ARGENTUM NITRICUM.
EYES.
► Holloweyedness
(30th potency, fifth day), [4]. [120.] ► Bleareyedness (2d
potency, third day), [4]. ►
Wild rolling of the eyes, the pupils being dilated and insensible to light, [14]. ► After violent itching the
evening before, dryness and blearedness of the eyes, circumscribed congestion, bundles of
red vessels spread here and there, ecchymoses into the conjunctiva bulbi, [54]. ► *Ophthalmia, abating in the
cool and open air, intolerable in the warm room, [°].
► *Ophthalmia, with intense pains, [15]. ► Burning and dryness of the
eyes, early in the morning when waking; he had great trouble in opening them (2d potency), [4]. ► Aching pain deep
in the eye, early in the morning (30th potency, second day), [4].
► Pressure in the eyes, as if too full; heat and pain in
the ball of the eye when moving or touching it; mucous flocks impeding the sight, and
obliging him to wipe the eyes, in the daytime; a scarlet redness, which had appeared in the
morning in the inner canthus of the right eye, extended considerably in the evening, looked
very much heightened, and spread as far as the cornea; the conjunctiva, bulbi, and
palpebrarum looked inflamed and infiltrated; the eye was affected with a stinging-itching
pain, as if occasioned by a grain of sand which had become lodged in the eye; *gray spots and bodies in the shape of
serpents moved before vision; he saw as through mist; even the light of the
candle, which was not tinged white, was enveloped in mist; the aperture between the edges of
the lids became narrower, and he had to wink frequently (with general debility and increased
temperature of the skin, 2d potency), [4]. ► Heaviness over the eyes, which open with difficulty;
increased by stooping; decreased toward evening, [53].
► Tearing, extending from the forehead into the left eye
and side of the face; lachrymation of the eye, which looks red and glistening (30th potency,
third day), [5]. [130.]
► Violent stitches in the inner angle of the right eye
(after two hours), [53]. ►
Itching and biting of the left eye (2d potency, second day), [4].
► *Neuralgic pain in left infraorbital region (lasted,
with more or less severity, all winter), [56]. ► *Infraorbital neuralgia (left side), at first only now
and then, but it became constant during the following winter, [55].
► Boring deep in the right lower orbital ridge (after one
hour), [53]. ►
Drawing in the centre of the lower right orbital ridge, [53].
► Tearing and pressing in the centre of the right lower
orbital ridge, in several attacks, while sitting; unaffected by touch or pressure; with much
thin saliva in mouth, and bitter taste like soapsuds (second day), [53]. ► *Boring above the left eye
(after two hours and a half), [53]. ► Pressure in left eyebrow (after two hours and a half), [53]. ►► *The canthi
are red as blood; the caruncula lachrymalis is swollen; it stands out of the corner of the
eye like a lump of red flesh; clusters of intensely red vessels extend from the inner
canthus to the cornea; the conjunctiva is puckered and
interstitially distended, increased secretion of tears and gum (2d potency,
second day), [4]. [140.]
► Biting of the right outer canthus (2d potency, second
day), [4]. ► *Itching
of the canthi (30th potency, fourth day), [4].
► Nightly agglutination of the right eye; in the morning
the eye was closed with crusts of dry gum, which had to be soaked before they could be
removed, and the eye could be opened; when opened it looked redder than the day before;
pressure and heat in the eye were more intense; the aperture between the lids was swollen,
accompanied with photophobia, dimness of sight (2d potency), [4].
► Moisture of the eyes and slight agglutination, in the
morning (30th potency, fifth day), [4]. ► *The eyes are filled with mucus; reading is difficult (2d
potency), [4]. ► *Mucus
in the eyes, drying up in the lashes and forming scurfs (30th potency, third
day), [4]. ► In the
morning when waking, the eyes are filled with mucus; at the same time the head feels
slightly confused, especially in the forehead and root of the nose (30th potency, second
day), [4]. ► *The
conjunctiva of the eyes and lids is red as blood (2d potency, second day), [4]. ► *Around the cornea,
towards the inner canthus, the conjunctiva exhibits a red congested swelling (2d
potency, second day), [4]. [150.]
► 6 A.M., on rising, much stitching in the left eyeball,
more in its lower part (third day), [53]. ► Frequent stitches in the inner angles of both eyeballs (first
day), [53]. ►
Opacity of the cornea; a large portion of the cornea is covered with a white, opaque,
apparently dense, but not very deeply penetrating spot, [16].
► Contraction of the pupil, [17]. ► She is only able to read
by holding the page which she is reading at a distance from her eyes (30th potency, third
day), [5]. ► *Vanishing
of sight; he is constantly obliged to wipe off the mucus which obstructs the axis of vision
(2d potency, third day), [4]. ►
Weakness of sight, with moist eyes, impeding writing (30th potency, fourth day), [4]. ► In the evening at
twilight, she felt as if she would become blind; her sight became so suddenly weak that she
broke forth into loud complaints; she had to open her eyes widely to recognize the things
around her, with dilatation of the pupils; she had not yet recovered her full power of
vision at candlelight, although there was an improvement (30th potency, first day), [5]. ► The letters become
blurred before the eyes; her sight vanishes when reading or writing (30th potency, fourth
day), [4]. ►
Obscuration of sight, with anxiety, heat in the face, and lachrymation, [1]. [160.] ►
Transient blindness, [60]. ►
Fiery bodies and flashes before her eyes, in the morning in the dark (30th potency, third
day), [4].
EARS.
► She thought a board
had been placed before the left ear (30th potency, sixth day), [6]. ► Tearing behind right ear
(after one hour and a half), [53]. ► Frequent stitches deep in the left ear (first day), [53]. ► Twinging pain in
the ears (30th potency, fourth day), [4]. ► Tearing and twinging in the right ear (2d potency), [4]. ► Painful stoppage
of the ears, with headache (30th potency, fourth day), [4].
► Whizzing, feeling of obstruction, and hard hearing in the
left ear (30th potency, fifth day), [5]. ► Whizzing before the ears, with dulness of the head (30th
potency, sixth day), [6]. [170.]
► Ringing in the ears and deafness (1st potency,
fourth day), [4]. ►
Clear ringing in the ears, in the morning in bed (30th potency, third day), [4]. ► Clear ringing in the ears,
confusing the senses; she imagines it is at a distance (30th potency, first day), [5]. ► Clear ringing
before the ears, passing into momentary deafness, with dull roaring (1st potency, first
day), [4].
NOSE.
► Readily bleeding
pimple near the septum of the nose (2d potency), [4]. ► Scurfs in the nose excessively painful when becoming
detached, and occasioning bleeding (30th potency, sixth day), [4].
► Ulcers in the nose becoming covered with yellow crusts,
[4]. ► Coryza;
sneezing after tingling in the nose and the posterior nares (30th potency, first day), [4]. ► Much sneezing
(several days), [8]. ►
*Coryza, with constant chilliness, sickly look, lachrymation, sneezing, and such a violent
stupefying headache that she had to lie down (30th potency, third day), [5]. [180.] ► Disagreeable stoppage of the upper part of the nose, for
three days, [10]. ►
*Discharge from the nose resembling white pus, with clots of blood, [10]. ► When sneezing he
discharges a purulent mucus from the nose, mixed with little spots of blood (2d potency,
fifth day), [8]. ►
Discharge from the nose like white pus mixed with lumps, [10].
[After the three days of S. 180 the pus is said to have been like brain substance.] ► 8 A.M., several drops of blood from the right nostril,
without previous blowing of the nose, touch, or motion (fourth day), [53]. ► Blows blood from the right
nostril (30th potency, fifth day), [4]. ► He blows blood and puriform mucus from the nose, [8]. ► The nose is
obstructed, [8]. ►
Unpleasant stoppage in the upper part of the nose for three days, [10]. ► At night, the nose is
stopped, with much itching (2d potency, fifth day), [4].
[190.] ► In the room
the nose is obstructed; in the open air a thin mucus flows from it (30th potency, fourth
day), [4]. ► Pain
and swelling of the right nasal wing (3d potency, sixth day), [4],
[8]. ► Sore pain in
the nose when compressing the wings, [4]. ► The left nasal bones are painful, as if bruised (1st potency,
first day), [4]. ►
Rigidity and clawing in the nasal cavity (1st potency, first day), [4]. ► Twitching and creeping
under the skin, close to the left side of the nose (1st potency, first day), [4]. ► Smarting and itching in the
nose (1st potency, fifth day), [5]. ► *Itching in the nose (2d potency, third day), [4]. ► *Violent itching in
the nose, obliging him to rub it constantly until it is raw (2d potency, for
several days), [8]. ►
*Dulness of the sense of smell (30th potency, several days), [6]. [200.] ► At night she has a smell as of pus before the nose (3th
potency, fourth day), [6].
FACE.
► *Sickly appearance
(1st potency), [2]. ►
*Sunken, pale, bluish countenance (2d potency), [4].
► Leaden-colored countenance, with nausea (30th potency,
second day), [6]. ►
Appearance of old age; the skin in the face is more tightly drawn over the bones, hence the
muscles are more distinctly delineated (2d potency, second day), [4]. ► Convulsions of the facial
muscles, the mouth being almost locked, [14]. ► Pressure on the left side of the forehead, and drawing in the
left cheek (first day), [53]. ►
Dull, drawing, tearing pains from the right temple to the upper jaw and to part of the teeth
(30th potency), [4]. ►
In the left cheek, a wandering pain like a crawling (after six hours), [53]. ► Drawing in the skin of
both cheeks (immediately), [53]. [210.] ► 4 P.M., burning
stitching on the left zygoma, then on the right (first day), [53].
► The lips and soft parts of the mouth have a bluish
appearance (1st potency), [5]. ►
On the margins of the lips and about the chin are purple-red spots, and the interior of the
mouth is covered with a whitish-gray crust (Beont.), [52].
► The lips are dry and viscid, without thirst (6th
potency), [4]. ►
Boring deep in both sides of the chin (third day), [53].
► Drawing above the chin, under the skin (first day), [53]. ► Drawing in the
lower jaw, [53]. ►
Pain, as if beaten to pieces, in the body of the left lower jaw (30th potency, fourth day), [4].
MOUTH.
► Exfoliation of a
molar tooth, in the right lower jaw, impeding mastication, and causing an ulcerative pain
and a vacillating sensation (30th potency, third day), [7].
► The teeth become affected and spoiled; whereas he formerly
never suffered with toothache, and had perfectly sound teeth, he now suffered constantly
with some pain in the teeth ever since he commenced the proving, which was felt especially
when chewing, when eating sour things, and when introducing cold things into his mouth;
besides this there is a grumbling and digging perceived in the teeth, especially those of
the lower jaw, on the left side, as if they would become carious, [4]. [220.] ►
Raging in the carious molar tooth of the left side (30th potency), [6]. ► Drawing through all the
teeth of the lower jaw (second day), [53]. ► 9 P.M., drawing through the lower incisors (first day), [53]. ► Drawing in the
molars, [53]. ► In
the morning, when washing his mouth, the cold water causes a sudden tearing pain in his
teeth (30th potency, second day), [4]. ► The teeth are very sensitive to cold water (30th potency,
second day), [4]. ►
*After a time tenderness of the gums with a disposition to bleed;
they were, however, neither painful nor swollen, [18].
► The gums are inflamed and stand off from the teeth in
the shape of white indentations, especially painful when touched, [8]. ► *Loose, readily bleeding gums,
which, however, were neither painful nor swollen, [18].
► *White tongue (1st potency, second day), [8]. [230.] ► White, slimy tongue (1st potency), [2]. ► Yellowish-gray tongue (30th
potency, second day), [7]. ►
*Red, painful tip of the tongue; the papillæ are erect
and prominent (2d potency, second day), [4].
► Tongue dark-bluish in spots (1/2 grain), [56]. ► Tongue smutty-brown (1
grain), [56]. ► The
tongue is swollen and painful, as if ulcerated (1st potency, fifth day), [5]. ► The papillæ are prominent
and erect, and feel sore (1st potency), [2]. ► The papillæ of the left side are erect and prominent (1st
potency, fifth day), [5]. ►
Towards the left margin of the tongue the papillæ become erect and form reddish painful
pimples; the tongue is painful as if burnt (1st potency, first day), [8]. ► Rough tongue (2d potency,
second day), [4]. [240.]
► Dry tongue in the morning (2d potency, fifth day), [4]. ► Dry tongue in the
evening (2d potency, second day), [4]. ► In the morning, when waking, the tongue feels dry as a crust;
even after washing the mouth with water, the dryness abates only a little and for a little
while (1st potency, fourth day), [4]. ► The tongue and mouth are dry and parched (2d potency, third
day), [4]. ► The tongue
is remarkably dry, with violent thirst, [11].
► Dry tongue, with slimy mouth (2d potency, fifth day), [4]. ► Burning in the
tongue; of a small spot on one or the other hand; on the inner condyle of the knee (first
day), [53]. ► 10
P.M., burning in the tip of the tongue, with a peculiar bitter taste (not the bitterness
characteristic of Arg. nit.), (second day), [53]. ► Feeling of warmth
at the tip of the tongue and then in the œsophagus (1/4 grain), [55]. ► Troublesome tension and
prickling of the palate; a few days after this a swelling with a wart-shaped excrescence
showed itself, impeding deglutition (30th potency, seventh, ninth day), [5]. [250.] ►
Ulcerated crusts on the mucous membrane of the mouth, especially that of the left cheek (1st
potency, fifth day), [5]. ►
Fetor from the mouth, in the morning (2d potency, third day), [4]. ► Parched condition of the
lips, mouth, tongue, and fauces, night and morning (2d potency), [4]. ► Slight astringent sensation
in the region of the lips, in the buccal cavity and in the tongue (6th potency), [4]. ► Watery mucus in
the mouth and in the posterior nares, day and night (1st potency), [8]. ► Accumulation of watery
saliva in the mouth (1st potency), [8]. ► Watery mucus in the mouth and posterior nares, day and night
(1st potency), [8]. ►
Ptyalism (30th potency, fifth day), [4]. ► Astringent taste in the mouth, with accumulation of watery
saliva (6th potency), [4]. ►
Metallic taste (from caustic), [52]. [260.] ► She has a taste as of
ink in the mouth, [6]. ►
Inklike metallic taste, with styptic astringency of the mouth (1st potency, first day), [4]. ► Metallico-styptic
taste in the mouth, like ink, immediately (1st potency), [2].
► In the morning, after rising, he has a clayish taste in
his mouth, the tip of the tongue being white, the root yellow, with viscid lips and no
thirst (6th potency, second day), [4]. ► Pappy, chalklike taste in the mouth, viscid lips, thin mucous
coating on the reddish-white tongue (30th potency), [4].
► Pappy, bitter taste, with viscid mouth (30th potency,
fourth day), [7]. ►
Bitter taste (1/4 grain), [55]. ►
Very bitter taste, and sensation of warmth on tip of tongue, and afterward in pharynx, [56]. ► Bitter,
astringent, stinging, coppery taste in the mouth, with nausea and inclination to vomit,
immediately after taking the drug (1st potency), [5]. ► Bitter, astringent, metallic taste, as of verdigris, exciting
nausea and inclination to vomit (1st potency), [8]. [270.] ► Sweetish taste (1/4
grain), [55]. ►
Sweetish bitter taste, with hypochondriac mood (30th potency, third day), [4]. ► The palate and fauces were
so dry that he was merely able to mutter instead of talking (1st potency, fourth day), [8].
THROAT.
► *Accumulation of
mucus in the posterior nares, obliging him to hawk, in the forenoon (2d potency),
[4]. ► *Frequent
accumulation of a tenacious, thick mucus in the throat, obliging one to hawk, and causing
slight hoarseness (1st potency, first day), [4].
►► *Thick, tenacious mucus in the throat obliges him to hawk all the time, the whole day (1st potency,
first day), [4]. ►
*Accumulation of mucus in the mouth and fauces; he has to hawk and spit all the time, in the
morning (1st potency), [8]. ► *Burning in throat very severe (1 grain), [56]. ►► *Rawness and soreness
in the throat, [52]. ► *Scraping sensation in the throat caused hawking and
cough (1/2 grain), [55]. [280.]
► *Scraping in the throat (2d potency), [4]. ► Roughness in the
throat, occasioning a short hawking (6th potency), [4].
► Roughness and scraping of the throat, as if raw and
sore (6th potency, first day), [4]. ► Roughness and dryness of the throat, with ulcerative pain, at
night (2d potency), [4]. ►
Dryness and strangulation in the throat, with shortness of breath, at night (30th potency,
fifth day), [6]. ►
*Pain in the right side of the throat, as of an ulcer drawing and tension upward and
downward; sensation as if a splinter were lodged in the
throat when swallowing, eructating, breathing,
stretching, and moving the neck, sometimes and undulating jerking and pulsating was felt in
the throat, continuing for several days (2d potency), [4]. ► Titillation in the throat,
as if caused by a little feather, obliging one to hawk (6th potency), [4]. ► *Redness of the velum palati,
posterior nares, and isthmus (6th potency), [4].
►► *Dark redness of the uvula and fauces (2d
potency), [4]. ►
Burning pain in the region of the velum palati and the posterior nates, as if sore or as if
corroded by pepper (fourth day), [4]. [290.] ► Sensation as if the
velum pendulum palati were swollen, not per se, but when
moving the tongue and during deglutition, [1]. ► Ulcerative pain of a small spot in the velum pendulum palati
(6th potency), [4]. ►
*Burning and dryness in the fauces and pharynx (1st potency), [8]. ► Very unpleasant metallic
taste and slight burning in pharynx (1/8 grain), [56].
► Burning in pharynx lasted longer (1/2 grain), [56]. ► Burning in
pharynx became severe (1/2 grain, three times in third day), [56].
► Spasm and strangulation in the pharynx, (30th potency,
fourth day), [4]. ►
Troublesome strangulation in the pharynx, [11]. ► Sore feeling in the pharynx when drinking cold water or
during empty deglutition (2d potency), [4]. ► Seated ulcerative pain in the pharynx, apparently in the
posterior wall; changed to an aching pain when yawning and taking a deep inspiration (2d
potency, third day), [4]. [300.] ► Intense titillation of
the palate and pharynx, causing the eyes to water, and occasioning a fatiguing, short,
hacking cough, at noon (2d potency), [4]. ► *Paroxysm of cramp in the œsophagus (in the forenoon, at
10 1/2 o’clock). ► Sore throat when swallowing, as if
swollen, or as if a splinter were sticking in the throat (1st potency, fifth day), [5].® 2000
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