GRAPHITES.
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Redness of
the nose, [1]. ► Black comedones on the nose, [1]. ►
Scurf within the nose, with pain in it, [1].
► *Sneezing, with very dry nose, [1]. ►
Tough white mucus in the left nostril only, which was discharged with
difficulty the first day, more easily the second day, [2]. ► *Offensive
mucus in the nose, [1].
► Profuse secretion of mucus in the
nose at one time thin, at another thick and yellowish, lasting eight
days, [4]. ► *Catarrh (after four or five days), [1]. ►
Catarrh with sneezing and dulness in the head, [4]. [240.] ► Catarrh, with headache and alternations
of chilliness and heat, [1]. ► Catarrh and coryza, with tickling
rawness, which constantly causes cough, with weakness and headache
(quickly relieved by Aconite), [1].
► Profuse catarrh (after eight hours,
and the first days), [1]. ► Profuse catarrh breaks out, which had not
happened for years, [1]. ► Fluent catarrh of short duration, with
frequent sneezing (after three hours), [1].
► Fluent catarrh, with nosebleed
(eleventh day), [1]. ► Fluent catarrh, with headache,
chilliness, and internal dry heat and thirst (after forty-eight hours), [1]. ►
Constant fluent catarrh, which had not broken out for years, and which
had never shown itself for more than an hour, though very frequently,
with much sneezing, [1]. ► Fluent coryza, with catarrh, frequent
sneezing and pressive pain in the submaxillary glands; the uncovered
parts were very sensitive to the open air, as though he might take cold
easily (after two hours), [1]. ► Profuse fluent coryza, with catarrh;
great oppression of the chest; the head is confused and very hot; little
air in the nose (after sixteen days), [1].
[250.] ►
Stopped catarrh, with confusion of the head, oppression of the chest,
heat of the forehead and face, especially about the nose, and loss of
smell, first four days, [1]. ► Violent stopped catarrh, with great nausea and
headache, without vomiting; he was obliged to lie down (after
forty-eight hours), [1]. ► Stoppage of the nose, and yet a discharge
of clear water, [4]. ► *Offensive purulent discharge from the nose,
[4]. ►
*Blowing of bloody mucus from the nose, [1]. ► *Blowing of
blood from the nose, several days in succession, [1]. ►
Bleeding of the nose (after fifteen days), [1]. ►
Nosebleed in the morning, [1]. ► Nosebleed two evenings in succession,
palpitation, heat, and pain in the back (after third day), [1]. ►
Bleeding of the nose, at 10 P.M.; preceded in the afternoon by rush of
blood to the head, and heat of the face, [1]. [260.] ► Nosebleed at night, [1]. ► A
urinous odor and exhalation from the nose and mouth, [1]. ► Subjective.
► Catarrhal, contracted, and stuffed
sensation in the nostrils, [1]. ► Burning, suddenly, in a small spot on the
left side of the nose, [4]. ► Feeling of tension within the nose, [4]. ►►
*Sore sensation in the nose, on blowing it, [1]. ►► *The
nose is painful internally, [1].
► Ulcerative pain in the right nostril,
[4]. ►
Itching in the nose, [1]. ► Smell. ►►
*Smell abnormally acute; she cannot tolerate flowers, [1]. [270.]
► Smell in the nose as of old
catarrh, [1]. ► Smell in the nose as of burning soot, in
the morning, [1]. ► Smell at night as of burning hair,
mingled with sulphur fumes, [1].
FACE.
►
Objective. ► *Paleness of the
face, [1]. ► Pale color of the face, with blue rings
around the eyes, [1]. ► Sudden paleness of the face, after
moderate mental excitement, as for example, reading, [1]. ►
Yellowness of the face, with weak eyes, as if exhausted (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Swelling of the left side of the face, in
the morning, after rising, [4]. ► Incipient paralysis of the left side of
the face after some swelling of it and some toothache; the muscles of
the right side of the face suddenly become distorted, the mouth drawn to
the right side, and its motion as well as speech impaired; the left eye
frequently becomes closed involuntarily, while the right one could not
be completely closed, but frequently remained open in bright light,
wind, and dust (after eighteen days), [1].
► Subjective. ►► *Constant sensation as of a cobweb on the
face, [4]. [280.] ►
Pain alternately in all the bones of the face, [1]. ► Cheeks.
► A kind of cystic swelling of the
cheek, [3]. ►
Spasmodic twitchings in the masseter muscles, [1]. ► She is
unable to close the jaws when eating, on account of pain in the masseter
muscles, as if they were paralyzed, [1].
► Drawing pain in the left upper jaw,
[1]. ►
*Tearing, very painful, in the left zygoma, so that she had to cry out,
in the evening in bed, [4]. ► Lip. ►
Blisters as large as poppy seeds on the vermilion border of the lower
lip of the left side, which rub off on washing, but form anew after four
hours (fourth days), [6]. ► The left corner of the mouth is
ulcerated, [1]. ► A scaly painless ulcer in both corners of
the mouth, [1]. ► Twitching of the upper lip, [1]. [290.]
► The lips are dry, [1]. ► Burning
and a feeling of heaviness in the lower lip, [4]. ►
Stitches in the upper lip, as if a needle and thread were drawn through
it, in the evening, [4]. ►► *Soreness and cracking of the lips and
nostrils, as from cold, [1].
► Sore pain in the left corner of the
mouth[1]. ►
Chin. ► Swelling of the
glands beneath the chin, [1]. ► Sticking tearing in the left side of the
lower jaw, [4].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Erosion in the
cavities of the teeth, [1]. ► Black acrid blood frequently comes from
the hollow teeth, [4]. ► Pain in the right back teeth, on biting
them tightly together, [1]. [300.] ► Pain as from looseness of the lower
teeth, when chewing, [1]. ► Toothache at night, lasting till morning,
[1]. ►
Toothache, especially at night, with heat in the face, or in
the evening, with sore pain on the palate and swelling of the cheek, [1]. ►
Burning toothache, as from looseness in the teeth, now in one, now in
another tooth, mostly at night, in bed, or in the evening, while sitting
leaning backward, with accumulation of saliva in the mouth; the pain is
aggravated by chewing, [1]. ► Drawing toothache, [1]. ► Drawing
pain in the back teeth, when walking in the wind, [1]. ► Drawing
pain in a hollow tooth, [1]. ► Painful pressure in the teeth, aggravated
by touch, [1]. ► Pressive pain in all the teeth and in the
jaws, at night, lasting two hours, and during the day renewed by chewing
or biting, [1]. ► Sticking toothache (after six days), [1]. [310.]
► Dull jerking-sticking in a tooth, [1]. ►
Several burning stitches in a left upper back tooth, after a meal, [1]. ►
Dull jerking stitches in a hollow back tooth when walking in the air
(after four hours), [1]. ► Pain shooting about in the teeth, [4]. ►
Tearing in the root of a tooth, [4].
► Nightly toothache; tearing
pain in the teeth, warm food increased the pain,
[8]. ►
Tearing pain in all the teeth, aggravated by warmth, renewed when lying
down in bed, so that there was no rest before midnight, [1]. ► Sore
pain in the teeth when eating, which is aggravated after eating, [1]. ►
Crawling toothache, and, on taking cold water, sticking in a tooth, [1]. ►
Gums. ► Swelling of the
gum, in the evening, [1]. [320.] ►
Swelling of the gum, with dryness of the mouth, [1]. ►
Painful swelling of the gum, with swelling of the cheek, and weakness of
the whole body, [1]. ► Painful swelling of the gum over the
teeth of the upper jaw, as if sore, even when touched by the cheek, with
pain in the corresponding back teeth, as if the cheek would become
swollen, [1]. ► Sensitive swelling of the gum, [4]. ►
Rush of blood to the gum, so that he would willingly cut into it, [1]. ►
The gums bleed easily when rubbing them, [1].
► Offensive odor from the gum and
mouth, [1]. ► Sore pain of the gum on the inner side of the
teeth, as after eating hot things (after ten days), [1]. ►
Sore pain of the gum of the upper incisors, when touched with the
tongue, [1]. ►
The gum is painful, with sore sensation on the palate, and running of
water from the mouth, [1]. [330.] ►
Ulcerative pain in the gum, [1]. ► Itching gnawing in the gum, [1]. ►
Tongue. ► Tongue white, [1]. ►
Painful pimples and blisters on the back of the tongue, which are
painful, mostly after eating and on spitting, also bleeding at times, [1]. ►►
*Burning blisters on the lower side and tip of the tongue, [4]. ►
*Whitish painful ulcer on the under surface of the tongue, [1]. ►
Sore pain on the left side of the tongue, on moving or extending it, [1]. ►
The tongue (after a meal) feels rough, raw, and scraped, and the
papillæ are very sensitive, as if they rubbed against the teeth, [1]. ►
General Mouth. ► Offensive
smell from the mouth, [2]. ► Sourish offensive odor from the mouth, [1]. [340.]
► Great dryness of the mouth and
throat at night, [1]. ► Saliva. ►
Saliva runs from the mouth, in the morning, on stooping, [1]. ►
Much spitting of saliva (after second day), [1]. ► Running
of water from the mouth, with swelling of the upper lip, and painful
pimples upon it, with painful gum and sore palate, [1]. ► Green,
bitter water comes into the mouth, in the morning, after drinking, or
immediately after eating, four days in succession, [1]. ► Mucus
in the mouth, in the morning, it was so sticky he could scarcely open
the mouth, [1]. ► Salty, burning mucus in the mouth, in the
morning, on waking, [1]. ► Taste. ►
Acidity in the mouth, after breakfast, [1].
► Sour taste, especially after eating
and drinking, [1]. ► Sour taste in the mouth, and no desire to
drink, [1]. [350.] ►
Bitter taste in the mouth, in the afternoon (seventh day), [1]. ►
Bitter taste in the mouth, with a very coated tongue (after twenty-eight
hours), [1]. ► *Bitter taste in the mouth, with sour
eructations, [1]. ► Salty taste in the mouth, [1]. ►
Unpleasant taste difficult to describe, which frequently caused
shuddering from disgust (from doses larger than four grains), [6]. ►
Taste as of bad eggs in the mouth, in the morning after rising, [4]. ►
Bitter taste of the food, [1].
THROAT.
►
Objective. ► Much mucus
low down in the throat, [1]. ► Much hawking of mucus, with dryness of
the palate from talking, [1]. ► Subjective. ►
A sensation in the throat as though catarrh and coryza were approaching,
[1]. [360.]
► She was unable to speak a loud word
on account of burning in the throat, as though everything was sore, [1]. ►
Pain in the throat as from a swelling of the glands, [1]. ► Feeling
as of a plug in the throat; at times
much difficulty of swallowing, [8].
► Feeling in the throat as of a
growth or firmly adherent mucus, so that when he attempted to swallow
anything small (a crust) it remains sticking to this place, [1]. ►
*Sensation on the left side of the throat as though he had to swallow
over an elevation, with scraping in it, not worse on swallowing food
than on empty swallowing, [1].
► *On swallowing, a sensation as though
there were a lump in the throat, and especially on empty swallowing a
constrictive retching from the œsophagus up to the larynx, [1]. ►
Feeling in the throat as if it were sewed together; constant scraping in
it, [1]. ►
Pinching pain in the throat (after five days), [1]. ► Cramp
in the throat, with nausea (after three days), [1]. ► Constant
cramp in the throat, obliging him to retch, as if the food
would not go down (after twenty-four hours), [1]. [370.] ► Pressure in the region of the pit of the
throat, as if he were too satiated, or had swallowed too large a morsel,
[1]. ►
Pain in the throat in the morning on rising; a pressure and sticking, [1]. ►
Sticking in the throat, when not swallowing, [4]. ►
Sticking and retching in the throat, on swallowing, with sensation of
dryness in the back part of the left side of the throat, on the palate, [1]. ►
Severe stitch in the throat, when swallowing, with ulcerating pain and
retching, [4]. ► Sudden jerking stitches in one point low
down in the right side of the throat; only when moving the neck, when
talking, when stooping, and then rising up, not when swallowing, [1]. ►
Raw throat (after six days), [1]. ► Rawness in the throat, only noticed on
speaking, [4]. ► Rawness and scraping soreness in the
throat, [1]. ►
Scraping in the throat (after twenty-four hours), [1]. [380.] ► Scraping in the throat, which provokes a
dry cough, [1]. ► Scraping in the throat, with rawness and
roughness (after a meal), [1]. ► Scraping in the throat, with feeling in
the fauces, behind the arch of the palate, as if it were dry, which was
only relieved after the detachment of some adherent mucus; in the
morning on waking, several days in succession, [5]. ►
Intolerable scraping and scratching in the throat, [1]. ► Tonsils.
► Swelling of the tonsils, with pain
on swallowing, [1]. ► Fauces. ►
Much mucus in the fauces, for several days, which he is obliged to
expectorate by hawking, [1]. ► External Throat. ► Inflammation and swelling of the right
submaxillary gland, which, after a few days, becomes indurated and
desquamates, [1]. ► Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with
pain when touched, and stiffness of the neck, [1]. ► *The glands
in the side of the neck down to the shoulder are swollen and painful
when bending the neck to one side, or lying upon it, as if tense and
stiff, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the submaxillary glands,
[1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. [390.] ► Appetite increased, [4]. ►
Ravenous hunger and after eating nausea and vertigo (third day), [1]. ►
Great appetite for meat at supper-time, when he usually had no desire
for animal food, [1]. ► No appetite in the evening, [1]. ►
Little appetite for warm food, [1].
► Aversion to salt food, [1]. ►►
*Aversion to animal food, when
thinking of it; though it tastes tolerable while eating, but
bread tastes better, [1]. ► Aversion to meat and fish, [1]. ►►
*Sweet things are disgusting and nauseous, [1]. ► Unusual
thirst, in the morning, for several days in succession, [1]. ► Thirst.
[400.] ► Much thirst, after eating (thirteenth
day), [1]. ►
Great thirst, even in the morning, [1].
► Great desire for beer-drinking,
without remarkable thirst only desire for its internal cooling, [1]. ►
Eructation and Hiccough. ►
Eructations at night of the soup taken at noon (seventh day), [1]. ►►
*Many eructations, tasting of the
food (after four days), [1].
► Constant eructations, with
nausea, the whole day, and loss of appetite (immediately), [1]. ►
*Ineffectual eructations, he desires to eructate constantly, but cannot,
[1]. ►
Sour eructations, with bitter taste in the mouth, [1]. ► Sour
uprisings of the food, [1]. ► Acidity in the stomach, with ravenous
hunger, [1]. [410.] ►
Regurgitation of much mucus in the morning, with otherwise natural
appetite and stool, [1]. ► Waterbrash, [1]. ►
Waterbrash, at night in bed, [1]. ► Hiccough, in the morning after rising,
and after dinner, [4]. ► Hiccough, in the evening, for an hour
(fourth day), [1]. ► Hiccough, after every meal, whether warm
or cold, [1]. ► Hiccough, after a meal, with a dull,
heavy head, or sleepiness, [1]. ► Heartburn. ►
Heartburn, [1]. ► Rancid heartburn, [1]. ► Rancid
heartburn, after a meal, [1]. ► Nausea and Vomiting. [420.] ►
Nausea for several hours immediately, [1].
► Nausea, with inclination to vomit,
the whole day, immediately, [4]. ► *Nausea, in the morning, with weakness and
trembling during the day, during menstruation, [1]. ► Nausea,
with inclination to vomit, in the stomach for two minutes in the morning
immediately after rising, first eight days, [1]. ► Nausea,
with inclination to vomit, in the morning after rising, with dizziness
as from obscuration of the eyes; he thinks he will fall while walking;
with paleness of the face; for two weeks, [1].
► Nausea, at noon, with aversion to
beef broth, for several days in succession, [1]. ► Nausea,
with inclination to vomit, in the afternoon, with running of water from
the mouth (second day), [1]. ► Food nauseates him, [1]. ►
Excessive nausea, with inclination to vomit, with tolerably good
appetite, fasting, before, during, and after eating; afterwards vomiting
of water (not of food), with much secretion of saliva (after a few
days), [1]. ►
Faintlike nausea, as if from the left hypochondrium, [1]. [430.] ► Faintlike nausea, in the evening in bed,
which prevented sleep for two hours, [1].
► Qualmishness in the stomach, after
the midday meal, [5]. ► *Qualmishness as from the abdomen, with
contractive pain below the umbilicus, and much mucus in the throat,
especially in the morning and for several hours after a meal,
[1]. ►
Qualmishness in the lower abdomen, [5].
► Great qualmishness and nausea,
before supper, without inclination to vomit, [1]. ►
Inclination to vomit at night, with faintlike weakness, [1]. ► *Vomiting
of all the food taken, with nausea, [1]. ► She
immediately vomited the midday meal without nausea, wherewith she had a
sickly, aching sensation in the pit of the stomach (after ten days), [1]. ►
Vomiting in the afternoon, after a walk of two hours, with great nausea,
sudden weariness, and great chilliness, for some hours, [1]. ►
Vomiting from very slight nausea, with running of much water from the
mouth, [1]. [440.] ►
Vomiting, with nausea and griping in the abdomen, the whole day, without
diarrhœa, [1]. ► Vomiting, with nausea and griping in the
abdomen, two days in succession (after a few hours), [1]. ► *With the
pressure in the stomach she was obliged to vomit, [1]. ►
Stomach. ► Fermentation in
the stomach, followed by emission of flatulence; then a dull pressure,
drawing and sticking alternating in the body, followed by weakness of
the eyes, [1]. ► *Insipid and “spoiled” sensation in
the stomach, though a good appetite, [1]. ► Pain in
the stomach, after eating, somewhat relieved by drinking, [1]. ► Pains
in the right side of the stomach, which are constantly relieved after
frequent eructations, [1]. ► Pain in the stomach, like a ravenous
hunger, from morning till afternoon, [4].
► Pain in the stomach, with
oppression and anxiety, [1]. ► Burning in the stomach, fasting and
before eating, which obliges him to eat, [1].
[450.] ►
Burning in the stomach, soon after eating, with heaviness of the body
and ill-humor, [1]. ► Burning in the stomach, followed by heat
of the whole body and then by perspiration, [4]. ► Feeling
of coldness and sensation of great emptiness in the stomach, [4]. ►►
*Constrictive pain in the stomach (after six days), [1]. ►
Griping pain in the stomach, in the forenoon, disappearing during and
after eating, [1]. ► *Griping in the stomach, with nausea; she was
constantly obliged to spit, as in waterbrash, [1]. ►
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, at night and in the morning (ninth
day), [1]. ►
Pressure after eating, like a cramp in the stomach, from the œsophagus
to the umbilicus (after twenty-four days), [1]. ► *Pressure
in the stomach the whole day, which was only relieved by lying and by
the warmth of the bed, immediately returning on rising from bed,
[1]. ►
*Pressure in the pit of the stomach, the whole forenoon, relieved by
eructations, [4]. [460.] ►
Pressure in the stomach with slight eructations, [7]. ►
Sticking and throbbing in the pit of the stomach, [4]. ►
Frequent stitches in the stomach and bowels, [1]. ► Gnawing
in the stomach, before dinner, [1].
► Gnawing in the stomach, after
eating, [1]. ► Hot things disagree with her stomach,
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