The Materia
Medica of the Nosodes.
By Henry Clay ALLEN, M. D.
Presented and arranged by Dr Robert Séror.
PSORINUM.
In the subsequent list of antipsoric remedies no isopathic remedies
are mentioned, for the reason that their effects upon the healthy
organism have net been sufficiently ascertained.Even the itch miasm
(psorinum),
in its various degrees of potency, comes under this objection. I
call psorin a homeopathic anti-psoric, because if the preparations of
psorin did not alter its nature to that of a homeopathic remedy it
never could have any effect upon an organism tainted with that same
identical virus.The psoric virus, by undergoing the processes of trituration and
shaking, becomes just as much altered in its nature as gold does, the
homeopathic preparations of which are not inert substances in the
animal economy, but powerfully acting agents.Psorinum is a similimum of the itch virus. There is no intermediate
degree between idem and similimum;
in other words, the thinking man sees that similimum is the medium
between simile and idem. The only definite meaning which the terms
“isopathic and aequale” can convey is that of similimum ;
they are not idem.Hitherto syphilis alone has been to some extent known as such a
chronic miasmatic disease, which when uncured ceases only with the
termination of life.Sycosis
(the
condylomatatous disease),
equally ineradicable by the vital force without proper medicinal
treatment, was not recognized as a chronic miasmatic disease of a
peculiar character, which it nevertheless undoubtedly is, and
physicians imagined they had cured it when they had destroyed the
growth upon the skin, but the persisting dyscrasia occasioned by it
escaped their observation.Incalculably greater and more important than the two chronic miasms
just named, however, is the chronic miasm of psora, which, whilst
those two reveal their specific internal dyscrasia, the one by the
venereal chancre, the other by the cauliflower-growths, does also,
after the completion of the internal infection of the whole organism,
announce by a peculiar cutaneous eruption, sometimes consisting of
only a few vesicles accompanied by intolerable voluptuous tickling
itching(and
a peculiar odor),
the monstrous internal chronic miasm-the psora. the only real
fundamental cause and producer of all the other numerous, I
may say innumerable, forms of disease, which under the names of
nervous debility, hysteria, hypochondriasis, mania, melancholia,
imbecility, madness, epilepsy and convulsions of all sorts, softening
of the bones (rachitis),
scoliosis and cyphosis, caries, cancer, fungus hematodes, neoplasms,
gout, hemorrhoids, jaundice, cyanosis, dropsy, amenorrhea, hemorrhage
from the stomach, nose, lungs, bladder and womb, of asthma and
ulceration of the lungs, of impotence and barrenness, of megrim,
deafness, cataract, amaurosis, urinary calculus, paralysis, defects of
the senses and pains of thousands of kinds, etc., figure in systematic
works on pathology as peculiar, independent diseases.Characteristics (Psorinum)
Acne
:
all forms, simplex, rosacea ;
< during menses, from coffee. fats, sugar. meat ; when the best selected remedy fails or only palliates.Ailments
:
from suppressed itch or other skin diseases when Sulphur fails to
relieve ;
severe, from even slight emotions ;
never recovered from typhoid.All excretions-diarrhea, leucorrhea, menses, perspiration-have a
carrion-like odor.Anxious, full of fear
;
evil forebodings.Appetite will not return.
Asthma, dyspnea
:
< in open air, sitting up (Laur.) ; lying down and
keeping arms stretched far apart (rev.
of Ars.)
;
despondent, thinks he will die.Body has a filthy smell, even after bathing.
Children are pale, delicate, sickly.
Chronic gonorrhea of year’s duration that can neither be suppressed
nor cured;
the best selected remedy fails.Constipation
:
obstinate, with backache ;
from inactivity of rectum ;
when Sulphur fails to relieve.Cough returns every winter.
Cough. after suppressed itch, or eczema
;
chronic of years’ duration ;
< mornings on waking and evenings on lying down (Phos., Tub.) ; sputa green, yellow or salty mucus ; pus-like ; coughs a long time before expectorating.Despondent
:
fears he will die ;
that he will fail in business ;
during climaxis ;
making his own life and that of those about him intolerable.Diarrhea
:
sudden, imperative (Aloe,
Sulph.)
;
stool watery, dark brown, fetid
; smells like carrion ; involuntary,
< at night from 1 to 4 A. m. ; after severe acute diseases ; teething ; in children ; when weather changes.Driven to despair with excessive itching.
During pregnancy
:
most obstinate vomiting, fetus moves too violently ;
when the best selected remedy fails to relieve ;
to correct the psoric diathesis of the unborn.Ears
:
humid scurfs and soreness on and behind ears ;
oozing and offensive viscid fluid (Graph.).Enuresis
:
from vesical paresis ;
during full moon obstinate cases, with a family history of eczema.Eructations tasting of rotten eggs
(Arn.,
Ant. t., Graph.).Especially adapted to the psoric constitution.
Extremely psoric patients
;
nervous, restless, easily startled.
Feels unusually well day before attack.
Great sensitiveness to cold air
or
change of weather.
Great weakness and debility
;
from loss of animal fluids ;
remaining after
acute diseases ; independent
of or without any organic lesion, or apparent cause.Hair, dry, lustreless, tangles easily, glues together
(Lyc.).
Hawks up cheesy balls, size of a pea, of disgusting taste and
carrion-like odor(Kali
m.).Hay fever
:
appearing regularly every year the same day of the month ;
with an asthmatic, psoric or eczematous history. Patient should be
treated the previous winter to eradicate the diathesis and prevent
summer attack.Headache
:
always hungry
during ; > while eating (Anac.,
Kali p.)
;
from suppressed eruptions, or suppressed menses ;
by nosebleed (Mel.).Headache
:
preceded, by flickering before eyes ;
by dimness of vision or blindness (Lac
d., Kali bi.)
;
by black spots or rings.
Hungry in the middle of the night ;
must
have something to eat (Cina,
Sulph.).In chronic cases
when
well selected remedies fail to relieve or permanently improve (in
acute diseases, Sulph.)
;
when Sulphur seems indicated but fails to act.Intense photophobia, with inflamed lids
;
cannot open the eyes ;
lies with face buried in pillow.Lack of reaction after severe acute diseases.
Leucorrhea
:
large, clotted lumps of an intolerable odor ;
violent pains in sacrum ;
debility ;
during climaxis.Otorrhea
:
thin, ichorous, horribly fetid discharge, like decayed meat ;
chronic, after measles or scarlatina.Plica polonica
(Bar.,
Sars., Tub.).Profuse perspiration after acute diseases,
with
relief of all suffering (Calad.,
Nat. in.).Psorinum should not be given for psora or the psoric diathesis, but
like every other remedy, upon a strict individualization-the totality
of the symptoms-and then we realize its wonderful work.Quinsy
:
tonsils greatly swollen ;
difficult, painful swallowing ;
burns, feels scalded ;
cutting, tearing, intense pain to ears on swallowing (painless,
Bar. c.)
;
profuse, offensive saliva ;
tough mucus in throat, must hawk continually. To not only >
acute attack but eradicate
the tendency.
Religious melancholy
;
very depressed, sad suicidal thoughts ;
despairs of salvation (Mel.),
of recovery.Scalp
:
dry, scaly or moist, fetid, suppurating eruptions ;
oozing a sticky, offensive fluid (Graph.,
Mez.).Sick babies will not sleep day or night but worry, fret, cry
(jalap.)
;
child is good, plays all day ;
restless, troublesome, screaming all night (rev.
of, Lyc.).Skin
:
abnormal tendency to receive skin diseases (Sulph.)
;
eruptions easily suppurate (Hep.)
;
dry, inactive,
rarely sweats ; dirty
look, as if never washed ;
coarse, greasy, as if bathed in oil ;
bad effects from suppression by Sulphur and Zinc ointments.Sleepless from intolerable itching, or frightful dreams of robbers,
danger, etc.(Nat.
m.).Stormy weather he feels acutely
;
feels restless for days before or during a thunderstorm (Phos.)
;
dry, scaly eruptions
disappear in summer, return in winter.
The whole body painful,
easily
sprained and injured.
Relations (Psorinum)
Antidoted by Coffea, Nux v.
(if
< when too frequently repeated or over-dose).Compatible
:
Carb. v., Cinchona, Opium, Sul., Tub. (if
want of susceptibility to medicinal action).Followed well by Alum., Bor., Hep., Lyc., Sul., Tub.
Complementary
:
Sul., Tub. ;
after Lact. ac. and Nux v. (vomiting
of pregnancy)
;
after Arn., Bellis, Ham. (in
traumatic affections of the ovaries)
;
Sulph. follows Psor. in mammary cancer.Inimical
:
Apis, Crot., Lach. and the serpent poisons.Compare
:
Cham., jalap (sick
babies, fret day and night)
;
(happy
all day, scream at night)
(Lyc.)
cry all day, sleeps at night ;
nervous effects of electric storms (Phos.,
X-ray)
;
Gels., Lac d., Kali bi. (headache
preceded by dim vision and dark spots)
;
Anac., Kali phos. (headache
with hunger >
while eating)
;
Mel. (headache
relieved by nose-bleed)
;
Baryt. c., Lyc., Sars., Tub. (plica
polonica)
;
Kali mur. (offensive
cheesy balls from the throat)
;
Cal., Nat. mur. (all
symptoms >
by lying down and keeping arms stretched far apart ;
(Ars.,
must sit up and lean forward)
;
Phos., Tub. (cough
and affections of the respiratory tract < mornings on waking, and evenings lying down) ; Graph., Hep., Sil. (eruptions and slight injuries of the skin easily suppurating) ; Dig. (drinking < cough) ; Bry., Nat., Mal. (earthy, sallow, greasy face) ; Puls., Tub. (erratic shifting pains < from fats and pastry < evenings) ; Sang., Tub. (sensation as if tongue were burned) ; Ars., Bap., Pyr. (sensation as if parts were separated, Ars. body at waist, Bap. the brain and limbs) ; Kali c., Pyr., Tub. (profuse sweat during convalescence) ; Amb., Caps.. Cin., Laur., Op., Val. (lack of susceptibility to best selected remedy) ; Gels., Kali iod., Sab., Cin. n. (hay-fever) ; Cina, Chin. s., Ign., Lyc., Sul., Tub. (hungry at night, can't sleep until they eat).Ars., Rhus, X-ray, Tub. causes
:
mental emotions, or mental labor ;
overlifting ;
suppressed eruptions ;
weather changes ;
electric storms ;
traumatism ;
sprains and dislocations.Mind (Psorinum)
II
Anxious, full
of fear, melancholic ;
evil forebodings.II
Believe the
stitches in heart will kill him if they do not cease.II
Depressed in
spirits and hopeless.II
Driven to
despair with excessive itching.II
Feels the
greatest anguish in head, with a whirling before eyes every day, from 5
A. M. until 5
P. M., since two years ;
walks up and down his room wringing his hands and moaning continually,
“Oh, such anguish
! Oh, such anguish
!” only when
he takes his meals he ceases moaning ;
appetite is good.II
Has been
nervous about nine months ;
was obliged to abandon all business ;
has taken much quinine and other drugs ;
a very disagreeable feeling about head ;
mental depression ;
thinks he will not recover ;
has lost all hope ;
cannot apply his mind to business ;
confusion of senses, he cannot reckon ;
attacks of numbness of legs and arms, left side< ; < on going to bed ; formication and crawling, with pricking and smarting on scalp, and some on extremities ; tongue white.II
Intolerably
self-willed, annoys those about him ;
a boy, suffering from an eruption.II
Melancholy
after suppressed itch ;
emaciated, pale, earthy complexion, weakness of limbs ;
flushes of heat and palpitation prevent sleep ;
sleep comes toward morning ;
would like to stay in bed until midday ;
aversion to work, indifference, weeping ;
seeks solitude, despairs of recovery ;
she is irritable and forgetful.II
Much
depression on account of an eruption on dorsum of hand which appears
over night.II
Very
depressed, sad, suicidal thoughts.I
Anxiety, with
oppression of chest.I
Despairing
mood ;
fears he will fail in business.I
Despairs of
recovery ;
thinks he will die ;
hopeless ;
especially after typhus, >
from nosebleed.I
Discouragement.
I
Great
depression of mind during climaxis, with chronic abdominal disorders,I
Great fear of
death ;
anxiety about heart and dyspnea, with attacks of pain in chest.I
Greatest
despondency, making his own life and that of those about him
intolerable ;
dry cough ;
evening fever.I
His ideas are
sad and joyless.I
Hypochondriasis, with hemorrhage from rectum.
I
Irritable,
peevish, passionate, noisy ;
nervous, easily startled ;
restless, hands tremble.I
Is so
downhearted she could commit suicide, then is so full of phantasms.I
Melancholy,
sorrowful, despairing.I
Religious
melancholy. (Melilotus.)I
Restlessness :
with eruption, in a child ;
with oppression of chest.I
Sentimental :
full of spleen, very low-spirited.I
She is very
irritable, easily angered ;
always thinks of dying.I
Vacillating,
fearful ;
mania.I
Very
disagreeable mood ;
impatient ;
extremely ill-humored.A weeping mood
;
they often weep for hours without knowing a cause for it.Anxiety, several times a day
(with
and without pains),
or at certain hours of the day or of the night ;
usually the patient then finds no rest, but has to run hither and
thither, and often falls into perspiration.Anxious oppression in the evening after going to bed.
Anxious oppression, early on awaking.
As if stupid in left half of head, morning.
At times she seems to be deprived of thought
;
she sits there as if she were absent.Attacks of fear
;
e. g., fear
of fire, of being alone, of apoplexy, of becoming insane, etc.Attacks of passion, resembling frenzy.
Disinclination to work, in persons who else are most industrious
;
no impulse to occupy himself, but rather the most decided repugnance
thereto.
Disturbances of the mind and spirit of all kinds.
Dull all forenoon, disinclined to work.
Dull, stupid, foggy, as after a debauch, on awaking in night
;
dizziness, he falls down.Every moral emotion causes trembling.
Excessive sensitiveness.
Fright caused by the merest trifles
;
this often causes perspiration and trembling.Irritability from weakness.
Mania of self-destruction
(spleen).
Melancholy by itself, or with insanity, also at times alternating
with frenzy and hours of rationality.Melancholy, palpitation and anxiousness cause her at night to wake
up from sleep(mostly
just before the beginning of the menses).Memory weak, cannot remember
;
does not even know his room.Mental labor causes
:
fullness in head ;
intense headache ;
throbbing in brain ;
pain in left temple.Numbness and giddiness of the head
;
the patient can neither think, nor accomplish any mental labor. She
cannot control her thoughts.Quick change of moods
;
often very merry and exuberantly so, often again and, indeed, very
suddenly, dejection ;
e. g., on
account of his disease, or from other trifling causes. Sudden
transition from cheerfulness to sadness, or vexation without a cause.Severe ailments from even slight emotions.
The head feels benumbed and drowsy in the open air.
Thoughts vanish after overlifting.
Thoughts which he cannot get rid of constantly reappear in his
dreams.Sensorium (Psorinum)
I
Vertigo ;
mornings, objects seem to go around with him ;
with headache ;
eyes feel pressed outward ;
with confusion and drawing in forehead, with roaring in ears.Fulness and heaviness in head.
Great dullness of head
;
he fears inflammation of brain ;
nosebleed relieves.Vertigo
;
on turning briskly he almost falls over.Vertigo
;
she appears to herself either too large or too small ;
other objects, likewise, appear either too large or too small. Vertigo
resembling a swoon.Vertigo
;
the patient reels in walking.Vertigo attacking him with a jerk in the head
;
he loses his senses for a moment.Vertigo, accompanied with frequent eructations.
Vertigo, causing a loss of consciousness.
Vertigo, in walking along a road in a plain, which is not enclosed
on either side.Vertigo, on closing the eyes, everything around him seems to turn
;
he is then attacked with nausea.Vertigo, on looking down upon the floor, or on looking up.
Inner Head (Psorinum)
II
Congestion of
blood to head immediately after dinner.II
Congestion to
head, cheeks and nose red and hot ;
eruption on face reddens ;
great anxiety every afternoon after dinner. Fifth month of pregnancy.II
Is always
very hungry during headaches.II
Pain
beginning over left eye and goes to r. ;
< from hour to hour, then diarrhea and nausea, finally bloody vomiting ; dizziness, obliges her to lie down ; blur, and blue stars before eyes ; veins of temples much distended ; day before headache inordinate appetite ; also during first hours of pain ; < and brought on by change of weather, so that even in middle of night she is awakened by pain and always knows there has been a change ; soreness of stomach, sensitive to touch and pressure of clothes ; catamenia regular.II
Surging,
drawing and digging in forehead with vertigo.I
Great
congestion of brain, relieved nosebleed.I
Headache from
repelled eruption.I
Headache
preceded by :
flickering before eyes ;
dimness of sight or spots ;
spectres ;
objects dancing before eyes, black spots or rings.A cold pressure on the top of the head around with him
;
he is at the same time seized with nausea.Attacks of throbbing headache
(e.
g., in the forehead)
with violent nausea as if about to sink down, or, also, vomiting ;
starting early in the evenings repeated every fortnight, or sooner or
later.Congestion to head, heat
;
awakened at night stupefied ;
could not recollect ;
after sitting still awhile had to rise to collect his senses.Din in the brain, singing, humming, noise, thunder, etc.
Dizziness
;
inability to think or to perform mental labor.Dull headache in the morning, on waking up, or in the afternoon,
either on walking fast or speaking loud.Feeling of cold pressure on the head.
Frontal headache, with sensation of weakness in forehead.
Fulness in vertex as if brain would burst, with formication in
head, followed by heavy sleep.Fulness of head during mental labor.
Headache as if the skull were about to burst open.
Headache by sweat at night.
Headache daily at certain hours
;
e. g., a stitching
in the temples. .Headache on one side, with a certain periodicity
(after
28,
14
or a less number, of days),
more frequently during full moon, or during the new moon, or after
mental excitement, after a cold, etc. ;
a pressure or other pain on top of the head or inside of it, or a
boring pain over one of the eyes.Headache preceded by dim vision or dark spots before eyes
;
extreme dullness, fears inflammation of brain ;
>
by nosebleed followed by darkness before eyes. Cured.- Haynel.Headache, a dull pain in the morning immediately on waking up, or
in the afternoon when walking rapidly or speaking loudly.Headache, drawing pains.
Headache, shooting pains in the head coming out by the ears
;
they often see everything black.Headache, stitches in the head
(passing
out at the ears).Headache, twinges in the head
(coming
out by the ears)
;
usually in walking, especially in walking and taking exercise after
eating.Heat in the head
(and
in the face).Heat in the head and in the face.
Her thoughts are not under her control.
Like hammers striking head from within outward
;
all through head as from a hammer.Morning headache, with pressing in forehead
;
stupefaction, staggering ;
eyes feel sore.Pain as if brain had not room enough in forehead, when rising in
morning, a forcing outward;
< after washing and eating.Pain from r. to left as if a piece of wood was laid on back of
head.Pain from right to left, as if piece of wood were laid on back of
head.Pain in back of head as if sprained
;
pressure in r. side of occiput as if luxated.Pressing headache in small spots in forehead and temples,
< left side ; feels intoxicated, stupid.
Pressing headache, especially unilateral. Cramplike contractive
headache.Roaring noise in the brain, singing, buzzing, humming, thundering,
etc.Rush of blood to the head.
Rush of blood to the head.
Rush of blood to the head.
Sensation as from a heavy blow received on forehead awakens him
;
1
A. M.She is at times quite without thought
(sits
lost in thought).Sometimes he sees everything dim or black on walking or stooping,
or raising the head from stooping.Stupefying, pressing, morning headache
;
>
relieved by sweat at night.The open air causes dizziness and drowsiness in the head.
Everything at times seems dark and black before his eyes, while
walking or stooping, or when raising himself from a stooping posture.Vertigo
:
on turning around briskly, he almost falls over.Vertigo
:
reeling while walking.Vertigo
:
she seems to herself now too large, now too small, or other objects
have this appearance to her. Vertigo :
resembling a swoon.Vertigo
:
when closing the eyes, everything seems to turnVertigo even when only looking down on the level ground, or when
looking upward.Vertigo while walking on a road not enclosed on either side
;
in an open plain.Vertigo with frequent eructations.
Vertigo, as if there was a jerk in the head, which causes a
momentary loss of consciousness.Vertigo, passing over into unconsciousness.
Outer Head (Psorinum)
II
A man, aet. 28,
dark complexion, dark brown hair, had a spot on left frontal region,
commencing at edge of hair and extending upward three-fourths of an
inch ;
the skin covering spot was many shades whiter than the surrounding
skin, and the lock of hair growing on it had turned perfectly white ;
after Psor. hair and spot became natural color.II
Moist,
suppurating, fetid, also dry eruptions on scalp.II
Sensation as
if head was separated from body.II
Tinea capitis
et faciei.I
Crusta
serpiginosa.I
Eruption on
head, particularly on occiput, completely hiding scalp from view ;
profuse exudation, soiling pillow, at night and causing excoriation of
skin of nape of neck ;
offensive smelling ;
innumerable lice.I
Hair :
dry, lustreless ;
tangles easily ;
glues together ;
must comb it continually.I
Humid, scabby
itching ;
offensive smelling eruption on head, full of lice ;
glandular swellings.I
Large humid
blotches on head, with scabby eruptions on face.I
Profusely
suppurating fetid eruption on head ;
rawness and soreness behind ears.I
Pustules and
boils on head, containing large quantities of pus ;
severe itching, causing child to scratch so violently that blood flows
;
formation of thick, dirty, yellow scabs, which when removed show a raw
surface from which a yellow lymph exudes, which makes the linen stiff ;
after removal new scabs form ;
eruption spreads on nape of neck, scalp and most of forehead ;
the eruption is of very offensive odor ;
such large quantity of lymph is exuded that head seems to stick to
pillow ;
child very restless, scratches head violently, and if prevented
becomes irritable and screams ;
large pustules on arms and body, which show no tendency to heal.I
Scurfy
eruption of children ;
large yellow vesicles around and between scabs.Averse to having head uncovered
;
wears a fur cap in hot weather.Eruption on head
:
with swelling of glands ;
with urticaria.Eruption on the head, tinea capitis, malignant tinea with crusts of
greater or less thickness, with sensitive stitches when one of the
plates becomes moist;
when it becomes moist a violent itching ;
the whole crown of the head painfully sensitive to the open air ;
with it hard swellings of the glands in the neck.Eruptions on the head, scald, malignant scabs
(the
crust being more or less thick),
with shooting pains when a liquid is oozing out ;
intolerable itching during the wet stage ;
the whole top of the head painfully affected by the open air ;
at the same time hard glandular swellings on the back part of the
neck.Feeling of contraction in the skin of the scalp and the face.
Hair feels as if it were dried
;
hair falling out abundantly, especially on the forepart and on the top
of the head, or in the centre of the crown, or baldness of some
places.Head so covered with eruptions that no part of scalp was visible.
Painful tubercles on the skin of the head, coming and going, like
boils;
round tumors ;
in rare cases they terminate in suppuration.Pustules, boils on head, mostly scalp, which looks dirty and emits
an offensive odor.Sensation of constriction in the skin of the head and face.
The hair of the head as if parched.
The hair of the head frequently falls out, most in front, on the
crown and top of the head;
bald spots or beginning baldness of certain spots.The hairy scalp is covered with scales, with or without itching.
The scalp full of dandruff, with or without itching.
Under the skin are formed painful lumps, which come and pass away,
like bumps and round tumors.Viscid sweat about head.
Whole head burns.
Eyes And Sight (Psorinum)
II
Great
photophobia, walks with eyes bent upon ground ;
scurfy eruption on face.II
Lids
spasmodically closed ;
intense photophobia and profuse flow of hot tears ;
much pustular eruption on face ;
large brown scab on r. eye, from beneath which pus pours forth
abundantly when touched ;
bowels costive ;
appetite poor and only for dainties.II
Right eye
red, internally and externally ;
vesicles on cornea ;
eruption on head.I
Acute ciliary
blepharitis ;
internal surface of lid chiefly affected ;
photophobia ;
strumous diathesis, with unhealthy, offensive discharges.I
Amaurosis,
with scabby eruption on occiput and ears.I
Ciliary
blepharitis r. to left, < morning and during day ; chronic cases ; subject to exacerbations.I
Confusedness
before eyes after anxiety.I
Darkness
before eyes and ringing in ears.I
Eyelids :
swollen ;
inflamed ;
bloated ;
child rubs eyes ;
puffy ;
greatly swollen, closely pressed together ;
thickened ;
tendency to styes ;
itching, especially in canthi ;
herpetic eruption ;
scrofulous inflammation, covered with thick crusts, whole body covered
with branlike tetter.I
Eyes become
gummy.I
Fiery sparks
before eyes.I
Heat, redness
and pressure in eyes ;
tendency to catarrhal inflammation ;
lids slightly agglutinated during morning.I
Inflammation
of eyes with burning.I
Inflammation
of lids, internal surface much congested ;
great photophobia, cannot open eyes, lies on face.I
Lachrymation.
I
Objects seem
to tremble for a few moments and get dark.I
Ophthalmia,
with pressing pains, as if sand were in eyes.I
Photophobia :
when walking in open air ;
with inflammation of lids.I
Recurrent
pustular inflammation of cornea and conjunctiva ;
chronic form ;
scrofulous basis.I
Rheumatic,
chronic and blepharophthalmia.I
Scrofulous
inflammation of eyes ;
ulceration of cornea.I
Serous
choroiditis ;
some ciliary congestion and great haziness of vitreous, so that optic
nerve was only discerned with great difficulty and then was found
decidedly hyperemic, as was the whole fundus ;
headache, especially in morning ;
constant profuse sweating of palms of hands.I
Vision blurred
;
‘black spots before eyes ;
flickering ;
dancing about of objects.Amaurosis
;
uninterrupted dimness of vision increased finally even to blindness.Aversion to light.
Before his eyes there are floating as it were flies, or black
points, or dark streaks, or networks, especially when looking into
bright daylight.Blindness by day
;
he can only see well during the twilight.Burning, pressing pains in eyes.
Dim, opaque spots on the cornea.
Dropsy of the eye.
Eyes feel tired in evening.
Eyes much inflamed, left more than r.
;
supra-orbital pain ;
profuse lachrymation ;
intolerance of light, must bury face in pillow ;
tear-sac very sensitive.Eyes water, inflamed
;
hurt so she can scarcely open them ;
pains over eyebrows, down nose, also back of head ;
complained mostly of head.False vision
;
he sees objects double, or manifold, or only the one-half of them.Far-sightedness
;
he sees far in the distance, but cannot clearly distinguish small
objects held close.He cannot look long at anything, else everything flickers before
him;
objects seem to move.Heat and redness of eyes with pressing pains.
Inflammation of the eyes, of various kinds.
Night-blindness
;
he sees well in daytime, but, in the twilight, he cannot see at all.Obscuration of the crystalline lens, cataract
;
squinting.On the edges of the eyelids, inflammation of single Meibomian
glands or of several of them.Pressive pain on the eyes, especially late in the evening
;
he must shut them.Pterygium.
Pustular keratitis.
Right eye inflamed, pressure as from foreign body when lids are
closed.Sensation of cold in the eyes.
Short-sightedness
;
he can see even small objects by holding them close to the eye, but
the more distant the object is, the more indistinct it appears, and at
a great distance he does not see it.Soreness of eyes and burning, must close them frequently.
Stitches in eyes.
The canthi are full of pus-like mucus
(eye-gum).
The edges of the eyelids full of dry mucus.
The eyelids, especially in the morning, are as if closed
;
he cannot open them (for
minutes, sometimes even for hours)
;
the eyelids are heavy as if paralyzed or convulsively closed.The eyes are most sensitive to daylight
;
they are pained by it, it makes them smart, and they close
involuntarily.The eyes seem to look through a veil or a mist
;
the sight becomes dim at certain times.The Meibomian glands round the edges of one of the eyelids, are
inflamed, either–one or more(stye).
The right eye feels as if moulding away.
Yellowness around the eyes.
Yellowness of the white of the eye.
Hearing And Ears (Psorinum)
II
Otorrhea :
with headache ;
thin, ichorous and horribly offensive, like rotten meat ;
very offensive, purulent (watery,
stinking diarrhea)
;
brown, offensive, from left ear, for almost four years ;
chronic cases following scarlet fever.II
Right ear a
mass of crusts and pus, the crusts extended behind auricle to occiput
upward upon parietal bone nearly to vertex, forward to r. ear and over
cheek ;
upon edge of region involved small vesicles filled with clear fluid,
which became yellow, then crusted, and pus flowed from beneath crusts.II
Scurfs on
ears, and humid scurfs behind ear.I
Discharge of
reddish earwax or fetid pus.I
External ears
raw, red, oozing, scabby ;
sore pain behind ears.I
Herpes from
temples over ears to cheeks ;
at times throws off innumerable scales ;
at others shows painful rhagades with yellow discharge, forming scurfs
;
fetid humor ;
itching intolerable.I
Itching in
ears ;
child can hardly be kept from picking or boring in meatus.I
Meatus
externus scabby.I
Pustules :
on and behind concha ;
behind left ear.I
Singing,
cracking, humming, buzzing and ringing in ears with hardness of
hearing.I
Ulceration of
membrana tympani.A brown-colored offensive discharge from the left ear for four
years.Buzzing in ear which stopped suddenly and was followed by violent
itching.Crawling sensation and itching in the ear.
Deafness of various degrees even up to total deafness, with or
without noise in the ear;
occasionally worse, according to the weather.Dryness in the ear
;
dry scabs within, without any ear-wax.Dull, heavy pain in base of brain in afternoon, with sensation as
though skin of abdomen was greatly relaxed and drawn down. Face sallow
and greasy.Ears
:
man, aged 40,
discharge of reddish cerumen from left ear < at night ; had troubled him for many years.Ears
:
pain in ear so severe as to confine him to bed for five days.External ear much swollen.
Humid soreness behind ear.
Many pustules on skin and neck, which itch intensely and bleed
easily when scratched.- G. A.Whippy.
Pulsation in the ear.
Running from ear of thin, usually ill-smelling pus.
Scabby eczema behind r. ear came out, curing child’s old dry
deafness.Sensation as if he heard with ears not his own.
Sensation of valve opening and shutting in left ear
< in afternoon.
Severe pain in ear, confined him to bed for four days
;
ear swollen ;
thought pain would drive him crazy.Soreness in jaw, r. side, around the ear
;
could not use his mouth, because of the contraction and pain ;
could scarcely crowd his fingers between his teeth.Soreness of whole external ear, with abundant yellow, offensive
smelling discharge;
severe itching < in evening and lasting till midnight, preventing sleep and nearly driving him crazy ; loss of appetite ; great despondency.Swelling of the parotid glands.
The hearing is excessively irritated and sensitive
;
she cannot bear to hear a bell ring without trembling ;
he is thrown into convulsions by the beating of the drum, etc. ;
many sounds cause pains in the ear.There are stitches in the ear, outwardly.
Thought the pain in his ear would make him insane.
Various sounds and noises in the ear.
Nose And Smell (Psorinum)
II
Bloody,
purulent discharge from nose.II
Chronic
catarrh ;
dropping from posterior nares, so as to awaken him at night ;
hawking quantities of lumpy mucus gave temporary relief from feeling
of fullness ;
mucus in nose would dry like white of egg, needed to be forcibly
removed.II
Dry coryza
with stoppage of nose.II
Pain in
liver, < from sneezing.II
Septum narium
inflamed, with white, suppurating pustules.I
Acne rosacea.
Boring, stinging in r. nostril, followed by excessive sneezing.
Burning followed by thin nasal discharge, which relieves.
Catarrh, with cough and expectoration of yellow-green mucus.
Coryza at once, whenever she comes into the open air
;
then usually a stuffed coryza while in her room.Dry coryza and a stuffed nose often, or almost constantly, also
sometimes with intermissions.Epistaxis, more or less profusely, more or less frequently.
Fetid smell in the nose.
Fluent coryza at the least taking of cold, therefore mostly in the
inclement season and when it is wet.Fluent coryza, very often, or almost constantly, also in some cases
uninterruptedly.He cannot take cold, even though there have been strong premonitory
symptoms of it, simultaneously with other great ailments from the itch
malady.Loss of smell
;
with coryza.Nostrils frequently ulcerated, surrounded with pimples and scabs.
Polypi of the nose
(usually
with the loss of the power of smelling)
;
these may extend also through the nasal passages into the fauces.Scabs in the nose
;
discharge of pus or hardened clots of mucus.Sensation of dryness in the nose, troublesome even when the air
passes freely.Sense of smell perverted.
Sense of smell, weak, lost.
Smell of blood.
Soreness of nose
;
nose sensitive when inhaling air.Swelling and redness of the nose or the tip of the nose, frequent
or continual.The nostrils as it were stopped up.
Too violent sensation of smell, higher and highest sensitiveness
for even imperceptible odors.Tough mucus in nose
;
feels like a plug there ;
it nauseates him ;
>
when stooping.Chronic catarrh
:
constant dropping from posterior nares awakens patient at night ;
hawking quantities of lumpy mucus with temporary >
from sensation of fullness ;
mucus in nose would dry like white of an egg, needing to be forcibly
removed. Psorinum 200th
cured.Face (Psorinum)
II
An
offensive-smelling, crusty eruption extending over whole face for
three months, had completely closed eyes.II
Eruption on
face of a child ;
whole face covered with a crust, lips and eyelids swollen, aversion to
light, large moistening spots on head and behind ears.II
Moist scab
behind ears with dry tetter on back of head, on both cheeks extending
upward to eyes and downward to corners of mouth, reddish, very closely
packed, millet-seed like, itching, dry pimples, with frequent loose
stools ;
a child one and a half years old.II
Pain as if
lame in condyle of jaw.II
Painful
tension and pressure in r. zygoma, towards ear.II
Sweat of face
with general heat.I
Closely
packed, itching pimples on both cheeks from eyes to corners of mouth.I
Coppery
eruption on face.I
Corners of
mouth sore, often ulcerated ;
sycotic condylomata.I
Crusta lactea
on face and scalp, especially over either ear and cheek, exfoliating
numerous scabs, or it cracks and discharges a yellow, fetid humor.I
Humid
eruptions on face ;
whole face covered with humid scurfs or crusts, with swelling of lips
and eyelids and humid soreness behind ears.I
Lips :
painful ;
swollen, particularly upper ;
dry ;
burning ;
brown and black, dry ;
ulcerated ;
swollen and covered with scurfs.I
Much roughness
of skin of face ;
eruption on forehead between eyes ;
stools very offensive.I
Scabby face ;
especially cheeks from ears ;
lips and eyelids swollen, sore about eyes.I
Tinea faciei.
I
Ulcers in
face.Cheek bones pain as if ulcerated.
Cutaneous eruptions of the beard and of the roots of the hairs of
the beard, with itching.Eczema.
Eruptions of the face of innumerable kinds.
Erysipelas on the face.
Face
:
pale, yellow, sickly ;
broad blue rings around eyes ;
bluish appearance ;
burning heat and redness ;
swollen, with eruption.Frequent redness of the face, and heat. Yellowish, yellow color of
the face.Glands of the lower jaw swollen, sometimes passing over into
chronic suppuration.Glandular swellings down the sides of the neck.
Gray, yellow color of the face.
Painfulness of various spots on the face, the cheeks, the
cheek-bones, the lower jaw, etc., when touched;
while chewing, as if festering inwardly ;
also like stitches and jerks ;
especially in chewing there are jerks, stitches and a tension so that
he cannot eat.Paleness of the face during the first sleep, with blue rings around
the eyes.Pimples on forehead.
Red, small pimples on face, especially on nose, chin and middle of
cheeks.Sallow yellowish complexion.
Scrofulous ophthalmia.
Soreness of jaw, r. side, around ear
;
could not open wide enough to admit fingers.Submaxillary and lingual glands swollen, sore to touch
;
at same time suppurating pustules on same place.Swelling of the lips, especially of the upper lip.
The inside of the lips is lined with little sores or blisters.
The red of the lips is dry, scabby, peeling off
;
it chaps.The red of the lips is quite pale.
Under the nose or on the upper lip, long-lasting scales or itching
pimples.Teeth And Gums (Psorinum)
II
Looseness of
teeth ;
they feel so loose, fears they may fall out, < from touch, especially from teeth.I
Gums :
ulcerated, bleeding.I
Toothache :
< at night and from cold ; >
from warmth.Gnashing of the teeth during sleep.
Gums bleeding at a slight touch.
Gums, recession, leaving the front teeth and their roots bare.
Gums, the external or the internal, painful, as if from wounds.
Gums, whitish, swollen, painful on touching.
Gums, with erosive itching.
Looseness of the teeth, and many kinds of deterioration of the
teeth, even without toothache.Sensation of soreness of teeth.
She cannot remain in bed at night, owing to toothache.
Stinging in teeth
(while
eating).Stitching in teeth from one side to other, radiating to head, with
burning in r. cheek, which is swollen.Toothache of innumerable varieties, with varying causes of
excitation.Taste And Tongue (Psorinum)
I
Loss of taste
with coryza.I
Taste :
bitter, goes off when eating or drinking ;
foul, much mucus in mouth ;
>
in fresh air ;
bitter with yellow-coated tongue ;
flat, sticky, dinner tastes oily.I
Tongue :
dry, tip feels burnt as far as middle, he has hardly any taste ;
tip very dry, as if burnt, painful ;
white, yellow ;
thickly coated with whitish-yellow slime ;
ulcerated.On the tongue, painful blisters and sore places.
Sensation of dryness on tongue, even while it is properly moist.
Stuttering, stammering
;
also at times sudden attacks of inability to speak.Tongue dry.
Tongue full of deep furrows
;
here and there, as if torn above.Tongue white, coated white or furred white. Tongue pale, bluish
white.Mouth (Psorinum)
I
Dryness of
mouth ;
burning.I
Ulcers in
mouth.Adhesion of tough mucus to posterior surface of soft palate,
necessitating hawking.Bad smell in the mouth, sometimes mouldy, sometimes putrid like old
cheese, or like fetid foot-sweat, or like rotten sour-krout.Bitter taste in the mouth, mostly in the morning.
Blisters inside lower lips
;
burning, painful.Burning in the throat.
Constant flow of saliva, especially while speaking, particularly in
the morning.Continual spitting of saliva.
Fetid smell from the mouth.
Flow of blood from the mouth
;
often severe.Insipid, slimy taste in mouth.
Intolerably sweet taste in the mouth, almost constantly.
Mouth inflamed and sore
;
< from warm food, but not annoyed by cold.On the inside of the cheeks painful blisters or sores.
Putrid and fetid taste in the mouth.
Sensation of dryness of the whole internal mouth, or merely in
spots, or deep down in the throat.Sourish and sour taste in the mouth, especially after eating,
though the food tasted all right.Tickling, burning
;
mouth inflamed, sore, < from warm food ; not annoyed by cold food.Tough mucus in mouth of a foul, nauseous taste, teeth stick
together as if glued.Throat (Psorinum)
II
Cutting
tearing pain in throat on swallowing.II
Sensation of
a plug or lump in throat impeding hawking.II
Steam arising
from fat causes immediate constriction of throat and chest.II
Tension and
swollen feeling in throat.II
Throat burns,
feels scalded.I
Accumulation
of mucus in throat and mouth.I
Difficult
swallowing, throat feels swollen.I
Dryness ;
scraping sensation in throat.I
Dryness in
throat with thirstlessness.Frequently inflammation of the throat, and swelling of the parts
used in swallowing.Frequently mucus deep down in the throat
(the
fauces),
which he has to hawk up with great exertion and expectorate frequently
during the day, especially in the morning.Pain when swallowing saliva.
Severe angina
;
on r. side an ulcer, with a sore pain deep inside and burning in
fauces.Tonsilitis
;
submaxillary glands swollen ;
fetid otorrhea.Tough mucus in throat, hawking. Typhoid.
Ulcerated sore throat.
Ulcers on r. side, with deep-seated pain and burning in fauces.
Appetite, Thirst. Desires, aversions (Psorinum)
II
Thirst :
during dinner ;
with dryness of throat ;
especially for beer, mouth feels so dry.I
Diminished
appetite :
after typhus ;
but great thirst ;
during convalescence.Desire for acids.
Good appetite, with daily attacks of anxiety, easily satisfied
;
great hunger, even after a hearty meal ;
canine hunger preceding attacks (diarrhea).Loathing of pork.
Ravenous hunger at midnight, waking from sleep.
Eating and Drinking (Psorinum)
II
Immediately
after dinner, congestion of blood to head.II
Pain in chest
extending to shoulder, < after cold drinks.II
Waterbrash
when lying down, >
on getting up.I
Drinking
causes cough.I
Eructations
: sour, rancid ; tasting and smelling like rotten eggs ; room
is filled with an offensive odor. Arn., Graph., Ant. t. Arn. :
especially in A. M. ;
Ant. t. :
at night ;
Graph. in A. M. only, after rising, disappearing on rinsing the mouth.I
Nausea :
with poor appetite ;
in morning ;
with backache, after suppressed itch ;
morning with pain
in small of back ;
all day, with vomiting.Constant nausea during the day, with inclination to vomit
;
a kind of vomiting of sweet mucus every morning at ten and in evening.Eructation, putrid or mouldy, early in the morning.
Eructation, rancid
(especially
after eating fat things).Eructation, sour, either fasting or after food, especially after
milk.Eructation, which excites to vomiting.
Eructations, empty, loud, of mere air, uncontrollable, often for
hours, not infrequently at night.Eructations, with the taste of the food, several hours after
eating.Frequent eructations before meals, with a sort of rabid hunger.
Heart-burn, more or less frequent
;
there is a burning along the chest, especially after breakfast, or
while moving the body.Hiccough after eating or drinking.
Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting
(Psorinum)
Incomplete eructation, which causes merely convulsive shocks in the
fauces, without coming out of the mouth;
spasmodic straining in the esophagus.Nausea always after eating fatty things or milk.
Nausea early in the morning.
Nausea even to vomiting, in the morning immediately after rising
from bed, decreasing from motion.Spasmodic, involuntary swallowing.
Swallowing impeded by spasms, even causing a man to die of hunger.
The ruling complaints in any part of the body are excited after
eating fresh fruit, especially if this is acidulous, also after acetic
acid(in
salads, etc.).Vomiting of blood.
Vomiting of sour mucus in morning before eating.
Vomiturition, followed by vomiting, first of blood, then of sour,
slimy fluid.Water-brash, a gushing discharge of a sort of salivary fluid from
the stomach, preceded by writhing pains in the stomach(the
pancreas),
with a sensation of weakness (shakiness),
nausea causing as it were a swoon, and gathering of the saliva in the
mouth, even at night.While eating ceases complaining.
Scrobiculum and Stomach (Psorinum)
II
Frequent
oppression of stomach, especially after eating.II
Gastric
bilious affections.II
Weakness of
stomach.I
Dyspepsia ;
eructations, flatus and stools like spoiled eggs.A sort of hunger
;
but when she then eats ever so little, she feels at once satiated and
full.After eating, burning in the esophagus from below upward.
After meals, anxiety and cold perspiration with anxiety.
After meals, pressure and burning in stomach, or in the
epigastrium, almost like heartburn.After the slightest supper, nocturnal heat in bed
;
in the morning, constipation and exceeding lassitude.Appetite without hunger
;
he has a desire to swallow down in haste various things without there
being any craving there for in the stomach.Cramps in stomach.
During eating, feels dizzy and giddy, threatening to fall to,
one side.During eating, perspiration.
Feels shaky and exhausted
;
wants food continually, or else gets cold and wet all over.Frequent sensation of fasting and of emptiness in the stomach
(or
abdomen),
not unfrequently with much saliva in the mouth.Griping in the stomach
;
a painful griping in the stomach ;
it suddenly constricts the stomach, especially after cold drinking.Immediately after eating, vomiting.
In the morning, at once, thirst
;
constant thirst.In the pit of the stomach there is a sensation of swelling, painful
to the touch.In the stomach beating and pulsation, even when fasting.
Pain in the stomach, as if sore, when eating the most harmless
kinds of foods.Pressure in the stomach or in the pit of the stomach, as from a
stone, or a constricting pain(cramp).
Pressure in the stomach, even when fasting, but more from. every
kind of food, or from particular dishes, fruit, green vegetables,
rye-bread, food containing vinegar, etc.Ravenous hunger
(canine
hunger),
especially early in the morning ;
he has to eat at once else he grows faint, exhausted and shaky (or
if he is in the open air he has to lie straight down).Ravenous hunger with rumbling and grumbling in the abdomen.
Repugnance to cooked, warm food, especially to boiled meat, and
hardly any longing for anything but rye-bread(with
butter),
or for potatoes.Sensation of coldness in the pit of the stomach.
Spasm in the stomach
;
pain in the pit of the stomach as if drawn together.Stitching pain in pit of stomach.
Want of appetite
;
only a sort of gnawing, turning and writhing in the stomach urges her
to eat.When she wants to eat, she feels full in the chest and her throat
feels as if full of mucus.Hypochondria (Psorinum)
II
Deep-seated
stitching, pressing pain in region of liver, < from external pressure and lying on r. side ; pain hinders sneezing, laughing, yawning, coughing, deep inspiration and walking.I
Chronic
hepatitis.Chronic induration of spleen.
Stinging, sharp pain in region of liver and spleen.
Stitches in spleen,
>
when standing ;
< when moving, and continuing when again at rest.Abdomen (Psorinum)
II
Colic :
removed by eating ;
>
passing fetid flatus.II
Flatulency
with disorders of liver.I
Abdominal
affections during climaxis, with a high degree of ill-humor.I
Bloated
abdomen.I
Chronic
abdominal affections.I
Constant
feeling of emptiness and looseness in abdomen ;
sensation as if intestines were hanging down.I
Inguinal
hernia ;
hernial sac infiltrated.I
Pains in
abdomen after eating ;
flatulency and tendency to diarrhea ;
>
when flatus passes.A clucking, croaking and audible rumbling and grumbling in the
abdomen.After meals, as if intoxicated.
After meals, distension of the abdomen.
After meals, headache.
After meals, palpitation of the heart.
After meals, very tired and sleepy.
Alleviation of several, even remote, complaints from eating.
Below the last ribs
(in
the hypochondria),
a tension and pressure all over, which checks the breathing and makes
the mind anxious and sad.Constricting pain in the epigastrium, immediately under the ribs.
Crampy colic, a grasping pain in the bowels.
Cutting pain in intestines.
Cutting pains in the abdomen almost daily, especially with
children, oftener in the morning than in other parts of the day,
sometimes day and night without diarrhea.Cutting pains in the abdomen, as if from obstructed flatus
;
there is a constant sensation of fullness in the abdomen – the flatus
rises upwards.Cutting pains in the abdomen, especially on the one side of the
abdomen, or the groin.From the small of the back, around the abdomen, especially below
the stomach, a sensation of constriction as from a bandage, after she
had had no stool for several days.Hardness of the abdomen.
In colic, coldness on one side of the abdomen.
In the abdomen qualmishness, a sensation of voidness, disagreeable
emptiness, even immediately after eating, he felt as if he had not
eaten anything.In the lower abdomen, pains pressing down towards the genitals.
Inflammation of the liver.
Inguinal hernias, often painful while speaking and singing.
Lumps in r. groin, preventing stooping.
Pain in abdomen while riding.
Pain in the hypochondria when touched, and in motion, or also
during rest.Pain in the liver, a pressure and tension-a tension below the ribs
on the right side.Pain in the liver, stitches
;
mostly when stooping quickly.Pain in the liver, when touching the right side of the abdomen.
Pain through r. groin when walking.
Painful bearing down, with painful burning micturition.
Pressure in the abdomen as from a stone.
Sensation as if the flatus ascended
;
followed by eructations – then often a sensation of burning in the
throat, or vomiting by day of by night.So-called uterine spasms, like labor pains, grasping pains often
compelling the patient to lie down, frequently quickly distending the
abdomen without flatulence.Stinging, sharp pains in inguinal glands.
Swellings of the inguinal glands, which sometimes turn into
suppuration.The abdomen is distended by flatus, the abdomen feels full,
especially after a meal.The flatus does not pass off but moves about, causing many ailments
of body and spirit.Stool and Rectum (Psorinum)
II
Boy, aet.
four months, whitish bad-smelling diarrhea ;
constantly crying, with drawing up of knees as if in pain ;
rattling cough, cries all night ;
acts as if he had earache in left ear, from which there was a slight
discharge ;
seldom urinates ;
after second dose, sixteen hours after first, broke out all over his
head and face, with a small pimply eruption, a vesicle at the apex of
each pimple, which exuded lymph which dried in a thick brown scab,
which gradually fell off in a day or two, and in two weeks left the
skin perfectly clean.II
Hemorrhage
from rectum ;
in old women large quantities of blood discharged at once, with
constipation and hypochondriasis.II Horribly offensive,
nearly
painless, almost involuntary, dark and watery stool ;
only at night and most towards morning.II
Involuntary
stool during
sleep.II
Semi liquid,
brownish, indelible, insufferably nasty ;
passed during sleep, at 1
and 4
A. M., with undigested food. Infantile diarrhea.II
Sensitive
hemorrhoidal pain in rectum.I
Before stool :
griping pains about navel.I
Cases which do
not respond promptly to the indicated remedy, the children having
dirty, yellow, greasy skin, with a partially developed eruption on
forehead and chest, with constant fretting and worrying.I
Cholera
infantum ;
stools dark brown, watery, of an intolerably offensive odor ;
liquid, mucous or bloody and excessively fetid.I
Cholera.
I
Chronic
diarrhea ;
offensive stools.I
Diarrhea :
after severe acute disease ;
at night ;
early in morning ;
when rising in morning ;
in childbed ;
when weather changes (general
condition).I
Diarrhea,
preceded by colic.I
Frequent thin
stool, with eruption on head.I
Lienteria.
I
Obstinate
constipation :
with coryza and obstruction of nose ;
pain in small of back ;
blood from rectum ;
due to torpor of rectum ;
lasting three or four days, due to inactivity of rectum ;
stool on third or fourth day was accompanied by severe pains which
induced patient to withhold effort as much as possible.I
Soft stool :
passed with difficulty ;
from weakness.I
Stool :
dark brown, very fluid and foul-smelling ;
having the smell of rotten eggs ;
mostly in children in their first or second summer ;
green mucus, or bloody mucus ;
smells like carrion, < at night ; frequent, liquid ; involuntary ; nearly painless.I
Unpleasant
burning in rectum.After stool, especially after a softer, more copious evacuation,
great and sudden prostration.At the stools, cutting pains in the rectum.
Bleeding hemorrhoidal varices on the anus or in the rectum
(running
piles),
especially during stools, after which the hemorrhoids often pain
violently for a long time.Burning hemorrhoidal tumors.
Cholera infantum in summer
;
nervous and restless at night, awake at night as if frightened, or cry
out during sleep ;
then two or three nights afterwards, they begin with diarrhea ;
stools are profuse and watery, dark brown or even black in color, very
offensive, almost putrid in odor, < at night.Clay-colored stools.
Constipation
:
delayed stools sometimes for several days, not infrequently with
repeated ineffectual urging to stool.Diarrhea soon weakening, that she cannot walk alone.
Discharge of pieces of tape-worm.
Emission of hot, fetid, sulphurous flatus
;
smelling like rotten eggs.Formication and itching formication in the rectum, with or without
the discharge of ascarides.Frequently repeated diarrhea, with cutting pains in the abdomen,
lasting several days.Gray stools.
Green bilious diarrhea, mixed with mucus
;
soft, voided with difficulty from weakness.Green stools.
Griping and desire for stool while riding.
Itching and erosion in the anus and the perineum.
Painless and painful hemorrhoidal varices on the anus, in the
rectum(blind
piles).Passage of round worms from the anus.
Polypi in the rectum.
Prolapsus recti, with burning.
Prolapsus recti, with intense burning of parts.
Soreness in rectum and anus while riding.
Stool
:
normal, but imperative ;
passed in a great hurry, with large quantities of flatus ;
can scarcely reach the toilet.Stool
:
normal, but passed in a great hurry, with quantities of flatus ;
can hardly reach the water-closet. (Aloe.)Stools hard, as if burnt, in small knots, like sheep-dung, often
covered with mucus, sometimes also enveloped by veinlets of blood.Stools of mere mucus
(mucous
piles).Stools show diarrhea for several weeks, months, years.
Stools with putrid, sour smell.
Stools, in the beginning very hard and troublesome, followed by
diarrhea.Very pale, whitish stool.
With bloody discharges in the anus or in the rectum, ebullition of
blood through the body and short breathing.Cholera infantum
:
obstinate, which seemed to defy the best selected remedy. Stool very
thin and watery ;
dirty, greenish, smelled like carrion. Child very fretful, had no
sleep for two days and nights. Psorinum 4
cm., one dose. In two hours child went to sleep, and in four hours was
well, without a repetition. – W. A.
Hawley.
Urinary Organs (Psorinum)
II
Involuntary
urine, cannot hold it ;
vesical paresis. Typhus.II
Scanty
urination nearly every half hour, with burning in urethra and in
condylomata.I
Enuresis :
wets bed at night ;
again during full moon ;
obstinate cases.I
Urine :
dark brown, with reddish sediment ;
loaded with pus ;
frequent, scanty ;
burning and cutting in urethra ;
thick whitish ;
turbid ;
red deposit ;
cuticle forms on surface ;
profuse.After urinating the urine continues to drip out for a long time.
At times too much urine, is discharged, succeeded by great
weariness.At times, owing to flatulence, she cannot urinate.
Blackish urine.
Brown urine.
Dark-yellow urine.
During micturition, anxiety, also at times prostration.
During urination, burning, also lancinating pains in the urethra
and the neck of the bladder.Frequent micturition at night
;
he has to get up frequently at night for that purpose.He cannot hold the urine for any length of time, it presses on the
bladder, and passes off while he walks, sneezes, coughs or laughs.Painful retention of urine
(with
children and old people).Pressure on the bladder, as if from an urging to urinate,
immediately after drinking.The urethra is constricted in parts, especially in the morning.
The urine discharged is at once turbid like whey.
The urine quickly deposits a sediment.
Urine of penetrating, sharp odor.
Urine passes off in sleep involuntarily.
Urine with blood particles, also at times complete hematuria.
When he is chilled
(feels
cold through and through),
he cannot urinate.Whitish urine, with a sweetish smell and taste, passes off in
excessive abundance, with prostration, emaciation and inextinguishable
thirst(diabetes).
With the urine there is discharged from time to time a red sand
(kidney
grits).Male Sexual Organs (Psorinum)
II
After
suppressed gonorrhea ;
rheumatism, lameness ;
conjunctivitis, with granulations ;
intense photophobia ;
pain darting around, through head :
other eye sensitive to light.II
Boy, aet. 7,
suffering since birth ;
r.-sided inguinal hernia, about three inches of intestine descending
to testicle through widely opened inguinal canal ;
upon applying a bandage severe inflammation of tunica vaginalis
occurred, which yielded to Pulsat., bat returned every time bandage
was applied ;
child gradually grew miserable and thin and lost all appetite ;
fever set in, and a large amount of water collected in tunica
vaginalis ;
as the case improved a painful, burning, itching excoriation with
acrid discharge appeared upon inner surface of prepuce and upon corona
glandis.II
Gleet of
twelve years’ duration.II
Hydrocele,
caused by repeated inflammation, in consequence of pressure from a
truss.II
Seven large,
moist, itching, occasionally burning condylomata on prepuce ;
every night nocturnal enuresis ;
during day must urinate nearly every half hour ;
urination scanty and accompanied by burning in urethra and condylomata
;
lips ulcerated, particularly at corners of mouth ;
in several localities, but particularly in popliteal spaces, dry,
herpetic eruption, not itching.II
Sycotic
excrescence on edges of prepuce, with itching and burning.I
Absence of
erections ;
parts flabby, torpid.I
Aversion to
coition ;
impotence ;
want of emission during coitus.I
Chronic
painless discharge from urethra, leaving yellow stain upon linen.I
Hydrocele.
Accumulation of water in the tunica vaginalis of the testicle
(hydrocele).
Discharge of prostatic fluid after urination, but especially after
a difficult stool(also
almost constant dripping of the same).Drawing pain in the testicle and the spermatic chord.
Drawing pains in testicles and spermatic cords.
Dwindling, diminution, disappearance of one or both testicles.
Erections very frequent, long continuing, very painful, without
pollutions.Excessive, uncontrollable sexual instinct.
Induration and enlargement of the prostatic gland.
Inflamed ulcer on glans, with swelling and heaviness of testicles.
Itching of the scrotum, which is sometimes beset with pimples and
scabs.Lack of the sexual desire in both sexes, either frequent or
constant.Nightly discharge of the genital fluid in women, with voluptuous
dreams.Nocturnal passage of semen, too frequent, one, two or three times a
week, or even every night.Nocturnal pollutions, even if not frequent, yet immediately
attended with evil consequences.One or both of the testicles chronically swollen, or showing a
knotty induration(Sarcocele).
Pain as from contusion in the testicle.
Painful twitches in muscles of the penis.
Prostatic fluid discharged before urinating.
Semen passes off almost involuntarily in daytime, with little
excitation, often even without erection.Sterility, impotence, without any original organic defect in the
sexual parts.The semen is not discharged, even during a long continued coition
and with a proper erection, but it passes off afterwards in nocturnal
pollutions or with the urine.There is never a complete erection, even with the most voluptuous
excitement.Uncontrollable, insatiable lasciviousness, with a cachectic
complexion and sickly body.Female Sexual Organs (Psorinum)
II
Dysmenorrhoea
near climaxis.II
Knotty lump
above r. groin ;
even a bandage hurts.II
Left ovary
indurated after a violent knock ;
followed by itching eruption on body and face.II
Menstrual
disorders during climaxis.II
Metrorrhagia.
Il Leucorrhea, large lumps, unbearable in odor
;
violent pains in sacrum and r. loin ;
great debility.I
Amenorrhea :
in psoric subjects when tetter is covered by thick scurfs ;
with phthisis.I
Ulcers of the
labia.Cutting in left loin
;
cannot walk without assistance.Disorders of the menstrual function
;
the menses do not appear regularly on the twenty-eighth day after
their last appearance, they do not come on without other ailments and
not at once, and do not continue steadily for three or four days with
a moderate quantity of healthy colored, mild blood, until on the
fourth day it imperceptibly comes to an end without any disturbance of
the general health of body and spirit, nor are the menses continued to
the forty-eighth or fiftieth year, nor do they cease gradually and
without any troubles.Leucorrhea from the vagina, one or several days before, or soon
after, the monthly flow of blood, or during the whole time from the
one menstrual discharge to the other, with a diminution of the menses,
or continuing solely instead of the menses;
the flow is like milk, or like white, or yellow mucus, or like acrid,
or sometimes like fetid, water.Menses accompanied with many ailments, swoons or
(mostly
stitching)
headaches, or contractive, spasmodic, cutting pains in the abdomen and
in the small of the back ;
she is obliged to lie down, vomit, etc.Menses delayed and scanty.
Menses of very fetid blood.
Menses of watery blood or of brown clots of blood.
Pinching in pubic region in women.
Polypi in the vagina.
The menses are slow in setting in after the fifteenth year and
later, or after appearing one or more times, they cease for several
months and for years.The menses do not keep their regular periods, they either come
several days too early, sometimes every three weeks, or even every
fortnight.The menses flow for five, six, eight and more days, but only
intermittently, a little flow every six, twelve, twenty-four hours,
and then they cease for half or whole days, before more is discharged.The menses flow only one day, only a few hours, or in imperceptibly
small quantities.The menses flow too strongly for weeks, or return almost daily
(bloody
flux).Pelvic tumor, pronounced malignant by Dr. Macdonald
;
after opening abdomen refused to remove it on account of adhesions ;
urine loaded with pus ;
stool involuntary and horribly offensive, nurses could not endure it.
Psor. 30
cured.-S. S. Moffatt.
A lady,
32,
had severe fever, temperature from 103
to 105,
attended with headache, backache and cramps in muscles of limbs, with
severe abdominal and pelvic pains, the result of instrumental
abortion. As the acute symptoms passed off, there was a great fear and
mental restlessness, which Aconite failed to relieve.Each evening at
6,
would become restless and break out in profuse icy cold sweat,
continued all night, very exhausting, not >
by external heat. As evening approached, great fear of the on-coming
cold sweat and icy chilliness. With the cold copious sweat was a foul
taste and very offensive odor. Psorinum dmm., one dose dry on tongue >.Parturition. Pregnancy. Lactation (Psorinum)
II
Mammae
swollen, painful ;
redness of nipples, burning around them.II
Pimples
itching violently, about nipples ;
oozing a fluid. Second month of pregnancy.I
During
pregnancy :
fetus moves too violently ;
abdomen tympanitic ;
nausea ;
vomiting ;
obstinate cases.A hard, enlarging and indurating gland with lancinating pains in
one of the mamma.During pregnancies great weariness, nausea, frequent vomiting,
swoons, painful varicose veins on the thighs and the legs, and also at
times on the labia, hysteric ailments of various kinds, etc.Dwindling of the breasts, or excessive enlargement of the same,
with retroceding nipples.Erysipelas on one of the breasts
(especially
while nursing).Itching, also moist and scaly eruptions around the nipples.
Premature births.Mammary cancer.
Mrs. H. L. L., aged
56,
had an attack of acute peritonitis two years ago, involving especially
the r. lower abdomen ;
has never been well since, having persistent attacks of pain in r.
inguinal region, so severe that her attending physician always
resorted to Morphine.The concomitant symptoms were easily controlled, but on their
disappearance the attacks of pain increased in frequency and violence.Physical examination revealed adhesive bands, which contracted the
vagina, and involved the r. broad ligament and r. ovary, which was
apparently firmly bound down to the side of the pelvis. The pain was
aggravated by moving the limb;
walking ;
standing erect ;
lying on the painful side.After attempting in vain for months to relieve the localized pain
by the careful selection of a remedy, with only temporary relief,
certain to be followed by a more severe relapse, in desperation
Psorinum was given;
the pains disappeared and have never returned, notwithstanding the
pathological diagnosis.A lady,
32,
had severe fever, temperature from 103
to 105,
attended with headache, backache and cramps in muscles of limbs, with
severe abdominal and pelvic pains, the result of instrumental
abortion. As the acute symptoms passed off, there was great fear and
mental restlessness, which Aconite failed to relieve.Each evening at
6,
would become restless arid break out in profuse icy cold sweat,
continued all night, very exhausting, not >
by external heat. As evening approached, great fear of the on-coming
cold sweat and icy chilliness. With the cold, copious sweat, was a
foul taste and very offensive odor. Psorinum dmm., one dose dry on
tongue >.Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia (Psorinum)
II
For eleven
years hay fever, coming on about 20th
of August.II
Voice weak,
trembling.I
Hoarseness ;
when talking, phlegm sticks in larynx.I
Suffocative
and crawling sensation in larynx, producing a paroxysmal, dry, hacking
cough.I
Talking is
very fatiguing.Constant hoarseness and aphony for years
;
he cannot speak a loud word.Cough
;
there is frequently an irritation and a crawling in the throat ;
the cough torments him, until sweat breaks out upon the face (and
upon the hands).Hoarseness and catarrh very often, or almost constantly
;
his chest is continually affected.Hoarseness, after the least amount of speaking
;
she must vomit in order to clear her voice.Hoarseness, also sometimes aphony
(she
cannot speak loud but must whisper),
after a slight cold.Suppuration of the larynx and the bronchia
(laryngo-bronchial
phthisis).Tickling, throat as if narrowing, must cough to relieve it.
Respiration (Psorinum)
II
Convalescents
go out for a walk, instead of being invigorated return home in order
to get breath or to lie down so they can breathe more easily, feel < instead of >
from being in open air.I
Anxious
dyspnea, with palpitation and pain in cardiac region.I
Asthma, as if
he would die ;
precursor of hydrothorax.I
Chest expands
with great difficulty ;
cannot get breath.I Dyspnea : < when sitting zip to write, > when lying
down,congestion
to head after dinner, great despondency ;
< the nearer arms are brought to body.I
Short breath
or want of breath.Asthma, in attacks, lasting several weeks.
Asthma, loud, difficult, at times also sibilant respiration.
Asthma, merely when moving the arms, not while walking.
Asthma, mostly while sitting down.
Asthma, on moving, with or without cough.
Asthma, spasmodic
;
when she comes into the open air it takes her breath.Attacks of suffocation especially after midnight
;
the patient has to sit up, sometimes he has to leave his bed, stand
stooping forward, leaning on his hands ;
he has to open the windows, or get out into the open air, etc. ;
he has palpitations ;
these are followed by eructations or yawning, and the spasm terminates
with or without coughing and expectoration.Must keep arms spread wide apart.
Obstruction of the breath, with stitching pains in the chest at the
slightest amount of walking, he cannot go a step farther(angina
pectoris).Palpitation with anxiety, especially at night.
Shortness of breath.
Stitches from behind forward, in chest and back, when breathing.
Want of breath in open air, must hurry.
Cough (Psorinum)
II
Cough
aggravates pain in liver and pain in chest extending to shoulder.II
Cough with
expectoration ;
asthma, thinks he will die.II
Cough,
causing tearing from centre of chest to throat, all on r. side ;
cough < at night ; urine escapes when coughing.II
Dry cough,
pain in the chest for last three months, a constricting pressure at
fourth and fifth ribs near sternum, excessive irritability and
ill-humor.II
Severe, dry
cough with oppression of chest and pain as if everything in chest were
raw and scratched ;
fever in evening ;
great depression of spirits, making life burdensome to him.I
Chronic
blennorrhoea of lungs, threatening phthisis.I
Cough :
from tickling in larynx ;
dry, hard, caused by tickling in trachea ;
in evening with pains in chest and throat, passing off when she is
quiet ;
produced by talking ;
with sensation of weakness in chest ;
dry, with sensation of heaviness in chest ;
dry, with soreness under sternum, with stitches in chest ;
dry, with constricting pain in chest ;
< mornings when awaking and evenings on lying down ; coughs a long time before expectorating ; periodic attacks ; chronic, spasmodic ; of twenty-five years' duration.I
Cough with
expectoration of green mucus, nearly like matter ;
especially in morning when waking and in evening when lying down, with
nausea ;
it sticks firmly and he can only expectorate with difficulty.I
Drinking
causes cough.I
Expectoration :
of blood with hot sensation in chest ;
yellowish-green.An old, dull cough, palpitation and a fixed pain in chest
disappear, the entire feeling is better, only the lower white of eye
turns red and ulcers form on it, eye waters, without pain, with
photophobia,>
in fresh air.Attacks of spasmodic cough
(whooping
cough).Cough
;
frequent irritation and crawling in the throat ;
the cough torments him, until perspiration breaks out on his face (and
on his hands).Cough mostly in the evening after lying down and when ever the head
lies low.Cough with salty-tasting, green and yellow expectoration
;
oppression of chest ;
gradual loss of strength ;
after suppressed itch.Cough, at once with every deep breath.
Cough, causing a sensation of soreness in the chest, or at times
stitches in the side of the chest or the abdomen.Cough, especially in the night.
Cough, waking the patient up after the first brief sleep.
Cough, which does not abate until there is retching and vomiting,
mostly in the morning or in the evening.Cough, which terminates every time with sneezing.
Cough, with excessive expectoration of mucus and sinking of the
strength(mucous
phthisis).Cough, with yellow expectoration resembling pus, with or without
spitting of blood.Cough, worst after awaking in the morning.
Cough, worst after eating.
Dry cough.
Inner Chest and Lungs (Psorinum)
II
Chest pains
from coughing.II
Constriction
of chest when inhaling steam from fat.II
Dull pressure
in r. side of chest, extending thence over whole chest, < bending forward in writing, not by motion or deep inspiration ; dry cough with expectoration of small lumps of mucus ; speaking affects him very much ; great prostration after preaching, so that he must rest a long time to recuperate ; voice is not husky, but it requires all his strength to get through with his work ; chest narrow, shoulders projecting. Phthisis.II
Fixed pain in
r. side of chest.II
Hot sensation
in chest.II
Pain in chest
comes by fits ;
great anxiety ;
a feeling of ulceration under sternum ;
chest inflates only with much exertion ;
coughs a long time before beginning to expectorate. Phthisis
pulmonalis.II
Pain in
chest, as if raw, as from subcutaneous ulceration.II
Pains in
chest grow more severe two or three times a day, begin with chilliness
and trembling, followed by heat one hour in duration ;
great anxiety of heart and mind with, fear of death, dyspnea and
restlessness ;
attacks pass off with sour, clammy sweat and chilliness ;
sweat however occurs every night independent of attack.II
Stitches :
in sternum, with backache ;
from behind forward in chest and back when breathing ;
in r. side of chest when breathing ;
in chest (left
side).II
Tedious
recovery in pneumonia.I
Chronic
blennorrhoea of lungs.I
Hydrothorax.
I
Suppuration of
lungs. Phthisis pulmonalis.At times bruised, suppurative pain through whole chest, extending
towards r. shoulder and becoming fixed there;
< after frequent coughing ; after cold drinks.Burning pain in the chest.
Burning pressing pain in chest.
Chest symptoms
>
when lying down.Cutting as of knives in chest.
Excruciating pains in chest.
Feels as if everything were torn in chest.
Frequent stitches in the chest, with or without cough.
Often a slightly constrictive pain in the chest, which, when it
does not quickly pass, causes the deepest dejection.Oppression
:
in chest ;
anxious, every morning ;
with cough.Pain in chest, great anxiety by spells.
Pain in the chest on walking, as if the chest was about to burst.
Pains in r. side of chest
< from motion, laughing, coughing, with sweat.
Pressive pain in the chest, at deep breathing or at sneezing.
Pressure on chest.
Rush of blood to the chest.
Sharp pain, r. side, opposite tenth rib.
Ulcerative pain in chest under sternum.
Violent stitches in the side
;
with great heat of the body, it is almost impossible to breathe, on
account of stitches in the chest with hemoptysis and headache ;
he is confined to his bed.Violent, at times unbearable, stitches in the chest at every breath
;
cough impossible for pain ;
without inflammatory fever (spurious
pleurisy).Whole chest feels sore.
Heart, Pulse and Circulation (Psorinum)
II
Gurgling (gluckern)
in region of heart, particularly noticeable when lying.II
Rheumatic
pericarditis ;
pulse 144
;
skin dry ;
pain in head and limbs, but more particularly in shoulder ;
dyspnea, with pain in region of heart ;
effusion, indistinct heart sounds ;
bellows murmur with first sound ;
inability to lie down.II
Stenosis of
left osteum venosum ;
purring in region of apex ;
cyanotic lips ;
dyspnea and shortness of breath when walking in open air ;
>
lying down.II
Stitches in
cardiac region, low gurgling extending towards heart, for a moment
breathing is impossible.I
Dyspnea :
with palpitation ;
with pain in cardiac region.I
Pain in heart >
when lying down, thinks the stitches will kill him if they continue.I
Palpitation :
with anxiety ;
mental disquietude, dislike for work ;
from coughing ;
in those suffering from hepatic disorders.I
Pericarditis
of psoric origin ;
>
lying quietly.Pulse
:
weak, feeble ;
irritable, indicating return of abscesses on neck.Sounds of heart indistinct
;
bellows’ murmur with first sound.Neck and Back (Psorinum)
II
Backache when
walking, with stitches in sternum.II
Backache with
constipation.II
Constant
pressing pain in small of back, < from motion.II
Herpetic
eruption on side of neck extending from cheek.II
Nape of neck
excoriated by discharge from eczema capitis.I
Backache after
suppressed eruption.I
Excessive
backache.I
Severe
backache, as if bruised, cannot straighten out.I
Spina bifida.
Glands of neck swollen on both sides, painful to touch, as if
bruised;
pain extends to head.In the small of the back, in the back and in the nape of the neck,
drawing(tearing),
tensive pains.Lancinating, cutting, painful stiffness of the nape of the neck
;
of the small of the back.Painful stiffness of neck, soreness and tearing on bending
backward.Pressive pains between the shoulder-blades.
Sensation of pressure upon the shoulders.
Tearing and stitches between scapula.
Weakness and pain in small of back
;
< from motion.When breathing, frequent stitches from back toward chest.
Upper Limbs (Psorinum)
II
Copper-colored eruption or red blisters on backs of hands.
II
Dry tetter on
wrists with rheumatism in limbs.II
Herpes in
palms of hands ;
itching tetter.II
Itch like
eruption on wrists with tearing in limbs.II
Nails
brittle.II
Swelling and
tension of backs of hands and of fingers.II
Tetter on arm
with small millet-like eruption exuding a yellow fluid ;
itches intensely in heat.I
Eruption in
bends of elbows and around wrists.I
Itching
between fingers ;
vesicles.I
Malignant boil
;
on hand a cone-shaped scab the size of a quarter of a dollar on a base
as large again, bluish-red and strongly demarcated, where scab extends
over ring there is another moist, white ring which forms a new scab ;
much tension and burning.I
Pustules on
hands, near finger-ends suppurating.I
Sweaty palms,
especially at night.I
Tearing in
arms.I
Trembling of
hands.Arms as if paralyzed and lame from shoulders to hands.
Attacks of lameness and soreness in r. shoulder, extending to hand.
Itch
:
in axillae ;
bends of elbows ;
arm ;
forearm ;
elbow and wrist ;
hands ;
finger joints.Small warts size of pin’s head on left hand.
Arthur D., aged
21,
has had for two months a papular eruption on his hands, forearms,
between his fingers, in the popliteal and elbow flexures, with
intolerable itching ;
bleeding and burning after scratching. Great thirst for cold water in
large quantities. Itching < at night, when warm in bed ; sweats easily and profusely ; very weak and emaciated ; is anxious regarding his condition. Psorinum cm., one dose, cured.E. M., aged
8,
a papular vesicular eruption over entire body, but < in the flexures of joints, on hands and wrists, and between fingers ; in palms, which resembled eczema ; the itching was intolerable ; scratched until it bled, which >
itching, and he would sleep ;
< at night on undressing and in bed ; night sweats without relief ; face sallow, pale ; tongue coated dirty white ; great thirst for cold water ; offensive odor from body. Was attended with periostitis on r. tibia, resulting in abscess. After removal of sequestrum, under Psorinum, completely recovered.M. V. had chronic eczema on legs, of twenty years’ standing. Had
been treated by specialists, and spent months in various hospitals,
with all kinds of external applications, without relief. The front of
left leg, from knee to ankle, covered with thick whitish crusts, and
the skin drawn and wrinkled. At the edges of the crusts the skin was
red and irritable. White bran-like scales shed in large quantities,
during sleep, by scratching or rubbing the leg;
underlying surface red, angry looking, bleeding ;
with intolerable itching. Psorinum –200,
one dose dry on tongue, effected a permanent cure.Child, aged
3,
had milk crusts since three months old ;
was emaciated, with enlarged cervical glands, and a sickly, puny
appearance ;
the whole scalp was involved, and emitted an offensive odor. The hair
was matted, impossible to keep it clean ;
bowels constipated, never moving without artificial aid. Psorinum 200,
one dose, produced severe <, then a permanent cure.Lower Limbs (Psorinum)
II
Carries ;
rachitis.II
Chronic
rheumatism in limbs, with a dry eruption on wrists.II
Corns between
second and third toes of left foot.II
Dry herpes,
especially in bend of knees.II
Eruption
about joints makes walking difficult, as if encased in armor.II
For four or
five weeks, feeling when walking as if left foot were pulled around
inward ;
< for last two weeks, so that he sometimes looked to see if it were really so. Locomotor ataxia.II
For many
weeks gouty pains, etc. ;
dry cough ;
constrictive pressure and cutting, tearing pain at sternum near fourth
and fifth ribs ;
greatest despondency and ill-humor.II
Gout in lower
extremities.II
Hands and
feet feel as if broken early in morning and after a little work.II
Hands moist,
with cold, clammy sweat, the very touch of which was unpleasant ;
profuse sweating of feet ;
feet very painful, causing shuffling gait.II
Ischias :
sciatica.II
Knees give
way under him.II
Large
swelling about ankle.II
Old itch
eruption on inner side of thigh and in popliteal space.II
Purpura on
inner side of thigh.II
Vesicles
becoming ulcers, on feet.I
Arthritis :
rheumatism, especially in chronic forms.I
Chronic
gonitis.I
Heat in hands
and feet.I
Herpetic and
itching eruption especially in bends of joints, in bends of elbows and
in popliteal spaces.I
Oozing
blisters on legs, from small pustules, increasing in size, with
tearing pains.,I
Pain in knee
caused by a fall a year ago.I
Paralysis of
legs from suppression of eruption on arms.I
Tearing in
limbs ;
in left knee and left axilla.I
Ulcers :
on legs usually about tibiae and ankles or other joints ;
ulcers are indolent, slow to heal ;
on lower legs with intolerable itching over whole body ;
on feet.A crawling or whirling, or an internally itching restlessness,
especially in the lower limbs(in
the evening in bed or early on awaking)
;
they must be brought into another position every moment.Almost constant yawning, stretching and straining of the limbs.
Attacks of loss of consciousness, lasting a moment or a minute,
with an inclination of the head to the one shoulder, with or without
jerks of one part or the other of the body.Attacks of paralytic weakness and paralytic lassitude of the one
arm, the one hand, the one leg, without pain, either arising suddenly
and passing quickly, or commencing gradually and constantly
increasing.Attacks of sudden heaviness of the arms and legs.
Attacks of tremor in the limbs, without anxiety.
Boils
(furuncles),
returning from time to time, especially on the nates, the thighs, the
upper arms and the body. Touching them causes fine stitches in them.Burning in the soles of the feet.
Chilblains
(even
when it is not winter)
on the toes and fingers, itching, burning and lancinating pains.Children fall easily, without any visible cause. Also similar
attacks of weakness with adults, in the legs, so that in walking one
foot glides this way and the other that way, etc.Continuous, constant trembling, also in some cases beating with the
hands, the arms, the legs.Corns, which even without external pressure cause burning,
lancinating pains.Crawling or also pricking formication
(as
from the limbs going to sleep)
in the arms, in the legs and in other parts (even
in the finger-tips).Dying off of certain fingers or of the hands and feet.
Encysted tumors
(wens)
in the skin, the cellular tissue beneath it, or in the bursae mucosae
of the tendons (exostosis),
of various forms and sizes, cold without sensibility.Eruption on insteps soon becoming thick, dirty, scaly, suppurating
;
painful and itching at times, keeping him awake.Eruptions, either arising from time to time and passing away again
;
some voluptuously itching pustules, especially on the fingers or other
parts, which, after scratching, burn and have the greatest similarity
to the original itch-eruption ;
or nettle-rash, like stings and water-blisters, mostly with burning
pain ;
or pimples without pain in the face, the chest, the back, the arms and
the thighs ;
or herpes in fine miliary grains, closely pressed together into round,
larger or smaller spots of mostly reddish color, sometimes dry,
sometimes moist, with itching, similar to the eruption of itch and
with burning after rubbing them. They continually extend further to
the circumference with redness, while the middle seems to become free
from the eruption and covered with smooth, shining skin (herpes
circinatus).Erysipelas, partly in the face
(with
fever),
partly in the limbs, on the breast while nursing, especially in a sore
place (with
a pricking and burning pain).Feet go to sleep.
Freckles, small and round, brown or brownish spots in the face, on
the hands and on the chest, without sensation.Glandular swellings around the neck, in the groin, in the bend of
the joints, the bend of the elbow, of the knee, nee, in the axillae,
also in the breasts.Heat and itching on soles.
In the joints a sort of tearing, like scraping on the bone, with a
red, hot swelling which is painfully sensitive to the touch and to the
air, with unbearably sensitive, peevish disposition(gout,
podagra, chiragra, gout in the knees, etc.).In the limbs, drawing
(tearing),
tensive pains, partly in the muscles and partly in the joints (rheumatism).In the periosteum, here and there, especially in the periosteum of
the long bones, pressive-drawing pains.Increasing susceptibility of straining a joint, even by a very
slight muscular effort, by light mechanical labor, on stretching the
arms above the head for the purpose of reaching something elevated, on
lifting light things, on turning the body quickly, on rolling
something, etc. This, often slight, straining or extending the muscles
sometimes induces the most violent diseases, swoons, hysterics,
complaints of all degrees, fevers, hemoptysis, etc., whereas a person
that is not affected with psora is able to lift any burdens he
pleases, without any inconvenience.Involuntary turning and twisting of the head, or the limbs, with
full consciousness(St.
Vitus’ Dance).Joints crack on moving, or they make a snapping noise.
Joints, painful on motion.
Liver spots, large brownish spots which often cover whole limbs,
the arms, the neck, the chest, etc., without sensation or with
itching.Numbness of the skin or of the muscles of certain parts and limbs.
Pain in hip-joints as if dislocated,
< when walking, with weak arms.
Pains in legs, especially in tibiae and soles after too much
exercise in walking, with a peculiar restlessness in legs, so that he
frequently changes position, passing off after rising.Sciatic pains
;
tension down to knee while walking.Slow, spasmodic straining of the flexor muscles of the limbs.
Stitches in the heels and soles of the feet while standing.
Stitching pains in the fingers or toes.
Sudden bending of the knees.
Sudden fainting spells and sinking of the strength, with loss of
consciousness.Sudden jerks of some muscles and limbs even while walking
;
e. g., of
the tongue, the lips, the muscles of the face, of the pharynx, of the
eyes, of the jaws, of the hands and of the feet.The going to sleep of the limbs increases and follows on slight
causes;
e. g.,
in supporting the head with the arm, crossing the legs while sitting,
etc.The joints of the fingers, swollen with pressive pains, painful
when touching and bending them.The joints, as it were, stiff, with painful, difficult motion, the
ligaments seem too short.The moist herpes on the legs are called salt rheum
;
or crusts. raised above the surrounding skin, round in form, with
deep-red, painless borders, with frequent violent stitches on the
parts of the skin not yet affected ;
or small, round spots on the skin, covered with bran-like, dry scales,
which often peel off and are again renewed without sensation ;
or red spots on the skin, which feel dry, with burning pain ;
somewhat raised above the rest of the skin.The painful cramps in some of the muscles increase and come on
without appreciable cause.The predisposition to spraining and straining the joints at a
misstep, or a wrong grasp, increases at times even to dislocation;
e. g.,
in the tarsus, the shoulder-joint, etc.The snapping and crackling of the joints at any motion of the limb
increases with a disagreeable sensation.Thickening and stiffening of the joints.
Thickening of the joints
;
they remain hard swollen, and there is pain on bending them.Tonic shortening of the flexor muscles
(tetanus).
Trembling of hands and feet.
Tumefaction and suppuration of the humerus, the femur, the patella,
also of the bones of the fingers and toes(spina
ventosa).Ulcers on the thighs, especially, also upon the ankles and above
them and on the lower part of the calves, with itching, gnawing,
tickling around the borders, and a gnawing pain as from salt on the
base of the ulcer itself;
the parts surrounding are of brown and bluish color, with varices near
the ulcers, which, during storms and rains, often cause tearing pains,
especially at night, often accompanied with erysipelas after vexation
or fright, or attended with cramps in the calves.Varices, varicose veins in the lower limbs
(varices
on the pudenda),
also on the arms (even
with men),
often with tearing pains in them (during
storms),
or with itching in the varices.Warts on the face, the lower arm, the hands, etc.
Watery swelling, either of the feet alone, or in one foot, or in
the hands, or the face, or the abdomen, or the scrotum, etc., alone,
or again cutaneous swelling over the whole body(dropsies).
Weakness in all the joints as if they would not hold together.
While sitting the patient feels intolerably weary, but stronger
while walking.While walking in the open air sudden attacks of faintness,
especially in the legs.Whitlow, paronychia
(sore
finger with festering skin).Yellowness of the skin, yellow spots of a like nature around the
eyes, the mouth, on the neck, etc., without sensibility.Rest. Position. Motion. (Psorinum)
Bending backward
:
painful stiffness of neck.Bending forward
:
pressure in chest <.Cannot lie down
:
rheumatic pericarditis.Cannot straighten out
:
backache.Changes position
:
restlessness in legs.Exertion
:
causes perspiration ;
eczematous eruption ;
urticaria.Getting up
:
waterbrash >.Had to rise at night to collect his senses.
Lies in same position in morning as when he fell asleep.
Lies on face
:
inflammation of eyes.Lying down
:
waterbrash ;
cough < ; chest symptoms >
;
pain in heart >
;
gurgling in region of heart ;
pericarditis better.Lying on r. side
:
pain in region of liver <.Many ailments are
< or come on when riding in a carriage, and when exercising in open air, and >
by rest and in room.Morning
:
stitches in spleen < ; pain in chest < ; does not < pressure in chest ; pains in small of back <.Must lie down
:
dizziness ;
to breathe more easily.Rest
:
stitches in spleen.Sitting aggravates dyspnea
(asthma)
and pain in heart ;
these and other ailments are >
while lying down.Sitting up to write
:
dyspnea <.Slightest exercise
:
profuse perspiration.Standing
:
stitches in spleen >.Stooping
:
tough mucus in nose ;
lumps in groin prevent.The nearer arms are brought to body, dyspnea
<.
Walking
:
pain in region of liver hinders ;
pain through groin ;
cannot walk without assistance ;
cutting in left loin ;
shortness of breath in open air ;
backache ;
pain in hip joints < ; tension to knees ; difficult, eruptions above joints, as if left foot were pulled around inward ; profuse sweat with debility.Nerves (Psorinum)
II
A man, aet. 21,
was obliged to run until nearly exhausted ;
although strong and well before, he now became weak, perspiring easily
and had severe pain in r. side, < by coughing, laughing, motion.II
Debility :
independent of any organic disease ;
loss of appetite ;
tendency to perspiration on exertion and at night ;
after acute diseases ;
after protracted diseases or loss of fluids ;
after typhus, with despair of recovery ;
thinks he is very ill when he is not ;
appetite will not return ;
in the evil consequence of suppressed itch, especially after large
doses of sulphur.II
Subsultus
tendinum.II
Trembling and
chilliness, with attacks of pain in chest.II
Very weak and
miserable after suppressed itch.I
Constantly
increasing debility, with abdominal affections.I
Constantly
tired and sleepy ;
very little labor exhausts him ;
exhausted after riding in a wagon.I
Loss of
strength, with cough, with oppression of chest.I
Malaise :
feels tired out.I
Nervous,
restless, easily startled.(
Kali c. after
parturition or abortion.)After typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia.
Burning pains on the whole r. side of body
;
felt as if the r. side of the head and r. eye would burst, was so
painful and swollen.Epilepsies of various kinds.
Frequent attacks of epilepsy
;
religious melancholy (improved).Looks pale, exhausted and thinner than usual.
Stormy weather affects him.
Weakness
;
of all the joints of the body as if they would not hold together.Mr. C.,
43,
spare, dark. Hypochondriacal. Nervous for nine months. Had to give up
business. Took much quinine and many other drugs, without >.
Complains of very disagreeable feeling about the head, great mental
depression ;
thinks he will never recover ;
hopeless and despondent. Cannot apply his mind to business. Seems
confused ;
cannot reckon. Numbness of legs and arms < on left side ; < going to bed, formication and crawling, with pricking and smarting on scalp and on extremities. Tongue coated white. After three months' treatment remained stationary. It was then ascertained that he sweated very easily on least exertion, and somewhat at night, with great loss of memory. Psorinum 400 soon caused marked improvement and enabled him to return to business.-J.
B. Bell.
Sleep (Psorinum)
II
Child
apparently well, but at night would twist and turn and fret from
bedtime till morning and next day be as lively as ever.II
In morning
lies in same position as when he fell asleep.I
Sick babies
will not sleep at night, but worry and fret and cry. (See
Jalapa.)I
Sleepless
after 12
P. M., from congestion to head.I
Sleepy by day ;
sleepless at night, from intolerable itching ;
dyspnea ;
congestion to head.After a very restless night he often has more strength in the
morning, than after a quiet sound sleep.After three o’clock in the morning, no sleep, or at least no sound
sleep.As soon as he closes his eyes, all manner of fantastic appearances
and distorted faces appear.Attacks of suffocation while sleeping
(nightmare).
Difficulty in falling asleep, when abed in the evening
;
he often lies awake for hours.Dreams
:
anxious ;
vivid, continue after waking ;
of robbers, danger, traveling, etc.Early on awaking, dizzy, indolent, unrefreshed, as if he had not
done sleeping and more tired than in the evening, when he lay down;
it takes him several hours (and
only after rising)
before he can recover from his weariness.He passes the nights in a mere slumber.
In going to sleep, she is disquieted by strange, anxious fancies
;
she has to get up and walk about.Loud talking, screaming, during sleep.
Night-mare
;
he usually suddenly awakes at night from a frightful dream, but cannot
move, nor call, nor speak, and when he endeavors to move, he suffers
intolerable pain, as if he were being torn to pieces.On waking
:
cannot get rid of the one persistent idea.Sleepiness during the day, often immediately after sitting down,
especially after meals.Sleeplessness, from anxious heat, every night, an anxiety which
sometimes rises so high that he must get up from his bed and walk
about.Somnambulism
;
he rises up at night, while sleeping with closed eyes, and attends to
various duties ;
he performs even dangerous feats with ease, without knowing anything
about them when awake.Various sorts of severe pains at night, or nocturnal thirst,
dryness of the throat, of the mouth, or frequent urinating at night.Very vivid dreams, as if awake
;
or sad, frightful, anxious, vexing, lascivious dreams.Time (Psorinum)
Aggravations in the evening and before midnight.
Day
:
ciliary blepharitis worse ;
nausea and vomiting ;
sleepy.Evening
:
fever ;
eyes feel tired ;
itching in ear < ; vomiting ; cough ; chilliness in upper arm and thighs, as if he should lose his senses ; heat, with delirium, itching and heat in eyes.Forenoon
:
dull.Morning
:
left half of head stupid ;
vertigo ;
when rising, forcing outward in head ;
headache < ; eyes slightly agglutinated ; ciliary blepharitis < ; nausea towards stools ; early, diarrhea ; when rising, diarrhea ; cough < when awaking ; hands and feet, as if broken.Night
:
feels dull, stupid ;
dropping from posterior nares awakens him ;
toothache < ; stools < ; stools only ; diarrhea ; nervous, restless ; awakens as if frightened ; wets bed ; cough < ; sweaty palms ; perspiration ; sleepless ; child twists, turns and frets ; heat ; terrible itching of whole body ; screaming.Temperature and Weather. (Psorinum)
Aggravation
from
sudden changes of weather.Air
:
nose sensitive when inhaling.Averse to having head uncovered.
Change of weather
:
headache caused and made < ; diarrhea.Cold
:
toothache < ; drinks, < pain in chest ; weather, dry scaly eruption returned.Cough
:
returns every winter.Feels a restlessness in his blood days before and during a
thunderstorm.Great sensitiveness to cold air or change of weather
;
wears a fur cap, overcoat or shawl, even in hottest summer weather.Increasing susceptibility to colds, either of the whole body
(often
even from repeatedly wetting the hands, now with warm water, then with
cold, as in washing clothes),
or only susceptibility of certain parts of the body, of the head, the
neck, the chest, the abdomen, the feet, etc., often in a moderate or
slight draft, or after slightly moistening these parts ;
even from being in a cooler room, in a rainy atmosphere, or with a low
barometer.Open air
:
when walking, photophobia ;
taste >
;
feels < ; cough >
;
shortness of breath ;
itching >.So-called weather prophets
;
i. e., renewed
severe pain in parts of the body which were formerly injured, wounded,
or broken, though they have since been healed and cicatrized ;
this renewed pain sets in, when great changes of the weather, great
cold, or a storm are imminent, or when a thunderstorm is in the air.Summer
:
cholera infantum ;
dry scaly eruption disappeared.Warm food
:
inflamed mouth <.Warmth
:
toothache >
;
of body causes itching ;
intolerable itching.Washing
:
>
pressure in head.While in bed
:
itching of body.Fever (Psorinum)
II
After ague
color of face worse.II
Profuse
sweating relieves all the complaints ;
chronic diseases. (Calad.)II
When taking a
walk profuse sweat with consequent debility, taking cold easily.I
Chilliness in
evening on upper arms and thighs, with thirst ;
drinking causes cough, then heat and cough, with oppression of chest ;
and trembling, with attack of pain in chest.I
Heat :
at night and dryness in mouth ;
in afternoon or evening, feels as if he would lose his senses, with
thirst ;
in evening, with delirium, great thirst, followed by profuse sweat ;
when riding in a carriage ;
sudden over whole body, with trickling perspiration all over face.I
Internal
shivering, creeping chills and icy-cold feet.I
Profuse night
sweats of phthisis.I
Sweats easily,
weak.I
Typhus :
picks bedclothes, reaches for objects in air ;
profound debility.I
Want of
perspiration ;
dry skin.Burning pains in various parts
(frequently
without any change in the usual external bodily temperature).Chilliness, constant, even without any change in the external
bodily temperature.Coldness, repeated or constant of the whole body, or of the one
side of the body;
so also of single parts, cold hands, cold feet which frequently will
not get warm in bed.Daily morning sweats, often causing the patient to drip, this for
many years, often with sour or pungent-sour smell.Every evening, chills with blue nails.
Every evening, heat, with rush of blood to the head, with red
cheeks, also at times an intervening chill.Every evening, single chills.
Frequent flushes of heat, especially in the face, more frequently
with redness than without;
sudden, violent sensation of heat during rest, or in slight motion,
sometimes even from speaking, with or without perspiration breaking
out.Intermittent fever of several weeks’ duration, followed by a moist
itching eruption lasting several weeks, but which is healed again
during a like period of intermittent fever, and alternating thus for
years.Intermittent fever, even when there are no cases about, either
sporadic or epidemic, or endemic;
the form, duration and type of the fever are very various ;
quotidian, tertian, quartan, quintan or every seven days.One-sided perspiration, only on one side of the body, or only on
the upper part of the body, or only on the lower part.Painful sensation of cold in various parts.
Perspiration comes too easily from slight motion
;
even while sitting, he is attacked with perspiration all over, or
merely on some parts ;
e. g., almost
constant perspiration of the hands and feet, so also strong
perspiration in the axillae and around the pudenda.Perspiration, cold and hot alternately, appeared about
3
A. M.Rushes of blood, also at times a sensation of throbbing in all the
arteries(while
he often looks quite pale, with a feeling of prostration throughout
the body).Sweat
:
profuse ;
cold, clammy from least exertion ;
profuse when taking slightest exercise ;
when walking ;
at night ;
on face, palms of hands and perineum when moving about ;
profuse sour, clammy, with faint oppression of chest after chill and
heat ;
after typhus ;
colliquative.Sweat
:
profuse at 3
A. M.Sweat at night
>
headache.The more intense the pain the more he sweats. Tibia.
The more intense the pain, the more profuse he sweats
(Tilia).
Warm air in the room or at church is exceedingly repugnant to her,
makes her restless, causes her to move about(at
times with a pressure in the head, over the eyes, not infrequently
alleviated by epistaxis).Attacks, Periodicity (Psorinum)
1
A. M. :
sensation as of a heavy blow on forehead, diarrhea. Immediately after
dinner :
congestion of blood to head.Day before headache
:
inordinate appetite.During full moon
:
wets bed.Every afternoon
:
great anxiety.Every day, from
5
A. M. until 5
P. m. ;
anguish in head.Every morning at ten
:
oppression.Every night
:
nocturnal enuresis ;
sweat.Every other day
:
headache, thirst, cold.For eleven years on
20th
of August :
hay fever.For four or five weeks
:
feeling when walking as if left foot were pulled around inward.For four years
:
discharge from ear.For three or four days
:
constipation.For twenty-five years
:
cough.Nearly every half hour
:
urination.Nine months
:
has been nervous.Twelve years’ duration
:
gleet.Two or three times a day
:
pains in chest grow severe.Locality and Direction (Psorinum)
From behind forward
:
stitches in chest.From left to r.
:
pain in eyes.From r. to left
:
pain in occiput ;
ciliary blepharitis.From within outward
:
as of hammers striking head.Left
:
half of head stupid ;
pains in temple ;
numbness of arm and leg ;
pressing headache < ; pain over eve ; spots on frontal region much whiter than surrounding skin ; discharge from ear ; pustules behind ear ; ovary indurated after violent knock ; cutting in loin ; stitches in chest ; stenosis of osteum venosum ; small warts on hand ; as if foot was pulled inward ; corns between toes ; tearing in knee ; in axilla.Right
:
pressure in side of occiput ;
large brown scab on eye ;
eye inflamed ;
ear a mass of crusts ;
eczema behind ear cured deafness ;
stinging in nostril ;
soreness of jaw ;
burning in cheek ;
ulcer on side of throat ;
pain through groin ;
lumps in groin ;
inguinal hernia ;
knotty lump over groin ;
violent pain in loin ;
tearing in side from cough ;
pain extending to shoulder ;
stitches in side of chest ;
sharp pain opposite tenth rib ;
fixed pain in side of chest ;
dull pressure in chest ;
lameness and soreness in shoulder ;
small vesicles behind ear.Sensations (Psorinum)
Anguish
:
in head.As if stupid in left half of head
;
eyes as if pressed outward ;
as if brain had not room enough in forehead ;
as if brain would protrude ;
back of head as if sprained ;
r. side of occiput as if luxated ;
as if piece of wood were lying across back of head ;
as if head were separated from body ;
as of a foreign body under eyelid ;
as if sand were in eyes ;
as if he heard with ears not his own ;
cheek bones as if ulcerated ;
condyle of jaw as if lame ;
tongue as if burnt ;
teeth as if glued together ;
as if a plug in throat ;
as if intestines were hanging down ;
as if frightened ;
throat as if narrowing ;
asthma as if he would die ;
as if everything in chest were raw and scratched ;
as if everything were torn in chest ;
glands of neck as if bruised ;
back as if bruised ;
arms as if paralyzed ;
hip joint as if ulcerated ;
joints as if encased in armor ;
as if left foot were pulled around inward ;
as if joints would not hold together ;
hands and feet as if broken ;
as if he would lose his senses.Boring
:
in r. nostril.Burning of eyes
;
in nose ;
of face ;
in r. cheek ;
of blisters on inside of lower lip ;
of throat ;
in fauces ;
in rectum ;
in urethra ;
in condylomata ;
of excrescences on prepuce ;
around nipples.Burning pressing pain
:
in chest.Constricting pain
:
in chest.Constricting pressure
:
at fourth and fifth ribs near sternum ;
at sternum.Constriction
:
of throat and chest.Cramplike contractive pain
:
in head.Cramps
:
in stomach.Crawling
:
on scalp ;
in larynx.Cutting
:
in chest.Cutting pains
:
in intestines ;
in urethra ;
in loin.Cutting, tearing pain
:
in throat.Digging
:
in forehead.Disagreeable sensation of dryness over the whole body
(also
in the face, around and in the mouth, in the throat or in the although
the breath passes freely through it).Drawing
:
in forehead ;
in testicles and spermatic cords.Dryness
:
of tongue ;
of mouth ;
of throat.Dullness
:
of head.Excruciating pains
:
in chest.Fixed pain
:
r. side of chest.Fornication
:
on scalp ;
in head.Fulness
:
in head ;
in vertex.Griping pains
:
about navel.Heat
:
of eyes ;
of hands and feet.Heaviness
:
of head ;
of testicles ;
in chest.Hot sensation
:
in chest.Intense pain
:
in head.Itching
:
eruption on head ;
in canthi ;
in ears ;
of external ear ;
of pimples of cheeks ;
of excrescence on prepuce ;
of pimples around nipples ;
of tetter on arm ;
of body in bed ;
between fingers ;
tetter on palms ;
intolerable over whole body ;
of eruption on instep ;
on soles ;
inner angles of eyes ;
condylomata ;
of herpes.Lameness
:
of shoulders and arms.Numbness
:
of legs and arms.Oppression
:
of chest ;
of stomach.Pain
:
in left temple ;
in chest ;
over left eye to r. ;
in back of head ;
over eyebrows ;
down nose ;
in liver ;
in cheek bones ;
in condyle of jaw ;
in throat ;
in chest extending to shoulder ;
in small of back ;
in abdomen ;
through r. groin ;
in rectum ;
in cardiac region ;
in chest and throat ;
in heart ;
in head and limbs ;
in hip joint ;
in knee ;
in legs.Painful stiffness
:
of neck.Pinching pain
:
in pubic region.Pressing pain
:
in small spots in forehead and temples ;
in eyes ;
in region of liver ;
in small of back.Pressure
:
in r. side of occiput ;
in r. zygoma ;
on chest ;
in r. side of chest.Pricking
:
on scalp.Rawness
:
behind ears.Restlessness
:
in legs.Rheumatism
:
in limbs.Severe pain
:
in l. ear ;
in limbs.Sharp pain
:
r. side opposite tenth rib.Singing
:
in forehead.Smarting
:
on scalp.Sore pain
:
behind ears.Soreness
:
of eyes :
of stomach ;
behind ears ;
of external ear ;
of nose ;
of jaw ;
of teeth ;
of mouth ;
in rectum and anus ;
under sternum ;
of whole chest ;
in neck ;
in r. shoulder.Stinging
:
in r. nostril ;
in teeth ;
in region of liver and spleen ;
in inguinal glands ;
in many parts of skin.Stitches
:
in heart ;
in eyes ;
in teeth ;
in spleen ;
in chest and back ;
in sternum ;
in r. side of chest ;
in cardiac region ;
between scapula ;
;
from back towards chest.Stitching pain
:
in pit of stomach ;
in region of liver.Suppurative pain
:
through whole chest.Tearing
:
from centre of chest to throat ;
in neck ;
between scapulae ;
in arms ;
in limbs ;
in legs ;
in left knee and left axilla.Tension
:
in r. zygoma ;
in throat :
of hands and of fingers ;
of boil on hand ;
down to knees.Throbbing
:
in brain.Tickling
:
in throat ;
in larynx ;
in trachea.Tired feeling
:
in eyes.Trembling
:
of hands ;
of feet.Ulcerative pain
:
in chest under sternum.Violent pains
:
in sacrum and r. loin.Weakness
:
in forehead ;
of stomach ;
in chest ;
in small of back ;
in joints.Tissues (Psorinum)
All excretions, diarrhea, leucorrhea, menstrual flow and
perspiration, have a carrion-like odorBody has a filthy smell even after a bath.
Caries
;
rachitis ;
dropsy.Deeply penetrating ichorous ulcers.
Fragility of the bones.
Glandular swellings with eruption on head.
Great emaciation, in children
;
they are pale, delicate, sickly, will not sleep day or night, but
worry, fret and cry, or child is good, plays all day, is restless,
troublesome, screaming all night.In the .joint of the foot there is pain on treading, as if it would
break.Increasing disposition to
strains
and to overlift
oneself even at
a very slight exertion of the muscles, even in slight mechanical work,
in reaching out or stretching for something high up, in lifting things
that are not heavy, in quick turns of the body, pushing, etc.Rheumatism and arthritis.
Softening of the bones, curvature of the spine
(deformity,
hunchback),
curvature of the long bones of the thighs and legs (morbus
anglicus, rickets).Such a tension or stretching of the muscles often then occasions
long confinement to the bed, swoons, all grades of hysterical
troubles, fever, hemoptysis, etc., while persons who are not psoric
lift such burdens as their muscles are able to, without the slightest
after effects.The joints are easily sprained at any false movement.
The joints are easily sprained or strained.
Thinner than usual, pale, exhausted.
Whole body painful, easily sprains and hurts himself.
Touch. Passive motion. Injuries (Psorinum)
Bandage
:
caused inflammation of tunica vaginalia.Fall
:
caused pain in knee.Intolerable pain in the skin
(or
in the muscles, or in the periosteum)
of some part of the body from a slight movement of the same or of a
more distant part ;
e. g., from
writing there arises a pain in the shoulder or in the side of the
neck, etc., while sawing or. performing other hard labor with the same
hand causes no pain ;
a similar pain in the adjacent parts, from speaking and moving the
mouth ;
pain in the lips and in the back at a slight touch.Painful sensitiveness of the skin, the muscles and of the
periosteum on a moderate pressure.Pressure
:
stomach sensitive ;
pain in region of liver < ; from a truss ; inflammation.Riding
:
pain in abdomen ;
griping and desire for stool ;
soreness in rectum and anus ;
in a wagon, exhausted ;
sweat. Violent knock :
left ovary indurated.Rubbing
:
causes small vesicles to arise.Touch
:
stomach sensitive ;
lingual glands sore ;
teeth < ; vesicles sore.Skin (Psorinum)
II
A girl, aet. 18,
sallow complexion but cleanly appearance ;
constant irritation of the different parts of body, day and night,
compelling her to scratch ;
numerous pediculi corporis cling to neck, back and shoulders ;
menstruation had never occurred ;
anxious, depressed and tearful ;
inner angles of eyes filled with gummy mucus, heat and itching in
them, in evening ;
corners of mouth sore.II
Burning
itching pustule after vaccination.II
Eczema behind
ears, on scalp and in bends of elbows and armpits, accompanied by
abscesses affecting bones ;
nothing relieved, but the eruption disappeared, to reappear again,
years after, on wrists ;
there was then a patch on each wrist as large as a half dollar, with
intense itching, preventing sleep, with constant desire to scratch.II
Itch :
dry on arms and chest, most severe on finger joints ;
followed by boils ;
inveterate cases with symptoms of tuberculosis ;
in recent cases, with eruptions in bends of elbows and around wrists ;
repeated outbreak of single pustules after main eruption seems all
gone.II
Large
suppurating pustules on hands, particularly near ends of fingers ;
had eight or ten within a few weeks, itching of body particularly
while in bed.II
Moist,
itching condylomata.II
Psoriasis ;
psoriasis syphilitica.II
Pustules or
boils on head, particularly on scalp ;
scalp had a dirty look and emitted an offensive odor ;
fine, red eruption, forming small white scales ;
pustules on hands.II
Retrocession
of eruption. Measles.II
Scaly
condition of skin of whole body ;
skin has a dirty, tawny color, although carefully kept ;
much itching causing desire to scratch, which gave but temporary
relief ;
some months back instep showed signs of eruption, which soon became a
thick, dirty-looking mass of scales and pus, painful and violently
itching ;
at times pain kept her awake at night ;
disease of at least a dozen years’ standing.II
Severe pains
in limbs and dark, burning spots, so that skin of whole body except
face resembled that of a mulatto ;
itch had been suppressed five times.II
Skin has a
dirty, dingy look, as if patient never washed ;
in some places looks coarse as if bathed in oil ;
sebaceous glands secrete in excess ;
body always smells dirty.II
Suppressed
eruptions.I
Abnormal
tendency to receive skin diseases.I
After
suppressed itch :
urticaria in attacks, after every exertion ;
tuberculosis ;
single pustules often appear.I
Consequences
of itch suppressed by sulphur ointment.I
Crusta
serpiginosa.I
Crusty
eruptions all over body.I
Eruptions
bleed easily and constantly tend to suppurate.I
Herpes :
with itching and burning ;
with biting-itching, with meal-dust, humid.I
Herpetic
eruptions.I
Itching :
when body becomes warm ;
and stinging in many parts at same time ;
intolerable, < in bed and from warmth ; scratches until it bleeds ; over whole body, when rubbed, small papules and vesicles arise : between fingers ; in knee joints ; in bends of knees ; terrible, of whole body at night, preventing sleep.I
Moist herpes
after suppressed scabies ;
intolerable itching when getting warm ;
< before midnight and in open air.I
Pemphigus.
I
Skin dirty,
greasy looking, with yellow blotches here and there.I
Skin inactive ;
want of perspiration.I
Ulcers :
deep, penetrating, ichorous ;
on face and legs ;
old, with fetid pus ;
violently itching ;
scrofulous, with swelling of bones.Copper-colored pustules, no itching.
Dry and scaly eruption, with little pointed vesicles around
reddened edges, disappearing during summer, but reappearing when cold
weather comes on.Dryness of the
(scarf)
skin either on the whole body with inability to perspire through
motion and heat, or only in some parts.Eczematous eruption after any severe exertion, accompanied by
sensation of tension and swelling on fingers, dorsum of hands, nape of
neck and towards ears;
slightly elevated blotches upon an erysipelatous, swollen, hard base ;
eruption of. numberless small vesicles ;
face in several places affected ;
eyelids swollen ;
intolerable itching, disturbing sleep ;
fingers so swollen that they cannot be flexed ;
after several days desquamation in very fine scales occurred.Eruption of small vesicles, quickly filling with a yellow lymph,
painful, like sores, to touch, drying up after a few days, on forehead
and several places on face, also behind r. ear.Fine, red eruption, forming small white scales.
On face, hand and back, also on legs, an itch like eruption appears
and the eyes agglutinate so that they cannot be opened.Pustules on forehead, chin and chest.
Rash on back and neck.
Sensation of dryness over the whole body, also in the face, at the
mouth and in the mouth, in the throat or in the nose, although the air
passes freely(especially
upon the hands, the external side of the arms and legs, and even in
the face ;
the skin is dry, rough, parching, feels chapped, often scaly like bran).Urticaria with eruptions on head.
Eczema
:
something more than a year since a young lady came under my
observation who had one of the worst cases I
ever saw. At 15
years I
remember her as attractive and brilliant, with a fine head of hair and
one of the most perfect complexions, or skins, I
ever saw. Upon questioning her I
learned :
Family history negative. Had been in every way in perfect health. At 14
years was vaccinated, “worked” well, six months later
attended a school exhibition one very cold night in winter and face
was considerably exposed. Next morning awakened, face greatly swollen,
intensely red, almost unbearable itching. Eyes suffused and injected,
ears double their normal size. Very little constitutional disturbance.
Called an allopathic physician who employed local and internal
measures with little immediate result. Soon papules were formed, many
of which became vesicular and not a few pustular ;
discharge of a thick, dirty fluid which stained and stiffened linen.
Hair was cut close and “locals” applied here also. Week
after week she had slight improvements and aggravations. She was of
strong allopathic faith, yet after three years of arsenic, potash,
cathartics, zinc and a dozen other local applications she sought
homeopathic treatment. Appeared to improve for a time, then as bad as
ever, and finally returned to allopathy ;
finding no relief, employed some patent remedies with apparent
transitory improvement. She was now, at the time I
saw her, taking nothing at all, had suffered for six years, and was
still as bad as ever, or even slightly worse. I
found her in mind, though naturally bright and cheerful, very
despondent, with even suicidal thoughts, complete despair of recovery.
Hair dry and without lustre, eyes somewhat suffused and injected,
which condition attends a sort of incipient asthmatic affection,
making its appearance each fall ;
some hoarseness. Face, neck and much of body :
was coarse, rough and of a dirty brown color. Does not perspire at
all. Eruption behaves much the same as at first and above described,
itching intolerably, better by gentle scratching which is continued
until it bleeds. Between points of eruption skin is much indurated.
Eruption surrounded by bluish circle ;
pruritus worse at night, when undressing, and by warmth of bed.
Desquamation is so great that the sheet was each morning shaken and
scales swept away. I
went to work with a faint heart, feeling that I
was somewhat lacking in uncommon and peculiar symptoms. I
prescribed Psorinum 200
(B.
& T.),
a powder each night dry on tongue, for a week.Eruption in bends of elbows and knees
;
dry, scaly and small pointed vesicles around the reddened joints ;
disappeared entirely in summer and reappeared when cold weather set in
;.
violent itching < by warmth of bed or by scratching. Psorinum 42 m., two doses, at six weeks intervals, cured. No return the following winter.A teething baby, nine months old, had eczema, beginning at outer
angle of r. eye and spreading over entire face. First a raised
inflamed base of a tawny red, then scattered pustules which coalesced
to form large crusts, from which oozed an oily, yellow, viscid
discharge, cracks upon ears with a similar discharge. Graphites cm.
was given without result;
then Sulphur, but the eruption spread until the cheeks were a mass of
crusts.. It then appeared on back and arm and one leg, and here gave
off fine bran-like scales. The scalp soon became involved and covered
with crusts a quarter of an inch thick, Psorinum cm., one dose, which < for a week, then improvement began and went on to a perfect cure ; notwithstanding the eruption of three teeth.A man, aged
80,
suffered with eczema since 18
years old, which appeared soon after vaccination. A very troublesome
cough had annoyed him for months, for which I
was called to attend him.Cough
< at night, on lying down and on rising in the morning. Coughs long before expectorating. Sputa yellowish, salty, puriform. Sensation of pressure on chest ; requires great effort to expand lungs. Chest painful, < after coughing ; mucous rales over both lungs. Loss of appetite. Eczema always < in winter ; intense itching < nights. The eczema had been suppressed by local treatment, and cough developed. Psorinum cm. Within 48 hours cough and chest symptoms improved, but the eczema reappeared over the body, with intense itching. Improving in health, but still has some eczema which gives him little trouble.-Chapman.
Mrs. M., aged
72,
tissues enormously distended with dropsy, unable to lie down for nine
weeks from dyspnea. Legs from ankles to crest of ilium and arms from
wrist to elbows covered with a dirty, scaly eruption, itching
violently < at night, could not avoid scratching, which gave no relief until it caused bleeding. All forms of external applications had been used in a vain effort to suppress the eruption. Psorinum 52m. one powder in four teaspoonfuls of water, given in four doses, half hour intervals, and six powders of placebo, one each night, gave prompt relief, and the patient was able to walk in two weeks. One week later another dose was required, as there was a slight return of the eruption on the ankles ; this completed the cure.-
Hawley.
Eczema Rubrum
:
Mrs. G., aged 71,
face red and swollen. almost erysipelatous in appearance. Heat of fire
caused torture when it touched her face ;
always sits with her back to the fire. Cold air >
bathing <, must dry face with great care. Burning and itching intolerable ; cannot sleep ; sits all night by an open window gently rubbing face with a handkerchief. Scratching increases burning and itching ; mental excitement, of which she has much, greatly < Psorinum 500 cured in one month.A woman had attacks of terrible itching of skin without eruption
through three periods of gestation. In the last she complained of the
same itching, when Dr.Lippe
advised Psorinum. In two days erysipelas appeared. Her face was very
much swollen.Copyright
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