VALERIANA
Generalities :
Tearing pains in the limbs during rest and after motion ; often >
motion.
Pains, jerking, sudden, > change of position.
Drawing pains in the muscles of the limbs, extending up and down.
Unnatural excitability and irritability ; sensitiveness of all the
special senses.
General aggravation towards noon or early in the afternoon, and again
towards evening till midnight.
Mind :
Hysteria ; restlessness.
Fear of being left alone, especially in the dark.
Trembling with excitement.
A vacillating mood.
Remarkable alternations of moods.
Head :
Drawing sticking pains in the forehead and over the orbits, as if they
would pierce the eyes, from within outward, with heat of the face, in the
evening, one-sided.
Frontal pains, extending into the orbits.
One-sided headaches, caused by a draft of air.
Headache from the sun.
A feeling of coldness in the upper part of the head from the pressure of
the hat.
Eyes :
The margins of the lids inflamed, with biting, stinging pains, as from
smoke.
Mouth :
Taste flat and slimy in the morning after waking.
Stomach :
Eructations often empty, rancid, or foul.
Qualmish nausea, as if a thread were drawn up from the naval to the
throat, with free salivation.
Nausea and vomiting, with chilliness.
Abdomen :
Distended and hard.
Colic in the evening.
Bruised pain in the lower abdomen.
Abdominal cramps from suppressed menstruation.
Stool :
Diarrhśa, consisting of greenish, pasty feces, mixed with blood.
Respiratory organs :
Stitches from within outward in the chest.
Pressure across the lower portion of the chest, with oppressed breathing.
Sudden jerks or jerking stitches in the chest.
Back :
Pain as from a strain above the hips, < standing or sitting, >
walking.
Extremities :
Slow, drawing pains, as if in the bones, when sitting quietly, with
jerkings, > walking.
Tearing pains in the calf in the afternoon while sitting still, >
rising and walking.
Sprained pain in the ankles, < standing, > walking.
Pain in the heels when sitting.
Sleep :
Sleeplessness and restlessness at night, wide awake till towards morning,
with great tossing about.
Fever :
Predominating heat, which lasts a long time, even after a short chill,
with confusion of the head and much thirst, < towards evening while
still.
Perspiration sudden, disappearing suddenly, particularly of the face and
forehead.
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