DULCAMARA.
CHEST.
► Tension of the
chest on deep inspiration, [11]. ►
Pinching pain in the whole chest, aggravated by inspiration, [2].
► Digging pain in the chest, or a sensation as though he
had strained himself, [4]. ►
Oppression of the chest, [11]. ►
Oppression of the chest, as after sitting bent over, [11].
[270.] ► Transient
cutting and pinching in the chest, as from incarcerated flatus, [4]. ► Dull, benumbing stitch,
extending into the chest, beneath the right clavicle, [4].
► Front. ►
Intermitting squeezing in a small spot beneath the upper part of the sternum, [4]. ► Drawing and tension
externally over the forepart of the chest, [6]. ► Pressure beneath the whole surface of the sternum at
intervals, [4]. ►
Great oppressive pain in the whole chest, especially on breathing, [2]. ► Sticking pain on the
sternum, [2]. ►
Dull stitch, similar to a thrust, on the sternum, [2].
► Sticking-tearing pain from the middle of the sternum
through to the spine, while sitting, disappearing on rising, [2].
► Jerking and drawing beneath the sternum, [4]. ► Sides. [280.] ► Feeling as if
something would be forced out of the left side of the chest, [4].
► Digging pain in the right side of the chest,
disappearing on pressure, [2]. ►
Dull, painful pressure on the left side above the ensiform cartilage, on sitting bent over,
afterwards when in an upright position, at intervals, like thrusts penetrating deep into
chest, [4]. ►
Surging, tearing-pressing pain drawing through the whole left side of the chest at
intervals, [4]. ►
Deeply cutting pain in the left side of the chest, just beneath the clavicle, disappearing
on pressure, [2]. ►
Sticking pain in the left side of the chest, as from a dull knife, in the region of the
fifth and sixth ribs, [2]. ►
Dull, sticking pain in the right side of the chest, in the region of the third rib, on
pressing upon it; thereupon it extended into the small of the back and to between the
scapulæ, where it became sticking on the margin of the left scapula, on inspiration, [7]. ► Intermitting pain
in both sides of the chest, beneath the axillæ, as if a fist were forcibly thrust in, [4]. ► A painful stitch
in the right side of the chest, suddenly coming and going, [2].
► Dull, slow, intermitting stitches in the left side of
the chest, [4]. [290.]
► Some pulsating stitches beneath the left short ribs,
while sitting, disappearing on rising, [2].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Heart’s
Action. ► Great cardiac excitement, [21]. ► Palpitation,
especially at night, violent and perceptible externally, [1].
► Violent palpitation, as if he felt the heart beating
outside of the thorax, [9]. ►
Pulse. ► Pulse accelerated, moderately full, [28]. ► Pulse small, very
rapid, [32]. ►
Pulse slow, intermitting, [29]. ►
Frequent irregular pulse, [31]. ►
Pulse quiet, but small and rather hard, in the evening, [30].
NECK AND BACK.
► Neck.
► *Stiffness of the muscles of the nape of the neck,
[4], [8]. [300.] ► Pain, as from
stiffness in the muscles of the nape of the neck, on turning the head to one side, [4]. ► *Pain in the nape, as
if the head had been lying in an uncomfortable position, [11]. ► Constrictive pain in the
muscles of the nape of the neck, as if the neck would be twisted about, [4]. ► Drawing pain in the right
cervical muscles, [5]. ►
Back. ► Dull, throbbing stitches in the left
side, near the spine, at intervals, [4]. ► Dorsal. ► Intermitting
pressure on the left side of the upper part of the spine, in the nape of the neck, while
lying on the back in the morning in the bed, [4]. ► Tearing thrusts on the outer side of the right scapula at
intervals, [4]. ►
Painful stitches in the middle of the spine on breathing, [2].
► Tickling stitch in the middle of the right scapula, [2]. ► Drawing-tearing on
the external margin of the right scapula (sixth day), [2].
► Lumbar. [310.]
► Burrowing sticking in the left loin, disappearing while
walking, returning while sitting, [2]. ► Dull stitch from within outward in the left loin, just above
the hip, on every inspiration, [4]. ► Deeply cutting pain in the right loin, just above the hip,
inspiration, [4]. ►
*Deeply cutting pain in the right loin, transiently disappearing upon pressure,
afterwards disappearing of its own accord, [2]. ► Dull sticking, lie a forcing out in both loins, on every
inspiration, while sitting bent (after a short walk), [4].
►► *Pain in the small of the back, as after stooping a
long time, [11]. ►
Sacral. ► Burrowing sticking on the left side
near the sacrum, [2].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Objective. ► *Trembling of all the limbs, [29]. ► Violent trembling
of the limbs, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Jerking of the limbs, [13].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► Slight jerking of the hands and
feet, [13]. ►
Subjective. [320.] ►
Lassitude, heaviness, and weariness of all the limbs, compelling him to sit and lie, [11]. ► He was suddenly
seized with numbness in his limbs, and pains in the knees and elbows, in the evening; these
symptoms increased so much in the course of three or four hours, that he could scarcely move
his limbs, [30]. ►
Heaviness of the arms and thighs, [8]. ► Pain in the limbs, [1].
► Sensation of pain in all her limbs (after third day), [24b]. ► Cramplike pain
here and there in the limbs, especially in the fingers, [4].
► Sharp, shooting pains in left
toes and thumb, [24]. ►
Very bruised sensation in all the limbs the whole day, [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
*Paralytic, bruised pain in the left arm, almost only during rest, less during
motion, none when touched; yet the arm had the usual strength, [1]. ► Dull, violent pain in the
whole of the right arm, as after a blow, with leaden heaviness, immobility, stiffness of the
muscles, and coldness of the whole arm, as if paralyzed; on attempting to bend it, and even
on touch, pain in the elbow-joint, as if bruised; the icy coldness of the arm returned the
next morning after twenty-four hours (after half an hour), [5].
[330.] ► She could
bend the arm neither backward nor forward, because it caused jerkings in it, [1]. ► Shoulder. ► Drawing-tearing in the right shoulder, above the right
hip-joint, and above and below the right knee-joint, [7].
► Pulsating pain in the left axilla, disappearing on
motion, [2]. ►
Jerking pain in the right axilla, [2]. ► Arm. ► Paralytic
sensation in the right upper arm, disappearing on violent motion, [2]. ► Pain in the upper arm in
the evening in bed, and in the morning after rising, [1].
► Jerking in the upper arm on bending it and drawing it
backward; on stretching it out, there was no jerking, but the fingers were stiff, so that
she could not close them, [1]. ► Elbow. ► Corrosive
gnawing on the outer side of the elbow at short intervals, [4].
► Forearm. ►
Loss of power of the left forearm, with lameness, especially of the elbow-joint, [11]. ► Drawing pain in
the right forearm (third day), [2]. [340.] ► Dull drawing from the
left elbow to the wrist, especially noticed on bending it, [6].
► Sensitive drawings in the left ulna, frequently
repeated, [4]. ►
Slow, twisting boring, drawing downward from the elbow-joint to the wrist, disappearing on
moving the arm, and immediately returning during rest, [2].
► Sudden, jerking, pinching-tearing in the middle of the
left forearm (twelfth day), [2]. ► Wrist. ► Wakened next
morning with a violent pain in the left wrist, developing what a number of physicians called
an “inflammatory rheumatism.” Anatomically, the centre of pain seemed to emanate
from the pisiform bone, extending, forward along the branchings of the ulnar nerve to the
end of the little finger, and again upward along the main tract of that nerve until it
became lost near the inferior origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. The pain increased
until 9 to 10 o’clock next evening. There was redness and swelling of the integuments; the
little finger was flexed, and more or less involved in the inflammatory process, [21]. ► A dull stitch on
the right wrist, disappearing on motion, [2]. ► Hands. ► Redness of
the backs of the hands; burning pain if he becomes warm on walking, in the open air, [1]. ► Trembling of the
hands (in cold, moist weather), [13]. ► Frequent stretching of the hands, as if they would take hold
of something; hands hastily carried to the mouth, with motions like chewing or swallowing, [32]. ► Violent cramps in
the hands, so that he could not hold the least thing firmly, [29].
► Fingers. [350.]
► Cramplike drawing in the ball of the left thumb, so
that he could scarcely move the thumb, [4]. ► Cramplike jerking in the first phalanx of the right middle
finger, [4].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Inability to walk or stand, [28]. ► Falling asleep and weakness of the legs, [13]. ► Hip. ► Drawing-pinching in the right hip (after six hours), [2]. ► Drawing-sticking
in the left hip-joint, extending into the groin, only while walking, with a sensation on
every step as if the head of the thigh-bone would be dislocated; violent stretching out of
the leg relieved the pain, with a sensation as if the limb were reduced; still the bruised
pain remained for some time, which obliged him to walk lame (for fourteen days), [8]. ► Jerklike,
isolated, severe stitches, as with a fork, just above the right hip, near the lumbar
vertebræ, [2]. ►
Drawing-tearing in the left hip, [2]. ► Pain, as from a blow above the left hip, close to the lumbar
vertebræ (after half an hour), [2]. ► Thigh. ► Pain in the
thigh, [1]. [360.]
► Drawing here and there in the muscles of the thigh,
with sensitiveness to touch, [6]. ► Drawing pain on the anterior portion of the right thigh, [2]. ► Paralytic drawing
on the anterior portion of the right thigh, [2]. ► Some small stitches on the right nates, [2]. ► Drawing-tearing from the
middle of the posterior portion of the thigh to the knee-joint, [2]. ► *Drawing-tearing pain, or
constant pain, at one time sticking, at another pinching, in both thighs, disappearing on
walking, then changing to weariness, and immediately
returning while sitting, [2]. ► Sticking as with needles, on the posterior portion of the
left thigh, close to the knee, [2]. ► Sticking-tearing in the whole of the thigh, not relieved by
pressure, [2]. ► Knee.
► Knees weary, as after a long walk, [6]. ► Rhythmical, undulating
pressure on the inner side of the knee, [4]. [370.] ► Tearing in the
knee-joints while sitting, [8]. ►
Sticking-tearing from the knee-joint up to the thigh while walking in the open air, [8]. ► Leg. ► Puffiness and swelling of the leg and calf (not of the foot),
with tensive pain and sensation of great weariness, towards evening, [1]. ► Feeling of numbness in the
calves in the afternoon and evening, [1]. ► Pain, as from weariness in the tibiæ, as after a long walk, [11]. ► Violent cramps in
the calves, so that the legs were drawn up against the thighs, [29]. ► Painful cramp in the left
calf while walking, [11]. ►
Cramplike, almost cutting drawing down through the left leg, [4].
► Sudden needle-like stitches in the left calf, followed
by a sensation as if warm water or blood were flowing over that place, [2]. ► Tearing, extending up the
right tibia, in the morning, [6]. [380.] ► Tearing on the
posterior portion of the left calf, disappearing on moving the foot, [2]. ► Pain, as from ripping,
extending down the left calf, posteriorly, [2]. ► Ankle. ► Severe cramp
in the inner right malleolus, waking him at night; he is obliged to walk about, when it
disappears, [1]. ►
Tearing from the external malleolus towards the forepart of the foot, [6]. ► Drawing-tearing near the
right inner malleolus, [6]. ►
Foot. ► Burning of the feet, [1]. ► Cutting pain in the sole of
the right foot, not disappearing on steeping upon it, [2].
► Toes. ►
Intermitting sticking-burning in the toes, [4]. ► Pulsating tearing in the first and second left toes, [11].
GENERALITIES.
► Objective.
► *Sudden swelling of the body and puffiness of the limbs, at
times painful or accompanied with a sensation as if going to sleep, [18]. [390.] ► Emaciation, [1]. ► Lassitude; he avoids motion, [1].
► *Weariness, [1].
► Great, continued weakness, [13]. [After much sweat. -Hughes.] ►
Trembling, [32]. ►
Twitchings of the tendons, [32]. ►
Sudden jerkings like electric shocks though the whole body, with piteous cries; the jerkings
seemed to be caused by violent pains in the abdomen; they did not last a long time, after
which the boy began again to mutter, [28]. ► Spasms, [32]. ► Convulsions from time to time, [31].
► Convulsions, first of the facial muscles, then of the
whole body, [20]. [400.]
► Almost immovable, [29].
► Sudden attacks of weakness like faintness, [1]. ► He is obliged to
lie down, [1]. ►
Unrest, [13]. ►
Extremely restless, could scarcely be held; scratched his father, [28]. ► Subjective. ► She has to get up at night and walk about the room; sinking
sensation all over; she fancies she would sink through the bed, [24]. ► Pain in various parts of
the body, as after taking cold, [11]. ► Pain as if the body would be cut off above the hip, obliging
him to move back and forth, though without relief, [4].
► Dull stitches here and there in the limbs and other
parts of the body, mostly from within outward, [4]. ► Itching pinching stitches in various parts, [11]. [410.] ► Symptoms subsided forty-eight hours from first incursion of
pain, [21]. ► The
symptoms seem inclined to occur especially towards evening, [6].
► No relief from coffee, [29].
SKIN.
► Eruptions, Dry.
► Red spots on the body, [13].
► Red spots like flea-bites, [13]. ► Red spots like scarlet
rash over the whole body, [32]. ►
Red, elevated spots, as from burning nettles, [13].
[On the seat of vanished dartres. -Hughes.] ► Eruption of
red spots, with vesicles itching violently, [13]. [On
parts affected by dartres. -Hughes.] ► Bright-red pointed
pimples on the skin, which after a few days fill with pus, [18].
►► *Nettle-rash over the whole body, without fever
(from one drop of the 1st dil., in a child), [22]. [420.] ►► *Eruption like
nettle-rash over the whole body, [28]. ► [Tetter-like rash, especially on the hands], [13]. [Critical. -Hughes.] ►
[Tetter-like crust over the whole body], [13].
[Critical. See S. 489. -Hughes.] ► Eruption of white
wheals with red areolæ; sticking, itching, and with burning after rubbing, on the arms and
thighs, [1]. ►
Elevations, lines on the forehead, with sticking pain when touched, [1]. ► Pimples in the angles of
the nose, [1]. ►
Pimple in the inner side of the left wing of the nose, with an ulcerative pain, [11]. ► Pimples and
ulcers about the mouth, with tearing pains on moving the parts, [1]. ► Red pimples in the bend of
the elbow, noticeable morning and evening, in the warmth of the room, with fine sticking
itching and burning after scratching, lasting twelve days, [1].
► Itching pimples on the chin, [1]. [430.] ►
Small, moderately itching pimples on the chest and abdomen, [9].
► Tetter-like rash on the labia majora, [13]. [During dartrous vagina and ulcers. -Hughes.] ► Warts cover the hands, [9],
[27]. ► Eruptions,
Moist. ► Moist eruption on the cheeks, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
Subjective. ► Agreeable tickling on the outer
margin of the right scapula, [2]. ► General itching over the body, which gradually increased and
soon became intolerable; the itching was worse on the nates, where the skin was red, partly
of itself and partly from rubbing, and showed a striped swelling like wheals; this swelling
was always renewed on going to bed, without regard to the time, when also sweat broke out
over the whole skin; the rest at night was greatly disturbed; the patient was able to sleep
only towards two or three in the morning. After the sixth day the eruption began to break
out over the whole body, reaching its greatest severity on the tenth day, when the patient
was attacked with chilliness and heat, with inclination to sweat, with which the eruption
became very prominent; it was especially marked on the back, less violent on the arms and
legs. The character of the eruption and the annoying sensations were different in different
parts of the body; on the back the skin was covered with red points as large as the head of
a pin, and there the patient had a sensation as though a thousand fine needle-points were
sticking in between the shoulder-blades; on the arms the eruption was in different spots;
where the epidermis desquamated in fine scales, the red points which existed at first
disappeared, and the patient experienced a biting itching; on the legs red spots formed, and
there the patient had a sensation as though she were lying in burning nettles up to the
hips; this remained for two days, with copious transpiration, on account of which she kept
herself warm and in her room; the eruption continued for several days. The cooler the
patient kept the better she felt, and the less she went to bed the better the itching and
eruption; especially the warmth of the bed and sweat greatly aggravated the eruption; it was
also aggravated by coffee and every kind of food; as soon as the patient had taken only a
frugal meal great heat of the body developed, soon, followed by itching in all parts, [25]. ► [Violent itching
of the whole body], [13]. [See S. 489.] ► Burning, suddenly creeping itching here and there as from
ants; he is obliged to scratch violently, which at first aggravates, but afterwards
relieves; less during the day, generally at night, and mostly between twelve and three
o’clock; he is awakened thereby after a short sleep (fourteenth day), [9]. ► *Sticking itching in various
parts of the body, [13]. ► Itching of the cheeks close to the wings of the nose, [1]. [440.] ► Itching on the outer side of the left leg, soon returning
after scratching, [11]. ►
Itching, ending with and itching stitching on the outer side of the right leg, [11]. ► No sleep at night
on account of itching, as from flea-bites, on the anterior portion of the body and thighs,
together with heat and offensive transpirations, without moisture, [1]. ► Unpleasant itching in the
middle of the right forearm, soon returning after scratching, which he is obliged to do, [2]. ► Burning itching
externally on the right upper arm, provoking scratching; the place was red, with a burning
pimple upon it, [11]. ►
Burning itching on the thighs, so that he was obliged to scratch, [11].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleepiness.
► Frequent, violent yawning, [4]. ► Sleepiness the whole day,
with much yawning, [2]. ►
Great sleepiness, indolence, and yawning, [5]. ► Deep coma, [31]. [450.] ► Violent snoring in
his sleep, with open mouth immediately, [1]. ► Sleeplessness. ►
Sleeplessness, uneasiness, jerking, [13]. ► Sleeplessness, orgasm of blood, sticking and itching of the
skin, [13]. ► *Uneasy
sleep, tossed about in discomfort, [9]. ► *Uneasy sleep after 4 A.M., no matter how he lay, [2]. ► Restless, anxious,
interrupted sleep, full of heavy dreams, [18]. ► Restless sleep, with profuse sweat, and interrupted by
confused dreams, [11]. ►
Tossing about in bed the whole night, with dulness of the head, [11]. ► In the evening while
falling asleep he started as from fright, [4]. ► A kind of waking, with closed eyes, towards morning, [11]. [460.] ► Awakened early, was unable to fall asleep again, stretched
himself with great weariness, and turned from one side to the other, because the muscles of
the occiput seemed lame and he could not lie upon them, [17].
► No sleep towards morning, and yet weary in all the
limbs and lame, as after enduring great heat, [11]. ► Dreams. ► Fearfully
confused dreams, [24]. ►
Frightful dreams, which made him jump out of bed (first night), [11].
FEVER.
► Chilliness.
► Skin cool, in the evening, [30]. ► [Frequent chilliness,
heaviness of the head and general exhaustion, after taking cold], [13]. [See note to S. 223. -Hughes.] ►
Shivering as from chilliness and nausea, with sensation of coldness, and coldness of the
whole body, so that he could not get warm by a hot stove, with shuddering from time to time
(immediately), [5]. ►
Chilliness and discomfort in all the limbs, [11]. ► Chilliness of the back, without thirst, in the open air, but
especially in a draft, [6]. ►
Chilliness over the back, nape of the neck, and occiput, towards evening (with a feeling as
if the hairs stood on end), lasting ten days, [6]. ► Heat. [470.] ► Increased warmth of the skin, [28].
► Hot, dry skin, with orgasm of blood, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Heat
and uneasiness, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Heat of the body, burning of the face, with constipation, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
Heat and sensation of heat over the whole body, especially of the hands, with thirst, and
even, slow, full pulse, followed by chilliness, [1]. ► Dry heat at night, [6].
► Dry burning heat of the whole body, [32]. ► Increased warmth of the
body, with sweat and great redness of the skin, annoying sensation of heat, with itching and
burning, and an eruption, especially on the face, of numerous thick pimples, so that the
face seemed to be decidedly swollen, [28]. ► [Violent fever, with violent heat, dryness of the skin and
delirium, daily, returning every fifteen or sixteen hours], [13].
[Critical. -Hughes.] ► [Double tertian fever], [13]. [See note to S. 228. -Hughes.] [480.] ► Burning in the skin
of the whole back, as if he were sitting by a hot stove, with sweat in the face and moderate
heat, [11]. ► Sweat.
► [Sweat, lasting more than five
days], [13]. [Critical in rheumatism.
-Hughes.] ► Body covered with sweat, [31]. ► Sweat all over at night,
during the day in the axillæ and palms of the hands, [13].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► General sweat, especially on the
back, [1]. ►
Profuse sweat in the morning over the whole body, but mostly over the whole head (after
twenty hours), [1]. ►
Cold sweat covered the skin, [29]. ► Offensive sweat, together with copious discharge of
transparent urine, [13]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Dryness and heat of the skin, constipated stool and painful
retention of the urine, with soft, full, slow, jerking pulse, [13].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► [Dryness head, and burning of the
skin], [13]. [A youth hereditarily dartrous and in bad
health, after taking D. had S. 403, 436, 250, 125, with hard and tense pulse. Then came S.
422, with relief of all symptoms. D. was continued and he got well. -Hughes.] [490.] ► Much sweat upon the
palms of the hands, [11].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning),
Impatient; on rising vertigo; on waking, head hot, etc.; on rising, headache; after rising,
headache in forehead; vomiting of mucus; in bed, while lying on back, pressure on spine;
tearing in tibia; sweat. ► (Noon),
While walking, before eating, vertigo. ► (Afternoon), Quarrelsome mood; towards evening, on walking in open
air, pressing out headache; drawing in temporal region; thin stool, etc.; towards evening,
puffiness, etc., of leg, etc.; towards evening, the symptoms; towards evening, chilliness
over back. ► (Evening),
Dullness, etc., in head; pain through brain; headache; stitches in head; pain in frontal
eminence; while eating, pain in vertex; in bed, heaviness in occiput; dry nose; paralysis of
tongue; dryness of throat; griping in abdomen, etc.; desire for stool, etc.; numbness in
limbs, etc.; skin cool. ► (Night),
Delirium, etc.; palpitation; dry heat. ► (Walking in open air), Tearing from knee to thigh. ► (Bending elbow), Drawing
from elbow to wrist. ► (Coffee),
Eruption. ► (While eating),
Eructations. ► (Food),
Eruption. ► (Inspiration),
Pain in chest; stitches in spine; pains in loins. ► (Motion), Pressing
outward on forehead. ► (Pressure),
Pain in pit of stomach. ► (Rest),
Pain in arm; drawing from elbow to wrist. ► (On rising from sitting), Tension in groin. ►
(Reading), Pressure in eyes. ►
(Sitting), Pain from sternum to spine; stitches beneath
ribs; sticking in left loin; pain in thighs; tearing in
knee-joints. ► (Stooping),
drawing in frontal eminences; colic. ► (Walking), Cramp in leg. ► (Warmth of bed), Swelling of nates; eruption. ► Amelioration. ► (Open air), Dullness in head. ►
(Becoming erect), Pain in abdomen; pain from sternum to
spine. ► (Lying down),
Stitch in head. ► (Motion),
Pain in axilla; sensation in upper arm; stitch in wrist. ►
(Moving foot), Tearing in calf. ►
(Pressure), Pain above crest of ilium; pain in chest. ► (Rising), Stitches
beneath ribs. ► (Walking),
Sticking in loin; pain in thighs.
SUPPLEMENT: DULCAMARA.
Authority.
33, Dr.
Benjamin Phillips, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1839-40 (1), p. 904, effects of daily doses of a pint
and a half.►
In some cases lepra, nausea, and headache, [33].
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