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

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

Ruta graveolens

[Ruta]

Mind.–

Apprehensive
anxiety. Dejected and melancholy in afternoon and evening. Low spirits
and mental relaxation.

Head.–

Great
heat in, with anxious restlessness. Throbbing (or tearing) pain in
forehead. Ache, as of a nail being driven in. Headache after excessive
indulgence in spirituous liquors.

External Head.–

Tensive
drawing in periosteum as after a fall or blow with gatherings on scalp,
paining as if festering when touched. Benumbed or bruised feeling of
side lain on. Eating, itching ulcers on. Humid scurfs like scald head. Worse:
Rest, lying on painful part, cold, wet weather. Better: Motion.

Eyes.–

Spasms
of lower lids, drawing tarsal cartilages back and forth. Tears and
watering of, in open air, not when in room. Heat, in evening when
reading by artificial light. Spots on cornea. Pain, as if strained.
Short sight. Obscured vision, like a gauze or fog before., from reading
too much. A green halo encircles the light in evening.

Ears.–

Crushed
pain in cartilages. Pain, like a thrust or fall, below mastoid process.

Nose.–

Nosebleed
with pressure in root of. Sweat on dorsum.

Face.–

Swelling
and erysipelas on forehead. Face-ache as from a thrust or contusion in
periosteum of zygoma.

Teeth.–

Burning
in lower. Gums bleed easily.

Mouth.–

Sticky
dryness of. Sense of a lump in throat during empty swallowing. Spasm of
tongue with difficult speech.

Taste:
Tastelessness of food.

Stomach.–

Gnawing
sensation, from emptiness thereof, as if from hunger. Weak from
vomiting. Pinching, after eating bread. Stomachache from uncooked or
indigestible foods.

Hypochondriac:
Pressive gnawing in hepatic region. Painful swelling of spleen.

Appetite:
Vanishes on beginning to ear, with repugnance to all food. Unquenchable
thirst for cold water, in afternoon.

Eructations:
Foul, after eating meat. Hysterical.

Nausea:
In pit of stomach. Sudden nausea and vomiting of food when eating.
Vomiting of worms in children.

Abdomen.–

Eating
and gnawing in navicular region. Bruised pain in loins when sitting
after walking. Bellyache of children, caused by worms.

Stool.–

Soft,
difficult, from inactivity of rectum. Frothy, mucous diarrhoea
alternating with constipation. Frequent urging, with small, soft
discharges. Ineffectual urging, with prolapsus.

Rectum.–

Tearing
and stitching. Prolapses, with every stool either hard or soft.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging with a scanty, greenish discharge. Violent pressure on bladder,
as though, ‘ it were constantly full. Even after every passage of urine
there is a constant urging. Retained. Involuntary discharge, at night
when in bed and during day when moving about. Frequent urination at
night. Kidney gravel.

Female.–

Menses:
Very irregular, too early and too profuse. Scanty, discharge of blood
lasting only two days, preceded and followed by milk leucorrhoea.
Corroding leucorrhoea after cessation of menses.

Respiration.–

Short.
Anxious obstruction of, from stitches in chest.

Cough.–

Forcible,
with expectoration of tenacious mucus and inclination to vomit. With
copious, purulent expectoration. Expectoration of thick, yellow mucus,
almost without cough, with a sense of weakness in chest.

Larynx.–

Pain
as from a blow or contusion.

Chest.–

Erosive
eating and gnawing in. Stitches in. Ulcerative phthisis following
injuries. Anxious palpitation. A painful spot on sternum, which is sore
when pressed.

Back.–

Bruised
pain in, and in lumbar region. Pain in lumbar region and coccyx as after
a blow or having been struck. Stitches in lumbar region when sitting,
but when pressed upon or when lying on back there is no pain.

Upper Extremities.–

Pain
as from a blow in elbow joint and fingers. Bruised pain and tearing in
radius and bones of hand when pressed upon. Lameness and stiffness of
wrist after a sprain, most violent during cold, wet weather sprained
pain or stitches in wrist. Painfulness of wrist, when lifting a weight.
Numbness and crawling in hands after exertion. Distorted fingers.
Distended blood vessels on hands.

Lower Extremities.–

Pain
in hip, as though’ bones were beaten, or as from a blow or fall,
especially during motion. Bruised pain in thighs, as though’ middle of
femur were beaten or broken. Restlessness and heaviness of legs.
Weariness and weakness in legs after walking. Sense of shortening and
weakness in hamstrings, especially when descending. (Kali bi.). lame
ankle following sprains. Fistulous ulcers on lower leg. When stepping
there is an eroding burning in bones of feet.

Generalities.–

Bruised
pains, or as from a blow, fall or contusion, in limbs and joints.
Bruised sensation in parts wherein he lies. Painful weariness, like a
bruised feeling, after moderate exertion. Paralysis after sprains,
especially of wrists and ankles. Worm complaints of children. Rest and
motion pains in limbs. Worse: In cold, wet weather.

Bones.–

Pain
in cylindrical bones, as though’ they were broken. Contusions and
injuries of, and of periosteum.

Skin.–

Eating
itching on. Easy excoriation from walking or riding, also in children.
Inflamed ulcers. Anasarca. Warts.

Sleep.–

Sleepiness,
especially after eating.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat accelerated during the heat only. Chill: Internal with
shuddering and shaking, even near a warm stove. Coldness running over
one side of head. Mostly in back, running upward and downward. With
violent thirst, heat of face and dullness in head. With much yawning and
stretching. Heat: Over entire body, mostly in afternoon, without
thirst, but with anxiety, restlessness and obstructed breathing.
External and internal heat, of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and
feet. Frequent, sudden flushes running over him. Sweat: cold, on
face, early in morning in bed, generally after walking in open air.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Open.,
Kali-bi., Nat-m.

Complementary:
Calc-p.

Sabadilla

[Sabad.]

Mind.–

Good
humor and dullness of intellect, alternating with mental excitement and
insensitive disposition. Sensory illusions over body. Anxious
restlessness. Easily terrified by the least noise. Peevishness and
anger. Imaginary diseases.

Vertigo.–

Faint
– like, blackness comes before the eyes.

Head.–

Painful
pressure in forehead and temples, with dizziness. Outward pressure in
temples (r.). Headache radiating from the right side. Stupefying ache
with fluent coryza, burning and itching crawling like term in on scalp. Worse:
Morning, mental exertion, sitting in room after walking in open air. Better:
Pressure, lying, after eating.

Scalp:
Burning itching mostly on forehead and behind ears, from whence a hot
feeling spreads over entire body, scratching causes violent tickling and
sticking with red spots, which later cover themselves with scurfs,
becoming heated and when sweating.

Eyes.–

Pressure
on eyeball when looking up. Lachrymation from almost any cause and from
pains in other parts of body.

Ears.–

Tickling
in, cracking before, which re – echoes a long time therein.

Nose.–

Pleasant
tickling in wings. Dry sensitiveness in upper part. Nosebleed of bright
red blood. Intolerance of odor of garlic. Fluent coryza. Short
concussive sneezing, with headache, Alternate stoppage of one, then the
other nostril.

Face.–

Burning
heat and redness of. Hot, after drinking wine. Skin spotted, resembling
tetter. Cracking in both maxillary joints when opening mouth wide.

Teeth.–

Drawing
in, especially when walking in open air. Sticking pain in lower molars.
Bluish gums.

Mouth.–

Dry,
without thirst. Much sweetish saliva in. Burning dryness in throat.
Roughness and scraping in throat, with constant inclination to swallow.
Sense as of a lump in throat, which necessitates swallowing. Difficult
swallowing. Thick yellowish – coated tongue. Excoriative (sore) pain on
tip of tongue.

Appetite:
Loss of. Intense craving with ravenous desire for sweat things, honey or
pastry. Aversion to coffee, wine, meat and acids. Thirst, especially for
cold water, in evening.

Taste:
Bitter or disgustingly sweat.

Eructation, etc. – Heartburn. Waterbrash.

Nausea, etc. – Weakness in stomach with shivering. The inclination
to vomit before eating, is afterward. Vomiting of lumbrici.

Stomach.–

Burning
or cold sensation in. Sore pain under pit when pressed

Hypochondriac:
Burning and digging in hepatic region. Stitches in.

Abdomen.–

Burning
or cold sensation in. Turning and twisting in (from worms). Sticking in.
Cutting, like a knife, then bright yellow diarrhoea, in forenoon.
Bellyache from lumbrici or tape worm. Red spots on.

Flatulence, Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen, as from emptiness.

Stool.–

Hard,
retarded. Violent urging, with scanty discharge. Fluid diarrhoea mixed
with mucus and blood, it floats on the water. Passage of tape and round
worms.

Rectum.–

Violent
itching and crawling in.

Urine.–

Thick,
hot, turbid. Urging, with scanty discharge and burning in urethra.

Sexual Organs.–

Diminished
sexual desire.

Menses. – diminished and interrupted.

Respiration.–

Whistling.
Hot wheezing breath. Short.

Cough.–

Short,
tickling c., excited by roughness and scraping in throat, dry at night,
during day, expectoration of tenacious yellowish mucus of a repulsively
sweat taste, or else of bright red blood. Immediately upon lying down.
Dry, causing heat, sweat and watering of eyes. Asthmatic, with stitches
in vertex, Vomiting and pains in the stomach.

Larynx.–

Scratching
in. Hawking of bright red blood which comes from posterior nares. Hoarse
husky voice.

Chest.–

Burning
in. Sticking in, coughing and taking a deep breath, without fever or
thirst. Pain from right shoulder into chest, as though’ a band arrested
the circulation. Wheezing in.

Back.–

Bruised
pain in lumbar region and back, especially when sitting.

Upper Extremities.–

Stitches
in muscles of arms. Convulsive upward tossing of arms. Red spots on arms
and hands. Desquamation along side of finger nails. Thick, ribbed nails.

Lower Extremities.–

Stitches
in muscles of thighs. Lameness, especially in knees. Tension in calves.
Swollen feet, with sensitive soles when stepping. Too nails thick,
crumpled, inflamed.

Generalities.–

Great
weariness, heaviness and relaxation of body. Awkward, reeling manner in
gait and action. Sensitiveness to cold, which also intensified the
symptoms. Many pains move from right to left. Renewal or intensification
of symptoms in forenoon or in hours before midnight as well as during
rest and in the cold. Many symptoms appear especially during new and
full moon. Persons who suffer from worms.

Bones.–

Painful
drawing in limbs, seemingly in bones. Pains, especially in joints, as
though’ one were scraping about or cutting them inside with a knife.

Skin.–

Parchment
like dryness of. Violent needle – like stitches under. Red spots and
stripes which are more pronounced during the cold stage.

Sleep.–

Great
day sleepiness, especially in forenoon.

Fever.–

Pulse:
– small but somewhat jerky. Great ebullition and throbbing in blood
vessels. Feeling as if the blood stagnated. Chill: Afternoon and
evening, recurring at exactly the some hour, of ten without subsequent
heat. Predominating, especially on extremities, with heat of face.
Shivering running upward, mostly along back. Chilliness and shivering
with heat of face, without thirst. Relieved by warmth of stove.
Consisting of chill only, with anorexia, Heat: Most on head and
face, often interrupted by shuddering, recurring at the same hour.
Thirst occurs between chill and heat only. Often sweat during heat.
Internal dry heat, at night and early in morning, with moderate thirst. Sweat:
In morning. During sleep hot s., on face with coldness of rest of body.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Gel., Plat.,
Puls.

Complementary:
Sep.

Sabina

[Sabin.]

Mind.–

Hypochondriacal
dejection. Low spirited and joyless, with a feeling of general
exhaustion.

Sensorium.–

Dizziness
with ebullition of blood to, and heat in head.

Head.–

Distensive,
pressing ache, especially in frontal eminences and right temple,
appearing suddenly and decreasing slowly. Sticking ache.

Eyes.–

Weak,
lusterless. Biting tears. Illusion of clouds rising before.

Nose.–

Small,
grain – like vesicles about root.

Face.–

Pale,
with lusterless eyes encircled by blue rings. A red areola cheeks near
wings of nose. Black pores on nose and face.

Teeth.–

Drawing
ache, excited almost exclusively by chewing. Nightly ache, as if to
burst, warmth of bed and eating. Gums swollen around the hollow, broken
teeth.

Mouth.–

Excoriative
soreness in throat when swallowing. Strangling pressure in throat, as
from an internal swelling. White saliva, becoming frothy when talking.
Bloody saliva. Every morning there is a thick yellow coat on posterior
part of tongue.

Taste:
Greasy, in mouth. Bitter of food, milk and coffee.

Stomach.–

Pressure
in. Stitches extending from pit into back.

Appetite:
Desire for acids, especially lemonade.

Eructations:
Copious, empty.

Vomiting:
Bile. The ingesta of the previous day, which is still undigested.

Abdomen.–

Extraordinary
distension of. Bellyache, as from taking cold, with sensation as though’
diarrhoea would ensue. Labor – like abdominal pains. Contractive pain in
region of uterus. Urging toward genitals. Bruised pain in muscles.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea
with much flatulence. Discharge of blood with mucus.

Anus.–

Bleeding
anal hemorrhoids. Crawling in.

Urine.–

Frequent,
violent urging to urinate with profuse discharge, Retention of urine
with burning discharge, passed drop by drop.

Sexual Organs.–

Inflammatory
gonorrhea with a purulent discharge. Gristle – like swelling on (dorsum
of) penis. Figwarts with burning, excoriative pain. Stitches deep in
vagina. Inflammation of uterus after childbirth. Sexual desire greatly
intensified, even unto nymphomania.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early and too profuse. Uterine hemorrhage of partly bright red and
partly lumpy, or of thin, fluid, foul smelling blood. Abortion.
Especially during third month of pregnancy. Foul – smelling leucorrhoea
following suppressed menses.

Cough.–

Dry
hacking c., from tickling in trachea. Blood spitting, with or without
cough.

Chest.–

Painless
trembling and creaking sensation under sternum. Sensible swelling of
mammae. Crawling in nipples.

Back.–

Backache,
which necessitates drawing in and bending backward of parts. Labor –
like pain extending from lumbar into public region. Paralytic pains in
small of.

Upper Extremities.–

Sprained
pain in shoulder joint. Stiff wrist, with swelling and stitches,
unbearably intensified on allowing hands to hand down.

Lower Extremities.–

Sticking pain in hip joints, early in morning and during palpitation.
Lardaceous ulcers on shin bones. Podagra: Swelling, redness and stitches
in great toe.

Generalities.–

Paralytic
pain in joints after exertion. Tearing sticking in joints, with swelling
thereof., Red, glistening swelling of affected parts. Jerking throbbing
in arteries.

Bones.–

Drawing
pain through’ cylindrical b.

Sleep.–

Sleeplessness
with great restlessness. Heat and profuse sweat after midnight.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Irregular: mostly rapid, Strong and tense. Violent throbbing of arteries
of entire head. Chill: In evening, with repeated shivering. Great
chilliness during day. Shuddering with darkness before eyes, then
sleepiness. Cold feeling in entire (r.) leg. Heat: Intolerable
burning heat in whole body, with great restlessness. Flying heat on
face, with chill of all the rest of body and cold hands and feet. Sweat:
Every night.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Arn.,
Calc-c., Plat.

Complementary:
Thuj.

Sambucus nigra

[Samb.]

Mind.–

Periodical
delirium, with frightful visions and hallucinations. Unspeakable
anxiety, with trembling and restlessness. Extraordinary tendency to
start. Continuous peevishness. Crying and weeping. Terror. Fright
followed by suffocative attacks.

Vertigo.–

Early
in morning when rising.

Head.–

Pressive,
stupefying ache, as from intoxication. Congestion to. The head is bent
backwards.

Nose.–

Stuffed
coryza (especially in nurslings), it hinders breathing through’ nose.

Face.–

Puffed,
dark blue. Red, burning spots on cheeks were swollen.

Teeth.–

Tearing
and sticking in, with a feeling as though’ cheeks were swollen.

Mouth.–

Dryness
in, and in fauces, without thirst. Pains in throat.

Stomach.–

Dull
pressure in gastric region.

Vomiting:
First of food, then of bile. With suffocation and anxious trembling.

Abdomen.–

Pinching
in, with discharge of much flatulence, after taking cold. Pressive pain
in, with qualmishness, when leaning it against a sharp edge.

Hypochondria:
Piercing pain in.

Urine.–

Urging
to urinate, with scanty discharge, with profuse discharge. Thin urinary
stream.

Sexual Organs.–

Swelling
of scrotum (following injury).

Female.–

Menses:
Increased, even amounting to hemorrhage.

Respiration.–

Rapid,
whistling, crying r. violent suffocative attacks on awakening after
midnight (from slumber, with half – open eyes and mouth), like
laryngismus stridulous, with bloated, blue hands and face crying,
grasping about with hands, and heat, without thirst. Rattling, wheezing.
Membranous croup. Oppression of chest, with pressure in stomach and
nausea. Tightness of chest.

Cough.–

Attacks
of suffocative cough with crying, excited by spasm of chest. Rough,
hollow cough, with great restlessness and blue face. Dry, at night,
during day, scanty, tenacious, mucus expectoration of a sweetish,
putrid, or somewhat salty taste.

Larynx, etc.–

Inflammation of trachea. Much tenacious mucus in.

Chest.–

Pressure,
as of a heavy load on, with suffocative anxiety. Constriction of sides.
Pulmonary consumption, with profuse, exhausting sweat.

Back.–

Stitches
from within outward under scapulae. Pressive pain in spinal column.

Upper Extremities.–

Dark
blue puffiness of forearm and hands. Stitches in both wrists. Beating
about with hands. Burning in palms of hands.

Lower Extremities.–

Deep,
sharp stitches in shinbones. Sense of deadness, going to sleep, and
coldness in middle of (r.) shinbone. Icy – cold feet with warm body.

Generalities.–

General
trembling from anxiety and ebullition of blood. Dropsy. Consumption.
Amelioration is felt when sitting up in bed. Most symptoms appear when
resting the body and disappear during motion.

Skin.–

Bloatedness
and dark red swelling with tension after contusions.

Sleep.–

Sleepless
yet sleepy. Slumber, with half open eyes and mouth. Starting up in
sleep, with anxiety, shortness of breath amounting even to suffocation,
and with trembling.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Variable: Mostly small and very quick, sometimes accelerated, often also
full and slow. Strong ebullitions throughout body. Chill: Running
over whole body, with crawling here and there. Shuddering c. with cold
hands and feet. Heat: Over whole body, as soon as he falls to
sleep after lying down, with aversion to uncover, without thirst.
Burning heat of face with icy cold feet. Sweat: Extraordinary
profuse by day and night, even lasting through’ the apyrexia, but only
when awake, it breaks out on face first. Extremely exhausting s. general
night sweat, except on head, increasing toward morning. Constant while
awake, which Immediately passes into dry heat during sleep.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ars.,
Ars, chin.,
Rhus-t.,

Sarsaparilla

[Sars.]

Mind.–

Mores
peevishness with inclination to work. Frequent alternations of mood. The
pains greatly affect his spirits and cause great depression.

Vertigo.–

Vertigo
when looking a long time at a single object.

Head.–

Throbbing
or sticking ache with nausea and sour vomiting. Vibrations, like the
striking of a bell when talking. Sensitive scalp. Falling of hair.

Eyes.–

Sticking
in. Pain, in the daylight. Blue swelling in inner canthi. Dim vision, as
though’ in a fog. Paper has a red appearance in evening.

Face.–

Eruption,
like milk crust. Stiffness and tension in masseter muscles and maxillary
joint. Herpes on upper lip.

Teeth.–

Sensitive
upper incisors. Tearing in, from cold air or cold drinks.

Throat.–

Dryness
and roughness in, early in morning. Spasmodical constriction of, with
respiratory complaints.

Taste:
Bitter, in mouth. Food is tasteless.

Stomach.–

Burning
in, especially after eating bread. Loss of feeling in after eating, as
though’ he had eaten nothing at all.

Appetite:
Loss of, even the thought of food disgusts him.

Eructations:
Bitter or sour, during and after eating.

Abdomen.–

Sensation
of emptiness and rumbling in. Sticking in (left) side of. Burning or
cold sensation in.

Stool.–

Hard
scanty, retarded. Difficult, painful, nearly causing fainting.

Urine.–

Frequent,
ineffectual urging to urinate. Diminished discharge. Ischuria with
discharge of a white, acrid material and mucus. Profuse discharge of
pale u. Painful constriction of bladder. Calculi of bladder and kidneys.

Sexual Organs.–

Excessive
stomach about. Suppressed gonorrheal discharges after abuse of mercury.

Respiration.–

Great
tightness of r., which necessitates loosening the neck band and vest in
order to breathe Oppression as from
spasm impeding the breathing. He frequently takes a deep breath.

Back.–

Stitches,
from the least motion.

Upper Extremities.–

Stitches
in arm, hand and finger joints, also in legs, especially from every
motion. Deep cracks on fingers, with burning pains. Festering pain in
finger lips.

Lower Extremities.–

Weariness in thighs and in knee joints. Red herpes on calves.
Extraordinary cold feet.

Generalities.–

Paralytic
tearing in all limbs and joints. Chronic, gouty pains with diminished
secretion of urine, after taking cold from getting wet (and stoppage of
gonorrhea). Trembling of hands and feet. Immobile limbs, as from
paralysis. Emaciation on great that
the skin shrivels and fells into folds.

Skin.–

Dry,
pimply eruption, which itches in warmth only Miliary rash as soon as he
goes from a warm room into cold air. Ulcers (from the abuse of mercury)
deep cracks in.

Sleep.–

Nightly
sleeplessness with frequent awaking. Frightful dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse:
somewhat accelerated, with violent ebullition, mostly toward evening. Chill:
Predominates by day and night. Numerous shiverings running upward mostly
in forenoon. Coldness of whole body, with exception of face and chest,
most on feet, even near a warm stove. He is always at his worst during
the chill. Heat: In evening, with ebullition and palpitation.
Warm feeling in evening with increased sense of well being. Sweat:
In evening during the heat, but only forehead.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bell., CALC-C., Merc., sul.

Scilla

[Squil.]

Mind.–

Great
mental anxiety with fear of death. Angry over trifles. Aversion to all
mental and physical activity.

Vertigo.–

Beclouded
dizziness in head.

Head.–

Pressive
heaviness in early in, morning when awaking. Drawing headache (from r.
to 1. side). Throbbing, when raising up. Sticking headache. Painful
sensitiveness of upper part, early in morning.

Eyes.–

Staring
look with wide open eyes. Left eye is visibly smaller than right.
Contracted pupils.

Nose.–

Painful
soreness at margin of nostrils. Early in morning, violent, acrid,
corrosive, fluent coryza, with sore nostrils.

Face.–

Face
changes color and expression. Dark red. Red during the heat, then pale
without chill. Distorted, tense features with red cheeks, without
thirst. Humid, eating, spreading eruption upon upper lip. Cracked lips,
black lips and teeth.

Mouth.–

Dry,
open. Much sticky mucus in. Rough and scratchy in upper part of palate.
Burning in palate and throat.

Stomach.–

Pressure
as of a stone in.

Taste:
Bitter, of food, especially bread. Repulsive sweetish to, of all food,
especially meats.

Eructation:
Many empty.

Nausea:
Inclination to vomit, in gastric region. Constant alternation between
qualmishness in epigastrium and commotion as before diarrhoea in
abdomen. Continuous qualmishness early in morning when coughing.
Retching.

Appetite:
Complete loss of appetite. Unappeasable hunger. Aversion to food. Desire
for acids. Thirst for cold water. Constant thirst, but for want of
breath she is able to take only a single swallow at a time.

Abdomen.–

Shattering
in hypogastrium and feeling as if intestines were pressed out.
Contractive pains in muscles of. Cutting, pinching, as from flatulence.
Bellyache in, as from diarrhoea. Painfully sensitive in region of
bladder. Distended. Thrusts in.

Flatulence:
Profuse discharge of very foul smelling flatus.

Stool.–

Diarrhoeic
very bad smelling. Black diarrhoea. Painless constipation.

Urine.–

Great
urging, with discharge of much watery urine. Constant urging, with
discharge of red, burning urine. Polyuria. Frequent, but scanty,
micturition. Frequent urination at night. Constant pressure on bladder,
which is very sensitive. Involuntary urination.

Respiration.–

Panting,
rattling, Groaning, with open mouth. Short, from every exertion, and
from walking. Especially from ascending. Oppression, which necessitates
sitting in an upright position. Anxious tightness with stitches in
chest.

Cough.–

With
copious expectoration of thin, frequently reddish colored mucus, in
morning. With scanty expectoration of white mucus. Expectoration tasting
repulsively sweetish or burnt, and of an offensive odor. Dry, in evening
and at night. Expectoration of blood when coughing. Violent short
paroxysms of spasmodic c., excited by mucus in trachea and crawling
within chest. After cold drinks. From every exertion. With stitches in
sides of chest, pains in abdomen, and a sense of internal heat. Headache
and obstructed breathing during. Pressure upon bladder and involuntary
spurting of urine, during. The patient is more exhausted in the morning
when mucus is dislodged, although’ with difficulty, than during the dry
evening cough.

Chest.–

Stitches
in sides, especially during inspiration and when coughing. Inflammatory
pleurisy (Inflammation of lungs and pleura.). Chest pains are
intensified early in morning. (Bad effects of blood letting with
inflammation of chest.) Congestion to, Pressure on.

Back.–

Eruption
on, with burning, sticking itching after scratching.

Neck:
Eruption on. Sensitiveness, and painful soreness of skin of. Stiff nape,
Stitches in thyroid gland.

Upper Extremities.–

Sweat
in axillae, convulsive twitchings of arms.

Lower Extremities.–

Convulsive
twitches in legs. Icy cold hands and feet. Cold sweat on feet. Sweat on
toes.

Generalities.–

Tearing
and restlessness in limbs. Dull, rheumatic pains which are diminished
during rent and intensified by motion. Convulsive twitchings and
movements of limbs. Bubbling gurgling in many parts of body, in
scapulae, back and arms. Most symptoms are worse in early morning and
during motion.

Tissues.–

Glands
swollen and indurated.

Skin.–

So-called
fatty itch with burning itching. Excoriated, in bends of limbs. Cold
gangrene.

Sleep.–

Restless,
with much tossing about in bed. Much yawning and stretching without
sleepiness. Sleeplessness.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small and slow, but somewhat hard. Chill: Nightly, internal, with
external heat. Chilliness toward evening, when walking, not while
sitting. Heat: Predominantly dry, internal, burning heat, of
entire body, with cold hands and feet, and intolerance of uncovering. In
afternoon and evening great sense of, in entire body mostly with cold
feet. When he uncovers himself during the heat, a chill and pains
immediately ensure. Internal without thirst. Sweat: Entirely
wanting. Absence of all exhalation, even during the several burning
heat.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Alo., Arn., Ars., Bry.,
Millef., Pod.

Complementary:
Ant-c.

Secale cornutum

[Sec.]

Mind.–

Weakened
power of thinking. Illusion of fancy, of the senses. Unconscious or
anxious, often passing into raving delirium. Melancholic sadness.
Extraordinary anxiety. Madness with inclination to drown himself.
Furious madness. Insanity with rage and mania to bite. Dejection with
fear of death.

Sensorium.–

Reeling
vertigo, as from intoxication. Unconsciousness and stupefaction.

Head.–

Crawling
feeling in. Dull pain in occiput. Profuse falling of hair.

Eyes.–

Wild,
staring look. Distorted. They are forced deep within their orbits.
Darkened vision.

Ears.–

Transitory
deafness.

Nose.–

Nosebleed.

Face.–

Discolored.
Pale, yellowish color. Dark red. Blue rings about the deeply sunken
eyes. Sunken, distorted. Spasmodic distortion of mouth. Formication on.
Trismus.

Teeth.–

Loosen
and fall out. Gnashing.

Mouth.–

Bloody
or discolored foam before Insufferable crawling in throat and on tongue.
Swelling of tongue, discolored, (brown or blackish) tongue. Mucus coat
on tongue. Feeble, stammering speech as from paralysis of tongue.

Appetite:
Great desire for acids. Violent thirst.

Taste:
Pappy, in mouth.

Nausea, etc. – Constant qualmishness and inclination to vomit
after every meal vomiting, Of bile, of mucus, painless, without any
exertion.

Stomach.–

Extraordinary
pressure, as from a load, in. Great anxiety and burning in pit, but
still greater sensitiveness thereof to touch. Gangrene of.

Hypochondria:
Inflammation and gangrene of liver.

Abdomen.–

Burning
or cold sensation in. Colic with convulsions. Pain in region of loins,
as from false labor pains.

Flatulence:
Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen.

Stool.–

Watery
diarrhoea, involuntary liquid stools. Debilitating diarrhoea.

Urine.–

Diminished
or completely suppressed. Watery.

Sexual Organs.–

Labor
pains are replaced by twitchings and spasms. Labor pains too violent and
painful. Congestion to uterus. Inflammation of uterus after suppression
of lochia or menses.

Female.–

Menses:
Too profuse and too long continued, with bright or black, thin, fluid
blood. Discharge of blood during pregnancy. Uterine hemorrhage. Lochia
remain bloody too long. Miscarriage, especially at third month.

Respiration.–

Difficult,
anxious r., with sighing and hiccough. Oppression of chest, as in
suffocative catarrh.

Cough.–

Expectoration
of blood, with or without cough.

Larynx.–

Hollow,
hoarse voice.

Chest.–

Spasmodic
palpitation.

Back.–

Coldness
in (and in limbs.). Insensibility and crawling extending from back to
finger – tips.

Upper Extremities.–

Numbness
and deadness of hands. Burning in hands.

Lower Extremities.–

Violent
cramps in calves. Burning in swollen feet. Crawling in toes. Gangrenous
deadness of fingers and toes.

Generalities.–

Bruised
feeling in limbs. Drawing and tearing, with crawling in limbs. Numbness
of limbs. Burning in all parts of body, as if sparks were falling
thereon. Indolence and great weariness. Convulsive twitching of limbs.
Spasmodic distortion of limbs, only ameliorated by forcibly extending
them. Tonic cramps and spasms. Pains in limbs motion. Aversion to cover
and to heat, yet is objectively cold.

Skin.–

Wrinkled,
discolored, dry, Numb and insensible. Desquamation of entire cuticle.
Gangrenous blisters.

Sleep.–

Somnolency.
– Deep, stupefying.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Often quite unchanged, even with the most violent attacks. Mostly slow
and contracted, sometimes intermittent or suppressed, somewhat
accelerated during the heat, Only. Chill: violent, but short,
soon followed by internal burning heat, with great thirst. Disagreeable
cold feeling in back, abdomen and limbs. Heat: violent long
continued, dry heat, with great restlessness and violent thirst. Sweat:
Principally on upper part of body. General cold, clammy sweat.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Am –
c., Ars., Bell., Coloc., Phos.,
Verat – a.

Complementary:
Ars. Thuj.

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