CARBO VEGETABILIS.
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), On
waking, anxiety; immediately after rising, confusion of the head; in bed, headache over
vertex; on waking, headache; eyes agglutinated; immediately after rising, flickering before
eyes; in bed, nose bleed; on waking, catarrhal irritation; dryness of mouth; on waking,
dryness of mouth; bitter mucus in mouth; scraping in throat; an hour after waking, nausea,
etc.; pain near pit of stomach; on waking, passage of flatus; in bed, itching in anus;
contraction of urethra; tearing, etc., in urethra; very early, desire to urinate; on rising,
leucorrhœa; almost voiceless; on rising from bed, cough; after waking, cough; on waking,
rush of blood to chest; after rising tightness in chest; after rising from bed, sensation in
chest; in bed, sticking beneath ribs; on rising, stiffness in back; tearing from chest to
back, etc.; in bed after rising, sensation in joints; on waking, tearing in shoulder, etc.;
in bed, pain in elbow-joints; especially in the wind,
drawing in wrist-joint, etc.; on washing sensation in hands; in bed, twitches in left thigh;
on rising tension in thighs; indolent, etc.; in bed, weariness, etc.;
on rising from sleep, weary, etc.; prostration; in bed, headache, etc.; febrile chill, etc.,
on waking, sweat; warm sweat. ► (Forenoon),
Violent, etc., attack of vertigo, etc.; nose-bleed; when sucking gum, blood flows into
mouth; sensation in pharynx; about 10 to 11 o’clock, nausea; weakness; 11 o’clock,
chilliness. ► (Toward noon),
Diminished appetite; general prostration, etc. ► (Noon), Little appetite, etc. ►
(Afternoon), 4 to 6 o’clock, anxiety; throbbing
headache; headache in forehead; pressure in top of head;
ringing in ear; eructations; accumulation of flatulence; pain near pit of stomach; abdomen
distended; flatulence, etc.; great quantity of flatus; tension in abdomen; griping in
abdomen; noon till evening, legs relaxed; body trembled, etc. ►
(Toward evening), In open air, sour eructations;
difficult breathing, etc.; chilliness, etc. ► (Evening), Excited, etc.; anxiety; after lying down, anxiety,
etc.; after walking, confusion of head; after sleeping while sitting, dizzy, etc.;
dizziness; in bed, headache; in bed, throbbing headache; after lying down, eyes ache; heat
etc., of the left ear; twinges in right ear; fluent coryza; crawling in the side of nose; in
bed, tearing in left zygoma; sensation in mouth, etc., scraping in throat; pain in pit of
stomach etc.; after 7 o’clock, pressure in pit of stomach; griping in abdomen; cutting in
bowels; stitches in anus; soreness in pudenda; obliged to clear throat, etc.; after lying
down, crawling, etc., in larynx; hoarseness; when walking in open air, hoarseness; cough; in
bed, short cough; spasmodic cough; on going to sleep, cough; when lying, difficult
breathing; on going to sleep, palpitation, etc.; drawing pain in back; in bed, twitching of
the arms, etc.; in bed heaviness of the limbs; in bed, drawing sensation in limbs; pains in
fingers; in bed, drawing in thigh; restlessness in lower leg; after lying down, cramp in soles; indolence, etc.; weariness; weakness of body;
uneasiness; in bed, stitches on the side; red spots on neck; in bed, sticking-itching in
region of coccyx; chilliness; with the irritation to cough, chilliness, etc.; shivering,
etc.; feverish coldness; cold hands, etc.; in bed, before 1 o’clock, could not get feet
warm; at 6 o’clock, heat; burning heat. ► (Night), Headache; pain in occiput, etc.; unable to open eyes;
illusions of hearing; sneezing; frequent sneezing, etc.; nose-bleed;
catarrhal irritation; nausea; pressure beneath stomach, etc.; diarrhœa; moisture from anus;
paroxysm of cough; heaviness of back, etc.; sticking between shoulder-blades; arms go to
sleep; in bed, burning in thigh; in bed sensation in left leg; in bed, cramp in leg; tearing
under toenails; in bed, pain in corn; uneasiness, etc., tearing in
various parts; in bed, burning in skin; itching on the palms; chilliness, etc.;
in bed, heat; offensive sweat. ► (After midnight), Profuse sweat. ►
(When walking in open air), Most pains appear; pain in
liver; numbness of thigh; cramp in lower leg. ► (Ascending steps), Pain left thigh; pain in knees. ► (On bending back arms),
Tearing in shoulder-blade. ► (After
breakfast), Pressure beneath short ribs; weakness; general sweat. ► (Breathing), Pain in
abdomen, etc. ► (During deep
breathing), Stitches in right side. ► (On going from a warm room into a cold one), Cough. ► (When coughing), Stitches through the head; pain in larynx, etc.; pain in chest. ► (Before dinner), Nausea. ► (After dinner), Confusion
of head; pressure in lids, etc.; mouth filled with mucus; abdomen
distended; for eight days, heaviness of feet; weariness; inclination to sleep;
sleepiness, etc. ► (After
drinking), Empty eructations. ► (While eating), Anxiety; toothache; throbbing in teeth; sore pain
in throat; griping in abdomen; sweat on forehead. ► (After eating), Anxiety; out of humor; headache; headache in
forehead, etc.; sour taste; nausea, etc.; distension of
the abdomen, etc.; griping in abdomen; palpitation; overpowered
with sleep. ► (After
eating and drinking), Eructations. ► (After every expectoration), Dry cough. ►
(On gargling), Vertigo. ►
(Inspiration), Pressure in trachea; pain in right chest,
etc. ► (When lying),
Legs pain; if she turns over, or stretches out the knees, pain in knees. ► (Lying on side), Pain in
bowels. ► (When lying on back),
Acidity in stomach. ► (Before
every meal), Nausea. ► (With every meal), Nausea. ► (Before menstruation), Itching of a tetter. ►
(During menstruation), Headache; pains in lower abdomen;
burning in hands, etc. ► (After
taking milk), Flatulence; sour eructations. ►
(On motion), Vertigo; pain in head; in open air,
hiccough; pain in right shoulder-joint; tearing in upper arm; drawing, etc., in forearm. ► (On sudden motion of head),
Vertigo. ► (Raising thigh),
Pain in thigh. ► (From reading),
Shocks in head; stitches in upper part of head. ► (During respiration), Throbbing of the
head. ► (On rising
after sitting), Limbs heavy; pain in knees. ►
(Salt food), Toothache. ►
(When shaking head), Pain in right side of head. ► (When sitting), Vertigo;
crackling in occiput; difficult breathing; palpitation; pain in
back; drawing in back, etc.; legs pain; pain in knees. ►
(While sitting bent), Pinching in abdomen; griping in
abdomen. ► (After sitting),
heat of cheeks. ► (After soup),
Empty eructations. ► (Standing),
Painfulness of stomach; weariness, etc., in knees; pain in knees; burning in soles of feet. ► (Before stool), Drawing
across abdomen. ► (After stool),
Anxiety, etc.; emptiness of abdomen; colic; burning in anus; tremulous weakness; exhaustion.
► (On stooping),
Vertigo; headache; drawing in back. ► (After supper), Headache; pressure in occiput; sleepiness, etc. ► (Touch), Pressure in
stomach. ► (On turning in bed),
Vertigo. ► (When urinating),
Sticking in pudenda; itching in pudenda. ► (After waking from sleep), Vertigo; dullness of head; throbbing in
temples, etc.; itching in anus; chest feels weary; chest oppressed, etc.; stiffness in legs.
► (Walking), Vertigo;
dizziness in head; acidity in stomach; painfulness of stomach; emptiness of abdomen; tension
in hip-joints, etc.; pain in hip-joints; pain in thigh; stitches through thigh; weariness,
etc., in knees; sensation in knee-joint; pain in right toes; sweat of the feet. ► (On becoming warm in bed),
Stitches all over body. ► (Writing),
Sensation in left shoulder-blade; sensation in hands; weariness in arms. ► Amelioration. ► (Eructation), Sensation of oppression of chest. ► (Lying down), Confusion
in head; drawing in left thigh. ► (On motion), Drawing in wrist-joint, etc., disappears. ► (On passing wind), Pain
in region of stomach disappears. ► (Raising head), Headache. ► (After rising), Headache, etc., disappears. ►
(Rising from bed), Headache.
SUPPLEMENT: CARBO VEGETABILIS.
Authorities.
5, G. Nelson
Smith, M.D., Am. Journ. of Hom. Mat. Med., vol. v, New Ser., 1876, p. 183, Mrs. Dr. J. L. C.
began with eating bits of charcoal for “heartburn,” and to “sweeten the
stomach,” but latterly she had been in the habit of triturating it to an impalpable
powder, and taking about one-half of a teaspoonful two or three times a day; (6 to 25, Conrad Wesselhœft,
M.D., Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1877, p. 119); 6, E. E.
Holman took eight dose of 3d trit. in one day; 7, L. W.
Todd took one dose of 3d trit.; 8, Mrs. F. H. Stanford
took repeated grain dose of 1st trit for six days; 9,
same, took repeated dose of 2d trit. for nineteen days; 10,
R. R. Trotter took repeated doses of 1st trit. for twelve days; 11,
J. A. Marshall took repeated doses of 1st trit. for five days, then after an interval of
four days for five days more; 12, Mrs. H. H. Cobb took
repeated doses of 1st trit.; 13, S. J. Aldrich, æt.
forty years, took 2 powders (first day); 3 powders (second day); 4 powders (third day); 13a, same, took 5 powders at
intervals; 14, M. Mason took repeated doses of 1st and
2d trit. for ten days; 15, Mrs. F. J. M. Whitcomb took 4
powders of 1st trit. in one day; 15a,
same, took 3d trit. repeated doses; 15b, same, took 1st trit. 4 grains twice; 16, S. M. W., a young man, took 3d trit., repeated doses, for
five days; 17, W. B. W. took 3d trit. without effect,
afertwards took 4 grains 1st trit., morning and noon; 18,
Mrs. M. D. Crane, æt. sixty-two years, had a cough caused by cold, took several powders; 19, Miss M. M. took repeated doses for a week; 20, Mrs. L. G. B., æt. thirty-eight years, took repeated doses; 21, Mrs. C. D. R. took 1 grain at 7 P.M. (first day); same at 7
and 11 A.M. (second day); 22, C. I. L., æt. twenty-two
years, took repeated doses for three days; 23, Mrs. J.
H. Marshall, æt. thirty-seven years, took repeated doses; 24,
Mrs. F. H. took repeated doses; 25, Miss. S. W., æt.
thirty-one years, took repeated doses.
MIND.
► Great anguish,
especially in the evening, [5]. ►
Feel doleful (eighth day), [14]. ►
Depressed (after 6 grains), [15a]. ► Very depressed (twenty-fourth day), [9]. ► Hard work not to shed tears
(twenty-third day), [9]. ►
Irritability, [5]. ►
Very irritable (third day), [19]. ► Cross about trifles, [20].
► Peculiar mental weakness and confusion, [3]. [1190.] ► Ideas slow, confused; memory lost periodically, [5].
HEAD.
► Vertigo on
slightest motion of head, [5]. ►
Slight headache (after 5th powder), [13a]. ► General headache; pronounced in the region of the brain
(third day), [13]. ►
Terrible headache, similar to one described, [7]. ► Pressure in the head (third day), [22]. ► Oppressive headache above
eyes, with nausea, [5]. ►
Dull pain in frontal region (fifteen minutes after 6 grains), [15a].
► Slight pain in the left temple (after third dose); pain
in left temple much increased, and rapidly extending over the top and sides of the head,
very excruciating in character; a continuous, dull, almost unbearable pain (after fourth and
fifth dose), [6]. ►
(Crazy feeling in right side of head, and steady pain in right orbital region. Can’t study,
head feels so badly; a sort of tired-out sensation in front and top of brain), (eighth day),
[14]. [1200.]
► Sticking pain through right parietal region, in the
evening (ninth day), [14]. ►
Violent itching of the scalp for many days, [20].
EYE.
► In eyes itching,
smarting, burning, [5]. ►
Twitching of eyelids, [5]. ►
Stiffness of eyelids, when moved (second day), [20]. ► Nearsighted, [5].
EAR.
► In ears ringing,
humming, pressure, [5].
NOSE.
► Sneezing (first
day), [8]. ► Fluent
coryza (fifth day), [10]. ►
Coryza during the day (seventh day), [10]. [1210.] ► Watery discharge
from the nose (after seventh dose), [6]. ► I had a slight chronic catarrh before taking medicine, which
has aggravated all the symptoms (twelfth day), [9]. ► Violent coryza, [23].
FACE.
► Face pale, [5]. ► Face worn-looking,
[23]. ► Aching in
superior maxillary bones, [20]. ►
Drawing tearing in facial bones, [5]. ► Twitching of upper lip, [5].
► Dry, cracked, swollen lips (tenth day), [11].
MOUTH.
► Teeth, drawing and
tearing pain; chronic looseness of the teeth; soreness of gums, [5]. [1220.] ► Fissure of the tongue, with vesicles around the edges, that
smart as though burned (tenth day), [11]. ► Tongue sore, [5]. ► Canker sore on inside of lip (tenth day), [10]. ► Alternate dryness of
mouth, with salivation (sixteenth day), [9]. ► Dryness of mouth, with thirst, alternating with salivation
(seventeenth day), [9]. ►
Secretion of viscid and thin watery saliva (sixteenth day), [9].
► Taste bitter, [5].
THROAT.
► Throat slightly
sore (second day), [8]. ►
Soreness in throat, with tickling (eighth day), [9]. ► Pain in throat when swallowing, [5]. [1230.] ► Raw feeling in posterior nares (thirteenth day), [10]. ► Burning of
fauces, with desire to cough (sixth day), [8]. ► Difficult deglutition, [5].
STOMACH.
► Chronic aversion
to meat; very marked; appetite lost, [5]. ► Thirst, alternating with slight salivation (seventh day), [9]. ► Sour, bitter
eructations (after fifth dose), [6]. ► Heartburn, [5]. ► Constant nausea, with trembling feeling, [5]. ► Felt sick in a few minutes,
with eructations of wind (seventeenth day), [9]. ► Bloating of stomach (fifth day), [8]. [1240.] ► The simplest food caused distress, [5]. ► Feeling of goneness in
stomach (after fourth dose), [6]. ► Tenderness of the stomach and a faint feeling, [20]. ► Hard sensation in the
stomach, as though something were there that ought not be; relieved by sour, bitter
eructations (after fifth dose), [6]. ► Pressive pain in epigastric region (seventeenth day), [9].
ABDOMEN.
► Pain in
hypochondria, as if from a bruise, [5]. ► Pain in the region of the spleen, followed by a dull heavy
ache, [15]. ►
Abdomen bloated, in the evening (fourth day), [8]. ► Symptoms of flatulency (after 3d powder), [13a]. ► Fetid-smelling wind per
rectum (first day), [8]. [1250.]
► Passage of wind with a loose stool (fourth day), [9]. ► Feeling of tight
band around the waist; passes of at 8 o’clock, with discharge of very offensive flatus
(second day), [11]. ►
Pressure and cramp in lower abdomen, [5].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
► Piles
protruding one-half inch and very sore; they troubled him about three days (after five
days); never had them before, [16]. ► Painful bearing down in rectum and labia (third day), [20]. ► Constriction of
the rectum, [20]. ►
Pain in rectum during entire evening (second day), [20].
► Dragging pain in rectum (second day), [20]. ► Severe tenesmus and pain, [23].
STOOL.
► Diarrhœic stool,
ending in a gushing watery evacuation (third day), [8].
[1260.] ► Loose
stools, with tenesmus (second day), [8]. ► Constipation, but with stool soft, [5]. ► Constipated (seventeenth
day), [9]; (fourth day), [10]; (first day), [11]. ► Bowels constipated, with urgent desire to urinate, passing
large quantities of pale urine (fifth day), [11].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Desire to
urinate nearly all the time (seventh day), [9]. ► Desire to urinate, with passage of a large quantity of pale
urine (fourth day), [11]. ►
Urine less and not so often, as is my habit, [18]. ► Urine diminished; frequent urging to urinate, [5]. ► Urine light, nearly
colorless; urging to micturate (ninth day), [9]. ► Much sediment in urine (third day), [20].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
[1270.] ► Os to touch is unusually open (twenty-fourth day), [9]. ► Contraction of
genital organs (third day), [13]. ► Wretched nervous feeling originating in uterine region and
culminating in the inner; thighs; lasting through the evening (seventh day), [14]. ► Feeling of weight in
uterus and right ovary, and nervous, fidgety feeling extending down right thigh (eighth
day); heaviness in uterus (ninth day), [14]. ► Feeling as though menses would appear (fifth day), [14]. ► Character of
leucorrhœa changed from an acrid greenish yellowish-white to the color of albumen streaked
with milk (second day), [9]. ►
Menses appeared, preceded by several quite sharp pains through uterus (seventh day), [14]. ► Very profuse
flowing (eight and ninth days), [19]. ► Menses increased in quantity, thin and pale, [20]. ► Menses delayed or were
very slight, three or four days, then unusual amount of pain and profuse flow. Menses
appeared without premonitory state of discomfort, lasted less time than usual (after three
weeks), [12]. [1280.]
► Clots in menstrual flow, which is thicker than usual
(first day), [8]. ►
No membrane in menstrual flow (third day), [8].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Can
bear no pressure on thyroid gland (fifth day), [8]. ► Hacking cough raising a little white tasteless mucus from
throat (second day), [8]. ►
(Cough quite improved; have less collection of mucus), [18].
► Respiration increased, 32 on lying down (second day), [21]. ► Stopping of
breath, [5].
CHEST.
► Oppression in
lungs and heart, [5]. ►
Lungs and throat feel raw, as if they had been scraped (after seventh dose), [6]. ► A hot constricted feeling
in the chest, causing dyspnœa and a dry short cough; very much troubled for breath; passed
off in about an hour (fourteenth day), [11]. [1290.] ► Sticking pain in
chest (third day), [20].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Palpitation, [5]. ►
Palpitation marked (fifth day), [11]. ► Heart’s action disturbed (fifth day), [11]. ► Throbbing of heart
relieved for a few minutes, by taking a deep breath (sixth day), [9]. ► Could feel distinctly the
pulsation of the heart (third day), [22]. ► Heart seemed to stop beating at night (first day), [21]. ► Decrease of
pulse, with tendency to intermit, [20].
NECK AND BACK.
► Painful
stiffness from neck down entire spinal column, [5]. ► Posterior cervical muscles painful to touch (fifteenth day), [10]. [1300.]
► Pressure between shoulderblades (seventh and ninth
days), [9]. ►
Pressure between scapulæ on rising (eighth day), [9].
► Pain along the spine (fifteenth day), [10]. ► Sharp stitch in lumbar
region (after two hours and ten minutes), [14]. ► Pressure on sacral region continues, though slight (ninth
day), [9].
EXTREMITIES.
► Rheumatic
pains and lameness; worse in arms and thighs, [5].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► A
continuous, rather sharp pain in right shoulder, worse on motion; two hours and a half later
scarcely move right shoulder, because of a knifelike pain from shoulder through to chest
(third day), [14]. ►
Feeling as if the wrists were too short, numb, and “go to sleep all the time,” [5].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Tired around hips and sacrum (eighth day), [9]. ► Continuous tingling in Scarpa’s triangle of left leg in place
of old abscess (tenth day), [8]. [1310.] ► Lame feeling in
region of sciatic notch (deep), while standing and walking, more on right side than left;
lameness extends across sacrum (sixth day), [9]. ► Knees stiff and “going to sleep all the time,” [5]. ► Creeping pains in
knees (sixth day), [14]. ►
Legs tired, especially the calves (fourth day), [8]. ► Aching of tibia about its middle, [20]. ► Feet grew tender and were
swollen, [12]. ►
Numbness of feet, [5]. ►
Pains in the great toe (third day), [11].
GENERALITIES.
►
Restlessness, [5]. ►
Very restless, [24]. [1320.]
► Anguish in all the vital organs, [5]. ► General lassitude (after
fourth dose), [6]. ►
General weak and faint condition of body, especially in the morning, preventing rising till
late, [5].
SKIN.
► Alarming numbness
in all the external parts, [5]. ►
Formication all over, [5]. ►
Skin burning, [5].
SLEEP.
► Drowsy (second
day), [21]. ► Very
drowsy in the day; falling asleep very late at night; frequent starting in sleep, with
strange fancies, etc., [5]. ►
Sleepy (tenth day), [14]. ►
Sleepy at 2.30 P.M. (sixth day), [14]. [1330.] ► Sleeplessness
(eighth and ninth days), [10]. ►
Half awake all night, and awoke in the morning feeling tired, cross, sleepy, my mouth having
a peculiar feeling, as though painted or covered over with something, and tasting, as near
as I can describe, as one’s mouth does when having the measles (first day), [6]. ► Sleep full of dreams of
hard work, [20]. ►
Horrid dreams (fifth day), [11].
FEVER.
► Chilliness, with
flashes of heat, [5]. ►
Chilly feeling (fifth day), [14]. ► Very cold (first day); cold, obliged to sit beside the fire
(second night), [22]. ►
Very cold feet, [15b], [17].
► Feet cold in a warm room (sixth day), [8]. ► Feet feel like ice and feel
damp (ninth day), [14]. [1340.]
► Feet feel as though dipped in cold water (eighth day), [14]. ► Hot flushed face
(third day), [22]. ►
Burning heat in left foot (sixth day), [14]. ► Feet quite moist, [12].® 2000
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