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

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Insensibility

(anæsthesia)
(See Numbness.) :-
Ars., Cocc.,
Lyc., Sec.

Left, of :-

Chin-b.

Meningitis, in :-

Acon.

Palms, of :-

Acon.

Palm, of, of
right :-

Zinc.

Spinal, in,
affection :-

Sec.

Touches, feels nothing
he :-

Camph.

Itching :-

Ant-s-aur.,
Apis, Arg-m.,
Asc-t., Aur-m., Carb-v., Corn., Hep.,
Kali-bi., Petr.,
Ph-ac., Psor., Sep., Zinc.

Back, on :-

Ars-i.,
Camph., SULPH.

Chilblains, in :-

Puls.

Frozen, as if :-

AGAR.

Hollow of hand, in,
coarse :-

Ran-b.

Itch, in :-

Lach.

Left, 1st, then
right :-

Med.

Night, at, from no
apparent cause, better by very hot water :-

Lith-c.

Palms, in :-

Ambr.,
Aur-m., Camph.,
Caust., Crot-h.,
Hep., Ind.,
Kali-c., Mur-ac.,
Sel.

Palms, in,
blotches :-

Stram.

Palms, in,
burning :-

Spig.

Palms, in, continued,
dull :-

Hep.

Palms, in, at
night :-

Carb-v.

Palms, in, with red
spots :-

Mang.

Palm, in right :-

Benz-ac.,
Cinnb.,
Grat.

Palm, in right, in
morning :-

Chr-ac.

Palms, in, must rub
them, after which they burn :-

SULPH.

Palms, in, inducing
scratching, before attacks of neuralgia of stomach :-

Ran-b.

Right, on back
of :-

Anag.

Roots, at, and between
fingers, as in itch :-

Med.

Tarsal tumors,
with :-

Zinc.

Unbearable :-

Anthraci.

Jerking

(See Twitching.) :-
Cocc., Coff.,
Cupr., Hyos.,
Merc., Stram.

Convulsive :-

Bar-m.

Painful, in metacarpal
bones, sudden :-

Pall.

Spasmodic, with flexion
of hand at wrist or forearm :-

Sec.

Spasmodic, from
toothache :-

Hyos.

Violent, in
spasms :-

Cina.

Lameness

(See Cramp,
Paralyzed feeling, Tired,
Weakness.) :-
Acet-ac.,
Tab., Zinc.

Epileptic attacks,
in :-

Kali-bi.

Exertion, after
slight :-

Sil.

Left, of :-

Ars.,
Cupr-a.

Left, in, at times

(panaritium) :-
Sulph.

Right, of :-

Rhus-t.

Right, of, must lay
down pen :-

Sil.

Sudden :-

Cann-s.

Lancinating,
with irritation

(See
Stitches.) :-
Œna.

Large, feel :-

Clem.,
Ptel.

Anæsthesia :-

Lyc.

Large, frequent looking
at because they seem too :-

Hyos.

Thick, as if
too :-

Manc.

Loose, feeling in
joints :-

Stram.

Motion :-

(See Restless ;
also Picking, Chapter
1 : Mind and
Disposition.)

Automatic, in
convulsions :-

Zinc.

Automatic, of left,
strikes his face

(measles) :-
Acon.

Automatic, of right,
towards mouth

(apoplexy) :-
Nux-v.

Automatic, convulsive,
as in hydrocephalus

(typhoid) :-
Zinc.

Busy,
constantly :-

Kali-br.

Carry something, must
constantly :-

Rhus-t.

Child, as if, which was
bent back, feared every moment to fall deep down :-

Stram.

Circle, turns around in
a, saying she must strengthen herself, motion becoming more and more
violent

(mania) :-
Verat.

Clapping, with
speechlessness :-

Stram.

Clenches right and
gives herself several forcible blows upon chest

(epilepsy) :-
Op.

Clutching :-

Hyos.

Clutching at
bedclothes, immediately afterwards at something else

(dysmenorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Clutches air, unable to
swallow or speak

(asthma) :-
Cupr.

Constant, tries to
catch things in air :-

Bell.

Constant, in
chorea :-

Mygal.

Constant, of
left :-

Lach.

Constant, with mental
excitement

(heart
disease) :- Op.

Continual, as if
spinning or weaving :-

Stram.

Convulsive :-

Kali-c.

Convulsive, with pains
in joints :-

Plb.

Difficulty, could be
moved with great, especially thumbs

(measles) :-
Zinc.

Grasping about in air,
catching at imaginary things :-

STRAM.

Grasps and reaches,
with convulsions

(dentition) :-
Cham.

Grasps at
flocks :-

Zinc.

Grasps at imaginary
things

(child
in convulsions) :-
Aml-ns.

Grasps about, as if he
wished to seize something

(typhoid) :-
Ph-ac.

Grasps throat, with
sighing and groaning :-

Stram.

Grasping, in great
agony :-

# Calc-p.

Grasping, automatic,
towards nose and ears, etc. :-

Stram.

Grasping, firm :-

Stram.

Gropes about bed, as
though hunting something

(double
pneumonia) :- Op.

Hand to back of head,
puts

(cerebro-spinal
disease) :- Verat-v.

Head, throws above

(epilepsy) :-
Sulph.

Head, lifted to, in
hydrocephalus :-

Art.

Head, frequently moves
right towards, or into wide-opened mouth

(hydrocephalus) :-
Merc.

Imaginary things in
air, apparently directed to :-

STRAM.

Inordinate, irregular,
subside almost entirely on hearing notes of hornpipe :-

Tarent.

Involuntary :-

Merc.,
Nat-m.

Involuntary, to
head :-

# Atrop-s.

Involuntary, of right,
on rising in morning

(chorea) :-
Cocc.

Keeping off something,
as if :-

STRAM.

Left drawn to head,
with undulatory, automatic movement :-

Kali-i.

Light movements, cannot
perform

(tabes
dorsalis) :- Sec.

Move, could not

(hysteria) :-
# Ter.

Object, steers wide of
the, on attempting to pick it up off floor

(chorea) :-
Stram.

Opening and
shutting :-

Stram.

Painful place,
continually moved to :-

Nux-m.

Picking :-

Arum-t.

Picking at
clothes :-

Hyos.,
Stram.

Place, no, that she can
put them that they do not bother her :-

Lac-c.

Playing with :-

Mur-ac.

Presses against bed

(asthma
Millari) :- Cupr.

Quick :-

Stram.

Raises above head and
moves them as if he were winding a ball of thread :-

Stram.

Regular, of right

(eclampsia) :-
Ip.

Scarcely move left, can

(heart
disease) :- ACON.

Scratches in
air :-

Stram.

Searching something,
moving as if :-

Stram.

Spasmodic :-

Stram.

Spasmodic, in
hysteria :-

Nux-v.

Starting :-

Graph.

Straight forward,
moves :-

Stram.

Strangely in different
directions, moves :-

Stram.

Stretches, alternately,
to full extent and laying finger on his mouth :-

Stram.

Striking about, in
hysteria :-

Kali-c.

Striking about, hands,
in mental derangement :-

Stram.

Swinging and trembling

(headache) :-
Cur.

Throws up hands,
infant, when attempt is made to put it down :-

Bor.

Throws up, worse during
menses

(fits) :-
Œna.

Throwing about,
starting from sleep

(diarrhœa) :-
Bor.

Voluntary so far lost
that she could neither eat nor drink without assistance

(chorea) :-
Ign.

Waves in air :-

Stram.

Work, as if doing
some :-

Stram.

Working :-

Hyos.

Wringing :-

Stram.,
Sulph.

Wrings in agony

(glossitis) :-
Merc.

Wringing, day and
night :-

Sulph.

Wringing, in
melancholia religiosa :-

Kali-p.,
Plat.

Necrosis, right
forefingers, metacarpal bones, small necrosed, osseous splinters
came away

(whitlow) :-
Sil.

Neuralgic
pain :-

Right, in :-

Pall.

Sharp, in left :-

Iodof.

Numbness

(See Formication,
Lameness, Paralyzed
feeling, Tingling.) :-
Acon., Ars-s-r.,
Bell., Calc-p., Carb-an.,
Caust., Coca, COCC.,
Cod., Colch.,
Croc.,
Dios., Ferr.,
Fl-ac., Hyper., Kali-c.,
Lach., LYC.,
Manc.,
Merc-i-f., Merc-sul., Mez.,
Nit-ac.,
Nux-v.,
Phos., Ptel.,
Sil.

Anæsthesia :-

Lyc.

Apoplexy, in :-

Hyos.

Arms, with cold :-

Aster.

Awaking, on :-

Manc.

Burning, with, and
twinging sensation referable to spinal column :-

Phys.

Chill, during, as if
dead

(intermittent) :-
Cimx.

Chill, with, 4 to 8
P.M. :-

Lyc.

Chill, with, one-sided

(left),
commencing in back :- Lyc.

Day, all :-

Lyss.

Dead, as if :-

Apis,
Zinc.

Dead, as if

(quartan
ague) :- Sep.

Deadness, to middle of
forearm :-

Ars-h.

Deadness, in right

(rheumatism) :-
Ferr-p.

Dead, becomes quite,
when sewing :-

Crot-h.

Evening, in :-

Nux-m.

Exercise, after :-

Ruta.

Grasping anything, when

(muscular
atrophy) :- Calc.

Headache, with :-

Lyss.

Lame :-

Cupr.

Left, of :-

Acon.,
Dios., Med.,
Phys., Rhus-t.,
Sars.

Left, of, into
arm :-

Aster.

Left, especially, on
least exertion :-

Crot-h.

Left, especially
fingers, as far as they are supplied with nervus ulnaris :-

Cupr-a.

Left, while pain and
redness in foot disappeared, returned to foot when arm and hand got
well

(rheumatism
complicated with epilepsy) :-
Lach.

Left to forearm, at
night, in bed :-

Agar.

Left, of, formication
extending up arm :-

Graph.

Left, unable to hold
anything with force :-

Med.

Left, during
menses :-

Graph.

Left, in irritation of
cerebro-spinal nerves :-

Par.

Left, as if
paralyzed :-

Æsc.

Left, in,
peculiar :-

Cupr-ar.

Left, with trembling
jerking, fluttering jerking through lungs :-

Lac-c.

Locomotor ataxia,
in :-

Phos.

Meningitis, in :-

Acon.

Morning, on
awaking :-

Phos.,
Zinc.

Morning, particularly
in :-

Nit-ac.

Morning, in, and when
washing :-

Carb-v.

Night, at :-

Sil.

Painful :-

Hyos.

Palms, in, at times a
prickly sensation as if numb parts were punctured by a great number
of needles :-

Syph.

Pithy :-

Cocc.

Prickling, seem larger
than usual and clumsy :-

Ptel.

Right, in :-

Asc-t.,
Cycl., Gels.

Right, in, for a long
time clumsy, stiff :-

Lyss.

Right, in, during
day :-

Rhus-t.

Right, 1st, then left

(gastritis) :-
Cocc.

Right, in, to all
parts, worse after midnight

(rheumatism) :-
Rhus-t.

Right, in, in
myelitis :-

Dulc.

Right, in, at
night :-

Pall.

Right, in, in spinal
irritation :-

Hep.

Right, in, with
tingling in 4th and 5th fingers :-

Sec.

Spin, of :-

Carb-ac.

Spinal affection,
in :-

Sec.

Spinal irritation,
in :-

Cupr.,
Nux-v.

Swelling, and sensation
of :-

Op.

Wetting, after
a :-

Rhus-t.

Wrist, to above :-

Bor.

Writing, while :-

Zinc.

Pain :-

Alumn.

Backs, in :-

Am-c.

Back of right, in, to
shoulder joint :-

Ham.

Bones, in, acute

(blue
boils after glanders poisoning) :-
Anthraci.

Bones, seem to be deep
in :-

Bapt.

Dorsum, in :-

Chlf.

Dorsum, in, of each,
worse on motion :-

Form.

Dorsum, in, leprosy,
in :-

Calc.

Intolerable :-

Kali-bi.

Itching, and, to finger
ends :-

Lith-c.

Joints, in :-

Chin-b.,
Lac-c.

Joints, in smaller,
with swelling and hardness :-

Staph.

Knuckles, in, 1st, then
in whole :-

Guai.

Left, in, before
epileptic attack :-

Calc-ar.

Left, in, worse
running :-

Agar.

Metacarpal bones,
in :-

Bapt.

Metacarpal joints,
in :-

Arund.

Metacarpal bones, in,
transient :-

Acon.

Metacarpus, in right,
with sensation of fulness, heat and numbness :-

Ox-ac.

Palms, in, as if
muscles were contracted :-

Coloc.

Palms, in, on cutting
bread :-

Calc.

Right, from, to left
arm down to elbow, thence to region of heart :-

Benz-ac.

Right, in, with
vicarious menses :-

Dig.

Right, in, between 3rd
and 4th metacarpal phalanx, in some motions and on pressure after
counting copper coin :-

Lyss.

Right, in, feeling as
if shattered, is awakened by it, but goes to sleep again, towards
morning has similar pain on left side, but does not remember the
spot :-

Pall.

Right, in, so he cannot
use it, afternoon :-

Cist.

Sleep, prevents :-

Phos.

Still, if he keeps
them, for a few minutes, extends up arms and shoulders to head

(chorea) :-
Verat-v.

Variola, in :-

Thuj.

Pale :-

Ip.

Cold

(somnolency) :-
Bell.

Dead, as if, after
eating :-

Con.

Deathly :-

Sec.

Deathly, in
hæmatemesis :-

Sec.

Livid, in malignant
cholera :-

Ars.

Livid, in typhoid
pneumonia :-

Sang.

Livid,
sleepiness :-

Amyg.

Right,
cadaverous :-

Zinc.

Warm room, even in
a :-

Chin.

White, worse from
cold :-

Calc.

Paralysis

(See Lameness,
Weakness.) :-
Ambr.,
Ars., CAUST.,
Cupr.,
Ferr., Nat-m., Plb., Rhus-t.,
Ruta, Sil.

Diphtheria, in :-

Apis.

Left, of :-

Bar-c.

Left, of, in
apoplexy :-

Cocc.

Left, of, particularly
of extensors :-

Cocc.

Leprosy, in :-

Sil.

Metacarpus, of :-

Guare.

Raise, cannot :-

Caust.

Raise, cannot, to
head :-

Gels.

Right, of

(paint) :-
Plb.

Writing, when :-

Cocc.

Paralytic pain :-

Cham.

Left, in, after
palpitation commences :-

Agar.

Paralyzed
feeling

(See
Lameness, Tired,
Weakness.) :-
Carb-an., Nat-s.,
Sil.

Left, in :-

Agar.

Left wrist, from pain
in :-

Kalm.

Paroxysm of gastralgia,
at height of :-

Sulph.

Pressure upon parts,
can be produced by, where nerves are easily reached :-

Plat.

Right, in :-

CAUST.,
Elaps.

Sleep, during :-

Plat.

Piercing,
on back and in palm of right

(See
Stitches.) :-
Nat-s.

Pinching pain, gout
like, on back of left, most on side of little finger, also outer
side of right :-

Daph.

Pressing
feeling :-

Back, in :-

Berb.

Back of right,
in :-

Verb.

Bones, in :-

Bism.

Cramp-like, now in
right, low in left metacarpus, on moving arm, disappears during
rest :-

Verb.

Muscles, in :-

Clem.

Rheumatic, in
back :-

Ang.

Vessels, as if blood
would burst out of, inward :-

Lil-t.

Pricking

(See Sticking,
Stinging.) :-
Acon., Apis, Arum-d.,
Bell., Carb-ac., Chin-b., Lil-t.

Left, in :-

Chin.,
Lach.

Left, especially in, on
least exertion :-

Crot-h.

Left, of, worse by
movement :-

Bapt.

Left, in, in irritation
of cerebro-spinal nerves :-

Par.

Numbness :-

Colch.

Pain in right palm,
intense, as if pin were thrust through :-

Anag.

Palms, in, like pins
and needles :-

Calad.

Shoulder, as pain in
small spot under, goes away :-

Lach.

Sudden :-

Phyt.

Tickling, like that
produced by electricity :-

Ptel.

Washing, after :-

Æsc.

Pronation, in spinal
disease :-

Apis.

Pulling pains,
short :-

Med.

Purpura :-

Lach.,
Phos.

As if covered with
suggillations :-

Rhus-t.

Quivering :-

Lyss.

During headache :-

Glon.

Rawness :-

(See Rhagades.)

Back, of, upon which
child wipes nose, excoriated by copious thick green acrid discharge

(See
Scrofulous
inflammation of eyes) :-
Merc.

Palms, in :-

Nat-s.

From wrists to ends of
fingers :-

Petr.

Redness :-

AGAR.,
APIS, Arn.,
Chin-b., Cit-v.,
Plan.

Backs, of :-

Aml-ns.

Back, dark, burning hot

(rheumatism) :-
Lyc.

Back, with pain
extending to elbow

(pyæmia) :-
Crot-h.

Back, spots on :-

Dros.

Bluish red, white spots
on pressure disappear slowly and leave no indentation :-

Apis.

Chilblains,
like :-

Agar.

Cold, as if he had been
in :-

All-c.

Flushing :-

Arum-d.

Joints, of :-

Lac-c.

Left highly reddened,
in inflammation of hand :-

Anthraci.

Palms, especially in,
constant :-

Fl-ac.

Pneumonia, in :-

Sang.

Right :-

Arum-d.

Scarlet :-

Bell.

Scarlet fever, as if he
had :-

Vesp.

Restlessness :-

(See Motion.)

Hysteria, in :-

Tarent.

Rest, could not :-

Ferr-i.

Sleep, in

(inflammation
of bowels in dentition) :-
Acet-ac.

Rhagades

(chapped,
fissures) (See
Skin, Rhagades, Soreness,
Suppuration, Ulcers,
Chapter 46 :
Skin.) :- Æsc.,
Alumn.,
Am-c., Anan.,
Apis, Arn.,
CALC.,
CALEN., Carb-ac.,
GRAPH.,
Ham., Hep.,
Hydr., Kali-c.,
Kreos., Lyc.,
Mag-c., Merc., PETR.,
Puls., RHUS-T.,
SARS., Sep.,
Sil., SULPH.

Bleeding,
painful :-

Merc.

Cold, from :-

Kali-m.,
Petr., Sulph.

Cold, from slight,
painful :-

Zinc.

Deep, bloody, worse
during winter :-

Petr.

Deep, like cuts,
especially on insides, basis looks raw and bloody, and they are very
painful

(psoriasis) :-
Merc.

Dorsa, on, in
eczema :-

Nat-c.

Fingers, especially
between, on finger joints and in palms :-

SULPH.

Hard, skin :-

GRAPH.

Joints, especially on,
painfully sore :-

Sulph.

Left, palm of, cracked,
horny, or oozing :-

Merc-i-r.

Nails, about,
dry :-

NAT-M.

Painful, burning,
between 2 fingers of left :-

Zinc.

Red, worse in winter
and from washing :-

Alumn.

Syphilitic :-

MERC.

Water, from working
in :-

Alumn.,
Ant-c., Calc.,
Cham., Hep.,
Merc., Rhus-t.,
Sars., Sep.,
Sulph.

Weather, even in
mild :-

Zinc.

Workmen, thickened
places with deep oblique cracks :-

Cist.

Rheumatism

(See Joints
Rheumatism, Chapter 34 :
Limbs in General.) :-
Clem., Com.,
Phyt., Rhus-t.,
Ust., Vac.,
Viol-o.

Alternately in hands
and feet :-

Merc-i-r.

Back, impossible to
place behind :-

Ferr.

Closing them, with
pains on :-

Med.

Dorsa, in :-

Zing.

Head, cannot lift
to :-

Ferr.

Heat is relieved,
after :-

Aur.

Joints, of, of
right :-

Viol-o.

Joints, in, with
swelling and redness :-

Puls.

Left, in :-

Bapt.,
Erig.

Metacarpal bones, in,
as if in shaft of bone :-

Ars-i.

Metacarpal, in left,
terrible :-

Bapt.,
Erig.

Metacarpal, affecting
right :-

Viol-o.

Right, in, at night, in
bed :-

Merc-i-f.

Sharp pains across
middle knuckles of left :-

Med.

Transient, in
right :-

Ery-a.

Roughness :-

Bar-c.,
Hep.,
Kali-c., Petr.,
Zinc.

Backs, on :-

Med.

Back, on, of right,
with intense irritation when rubbed, seems to go through whole body,
worse in cold weather and when he takes cold :-

Zinc.

Dead skin :-

Mez.

Dorsa, of, in
eczema :-

Nat-c.

Heat, with :-

Sabad.

Rubbing, has to
rub :-

Cit-v.

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