IGNATIA.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Larynx. ►
Scratching in the upper part of the larynx, as from heartburn (in the
evening, after eight hours), [1]. ► *Uninterrupted provocation to a hacking cough in
the larynx (not tickling), in the evening after lying down; it does not disappear on coughing, but only suppressing
the cough (after five hours), [1].
► Voice. ► Subdued, low voice; is unable to talk loud,
[1]. ►
Cough and Expectoration. ►
Desire to cough, in the evening after lying down, on falling asleep
(after six hours), [1]. ► *Very short, frequently very dry cough, the
provocation to which is in the pit of the throat, as from inspired
feathery dust, not relieved by
coughing; but more excited the more he allows himself to cough;
especially worse towards evening, [1]. ►
Hollow dry cough, in the morning on waking, [1]. [540.] ► Difficult expectoration from the chest, [1]. ►
Yellow expectoration from the chest, of the odor and taste of old
catarrh (after twelve hours), [1].
► Respiration. ► Snoring inspiration during sleep, [1]. ►
Slow inspiration; he is obliged to draw it deeply from the abdomen
(after one hour), [1]. ► Slow inspiration, rapid expiration (after
three hours), [1]. ► *(Is frequently obliged to take a deep
breath, which momentarily relieves the pressure upon the chest), [1]. ►
Short breath, during sleep, with slow expiration, [1]. [546 is the alternate action of 543, 545.
-Hahnemann.] ► Short respiration
alternates with long, light with violent (after two hours), [1]. ►
All kinds of respiration alternate during sleep, short and slow, deep
and light, intermitting and snoring, [1].
► Inspiration is impeded, as from a load
lying upon the chest; expiration is just so much easier, [1]. [550.]
► Breath fails him while walking, and
if he stands still he is attacked by cough, [1]. ► A
sudden (not tickling) interruption of breathing in the upper part of the
trachea, above the pit of the throat, which irresistibly provokes a
short forcible cough, in the evening (after one hour), [1]. ► (Sudden
dyspnœa, at 5 P.M.), [17]. [Not
an unusual symptom with this prover.]
CHEST.
►
Catarrhal symptoms in the chest; the air-passages seem to be covered
with mucus (after a quarter of an hour), [1].
► A sensation of anxiety and pressure
in the chest awoke him at night; he was frequently obliged to take a
deep breath, and was only able to sleep after an hour (sixth day), [9a]. ►
Fulness in the chest, [1]. ► Tensive pain across the chest, on
standing upright (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Pressure and pressing upon the chest (after seven and nine days), [1]. ►
Pressure first in the left then in the right chest, then in the ankle
(after one hour), [1]. ► Pressure first in the left chest and
afterwards fine stitching in the right chest (after one hour), [1]. [560.]
► Oppression of the chest and of
respiration (after five hours), [1].
[See note to S. 130, and compare 560, 561, 557. -Hahnemann.] ► Oppression of the chest, after midnight,
as if the chest were too tight, whereby respiration is impeded (after
twelve hours), [1]. ► Very great oppression in the breast, [27]. ►
Front. ► Pain in the
forepart of the chest, on stooping, at both sides of the sternum, as if
the approximated ribs rubbed against each other painfully (after fifteen
hours), [1]. ►
Pain upon the sternum as if beaten, even caused by touch (after fourteen
hours), [1]. ►
Tensive pain in the forepart of the chest, if while sitting he
straightens himself up (after sixteen hours), [1]. ►
Pressure in the chest just behind the sternum, in the evening (second
day), [17]. ►
Pressure in the region of the middle of the sternum, as with a sharp
instrument (after twenty hours), [1].
[See note to S. 366. -Hahnemann.] ►
Pressure in the middle of the sternum, soon after eating (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Oppression of the chest, with pressure in
the pit of the stomach, aggravated by inspiration and suddenly changing
to a sticking in the pit of the stomach (after two hours), [1]. ►
Sides. [570.] ► Stitches in the left side (after a
quarter and three hours), [1]. ► Frequent stitches in the side of the
chest in the region of the last rib, when not breathing, rhythmical with
the pulse, [1]. ► Single coarse stitches in the right side
of the chest, when not breathing, also in the tibia (after one hour), [1]. ►
Throbbing in the right side of the chest (after one hour and a half), [1]. ►
Mammæ. ► Milk entirely
disappears from both breasts for several days (observed in a nursing
woman, after taking Ignatia), [22].
► Stitches in the nipple on deep
inspiration, with flatulent movements in the abdomen (after five hours),
[1].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Præcordium. ► Sticking in
the præcordial region on expiration (after a quarter of an hour), [1]. ►
Heart’s Action. ► *Palpitation,
[1]; (sixth day), [17]. ►
Palpitation during dinner (after forty-eight hours), [1]. ►
Palpitation after the noonday nap (after five hours), [1]. [580.] ► Palpitation while in deep thought, [1]. ►
Pulse. ► Moderate
acceleration of the pulse (sixth day), [10a].
► Pulse accelerated, small, [13]. ►
Pulse slower and smaller than usual, in the afternoon (third day), [10a].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► *Stiffness of the nape
of the neck, [1]. ► Painful pressure upon the neck just above
the left shoulder, [3]. ► Sharp pressive pain in the cervical
vertebræ, during rest, in the morning in bed, [1]. [See note to 366. -Hahnemann.] ► Sticking in the nape of the neck, [1]. ►
Tearing pain in the nape of the neck, on moving the neck, as from a
strain of the neck (after twelve hours), [1].
► Sticking-tearing pain in the nape
of the neck (after two hours and a half), [1].
[590.] ►
Pain as if beaten, at night, when lying upon either side, in the joints
of the neck, back, shoulders, only disappearing when lying upon the back
(after twelve hours), [1]. ► Back. ►
Dull sticking near the left side of the spine, at the point where the
true ribs are divided from the false, [3].
► Pressive sticking pain in the
spine, when walking in the open air, [1].
► Deep tearing pain in the middle of
the spine, somewhat towards the left side, [3]. ► Dorsal.
► A simple pain in the scapula,
aggravated by moving the arm or by letting it hand down (after twenty
hours), [1]. ► Lumbar. ►
(Tensive pain in the small of the back (and in the chest), on standing
erect), (after twenty-four hours), [1].
► Drawing pains in the left lumbar
region (first day), [11]. ► Peculiar, violent pain in the small of
the back, like a clawing, sticking, drawing, and working altogether, [18]. ►
Stitches in the small of the back (after forty-eight hours), [1]. ►
Pressive, bruised pain in the small of the back, while lying upon the
back, in the morning in bed, [1]. ► Sacral. [600.] ► Pain
in the sacrum, even while lying upon the back, in the morning in bed,
[1]. [599, 600, are alternate
effects of the symptoms relieved by lying upon the back, viz., 73, 91,
124, 131, 590, 608. -Hahnemann.] ►
Throbbing in the sacrum (after seven hours), [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Objective. ►
Jerkings and isolated twitchings in the limbs (after ten and twelve
hours), [1]. ►► *Single jerkings of the limbs, on falling
asleep (after three hours), [1].
► Weakness of the limbs (soon), [13]. ►
Subjective. ► Feeling of
weakness and exhaustion in the arms and feet, [1]. ►
Weariness in the arms and feet, [1].
► Clonic cramp of all the limbs, like
a stiffness, [1]. ► A transient pressure as with a hard
substance, painful as a bruise, here and there in the periosteum of the
middle of the long bones (not in the joints), during the day, but
especially while lying upon either side, in the evening in bed,
disappearing on lying upon the back (after twenty and thirty-six hours),
[1]. [Compare 590, 608 with 73,
91, 124, 131, in which the pain only disappears when lying upon the
back; they form a third alternation with 614, 615, 628, 629.
-Hahnemann.] ► Pain as from a sprain or
dislocation of the shoulder, hip, and knee-joints (after
eight hours), [1]. [610.] ►
Crawling, asleep sensation in the limbs, several times (after
four hours), [1]. ► Constant sticking pain about the joints
or somewhat above them, [1]. ► Burning-sticking pain, together with
itching, in the external prominent portions of the joints (after one
hour), [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► The arm of the side upon which he lies
falls asleep (after eight hours), [1].
► Intolerable (indescribable) pain in
the bones and joints of the arm upon which he lies, in the morning in
bed; it only disappears on lying on the other painless side (after
twenty hours), [1]. [614, 628,
(and apparently also 631), are the alternate action of 615, 629; both
are primary effects; their variety seems to depend upon the different
times of day at which they occur, evening and morning; even the
character of the pain seems to vary in each of these two alternating
conditions. Compare also 608, 590. -Hahnemann.] ►
Intolerable (indescribable) pain in the bones and joints of the arm upon
which he is not lying, in the evening in bed; it only disappears on
lying upon the painful arm (after twelve hours), [1]. ►
Pulsating drawing, extending from the upper arm to the wrist and
fingers, [1]. ► Shoulder. ►
Twitching jerking in the deltoid muscle (after twenty-four
hours), [1]. ►
Rheumatic pain in the shoulder-joint, or a feeling as if bruised, while
walking in the open air (after ten hours), [1]. ►
Griping, pulling, kneading, in part drawing pain in the shoulder-joint,
during rest (on motion it becomes a sticking), [1]. [620.] ► (Some stitches in the tip of the
shoulder-blade, in the morning), [1].
► Pain in the shoulder, as if
dislocated (after ten hours), [1].
► Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if
dislocated, on moving the arm, [1].
► Pain in the shoulder-joint on bending
the arm back, as after violent exertion, or as if bruised, [1]. ►
Arm. ► Simple pain in the
biceps, on turning the arm inwards (after two hours), [1]. ► Drawing
pain in the arms, [1]. ► Tearing in the right arm and right side
of the head, from the cold air (taking cold?), (after twelve hours), [1]. ►
Pain, as if bruised, in the muscles of the humerus, if the arm hangs
down or if it is raised, [1]. ► Pain, as if bruised, in the head of the
humerus of the side upon which he lies, in the morning in bed; it
disappears on lying upon the other side or upon the back (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Pain, as if bruised, in the head of the
left humerus, when lying upon the right side in the evening in bed; the
pain disappears if he lies upon the painful arm (after twelve hours), [1]. ►
Elbow. [630.] ► Painful drawing just above the right
elbow (after thirty-six hours), [3].
► Forearm. ► *Jerking, as if a mouse were crawling under the
skin, in one part of the muscles of the forearm, in the evening after
lying down (after thirty-six hours), [1]. ► Wrist.
► Stiffness of the right wrist and a
feeling as if asleep, [1]. ► Paralytic pain in the styloid process of
the left wrist, as if the hand had been injured or sprained, [1]. ►
Tearing pain in the styloid process of the wrist, in the morning after
waking, [1]. ► Hand. ►
Transient yellowness of the hands, as in jaundice, [1]. ► Drawing
in the carpal bones of the right hand (after thirty-six hours), [3]. ►
Piercing fine stitch, as from as splinter, on touching a hair on the
hand, [1]. [Compare 209.
-Hahnemann.] ► Tearing pain in the
styloid process of the hands and in the fingers, [1]. ► Fingers.
► Spasmodic motion of the index
finger back and forth, in the evening after lying down, [1]. [640.] ► Cramp, extending to the middle finger,
while exerting the fingers (it can be relieved by shooting it), [1]. ►
Pain in the metacarpal phalanx of the index finger, as if it had been
sprained, on motion, [1]. ► Some stitches in the last joint of the
thumb (after ten hours), [1]. ► Tearing pain in the joint of the thumb,
as if it had been sprained, in the morning while slumbering in bed, [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Objective. ►
Totters while walking, falls easily, and stumbles over the slightest
objects that are in his way, [1]. ► Paralytic stiffness of the lower limbs,
with involuntary jerking in them, [23].
► Almost paralytic immobility of the
lower limbs, with some jerkings in them, [1].
► Subjective. ► Painful drawing in the whole left leg, in
bed before falling asleep; it disappears after awhile but returns with
increased violence, [3]. ► Hip. ►
Intermitting deep internal pressure above the left hip, [3]. ►
Sticking in the hip-joint (after twenty-four hours), [1]. [650.] ► Sticking pain in the hip-joint and in the
knee, when walking, on moving the foot, from 4 to 8 A.M. (after eight
hours), [1]. ► Thigh. ►
The thigh and leg fall asleep, while sitting after eating (after five
hours), [1]. ►
Tension of the lower leg, extending above the knee, with heaviness of
the limbs, [1]. ► Deep violent pressure in the middle of
the left thigh, [3]. ► Pain in the posterior muscles of the
thigh, as if bruised, while sitting (after five hours), [1]. ► Knee.
► Cracking and creaking in the knees
(after two hours), [1]. ► He was unable to walk, but was obliged to
remain sitting, because when walking the knee was involuntarily drawn
upward (after half an hour), [2]. ► The knees give way from weakness, [1]. ►
Stiffness of the knee and ankle, of the thigh and small of the back, in
the morning on rising from bed (after thirty-eight hours), [1]. ►
Stiffness of the knees and loins, moving causes pain, [1]. [660.] ► Stiffness of the knee-joint, after
ascending steps, it impedes her movements, [1]. ► Violent
sticking on the inner side beneath the left knee, [3]. ► Leg.
► The lower leg falls asleep while
sitting at the midday meal (after six hours), [1]. ► The leg
falls asleep as far up as above the knee, in the evening while sitting, [1]. ►
Paralytic pain in the whole left leg, caused by walking, and continuing
after sitting, [3]. ► Pressive pain in the tibia, while walking
(after two hours), [1]. ► An undulating, like a grasping and
kneading, tearing-pressing pain in the anterior tibial muscles,
especially on motion, [1]. ► Tension in the calves, on stretching out
the legs or on walking, [1]. [A
kind of cramp, or at least the commencement of it. -Hahnemann.] ► Cramp in the calves, very early in the
morning in bed on bending the leg; it disappears on stretching it out or
on pressing against it (after eight hours), [1]. ► Cramp
in the calves, while walking, disappearing while standing and during
rest (after four hours), [1]. [670.] ►
Attacks of cramp in the calves, while sitting during dinner, [1]. ►
Tearing pain in the backs of both legs, especially in the tendo Achillis
and calf, as though the parts would be cut off; it becomes especially
violent when he remains standing or walking (also when he exerts the
muscles), [21]. ► Ankle. ►
Tearing-burning pain in the bones of the heel, in the morning on waking
(after eight hours), [1]. ► Pressure in the left ankle (with an
internal tickling), which obliges him to make a tremulous motion of the
left foot in order to relieve it, [1].
► Intermitting pressure above the
external malleolus of the right foot, [3].
► Sticking pain beneath the malleoli,
on motion, [1]. ► Pain, as from a sprain, in the ankle,
while walking in the morning (not a sticking pain), [1]. ► Foot.
► Weariness of the feet at twilight,
as after a long walk; with quiet mood, [1].
► Weakness of the feet, [1]. ►
He is unable to carry the feet forward, as if he had walked a very long
distance, [1]. [680.] ►
(Stiffness of the metatarsal joints), [1].
► Feeling of stiffness in the feet,
in the morning (after twenty-four and ninety-six hours), [1]. ►
Heaviness of the feet, [1]. ► Heaviness of the feet, with anxiety, on
walking in the open air, which disappears in the room, but gives place
to ill-humor, [1]. ► Heaviness of one foot, [1]. ►
Intermitting sticking on the inner margin of the foot (after five
hours), [3]. ►
Burning-sticking or a burning-cutting pain on the side of the foot, [3]. ►
Crawling, as if in the bones of the feet, not like a going to sleep
(after ten hours), [1]. ► Tearing pain on the back of the foot
(after twenty hours), [1]. ► Painful stiffness of the soles of the
feet, when walking (after four hours), [1].
[690.] ►
Attacks of cramps in the muscles of the soles and under the toes, while
sitting, [1]. ► Several stitches in the heel, very early
in the morning (after twenty hours), [1].
► Numb deadness (as if asleep) of the
ball of the heel, while walking, [1].
► An itching burning (as from
chilblains) in the heel another parts of the foot (after eight hours), [1]. ►
Violent drawing in the sole of the right foot, [3]. ► Pain
while walking, as from internal soreness of the ball of the heel, or
rather in the periosteum of the os calcis (after four hours), [1]. ►
In the ball of the heel, or rather in the periosteum of the astragalus,
a pain as if bruised, or as after jumping from a great height (after
three hours), [1]. ► Itching-jerking pain internally in the
ball of the heel, especially in the morning in bed, [1]. ► Toes.
► Burning pain in a corn, while
sitting, [1]. ► Burning pain on pressure upon a corn
hitherto painless, [1]. [700.] ► The pressure of the shoe upon the upper
part of the toes is painful; the corns being to burn and pain, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► He seemed as
if in a doze; it is irksome to look with the eyes and to open the mouth
for talking; with light slow respiration, [1].
► Trembling, [27]. ►
Trembling for several hours, [1]. ► Trembling of the whole body, [4]. ►
Trembling of the whole body, for three hours, with itching and frightful
convulsive jerkings, so that he was scarcely able to remain upon his
legs; these were most violent in the jaws, so that the mouth was
distorted as in laughing, immediately, [5].
[From a scruple. -Hahnemann.] ►
Seized with a trembling all over his body that continued three hours
(immediately); together with twitching and spasms, [26]. ►
Constant motion (agitation) of the body, [6].
[From a drachm. -Hahnemann.] ►
Convulsive motions, [4]. ► Spasmodic motions in the Spaniards,
though it never has this effect with the Indians, [25]. [710.] ► *Convulsions, [27]. ►
Convulsions, [5a]. [Not found.
-Hughes.] ► Terrible spasms, so
violent that he was not able to stand upon his feet; they were most
violent and troublesome in his jaws, so as to cause risus sardonicus;
yet there was not alteration in his pulse, no vomiting, or any other
symptoms attending them, [26]. ► *Jerkings and twitchings through the
whole body, in the evening on falling asleep (after ninety-six hours), [1]. ►
*Jerkings and twitchings in various parts of the muscles,
here and there over the whole body (after lying down), (after two
hours), [1]. ►
Unwillingness to move, dread of work, [1].
► So relaxed that he has no desire to
make any exertion or to go out; he has no desire for anything, but
prefers to lie down (after four hours), [1].
► Lassitude and weariness after
dinner; he felt unable to perform his usual work, and very sleepy over
it, contrary to his habit; this exhaustion and sleepiness were most
marked from 2 to 4 P.M., though they continued late, and even on the
next day he had not regained his usual activity (third day), [10a]. ►
Great general weariness, from slight exertion, [1]. ►
Weakness on waking in the morning (second day), [13]. [720.] ► (Weakness after the stool), [1]. ►
Debility, as from weakness about the pit of the stomach; he feels
qualmish and is obliged to lie down, [1].
► Great weakness and weariness, it
seemed as though he had walked a long distance, he was frequently
obliged to yawn, though he did not sleep (seventh day), [17]. ► *Great
weakness of the whole body; on waking it seems as though his breath
would fail, he becomes qualmish in the pit of the stomach, and then
coughs, [1]. ► *Exhaustion, lassitude, in the evening,
[1]. ►
Peculiar exhaustion and lassitude during the afternoon, he was unable to
perform his work, and about 2 P.M. was overpowered by sleepiness, and
slept soundly for two hours, but was not refreshed thereby, on the
contrary he felt much exhausted all the rest of the day (fourth day), [10a]. ►
Faintness, [4]. [For Grimm read
Bergius. -Hughes.] ► Fainting, [27]. ►
*Frequently changes his position at night in bed, lies now here, now
there, [1]. ► Subjective. ►
Sensitiveness of the skin to drafts of air; there is a feeling in the
abdomen as though he would take cold (after four hours), [1]. [730.] ► Insensibility of the whole body, [6]. ►
In the morning at the moment of waking he feels a weight, accumulation,
congestion, and orgasm of blood in the whole body, with melancholy, [1]. ► A
simple violent pain here and there in a small spot, as for example, on
the ribs, only noticed on touch, [1]. ► A
deeply sticking, burning pain in various parts of the body (as for
example, in the corner of the mouth, under the first joint of the thumb,
etc.), without itching, [1]. ► Tingling pain, and the like, especially
in the head, [28]. ► Crawling as if internally in the bones of
the whole body, [1].® 2000
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