Text Book of Materia Medica.
By Adolph Lippe, M. D.
Professor of Materia Medica at the Homœopathic
College of Pennsylvania.
Presented by Médi-T.
Corallium rubrum.
Head.
Sensation of emptiness and hollowness of the head.
Violent headache, with pressure, particularly in the forehead, obliging
one to move the head from one place to another ; this gives no
relief, nor does sitting up ameliorate it -it is only relieved for a
short time by uncovering the whole body, which is burning hot.
When moving the head quickly, or rocking it, sensation as if wind were
blowing through the skull.
The head feels as if it were too large (three times its size).
[5] Pressing headache in the
forehead ; she cannot keep the eyes open ; relieved by walking
in the open air.
Congestion of blood to the head on stooping.
Eyes.
Pressure, as from sand, in the reddened eyes (evening).
On closing the eyes they feel hot, as if bathed in tears.
Burning of the eyes from candle light.
Nose.
[10] Painful ulcer on tine inside of
the right wing, with the sensation as if the nasal bones were pressed
asunder.
Bleeding of the nose, from one nostril at a time (at night).
Profuse secretion of mucus through the posterior nares, obliging one to
hawk frequently.
Violent coryza ; discharge resembles molten tallow.
Face.
Heat in the face on bending the head forward.
[15] Pain, as if bruised, in the left
malar bone ; worse on touching the part.
The lips are chapped and painful.
Painful swelling of the left sub-maxillary glands ; worse when
swelling and on bending head forward.
Mouth and Throat.
Every tooth on the left side feels as if set on edge ; it feels as
if the teeth were too close to one another, or as if a tenacious body
were lodged between them.
Great dryness of the fauces.
[20] Constant hawking, owing to an
accumulation of mucus in the posterior nares.
Stomach and Abdomen.
Food tastes insipid.
Beer tastes sweet.
Violent thirst ; longing for acids and salt feet.
After dinner, hot cheeks and forehead, with cold feet.
[25] Nausea, with dryness of the tongue
and violent headache ; worse when sitting up.
Stool and Anus.
Constipation (for six days), followed by copious papescent stool.
Urinary Organs.
Loam-colored urine, with similar sediment.
Burning urine.
Sexual Organs.
Men. Profuse perspiration of the
genitals.
[30] Swelling of the prepuce ; the
margin of the prepuce feels sour when the linen touches it.
The frænum is painful, as if pricked by needles.
The glans is sensitive, red, and swollen, and the inner surface and
glans secret yellow-green, fetid pus.
Red, flat ulcers on the glans and inner surface of the prepuce, with
secretion of the quantity of yellow ichor.
Involuntary seminal emissions during sleep (without dreams or
erections).
Respiratory Organs.
[35] During a deep inspiration a
sensation as if the air passing through the air-passages were icy cold,
an inclination to cough, with difficulty hawking up of bronchial mucus
(in the morning).
Back and Neck.
Stiffness of the neck.
Pain, as if the small of the back were broken.
Extremities.
Upper. Pain in the wrists, as if he had
been writing much and rapidly.
Lower. Pain in the knees, tibia and
tarsal joint, as ; if he had walked a great deal.
Sleep.
[40] Yawning, with pain in the
articulation of the jaw.
Great sleepiness ; falls asleep while standing.
As soon as she falls asleep she starts up, on account of frightful
dreams.
Cannot sleep before midnight-tosses about ; if he uncovers himself,
he feels ; too cold, and when covered, he feels too hot.
Fever.
Pulse full and hard.
[45] Chill ; the skin is of the
ordinary temperature, with headache and violent thirst ; relieved
by external heat.
Dry heat without thirst, and not followed by perspiration.
The hot parts feel cold when uncovered.
Skin.
Smooth spots on the palms ; of the hands and fingers, first of a
coral color, then dark-red, and lastly copper-colored.
Conditions.
After a short walk in the evening, great lassitude in the upper and
lower limbs.
Artificial heat relieves the heat and coldness.
[50] The pains make him scold and
swear.
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