull,
cutting pain in the brain, extending from the right frontal sinus
to the occiput; Burning and contractive feeling in the forehead
and eyes.
Borax,−Fulness in the head; Heaviness; Headache all over
the head, with nausea, inclination to vomit, and trembling of
the whole body, at 10 A.M. (two females); Throbbing in both
temples, but more especially the right, with shivering of the whole
body.
Bovista.-Headache, as after sleeping too late in the morning;
Stupefying pain in the forehead; Sensation as if both sides of the
head were pressed towards each other—screwed up; Distensive
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pain in the head at three o'clock, A.M., when awaking from sleep,
with perceptible pulsations—abating on the appearance of sweat;
Beating in the head, as if an abscess were forming; Headache that
seems deeply seated in the brain—during the pain the head feels
greatly enlarged; Inability to lift the head, at night, from the
pillow, on account of the pain.
Bryonia-Vertigo when standing, as if everything turned
around him; Vertigo when rising from the chair—it disappeared
when walking; Vertigo when sitting up in bed, with feelings of
nausea and faintness; Vertigo the whole day, as if intoxicated;
Vertigo when standing (in the evening), that caused him to stagger
backwards—when attempting to walk he feared he should fall on his
back; Giddiness early in the morning, as if the brain were turning
in a circle; Giddy the whole day, with weakness in the limbs,
and sensation of weakness of the mind and thoughts, as when one
is about to faint, with heat in the face; his head felt heavy like a
hundredweight; in the morning, the headache begins when he
moves the eyes about ; the head feels gloomy, and aches; the blood
rushed to the head—after which the temples felt compressed, as it
were, from ear to ear; Compression, with pulsations; Violent head-
ache, with pressure in the brain from within outwards, and great
desire to lie down; Headache after a meal, with pressure in the
forehead from within outwards, during a walk; Feeling as if the
contents of the head would issue through the forehead—also
when stooping; Pain in both temples, pressing from within out-
wards; Headache as if the skull were being pressed asunder—early
in the morning, when lying on the back; Pain extending from the
occiput to the shoulders, with pressure as on a sore spot ; Pressing
and darting in the head when stooping—also when sitting; Con-
gestion of blood to the head, with heat; Burning pain in the fore-
head; Chirping in the head like grasshoppers; The headache sets
in chiefly in the morning, after awaking—aggravated on opening
or moving the eyes—also by movement generally—relieved by rest;
Headache of Typhoid and other fevers; Puerperal and Milk
fevers.
Calcarea Carb.- Headache, with giddiness every morning,
when awaking; Pain in forehead and over the nose; Headache,
with nausea; Aching at the occiput after tying a band firmly
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round the head; Semilateral headache, with empty risings; Stupe-
fying pain in the forehead when at rest, and during movement;
Oppressive frontal headache, with cloudiness and inability to
recollect what he has been reading; Painful feeling of fulness, with
throbbing in the temples; Heaviness in the forehead—increased by
reading and writing; the head is affected by mental labour;
Pressure in the forehead; Oppressive pain, with a sensation as if
the forehead were enlarged; he awakes at five o’clock every
morning with aching pain at vertex—it passes off after an hour;
Pressure in the forehead from within outwards—relieved by
applying the cold hand; also by walking in the open air; Pressure
in the occiput and nape of the neck; Drawing pains in the sinci-
put, with nausea, and coldness of the forehead; Headache that
seems to arise from the nape of the neck; Pains in the temples
and orbits, with swelling of the cheeks; Throbbing headache in
the middle of the brain, in the morning and throughout the day;
Throbbing as of an artery in the vertex; Throbbing, that is in-
creased by mental exertion and alcoholic drink; Hammering in
the occiput after a walk in the open air; Heat; Buzzing, with
rush of blood to the head; Icy coldness about the head; Shocks
in the brain when setting down the foot—they seemed to re-echo
in the head; Shocks in the occiput at every step ; Open fontanelles
in children; Sweat about the head at night; Liability to colds in
the head. Scalp—Tumours and eruptions on the scalp; Scurf of
the Scalp; Impetigo.
Camphora. —Spasmodic drawing of the head on one side,
towards the shoulder; Staggering when walking; Vertigo, with
heaviness of the head; the head inclines backward; Dull head-
ache, with inclination to vomit; Heaviness; Cutting thrusts from
without, to the centre of the brain, immediately after lying down;
Heat in the head, with tearing headache; Inflammation of the
brain, especially from exposure to the rays of the sun; Congestion
of blood to the head.
Cantharis-Violent pains deep in the brain; Drawing, tearing
pains in the head; Stitches in the occiput; Throbbing, deep in
the brain, on the right side; Burning, with heat in the head, and
burning of the hands; Anxiety, with ascension of heat, and head-
ache; Inflammation of the brain; Deliriwm of Canth.; Melan-
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choly; Moaning; Great anguish; Runs about like one mad—hither
and thither, as if she had been in the fire; Violent cries; Barking
noise; Paroxysms of rage, like frenzy, or hydrophobia—the fits are
excited by touching the larynx, or pressing on the painful parts
of the abdomen, or at the sight of water or liquids.
Carbo Veg.—Headache from having taken cold; Giddiness;
Sense of balancing; Headache from getting over-heated; Heavi-
ness in the head—it feels heavy as lead; Aching from the nape of
the neck to the forehead; Pressure in the occiput after supper;
Aching on the top of the head, with sensitiveness of the hair to
touch ; his hat feels too heavy; when stooping, the contents of
the head felt as if they would protrude at the occiput and the
forehead; Violent throbbing in the occiput from morning until
evening; Beating or pulsation in the afternoon, or after a meal,
with eructations; Congestion of blood to the head, with heat in
the forehead, and confusion in the head; Burning in the forehead
and eyes, with heat in the mouth; Burning, with pressing on the
top of the head, at night, when in bed; Buzzing as of bees; Pains
in the occipito-frontalis muscle.
Causticum.—Dizziness when awaking in the morning; Stupe-
fying, painful dulness; the brain feels loose and painful when
shaking the head; Sensation as if there were a hollow part behind
the frontal bone; Aching in every part of the head, with boring
toothache; Contractive pressure in the forehead—rendered more
violent by walking fast; Dizzy feeling that lasted a whole week,
with a feeling of compression in the head; Pains in the temples,
with nausea and vomiting—continued day and night ; Tearing
pains in the head, without alteration by either rest or motion—
it lasted several days; Sense of tightness over the right eye, with
feeling of paralysis; Stitches in the temples; Stitches, with heat
in the head; Stitches, with a feeling of tightness from over the
eyebrows to the vertex; Jerks and violent shocks through the
whole head every minute—not relieved by rest nor motion; Beating
and throbbing on the top of the head, as if the brain would
protrude; Painful throbbing in the cerebral arteries; Congestion
of blood to the head, with heat; Burning in the temples and fore-
head, as if the brain were inflamed ; Sensation as if an abscess
were forming on the brain; Headache and giddiness, with disposi-
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tion to fall to the left side on looking upwards, and a fear of
falling backwards when stooping.
Chamomilla, Giddiness after a meal, or after coffee; Vertigo,
with feeling of faintness; Wertigo, with flushes in the face, and
dimness of sight, when lying down; Oppressive heaviness in the
head; Headache, which is felt even during sleep; Headache on
awaking in the morning; Pain as if the head would burst; Tearing
pains at midnight, that arouse him from a sound sleep; Sensation,
in the forehead, of a lump falling forwards; Tearing pain in one
temple ; Lancinations in the temples, from within outwards;
Violent stitches in the brain; Throbbing headache; Paroxysms of
throbbing in one of the hemispheres; Catarrhal headache, with
suppressed perspiration, and colic in the abdomen; Nervous head-
ache, with angry, irritable feelings—disposed to quarrel; Hysteric
headache. - -
China.-Giddiness, as if he would fall backward, during a walk;
Headache, with languor and a feeling of coldness; Pain in the
head, as from a suppressed Coryza; Pain in the forehead when
opening the eyes; Stupid feeling in the morning on awaking;
Headache, with nausea and vomiting; Heaviness in the head and
of the eyes, with lassitude of the limbs; Headache at night, with
sleeplessness; Aching pain deep in the brain; Pressure in the head
from within outwards, as if the head were too full, especially just
over the eyes; Pressure as from a rush of blood to the brain—the
head feels as if it would burst; Sense of compression from both
sides, that sent the brain forwards, and caused a feeling of weight
in the forehead—aggravated in the open air; Pressure in the occi-
put as if the cerebellum would be pressed out; Spasmodic head-
ache; the brain feels sore, as if bruised, when walking against the
wind—also during meditation; Tearing pains in various parts of
the head; Tearing in the temples; Darting pain in the forehead;
Stitches in the temples and forehead; Hammering in the forehead,
toward the temples; Congestion of blood to the head, with heat
and fulness; Sensation of balancing, and feeling as if the brain
struck against the skull, causing pain; Hemicrania. The headache
of China is increased by stepping, contact—also during motion
of the body, and by a strong current of air. Sweating of the
Scalp.
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Cocculus.-Heaviness and cloudiness; Stupid feeling—in-
creased frequently by eating and drinking; Vertigo, threatening
Apoplexy; Stupid feeling in the head, with cold sweat on the
forehead, and inclination to vomit; Sensation as of a weight lying
on the head; Painful constriction, either as from a band, or com-
pressed by screws; Concussion in the head when walking, talking,
or moving the head—he is unfit for reading or meditation;
Frontal headache; Tearing, throbbing in the forehead, in the
evening; Frequent attacks of headache—confined to a small spot;
Several severe stitches over the right eye, and in the right side of
the head; Headache as if the eyes would be pressed out during
every movement; Sensation as if the head were empty; Headache
as if the eyes would be forcibly closed; Trembling of the head;
Headache from Suppression of the menses; Cerebral congestion.
Conium.—Vertigo as if he were turning in a circle when rising
from a seat—also when stooping and raising the head again—or
when going down-stairs—she was compelled to hold by the rail;
Vertigo when lying down—the bed seemed to turn in a circle;
Apopleasy—also with paralysis of old persons; Violent headache,
with vertigo lasting three or four days—with sadness; Headache
in the morning as if the brain were torn ; the head feels as if it
had been bruised by blows, and would fall in pieces; Sensation
as from a load, with dulness and heaviness in the head; Headache,
as if the head were too full, and would burst—especially on awak-
ing in the morning; Sensation as if a foreign body were in the
brain; Aching as if a stone were pressing on the frontal bone;
Feeling of tightness in the head; Tearing pain at the occiput and
nape of the neck, with nausea—it compelled her to go to bed;
Tearing stitches and dartings through the forehead, from within
outwards; Painful lancinations, darting outwards through the fore-
head, at noon ; Chronic, lancinating headache; Piercing pain, as
from a knife at the occiput, with every pulsation; Hydrocephalus ;
Congestion of the brain, with vertigo; Hysteric headache; very
little wine seems to intoxicate; Wine-and-water produces headache.
Cuprum.—Very violent headache; Attacks of vertigo when
looking upwards, with vanishing of sight—the head inclines for-
ward; Aching, first in the right, then in the left side of the head;
Hard pressure in the temples—worse during motion; Drawing.
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pains in different parts of the head, with vertigo, qualms of sick-
ness; Headache after an epileptic fit; Meningitis; Delirium of
Cup.; Excessive and convulsive laughter; Incoherent talk; Fear-
ful—he tries to get away by himself; Crazy delirium—he fancies
he is a military officer—or very poor, and offers herbs for sale—
thinks he is a repairer of old chairs—or he spits in the faces of
those around—then laughs—or he is artful, peevish, and sly;
During the attack the pulse is full and quick—the attack gene-
rally ends in profuse sweat; sometimes there may be rage, with
disposition to bite.
Digitalis.-Delirium and restlessness at night; Dizziness;
Vertigo—she fell down when going up-stairs; Vertigo, with slow
pulse; Vertigo, with trembling. (Digitalis has proved useful, in the
hands of Dr. Garrod, for delirium tremens.) Wertigo when rising
from a seat; Headache, lasting several days; Frontal headache when
stooping; Headache, with pressure and weight—with slight stupe-
faction—it seemed caused by congestion of the vessels of the brain;
Pressure in the forehead, vertex, and occiput; Intense headache
after awaking in the morning—continuing the whole forenoon;
Intense headache in the afternoon—in the evening it compelled
him to go to bed; Pressure, as from a load, in the middle and upper
part of the forehead; Contractive pressure in the forehead and
temples; Sticking tightness at a small spot in the brain when
stooping; Drawing pains at the side of the head that made him
feel giddy; Tearing stitches on the left, then on the right side of
the head; Stitches that dart through the brain at night; Violent
lancinating headache in the occiput and vertex; Headache, with
sensation as if waves were beating against the inside of the skull—
relieved by lying down; Sensation as if the brain were beating,
like water, against both sides of the skull, with obtuse feeling in
the head; Sudden cracking in the head during his afternoon map—
it made him start with affright; Swelling of the head; Apopleaſy
from serous effusion; Hydrocephalus.
Dulcamara.-Headache on awaking in the morning, that be-
comes worse after rising; Painful stupefaction; Sensation as if a
board pressed against the forehead; Vertigo in the morning, with
trembling and weakness; Headache, with a feeling of icy coldness,
and inclination to vomit; Stupefying headache, ascending from
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the nape of the neck over the occipital region; Stupefying head-
ache—lasting ten days; Weight in the forehead, with stitches in
the temples for several days; Pressive pain, from within outwards,
when walking out in the evening; Pressure and tearing in the
temples; Stitches that made her feel angry; Violent stitches in
the forehead, deep in the brain, with nausea; Boring pain from
within outwards, in the temples, or in the forehead; Beating in
the left temple, with giddiness and pressive pain; Congestion of
blood to the head, with humming in the ears and partial deafness;
Sensation as if the occiput were enlarged. The headache of Dulc.
is increased by movement and conversation.
Eupatorium.—Sensation of internal Soreness, with headache,
that is better within doors than in the open air; Throbbing head-
ache; Headache, with sick feeling at the stomach every other
morning—it continues all day, with loss of appetite during that
day—on the intervening day the appetite is again restored; Pain
in the occiput after lying, with feeling of great weight in the part—
he was obliged to raise it with his hand; Beating pain at the
occiput and nuchae; Soreness, with beating at the back part of
the head; Thumping sensation in the right temporal region, over
the ear; Painful soreness in right parietal region; Shooting pains
from the left to the right side of the head; Distressing pain on
the top and back part of the head; Heat on the top of the head;
Sensation of blood rushing across the head.
Ferrum Ac.—Vertigo, especially when going down-stairs, with
a feeling of falling forwards; Staggering when walking, as if in-
toxicated; Vertigo, with reeling sensation, when looking at flowing
water; Vertigo, with sickness at the stomach, and inclination to
fall on the right side when walking; Momentary shock in the
brain, with giddiness; Headache every evening, with pressure over
the root of the nose; Dizziness and gloomy feeling in the head
early in the morning; Hammering and throbbing headache, last-
ing two, three, or four days—recurring every two or three weeks—
with entire loss of appetite, and desire to lie down; Pressure on
the top of the head when in the open air; Lancinations in the
forehead; Drawing pains from the nuchae to the top of the head,
with hammering and roaring; Sense of undulation ; Pain as if the
brain were rent asunder; Rush of blood to the head, with swelling
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of the veins and flushes of heat; Pains in the scalp, as from sub-
cutaneous ulceration—the hair is painful to the touch.
Graphites.—Painful dulness early in the morning; Feeling of
confusion and wildness, or of intoxication; Vertigo on awaking in
the morning, after a sound sleep, or in the evening—also when
looking upwards, or when stooping, with nausea; Headache every
morning when awaking; Violent headache, with vomiting; Diar-
rhoea; Icy-cold sweat; Faintness; Constant alternation of chilli-
mess and heat, with extreme weakness; Headache on the opposite
side to that on which he had rested; Headache when turning the
head, or when riding in a carriage, or during and after a meal;
Sensation of numbness; Pain as from bruises, with general feeling
of sickness; Constrictive pain at the occiput, with painful feeling,
as if the neck were broken; Drawing pains in the forehead, with
stiffness of the nape of the neck; Congestion, or feeling of ebulli-
tion of the blood, with heat and sweat; Throbbing in the forehead
—also on the right side of the head, in the afternoon, for several
days; Burning on the top of the head, at a small spot; Roaring,
humming; Feeling of weakness, especially at the neck; Rheumatic
pains in the head. Scalp—Itching of the scalp; Scabs on the
head; Humid eruption on the top of the head; Scurfs; the hair
turns grey, or falls off; Sweat on the head when walking.
Helleborus.--Dulness of the head, with heaviness and con-
fusion; Stupefaction; Giddiness when stooping; Reeling sensation
when walking; Headache at the right side of the forehead, press-
ing from within outwards; Pain as if the whole brain were com-
pressed, at every step, when walking; Violent headache when
awaking, with great heaviness at the occiput; Constant pain
towards the nape of the neck; Compressive pain in both temples;
Pulsative throbbing in the temples, with heat in the face; Sensa-
tion in the left hemisphere, as if the whole cerebral mass were
aecumulating there.
Hepar Sulp.–Headache, with vertigo, when quickly moving
the head; Headache induced by very slight concussion; Dull
headache when in bed, that improved after rising; Aching in the
forehead as if bruised, with a pain in the abdomen—with pricking
Jain; Violent headache at night, with great heat, but no thirst;
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Stitches in the head when stooping, as if the skull would burst;
Lancinating pains in the head, that disappeared when walking in
the air; Pulsative stitches at the occiput; Hammering sensation
in the head; Painful throbbing in right temple; Very searching
(grinding) headache for four mornings—relieved by tying a band
round the head; Boring pain at the root of the nose. Scalp—
Sensation in the foréhead as if a boil were forming; Jerking sen-
sation in the occipito-frontalis muscle when lying down; Tuberosi-
ties on the scalp; Pimples and blotches on the scalp and nape of
the neck; Humid scald head; Falling-off of the hair, either from
fevers or the effects of Mercury.
Hyoscyamus, Vertigo, lasting two weeks; Reeling; Stag-
gering ; Stupefying frontal headache; Headache, alternating with
pains in the nape of the neck; Headache, with gloominess; Un-
dulating sensation in the brain; Strong throbbing of the arteries,
with pressure in the forehead—increased by stooping; Headache,
with unnatural heat in the head; Sensation, when walking, as if
the brain were loose; Rush of blood to the head; Inflammation of
the brain from taking cold in winter weather; Hydrocephalus;
Apoplexy ; Delirium of Hyoscyamus ; Complete stupefaction—
he does not know his relations or friends; Sits immovable, like a
statue; he does not see nor hear anything that passes around him ;
Imbecility; Soporous state; Mental delirium; Discloses all his
secrets; Talks incessantly—says the most absurd things, such as
ought never to be named; Mutters to himself; Speaks inco-
herently; Delirium of fever; Great excitement; Almost constant
delirium; Grasping at flocks; Picking the bed-clothes; thinks
he is very strong, while he is really very weak; Delirium of
drunkards; Sings obscene songs; Dances and performs ludicrous
actions, resembling monkeys; Gesticulates like the clown in a
pantomime; Uncovers his body; Walks about naked, or becomes
very solemn, and desires to go to church; Sometimes there is
laboured breathing, with burning heat and cries, and violent
motions with the hands. Useful in Delirium Tremens. Hyos-
cyamus acts very powerfully on the brain.
Ignatia-—Heaviness in the head—he leans his forehead on the
table to obtain relief; Sensation as if the head were too full of
blood, with a feeling as if the nose would bleed; Headache coming
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on suddenly after stooping; Headache increased by stooping;
Headache after sleeping, with a feeling as if the brain were too
full; Tearing frontal headache—relieved by lying on the back—
with heat and redness of the cheeks; Boring pain in forehead, and
deep in the brain—relieved by lying down; Aching in the forehead,
over the root of the nose, that compels him to incline the head,
with sensation as if he would vomit; Cramp-like pain over the root
of the nose; Sensation as if a nail were pressing into the brain ;
Headache as if something hard pressed on the surface of the brain–
recurring in paroxysms (relieved by coffee); Headache as if the
temples would be pressed out; Furious headache in the morning,
with pressing through the temples—relieved by lying on the back;
Talking or reading aloud excites a bursting headache, which passes
off when quiet, and the attention is directed to reading or Writing ;
but continues while listening to the conversation of others; Beat-
ing headache, often felt on one side of the occiput; Beating over
the right orbit; Beating headache—synchronous with every pul-
sation; Pain in the head, as if bruised; Headache in the morning,
that is converted into a toothache—afterwards the same pain
passes into the small of the back, and again returns to the head
during meditation; Tendency of the head to be thrown backwards;
Falling-off of the hair.
Iodium.—Dulness of the head, proceding from the nape of the
neck, with dislike for labour; Violent headache—it almost makes
him crazy; Pain in forehead and on the top of the head—increased
by noise or conversation; Headache induced by fast walking, or
from riding a long time in a warm or close carriage; Headache,
with sensation of a band firmly placed around the head; Frontal
headache—the brain feels bruised and sensitive, the arms weak and
paralysed; Headache in the temples now and again, but not
constant ; Sense of confusion in the whole head; Throbbing
headache at every movement; Tearing headache in the left temporal
region; Congestion of blood to the head; Falling-off of the hair.
Ipecacuanha.—Wertigo, with staggering to-and-fro when in
the open air; Tearing pains in the forehead—aggravated by stoop-
ing; Heaviness of the head, with drowsiness; Tearing headache
from morning until noon; Headache as if the brain and skull were
bruised—it seemed to penetrate the bones, and affect the root of
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the tongue in such a manner as to induce nausea; Attacks of
headache which excite nausea and vomiting; Tensive headache at
the occiput and nape of the neck, extending to the shoulders;
Headache, with feeling of sickness from indigestion. Frequently
useful with females.
Kali Carb.-Vertigo, that seemed to proceed from the stomach;
Headache that is relieved by sitting up in bed—increased by lying
down; Headache when riding in a carriage; Attacks of semilateral
headache, with qualm and faintness; Aching in the forehead in
the afternoon, when walking; Violent pressure over the whole skull,
and down to the nuchae, with nausea and vomiting; Headache,
especially in the forehead, with acidity and vomiting of mucus;
Pressure over the eyes, with violent pain in the forehead; Pain in
right temple, pressing from within outwards; Feeling of fulness as
if the brain pressed against the skull; Heaviness in the occiput—
it felt full of lead—with stiffness of the neck, that extended between
the scapula; Throbbing and beating in the forehead and sides of
the head—frequently intermitting; Congestion of blood to the
head, with feeling as if intoxicated; Warm rising of blood to the
head, with orgasm in the body; Rising of heat in the head and
face—sometimes burning, or even painful; Sensation in the fore-
head as if a hot body were present—recurring when stooping or
writing; Congestive headache, with throbbing and buzzing ; the
pains are sometimes relieved by pressure; the head was occasionally
drawn to one side with a jerk, which affected the senses—after-
wards the nape became stiff; Great liability to take cold in the
head. Scalp—Eruptions and tumours on the scalp; Falling-off
of the hair.
Kali Iod.—Feeling as if intoxicated; Heat in the head, with
burning redness of the face; Beating in the forehead and temples;
Heaviness and dulness, as from a weight—the whole head feels
heavy; Violent frontal headache—also with indigestion; Sudden
sensation as if a wedge were forced down between the eyes to the
base of the brain, with violent pain in the eyes, and profuselachry-
mation; Lancinations or dartings into the left temple—continuing
for a long time.
Lachesis.-Heat, with dulness, and feeling of congestion in the
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head every morning; Vertigo after stooping—staggering to the left
side; Frequent giddiness, either on motion or sitting still; Giddi-
ness before the menses; Apoplectic fits, with dark-red face—con-
vulsions of the facial muscles—mouth drawn to the left side. Use-
ful in cerebral affections of children. Hydrocephalus; Helmin-
thiasis; Headache, generally in the forehead, and especially, the
left frontal eminence, and appears deeply seated; Headache caused
by the heat of the sun; Dull aching in the head, with nausea ;
Heaviness early in the morning, with pain over the right eye;
Headache with nausea; Fulness, and severe pains as if the head
would burst; Tearing, darting lancinations; Beating, throbbing;
Heat and congestion of blood to the head; Pulsations, palpitation,
and vomiting, at 2 A.M.; Violent headache, with nausea—it
almost deprived her of her senses; Headache, with toothache and
chilliness; Erysipelatous swelling of the scalp and face.
Laurocerasus.—Dull, stupid feeling—dim, misty sight—loss
of consciousness—intoxicated; Whirling vertigo—he can scarcely
keep his feet—he felt as if something were turning him round in a
circle; Vertigo, with oppressed breathing, for eight days; Violent
headache; Stupefying pain in the head—when stooping, the brain
felt to be striking against the skull; Sensation as if the frontal
bone were raised and pressed forward—it made the head feel larger;
Headache, affecting the whole head, with a feeling of great prostra-
tion—worse in a warm room ; Oppression as from a weight on the
top of the head; Pressure in the forehead from without inwards—re-
lieved by pressure; Headache, with pain in the occiput—with drow-
siness; Beating in the head, with stitches; Heat in the head, with
ill-humour and sweat; Violent tingling and stinging in the brain.
Lycopodium.—Gloomy feelings in the head; Dizziness in the
morning, as from a deranged stomach; Vertigo when in a hot
room, or when getting out of bed in the morning—sometimes with
nausea; Headache, during rest, for several days—relieved by walk-
ing in the open air; Headache from chagrin—also with a feeling
of faintness; Headache over the eyes immediately after breakfast;
Pressure, as from a nail, in the centre of the forehead; Rhewmatic
Headache; Tensive, aching pains in the head; Headache as if the
bones of the skull were being driven in, with a sense of vacillation
in the brain; Tearing pain in the occiput; Tearing pains in
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various parts of the head and face; Tearing on the top of the
head, forehead, and temples—eyes, nose, and teeth—obliging him to
lie down; Violent shocks; Darting pains, apparently in the cranial
bones; Throbbing in the head and in the brain; Violent beating
in the occiput, with pain and stiffness at nape; Throbbing on the
top of the head; Pulsations in the head, with heat; Rush of blood
on raising the head, in bed, when awaking in the morning—followed
by headache. Scalp—Eruptions on the head, with suppuration,
even foetid; Tumour, the size of a walnut, on the occiput.
Mercurius.-Vertigo, with staggering and nausea; Heat and
pain in the whole head—relieved by sitting down, and leaning the
head upon the hand; Dull, gloomy pain, with ill-humour; Head-
ache, with a sensation of the head being firmly constricted by a
band; Screwing pain at one part, then in another; Pressing pain,
from within outwards, in the parietal bones; Feeling of fulness, as
if the head would burst; Stitches through the whole head—also
when walking in the open air. Chiefly useful in Catarrhal and
Rheumatic Headache. Scalp—Pains in the muscles and bones;
Itching eruptions; Small elevated scabs; Humid eruptions; Sweat
on the head; Falling-off of the hair.
Natrum Carb.-Dulness of the head; Easy fatigue from mental
labour; Vertigo—she falls towards the left side when walking in
the room; Continual headache, with a sense of reeling in the head—
a little wine seemed to make her swoon; Vertigo relieved by
exercise in the open air; Headache in the forehead, especially when
turning the head quickly; Headache from the heat of the sun;
Heaviness in the head, with burning in the eyes; Painful feeling
of emptiness in the occiput; Stitching pains in various parts of
the head, with burning; Throbbing; Roaring; Heat in the head,
with heaviness, and redness of the face.
Natrum Mur.—Headache induced by coughing or sneezing,
or from any exertion ; Headache when in bed in the morning—
sometimes with giddiness—it passed off after walking in the open
air; Heaviness in the head every day; Stupefying headache from
morning until noon—sometimes with nausea; Violent headache,
with nausea; Compression of the brain on all sides, especially
when reading or writing; Fine beating in the forehead; Stitches
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in the parietal region; Throbbing, hammering, and beating in the
head; Excessive heat, with desire to dip the head in cold Water;
the head feels enlarged and swollen within.
Nitric Acid.-Vertigo early in the morning, with obscuration
of sight; Heaviness and dulness in the head, with nausea; Painful
feeling of fulness several times a day, lasting about half-an-hour—
it felt as if the head would burst; Sensation as if the head were
too full of blood, with pain when shaking the head or blowing the
nose; Painful tension in the interior of the head; Sensation as of
a tight bandage around the head; Headache early in the morning,
with chilliness, qualm at umbilicus—followed by colic, flatus, and
eructations; Pressure in the head, temples, and eyes—also with
heaviness in the limbs; Compressive pain in the forehead the whole
afternoon; Tearing in the forehead, vertex, and sinciput; Stitches
in the forehead—also in the occiput; Throbbing headache on the
left side the whole afternoon; Beating or throbbing in the right
temple, with nausea, on awaking in the morning, for several days;
Heaviness of the head when stooping; Congestion of blood to the
head, with a sensation of gauze before the eyes; Feeling of heat in
the head the whole day; Humming in the head; Great sensitive-
ness to noise.
Nux Wom.-Feeling of stupefaction; Intoxication, cloudiness;
Ailments after a night revel; Vertigo, with obscuration of sight
and humming in the ears; Vertigo—everything turns round, or
seems to balance up and down; Vertigo, with a sensation of faint-
ing; Chronic Vertigo; Headache in the morning, as if he had not
slept enough; Headache always in stormy weather; Headache from
haemorrhoids; or from a sedentary occupation; or from travelling a
long time in a railway carriage; Headache from too full a meal,
or from wine, spirits, beer—or coffee, if it disagrees; Headache
from mental labours; Headache from taking cold; Rheumatic
headache; Bilious headache, with nausea and vomiting; Aching in
the forehead—relieved by leaning the head on the table; Aching
pain over the eyes; Pain in the occiput immediately after leaving
the bed; Tearing, frontal headache, frequently towards evening;
Distensive feeling throughout the whole brain; Tearing headache
after a meal, with heat in the face; Burning sensation in the brain;
Congestion of blood to the head, with violent pains in the forehead—
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also with vertigo and fainting; Sensation as if the head had been
struck by an axe ; Sensation as if the brain were cleft in twain;
Single, violent stitches in the head; Headache before dinner; Head-
ache early in the morning—increased by stooping; Bubbling or
shaking sensation in the head when walking; Delirium of Nua: ;
Insane, foolish actions; Runs about in the street, like one who does
not know where he is going; Gives improper and absurd answers;
Disposition to leave his home. Useful for affections of the mind
from excessive study or disappointment; heavy losses in business;
loss of a relative; and such like troubles; Deliriwm tremens;
Muttering delirium; Illusions of the senses; and for excessive
fatigue after walking or running.
Opium,_Vertigo, with stupefaction; Sensation as if everything
were turning round; or as if he were flying, or hovering in the
air; Vertigo after a fright; Apopleaſy; Red-hot, bloated face;
Loss of consciousness; Eyes half closed—pupils dilated, insensible;
Slow, snoring breathing; sometimes convulsive movements of the
limbs—the fits are often followed by a state of nervous irritation ;
Painful headache— worse on moving the eyeballs; Headache
affecting one side of the head, or the forehead, with pressure from
within outwards; Beating in the forehead, with acid eructations
and vomiting—followed by perspiration ; Pressure over the eyes
and root of the nose; Pain in the head as if the brain were being
torn, with a sensation of turning, and great discomfort in the
stomach and abdomen; Heaviness in the occipital region for several
days, like a heavy weight, causing the head to fall backwards; he
is unable to hold his head erect—it constantly moves to-and-fro;
Throbbing in the vessels; Congestion of blood to the head;
Delirium of Opium; Visions—fancies he sees frightful things—
rats, mice, Scorpions—imagines ghosts, devils, and persons in masks
surround the bed, and try to torture; she points to masked persons
—fancies they are approaching her; Delirious talk about events
long passed; and sometimes bursts into loud laughter; Furious
delirium ; Mania, with distortion of the mouth ; Red face; Glis-
tening eyes; Swelling of the head and face; Swollen lips; Rolls
on the floor, uttering threats, and does not know those who are
around him; Delirium tremens; Dulness in the head, with sensa-
tion of a vapour in the brain; Stupefying dulness, with sensation
as from a board pressing against the forehead; Cloudiness; Vertigo;
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Illusion of the senses; he fancies himself the size of a giant, and
that his eyes are immensely large. The symptoms are accompanied,
or followed, by trembling of the body.
Petroleum.—Vertigo, with nausea, as from swinging; Violent
balancing sensation; Headache every morning, until after break-
fast; Headache in the evening, after walking in the open air ;
Frontal headache, increasing to stupefaction by mental study;
Headache affecting the right side of the head—compelled to lie
down; Dull headache from morning until evening, with chilliness;
Heaviness and fulness, with heat in the head in the morning, when
stooping; Pressure in the occiput—it feels heavy as lead; Violent
pressure, with dizziness, and a feeling of qualm; Tension, with
a sense of pulling in the dura mater; Sensation as if the brain
were being pressed together; Stitching pains in the head, with
nausea; Throbbing in the occiput the whole day; Pulsations;
Sensation as if something alive were whirling and turning in the
head; Sensation as of blood rushing to the head during quick
motion. Scalp—Soft tumours on the scalp; Pimples and erup-
tions on the scalp and nape of neck; Profuse sweat of the scalp.
Phosphorus.-In the morning, when rising, the head feels
giddy and painful, as if it had been lying too low during the night;
Painful dizziness for eight successive mornings; Violent dizziness,
with headache and chills; Stupid, gloomy feeling; Sensation of
weakness; Giddy sensation, as if the chair on which he sits were
rising up; Vertigo, with sensation of falling; Violent vertigo at
noon; she threatened to fall from her chair; Vertigo, with stag-
gering and vanishing of thought; Chronic Vertigo; Various kinds
of vertigo; Violent headache from stooping; Headache every
morning, awaking her from sleep; Dull headache, with nausea,
eructations, and waterbrash; Dull, stupefying headache; Sensation
of numbness and dizziness, with oppressive pain in the head, and
drowsiness; Pain as if the brain were bruised; Oppression that
seemed to affect different parts of the head; Oppression in the
forehead for two days—it lasted from morning till night; Oppres–
sive pain as if the head would burst—it was so violent as to cause
her to cry out; Tearing pain in the forehead and temples;
Throbbing at the root of the nose, every morning at nine o'clock,
for eight days; at noon it increased in violence, and caused her to
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vomit; Stitches in different parts of the head; Stitches at the
right side for several days; Beating, throbbing, and pulsations;
Shocks in the head during a straining at stool; Intolerable rush
of blood to the head, with burning heat and redness of the face;
Humming and roaring in the head, almost the whole day; Roaring
in the head, mostly when sitting; Burning pain in the forehead;
Frequent alternation of heat and coolness of the head and body;
Burning pain in the outer part of the head, without increase of
bodily heat, with desire to lie down, and loss of appetite; Cold-
ness on the left side of the head, with pain deep in the ear;
Sensation, when remaining in the open air, as if the brain would
become congealed; the head feels easier when in the open air.
Scalp — A number of scales on the scalp; Shining, painless
tumour; Blotches like boils; Great falling-off of the hair; also
after long-continued grief.
Platina-Feeling of numbness in the whole sinciput, as from
a blow—it extended to the nasal bone; Sensation as if the head
were jammed up ; Constrictive numbness when in a warm room;
when beginning to walk, in the evening, a painful vibration is felt,
as if the brain were loose, and like a ball knocking against the
cranial bones; the sensation was also felt afterwards, when lying
in bed, with slight roaring in the ears; Cramp-like contraction,
with numbness, and a feeling as if the head were tied too tight, or
as if placed between screws; Violent pressure on the top of the
head and forehead—even to the eyes—increased by stooping, or
even a slight movement of the head—sometimes with anguish and
palpitation; Burning heat and thirst ; Headache that increases
until ten in the evening; Pains that recur for several evenings at
the same hour; Headache, with sensation as of water in the head,
about midnight, with scraping and dryness in the throat, and large
drops of sweat on the face; Pain as from a blow on the right side
of the head; Roaring in the head as from a mill.
Podophyllum.—Giddiness and dizziness, with sensation of
fulness over the eyes; Dulness and drowsiness, with headache in the
morning; Momentary darts of pain in the forehead, obliging one
to shut the eyes, with giddiness; Pain on the top of the head on
awaking in the morning; Stunning pain in the temples—relieved
by pressure; Morning headache, with heat in the vertex; Sudden
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pain in forehead, with sore throat in the evening; Vertigo, with
inclination to fall forwards; Morning headache, with flushed face;
Pain in the left frontal eminence—worse in the afternoon. During
fever—Delirium, with loquacity and much thirst; Sweating of the
head during sleep; Rolling of the head during painful dentition in
children.
Pulsatilla.-Confusion, stupid feeling, as from intoxication or
from long watching; Feeling of emptiness; Giddy—staggering
when walking in the evening, with heat in the head, and paleness
of the face; Vertigo on rising from a seat, or during a walk; or
after dinner, with obscuration of sight; or roaring in the ears; or a
rapping sensation in the head; Vertigo, especially when Sitting;
Vertigo when stooping—it scarcely permitted her to rise up again;
when stooping, the head felt so heavy that he feared he should not
raise it again; when stooping, he felt as if he must fall forwards;
Gloomy sensation, with vertigo—he is obliged to lie down, but
unable to remain in bed; he seems unable to carry the head erect,
it feels so heavy, and he cannot bear a glare of light; Headache, as
if the forehead and temples would burst, when in bed in the morn-
ing; Pain that seemed deep in the orbits when moving the eyes,
with a sensation as if the frontal bone were too thin to sustain the
contents of the forehead; Hemicrania, as if the forehead would
burst, and the eyes fall out ; the head feels stupid, and aches, while
the forehead feels bruised; Bubbling sensation at night; Pulsa-
tions that he heard distinctly; Beating headache at midnight;
Headache when stooping; Tearing pain in one side of the head,
and in the teeth—also in the ear; Jerking, tearing, or drawing,
darting pains; Headache, with a feeling of tightness in the brain ;
Humming in the head; Sensation as if a keen wind were rushing
through the brain, and causes pain; Pulsations and cracking like
electric sparks; Headache that ascends from the nape of the neck,
where there is a contractive sensation ; Headache, with pain in the
eyes; Attacks of headache, that are increased by a walk in the open
air; Headache from taking cold, or from overloading the stomach,
and especially from fat meat, or rich pastry; the headache is gene-
rally worse in the evening, and often continues through the night—
relieved sometimes by pressure; Drawing pain in the scalp when
pressing the hand from before backward. Scalp—Small tumours
on the scalp; Sweat on the scalp and face.
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Rhododendron.—Vertigo; Stupefaction; Giddiness; Sense of
intoxication—it seemed to affect the head like brandy; Reeling,
with a sensation as if his brain were in a fog—a kind of obscuration
of the senses, with dulness, and followed by drowsiness; Headache
in the morning that almost deprived him of his senses; Excessive
headache—the whole brain seemed to be oppressed with a heavy
weight; Beating pain in either or both sides of the head; Tear-
ing, boring pains in the left temporal region, as if in the bones;
Rheumatic Headache, especially in cold, damp weather.
Rhus Tox,−Dizzy feeling; when getting out of bed he could
scarcely stand; Aching in the occipital protuberance, as from
derangement of the stomach; Headache immediately after a meal
—also from drinking beer; Headache when ascending a hill—
every step she takes is felt in the head; Headache that obliges him
to lie down—it comes on again after the least exercise in the open
air; Reeling headache, which causes his thoughts and memory to
vanish when writing; Headache, with pressing on the eyes, as if
they would be forced out of their sockets; Headache as if the brain
were pressed from each temple—when stooping, the nape of the
neck feels embarrassed; he had some difficulty in rising up, with
a sensation of blood rushing to the brain; Tearing in the head—
worse when stooping—from 5 P.M. until night; on awaking in
the morning he is attacked with a violent frontal headaghe, as if
the brain would be torn—it was felt afterwards in the occiput;
Burning in the head and occiput; Stitching pains in the head day
and night, extending into the ears, root of nose, malar bones, and
even the teeth; Painful tingling; To-and-Fro movement—a kind of
balancing at every step, with a feeling as if the brain were loose in
the skull, and shook, or beat against the sides; Painful creeping,
digging sensation, as if with a needle; Creeping sensation in the
occiput, as if an abscess would form. Scalp—Painful contraction
of the scalp—it is tender to touch, as if a boil were forming ;
Creeping; Crawling; Erysipelatous swelling of the head, face, and
neck; Tinea Capitis, eating away the hair; Small, soft tubercles on
the scalp; Impetigo, with crusts of a greenish colour; Dry and
humid herpes, especially on parts covered with hair.
Sanguinaria.-Vertigo on quickly turning the head, and on
looking upwards; Vertigo, with nausea, and long-continued de-
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bility; Determination of blood, with whizzing in the ears, and a
sensation as if he would vomit, but is relieved by stool; Headache,
as if the forehead would split, with burning in the stomach; Severe,
quick, darting pain in the forehead and temple—of short duration
—occurring at five and seven o’clock; at eleven o'clock there
was a sudden pain like an electric shock; Rheumatic headache,
with nausea; Stiffness of the limbs and nape of neck; Flying heat
from the head to the stomach; Pains in the head in rays, drawing
upwards from the neck; Severe pains in the head, with nausea and
vomiting—even bilious vomiting; Sick headache; Swelling of the
veins at the temples.
Secale.—Violent vertigo, with languor and prostration—lasting
several days—sometimes constant and increasing vertigo ; Stupe-
faction; Heaviness, confusion; Chronic stupor; Reeling, as if in-
toxicated—unable to stand erect; Intoxication; Dulness of the
head, with cloudiness of the sight, and dulness of hearing; Peculiar
feeling of lightness in the head, especially at the occiput;
Delirium of Secale; Stupor, with great prostration; Imbecility;
Loss of sensibility; Consciousness often remains to the last; shortly
before death he seemed to get better; Craziness; Mania, with vio-
lence and rage—he seemed as though he would kill those around
him, but the spasms prevented him. Every patient was in a rage,
and could only be restrained with difficulty; after a few hours copious
vomiting set in, followed by a deep sleep.
Sepia.-Dulness; Painful gloominess; Dizzy, stupid feeling;
Stupefaction, with tightness of the chest; Giddiness every morning
—she can scarcely keep her head up; Vertigo when walking and
looking up ; Vertigo, especially when walking in the open air
—she had to be led; Sensation as if something were rolling about
in the head; Vertigo every afternoon, from three to five o’clock;
Vertigo, with coldness of the hands and feet; Headache that seemed
to proceed from the back—it gave a twinge at every step ; Head-
ache every morning, with nausea; Frontal headache, with anxiety
at the pit of the stomach—with trembling—followed by Epistaxis;
Paroxysms of hemicrania, with nausea, vomiting, and shooting
pains; Headache, with photophobia, and great pain in the eyes;
Concussive sensation in the brain when striking the foot against a
hard substance; Heat in the head, with rush of blood; Burning
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sensation through the ears, and dimness of sight; Headache as if
the head would burst when coughing; Beating headache; Violent
beating in the temples; Painful beating in the occiput; Violent
jerkings in the forehead; Pressure in the forehead and eyes, with
nausea and much spitting; Violent pressure the whole day, with
vertigo; Weeping mood, and profuse Coryza; Headache as if the
eyes would be pressed out; Violent headache, as if the head would
burst; Painful crack, as if something had given way in the head,
with pain in nuchae on turning the head; Stitches in the forehead,
with inclination to vomit; Pain in the occiput—mostly at night—
worse when lying upon it; Involuntary shaking of the head;
Headache from suppressed menses; Headache, with an eruption
of lentil-sized blotches, that itch, over the body, particularly in the
face; Headache from wine or spirits; Headache, with nausea and
sickness; Chronic frontal headache. Scalp—Great falling-off of
the hair; Itching of the scalp ; Humid eruptions; Scabs, lasting
forty days, with rough crusts.
Silica.-Vertigo—he fancied, when walking, that he was going
backward instead of forward; Vertigo when sitting; Vertigo,
with retching and waterbrash; Vertigo when looking upwards—
when closing the eyes, all things seem turning; Vertigo morning
or evening; Constant vertigo; Vertigo that seems to proceed from
the back, up the nuchae, to the head, with an inclination to fall
forward, and does not know where she is; Vertigo when sitting, or
riding in a carriage—also every morning, half-an-hour after rising;
Vertigo, with nausea—also at breakfast, with heat and sweat on
the face; Headache from hunger, or from being much heated;
Headache from the nape to the vertex; Violent headache—she
moaned and cried for help; Painful heaviness in the head; Shaking
in the brain when stepping firmly, or striking the foot; Oppressive
pain in the forehead from little mental exertion; Violent headache,
as if the skull were pierced by violent stitches; Disagreeable sensa-
tion in the head, as if it were teeming with living things; Boring
pain in the forehead for many days; Stitches in the temples;
Beating in the forehead; Rush of blood to the head, especially
when rising from a seat, with feeling of fulness in the brain. Scalp
—Very sensitive—the hat causes pain; Itching of the scalp, with
soreness; Humid Impetigo; Blotches; Tumour-like elevations;
Sweating of the head; Falling-off of the hair.
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Spigelia.-Vertigo, even unto falling; also when turning the
head in the open air; Vertigo most violent when lying down;
Headache when shaking the head; Periodic headache—aggravated
in the open air; Heaviness and pain when shaking the head;
Pressure in the forehead—worse on stooping; Pressure in the cere-
brum and cerebellum, with dizziness; Pressure in the temples
from without inwards; Sensation in the forehead as if the brain
would be pressed out when stooping; Pain as if the head would
burst when coughing or talking loudly; Violent tearing in the
temples, forehead, and occiput; Boring in the forehead, vertex,
and occiput; Shaking, swashing sensation in the brain when
walking—every step is felt in the brain; Heat in the head; Pains
in the head, that are increased by the slightest movement, or the
least noise ; Pain and tenderness at the occiput, with stiffness at
the nape of the neck; Burning in the skin of the forehead. Useful
in acute Hydrocephalus of infants before effusion. Scrofulous
Meningitis; Violent headache, with inflammation of the right eye;
Headache, with heart disease.
Stannum.—Dizziness of the whole head; Heaviness during
rest and motion in the evening, for two hours; Vertigo when
sitting, or during a walk in the open air; During the vertigo
objects appear much further off than they really are; Sensation as
if the brain were turning ; Headache almost every morning, with
nausea, want of appetite, and ill-humour; Pressure from the middle
of the forehead to the centre of the brain; Pressure in the forehead
from within, with drowsiness—relieved by pressing on the part;
Stupefying pain in the brain, over the eyes, during rest and motion;
Crushing pain in the temples the whole day; Headache after a
violent fit of coughing ; Boring, aching pain in the left hemi-
sphere; also in the occipital bone; Beating pain in the temples;
Heat in the forehead that can be felt by the hand; Burning, like
fire, in one-half of the sinciput; also the nose and eyes, accompanied
with nausea and retching from morning till night; he was com-
pelled to lie down; Painful sensation as if the brain were loose,
and struck against the skull; Sensation of weakness in the head,
with drowsiness. Scalp—Pain in the integuments, as if ulcerated
in the tissues.
Staphysagria.—Dulness in the head, with great weakness of
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memory; Vertigo, especially when sitting—relieved by walking
about ; Sensation as of a heavy load, like a ball, lying on the
cribriform plate; Heaviness, that is relieved by leaning the head on
the hand; Violent headache in the morning, as if the brain were
torn—passing off after a violent fit of yawning; when shaking the
head he feels something like a bullet lying in the brain, at one
spot, in the middle of the forehead; Oppressive, stupefying head-
ache, chiefly in the forehead—worse when moving the head; Sen-
sation as if the brain were compressed, with roaring in the ear;
Pressure as if too much blood had accumulated in the brain—it
continued after lying down at night; Hard pressure in the right
temporal region and the vertex; Pain in the left temple, as if the
spot were pressed with the finger; Sticking headache, lasting the
whole day; Sudden stitches in the frontal bone that caused him to
start; Sharp stitches from within outwards, in the left half of the
forehead, awaking him early in the morning; Newralgic pains ;
Sharp, quick, burning stitches, externally and internally, as if
the bone would be pressed out—more violent when touching the
part; Drawing, tearing, sticking pains in the cranial bones, in
various parts, and at different times—at rest and during motion;
Sensation as if the brain had receded from the skull, and were
lying loose in it. Scalp—Burning pains in the bones and integu-
ments; Rheumatic, drawing pains; Painful drawings in several
parts of the head; Numerous scabs that itch violently ; Humid
scabs that emit a foetid odour.
Stramonium.—Vertigo, with redness of the face; Pain in the
abdomen; Headache and dimness of sight; Thirst ; Vertigo, lasting
eight days; he becomes giddy when sitting or standing ; he
staggers in the room; looks about as if seeking something;
stumbles against the door; Sense of intoxication, with thirst, and
profuse flow of burning urine; Feeling of weakness in the head;
Lightheaded; Heaviness; Stupefaction, with dimness of sight;
Insensibility, with apparent internal uneasiness; Headache, either
dull or violent—sometimes with obscuration of sight and dulness
of hearing; Beating headache in the vertex, with fainting-fits;
Violent headache, with toothache, and profuse lachrymation; Head-
ache, with anorexia—sometimes distended abdomen; Pain in the
pelvic cavity; Beating pain in right temple, with diarrhoea; Con-
vulsions; Spasmodic drawing of the head and eyes, with grinding
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of the teeth; Convulsive movements of the head and arms, with
hiccough; Drawing of the head to either side, with screaming, and
throwing the arms over the head; Early in the morning he moves
his head to-and-fro continually, except when interrupted by hic-
cough; Delirium of Stram.; Illusion—black letters seem grey;
Diplopia; Objects appeared in an oblique position, or he could
only see a small part of a thing; or persons appear as if cut
through the centre, and only one-half of the face or body seen ;
he does not notice things going on around him; Insensibility to
all external impressions; he has strange fancies, and at times is
extremely loquacious; or walks the room with staring, sparkling
eyes; yet he sees nothing, being absorbed only with his own
fanciful imagination; he dances, gesticulates, breaks out into
loud laughter—sings songs, and utters base word—stamps with
his feet—kneels in the bed, but starts up at the least contact, with
cries; Religious mania, with pious looks—kneeling, and crosses
his hands—talks with ghosts—moans, and gives evidence of great
confusion of intellect; Delirium, with fear; Timidity—starts up
in affright—sees cats and dogs approaching her bed; in the evening
she is frightened lest a dog she sees in her delirium should bite
her ; he sees many strange figures that frighten ; he jumped up
from his bed at midnight—ran about the room, supposing a man
to be chasing him, and cried repeatedly, “you shall not have me;”
his features indicate fear and terror; he imagines he is alone in a
wilderness—sees figures of animals start out of the ground, side by
side, that cause him to run forward—a child said there were large
ulcers on him ; Inclination to start ; Sad looks.
Sulphur.—Vertigo in the morning, with bleeding from the
nose; when he attempted to stand he fell back on the bed; Vertigo,
with a tendency to fall forward; Vertigo when stooping—also
when walking in the open air, after supper; Vertigo in the evening,
with rush of blood to the heart; Headache, with nausea, and
heat, and humming in the head; Headache every morning, with
continual sneezing; Headache, that is worse in the open air than
in a room; Violent headache at vertex for twelve hours—returned
every morning; Violent pain in the centre of the head when cough-
ing or sneezing; Headache at night, especially on slight movement
in the bed; Stupefying pain in the occiput when stepping; every
step he makes affects the head painfully; Numbness at the right
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side of the head; Pressure in the head immediately after rising in
the morning—or every other morning at eight or nine o'clock;
it continued until the evening; Violent pressure in the forehead;
Pressure in the temples, and a sense of tightness in the brain
during mental labour; Nightly headache, with intolerable pres-
sure in the vertex and occiput—with chilliness and pressive pain in
the eyes—followed by a foetid sweat; Headache every day, as if his
head would burst; Periodical aching or tearing pain every
eight days, with stupefaction; Feeling of fulness and heaviness at
the top of the head; Headache, like a weight pressing on the
brain, at the vertex, with the sensation of a hoop round the head;
Contractive pain in the temples for several mornings; Stitching
pains in the temples and forehead; Beating in the head in the
morning—also about the neck, and at the heart; Painful ham-
mering in the head; Hammering headache during an excited
conversation; Rush of blood to the head—also with a loose stool,
after riding in a carriage; Rush of blood, causing so much pres-
sure, that she felt like one deaf; Sensation in the left side of the
occiput, as if the blood had stagnated there ; Heat in the head,
with coldness of the feet; Tingling and roaring in the head and
ears; Congestion of blood, with pulsative pains, and a feeling of
heat in the brain ; Periodic headache, chiefly in the evening—or
at night in bed—or in the morning, after a meal; Feeling of
coldness on the top of the head. Useful in Chronic Hydrocephalus,
and Chronic Encephatitis, Scalp—Dry or humid eruptions—also
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Tabacum.—Vertigo, with sickness at the stomach—increasing
in a warm room ; Sense of intoxication, with violent headache :
Heaviness and weariness, with pains at the nape of the neck—he
was obliged to remove his cravat; Feeling of heaviness after
dinner—increased by motion; Pain in the forehead, as if the brain
pressed against the frontal bone—the pain increased when inclining
the head to the side affected; Aching pain in forehead, root of
nose, and over the right eye; Pressure, from without inwards, in
both temples; Stitches in the vertex for ten days—frequently re-
turning; Frequent deep stitches in the head, at the vertex; Sen-
sation as if even pressure were made on the whole anterior
portion of the brain; Violent headache in the morning during
motion, with sensation of something shaking loose in the head;
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Burning on the head, with formication, loss of appetite, pain in the
ears, and chilliness of the body; Congestion of blood to the head,
with flushes of heat in the face. -
Tartarus Emet.—Violent headache, with vertigo and palpi-
tation of the heart; Dulness and stupefaction, with tensive sensa-
tion, and a drowsy, wearing feeling—also a difficulty in moving
the tongue; Tensive, stupefying headache, with pressure from
without inwards—proceeding from the temples—with drawing and
digging about the root of the nose; Sharp stitches in the whole
head, or in the temples only, during motion; Intermittent
tearing on one side of the head; Heaviness, particularly in the
occiput; Acute pain in the right hemisphere, with a feeling of
heaviness, as if the brain were transformed into a hard lump;
Trembling of the head with every movement of the body.
Terebinthina.-Sudden attack of vertigo, with obscuration
of sight; Sense of intoxication, with profuse sweat from morning
till night; after a very deep sleep, he awakes in the morning,
confused, and languid with reeling ; a copious and rapid mic-
turition afforded great relief; Dull headache, with Colic ; Aching
pains in the whole head, with vomiturition, that passes off and
returns again; Painful pressure and fulness, that caused her to
scream ; Tearing pains, affecting the right side of the head
—lasting nine days; Tearing in the head—coming and going—that
lasted until evening.
Thuja.—Cloudiness in the forehead; Stupefaction early in the
morning; Vertigo when lying in bed—also when sitting; Head-
ache early in the morning; Sensation as if a nail were driven
into the vertex with a sudden jerk; Numb feeling, with hum-
ming in the left hemisphere of the brain; Cramp-like sensation,
with a feeling of warmth; Furious pressure in both temples, as if
the brain would be pressed out; Aching pains in the occiput for
six hours; Drawing, tearing from the vertex to the middle of the
brain; Heaviness, with ill-humour, and desire to remain quiet ;
Pressing headache from forehead to occiput, with a bruised or
torn feeling in the part; Sensation as if a nail were driven into
the right parietal bone; Violent lancinations through the right
hemisphere, from the occiput to the forehead; Pulsative throbbings
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and stitches in the temples, with a sensation as if the head were
compressed from without; at night, if he lies on the left side, he
feels a pain near the occipital protuberance—it is also painful to
the touch—even the hairs that cover the part ; Corrosive gnawing
in the scalp.
Valeriana.-Feeling of intoxication and vertigo ; Conges-
tion of blood to the brain; Sudden stupefaction—it caused him
to stagger and almost fall; Stupid feeling when stooping; Great
flow of ideas—one chasing the other with so much rapidity that
the head became quite confused, as if he were dreaming;
Sticking pain on the top of the head; Drawing pain, with
pressure, from the nape of the neck to the occiput, from
eleven in the morning—lasting two hours; a current of air seemed
to cause an instantaneous drawing pain in the right side of the
head; Dull pain in the right temple at intervals; Numb sensa-
tion in the frontal eminences; Violent pressure in the forehead,
followed by a sticking pain over the orbits—it alternates again
with a pressing pain, frequently recurring—the sticking pain
affected the eyes, and seemed to pierce them from within outwards;
Headache, the pain being especially violent over the orbits—the
pressure is so great that it felt as if the eyeballs would be pressed
out, from one to four in the afternoon; Sweat on the forehead and
on the head.*
Weratrum.—Excessive dizziness for three days; Stupid feeling,
with nausea; Headache, with nausea, vomiting, and pale face—
also with colic and pain in the back; Intermittent beating head-
ache; Beating over the left eye; Dull pressure in the vertex early
in the morning; Headache, with pain in the stomach; Paroxysms
of pain in various parts of the brain, as if bruised or pressed upon;
Constrictive headache, with a sense of constriction in the throat;
Sensation of burning in the brain; Rush of blood to the head when
stooping; Reeling sensation when walking, that abates when sit-
ting; Sensation as if the head were pressed flat—when moving,
this became a beating pain; the head feels heavy, with a sensation
as if the brain were turning; Buzzing and humming, that seemed
* According to Hahnemann, the Valerian pains take deep root in the
organism, and thus resemble mercurial sufferings.
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in the forehead; Excessive headache, that disappeared when the
menses came on; Sensation over the temple as of a drop of
water running down; Sensation of warmth and coldness on the
head at the same time; Sensation as if a piece of ice were on the
head; Cold sweat on the forehead. Scalp—Corrosive itching in
the scalp—on the right side it felt as if a cluster of hairs were electri-
fied—they seemed to stand on end, with slight shuddering of the
skin; Delirium of Verat. ; Anxiety, with grief—he then becomes
noisy—curses , and swears—complains of a stupid feeling in his
head—stamps his feet with rage—tears his clothes—does not
know his friends; he pretends he is a prince or a hunter—appears
proud—pretends he is deaf or blind; or sings and whistles; or
screams and runs about with great anxiety; the delirium might be
either bland or furious, accompanied with coldness of the body.
Zincum.—Vertigo in the whole brain—she had to lie down—
also in the occiput; Vertigo in the occiput when walking, as if he
would fall to the left side; Violent vertigo when sitting up in bed
—a kind of balancing; on awaking from sleep the brain seemed
moving up and down; sometimes he felt as if a fit of apoplexy
would come on, with a dread of falling; Violent pain in the head,
eyes, and abdomen, after getting into bed; Violent pain in the
head and eyes after his usual glass of wine; Bruise-like pain in
the occiput; Stupefying headache the whole morning, as from the
vapour of coal; Pressure or aching in the forehead, with dulness,
drowsiness, and pain in the eyes; Pressure in the sinciput, with
dulness—extending to the eyes—after dinner; Cramp-like pressure .
in both temples, from without inwards; Drawing pain in the occi-
put, with gnawing sensation in the forehead, as from worms;
Tearing in the temples after dinner, with stitches behind the ears;
Tearing pain in the left frontal eminence after dinner; Beating
and tearing in the fore-part of the head after dinner; Sense of re-
sounding in the head when talking aloud; Sensation in the frontal
sinuses, as if the air had penetrated them and caused extreme pain.
Scalp—Sensation as if the scalp were pressed together at one place;
the scalp feels sore, even when not touched; the hairs feel painful,
if touched ever so lightly; the hair falls off,
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Aconite.-Stiffness, as if bruised in left side of the neck—also
between the scapulae; Stitches, or drawing and tearing pain in the
scapular region when moving the neck—the muscles feel weak and
bruised; Pains like those of rheumatism in the nape; Painful
stiffness at the nape of the neck. Back—Pains in the loins, re-
sembling those of labour; Digging pain on left side of spine for
some distance; Pain in the dorsal region—increased during inspira-
tion ; Sense of numbness in the small of the back, that extends to
the lower limbs; the lumbar region feels sensitive when walking;
Sensitiveness in the region of the kidneys.
Alumina.-Painful drawing in the muscles at nape; Stiffness;
Stitches that extend to the glands of the right side; Drawing and
pressure in the glands of the left side—they are swollen, and pre-
vent free motion of the neck; Itching eruption on the neck—
hard blotches or vesicles. Back—Gnawing, with stitches in the
scapulae; Painful tension, with arrest of breath; Pain in the back,
as if a red-hot iron were thrust through the vertebrae; Violent
pain along the back, with stitches, that prevent stooping, or raising
anything with the hands; Pains in the back, in connection with
haemorrhoids; Gnawing pains, or pains as if bruised in the back—
sometimes very violent; Gnawing pain in the sacrum.
Ammonium Carb.-Violent burning pain in nuchae; Drawing
pain, with stiffness, when moving the neck; Swelling of the cervi-
cal glands. Back—Violent throbbing in the loins and small of
the back; Gnawing pain in the dorsal region, extending to the
hips and abdomen; Violent throbbing in the loins during rest—
passes off by walking; Drawing pains in the back, that extend to
the legs.
Ammonium Mur-Drawing pains in the nuchaº; Tension
and stiffness; Pain when turning the neck, that extends to the
shoulders; Stiff neck, that is relieved by lying down. Back—Icy
coldness in the back, between the shoulders—warm clothing did
not remove it; Boil on the left shoulder; Nightly pains in the
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small of the back, which always arouse her from sleep; Pain as if
bruised in the back—continued during rest and motion—also at
night, when in bed; Painful stiffness when raising the body after
stooping; Painful when walking—she could not walk erect.
Anacardium.—Stiffness at nape, with tensive pain on moving
the head; Rheumatic drawings in the neck that pressed towards
the larynx, and interfered with deglutition; Intermittent pressure,
as from a load on the right side of the nape and shoulder—it
seemed to affect the bone; Dull stitches in left scapular region,
with a lacerating pain.
Angustura.-Stiffness and pains, as from bruises in the muscles
of the neck—the parts feel as if they had been strained; Painful
stiffness early in the morning—she could scarcely move her arms
on account of the pain, which lasted until noon; Violent twitch-
ings in the cervical muscles of the left side. Back—Tension in
the muscles of the back—he could scarcely raise his arm ; Pain in
the back as if broken—felt early in the morning, when in bed; it
lasted a long time after rising, and she was unable to pick up any-
thing from the floor for several hours—it passed off in colic, with
loose stool; Bruise-like pains in the small of the back—worse about
four o’clock, A.M.–it aroused from sleep. -
Arnica.-Feeling of weakness in the muscles of the neck—
they do not seem able to support the head, consequently it falls to
one side; Sensation as if the cravat were tied too tight; Cramp-
like, tensive pain in the muscles of the neck; Boils on the neck;
Swelling of the cervical glands, which are painful when moving
the neck; Pain in the lower cervical vertebrae when bending the
head forwards. Back—Pain in the right scapula, towards the
back, as when suffering from a blow or fall; Cutting thrusts be-
tween the scapula, that penetrate into the thorax when walking;
Aching pain between the scapula; Painful pressure in the dorsal
spine when sitting; Weakness of the spine—it does not seem
strong enough to support the body; Tingling sensation in the
whole vertebral column—also in the false ribs and the stomach ;
Sensation in the back, under the scapulae, as if a lump were lodged
there, with dull stitches in the part during motion; the Small of
the back feels bruised and lame; Burning pain in the renal region,
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with stitches when coughing or breathing deeply; Stitch at every
inspiration, in the right side of the back, extending from the
lowest ribs up to the axilla; Pain in the os sacrum, as from violent
concussion or a blow.
Arsenicum.—Stiffness at nape, as if sprained or bruised—at
night, and also in the morning; Contortion of the muscles, with
swelling of the neck, without pain. Back—Drawing pains be-
tween the scapula, with stitches in the side, which oblige him to
lie down, with much flatulence and eructations; Stiffness in the
small of the back the whole day; Weakness in the loins; Stitches
in the renal region during Sneezing or inspiration; when standing
she feels great pain in the lower part of the spine, with contraction
of the toes; Tenderness of the spine, with frequent muscular tre-
mors; Cramp in the lower limbs, with partial loss of motion and
sensibility; Pains in the back, with anxiety and agitation of mind;
Feeling of great debility in the small of the back, with bruise-like,
painful stiffness; Biting eruptions on the skin of the neck,
shoulders, and sides.
Baryta Carb.-Several glandular swellings in the nape of the
neck and occiput; Stiffness of the neck when awaking from sleep;
Lancinating pains, tension, and pressure in the neck and scapulae,
particularly in cold, rough weather; Itching pimples in the nape
of the neck, and on the back—troublesome day and night.
Back—Throbbing, strong pulsations—sometimes in left shoulder;
at others, between, the scapula—often at night; Burning in the
upper part of right scapula; also a pain as from dislocation;
Painful drawing in the small of the back, as if a heavy body were
moving downwards; Tensive pain as if from a cold; Stitches,
throbbing; Sense of weakness in the dorsal region; Burning sen-
sation in the loins, that seems to traverse the body; Burning pain
in the lumbar region, at one spot, at night—he cannot lie on that
side ; Painful swelling of the axillary glands—most of the pains
are worse when at rest.
Belladonna.-Painful stiffness in the nape, and between the
scapula, when turning the neck or moving the head, when waking.
in the morning; Swelling of the cervical glands, with cloudy feel-
ing in the head; Painful swelling and stiffness of the nape, with
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tension, drawing, and pressure in the muscles; Distention of the
veins, and perceptible throbbing of the blood-vessels; Acid sweat
on the neck; Stitches in the left shoulder; afterwards a boil.
Back–Violent drawing pains between the scapulae; or pain as if
the part had been strained with lifting; Pain as from a sprain in
the right side of the back and spinal column; Lancinations that
seemed to stab into the vertebrae as with a knife; Gnawing in the
dorsal spine, with cough; Cramp-like, oppressive sensation in the
middle of the spinal column; Cramp-like pain in the small of the
back and os coccygis—he is unable to lie on the back in conse-
quence of the violence of the pain.
Bryonia-Painful stiffness and tension in the neck and nuchae
when moving the head; Stiff neck, as from taking cold; Drawing
pain from the neck to the ear; Painful weakness at nape; Pain
when turning the head—the cervical and masseters feel stiff and
sore during movement; Rheumatic stiffness in the neck; Red
rash on the neck. Back—Burning between the scapula; Con-
tractive pain over the whole back, as if he were bound fast by
bands; Drawing or darting pains on either side of the spine, in
the muscles; Stiffness in the back, not allowing him to walk erect;
Bruise-like pain in the Small of the back when sitting or lying
down—relieved by movement; Tearing pain in the lumbar region—
when standing he is unable to stoop, but relieved on lying down ;
Sticking pains in the back at night; Lumbago.
Calcarea.—Stiffness of the neck and nape; Paimless swelling
of the glands—sometimes hard—in either the cervical or occipital
region; Swelling of a cervical gland on the left side of the neck,
the size of a hen’s egg; Rigidity and tension—she cannot turn her.
head; Pain in the neck when turning the head, as if a tumour
would protrude; Sudden pain when turning the head, as if the
vertebrae were sprained; Pain and swelling in the vertebrae promi-
nens. Back—Drawing pains between the scapulae; Shooting,
cutting, and jerking in the scapular region; Pressure between the
scapula during motion, that arrested the breath; Painful stiffness
of the spinal column; Pain as from a sprain in the spinal
column—it extended to the renal region; Aching pain in the
kidneys; Pain in the small of the back, caused by a strain in
lifting (cured); Violent pain in the small of the back—he was
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scarcely able to rise from his seat; Constant bearing down towards
the rectum—also with shooting pains.
Carbo Animalis.-Tension, with swelling of the glands of the
neck; Indurated glands, with sticking pain. Back—Burning in
the back; Intermitting stitches in the back; Pressing pain as
from a strain, between the scapula; the back is so painful on the
left side that she cannot rest upon it—she feels a violent pain in
the loins when rising, after being seated; Pressive pains in the
Small of the back; Pain as from sub-cutaneous ulceration at the
lower part of the spine ; Pain as from bruises in the crest of the
left ileum—very violent in the evening; Pressing or bearing down
in the coccyx—also a burning pain in that region when the parts
are touched.
Carbo Veg.—Tearing pains in the cervical muscles; Pain and
swelling of the cervical glands; Drawing pain in the nape of the
neck and occiput, with nausea and salivation; Intense aching or
burning pain in the muscles of the neck; Shaking and trembling
of the head and neck. Back—Rheumatic pain, with drawing in
the back; Drawing pains when sitting down; Violent burning in
the right hip; Weakness in the back; Painful stiffness in the
morning when rising; Continuous sticking pain when making a
false step; Drawing and aching that extends to the os coccygis:
Tearing pains in the Small of the back; Sensation of coldness,
numbness, and tightness; Stiffness and pain as from a plug in the
small of the back.
Causticum.—Continued tension and rigidity of the neck; Stiff-
mess, especially on the right side; also affecting the chest ; Pain as
from bruises in nape; Stiffness of the nape, with pain in the
occiput; the muscles felt bound down ; she was unable to move
her head; Feeling of tightness when moving the head; Shuddering
in the nape—it seemed to affect the brain; Stitches at night when
lying in bed; Rash-like eruption; Itching ; Humid tetters on the
nape of the neck; Glandular swelling resembling goitre. Back—
Burning pain in the middle of the right scapula; Pressure;
Drawing or tearing pains in and between the scapula; Painful
stiffness between the scapula ; Stitches and pricking in the back;
Boil on the back; Tearing pains in the dorsal vertebrae, and
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between the scapula, extending right and left; Darting pains in
the back, and small of the back, arresting the breath; Aching—
also a cramp-like pain in the renal region; Frequent pulsations in
the small of the back; Feeling of Soreness; Violent pain as from
a strain; Pain as from bruises—also with leucorrhoeal discharge ;
Dull, drawing, darting pains in the os coccygis; Pain as from
bruises in the os coccygis; every movement of the body causes pain
in the back; Painful stiffness when rising from a seat.
Chamomilla.--Drawing pains in the scapulae, back, and Small
of the back, especially at night; Bruise-like feeling; Furious
labour-pains from the small of the back, extending into the thighs;
a drawing pain, with lameness; Painful stiffness in the loins after
sitting ; Stiffness in the chest and trunk, as from a cold; Stinging
or tearing pains in the back; Intolerable pains in the hip and
sacrum at night, on the opposite side to that on which she was
lying; Opisthotonos.
China.-Tension and drawing in the nape of the neck; Laming
pains on the top of the shoulder, excited and aggravated by con-
tact ; Tearing and drawing pains in the left scapula ; Pressure as
from a stone between the scapula; Stitches in the spine and left
side of the back; Nightly pains in the small of the back when
lying on the back; Pain as if bruised—felt during movement;
Insupportable pain in the small of the back, as if bruised or beaten—
aggravated by the least movement; Tearing, jerking, darting,
or twitching in the small of the back; Drawing pains towards the
lumbar vertebrae; Sweat on the back from even slight movement
of the body. -
Cina, Boring stitches in the cervical muscles; Difficult move-
ment of the nape; the child leans its head on one side; Sticking
pains in the scapulaº, especially the right; Drawing, tearing pain
in the whole spinal column; when lying on the back the spine
feels painful, as if broken; Tearing pains about the middle of the
spine—relieved by motion, but returns during rest ; Painful weari-
ness in the loins, such as is felt after standing a long time;
Paralytic drawings in the loins; Pain as from bruises in the small
of the back; Tearing pain in the hip and gluteal region; Sensa-
tion above the hips, as if the parts were constricted by a band.
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Cocculus.-Feeling of weakness in the muscles of the neck; he
was compelled to support his head by leaning; Paralytic drawing
in the side of the neck; Painful cracking of the cervical vertebrae
when moving the head. Back—Stitches in the scapulae; when
moving the shoulders the parts feel stiff and painful; Drawing
pain under the left scapula when standing or lying down; Aching
pain in back when sitting; Drawing, tearing, or boring pains in
the back; the bones in the small of the back feel bruised; Para-
lytic pains in the small of the back, sometimes so severe as to
prevent walking; Paralytic, aching pain in the lumbar region.
Colchicum.—Feeling of tightness in the muscles of the right
side of the neck, painful during deglutition, and when pressed
upon; Pains between the scapulae, chiefly during movement, that
caused him to walk bent; Stitches that are felt above, below, and
between the scapula; Tearing, lancinating pains in the back;
Stinging in the small of the back; Pain as from sub-cutaneous
ulceration, at one spot in the sacrum—tender to touch ; Burning
stitches in the os Sacrum ; the pains are worse during movement.
Colocynthis.- Heat and itching at nape; Drawing pain;
Furunculi on the neck, with burning pain; Violent contractions of
the left sterno-mastoid muscle during rest; Stiffness of the left
side of the neck; Violent drawing pains in the muscles of the left
cervical region, with stiffness of the neck. Back—Path in right
scapula during repose; Sensation in that region as if the nerves
and blood-vessels were tense and stretched; Severe contusive pain
from the right side of the neck to the superior border of the scapula,
as if the parts were violently compressed—especially felt in the
nerves; Drawing and shooting pains between the shoulders—it
caused him to bend when walking; Flying pains in the dorsal
region; Pulsative pains in the loins; Sensation near the right
glenoid cavity, as if the humerus were dislocated; Aching, contusive
pain in the sacral region.
Conium.—Drawing pain in the right side of the neck, extending
to the shoulder; Tensive pain in the nape during rest; Throbbing;
Pain as from soreness in the lowest cervical vertebræ ; Apparent
enlargement of the neck. Back—Hot feeling, with tingling down
the spine; Pain as from a sprain on the left side of the back;
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Painful tightness of the muscles of the scapulae—increased by
raising the arms; Violent pains in the back after a short walk,
followed by nausea and exhaustion; Pains in the back, extending
to the lumbar region, when standing. .
Digitalis-Stitches in the cervical muscles when moving the
neck; Painful stiffness of the neck; Tearing, sharp stitches during
movement; Cutting pain, with a feeling of numbness in the nape,
and sensation, on moving the head, of a soft, dead substance lying
between the articulation of the atlas with the occipital bone; Pain
in the articulation with the last cervical vertebrae, and the dorsal,
when stooping the head; Drawing pain and pressure in the occiput,
as if in the cervical muscles. Back—Pain in the small of the back
as if it had been bruised, when stooping or moving, after lying
down; also when blowing the nose.
Dulcamara.-Rheumatic pains in the cervical muscles; Pain
at nape, as if the head were drawn from its natural position—the
muscles felt as if twisted; Painful stitches in the neck when
turning the head to one side; Pressure on the upper part of the spine,
close to the nape, when in bed in the morning; Enlargement of
the glands in the cervical and occipital region. Back—Painful
stitches in the middle of the back during inspiration; Pain in
the small of the back, as after long stooping; Stitches in the
loins, with pressure, from within outwards, at every inspiration;
Lameness, as from a cold, in the small of the back; Pains in the
lumbar region.
Graphites.—Several glandular swellings in the neck; the
nape, and especially the shoulders, are painful when lying down; -
Violent pain in the nape—it almost made her scream; when stoop-
ing she found it impossible to raise either of her arms up to the
head; when turning the head, it felt as if a tumour, the size of an
egg, had formed behind the ear; Swelling of the glands on one
side of the neck, toward the shoulder—it made the part feel stiff
and tense; Tearing stitches; Smarting and cutting pains; the
vertebræ prominens feels as if ulcerated. Back–Rheumatic pains,
stitches, or pains like bruises in the scapular region; Contractive
pains between the scapula, day and night; Beating pain in the
small of the back; Violent drawing pains, or twisting; Pain as
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from bruises in the small of the back; Violent pains early in the
morning, when rising. -
Hepar Sulp.–Pimples on the neck; Bruise-like pain in the
cervical muscles; Feeling of great weakness in the spine ; Stitches
in the scapula or renal region; Drawing pains in the back; Ten-
sive aching at night, when turning the body; Pain as from a
sprain in the loins; Sharp pressure and pain, as from bruises, in
the small of the back; Ulceration and suppuration of the axillary
glands.
Iodium.–Yellow spots on the neck; Red rash on the neck -
and chest; Rheumatic tension in the right side of the neck; Sense
of constriction; Tearing pains in the right side of the neck; Sense
of constriction and pain in the enlarged glands; Painless, movable,
lymphatic swellings under the jaw, near the thyroid cartilage; "
Enlargement of the neck, that seemed to be increased by talking. .
Back—Burning in the right scapula; Stitches in the scapula
when lifting a weight. - -
Kali Bich-Stiffness of the nape of the neck when bending
the head; Stabbing pain from the third cervical to the fifth dorsal
vertebræ, striking through the chest to the sternum, with inability
to straighten the spine after stooping; Deep-seated, aching pain
at the upper angle of the left scapula—also at the inferior angle
of the right scapula; Pain extending from the small of the back
to nape, and shooting through the sternum; Rheumatic pains
between the seventh and eighth ribs, at their angles on the right
side—increased on bending forwards, or twisting to the left side;
Pains across the loins—he cannot straighten himself after stoop-
ing; at times, for a week or more, he has pains in the loins, with
scanty, high-coloured urine; Sudden stab, as with a knife, through º
the loins—he could scarcely walk; in great pain all night—he
could not sleep more than one hour—increased by turning in bed,
with frequent desire to micturate; Vertigo and headache for six
hours, followed by severe pain in lumbar and sacral region, extend-
ing down the thigh, with a numb sensation so severe that he
could scarcely rise from the chair for three days—it gradually
decreased; Darting pain in the renal region, and severe stitch in
the lumbar region—increased by coughing, and during inspiration.
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Kali Carb.-Violent tension in the nape of the neck when
bending or moving the head; Stiffness of the nape, early every
morning—it passed off during the day, but lasted some weeks;
Weakness of the cervical muscles; Darting pain in the left side of
the neck; Congestion of the vessels; Swelling of the neck; En-
largement of the cervical glands; Pains in the glands, as from a
cold—uneasy tingling sensation; Goitre-like swelling of the neck;
Itching pimples on the neck. Back—Pain in the back, as if it
had been strained by lifting—especially felt under left scapula;
Pain in the back as from blows or bruises; Pulsative throbbing
near the upper border of the left scapula; Stitches in the scapular
region, and in the region of both kidneys; Pressure in the right
kidney; Stiffness and paralytic feeling in the back and small of
the back; Burning pressure—worse when walking; Contractive
pain after walking; Drawing pain in the small of the back—some-
times with pulsations; Pain in the back as from a fall; Pain as
if from flatulence; Violent pains in back, with Colic and Leucor-
rhoea; Violent gnawing in the os coccygis when at rest and dur-
ing motion.
Kreasotum.-Pains in the back at night—worse during rest
—scarcely allowing one to lie down or rise up—it extended into
the left hip and inguinal region; Frequent pains in the small of
the back and lumbar region, like sharp labour-pains, with desire
to micturate; Pains in the small of the back, proceeding from
above downwards, with heat in the hands and feet ; Pains that
create a feeling of sickness and faintness—worse during rest than
movement; Pains as if the back would break; Labour-like pains
in the small of the back, with distention and pressure in the
abdomen, extending to the genitals and thighs, with anxiety,
chilliness, and trembling; Pains in the lumbar region as if the
menses would appear; Frequent pains in the lumbar vertebrae;
Ulcerative pains, as if the flesh were beaten off the bones of the
lumbar vertebrae; Drawing pains in the coccyx, extending to the
rectum and vagina—relieved by a flow of milky leucorrhoea.
Lachesis.-Cervical region tender—sensitive to pressure—
slight pressure seemed to threaten suffocation; Swelling of the
cervical glands of the right side; Swellings that burst and ulcer-
ate; Tubercles that are tender to pressure; Red, suppurating
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blotches; Ulcers on the neck; Rheumatic stiff neck. Back—
Eruptions on the back; Tumour near the spine, the size of a
hazel-nut, with burning, throbbing pain; Pains in the back, with
constipation and palpitation; Rheumatic pains in the back and
limbs; Pain as if sprained in the small of the back, with a diffi-
culty in rising up after stooping; Sensation as if the muscles had
contracted, and were too short; Painful spot in the lumbar
region.
Ledum.—Painful stiffness in the scapulaº during motion; Bruise-
like pain ; Pimples or boils on the scapula ; Pains in the loins
after sitting; Pain in the small of the back when rising from a
seat ; Tearing pains, extending from the loins to the occiput, in the
evening, with bloated cheeks; Redness and inflammation of the
eyes; Spasmodic pains in the loins, that arrested the breath.
Lycopodium,_Painful stiffness on the left side of the neck;
Pain in the neck when bending the head; when stooping, the nape
of the neck feels too short ; Sense of grasping, which extended to
the occiput—lasting day and night ; Drawing pains in the cervical
muscles; Paralysis of the muscles; Involuntary nodding of the
head; Hard swelling of the cervical glands; Painful eruption of
pimples on the neck; Rigidity and stiffness of the neck from
taking cold. Back — Chilliness in the back for several days;
Burning as of a red-hot coal between the scapula; Throbbing;
Pulsations in the back; Gurgling sensation; Pain in the small of
the back, with pressure in the stomach; Drawing pain in the small
of the back for seventeen days; Rheumatic tension in the back.
Kidneys—Pressure in the renal region of both sides; Tearing
pain in the right kidney; Stitches in the left kidney; Repeated
stitches in the right renal region; Violent pain in the small of the
back; he could not sit erect; Large swelling on the psoas muscle,
very painful when moving the body (cured by Sil.); Curvature of
the spine.
Mercurius.-Rheumatic pressure and stiffness in the nape of
the neck—worse on bending the head backwards; Swelling of the
cervical glands, with stinging pain; Swelling and stiffness of the
neck, with a feeling of heaviness, and difficulty in turning the head.
Back—Burning in the upper part of right Scapula; Twitching,
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beating, or cramp-like pains about the scapulaº, or a feeling as if
bruised; Burning pain between the shoulders and down the back ;
when lying down, and attempting to turn, he felt a severe pain
that prevented movement; Pain in left scapula, with stitches, that
made him cry aloud and weep; Bruised pain in the back when
walking; also when sitting; Sharp prickings in the spine;
Stitching pains in the back, with a feeling of unsteadiness in the
knees; Stitching pain in the back during inspiration; Tearing
pains in the region of the os coccygis.
Natrum Carb.-Stiffness at nape as from a cold; Spasmodic,
drawing pains, with difficulty in moving the head; Sudden drawing
pain at nape, with stiffness; Stitches, or shooting pains in the
cervical muscles; Cracking of the cervical vertebrae when moving
the head; Paralytic pain in nape and between the shoulders;
Small tumour; Blisters; Glandular swellings. Back—Tension
and drawing between the scapula; Violent stitches during inspira-
tion; Stitches in the right scapula after dinner; Gnawing pain
between the shoulders; Stitches in the back that extend to the
chest (night); Bruise-like pain in the back for several days; also
at night—it awoke her from sleep—the violence of the pain would
not allow her to turn in bed; Sudden stitches; Feeling of sore-
mess; Pustules on the back, that are very painful to the touch.
Natrum Mur. — Pain at nape as if strained or contused;
Stitches from above downwards, at night; Violent pain and tension,
with stiffness of the neck; Violent drawing pain, lasting several
days; the muscles feel tender to touch; the slightest turn of the
head causes pain in the nape of the neck; Boils on the neck; the
cervical glands felt painful when coughing. Back—Feeling of
weariness in the back; Burning in the left scapula, as if hot water
had been poured over it; Tearing pain in left scapula as if broken;
Burning and smarting in the upper dorsal vertebrae; Violent
pulsations in the small of the back; Painful throbbing on left of
spine at night, when in bed, as if inflamed; Cutting pains in the
small of the back; Paralytic pains—very violent when rising up;
also when rising from bed in the morning; Pain in the small of
the back, as though it were broken; Tension and heat in the region
of the kidneys when seated; he felt tired and worn out from a
. *verysho rt walk. - . . . . . . . . * * * * * *
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Nitric Acid.—Swelling of the glands on the right side of the
neck; Sense of weakness in the neck—it does not seem able to
bear the weight of the head; Sweating about the neck; Cracking
of the cervical vertebrae. Back—Stitches between the scapula,
accompanied by eructations of wind; Spasmodic jerking in the
muscles of the back; Violent burning pain in the back; Burning
pain in right lumbar region, the size of a hand—it prevented him
following his occupation; Violent pain in the dorsal vertebrae when
standing; Stiffness in the spinal column; Pulsations and pains in
the back after taking cold, sometimes so violent that he could only
lie on his face; Stiffness of the back, with pain when walking.
Nux Wom.—Bruise-like pain in the nape of the neck when
stooping or moving the head; Paroxysms of pain in the nape in
the evening, or at night; Drawing pain at nape, as if oppressed
by a load, early in the morning ; Pain in the articulations, and
cracking of the cervical vertebrae when moving the head; Pain in
the last cervical vertebrae, as from blows—it felt as if the flesh had
been severed from the bones; the cervical muscles on the left side
feel swollen and painful, with a sensation as if the tendons were
too short. Back—Drawing and bruised pain between the scapula;
Pain in the scapula as if sprained; Bruised pain in the back; Pain
in the small of the back at night—it prevented him turning on
the other side; Pains that are worse during movement ; Pains in
the back when stooping; Rheumatic or haemorrhoidal pains in the
back, loins, and lumbar region; Pulling and tearing in the lower
part of the back when walking; Burning, tearing pains in the
back, particularly at night; Pains in the back, caused by indiges-
tion and weakness of the stomach; the pains sometimes arrest the
breath, and are associated with flatulence and pains in the chest.
Petroleum. — Feeling of heaviness, weight, or drawing pain
in the nape of the neck, extending even to the occiput; Stiffness
of the right side of the neck; Herpetic eruptions and swelling of
the glands. Back—Sudden pain in the back during every act of
deglutition, followed by oppressed breathing—it sometimes occurred
during an imperfect eructation; Tearing pain in the back, between
the scapula; Rigidity; Pain as from a strain; Cramp-like pain;
or pain so violent that he is unable to move ; Short, sharp, violent
pains in the small of the back when rising from a seat. º
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Phosphorus.-Sensation as of a heavy load at nape of neck;
Pressure; Stiffness at nape and occiput—the parts are painful and
stiff; the sterno-mastoid muscles feel tender and painful when
moving the neck; Jerkings in the cervical muscles; Pains in the
neck when walking in the open air; Swelling of the cervical and
occipital glands; Hard swelling under the chin, the size of a hazel-
nut. Back—Stitching pains in the right scapula—or beating
and tearing pain; Sensation as if some one had seized her on both
the scapula when in the act of carrying a weight in both her
hands; Sensation as of a plug in the left scapula; Unceasing
stitches in the spinal column; Heaviness and weariness in the
back; Pain as if the back were broken; Burning pain in the small
of the back during a delay of the menses; Pains that return
periodically, and often so violent as to prevent walking; Pain
when rising, after stooping; Pains in the sacrum and os coccygis;
Ulcerative pain in the os coccygis.
Platina.--Weakness in the nape; Tensive, numb feeling close
up to the occiput; Cramp-like pain in the cervical muscles;
Aching on the shoulder, as from carrying a heavy weight. Back–
Pressure, with a feeling of coolness about the inferior spine of
left scapula; Dull, slow shocks at mid-spine, on the left side ;
Burning, dull stitches on left side, with soreness; Pressure as
from a plug on the right side of the spine—it felt sore and tender;
Pain in the Small of the back, as if broken; Numbness about the
coccyx, as if from a blow.
Pulsatilla.-Pain resembling rheumatism in nape, with weary
feeling in the feet—she has some difficulty in moving about;
Pain in nape as if the neck had been twisted; Crick in the neck;
Swelling at the nape—very painful if touched, and then felt
as if the parts were ulcerated; Swelling on the right side of the
neck, that caused the part to feel tense, and would tear—there is
also a sensation like an internal ulcer, but does not affect deglu-
tition; Painless cracking in the first cervical vertebrae when
moving the head; Itching pimples on the neck. Back—Pimples
over the scapulae and back; Cracking in the Scapula during
motion; Cramp-like pain in right when sitting ; Sticking pain
between the scapulaº during motion, that arrests the breath—it
also occurs during rest; Pain and heaviness under the scapulae;
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Interstitial distention and curvature of the upper dorsal vertebrae;
Drawing pains in the loins, with a sticking pain at pit of stomach;
Sticking pain in small of back, with cutting pains in the
abdomen, that arrest the breath—followed by chilliness; Pain as
after long stooping; the back feels painful, and stiff as a board;
Pains resembling labour-pains; Pain when lying, as if from
sub-cutaneous ulceration—the part felt as if bound tightly by a
band; Aching pain, with weariness in the back, in the evening.
Rhododendron.—Rheumatic pain, with stiffness at nape,
early in the morning; Painful sensation as if the neck would swell;
Rheumatic pain in the neck, on the right side, with drawing, that
extends to the ear; Tensive pains in the sterno-mastoid muscles.
Back—Violent aching pain in the back and right scapula when
bending the body to the right, backwards—it felt as if some one
were plunging a knife through the left chest and back; Rheumatic
pains between the scapula—in the back, shoulders, and arms;
Pains in the small of the back as if bruised—worse during rest—
and especially so in rough, windy, wet weather; Intolerable pains
when stooping; Large pustules on the back and shoulders; Dull
shocks in the lower part of the spine; Aching in the lumbar
vertebrae during rest.
Rhus Rad.—Rigidity of the neck—increased at night—the
side of the neck is very sensitive to pressure, and the muscles
painful on movement; Pains in the right sterno-mastoid, at the
attachment near the ear, after lying on that side; Rigidity and
pain increased at night—especially by movement or coughing.
Back–Burning pains in the scapula—worse when in bed; Pains
that are felt when the right scapula is elevated or depressed; Pains
in the back, that are worse when in bed in the morning; Pains in
the dorsal spine—also at ten in the evening; Aching pain in the
renal region, with languor, weariness, and stiffness; Aching in the
loins when lying in bed—also when first moving in the morning;
Aching in the lumbar region; Pains in the quadratus lumborum ;
General weakness of the spinal column.
Rhus Tox. —Rheumatic stiffness of the whole neck, with great
difficulty in moving the head; Pain as if sprained, that extends
even to the shoulders; Pain in the nape as from a heavy load—it
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prevented him lying down; Swelling of the neck and glands, im-
mediately behind the sterno-mastoid muscles; Pain in nape, as
if sprained. Back—Rheumatic pains between the scapula—re-
lieved by warmth; Tearing pains between the shoulders; Pain as
if sprained, in the back and shoulders; Painful, bony swelling in
the small of the back; Curvature of the dorsal spine; Sensation
of creeping and coldness in the back; Sticking pains in the back;
Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, or as if the flesh had
been beaten loose; Aching pains in the hip when lying—some of
the pains are relieved by lying on a hard couch.
Sepia.-Feeling of swelling at the nape of the neck; Stiffness
at nape; Tensive pain, with stretching sensation; Drawing and
stitches, that arrest the breath; Jerking sensation, with shaking
movement of the head; Aching pain, with Soreness at the seventh
cervical vertebrae; Small swelling, the size of a hazel-nut, at the
nape; Red, herpetic spots on both sides of the neck; Large boil
on the neck; Burning, constrictive pain in the neck and shoulders.
Back—Stitches in or between the scapula; Itching eruptions;
Brownish spots on the back and neck; Stiffness of the back—re-
lieved when walking; Pain in the back, only when sitting, or only
when walking—it then arrests the breath; Cutting, digging pains
in the back, with pressure; Sudden attack of violent pain in the
back, as from a blow with a hammer—it took away his breath, and
almost caused him to fall; Beating pain in the small of the back;
Stitches in the quadratus region, continuing for four days—she
was unable to lie on the right side—it felt painful, as from sub-
cutaneous ulceration ; Feeling of weakness in the small of the
back; Feeling as if sprained; Painful weariness when walking, as
if the lower part of the back were broken.
Silica.-Swelling of the cervical glands, and the thyroid body;
Abscess on the nape; Swelling of the muscles on the right side;
Pressing pain on the left side, as if the veins were too full; Stiff-
ness and tension in the nape, that prevented free movement of the
head; Stiff neck, with headache; Hard, glandular swellings in the
nape; Violent pains in the nuchae. Back—Burning pain in the
back when walking—also in the scapular region; Bruised pain in
the scapula; Frequent stitches in right scapula; Pressure as from
a weight ; Drawing pains, in paroxysms; Tearing pain when
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walking—sometimes so severe that it felt as if the part would be
torn ; Tearing and sticking pains in the back and loins; Stiffness
in the back after sitting; Violent pains, or beating; Spasmodic
pains in the small of the back, compelling one to lie down; Para-
lytic pain when rising in the morning; Sharp stitch; Feeling of
lameness in the back; Inflamed psoas abscess.
Staphysagria.-Heaviness of the head, and weakness of the
cervical muscles; the head falls forward almost involuntarily;
Rheumatic pain in nape, that extends between the scapula: ; Pain
in the small of the back, as if sprained or broken, when rising from
bed ; Drawing pain, that is worse when stooping than standing;
Pain, as if bruised, in the small of the back—worse about 4 o’clock,
A.M.; Burning pain near the spine, below the scapulae; Stabbing
pain in the region of the first dorsal vertebrae; Pains in the back
at night, like shocks and blows, lasting until 5 o'clock, A.M.–it
arrested the breath; Curvature of the spine; Abscess on the psoas
muscle 2 -
Sulphur.—Cracking in the cervical vertebrae when bending the
head backwards, or pressing it into the pillow; Paralytic stiffness
at nape, as though it had been strained; Drawing pains in the
muscles, with stiffness of the neck; Stitches in the nape when
stooping; Stiffness and pain when bending the head to the right
side; Continual sweat on the neck; Herpes; Blotches; Itching
eruptions; Swelling of a cervical gland; Pain in a swollen gland
in the front of the neck. Back—Stitches under the scapulae that
arrested the breath, and prevented him stooping; Drawing pains
in right scapula; Pain, as if sprained, when moving the arm ;
Tension, and bruised feeling, from the scapula to the shoulders
and neck; Stiffness in the back and sides, as after taking cold;
Stiffness in the small of the back—she could not stand erect ;
Pressing pain in the back when standing; Violent pain when
stooping, with a sensation as if the muscles were too short ; Pulsa-
tive stitches in the renal region; Violent pain in the kidneys after
long stooping; Violent tearing in the left loin and kidney; Pain in
the back when rising from a seat; Bruised pain at the sacrum and
coccyx; Cracking in the vertebrae; Sensation as if the bones glided
over each other; Pain in back when sneezing, or making a false
step ; Pain in the back and hip; Burning sensation in the lowest
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part of the back, that extended into the anus; Heaviness and
weariness in the back in the morning, as if he had not sufficient
rest; Curvature of the spine.
Thuja.-Stinging pains toward the anterior triangles of the
neck—the veins appear blue and distended—the glands of the neck.
were swollen and tender—he could not lie upon them ; Drawing
pain in the right side of the neck during rest; Stiffness of the neck,
that seemed to extend to the ear, and impeded free motion of the
neck; Small, red pimples on the neck, lying close to each other—
painful when touched; Tension of the skin of the neck, that
caused a feeling of tightness when moving the head. Back—
Bruise-like pain under the scapula ; Stitches, as with a point, be-
tween the scapula; Sensation of stiffness in the spine, as from
standing a long time in one position ; Throbbing as of a large
artery in the dorsal spine ; Beating and throbbing near the glenoid
cavity of the scapula ; Tearing pains in the left scapula; Sudden
cramp-like pain in the small of the back—he felt as if he must
fall; Burning and stinging between the scapula when sitting ;
Drawing pains in the back when sitting ; Painful pressure in the
lumbar region, as if bruised—worse when standing than walking;
Stitches, with pressure, from the sacrum to the side of the pelvis;
Burning, stinging on the right side of the sacrum—relieved by
friction; Violent pains in the left lumbar region when walking ;
Painful drawing in the sacrum, coccyx, and thighs, when sitting—
the pain prevents standing upright.
Valeriana, Rheumatic pains in the scapulae; Drawing pains
in the back; Stitches in the renal region when sitting; Intense
pain in left lumbar region, and above the hip, as if he had strained
the part—worse when sitting or standing ; Drawing pain in the
small of the back when in bed at night ; Bubbling pressure in the
region of the os coccygis.
Weratrum.-Rheumatic stiffness of the nape, with vertigo,
especially during motion; the muscles of the neck feel paralysed,
and seem unable to support the head; Painful soreness of the
skin; Stinging as from nettles; Red, rash-like pimples on the
neck. Back—Pain between the scapulae; Violent pressure as if
crushed and bruised; Rheumatic pain between the scapula, extend-
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ing upwards to the neck, and downwards to the back, and is espe-
cially violent during an evacuation; Drawing, bruise-like pain in
the spine when walking—when stooping, and again rising, it felt
as though his back were broken ; Pains in the loins and lower
limbs; Aching pains when standing ; Paralytic, bruise-like pain in
the sacro-lumbar articulation—the same is also felt in the knee-
joint; Intermittent stitches in the region of the os coccygis.
Zincum.—Pains in the neck and shoulders; Rigidity of the
left side of the neck; Pain in the muscles at night; Painful nodo-
sity on the right side of neck—it felt as if it would ulcerate; Pain
in nape, as if bruised. Back—Burning in the scapular region;
Dull stitches; Burning, tearing between the spine and right sca-
pula; Violent pains in back, with feeling of weakness during a
walk in the open air—she reached home with great difficulty;
Violent, tensive, rheumatic pains on the shoulders, and also in the
lumbar region; Violent pains in the back when either walking or
sitting ; sometimes, when walking, he is compelled to stand still.
UPPER LIMBS,
Aconite.—Sense of numbness and tingling in the arms and
fingers; Trembling of the hands; the left arm feels numb, chilly,
and insensible; the arms hang down as if paralysed; Numbness
and icy coldness of the hands; Drawing pains in the joints of the
shoulders, elbow and wrist; Jactitation of the arms; Tingling in
the fingers, especially when writing.
Agaricus.--Weakness and feebleness of the arms; Trembling
of the hands; Deadness of the fingers, with sensibility to cold and
frost; Burning of the fingers, with itching and redness.
Ammo. Carb.-Heaviness and lameness of the arms; the right
arm feels immensely heavy, weak, cold, benumbed, and all strength
lost—this is followed by a tingling; Rigidity and weakness when
laying hold of anything; Swelling of the veins of the hands—the
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fingers swell if allowed to hang down; the hand goes to sleep if
laid upon at night. -
Ammo. Mur.-Swelling of a gland in the axilla; Rheumatic,
drawing pains in the shoulder-joint; Heaviness and rigidity
of the right arm; Swelling of the wrist-joint; Beating, tingling
in the fingers; Vesicles and scurfy eruptions on the fore-arms;
Peeling of the skin from the fingers. -
Arnica.-Pain as if bruised, in the anterior part of the arms;
Stitches, shoëks, and jerks; Pain at wrist, as if sprained; Weak-
ness of the hands; Cramps in the fingers; Pains in the joints, as
if dislocated; Swelling of the veins of the hands,
Arsenicum.–Drawing and tearing in the arms at night, from
the elbow to the shoulders; Sleeping of the arm when lying upon
it at night; Swelling of the arm, with black, foetid blisters;
Hands stiff, insensible; Cramps in the fingers; Burning ulcers on
the tips of the fingers; Cold, painless swelling of the hands.
Baryta Carb.-Cracking in the shoulder-joint at every
movement of the arm; Pains in left shoulder and deltoid when
raising the arm; the arm goes to sleep; Numbness and sleeping
of the fingers; Dryness of the skin—it peels off.
Belladonna, Tearing pain in shoulder; Sudden darting along
the arm; Stunning, painful sensation; Lameness, with pressure
and weakness; Spasmodic action of right arm—he throws it up
involuntarily; Lancinations near the head of the humerus, as
from a knife; Swelling of the arms; Scarlet redness of the skin;
Stiffness; Lameness; Drawing pains in the fingers, as if affecting
the periosteum.
Bovista-Lameness of the arm, as if sprained; Sensation of
weakness in the shoulder-joint ; Pains in the wrist; Weakness of
the hands; Pimples—dry, hard, and red—or white vesicles, with
red areola on the hands; Whitlow, from pricking the finger.
Bryonia-Sweat in the axilla ; Burning pain; Weariness;
Convulsive jerking and spasmodic drawing, or pain as if sprained,
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in the arms; Shining-red swelling of the muscles and joints;
Tearing and tension when moving them; Pressive pain in hu-
merus; Swelling of the elbow-joint—also of the wrist and hands;
Pain in wrist, as if sprained; Trembling of the hands, with dis-
tention of the veins; Weakness of the hands; Inflammation of
the dorsum, with burning pain; Pale swelling of the fingers, with
heat; Ulcerative pains in the fingers.
Calcarea.—Suppuration of the axillary glands; Pain in the
shoulder-joint at night; Drawing, tearing from right shoulder to
the hand; Weakness and lameness of the arm ; Warts or boils on
the fore-arms; Pain in the wrist-joint, as if sprained; Enlargement
and swelling of the wrists; Shooting or drawing pains in the
wrists; Swelling of the hands—also of the veins; Sweat of
the palms; Trembling of the hands; Feeling of deadness when
grasping; Deadness of the fingers; Swelling of the finger-joints;
Arthritic nodes on the joints of the fingers; Painful boil on the
finger; Lameness of the fingers; Several panarita; Hangmails.
Carbo Veg.—Rheumatic drawing; Paralytic tearing, or
stitches in the right shoulder—sometimes day and night; Burn-
ing on the top of the right shoulder; Paralytic weakness of the
right arm; Burning pain in upper right arm; Large boil, sur-
rounded with little itching pimples; Burning, drawing in the
fore-arm, from the elbow to the hand; Pains in the metacarpal
bones; Tearing pains in the wrist; Throbbing in the hands; Icy
coldness; Itching eruptions; Throbbing and pulsation in the
thumb; Lameness and weakness of the fingers; Ulceration of the
tips of the fingers.
Causticum.–Pressure and stiffness in the shoulders; Sharp
stitches; Startings in the arm; Drawing pain in the muscles of
the arm—it feels heavy and lame; Dull tearing in the arms and
hands; Heaviness and weakness in the arms; Warts and eruptions
on the arms; Small, itching pimples; Swelling and sensation of
fulness in the hands, with tingling; Trembling of the hands;
Coldness; Paralytic feeling in the hands; Involuntary contrac-
tion of the fingers; Lancinations in the fingers; Numbness; In-
sensibility; Deadness; Icy coldness; Throbbing as from an ulcer;
Burning under the finger-nails—the tips feel ulcerated.
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China.-Laming, tearing in the whole of the arm, extending
from the shoulders to the fingers, and seems chiefly in the muscles
and bones; Pain in the ulna, as if scraped with a knife; Pains
that are induced by sitting at an open window, or from a strong
current of air; Tearing pains in the wrists, carpal, and metacarpal
bones; Drawing cramp when about to grasp; Weakness, which is
particularly felt when closing the hands; the hands become cold,
and then hot, in alternation; Icy coldness of one hand, the other
being warm; Trembling of the hands when writing ; Swelling of
the dorsum of the hands, and the knuckles of the fingers; Pains
in the finger-joints; Blueness of the nails.
Cocculus.-Pains, drawing or stitching, in the shoulder-joint,
or muscles of the humeral region, when at rest; Bruise-like
feeling in the long bones; Convulsive movements of the arms;
Lameness when writing; Paralytic pain as if the bone were broken;
Drawing pain in the upper half of the humerus; Jerking of the
muscles; Pain, as if dislocated, at the elbow, with Sudden paraly-
tic pain; Insensibility, first in one hand, then in the other—they
feel as if sleeping; Trembling of the hands when carrying food
to the mouth; Heat and swelling of the hands; Alternate heat
and coldness of the arms and hands.
Colocynthis.-Suppuration of an axillary gland; Drawing
pain in right shoulder when in bed at night; Tension when
walking; Flying pains; Subsultus of the muscles; Paralytic pains,
as from a bruise; Pain in right arm, at the insertion of the
deltoid; Feeling of numbness in the right fore-arm ; Stiffness or
cramp-like pains in the hands, with difficulty in opening them ;
Tensive pain in the left thumb; Stitching pains in the fingers.
Conium.-Pressive and drawing pains in the shoulders and
arms; Tearing pains when at rest; Cracking in the elbow-joint;
Humid, crusty, burning herpes on the fore-arm ; Paralytic, drawing
pains in the wrist-joint; Cracking in the wrist; Sweat of the
palms; Numbness of the fingers; Yellow spots on the fingers;
Whitlow, with inflammation, and throbbing, burning pain; Yellow-
ness of the nails. -
Crocus.-Cracking in the shoulder-joint, as if it would dis-
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locate; Subsultus of the muscles; Sensation when moving the arm,
as if the head of the humerus were loose and had luxated; the
fore-arms feel heavy, as if bruised—the arms and hands go to sleep;
Tight sensation about the fingers, as if the blood could not circu-
late freely; Burning, tingling in the fingers; Chilblains on the
hands and fingers. ſº
Digitalis.-Paralytic weakness in the left arm—he could
scarcely raise it, or clench his hand without pain; Sensation at the
elbow as if the nerve had been pressed upon ; Paralytic pain in
the middle of the ulna ; Violent tearing in the fore-arm during
rest and motion; Swelling of the right hand and fingers at night;
Stiffness of the fingers; Numbness and insensibility of the three
last fingers of the right hand; Sleeping of the fingers; Blueness
of the fingers; Dead, cold feeling of the hands and fingers.
Dulcamara.--Dull, violent pain, with heaviness in the right
arm—it feels stiff and cold, as if paralysed; Contusive pain in the
left arm, only during rest; Tremor of the hands in cold, damp
weather; much sweat in the palms; Herpetic eruptions on the
arms and hands; Red pimples at the bend of the elbows; Warts
on the hands.
Ferrum Ac.—Drawing pain; Heaviness and lameness in the
arm; Inability to raise the arms, in consequence of a painful
tension between the scapulae and the sternum; Sticking, tearing
pain in the shoulder-joint, with cracking—he could not raise the
arm; Trembling of the hands early in the morning; Cramp,
numbness, and insensibility of the fingers; Contraction of the
fingers and toes; Swelling of the hands; OEdema of the hands and
feet; Peeling of the skin.
Graphites.—Rheumatic pains in the shoulder, with burning in
the joint; Gnawing pains in the bones of the right fore-arm ;
Burning pain, like fire; Violent tearing pains near the wrist;
Pains, like those of rheumatism, in the wrists and hands; Pain as
of a sprain in the wrist; Stinging and burning in the palms of
the hands; Erysipelas of the hand; Numbness and emaciation of
the hands; the joint of the thumb feels sprained; Arthritic nodo-
sities on the fingers; Eruptions; Herpes, cracks, and Sores on, and
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between the fingers; Spreading blister on the little finger, from
which a quantity of thin pus exudes, with a burning, stinging
sensation; Thickening of the skin in the palms; Thickening of
the nails; Distortion of the finger-nails.
Hepar Sulp.–Foetid sweat in the axilla; Ulceration and
suppuration of the axillary glands; Pain in the shoulder when
raising the arm ; Tearing pains, or feeling as if bruised in the
arms, or only in the humerus; Steatoma at the elbow-joint ;
Painful drawings in the tendons of the flexors of the fore-arm ;
Pain in the wrists; Heat and burning in the palms of the hands;
Frequent burning in the hands; Sweat of the right hand; Crack-
ing of the finger-joints; Unsteadiness and trembling in the hands
when writing ; Cold sweat on the hands; Itching, scaly eruptions
on the hands; Skin dry, rough—grating to feel; Small miliary
eruption; Nettle-rash on the hands and fingers; Tingling in the
tips of the fingers; Arthritic pains; Pamaritium. Hepar is
almost a specific for Whitlow.
Ignatia.-Pain as of dislocation in the shoulder-joint, espe-
cially when moving the arm ; Bruise-like pain when bending the
arm backwards; also when lying on the right side, in bed—the left
humerus feels painful and bruised—relieved by pressure; Twitch-
ing and jerking in the deltoid muscle; Intolerable pains in the
bones and joints of the arm on which she has rested, in the
morning—it passes off on turning to the side not affected; Feeling
in the arm as of something creeping, like a mouse, at night;
Convulsive twitchings in the arms; Pains in the styloid process of
the ulna ; Pain in the wrist, as if sprained; Paralytic pain at the
wrist; Rigidity of the right wrist; Heat and sweat in the palms;
Yellowness of the hands; Pain in the index-finger, as if sprained;
Convulsive twitching of the fingers.
Iodium.—Induration of the axillary glands; Rheumatic pains
in the left shoulder; Violent stitches in the joint when at rest;
Rheumatic, tearing pains in both arms; Paralytic weakness in the
arms early in the morning; Subsultus tendinum of the arms and
hands; Tearing pain in the elbow; Zigzag movements of the
hands; Constant coldness, or cold sweat of the hands; Trembling
of the hands and fingers; Subsultus tendinum of the fingers.
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Kali Bich,- Stiffness of the shoulder-joint; Rheumatic pains—
worse at night ; Pain in the shoulders, arms, and fingers; Cold
shivering in the arms; Pains in the limbs after lying down at
night, on the side not laid upon; Pain in left elbow-joint; Pain
in right wrist; Rheumatic pains in the fingers; Pustules form at
the roots of the nails, and extend over the back of the hands, up
to the wrists; Small pustule on the hand, secreting a limpid fluid.
Kali Carb.-Sweat in the axilla; Swelling and pain in the
glands, with burning and tenderness; Tearing pain in left
shoulder—also in the right; Pain as from blows and bruises in
the right shoulder; Cracking in the joint; Violent tensive pain in.
the arm—lasting eight days—he could not raise it on account of
the pain; Pains from the shoulder to the wrist-joint; in the cold
air the arms lose warmth, become numb, and go to sleep—also
after violent exercise; Languor; Weakness; Loss of strength;
Pulsative pains; SubSultus tendinum ; Stiffness of the elbow-
joint; Pimples on the arms; Tearing pains in the wrists and
metacarpus when grasping; Coldness of the hands; Loss of
strength; Trembling when writing; Red, elevated spots on the
wrists, the size of a pea; Rough, chapped skin of the hands; Pains
under the nails; Burning in the tips of the fingers; Sleeping of
the fingers; Vesicles on the little finger—also on the left index-
finger; Inflammation round the border of the nail of the index-
finger; Swelling like panaris—a thin pus exuded for seven days.
Lachesis.--Pain in the right shoulder, that almost deprived
him of the use of his arm; Rheumatic pains in the right shoulder
and wrist; Pains that feel to be in the bones of the arms; Burning,
beating as if the flesh would be torn off the bones; Weakness of
the arm; Pain in the wrist, as if sprained; Rheumatic pains in
the hands; Trembling of the hands—also from the effects of alcohol;
Frequent swelling of the hands; Vesicles, with itching, burning ;
Chapped skin; Flat warts; Stinging and burning at the tips of the
fingers; Numbness; Sleeping; Tingling; Jactitation ; Itching
vesicles—also between the fingers; Blotches, or clear vesicles;
Flat warts on the thumbs; Gangrenous ulcer on the finger, arising
from a small vesicle; Dark-brown swelling, the size of a walnut,
with stinging, burning pain—worse at night, preventing sleep;
Malignant carbuncle; Panaris—also with proud flesh.
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Lycopodium.-Boils and herpes in the axilla; Swelling of
the axillary glands; Rheumatic tearings in the shoulder and elbow-
joint, commencing at the neck—continuing day and night—relieved
by lying on the affected side—also by motion—worse during per-
fect rest, and when the part becomes cold during the day; Paralytic
pain in the shoulder-joint; Bruise-like pain in right shoulder;
Sudden paralysis of the right arm in the evening; Weakness of
the arms when at work; Arthritic stiffness; Nightly bone-pains;
Large, inflamed swelling, like erysipelas, on the fore-arm ; but it
formed a boil, and suppurated; Involuntary trembling of the
hands; Great dryness of the skin; Stiffness or deadness of the
fingers; Arthritic nodes; Chilblains; Itching, stinging, burning of
the fingers; Painful ulcer on the left index-finger, that prevented
sleep at night.
Mercurius. – Painful stitching pains in the shoulder-joint,
at night; when he awakes in the morning they feel as if gone to
sleep; Cracking in the shoulder and elbow-joints; Tearing pain in
right shoulder, humerus, and wrist—also in the knee and hip—
particularly at night, when moving the parts; Burning pain in
the arm; it compelled him to drop anything he might be holding
in his hands; Weary feeling in the arms; Heaviness; Feeling as if
sprained; Small, red, elevated eruption, that became tipped with
white, and scaly; Herpes on the fore-arm, that peeled off, with
itching—lasted eighteen days; Large, red, round spots, one inch in
diameter, that formed scales on the fore-arm and wrist; Blisters,
full of watery fluid, on the wrist; Feeling of weakness in the wrist-
joint; Severe cramps in the hands; Sweating of the hands; Rigidity
and contraction of the fingers; Deadness of the fingers; Deep
cracks and rhagades, that look Sore at the base, as if they would
bleed; Deep crack in the arch between the thumb and index-
finger, painful and bleeding ; Small sores and ulcers on the fingers;
Exfoliation of the finger-mails.
Nitric Acid.— Painful swelling and inflammation of the
axillary glands; Foetid, or strong-smelling sweat in the axilla;
Tenderness in the axilla, especially the right; Aching pain or
pressure on right shoulder; Drawing pains in both arms; Drawing,
tearing, or hammering in the humerus; the right arm feels either
bruised or sprained; Paralytic feeling in the right arm; it goes to
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sleep at night; Languor; Weakness; Weary feeling in the arms;
Pains in the elbow-joints; Paralytic drawings in the fore-arm
nearly all day; Tearing pains in the wrists; Stitches in the hands;
Visible twitchings; Cramp; Painful stiffness; Trembling, sweating;
Sleeping of the hands and fingers; Very cold hands; Rough skin;
Rhagades; Copper-coloured spots; Vesicles or herpes between
the fingers; Painful swelling of the fingers; Chilblains; White
spots on the nails.
Nux Wom.—Bruises; Pain in the shoulder, that prevents free
motion, and especially elevation of the arm ; Pain in the shoulders
as if the ligaments were torn; Paralytic pain in the shoulder-joint;
the arm feels heavy and weary; it became more useful after
moving it for a short time; Rheumatic pain in the deltoid; Burn-
ing, painful spot on the deltoid; Sudden loss of strength in the
arms in the morning; Paralysis, with shocks as if the blood-vessels
would rupture; Drawing pains from below upwards, with paralytic
stiffness at night; Rheumatic laming pain in the humerus ; Weari-
ness of the fore-arms; Paralytic weakness; Pain in the wrist-joint,
as if sprained; Deadness of the hands; Contraction, with cramp-
like pain in the palms; his hands are chilly and cold ; he has not
sufficient strength to write; Cool sweat on the palms; Pale swelling
of the hands; when walking in the air, a profuse sweat covers the
palms; the veins frequently become turgid with blood; in warm
weather the fingers become red and swollen in several places, with
burning, itching, when warm in bed, or in a hot room; Spasmodic
contractions of the fingers; Cramps in the fingers at midnight,
when in bed; Heat and swelling in the ball of the thumb; Cracking
of the finger-joints; Chilblains on the hands and fingers.
Petroleum.—Copious sweating in the axilla; Tearing pains in
a tumour that threatens to suppurate; Pain in the shoulder when
raising the arm; the joint feels sprained; Great weakness in the
arms; Sleeping in the left arm for several days—also when lying
upon the arms; Erysipelatous inflammation of the arms, with
burning pain; Brown spots on the wrists; Burning in the palms
of the hands; Sweat of the palms; Skin of the hands very brittle
and rough ; Rhagades and chaps, especially in winter; Chilblains;
Tips of the fingers chapped, rough, and painful; a wart threatened
to ulcerate.
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Phosphorus.-Itching pimples in the axilla, with burning of
the skin; Swelling of the glands; Violent itching in the right
axilla; Tearing, drawing, or pressive pains in the shoulder—also
at night; Rheumatic pains in right shoulder; Pain as if sprained;
Cracking of the joint; Feeling of heaviness; Pain when lifting
the arm ; Great weakness of the arms and of the joints, with dis-
tention of the veins of the hands; Numbness and weakness;
Itching ; Scaly herpes; Burning of the skin; Pain in the elbow-
joint, as if broken ; Gnawing pain in the elbow; Tearing pains
about the wrists; Weakness, or feeling as if sprained; Painful
stitches during rest; Heaviness in the hands, with sense of fulness
and distention of the veins; Determination of blood to the hands
and head, as if caused from the stomach; one hand occasionally
feels paralysed; Tremor of both hands; Sleeping of the hands;
Burning feeling of the hands—also of the palms; Sudden swelling
of the hands and fingers; the finger-joints feel sprained; the tips
of the fingers numb and insensible; Jerking of single fingers;
Periodical contraction of the fingers; Cramp-like drawings in the
fingers; Paralysis; Loss of motion, but not of sensation, in the
fingers; Feeling of tension and stiffness; the skin at the joints
cracks; Chronic whitlows, not disposed to yield.
Pulsatilla.- Continuous tearing pain in the shoulder-joint ;
Sticking, rheumatic pain in the shoulder when moving the arm, or
bending the head to one side; Bubbling sensation in the right
shoulder; Excessive weight and heaviness in the shoulder-joint;
Pain as if sprained; Paroxysms of drawing pains, extending from
the shoulder to the wrist; Burning pain in the arm in the evening,
with dryness in the fingers; Sensation of numbness when doing
any kind of work; Pain in the arm during rest—it felt as if the
humerus were broken, or beaten in two about the middle, with
pain in the thumbs; Tearing pains in the muscles of the arm ;
Pains in the elbow-joint; Tensive pains in the tendons about the
elbow, when moving the arm; Distention of the veins of the fore-
arm; Drawing pains in the bones; Painful stiffness of the wrist
when moving it; the hand also feels strained; Sweat of the hands
in the morning, after rising ; Pimples between the fingers, con-
taining water; Chilblains.
Rhus Tox. —Painful swelling of the axillary glands; Tearing
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in the shoulder-joint and Scapula: ; Tearing, burning in the shoul-
der, with lameness of the arm, when at rest, or in bed—also during
cold weather; Sensation of something rolling down the arm to the
hand; Burning and pricking in the arm, under the axilla; Sensa-
tion as if hot water were running through the arms; Paralysis of
the arm, with coldness and insensibility; Erysipelatous swelling of
the arm ; Swelling of the bone, with burning pain, and ulceration
of the part; Coldness of the fore-arms; Feeling of debility when
seizing anything in the hands; Sensation in the hand, as of a cold
air blowing upon it; Smarting of the back of the hand—the skin
feels rough, hard, and stiff; Hot Swelling of the face and hands in
the evening; Vesicles between the fingers and on the hand; Pim-
ples on the hand, that itch and sting; Spasmodic contraction of the
fingers; Tearing pains in the fingers and joints; Creeping or
gnawing in the fingers; Sleeping of the fingers; Warts on the
hands and fingers.
Sanguinaria.-Severe pains in left shoulder—sometimes ex-
tending into the breasts; Rheumatic pain in right shoulder and
arm—worse when in bed at night—cannot raise the arm ; Pain in
right shoulder, and upper part of the arm—worse at night, when
turning in bed; Rheumatic pains in the arms and hands; Rheu-
matism in the right fore-arm at night; Severe pain in arm and
hand when lying warm in bed—also felt in foot, instep, and toes;
Burning in the palms of the hands; Redness of the hands; Livid
colour of the hands in Pheumonia; Stiffness of the fingers; Ulcer-
ation at the roots of the nails, on all the fingers.
Sepia.-Swelling and suppuration of one of the axillary glands;
Humid herpes in the axilla; Pain below the left shoulder, as if
sprained; Pain in the joint when raising only a small weight;
Violent pain as if it would be torn off (this pain was relieved by
eructations); Drawing pain early in the morning, when in bed;
Pain in the head of the humerus, and tendon of the pectoralis
major, when drawing back the arm; Feeling of coldness and stiff-
ness in the arm ; Paralytic sensation, with throbbing ; Drawing
pain from above downwards, passing to the fingers; Trembling of
the hands when writing; Jactitation of the muscles; Pain in right
arm, as if bruised; Large blister; Inflammatory swelling in the
middle of the upper arm—bright-red, hard, spotted with red
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spots; Brown spots on the elbow, the size of lentils; Stiffness of
the elbow-joint; Red swelling on the fore-arm, like a fluctuating
tumour (painful); Stiffness of the wrists; Numbness of the hands;
Heat of the hands during the day—or icy coldness of both hands,
even when in a warm room; Cold sweat on the hands; Suppurat-
ing sores on the back of the hands and tips of the fingers; Itching
and scurf on the hands; Pemphigus ; Numbness of the fingers;
Uneasiness under the mails; Pain under the nails; Painless ulcers
on the tips of the fingers; Panaritium on left index-finger, with
violent throbbing and stitching pain; Diseases of the nails.
Silica.-Excessive swelling and suppuration of the axillary
glands; Languor of the upper limb–also when at work; Tearing
pains in both arms; Congestion of blood when stooping or working
—the arms were swollen, and trembled for an hour; Several large
boils on the arms; Induration of the cellular tissue ; Several hard
lumps, like peas, appear on the fore-arm; Cramp-like pain and para-
lytic weakness of the wrists; Sleeping of the hands at night ;
Ganglion on the back of the hand; Profuse sweat of the hands;
Pustules on the dorsum ; Ulcers; Sensation on the back of the
finger as if it were burnt; Pain as from a splinter in the finger;
Weakness and rigidity of the fingers; the joints feel enlarged, and
are painful when pressed upon ; Numbness of the fingers; Dryness
of the tips; Cracks in the fingers, that burn and inflame, affecting
the lymphatic vessels; Blisters on the fingers; Frequent whitlow,
sometimes with proud flesh, and caries of the bone; Nails rough
and yellow, or grey and dingy, crumbling like powder when cut-
ting them.
Sulphur.—Very foetid sweat in the axilla; Purulent swelling of
the glands; Moist, swollen gland under right arm; Rheumatic
pain in shoulder during inspiration; Pressure on the shoulder, as
from a load, when walking in the air; Drawing pains in the joint
and in the arm ; Tearing in shoulders and joints at night; Violent
gnawing, or bruised pain; Stitches from the shoulder to the chest;
Pain as of dislocation; Jerking in the shoulders; Bruise-like pain
in the arms; Sleeping of the arms for twenty-four hours; Drawing
cramps in the arms at midnight; Swelling of the arms; Red,
burning spots on the arms; Warts; Vesicles; Hot Swelling, with
pricking pain in left humerus; Pains and drawing in the fore-
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arms, as if in the nerves; Swelling of the fore-arm, as from a blow;
Pain, as if sprained, in the wrist-joint; Swelling of the hands, with
distention of the veins; Weakness of the hands in the morning;
Trembling when writing or doing fine work; Tremulous feeling in
either hand; Cold hands; Redness and swelling of the hands and
fingers, as if frozen; Itching vesicles, like Scabies, on the hands and
between the fingers; Red spots on the dorsum ; Fissures; Rha-
gades and spots—also about the joints and knuckles; Cramps or
tearing in the fingers; Numbness and deadness of the fingers;
Swelling of the middle fingers; Thickness of the fingers; Red,
inflamed chilblains, that itch when warm ; the skin of the fingers
peels off; Warts on the fingers; Whitlow ; Hangmail. -
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Aconite.--Drawing pain in hip-joint during movement;
Lameness; Numbness and weakness in the thighs; Sensation as
if a tight bandage were drawn round them; Feeling of weakness
about the head of the femur, with pain when lying down at night;
Trembling and tottering of the legs—she cannot keep them still:
Drawing, tearing pain in the knee-joint; Tension and aching in
the patella; Stitches in left knee; Icy coldness of the knees;
Sensation as if the hamstrings were too short; the knees are un-
steady, and give way when walking; Heaviness in the legs—they
feel numb, and go to sleep ; Coldness of the feet and toes; Sensa-
tion as if a tight bandage were placed around the malleolus;
Pains in the tarsal joints, with great despondency and fear of
death; Inflammation of the feet and legs; Heat and prickings in
the feet and toes; Inflammatory swelling of the knee.
Agaricus.-Painful lameness of the lower limbs, as after a
severe illness; Pain in the hip and thighs; the knees give way
when walking; Darting pain in the knees; Heavy, languid feel-
ing in the thighs, legs, and feet—the very ligaments feel relaxed
and weak; Stinging pain in the leg, heel, foot, and toes; Itching,
burning of the toes, as if frozen ; Burning and itching of the legs,
with desquamation of the skin; Pimples on the legs, the size of a
millet-seed.
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Ammonium Carb.-Bruise-like pains in the hip-joint and
thighs; Acute pains, as if the part had been beaten, especially in
the morning before rising; Great lassitude of the thighs and legs;
Excessive weakness in the lower limbs, with scraping pains in the
bones; Acute pain in the right femur—it seemed even to touch
the marrow; Stiffness in the thighs; Tearing in the knees; Pain
under the patella; Feeling as if the knee were strained; Eruption
on the knee, like that of Scarlatina; Sleeping of the legs; Fre-
quent cramps; Acute pain in the heel; Swelling of the feet, up
to the calves; the whole foot is swollen; Sweat of the feet;
Burning, stinging in the corns.
Ammonium Mur.—Sensation in left hip, as if the tendons
were too short—she was obliged to limp when walking; Tearing
pain in the front of the right thigh ; Stiffness of the knee; Ten-
sion and contraction of the tendons of the leg; Spasmodic contrac-
tion about the fibula; Stinging pain in left calf; Pain in the
os calcis when treading ; Tearing pain in the heel, with throbbing,
as if a tumour would form ; Cold feet at night when in bed.
Antimonium Crud.—Drawing pains from the hip to the
sacrum ; Stinging pains in the thighs; Painful stiffness of the
knee for eight days; White, hard tubercles, the size of a pea,
with red areola on the leg; Bluish spots on the thigh; Red
pimples on the knee, like the vesicles in Chicken-pox; Heaviness
in the feet—when walking the foot felt so heavy she could scarcely
lift it; Chilblains on the feet—painful even in summer; Feet
very sensitive to the stone pavement; Large horny excrescences
on the soles, near the toes—they always return after being cut
out ; Mortification of the foot; Hard excrescence under the nail
of the great toe.
Arnica.-Tearing pains; Single thrusts in the hip; Pain as
from a sprain in the hip; Pains in the thighs and legs; Twitchings
in the muscles of the thigh; Stitches in the knee; Sudden weak-
ness in the knees—they give way when standing; the feet feel
numb and insensible; when going up-stairs the right knee felt
bruised, as from a blow; Sudden swelling of the (affected) foot—
it felt very uneasy, as if from lying on a board; Pain as from a
strain in the tarsal joint; Stitches in the foot and tendo Achillis;
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Stitches or prickings in the soles of the feet; Tingling; Violent
burning in the feet; Severe stitches in the great toe ; Sweat of
the soles of the feet; Arthritic inflammation of the knee, ankle,
or great toe.
Arsenicum,_Drawing, tearing pains in the hip and left foot
in the morning, after a sleepless night; Lancination in hips,
thigh, and groin ; Violent tearing or drawing pains in the joints;
Pain and uneasiness, that compel him to move the limbs, or
change his position constantly—the pains are worse in the even-
ing or at night, but pass off when in the recumbent position;
Sleeping of the limbs; Cramps in the thighs, calves, and toes
when in bed, followed by great lassitude; Convulsive jerkings of
the legs and knees; Sensation as if the lower limbs would give
way under the body when going up-stairs; Lameness; Coldness
of the knees and feet—it seemed impossible to get them warm ;
Cold sweat of the legs; Swelling of the limbs, sometimes with
pain; the knees feel as if tightly bandaged; Pains as if bruised,
and the flesh loose; Spasmodic pains in the legs in the morning;
Itching herpes in the bend of the knee; Painful cramp in the
calf, that almost made him scream at night, with coldness and
lameness of the leg; Heaviness of the legs—he can scarcely raise
them; Weakness of the knees; Wasting of the lower limbs;
Swelling of the legs and feet; Ulcers, with burning, or lancina-
tions, or eruptions covered with scurf; Pains in the feet—aggra-
vated by movement; Numbness, stiffness, and insensibility of the
feet; Hot, shining swellings, with red, burning spots, or black-
blue blisters—or red-blue, hard, painful swellings; Thickening of
the skin on the soles of the feet—which is insensible, resembling
leather or cork—sometimes with deep cracks; Blisters on the
bottoms of the feet, discharging a light-yellow fluid; Ulcers on
the heels and soles; Stiffness of the toes; Spreading blisters on
the feet and toes; Soreness of the feet when walking.
Baryta Carb.-Boils on the glutei muscles; Burning, sting-
ing, itching; Tearing pains and cramp in the limbs; Pains in the
bones, down to heels; Weariness of the lower limbs; Weakness as
if he must fall; Sudden beating in the thigh ; Attacks of pain in
the right knee, as if opened with a knife; Violent stitches, that
leave a lameness; Cramp in the calves; Ulcers on the legs;
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Tremor of the feet when standing; Burning in the soles the whole
night; Hard skin on the soles; Corns, with burning or stitches;
Foetid sweat of the feet.
Belladonna.-Coxalgia, with burning, stinging in the joint—
most violent at night; Stiffness in the joint after sitting, with
difficulty in rising from the seat; Violent stitches in the right
hip ; Pains in the thighs and legs, as if bruised; Heaviness of the
thighs and legs when walking, with stiffness in the knees; Paralytic
drawing and lameness of the lower limbs, with vertigo, nausea,
trembling, and anxiety—she was compelled to lie down; Violent
cramp-like pains in the knee; Trembling of the knee; the joints
feel as if they would give way when going down a hill; Pain in
the leg, as if it had been crushed; Painful feeling of weight in
the legs; Sweat of the feet, without warmth; Stiffness of the
ankle-joint when walking; Swelling of the feet; Tingling; Burn-
ing or digging in the soles of the feet; the ball of the heel feels
bruised when treading upon it; Heat, with creeping in the feet.
Bryonia.—Coxagra ; Spontaneous limping; Pain in the hips
as from knives cutting ; Lancinations near the trochanter when
making a false step—it caused him to start—during rest the part
throbbed, and was painful to touch ; Painful jerks in the hip when
lying or sitting; Weakness of the thighs and legs—felt when going
down-stairs; Feeling of lameness in the lower limbs; Drawing
pains; Lancination; Rheumatic pains, with Sweat—intolerance
of touch or movement; Pain and rigidity in the thighs in the
morning, when in bed; Bruised pain in the thighs, with throbbing
and hammering; Pain as if bruised in the patella; Stitching pains
in the knees, with drawing pains in the calves; Tensive, painful
stiffness, with red, Shining 8welling of the knees; Tearing pains
from the knees down the tibialis anticus muscle; Burning in the
right knee, with sweat at night; Weakness of the legs when com-
mencing to walk ; Lancinating pains, with tension in the calves;
Swelling of the legs, with or without redness; Pain in the feet
when treading, as if sprained; Stitching pains in the feet and
soles; Heaviness and numbness in the soles; Tension and pain in
the ankle-joint; Hot, inflammatory swelling of the feet, with red-
ness and bruise-like pain, or feeling as if ulcerated; Arthritic
swelling of the feet; Rhewmatic Gowt.
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Calcarea C.—Tension and drawing in the hips, with pain as of
sub-cutaneous ulceration when walking; Painful twitchings in the
gluteal region; Stitches in the hip-joint when stooping; Stitch
that ascended from the patella to the hip when setting down the
foot to walk; Feeling of numbness in the right hip and thigh,
with a sensation as if the bone were broken in many pieces; he
walks on the points of his toes; Coxagra ; Uneasiness in the lower
limbs, with frequent belching of wind; Painful weariness of the
thighs; the limbs go to sleep in the evening when sitting; Stitches in
the thigh, knee, and heel, at night; Tearing stitches on the inner side
of the thigh, above the knee, when sitting; Pains in the muscles of
the thigh, as if bruised; Varices of the veins of the thigh ; Pain in
the patella, as if sprained, when rising from a seat; Drawing pains
in the region of the patella; Sharp stitches in the knee-joint;
Sweating of the knees; Inflamed bursae, below the knee; Swelling
of the knee-joint; Pain in the calf when setting down the foot to
walk; Violent cramp in the calf at night; Erysipelatous swelling
of the leg; Large, dark patches on the legs, with swelling of the
parts; Several w!cers on the legs; Pains in the feet—also the soles,
as from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Burning in the soles; Sweating
of the feet; Blisters on the heel when walking—they become in-
flamed, and appear like boils; Cramps and sharp stitches in the
toes; Swelling of the soles; Coldness or deadness of the feet;
Burning under the nail of the great toe; Stitches or prickings in
the toes; Contraction of the toes; Corns.
Camphora.--Difficult motion and weariness of the limbs ;
Cracking of all the joints in the lower limb; Drawing pains, as
from bruises, in the thigh, with a sensation às if the knee would
suddenly give way; Stitches in the patella when sitting ; Pain
below the patella when walking ; Tearing pains in the thighs and
knees; Feeling of great weariness in the feet and legs when walk-
ing ; Tearing cramps in the calf, and dorsum of the foot ; Tearing
pains in the tips of the toes, and under the nails, when walking.
Carbo Veg.—Drawing pain in the hip and thigh, with burning
and tearing pain—worse when walking; Drawing or tearing pains
in the legs, with lameness; Uneasiness in the right thigh and leg
—it compelled him to change his position continually; Numbness
and insensibility; Sleeping of the legs; Lameness in both lower
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limbs; Feeling of rigidity; Heaviness and weakness; Contractive
pain in the thigh, with giving-way of the knee; Jactitation of the
muscles; Rheumatic drawing or burning pain in the thigh; Pain-
ful stiffness and weakness of the knees; Burning in the knee ;
Paralytic pain; Lameness in the joint; Vesicular eruption; Herpes;
Poplitial amewrism, with tension and throbbing; Violent cramp
in the legs and soles of the feet when walking, or at night in bed;
Swollen spot in the calf, that is painful to touch ; Itching blotches
on the calves; Ulcers that bleed readily, and emit a foetid odour;
Cramp in the feet, with contraction of the toes; Chronic numbness
of the feet; Profuse sweating of the feet; Burning in the soles;
Redness and swelling of the toes; Pain under the nails; Ulcera-
tion of the tips of the toes.
Causticum.—Pinching over the acetabulum, as if the muscles
were seized with a pair of tongs; Pain as from a sprain or contu-
sion in the left hip-joint; Burning, with prickling in the hip ; Ex-
coriation high up between the thighs; Drawing pains in the limbs,
as if in the bone; Violent drawing and tearing pains in both
limbs, from the toes upwards; Jactitation of the muscles; Pains, as
from bruises, in the thighs and legs; Pain in the hip, with stitches
in the knee; very great uneasiness in the lower limbs when in bed
in the morning—lasting some hours; Tingling in the thighs and
legs; Pains in the limbs as if they would be paralysed; Excessive
lassitude when awaking in the morning; Trembling or shaking
when commencing to walk; Varices of the veins; some parts of
the thighs and legs are almost covered with little dark veins; Vio-
lent itching about the knees, with an eruption like mettle-rash ;
Soreness, as from excoriation, on the inner part of the thigh, and on
the scrotum ; Itching of the thighs—also with stinging; Painful
drawing and stiffness of the knees; Tearing pains in the knees;
Painful cracking in the knee-joint, with a feeling as if it were
sprained; Weakness and giving-way of the knees when walking;
Tearing pain in the leg and calf; Burning in the bone (tibia);
Red, painful spot on the tibia, that spreads and scales off; Neu-
ralgic pains in the soles, heels, and tendo Achillis; Cramp in the
feet; Stiffness in the ankle-joint; Drawing pain in the arch of the
right foot; Burning pains in the soles; Tingling in the soles;
Blisters on the feet and heels; Ulcer on the heel; Violent burning
and stinging in the great toe : the ball of the great toe feels in-
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flamed, as if burnt, and would ulcerate; Suppurating ulcer near
the nail, with proud flesh; Burning pain, or violent stitches, in
the corns.
China.-Painful drawings in the bones and muscles of the
lower limb ; Darting, tearing pains in the thighs—excited by con-
tact; Tearing pains, in paroxysms, in the thigh and knee—it was
difficult to walk or stand; Bruised feeling in the posterior muscles
of the thigh when sitting ; Laming pain in the knee when rising
from a seat; Trembling of the knees; Giving-way of the knees
when going up-stairs or walking; Hot Swelling of the right knee;
Chilliness and shuddering in one leg, as when plunged into cold
water; Hard, dark-red swelling on the calf, which suppurated;
Burning tension in the tendo Achillis; Lameness of the feet;
Arthritic swelling of the foot; Pains in the legs, as if the perios-
teum were inflamed or bruised; Lancinations in the soles or heels;
Darting, tearing pains in the bones of the feet and toes, especially
the joints—increased by contact, not by motion; Paralysis of the feet.
Cocculus.-Cracking and painful sensation in the hip-joint
when walking, or turning the thigh ; Twitchings in the muscles
around the hip-joint; Paralytic pain in the left os innominatum ;
Stitches about the hip-joint; Paralytic immobility of the thighs
and legs; Paralysis of the lower eactremities, from the small of
the back ; Rigid feeling from the thighs to the knees; Pains in
the thighs, as if bruised or broken ; Cracking of the knee during
motion; Inflammation and swelling of the knee, with darting
pains; Violent stitches in the knee, and in the integuments, with
involuntary starting of the limbs; Tearing pains in the patella ;
Feeling of weariness in the knees, as after a long journey; Sleeping
of the feet; Swelling of the foot in the evening, with heat and
itching; Cold sweat of the feet; Pain in the os calcis, as if bruised.
Colchicum.—Tearing pains in the hip—worse at night; Draw-
ing pain in the muscles of the right thigh, in bed, at night; Tear-
ing pains in the knee; CEdematous swelling of the legs and feet;
Drawing or tearing pains in the soles or heels; Pain in the left
great toe, as if the nail were growing into the flesh; Tingling in
the toes, as from being frozen.
Dulcamara.--Drawing stitches in left hip ; Sensation as if the
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head of the femur would be dislocated; Twitchings in the lower
limbs; Bruised feeling, that made him walk lame; Pains in the
thighs, that disappear when walking, and return again when
sitting, with a very tired feeling; Paralytic pains in the right thigh;
Tearing pains in the knee-joint; Swelling of the leg and calf (not
the foot); Numbness; Painful cramp in the calf; Burning in the
feet; Stinging, burning in the toes; Desquamation of the skin of
the feet ; Formication; Profuse sweat of the feet; Rheumatism o
the joints. -
Ferrum Acet.--Lameness; Numbness and sleeping of the
thighs; Weakness and instability of the knees; Painful weariness
in the knees; Painful drawing in the legs, with stiffness and heavi-
ness; Pain in the leg, as if bruised; Painful cramp in the calves
when rising in the morning; Frequent cramps in soles and toes;
Swelling of the feet—also the ankles, and even extending to the
knees (sometimes the hands); the feet are so cold that he can
scarcely drag them along; CEdema of the feet, consequent upon
the loss of animal fluids; Varices of the feet; Great stiffness on
moving the feet after having rested.
Graphites.—Soreness between the thighs, especially when
walking; Boils and pimples on the nates; Great heaviness and
lassitude in the lower limbs; Deadness; Stiffness; Numbness;
Red spots and herpes on the thighs, near the scrotum ; Cutting
pains in the knee, as with a knife; Stiffness in the knees; Jacti-
tation in the muscles of the legs; Pain as from a bruise or a
sprain in the knee-joint; Numbness in the knee, that awakes him
at night; Herpes about the knee; Cramps in the calves during
the day; Drawing pains in the calves; Hard swelling of the legs;
Great weight; Tingling; Ulcers on the legs; Stiffness of the
joints; Gnawing pain in the heels; Stitches in the heels—when
stepping they made him start; Pain in the heel, as from sub-
cutaneous ulceration; Ulcerative pain in the soles; Burning of
the feet, and in the soles, for several days—worse when walking;
Sweat of the feet, with strong odour; Profuse sweat, with soreness
of the toes; Swelling of the foot; Cold feet; Swelling of the toes,
and balls of the toes; Itching; Soreness and excoriation between
the toes; Ulcer on the fourth toe; Ulceration of the tips; Horny skin;
Burning soreness of the corns; the nails are thick and deformed.
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Hepar Sulph-Pain as from a sprain in the hip-joint when
walking in the open air; Coxagra, with throbbing and threatened
suppuration; Boils on the nates; Soreness, with sweating between
the scrotum and thighs; Profuse sweat between the thighs; Ten-
sion and uneasiness in the lower limbs; Weight and heaviness;
Pain as from bruises in the anterior muscles of the thigh; Cramps
in the thighs; Sudden pain, with weakness in the thigh—it pre-
vented him walking ; Pain in the knee, as if bruised or broken;
Swelling of the knee; Itching pimples around the knee; Cramps
in the calves; Uneasiness in the legs—he cannot keep them still ;
Erysipelas of the leg; Tearing pain in the tendo Achillis; Cramp
in the feet, soles, and toes; Pains in the ankle when walking, as if
he had sprained it ; Swelling of the ankles, with difficult breathing;
Rhagades of the feet; Stinging pains in the toes; Burning, tingling;
the nail of the great toe feels painful, as if it would ulcerate.
Hyoscyamus.-Redness of the nates; Boil on the left thigh;
Drawing pains in the thighs—worse during rest; Gangrenous
spots and vesicles on the lower limbs; Bruised pain in the tibia
when walking, with a red rash on the calf; Drawing, tearing
pains in the soles of the feet; Redness of the feet; Swelling of
the feet; Spasmodic contraction of the toes when walking; Cold-
ness of the feet.
Kali Carb.-Ulcerative pain in the gluteal region; Itching
between the nates; Tearing pain in the hips and knees; Darting
in the left hip-joint; Painful stitches in the left hip when stand-
ing; Pain as from bruises in the hip-joint—very painful when
sneezing; Tearing pains, as if in the bones; Burning pains, with
painful stitches; Sudden attack of heaviness, as if the whole limb
would be paralysed; Numbness in the right lower limb; Frequent
sleeping of the limbs—they give way involuntarily; Burning pains
that extend to the feet; Jactitation of the muscles of the thigh;
Paralytic feeling in the whole thigh ; Dull pains; Tension and
stiffness in the knees; Tearing, throbbing, and beating in the
knees; Pain as from a sprain; Swelling of the legs; Itching
vesicles and herpes on the legs; Pains in the ankles; Darting
pain into the internal malleolus—it caused her to stand still when
walking; Painful stitches in the feet; Tingling; Heaviness; Stiff-
ness; Sleeping of the feet after a meal; Coldness of the feet when
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in bed; Sweat of the soles; Profuse sweat of the feet, lasting
ºnany days; Swelling of the feet and ankles; the tips of the toes
are painful when walking; Gnawing, burning, or pricking in the
great toe ; Inflamed chilblains; Corns painful and sensitive.
Lachesis.--Tearing pains in the hip and lower limbs; Rheu-
matic pains in right hip, extending into the back and knee—so
intense that it drives one out of bed when asleep at night; Tear-
ing pains from below upwards; Drawing pains, as if in the bones;
Weakness and weariness in the lower limbs; Trembling, that is
followed by headache; Pains as from a shock in the thigh, after
every glass of wine; Stinging pains in the knees; Rheumatic
tearings, or pain as if sprained, particularly in the left knee;
Sensation as if the hamstrings were too short ; Weakness and
stiffness of the knees; Swelling of the knees; Pains in the calves;
Swelling of the legs, or only the left leg and foot; Blue-red
Swelling of the leg and foot; Deep ulcers and old herpes; Black,
gamgrenous ulcers; Deep holes in the tibia; Caries of the tibia ;
Tearing pains in the feet; Coldness of the feet, as from ice;
Swelling of the feet; Abscess on the heel, from friction of a boot;
Inflamed spot on the toe; Excoriation between the toes; Cracks
or rhagades, like deep cuts; Chilblains inflame and suppurate.
Lachesis is said to cure Gamgrene.
Ledum Pal.—Rheumatic and laming pains in the hip-joint;
Pain in the right hip—more violent during motion; Pains that
extend from the hip to the ankles; Sensation as if the posterior
muscles of the thigh were paralysed ; Pain in the periosteum of
the femur—it felt bruised and sore; Sensation in the left thigh,
as if the muscles had not their proper length—they feel sprained
in every position—more violent when walking or touching the
parts; Trembling of the knees; Great weakness in the joints—
he was obliged to sit down; Cracking in the knees; Stiffness in
the knees when walking; Swelling, with tensive, pricking pain
when walking—with hardness and a tense feeling in the whole leg;
Heat and swelling of the legs, with stinging pain; Cramps in the
calves at night, or when lying down; Obstinate swelling of the
foot for eight days; Inflammatory swelling of the feet and legs;
Pains in the soles when walking; Bruised pain in the heel; Pres-
sure on the dorsum of the foot; Gnawing, itching on the dor-
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sum—more violent in bed; Sensation as if the blood were rushing
to the great toe; the ball of the great toe inflames—feels swollen
and thick—when stepping it is extremely painful; Gout.
Lycopodium.—Boil on the nates; Pains in the gluteal muscles;
Pain in the hip, as from a sprain—every four days he had a pain
from the hip down to the foot, that caused him to limp ; Tearing
pains at night; Involuntary shaking, first of the right, then of the
left limb; the limbs feel cold and heavy—or tired and powerless—
or as if they had been bruised; Constant subsultus; Soreness
between the limbs—she is scarcely able to walk; Drawing and
burning in the thigh; Tearing pains in the thighs: Pain as from
a bruise in the right thigh, just above the knee-joint; Cold thrills
along the left thigh; Large boil on the thigh, above the knee;
Stiffness of the knees in the morning after rising; Tearing pains
in the knees and ankles; Pain as from a sprain in the knee-joint;
Swelling of the knees, with sweat; White swelling of the knee;
Sore pains in the knees; Pains in the bones; Cramp in the calves
at night—or when walking by day—or when sitting with the
knees bent—sometimes so painful as to extort cries; the legs feel
heavy and swollen; Burning in the legs; Red spots; Old ulcers,
with burning pain at night; Pains in the ankles, heels, and soles
of the feet; Sensation, when setting down the foot, as if a stone
were under it; Pricking pain in the heels; Pain as from a sprain
in the tarsal joint; Burning in the feet; Pain in the soles when
walking; Pain as from sub-cutaneous ulceration; Swelling of the
feet—also during the menses; Great weight of the feet; Swelling
of the right foot; Swelling of the soles; Constant coldness of the
feet; Cold sweat of the feet; Profuse sweat of the feet, even until
they become sore; Burning Soreness of the toes, as if sand were
upon or between them; Excoriation between the toes; Contrac-
tion of the toes; Pain around the nails; Painful corns; Stitches
in the corns; the corns appear in a fortnight after commencing
the proving.
Mercurius.-Sharp, acute stitches in iliac spine; Pain in the
right gluteal region; Burning pain in the nates; Tearing pain in
the hip-joint, knee, and humerus at night; Involuntary twitching
of the limbs; Coldness of the thighs; Drawing pains in the thighs;
Eruptions; Small pimples or herpes on the thighs; Tumour on
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the upper part of the left thigh ; Pains and weakness in the knees;
Tearing pain in the joint; Sensation as if the tendons were too
short; Painless beating in the knee-joint; Spasmodic contraction
of the legs; Dropsical swelling of the legs and feet, or of one leg
only; Nodes on the tibia, with redness, pain, and swelling; Drawing
pains in the tibia; Spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the
calf—the part was raised in large lumps; Painful cramp in the
right calf; Rapid swelling of the ankles, with violent pains; Pain as if
sprained; Tearing pains in the tarsal joint; Painful swelling of the
metatarsal bones; Swelling of the heel; Cramp-like contraction of
the toes; Swelling of all the toes; Burning pain in the great toe;
Excoriation of the skin of the toes; Ulceration and softening of
the nails. -
Nitric Acid, Soreness of the nates when riding—also at night;
Pain and pressure in the right gluteal region; Feeling, when about
to walk, as if the head of the femur would luxate ; Soreness between
the thighs when walking; Ulcer near the right hip-joint; Drawing
pains from the hip to the foot; Pain in the limbs as if bruised;
Heaviness in the lower limbs; Languor; Tingling; Paralytic pain;
Feeling of coldness in the right limb ; Pains in the thighs when
rising from a seat; Pain as if bruised, or as if broken; Pricking
in the thighs; Dry herpes; Boils on the thighs; Painful stiffness
in the knees, and in the patella; he can scarcely walk; Stitches in
the knee; the poplitial space seems swollen; the knees give way
when walking, and feel extremely weak; Coldness of the knees;
Cramp in the calf towards morning; Jerking in the calves; Great
weariness after a short walk; the feet are so painful that he cannot
bear the pressure of the shoes; Stitching pains in the heel; Weak-
ness of the ankles—they give way when walking; Swelling of the
feet after a walk; Icy coldness of the legs and feet; Sweat of the
soles; Foetid sweat; Inflammation and swelling of the toes; Violent
pain under the nail of the great toe; Spreading vesicles and chilblains.
Nux Wom.-Burning pain in the right hip-joint; Frequent
dartings from the feet to the hips; Vacillation in gait, and un-
steadiness of the lower limbs; Heaviness and weariness in the legs;
Sudden sensation of weakness early in the morning; Sleeping of
the limbs when at dinner; Numbness and paralysis of the limbs;
Coldness of the thighs; Tired feeling after a very sound sleep;
&
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Paralytic pain in the head of the femur, thigh, and knee; Bruised
pain in the posterior muscles of the thigh, as after great fatigue;
Boils on the thigh, with a violent stinging pain; Drawing, stabbing
pain from the knee to the groin; Tottering and giving-way of the
knees; Stiffness of the knees when rising from a seat, with a sensa-
tion as if the tendons were too short ; Pain in the patella as from
fatigue; Arthritic inflammation and swelling of the knee—also with
nodes; Ulcer on the leg, with red areola; Bright-red swelling, with
black, painful spots; Cramp in the calves when in bed; Pains in
the joints of the foot, as after a fatiguing journey; Heat and
swelling of the feet; Cramp in the soles during the day—also at
night, when drawing up the feet; Painful contraction in the soles;
Burning pain in the soles; Stitches in the soles—also in the heel;
Feeling of numbness in the heel as after jumping from a great
height; Tenderness in the heel, when treading, especially on a
stone; Painful chilblains; Burning in the toes as after being
frozen—also when getting warm; Cramp-like contraction of the
toes—also after midnight, in bed.
Petroleum. — Chronic disease of the hip-joint P Redness;
Soreness, with moisture, high up between the thighs; Small,
itching pimples near the scrotum, on the thighs; Herpetic spot
on the inner side of the thigh; Large boil on the thigh ; Stiff-
ness of the knees—also in the legs and ankles; Stitching or
tearing pains in the knees; Painful weakness and cracking in
the knees; Sensation as if one of the semi-lunar cartilages had
become dislocated; Large red spot on the left knee; Herpes on
the knee; Cramp in the calves, legs, and feet; Blotches on the
calves, that itch; Cramp in the foot at night; Swelling of the
foot for several days; Blisters on the heel; Herpes about the
malleolus; Profuse sweat of the feet; Feeling of tightness in the
ball of the great toe, as if bound by an iron band; Eruptions on
and between the toes; Inveterate wilcers on the toes, with high
edges—red, flat base, and moisture; Ulcers that form after frost-
bite; Painful chilblaims; Corns; Stitching or burning pain in
the corns.
Phosphorus.-Pain in the nates after long sitting; Pulsation
or twitching—or feeling as if the part would be sore and ulcerate;
Paralytic, painful feeling in the left hip-joint; he could scarcely
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step on the left foot; Pain in the hips, as if sprained; Weariness
in the limbs, even in the morning; Great restlessness in the limbs;
Burning pains in the thighs; Pimples or boils on the back of the
thigh ; Herpes about the knees; Pains in the knees; Trembling
of the knees; Drawing pain from the knees to the feet; Rigidity
of the hamstrings when walking; Arthritic stiffness of the knees,
with paralytic weakness of the legs; Suddenly-formed, painful
tumour just below the bend of the knee—red, inflamed, burning;
Twitching in the calves; Cramp in the calf, with jerking of the
leg upwards; Pain in the tibia as if the periosteum were injured—
the part is tender to touch; Several small, blue-red spots on the
legs, like petechiae; Tendency of the ankle to give way when walking;
Easy dislocation of the foot; Twitching of the foot during the day
—also in the evening, when going to sleep; Violent itching in the
soles; Tingling; Formication; Icy coldness of the feet, even when in
bed, and during hot weather; Swelling of the feet in the evening;
Spots, vesicles, and ulcers on the feet; Pain, and redness in the
soles; Throbbing in the heels; Blister on the heel, that bursts, and
is painful when walking; Pain in the great toe, as if it had been
frozen ; Deeply-sticking pains in the corns, that seem to strike into
the bone; Soreness and inflammation in the balls of the toes.
Phosphoric Acid.-Boil on the nates; Pain in the hip-joint,
as if it were broken; Painful heaviness in all the joints of the
lower limbs; Rheumatic, paralytic feeling in the left limb; Bruise-
like pain in the muscles of the thighs; Painful Swelling of the
glands of the thigh ; Excessive languor and weakness in the legs
when walking; Itching ulcers on the legs; Nightly burning in the
tibia; Burning in the soles; Burning heat of the feet, with sore-
ness of the toes; Numbness of the left foot; Sweating of the feet;
Swelling of the feet; Blisters and chilblains on the feet.
Pulsatilla.-Pain in the gluteal region, as if bruised; Pain in
the hip when bending the back; Pain in the hip as if dislocated;
Chronic coxalgia; Jerking, tearing pains in the lower limbs;
Trembling during the pains in the morning; Uneasiness in the
limbs at night; Bruised pain in the limbs; Violent pain in the
muscles of the thighs; Jerking pain from the hip-joint to the
knee—it passed off during a walk; Violent pains in the thigh, as if
a vessel would burst; Drawing pains, at night, in the muscles of
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the thigh; he cannot find ease in any position, and is continually
tossing about; Paralytic weakness in the thigh after being seated
a long time, and about to walk—it soon passes off; Bruise-like
pains that seemed in the bone; Painful stiffness and weariness of
the legs, with trembling of the knees; Tearing, jerking in the
knees; Cracking in the knees; Rheumatism of the knee; Painless
Swelling of the knee; Hot, inflammatory swelling of the knee;
Weakness and unsteadiness of the knees—when walking they sud-
denly give way; Sleeping of the legs; Paralytic pain when rising
from a seat; Heaviness and weariness in the limbs during the day;
Varices of the legs; Bleeding of the varices; Heat and swelling of
the legs; Pains in the legs, with chilliness ; * Pains in the bones
of the legs; Pain in the tibia as if beaten with a stick; Cramp in
the calves; Jerking pains in the malleolus; Swelling of the dorsum
of the foot; Erysipelas; Swelling of the feet at night; Hot swelling,
extending to the calves; Red-hot swelling of the foot, with tensive,
burning pain; Tearing pain in the soles of the feet—also in the
knee and back; Burning pain in the soles; Burning, pricking
pain in the heel (the pricking pain is generally accompanied by
burning); Tingling in the toes as after being frozen ; Burning,
pricking in the toes after getting warm in bed, accompanied with
an itching stinging, as after parts that have been frozen; Painful
broken chilblains; OEdematous swelling of the feet—also coming
on towards evening.
Rhododendron.—Pain in the right hip as if sprained; Contu-
sive pain in some of the muscles when sitting; Weakness and
heaviness in the right lower limbs; Tearing pains in the hip-joint
and lower limbs—worse during rest, at night, and in stormy
weather; Tearing pains from the thigh to the foot, with formica-
tion; Heaviness and weariness in the thighs when beginning to
walk; Tensive pain at the inside of the right thigh ; Burning
soreness between the thighs and at the perinaeum; Small red spots,
or dark blotches, at the inner side of the right thigh; Pain in the
right knee-joint, as from a blow ; Pain as if sprained in the right
knee; Cold swelling of the right knee; White swelling of the knee;
GEdematous swelling of the legs and feet; Constant sleeping of the
legs and feet; Troublesome tingling in the feet ; Coldness of the
feet; Chilblains.
* The chilliness, with pain, is peculiar to Puls.
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Rhus Tox,−Coxalgia; Scrophulosa; Limping, with intense
pain in the hip-joint—alternating with pain in the knee, and
shortening of the limb ; Spontaneous luxation, with abscess in the
groin; Hot, red spot in right hip, with burning pain; Paralysis
of the lower limbs; Pain in the joints, as if sprained; Stiffness in
the knee-joint when moving the limb; Inflammation and swelling,
with suppuration of the right knee-joint (cwred); Acute Rheuma-
tism of the knee; Drawing pains in the knee; Heaviness in the
calves—he can scarcely drag his legs along; Tension in the knee;
Burning pain in the tibia; Coldness of the left tibia; Paralytic
drawing in the leg when sitting; Cramp in the calf after midnight,
when in bed; Red, burning spots about the knees, with small
vesicles that soon dry up ; Painless paralysis of the feet (cured by
rather large doses, in two cases); Paralysis of the feet, caused by a
fall on the back; Erysipelas of the legs and feet; Swelling of the
feet; Inflammatory swelling, with erysipelatous eruption on the
feet; Pustules on the dorsum of the foot; Stabbing, as with
knives, in the lower part of the tendo Achillis; Pain in the heel
when pressing the foot on the floor; Red, round blotches on the
balls of the toes; Painful beating in the great toe, as if an abscess
were forming ; Gangrenous ulcers on the toes, with a vesicular
eruption over the whole body; Chilblaims. Rhus is often em-
ployed externally for chronic swelling of the knee-joint, and other
synovial affections. -
Sepia-Pain as if bruised in the right hip-joint—worse when
rising from a chair; Sleeping of the lower limbs; Numbness, with
sudden paralytic feeling of the limbs; Lameness of both limbs;
Icy coldness of both limbs, from noon till bed-time; Cramps in the
thighs; Pain as if bruised; Lancinating pains when walking, with
loss of power in the limbs; Boils on the thighs; Drawing pains in
the knees; Stiffness; Tension and great weakness in the knees;
Cold knees at night; Painful swelling of the knee during rest and
motion; Painless swelling of the patella; Drawing pains and
cramps in the legs; Violent cramps in the calves at night;
Swelling of the legs, as far as the knee; Itching pimples on the
legs, even up to the knees; Pains in the feet that prevent walking;
Creeping in the feet when standing; Frequent sleeping of the feet
when sitting; Pricking, burning in the feet; Swelling of the feet;
Profuse sweating of the feet and toes for many days; Foetid per-
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spiration of the feet, or suppressed sweat of the feet; Very cold
feet at night when in bed; Pimples and ulcers on the dorsum of
the foot; Frequent and long-continued cramp in the soles of the
feet; Stitching pains in the heel; Blisters or ulcers on the heel;
Soreness of the toes; Cramp in the toes; Burning, aching in the
corns; Inflamed corns; a distorted nail suppurated, and a healthy
new one appeared.
Silica.—Paralytic weakness in the limbs when rising from a
seat ; Heaviness and weariness after a short walk; Jactitation of
the muscles; Pressure; Tearing pains, prickings, or stitches in the
thighs; Small boils on the posterior surface of the thighs; Soft-
ening and caries of the bones in the lower limbs; Painful stiffness
of the knees; Feeling of tension about the knee; Weakness of the
knees; Swelling of the knee—even inflammatory, with intense
pain at night, and great tenderness; Icy coldness of the legs, up to
the knees—he cannot get them warm in bed; Tremor in the legs
and knees; Swelling of the legs; Boils on the calves; Ulcers;
Itching eruptions; Cramps in the calves; Feeling of numbness;
Painful smarting spot on the right tibia; Caries of the tibia;
Burning feet; Swelling of the feet, especially in the morning when
rising; Swelling of the left foot, up to the ankle; Cadaverous
smell from the feet; Foetid sweat; Profuse sweating of the soles,
and between the toes; Feet sore and painful after walking; Sup-
pression of the sweat, followed by coldness of the feet; Painful,
hard bunions; Ulcerative pain in the great toe, with stinging
pain; Painful stitches in the corns, that cause the foot to jerk
up.
Sulphur.—Violent pain, as from a sprain in the right hip—the
part felt so painful in the morning that he could scarcely step;
Pain at the ischiatic notch—she could not sit nor lie on that side—
with pain as of sub-cutaneous ulceration; Very painful jerks in the
hip-joint; Drawing pains in the left hip ; Spontaneous limping;
Drawing pains in the lower limbs; Pain as if bruised, after
walking; Heaviness in the limbs, with tension in the knees, almost
paralytic; Sudden weakness in the knees and legs; Transparent
swelling; Red spots on the legs; Pain in the posterior muscles
after sitting; Soreness between the thighs when walking; Red,
humid eruptions on the inner side of the thighs; Stiffness and
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tension of the knees when rising from a seat; Relaxation of the
knee, as if it would give way when walking; Swelling of the
knees; Dropsy of the joint; Fungus of the knee; White swelling;
Sleeping of the leg; Pains as if the flesh were being torn from
the bones; Intense pain in the calves when going up-stairs;
Erysipelas of the leg; Cramp in the calves when walking or
dancing; Swelling of the calves; Cramp in the feet; Violent
stitches in the tendo Achillis; Burning in the soles; Swelling of
the feet; Pain in the tarsal joints, as from a sprain; Cracking
when walking; Varices about the ankles; Pimples; Vesicles on the
soles; Cramp in the toes; Spreading blisters; Eruption between
the toes; Chilblains; Painful, inflamed corns; Podagra.
Werat.—Paralytic pain, first in the right, then in the left hip-
joint; Rheumatic pains and weakness in the thighs; Pains as if
broken; Heaviness in the legs; Very violent eramps in the calves;
Icy coldness of the feet,
Zincum.—Tearing pains about the hips; Heat and burning in
the left hip, that extended to the middle of the thighs; Rheu-
matic drawing in the right limb; Heaviness, with pain, weakness,
and sensitiveness—she can scarcely walk; the air of the room
seemed too much ; Tearing pains in the muscles of the thigh ;
Lancinations when walking or lying down ; Painful, paralytic
feeling in the right thigh ; Varices of the thigh, that extended up to
the labia; Very violent itching, with an eruption like nettle-rash ;
Pimples on the thigh and over the knee, that burst when scratched;
Rheumatic pains in the right knee and along the tibia; Tearing
and painful gnawing in the knees; Trembling of the knees after
a very short walk; Rheumatic pains in the tibia (especially the
right); Tearing pains in the ealves; Frequent cramp in the left
calf at night; Sensation in the left leg, as if the circulation were
arrested; Erysipelas and painful 8welling of the tendo Achillis ;
Varices of the leg disappeared; Burning and ulcerative pains in
the heels; Inflammatory swelling of the foot; Soreness of the feet
from walking; Trembling of the foot when lifting it from the
ground; Foetid sweat of the feet; Heat, redness, and swelling of
the toes, as if frozen ; Eruptions on the toes, with stinging pain
when walking; Painful chilblains; Paralysis of the feet.
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SKIN.
Aconite.—Tingling; Itching; Burning; Stinging ; Soreness;
Spots like flea-bites, especially on the face and hands; Large, red,
itching pimples—or filled with acrid fluid; Isolated pimples the
size of a pin's head, filled with serum; on the forehead, face, neck,
they dry up and peel off; Burning or swelling of the injured or
affected parts; Hot, shining swelling, in Gout or Rheumatism;
Erysipelas; Yellow skin; Jaundice.
Alumina.--Stinging, itching over the whole body, particularly
after getting warm in bed at night; she scratches until the part
bleeds. Useful for Rhagades; Humid scurf; Gnawing tetters.
Ammo. Carb.-Itching, that, after scratching, is followed by
burning; Vesicles or pimples, the size of a millet-seed, on the
nape of the neck and fore-arms; Red rash on the upper part of the
body, like scarlatina; Skin sensitive to cold air; when undressing
at night the body feels sore.
Antimon. Crud.—Itching, especially over the chest, back, and
limbs; Red pimples; Vesicles like varicella; Red stigmata, with
white tips; White blotches, with red areola; Burning and stinging
like nettle-rash, with nausea and thirst; Spots and vesicles like
the stings of insects, especially on the face and about the joints;
Pustules, with yellow or brown scurf; Brown hepatic spots here
and there, and on the arms; Horny places, and thickening of the
skin; Callosities on the soles of the feet, near the toes.
Argentum Nit.—Itching, pricking, and Smarting; Pimples
here and there; Dark colour of the skin—varies from blue-grey to
violet, bronze, or black; Dropsy from disease of the liver.
Arnica.-Pricking sensation; Fine prickings, more especially
on the nose, eyebrows, and eyelids; Burning pains that shift from
one part to another; Red, blue, or yellow spots; Excoriations;
Bed-sores; Small boils; Hot, hard, shining swellings; Contusions;
Bruises; Bites and stings of insects; Scalds; Burns ; Corns (ex-
ternal application).
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Arsenicum.—Burning—or burning, with itching; Urticaria ;
Miliary eruption like millet-seeds, with watery exudation; Erup-
tions that scale off like bran, or in large patches; Psoriasis? Red
pustules that burn, form a crust, and spread—seen on the hairy
scalp and in the whiskers; Painful blotches—some are filled with
pus and blood; Herpes that burn at night; Burning, cancerous
ulcers; Black blisters; Carbuncle; Ulcers—putrid, mortifying ;
or with foetid odour—proud flesh; Varices; Jaundiced colour of the
skin; Dry, parchment-like condition of the skin; General anasarca;
Swelling of the face and body, or the face and feet; Elastic swell-
ings, affecting the hip, knees, and lower limbs; Ascites.
Asafoetida. — Ulcers that particularly affect the bones, with
ichorous, thin, foetid pus; Caries of the bones; Ulcers, with elevated,
bluish edges; Ulcers that are tender and painful from the least
pressure; Dark-red, hot swellings; Swelling of the glands.
Aurum,_Formication in the skin, all over the body; Pustules
on the face, neck, and chest ; Rhagades; Tetters; Ulcers—scro-
fulous, syphilitic, mercurial, or cancerous; Nodes—arthritic,
mercurial, or syphilitic ; Exostosis of the cranial bones; Cancerous
affections of the nasal and palatine bones (also from Mercury);
Ulcerated nostrils; Dropsical swellings; Enlarged glands, with
induration.
Baryta Carb.-Pricking, stinging, tingling, or burning in the
skin; Itching here and there—the parts feel painful after being
scratched; Swelling and induration of the glands, especially the
occipital and cervical; Warts; Panaris; Excoriation; Steatoma;
Sarcoma. -
Baryta Mur.—Yellowish, scaly eruptions; Tetters; Crusty
eruptions; Scrofulous herpes; Foetid, ichorous ulcers; Scrofulous
bubo ; Swelling and induration of the glands—those of the neck
and abdomen; Stone-like swellings; Dropsy after Scarlet Fever.
Belladonna,—Red spots like flea-bites; Eruptions resembling
Measles; Watery vesicles and blebs, like pemphigus; Purple rash;
Scarlet spots; Scarlet redness on the face, neck, and chest, or over
the whole body; Erysipelatous inflammation, with swelling ;
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Thlegmonous and erysipelatous inflammation, especially of the
more delicate tissues; Red, hot swellings; Swelling of the glands
—also the parotid ; Scrofulous and mercurial ulcers; Bleeding
cracks in the bends of the joints; Bites of insects; Chilblains;
Measles—especially when there is great intolerance of light, con-
joined with brain affection; Vesicular Erysipelas (also Rhus.”)
Borax,−White pimples the size of hemp-seed, with red areola
about the neck and chest; Tendency of old wounds to open and
suppurate; Unhealthy skin.
Bovista.-Red pimples ; Moist herpes that become scurfy ;
Ulcers on the lips and corners of the mouth; Impetigo; Psoriasis;
Papulous, squamous, or vesicular eruptions; Dry, reddish pimples
on the hands, the size of lentils; Ulcers on the fingers; Panarita
after a slight prick from a needle.
Bromine.—Scrofulous swelling of the glands.
Bryonia.-Yellow colour of the skin; Moist skin; Rash on the
arms; Vesicles that burst and scale off; White miliaria ; Suda-
mina, as in typhoid fever; Red spots the size of lentils; Nettle-
rash; Measles, especially when slow to appear; Erysipelas of the
joints; Swellings that are tense, hot, red, or pale; Dropsical swell-
ings; Hard knots in various parts, like indurated glands; Arthritic
nodes; Rash of infants and nursing-women.
Calcarea.—Skin rough, dry; Itching, vesicular eruption over
the body; Large, elevated patches, the size of a pea, on the face,
cheeks, and elbows; Scurfy places in the thighs; Unhealthy skin—
tendency to ulcerate and suppurate—a number of warts appear;
Fistulous ulcers, with red, hard edges; Rhagades, especially from
working in water; Nasal Polypus; Chronic eruptions in the face;
Eczema of the scalp, face, and joints; Porrigo ; Impetigo (also
Ars., Rhus, Sulp.); Moist impetigo; Soft tumours on the scalp in
infants; Eruptions on the scalp (itching); Soft, sore tumour be-
hind the ear; Pimples on the cheek, with greenish crust; Pimples
on the face and whiskers; Chapped lips; Boils; Whitlow ; Ulcers
*In Scarlet Rash and Fever, Belladonna will often suffice without the help
of any other remedy. 709
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on the legs; Burning of the skin of the feet; Sweat of the
feet. - -
Cantharis.-Acute inflammation of the skin, with burning
exudation of a serous fluid, that raises the epidermis into a blister;
Small itching vesicles about the face, and on the cheek; Burning,
stinging, excoriating sensation; Swelling, heat, and redness of the
skin; Ulcers with callous edges; Exanthema, passing on to gam-
grene (also Lach.); Vesicular Erysipelas; Acne Rosacea; Pem-
phigus ; Carbuncle.
Carbo Veg.—Burning of the skin, especially at night, in bed;
Nettle-rash, of several weeks’ duration; Dry itch, like blotches;
Reddish-brown moles; Bright-red, round, flat aneurisms by anas-
tomosis, that bleed freely if but slightly wounded; Old ulcers,
that break open and emit bloody pus; Painless ulcers at the tips
of the fingers and toes.
Causticum.-Skin sensitive to cold—a current of air is very
disagreeable, and diffuses a chilliness over the whole body; Sting-
ing, itching, especially on the back and limbs; Itching, with
scarlet redness; Pimples; Vesicles, like scabies; Large vesicles on
the chest and back; Painful blisters; Eruptions the size of a pin's
head, without fluid; Violently-itching nettle-rash ; Injured parts
become sore, ulcerate, and suppurate; Warts, painful and in-
flamed; Soreness and excoriation about the scrotum, between the
thighs; Ulcers on the heel; Burning and inflammation about the
toes; Painful varices—also of the pregnant; Itching eruption like
scabies (after Sulp.)
Chamomilla.-Red rash—small red spots; Thick clusters of
red pimples, that itch and Smart after being scratched; Rash of in-
fants and nursing–women; Excoriated, sore places in children;
Injuries that tend to ulcerate; Painful ulcers, that are very sensi-
tive to the touch, with a creeping sensation or darting; Ulcer,
with itching pimples that surround it ; the skin is very sensitive
to air; the nervous system sensitive and irritable, and remarkably
sensitive to pain.
China.--Skin painful and sensitive over the body and palms of
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the hands; Itching in the evening; Pimples appear on the chest,
loins, and arms; Skin flaccid and dry; Yellow colour of the skin,
as in Jaundice; General anasarca; Swelling of the limbs; Erysi-
pelatous swelling of the body; Excoriations; Arthritic and rheu-
matic, hard, red swellings; Ulcers that are painful and sensitive;
Boring, beating pain when moving the part affected; Burning and
pressure from tension; Ichor, of a putrid odour; Moist gangrene;
Ulcers that bleed when touched; Ulcers that secrete a thin, acrid,
foetid ichor, inclining to gangrene ; Psoas abscess; Caries.
Cicuta, Eruptions on the face, that suppurate, with yellow
scurf, and burning pain; Dark-red pimples on the face and hands,
the size of a lentil, with burning pain on their first appearance ;
Long-standing, pustulous eruptions; Confluent eruptions; Lichen;
Impetigo ; Herpes exedens; Mentagra.
Clematis. – Inveterate eruptions; Vesicular, itch-like pus-
tules; Herpes—red and humid; Herpes, with yellowish, corrosive
ichor; Scaly eruptions; Psoriasis; Syphilitic lichen; Eruptions
that itch excessively when in bed, or after washing; Eruptions,
with heat, redness, swelling—or with corrosive ichor; Burning;
Tingling or throbbing pains in the ulcer; White blisters on the
face and forehead ; Induration of a gland under the nipple ;
Schirrous indurations; Cancerous ulcers.
Colocynthis.-Itching of the chest and abdomen; Trouble-
some itching—followed by sweat; the skin of the whole body
Scales off.
Conium.—Itching of the skin; Stinging, as from flea-bites;
the skin feels painful; Slow, dull stitches in different parts;
Smarting or burning; Itching, with tingling or creeping under
the skin; White, transparent vesicles, with acrid humour; Nettle-
rash after violent exercise; Chronic herpes—humid, or crusty,
with burning pain; Chronic, brown spots; Red spots, that itch, on
the body; Ulcers, with a feeling of tightness, or tingling ; Bleed-
ing of ulcers; Blackening of the edges; Foetid ichor; Petechia.
Glands — Itching, tingling, or painful; Stitching pain in the
glands; Induration—especially following a contusion; Schirrous
indurations; Cancerous ulcers. -
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Copaivae, Dark-coloured, or bright-red, elevated, lentil-size
eruptions, in clusters, on the face, chest, and abdomen—also the
hands and feet—they disappear, without scaling, in from four to
fourteen days; Scarlet-red or dark-rose eruption, of an irregular
shape, broad, like the spots on a tiger—may be confined to a few
patches, or spread over the whole body, with or without fever—
with swelling of the eyelids, lips, or the whole face—scales off in
about three days; Isolated spots, like nettle-rash; Pale, or bright-
red pustules between the fingers, or on the arms and bend of the
elbows—resembling the itch-vesicle; Eczema ; Urticaria.
Corallia Rub.—Smooth spots on the palms and fingers—first
coral colour, then deep red, and, lastly, of a copper hue; Red, flat
ulcers on the glams-penis, and inner surface of the prepuce, emit-
ting a quantity of yellowish ichor.
Crotalus.-Black spots over the whole body; Yellow spots;
Yellow skin, as in Jaundice; Blisters and livid spots; Blue spots;
Large blisters, the size of a dollar, that burst; Swellings, that are
cold and insensible, or hot and painful on pressure; Swelling of
the head; Swelling of the whole body; Jaundice; Yellow Fever;
Hectic; Typhus; Gangrene.
Croton Tiglium.—Scarlet redness; Rash-like eruption, with
vesicles; Erysipelatous redness of the face; Vesicular Erysipelas
of the face; CEdema of the eyelids; Large water-blebs on the
chin; Pustules the size of a millet-seed, which soon enlarge, and
become confluent—ooze, and form a greyish-brown crust; Herpes
on the scrotum ; Erythema ; Eczema.
Cuprum.—Eruption resembling lepra; Miliary eruption on the
chest and hands; Herpes, with yellow scales; Caries; Old ulcers;
Contraction of the skin about the limbs; Jaundice; a kind of dry
itch.
Digitalis.-Peeling-off of the skin of the whole body; Darting;
Pricking; Itching; Burning in various parts; Elastic, white
swelling of parts, or the whole body—painful when touched; and
followed by anasarca; Elastic, painful swelling of the legs—after-
wards the hands and fore-arms; General paleness of the skin;
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Blue colour of the skin ; Blueness of the lips and eyelids;
Cyanosis.
Dulcamara.-Burning, itching; Sensation as if insects were
crawling rapidly over different parts; Very violent itching when in
bed at night, from 12 to 3 A.M.; Eruption of white blotches, with
red areola ; Small itching pimples; Bright-red pimples—the points
are filled with pus in a few days; Herpetic crusts over the whole
body; Red spots, like flea-bites; Dryness, heat, and burning of the
skin; Urticaria (acute and chronic), with fever; Anasarca after
Scarlatina or Rheumatic Fever; Dropsical symptoms from being
over-heated, and exposure to a damp, cold air; Herpes, that form
a crust, or dry off in scales, like bran; Crusta Lactea; Impetigo;
Warts on the face.
Fluoric Acid has relieved varicose veins of twenty years'
standing; after repeated doses the veins were reduced to one-half
their former size.
Graphites.—Chronic dryness of the skin; Pustules about the
chin—also on the chest ; Itching pimples, full of acrid water;
Small, red, itching pimples—the tips are filled with pus, which
burst and speedily disappear; Many small boils appear on the
neck, back, and arms; Unhealthy state of the skin—tendency to
suppurate; Ulcers that emit a foetid odour; Proud flesh in the
ulcers; Ulcers on the legs; Herpetic sores between the toes;
Blisters and pustules on the toes; Ulceration of the toes; Ulcer
on the great toe; Ulcer on the fourth toe ; Horny skin on the
toes; Thickening and deformity of the nails; Falling-off of the
whiskers. Useful for inveterate Psoriasis. Erysipelas of the face ;
Impetigo ; Herpetic eruptions on the face, in females, with scanty
menses; Zona ; Mentagra ; Obstinate scrofulous ulcers; Lym-
phatic Abscess.
Gratiola-Itching; Smarting; Burning, itching in various
parts; Itching, with burning, after scratching ; Pimples the size
of a millet-seed, with yellow tips, that burn after being scratched;
Humid eruptions; Small boils.
Hellebore.—General Dropsy; Anasarca, especially after Scarlet
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Fever; Dropsy after Intermittent Fever; Sudden watery swelling
of the skin of the whole body; Sensation of heaviness in the
swollen parts; Anasarca, particularly after suppressed eruptions;
Measles; Purple rash; Dropsy of children; Acute Hydrocephalus;
CEdema of the scrotum.
Hepar Sulp.–Pimples, the size of a pea, in different parts of
the body; Chaps in the skin; Rhagades of the hands and feet;
the slightest scratch or injury inclines to ulceration, and frequently
suppuration; Syphilitic ulcers after Mercury; Corrosive, gnawing
pain in the ulcer; Stitching, burning, and throbbing, chiefly at
night; the ulcer bleeds if only lightly wiped; Yellow colour of
the skin and sclerotic coat of the eye; Swelling of the cervical and
inguinal glands; Erysipelas of the face; Vesicular Erysipelas;
Humid tetters; Humid scald head; Crusta Lactea, and Serpiginosa,
with Scrofula; Acne; Chronic eruptions on the face; Herpes; Pim-
ples; Scales and crusts; Herpetic eruptions on the face, chest,
and hands; Gnawing tetters; Styes on the lids; Ulcers on the
cornea ; Pimples on the scalp; Scaly eruption on the hands;
Large boils on the arms, thighs, and legs; Panaris; Ulcer on the
heel; Erysipelas of the feet and legs. Hepar promotes Suppura-
tion. - -
Hydrastus. – Useful for excoriation of infants; Irritable
tumours and ulceration of the breasts; Cancer; Lupus; Psoriasis;
Rhagades.
Hyoscyamus.--Skin dry and brittle; Heat, with inflammation;
Skin red as vermilion—the part feels painfully warm to the hand;
Eruption from large doses of Belladonna ; Large pustules, that
form in clusters, especially from the hips to the knees—resembling
confluent Small-pox, without fluid—desduamating in four days;
Brown spots appear and disappear in various parts; Herpetic
spots on the nape of the neck; Frequent appearance of large
boils; Obstinate Dropsy; Erysipelas; Scarlet rash.
Iodium.—Dirty-looking or yellow colour of the skin, resem-
bling Jaundice; Rough, dry skin; Profuse, papulous eruption;
Scarlet rash; Large furuncle between the scapula, with loss of
appetite and sleep; Painless ulcers, that refuse to heal; Eruptions
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on the thighs and abdomen; Induration of glands; Inflammation
of the knee; White swelling; Bunions; Anasarca.
Kali Bichrom.—Skin hot, dry; Eruption, like Small-pox, on
the face, or over the body—dies off without bursting; Pustules the
size of peas, with a small black spot in the centre, and inflamed
base; Eruptions on the thighs and legs—red elevations, sometimes
the size of a split pea; Hands covered with a depressed cicatrix, as
if punched out, or cleanly cut. Probably useful in some syphilitic
eruptions. Polypus of the nose.
Kali Carb.-The skin is tender to pressure, as from sub-
cutaneous ulceration; Skin dry; Obstructed perspiration; Burn-
ing, itching on the face, hands, and legs, or over the whole body;
Burning in many parts, as if a blister were drawing the skin;
Pimples like nettle-rash ; Yellow, scaly spots that itch intensely,
covering the abdomen—after scratching, a moisture appears;
Herpes on the thigh; Spreading blisters ; Old warts on the face;
Ulcers that bleed at night. Useful in Ascites and Anasarca.
Kreasotum.—Very violent itching, especially towards evening,
with irresistible desire to scratch—which is followed by burning;
Blotches, like mettle-rash ; Blisters, like bug-bites, over the arms
and abdomen; Large, greasy-looking pustules—or like scabies;
Herpes—furfuraceous, pustulous, dry, or humid—on the hands,
fingers, ears, and the joints of the fingers; Malignant ulcers;
Scrofulous and varicose ulcers; Acne Rosacea; Dryness, with
peeling of the skin on the upper lip. .*
Lachesis.-Rash of very fine points over the body, with slight
fever, sweat, and palpitation; Dry itch; Erysipelas, especially of
the face; Jaundice; Skin yellow, lead-colour, or bluish-red;
Copper-coloured spots on the skin; Black Gangrene of wicerated
parts; Ready bleeding of wounds or ulcers; Superficial ulcers,
foul at the base; Cancerous ulceration; Bleeding Cancer; Scarlet
eruption on the body; Cracks in the skin; Rhagades and excoria-
tion between the toes; Red spots on the glans-penis; Panaris ;
Warts; Hard lumps and tuberosities; Aneurisms. -
Ledum Pal-OEdematous swelling of the skin; Hot, tense,
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hard swellings, with lancinating pains; Boils; Small, red, insen-
sible spots on the arms, legs, and abdomen; Dry, itching herpes;
Painful, arthritic nodosities; Tubercle on the forehead; Swelling
of the ball of the great toe, which is very tender to pressure; In-
flammation of the thigh and leg, with intense pain when warm in
bed. Stings of insects (external application).
Lycopodium.—The skin of the whole body is hot and dry;
Tendency of the skin to crack; Itching of the skin, especially when
heated; Pimples that itch and become painful; Smarting and
burning sensation in different parts of the body, especially the back
and arms; Painful eruption on the neck and chest; Large, bright-
red spots on the pit of the stomach; Hepatic spots; Freckles;
Yellowish-brown herpes; Herpetic eruption on the tibia; Sup-
purating herpes, full of deep cracks, that become covered with a
thick crust; Large boil on the fore-arm—followed by another, in a
few days, on the left gluteal region; Large boil on left scapula;
Boils that recur periodically; Ulcers from much Mercury; Carious
ulcers of the bones; Arthritic nodes; Glandular swellings; Drop-
sical swellings; Varices of the pregnant; Chilblains; Warts; Ex-
coriation of the skin in children.
Mercurius.-Yellow colour of the skin, as in Jaundice; Itching
of the skin, with great desire to scratch the part; Itching, that is
worse when warm in bed; Small itching pimples, that ulcerate, dry
up, and desquamate; Peeling of the skin of the whole body, or of
the hands and feet; Pustules that become confluent, discharge an
acrid humour, and dry up ; Transparent vesicles, that contain a
watery fluid; Dry rash, that easily bleeds; Eruptions resembling
itch, that affect the bend of the joints, and sometimes other parts;
Herpes that have a burning sensation when touched; Herpes, with
a scaly border; Swollen spots, on which a flat, grey scurf forms;
Variola during the suppurative stage; Erysipelatous inflammations;
Primary syphilitic ulcers; Spreading, spongy, bluish, readily-
bleeding ulcers, or those that are rough, jagged, uneven, as if the
part had been eaten away; Ulcers that are extremely painful to the
slightest touch ; Carious ulcers, and syphilitic ulcers of almost all
kinds; Buboes; Suppurations; Nodes; Syphilitic exanthemata;
Phymosis and paraphymosis; Rhagades of the hands; Glossitis;
Ranula; Ulcers of the throat and fauces; Swelling and suppura-
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tion of glands; Tumours on the scalp of infants; Porrigo ; Panaris;
Exfoliation; Ulceration around, and falling-off of, the nails.
Muriatic Acid.—Stinging, itching in various parts of the body;
Several painful ulcers that prevent sitting or lying; Putrid ulcers
on the legs, that induce a dropsical and cachectic condition; Burn-
ing around the ulcer; Ulcers that emit a foetid odour; Ulcers that
pulsate, burn, and end in scales; Ulceration of the nostrils; Deep
ulcer on the tongue; Boils, with stinging pain.
Natrum Carb.-Skin of the whole body dry, rough, and
chapped; Profuse sweat after little labour; Itching pimples and
blotches on the head, chest, and abdomen ; Red vesicles filled with
fluid—sore to the touch—chiefly at the bend of the arm, and between
the thighs; Vesicles at the tips of the fingers and toes; Herpes
that emit a purulent fluid, and spread in size; Yellow rings;
Rose-coloured, leprous spots; Herpes circinnatus; Pimples and
blotches on the face; Chapped lips; Vesicles on the chin; Painful
warts, that bleed, and increase in size.
Natrum Mur.—Red spots, the size of a pin's head, over the
body; Miliary eruption on the neck, throat, abdomen, and thighs;
Several boils on the body; Nettle-rash; Corns; Warts; Varices.
Nitric Acid.—Yellow colour of the skin ; Dry skin; Acid or
foetid sweat; Itching over the whole body—the parts bleed when
scratched; Ulcers that bleed readily when touched; Flat, yellow-
looking ulcers; Painless ulcers, with grey, inverted edges; Mer-
curial and syphilitic ulcers; Copper-coloured, or reddish-brown
spots on the skin; Black pores; Large tubercles and spots on the
hands; Frequent large boils; Erysipelas of the face; Ulcers of
the mouth and fauces; Vesicles on the tongue; Ulcers on the
cornea; Red spots on the glans-penis; Flesh-coloured excrescences
on the corona glandis; Sycotic condylomata; Ulcers like chancre;
Deep ulcer on the glans, with elevated, sensitive edges; Ulcers in
the vagina; Psoriasis; Rhagades on the hands; White spots on
the finger-nails; Warts; Chilblains; Tenderness of the toes; Pain-
ful corns; Old scars, that are affected by change of weather.
Nux Womica.--Skin sensitive, sore, Smarting; Burning, itch-
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ing, or stinging over the whole body; Blue spots; Ecchymosis;
Jaundiced colour of the skin; Chlorosis; Ulcers with pale, raised
edges; Boils; Chilblains, with burning, itching, and cracks; Corms
on the feet.
Oleander.—Gnawing, itching over the skin, especially when
undressing at night; Scurfy pimples; Itch-like eruptions; the
skin easily excoriates and becomes raw, even from the friction of
the clothes; Eruptions on the scalp, with burning, itching, or
gnawing; Scurfy or scaly condition of the scalp; Humid spots
behind the ears.
Petroleum.—Skin painfully sensitive, even to the clothes;
Itching, stinging nettle-rash; Humid, sore spots; Unhealthy skin;
Small wounds ulcerate and spread; Stitching pain in ulcers;
Stinging, with proud flesh; Brown or yellow spots on the skin;
Rhagades on the hands, especially in winter; Herpes on the scro-
tum; Blisters on the toes, that speedily become ulcers, with raised
edges, and a moist, flat base—not always painful; Chilblains;
Warts; Corns.
Phosphorus.— Round, herpetic spots; Blotches, yellow or
brown; Painful, hard blisters in various parts; Blisters full of
fluid, that burst; Very trifling wounds bleed freely; Small boils on
the nape of the neck; Large boils on the chest and thighs; Ex-
coriation of the skin; Vesicles between the fingers; Affections of
the glands after contusion; Lymphatic abscesses, full of fistulous
ulcers; Caries of the bones, with hectic symptoms; Evil results of
suppressed Scarlet Fever, or Measles; Burning pain in wounds.
Phosphorus may prove useful in some forms of Leprosy.
Phosphoric Acid.—Formication all over the body; Red spots
on the limbs; Large red spots or patches on the shoulders and
abdomen; Scarlet exanthemata; Fine red rash, in clusters; Red
rash all over the body; Burning erysipelas; Herpes that are dry
or moist; Excoriation in the bends of the joints, and between the
toes; Flat ulcers, with an indented base, and secreting a dirty-
looking pus; Inveterate ulcers; Blisters on the balls of the toes;
Burning or smarting in wounds and ulcers; Burning in corns;
Chilblains; Condyloma.
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Platina-Gnawing, itching, pricking, or burning in the anus
and scrotum ; Ulcers on the fingers and toes (syphilitic?)
Plumb. Acet.—Bluish or lead-colour of the skin of the whole
body; Yellowish colour of the skin and albuginea of the eye;
Dark-brown spots; Red pimples on the chest; Suppuration is
arrested ; Red, swollen spots on the fingers; a burn becomes much
inflamed. Plumb. seems to induce gangrene.
Podophyllum.—Yellow, sallow skin; Jaundice; Skin warm,
moist—feels soft, with debility.
Pulsatilla.-Eruption resembling Measles; Red spots like
nettle-rash, with a biting sensation; Spots like flea-bites; Ery-
sipelas, with swelling and hardness of the skin; Cracking of the
skin; Eruptions from indigestion, or eating too much fat; Boils;
Flat, putrid ulcers; Suppurating wounds; Varicose veins and
ulcers; Swelling of the limbs, with stinging pain; Dropsical swell-
ings; Chilblains, with heat; Burning and throbbing; Urticaria;
Varicella. -
Ranunculus B.- Tettery eruption over the whole body;
Blisters or vesicles, that burst, and form a horny scurf; Herpes on
the fingers; Ulcers on the fingers; Horny excrescences -
Rhododendron.—Itching, gnawing, especially when going to
sleep; Prickings here and there; Redness, and painful swelling of
the joints, especially when affected by gout; White swelling of
the knee; Puffiness of the hands; OEdema of the legs and feet;
Swelling of the testes; Hydrocele. - -
Rhus Rad.—Eruptions, with itching; Vesicles; Erysipelas;
Inflammation and swelling of the lymphatic glands.
Rhus Tox-Erysipelas; Small, burning vesicles on the skin,
with redness; Burning, itching eruptions about the eyes and
lids—also on the scrotum and prepuce; Yellow vesicles, that run
into each other; Confluent vesicles, that contain a milky or watery
fluid; Blackish pustules (with inflammation), that spread rapidly;
Herpetic eruptions; Red, shining swellings, with a feeling of sore-
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ness, and that are tender to touch ; Red spots the size of lentils,
with vesicles in the centre; Syphilitic eruptions; Glandular swell-
ings—especially those in the parotid region; Soft tumours on the
scalp; Moist Impetigo; Tinea; Pemphigus; Zona; Acne Rosacea;
Rhagades; Warts; Hangnails; Panaris; the various forms of
Erysipelas.
Sanguinaria-Itching nettle-rash ; Old, indolent ulcers, with
hard edges and ichorous discharge ; Jaundice; Nasal Polypi (also
external application).
Sarsaparilla. — Red pimples; Blotches as from nettles;
Herpes; Shrivelled skin; Mercurial ulcers; Hot swellings.
Secale.—Skin dry, brittle, insensible—lead-colour; Peeling-off
of the skin; Formication in the fingers and toes—also in the
neck; Sensation of creeping under the skin; Petechia; Boils;
Carbuncle; Gangrene—especially of the lower limbs; Black,
suppurating wounds; Tumours on the neck; Blood-blisters, that
terminate in gangrene.
Sepia-Swelling of the body, face, and limbs; Swelling of the
glands and lymphatic vessels; Soreness of the skin, which is
tender to touch ; Itching of the skin of the face, arms, back,
abdomen, and genitals; Dry itch; Red blotches; Claret-coloured
spots; Brown spots; Scurfy, humid herpes; Ringworm ; Pem-
phigus; Boils; Painless ulcers; Excoriation in the bends of the
joints—also in children; Distortion of the nails,
Silica.--Skin very sensitive to touch, with constant liability to
take cold; Itching, biting in parts, or over the whole body;
Eruption like varicella; Rose-coloured blotches in the leprous;
Aching pain in an ulcer on the leg; Stinging, burning in ulcers;
Inflammation and induration of the thyroid gland; Erysipelatous
inflammation; Ulcers—scrofulous and fistulous ; Foetid ulcers,
with stinging; Mercurial ulcers; Proud flesh in the ulcer; Fu-
runcles; Carbuncle on the nape of the neck; Tumours on the back
and hip; Cold, hard tumours; Glandular indurations, Silica pro-
motes suppuration in the glands and soft tissues. Ulcer on the
tongue; Exfoliation of the bones (3rd trituration); Caries of the
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bones; Tumours on the scalp; Mammary abscess; Sore, cracked
nipples; Foetid sweat of the feet; Ganglions; Warts; Whitlow.
Staphysagria.-Dry, crusty eruptions; Herpes; Frequent
boils; Mercurial ulcers; Itching scabs on the hairy scalp; Pains
and caries of the bones; Induration and swelling of the glands;
Scorbutic ulcers.
Sulphur.—Formication; Creeping; Prickling or stinging in
the skin; Eruption, with burning itching; Fiery-red eruption;
Small vesicles, with red areola; Erysipelatous inflammation, with
stinging and throbbing; Nettle-rash, with Fever; Yellow and
brown spots; Hepatic spots on the chest and back; Eruption,
with thick, yellow scurf; Small-pox during the suppurative stage;
Suppurating abscess; Boils; Swelling and suppuration of glands;
Itch; Dry, scald head ; Herpes—crustaceous and circinnatus;
Chronic ulcers of the legs and feet—also ulcers surrounded with
pimples; Proud flesh in ulcers; Fistula; Ulcers with raised,
swollen edges; Ulcers that discharge a foetid pus; Jaundice;
Chlorosis; Chilblains; Painful corns, with aching and stinging;
Banaris; Excoriation of the skin in infants.
Sulph. Acid.-Red, itching spots, that gradually increase, and
sometimes become blue—or accompanied with a discharge of black
blood from the nose, mouth, and anus, with rapid prostration of
strength ; Jaundice; Bed-sores; Gangrenous suppurations; Con-
tusions.
Tartar Emet.—Skin cold, clammy, insensible; Vesicles, like
Chicken-pox, that gradually increase in size, and fill with pus—
afterwards a red areola surrounds the pustule, when they strongly
resemble variola, form a crust, which falls off in a few days, and
leaves a red spot, which, ultimately, is whiter than the surrounding
skin; Small, red pustules, that increase in size and number on the
third day, and are soon surrounded by a brown edge—suppurate,
and form crusts about the sixth day; after these pustules a rash .
appears, with fever, difficult breathing, headache, and profuse, f
sweats; Pustulous eruption on the genital organs. - /
Thuja-Pimples about the thighs, elbows, and fore-arms,
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with red areola and pustules at the tip, strongly resembling
variola; Wart-shaped excrescences about the anus, uterus, and
genital parts; Conical figwarts; Moist figwarts at the anus (exter-
nal application); Mulberry condyloma, with rhagades; Cauli-
flower excrescences on the glans and prepuce; Brown spots on the
skin; Ulcers after much Mercury.
Weratrum.-Blue colour of the skin during an attack of
Cholera; Eruptions that resemble itch, and scale off; Pimples, that
appear in clusters here and there; Sensation in the arms and feet,
as if an eruption would break out.
Zincum.-Itching rash in the bend of the knees and elbows;
Herpetic ulcers; Boils on the back; Obstinate chronic eruption;
Scaly eruption, like the scales of fishes; Herpes about the tonsils—
white, grey, flat spots, resembling venereal ulcers, with a smooth
surface—also with Nitric Acid.
FEWERS.
Aconite.—Shivering over the limbs—chiefly in the evening,
after lying down; Pains in the limbs; Redness of the cheeks;
During the hot stage, cannot bear to be uncovered; Burning heat,
especially in the head and face; Congestion of blood to the head;
Dry, burning skin, with excessive thirst; Pulse hard, strong,
accelerated; Tongue white; Fever of inflammation, especially.
Arnica.-Fever, with dry heat in the body—the skin feels
warm—yet there is a general feeling of coldness; Pains in the bones
and periosteum; Headache; Yellow face; Bitter taste; Aversion to
meat; Back and hips feel bruised; During the hot stage, no
great thirst; Pulsations in the body; Coughs until he vomits;
Thirst during the chilly stage, or even before it sets in. Useful for
Typhoid, Tertian, and Quartan fevers.
Arsenicum.—General coldness; Skin dry, like parchment, or
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goose-flesh; Cold, as if cold water were poured over him;
Chilliness after drinking, or walking in the open air; Violent
shaking chills every afternoon, at 3 P.M.; Chilliness and coldness
at night, in bed; no thirst during the chilly stage; During the
hot stage, sometimes the thirst is excessive, and often a craving
for beer; Great languor; Weakness; Trembling of the limbs;
Yellow, livid face; Tongue white, or dry, or red; the sweat sets in
generally at night—sometimes occurring only on the hands, and,
alternately, very profuse; Frequently the thirst continues during
the sweating stage—sometimes there is ebullition of blood; Sensa-
tion as if hot water were passing through the veins; Pulse small,
frequent, wiry, or irritable—sometimes 120 to 140; Sweat stains the
linen yellow. Useful in Intermittent, Gastric, Bilious, Mucous,
Typhoid, or Typhus; Putrid fever; Puerperal fever; Hectic.
Belladonna.-Coldness of the feet, with congestion of blood to
the head; Chilliness of the back and arms; Fever, commencing
with rigors, in the evening, or at night—little or no thirst ; Alter-
nation of heat, with the chills—then very violent, burning heat—
internal—also external, during the hot stage; Heat of head and
face, which may be puffed or bloated; Thirst; Headache; Burning
in the stomach; Dimness of sight; Pupil dilated; Delirium; Sweat
generally begins on the face; Sleeplessness; Pulse quick and
strong—or rather slow and full. Chiefly Inflammatory and Brain
fevers; some forms of Typhus, with Delirium; Loss of conscious-
ness; also Puerperal and Milk fevers.
Bryonia.-Chilliness and coldness of the body, even when in
bed; Frequent rigors—the chilly stage lasts some time, and is fre-
quently preceded by vertigo and headache, or a sense of confusion
in the head—sometimes the head feels hot, and the face becomes
red, with chattering of the teeth, or cough, with pain in the side—
coming on more frequently in the morning or afternoon; During
the hot stage, the headache is increased—the brain feels as if it
would press through at the forehead; the limbs and abdomen feel
as if plunged into hot water; Sweat, sometimes so profuse as to
cause anxiety and prevent sleep—also with sighing, and pressure
on the chest; the sweating stage occurs at night, or in the morn-
ing—sometimes acid; Tongue yellow. Very valuable in Enteric
or Typhoid, Bilious, Rheumatic, Milk, and Puerperal fevers.
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Chamomilla.-Chills that seemed confined to parts; Flying
chills in the evening—one part feels cold, and another hot;
Shivering, with internal heat; Great heat at night, when in bed,
with anxiety; Thirst, with redness of the cheeks; Profuse perspi-
ration on the head and forehead; Burning heat, with redness of
one cheek, the other being cold; Fever heat, with delirium and
tossing ; Eyes open; Sensation of great external heat; Night-Sweat,
without sleep; Morning sweat, with Smarting on the skin; Acid
sweat ; Fever, with Diarrhoea; Painful urination; Colic in the
abdomen. Useful in infantile fevers; Fever of dentition ; Fever
with delirium; Catarrhal, Rheumatic, Gastric, and Bilious fevers;
Puerperal fever; and debility after parturition.
China.-Coldness of the whole body, with rigors; Hands and
feet cold, even in a warm room; Chilliness as if a cold air were
blowing over the skin; Chilliness in the open air; Trembling and
shivering ; Chattering of the teeth; Sensation as if cold water
were running over the thighs; Icy coldness of the hands; Internal
coldness, with weakness of the legs; Chilliness in the back; In-
crease of heat, without thirst ; Rush of blood to the head; Heat
in the head, with swelling of the veins; Heat coming on in the
evening, without previous chillimess, with thirst, and followed by
sweat; Fevers, commencing in the afternoon or evening—followed
by heat—then sweat at night; Fever, with loss of appetite; Bitter
taste; Colic pains in the liver and spleen; Yellow colour of the
skin; Pains in the back, chest, and limbs—sometimes palpitation;
the thirst seems worse during the sweating stage; Profuse sweat
during sleep at night; Exhausting night-sweats; Greasy sweat;
Pulse quick and hard—sometimes irregular. Specific in Marsh
Agwe. Useful in Acute fevers, with profuse sweats; Hectic,
Bilious, Typhoid, Quotidian, or Tertian fevers.
Conium.—Chilliness in the morning, with headache and
nausea; Tremor of all the limbs; Cold hands and face; Feeling of
heat in the body; Heat, with profuse sweat and thirst; Loss of
appetite; Vomiting and diarrhoea; Slow fever, with sweat all
over; Night-sweat; Foetid sweat; Pulse slow, full, or unequal;
Collapse of the pulse; Catarrhal fever, with cough and sore throat.
Digitalis.-Internal coldness of the whole body; Very sensi-
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tive to cold; Shivering—followed by heat and profuse sweat; Pulse
extremely slow, or small, irregular; Gastric fever; Bilious fever.
Dulcamara.-Coldness; Shaking; Chilliness, with nausea; Un-
easiness in the limbs; Burning heat, and dryness of the skin;
Violent fever, with intense heat and thirst ; Fever, especially after
taking cold; Profuse sweat at night; Foetid sweat; Profuse
urine; Intermittent fevers—worse towards evening; Pulse hard,
wiry.
Ignatia.-Chilliness, especially over the back and arms—some-
times with nausea and vomiting; Desire for cold water; Constant
shivering; Chattering of the teeth; Chill—followed by heat, and
then sweat; Sudden flushes of heat over the body. During the
Chilly stage—Sallow look; Nausea; Vomiting of bile, mucus, or
food; Pains in the back; Feeling of lameness. Hot stage—Red-
ness of the cheeks; no thirst; Stinging of the limbs; Throbbing
headache; Wertigo; Delirium; Pain in back; Cold feet, and internal
coldness; Sleep—sometimes snoring—followed by sweat. Useful
in Catarrhal, Rheumatic, Intermittent, and some forms of Typhoid.
Iodium.—Fever, with subsultus and delirium; Dry skin; Soft,
quick pulse; Coldness of the skin and feet at night; Profuse
sweat at night; Enteric, or Typhus; Hectic fevers; Cholera.
Ipecacuanha.-Shuddering, with coldness of the face and
limbs; Coldness of the hands and feet, with cold sweat; Great
languor; Short, lasting chilliness, followed by violent heat and
thirst; Heat, with cold sweat on the forehead; Thirst only during
the chilliness; Sudden attack of heat about 4 P.M.; Feeling of
burning in the head and cheeks — no thirst ; Intermittent;
Gastric complications; Mucous; Puerperal and putrid fevers,
Lachesis.-General coldness, with desire to sit near the fire;
Chilliness every other day; Chilly, with lowness of spirits; Chat-
tering of the teeth; Fear of lock-jaw; Intermittent fever—coming
on every morning, or afternoon, or evening; Continued fever, with
dry skin, coated tongue, dry mouth, constant thirst, quick pulse,
and dim vision; Heat, with shivering, and dread of the slightest
current of air; Fever, coming on every morning, with restlessness,
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FEVERS.] - FEVERs.
moaning, deep respiration, and sweat; Burning in the hands and
feet at night; Intolerable heat at night, with sweat and thirst ;
Small, quick pulse, or full and hard; Typhus on the tenth day,
with vertigo; Ptosis; Bitter taste, and loss of appetite; Typhus
on the seventeenth to the nineteenth day, with sopor; Tongue dry,
parched—in front only—smooth, yellowish, difficult to protrude :
Slight sweat; Pulse 70—soft, irregular in volume. Lachesis
is valuable in Typhoid, Typhus, Intermittent, Tertian, and Quar-
tan fevers, with headache and prostration.
Lycopodium,_Spasmodic shaking, with chilliness and throb-
bing in the anterior part of the head in the evening; Feeling of in-
ternal chilliness early in the morning; Chilliness on the left side of
the body—lasting several days; Coldness of the hands and feet—
they felt quite dead; Rigors every other evening, at seven o’clock—
they caused him to start upright in the bed, without subsequent
heat or sweat ; Chilliness every afternoon, from three o’clock until
evening; Chilliness every day; Evening fever, with chilliness—
followed by heat—after midnight he feels hot—early in the morn-
ing a sour-smelling sweat; Alternate heat and chills, with heat and
redness of the cheeks; Fever, with nausea and vomiting ; Tertiam
fever, with sour vomiting after the chills, and swelling of the
hands and face; Hectic fever, with clammy night-sweats; Typhoid
fever, with constipation, peevishness, great nervous irritation, dry
tongue, red cheeks; Great weakness; Perspiration by day, with
fever; Flushes of heat; Burning heat, with shortness of breath;
Pale face, and frequent starting during sleep; Sweat, smelling
like onions; Acid sweat; Night-sweat—confined to the body,
not on the limbs; Sweat only on the chest, after midnight;
Morning sweats for seven successive days; Sweat that smells like
blood. Useful in Intermittent, Quotidian, and Tertian fevers;
Nervous fevers, with exhausting night-sweats.
Mercurius.-Constant coldness of the hands and feet, with
blueness of the skin; Cold feet when in bed; Chilliness, with
shaking over the whole body; Cold thrills; Internal chilliness;
Violent rigors in the evening, with subsultus—he could not retain
his seat; Trembling of the limbs; Paroxysms of fever, especially
at night; Alternate chilliness and heat; Mingling of chilliness
with heat—also about the face and head; During the hot state the
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thirst is considerable; Desire for iced water or milk—he drank
three quarts in one night; he continually wants drink; Sweat,
with a burning in the skin; Profuse night-sweats—greasy—stains
the linen yellow; Profuse foetid sweats, that saturated the bed-
clothes; the fingers looked like those of a washerwoman; Acid
sweat; Foetid sweat for many mights; Profuse sweat in the morn-
ing; Pulse accelerated—even rapid, quick, violent, hurried—or
slow and trembling. Useful in almost all fevers; Inflammatory,
Intermittent, Catarrhal, Rheumatic, Mucous, Gastric, Bilious,
Hectic, Typhoid, and Typhus fevers.
Natrum Mur.—Constant chilliness; Loss of animal heat;
Chilliness at night, with thirst; Frequent internal chilliness;
Shuddering, with goose-flesh; Chills, with desire to sleep by day;
Fever before dinner—he feels excessively weak, and is obliged to
lie down—followed by violent chilliness—then moderate heat, and,
finally, sweat for some hours; Fever at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing—chilly until noon—heat until evening, without sweat or
thirst; Violent headache—she became unconscious; Fever, with
Agwe ; Pains in the bones, and in the back; Yellow, livid com-
plexion; Headache; Great debility; Loss of appetite; Bitter
taste; Pressure at the stomach, with tenderness, and ulceration at
the corners of the mouth. Before the fever, there may be great
languor and headache. During the chills—Shortness of breath;
Drowsiness; Yawning, with or without thirst. During the heat—
Thirst, and very violent headache; Flushes of heat; Profuse sweat
in the day, and during motion; Profuse night-sweats for several
nights; Acid sweat every morning. Prescribed for Intermittent,
Quotidian, Tertian, and Quartan fevers; Nervous fever, with thirst,
dry tongue, great weakness, nausea, and headache. -
Nitric Acid.—Coldness, especially of the skin; Fever in the
afternoon; Chilliness, then heat; Internal heat, without thirst;
Dry heat at night, with violent thirst; Perspiration at night, foetid
or acid; Sweat by day, that has either an acid or strong ammo-
niacal odour; Night-sweats for twenty nights in succession.
Useful in Mercurial fever. -
Nux Wom.—Fever, with headache—gastric and bilious
sufferings; Considerable yawning, even early in the morning,
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immediately after rising—followed by pains in the limbs, chills,
and trembling; Chilliness, with dread of the open air; Intense
coldness—he could not get warmth even from a large fire; Cold-
ness of the lower part of the body, with heat of the face; Coldness
of the whole body, with blueness of the fingers and nails; Coldness
at night—he cannot get warm in bed—it prevents sleep—towards
morning a sweat breaks out; Shuddering and chilliness after
drinking. During the chill—Great desire for beer; Nightly chilli-
ness, with pains in the limbs; Afternoon or evening fever,
with heat—followed by chills; Chilliness, with redness of the
cheeks; Pains in back and limbs; Morning fever, with much
heat and thirst. During the hot stage—Vertigo, headache, red face;
Vomiting of mucus, water, bile, or food, with pains in the chest
and stomach ; Constipation and red urine—the chills return imme-
diately on being uncovered; the sweats are sometimes cold or hot,
profuse, or very foetid; Sweat after midnight, or about 3 o'clock,
A.M.; Morning sweat, with a musty odour—sometimes with incli-
nation to vomit, or with colic. After the morning sweat—Desire
for beer; Pulse full, or hard and frequent—or small and quick.
Intermittent, Quotidian, Tertian, Quartan fevers, with constipa-
tion; Gastric, Bilious, Typhoid, and Nervous fevers.
Opium.—Intermittent fever, with sopor; Snoring; Convulsive
movements of the limbs; Suppression of wrime and faeces;
Warm perspiration ; Chilliness in the back, with small pulse—
scarcely perceptible; Fever, with chilliness; Flushes of heat in the
face, and white tongue—followed by sweat; Fever, with trembling;
Chilliness and thirst; Fever, with delirium (after a short sleep)—it
lasted twelve hours—left him very weak, with fits of nausea;
Fever, with strong, quick pulse; Congestion of blood to the brain ;
Dark-red face; Impeded respiration; Great distention of the
blood-vessels; Sweat in large drops; Sweat over the whole body
early in the morning, with disposition to uncover; Profuse sweat
for twelve hours; Fever, with coma or delirium; Typhus cere-
bralis.
Phosphorus.-Coldness of the limbs; Icy coldness of the
hands and feet; Shivering at seven in the evening; Chilliness in
the evening; Violent chills at night, with diarrhoea, heat, and pro-
fuse sweat; Great heat after midnight, with short breathing—no
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thirst; Slight sweat; Frequent attacks of heat, without thirst or
sweat; Fever, with thickly-coated tongue; Small, hard, quick
pulse; Hectic fever, with dry heat at night, especially in the
palms of the hands—and circumscribed redness of the cheeks; Pulse
quick and faint—or quick and full; Night-sweats for six nights;
Exhausting night-sweats, with turbid urine; Morning sweats, with
great debility, and feelings of anxiety—sometimes with Diarrhoea;
Typhºws abdominalis, with violent Diarrhoea; Putrid Typhus?
Fever of the consumptive; Enteric fever.
Pulsatilla.-Coldness, paleness, with sweat over the body—the
hands and feet cold as death; Frequent shuddering—the hair
stands on end; Shuddering up the back; Creeping chilliness;
Fits of chilliness, with trembling—followed by trifling heat, but no
sweat; Chilliness, with flushes of warmth, without thirst; Heat
in the evening, after lying down—between two and five o'clock
in the morning; Heat, with sweat and thirst, which increased the
more he drank; Burning heat at night, with thirst ; Sleeplessness;
Pains in the abdomen; Chilliness—followed by heat in the head
and hands; Intermittent fever, without thirst during the chills—
followed by heat, with thirst—accompanied or succeeded by sweat;
Fever, that commences or increases in the evening, or at night, and
remits towards morning. Cold stage—Pale face; Vertigo; Stupe-
faction; Heaviness, and pains in the head; Anxiety, and oppression
at the chest—or with vomiting. Hot stage—Anguish; Headache;
Face red, bloated; Sweat of the face; Chills return, if uncovered;
Moaning; Restlessness; Hurried, anxious breathing; Inclination
to vomit, and Diarrhoea. During the Apyrexia, there is often bitter
taste; Headache; Pain in the chest; Moist cough; Somnolence;
Diarrhoea or constipation; Dry heat of the body at night, with dis-
tended veins and burning hands, and desire to lay them on a cold
place—or one hand feels hot, the other cold; on one side of the
body, the hand and foot are cold and red—while, on the other side,
they are really hot; Sensation as if a very hot air blew upon him;
he cannot bear external warmth, in consequence of the distention
of the veins; Heat in the morning, when in bed, with a feeling
that a sweat would break out; Sweat only on one side of the
body; Morning sweat, that soon passes off. Pulsatilla is valuable
in Intermittent, Continued, Catarrhal, Mucous, Bilious, Gastric,
Typhoid, and Hectic fevers; Fever with Exanthemata.
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Rhus Tox,−Coldness—the cold air affects the skin of the body
painfully; Icy cold feet, when warm in the other parts, while in
bed; Evening fever; Chills about eight o'clock, with dry heat,
thirst ; Diarrhoeic pains in the abdomen—followed by sleep;
Diarrhoea again in the morning; Fever, with drowsiness, yawning,
and weary feeling; Sensation as if warm water were being poured
over him—or as though his blood were running very hot through
the vessels, and especially violent through the head, with beating
headache; Chilliness about seven o’clock in the evening, with a
sensation as if cold water were being poured over him ; after
lying down, and covering himself, he immediately became hot, and
was obliged to stretch himself—afterwards sweat; Fever, with
giddiness and sweat that prevented sleep; Fever, with Jaundice, or
pains in the limbs; Gastric derangement, or loguacious delirium;
Fever, with bright-red, or dry, brown, or black tongue; Sweat
during the pains; Thirst for water or beer; Sweat, with an itching
rash ; Profuse sweat about the neck at night; Fever of Erysipelas,
or Urticaria; Typhus fevers; Abdominal Typhus in every stage;
Petechiae.
Sambucus.-Intermittent fever, with excessive night-sweat;
Obstinate intermittents, with exhaustive sweats during the
Apyrexia; Chills over the whole body, with stinging, crawling
here and there; Coldness below the knees downwards; the hands
and feet are very cold to the touch; Burning in the face; Warmth
in the body; Icy coldness of the feet—no thirst; Dry heat, with a
dread of uncovering—he feared an attack of Colic; Profuse sweat
after midnight, without thirst; Tendency to be frightened from
sleep; Delirium.
Sulphur.—Internal coldness; Heat when falling asleep; Cold-
ness, particularly of the nose, hand, and foot; Shaking chills
in the evening, with paleness of the face; Fever in the morning,
with internal chilliness; Dry heat in the morning, when in bed;
Copious morning sweat; Fever, with delirium; Asthma; Burning
pain in the stomach ; Vomiting; Convulsions; Worm fever.
Tartar Emet.—Anxiety; Restlessness; Moaning; Uneasiness,
especially about the abdomen; Cold creeping through the veins;
Tremor; Coldness of the body—cold as marble, after the clonic
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spasms, with collapse of the pulse; Chilliness, with flushes of heat;
Loss of appetite, and Colic ; Restlessness, with heat, thirst, head-
ache—followed by sweat; Heat of the body increased by the least
movement; Heat, sweat, and irresistible desire for sleep; In-
creased secretion of urine; Frequent sweating—profuse at night—
or cold, clammy sweat; Throbbing in the blood-vessels; Visible
throbbing, quick and audible; Pulse full, quick, or irritated—88;
or slow, even to 50; Collapse of the pulse; Gastric or Enteric
fever. -
Weratrum.—Coldness of the whole body; Fever for several
days—sometimes in the evening—sometimes in the morning; and
so continues for a long time; the whole body feels cold to him
and others—with cold, clammy sweats, commencing on the fore-
head; Internal, cold thrill, from the head to the feet and toes,
with thirst ; Constant chills over the back and arms; Alternation
of chills and heat, with vertigo, anxiety, and disposition to vomit;
Alternation of paleness, with heat and redness of the face—much
thirst; Great desire for cold drink; Fever, with external coldness;
|Fever, with internal heat and dark urine; During the heat there
is generally slumber or delirium, with red face; Cold sweat all over
the body; Long-lasting night-sweat; Profuse sweat, with thirst and
good appetite; Pulse almost imperceptible ; Collapse; Weak
pulse; Quotidian and Tertian fevers; Morning intermittent;
Abdominal Typhus.
Zincum.—Frequent shivering, during the evening, over the
back; Constant chilliness, with internal heat; Shivering from the
afternoon until evening; Several attacks of fever during the day,
with chilliness; then flushes of heat over the whole body;
Trembling of the limbs; Faintness; Violent throbbing of the
vessels; Mouth dry and hot; Thirst profuse; Sweat at night—
sometimes acid; Perspiration, even during the day.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
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CLINICAL DICTION ARY,
Abdomen, in general.—ACON., Ars., BELL., CARBO V., Chin.,
COLOCY., Kali c., Lycop., Nua, OPI., PLUMB. A.C.,
Pwls., Rhus, Sep., Sulp., WERAT.
Abortion.—BELL., Cann., Cham, Cro., Ratan, SABI., SECA.,
Sep.
Abrasion of PARTS.—Arnica, Graph., Lyc., Sep.
Abscess.-Ars., ASAF., Bell, Calc., HEPAR, MERC., Sulp.
BREAST-Hep., Merc., Phos., Sil.
LIVER—Acom., CHIN., Lach., MERC.
LUMBAR–CALC., Hep., Phosp., SIL., Sulp.
PSOAS.–China, LACH., Merc., SIL.
ARS.—Abscess, with burning pain; Lancinations; Tendency
to become cold; Thin, bloody, unhealthy pus; Blue, black,
foetid gangrene, accompanied with great prostration.
BELL-Aching; Throbbing; Red-hot swelling; Erysipela-
tous, fiery-Scarlet, fleecy-looking pus; Abscess of liver;
Tends to disperse swelling—prevent suppuration (also
Acom.)
BRYON.—Surrounding parts alternating pale and red; Hot,
tense, shining; Stinging pain, especially affecting the
muscles.
CALC.—Hard; Swollen; Red; Suppuration slow; Steatoma;
Abscess and ulcers, threatening to become fistulous—or
lumbar abscess.
CHAM.—Burning, Smarting, especially at night; Creeping
sensation; Exquisitely tender to the touch ; Erysipela-
tous; Nervous system very sensitive. -
CHIN.—Boring, beating; Ichor, with putrid smell; Moist
gangrene; Hard, red swelling.
HEPAR–Slight injury tends to suppuration; Burning, throb-
bing, with inflammation; Soreness; Tendency to bleed and
chap ; Pus of an acid nature and smell.
LED.—Large boils; Tensive, hard swellings; Hot ; Lace-
rating.
MERC.—Especially of a syphilitic character, or glandular;
Slow to suppurate; Red, shining—not very hot.
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Abscess—
. MEZ.—From the effects of Mercury.
PULS.—Itching; Stitching; the surrounding redness becomes
hard, shining—pains incisive—bleed readily. Suitable for
Varicose abscess.
RHUS—Heat, swelling, inflammation, especially in the parotid
region—also axillary; Erysipelatous ; Burning, itching, or
surrounded by small vesicles; Red, shining, stinging—very.
SOI’e.
SECALE-Tendency to blackness; Dry gangrene; Malignant
carbuncle, especially on the neck; Suppuration—pus yellow;
Burning; the surrounding skin shrivels up, and peels off.
SILICA—Aching, sticking, burning; Inflamed parts quick in
suppuration; Abscess of bone; Nodes—fistulous kind;
Parotitis; Steatoma; Lymphatic glands; Panaris; Suppu-
rations of all kinds; Mammary abscess (also Phosp.)
SULP.-Abscess disposed to become chronic—slow to inflame
- in scrofulous habits—also in the lungs and mammae.
Acidity.—Carb. v., Cham, Nua, Puls., Sulp., Sulp. ac.
Acids.-Sufferings from—Acon., Ars., Carb. v.
Acne of females.—Bor., Graph. -
ROSACEA-Ant., Calc., Kreas., Phosp., Phosp. ac., Rhus,
º Swlp.
Acne, in general.—Alwm., Ars., Carb. v., Cawst., Hep., Led.,
Nat. m., Nit. ac., Sep.
After-Pains.—Arm, CHAM., Coff, Opi., Pod., Pwls., Rhus,
- Sab., SECA.
Agalactea.—A com., Asaf., Bell., Calc., Pwls., Zinc.
Albuminuria.--ARS., Colac., Merc. corr., PHOSP. AC., Zimc.
Alcohol.-Evils of Amt. c., Dig., LACH., Nua, Opi., SULP. A.C.
Alopecia.-Ars., Bary. c., Graph., Merc., Phosp., Sulp.
Amativeness.-Canth., Hyos., Ign., Lach., Phosp., Plat.,
Stram., Verat.
Amaurosis.-Acom., BELL., Calc., Cann., CAUST., CON., Cic.,
Dig., HYOS., Merc., PHOSP., Puls., Sil., STRAM.,
SULP., Verat., Zimc.
Partial—Bary., Spig., Staphy.
Rheumatic—Ars., Dwlc., Spig., Verat.
Amblyopia.-BELL., Calc., Cann., CON., Dig, Euph., Hyos.,
Lyc., PHOSP., Puls., Ruta, Stram, Val,
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [AM.—AP.
Amenorrhoea.—A com., Ars., Bell., Calc., Cocc., Dig., Ferr.,
Graph., Iod., Kali c., Lyc., Nat. m., Nua, Puls.,
Sep., Sulp.
Long standing—Com. --
Anaemia.-Ars., Bry., CHIN., Dig., FERR. A.C., Nat. mur.,
PHOS. AC., Puls., Sep., Staph., Sulp.
Anasarca.-APIS., ARS., Bry., Chin.., DIG., HELL., Iod., Led,
Merc., Plumb., Squill.
After Scarlet Fever—Amſm. m., APIS, ARS., Dig., HELL.
Aneurism.—Arm., CARB. V., Cawst., Kali c., Lach, Lyco.
By Anastomosis—CARB. V., Sulp.
Anger.—(Effects of a fit of)—Acon., CHAM., Cocc., Coloc.,
HYOS., Nua, Op., Plat., STAPH., Stram.
Angina.-Acute—ACON., Apis, Arg. mit., BELL., HEP.,
KALI. B., LACH., MERC., Nua, Pwls., Samg., Tart. em.
Chronic—Alwm., CARB. V., Chin.., NIT. A.C., Sep., SULP.
Diphtheritic—Hep., Nua.
Gangrenous—ARS., Kreas., LACH.
Mercurial—Bell., Chin.., Dulc., Hep., Lach, Nit. ac., Staph.,
Sulp.
Angina Pectoris.—ACON., Ars., Awr., Cact., DIG., Hep, Ipec.,
LACH., Lawr., Samb., Stram, Verat.
Ankles.—Burning pain—ARS., CAUST., Com., Phosp., Puls.,
Ruta.
Paralytic—Cawst., Chin.., Ign., Natr. mur., Nua, Plumb. ac.,
- Staph., Valer.
Swelling—Ars., Bry., Calc., Dig., Merc., Pwls., Rhw8,
Sulp., Thuj.
Weakness—Ars., Carb. v., Chin.., Nat. c., Phosp., Rhw8, Zinc.
Anus.--Carb. v., Cawst., Graph., Nua, Phosp., Sep., Sulp., Thuj.
Burning—ARS., Carb. v., CAUST., Graph., Nit. ac.,
Sep., Sulp.
Congestion—Acom., Aloes, Lach, Nua, Sulp.
Constriction—Natr. m., Nwa v., Thuja.
Itching—Acom., Carb. v., Cawst., Lyc., Merc., Nit. ac, Sep.,
Sulp., Thuja. -
Anxiety.—A con., Ars., AUR., Calc., IGN., Lyco, Nua,
PULS., Sulp. …”
Aphonia.-BELL., Brom., CAPS., Carb. v., Caust., DROS.,
Dulc., Hep., Iod., Merc., Nua, Phosp., Puls., SPON.
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AP,-AS.T CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Aphthae.—ARS., BOR., Cic., MERC., Nit. ac., Nua, Sarsa,
Staph., Sulph, Tart. em.
Apnoea.—Bry, Calc., Cup., Lauro., Phosp.
Apoplexy.-ACON., ARN., Awr., Bell., Cact, Chim, Cocc.,
Hydrocy. ac., Ipec., LACH., Nua, OPI., Rhw8, Tab.
Of old persons—Phosp.
Appetite.—Lost—Ant., Ars., Bry, Calc., CHIN., Cocc., Cycl.,
Hep., Iod., Lobel, Lyc., MERC., Nat. m., NUX, PULS.,
Rhus, Sep., Sil, SULP. - *
ACON.—Aversion to all food; Taste of fish or rotten eggs.
CHINA—Aversion to all food—pain after very little; Desire
for acids. -
COCC.—Excessive repugnance—even the smell of food.
LYCOP.—Appetite lost after the first mouthful; Dislike for
warm or boiled food.
NUX—Aversion, yet a feeling of hunger; Food smells foetid;
Likes milk.
RHUS—Appetite quite lost; Dislikes bread, meat, or broth,
coffee, and wine.
SULP.-Aversion to meat, especially fat—cannot digest it ;
Desire for acids; Sweets induce colic.
Appetite.—Voracious—Calc., Cima, Hep., Iod, Kali, Lach.,
Lyc., Nºwa, Oleand., Petro., Sil., Verat, -
Very soon satisfied—Podoph.
Constant hunger—Staphy.
Arcus Senilis.-Ars.
Arms.-Rheumatic pains in—Acom., Ars., BRY., CALC. PHOSP.,
Dulc., Fer., Mer., Mez, Nua, Phosp., Pwls., Rhod., Rhºws,
Samg., Swlp., Thuj., Verat.
Paralysis—Arm., Calc., Chel, COCC., Dulc., Lyco., Nua,
Op., Rhºws, Sil., Verat,
Arthritis.-ACON., Amt. c., Bell., BRY., Chin., Colch., Dulc.,
Ferr., Nua, Puls., Rhus, Sabi., Staph., Sulp., Thuj.,
Zimc.
Chronic—Arnica, Swlp. Concretions—Ant. c.
Flying pains—Puls. From Gonorrhoea—Clem, Copaivae.
GREAT TOE—LED., Sulp.
KNEE–BRY., Lyc., RHUS, Sang. -
Ascarides.—Ars., Calc., Chim, Cina, Dig, Ferr., Ign, Ipec,
Merc, Spig, Sulp,
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [AS.—BL.
Ascites.—A com., APIS, ARS., Bry., Chim., DIG., HELL., Merc.,
Sep., Sulp.
Asphyxia.-Camphor, by olfaction.
Drowning—Lach. Frozen—Ars. Hanging—Camph., Opi.
If from a blow or fall—Arm., or China.
Lightning—Acom. Of infants—China.
Asthma.-Acon., Ars., Bry, Colc., Cupr., Hep, Ipec., Lob., Nua,
Opi., Pwls., Phosp., Samb., Samg., Spong., Sulp.
Atrophy of children.—Ars., Calc., Iod., Phosp., Sulp.
From worms—Cima.
From syphilitic taint—Merc., Merc. iod.
Of the testes—Iod., Kali bi., Pwls., Spong.
With enlarged glands—Baryta, c., Kali iod.
Back-Rheumatism—BRY., Carb. v., CHIN., Graph, Kreas.,
MEZ., PULS., RHUS, Sulph.
Pain, as of dislocation—ARN., Calc., Nua, Phosp., Pwls.
Balanitis-Weak Calendula lotion; Aconite at bed-time
(Yeldham), CANN., Merc., NIT. AC., Sulp., THUJA.
Balanorrhoea.—ACON., Cimm., Merc., Nit. ac., NUX, Sep.,
Sulp., THUJA.
Bathing.—Evils arising from—CALC., DULC., Phosp., Rhus.
Bed-sores.—ARN., SULP. A.C. Apply weak Arnica lotion;
if necessary, Carrot and Potato poultice.
Beer.—Sufferings from—Ferr., Rhus, Stram.
Dislike for—Cocc., Nua.
Bites of Insects.-Weak solution of Arnica, LEDUM.
Blackness of the skin.-ARG. NIT., CHIN., Cup., Merc., Op.,
Sec., WERAT.
Black Womit.—(Melaena)—Acom., ARS., Chim., Ipec, Nua,
Petr., SEC., VERAT. -
Bladder.—Burning at neck—ACON., Anti. e., APIS, Berb.,
CANTH., CAUST., Cham, Colch., Hyos., Lycop., Puls.,
Rwta, Tereb.
Calculus of Ant., Calc., Cann., Canth., Dulc., LYC., Petro.,
Phosp., Sarsa., SIL., Zimc.
Catarrh of ANT. C., Cann., Cawst., Com., Copab., DULC.,
FERR. A.C., Merc., Nua, PULS., Sulp. -
Paralysis of Acom., Ars., Cic., DULC., Hyos., Lach, Lawr.,
NUX, Phosp.
739
BL.—BR.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Bladder—
Thickening of-DULC., Merc., Puls.
Ulceration of neck—CAUST, CLEM., Merc., MUR. A.C.
Blindness.-(By day)—Acon., CANN., CON., Phosp., Sil., Sulp.
(By night)—BELL., HYOS., Merc., Nit. ac.
(Momentary)—AUR., BELL., Calc., CON., Hep., Hyos.,
Merc., NAT. M., Phosp., Puls., STRAM., Sulp.
Blotches.—Amm. c., ANT. C., Cocc., GRAPH., Merc., Phosp.,
SEP., Sulp.
Boils.-(Large)—ANT. C., Bell., Calc., Hep., HYOS., Lyc., Silic.
(Small)—ARN., Lach., Merc., NIT. AC., SULP., Zinc.
Bones.—Asa., AUR., Calc., Chin., Con., Cupr., Hep., Lyc.,
Merc., Nit.ac., PHOSP., Rhus, RUTA, SIL., STAPH., Swlp.
Burning—Ars., Awr., Merc., Phosp. ac.
Caries of Ars., Asa., AUR., Hep., Iod., Lyc., MERC.,
- Nit. ac., Phosp. ac., Sil.
Drawing—Asa, Chim, Merc., Rhod. -
Gnawing—Rwta, Staphy. (Pains in)—Bruised—Cocc., Rwta.
Pressive—Arg., Mez. Scraping—Chin., Sabad.
Shooting—Calc., Cawst.
Swelling and softening—ASA., Calc, LYC., Merc., Phosp.,
SIL., STAPH., Sulp.
Borborygmus.-Bry, Carb. v., Caws., Chin, Colocy., Hell.,
Lyc, Nua, Sulp.
Brain.-Inflammation of-Acom., BELL., HYOS., Lach., Merc.,
ZINC.
Chronic congestion—ACON., Awr., Bry., Cact., Glom., Iod.,
Lach., Nwa, Opi., Pwls., SULP.
Concussion of Acom., ARNICA, Cic, Dig., Rwta.
Softening—Probably Ars., Chin., Opi., Secale? (no cure).
Bread.—Dislike for—Nat. Mwr, Pwls., Sep.
Breasts.--ARN., Calc., CLEM., CON, Kreas., Plumb., SIL,
Swlp., Zinc.
Breath.-Foetid—AUR., Bry, CARB. V., Chin, MERC., NUX,
Podop., Swlp.
Cold—ARS., Camph., CARBO. V., Chim., WERAT.
Hot—Acom., Nat. mur., Phosp., Rhus, Stront., Sulp.
Bright's Disease.—Ars., Canth., Merc., Phosp. ac., Zinc.
Bronchitis.--Acute— ACON., Brom, BRY, HEP., Phosp.,
SPONG., Squill.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [BR.—CH.
Bronchitis.-Chronic —ARS., Cact., Cawst., IOD., Ipec., LOB.,
Merc., Phosp., SENEG., Stamm., Sulp.
Bruises.—ARN., Cawst., Coniwm. •
Buboes.—Awr., Carbo veg., MERC., NIT. A.C., Staph., Sulp.,
Thuja.
Bulimy.—Calc., Chin, Cina, Iod, Lach, Lyc, Nua, Sil, Verat.
Bunions.—Arm., Rhºws, Sil, Swlp., Verat. vir., IOD. (also
external application.)
Burns.—ARN., CAUST., Plumb. ac., Sec., URTIC.
For the fright—ACON., Ign., OPI.
Keep the air from the part by Olive Oil, Cotton Wool,
or Collodion, if only a small part of the surface is injured.
Cancer.—ARS., Awr., Bell, Calc., Clem., CON., HYDRA.S.,
JKreas., Phosp., Sil.
BREAST-ARS., Clem., CON., HYDRAS., Kreas., Sil.
OF THE LIP–ARS., Hydras.
STOMACH-Ars., Baryt., Carb, ac., Lyc., Nit. ac., Sulp.
UTERUS—ARS., Awr., Bell., CON., Kreas., Nit.ac., Plat., Staph.
Cancrum Oris.—Ars., Chima, Hell., Iod., Kreas., SECALE.
Canthi.-Agar., Calc., Carb. v., Euph., Nua, Puls., Staph., Sulp.
Carbuncle.—Acon., ARS., Bell., CANTH., China, HYOS., Lach.,
Lyc., Mur. a.c., Rhºws, Secale., SILIC.
Carditis.-ACON., Ars, AUR., BELL., Bry., CACT., Cann.,
DIG., LACH., SPIG., Sulp.
Carphologia.-BELL., Hyos., Iod., Opi., STRAM.
Cataract.—Calc., CANN., Caws., CON., Euphr., Hep., Phosp.
Sil., Sulp. 4.
From injury—ARN., CON., Puls., Ruta.
Catarrh.-Acom., Ars., BELL., Bry, CAMPH., Carb. v., Cham.,
DULC., Hep., Ipec., MERC., NUX, PULS., Samb.,
Samg., Sulp.
Chronic—Ars., Calc., Carb. v., Caws., Hep., Lyc., Phosp.,
Seneg., Sep., Sulp.
Frequent—Calc., CARB. V., Caws., LYCO., Nat. c., Sep.,
Sil., Sulp.
Suffocative — ARS., Bry., Camph., IPEC., SAMB.,
TART, EMI.
Chancre.—Soft—Calendula lotion, Caust., Staph., Sulp., Zimc.
Hard—Lach., MERC. CORR., Merc. iod., Nitric ac.
741
CH.—C0.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Chaps on the skin.-ALUM., Ant., Calc., Cham, Clem, Dulc.,.
Graph., HEP., MERC., Nit. ac., PETRO., Rhus, Sarsa,
Sep., Sulp., ZINC. - . .
ANUS—Cham., GRAP., Hep., Lyc., Merc., Nit. ac., Petro,
RATAN., Rhus, Sulp. -
LIPS–ARS., Hep, Merc., SIL.
Chemosis.-Acom., BELL., Merc.
Chicken-Pox.—ANT. C., Bell, LED., MERC., PULS., Rhw8,
- Tart. em. - - *
Chilblains.—Arm., Ars., Cham., Kreas, NUX, PETRO.,
PULS., Rhºws.
Blue colour—Arm., Bell., KALI. C., LACH.
External application—Arm., Tamws.
Inflamed—ACON., ARS., Nit, ac., PULS.
Tendency to gangrene—Ars., Chim, LACH., Op., SECA.
Very painful—Hepar, Nit. ac., Phosp. ac.
Chlorosis.-Ars., Bell., CALC., Chi., Cocc., Com., FER.R., Kali,
Lyc., Nit. ac., PLAT., Puls., Sep., SULP.
Cholera.-Ars., CAMPHOR (three drops on sugar), Carb. v.,
CUPR., IOD., Ipec., SECAL., VERAT.
Cholera Infantum.—ARS., Cham., Chim., IPEC., VERAT.
Chorea.—Asa, BELL., Cawst., Chim, CIC., Cocc., CUPR.,
HYOS., Ign., STRAM,
Circocele.—Arn., Carb. v., Lach., Lyc., Puls., Sulp., Zinc.
Coffee.—Evils from—Cawst., Cham., Igm., Nua.
Colic.—A con., Ars., Bell., Carb. v., CHAM., COLOC., CUPR.,
Hyos., Ign, Nua, Opi., Plumb, ac., Podop., Rhºws, Sec.,
Verat. -
Bilious—ACON., Cham., Chi., Colocy., Iod., MERC., PODOP.
Flatulent—CARB. V., Cham, CHIN., Cocc., LYCO., NUX,
Pwls., Verat.
Spasmodic—BELL., Cham., Cocc., CUPR., Nua, WERAT.
Lead Colic—Alwm., OPI., Sulp. ac. -
Coma-BELL., Camp., Com., HYOS., Led., OPI., Phosp., Stram.
From organic disease of the brain—Ars. -
Concussion.—A com., ARN., Bell. CIC., Hep., MERC., Ruta.
Condylomata.-Aur, Caust., Kali iod, Lyc, NIT. A.C., Phos.
ac., Staph., THUJ.
Congestion to the head.—Acon, Aloes, Arn., Aur., Bell, Bry.,
Cact., Chim, Coff, Merc., Nua, Op., Sulp.
742
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [C0.—C0.
Congestion to the chest.—ACON., Aloes, Bell., Cact, DIG., Ferr.,
MERC., PHOSP., Sep.
Constipation.—Aeon, Alum., BRY., Calc., Carb. v., Cham,
Cocc., Ferr., Gallic ac., HEP., LED., LYC., Nit. ac.,
NUX V., OP., Phosp., PLAT., PLUMB., Sil.,
Staph., SULP., Tamm. ac., Thuja, ZINC.
Of the pregnant—ALUM., Bry, NUX, Sep.
From travelling—Carb. v., COCC., NUX, Op., PLAT.
Convulsions.—A con., Ars., Cawst., Cupr., Hyos., Ign, Ipec,
Stram.
Contortion of features—BELL., Camph., Cupr., Stram.
Contortion of limbs—Cocc., Hyos., NUX, Opi., Plat., Sec.,
STRAM.
Of infants—Cham., Ipec, Op. •
Cornea.—BELL., CALC., Cann., CAUST., Com., Euph., HEP.,
Merc., Nit. ac., Sep. -
Opacity of CANN.
Ulceration of--NIT. A.C., SULP.
Corns.—Remove all pressure. Apply Tinct. of Arm, or Iod.,
Amm. c., ANT. C., ARS., Calc., Nua, LYC., Phosp.,
Sil., SULP.
Coryza.-ARS., Bell, Bry, Cham., Dulc., Lyc., MERC., NUX,
PULS., Sel., Sulp.
Fluent—Ars., Dulc., Merc., Pwls., Rhºws, Seneg., Tart. em.
Cough.-Short, hacking—ACON., Arn., ARS., Bell., Brom, Calc.,
Caust., Iod., Kali iod, Merc., Nat. e., Rhus, Stamm.
Hoarse—BELL., Carb. v., DROS., Dulc., Euphor., Hep.,
Iod., Spong.
Spasmodic—Acon., Ars., Bry, Cham., Chim, Cupr., Ferr. ac.,
Hyos., Ipec., Samb.
Dry—Acom., Bry., Ign., Ipec, Nua, Phosp., Rhus, Spong.
Loose—Ars., Calc., Chin., Dros., Lyc., Puls., Seneg., Sep.,
Stam/m. -
Morning—Ars., Bry, Caw8t., Iod., Lyc., Nua, Pwls.
Night—Acom., Bell., Cham., Hyos., Merc., Sep.
With soreness in the chest—Ars., Carb. v., CAUST., Lyc.,
PHOSP., SULP. -
Tickling in the larynx—Bell, CHAM., Dros., Ipec., KALI BI.,
Lach., Spong.
From stomach-derangement—Nua, Pwls., SEP.
743
C0,—DE.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Coxalgia.-Acon, Ars., Bell., Bry, Calc., Cawst., Coloc., Hep.,
Merc., Nit. ac., Puls., Rhus, Staph., Sulp.
Coxarthrocace.—Bell., Calc., Coloc., Hep., Lach., Merc., Phosp.,
Phosp. ac., Rhw8, Sil., Sulp.
Cracking of Joints.--Anti. c., CAMPH., CAPS., Chin., Croc.,
- LED., NIT. AC., PETRO., PHOSP., Rhus,
Sab., Sil., SULP., THUJA.
Cramp.–Bell., Calc., CUPR., Hyos., IGN, Nua, Puls., Sec.,
Verat. -
In the calves of the legs—SULP., VERAT.
Crick of the Neck,-Sensation—Acom., Bell., Bry.
Croup.–ACON., Brom., Cupr., Dros., HEP., IOD., Kali bich.
(Spasmodic)—Lach., Samb., SPONG., Tart. em.
ACONITE–Two or three doses, followed by Spongia; or the two
may be administered in alternation, with a tolerably hot
sponge held over the larynx,
Crusta Lactea.—A con., ANT. C., Ars., Bell., CALC., Graph.,
Hep., Led., MERC., RHUS, SEP., Staph., Swlp.,
VIOLA TRI. a
Crusta Serpiginosa,—ARS., CLEM., Sarsa, SEP.
Cyanosis.-Ars., Camph., Carb. v., Chin, CUPR., DIG., Lach.,
Lawr., Op., Phosp., Vera.
Cystitis.-Acon, APIS., Cann., CANTH., Dig., Lyco., Nua,
Pwls., TEREB.
Deadness.-Sensation of ACON., Ars., CALC., CAUST., Chel.,
CON., Hyos., Lyc., MERC., Nua, Phosp., Plat.,
SEC.
Deafness.-Arm, AUR., BELL., Bry., CALC, CAUST., Com.,
Hyos., Kali c., LYC., Nit, ac., Nua, v., Petro., Phosp.,
PULS., Sil., SULP.
After meals—CARB. VEG., Hyos, Merc., SULP.
From paralysis of the Portis Mollis—BELL., CAUST., Hyos.,
- Nit. ac., NUX, Sil.
Rheumatic—DULC., GRAPH.
Scrofulous—Iod., Spong. Syphilitic—Merc., Nit. ac.
Debility.—After acute disease—CHIN., Nua, PHOSP. A.C., Sil.,
Werat.
From masturbation—Calc., Carb. v., Chin, FERR., Lyc.,
NUX, PHOSP. A.C., Sil., Staphy., Sulp,
744
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [DE—DR.
Debility—
From long watching—CHIN, Cocc., NUX, Phosp. ac., Puls.
Rapid prostration—A con., ARS., CAMP.H., CARB. V., Com.,
DIG., Hydrocy. ac., Nua, Phosp., SEC.,
VERAT.
Delirium.—ACON., Ars., BELL., Bry., Camp., Canth., Cupr.,
HYOS., Ign., Lach.,OPI., Phosp., PLAT., Sec., STRAM.,
VERAT.
Delirium Tremens.—Acom., Ars., Bell., Coff., Dig., Hyos.,
LACH., NUX, OPI., Stram.
Dentition.—Difficult—ACON., Bell., Bor., CALC., CHAM., Cima,
Coff, Ign., KREAS., Merc., Phosp., Sulp.
Despair.—Feelings of AUR., Calc., Caus., Con., IGN., Lyc.,
Nat. c., Rhus, Sulp.
Diabetes.—Arm., ARS, Awr., Carb. v., Dulc., LED., Lyc.,
Nat. m., PHOSP. A.C., Squil. º
Diaphragm.— Affections of — ACON., Arn., BRY., CHAM.,
CHIN., Cocc., Ign, Ipec., NUX, Op., Stram., Verat.
Diarrhoea.—ARS., CAMP., Cham., CHIN., Dig., DULC., Ferr.,
Merc., Mur. ac., Podop., Puls., SULP., Verat.
Alternating with constipation — Amt., Bry., Iod., NUX,
PODOP., Rhºws.
Chronic—Calc., Ferr., Kreas., Mur. ac., Nat. m., Verat.
Of summer—CHIN, DULC., Sulp. ac.
Of infants—Acom., CHAM., IPEC., Merc.
Of the aged—Ars., BRY., CHIN., PHOSP., Seca.
Violent evacuations, with tenesmus and faintness—ALOE.
With vomiting—Ant., ARS., CUP., IPEC., VERAT.
Diphtheria.-Amm. caus., BELL., Brom, Caust., HEPAR,
Iod., KALI BICH., Lach., MERC. IOD., Mur. ac.,
Nitri. ac., Nua, v.
Diplopia.-BELL., Cie., Com., DIG., HYOS., Natr. m., Oleand.,
Puls., Sulp. -
Dislocation.—Acom., ARN., Bry., Calc., Phos., RHUS.
Dreams—
ACON.—Anxious dreams; Vivid; Raving in his dream.
ALUM.—About thieves; Frequent dreams.
ANTI. C.—Disputing in his dreams; Quarrelsome.
ARN.—Terrific dreams of mutilated persons, or upbraiding
each other. -
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DR.]
CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Dreams— --
ARS.—Very anxious; Storms; Fire; Darkness; Black waters.
BELL–Frightful visions; Assassins; Robbers—sees many
persons; Transacts business—frequently starting up in a
fright—sees a black dog. -
BRY.—Wexatious; Disagreeable; Confused dreams; Delirium;
Vivid dreams of the transactions during the day; Som-
nambulism. -
CALC.—Frequent—horrible—of dead persons, or the siók and
dying; Vivid; Anxious; Frightful figures.
CAUST.-Anxious; Grief; Quarrels; Laughter; Loud talking;
Voluptuous. -
CHAM.—Dreams of a morose, sullen nature; Illusions; Fan-
tastic or quarrelsome dreams; Delirium.
CHINA.—Confused; Absurd; Painful; Frightful, that cause.
much agitation on awaking—or a feeling of stupidity.
COCC.—Frightful; Anxious—of death and disease.
COFF.—Long-continued, very vivid dreams.
COLOCY.—Vivid; Very lascivious dreams; Indignation.
CONIUM.–Frightful, with anxiety—sees great danger; Mutila-
tion; Death.
CROCUS.––Gay; Lively; Sings songs; Very pleasant and
agreeable. -
DIGIT.—Sleep much disturbed by anxious dreams—starting
up.
DULC.—Very frightful dreams and visions towards morning.
GRAPH.-Dreams of fire, death, anguish—starts; Medita-
tive dreams.
HELL–Anxious; Confused—remembers dreaming—does not
know what. "
HEPAR.—Great flow of ideas; Dreams of sickness, danger,
firing of guns.
HYDROCY. AC.—Very lively dreams; Very light sleep, or dis-
quieting dreams. -
IGNAT-Dreams, with reasonings and reflection—repeatedly
dreaming the same thing during one night—he awakes, and
dreams it again. -
IPEC.—Frightful, with agitation, terror—starting from sleep.
KALI C.–Frequent; Anxious; Spectres; Devils; Serpents;
Robbers; Dangers. - " … •
746.
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [DR.
Dreams—
KREAS.–Of falling snow; Poisoning; Various occupations;
Sees dirty linen; Urinating—of erections; Disgusting
dreams; Violation of person. -
LACH.-Dreaming all night—of business, travelling, frequent
difficulties and troubles—has done wrong—committed a
theft—intriguing, &c.
LAUR.—Dreams during the day; Troubles; Agitated; Sad;
Confused. ºr
LOBEL-Dreams between frequent waking; Sad and anxious.
LYCO.-Frightful dreams that affect him after waking—he is
to be hung or murdered, and hides himself—awakes in a
fright—feels some important thing has been left undone—
he is in the midst of a riot; Lewd, voluptuous dreams;
Nervous excitement during sleep.
MERC.—Anxious dreams, with palpitation—many events occur
during the night; Dreams of thieves—or awakes, and fears
to sleep again—he is falling from a great height—has been
bitten by a dog; Vivid dreams of business.
NAT. CARB.-Amorous dreams, about marriage, and various
amusements—she dreams of a dead man; Vivid dream of a
funeral procession—he dreams of a fight, danger, rob-
bers—he is detained by robbers.
NAT. MUR.—Dreams during the day, with a shock at the
heart; Dreams at night, that drive him out of bed, with
palpitation; Dreams that impress the mind when awake;
Anxious dream, with weeping—she was being beaten;
Dreams of riot and murder—of being poisoned—of fire;
Dreams that excite so much as to cause sweating—her
dream affected her the whole of the following day; Dreams
that appeared to be real.
NITRIC AC.—Dreams, with violent starting—he dreamt he
was dying; Very anxious dreams, with pulsations—he
commits a crime—sees dead bodies; Terrifying dreams, that
cause him to tremble when awaking; Lascivious dreams—
she screams in her dream.
NUX w.—Frightful visions—wild beasts, vermin; Falling-
out of teeth; Disagreeables that occurred during the day;
Urgent business; Cruel mutilations; Lewd dreams.
PHOSP-Distressing, horrible, and frightful—of being bitten
747
DR.—DR.] CLINICAL. DICTIONARY.
Dreams—
or stung—or of a flow of blood; Anxious and vivid dreams
of things she could not manage; Wexatious dreams.
PLAT.-Dreams of war and bloodshed.
PULS.—Dreams of business and quarrels—dogs, cats, bees,
and animals she drives away from her; Loud, prating dreams,
with jerking of the limbs—calls aloud in her dream ;
Fright in the dream, causing one to jump up in the bed—
crying, moaning, weeping. -
RHUS TOX.—Dreams chiefly of the occurrences of the evening
or day, and the realisation of his plans; Frightful dream of
the world being consumed by fire, with palpitation on
awaking ; Loud weeping during the dream.
SEPIA.—He dreams of being chased—that his figure and
person are altered—of falling from a high mountain—wakes
with a start, and shrieks—fancies she was called; Dreams
of a rape; Lascivious dreams.
SILI.—Dreams, with exclamations—violent weeping, as if
choking, or of being drowned—sees serpents, robbers, mur-
derers, large dogs, long journeys, and events of childhood;
Somnambulism.
STAPHY.—Dreams full of wrath, revenge, murder; Busy, rest-
less, starting in affright; Amorous, voluptuous dreams.
SULP.-Dream, before midnight, of a fire; Horrid visions;
Dreams of dogs that bite; Dreams with presentiment of the
future. - -
THUJA.—Anxious and distressing dreams of death and danger;
Starting and cries when lying on the left side.
VERAT.—Vivid dreams about robbers chasing him; Frightful
dreams, with vomiting. -
ZINC.—Frightful dreams, that wake him from sleep, with pal-
pitation—he dreams, continually through the night, of
quarrels—of being strangled—of horses, pigs; Disgusting
dreams, with cries and starting during sleep. -
Dropsy.—Ant., Apis, ARS., Bry, Canth., CHIN, Colch., DIG.,
Dulc., HELL., LED., Merc., Sulph.
After Scarlet Fever—Apis, Baryt. m., Helleb.
Ovarian—ARS., Canth., Chim, Dulc., Iod., Merc., Phosp. ac.,
Plat., Sep., Staph.
Drowsiness,—Habitual—ACON., Chin, NUX, Opi.
748
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [DY-EC.
Dysentery.—Acon, ALOE, Ars., Cham., Coloc., IPEC., Kreas.,
Merc., MERC. CORR., Nua, PETRO., Rhus, Sulp.
Dyspepsia.—ARN., Ars., BRY., CALC., Carb. v., CHIN., Graph.,
HEP., Kali bich., Lach., Merc., NUX V., PETRO.,
Puls., Sep., SULP.
Dysphagia.-ACON., Ars., BELL., Bry, CANTH., Caws.,
Dros., HEP., Iod., LACH., Lobel, MERC., Nua, Opi.,
Rhw8, Stram., Sulp., Tart. em.
Dyspnoea.—ACON., ARS., Bell., Bry, CUP., Dros., Iod, IPEC.,
PHOSP., Samb., Sulp., Tart. em., Verat.
Dysuria.-ACON., Bell, CANN., CANTH., CAUS., Dig., DULC.,
Hep., Lyc., MERC., NUX, PHOSP. A.C., Rhºws, Sarsa.,
STAPH., SULP., Thuj., ZINC.
Ear.—External—Alwm., Arm, Bary., Bell., Bry., Chim, Kali c.,
Kreas., Merc., Oleand., Petro., Phosp, ac, Pwls., Ruta,
Sil.
Ear.—Internal—Acon., Awr., Bell., Bor., Calc., Canth., Cawst.,
Cham, Chim, Dulc., Lyc., Merc., Nit. ac., Petro., Plat.,
Pwls., Sep., Spig., Sulp., Verat.
(Buzzing or humming)—Acon., AUR., Bell., CAUST.,
GRAPH., Kali c., Lach., Merc.,
MOSCH., NUX, Pwls., Spig.,
SULP., Verat.
Discharge of cerumen—Com., MERC., Sulp.
22 of pus—ASA., Awr., Bell., Calc., CAUST., Lyc.,
MERC., Puls., SIL., Sulp.
of blood—Bell., Calc., Ferr., IPEC., Lach.,
Merc., Nit. ac., Phosp., Rhw8.
(Fluttering)—BELL., Calc., GRAPH., Plat., Puls., Spig.
(Ringing)—CALC., Cawst., CON., Kali c., Lyc, Nua, Petro.,
Pwls., Sep., Sil., Sulp.
Ears.-Pain in (burning)—ACON., ARS., CANTH., Cawst.,
- Kreas., Spig., Sulp.
Aching—Arm., Pwl., Sulp.
Drawing—MERC., Mez., Phosp., SIL.
Shooting—ACON., BELL., Calc., CHAM., Nit. ac., NUX,
PULS., Staph., Sulph.
Ecchymosis.--ARN., Ars., Bry., CON., Dulc., Lach, Led, Nua.
RHUS, Seca., SULP. AC.
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749
JEC.—ER.I CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Eclampsia. —ARS., BELL., Cham, Cicu, CUPR., Hyos., Ign,
Ipec., Lach., Plat., Stram. *
Of infants—ACON., CHAM., Opi.
Ecthyma.-ARS., Caust, Lach, Merc., RHUS. -
Eczema.-Bell., CANTH., CLEM., DULC., Led., Mez, Petro,
Phosp., RHUS.
Elbow.—Ant., Bell., Calc., CAUST., Kali c., LED., LYC., MERC.,
Mez., Phosp., PULS, RHUS, Sep., Staph., SULP., Thuj.
Emaciation.—ARS., Bary., CALC., Cham, CHI., Ferr., IOD.,
- Lach., LYC., NUX, Phosp., SULP., Thuj.
Emissions.—Ana, Calc., Ferr, ac., Graph., Hep, Lyc, Nat,
Nwaº, Phosp. ac., Sep., Sil., Sulp.
Diurnal—CANTH., Graph., Nua.
Nocturnal—Lyc., MOSCH., PHOS. AC.
Emptiness.-Feeling of-ARS., Bry, CALC., Carb. v., Cham,
Cocc., Comi., Kali c., LYC., Nat. m., NUX. -
Encephalitis.-ACON., ARS., BELL., Bry., Canth., HYOS.,
Lach., Op., Petro., PULS., Sep., Stram., ZINC.
Enteritis.-ACON., ARS., BELL., Coloc., Lach., MERC., Nwaº,
Seca.
Enuresis.-Arn., Ars., CANTH., CAUST., Cicw., Cin., Dig.,
DULC., Hyos., Lyc., MERC., Pwls., Rhºws, Sep., Sil., Sulp.
Ephelis.--Ant., CALC, GRAPH., Lyc, NIT. AC., Phosp., Puls.,
SULP. - -
Epidrosis.-Bovis, Calc., Carb. v., Graph, Kali c., Lyc., Merc.,
Phosp., Sep., Thuj., Zinc.
Epigastrium.—ANT., Arn., Ars., CALC., Carb. v., CAUS.,
Cham., COCC., Lyc., Merc., Nat., NUX, PULS.
Epilepsy.—Arg, nit., ARS., BELL., Camph., Caws., CIC., Cin.,
Com., CUPR., Hydroc. ac., HYOS., Lach., Naja, NUX,
Phosp. ac., Seca, STRAM.
Epistaxis—Acon., ARN., Bell., Calc., CHI., Croc., Ferr., IPEC.,
Merc., Plumb. ac., SEC., SULP. A.C.
Erections.—(Feeble)—CALAD., CAUS., Chin., CON., Graph.,
LYC., Sel, Thuj.
Eructations.—(Bitter)—ARN., Ars., BRY., CHIN, Ipec, Lyc.,
Merc., NUX, Pols., Sep.
(Sour)—Alwm., Calc., CHAM., Chin., Hep., LYC., Merc.,
Nat. m., NIT. AC., Nua, Petro., PHOS. AC., Pod,
PULS., SULP, AC.
'750
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [ER.—EX.
Eruptions. -- (Dry)—ARS., Bary., CALC., Carb. v.; CAUS.,
CLEM., DULC., Led., MERC., Petro., SEP., Sil.,
Staph., VERAT., Zimc.
(Miliary)—ANT, ARS., Bell., BRY., Carb. v., Caus., Clem,
Lach., Led., Merc., Nua, Phosp. ac., Rhºws, Staph.,
Swlp., Verat.
(Moist)—Bell., Bov., CARB. V., Caws., Clem., DULC.,
GRAPH., Hep., LYC., MERC., Nit. ac., Phos.,
RHUS, SIL., Staph., SULP. -
(Pustular)—ANT. C., ARS., Bell., Canth., Carb. am., CAUS.,
Chi., Dwlc., GRAPH., HEP., Kreas., LACH.,
MERC., Nit. ac., PHOSP., RHUS, Sec., Sil., Sulp.,
TART. E.M.
(Scaly)—ARS., Awr., CLEM., Dulc., Led., MERC., Olean.,
PHOS., Sulp., ZINC.
Erysipelas.-ACON., Ammo. c., Arm, ARS., BELL., Bry,
CANTH., Cham., GRAPH., Hep., LACH., Lyc.,
Merc., Nit. ac., Rhºws r., RHUS TOX.
Evacuations.—(Involuntary)—ACON., Ars., Bell., CHIN., Lach.,
PHOSP. AC., Seca, Verat.
(Black)—Pitch-like—ARS., Bry, Canth., CHIN, IPEC.,
LACH., Op., Sec., SULP. A.C. -
(Bloody)—ARN., Calc., Canth., CHI., FERR., IPEC., MERC.
CORR.
(Green)—CHAM., Dulc., IPEC., Phosp., Puls., STANN., Verat.
Of mucus—ANT. C., Bor., Caps., CAUS., Colo, MERC.,
Petro., SULP.
(Whitish)—ACON., Bell., CALC., Dig., Hep., Lach., MERC.,
PHOSP., Rhºws. -
Evening.—(Aggravation towards)—Acom., ANT., Arm., BELL.,
Caps., Caus., CHAM., Colo., DULC., Hep., HYOS.,
LYC., Mez, Nit. ac., Plat., PULS., Rhus, Sep., Spig.,
SULP. AC.
Excoriation.—ARN., CANTH., Caus., CHAM., Graph., Hep.,
Lyco., Petro., Sep., SULP. A.C.
Of infants—CHAM. Of the Anus—Acom., Merc., Sulp.
Excrescences of Joints.-ANT., ARS., Con..., Iod., KREAS.,
Phosp., SIL., STAPH.
Exercise.—(Dread of)—Bell., CHIN., LACH., Lyc., Nat. c.,
NUX, Sulp. -
751
EX-FA.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Exertion.—(From too great)—ARN., Bry., Calc., Chim, Coff,
VERAT.
Expectoration.—(Bitter)—Ars., Cham., Pwls.
Frothy—Phosp. Greenish—Cann., Ferr., Pwls., Sep.
Grey—Ambra, Lyco.
Metallic—Cupr., Ipec, Nua, Rhus.
Purulent or yellow—ACON., Ars., Awr., Bry., CALC.,
Carb. v., Dros., Kali b., Kali iod.,
Nit, ac., PHOSP., Puls., Seneg., Spon.,
Stamm., SULP.
Saltish—ARS., CALC., Chim., Iod., Lach., LYC., Nat.,
PHOSP., Sep., STANN.
Sweet—Calc., Dig., Kali, PHOSP., Plumb., Pwls., STANN.
Thick, tenacious—Ars., Bell., Ipec., Kreas., Lyc., Pwls., Squill.
Transparent—Chim, Fer, ac., Kali b., Lawro, Stamm.
Eyes, in general.-Acon, BELL., Calc., Cann., CAUS., Con.,
Dig., Euphr., MERC., NIT. A.C., PULS, RHUS, Sep.,
SULP. .
Bleeding of-Bell., Carb v., Cham., Euphr., Lach, Nua.
Bruise-like pain—ARN., Bry., Chin.., Nua, Rhºws, RUTA,
- Verat.
Burning in-Acom., ARS., Bell, Brom., Canth., Carb. v.,
Caws., Colo., Dig., Ferr., Graph., Kreas., Lyc.,
Merc., Phosp., Rhºws, Spig., Sulp.
Neuralgia in-Acom., ARS., Bell., Caws., Chin., Hyos., SPIG.
Eyelids.-Inflammation—ACON., Alum., BELL., Calc., CAUS.,
Cham., Hep., MERC., Nit. ac., PULS., Rhus, STAPH.,
Sulph.
Agglutination—ALUM., ARS., Bary, BELL., Calc., CHAM.,
Euphr., Hep., Kali c., Lyc., Merc., Nua, PULS.,
RHUS, Sep., SIL., STAPH., Sulp.
Face.—Swelling of-ARN., Ars., BELL., Bry., Camp., CHAM.,
Dulc., Hell., Hyos., Kali c., Lyc., MERC., Op., Phosp.,
Puls., Sep., Stram.
Pale—ARS., CAMP., Chin., CINA, Cocc., Com., Cupr., DIG.,
Ferr., Igm., IOD., IPEC., Lyc., PHOSP. A.C., Seca., Sep.,
Sulp., VERAT.
Yellow—ARS., Bry., CHIN., Cie., FERR., LYC., MERC.,
NIT. AC., NUX, Phosp., SEP., SULP.
752 -
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [FA.—FE.
Face— -
(Around the mouth)—ALUM., Ars., BRY., Calc., CAUS.,
Graph., Kali, KREAS., Merc., NAT.
MUR., RHUS, Sep., Staph.
(Eruptions on)—ANT., Ars., CALC., Carb. v., CAUS., Cic.,
Graph., HEP., Kreas., Led., Mwr. ac., RHUS,
SEP., Staph., Sulp.
(Forehead)—ANT., Bovi., Calc., CAUS., Hep., KREAS.,
LED., Nit. ac., Phosp. ac., Rhw8, Sep., Sulp.
Pains in (Neuralgic)—ACON., Arn., ARS., Bell, Caws.,
CHAM., Chim., Coloc., Dros., KALM.,
Lyc., Mez., Nua, Phosp., Plat., SPIG.,
- STAPH., VERAT. -
(Paralysis of the muscles)—CAUST., Graph., Nua, OPI.
(Red)—ACON., BELL., Bry., Canth., CHAM., HYOS.,
Nua, v., OP., STRAM. -
(Warts on)—Caus., Nit, ac., Sep, Sulp., Zinc.
Fainting.—ACON., Arn., CAMP., Carb. v., Cham, Chin., Cocc.,
- CON, DIG., Ipec., LACH., Mosch., Nua, v., SPIG.,
Tart. em., WERAT.
Fatigue.—(Excessive)—ARN., Ars., BRY., Calc., Cham., Ipec,
Lyc., NUX, Phosp., RHUS, Ruta, WERAT.
(Of mind)—ANAC., Awr., Calc., Chin., Cocc., IGN., Nat. m.,
NUX V., PULS., SEP., Sil.
Feet.—(Cold)—ARS., Calc., Caws., Cham., DIG., Graph., Lach.,
Lyc., Mur, ac., NAT. M., Petro., Phosp., Plat., Sil., Sulp.,
TVerat.
(Cramp in)—Amm. c., CALC., CAUS., Lyc., Nat., NUX,
*- Sulp., WERAT. •
(Dry, hot)—ACON., Arm., BRY., Calc., Dulc., GRAPH.,
Lyc., MERC., PHOSP. A.C., Sep., SIL.
(Paralysis of)—Bell., COCC., Nua, OLEAND., Plumb.,
RHUS, SULP., Zinc.
(Sweating)—Amm. c., CALC., Carb. veg., Cupr., KALI. C.,
Lyc., Merc., NIT. A.C., SIL., Sulp., Thuj.
Fever.—(Bilious)—ACON., Ars., BRY., CHAM., Chin., Cocc.,
MERC., Nua, Puls., TART. E.M.
(Hectic)—ACON., Ars., CHIN., Hydro. ac., MERC., Phosp.
ac., Sulp.
(Milk)—Acom., BRY., CHAM., Coff, Puls., Rhw8.
3 D 753
FE-GA.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Fever— -
(Puerperal)—Acom., BELL., BRY., Merc., Nua, Puls.,
RHUS.
(Rheumatic)—ACON., Ars., Bell., BRY., Cham., Dulc., Nua,
Pwls., RHUS.
(Typhoid)—Arm., BRY., Phosp. ac.
Figwarts.-Cinn., Euphr., Nit. ac., STAPH, THUJA.
Fingers.-Amm. m., Bovi., Calc., Graph., Led., Lyc., Merc.,
Rhw8, Sep., Sil., Swlp.
Fish.-Sufferings from—Kali c., Plumb.
Fistula in Ano.—Calc., CAUST., Dulc., Lyc., Nit. ac., Puls.,
SIL.
Flatulence.—Acom., Arm., Bell, BRY., Calc., CARBO V., Cham,
Hep., LYC., NUX V., Plumb., PULS., Staph,
Swlp.
Foetid Odour from mouth.-Arm., Ars., CARB., Cham, Chim,
Kali c., Lyc., MERC., Nit. ac., NUX, Podop.,
Puls., RHUS, Sep., Spig., Stamm., SULP.
Food.-Sufferings from—(Bread)—BRY., Nat. m., NUX, PULS.,
Sep., Sulp. º
(Butter)—ANT., Ars., Carb. v., IPEC., Nit. ac., PULS.
(Coffee)—Ars., Canth., Caws., CHAM., Hep, IGN., Lyc.,
NUX, Sulp.
(Meat)—Ant., Ars., CARB. V., Chin, Nua, Pwls.
(Milk)—ARS., Bry., Calc., Cham., CHIN., Lyc., Nit. ac.,
SEP.
(Pastry)—Ant., Ars., Carb. v., IPEC., PULS.
(Potatoes)—Alwm., CALC., Coloc., Sep., Verat,
(Tea)—CHIN., Ferr., THUJ., Verat.
Fright.—Sufferings from—ACON., Coff, IGN., Lach, Nua,
OPI., Pwls.
Fruit.—Sufferings from—Ars., BOR., BRY., Carb., CHIN., Pwls.,
Verat.
Gall-stones—Bell, Bry., Calc., Hep., LYC., Nua, Sil.,
Sulp.
Ganglia.-Amm., Arn, IOD., Kali iod., Phosp. ac, Rhus,
SIL., Zimc.
Gangrene,—ARS., Asa, CANTH., Carb. v., CHIN, Kreas.,
LACH., SEC. -
754
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [GA.—G0.
Gangrene—
(Senile)—Amm., Carb. v., Chin., Com., Mwr. ac., Sec.
Gastralgia.-(Spasms)—Bell., BIS., Bry., Calc., CARB. V.,
Caw8, CHAM., CHIN., COCC., Coff, Coloc., CUP.,
Ign., LOBEL., Lyc, NUX, Opi., Puls., Verat.
Gastritis.-(Inflammation)—ACON., Ant., ARS., Bell, BIS.,
BRY., CANTH., Cham., Chin., Hep., Ign., IPEC.,
MERC., NUX, Phosp., PULS., Sang., SECA., Tart.
em., Verat.
Giddiness.-Acon., Bell., Bry., Cact, Chin, Con., Glomo., Kali
iod, Lach., Merc., Naja, Nua, Opi., Pwls., Sep.,
Sil., Sulp.
Glands.-Bary., BELL., Calc., Carb. v., Clem., Com., Dwlc.,
Hep., IOD., Kali iod, Lyc., MERC., MERC. IOD.,
Nit. ac., Phosp., RHUS, Sil., SPONG., Sulp.
(Cold, hard)—Arm., Bary., CON., Dwlc., Iod., SPONG.,
Sulp.
(Inflammation)—ACON., BELL., Merc., Phosp.
(Suppuration of)—ARS., Calc., Carb. v., Clem., Dwlc., HEP.,
MERC., Nit, ac., SIL.
(Swelling)—Acom., Arn., Ars., BELL., Cham., Hep, IOD.,
Merc., NIT. A.C., Phosp., Rhws, SPONG., Sil.
(Wasting)—Awr., Clem., CON., IOD., Kali iod., Spong.
Glaucoma.-Comi., Fluor. ac., Sil.
Gleet.—CANTH., Caps., Cinn., Ferr., MERC., Nit, ac., Nua,
PULS., Sep., Sulp., Thuj.
Globus Hystericus.--Acon., ASA., Awr., BELL., Caw8., Com.,
IGN., Lach., LYC., Plat.
Glossitis.-Alcon, APIS, Bell., CANTH., Lach., Merc.
Goitre.-BROM., Calc., Hep., IOD., SPONG.
Gonitis.-ACON., Arn., Ars., Bry., Cale, IOD., PULS, RHUS,
Sulp.
Gonorrhoea.—First stage—ACON., APIS, Cann., Canth.
Second stage—CANN., Caps., Copaib., MERC, Nit, ac.,
PULS., SULP., TEREB.
Chronic—Ferr., Gels., Lyc, PETRO., Sulp.
Gout.-ACON., Bell., Bry., COLCH., Coloc., Kali c., Nua, Puls.,
Rhºws, Sabi., Sulp,
(Chronic)—Arnica. (Gonorrhoeal)—Clematis,
GREAT TOE—Ledwm.
755
GR.—HE.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Gravel.—Ant., Calc., Cann., CANTH., Kali, LYC., Nit. ac.,
Nua, PETRO., Phosp., Sarsa., ZINC.
Grief—(Effects of)—AUR., CALC., Coloc., Hyos., IGN., Lyc.,
- Phosp. ac., STAPH.
Gums, Ammo., BOR., Calc., CARB. W., Hep., MERC., Nit. ac.,
Nwaº, STAPH.
(Gumboil)—Bell., Calc., HEP., Merc., Sil., STAPH.
(Ulceration)—Alwm., BOR., CARB. V., Lyc., Merc., MUR.
AC., Nit. ac., Sulp. ac. -
Haematemesis.-ACON., Arm., ARS., Camm., Canth., CHIN.,
FERR., IPEC., Nua, Phosp., Seca, Stamm.
Haematocele.—Arn., Clem., Pwls., Rhºws, Zinc.
Haematuria.-Arm, CANTH., Chim, Lyc., Mez., Pwls.,
- TEREBIN.
Haemoptysis.-ACON., ARN., Bell, Bry., CHIN., Dig., FERR.
AC., IPEC., Nit. ac., Phosp., Rhus, SULP. A.C.
Haemorrhage.—ACON., Arn., Bell., Canth., CHIN., Croc.,
- FERR., IPEC., Mille., Phosp., Sabi., Sec.,
Stann., Sulp. ac.
LUNGs—ACON., Bell., CHIN., FERR., Ham., IPEC., Mille.,
Nitr. ac., PHOSP., Rhus, Squill.
UTERUs—ACON., Bell., CHAM., CHIN., CROC., Ferr., IPEC.,
PLAT., Sabi., SEC.
Haemorrhoids.—ALOES, Amm. c., Ars., Calc., Carb. v., Cawst.,
Ferr., Graph., Hep., Ign., Lyc., Nit. ac., NUX,
- Podop, SULP., Thuja. -
(Bleeding)—Aeon, Calc., Ham., Ign, Ipec, Mill, Nit. ac.,
Phosp, ac.
(Burning)—Ars., Carb. v., Mur. ac. - -
Hair.—(Falling off)—Amt, c., Calc., Graph., Hep., Lyco., Phos.
ac., Sil.
Hangnails.-Cale, Merc., Nat. m., Nit. ac., Rhus, Sulp,
Head, (Pain as if bruised)—ARN, AUR., Camp., Chim,
CON., Hell., Iod, NUX, Puls., Sep., Verat., Zine.
(Burning)—ACON., ARS., Camth., CAUS., Merc., PHOSP.,
Spig.
(Fulness)—ACON., BELL., BRY., Chim, Merc., RHUS,
Swlp.
(Heaviness)—ACON., Bell., BRY., Carb. v., CHIN, Dulc.,
756 -
CLINTCAL DICTIONARY. [HE-HI.
Head—
Nat. m., NUX V., OP., Phosp., RHUS, Sulp.,
Thuj. -
(Rush of blood)—ACON., Awr., BRY., Carb. v., CHIN., Iod,
Nua, OP., SULP.
(Shooting)—Alcon., Arn., Bell., Caws., Clem., Colo., Dig.,
Hep., Lyc., Merc., Nit. ac., Nua, Pwls., Rhw8,
Sil., Spig., Sulp. ac.
(Throbbing)—ACON., BELL., Bry., Calc., Cham., FERR.
AC., Igm., KREAS:, Lach., Nat. m., Petro.,
* PHOSP., Plat., Sil., Sulp.
Heart.—(Diseased)—ACON., Awr., Cact., Camm., Colch., Com.,
DIG., Graph., IOD., Lach., Naja, SPIG.
(Hypertrophy)—ARS., Asa., Awr., BROM., DIG., IOD.,
Spig.
(Rheumatism)—Acom., Bell., Bry., COLCH., KALM., LACH.,
SPIG.
Heartburn.—(Pyrosis)—Arm., Bry, CALC., Caps., Carb. v.,
CON., Ign., Iod., LYC., NUX, Phosp., PULS.,
SULP. A.C., Zinc.
Heaviness.-(Feeling of)—ACON., Asa., Bell., Calc., Carb. v.,
Chin., Merc., NUX, Phosp., SEP., Sil, SULP.
(Legs)—Arm, CHIN., FERR. A.C., KALI. C., Wat. m., Puls.,
Bhus. -
Hepatitis.-ACON., Bry., Camth., Cham, CHIN, Dig., Iod,
Lach., MERC., NUX, Sulp.
(Chronic)—BRY., Calc., Com., Kali, LYC., NIT. A.C., NUX,
Podop., Sil, SULP.
Herpes.—Hell, Mez, Mur, ac., Rhus.
(Crustaceous)—Bary., Calc., Graph., Mur, ac., Sulp.
(Dry, mealy)—ARS., Calc., CLEM., Lyc, Merc., Rhus, Sep.,
Sil.
(Furfuraceous)—Ars., Bry, Merc., Sulp.
(Humid)—Bov., CALC., Com., DULC., GRAPH., Kreas.,
RHUS, Sep., Sulp.
(Inveterate)—Carbo v.
(On the cheek)—Nat. m.
(Scaly)—ARS., Aur., CLEM., Merc,
Hiccough.-ACON., Amm., BELL., Bry., CUPR., HYOS., Ign.,
NUX, Puls., Stram.
757
H0,—IN.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Hoarseness.-Acom., BELL., Carb. v., Cham., DROS., Dulc.,
-- Hep., Mang., Phos., Pwls., SPONG.
(Chronic)—Calc., CARB. V., CAUS., Hep., Iod., PHOSP.
Hordeolum,_Amm. c., Calc., HEP., Merc., PULS., Sep., Staph.,
Sulp.
Hydrocele.—Arm., Awr., Clem., Com., Dig., Iod., Nit. ac., Rhod.,
| Sil., Sulp.
Hydrocephalus.-Acon., Apis, BELL., Dig., HELL., Merc.,
Sulp., Tart. em.
Hydrophobia.-BELL., Canth., Hyos., Stram.
Hydrothorax,−Apis, Apocy., ARS., Bry, DIG., Hell., MERC.,
- Samg., Squill.
Hypertrophy.—Ars, Iod., Phosp., Sil., Sulp. -
Hypochondriasis.--Anac., AUR., Calc., CHIN., Com., Lyc.,
Nat., NUX, Phosp., SULP.
Hypogastrium.-Aur, Bell., Bry., Carb. v., Colo., Kali, Lyc.,
Ram., Sep., Sil.
Hypopyion.—ARS., Calc., HEP., Merc., Sulp.
Hysteria.-ACON., Aur., Bell, Cham., COCC., Con, HYOS.,
IGN., Mosch., Natr., Nua, PLAT., Pwls., Sep.,
VALER.
Ileus.-Acon, Bry., COCC., Nua, Opi., PLUMB., Thuj.
Imagination.-Acom., Coloc., Nua, Opi., Plumb.
Impetigo.-ARS., Calc., DULC., Hep., Mere., RHUS, Sulp.
Impotence.—Calad., Camp., CANTH., Com., Ferr., Graph.,
Hyos., Ign., Lyc., Mosch., Mwr. ac., Nat. m., Nua,
PHOSP. A.C., Selen., Sulp., Thuj.
Indigestion—ANT. C., Arn., Bry, CARB. V., Chin., Hep.,
IPEC., NUX, PULS., Sulp. -
(From fat, or pork)—Amt. c., CARB. V., IPEC., Puls.
Indolence.—A com., ARS., Bry., CHIN., Cocc., Lyc., Nat. m.,
NUX, PHOSP. A.C., Sep. Thuj.
Induration of organs.—Arm, Bary., Bell., Bry, Calc., Chin.,
Clem, Con, Dulc, Nua, Phosp., Plumb., Sep.,
Sil., Staph., Swlp. -
Infants.-(Acidity of)—Bell., CHAM., Nua, Puls.
(Constipation)—BRY., Nua, Op.
(Convulsions)—BELL., Cham, Cima, Igm., Ipec, Opi.
(Restlessness)—ACON., Bell, Cham., COFF., Opi.
7.58
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [IN.—JO.
Inflammation.—ACON., Apis, Arn., Ars., BELL., Bry., Canth.,
CHAM., Hep., MERC., Nit, ac., Phosp., Puls.,
RHUS, Sulp.
Influenza-ACON., Ars., Bry, CAMP.H., Led., Merc., Nua,
Sulp., Tart. em.
Intermittent Fever.-ARS., Bell, CHIN, Hep, IGN., Ipec,
Lyc., Nua, Puls., Rhºws.
(Cold predominant)—ARS., Bry, Caws., CHIN., Dros.,
IPEC., Nit, ac., Phosp., Rhus, WERAT.
(Heat predominant)—ACON., BELL., Cham., Hep., Ign.,
MERC, NIT. AC., Nua, SAMB., Sulp.,
Thuj.
Iritis.-Acom., Bell., Clem., Merc., Rhus, Sulp., Tereb.
Ischuria.-Aur, Cann., CANTH., Cawst., DIG., Nua, Opi.,
Puls.
Itch,-(Scabies)—Ant., Ars., Carb. v., CAUST., Crot. tig. 2
Hep., Lobel. 2 Merc., Sep., SULP.
Jaundice.—ACON., Bry, CHAM, CHIN, DIG., Hep., IOD.,
MERC., NIT. AC., Nua, PODOP., Sulp.
CHRONIC FORM, with eruptions—Ars., Carb. v., Iod., Nit. ac.
From Cinchona, also with asthma and rheumatism—MERC.
From Coffee, Alcohol, or Tobacco—Nua, Opi.
From Mercury, with diarrhoea and debility—CHINA.
From overloaded stomach—NUX, PULS.
Induced by anger or chagrin—ACON., CHAM.
Liver disease—very yellow; Low spirits; Emaciation—IOD.
With retching; Scanty urine; Slow pulse—DIG.
Jaws.-(Cracking of)—Caps., FERR., Led., Nua, RHUS,
Swlp. -
(Rigidity of)—Cawst., Colch., Rhus, Staph., Verat.
Jerking of the body or limbs—Bell., Caws., Chin, Com., Cupr.,
Nua, Op., Plat., Rhus, Stram.
Joints.-(Cracking of)—CAMP.H., Caps., CHIN., Cocc., Com.,
Ipec., LED., LYC., Nit. ac, Nua, PETRO., Phosp.,
RHUS, THUJ.
(Stiffness of)—Bell., BRY., Carb. am., Cawst., Cocc., Kali,
Lyc., Nua, Petro., Rhus, Sep., Staph., Sulp.
(Weakness)—Arn., Calc., Chim, Kali, Lyc, Nua, Phosp.,
Rhw8, Sep., Staph., Sulp.
759
KI.—LE.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Kidneys.-ARN., BERB., Bry, Cann., CANTH., Clem, Hep,
Kali, LYC., Merc, Nua, PETRO, Pwls., Sarsa, Swlp.,
Thuj., ZINC.
Knee.—Arg., CALC., Cawst., LED., LYC., Merc., Nat. m., Petro.,
RHUS. .
(Cap of)—Bell., Calc., Led., Nit, ac.
(Hollow of)—Caws., Nat. m., Petro., Sulp.
Labour-Pains.—(Excessive)—BELL., CHAM., COFF., Nua,
OPI., Pwls.
(Feeble)—Ign., PULS., SECA.
(Spasmodic)—BELL., Bry., Hyos., OPIUM, Puls.
Lameness.—(Spontaneous)—ARN., Bell., CALC., CHIN, Ferr.,
RHUS, Rwta.
Laryngitis.-(Acute)—ACON., Bell, Canth., Cham., Dros.,
HEP., IOD., Phosp., SPONG.
tº (Chronic)—Ars., CAUS, DROS., Hep., Iod, KALI. B., Phosp.
Larynx,-(Constriction)—Acon., Ars., Bell., Camph., Canth.,
Ipec, Pwls., Spong.
(Ulceration)—Bell., Caws., Hep., Kalibi., Merc. iod., Nit. ac.
Lassitude.-Acom., Amac., Bry., Calc., Carb. v., CHIN., FERR.
AC., Graph., Hyos., Lyc., Nat. m., Wvac., PHOSP. A.C.,
Rhus, Sep., Spong., Verat.
Legs.-(Aching pains)—Acon, Bry, Calc., Com., Cupr., Kali,
Merc, Nua, Opi., Phosp., Rhºws, Sil., Staph., Verat.
(Heaviness)—Acom., Arn., Bell., Calc., Ferr. ac, Graph.,
Nat., Nua, Phosp., Pwls., Rhus, Sep., Staph,
Swlp., Verat. -
(Paralysis)—Bell., Caws., COCC., Nua, Oleand., RHUS.
Lepra.—Alwm., ARS., Caw8, CUPR., Graph, Petro., Phosp.,
Sep., Sil., Zimc. -
Leucoma.-Bell., Calc., Cann., Euph., Hep., Nit, ae, Puls.
Leucorrhoea.—A con., Alwm., Arg. nit., Ars., Bor., Calc., Com.,
Ferr., Kali iod, Kreas., Lyc., Nat, Nua, Petro.,
Puls., Sab., Sec., Sep., Sulp., Tart. em.; Zinc.
(Bloody)—CHIN., Cocc., Kreas., Lyc., Nit. ac.
(Brown)—Amm. m., Nit, ac.
(Burning)—CANTH., Con., Kreas., Puls., Sulp. ac.
(Corrosive)—ALUM., Ars., Bov., Carb. v., CON., FERR.,
Iod, MERC., PHOSP., Sep., Sil, Sulp.
760
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [I.E.-MA.
Leucorrhoea—
(Green)—Bov., Merc., Sep.
(Milky)—Calc., Puls., Sil., Sulp.
(Mucous)—Bor., Calc., Graph., Mez, Nua, Stann., Sulp.
(Purulent)—Chin., Cocc., MERC., Sabi.
(Watery)—GRAPH., PULS., Sep.
(White, with great debility)—KREAS.
(Whitish)—Alwm., Calc., Carb. v., Chim., Cocc., Com., Ferr.,
Merc., Phosp., Pwls., Sulp.
(Yellow)—LYC., Nat., Nit. ac., Nua, Sabi., SEP.
Lichen.—Acon., Bry., Cic, Lyc., Mur. ac., Rhw8, Staph.,
Sulp.
Lips.-(Swelling of)—AUR., Bell., BOV., Bry., Hep., Merc.,
Sil., STAPH., Sulp. -
Liver.—(Enlarged)—ARS., Calc., Cann., Caws., CHI, IOD.,
Kali bi., Lyc., MERC., Nua, Swlp.
(Indurated)—Ars., CHIN., CON., Graph., Hep., IOD., KALI
IOD., Lyc., SULP.
Lochia.-(Profuse)—Bry., Croc., Puls., Sab., Sec.
(Foetid)—Bell., Carb. am., Chim, Sabi., Sec.
(Suppressed)—Acom., Bell., Dulc., Plat., Pwls., Sec.
Lock-Jaw.-Bell., CAMPH., Cie., Cupr., Hyos., Ign, Merc.,
Nwaº, OPI., Stram., Verat. -
Loins.—(Pains in)—Arn., Awr., Bry., Canth., Colo., Lyc.,
Petro., Plumb., Sarsa., Sep., Staph., Thuj.
Love.—(Disappointed)—Awr., HYOS., IGN., Pwls., Staph.
Lumbago.—BRY., Caws., LYC., NUX, Puls., Rhus, Sulp.
Lumbrici-Cham, CINA, FELI. MAS., Graph, Merc, RUTA,
Saba., SPIG.
Lungs.-ACON., BRY., Calc., Chim, DROS., Merc., PHOSP.,
Stann., TART. E.M.
Lupus.--ARS., Calc., Cie., CLEM., RHUS, Sep., Staph.
Maculae.—Bry., Calc., CAUS., Lyc, NIT. A.C., Phosp., SEP.,
Staph.
Mammary Gland,-(Atrophy)—KALI IOD., Phosp.
(Induration)—BELL., Carb. v., Clem., CON., Nit, ac., Phosp.,
Sil.
(Inflammation)—ACON., BELL., Bry, Com., Hep., MERC.,
Phosp.
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MA.—ME.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Mammary Gland—
(Suppuration)—ARS, Calc., HEP., KREAS., Merc., Phosp.,
SIL.
Mania.-Acon., Awr., BELL, Canth, Cic, Cupr., HYOS.,
OPI, Plat., STRAM., Verat,
(For suicide)—AUR., Lach., Nwaº, Plat., Pwls. .
Marasmus.--Ant., ARS., Bary, CALC, Chin, Cup, Ferr., IOD.,
Lyc., Nit. ac., Nwaº, PHOSP., Stann., Swlp.
Marsh Fever.—Acom, ARS., Bry., CHIN., Samb.
Masturbation.—Anac, Ars., CALC, Canth., CHIN., Com.,
Lyc., Nat. m., NUX, PHOSP. A.C., Sep., Sil.,
Staph., Swlp,
Measles.—ACON., Bell, BRY, Chin, Dule, ipec, Merc.,
Phosp., PULS., Rhus, Sulp.
Meat—(Dislike for)—Bry, CALC, CARB. V., Lyc, Mur. ac.,
P ETRO., Sep., Sil.
Melancholia.-Ars., AUR, IGN., Petro., PLAT., Phos., Puls.,
Stram. & e
Memory.—(Weak)—Alum, Anaco Bell, Con, Hyos., Lyo.,
Oleand., Staph., Zimc. -
(From over-study)—NUX. (From congestion)—ACON., Merc.
(Loss of fluids)—Chin. -
Meningitis.-ACON., Ars, BELL., HYOS, Opi., Stram.
Menoposia.-Acon, BELL., COCC., Con., Lach, Puls., Sep.
Menorrhagia.--AC0N., Aloe, BELL, Canth., Chim, Coloc.,
FERR., IOD., NAT. M., Nua, Phosp.
Menstruation.—(Too early)—Calc., Carb. v., Cham., Ipec.,
Phosp., Sep. *
(Bright-red) — BELL., Carb. v., HYOS, IPEC., Mille.,
Sabi. -
(Coagulated)—Bell, CHAM, CROC., Ferr., Hyos., PLAT.,
Sabi., Seca.
(Continued during lactation)—BORAX,
(Dark, brownish)—Bry, CANTH., Cham, Croc., FERR.,
NIT. AC, -
(Painful)—BELL., Cham., CON., Graph., LACH.; Nua,
PULS., Seca.
(Suppressed)—ACON., Ars., Bry, Caws., COCC., Comi.,
-- DULC., Kali c., Lyc., PULS., Sang., Sil.,
SULP.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [ME-MI.
Menstruation—
(Too late)—Caws., CON., Cupr., Dulc., HYOS, Iod, Lyc.,
Pwls., SULP.
(Too long)—Bry., CANTH., Cupr., Ign., Kreas, PLAT.,
SECA.
Mercury, in general.-Arg., AUR., Bell, Carb. v., Chin,
CLEM., Colch., DULC., Gwaii., HEP., Iod., KALI
IOD., LED., Mez., NIT. A.C., Phosp. ac., Rhw8, Staph.,
Swlp., Thuja.
Mercury.—Evil effects (Dr. Quin–British Annals).
Acute mercurial pains—Camph., Opi., Rhºw8.
Bone-pains, with ...} Awr., Chim., Mezer.
and suppuration of glands
Caries of nasal and palatine bones—Mez., Staph.
Inflammation of tonsils and velum—Bell., Dulc, Hep.
Mercurial exanthemata—Dulc., Staph., Sulp.
Nodes—Awr., Asa., Led., Sil., Staph.
Pains in the bones—Awr., Mez., Thuja.
Pains in the scapulae—Mezer., Phosp. ag.
Phthisis trachealis—Led., Nit. ag. º
Salivation, Cough, and Bubo-Bell, Dulc., Hep., Wit. ac.
Ulceration of bones, with foetid odour—Staphy.
Vertigo, with great weakness—Dulc.
Metritis.-ACON., BELL., Cham., IOD., Merc, Puls., RHUS,
SECA. - -
Metrorrhagia.-(Haemorrhage from the uterus)—Agon, Arm.,
Bell, Bry., Cham., CROC., Ferr., IPEC., Mille,
PLAT., SABI., Sang., SECA. º
Milk Fever.-Acom, BRY., Cham, Dulc., Puls., Rhus.
Milk Leg.—(Phlegmasia)—ARS., Bell., BRY, Iod, Lach.,
LYC., Merc., Puls., RHUS, Sulp,
Mind,-(Anxiety)—ACON., Arn, Ars., AUR., Bry, Calc.,
Camph., CHAM., Coff., Hyos., IGN., Plat., PULS.
(Absence of)—Anac., Cham, Cocc., IGN., Kreas, Nua, Opi.,
Puls., Sep. º - -
ACON.—Anguish; Apprehension; Fear of death, with predic-
tion of the day; Tendency to start.
ANAC.—Hysteric (hypochondriacal); Anxiety; Dread of men.
ABN.—Fear of death; Loss of all hope; Agitation, with
groans; Obstinate temper.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Mind—
ARS.–Melancholy, even religious; Restless at night; Anxiety
of mind; Reproaches of conscience, with great fear of
death; Impatient.
AUR.—Desire for death; Anguish; Inclined to suicide;
Constant weeping.
BARY.-Whining; Discontent; Dislike for society; Suspi-
cious; Passionate.
BELLA.—Sadness; Low spirits; Desponding; Anguish, with
restlessness. -
BRY.—Great oppression; Weeping; Doubt of recovery; Fear;
Irritable; Passionate,
CALC.-Desponding; Weeping; Dread of something occur-
ring; Constantly thinks of accidents; Nervous uneasiness;
Obstinacy; Dislike for other persons.
CANN.—Easily offended; Mania, alternating with a merry or
Sad mood.
CANTH.-Anxious; Whining; Low spirits; Restless, or raging
with passion.
CARB. V.-Restless toward evening; Irritable; Passionate;
Dread of ghosts.
CAUST.-Apprehension; Anxiety; Fear at night; Tendency
to start; Irritable.
CHAM.—Restless; Moaning; Tossing; Crying of children.
CHIN.—Lowness of spirits, with excessive nervousness;
Apathy; Indifference.
CINA.—Whining; Peewish; Discontent; Children cry if only
touched. -
COCC.—Sadness; Disposed to reverie; Soon offended at a
trifle; Angry feeling.
COFF.—Tossing; Restless; Sleepless; Anguish about the
heart. -
CON.—Anxiety; Sadness; Weeping; Hysteric mood; Vexed;
Melancholy; Tendency to start.
CROC.—Sadness, alternating with cheerfulness; Religious
melancholy. -
CUP.—Anxiety; Weeping, with fits of craziness; Attacks of
death-like anguish.
DIG.-Apprehensive for the future; Great mental anguish;
Feeling of sickness.
764
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [MI.
Mind—
FERR.—Anxiety, with throbbing at the pit of the stomach;
Peevish.
GRAPH.-Low, excessive grief; Much weeping; Fear of some
calamity at hand; Great anguish of mind at night; Unable
to remain in bed.
HELL.-Silent grief ; Melancholy; Sobbing; Anguish, as if
she would die.
HEP.—Anguish, with apprehension; Thoughts of suicide:
Irritable; Ill-temper.
HYOS.—Mistrustful; Fear of being poisoned; Loquacious;
Jealous; Quarrelsome.
IGN.—Silent, inward grief; Sadness; Moaning; Constant
sighing, or weeping; Desire to be alone.
IOD.—Very low spirits; Whining mood; Restless; Nervous;
Irritable.
IPEC.—Peewish humour of children; Irritability; Crying;
Anguish of mind.
LYCO.--Despair of salvation; Intense anguish ; Weeping;
Fear of solitude.
MERC.—Anguish; Restlessness; Fear of losing the senses;
Impatient; Obstinate.
NAT. C.—Anxiety, especially from thunder; Dread of society
and mental labour.
NIT. A.C.—Sadness; Fear of death; Anxiety, or great excita-
bility; Fits of rage.
NUX.—Grief, with palpitation; Constantly brooding over his
own condition; Anxiety about his health; Thoughts of
death; Very sensitive to external impressions; Melan-
choly; Irritable; Dread of labour, physical or mental.
OLEAN.—Abstraction of mind; Weak memory; Dulness of
intellect; Dread of labour.
OPI.—Easily alarmed; Tendency to start, or total indif-
ference; Stupidity.
PHOSP.--Melancholy; Weeping; Great anguish when alone;
Easily frightened; Fits of weeping, followed by laughter;
Hysteria; Hypochondria.
PLAT.-Hysteria, with lowness of spirits; Involuntary weep-
ing; Anguish at the heart, as if death were near, with
dyspnoea and trembling.
765
MI-M0.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Mind—
PULS.—Sadness; Weeping;. Fear of death; Intense anguish;
Inclination to suicide; Morose, ill-humour, or alternate
laughter and weeping; Uneasiness at the stomach, or pal-
pitation; Giddiness. - .
RHUS.—Sad; Anxious; Desire to be alone and weep; Fear of
being poisoned; Anguish of mind, with fear of death.
SEP-Anxiety, with flushes of heat; Spirits much depressed;
Great dejection; Indifference to everything; Pensive.
SPIG.-Great anxiety about the future; Despondency;
Thoughts of suicide.
STAPH.-Weeping; Hypochondriac mood, with indifference;
Weak memory; Restlessness; Spite; Anger—he cannot
remain in one place; Very sensitive.
STRAM.–Mania; Fury; Desire to strike or bite; Trifles irri-
tate; Anguish of mind, with tears; Mental derangement.
TART. E.M.–Restlessness, with palpitation; Despair—all hope
gone. -
THUJ.—Mental dejection; Anxiety for the future.
VALER.—Desolate; Despairing—alternating with joy and
excitement,
VERAT, - Great dejection; Deadly anguish; Timid;
Frightened; Despair. - -
ZINC.—Fear of death; Mind haunted by spectres—robbers;
- Dislike to conversation; Aversion to all labour. *
Moles.—Calc., Carb. v., Graph., Petro., Sulph.
Morning.—(Exacerbation)—Awr, Calc, Carb. v., Caws., Chel.,
Com., Croc., Dros., Graph., Hep., Ign, Iod., Kali bi.,
Nat. m., Nua, Phosp., Rhod, Sabad, Sabi., Staph.,
- Stram., Swlp. ac., Tart. 6m., Verat.
Morning Sickness.-Ars, Bell., Cocc., Ipec, Kreas., Nua, Petro.
Mouth.—(Dry)–Agon., Ant., Bell, BRY., Caws., Cham., Cocc.,
Lach, Lyc., Merc., Nit. a6., Nua, Phosp., Puls., Rhºws,
Sil., Verat.
(Foetor from)—Arm, AUR., Bell, CARB. V., Chim, Dulc.,
IOD., MERC, N UX, Sep., Sulp. *
(Mucus in)—Bell., Calc., Chin, Ign., MERC., Nua,
PHOSP. A.C., Sang, Seneg., SULP.
(Ulcers in)—Ars., BOR, Hep., KALI IOD., Merc., MUR. A.C.,
- Nit. ac., Nua. z -
766
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [M0.—NE.
Movement.—(Pains increased by)—ACON., Arm., Bell., BRY.,
Calc., CHAM., Chin., Colch., Ipec., LED., Merc.,
Mez, Nua, Phosp., SPIG., Staph.
(Pains mitigated by)—Ars., A8a., Awr., Com., Dulc., Ferr.,
Kreas., Lach., Lyc., Nat. c., Plat., Puls.,
Rhod., Rhw8, Sep., Tart. em.
Mucous Fever.—ANT. C., Ars, DULC., Ipec., MERC., Puls.
Mumps.-Ars., Awr., BELL., Carb. v., Com., MERC., Puls.,
RHUS, Sil.
Myelitis.-Acom., ARS., BELL., Bry, Chin., COCC., Dulc.,
- Nwaº, RHUS, Verat. -
Myopia.-Calc., CON., Euphra, Hep., Hyos., Kali iod, Lyc.,
Nit, ac., Phosp., Plumb., Pwls., Ruta, Sulp.
Naevus.-Ars., Calc., Carb. v., Phosp., Sulp.
Nails.-Alwm., ARS., Bovis., Caws., GRAPH., Hep., MERC.,
Nit. ac., SIL., Sulp.
(Deformed)—Ant., GRAPH., Sep., SIL., Sulp. -
(Ulcerated)—Ars., Calc., HEP., Merc., NIT. AC., Petro.,
Puls., SIL.
Nausea.—Amt. c., Arn., Ars., Bis., Caws., Cham, Chim, Cup.,
Hep., IPEC., LOB., Merc., NUX, Puls., Rhus, Verat.
(After a meal)—Ars., BRY., CAUS., Dig., Nat. m., NUX,
Petro., PULS.
(When riding)—Ars., Bor., COCC., Kreas, LYC., PETRO.,
- SEP. -
Neck.-(Enlarged)—Bell., Com., Iod., Phosp.
- (Eruption on)—Caws., CLEM., Hep., Lyc., SEP., Sulp.
(Glands of)—Baryt., Bell., Carb. a., Clem., Dulc., Kali iod,
Rhus, Spong., Staph.
(Stiffness at nape)—BELL., BRY., Caws., LYC., Merc.,
Rhw8.
Necrosis.-Ars., Asa., AUR., KREAS., Merc., PHOSP., Sabi., Sil.
Nephritis.-Acom., Arn., Bell, BERB, Bry., Cann., CANTH.,
Nua, Pwls.
Nervous Debility.—ARN., Asar, Bary., Bry, CHIN., Hep.,
IGN., Lyc., Mosch, NUX, Phosp., Puls.,
Sil., Valer., Verat.
Nervous Excitement—Acon, Bell, Cham., COFF., Hyos.,
Kreas., Nua, Plat., Puls., Sep., Sulp.
767 º
NE.-0N.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Nettle-Rash,_ACON., Ars., BRY., Calc., CAUS., Dwlc., HEP.
Ipec., PULS, RHUS, Sep., Sulp., Urtic.
Neuralgia.-ACON., Ars., Asa, BELL., Bry, Cawst., CHAM.,
Chim, CLEM., Coff., COLOC., Igma, KALM.,
Kreas., Lyc., MERC., Mez., Nua, Phosp., Pwls.,
SPIG., Staph., Verat.
(Of the head)—Glom., Kalm, Staph.
Night.—(Worse at)—Acom., Ars, Awr., Bell., Bry., Camm.,
Cham., Chim, Colch., Con..., Ferr. ac., Kreas., Merc., Nit.
ac, Phos., Puls., Rhod, Rhw8, Samb., Sil., Thuj.
Nightmare.—Acom., BELL, NUX, Opi., PULS., Sulp.
Night-Sweat.—Amm. m., ARS., Bry, Calc., KALI. C., Merc.,
- NIT. AC., Phosp. ac., Plumb., SAMB.
Nipples.—(Inflamed)—ACON., Bell., BRY., Merc., Phosp.,
PULS., Sulp.
(Sore, cracks)—ARN., Calc., Graph., Lyc., Petro., SIL.
Nodosities.—ANT., Awr., Bry., Calc., CAUS., GRAPH., Led,
Lyc., PHOSP., RHOD.
(Of the breast)—Bell., Carb. am., Clem., CON., Nit. ac., SIL.
Nose.—(Sore, ulcerated)—Amt. c., Ars., AUR., Calc., Graph.,
HEP., Nat. c., Nit. ac., Sep., Sulp.
(Stoppage of)—ALUM., Amm. c., Ant, c., AUR., Bary.,
Carb. v., CAUS., CON., Kali bi., Lyc., NUX,
Phosp., SAMB., Sep.
Numbness.--ACON., Awr., Calc., CARB. V., Chin., COCC.,
Dros., Graph., IGN., Kali c., Lyc., Nat. m., NUX,
Rhºws, SIL., Spig., Thuj.
Nyctalopia-Acom., CON., MERC., Nit. ac., Phosp., STRAM.
Nymphomania.-Bell., CANTH., HYOS., Merc., Nua, Phos.,
PLAT., Stram.
Obesity.—ANT, CALC., Caps., Cocc., Ferr., Lyc., Puls., SULP.
OEdema.-APIS, ARS., Bry., CHIN, DIG., Ferr., HELL., Led.,
Lyc., Rhºws, Squill. -
OEsophagus.-(Constriction)—Ars., Bry, Caws., Cocc., Ipec.,
Lach., Nua, Phosp., Plºwmb., Rhºws, Tart. em.
(Inflammation of)—Acom., BELL., CANTH., Merc.
Onychia.-Caws., GRAPH, HEP., Merc., Plat., Sep., SIL., Sulp.
(Syphilitic)—ARS., MERC. IOD. Apply dilute Arsenical
solution (or Fowler's).
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. IOP.—PA.
Ophthalmia.-ACON., Apis, Arm., BELL., Canth., Caws., Cham.,
Com., EUPHR., Hep., Kali bi., Merc., Nit. ac.,
NUX, Phos., PULS., Rhus, Spig., Sulp.
(Arthritic)—Ars., Bell., Bry., Caws, Cocc., Merc., Puls.,
Sulp.
(Catarrhal)—Aeon., Bell, Euphr., Hep., Merc., Nua, Pwls.,
Spig.
(Gomorrhoeal)—Acom., Cann., Gels., Lyc., Merc., Puls., Sulp.
(Granular)—ARS., Bary., DIGIT., Kali bi., Sabi., Thuj.
(Of infants)—BRY., Sulp. (Traumatic)—ARN., Com., Ruta.
(Purulent)—Arg. mit., BELL., Camm., Camth., Clem., HEP.,
Kali iod, Rhus, TART. E.M. Free application
of cold water.
(Rheumatic)—ACON., Bell., BRY., Merc., Rhod, RHUS.
(Scrofulous)—Agar., Ars., CALC., Caws., Com., Cupr.,
Graph., HEP., Merc. iod., RHUS, Sulp.
(Syphilitic)—Awr., Merc., Nit. ac., Sulp., Thuja.
Opisthotonos.-BELL., CUPR., Ipec., NUX, Rhus, Stram.
Orchitis.-Acom., APIS, Arn., Awr., Bell., Camm., CLEM.,
Kali iod., Merc., Nit. ac., Nua, PULS., Spong., Sulp.
Orthopnoea.—Ars., Bry, Camp., Carb. v., Hep., IPEC., Opi.,
PHOS., Puls., SAMB., Tart. em.
Otalgia.-Acom., BELL., CHAM., Dros., Dulc., MERC., PULS.,
Spig. -
(Inflammatory)—ACON., BELL., Bry., MERC., Puls.
Otorrhoea.—Asa., AUR., Bell., Calc., CARB. V., CAUS., HEP.,
- Lyc., MERC., Nit. ac., PULS., Sil., SULP.
Ovarian Dropsy.—Bell., Dig., Dulc., Merc.
Ovaries.—ACON., Bry., CANTH., Com., Lach., MERC., PLAT.,
Podop., SECA., Staph., Thuj., Zimc.
Ozoena.-Alwm., ARS., AUR., Bell., CAP.C., Com., Graph.,
HEP., Merc., PULS., Rhºws. *
(Syphilitic)—AUR., MERC., Nit. ac.
Pains.—(Aching)—ARN., AUR., Bell., Calc., Caps., CARB. W.,
Chim., CUPR., Ign., Eye., MERC., Rhod., RUTA.
(Bruised)—ACON., ARN., Awr., BRY., CHIN., Cocc., Com.,
Dros., Ign, Kreas., NAT. M., NUX V., Phosp. ac.,
Ruta, Vera.
(Burning)—Acon., ARS., Bry, CANTH., Carb. v., CAUST.,
3 F 769
PA—PH) CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Pains—(Burning continued)— - -
Euphor., Kali iod., Lyc., Merc., PHOSP., Rhw8,
Sep. -
(Cutting)—BELL., Calc., Canth., COLOC., Merc., Nat. m.,
RHUS.
(Pricking)—Aeon, Arn., Asa, Bell, Bry, Cale, Canth,
Chim, Cocc., Igm., Merc., Nit. ac., Pwls., Rhºw8,
Staph., Tart, em., Thuj.
(Shooting)—ACON., Arm., Ars., BRY., CALC., Canth.,
KALI IOD., Kreas., Nit. ac., PULS., RHUS,
- Spig., Squill., STAPH.
(Violent)—ACON., ARS., Cham., COFF., COLOC., Com.,
CUPR. -
(Wandering)—Arm., Chin., PULS, RHOD., Rhus, Sulp.,
VALER.
Palpitation.—ACON., Ars., AUR., Bell., CACT., Camm., Iod.,
Kalm., LACH., Lyc., NAJA, Nat. m., Opi., Phosp.,
SPIG., VERAT. . -
Panaris.--ARS., Bell., Bov., HEP., Lach., MERC., SIL., Sulp.
Paralysis.--ARN., Bell., CAUS., COCC., Dulc., IGN., Lawr.,
. - Nwaº, Olean., Phos., RHUS, Sec., Sil., Stram., Verat.
(Of the tongue)—HYOS. -
(With apoplexy)—Arm, Com., Opi., Rhus, Zine.
Parotid Region.—ACON., Awr., BELL., Cham, IOD., Kali
iod., Merc., RHUS.
Parturition.—Arm., BELL., Cham., Cocc., HYOS., Ign., PULS.,
Sec.
Pastry.—(Evils of)—BRY., Ipec., PULS., Sulp.
Pemphigus.-Ars., Bell., CANTH., Dulc., Merc., Ram, RHUS,
Sep., Staph., Tart. em. -
Pericarditis.-Acom., ARS., Bell., Brom., Bry, Cact., CANN.,
DIG., Lach., Naja, SPIG. 4;
Peripneumonia.-ACON., BRY., Merc., Phos., Seneg., SQUILL.
Peritonitis.-ACON., BELL., Bry, Canth., Cham, Colo., Hyos.,
MERC., RHUS. –
Petechiae.—Arm., ARS., BRY., Hyos., Kreas., Led., RHUS,
SEC., Sulp. ac,
Pharyngitis-ACON., BELL., Canth, KALI BI., Lach.,
MERC. IOD.
Phlebitis.-Acon, Ars., Hama., Lach., Pwls., Sulp., Tart. em.
770 - -
CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [PH.—PR,
Photophobia-Acon., Ars., BELL., Bry., CALC., Caw8.,
- Cham, Com., EUPHRA., Hyos., IGN., Sulp.
Phthiriasis.--ARS., Chim, Merc., Olean, Sabad., STAPH.
Phthisis.-CALC., Carb. veg., CAUS., CHIN., Dros., Iod.,
Kali c., KALI IOD., Lyc., PHOSP., Puls., Sang.,
Sep., STANN., Sulp.
Pityriasis.--ARS., Bry, CALC., Graph., Led., Lyc., PHOS.,
- . Rhus, SEP., Staph.
Placenta-(Retention)—Bell., Canth., PULS., SECA.
Pleurisy.-ACON ., BRY., Chim, Hep., Kali iod., Merc., Nua,
Phos., Squill., Sulp.
Pleurodynia.--ARN., Bry., Nua, Puls., Sulp.
Plica Polonica.-Bor., Lyc., Nat. m., Vimca.
Pneumonia.-ACON., Bell., BRY., Camm., Merc., PHOSP.,
Samg., Squill., TART. E.M. -
First stage—Acom., Bry., Cann.
Second stage—Phosp., Sulp.
Third stage—Chin., LYC., PHOSP.
Poisons.—(If unknown)—Excite vomiting; Administer tepid
water; Sugar and Water; Albumen; Strong Coffee.
ACIDS, MINERAL OR VEGETABLE-Alkalies; Soap-water;
Whiting; Chalk; Milk; Olive oil; Linseed tea.
ALCOHOL–Milk; Mucilage; Coffee; Ammonia; Nux v.
ALKALIES.–Acids; Lemon-juice; Vinegar.
ANTIMONY–Milk; Soap-water; Strong tea; China.
ARSENIC–Albºwmen ; Soap-water; Sugar-water; Milk.
BELLADONNA.—Charcoal; Castor-oil; Coffee.
IODINE—Starch ; Flour and Water; Mucilage.
LEAD–Soap ; Milk; Mucilage; Sulphate of Magnesia.
LUNAR CAUSTIC–Salt; Salt and Water; Mucilage.
MERCURY—Sugar-water; Milk; Albumen.
OPIUM-Strong Coffee; Vinegar; Camph. ; Nux v.; Electro-
magnetic shocks to the spine.
PHOSPHORUS—Coffee; Magnesia; Mucilage; Albumen.
PRUSSIC ACID—Camphor; Coffee; Hartshorn; Vinegar.
REPTILES-Suck the part; Give Ammonia, or Brandy.
Polypus.--(Nasal)—CALC, Iod., KALI BI., O.P., Phosp.,
SANG. Apply the tincture with a camel-hair pencil.
Pregnancy.—(Constipation during)—BRY., Lyc, NUX, Plat,
SEP. -
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PR.—RA.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Pregnancy— -
(Diarrhoea)—CHAM., Dulc., Puls., SULP.
(Toothache)—Acom., CHAM., Clem., NUX, Puls., STAPH.
(Varices)—Arn., Carb. v., HAMA., PULS., Zinc. -
(Vomiting)—Ars., Ipec., KREAS., LOBEL., Petro., Verat.
Presbyopia.—CALC., Caws., CON., HYOS., LYC., Sep., Stram.
Priapismus.-Cann., Canth., Nat. c., Phosp. ac., Plat., Thuj.
Prolapsus.-(Recti)—ALOE, Ars., Calc., IGN., NIT. AC.,
NUX, Pod., Sulp., Thuj. -
(Uteri)—BELL., Cann., NUX, PLAT., PODOP., Sec.,
SEP.
(Vagina)—Arni., Bell, FERR, KREAS., MERC., NUX.
Prosopalgia.-ACON., Ars., Bell., Caws., COLOC, KALM.,
Phosp., SPIG., Staph., Verat.
Prostate.- (Affections of) — AUR., Cann., Merc., PULS.,
THUJA.
Proud Flesh.--ARS., CARB. V., CAUS., Graph., Phosp., SIL.
Prurigo of the anus.-CALC., Caws., Merc., NIT. A.C., Sulp.,
*. THUJ., Zime.
Of the scrotum—Dulc., Nit. ac., PETRO., Rhod.
Psoriasis.--ARS., Bry., Calc., C.L.E.M., Graph., Lyc., MERC.,
Phosp., RHUS, Sep.
(Syphilitic)—Aur., CLEM., Kali iod., Lach., Merc., Nit. ac.,
Sarsa, Staph., THUJA. -
Puerperal Fever.-ACON., BELL., Bry., CHAM., Colo.,
HYOS., Merc., PULS., Rhus, Seca.
(Spasms)—CHAM., Cie., COCC., Hyos., IGN.
Pulsation.—(In parts)—ACON., Asa., COCC., IOD., Kal. c.,
Nat. m., PLAT., Puls., Sabi., TARTEM., Thuja.
Pulse, (Quick)—ACON., BRY., Hyos., IOD., MERC., PHOSP.,
Rhºws, Stanſm. -
(Intermittent)—CHIN, DIG., Hep., Nat. m., Phosp. ac.,
Secal.
(Slow)—Bell., Camph., DIG., KALMI., Opi., Verat.
(Trembling)—ARS., Bell., Cact., CAMP.H., DIG., Kreas.,
- LACH., Rhºws, SPIG.
Purpura Haemorrhagica.-ARN., BRY., Chin, Led, RHUS.
Rachitis–(Rickets)—ARS, ASA, Bell, CALC, Iod, Lyo,
- Petro., PHOS. AC., Puls., SIL., Sulp.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. IRA.—SA.
Ranula.-CALC., IOD., Kali iod, Merc., Thuj.
Raphania.-(Ergotism)— ARS., Bell., BRY., Chin., Hyos.,
RHUS, Seca.
Rectum.—Ars., CARB. V., Caust., Chin., Graph., NUX, SULP.,
THUJA.
Respiration.—(Anxious)—ACON., Ars., Bell., BRY., Camph.,
Hep., Ipec., Lobel., Phos., SAMB., TART. E.M.
(Quick)—ACON., Asa., BELL., BRY., Carb. v., CUPR.,
Ipec., Lobel., PHOSP., TART. E.M.
(Slow)—Bell., Camph., CON., Cupr., DIG., Lawr., OPI.
Restlessness.-ACON., BELL., Cham., Chim., COFF., HYOS.,
OPI., Phosp.
Rhagades.—Alwm., Arm., Calc., Petro., Rhw8.
(Of the anus)—Hydras., Ratan.
Rheumatic Fever. — ACON., Bell., BRY., Merc., PULS.,
RHUS. -
Rheumatism.—Arm., BRY., Calc. phosp., Chin., COLCH.,
DULC., Merc., Nua, v., Pwls., RHOD., RHUS,
Thuj., Verat.
(Chronic)—ASA., CAUST., Hep., LED., Lyc., Phosp.,
SULP.
(Of the heart)—Acon, Cact, Colch., Naja, Spig.
Rigidity of the body.—Bell., Cie., Cupr., Ipec., Stram.
* (Of the limbs)—Ars., Hell., Merc., Nua, v., Stram.
Rigors.--ARS., BRY., CHIN, Dig., Dros., Kreas., LOBEL.,
MERC., NUX W., Puls., Rhºws.
Ringworm.—Calc., Caust., Clem., Rhus, Sep., Sulp.
Rubeola-ACON., Bell., BRY., Merc., PULS., Rhºws.
Rupia-—ARS., Bor, GRAPH, Kali c., Nit. ac., Petro., RHUS,
Sil.
(Syphilitic)—Alum., CLEM., MERC. IOD., NIT. A.C., Thuja.
Sacrum.—Arm., BRY., Caws., Cocc., Kali c., NUX, Pwls.,
Rhºws. -
Sadness.-Acom., AUR., Bell, IGN., Nat. m., PLAT., Puls.
Saliva.-(Increased)—Alum., ARG., Bell., Bry, Calc., Caus,
DULC., Hell., HEP., Iod., Kali c., MERC., Nua, v.,
Phosp., Rhus, STAPH.
Sarcocele.—Awr., Clem., Con., Graph., Puls., Rhod, Sulp.,
Thwa. -
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SA—SL. CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Satyriasis.-CANTH., Chin., HYOS., Merc., Nat. m., PLAT.,
Stram., Sulp. -
Scabies.—CAUST., Dulc., SULP., Verat., (Lobel., Crot, tig.)
Scald Head.—(Humid)—ARS., Bary., DULC., GRAPH., Hep.,
. Lyc., RHUS, Sep., STAPH., Sulp. -
Scarlatina.-ACON., Amm. c., BELL., Canth., Dulc., HYOS.,
Merc., Phosp., RHUS. Also Mur. ac., Nit. ac.,
Phosp. ac. - * -
Sciatica.-Acom., Ars., Cham., Coff., COLOC., IGN., MERC.,
NUX, Pwls., Rhod., Rhºws, Staph.
Scrotum.—Arm, Carb. v., Clem, Dulc., Graph., Petro., Pwls.,
Rhod., Sil., Sulp.
Scurvy of the gums.-Ars., Bor., CARB. V., Caws., Hep.,
Merc., MUR. A.C., STAPH.
Sea-Sickness.-ARS., COCC., KREAS., Lobel., PETRO., Sep.,
Tart. em.
Sick Headache.—COCC., IPEC., Mosch., Samg., SEP., Verat.
Skin-(Burning in)—ACON., ARS., Bell., CANTH., CAUS.,
CHAM., Cocc., Con, Dig., Dulc, Hep., Hyos., Lach., Lyc.,
MERC., PHOSP., Puls., Rhus, Sep.
(Peeling of)—Amm. C., Ars., Awr., Bov., Caws., Coloc., Com.,
Merc., Phosp., Sec., Verat.
Spots on (Black)—Ars., Lach., Rhºws, Sec.
(Blue)—Arm., Ars., Bry, Led., Rhºws, Ruta.
(Brown)—Bry., Hyos., MERC., NIT. AC., SEP.,
Sulp. -
(Tendency to inflame)—Acom., BELL., CANTH., Cham.,
- - Hep., MERC., Nit. ac., Puls., RHUS,
Sil. -
to ulcerate)—Bor., Calc., Caws., GRAPH, HEP.,
Petro., SIL., Staph. -
Sleep.–(Agitated)—Aeon, Ars., BELL., Cham., CHIN, Coloc.,
GRAPH., Kreas., Lyc., MERC., Nua, v., PHOSP., RHUS,
Sep., Sulp.
(Comatose)—BELL., Croc., Hyos., OPI., Tart. em.
(Cries out in)—Bell., Bry., Cham, Cina, Merc., Stram.,
* Tart. em.
(Jerking of the limbs)—Ars., BELL., Cham, Cupr., LYC.,
Phosp., PULS., SIL.
(Not refreshed)—Alum., Bis., BRY., Calc., Carb. v., Chin,
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Sleep—(Continued)–
CON., Hep., Lyc., Nat. m., OPI., Petro.,
PHOSP., Sulp., ZINC.
(Snoring)—Arm., CHIN., Hyos., OPI., Rhus, Stram.
(Starting in)—Acom., Ars., Bell., Calc., CAUS., Cham.,
CUPR., Dros., Hyos., IGN., NUX W., Puls.,
Samb., Sulp.
(Talking in)—BELL., Calc., Carb. v., Cham, Nit, ac.,
NUX W., PULS., Rhus, SULP.
Sleepiness.-Acom., ANTI., Bell, Bry, CROC., MERC., Nat. m.,
Nua, v., Opi., PULS., TART. E.M.
(In the morning)—CARB. V., Graph., NUX V., Phosp. ac.,
- Rhºws, ZINC.
Sleeplessness.-Acom., Ars., BELL., Bry., Calc., Cham.,
COFF., Fluor, ac., Hep., HYOS., Ign, Merc.,
Mosch., Nat. m., Nua, v., OPI., Phosp. ac.,
RHUS, Sep., Sil, Sulp.
(After midnight)—ARS., Awr., Canth., COFF., Com.,
- KALI. C., Nat. c., NUX, Sep., Sil.
Small-Pox,−First stage, Fever—ACON., BELL., Bry., Rhus.
Second, Eruptive—ANTI. C., MERC., Sulp., TART. E.M.
Third, Desquamation—Bry, Dulc., Pwls., Sulp. Complica-
tions must be treated according to their nature and symp-
toms. If the eruption be tardy—BRY.
Black pustules—Ars., Carb. v., Kreas., Lach., Mwr. a.c., Sec.
Confluent form—Hyos., Tart. em. -
To prevent pitting, protect from the air and light.
Smell.—(Loss of)—Awr., Bell, CALC., Caws., Hyos., PHOSP.,
- Samg., Sep. i
Sneezing.—(Fits of)—Ars., CARB. V., Caust., HELL., Nua. v.,
RHUS, SABAD.
Somnambulism.—Bry, Opi., Phosp., Sil., Sulp.
Spasms of the muscles.—A com., BELL., CIC., CUPR., Hyos.,
IGN., Ipec., Merc., Nua, v., Opi., Plat., Plumb., Seca.,
Stram., Verat.
(Clonic)—Agar, Arn., Bell, Camph., Canth., Cham, Cie.,
Cupr., Hyos., Ign., Ipec, Nua, Stram.
(Hysteric)—Aur., Bell., Bry., COCC., Com., Hyos., IGN.,
- Mosch., NUX W., PLAT., Stann., Stram.,
VALER.
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S.P.-ST.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Spasms— -
(Tonic)—Angus., Bell., Bry, Camph., Caws., Cic., Cupr.,
Plat., Seca., Stram., Verat.
Speech-(Difficult)—Bell., Canth., Dros., Hep., Spong.
(Stammering)—Acom, Bell, CAUS., Euphra., MERC., Plat.,
Stram.
Spermatic Cord.—Clem., Wit. ac., PHOSP. A.C., Puls., SPONG.,
Staph.
Spermatorrhoea.—Bell., Canth., CHIN., FERR., MERC.,
º Phosp. ac.
Sphacelus.-Ars., Asa., Camth., Secal., Sil.
Spine.—(Curvature of)—CALC., Con, Lyc., Rhus, SIL., Sulp.
(Atrophy)—Calc., Caws., Nua, v., Phosp. ac., Sulp.
(From injury)—Arm, Rhºws.
(Inflammation of)—Acom., Ars., Bell., Bry., Cocc., Ipec.,
Phosp., Verat. -
Spleen.—A com., Ars., Brom., Bry, CHIN, IOD., Nua, v., Sulp.
Sprains.—ARN., Bry., RHUS, Ruta, Sil.
Sterility.—BOR., Camm., Caus., Con., Ferr., MERC., NAT. C.,
Phosp., Plat., Sulp. -
Stings.--Acom., Arm, LED. Arnica lotion, Camphor by olfac-
tion.
Stomacace,—Ars., BOR., CARB. V., Dulc., Hep., KALI IOD.,
Merc., MUR. A.C., Nua, v., Sep., STAPH., Tart. em.
Stomach,-(Acidity)—BRY., Calc., CARB. V., Cham., Com.,
Lyc., NIT. AC., NUX, PETRO., Puls., Sep.,
SULP. AC.
(Burning)—Acon., ARS., BIS., Bry, Camph., CANTH.,
Carb. v., Colch., Dig., IOD., Lawr., PHOSP.,
Rhus, Sec., Sep., TEREB. -
(Cramp in)—Anti., Calc., CARB. V., Caws., COCC., Com.,
CUPR., Graph., Lye, Nat. m., NUX W.,
PHOSP., Sep.
(Emptiness)—Anti., CHAM., Graph., Ign., IPEC., Kali iod,
Nat. m., PETRO., Phosp., Rhus. -
(Fulness)—Canth., CHIN, Iod., Kali bi., LYC., NUX V.,
Phosp., Zinc.
(Heavy load)—Acom., ARS., Carb. v., Dig., Kali c., Lobel.,
Petro., Sep., Sulp,
(Pressure also at pit)—Acom., ARS., Bell, BIS., Carb. v.,
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Stomach—(Pressure continued)—
Cham., CUPR., Dulc., FERR. AC., Hep., Lyc., MERC.,
Nat. m., NUX V., Phosp., RHUS, Sep., VERAT.
(Throbbing)—BIS., IOD., Kali c., Lobel, Nua, v., PULS.,
SEP.
Strain.—(From lifting)—Arm., Bry., CALC., Carb. am., Cocc.,
CON., Graph., IOD., RHUS, Sil., Sulp.
Strangury.-Apis, Cact., CANTH., Caws., TEREBIN.
Stricture.—(Urethra)—Camm., Canth., CLEM., Dig., DULC.,
Iod., Nua, v., PETRO., Puls., Sil., Sulp.
(Rectum)—Nit. ac., Plumb., Thuja.
Struma.-Ars., Asa., Awr., BARY., Bell., CALC., Carb. v., Cina,
Com., IOD., KALI IOD., Lyc., MERC. IOD., Olewn
jecoris, Rhw8, Sil., Sulp.
Subsultus Tendinum.—Asa, BELL., Caus., Clem., Coloc.,
- Cupr., HYOS., Ign., Tod., Kali c., Lyc.,
Plat., Rhus, Sec., Sulp. .
Sunstroke.—ACON., Bell., CAMP., GLON., LACH., Opi., Zinc.
Suppuration.—ARS., Asa., Bell., Bovi., Calc., Carb. v., HEP.,
Lyc., MERC., Nit. ac., Phosp., Pwls., Rhºws, SIL.
Sweat.—(Tendency to)—Bell., Bry., Calc., Camth., Cham., Chin.,
- Hep., Merc., Nit, ac., Nua, Rhºws, SAMB., Selen., SIL.,
Stamm., Sulp., TART. E.M., Thuj. -
Sycosis.-CINNAB., Lyc., Nit. ac., Phosp. ac., Sabi., STAPH.,
THUJ.
Syncope.—ACON., CACT., Camp., CHIN., Com., Dig., Ferr. ac.,
HYOS., LACH., Naja, Nua, v., Opi., Verat. *:
Syphilis.-(Primary)—MERC., Merc. corr., Merc. iod. Calen-
dula lotion to the ulcer (Yeldham.)
(Secondary)—Hepar, Kali iod., Nit, ac.
Tabes Dorsalis.-Chim, Nua, Sulp.
Tabes Mesenterica.-CALC., Caws., Hep., IOD., Merc., Sil.,
Swlp.
Tape-Worm.—Ars., FILIX MAS., GRANN., Sabad., Stamm,
Sulp.
Taste.—(Loss of)—Ammo. m., BELL., Calc., Lyc., NAT. M.,
PULS., Sec., SIL., Verat.
(Acid)—Ars., Calc., Cocc., Kali iod., Phosp., Puls., Rhw8,
Tart. em.
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Taste—
(Bitter)—BRY., Cham, CHIN., Dros., Merc., NUX V.,
Puls., WERAT.
Tea.—(Evils of)—CHIN., Ferr., THUJ., Verat.
Teeth.-(Loosening of)—Carb. v., Caws., Lyc., Merc., Nit. &c.,
Phosp., Rhus, Sep.
(Caries of)—Amt. c., Kreas., Mez., Phosp., Spig., Staph.
(Pains in)—ACON., Bell., CHAM, CLEM., Coff, Kreas,
Merc., Nua, Spig., STAPH.
Tenesmus.-ACON., BELL., Canth., Caws., HEP., Ipec., Merc.,
NIT. AC., Nua, v., Puls., RHUS, SULP., Verat.
Testes.—Arm., AUR., Chin., C.L.E.M., CON., Iod., Merc., Nit. ac.,
Nua, v., Puls., RHOD., SPONG., Staph., Sulp., Thuja.
Thirst.—ACON., ARS., Bell., BRY., Calc., Caws., Cham., CHIN.,
Hyos., KALI IOD., Lach., MERC., Nat. m., Nit. ac., Plat.,
Rhºws, Seca., SULP. -
Tobacco.—(Evils of)—Acom., Ars., Cocc., Cupr., Ign., Nua, v.,
- Staph., Verat.
Toes.—ARN., CAUS., Chin., GRAPH., L.E.D., Merc., Plat., Sabi.,
Sil., SULP.
Tongue-Acon., Bell., BRY., Chin., MERC., Puls., RHUS.
ACON.—White; Numb; Dry, like leather, or swollen; Burn-
ing, or cold; Trembling; Vesicles that burn.
ARS.—White, bluish, brown, or blackish—or red, dry, cracked,
and trembling ; Insensible, as if burnt; Covered with
vesicles. -
BELL.-Hot, dry; White in the middle, with red edges—
or white coating, or cracked; Papillae enlarged, inflamed—
painful to touch; Tremor of the tongue.
BRY.—Yellow or white, or dry; Rough, brownish, parched.
CANTH.--White, slimy; Inflammation; Suppuration.
CARBO. v.-White, or yellowish-brown mucus.
CAUS.—Burning, scraping ; Vesicles; Paralysis.
CHAM.—Dry, red, fissured—or thick coating; White or
yellow.
CHIN.—Thick, dirty brownish-white, or yellow ; Parched;
Blackish one side; Swollen and painful.
COLOCY.—White or yellow; Rough, as if strewed with sand;
Red; Sore.
CONI.—Stiff, swollen, painful; Speech difficult.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [T0.
Tongue— -
DIG.-Coated several days; White in the morning; Swollen;
Blue.
DULC.—Dry, rough, swollen ; Paralysis; Difficult speech.
GRAPH.-Burning vesicles; Painful ulcer; Papillae sensitive;
Rough tongue.
Hyos.-Clean, dry, parched, with lips like Scorched leather;
Feels as if burnt; Paralysis of the tongue.
IGNAT-Numbness; Tip feels sore, burnt; Biting the tongu
when eating. -
LYC.—Heavy, swollen, Sore; Vesicles; Tubercle, or ulcer,
under the tongue.
MERC.—Stiff, sore, ulcerated; Hard, swollen; Very sensitive
to the air; Thick coating—or brown, or blackish.
NAT. MUR.—Vesicles that smart when eating ; One half feels
stiff and numb ; Sensation as of a hair on the tongue.
NIT. A.C.—White coating; Dry; Vesicles; Soreness; Smarting
from food. -
NUx VOM.—Coated white or yellow ; Brown, blackish, or
cracked; the tongue feels heavy and enlarged.
PETRO.—Tongue tender for solid food; Acid or salt food
causes much smarting; White coating.
PHOSP.-White coating, or slimy mucus—or dry and furred;
Clear vesicles on the tip of the tongue.
PODOP.-Thick, white fur (morning) on awaking, with foul
taste in mouth.
PULS.—White, or greyish ; Dry, parched, or covered with
tenacious mucus; Tongue feels too broad.
RHUS RAD.—Yellow coating, or brown mucus; Very red at
tip; Pricking; Burning; Biting ; Vesicles; Excoriation.
RHUS TOX.—Clean—free from fur—or very dry; Bright-red,
like beefsteak; Parched, brown—feels as if covered with a
skin.
SABAD.—Sore—full of blisters; Tip feels scalded.
SECALE.—Thin, white coating—or yellow, brown, or blackish;
Spasmodic movements of the tongue.
SEPIA.—White coating—feels as if burnt; Vesicles; Soreness;
Swelling; Tongue covered with a thick mucus.
SIL-Brown mucus; Swelling of the right half; Sensation
as from a hair on the fore part of the tongue.
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T0,—UL.] CLINICAL DICTIONARY.
Tongue—
STRAM.–Swelling of the tongue—it hangs out of the mouth;
Paralysis of the tongue.
SULP.-Dry in the morning, or taste of salt mucus; Red ;
Vermilion; Cracked; Burning, Smarting vesicles.
VERAT.—Yellow, or dry, blackish, and cracked; Swelling, with
redness; Coldness of the tongue.
ZINC.—Yellowish-white, or sore; Vesicles; Swelling of the
left side; White coating, with icy coldness of the tongue.
Tonsils.-(Swelling of)—Acom., Bary. c., BELL., Canth., HEP.,
Kali bi., Lach., MERC., Nit. ac., Rhus, Sulp.
Trembling of the body.—ACON., Arm, CHIN., FERR. A.C.,
Kali c., Kali bi., Lach., Merc., Nit. ac., Petro., Sep.,
Zimc.
(Of the limbs)—Amac., ARS., BELL., Caws., Cic, Cocc.,
IOD., Lyc, Nua, v., Phosp., Puls., Rhus,
Stram., WERAT.
Trichiasis.-Ars., Calc., Hep., Plumb., Zinc. -
Tubercles.—A con., Ars., Calc., Caws., Iod., Kali iod., Lyc.,
Phosp., Sil., Sulp. -
Tumours.-Ars., Bell., Bry., Hep., Lyc., Merc., Phosp., Rhºws,
Sulp.
(Hard)—BRY., Cham., CON., DULC., Iod., Led., PHOSP.,
Sulp. -
(CEdematous)—Amt. c., Apis, ARS., BRY., Camth., Chim.,
DIG., HELL., Led., Merc., Plºwmb., PULS.,
Squil., Sulp.
Tympanitis.-Ars., Chin., Coloc., Hyos., Iod., Lyc., Nua, v.,
Tart, em. - .*
Typhus.-Ars., BRY., Camp., Carb. v., CHIN., Phosp., RHUS.
(Brain, affection of)—Bell., Hyos.
Ulcers.--ARS., Asa, Calc, HEP., MERC., NIT. AC., Sil.,
Sulp.
(CANCEROUS)—ARS., CON., Hep., HYDRAS., Sil.
(SYPHILITIC)—AUR., Carb. v., Dulc., HEP., KALI IOD.,
Each., Merc., MERC. IOD., NIT. AC., Petro.,
- Plat., Sil., THUJ.
(VARICOSE)—Ars., Chin, HAMA., Kreas., Lach., PULS.,
SULP,
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [UL.—WE.
Ulcers—
(Gums)—Bell., CARB. V., MERC., Nit. ac., Nua. v., Phosp.
ac., STAPH. -
(Of the mouth)—Alwm., BOR., Caws., Iod., KALI IOD.,
Merc., Mur. a.c., Nat. m.wr., Nit. ac.
Umbilicus.-Acom., Carb. v., Caws., Chaſm., Chin., Cocc., Iod.,
Lyc., Nua, Pwls., Swlp.
Urethra.-Acom., Ant., Ars., CANN., CANTH., Colch., DULC.,
Merc., Petro., PULS., Sulp., Tereb.
Urethritis.-ACON., APIS, Cann., CANTH, Caws., Merc.,
PULS., Sulp.
Urine.—(Frequent, urgent)—Acom., Arm., BRY., CANTH., Caws.,
DIG., Hyos., PHOSP. A.C., Puls., Rhus, Staph., Sulp.
(At night)—Amm. c., Ars., CALC., GRAPH., Iod, KALI
IOD., Nat. mur., SEP., Sulp.
(Bloody)—Arm., Camm., CANTH., Ipec., Puls., TEREB.
(Dark)—ACON., Arm., Bell., BRY., Colch., DIG., KALI IOD.,
Lach., MERC., Phyto., Rhus, Staph., TART. E.M.
(Turbid)—CANN., Chin, Coloc., CON., MERC., Phosp. ac.,
Rhw8, Sabad., Sarsa, Sep.
Uterus.-BELL., Carb. am., Cham., CROC., Ferr., Kali c.,
Merc., PLAT., Pwls., Sabi, SECA., Sep., Sulp. -
(Hour-glass contraction)—BELL., SECA.
(Prolapsus)—Awr., Bell., Calc., Ferr., Lyc., Nua, v., Plat.,
Stamm.
(Ulceration)—Ars., Bell., HYDRAS., KALI IOD., Merc.,
SEP., Staph., SULP., Thuj.
Uvula-Acom., BELL., Croc., Dulc., FERR. A.C., IOD., Merc.,
Nit. ac., NUX W. For cough, induced by elongated
uvula, paint with Arg. mit., or Ferr. acet.
Wagina.—(Inflammation)—ACON., Bell., Carb. v., DULC., Lyc.,
MERC., MERC. IOD., Wit. ac., Puls., SEP., Sulp.
Varicose Weins.—ARN., Carb. v., CAUS., Flwor, ac., HAMA.,
PULS., Sulp., Zimc.
Weins.—(Distended)—Acom., BELL., Chin., Croc, Ferr., HYOS.,
Phosp., PULS., Thuj. *
(Pulsation in)—Acon., Ars., BELL., Com., GRAPH, KALI
C., Sabi., Sep., THUJ., Zinc.
Vertigo.—A com., Aur., Bell., Bry., Cact., Calc., Chin., Cic.,
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Wertigo—(Continued)— -
- Com., Ferr., Glom., Hyos., Ipec, Mosch, Nua, v.,
Phosp., Pwls., Rhºws, Sang., Sep., Sulp., Verat, Zinc.
Vesicles.—Ant. c., Ars., CANTH., Caws., Cie., Clem., Dulc.,
GRAPH., Merc., Phosp., RHUS, TART. E.M.
Womica.-Ars., Carb. am., Lyc., Sil., Stamm.
Womiting.—Ant. c., ARS., Cupr., Dig., Ipec, Nua, v., Pwls.,
Tart. em., Verat. *
(Of bile)—Acom., Bry., Cham., CHIN., Ipec., MERC.,
Nua, v., Pwls., Verat. -
(Of food)—ARS., Bry., Dig., Ferr. ac., IPEC., NUX V.,
Podop., PULS.
(Of pregnancy)—ſpec., Kreas., Nua, v., Petro.
(With diarrhoea)—ARS., Colo., CUPR., Ferr. ac., Ipec.,
VERAT.
Vulva. –(Excoriation)—Carb. v., Caws., Graph., Sep.
(Discharge from)—Dwlc., Iod., Merc., Nit. ac., Sep., Sulp.
(Inflammation)—Acon., Ars., Bell., Canth., Merc., Merc. iod.,
Staph., Thuj.
(Itching)—Acom., Carb. v., Com., Kali iod, Wit. ac., Sep., Sulp.
Warts.-Amm. C., Ars., Calc., CAUS., Dulc., NIT. AC., Petro.,
Phosp. ac., Rhºws, Sep., Staph., SULP., Thuja. -
(Suppurating)—ARS., Hep., SIL., Thuj.
Waterbrash.-Ars., BRY., CALC., CAPS., CARB. V., Com.,
Lob., LYC., Nat. m., Nua, v., Sep., Sulp. ac.
Weakness.-(General feeling of)—Acom., Ars., Calc., Caws.,
CHIN., FERR. A.C., HYDRAS., Iod., KALI BI.,
Nat. m., NUX V., PHOSP. A.C., Rhus, Sep., Sil.,
STANN., THUJ., Vera. vir., Verat. -
Wens.—Bary. c., CALC., GRAPH., Kali iod., Phosp., SIL.
White Swelling.—Ant., Ars., Calc., CON., IOD., KALI IOD.,
Kreas., LYC., Pwls., Rhod, RHUS, SIL.,
- Staph., Swlp. -
Whitlow.—ARS., Bov., Com., Graph., HEP., Kali c., Lach.,
MERC., Nit. ac., SIL., Sulp.
Whooping-Cough.-Aeon, BELL, Bry, Carb. v., CHAM.,
Cina, Cupr., DROS., Dulc., Hyos.,
IPEC., Kali c., Led., LOBEL., NUX V.,
Opi., Tart. em., Verat.
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CLINICAL DICTIONARY. [WH.—Z0.
Whooping-Cough— -
(Premonitory)—ACON., Bell., Ipec., NUX V.
(Whooping)–Cup., DROS., Ipec, Lobel, Phosp., Spong.
Complications must be treated according to their nature and
symptoms. - --
Worms.-Acom., Anac., Calc., Chim., CINA, Ferr., FILIX
MAS., GRANN., Ign., MERC., Ruta, Sabad., SPIG.,
Sulp.
LUMBRICI—Cham., CINA, MERC., Sabad., SPIG.
TAPE-WoRM-FILIX MAS, GRANN., Kousso, Merc., Sulp.
Wounds.-Acon., ARN., CALEND., Com., Phosp., Rhºws.
(Contused)—ARN., CONI., Rhus, Ruta, Sulp. ac.
(Incised)—CALEND., Staph., Sulp. ac.
(Punctured)—Carb. v., Com., Hep., Nit. ac., Sil.
Yawning.—(Constant)—Acom., Bry., CAUS., COCC., IGN.,
Lyc, Nua, v., Phosp., PLAT., RHUS.
Zona.-(Shingles)—ARS., Caus., GRAPH., Merc., RHUS, Sil.,
- Tart. em.
Note.—In using the Dictionary, it must be understood that it is only in-
tended to refresh the memory of the busy practitioner. The symptoms
and character of the remedy should be sought for in the Materia
Medica; consequently this part of the work is of no real value to
the novice, and should not be used until the whole of the outlines are
engrafted on the memory.—The larger type indicates that such me-
dicines have been often successfully prescribed : still, those in the
lesser type must be considered of equal value; and, in some cases, the
true remedy may not be found in the Dictionary, especially if it
should happen to be one of those medicines which are not very fre-
quently employed.
THE END.
783
ERR. A.T.A.
Page 108—Cina—for “MUG wort of INDIA,” read “MUGworT OF JUDEA.”
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