Regional Index of Symptoms
Trunk, Spine, Back etc.
Back.
Acon –
Bruised pain in back, with stiffness and numbness; thinks
his kidneys are affected.
Aesculus –
Heaviness and lameness in back; constant ache so he
can hardly walk.
Agar –
pain in lumbar region, worse from sitting.
Amm-mur –
Icy coldness between shoulders, not better from
covering.
Berb –
Pain in small of back, radiating; lumbago; soreness to
touch in renal region; stitches in renal region, extending into loins and bladder.
Chel –
Constant pain under lower inner angle of right scapula.
Cicuta –
Spasms and cramps of muscles of the back.
Cimi –
Back feels stiff and constricted.
Dulc –
Pain in small of the back as from long stooping.
Ferr –
Lumbago, better from walking slowly.
Kali-phos –
Paralytic lameness in back and extremities.
Kreos –
Dragging backache, with pressure toward vulva.
Nat-mur –
Backache; feels as though firm pressure would relieve.
Nux-vom –
Bruised lameness in small of back; rheumatic; can’t
turn in bed without first getting up into a sitting posture.
Ranun –
Sharp, shooting pain extending into back and
hypochondria.
Sang –
Rheumatism of right shoulder and nape of neck.
Sep –
Burning and dragging in small of back; over sacrum and
hips, with burning and pressure in spine; all her pains go to the back.
Sul –
Lumbago with sudden weakness in back when rising from a
seat.
Tereb –
Burning pain in renal region.
Neck.
All-cepa –
Intense pain in back of neck.
Cicuta –
Contraction of muscles of neck.
Cimi –
Neck stiff and contracted.
Merc –
Tired aching in nape of neck.
Nat-mur –
Neck so thin sa to attract attention.
Sang –
Rheumatism of right shoulder and nape of neck; can’t
raise arm.
Spine.
Amm-mur –
Pain in coccyx as from a bruise, when sitting or lying
down.
Cimi –
Sensitive, especially in upper spine.
Ox-ac –
Pain between shoulders; sharp pain in limbs; coldness,
numbness, paralytic weakness.
Rhus –
Tearing, jerking pain in spinal nerves.
Sep –
Burning pressure in spine with dragging pain over sacrum.
Sul –
Neuralgia, periodical, from 12 to 1, gradually increasing
and decreasing.
Zinc –
Spinal irritation, with pain in lower dorsal and upper
lumbar region.
Joints.
Arg-nit –
Bruised, drawing pains in joints.
Bry –
Red, hot, swollen; faint redness of joints; worse from
pressure.
Caust –
Rheumatic contraction of flexors and stiffness of
joints.
Colch –
Rheumatic pains in joints and toes; red, hot, swollen;
sensitive to touch and motion.
Ferr –
Rheumatism in shoulders.
Kali-iod –
Rheumatism (knee); joint pale, with stitching pain.
Kalmia –
Heat, swelling, redness; pricking pain.
Thuj –
Burning, darting pains in outer parts of joints.
Extremities.
Agar –
Trembling of hands and body generally; stiffness of
fingers; itching of toes and feet as though frostbitten.
Ant-crud –
Soles of feet very sensitive; horny growths on feet;
finger nails split easily; warty growths under nails.
Arg-nit –
Unsteadiness in walking and standing.
Arn –
So sore and bruised in the hips he cannot walk erect.
Berb –
Rheumatic pains in extremities.
Calc –
Feet damp and cold, with wet stockings.
Caust –
Paralysis of joints; paralysis of single parts.
Con –
Weak, trembling, numb, as though paralysed.
Dig –
Coldness of hands and feet; oedema.
Dulc –
Rhematism alternating with diarrhoea.
Gels –
Trembling weakness of legs.
Grap –
Cracks in the ends of the fingers and between toes.
Hell –
Automatic motion of one arm and one leg.
Hep –
Hands and feet crack and ulcerate; with gnawing pain.
Kali-carb –
Soles of the feet and heels very sensitive.
Nat-mur –
Hang-nails; skin about nails dry and cracked.
Nit-ac –
Toes painfully sore.
Petr –
Finger tips crack; especially in winter.
Phos-ac –
Weakness of legs; stumbles all the time.
Phyt –
Burning, lancinating, shooting pain, like electric
shocks, changes location often.
Rhus –
Lameness and stiffness when first moving about;
prominences of bones tender to touch.
Sec –
Cold and numb, especially in tips of fingers and toes;
cramps in arms and legs, especially extensors; trembling unsteadiness; paralytic weakness;
paralysis.
Sil –
Finger nails yellow; brittle; ingrowing.
Stan –
Legs weak; give out; paralytic weakness; spasmodic
twitching in forearm and hands, making him drop things.
Thuj –
Neuralgia with extreme soreness and stabbing pain; nails
brittle, deformed.
Zinc –
Continuous, restless motion of feet.
Muscles.
Agar –
Twitching of eyelids, face, mouth, neck, abdomen,
extremities.
Apis –
Feels bruised all over.
Arn –
Sore, bruised, as though beaten.
Cicuta –
Violent contraction sin head and other parts; cramps of
muscles of neck and back.
Cuprum –
Clonic spasms spreading from one point; convulsions;
painful cramps in calves of legs, chest, abdomen, making him scream.
Hyos –
Violent convulsions.
Ign –
Twitching, especially about the face.
Opium –
Jerking, twitching, convulsions.
Rhus –
Tearing, jerking in single muscles; sore, stiff, lame
when first moving.
Stram –
Convulsive action of single muscles or groups of
muscles, without loss of consciousness.
Ver-vir –
Jerking and switching as though on the verge of
convulsions.
Zinc –
Weakness, trembling; twitching of muscles; convulsions
with pale face.
Eyes, Ears, Nose.
Eyes.
Agar –
Twitching of eyelids.
Ailan –
Congested; with dilated pupils.
All-cepa –
Sore, smarting; sensitive to light; lachrymation.
Apis –
Bag-like swelling under the eyes.
Arg-nit –
Soreness, swelling and agglutination of lids; great
heat, dries up the lashes; photophobia; purulent discharge.
Aurum –
Pain in bony structure of eye, extending into the eye.
Bell –
Sensitiveness to light.
Borax –
Lids granulated; lashes stick together in the morning;
soreness
and itching in canthi.
Cicuta –
Pupils dilated, insensible, squinting; when reading,
letters go up on down or disappear.
Cimi –
Intense aching of eyelids.
Clematis –
Dry, red, hot; burning pain in middle of eye;
lachrymation; sensitiveness to cold air; biting pain in eyes.
Con –
Irritation; marked photophobia.
Crocus –
Dimness, as though a veil were over the eye; biting in
eyes as though from smoke; eyes water in the open air.
Crot –
Yellow; sensitive to artificial light; vision dim.
Euph –
Sore; acrid discharge; copious lachrymation; lids red,
swollen, agglutinated in the a. m.; mucous on cornea, removed by winking.
Gels –
Orbital neuralgia with twitching of muscles of the eye;
ptosis; paralysis of muscles.
Grap –
Lids swollen, itching, eczematous.
Hell –
Lids turned upward, wide open, squinting.
Hyos –
Pupils dilated, sparkling, fixed.
Kali-carb –
Bag-like swelling over upper eyelids.
Nat-mur –
Sore, bruised; copious acrid lachrymation; eyes water
when he coughs.
Plat –
Objects appear smaller than they are.
Sec –
Fixed, staring; blue circles around eyes.
Spig –
When moved, pain as though too large for sockets.
Stram –
Diplopia; wants light in the room, thinking it is dark.
Ears.
Ant-crud –
Moist eruption behind the ears.
Asaf –
Fetid, green, purulent discharge from the ears.
Bar-carb –
Hardness of hearing; glands about ears swollen and
painful.
Bell –
Sensitive to loud noises.
Cactus –
Pulsations in ears during headache.
Calc –
Muco purulent discharge, with crackling and stitching
pain in ears and glandular swellings.
Caps –
Tenderness and pain behind ear, in mastoid.
China –
Roaring and ringing in the ears.
Coff –
Sensitiveness of hearing.
Hep –
Stitching pain from ear to ear with sore throat.
Kali-bich –
Pain into ears from sore throat.
Lach –
Pain in ears when swallowing.
Nit-ac –
Crackling when chewing; hardness of hearing, better
when riding in a carriage.
Phyt –
Intense pain into and through the ears when swallowing.
Nose.
Acon –
Coryza; pressive pain at root of nose; inhaled cold air
seems to strike the brain.
All-cepa –
Copious watery, acrid discharge; sneezing when going
into a warm room.
Amm-carb –
Nose stopped at night, can’t breathe through it;
ozaena, with free discharge of bloody mucus; tip of nose red; nose bleeds when washing face in
the morning.
Amm-mur –
Acrid, hot, watery discharge, excoriating tissues;
nose sore, ulcerating, itching; obstruction, not relieved by blowing.
Arg-nit –
Itching of nose; bleeds when rubbed.
Ars –
Acrid coryza, with stoppage of nose.
Arum –
Acrid, ichorous, corroding discharge; parts sore and
bleeding; nose obstructed; must breathe through mouth.
Asaf –
Green, fetid, purulent discharge.
Aurum –
Fetid, bloody, purulent, foul-smelling discharge, with
aching in nasal bones.
Brom –
Coryza. Pressure at root of nose; nostrils raw and sore.
Calc –
Catarrh with fetid, yellow discharge; offensive odor in
the nose; hallucinations of smell; things he smells compost, or foul egg.
Caust –
Coryza with hoarseness and ulcerative soreness.
China –
Catarrh with thin, fluid discharge, and obstruction.
Cina –
Constant itching of nose; fusses with it until it bleeds.
Cubeba –
Coryza with greenish-yellow mucus running into the
throat.
Dulc –
Nose stopped up; profuse, thick, yellow discharge.
Euph –
Coryza with profuse acrid lachrymation.
Gels –
Copious watery coryza, with fever and shivering.
Hep –
Nose sore, ulcerated; smell of old cheese.
Hydras –
Discharge watery, excoriating or yellowish-green,
thick, offensive; dropping of mucus into throat; ozaena with ulceration of septum.
Kali-bich –
Discharge yellow, viscid, offensive; tough, elastic
plugs in nose, ulcerated underneath; sticking pain in nose; pressure at root of nose; loss of
smell; ulceration of septum.
Kali-carb –
Nose stuffed up in warm room; bleeding in the
morning from washing the face.
Kali-iod –
Profuse watery, acrid coryza, with pain in frontal
sinus; intense pain over root of nose.
Lyc –
Fan-like motion of the alae nasi.
Merc –
Thick, greenish, pus-like discharge; soreness of bones.
Nit-ac –
oaena; green crusts; thick, yellow, offensive, sore;
splinter- like pain.
Nux-vom –
One nostril runs, the other stopped up; runs during
day; stopped up at night. Discharge acrid.
Puls –
Yellowish-greenish discharge; loss od smell and taste;
cannot breathe in a warm room.
Sep –
Yellow saddle across nose.