CHINA.
CHEST.
► Some twitching and
jerking here and there in the pectoral muscles, [2]. [720.] ► A sensation, at first
burning, then of agreeable warmth, extending from the upper part of the chest to the
stomach, [10]. ► An
agreeable fulness of the chest, as from satiety, with a pleasant (sweetish) taste of the
saliva (after one hour), [6]. ►
[Tightness of the chest], [29]. ►
Tensive pain, especially in the internal pectoral muscles (in the morning), [1]. ► Contractive pain beneath
the last ribs, and a sensation as if bruised, only when walking, [6]. ► *Pressive-drawing pain across
the lower portion of the chest while sitting, which caused anxiety; it disappeared while
standing and walking, [6]. ► Tearing-drawing beneath the last ribs, while standing, [6]. ► Pressure upon the
chest, [6]. ► A
burning inward pressure in the whole chest, [1]. ► Pressure from within outward in the region of the last ribs
(after twenty-four hours), [22]. [730.] ► An intermitting
cutting pressure across the chest while sitting bent, which disappeared on becoming erect,
and still more when standing and walking, [6]. ► Pressive pain in the chest, [5].
► Pressive pain in the chest, and sensation of soreness
in the larynx, when coughing, [1]. ► Oppression of the chest, [6].
► Great oppression of the chest, in the region of the pit of
the stomach, as if something were burrowing about there (after four hours), [7]. ► [Deathlike
oppression of the chest], [40b]. [The bark had been
given during the chill of an intermittent fever. -H.] ►
In the evening, a sensation of oppression and uneasiness in the chest; he feels himself
obliged to breathe deeply and to make a sighing expiration, whereupon the oppression is for
the moment relieved; with a weak, scarcely perceptible pulse, and anxious, impatient mood, [3]. ► The chest seems
oppressed (in the night); whistling and rattling with wheezing and râles in the bronchi,
without his being obliged to cough on account of tough mucus (after five hours), [1]. ► Stitches in the
chest, in the morning, [8]. ►
Stitches in the chest when walking rapidly, which disappear during rest, [13]. [740.] ► Dull stitches in the chest, which compel expiration, [6]. ► Rhythmical dull
stitches from within outward in the thorax, during rest and motion, without affecting
respiration (after one hour), [22]. ► Sharp stitches between the seventh and eighth ribs, [11]. ► Sharp stitches in
the thorax from within outward, in the region of the sixth and seventh true ribs, without
affecting inspiration or expiration (after three quarters of and hour), [1]. ► Some violent stitches in the
chest, just above the præcordial region while he was at rest, especially while reading
(after three and a half, sixteen, and eighteen hours), [15].
► (Crawling in the chest, as if something were crawling
about in it), [1]. ►
[Troubles below the short ribs], [53]. ► Front. ► Drawing pain
behind the sternum, [11]. ►
Pressure over the whole anterior portion of the chest, at night while lying upon the back, [1]. ► Pressure
externally upon the sternum, while sitting bent over, which cause anxiety, and does not
permit sufficient inspiration; it disappears on becoming erect (after six hours), [6]. [750.] ► Pressure externally on the middle of the sternum while the
upper part of the body is bent over, and also while standing; it disappears on pressing upon
it (after twenty-six hours), [6]. ► Severe pressure on the sternum after eating, worse when
sitting bent over or raising the arm, [1]. ► Some stitches from the sternum toward the back, soon after
drinking (after eight hours), [1]. ► Sharp stitches in the forepart of the chest beneath the last
ribs without affecting inspiration or expiration (second day), [11]. ► (Throbbing in the sternum,
in the morning and evening), [1]. ► Sides. ► *Pain in the
side, as if beaten, or as from a blow, [1]. ► Bone-pains in the joints of the ribs, as if bruised, on
inspiration, [1]. ►
A contractive pain in the right side of the chest, in a not very large spot in the middle of
the chest, so that he was obliged to expel the breath suddenly and almost involuntarily, [6]. ► Pressure on the
left side near the ensiform cartilage, [11]. [760.] ► Drawing pressure on
the right side of the chest while sitting; it is relieved while standing and walking, [6]. ► (Sharp pressure,
with crawling in one side of the chest), [1]. ► Tearing pressure below the last true ribs, on the left side
near the ensiform cartilage, [1]. ► A pressive pain in the side of the chest, which impedes
breathing, [1]. ►
Hard pressive pain in the right side of the chest, in the region of the fourth and fifth
ribs, [6]. ►
Sticking in the right side of the chest below the arm, in the region of the fourth rib, as
if it were in the diaphragm, almost like a continual stitch; it disappears on pressing upon
it and bending over (sixth hour), [6]. ► Sharp sticking pain on the left side near the ensiform
cartilage and in the pit of the stomach, only on inspiration (after sixty hours), [11]. ► A
tickling-sticking in the left side of the chest, extending towards the præcordial region, [10]. ► (Stitches in the
side), [49]. ►
Stitches in the side, while sitting and reading, [13].
[770.] ► Stitches in
the side and back, and constant nausea, while eating and drinking (after five hours), [1]. ► Stitches in the
sides, with great heat, strong, hard pulse, and staring eyes, [37].
► Stitches in the left side of the chest, [14]. ► Stitches in the left side
of the chest (on expiration), while sitting (after two hours), [13]. ► *Dull stitches in the
cartilages of the third and fourth left false ribs, without affecting inspiration or
expiration, [11]. ►
*Sharp stitches near the right nipple, from within outward (after ten hours), [11]. ► Severe stitches
in the side at night, but during the day, only on motion or on touch (after thirteen days), [1]. ► Severe stitches
beneath the last ribs, on inspiration, which arrest the breathing, [1]. ► *A small spot below the last
right ribs, in which even the slightest pressure or walking causes a sticking pain,
[1]. ► Pressive,
fine stitches in the left side of the chest (after eight hours and a half), [9].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Præcordium.
[780.] ► Dilatation
of right side of heart, [59]. ►
*[Oppression of the præcordial region, which impedes respiration], [53]. ► Stitch in the
præcordial region after every drink, [1]. ► Heart’s Action. ►
*Palpitation of the heart, [1]. ► Palpitation of the heart, with intermitting pulse;
intermissions of every ninth beat followed by three or four rapid beats, [59]. ► At 3 A.M., awakened by
considerable palpitation of the heart, which was not lessened by any change of position, but
was increased by lying on left side; at 4 the palpitation subsided, and at 5 he fell asleep
again; at 9 the palpitation returned with diminished force, and increased with increased
motion of the body (120 drops, second day), [60]. ► Soon after dinner, considerable palpitation of the heart,
increased by movement, lessened by quiet, continuing till 7 A.M. (120 drops, after four
hours), [60]. ►
*Palpitation and rush of blood to the face, which was hot and red, together with coldness of
the hands (after one hour), [4]. ► Palpitation, immediately followed by chill (after twenty
minutes), [1]. [The Cinchona fever frequently begins
with a concomitant symptom; with palpitation, 788, with sneezing, 228, with great anxiety,
29, 1143, with nausea, 1156, 1139, with great thirst, 400, with ravenous hunger, 1185, 1182,
with pressive pain in the lower abdomen, 598, or headache, 1114.] ►
Violent palpitation, conjoined with anxious sensation, [10].
[790.] ► Violent
palpitation, with depressed pulse and coldness of the skin, [21].
► Pulse. ►
Rapid, irregular pulse (after six hours), [4]. ► Rapid and hard pulse, with flushes of heat, alternating with
chilliness of the back which is covered with cold sweat, which also appears on the forehead
(after a few minutes), without thirst during the chill or fever, lasting five hours, [20]. ► After last dose,
pulse more than 70, [69]. ►
Pulse 80, [69]. ►
Pulse slow, weak (after one hour and a half), [9]. ► Pulse, slow, weak, which after a while became gradually
stronger and more rapid (after three-quarters of an hour), [9].
► [Pulse much slower and weaker than usual during the
first hours], [40b]. [From a dose of an ounce. -H.]
NECK AND BACK.
► Neck.
► [Contraction of the neck], [55]. [In an hysterical subject, instead of the paroxysm of ague,
with S. 524, 707, 718, 844, 1145.] ► Movement of the neck
is painful, [1]. [800.] ► Pain in the nape of
the neck, extending to the throat, when turning the head, as if the cervical glands were
swollen (which was not the case); the pain is more severe on touch, as if bruised (after a
walk), [1]. ►
Drawing pains in the nape of the neck, [2]. ► Drawing pain in the lower portion of the right side of the
neck, just at the beginning of the neck, while standing, disappearing on stooping, [6]. ► Several stitches
in the neck (which leave a kind of stiffness), [10]. ► Slow drawing stitches in the anterior cervical muscles, while
at rest, [3]. ► Back.
► Throbbing-sticking pain in the back, [1]. ► Stitches in the left side of
the back (while sitting), [13]. ► Pain in the back, on the slightest motion, as if bruised
(after three hours), [1]. ►
Dorsal. ► Contractive pain between the
scapulæ, while standing (after three hours), [6]. ► Pain, as from a sprain, in the shoulder-blade (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Tearing in the region of the left scapula, on inspiration, [10].
[810.] ►
Drawing-tearing pain in the left scapula (after nine hours), [9].
► Needle-like stitches across the right scapula and in
the left side of the chest (after a quarter of an hour), [22].
► Small stitches in the middle of the spine (after five
hours), [9]. ► Lumbar.
► (*Tensive) pain in the small of the back, as from a heavy
load or after long stooping (after twenty-three hours), [9]. ► *Intolerable pain in the small
of the back, as from cramp, or as if bruised and crushed; the slightest motion causes sudden
crying out, [1]. ►
Dull sticking pain in the region of the right kidney, more violent while bending the body
(after twenty-four hours), [11]. ►
Dull stitches in the lumbar regions, [11]. ► Jerking-tearing in the left side of the small of the back, [7]. ► Sacral. ► Severe sticking-drawing pains in the middle of the sacrum,
extending towards the lumbar vertebræ, [10]. ► Jerking across the sacrum (after half an hour), [21]. [820.] ► Painful jerks in the sacrum (after twenty-one hours), [22].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Objective. ► [Swelling of the limbs], [29]. ► *Laxity of all the
limbs and trembling of the hands, [14]. ► Trembling of the limbs from a chill and creeping shiverings
over the thighs, in the open, still not cold, air; nevertheless, he was not chilly in a cold
room (after nine hours), [6]. ►
[Weakness of the limbs], [53]. ►
Trembling, loss of power of the limbs, with dilated pupils, [1].
► [Gout], [44]. ► Subjective. ► *Numbness
and deadness of the limbs, [1]. ► *The limb upon which he lies goes to sleep, [1]. ► A paralytic
stiffness in all the joints, causing mental depression, on rising from sleep in the morning
and from the midday nap, [1]. [830.]
► Heaviness of all the limbs, especially of the thighs, as if
lead were hanging to them, [2]. ► [Pain in the limbs, especially in the joints], [33]. ► Jerking-tearing in various
places on the limbs, especially the hands and soles of the feet, aggravated by touch,
[7]. [The chief pain caused by China seems to be a
jerklike tearing. -HERRMANN.] ► *A sensible though invisible
trembling of all the limbs, combined with a cooling sensation, [12].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Weakness of the arms, noticed if he clenches the hands, [1].
► Tension in the arms and hands (after two hours), [1]. ► Tearing, first in
the left and then in the right arm (after three hours and a half), [13]. ► Tearing and drawing in the
arm, if she stand by the window, [1]. ► Paralytic tearing in the upper limbs, which extends into all
parts, aggravated more by touch than by motion, [11]. ► *Paralytic jerking-tearing in the bones of the upper limbs,
aggravated by touch (after one hour), [11].
[840.] ► Paralytic
jerking-tearing, which extends from the head of the humerus along the muscles and bones to
the phalanges, where it is painless; therewith the whole arm is weakened; the pain is
increased by touch (after three hours), [11].
► Shoulder. ►
Intermitting pressive-drawing pain on the margin of the right axilla, near the forepart
(after three days), [11]. ►
Tearing pressure in the left axilla and on the anterior and inner border of the scapula, [11]. ► Paralytic
jerking-tearing on the top of the shoulder, which is painfully sensitive to touch; after the
pain has disappeared, it is renewed by touch; even the pressure of the coat on the shoulder
causes it, [11]. [Cinchona bark has this
characteristic peculiarity, that not only by motion, and especially by touch of the part are
the pains aggravated (S. 502, 776, 778, 832, 836, 839, 840, 848, 865, 914, 934), but even if
the pains have disappeared, they are renewed by simply touching the part, as in this symptom
and 901, 916, and then often increase to a frightful severity; hence this bark is frequently
the only remedy in similar cases. -H.] ► Arm. ► [The arms are outstretched, with flexed fingers], [55]. [See note to S. 798.] ►
Paralytic pain in the right upper arm, which begins in the head of the humerus, and loses
itself in the hand as a fine and slight tearing, together with warmth of the whole body,
especially of the forehead (after eight hours), [11].
► Sticking pains in the upper arm, which almost
immediately disappeared on moving it (after three-quarters of an hour), [20]. ► Jerking-tearing in the
humerus, towards the upper and inner portion (after two hours), [11]. ► Elbow. ► Painful drawing on the coronoid process of the left ulna (in
the bend of the elbow), more violent when touched, [11].
► Tearing-piercing through the left elbow-joint,
frequently returning, [1]. [850.]
► Stitches in the left elbow-joint, [6]. ► Tearing pain in the left
elbow-joint, worse on motion (after two hours), [11]. ► Forearm. ► The forearm
goes to sleep when bending it (for example, when writing), with fine sticking in the tips of
the fingers, [1]. ►
Drawing pains in the bones of the forearm, as if the periosteum had been scraped with a dull
knife, [6]. ►
Drawing bone-pains from the elbow to the fingers, in the evening (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Tearing and
drawing back and forth, now in the right forearm, where it disappears on rubbing, now in the
left (after four hours), [16]. ►
Tearing in both ulnæ, worse on touch, [11]. ► Wrist. ► Sharp
drawing-sticking across the left wrist (in the evening), (after thirteen and fourteen
hours), [6]. ► Hand.
► *Trembling of the hand while writing (after one
hour), [13]. ►
Drawing pain across the back of the hand, which is swollen, on moving the left hand, [1]. [860.] ► Drawing pain in the palm transversely across the roots of the
fingers, [6]. ► The
hand pains (cramplike drawing) on closing it, [6]. ► Dull sticking in the metacarpal bone of the right index
finger, [11]. ►
Tearing at the point where the metacarpal bones unite with the bones of the wrist (after
five hours), [6]. ►
Jerking-tearing in the base of the hand and metacarpal bones, [11].
► *Jerking-tearing in the metacarpal bones and fingers,
aggravated by touch, [7]. ► Fingers. ► The knuckle
of the middle finger is swollen; he cannot move it on account of pain and stiffness, [1]. ► [Blue nails], [31]. ► Drawing in the
thumb, middle and index fingers, extending upward, [1].
► Tearing in the bones of the last phalanges of the fingers
of the right hand, especially severe in the joints, without affecting motion
(after half an hour), [11]. [870.]
► Fine sticking-tearing in the last joint of the right
thumb, [11]. [Sticking-tearing and sticking-drawing
(which also sometimes become a jerking-tearing) seem to be characteristic pains of Cinchona.
See also 857, 877, 929, 945, 948.]► Jerking-tearing in
the phalanges of the fingers (after twenty-four hours), [7].
► Jerking pain in the left little finger, [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Tottering of lower extremities, [59]. ► Weakness and exhaustion in the upper and lower legs, as from
a long walk, [12]. ►
Walking becomes difficult, and he feels very soon exhausted, as from a sensation of
heaviness and paralysis of the legs, [18]. ► The lower limbs go to sleep while sitting, [1]. ► Cramplike (stickinglike)
drawing in the upper and lower legs (after half an hour), [21].
► Pain, like a sticking and burning simultaneously on
several parts of the lower limbs, [7]. ► Hip. ► Weakness and
unsteadiness of the hip and knee-joints, two mornings in succession, as though he had taken
a long walk on the day previous; on continued motion this sensation leaves the joints, and
changes to a bruised pain in the upper thigh during the first day, but more especially in
the lower legs on the second day, [3]. [880.] ► [Pain in the
hip-joint, knees, and foot, as if they were sprained or crushed], [55]. [See note to S. 526.] ► In
the hip and knee-joints, pressive drawing when sitting, which disappears on standing and
walking, [6]. ► Thigh.
► Hard swelling of the thigh, which at times extends down
over the knee to the sole of the foot, becoming thinner in the lower part, reddish, and
painful to touch, [1]. ►
Weakness of the thighs, [1]. ►
Sensation in the left thigh, while standing, as though there were hardened pimples in the
flesh, with drawing pain in it (after two hours), [6].
► (Burning on the front of the upper part of the thigh), [1]. ► A burning and
crawling, as if gone to sleep, in the thigh on which he had been sitting, on rising from
sitting; especially noticed in the hollow of the knee, particularly while standing, [6]. ► Tension in the
anterior muscles of the thighs when walking, [1]. ► Cramplike paralytic pain in the right thigh and knee-joint,
on rising from sitting, if he had sat for some time; also noticed while walking (after five
hours and a half), [9]. ►
Drawing in the nates and also in the knees, while standing, which ceases while sitting. [The
authority is omitted by Hahnemann.] [890.] ► Slow painful drawing on the inner side of the left thigh,
which seems to be only in the skin, [6]. ► Cramplike drawing in the right thigh, extending upward from
the hollow of the knee (with sensation of pressure), just as if the lower leg would be drawn
up, in the evening, while sitting; it disappears when standing and walking, [6]. ► In the bend of the thigh,
especially in the tendon (of the psoric muscle), a pressive drawing, while sitting, [6]. ► A painful pressive
drawing downward in the femora, mostly while sitting, in the afternoon, [6]. ► Tearing-drawing in the left
nates, while sitting, [6]. ►
*Drawing pain in the bones of the thigh, as if the periosteum had been scraped with a dull
knife, [6]. ►
Pain in the posterior muscles of the thigh as if they were beaten, while sitting, [1]. ► In the upper part
of the flesh of the right nates, on the pelvic bone, pulselike steadily increasing pressure
while sitting, which disappears after rising, [6]. ► A stitch on the posterior portion of the right thigh,
extending downward, while standing, [6]. ► Tearing in the femora from above downward, during rest and
motion; paroxysmal, lasting several days (after seventy-two hours), [22]. [900.] ► Jerking-like tearing in the thigh, [1]. ► Jerking-tearing on the anterior
and outer portion of the right and left thighs, only caused by touch, not by motion,
[11]. ► Jerking-tearing
on the anterior portion of the left thigh (after two hours), [7]. ► Jerking in the middle of
the left thigh (after five hours), [21]. ► Knee. ► *Hot swelling of
the right knee, with drawing-tearing pain, whereby he is waked at night (at 12
o’clock), [1]. ►
Giving way of the knees, especially on ascending steps, [2].
► When walking, the knees give out and bend under, [6]. ► Pain in the knee
on bending it, preventing sleep, with nodes in the skin on it, [1]. ► Slight trembling of the
knees when rising from sitting, which was relieved while walking, [4]. ► A sharp drawing pain in the
right knee when rising from sitting and when walking, which disappears on sitting again (in
the afternoon), [18]. [910.]
► Rhythmical jerklike drawing in the tendons of the
flexor muscles in the hollow of the knee, [6]. ► Stitches in the left knee-joint, [6]. ► Tearing, extending from the
knee-joint up towards the thigh, combined with weakness, so that standing and walking became
difficult, [11]. ►
A jerking-tearing on the inner side of the patella, [7].
► Paralytic tearing in the right knee-joint, which soon
extends upward towards the thigh, and then extends downward toward the lower leg, with
weakness of the part, aggravated more by touch than by motion, [11]. ► Pain in the knee on the
slightest motion, as if bruised (after three hours), [1].
► Pain on the side of the patella when touched (after two
hours), [1]. ► Jerking
pain in the knee, [1]. ► Leg. ► [Hard dark-red
swelling on the calf, which progresses to suppuration], [45].
► Weakness in the lower legs when walking, the whole day
(after two hours), [20]. [920.]
► An inner restlessness in the lower legs obliges him to
bend them double and draw them up, [6]. ► A severely burning tension above the tendo Achillis, [10]. ►► *Sensation in
the lower leg as if the garters were tied too tightly, and as if the leg would go to sleep
and become stiff, [1]. ► Painful cramp in the left calf at night, on stretching or
bending up the foot, which prevents sleep (after sixteen hours), [1]. ► Drawing pain in the right
tibia, in the lower portion near the heel, and then in the whole lower portion of the foot,
while sitting, [13]. ►
Painful drawing in the bones of the lower legs (second day), [11].
► Cramplike drawing on the inner side of the left sole,
while sitting, [6]. ►
Pressive drawing in the tibia, in the evening, while sitting; it disappears on standing and
walking, [6]. ► A
pressive drawing pain on the outer and inner portion of the left tibia, below the patella,
on stretching out the left lower leg while sitting, which disappears on bending the leg, [6]. ► Sticking-drawing
in the heels (after forty-eight hours), [7]. [930.] ► Sticking in the tibiæ
while walking, which disappears during rest (after five and several hours), [13]. ► Stitches now in
the tibia, now in the back, now in the chest, while sitting (after fourteen hours), [13]. ► Severe, sharp,
suddenly recurring stitches in the upper part of the calf, while walking in the open air, [6]. ► Tearing in the
calf, [13]. ►
Bruised pain in the bones of the lower (?) leg when stepping upon it, and still worse when
touched; if she feels of it, shivering of the whole foot and chilliness, as if she had put
it into cold water, [1]. ►
Pain in the lower half of both lower (?) legs, as if the periosteum were bruised and
swollen, only when standing; when touched, a smarting pain, as if there were a sore bruised
spot, [1]. ► Foot.
► [Swelling of the feet], [53].
► [Painful swelling of the feet], [33]. ► *Very soft swelling of the
soles of the feet, [1]. ► [Paralysis of the feet], [31].
[940.] ► *Weakness of the
feet, as if they were bruised (after four hours), [1].
► Violent sticking-burning in the upper part of the foot,
close to the tibia (while sitting), [7]. ► Contractive pinching pain on the outer side of the right sole
(after six hours), [9]. ►
Drawing pain in the metatarsal bones of the right foot, [11].
► Drawing, with sore pain, on the back of the foot while
standing, which disappears while sitting, [6]. ► Very violent tearing-sticking in the soles of the feet, while
sitting and walking, [6]. ►
Stitches in the left sole, [13]. ►
Stitches in the scar of a wound on the left foot, [2].
► Sticking-tearing in the sole of the foot, in the region
of the heel, while sitting and walking, [11]. ► Jerklike tearing in the tarsal and metatarsal bones, [11]. [950.] ► Jerklike tearing in the metatarsal bones and in the toes,
[7]. ► Jerklike
tearing, aggravated only by touch, not by motion, in the metatarsal bones and in the
phalanges, especially in the joints (after thirty-one hours), [11]. ► Jerklike tearing at the
union of the metatarsal with the ankle-bones (after twenty-five hours), [11]. ► Sticking-crawling,
extending from the great toe up to the back of the foot, as if the part had been frozen, in
the evening, while sitting, disappearing on standing and walking, [6]. [Although the symptoms and pains of China are most frequently
(next to touch, S. 843) caused and aggravated by movement of the part, yet there is also a
not uncommon alternate action, in which the symptoms are relieved and removed by motion, as
in this case and 802, 881, 891, 897, 920, 927, 928, and also in which they chiefly occur
during rest, 893, 894, 896, 1013, 1017, 1018, 1021. -H.] ►
Toes. ► Boring stitches in the tips of the
toes, [1].® 2000
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