SILICEA.
SKIN.
►
Objective. ►► *Small
wounds in the skin heal with difficulty and easily suppurate,
[9]. ►
*Cracking of the skin on the arms and hands (seventeenth
day), [1]. ► *A bursa on the back of the hand,
between the third and fourth metacarpal bones, with a sprained feeling
on bending the hand, and a bruised pain on moving it (thirteenth day), [1]. ►
A bursa between the second and third metacarpal bones (first day), [1]. ►
Eruptions, Dry. ► Eruption
on the face and neck, consisting of small white scales, followed by fine
desquamation, with some itching, [15b].
► Eruption on the face, [1]. ►
Eruption of red spots as large as peas on the chest, somewhat elevated,
with some biting pain (ninth and tenth days), [19]. ► Red
spots on the cheeks and red nose, with burning pain from a slight
exertion, especially after eating, [1].
[1630.] ►
White and red spots on the face, [32].
► *A red, very sensitive smarting spot,
lasting two days, on the right tibia,
[1]. ►
White spots on the cheeks from time to time, [1]. ► Itching
rash on the sternum, [1]. ► Red, itching tetter on the chin, [9]. ►
*Elevated scabby spots on the coccyx, above the fissure of the nates,
[9]. ►
Heat rash on the fingers, with crawling itching, [4]. ► Biting
on the thighs; eruption of blotches, with red areola, with itching,
worse in the evening, and still worse in bed (twenty-third day), [19]. ►
Itching rash on the calves, [1]. ► Papular eruption on the forehead and
across the nose, [1]. [1640.] ►
A pimple on the eyebrow, [1]. ► Itching pimples on the left side of the
nose, in the afternoon (fifth day), [8].
► Papular eruption upon the nose, [1]. ►
Two large pimples on the upper lip, [1].
► A pimple only felt on the right
corner of the mouth externally, with ulcerative pain (sixth day), [8]. ►
Papular eruption on the chin, [1].
► Papular eruption on the nape of the
neck, [1]. ► *Itching pimples, like nettlerash, on the nape
of the neck (after nine days), [1].
► Very painful pimples on the inner
surface of the first joint of the middle finger, as if a ganglion were
forming (after six days), disappearing after eight days, [28]. ► Eruptions,
Moist. ► Itching and small
vesicles about the wings of the nose, [3].
[1650.] ►
Vesicles, with red areola and without pain, beneath the nostrils, [4]. ►
Red vesicles, with scabs, on the nose, [3].
► Many hard vesicles of the size of a
pea on the forearm, on a red base, with burning itching, lasting only
one night (from the wrist to the elbow), [1].
► *A small crack in the index finger
begins to burn and pain; a lymphatic becomes inflamed, extending thence
over the wrist and in the sore spot a corroding vesicle forms, with
burning, pressing-stinging pains, [1]. ► *Eruption
on the lips, blisters on the margin of the upper lip, with fine sticking
or smarting pain when touched, [1].
► *A corroding blister, with violent
itching, on the first joint of the left index finger, [1]. ►
Eruptions, Pustular. ►►
*Variola-like pustules on the forehead, occiput, sternum, and spine;
they are extremely painful, and at last form suppurating ulcers,
[7]. ►
Eruption, like varioloid, over the whole body, preceded, accompanied,
and followed by violent itching, [1].
► *A pustule on the back of the hand,
[1]. ►►
*Several boils come out on different parts of the body, [35]. [1660.]
► *A large but slightly painful boil on
the cheek near the nose (after a few hours), [1]. ► *A boil on
the chin, with stinging pain when
touched, [1]. ►► *A boil on the nape of the neck,
[1]. ►
*Many boils, even very large ones, on the arms, [1]. ►►
*Some boils on the posterior portions of the thighs, [1]. ►
*Boils on the calves, [1].
►► *Frequent ulcers about the nails,
[1], [7]. ►► *A
large corrosive ulcer, with violent itching on the heel, [1]. ►
*Scabs behind the ears, [1].
►► *Sore, painful scabs below the
septum of the nose, with sticking pain when touched, [1]. [1670.]
►► *Itching, suppurating scabs upon
the toes that had been frozen,
[1]. ►
Subjective. ► *Nightly pains
in the ulcer on the leg, [1].
► Pressive pain in an ulcer on the
leg, [1]. ►
*An ulcer pains as if suppurating, [1]. ►►
*Pressive-stinging pain in the ulcerating part of the leg, [1]. ►
Twitching in the skin of the scapulæ, [1].
►► *Sticking and burning in and
about an ulcer on the leg, [1].
► Tearing in the skin on the
posterior surface of the right upper arm, and the same time in the left
calf (fourth day), [8]. ►► *Sticking in an ulcer on the leg,
[1]. ►
Stitches, like fleabites, here and there in the skin, [1]. [1680.] ► Smarting in the usual painless ulcers, [1]. ►
Prickings and sense of tingling in different parts of the body, [29]. ►
Sudden crawlings, as from fleas, in several parts of the body, that
became fixed at different points, where there was most intolerable
itching, all day, but especially on undressing in the evening, [9]. ►
Itching and pricking of the skin of arms, face, and neck, [32]. ► *Itching
and sticking in various parts of the body, especially at night,
[3]. ►
Crawling itching over the whole body and head, [1]. ► Itching
and biting over the whole body, for a quarter of an hour after lying
down, not relieved by scratching (first day), [8]. ► Violent
itching on the forehead, extending down the nose, [1]. ► *Itching of
the outer ears, [1]. ► Itching in the beard, [1]. [1690.] ► *Voluptuous itching about the nose, that obliges
constant rubbing, in the evening (third day), [8]. ► *Itching of
the nose, [1]. ► *Burning itching about the mouth, without
eruption (after two days), [1].
► Itching on the back, scapulæ, and
thighs, [1]. ► *Itching on the back, [1]. ► Violent
itching beneath the skin of the left palm, [1]. ► Much
itching on the left lower extremity, [1].
► *Itching on the nates, [1]. ►
Itching on the inner sides of the thighs, [3].
► *Itching on the legs, [1].
SLEEP.
►
Sleepiness. [1700.]
► Much yawning, [1]. ►
Inclination to yawn, with violent eructations, [19a]. ►
Sleepiness, [13]; (twenty-first
day), [26]. ►
Sleepiness, with frequent yawning (seventh day), [18a]. ►
Sleepy and tired in the evening (tenth day); very sleepy in the evening
(eleventh day); increased sleepiness (eleventh to thirteenth day), [27]. ►
Very sleepy at 7 P.M.; she was obliged to lie down about 8 and slept
very well (first day), [8]. ► Very sleepy from 2 to 5 P.M. (first day),
[12]. ►
Very sleepy from 1 to 9 P.M. (fifth day), [12].
► *Very sleepy after eating,
and weak; is obliged to sleep, [1].
► Great sleepiness during the day, he
was obliged to sleep even before dinner, [1].
[1710.] ►
Great sleepiness in the evening (after twenty days), [1]. ►
Great sleepiness very early in the evening, [1]. ► Great
sleepiness, [21]; (fourteenth
day), [12]. ►
Great sleepiness all day, [19a]. ► Overpowering sleepiness in the forenoon
(twenty-sixth day), [25]. ► Deep long sleep in the afternoon,
followed by weakness (after five days), [1].
► (Sleep better than usual), (first
night), [27]. ► Constant loud laughter in sleep after
midnight, [1]. ► Talking frequently in sleep, [1]. ►
Makes efforts to rise from bed during sleep, [1]. [1720.] ► Starting up in the midday sleep (twelfth
day), [1]. ►
Jerking upward of the body at night during sleep without dreams, for
half an hour (after four days), [1].
► She stands up while asleep, climbs
over a chair, table, and piano, and then lies down in bed without
knowing anything of it, [1]. ► Jerking and starting in sleep, with
frequent rushes of blood to the head, [32].
► Sleeplessness. ►► *Restless sleep (fifth and
sixteenth days), [15]; (fifteenth
day), [22]; (forty-seventh day), [23]. ►
Frequently interrupted sleep at night (seventh day), [15]. ►
Extremely restless night on account of cutting pains in the abdomen that
intermit for only a short time (after three days), [8]. ► The boy
is restless at night and cries out, [1].
► *Restless sleep and frequent waking,
with chilliness, [1]. ► *Uneasy sleep, with frequent waking, and many
dreams crowding one upon another, [4]. [1730.] ► *Restless sleep without pain, [1]. ►
She slept uneasily, started up, and talked in sleep, [1]. ► Night
restless, with anxious dreams (fourteenth day), [25]. ► *Woke at 2
A.M. and could not fall asleep again on account of rush of thoughts,
[4]. ►
He woke very often and started up without dreaming, [1]. ►
Frequent waking, with uneasiness and chilliness, though without dreams, [1]. ►
Frequently woke, and after midnight could sleep no more, [1]. ► He woke
about 11 P.M. after a sleep of an hour and a half, and then fell asleep
again for several nights, [4]. ► He woke often after midnight, and on
falling asleep about 2 or 3 o’clock, he fell into a reverie, [1]. ►
Anxious waking, about 3 A.M., [1].
[1740.] ►
Frequent waking at night, and scarcely had he fallen asleep again when
he dreamed of his business, [4]. ► She woke at 2 A.M. and could not fall
asleep again (after seven days), [8].
► Woke earlier than usual in the
morning (twenty-ninth day), [25]. ► The boy wakes at night with violent
weeping, cannot collect his senses, cries anxiously, and mumbles, [1]. ►
Frequent starting up at night, [1].
► The whole body starts up with
fright, and waking in the evening after falling asleep, [1]. ► *Starting
from sleep at night, with trembling of the whole body, [1]. ►
*Frequent starting up in fright, with sleepiness in the afternoon,
[1]. ►
Difficulty of falling asleep (fifteenth day), [13]. ► Unable
to fall asleep before midnight (seventh day), [18a]. [1750.]
► Unable to fall asleep for an hour
and a half on account of rush of ideas, two evenings (after seven days),
[1]. ►
Inability to sleep in the afternoon, the nose was so much stopped, could
not breathe (twelfth day), [19]. ► Inability to sleep till towards morning
(eighth day), [19]. ► *Extreme sleeplessness, [34], [29].
► Complete loss of sleep for eight or
ten days, even after she had no more pains (after two days), [8]. ►
She lay wide awake all night; no sleep came to her eyes, [1]. ► She lay
all night without sleep, only absorbed in wonderful fancies and
reveries, [1]. ► Complete loss of sleep for eight to ten
days, [1]. ► *Loss of sleep at night, [1]. ►
Dreams. ► *Much dreaming at
night and crying out in sleep, [1].
[1760.] ►
*Restless dreams for several nights, even loud talking in sleep,
[23]. ►
She dreams about murders, and horrid things of that sort, [32]. ► Dreams
of earthquakes and frightful storms, of fire, etc. (tenth day), [16]. ►
Dreams of a flood, with great anxiety, [13].
► Frightful dreams during the first
part of the night, [1]. ►► *Frightful dreams (twelfth
day), [12]. ►
Dream of a ghost that pursued him, after midnight (after thirteen days),
[1]. ►
Dream that he must die, [3]. ► Nightmare while half awake, with great
anxiety, as if a smoky beast of a hundred weight were lying upon him, so
that he could not stir nor utter a loud sound, [1]. ► A kind
of somnambulistic dream; he saw very vividly far-distant regions which
he had never really seen, and objects which he had desired to have
(after eight days), [1]. [1770.] ►
*Confused dreams at night, and frequent uneasy waking, [1]. ►
Confused dreams of everything that had happened, or that he had heard
during the day, [1]. ► Numerous historical and amorous dreams at
night, [1]. ►
Dreams of robbers and murderers, during which he woke and said he would
catch them, [1]. ► Disgusting offensive dreams, [4]. ►
Dreams full of quarrels and humiliation (after four days), [1]. ►
Dreams and raves much during the night, stands up and walks about the
room without knowing where he is for a long time, [1]. ► Dreams
full of reveries; he gets out of bed like a somnambulist, [1]. ► *Dreams and
reveries as soon as she falls asleep, [1]. ► A
half-waking dream, as if numerous ghosts were about him; he woke and
could not move a limb, but lay in sweat, with great anxiety and
palpitation, followed by great fearfulness (after twelve days), [1]. [1780.]
► Dreams of the occurrences of his
childhood, [4]. ►► *Dreams of his youth, waking him from sleep, and so vivid that on waking he
could, with difficulty, free himself from them, [4]. ►
*Vivid dreams of past events, [4].
► Dreams of the occurrences of the
day and of large dogs that followed him, [4].
► Many dreams of distant journeys, [9]. ►
In a dream he seems to have an epileptic attack, and his head is drawn
to one side (after thirteen days), [1].
► Dreams full of cruelty, without
anger, [1]. ►
Vexatious dreams, [1]. ► *Frightful fancies immediately after falling
asleep; sleep full of fright, and crying aloud, [1]. ►
*Bad dreams, with violent weeping, [1], [3]. [1790.] ►
A dream of being murdered, from which he woke, with great anxiety, as if
he would suffocate, without being able to speak (after fifteen days), [1]. ►
Disconnected dreams at night (second night), [2]. ► Her
head seemed excessively large during the nightly fantasies, [1]. ►
Dream of being seized by a finger, so that he woke in fright, [1]. ►
Anxious dream of being pursued, [1].
► Anxious dreams of snakes (after
five days), [1]. ► Anxious dream that he had committed a
murder and was apprehended, [1]. ► *Anxious dreams of one choking her;
she could not cry out, could only kick with the feet, [1]. ► Anxious
dream of drowning, [1]. ► Anxious dream of robbers, with whom he
fought; he woke in heat, anxious oppression, and sweat, [1]. [1800.]
► Amorous dreams of marriage, [1]. ►
Lascivious dreams, with great sexual desire (after thirteen days), [1]. ►
*Lascivious dreams, with emissions (second night), [1]. ►
Lascivious dreams (fifth night), [1].
► Lascivious dreams in the evening
and in the morning, in bed, with erections, [4]. ►
Lascivious dreams of being disturbed during coition, waking with
erection and sexual fancy (after six hours), [1]. ►
Lascivious dreams, very offensive to her, [1].
► He dreams less than usual, [4].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Violent
chill, especially in the shoulders, in the evening, [3]. ►►
*Very chilly all day, [1].
[1810.] ►
Very chilly in a hot room, without thirst, all the forenoon (third day),
[8]. ►
Chilliness after eating (twenty-fourth day), [1]. ►
Constant chilliness in the evening, even noticed externally, [3]. ►
Constant internal chilliness, with loss of appetite, [1]. ►
Constant chilliness, with occasional slight feverishness, [29]. ► *Constant
internal chilliness from taking cold at night, with loss of
appetite and sticking-burning headache, [1].
►► *Chilliness on every movement
all day; in the morning great weariness, even
to falling asleep, [1].
► *Chilly at night while half awake,
without waking, [1]. ► Febrile chill, lasting till 8.30 P.M.
(nineteenth day), [12]. ► Febrile chill, [13]. [1820.]
► General feverish condition;
chilliness in the evening (ninth day); during the day (tenth day); in
the evening (eleventh day), [27]. ► *Violent incessant internal chilliness for
several days, [1]. ► Chilliness, with sleepiness, after eating
(thirteenth day), [14]. ►► *Chilliness in the evening
(ninth day); all day (tenth day), [27].
► General feeling of chilliness, [38]. ►
Chilliness, with sticking pain, [1].
►► *Distressing sensation of
chilliness in the afternoon, especially
on the arms, in a warm room,
[1]. ►
*Chilliness, even while walking in a warm room, and in the open air so
violent that he trembled (after thirty-two hours), [1]. ►►
*He feels very chilly, even in a warm room, [29]. ►►
*Cramplike chill, in the evening in bed, so that he shivered
(fourteenth day), [1]. [1830.] ► *She
did not dare to put her hand out of bed on account of consequent
chilliness, at night and next day (after three days), [8]. ►
Alternations of chill and heat frequently during the day, [1]. ► At one
time very chilly, again exceedingly hot, [32].
► *Shaking chill, at 5 P.M.,
after some bread and beer (seventh day), [18a].
► *Shaking chill; was obliged to lie down
and could not get warm for a long time in bed, at 6 P.M.
(third day), [8]. ► *Icy-cold shivering frequently creeps over the
whole body, [1]. ► Shivering for half an hour frequently
during the day, followed by some heat, mostly in the head and face, [1]. ►
Shivering all over; a cold, starved feel; if he sat ever so near the
fire he could not get warm, [42]. ► Icy-cold feeling of the entire body, as
though exposed to a cold climate suddenly, [33]. ►
Coldness, with ravenous hunger, at night (fifteenth day), [27]. [1840.]
► Strange coldness, about the breadth
of two fingers, across the vertex, in a line with the forepart of both
ears, [32]. ►
The nose became as cold as ice, [32].
► Chilliness all down the back, [32]. ►
Chilliness in the back, [1]. ► Chilliness at first going down the back,
with icy-cold hands, followed by violent heat, with tension of the
abdomen, [1]. ► Shiverings in one shoulder (thirteenth
day), [25]. ►
Coldness of the knees and arms after walking in the open air; the
finger-nails become white, [1]. ► *The legs, as far as the knees and the feet, are
icy cold in the evening, and he is obliged to lie in bed half an hour
before they get warm, many days in succession, [1]. ►►
*Coldness of the legs, as far as the knees, in a warm room, [1]. ►
*Icy-cold feet during the day; but at night in bed burning heat of the
feet and hands, with drawing pain in the feet as far as the knees,
[1]. [1850.]
►► *Icy-cold feet in the evening,
even in bed, [4]. ►► *Icy-cold feet during the menses,
[1]. ►►
*Icy-coldness of the feet, [40].
► *Cold feet all day, [4]. ►►
Cold feet in the evening in bed, preventing sleep, [1]. ►
Cold feet, that become warm at night, every day, [1]. ► The
feet are cold when beginning to walk, [1].
► Heat. ►
Fever, with great chilliness, at 11 A.M. (fifteenth day), [12]. ► Fever
lasting till 7.30 P.M., after which all the limbs seem paralyzed
(twentieth day), [42]. ►► *Fever, with violent heat in the head,
dark redness of the face, and thirst, four days in succession, from noon
till evening; headache began half an hour before the heat, [1]. [1860.]
► The intermittent fever of Silicea
has little sweat, usually occurring from 10 A.M. to 8 P.M., or from
midnight to 8 A.M., [7]. ► Fever in the evening after lying down,
violent chill, so that she could not get warm in bed, and therefrom pain
in the stomach (after sixteen hours), [1].
► *Febrile attack in the evening;
heat all over without subsequent perspiration, [1]. ► Febrile
paroxysms in the afternoon, consisting only of heat and frightful
thirst, with very short breath, [7].
►► *Febrile heat all night, with
violent thirst and catching respiration, [7]. ► Burning
heat in the whole body, in a child, during the fever, with red, puffy
face, glands hard, like peas, about the throat and down the shoulders,
with distension of the abdomen and constant diarrhœa, [7]. ► Dry
heat and thirst for several evenings, followed by pain in the abdomen
and head, [1]. ► Heat without thirst (twenty-second day), [1]. ►
Frequent transient flushes of heat during the day, [1]. ► A not
unpleasant warmth through the whole body for two days, [1]. [1870.] ► Much heat, [3].
► Heat in the head, as if flames of
fire were coming out of the mouth, in the evening (twenty-sixth day), [26]. ►
Heat of the head, with anxiety, [1].
►► *Heat of the head, [1]; (fifth and sixth days), [18]. ►
Heat in the face and lobules of the ears many evenings, [1]. ► *Frequent
flushes of heat in the face and whole body, followed by perspiration,
even during rest; then on the slightest movement she is covered with
perspiration, [1]. ► Great heat and redness of the face, with
very cold hands and feet, [1]. ► Great heat in the face after eating, [1]. ►
Heat and burning in the face after washing with cold water, for two
hours, [1]. ►
Heat of the cheeks and palms of the hands, in the morning, [1]. [1880.]
► Heat in the lobules of the ears,
and on the head (after eight days), [1].
► Sweat. ►
Heavy sweats, [33]. ► Sweat over the whole body (sixth day), [18]. ►►
*General sweat at night (sixth night), [27]. ► *Profuse
trickling sweat at night, especially on the loins, [4]. ►►
*Profuse perspiration every night, towards morning, [1]. ►►
*Profuse general nightsweat, [4].
►► *Profuse perspiration every
night, with loss of appetite and prostration, as if he would go into a
decline, [1]. ►► *General perspiration, at night in bed,
[4]. ►►
*Nightsweat, especially on the trunk,
[4]. [1890.]
►► *Perspiration over the whole
body, every night in bed (first nights), [1]. ► Heavy
perspirations night and day, [36].
► *Sweat in the morning, [1]. ►
Perspiration while eating and talking, [1].
►► *Perspiration of a strong odor,
[1]. ►►
*Sweat on the head (seventh day), [18]. ►►
*Sweat only on the head, running down the face, [7]. ►
Nightly perspiration on the chest, [1].
► Sweat first appeared on both sides
of the spine, he then became warm over the whole upper part of the body,
afterwards sweat broke out on the face, especially on the forehead
(seventh day), [18a]. ► *Sweat on the scrotum, in the evening,
[1]. [1900.] ►
*Sweat on the scrotum; it itches all over, [1]. ► *Profuse
sweat on the hands, [1].
►► *Offensive perspiration on the
soles and between the toes; they become quite sore while walking,
[1]. ►►
*Offensive perspiration on the feet, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Weeping; forgetful and dizzy; on
rising, vertigo; dizziness and whirling; on rising from bed, reeling;
pressive headache; after rising, headache in forehead; sticking and
throbbing in forehead; pressure in occiput and nape of neck; eyes
painful; agglutination of the eyes; biting in the canthi; on waking, dry
catarrh; toothache; bad odor from the mouth; bitter taste; taste of
blood, bad taste; ravenous hunger; sour, bitter eructations; nausea and
qualmishness; twisting, etc. in pit of stomach; pressure in abdomen;
hoarseness; after washing, cough; cough; dyspnœa; pressure in abdomen;
hoarseness; pressure upon scapula; swelling of the feet; on rising,
pains in the bones. ► (Forenoon), Distraction of mind; 10 A.M., to 8
P.M., fever. ► (Afternoon), 3 to 9 P.M., headache; tearing
and sticking in head; throbbing frontal headache; griping colic; fever. ► (Evening),
While sitting and standing, vertigo; jerking through head; headache in
forehead; acid eructations; itching in rectum; after lying down, cough;
in bed, biting in legs and arms; chilliness; cold feet. ► (Night),
Rush of blood to the head; headache; pressive headache; agglutination of
the eyes; toothache; roughness and scraping in throat; pains in lower
abdomen; pain in testicles; cough; drawing between scapula; sweat. ► (Cold air),
Stitches in teeth. ► (Deep breathing), Stitches in chest; pain
beneath left ribs; sticking pains. ►
(Eating), Toothache. ► (After eating),
Difficult hearing; pain in abdomen; pressure in abdomen; cough;
oppression of chest. ► (Lying of left side), Vertigo. ► (During menses),
Anxiety in pit of stomach; cold feet. ►
(At new moon), Most symptoms. ► (Motion),
Tearing headache in forehead; pain in sinciput; pain in temples; pain in
left side of head; pain across hypochondria; stiffness of left arm;
pain. ► (Pressure),
Pain in left side of head. ► (Reflection), Vertigo. ►
(Rest), Vertigo; pressure upon
scapulæ. ► (On
rising), Vertigo. ► (Sitting), Vertigo; headache in forehead;
stiffness of back; tearing in knees; tearing pain in legs. ► (Standing),
Palpitation; pain in feet. ► (Stooping), Vertigo, headache in forehead;
pain in temples; nosebleed; pain in small of back; pain in left hip. ► (Storm),
Exhaustion. ► (Swallowing), Crackling in ear. ► (Talking),
Headache in forehead. ► (Turning suddenly), Headache in forehead. ► (While urinating),
Cutting, burning, and smarting in urethra. ►
(On waking), Anxiety. ► (Walking),
Vertigo; pinching in the head; headache in forehead; sticking pain in
left side of abdomen; stitches in rectum; oppression of chest; pain in
feet; tearing in feet. ► (Walking in open air), Nausea; pressure in
stomach; griping in abdomen; heaviness of extremities. ► (Warmth),
Pain in legs. ► Amelioration. ► (Binding head
tightly), Tearing pain in head. ►
(Motion), Tearing in knees. ► (Riding in open
air), Vertigo.® 2000
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