ARSENICUM ALBUM.
►
Objective and Discharges. ► Nose pointed, [134]. ► *Nose swollen and
pouring forth a profuse water discharge, [224].
► *Sores of mucous membrane of nose, [220]. [500.] ► [*Ulceration of the upper part of the inner nose, secreting a
fetid ichor, tasting bitter. -H.], [5]. ► Sneezing, [97]. ► Frequent sneezing, without coryza (after eleven hours), [7]. ► *Violent continued
sneezing, [1]. ►
Violent and intractable sneezing, [220]. ► Frequent violent attacks of sneezing, which awake her at
night, and attended by copious, watery discharge from nose, [223].
► Running from the nose, [96].
► Profuse running from the nose, [224]. ► Considerable running at
the nose for two days, with itching, [93]. ►► *Excoriation discharge from the nostrils, [225]. [510.] ►► (*Discharge of a corrosive fluid from the nose), [17]. ► Profuse, thick,
yellow discharge from the nose, [224]. ► *Every morning at 5 o’clock sets in an excessive discharge from the
nose, during five years and a half, with very occasional intermissions of a few weeks during
very hot weather; it was always worse in the morning, and
went off in the open air, [224]. ► Cold in the head, [224].
► Slight coryza, [92].
► Sudden coryza, [94].
► Violent fluent coryza, [1].
► *Fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing (after
eleven hours), [7]. ►
Coryza, with sneezing, every morning when waking, and going off speedily, [1]. ► Very annoying coryza;
stoppage of the primæ viæ, [92]. [520.] ► *Excessive coryza, with
hoarseness and sleeplessness, [1]. ► She is constantly blowing her nose, as
if she had a cold in the head (never was thus troubled before), [91]. ► Dryness of the nasal cavity,
[1]. ► *Fluent and dry
coryza together, [1]. ►
Stoppage of the nose, as from catarrh, [99]. ► Violent hemorrhage from the nose during ill-humor (after
three days), [1]. ►
After the use of wine excessive bleeding from the nose, [119].
► Bleeding of the nose when vomiting, [105]. ► (Violent hemorrhage from
the nose after violent vomiting), [39]. ► Sensations and Smell. ►
*Pain in the nasal bone, in the root of the nose, [1].
► Distressing feeling of stoppage under the bridge of the
nose, which occasionally altered his speech, [224]. [530.] ► *Distressing stoppage in
the bridge of the nose, [225]. ► Nose and ears, cold, [197].
► Burning pain in the nose, eyes, and mouth, [139]. ► In the evening,
unpleasant heat in the left nasal fossa, with a peculiar dryness of the back part of the
mouth, [92]. ►►
*The watery nasal mucus causes a smarting and burning at the nostrils, as if they were made
sore by it, [1]. ►
Itching in the nose, [93]. ►
Stitches in the nasal bones, [1]. ► (The smell of cooked meat is intolerable to him), [15]. [“After antidote”] ►
Offensive smells before the nose, [99]. ► Smells of pitch and sulphur before the nose alternately, [1].
FACE. ►
Appearance. [540.] ►
Face covered with sweat, [121], [125]. ►► *Face covered with
cold sweat, [122], [134], etc. ► Skin of face icy
cold, [99]. ► Face
cold, nose and lips blue, [121]. ►
*Face and hands cold, covered with cold sweat, [122]. ► Features greatly changed, [134],
[136]. ► *His
appearance is best compared with that of a cholera patient in the algid stage, [102]. ► *Face stupid, [136]. ► *Suffering
appearance, [103]. ►
*Distressed expression of countenance, [224]. [550.] ► Anxious countenance, [202]. ► The look
anxious, but not wild or confused, [124]. ► Expression of agony on the countenance, [184]. ►► *Face expressive of
genuine mental agony, [123]. ► Frightful expression of apprehension, [203]. ► On the face signs of
vague anxiety and desperation, as well as an expression of deep trouble, [114]. ► Face expressive of the
deepest anxiety, now red, now pale, [116]. ► Wild look, [47], [154], etc. ► *Hippocratic
face, [134], [152],
etc. ► Deathlike expression (during vomiting), [23]. [560.] ►► Deathly color to the face (during vomiting), [23]. ► *Pale countenance,
[47], [104],
etc. ► Extremely delicate pale appearance, [224]. ► (Deadly paleness, with
violent vomiting), [21]. ►
Deadly white look; extreme pallor, [224]. ► Face pale, except a flush on each cheek, [193]. ► The face pale; confused
expression, [109]. ►
Pallid and anxious countenance, [199]. ► Face pale and haggard, [197].
► *Pale and squalid countenance, [201]. [570.] ► *Pale, corpselike, convulsively distorted countenance, [109]. ► *Face pale, with
an expression of extreme pain, [106]. ► She looked very pale, and felt very powerless, [134]. ► Pale-gray, swollen face, [113]. ►► *Pale,
yellow, cachectic look, [4]. ► Face leaden gray, [113].
► *The face bluish-gray, [134].
► The face somewhat livid, [124].
► Face livid and lurid, [45], [46]. ► (Clayey, lead-colored face, with green and blue streaks and
spots), [37]. [580.]
► *Color of the face yellowish, [113], [135]. ► Color of face grayish-yellow, [103].
► Yellow face, [217].
► Yellow or jaundiced state of the countenance, [171]. ► Yellow face and
sunken eyes, [1]. ►
A greenish-yellow color of the face, [166]. ► *Face flushed, [192],
[201], etc. ► Face
and eyes injected, [142]. ►
Reddish, distorted face, [134]. ►
Face red, [113], [123],
etc. [590.] ► Face
red, inflamed, [141]. ►
Face red, with a yellowish tinge about the nostrils, [151].
► Face red in spots, and covered with sweat, [121]. ► Face and tongue
red, [151]. ► Face
red and puffy, [217]. ►
*Face red and swollen, [181]. ► The face at times puffed, [163].
►► *Swelling of the face, [48], [110], etc. ► *Œdema of the face, [103].
► Swelling of the whole face (from the external
application of Arsenic), [9]. [600.] ► (Elastic swelling of the
face, especially of the eyelids, and more particularly in the morning, in three
persons), [49]. ►
Swelling of the face and legs, [113]. ► Face swollen and livid, [190].
► Bloated, red face, [19].
► Bloated, red face, with swollen lips, [9]. ► Swollen, dark, hot face, [99]. ► Whole face
extremely swollen, with dark, erysipelatous redness, and large blisters, which soon
discharge, and become gangrenous-looking, [99]. ► Face swollen, flushed, and covered with cold sweat, [185]. ► Swelling of the
face, with fainting-fits, and vertigo, [33]. ►► *Sunken face, [4],
[100], etc. [610.]
► *Sunken, anxious features, [99]. ► *Face sunken, pale, covered
with cold sweat, [140]. ► Disfigured, pale countenance, [19].
► *Distorted, drawn lines of the face, [19]. ► Distortion of the
features, as if dissatisfied, [1]. ► Face horribly distorted by convulsions and pain, [109]. ► The mouth drawn
in all directions, [190]. ►
Twitching of the facial muscles, [26], [217]. ► Convulsions of
facial muscles, [99]. ►
Frequent smiling, [201]. [620.]
► Sensations. ► Sensation as if an
eruption was about to appear all over face, [99]. ► Pains in the face, teeth, and gums, [225]. ► Increase of pain in face
on touching the painless side, [99]. ► The left side of the face feels colder than the right, [99]. ► Heat and redness
of face, [99]. ►
Violent burning and itching in the face for half an hour, during which the pain in face
diminishes, [99]. ►
Flushes of heat in face, with anxiety, [99]. ► Tearings in face of a quotidian type, [219]. ► Tearing pain in left half
of the face, [99]. ►
Throbbing in face and head as if the boiling blood would burst the veins, [99]. [630.] ► Itching in the face; he scratches it until it is red, [1]. ► Red spot on right
cheek, [99]. ►
Extensive tumefaction of the right cheek, with violent pain in the whole of that side of the
face; smooth, shining, scarlet redness of the skin over the swelling, [169]. ► *Corrosive ulcer on the lip,
painful in the evening after lying down a sort of tearing and smarting pain; the pain is
worst when touching the part and exposing it to the air; prevents sleep, and wakes him at
night (after fourteen days), [1]. ► White-powdered lips, [131].
► *Lips livid, [184].
► *Bluish lips, [19],
[38]. ► *Lips and
tongue bluish, [134]. ►
A brown strip of shrivelled, almost burnt, epidermis extends through the middle of the
vermilion border of the lower lip, [7]. ► *Lips spotted, black, [26]. [640.] ► Lips covered with small black spots, [217]. ► Painful blotches in the
upper lip, [1]. ►
*Swelling of the lips, [9]. ► *Swollen, cracked lips, [99].
► Lips swollen, with two large blisters, as if from a
cold, one on the right edge of the upper lip, the other at the left edge of the lower lip;
the former afterwards discharges lymph, the latter pus, [99].
► Lips convulsively distorted, as with risus sardonicus, [141]. ► Bleeding of the
under lip, after a meal (after one and a half hours), [1].
► Lips somewhat dry, and pale red, [209]. ► *Lips dry, and covered
with herpes, [199]. ►
*Sore lips, and ulcers in the mouth, [225]. [650.] ► Pricking twitching or
jerking in one side of the upper lip, especially when going to sleep, [1]. ► Itching in the
upper lip, as if pricked with innumerable hot needles, extending as far as under the nose;
next day, swelling of the upper lip, above the vermilion border, [1]. ► Jaws clenched, [99]. ► Jaws closed
tightly, [141]. ►
Jaws firmly locked, [201]. ►
Spasms in jaws; can scarcely separate the teeth, [99].
► When drinking, can only open mouth a little, and with
difficulty, [99]. ►
When trying to drink, she bites the edge of the tumbler, [99].
► She swallows the offered drink with a convulsive motion
of the jaws, so as to almost break the glass, [165]. ► Abscesses of the jaw, [198].
[660.] ► Pressure in
the left upper jaw, [1]. ►
Twice in the space of five minutes he felt severe pains along the
course of the right inferior maxillary nerve, each time five or six very painful and
distinct lancinations; while lying down, some time after, very severe headache,
and the same painful lancinations along the maxillary nerve, [92].
MOUTH. ►
Teeth and Gums. ► Gnashing of teeth, [19]. ► Convulsive
grinding of the teeth, [51]. ►
*Grinding of the teeth, while asleep, [1]. ► Considerable deposit of tartar at the base of the teeth (in a
dentist, who took the greatest care of his teeth), [90]. ► Falling out of
all the teeth, [51]. ►
The upper teeth of the right side began to loosen and were removed with the fingers, [169]. ► Painful
looseness of the teeth; they feel sore per se, and still
more when chewing; the gums are likewise painful to the touch, and the cheek swollen, [1]. ► *A tooth becomes loose
and prominent, in the morning; the gum of that tooth is painful to the touch;
that part of the cheek behind which the tooth is located is still more painful on the
outside; the tooth is not painful when biting the teeth together,
[1]. [670.] ► Progressive caries of the teeth, with unbearable toothache, [166]. ► Dulness of
teeth, as if she could not chew with them, [99]. ► *The tooth seemed longer than natural; was sensitive to pressure and
cold water; was somewhat loosened, [169]. ► Pain in teeth, [201]. ► Toothache, in all the teeth of left side, [99]. ► Toothache all day in the
left upper jaw, [92]. ►
*Pain of some of the teeth as if they were loose and would fall out; the pain is not
increased by chewing (after one hour), [1].
► Slight toothache on rising; it soon becomes extremely
severe, with profuse salivation, [92]. ► Toothache, at night, shortly after going to sleep; it wakes
her, [1]. ► In the
evening, for four or five minutes, slight but well-marked pains in the upper, and especially
in the lower, molars of the right side, [92]. [680.] ► Upper teeth painful
when biting on them, [99]. ►
Toothache, more aching than drawing, [1]. ► Severe dull aching pain in the tooth, extending to all the
teeth of that side, [169]. ►
Tearing in teeth, regularly recurring at night, [218].
► Tearing in the teeth and head, driving her almost to
frenzy; she strikes her head with her fist; shortly before the menses, [1]. ► *Jerking, continuous toothache,
extending as far as the temple, relieved or arrested by sitting up, [1]. ► The toothache
always consists of very distinct painful stitches, [92].
► Abscess over the canine (upper), on the right side; on
being opened, discharged freely a sanious pus, for several weeks, [169]. ► Characteristic deposit of
false membrane on the gums, [92]. ► Swollen gums, completely covered with a network of white
false membrane, [90]. [690.]
► Swollen, bleeding gums, very painful to touch,
and spotted white, [90]. ►
The gingivo-labial groove is much injected, [90]. ► A purple-red line on the gums, [139].
► A large portion of the alveolar process of the superior
maxilla becomes detached and was removed, [169]. ► Nightly tearing pain in the gums of the incisors, intolerable
as long as he lies on the affected side, but arrested by the warmth
of the stove; on the following morning the nose is swollen and painful to the
touch (after three days), [1]. ►
Stitching in the gums in the morning, [1]. ► Tongue. ► Swollen
tongue, [113]. ►
*Inflammation and swelling, externally and internally, about the root of the tongue,
[201]. ► *On the
edges of the tongue, five superficial ulcers as large as a pea, [116]. ► Tongue clean, [128]. [700.]
► Tongue thickly coated, [104], [135], etc. ► Mucous coating on tongue, [150].
► Tongue much furred, [202].
► *Tongue furred, with a red streak down the middle
and redness of the tip, [193].
► *Very coated tongue, sometimes with red edges, [220]. ► *White tongue, [23]. ► Thin white
coating on tongue, [99]. ►
*Tongue coated whitish, [109], [132]. ► The tongue, roof
of the mouth, gums, fauces, and throat became covered with a thick white velvety coating,
growing drier and darker until the fourteenth day, when it began to loosen and detach
itself, in small pieces at first, but soon came off rapidly, and was discharged by the
bowels in large quantities, having the fetor of putrid animal matter, leaving the mouth,
throat, stomach, and bowels acutely tender for some time, [167].
► The upper surface of the tongue was white, not coated,
but thickened, [117]. [710.]
► *Tongue white and dry, [204]. ► The tongue grayish,
swollen, [102]. ►
*Tongue coated yellowish-white, [102]. ► Tongue at its base covered with a yellow coating, and red at
the tip and edges, [154]. ►
*Bluish tongue, [38]. ►
Tongue and lips bright red, [224]. ► *Tongue fiery red, smooth and dry, [167]. ► Thick, brownish coating
on tongue, [209]. ►
Tongue with very protruding papillæ, at the end scarlet, [104].
► Patchy tongue, [224].
[720.] ► Scalded
tongue, [225]. ►
Moist tongue, [124]. ►
Tongue moist, whitish in the centre, [151]. ► Tongue moist and icy, [197].
►► *Dryness of the tongue, [26], [47], etc. ►► *Dry and brown coated tongue, [113]. ► Dry tongue, coated toward
the back, [113]. ►
*Tongue dry, and morbidly red, with papillæ considerably raised at the tip, [199]. ► Insensible
tongue, as if burnt and dead, and no taste, [1]. ► (Feeling of dryness on the tongue), [31]. [730.] ► Weakness and pains in the tongue, [162]. ► *Violent burning on the
tongue, in the palate and throat, [113]. ► *Violent burning on the tongue, in the pharynx and stomach,
[152]. ► *Pain in the
tongue, as if covered with burning painful vesicles, [1]. ► The tongue feels painful,
as if corroded, on the side of the tip (after fourteenth day), [1]. ► Tongue seemed thick, [1]. ► Boring pain in the
right border of the tongue, in a sort of half sleep, [1].
► Stitching pain in the root of the tongue, as if a
fishbone were lodged there, when swallowing or turning the head, [1]. ► Mouth, Etc. ► Mucous membrane of the mouth slightly abraded, [199]. ► *Painful blisters in the
mouth and on the tongue, [103]. ► *Numerous aphthæ in the whole mouth, [150]. [740.] ► Aphthæ in the mouth, at first white, then becoming black, [144]. ► Disgusting smell
from the mouth, [99]. ►
Fetor of the breath, with superficial ulceration of the gums and throat, [171]. ► Hemorrhage from the mouth
and rectum, [54]. ►
Slimy mouth and throat (two hours), [1]. ► *Dryness of the mouth, [118],
[132], etc. ►
(Great dryness in the mouth), [55]. ► Dry mouth and thick tongue, [92].
► Dry mouth, with violent thirst, [218]. ► *Violent dryness in the mouth
and great thirst, [1]. [750.] ►► *Feeling of great
dryness in the mouth, with violent thirst; he drinks little at a time, [9]. ► He imagines he has
sand in his mouth, [135]. ►
Long-continued feeling of roughness in the hard palate, [2].
► Pain in the mouth, beginning on the left side, and
afterwards affecting all the gums (after some days), [90].
► Heat in the mouth and throat, [195]. ► *Burning in the mouth and
pharynx, [110]. ►►
*Burning in the mouth along the pharynx, and in the pit of the stomach, [164]. ► *Mouth, pharynx,
and œsophagus commenced to burn violently, [129]. ► *Much saliva; he must spit often, [6]. ► Frequent spitting, [141]. [760.] ► Frequent spitting, [90].
► Considerable salivation, [90].
► Copious salivation, [185].
► Salivation has been observed to follow, especially when
small doses have been given for a length of time, [171].
► Acrid fluid rises into the mouth, [1]. ► Diminished secretion of
saliva, [92]. ► Saliva
bloody, [43], [139]. ► Bitter saliva, [1]. ► Dry taste in the
mouth, as of wood, [1]. ►
The food tastes as if not salted enough, [1]. [770.] ► Beer has a flat
taste, [1]. ►
Unpleasant taste, [119]. ►
Disgusting sour taste in the mouth, [116]. ► He complained of a detestable taste in the mouth and fauces, [102]. ► *The food tastes
salt, [1]. ►
Disagreeable metallic taste in the mouth, [192]. ► *Sour taste, [99]. ► Disgusting sour taste in the mouth, [116]. ► Sour taste in the mouth;
the food likewise tastes sour, [1]. ► *Bitter mouth, without having eaten anything, [1]. ► (Bitter taste, mornings), [5]. [780.] ► *Bitter taste in the mouth after a meal, [1]. ► Bitter, repulsive taste in
the mouth, after eating and drinking, [1]. ► Bitter mouth, with yellow diarrhœa, [13]. ► Malt beer tastes bitter, [1]. ► Putrid and fetid
taste in the mouth, [1]. ►
Putrid taste, mornings, like spoiled meat, [1]. ► Loss of power of speech, [201].
► He cannot speak, for he cannot approximate the lips;
the lower one is burned, hanging down, everted, and very painful, [102].
THROAT. ►
Throat in General. ► *Ulcerated throat, [225]. [790.] ► Ulcerated sore throat (while the paper was being removed from
the walls), [225]. ►
Erosions of the throat fester deeply, [116]. ► Excessive swelling of the left carotid, when stooping, [2]. ► Swelling of the
submaxillary glands, with aching and contusive pain, [1].
► (Swelling of submaxillary glands, with painfulness to
external pressure), [5]. ►
Hard swelling of the left submaxillary gland, increasing in the evening (Sr.). ► Parotid and submaxillary glands much swollen, [198]. ► (Inflammation of the
throat), [36]. ►
Contraction of the throat, [191]. ► The throat is constricted, [139].
[800.] ►
Bitter throat after a meal, the food having a natural taste every other day (like a tertian fever), [1].
► *Sweetish taste also in throat, [209]. ► Hawks up gray mucus, [1]. ► Constant spitting
of saliva and mucus from fauces, [102]. ► Extreme dryness of the throat, [193].
► Feeling of dryness in the throat; she had to drink all
the time, as if parched, [1]. ►
*Dryness and burning in throat, [219]. ► Dryness and contraction of the throat, [119]. ► *Dryness, soreness,
scraping, and burning in throat, [99]. ► Dry throat, with violent thirst, [218]. [810.] ► Roughness and hoarseness in the throat, mornings, [1]. ► Sensation as if a
hair were in the throat, [1]. ►
Pain in throat in the evening, [92]. ► Pain in throat and mouth, [161].
► Pain in throat and stomach, [87], [162]. ► Excruciating pains and burning sensation in throat and
stomach, [185]. ►
*Burning in the throat, [15], [31], etc. ► Heat and
burning in the throat, [150]. ►
Heat and uneasiness in throat, [204]. ► Heat and excruciating pain in throat, [201]. [820.] ► Heat and lancinating pain in throat, [201]. ► Excruciating heat and
oppression in the throat, as if burning and suffocating, [181].
► Burning and dryness in the throat, [177]. ► Sensation of heat in
throat and stomach, [182]. ►
*Burning in the throat and region of the stomach, [114],
[181]. ► Violent
burning, as if fire in the throat and chest, [135]. ► *A burning sensation from the pit of the stomach up the
pharynx into the throat, where it is most violent, causes a marked scraping, and hinders
swallowing, [116]. ►
Sensation in the throat as of a lump of mucus, which tastes of blood, [1]. ► Globus hystericus, [221]. ► The throat feels
closed internally, as by swelling, [99]. [830.] ► Sense of constriction of
the throat, [54], [173], etc. ► Suffocative
constriction in throat, [99]. ►
Choking sensation, [99]. ►
Sense of constriction, with feeling of dryness or burning heat in the throat, [171]. ► Sore throat, [99], [224]. ► Quite painful sore throat, [92].
► Capricious sore throat, [220].
► Scraping in throat as of rancid grease, when swallowing
the first mouthful in the morning, [1]. ► Uvula, Etc. ► Uvula
somewhat swollen and red, [116]. ►
Scraping sensation behind the velum pendulum palati, between the acts of deglutition, [1]. [840.] ► Tonsils swollen, with false membrane, [221]. ► Superficial excoriation
of the fauces, [116]. ►
The fauces red and swollen, [162]. ► Fauces exceedingly red, [116].
► Burning in the fauces, [37], [52]. ► *Heat and dryness of the fauces, [187]. ► Much constriction of the
fauces, [193]. ►
Pain in the pharynx when talking, [99]. ► Pain in the pharynx and abdomen, [116]. ► Cramp in the pharynx, [114]. [850.] ► Burning sensation in pharynx, œsophagus, and stomach, [210]. ► Tearing pain in
the pharynx and along the whole throat, even when not swallowing, [1]. ► Twisting sensation in the
fauces and stomach, as if a thread were rolled up into a ball, [15]. [“Observed after an antidote.”] ►
At the base of each pillar of the pharynx a large aphtha surrounded with a red areola, with
redness of the pharynx, for four or five days, [92]. ► Paralytic condition of the pharynx and œsophagus; the bread went
down with great difficulty, as if the œsophagus had not strength enough to swallow it; he
heard it fall down with a rumbling noise, [1].
► *Burning in the pharynx, [113],
[116], etc. ►
*Violent burning in the pharynx and œsophagus as far as the stomach, [128]. ► Violent burning in the
pharynx and stomach, [136]. ►
*Constriction of the pharynx (œsophagus), [43]. ► Soreness in pharynx, [99].
[860.] ► Sensation of
a slight burning in the œsophagus, [155]. ► Sensation of burning pain down the œsophagus, [200]. ► Burning sensation along
the œsophagus, [128], [151].
► Pain, burning, etc., in the œsophagus and stomach, [170]. ► There was
evidently a spasmodic contraction of the œsophagus, [185].
► In the œsophagus, sensation of soreness, [160]. ► Constant
sensation of desire to swallow saliva, [187]. ► Dysphagia, [150]. ► Painful deglutition, [43].
► *Swallowing very difficult and painful, [139]. [870.] ► Difficult swallowing ([36]),
[99], etc. ►
*Swallowing very difficult, [121]. ► Difficult swallowing on account of small ulcers in the
throat, [116]. ►
The throat feels closed up; nothing can pass through the pharynx, [23]. ► Inability to swallow, [99], [201].® 2000
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