Fingers – Upper Limbs – Chapter 32 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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Sleep, stretches arms
over head and cracks fingers during :-

Cast-eq.

Smarting :-

Petr.

Tips, in, pain as if
salt were put on a wound, on pressure :-

Sars.

Soreness

(See Rhagades,
Sensitive.) :-
Ars., Brach.

Chapped, constantly,
between :-

Graph.

Lameness, with :-

Merc-i-f.

Little finger and next
in muscles, between :-

Samb.

Painful in 1st,
knuckles :-

Ang.

Thumb tip :-

Calc-p.

Thumb, fugitive pain in
1st phalanx of left, less in right :-

Chin-ar.

Tips :-

Calc-p.,
Sars.

Tips, as though rubbed
open :-

Carb-an.

Spasm :-

(See Cramp,
Contraction, Extension.)

Spasmodic pain, in
thumb :-

Agar.

Sprained, feeling as
if :-

Index, in :-

Cham.

Joints of little, in,
left hand, when closing it in morning :-

Nux-m.

Thumb, in :-

Cham.

Thumb and index,
in :-

Lachn.

Thumb, in joint
of :-

Camph.,
Graph.

Thumb, in joint of,
when bending :-

Ang.

Thumb, in 1st joint
of :-

Sulph.

Thumb, in left :-

Kreos.

Thumb, in right,
hindering writing, cannot hold pen :-

Prun.

Thumb tips, of
right :-

Calc-p.

Spread :-

(See
Extended.)

Stabbing :-

(See Lancinating,
Piercing, Sticking,
Stitches.)

In left index :-

Chel.

Tips, on :-

Osm.

Sticking :-

(See Panaritium,
Pricking, Stitches.)

Asleep, as if, now in
one, now in another :-

Sil.

Bier in end, like a,
redness and swelling so painful she had to desist from work, burning
and stinging, better in cold water :-

Sulph.

Fine :-

Rhus-t.

Flexor surface, in, as
from a splinter :-

Sil.

Index, in last phalanx
of, violent, dull, intermittent, extends into 1st joint on moving
finger :-

Verb.

Index, along metacarpal
bone of right, fine, every few seconds :-

Ust.

Joints, in :-

Hell.

Middle, in flexor
surface of right, as from a splinter :-

Sulph.

Middle, in tip
of :-

Viol-o.

Thumb nail, at root
of :-

Fl-ac.

Tips, in :-

Petr.

Stiffness

(See Contraction,
Extension, Gout,
Rheumatism.) :-
Aml-ns., Calc-s.,
Camph.,
Caul., Caust., Cupr., Ferr., Ham.,
Lyss., Nat-s.,
Ptel., Spong.

Arthritic :-

Petr.

Arthritic
nodosities :-

Lyc.

Burning, with :-

Olnd.

Chill, during :-

Eup-per.

Complete, almost

(anchylosis
of elbow joint) :-
Sil.

Dead, as if, rigidity,
night, early morning, when grasping things :-

Am-c.

Drawn, crooked :-

Cupr.

Dreams, in :-

Calc-s.

Gout, in :-

Agar.,
Atrop-s.

Grasping anything,
on :-

Carb-an.

Index, of :-

Calc.

Joints, of :-

Aur-m.,
Nat-m., Sang.

Joints, of 1st, with
burning in nails :-

Vinc.

Joints, of,
gouty :-

Carb-an.

Joints, in, worse
moving and touching :-

Berb.

Joints, in, painful,
she could hardly bend them :-

Manc.

Joints, of, in
rheumatism :-

Coloc.

Joints, of, in
right :-

Sil.

Joints, of, in right

(spinal
disease) :- Apis.

Joints, of
middle :-

Glon.

Middle finger,
of :-

Sil.

Morning, in :-

Calc.,
Rhus-t.

Ophthalmia, in :-

Nux-v.

Paralysis, almost like,
difficult to guide pencil :-

Lil-t.

Right, of :-

Cann-i.

Right hand, mainly,
forenoon :-

Calc-s.

Rigid :-

Ant-t.,
Sec.

Rigid, 1st of one, then
of others, extending up arm, with inclination to faint :-

Petr.

Rigid,
painfully :-

Calc-s.

Rigid, on attempting to
pick up small objects, needles, pins, or when used a long time

(writer’s
cramp) :- Stann.

Thumb, painful
in :-

Kreos.

Touch, with obtuseness
of :-

Eup-per.

Stinging

(See Pricking,
Sticking, Stitches.) :-
Apis.

Circulation, as when,
is impeded :-

Arum-d.

Index, forepart of
right, awoke 5 P.M. :-

Lyss.

Index, in right, in
whitlow :-

Sil.

Insects, as
from :-

Ambr.

Joints, in :-

Nit-ac.

Thumb, in left,
transitory, morning :-

Astac.

Thumb, feeling in ball
of right :-

Gamb.

Thumb, in palmar
surface of right, ungual phalanx :-

Trom.

Stitches :-

Berb.,
Carb-an., Kalm.,
Nat-m., Viol-t.

Burning :-

Caust.

Elbow, to :-

Caust.

Epilepsy, in :-

Cic.

Index, in, fine :-

Inul.

Index, in middle joint
of, intermittent, dull :-

Verb.

Index, in 2nd joint of
right :-

Chen-v.

Index, tip of left,
frequent, severe

(panaritium) :-
Sulph.

Joints, in :-

Cham.,
Nit-s-d., Ph-ac., Sep.,
Spig., Sul-ac.

Joints, in, flying

(rheumatism) :-
Carbn-s.

Joints, in, in
motion :-

Sars.

Joints, pricking
in :-

Carb-v.

Joints, tearing in
middle, of last 3 fingers, both hands :-

Zinc.

Left, 1st, then right
hand :-

Pall.

Left little, violent
tearing through whole of :-

Verb.

Needles, like, in
thumbs :-

Agar.

Phalanx, in 1st, while
writing :-

Bapt.

Pricking :-

Carb-v.

Tearing :-

Zinc.

Thumb, in, protracted,
with sore pain in anterior joint :-

Spong.

Thumb, in back
of :-

Elat.,
Sil.

Thumb, under nail of
left :-

Am-m.

Thumb, through 1st
phalanx of left, large, needle-like :-

Zinc.

Thumb, in left, deep,
burning itching, sharp, needle-like, provokes scratching :-

Staph.

Thumb, in right :-

Guai.

Thumb, in ball of left,
burning :-

Lith-c.

Thumb, in ball of
right :-

Carb-an.

Thumbs, sharp cutting
in tips of both :-

Zinc.

Tips, in :-

Sulph.

Tips, to :-

Berb.

Writing, when :-

Bry.

Stretching, feels
impelled to make them crack :-

Meph.

Swelling

(See Gout,
Inflammation,
Rheumatism, Stiffness,
Tension.) :-
Ammc.,
Ant-s-aur., Ars-met., Benz-ac.,
Calc-s., Nat-s.,
Nit-ac., RHUS-T.

Bones, of :-

Carb-an.

Burning, with :-

Olnd.

Eczematous eruption,
accompanied by, after any severe exertion :-

Psor.

Engorgement :-

Sal-ac.

Erysipelatous, with
numbness :-

Sulph.

Fistulous, bluish,
openings discharging bony splinters

(sore
finger from bite of a drunken man, cauterized) :-
Lach.

Flexed, cannot
be :-

Psor.

Forearm, to :-

Apis.

Hands, when, hang
down :-

Am-c.

Index and 2nd of left
hand, for 3 hours every day :-

Phos.

Index, 1st and 2nd
phalanx of left, 4 times its size :-

Fl-ac.

Index, tip of left,
shining, yellowish white, in panaritium :-

Sulph.

Index and middle,
between, large, painful, hard, hot, stitches like a thorn on touch

(rheumatism) :-
Lyc.

Index,
pear-shaped :-

Fl-ac.

Index, about joint of
1st phalanx of :-

Staph.

Index,
rheumatic :-

Lach.

Index, on right :-

Apis.

Index, right, bright
red spots, one between 1st and 2nd, or rather between 2nd and 3rd
joints, latter itched and burned like bee sting, on 11th day looked
like blister :-

Lac-ac.

Index, after dissecting
wound

(septicæmia) :-
Ars., Lach.

Index, right, in
whitlow :-

Sil.

Inflamed after
erysipelas in little :-

Sul-ac.

Joints, in :-

Agn.,
Calc.,
Cham., Merc., Nit-ac.,
Rhod.

Joints pain as if they
were, on awaking from sleep in evening :-

Calc.

Joints, in, with
burning and pulsating :-

Bufo.

Joints, of 1st, with
burning in nails :-

Vinc.

Joints, in gout :-

Kali-i.

Joints, in, hot, pale

(rheumatism) :-
Bry.

Joints, of, followed by
pale fluctuating swelling of right knee :-

Rhus-t.

Joints worse moving and
touching :-

Berb.

Joints, in
rheumatism :-

Coloc.,
Phyt.

Joints, right

(spinal
disease) :- Apis.

Joint, sometimes
redness of last, tenderness :-

Lith-c.

Joint as if, or puffed
on writing or taking hold :-

Bry.

Knuckles large
puffy :-

Med.

Little, of :-

Calc-s.

Little, in, hot, pale,
in last joint, sticking on moving or pressing :-

Bry.

Middle, right

(pyæmia) :-
Crot-h.

Mornings, in :-

Ran-s.

Pain, can be moved only
with :-

Rhus-t.

Painful :-

Sec.

Painful hard, on middle
joint of little, with reddened skin over swelling :-

Sil.

Painful, and, in acute
rheumatism :-

Verat-v.

Painful, from
dissecting wound :-

Lach.

Puffy :-

Calc-s.

Reddened,
slightly :-

Carb-v.

Red and hot of
joints :-

Hep.

Red
inflammatory :-

Mag-c.

Red spots, with :-

Plb.

Red, of right
thumb :-

Vesp.

Rheumatic, of
index :-

Lach.

Right, of, in
post-scarlatinal dropsy :-

Dig.

Right, of, with intense
heat

(rheumatism) :-
Viol-o.

Ring finger, of,
permanently enlarged :-

Calc.

Right 2nd, and stiff

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Stiff and extended

(rheumatism) :-
Lyc.

Stiffness, and, in both
hands while lying :-

Hep.

Tension, and, of
backs :-

Psor.

Thick, look and feel
too :-

Hyos.

Thumb, aching in ball
extends around wrist and back of hand, worse in ball of thumb, worse
since hot weather set in :-

Sang.

Thumb, last joint of
right, inflamed, with throbbing, shooting and burning, redness most
on dorsal surface of phalanx, throbbing worse in palmar
surface :-

Sep.
(relieved).

Thumb, inside of
right :-

Hep.

Thumb joint, of right

(pericarditis) :-
Spig.

Tips, of :-

Mur-ac.,
Tab.

Tips, of, inflammatory,
with formication :-

Rhus-t.

White, disappearing
suddenly :-

Carb-v.

Tearing

(See Neuralgia,
Rheumatism.) :-
Acon.,
Apis, Brom., Carb-v.,
Colch.,
Sil., Zinc.

Backs, on, chiefly in
joints, worse moving and touching :-

Berb.

Index, in left, as from
splinters :-

Agar.

Index, in, in
rheumatism or gout :-

Kali-i.

Index and middle, in
metacarpal bones of right :-

Bism.

Index, in middle joint
of right, paralytic :-

Bell.

Jerking, fine, in
muscles of several, especially in tips :-

Staph.

Joints, in :-

Agn.,
Carb-v., Cist., Rhus-t., Sil.

Joints, in 1st :-

Zinc.

Joints, in, worse at
night, and when lying on left side

(rheumatism) :-
Phos.

Joints, in swollen,
after catarrh

(pneumonia) :-
Puls.

Left, in :-

Carb-v.

Little, in upper part
of metacarpal joints of, slight, but deep

(gout) :-
Benz-ac.

Little, in left :-

Agar.

Little, in tip of
left :-

Arn.

Little, in
right :-

Inul.

Middle, in, after
eating :-

Aur-m.

Middle, violent in
joint of :-

Agar.

Middle, in right, with
headache :-

Calc-p.

Paralytic :-

Meny.

Right, in,
thumb :-

Spig.

Ring finger, in
metacarpal joints in, slight, but deep

(gout) :-
Benz-ac.

Ring finger, in inner
surface of

(rheumatism,
gout) :- Kali-i.

Ring finger, in tip of
left :-

Arn.

Sticking :-

Daph.

Thumb, in :-

Agar.

Thumb and index,
between :-

Camph.

Thumbs, in joints
of :-

Sil.,
Tell.

Thumb, in left, towards
tip, as if in an old ulcer :-

Zinc.

Thumb, in, in
rheumatism or gout :-

Kali-i.

Thumb and index, in
right, sudden, while writing :-

Ran-b.

Tips, in :-

Ambr.,
Berb.

Tips, in, right hand,
especially under nails :-

Bism.

Tips, in, right side,
worse by pressure :-

Chel.

Tips into shoulder,
from :-

Ars.

Transitory, in left
thumb, morning :-

Astac.

Tenalgia
crepitans :-

Kali-m.

Tension

(See Stiffness,
Swelling.) :-
Apis, Meny.

Eczematous eruption,
with, after any severe exertion :-

Psor.

Leprosy, in :-

Phos.

Middle, right

(pyæmia) :-
Crot-h.

Painful :-

Apis.

Painful joints, in
left :-

Aml-ns.

Painful, impeding
motion :-

Coloc.

Skin, in :-

Ambr.

Swollen, as if they
would become :-

Puls.

Tips, in :-

Coc-c.

Throbbing :-

(See Panaritium.)

Arm, up to

(panaritium) :-
Apis.

Left index, all along
in

(whitlow) :-
Sulph.

Left, in :-

Xan.

Middle, in last joint
of right

(whitlow) :-
Hep.

Painful, under nail of
left thumb :-

Am-m.

Panaritium, like that
from :-

Am-m.

Pulsation in left
index, as if panaritium were forming :-

Gymno.

Pulsation, as from a
whitlow :-

Anan.

Pulse-beat felt :-

Aml-ns.

Thumb, in :-

Hep.

Thumb, in inside of
right, drives to madness :-

Hep.

Thumb, in tip of right,
day and night, frequently waking from sleep, afternoon :-

Bor.

Tips, in :-

Carb-v.,
Crot-h.

Tingling :-

Ambr.

Angina pectoris,
in :-

Dig.

Anxiety, causing

(myelitis) :-
Verat.

Awaking, on :-

Ail.

Circulation is impeded,
as when :-

Arum-d.

Cardiac hypertrophy,
in :-

ACON.

Facial neuralgia,
with :-

Cupr-a.

4th and 5th, in, right
hand, with coldness and numbness of right hand :-

Sec.

Heart disease,
in :-

ACON.,
Dig.

Left hand, gradually
extending up arm :-

Iber.

Left, in, becomes
tearing as it extends up arm, ends with spasmodic attack of
asthma :-

Sep.

Left, in, while
writing :-

Cund.

Little, in right,
itching, then left :-

Carb-ac.

Motion, worse
on :-

Cupr-ar.

Nail, under :-

Nat-s.

Night, awaking
at :-

Bar-c.

Pericarditis,
in :-

Ars.

Pulsation, in
cerebro-spinal meningitis :-

Glon.

Rubbing, better
by :-

Mag-s.

Single parts,
frequent :-

Ran-b.

Tips, in :-

Colch.,
Croc., Hep.,
Nat-s.

Tips, in, worse lying
on left side :-

Iber.

Touch :-

(See Sensitive.)

Almost everything, even
hot things feel cold

(anæsthesia
of hands) :- Lyc.

Duplication, peculiar
feeling of, and an almost painful feeling in ring and little fingers
of right hand, after being pressed upon during sleep :-

Nux-v.

Exalted state, with
anxiety and fear of being alone :-

Lyss.

Exalted state, with
convulsions :-

Lyss.

Neighboring, feel like
foreign bodies covered with velvet :-

Apis.

Rough, disordered,
everything felt

(irritation
of cerebro-spinal nerve) :-
Psor.

Trembling :-

Cupr-ar.,
Glon., Stront-c.

Convulsive, of left
index :-

Calc.

Thumb, of right :-

Plat.

Typhoid, in
convalescence from :-

Cic.

Writing, especially
when :-

Cimic.

Tumor :-

(See Wen.)

Bony growth on palmar
aspect of one

(internally
and externally for three months, reduced in size one-half) :-
Phyt.

Ganglia on sheath of
flexor tendons of 4th, situated in right palm, as large as a hickory
nut, interfering with use of hand :-

Ruta.

Twitching :-

Acon.,
Cimic., Cina, Cocc., Cupr., Merc., Ox-ac.

Busy :-

Kali-br.

Convulsive :-

Cham.

Convulsive, in
cholera :-

Cupr.

Cough, with
spasmodic :-

Osm.

Cramp-like :-

Anac.

Dentition, in :-

RHEUM.

Hold of anything, on
taking :-

Nat-c.

Joints, in,
dull :-

Aloe.

Middle finger,
in :-

Arn.

Morning, for several
hours in, with pain in region of heart :-

Pall.

Overwork and mental
anxiety, after, to diaphragm :-

Cupr.

Painful, of
little :-

Meny.

Painful, in phalanx,
3rd left :-

Coch.

Painful, often affects
only one side

(chorea) :-
Cupr.

Sleep, during :-

Anac.

Thumb, in left :-

Anag.,
Asaf.

Thumb, of right,
painless, abducting it while writing :-

Arg-m.

Toothache, with :-

Mag-c.

Ulcerative pain :-

Under nails :-

Nat-s.

Tips, in :-

Nat-s.

Pressure, on :-

Sars.

Ulcers :-

Bry.,
Caust.,
Plat.

Caries, with :-

Kali-bi.

Index, on, small,
moist, itching and painful, surrounded by small vesicles :-

Calc.

Index, formed over
joint of, after redness, swelling and throbbing, white, overhanging
edges, dark, gangrenous central points, skin and cellular tissue
moveable, as if separated from attachments :-

Kali-bi.

Joints, on upper
part :-

Sep.

Malignant, from a
slight scratch :-

Mang.

Nails, under :-

ARS.

Phagedenic, on
joints :-

Bor.

Thumb, fistulous on,
crepitation of joint :-

Calc-f.

Thumb nail, under,
painful :-

Kali-bi.

Thumb, tip of :-

Kali-i.

Tips, on,
burning :-

ARS.

Tips, on, little
discharge, spread and destroy joints and phalanges and separate
joints

(leprosy
of Society Isles) :-
Ant-t.

Tips, on,
painless :-

Sep.

Tips, on, painless,
stinging, and burning :-

Sep.

Tips, on, offensive
smelling :-

Petr.

Ulcerate, tendency to

(panaritium) :-
Alumn.

Vibrating pain :-

Berb.

About 1st phalanx of
index :-

Staph.

Yellow :-

(See Nails.)

Joints of right
hand :-

Chel.

Tip of thumb :-

Kali-i.

Wandering pain :-

Flying :-

Ars-h.

Jumping :-

Goss.

Shifting, in left, to
axilla :-

Aml-ns.

Shift rapidly :-

Iris.

Warts :-

Bar-c.,
Caust., Dulc., Lyc.,
Sep.,
Thuj.

Burning after being
pulled out :-

Ars.

Excrescences :-

Lach.

Fleshy, close to
nails :-

CAUST.

Fungous
excrescences :-

Sang.

Index, on left, large,
falls off, leaving a hard white base :-

Thuj.

Index, right, large
oval horny close to extremity of :-

Caust.

Knuckles, on :-

Pall.

Little, 2 on :-

Lac-c.

Middle, on,
small :-

Berb.

Ring finger, on :-

Nat-s.

Rudimentary :-

Berb.

Shooting, after wart
had been pulled out :-

Ars.

Sides, on :-

Sep.

Small with otorrhœa :-

Calc.

Soreness :-

Ambr.

Thumb, on outer side of
terminal phalanx of right, cauliflower-like :-

Ran-b.

Tips, on :-

CAUST.

Weakness

(See Awkward ;
also Hands Awkward.) :-
Carb-an.

Drops things, from
nervous weakness :-

Nat-m.

Ends powerless, cannot
hold anything :-

Mez.

Grasp, unable to
retain, hastily putting object down or allowing it to fall

(affection
of vaso-motor nerves) :-
Kali-br.

Hold anything,
cannot :-

Hipp.

Nervous debility,
with :-

Cur.

Night, at :-

Ambr.

Painful :-

Nit-s-d.

Paralytic, when seizing
anything :-

Carb-v.

Power, loss of, on
moving them :-

Rhus-t.

Wen,
on tendons of extensors of middle

(See
Tumors.) :-
Sil.

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