HYPERICUM.
CHEST.
►
Anxiety in the chest, like shortness of breath, in the morning (second
day), [4]. ►
Burning pains in the chest, especially in the afternoon, [5]. ► *Tightness
in the chest (fifth day), [1];
in evening (second day), [1]. ► Pressure upon the chest (third day), [3]. ►
Pressure and heaviness on the chest, [5].
► Pressure and burning in the chest,
at 5 P.M. (first day), [1]. ► Oppression of the chest, in the evening
(fourth day), [2]. ► Transient sticking-cutting pain in the
right upper half of the chest, on moving about; these cutting pains
occurred a few times in the left lower portion of the chest, in the
afternoon of the same day (third day), [6].
[200.] ►
Sticking in the left chest, in the evening (second day), [1]. ►
(Sticking in the ribs and shoulders, as after taking cold), [7a]. ►
Sticking pain in the middle of the chest (internal aching, like
heartburn), [7a]. ► Stitches through the left chest, at 8
P.M. (first day), [1]. ► Constant stitches from within outward,
through the left chest and sternum, aggravated by motion (third day), [1]. ►
Some sharp stitches in the chest, [5].
► Violent stitches through the chest,
so that she was obliged to hold the breath, at 5 P.M. (sixth day), [3]. ►
Crawling and orgasm in the chest, [5].
► Stitches alternately in both sides
of the chest (ninth day), [3]. ► Violent sticking pain in the left breast,
in the evening (second day), [1]. [210.] ►
Stitches here and there beneath the right breast, in the evening (second
day), [1].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
The heart feels as though it would fall down, in the evening (second
day), [1]. ►
Palpitation of the heart (fifth day), [1].
► Acceleration of the pulse, [5]; at 6 P.M. (first day), [1]. ►
Pulse rapid and hard (fifth day), [1].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► (Tension in the
neck and nape of the neck), (first day), [7].
► Tension in the nape of the neck;
motion of the head is painful, [7a].
► Tension in the nape of the neck,
with pressure and sticking in the middle of the chest, [7]. ► Back.
► Twitchings of muscles in the back, [5]. ►
Aching in the back (after one hour and a half), [1]. [220.] ► Dull drawing and pressure in the back,
especially in the lumbar region, more in the afternoon and evening, [5]. ►
Sticking and burning pain in the back and loins, with feeling of
coldness in the back, shoulders, and arms, [7]. ► Dorsal.
► Stitches in the scapulæ (tenth
day), [3]. ► Lumbar. ►
Paralytic pain in the small of the back (ninth day), [2]. ► Aching
in the small of the back (fifth day), [1].
► Pressive pain in the small of the
back (eighth day), [3]. ► Pain in the small of the back, pressive,
paralytic (third day), [3]. ► Some stitches in the small of the back,
at noon (fourth day), [3].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Numbness of the limbs, [5]. ► Feeling
of weakness and trembling in all the limbs (sixth day), [3]. [230.] ► The right foot and left arm feel
paralyzed, alternating with tearing (fifth day), [3]. ► Limbs
heavy (first day), [7]. ► Feeling of stiffness in the limbs, [5]. ►
Painfulness in all the joints, [5].
► Rheumatic drawing and tension in
the limbs, [5]. ► Bruised feeling in the extremities, [5].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Trembling and cramp in the left arm and
fingers (eleventh day), [2]. ► Weakness in the arms (eighth day), [2]. ►
Tension in both arms (after one hour and a half), [1]. ► Fine
sticking like needles in the arms (second day), [3]. [240.] ► Tearing in the arms (second night), [3]. ►
Tearing in the left arm, in the morning (seventh day), [2]. ► Tearing
in the left arm, especially from the elbow to the fingers, in the
evening (third day), [2]. ► Constant tearing in the arms (fourth
day), [2]. ►
Violent tearing in both arms, in the evening (sixth day), [2]. ► Shoulder.
► Stitches in the left shoulder with
every inspiration, at 2 P.M. (third day), [3].
► Tearing in the right shoulder and
in the forearm, [7]. ► Arm. ►
(Neuralgia, paralytic pains in the left upper arm). [6]. [On account of this pain I was obliged to
omit the proving; it gradually disappeared after several remedies, but
an induration of the cellular tissue remained, which after awhile
suppurated.] ► Elbow. ► Transient tearing in the elbows (third
day), [2]. ► Wrist. ►
The left wrist is painful on motion, as if sprained, [7]. ► Hand.
[250.] ►
Tension in the hands (second day), [3].
► Pain as from suppuration on the
outer margin of the ball of the left hand, while it lies upon the table,
[7a]. ►
Fingers. ► Rheumatic pain,
swelling and tension in the last joint of the left little finger, [7a]. ►
Rheumatic sticking pain in the right middle finger, as though a knife
were thrust from the joint along the metacarpal bone to the wrist;
afterwards a similar pain in the great toes, but less violent and of
shorter duration (sixth day), [6].
► Tearing in the right thumb, in the
evening (fifth day), [3].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Thigh. ►
Crawling and drawing along the course of the sciatic nerve, [5]. ►
Knee. ► Transient cramp in
the knee (fourth day), [2]. ► Slight pain in the outer and upper
portion of the left knee as from straining the tendons (third day), [6a]. ►
Sticking in the left knee, [7]. ► Tearing in the right knee (tenth day), [3]. [260.]
► Tearing in the right leg and knee
(eighth day), [3]. ► Leg. ►
Tingling in the legs and knees as from weariness, [7]. ► (Very
acute cramp in the calves, several times at night, first in the right,
afterwards in the left leg, obliging him to get up and walk about),
(fifth night), [7]. ► Foot. ►
Painful tension like a cramp in the soles of the feet, [7a]. ► Cramp
in the left foot, [7]. ► Painful cramplike drawing as if the feet
would become dead, when lying, [7].
► Feeling as though the left foot
were sprained or dislocated, on rising from stool at 3 P.M. (ninth day),
[3]. ►
Sticking in the bone in the inner side of the right foot, as after a
sprain, on ascending steps, several times during the day (fourteenth
day), [6]. ►
Tearing extending from the right calf through the whole foot, at 6 P.M.
(fist day), [1]. ► Toes. ►
Toes and heels somewhat swollen, with biting (ninth and tenth days), [2]. [270.]
► Sticking as with a dull knife in
the fourth toe, in the evening (tenth day), [6]. ► Dull
sticking, as with a knife, in the ball of the great toe (fourteenth
day), [6].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Frequent
starting up as from affright, always with rising of great heat into the
neck (fifth day), [3]. ► Lameness and stiffness with spasmodic
restlessness in the muscles and tendons, especially in the evening and
at night, often waking from sleep, [5].
► Weariness on waking from sleep, [5]. ►
Weak, distracted, in the afternoon, after a short walk (first day), [7]. ►
Weakness when walking, was obliged to walk slowly; when walking, but not
when sitting, [7a]. ► Weakness even to falling down, [7]. ►
*Great weakness (tenth day), [3];
continuing after the proving, [1].
► Great weakness and trembling, on
waking in the morning (eighth day), [3].
[280.] ►
Great weakness, with violent thirst, on waking in the morning (second
day), [1]. ►
Extremely weak (third day), [1]. ► Exhaustion (ninth and tenth days), [2]. ►
Great exhaustion (fifth night), and for three weeks after the proving, [2]. ►
Subjective. ► Sensitive to
the cold, for some time after the proving, [2]. ► General
nervous and vascular excitement (first to fourth day), [5]. ►
Inclined to great activity (fifth day), [7].
► Disinclined for mental and physical
labor (fourth day), [1]. ► Feeling of weakness (after one hour and a
half), [1]. ►
The whole body feels affected as after a course of medicine, [7a]. [290.]
► Feeling, on waking at 4 A.M., as
though she were not lying in bed, at another time as though she were
lying very heavy in bed (second night), [3].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Some small
pimples on the skin, [5]. ► Biting eruption like nettle-rash on both
hands; she was obliged to scratch until they were almost sore (eighth
day), [2]. ►
Violent biting on both hands; nettlerash eruption on the backs of the
hands and between the fingers (fifth day), [1]. ► Subjective.
► Crawling in the skin at times, [5]. ►
Great itching, especially in the sacral region, in the evening on
undressing; the skin felt rough and seemed full of little pimples (tenth
day), [6]. ►
(Ulcerating pain in the morning in a vesicle on the thigh), (fifth day),
[7]. ►
Biting in the fingers of the left hand, in the evening (ninth day), [2]. ►
Violent biting on the back of the hands, in the evening (second day), [1]. ►
*Crawling in the hands and feet, they felt fuzzy (third
morning), [1]. [300.] ►
Tingling in the feet, [7a]. ► (Itching on the forehead, vertex, and
hip), [7a]. ►
(Itching on both cheeks, especially in the beard), (second day), [7]. ►
The feet seem fuzzy, with sticking in them as from needles (fourth day),
[3].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning, [7a]. ►
Frequent yawning, [7]. ► Sleepiness, the eyelids keep closed, at 6
P.M. (first day), [1]. ► (Sleepy, in the afternoon, after eating),
(second day), [7]. ► Very sleepy, at 5 P.M. (second day), [1]. ►
Constantly inclined to sleep (second day), [2]. [310.] ► Sleep heavy, exhausting every night, with
sweat in the morning, [7]. ► Wakes late (second morning), [6a]. ►
Sleeplessness. ► Falls
asleep late, sleep restless, wakes early (first night), [4]. ► Sleep
uneasy (first and third nights), [4].
► Sleep restless; it seems as though
she were lying very heavy in the bed (first day), [3]. ► Sleep
restless, disturbed by various pains, and with confused, anxious,
voluptuous dreams, or dreams of business, [5].
► Sleep extremely restless, with
frightful dreams, starting up and apprehensiveness (first night), [1]. ►
Waking early in the morning with hot perspiration and uneasiness (sixth
day), [6]. ►
Sleeps usually lying on the back and boring the head into the pillow, [5]. ►
Lies on the back, with emissions (second night), [4]. ► Dreams.
[320.] ►
Dreamy sleep, with sweat in the morning, [7].
► Many dreams (second night), [3]. ►
She dreamed very much and awoke after every dream (first night), [2]. ►
Vivid dreams at night, not remembered in the morning (fourth day), [7]. ►
Busy dreams very indistinctly remembered (fifth day), [6]. ► Many
dreams at night of journeyings, etc., indistinctly remembered in the
morning (first night), [6a]. ► Constant dreams at night; after waking
several times he always fell asleep and continued to dream, dreamed of
journeying, hunting, etc.; very indistinctly remembered (first night), [6]. ►
Exhausting dreams of climbing mountains, great pressure of business,
etc., without sweat at night, [7].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chilliness
over the whole body, with nausea, [7].
► Feeling of chilliness through the
whole body, at 4 P.M. (fifth day), [1].
[330.] ►
Shivering over the whole body, in the evening (second day), [1]. ►
Constant shuddering, while sitting, worse on moving about, with
expectoration of mucus, nausea, and qualmishness, slightly relieved by
drinking cold water, lasting through the evening till midnight, [7]. ►
Coldness of the soles of the feet, [7a].
► Shuddering, coldness, extending
from the calves over the legs frequently during the day (second day), [7]. [The day was cold and wet.] ► (Shuddering in the back, extending across
the shoulders), (fifth day), [7]. ► Heat. ►
Heat, with anxiety, in the evening (second and third days), [4]. ►
Dry burning heat over the whole body (third day), [1]. ►
Sensation of internal heat without thirst, with perspiration, preventing
falling asleep for two hour, so that I sought a cool place and was
frequently obliged to throw off the covering, but I soon became too cold
(fifth morning, soon after the dose), [6].
► Heat in the head and feet, with
restlessness and desire to seek cool places, from 3 to 5 A.M. (tenth
day), [6]. [Soon fell asleep again
after smelling Aconite, [12].] ► Heat in the face in the morning after a
restless night, [5]. [340.] ►
Feeling of heat in the face, in the afternoon (fifth day), [2]. ►
Sweat. ► Gets into a
perspiration easily on slight exertion, [7].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), On waking, confusion of head; on
waking, vertigo, etc., head heavy, etc., on waking headache in vertex;
sneezing; at 3 o’clock, toothache; on waking, weakness, etc. ► (Forenoon),
Pains in teeth. ► (Afternoon), Heaviness in head; throbbing in
vertex; etc.; pain in teeth; burning in chest; drawing, etc.; in back;
at 4 o’clock, chilliness. ► (Evening), depression; weakness in head;
stitches in temporal regions; tearing in vertex; pressive pain, etc.; in
occiput; tearing in occiput; tearing in eye; stitches through ear;
distension of abdomen; after coffee, pain in abdomen, etc.; drawing
etc.; in back; tearing in arms; tearing in thumb; sticking in toe;
lameness, etc., in muscles; biting on fingers; shuddering; heat, etc. ► (Night),
Pains in face; after midnight, toothache in lower jaw; troubles from
flatulence; cramp in calves. ► (Motion), Pain in occiput, stitches through
chest; lameness, etc., in muscles; shuddering.
SUPPLEMENT: HYPERICUM PERFORATUM.
The following symptoms are taken from Stokes’s
original report, and are to be accepted in place of those in Vol. V.
Authorities.
5,
August 18th, 1852, smelled and tasted tincture just set to macerate, in
the evening (first day); took 1/2 ounce tincture and walked out, 11 A.M.
(second day); 1/2 drachm tincture at 10.30 A.M. (third day); 1 drachm
tincture (fourth day); 1/2 ounce (fifth day); 1 ounce infusion at 11
A.M., 2 ounces more in afternoon (seventh day); 1 ounce infusion at 4.30
P.M. (eighth day); 5a, second proving, September 6th, took of
infusion half a pint with 2 drachms of tincture for a mixture; infusion,
10 drachms between dinner and tea (first day); 3 drachms of infusion
(second day); 1 1/2 ounce infusion (fifth day); 5b, third proving, September 17th, 10 drops
in water of a dilution made with 20 drops tincture to 2 drachms of
spirit, at 10.40 A.M. (first day); same at 8 P.M. (second day); 10 drops
three times (third day); 10 drops at noon (fourth day); 20 drops on
tongue twice, and took the whole lot prepared (fifth day); 5c,
fourth proving, September 26th, took 3d cent. dil., 10 drops in water, 8
A.M. (first day); 10 drops at 11 A.M. (third day); 10 drops in the
morning (fifth day); 5d, female prover, S. E. S., took 10 drops
strong tincture three times a day, beginning October 11th, 1852; 5e,
October 19th, second proving with 30 drops, three times a day, on the
fourth day stopped the medicine, got an olfaction of Staph., and then
one of Chamom.; 5f, November 3d, 3 globules 3d dec.
dynamization.
MIND.
►
Felt as if excited by tea, all day (second day); at night (third day), [5]. ►
Religious thoughts, hopeful (fourth day), [5a].
► For a week past, impure ideas have
very seldom presented themselves by day; the mind has been reposing on
higher thoughts (seventh day), [5a].
► Low spirits (fourth day), [5c]. ►
Mind soberly inclined for three days (ninth day), [5]. ► Mind
disposed to be sad and tenderly melancholy (eleventh day), [5]. ►
Temper touchy, irritable; inclined to speak sharply (second day), [5f]. ►
The tone of the nervous energy keeps up in a truly remarkable manner all
through, and the mind is firm, and views all things with cool
consideration (ninth day), [5b]. [350.] ►
Made mistakes in writing, evening (third day), [6]. ►
Mistakes in writing, right for left, or ulna for radius (second day), [5c]. ►
Forgets people’s names (tenth day), [5].
► Defective memory; can hardly arrange
ideas, and cannot execute her intentions; forgets what she wanted to do
(fourth day). There have been several letters
omitted in her written
statement of symptoms, especially on the first and second days; the same
state caused this as made her so forgetful, but it existed in a less
degree, [5c].® 2000
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