BOENNINGHAUSEN’S CHARACTERISTICS MATERIA MADICA & REPERTORY – C.M. BOGER

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BŒNNINGHAUSEN’S
CHARACTERISTICS
MATERIA MEDICA
by
C. M. BOGER, M.D.

Magnetis polus arcticus

[M-arct.]

Mind.–

Anxious,
fainthearted, mild mood with chilliness. Anxious, uneasy scrupulosity.
Fainthearted and want of courage. Tearful.

Vertigo.–

As
though intoxicated, when walking in open air.

Head.–

Bruised
pain in, from looking up and moving eyes. Pressure, as though upon a
bruised spot. Sensation within, like the movement of a pendulum, after
ascending steps. Tension in scalp, as though it adhered too tightly.

Eyes.–

Twitching
and drawing in lids. Coldness of weak eye, as though a piece of ice lay
in the orbit. Tearful. Restless motion of. Staring look.

Ears.–

Deafness
with tension in drum.

Nose.–

Violent
nosebleed proceeded by aching in forehead. Odor as of rotten eggs or
fresh whitewash within.

Face.–

Pale.
Tension of. Single jerks in periosteum of jaw during toothache. During
(Violent spasmodic) yawning, pain in maxillary joint, as though it would
be dislocated. Trismus.

Teeth.–

Incisors
sensitive when inhaling. Toothache in hollow teeth, with inflamed,
swollen gums and red, hot, swelled cheeks. Throbbing ache in lower jaw
with burning while there is chilliness. Cramp – like pain in hollow
teeth, with single jerks in right lower jaw, Ache, with violent jerks,
as though they would. Ache, with violent jerks, as the they would be
torn out. Worse: After eating, in a warm room. Better: In
open air.

Mouth.–

Bad
odor from increased flow of saliva.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger in evening.

Heartburn. Especially after supper.

Abdomen.–

Distended.
Sensitiveness of upper a region. Pressure, as upon a bruised spot, here
and there in. Inguinal hernia with outward boring pains.

Flatulence:
Gurgling, as from flatus in abdomen. Flatulent colic in evening.

Stool.–

Constipated,
infrequent, too large in form and passed with difficulty.

Urine.–

Dark.

Sexual Organs.–

Violent
erections and excessive pollutions.

Female.–

Menses:
Too scanty.

Cough.–

Suffocative,
asthmatic c., in open air. Dry, spasmodic, suffocative, c., in evening
after lying down and toward midnight, only suppressing it. From smoking.

Back.–

Neck:
Crepitation and cracking in cervical vertebrae.

Back:
Bruised pain when bending backward.

Upper Extremities.–

Heaviness
in arms. Cold sweat on hands. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities.–

Cold
sweat on soles.

Generalities.–

Excitability
and trembling, great restlessness in limbs and great nervous weakness.
Weariness and bruised sensation in limbs, in open air. Heaviness of
single limbs, with sensation of increased strength therein.

Bones.–

Drawing
in periosteum.

Sleep.–

Great
day sleepiness, like sopor. Stupefied sleep. Violent, spasmodic yawning,
with pain in maxillary joints, as though they would be torn out. Toward
morning sound, deep sleep.

Fever.–

Predominating
chilliness and shaking chill during entire day. Chilliness accompanies
the symptoms.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bell.,
m Ign., M – caust., Puls., Zinc.

Magnetis polus australis

[M-aust.]

Mind.–

Unsteadiness
and instability, ideas cannot be properly fixed and objects hover only
half observed before the senses. Disposition to start. Vehemence and
irascibility. Harshness in word and deed.

Sensorium.–

Reeling
and staggering when walking.

Head.–

Congestion
to (without heat). Crawling in brain, root of nose and temples. Headache
from mental exertion.

Eyes.–

Tears
in. Painfully, sore dryness of lids.

Ears.–

Sensation,
as of a cold (or warm) wind blowing on.

Nose.–

Suppressed
fluent coryza.

Face.–

Sensation
of a cold breath on.

Teeth.–

Tearing
twitching in upper jaw (or in one eye – tooth) extending toward eye, in
evening. Stitches in hollow t. toothache, warm drinks.

Mouth.–

Foul
odor from, early in morning. Salivation. Difficult speech.

Appetites, etc. – Indifference to food, drink and smoking. Great
appetite in evening. Ravenous hunger during chill.

Stomach.–

Pressure
in, from mental exertion. Pain in, as though a bruised place were
pressed upon.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea,
preceded by cutting in abdomen and chill.

Urine.–

Nightly
involuntary discharge of, from weakness of urinary organs. Incontinence
from weakness of sphincter vesicae. Interrupted urination, the urine
passes drop by drop, with insensibility of urethra. Feeble stream.

Sexual Organs.–

Drawing
and twitching in spermatic cord. Spasmodic retraction of testes.
Violently excited sexual desire. Impotency from a sudden disappearance
of voluptuous sensation during coition.

Female.–

Menses:
Of pale, watery blood, too early and too profuse. Uterine hemorrhage.

Respiration.–

Short,
seeming to arise from epigastrium. Deep, sighing r., with involuntary
swallowing at the same time, Slow, loud, snuffling expiration before,
and a similar inspiration after midnight.

Chest.–

Pressive
pain in, with anxiety. Violent palpitation.

Back.–

Heat
in. Lumbar ache.

Upper Extremities.–

Rambling
and gurgling down arm. Panaritia with throbbing in finger – tips.

Lower Extremities.–

Paralytic
drawing in legs. Easy dislocation of ankle. Varicose veins during
pregnancy. Ingrowing toe – nails, they grow into the flesh.

Generalities.–

Great
tendency to take cold, on exposure to slight cold, nose, ears, hands and
feet are frozen, and in a warm room they become hot, creep and itch.
Great aversion to open air. Sensation of a cold wind blowing over entire
body. Twitching pains here and there. Bruised pain in parts upon which
he does not lie. Many symptoms are intensified by motion.

Sleep.–

Sleepiness
with inability to sleep before midnight.

Fever.–

Warmth
all over. Warmth constantly predominates.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ign., M – arcot., Nux-v.,
Zinc.

Magnesia carbonica

[Mag-c.]

Mind.–

Anxiety
and fearfulness, with trembling and heat. Peevishness in evening.

Head.–

Congestion
to. Pressive pain over entire head, with preoccupation during mental
exertion. Stitches in side upon which he lies at night. Tension in
occiput. Dandruff on scalp, itching during wet weather.

Eyes.–

Inflamed,
with obscuration of cornea. Agglutinated early in morning. Swollen
eyeball. Black spots before. Cataract.

Ears.–

Difficult
hearing. Sensitive to noise. Diminution of hearing, especially in the
room, with buzzing and roaring in.

Nose.–

Complete
stoppage, compelling one to open the mouth.

Face.–

Sickly,
earthy countenance. Changing color. Tension, as though white of egg had
dried on. Puffiness and nodular swellings on. Face – ache, nightly
tearing, boring and digging in zygoma, in supportable during rest.

Teeth.–

Ache
when driving. Burning in evening and at night in bed, insupportable
during rest, compelling him to get up. Ache, with great physical
restlessness. Sticking in, after eating. Ache during pregnancy. Worse:
Cold.

Mouth.–

Nightly
dryness in. Vesicular eruption in, and on tongue. Sticking sore throat
when talking and swallowing. Stitchings in throat. Roughness in throat,
as from awns of barley. Often there is a sudden faltering in speech.

Taste:
Sour, in mouth. Lost, of food, it tastes like straw.

Stomach.–

Spasm
of. Pressive contraction in, with sour eructations.

Appetite:
Great, for vegetables with aversion to meat. Violent thirst for water at
night.

Abdomen.–

Spasmodic
colic in, with discharge of leucorrhoea, or during menses.

Stool.–

Constipated
and retained. Green, frothy diarrhoea with cutting in abdomen. Sour –
smelling d. of children.

Urine.–

Greatly
increased, pale or greenish. Involuntary discharge of. Enuresis.

Sexual Organs.–

Diminished
sexual desire. Erections wanting.

Female.–

Menses:
Retarded or entirely suppressed lying. Pale face and other symptoms,
during. White, acrid, mucous leucorrhoea.

Cough.–

Violent,
from tickling in throat or thyroid region, dry in evening and at night,
in morning and by day, expectoration of a yellow, thin, but tenacious,
mucus, or of dark blood of a somewhat saltish taste. Spasmodic, at
night. Haemoptysis.

Chest.–

Constriction
of. Soreness in.

Back.–

Violent
bruised pain at night in, and in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.–

Nightly
tearing in shoulder, with crawling extending into fingers. Cracks in
skin of hands. Sticking, spreading vesicles on hands and fingers.
Inflammatory swelling and redness of fingers.

Lower Extremities.–

Burning
spots on shin – bone. Boils on lower leg. Cramp in calves at night.

Generalities.–

Painless
twitchings here and there. Emaciation and physical relaxation,
especially of children. General painfulness of entire body. Sense of
great exhaustion when sitting. Sudden falling to the ground with
unconsciousness. In evening, after prolonged sitting, restlessness in
limbs, which necessitates rising. Most symptoms appear or are
intensified in the evening and at night, as well as during rest.

Skin.–

Spreading
vehicles on hands and fingers. Small, red, painless herpes, which
afterward desquamate. Violent itching. Small boils. Dry.

Sleep.–

Day
sleepiness. Unrefreshing, at night. Crying out during. Sleeplessness
from nightly oppression in abdomen. Anxious dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat accelerated, at night only. Chill: And shuddering, with
external coldness in evening and after lying down, only disappearing
slowly. Heat: Most in forenoon, often with sweat, but on hand
only. In evening after chill. Nightly,
anxious, internal, with restlessness and
fear of uncovering. Sweat: During whole night, most profuse in
the morning hours. Greasy, staining the linen yellow, at the same time
it is sour and fetid.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ars., Chem., Coff.,
Coloc, Graph., Kali – c, Mag
– m., Nux-v., Puls., Rhe.

Complementary:
Cham.

Magnesia muriatica

[Mag-m.]

Mind.–

Anxious
tearful mood. Peevish, ill humor.

Vertigo.–

Giddiness
in head with heaviness thereof, especially early in morning.

Head.–

Congestion
to, with roaring therein. Tensive pressure in forehead on awaking.
Griping and raging in temples in evening while in bed. Numb feeling in
forehead, with stupefaction of head. Worse: Early on awaking,
lying down. Better: Wrapping head warmly, walking in open air.

Eyes.–

Inflamed,
with red sclerotic and violent burning when looking into light. Nightly
agglutination. Yellow sclerotic.

Ears.–

Pulsation
in. Deafness, as though something were lying before.

Nose.–

Swelling
of wings. Want of smell, with scurf in nostrils paining violently when
touched. Coryza: With discharge of yellow, offensive mucus, and
diminished taste and smell, stuffed c. at night.

Face.–

Pale,
yellowish complexion. Eruption, paining violently when touched. Cramping
pains in facial bones. Large, clear blisters on vermilion border of
lips. Cracked lips.

Teeth.–

Eyeteeth
are painful and feel elongated. toothache greatly by touch of food. Gums
bleed easily, are swollen and painful.

Mouth.–

Burned
sensation in entire buccal cavity. Thick, tenacious mucus in throat, is
hawked loose with difficulty. Rawness and soreness in fauces.

Stomach.–

Ulcerative
and bruised pain in, also sensitive to touch externally.

Hypochondria:
– Chronic inflammation of liver. Stitches in hepatic region. Pressive
pains in liver, lying on right side.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger and hungry sensation in stomach. Hunger without knowing
what he wants. Inclination to nibble dainties. Violent thirst.

Eructations:
Sense of a ball rising into throat. disappearing after eructation.
Hiccough during and after dinner, so violent that the stomach becomes
sore.

Abdomen.–

Constant,
violent distension of, with constipation. Tearing in. Old, painful
induration of right lower a. Hysterical uterine and abdominal spasms
which extend into thighs and are followed by a discharge of leucorrhoea.

Stool.–

Knotty,
hard, difficult, unsatisfactory and retarded. Diarrhoea of mucus and
blood.

Urine.–

Diminished
flow.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early and too profuse, with violent lumbar pains and a remarkably
pale face. Suppressed. Leucorrhoea, especially during motion.

Cough.–

Dry,
in evening and at night. Spasmodic, nightly c., with tickling in throat.
During day, with expectoration of a watery but tenacious, yellowish,
sometimes purulent mucus mixed with clots of blood, of a fatty taste and
offensive odor.

Larynx.–

Roughness
and dryness in. Burning in. Hoarseness.

Chest.–

Stitches
at heart, which arrest breathing. Palpitation when sitting, which
disappears during motion. Constriction in cardiac region. Burning
soreness in. Ulcerative pain in.

Back.–

Burning
in, especially after coition.

Upper Extremities.–

Asleep
sensation in arms, on awaking early in morning.

Lower Extremities.–

Restlessness
in thighs when sitting. Cramps in calves at night. Foot sweat. Burning
in soles.

Generalities.–

Restlessness
of entire body, as soon as she closes her eyes, in evening when in bed.
Jerkings thro body, at night while lying awake. General sick and bruised
sensation, with great sensitiveness to noise. Attacks of hysterical
spasms. Most complaints appear at night and during rest, especially when
sitting, and are by gentle motion. With the exception of the chest
complaints, he feels better in the open air.

Sleep.–

Great
day sleepiness, with indolence and yawning. Nightly sleeplessness on
account of heat, with restlessness and violent thirst. Late falling to.
Frequent waking, from cough.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat accelerated, with ebullition of blood when sitting. Chill:
In evening between four and eight o’ clock, even when near a warm stove,
slowly disappearing after lying down. Heat: After the chill, in
evening until midnight. In evening, with sweat on head only. With
thirst. Sweat: With thirst, continuing from midnight until
morning. Early morning sweat.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Calc – c, Lyc.,
Mag-c., Nux – v., SEP. Sul.

Manganum aceticum

[Mang.]

Mind.–

Quiet,
introverted, peevishness.

Head.–

Congestion
to. Sticking or tensive ache. Painful concussion in brain during motion.
Headaches which come on when in the room, are in open air and vice
versa. Headache from anything that
increases congestion to head, straining of stool, physical exertion,
etc.

Eyes.–

Burning
heat and dryness. Myopia.

Ears.–

Violent
earache. Sticking pain in, when talking. laughing, swallowing and
walking briskly. Pains migrate from other parts into ears. Difficult
hearing, as from stoppage of, varying with the change of weather.
Cracking in, when blowing nose and swallowing.

Nose.–

Stuffed
coryza, with obstruction of both nostrils.

Face.–

Pale,
sunken. Dry lips. Corners of mouth ulcerated.

Teeth.–

Painfully
sensitive. Smarting ache, insupportably intensified by cold things.
Violent (tearing) pains, suddenly migrating to other parts, especially
to ears.

Mouth.–

A
dull stitch on both sides of larynx extending into ears, when
swallowing. Sore throat, a cutting soreness when not swallowing. Chronic
inflammation of throat. Nodules and burning vesicles on tongue. Nodules
and burning vesicles on tongue. Slurring speech. Tremor of tongue.

Taste:
Foul, flat, in mouth.

Stomach.–

Burning
in, extending up into chest, with great restlessness.

Appetite:
Aversion to food, with a sense of satiety. Thirstless.

Stool.–

Dry,
knotty, difficult. Constipation.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging to urinate. Earthy, violet – colored sediment.

Sexual organs.–

Twitching
drawing in spermatic cord, with a sense of weakness in g.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early.

Respiration.–

Hot
breath, with disagreeable warmth in chest.

Cough.–

Dry,
when reading aloud and talking, with painful dryness and roughness in
larynx. Easy expectoration of much, grayish, yellow mucus in lumps early
in morning.

Larynx.–

Rough,
hoarse voice early in morning and in open air, from old established
laryngeo – tracheal affections. Phthisis of, and of teaches.

Chest.–

Stitches
shooting upwards and downwards in sternum and chest. Unpleasant warmth
in. Thrusts from above downward in heart.

Generalities.–

Acts
on lower extremities first. Violent drawing and tearing in extremities.
Insupportable, nightly digging pains in joints. Red, glistening swelling
of joints after taking cold. Arthritic gout with sticking, twitching and
digging mostly at night, often onesided or diagonal, with red,
glistening swelling of joints. Painful soreness of entire body in touch.
Many symptoms change for better or worse with the weather, but are
always worse at night.

Bones.–

Insupportable
nightly digging in, and in periosteum. Inflammation of, and of
periosteum.

Skin.–

Excoriation
and deep cracks in flexors of joints. Itching herpes. Skin does not heal
easily.

Sleep.–

Great
drowsiness and fatigue at 8 o’clock in evening. Numerous, very vivid or
distinctly remembered dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Very uneven and irregular, now quick, now slow, but always weak and
soft. Chill: Mostly in evening, with icy – cold hands and feet.
With heat in head and ache in forehead, lasting long after the chill.
Shaking chill, with sticking headache, without thirst in evening. Heat:
Sudden flying heat in face, on chest and over back. Sweat:
Profuse all over, with short, anxious breathing. Itching night sweat,
often on neck and legs only.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bry.,
(CHIN), Lyc., Puls.

Marum

[Teucr.]

Mind.–

Indolence,
with indisposition to both mental and physical exertion. Greatly
increased irritability after eating. Extraordinary excitability and
sensitiveness. Irresistible inclination to sing.

Head.–

Pressive
pain in front, stooping.

Eyes.–

Look
as though he had been weeping, with biting in canthi and red
conjunctiva. Biting tears in, when in open air.

Ears.–

Ache,
with sticking pains. Dry herpes on lobules. A hissing sound in, excited
by passing the hand over them, talking and drawing air thro nose.

Nose.–

Violent
crawling in. Sticking tearing high up in. Sensation as though one
nostril, were half obstructed. Nasal polypi. Frequent sensing, with
crawling in, without coryza. Coryza with stopped nostrils. glasses
make the nose sore.

Face.–

Pale
countenance. Frequent sense of a flush of heat, without redness. A pair
of deep furrows with high edges on both sides of inner surface of under
lip.

Teeth.–

Violent
tearing in roots of stomach, teeth and adjacent gums.

Mouth.–

Biting
and scraping in posterior fauces and at root of tongue. Much mucus in.
Pressive or sticking sore throat, which impedes swallowing.

Taste:
Musty, after hawking up mucus.

Stomach.–

Sense
of emptiness with rumbling in. Anxious oppression in pit.

Regurgitation of ingesta of a bitter taste.

Appetite:
Sensation of hunger, in morning and evening.

Abdomen.–

Cutting
in bowels after drinking beer or water.

Flatulence:
Copious, silent discharge of hot, bilious – smelling flatus. Obstructed
f.

Stool.–

Profuse
evacuation of papescent, foul feces. Discharge of many ascarides.

Anus.–

Incessant
itching and crawling in.

Urine.–

Increased
discharge of watery u.

Sexual organs.–

Greatly
diminished sexual desire.

Cough.–

In
evening after lying down, a short, dry, irritating c., from tickling in
upper air passages (or as from dust therein), it is by the cough itself.

Chest.–

Tight
feeling in (not connected with breathing). Accumulation of mucus, with a
sense of dryness in air passages.

Upper Extremities.–

The
fingers are easily bent over. Burning in finger – tips. Panaritis.

Lower Extremities.–

Toe – nails are ulcerated and grow into the flesh.

Generalities.–

Rheumatic
tearing in limbs, especially in bones and joints. Asleep sensation in
limbs. Damp weather aggravates. Sensation of nervous agitation and
trembling in entire body. Sense of general relaxation of noon. Desire
for exercise in open air, which is very agreeable and does not tire.

Bones.–

Tearing
in.

Sleep.–

Nightly
restlessness and sleeplessness from excitement, especially before
midnight. Late falling to.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat accelerated toward evening. Chill: After each meal,
seemingly spreading from abdomen. With trembling in evening, especially
when speaking of disagreeable things. Want of natural vital heat. Heat:
Toward evening, with great excitement and loquacity. Sweat:
Wanting.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Coff.,
Ign.,

Complementary:
Calc-c.

Menyanthes

[Meny.]

Mind.–

Anxiety
about heart, as though some evil impeded. Sad weeping mood.

Head.–

Constant
heaviness. Pressive ache, external pressure with hand, after eating and
when ascending steps. Headaches pressing together from sides.

Eyes.–

Pressure
in. Stiff lids, like a tonic spasm. When reading everything turns black.

Ears.–

Stitches
in. Discharge from. Cracking in when chewing.

Nose.–

Tension
in root of. Odor as of rotten eggs before. Coryza with a stopped
feeling.

Face.–

Redness
and heat of, during sleep. Painless twitching of facial muscles. Pain
and cracking in maxillary joint when chewing.

Mouth.–

Great
dryness in throat, without thirst. Sensation when yawning and coughing,
as though left side of palate were paralysed.

Stomach.–

Grumbling
and sensation of emptiness in.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger disappearing after eating. Violent hunger preceded by
heat in stomach. Desire for meat and aversion to bread and butter.

Abdomen.–

Cold
feeling in. Painful soreness of external walls.

Stool.–

Hard
and constipated.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging to urinate, with diminished discharge.

Sexual Organs.–

Excessive
sexual desire without erections.

Larynx.–

Spasmodic
narrowing of, efforts to inspire excite cough. rough, hoarse voice with
stoppage of ears.

Chest.–

Pressing
together from both sides of, with stitches, inspiration greatly,
Stitches in cardiac region.

Back.–

Bruised
pain in lumbar region when sitting and stooping.

Neck:
Paralytic tension in muscles of. Stiff nape.

Upper Extremities.–

Cramp
– like pain in arms, hands and fingers. Bloodvessels on hands and
fingers. Bloodvessels on hands and forearms are distended.

Lower Extremities.–

Cramp
– like pain in legs. Bruised sensation in thigh. Extremely cold feet.

Generalities.–

Visible
but painless muscular twitching in various parts, principally during
rest. Cramp – like pains in extremities. Pinching sticking in limbs and
joints. Most symptoms are intensified during rest and toward evening,
and are better during motion and from the laying on of hands.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Slow during the chill, accelerated during the heat. chill:
Predominating. With shuddering over back, icy cold hands and feet and
cold feeling in abdomen. General, it disappears near a warm stove,
except on back, Overrunning shudders without chill, (as if hearing some
gruesome tale) on upper part of body only. chilly feeling on fingers and
legs. Heat: General in evening, most severe on head, with cold
feet. Sense of, especially in back, intermingled with a feeling of
coldness, particularly in abdomen. Without thirst. Sweat: In
evening in bed, immediately after lying down, often lasting all night.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Asaf.,
Calc-c., Cana., Plat., Sep.

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