ARNICA.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
►
Trembling in the lower extremities, [6]. ► At night, the lower extremities are painful when laid across
one another, [10]. ►
Tearing pain in the lower extremities, [1]. ► (Tearing pain in the lower extremities), [12]. [See note to S. 632. -Hughes.] ►
*Drawing pressive pain in the left hip-joint, the thigh being extended, when sitting
(after five hours), [2]. ►
Single thrusts in the hips, [1]. [700.] ► *Pain
as from a sprain in the hips (back, chest, wrists), [1]. ► Continual pinching on the
outer side of the thighs (after half an hour), [9]. ► Thighs of a livid color, with blue and yellowish marks, as if
black and blue, [35]. ►
Trembling of the recti muscles of left thigh (common), [23].
► Pinching twitchings in the upper portion of the left
thigh, near the scrotum, [3]. ►
(Abscess of the psoas muscle), [1]. ► Pain in the thigh when rising and stepping upon the foot, [1]. ► Transient tension
in left buttock and knee, [24]. ►
Drawing, cramplike pressure in the muscles of the thigh when sitting (after forty-eight
hours), [8]. ►
Slight tearing in the left upper thigh (very common), [23].
[710.] ► Fine
stitches in the thigh above the knee (after a quarter of an hour), [9]. ► Itching stitches on the
inner side of the thigh above the knee; they become more violent by rubbing (after two
hours), [9]. ► *Pain in
the thighs when walking, as from a blow or contusion, [2]. ► Sense of twitching in the
muscles of the thigh, [1]. ►
Finely stinging itching of the inner side of the thigh, like soreness, diminished by
contact, [2]. ► The
knees suddenly bend when standing (after one hour), [7].
► The knee-joints have no firmness; they totter when
standing (after three hours), [7]. ► Sometimes sudden absence of power in the knees; they bend,
whilst the feet are numb and insensible, [1]. ► (Cramplike pain in the knee and leg), [1]. ► Tearing in the knees (not
uncommon), [24]. [720.]
► Violent tearing in the region of the left knee,
ameliorated by violent friction, [24]. ► Pressive tearing below the left knee, [3]. ► Stitches in the knee (and
in both middle fingers), [1]. ►
Pain in the right knee when ascending the stairs, as if one had knocked it against something
(after three hours), [7]. ►
Sense as of gurgling in the lower part of the leg, from below upwards, when at rest (after
quarter of an hour), [9]. ►
Prick in the knee when touched (after one hour), [9].
► Intense burning at a small spot on the outside
of the left tibia, [23]. ►
Twitching-lancinating pain in the tibia, extending from below upwards (after six hours), [1]. ► Pressure in the
tibia, as after knocking it against something, only when walking (after thirty hours), [2]. ► Tension in the
muscles of the calf from below upwards, accompanied by drawing when standing (after seven
hours), [2]. [730.]
► Tearing pain, like boring and digging, from above
downwards in the left calf; the pain then extends into the thigh, thence crossing behind the
os coccygis, and finally terminating at the right iliac bone (after six hours), [7]. ► *Pain as after a
violent blow over the calf of the right leg, accompanied by lassitude of the legs,
[6]. ► Want of
power in both ankles, and a heavy weight on each instep, [35].
► Tearing in the malleoli, [1].
► Tearing pain on right external malleolus, and on dorsum of
foot, [24]. ►
Pain in the tarsal joint, undulating, tearing (almost dull stitching), [3]. ► *Pain as from a sprain in the
tarsal joint, [3]. ►
Tearing in the heel, [1]. ►
Stitches in the right foot over the heel, in the tendo Achillis, only when extending the
tarsal joint, but not when walking (after two hours), [7].
► Sudden swelling of the (sick) foot, [1]. [740.] ►
The feet felt tired after having taken a walk in the open air; the knees bent; as soon as
the feet felt weary she became sleepy at once, fell asleep, and dreamed immediately, [1]. ► Inexpressible pain
in the (sick) foot, as from internal uneasiness, and as if it were lying too hard; this
obliges one to move the part hither and thither, in the evening (after eight hours), [1]. ► *Arthritic pain in the
foot, with a little fever towards evening, [1].
► Violent burning in the feet, [10]. ► Violent biting and burning
on the external ridge of left foot, through a centre, [24].
► (Pressive pain in the paralyzed foot), [1]. ► Stitches in the foot,
extending through the big toe, [1]. ► Tingling in the feet, [6].
► Feeling as of crawling and creeping in the feet, [1]. ► Drawing in the outer
half of the back of the left foot, [24]. [750.] ► Sweat of the soles of
the feet and toes, [1]. ►
Standing becomes painful, [1]. ►
Cramp in the toes of the left foot (after thirty-six hours), [6].
► Painful cramp in the muscles of the soles of the feet, [1]. ► Stitches in the
soles of the feet, in one and the same spot, when walking, as if there were a corn (after
thirty-six hours), [2]. ►
When walking, on raising left foot, and bending left ankle, crawling in the outer half of
left sole, as if the nerve were pulled, [24].
► Crawling prickings in the soles of the feet, one and
the same place, [2]. ►
Tearing in the left little toe, [24]. ► Sticking tearing in the under surface of the big toe,
especially when setting down the foot (after four hours), [9].
► Sticking-tearing pain in the tip of the big toe; it
comes on gradually, and is felt when lying down for the siesta, [1]. [760.] ►
Violent stitches in the toes when walking, [2]. ► Single, severe stitches in the big toe (after one hour), [1]. ► Dull, long stitch
in the right big toe, [1]. ►
*Arthritic, dull pain towards evening, as from a sprain in the joint of the big toe,
accompanied by some redness, [1]. ► Dull throbbing pain in one of the toes, [3]. ► Dull, trembling pain in one
of the toes, [3]. ►
Single shocks in the big toe, [1].
GENERALITIES.
► (Jerks and
shocks in the body, as by electricity), [12]. [See
note to S. 632. -Hughes.] ► Sudden twitches of single
muscles in almost every part of the body, especially in the limbs; those twitches produce a
shock either in single parts of the body, or in the whole body, [10]. ► Uneasiness in the whole
body, without any mental anguish; a kind of excessive mobility, which finally becomes a kind
of trembling of the whole body, [1]. [770.] ► Orgasm of the blood
in the evening, accompanied by dizziness of the head; he feels pulsations in the whole body;
(he coughs for hours until he vomits; this wakes him at night), [1]. ► When walking in the open
air, he feels as if the whole right side, especially the shoulder, were too heavy and
paralyzed; he does not feel this in the least when in the room (after eight hours), [2]. ► *Lassitude and
sluggishness of the whole body; the legs are scarcely able to stand, [6]. ► General fatigue,
lassitude, and sleepiness, [27]. ► General weakness, [26].
► Loss of strength, [35].
► *General sinking of strength; he can scarcely
move a limb, [6]. ►
Feeble in walking, as if suddenly blighted with old age, [35].
► Tremulous uneasiness and weakness, [4]. ► *Weakness, weariness,
sensation as of being bruised; these symptoms oblige him
to lie down, [4]. [780.]
► Felt sick and feeble on rising, [30]. ► Comfortable feeling of
exhaustion, [25]. ►
He feels faint when walking; he recovers himself when standing, [1]. ► Faintness, [35]. ► *Painful and excessive
sensitiveness of the whole body, [1]. ► *Painful sensitiveness of all the joints and of the skin, on making
the slightest motion (after four hours), [1].
► Extreme malaise, [29].
► Indescribable discomfort and disinclination to
activity, [26]. ►
Excessively violent pain, which caused many to scratch the wall or the floor with their
nails, like madmen; the pains do not continue more than an hour (immediately after taking
the medicine), [14]. [790.]
► (Burning and cutting pains here and there), [12]. [See note to S. 632. -Hughes.] ►
Everything on his body feels as if it were tied too tight, [1].
► Extremely disagreeable painfulness of the periosteum of
all the bones, resembling almost a drawing in all the limbs, as in fever and ague, [1]. ► From time to time
tearing in almost every part of the body, especially, however, in the lower and upper
extremities; in the lower extremities they are mostly felt when sitting; the pain for the
most part appears to rise from below upwards, [7]. ► Stitching pains, [21]. ► Burning stitches in different parts of the body, [24]. ►► *Felt as if
bruised over the whole body, [35]. ► Twitching pain in the affected part (after two hours), [1]. ► Disagreeable sense, as
of tingling or dull pain in a contused part, [1].
► Fine prickings in almost every part of the body,
especially the nose, eyebrows, eyelids, even hands and fingers, [1]. [800.] ► Intense pricking and itching of the entire body, [28].
SKIN.
► Skin red, [36]. ► *Skin red, hot, and
œdematous, [36]. ►
Skin cold, dry, [30]. ►
Eruption, with great burning or smarting, [38]. ► Vesicular eruption, with great heat and great irritation, [36]. ► Fine vesicular
eruption, with itching, [36]. ►
Red patches, with swelling and burning, [39]. ► Caused erysipelatous redness and turgescence of the skin,
with increased temperature, and in many places papular elevations, which on slight touch
itch rather than pain, and are tipped with a small vesicle, [34].
► Erythematous inflammation of the skin with œdema over
the face and whole body; it becomes vesicular and finally scales off, [32]. [810.] ► Nettle-rash eruption (child from smelling Arnica), [32]. ► Itching rash
(produced by moistening the skin with the tincture), [1].
► Eruption like pin-heads with red skin, [36]. ► Vesicles, closely set,
acuminated, on an inflamed base, [38]. ► Red points and vesicles with red areola, smarting and
itching, [39]. ►
Pustules in fourteen days, [37]. ►
Pimples on the side of the forehead, partly filled with pus (after three days), [7]. ► Rash on the face,
especially the forehead, which goes and comes, [35]. ► Erythema of the face; less about the margins of the hair;
worse on the lids. The cheeks, upper lip, and nose dark-red and moderately swollen. The
concha, especially its margin, swollen and bright red; the adjacent parts were much swollen
and red. The lids were œdematous, and œdematous sacs hung from the lower lids; with heat
in the face and violent biting (itching), disturbing sleep. Pulse normal, [33]. ► (A repeated result of
using tincture of Arnica on himself and others). ►
Eruption over the malar bone, [36]. [820.] ► Eruption on the
cheeks, like small-pox; mostly under the eyes, [5]. ► Pimple on both sides of the upper lip (after two days), [7]. ► Pimple in the
groove of the upper lip, in the middle, with redness all around, and tensive pain, [5]. ► Small, rapidly
suppurating acne-pustule under the right labial commissure, [24].
► Several vesicles in middle of lower lip, containing a
clear fluid and soon drying into scabs, [25]. ► Pimples in the nose and under the nose, which are filled with
pus at the tips, with a biting pain, [1]. ► Pimple on the side of the neck, which when touched stings and
pains as if ulcerated (after forty-eight hours), [1].
[This kind of pimple is painful to touch, surrounded with an
inflamed red border: is extremely similar to a boil. Boils are, therefore, cured by Arnica.
Homœopathically Arnica may be used as a preventive against boils in persons who are subject
to them. I know this from experience. -H.] ► Erysipelatous
inflammation, the left hand dark-blue, and
covered with large and small vesicles which gave the skin the appearance of a rhinoceros
hide, [37]. ►
Eruption on the palms, causes complete exfoliation of the skin; the hands have a scaly look,
and the skin is somewhat cracked in the folds, [39]. ► Itching pimple between the thumb and the index finger; when touched a fine stinging pain, as if a splinter were in it
(after forty hours), [1]. [830.]
► Burning pain at times in this, at times in another part
of the skin, [1]. ►
Sense of cold, at times in one, at times in another place in the skin, [1]. ► Transient but violent
tearings at different times and on different parts of the skin, [24]. ► A sharp pricking sensation
over the whole surface of the body, [13]. ► (Stinging, burning, and itching pain in the skin, here and
there, which is felt when lying down for the siesta; it soon goes off of itself and by
scratching), [1]. ►
Itching of the skin, [25].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Yawning
(after half an hour), [7]. ►
Frequent yawning, [1]. ►
Frequent yawning, in the evening, without sleepiness, [1]. ► Yawning and stretching,
accompanied by dilatation of the pupils, without sleepiness (after one hour), [1]. [840.] ►
Yawning (with the nausea), [25]. ► Sleepiness, [27]. ► *Sleepiness (after half an hour), [1]. ► Somnolence, [20]. ► Unusual
drowsiness in the forenoon, [23]. ► In the evening, one feels sleepy too soon, [1]. ► He become sleepy too early
in the evening, [5]. ►
Sleepiness during the day (after two hours), [7]. ► He becomes very sleepy after having walked long in the open
air; he is not disposed, then, either to speak or think, although he was very cheerful
previously, [4]. ►
A good deal of sleep, [1]. [850.]
► He cannot fall asleep in the evening; but he sleeps so
much longer in the morning, [1]. ►
Sleeplessness with anguish, as if owing to heat, until 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, [1]. ► Sleeplessness and
wakefulness until 2 or 3 o’clock after midnight; this is accompanied by a stinging, biting
itching, here and there, [1]. ►
In the evening she sleeps a couple of hours; afterwards she remains wide awake until 5
o’clock in the morning; then she falls into a sound sleep until 9 o’clock in the forenoon, [1]. ► Unusually early
waking in morning, with inability to fall asleep again, [24].
► Sudden startings as with fright, when falling asleep, [8]. ► While falling
asleep, at night, he is roused from sleep by a peculiar sensation of heat in the head; this
is followed by anguish when awake; he dreads similar attacks; and is afraid that he may have
an apoplectic fit, (after ten hours), [6]. ► Restless sleep, [25]. ► Sleep restless and diminished, [25].
► Whimpering, while asleep (after two hours), [1]. [860.] ► Loud unintelligible talking when asleep, without being
accompanied by dreams which one can recollect, [1]. ► Starting and jerking backwards of the head, while asleep, [1]. ► Starting up while
asleep, [1]. ► Went
to bed languid and exhausted, sleep much disturbed, awake six or seven times, each time
dreaming he was dying and that the bed was surrounded by friends, [35]. ► *Involuntary escaping of fæces
while asleep, [1]. ►
Frequent waking, with emissions of semen (second night), [8].
► Sleep restless and disturbed by dreams, [26]. ► Sleep restless, frequently
waked by dreams, [26]. ► Sleep full of dreams, [1].
► His sleep is full of dreams and does not refresh him;
he feels as if he had not slept at all, [1]. [870.] ► When half asleep he
dreams for several hours; the dreamer shows much irresolution, [1]. ► Vivid dreams which cannot
be recollected, [8]. ►
Vivid dreams towards morning; while dreaming he talks loud and is waked by it (sixth day), [7]. ► The visions which
he had seen in the dreams of the previous night return, [10].
► Anxious dreams about visions which he had seen in
previous dreams, [7]. ►
Very vivid dreams, [25]. ►
Vivid, agreeable dreams, [25]. ►
Vivid dreams, the first agreeable, the latter causing anxiety, [8]. ► Anxious, heavy dreams the
whole night; they depress his strength a good deal, [1].
► She dreams the whole night that she is overwhelmed with
reproaches; on waking she was scarcely able to realize that all this had been a mere dream, [1]. [880.] ► He has terrible dreams, screams loud while asleep; this wakes
him up, [1]. ►
Fearful dreams of large black dogs and cats, immediately after falling asleep in the
evening, [1]. ► He
dreamed of men being flayed; this appeared frightful to him, [2].
► Dreams about frightful objects, of the lightning having
struck, graves, etc., [9].
FEVER.
► Feeling of cold
all over the body, although he is naturally warm (after one hour), [1]. ► Shaking chills without any
thirst, [1]. ►
Chilliness mostly in the evening, [1]. ► External and internal chilliness an hour after the headache,
and constant anguish, [1]. ►
A violent shivering creeps through him when gaping, [4].
► A violent shivering thrills through him when walking, [3]. [890.] ► When waking from sleep, by day or at night, he feels an
internal, continued chilliness, without, however, any shivering, [1]. ► *In the morning she feels
chilly when in bed; the chilliness begins before she rises, and continues the
whole forenoon, [10]. ►►
*Shivering over the whole body and the head, at the same time heat in the head and redness
and heat in the face, accompanied by coolness of the hands and a feeling as of the hips, the
back, and the anterior surface of the arms being bruised, [1]. ► Morning, when in bed, he
has a feeling of cold in the right side upon which he was lying (after quarter of an hour), [2]. ► Chilliness in the
back and the anterior part of the thighs, early in the morning, [1]. ► Heat of the whole body, [15]. [See note to S. 537. -Hughes.] ► *Dry heat over the whole body, after waking early in the
morning, [1]. ► *Dry
heat in the bed, with violent thirst; heat becomes intolerable to him; he tries to uncover
himself; but he feels chilly upon uncovering himself, or even when making the slightest
motion in bed, [1]. ►
Flush of heat over the face and sensation of an agreeable warmth of the body (after half an
hour), [2]. ► Short
repeated attacks of anguish, with flying heat over the whole body, [1]. [900.] ► When lying some time without stirring, he feels hot,
especially about the head; he is obliged to shift his position constantly, [1]. ► Flushes of heat in the
back, by paroxysms, [1]. ►
Fever in the morning; first, chilliness, afterwards, attack of heat, [1]. ► *Great internal heat, hands and
feet being cold, accompanied by chills over the whole body, [10]. ► Sweat, [12]. ► Frequent sweats, [22]. ► Slight sweat when
waking from sleep, [8]. ►
Skin more moist than usual, on the chest and inner surface of the arms, [26]. ► Increased perspiration
during the night, [26]. ►
*The exhalations smell sour, [1]. [910.] ► Nightly, sour sweat,
[1]. ► Several
transitory sweats over the whole body, at night, accompanied by anguish, [1].® 2000
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