ALLIUM SATIVUM.
Allium sativum, L. Nat. order,
Liliaceæ. Common names, Garlic; (German), Knoblauch;
(French), L’Ail. Preparation, Tincture from the fresh
bulb.
Authorities.
1, Petroz,
Journ. d. l. Soc. Gal., 3, 279; 2, Teste,
Systematization; 3, All. Hom. Zeit., 83, 184; 4, Cattell, B. J. of Hom., 11, 340.
MIND.
► Weeping during
sleep, [1]. ►
Sadness; restlessness when alone, [1]. ► Mental anxiety, [1]. ► Dread of being poisoned, [1].
► Fears he will never get well, [2]. ► Fears of being unable to
bear any medicine, [12]. ►
Impulse to run away, [1]. ►
Impatience, [1]. ►
Moral sensitiveness, [1]. [10.]
► Wandering thoughts, [1].
HEAD.
► Vertigo on looking
long and steadily at anything, [1]. ► Vertigo of short duration, and on rising from one’s seat, [2]. ► Heaviness in the
head, [2]. ►
Heaviness of the head, ceasing during menstruation, and returning afterwards, [1]. ► Heaviness in the forehead
almost preventing him from opening his eyes, [2]. ► Pulsation in the temples, [2].
► Dull pain in the occiput, in the morning, while
lying on the back, [2].
EYES.
► *Catarrhal
ophthalmia at night; smarting burning lachrymation; agglutination; continued difficult
opening of the agglutinated lids; (this set in regularly every night, when he desired to
read an hour in bed (usual habit), so that he had to give it up), [3].
EARS.
► *The customary
aural catarrh disappeared; he heard better from the diseased ear, [°], [3]. [20.] ► Humming in the ears, [2].
NOSE.
► Coryza,
rather dry, then fluent, with pressive pain from above the root of the nose, [2]. ► Increased secretion of
nasal mucus, together with slight stoppage of both nostrils, [2].
► Blowing blood from the nose in the night, [2].
FACE.
► Lancinations in one
side of the face, [2]. ►
Dryness of the lips, [2].
MOUTH.
► Tickling sensation
in the lower teeth, [1]. ►
Transient pressive pullings (in the forenoon) in both jaws, and in the right upper molars, [2]. ► Swelling of the
lower gums, [1]. ►
Troublesome feeling during the night and in the morning, as of a hair on her tongue; renewed
on waking, [1]. [30.]
► Dryness of the palate, [2].
► Very copious flow of sweetish saliva into the mouth in the
forenoon, after meals; more especially after supper and during the night, [1], [2]. ► Hot taste in the mouth, proceeding from the throat, and
strongly reminding him of the taste of garlic, immediately after taking the medicine, and
returning after breakfast to such a degree as to excite a flow of saliva, [2]. ► The symptoms of the mouth
are aggravated by reading, [1].
THROAT.
► Inflammation of
the throat, [1]. ►
Sensation as of something cold rising in the throat, [1].
► Sensation as of a hot and smarting vapor rising in the
throat, [1]. ►
Mucous accumulations in the throat, in the morning, with heaviness of the head, [2].
STOMACH.
► Voracious appetite,
[2]. ► Feeling of
great hunger, from weakness of the stomach, without increase of appetite, [2]. [40.] ► Thirst, [2], [4]. ► Thirst, which
prevents sleep, [1]. ►
Burning eructations, [1]. ►
Burning eructations after a meal, [2]. ► Eructations (immediately), [2].
► Eructations; which excite copious salivation, [2]. ► Nausea and
loathing of food (immediate and very short-lasting symptoms), [2].
► Vomiting during the fever, [1]. ► Burning in the stomach,
which is not painful when not touched, but is very sensitive to the least pressure, [2]. ► Lancinations in
the stomach, [2]. [50.]
► Sensation of a weight in the stomach, which prevents
sleep, [1]. ► Dull
pains in the epigastric region, felt only on deep inspiration, but which finally embarrass
respiration, [2]. ►
A pressure inward, as if a stone were in the epigastric region, [3]. ► Pressure in upper abdomen
(stomach and along the transverse colon); relief only by sitting bent and pressing with both
hands; the pain became unendurable on walking out, [3].
ABDOMEN.
► Pressure in
upper abdomen (stomach and along transverse colon); relief only by sitting bent and pressing
with both hands; the pain became intolerable on walking out, [3].
► Twistings and pinchings around the umbilicus, [2]. ► Borborygmi in the
forenoon, [2]. ►
Flatulence, [4]. ►
Incomplete, and as if interrupted, emission of fetid flatulence, [2]. ► (The usual colic
disappeared for some days, [°], [3].) [60.] ►
Every step on the pavement caused excruciating pain, as if the intestines would be torn
apart (ameliorated by lying down), [3]. ► Everything (in abdomen) seemed to drag downward, [3]. ► Weight in the
hypogastrium, immediately after a meal, without urgency to stool or urinate, [2].
STOOL AND ANUS.
► Piles, [4]. ► Diarrhœa, [1]. ► Involuntary
stools, [1]. ►
Diarrhœic stool (at the end of thirty hours), towards 3 o’clock A.M., preceded,
accompanied, and followed by cuttings in the abdomen and loins, [2]. ► Several soft, but not
diarrhœic, stools every twenty-four hours, during three days, [2]. ► Stool, first fæces, then
watery; hot passage, [3]. ►
Normal stool immediately after a meal (contrary to habit), [2].
► Stool delayed from morning (usual time) till after
dinner, with great urging; with the stool, heat in the rectum, [3]. [70.] ►
Constipation, which becomes obstinate, [1]. ► Constipation, with almost constant dull pain in the bowels,
during eight days (chiefly in the forenoon), [2].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Sensation
in the bladder and urethra as of urging to urinate, which, however, does not exist, [2]. ► Urine increased, [4]. ► Whitish, very abundant
urine, becoming cloudy from nitric acid, [2].
► A kind of diabetes, [2].
► Scanty, high-colored urine, [2]. ► Urine scarcely half the
normal (first day); one-third normal (second day), [3].
► Did not urinate in the night (contrary to habit), [3].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Suppurating pimples on the vulva during the menses, [1].
[80.] ► Bright red spots,
with itching and smarting, on the inside of the labia majora, and at the entrance of the
vagina, [2]. ►
Menses five days too early, [2]. ►
During the menses, the skin of the internal portion of the thighs presents large
excoriations, [2].
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
►
Painful irritation of the windpipe when coughing, [1].
► Scraping in the larynx, exciting dry cough, with no
other symptom, [2]. ►
Almost continual mucous râles in the bronchi, [2].
► Deepseated cough, [1].
► Cough, which seems to come from the stomach, [2]. ► Cough, which gives
rise to a perceptible fetid smell, [1]. ► Dry cough after eating, [2].
[90.] ► Morning cough
after leaving his bedroom, with extremely copious mucous
expectoration, [2]. ►
Sudden paroxysms of hard, dry cough while smoking, obliging him to quit, [2]. ► Great difficulty in
expectorating a glutinous mucus, [1]. ► Expectoration increased, [4].
► Expectoration of a thin, yellowish, purulent-looking,
blood-streaked mucus, of a putrid odor, [2]. ► Difficult respiration, as if the sternum was compressed, [2]. ► Uneasiness in
respiration, [1]. ►
The cough symptoms are aggravated by bending the head, and after eating, and by going into
the open air, [1].
CHEST.
► Oppression of the
chest during sleep, [1]. ►
Darting pain in the chest, which prevents sleep, [1]. [100.] ► Lancinations in one
side of the chest, [2]. ►
Twitching pain in the side of the chest; it seems to him as if there was an empty spot in
his chest, [1]. ►
Lancinations under the shoulder-blades and pectoral muscles, increasing during the cough and
deep inspirations, and becoming spasmodic if the latter are renewed several times in
succession; with irresistible impulse to cough, [2]. ► Swelling of both mammæ, which become sensitive to touch (at
the end of twenty-four hours), [2]. ► Dull stitches in the right mamma, [2]. ► Eruption of red blotches
between the breasts and around the nipples, [2].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Leaping
beats of the heart, [1]. ►
Tension of the pulse, [1].
NECK AND BACK.
► Drawing
pains in the neck, [1]. ►
Insensibility to touch of the anterior portion of the neck, [2].
[110.] ► Itching
between the shoulders, [2]. ►
Darting pain in the back, [1]. ►
Itching in the back, [1]. ►
Red spots, like ringworm, come out on the back, [1]. ► Tearing pain in the sacrum, [1].
► Cutting pain in the sacrum, in the morning, [1]. ► Simple pain in the
coccyx, [1].
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
►
Painful feeling of contraction in the arm, [1]. ► Tension and heat in the right elbow, which is painful during
movement of the arm, [2]. ►
Pain in the forearm, it seems as if paralyzed, [1]. [120.] ► Burning, then
moisture, in the palms of the hands, [2]. ► Some red spots appear on the hands, [1]. ► Tearing pain in the fingers
extending below the nails, [1].
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
►
Weakness of the lower limbs, [1]. ► Tearing pain in the hip, [1].
► Almost intolerable pain, confined to the common tendon
of the iliac and psoas muscles; this pain, only slightly felt in the daytime, during rest,
is renewed by the least movement; it is so acute as almost to extort cries to cross his
legs, while sitting, i. e., to place the right thigh
over the left; but this movement is performed with scarcely any pain, if, instead of using
the muscles of the pelvis and thigh, he lifts the latter gently with his hand. ► Finally, this pain, which is endurable while walking,
although compelling him to limp, is aggravated towards 8 P.M., in bed, where it becomes
impossible to change his position, or to sleep, [2]. ► Painful weariness in the thighs, [1]. ► Boil on the thigh, [1]. ► Pain as of a
sprain in the ankle-joint, [2]. ►
All these symptoms are much aggravated by walking, [1].
► Tearing pain in the feet, [1]. [130.] ►
Burning in the soles of the feet, [1]. ► Sensation of stiffness in the feet, [1]. ► Tingling in the feet, [1]. ► Pain as of a
sprain in the toe-joints, [1]. ►
These symptoms are much more troublesome during rest, especially if the foot is not
supported, [1]. ►
The pains in the limbs were always aggravated by changes in temperature, and under the
influence of moist heat, [1].
GENERALITIES.
► General
lassitude, especially in the lower limbs, to such a degree that he dreads having to go two
or three steps upstairs, [2]. ►
Morning lassitude, which appears to depend on nervous insensibility, [1]. ► Relaxation of the muscles, [1]. ► Sense of
oppression; weakness, [1]. [140.]
► Drawing in the muscles during the night, [1]. ► Sensation of contraction in
the muscles, [1]. ►
Tingling in the affected parts, [1]. ► Pain in the glands, [1].
► Lancinations in the limbs, [2]. ► Often the pains are
gradually increased to a high degree, and subside in like manner, [1].
SKIN.
► Looseness of the
skin, [1]. ► Hard
swelling of the integuments, [1]. ► Swelling with tingling, [1].
► Dryness of the skin, [1].
[150.] ► It blisters
the skin (locally), [1]. ►
Spots at first white, and which become yellow, and are accompanied with a tingling-itching, [2]. ► Darting-itching, [1]. ► Formication in the
skin, [2]. ► Tension in
the skin of the joints, [1]. ► Extreme sensitiveness of the skin, [1].
FEVER.
► Chilliness from
one day to another, [1]. ►
Chilliness on one side only, [1]. ► During the coldness, redness of the face, [1]. ► Horripilations before midday and in the evening, [2].
[160.] ► Catarrhal
fever with predominant coldness, [1]. ► General heat during which there is distress, [2]. ► Heat during which she feels
twitching in the limbs, [1]. ►
During the fever, vomiting, [1]. ►
Sweat in the afternoon, [1]. ►
Sweat causing itching, [1]. ►
Sweat of a sour smell, [1]. ►
Fetid sweat, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Drowsiness after meals, [2]. ►
Restless sleep at night, [2]. ►
Frequent waking up, through coldness, [1]. ► Startings in the muscles and shocks in the feet, at night,
when going to sleep, [2]. ►
Sleep prevented by darting pain in the chest, [1]. ► Sleep prevented by sensation of weight in the stomach, [1]. ► Sleep prevented by
thirst, [1]. ►
Slight cold fit when going to sleep, [1]. ► Coldness of the body during sleep, [1]. ► Dreams in which he thinks, [1]. ► Dreams which are
continued when he is awake, [1]. ►
At midnight, frightful, anxious dreams, with headache, pressure in the vertex, [3].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), Pain in
occiput; mucus in throat, etc.; cutting in sacrum; feeling of hair on tongue; cough after
leaving bedroom. ► (Forenoon),
General symptoms; pullings in jaws and teeth; flow of saliva;
borborygmi; horripilations. ►
(Afternoon), Sweat. ►
(Evening), Horripilations;
general symptoms. ► (Evening, in
bed), Pain in muscles of thigh. ► (Night), Starts and shocks when going to sleep; catarrhal
ophthalmia; blowing from nose; flow of saliva; feeling of hair on tongue; drawing in
muscles; restless sleep. ► (At
midnight), Frightful dreams. ► (Open air), Cough-symptoms. ► (When alone), Restlessness. ► (Bending head), Cough-symptoms. ►
(After breakfast), Return of hot taste. ► (Deep breathing),
Epigastric pains. ► (Coughing),
Irritation of windpipe. ► (After
eating), Cough-symptoms. ► (During Fever), Vomiting. ► (Moist Heat), Pain in limbs. ►
(Looking steadily), Vertigo. ►
(During Menses), Pimples on vulva. ►
(Movement), Pain in muscles of thigh. ► (Moving arm), Pain in
right elbow. ► (Reading),
Symptoms of mouth. ► (Rest),
Feet-symptoms. ► (On rising from
seat), Vertigo. ► (Speaking
and stooping), General symptoms. ► (Steeping on pavement), Pain in intestines. ►
(During sleep), Oppression of chest. ► (When smoking), Paroxysms
of cough. ► (Straining to vomit),
Bowel-symptoms. ► (Walking out),
Pressure in upper abdomen, etc.; pains in lower limbs. ►
Amelioration. ► (Lying
down), Pain in intestines. ► (During menstruation), Heaviness of head ceases. ► (Motion of a carriage),
General symptoms. ► (Sitting
bent), Pressure in upper abdomen, etc.® 2000
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