MENYANTHES.
Menyanthes, trifoliata, Linn.
Natural order
, Gentianaceæ.
Common names
, Buck-bean, Bitterklee.
Preparation
, Tincture of whole plant.
Authorities.
(Hahnemann. Mat. Med. Pura,
5, 15). 1, Hahnemann; 2, Franz; 3,
Guttmann; 4, Hornburg; 5, Hartmann; 6,
Haynel; 7, Langhammer; 8, Mœckel; 9,
Teuthorn; 10, Wislicenus; 11, Joh. Francus, Trifol. fibrin. hist.,
1701; 12, Schlegel, in Huf. Journ.,
VII, 4, p. 163.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► (With
increase of the heat, delirium, and small, rapid, irritable pulse), [12]. [In a intermittent fever.
-Hahnemann.] ► Quiet mood; contented
with his circumstances, [7].
[Curative action. -Hahnemann.] ►
Quiet, reserved, contented with himself all day, [7]. [Rather a curative effect. -Hahnemann.] ► He prefers to be alone, though not
ill-humored, because he would rather be quiet than talk (after seven
hours), [5]. ►
Excessively frolicsome (after eleven hours), [5]. [Alternate action. -Hahnemann.] ► Weeping mood, [9]. ►
Despondent mood; his thoughts incline to dwell upon past, sad,
disagreeable subjects (after eighty hours), [10]. ►
Apprehensive sensation about the heart, as of impending evil, and as if
he had to endure some hardship (after one hour), [12]. ►
Fretful, ill-humored, and discontented with himself and his
circumstances; apprehension drives him from place to place (after
sixteen hours), [2]. [10.] ►
Gloomy, morose, and fretful (after one hour), [8]. ► Keeps
aloof from amusements (after twelve hours); half an hour afterwards is
inclined to joke, [3]. ► Intellectual. ►
Disinclination to work, [5].
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Confusion of the head like a gloominess, in the house; thought was
difficult, though he could readily remember anything; but in the open
air he felt freer and easier (after two hours), [2]. ►
(Vertigo, on stooping and rising again), [1].
► General Head. ► Emptiness in the head after eating, [1]. ►
Dulness in the head (after seventeen hours), [6]. ►
Headache like a painful dulness, increased after eating, [2]. ►
Heaviness with pressure in the whole head; at times also violent
stitches in the left frontal eminence; a headache that completely
disappears on laying the head upon one side, [5]. ► Constant
heaviness of the head, immediately, [3]. [20.] ► Dull headache, on leaning the head to one
side, [1]. ►► *A pressure in the head from above
downward, relieved during hard pressure with the hand, afterwards returning and lasting several hours
(after five hours and a half), [5].
► Headache like a pressure from both
sides, together with some stitches in the occiput, [9]. ►
Pressive headache, violent in the open air (after twelve hours), [3]. ►
Pressive stupefying headache, mostly involving the forehead, during rest
and motion (after half an hour), [7]. ►
Pressive headache, aggravated on ascending or descending steps, when it
seemed as though a heavy weight were lying upon the brain and pressing
outward at the forehead (after three hours and a half), [5]. ► Forehead.
► Drawing headache in the forehead, [2]. ►
Drawing headache in the right side of the forehead (after three hours
and a half), [6]. ► Pressive-drawing headache in the forehead
just above the root of the nose (after two hours), [2]. ►
Pressure in the forepart of the forehead from within outward (after two
hours and a half), [5]. [30.] ►
Pressive headache above the right side of the forehead, immediately
disappearing on applying the palm of the hand (after two hours and a
half), [3]. ►
Dull pressive pain in the forehead from within outward, lasting several
hours (after twenty-seven hours), [6].
► Stitches in the forehead, extending
toward the vertex (after six hours), [8].
► Burning stitches in the forehead,
less on the scalp, with heat in the face, without increased warmth of
the rest of the body (after twelve hours), [10]. ► Stitchlike
tearing in the right side of the forehead near the temporal region
(after one hour and a quarter), [7].
► Temples. ► Headache in the temples, as if they were
compressed from both sides; it disappears while pressing with the hands,
but returns, [9]. ► Constant pressure in the left temple
mingled with sharp stitches, [5]. ► Vertex. ►
Tensive headache over the whole vertex, [1].
► *Compressive headache in the vertex
from both sides, together with a
sensation, on ascending steps, as if upon every step a weight pressed
upon the brain (after two hours), [10]. ►
Jerking headache above in the vertex, especially after stooping (after
five hours), [10]. ► Parietals. [40.]
► Drawing pain in the right
hemisphere of the cerebrum from below upward, ending in the occiput
(after four hours), [6]. ► Drawing headache internally along the
left parietal bone, [2]. ► Pressive pain in the right side of the
head (after a quarter of an hour), [3].
► Stitches in the left side of the brain
extending towards the vertex (after two hours), [8]. ►
Occiput. ► Drawing in the
occiput while sitting (after two hours), [2].
► Pinching-drawing on the side of the
occiput, [2]. ► External Head. ►
Burning in the scalp above the right side of the forehead (after seven
hours), [3]. ►
Feeling of soreness in the skin of the left temple, when touched (after
twenty-six hours), [3]. ► Gnawing headache externally on the vertex
(after sixteen hours), [10].
EYE.
►
Pressure on a small spot in the eye, as if in the lens, with a sensation
like vertigo, or vanishing of sight, or of squinting of the eyes, but
without obscuration of vision (while sitting), [2]. [50.] ► Tearing stitches in the inner canthi,
which cause the eyes to fill with water (after twelve hours), [10]. ►
Brow. ► Burning above the
left eyebrow, [3]. ► Lids. ►
At times stiffness in one or the other lid, like a tonic cramp, so that
he could not move it, [2]. ► A sensation on the left lower lid
internally, as if a not very hard body were lying under it (after four
hours and a half), [3]. ► Sensation in the eyes as from swelling of
the lids, or as in a stye, on holding the lids still, [2]. ► Burning
tension above the left upper lid that disappears when touched, [3]. ►
Twitching in both eyelids and a pressure in both eyeballs, which,
however, soon disappears after eating, [1].
► Lachrymal Apparatus. ► Lachrymation from time to time, [3]. ►
Ball. ► Dull stitches in
the eyeballs, [2]. ► Pupil. ►
Pupils dilated (after four hours and a half), [7]. [60.] ► Pupils contracted (after three-quarters,
and one hour), [7]. ► Vision. ►
Dimness of the eyes, only in the open air (after six hours), [8]. ►
It frequently becomes black before the eyes, on reflecting while reading
(after eight hours), [8]. ► Flickering before the eyes, so that all
objects seem to jump, lasting four minutes (after four hours), [8].
EAR.
►
External. ► Sticking
tearing in the posterior portion of the cartilage of the ear, and in the
mastoid process (after fourteen hours), [10].
► Middle. ► Feeling of coldness within the ear, just
as if water had got into it (after one hour), [10]. ► Aching
in both ears, [4]. ► Small stitches in quick succession in the
left inner ear (after seven hours and a half), [8]. ► Dull
stitches extending through the ear into the head, and in the facial
muscles of the same side below the eye (after one hour), [10]. ► Some
fine stitches, first in the right, then in the left ear, [6]. [70.] ► Itching within the right ear, lasting
three days), [3]. ► Hearing. ►
He seems to hear sounds in the right ear (immediately), [6]. ► Slight
humming as from insects in front of the ears (after forty-eight hours), [10]. ►
Constant ringing in the right ear, which ceases when the ear is rubbed
internally, but immediately returns (after four hours), [8]. ► Roaring
in the left ear, on blowing the nose, as though air passed out through
it (after twenty-six hours), [10].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Sneezing
without coryza (after six hours and a half), [7]. ► Profuse
fluent coryza all day; involuntary running from the nose, [3]. ► He
blows blood from the nose in the morning, [1].
► Subjective. ► The nose seemed stopped, with fluent
coryza, though he could easily draw air through it as usual (after two
hours and a half), [7]. ► Tension in the root of the nose, [1]. ►
Smell. [80.] ► A disgusting odor in front of the nose,
as from bad eggs, caused nausea, occurring in the house or open air,
lasting a quarter of an hour (after nine hours), [8].
FACE.
►
*Visible, though not painful, twitching of the facial muscles,
especially of the right side, worse during rest than while walking
(after six hours and a half), [8].
► Painful cramp in the right cheek
muscles during rest, [5]. ► Stitchlike tearing in the left upper jaw
during rest and motion (after two hours), [7].
► Lips completely dried and cracked,
without thirst or perceptible heat (after three hours), [8]. ► Tension
in the jaws, [1].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► A grumbling in
the upper teeth, not aggravated by biting upon them, [1]. ► Tongue.
► Fine stitches on the under surface
of the tongue, which disappear on moving it (after three-quarters of an
hour), [3]. ► General Mouth. ►
Dryness of the palate, which causes sticking when swallowing, without
thirst, and with the ordinary saliva in the mouth (after one hour), [2]. ►
Sensation as if the left side of the palate were paralyzed on yawning
and coughing, [1]. [90.] ►
Pressure in the upper part of the palate, [1].
► Saliva. ► Increased secretion of saliva
(immediately), [6]. ► Saliva accumulates in the mouth, without
nausea (after eight minutes), [6].
► Water accumulates in the mouth,
with nausea (after one hour and a quarter), [6]. ► Taste.
► Bitter sweetish taste in the mouth
(after two hours), [2].
THROAT.
►
Feeling of dryness in the throat (after twenty minutes), [6]. ►
Dryness, with so great roughness of the throat that swallowing saliva
was difficult, increasing for two days, [3].
► Transient, extremely fine stitch in
the right side of the throat (after one hour), [6]. ►
Constant sticking in the throat, in front by the larynx, only on
swallowing, which it impeded (after eight hours), [7]. ► Pharynx and
Œsophagus. ► Dryness of
the pharynx, commencing in the morning, for two days, [3]. [100.] ► *A sensation of coldness extending up the
œsophagus, with great nausea, following pressure in the stomach,
lasting twenty minutes (after ten hours and a half), [8]. ►
External Throat. ►
Sensation of heaviness in the anterior cervical muscles; obliged to bend
the neck backward, [4]. ► Cramplike pain, ending in a stitch, in
the right anterior cervical muscles, disappearing after touch, but
returning in two hours and three-quarters, [7].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Sudden
ravenous hunger, lasting half an hour, ceasing after eating a little
(after five hours), [8]. ► Although not hungry, he relishes food as
usual, and even eats more than usual, [2].
► He does not relish bread and
butter; he has appetite and relish for only meat, [4]. ► Eructation
and Hiccough. ► Empty
eructations, [1];
immediately, [5]. ► Frequent empty eructations (after a
quarter of an hour), [7]. ► Frequent hiccough (after four hours and
three-quarters), [7]. ► Nausea. ►
Very transient nausea, without eructations (after ten hours), [8]. [110.]
► Great inclination to vomit, usually
with painful retching and constriction in the stomach, though without
eructations (after ten hours and a half), [8].
► Stomach. ► A constant rumbling in the epigastric
region, as frequently occurs in emptiness of the stomach, though without
an empty stomach (after two hours), [5].
► Sudden heat in the stomach, lasting
a quarter of an hour, followed by excessive hunger (after three hours), [8]. ►
Constrictive sensation in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour), [4]. ►
A pressive pinching in the region of the stomach, that slowly descends
towards the rectum, and disappears after the emission of flatus, but
soon returns and obliges him to go to stool, after which it disappears
(after half an hour), [5].
ABDOMEN.
►
Hypochondria. ► Pressive
cutting in the hypochondriac region (after eight hour), [10]. ►
Sticking pain beneath the short ribs while sitting, not affected by
inspiration or expiration, relieved for a moment by external pressure
with the hand (after three hours), [9].
► Umbilical and Sides. ► Long-continued griping in the region of
the umbilicus; it sinks like a weight towards the lower abdomen, and
disappears after emission of flatus (after half an hour), [5]. ►
Gurgling movements in the right side of the abdomen, with a feeling of
heat over the whole abdomen, and an internal sensation as if diarrhœa
would follow, during rest and motion (after half an hour), [7]. ►
General Abdomen. ►
Distension of the abdomen (after fourteen hours), followed after two
hours by profuse emission of flatus, [8].
[120.] ►
*Distension and fulness of the abdomen, as if overloaded by food, all
day, with undiminished appetite, together with a sensation as of
incarcerated flatus, and frequent ineffectual efforts to emit flatus; in
the evening the fulness was much increased by smoking tobacco,
[9]. ►
Flatus moves about the abdomen, which makes him very qualmish, [4]. ►
Audible rumbling in the intestines after eating, [4]. ► Tension
and pressure in a part of the abdomen, [1].
► Griping in the abdomen, immediately
followed by a hard stool, [3]. ► Cutting pain suddenly shoots from the
spine out through the abdomen (after twelve hours), [10]. ►
Painful soreness of the parietes of the abdomen to touch and the rubbing
of the clothes, as if it were covered with pimples (after seventy-two
hours), [10]. ► Painful soreness of the skin of the upper
abdomen while lying, as also on moving about, though worse on stooping
(after two hours), [3]. ► Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. ► Griping in the lower abdomen (after half
an hour), [3]. ► Griping in the lower abdomen, with urging
to stool in the rectum, [2]. [130.] ►
Violent pressure in the hypogastrium and spermatic cord, which is also
painful to touch, [1]. ► Sudden sticking in the sides of the lower
abdomen while sitting, disappearing from touch, but immediately
returning, [2]. ► A constant sharp stitch in the left side
of the lower abdomen while walking, followed on standing a little by
small, sudden jerklike stitches (after twelve hours), [2]. ► Sudden
jerking stitches, causing shuddering in the left side of the lower
abdomen, while sitting, [2]. ► Pressure in the glands about the
abdominal rings on bending the body forward, [2].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Sensitive itching within the rectum (after thirteen hours), [8]. ►
Twitching in the anus, [3].
STOOL.
►
Griping in the abdomen, followed by a stool that was not very hard, and
occurred several hours sooner than usual (after a quarter of an hour), [3]. [Curative reaction in the organism
of a person inclined to constipation, and who had an evacuation only
every thirty-two or thirty-six hours. -Hahnemann.] ►
Constipation for two days, [1]. ► Stool retained, [1]. [140.] ► Retention of stool (first day); a hard
stool, evacuated with difficulty, with drawing-griping pains in the
lower abdomen (second day), [2]. ► Retention of stool (first day), and not
till the third day two easy stools, [2].
► Retention of stool for thirty-two
hours, followed by evacuation of hard fæces, [10].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
*Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty discharge (after
four hours and nine hours and a half), [7].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Male. ► Pressive
drawing-cutting pain in the right side of the scrotum, or a feeling as
if one side was squeezed (after fourteen hours), [4]. ► Fine
stitches in the left side of the scrotum (after three hours), [10]. ►
Constant burning stitches in the scrotum and symphysis pubis (after one
hour and a half), [6]. ► The painful testicles were retracted, the
right more so (after one hour and a half), [8]. ► Painful
jerking in the right testicle, worse during rest (after six hours and a
half), [8]. ►
Great desire for coition, without sexual phantasy or erections (after
five hours), [7]. ► Female. [150.]
► (A tensive-pressive pain in mons
veneris while walking and sitting), [1].
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
► Larynx. ►
Spasmodic constriction of the larynx; the exertion of drawing in air
provoked cough, lasting several minutes (after nine hours), [8]. ►
Crawling tickling in the larynx, frequently returning (after fifteen
hours), [3]. ► Voice. ►
Rough voice, [3]. ► On talking, the voice was rough, almost
harsh, wherewith the ears were almost as much stopped as if they had
been stuffed with something (after three hours), [7]. ►
Hoarseness, [11]. ► Respiration. ►
Respiration accelerated, even while standing, with increased pulse, and
redness and heat of the face (after two hours), [9]. ► Dyspnœa,
[11].
CHEST.
►
A compression around the chest while sitting, walking, and standing, a
very disagreeable, anxious sensation (after six hours and a half), [6]. ►
Drawing pain in the right chest, extending towards the axilla (after one
hour and a half), [6]. [160.] ►
Pressure upon the chest after dinner, [2].
► Constant pressure upon the left
chest, mingled with stitches, alike on inspiration and expiration (after
one hour and a half), [5]. ► Dull sticking pain in the chest in the
region of the heart, and in the corresponding spot on the right side,
aggravated by pressing upon the parts and making them tense (after
twenty-one hours and a half); it returned and lasted several hours
(after twenty-six hours), [6]. ► Boring sticking in the left chest while
sitting and on moving about, though more violent on inspiration and
expiration (after three hours and a half), [3]. ► Violent
stitches in the chest only on moving (after three hours and a half), [6]. ►
Long fine stitches in the left chest, close to the clavicle, on
inspiration (after one hour and a half), [5].
► An itching stitch in the left false
ribs, persisting during inspiration and expiration (after two hours and
a half), [3]. ► Soreness of the chest, as if beaten, on
sitting bent over, [2]. ► Throbbing in the left chest, persistent
during inspiration and expiration, though only while lying (after
fourteen hours), [3]. ► Front. ►
Pressure, with some sharp stitches, in the sternum (after twelve hours),
[10]. ►
Sides. [170.] ► Contracting pain from both sides of the
chest, with sharp stitches (after twelve hours), [10]. ► Pressure
on both sides of the chest, with sharp stitches, greatly aggravated on
inspiration (after nine hours), [10]. ►
Frequent pressure on the left side of the chest, as from flatulence, [1]. ►
Transient stitches in the right side of the chest (after one hour and a
quarter), [6].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Drawing pain in the region of the heart after eating, [6]. ►
Violent, persistent stitches in the region of the heart, increased by
holding the breath (after fifteen hours), [6].
► Pulse slow, 52 (after one hour and
a quarter), [7].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Stiffness in the
nape of the neck in the evening, [1].
► Sensation of stiffness in the
cervical muscles on moving the neck (after nine hours), [10]. ► Stiff,
drawing sensation in the nape of the neck, with dulness in the occiput, [2]. [180.]
► Tearing pressure in the nape of the
neck (after eight hours), [10]. ► Pain in the cervical muscles, sprained,
paralyzed, and tense, as after long bending backward, on walking in the
open air (after six hours), [7]. ► Dorsal. ►
Twitching of the right dorsal muscles (after eleven hours), [3]. ►
A sensation of heaviness between the scapulæ; while walking he was
constantly obliged to bend forward and backward to obtain relief, [4]. ►
Sharp pinching near the spine, in the region of the scapulæ (after
twenty-four hours), [10]. ► Dull boring sticking in the left scapula,
extending across the spine, [4].
► Extremely painful tearing between the
scapulæ, extending downward, especially on deep breathing,
disappearing while sitting, but immediately returning on walking; during
rest, there remains a sensation of soreness, [4]. ► Lumbar.
► Muscular twitches in the right
lumbar region while sitting (after three hours), [3]. ► A
constrictive pain in the small of the back; later in the evening a
feeling of pressure as with the thumb upon it, and when it became worse,
a crawling in it, [1]. ► Pain like a dull drawing near the lower
vertebræ on bending the body forward while sitting, [2]. [190.] ► A pressive pain in the small of the back,
extending upward, while sitting, [2].
► Pressive pain in the small of the
back on stooping, [3]. ► Pressive pain above the sacrum always on
stooping (after eight hours), [6].
► Drawing-pressive pain in the small
of the back on stooping, [2]. ► Bruised pain in the left lumbar region,
in the vicinity of the kidney, in the evening while sitting quietly, [2]. ►
Bruised pain in the small of the back, mostly while sitting quietly,
disappearing on touch, [2].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Weakness of all the limbs for an hour,
during rest and motion (after twenty-eight hours), [8].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Painful visible twitching in the left
arm, worse during rest (after six hours and a half), [8]. ► Shoulder.
► Stitches in the deltoid muscle of
the shoulder-joint, [2]. ► Fine stitches shoot into the axilla on
moving the arm (after four hours), [10].
[200.] ►
Numerous fine stitches in the right axilla, extending towards the chest
(after seven hours and a half), [8].
► A burning-scraping sensation on the
top of the shoulder, [4]. ► Arm. ►
Muscular twitches in the right upper arm (after twenty-four
hours), [3]; (after sixteen hours
and a half), [6]. ► Sudden cramplike tearing in the upper arm
while sitting, [2]. ► Forearm. ►
Cramplike pain in the muscles of the left forearm, extending to the palm
of the hand, almost like paralysis (after two hours), [7]. ►
Repeated cramplike drawing in the inside of the left forearm; at last
four fingers became involuntarily contracted; the arm itself was
spasmodically stiff, so that no exertion sufficed to move it (after
eight hours and a half), [8]. ► Cramplike pressure in the forearm, close
to the bend of the elbow, disappearing on touch, but immediately
returning, [2]. ► Stitches below the elbows and at the
wrist (after twelve hours), [10]. ► Wrist. ►
Cramplike pressure in the right wrist and metacarpus during rest and
motion (after one hour and three-quarters), [7]. ►
Sticking pain in the left wrist (after half an hour), [6]. [210.] ► Paralytic tearing in the wrists,
especially on moving them (after two hours), [6]. ► Hand.
► Distension of the veins of the
hands and somewhat above them on the forearms, with the ordinary warmth
of the body, but icy coldness of the feet (after five hours), [5]. ►
Drawing pain on writing and on moving the hand, disappearing on resting
it (after two hours), [2]. ► Cramplike drawing on the back of the hand
in the muscles of the thumb, [2]. ► Fingers. ►
Sticking pinching on the outer side of the first phalanx of the thumb
(after three hours), [10]. ► Cramplike pain in the left index finger,
rather externally, disappearing on motion (after two hours and
three-quarters), [7]. ► Cramplike pressure in the ball of the
right thumb (after five hours), [7].
► A stitch extending outward in the
right thumb and index finger (after one hour and a half), [6]. ► Fine
stitches in the first joints of the fingers, somewhat relieved by motion
(after three hours), [10]. ► Painful jerking in the left fourth finger
(after nine hours), [6].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Hip. [220.]
► Sticking constrictive pain in the
hip-joint, about the acetabulum, only when walking (after three hours), [9]. ►
Very acute fine stitches in the right hip-joint, when walking and
standing (after thirteen hours), [8].
► Thigh. ►
Twitching of the muscles of the left thigh, [6]. ► Four
spasmodic startings in the outstretched right thigh and leg, while
sitting, but while standing or if he drew up the knee while sitting it
was not noticed (after eight hours), [8].
► Tension, with stitches on the
anterior surface of the thigh and leg, in the vicinity of the knee
(after ten hours), [10]. ► An intermitting pinching, with bubbling,
as from something alive, in the upper part of the inner side of the
thigh, worse while sitting (after five hours), [10]. ► A
cramplike drawing on the forepart of the thigh, while sitting (after two
hours), [2]. ►
Violent burning stitch on the anterior surface of the left thigh,
somewhat above the knee, while sitting (after fifteen hours), [6]. ►
Sudden shooting stitches in the right gluteal muscles (after seven
hours), [10]. ► Jerking stitches in the upper margin of
the left gluteus maximus, [2]. [230.] ►
Cramplike, drawing, bruised pain in the femur, with a feeling of heat in
the back and over the whole upper part of the body, mostly while
sitting, [2]. ► Numb, tense, pressive, bruised pain in
both thighs, while walking and sitting, [2].
► Knee. ►
Drawing in the hollow of the right knee, extending through the calf,
while standing and sitting, [3]. ► Pain in the knee-joint, as if dislocated,
extending inward, during rest and motion (after three-quarters of an
hour), [7]. ►
Dull stitches in the patella, from within outward, with a feeling of
heat in the knees (after twelve hours), [10].
► An itching-boring stitch on the
inner side of the right knee-joint, during rest and motion (after eleven
hours and a half), [3]. ► A jerking in the left knee, not exactly
painful, worse during rest than while walking (after six hours and a
half), [8]. ► Leg. ►
Cramplike pain in the muscles of the right leg, extending from below
upwards, like a paralytic pain (after two hours and a half), [7]. ►
A cramplike drawing from below upward, on the outer side of the left
leg, while sitting quietly, [2]. ► A sharp pressure on the tibia, [2]. [240.]
► Pain as from a sprain, while
walking, now in the left, now in the right leg, near the inner malleolus
(after seven hours and a half), [7].
► Dull pulsating stitches below the
middles of the tibia, during rest, disappearing on motion, but returning
during rest (after two hours), [2].
► Sharp stitches below the knee
(after twelve hours), [10]. ► Sharp stitches in the middle of the
tibia, together with jerking clutching, as if he had held the foot in a
difficult position for a long time (during rest), (after two hours), [10]. ►
Constant corroding-biting pain in a very small spot between the right
external malleolus and tendo Achillis, frequently returning while
sitting; on moving about it is renewed (after fourteen hours), [6]. ►
Tremulous sensation in both calves, lasting a quarter of an hour, move
violent while sitting than while standing (after two hours), [8]. ►
Ankle. ► Pain as from a
sprain in the left leg, from one malleolus to the other, while walking
in the open air (after ten hours and a half), [7]. ► Cutting
in both external malleoli during rest, disappearing on motion (after
twelve hours), [10]. ► Burning stitches above both ankles, while
walking (after one hour and a half), [6].
► Foot. ►
Coarse stitches in the soles of the feet, while walking (after three
hours and a half), [8]. [250.] ►
Sticking pain in the right heel (after two hours and three-quarters), [6].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Twitching of
small portions of muscles in various parts of the body at different
times, [6]. ►
Visible twitching in several parts at the same time, not exactly
painful, worse during rest than while walking (after six hours and a
half), [8]. ►
Vitality extremely increased; excessive hastiness of all movements
(after thirty-two hours), [8].
[Alternate effect. -Hahnemann.] ►
Weariness and exhaustion, immediately, [1].
► Weakness of the body while walking;
together with chilliness all over (after one hour and a quarter), [6]. ►
Great weakness of the whole body, together with pressive pain above the
sacrum while standing, diminished while sitting (after seventeen hours),
[6]. ►
(Extreme weakness, with heat and violent headache), [12]. [In an intermittent fever. -Hahnemann.] ► Subjective. ►
Sticking pinching here and there in the body (after eight hours), [10]. ►
A drawing-bruised pain on the outer side of the thigh, small of the
back, and left loin, and in the region of the kidney, while sitting
quietly, in the evening, [2].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. [260.] ► Frequent yawning, as though he had not
slept enough (after two hours), [7].
► Sleeplessness. ► Uneasy sleep; he tosses from side to
side, [3]. ►
Redness and heat of the face during sleep; he woke and cried out,
“There, there!” and pointed with his finger, and fell asleep
again, [1]. ► Dreams. ►
Vivid unremembered dreams, [7].
► Lascivious, vivid, unremembered
dreams, without emissions, [3].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► *A sensation of
chilliness, especially in the fingers, [1]. ►
Chilliness over the whole body, especially on the back, not relieved by
the warmth of the stove (after three-quarters of an hour), [6]. ►
Chilliness over the whole body, disappearing by the warmth of the stove,
returning at a distance from the stove, lasting half an hour (after a
quarter of an hour), [6]. ► Shivering, as after a long walk, [4]. ►
Creepings of external shivering without internal chilliness, especially
on the legs, in a warm room (after three hours), [10]. [270.] ► Horripilation, without chilliness, for
ten minutes in a warm room (after seven hours), [8]. ► Feeling
of chilliness over the whole trunk, with otherwise equable temperature
(after eight hours and a quarter), [6].
► Cold sensation in the abdomen,
especially on pressure with the hand, [1].
► Feeling of coldness in the abdomen,
on rising from bed in the morning; creeping coldness over the back and
sides, like a shivering when listening to a horrible tale, [1]. ►
Coldness of the spine, with shaking (after four hours), [8]. ► *Feet cold
as far up as the knees, as if they were in cold water, [4]. ►
Cold feet, for forty-eight hours, [5].
► Coldness of the feet, lasting till
night; she could not even get them warm in bed (after three hours), [9]. ►►
*Icy coldness of the hands and feet, with warmth of the rest of the body
(after half an hour), [5]. ► Shivering over the upper part of the body, with
yawning, immediately, [5].
[280.] ►
Shivering in the back, as from listening to a horrible tale, not like a
chill, in the morning, [1]. ► Shivering over the back without
chilliness, as if he had been excited or frightened by something,
without subsequent heat (while sitting), (after one hour and a half), [7]. ►
Febrile shivering over the whole back, as if he had been uncovered for a
long time in the cold air (after a quarter of an hour), [7]. ► Heat.
► Increased temperature of the body,
in the evening, without thirst, with freedom and lightness of mind, [2]. ►
Heat without thirst, and slight perspiration over the whole body, in the
evening after walking in the open air, [2].
► Heat, especially of the face; soon
afterwards, a general chilly feeling, without thirst (after three
hours), [8]. ►
Very great heat over the whole body, without perspiration of thirst,
with cold feet (after two hours and three-quarters), [5]. ►
Sensation of heat on the trunk, especially the back; the times mingled
with a sensation of coldness, without thirst, heat, or redness of the
face (after eight hours); several hours afterwards, redness of the
cheeks (after sixteen hours and a half), [6].
► Heat of the ears (after
three-quarters of an hour), [6]. ► Flushes of heat in the cheeks, towards
evening, [2]. [290.] ►
Disagreeable feeling of heat on the trunk, especially on the back, six
hours after the chill (after seven hours), [6]. ► Sweat.
► Perspiration from evening till
morning, [1]. ► Perspiration in the evening, immediately
after lying down, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Blows blood from nose; shivering in
back. ► (Evening),
After walking in open air, heat, etc.; immediately after lying down,
perspiration. ► (Open air), Pressive headache; dimness of
eyes. ► (Walking
in open air), Pain in cervical muscles. ►
(After eating), Emptiness in head;
headache; rumbling in abdomen; pain in region of heart. ► (Inspiration),
Pressure in sides of chest. ► (Lying),
Throbbing in chest. ► (Motion), Stitches in chest; tearing in
wrists; drawing in hand. ► (Rest), Twitching in facial muscles; cramp in
cheek-muscles; jerking in testicle; twitching in arm; jerking in knee; stitches in tibia; cutting in malleoli;
twitching in several parts. ► (Sitting), Drawing in occiput; pain in small
of back; bruised pain in small of back; tearing in upper arm; startings
in thigh; pinching in thigh; drawing in thigh; stitch on thigh; pain in
femur, etc.; pain between malleolus and tendo Achillis; sensation in
calves; pain in thigh, etc. ► (Smoking), Distension of abdomen, etc. ► (Standing),
Pain above sacrum. ► (Ascending or descending steps), Pressive
headache. ► (Stooping),
Headache in vertex; soreness of upper abdomen; pressive
pain in small of back. ► (Walking), Stitch in lower abdomen; tearing between scapula; pain in hip-joint;
stitch above ankles. ► Amelioration.
► (Open air),
Confusion of head, etc. ► (After eating), Twitching in eyelids, etc. ► (Motion),
Stitches in finger-joints.® 2000
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