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KALI CARBONICUM. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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CHEST.

►
*Weakness of the chest
, [1].
► *Weakness and weariness of the chest,
from rapid walking
, [1].
► Anxiety in the chest, towards
evening, [1]. ► Rheumatic pains in chest, back,
shoulders, and arms; worse on moving them, [8]. ► *Tension
across the chest, on expiration, while walking
, [1]. ►
Pinching in the pectoral muscles, several times, [1]. ►
Spasmodic pain in the chest, disappearing by eructations, [1]. ► Boring
deep into the left chest (ninth day), [5].
► Drawing pain across the chest
(after four days), [1]. [1010.] ►
Pressure in the chest, on breathing, [1].
► Pressure and a sensation of drawing
downward in the middle of the chest, [5].
► Oppression of the chest,
with deep, moaning respiration, [1].
► Oppression of the chest, with
difficult respiration, two or three times (after thirty days), [5]. ►
Oppression of the chest, with distended abdomen, [1]. ► Cutting
sensation in the lower portion of the chest, especially in the left
side, extending into the upper abdomen, which leaves behind a sticking
in the left side of the chest (twentieth day), [2]. ► Cutting
pain in the chest, in the morning
, especially about the pit
of the stomach, as from incarcerated flatulence, [2]. ►►
*Cutting pain in the chest, in the evening, after lying down
;
she does not know how she shall lie; worse when
lying on the right side
, [5].
► Biting in the chest, now here, now
there, at intervals, [5]. ► Burning sticking in the right chest, on
rising from stooping (after one hour), [5].
[1020.] ►
*Stitch in the left chest
, [1].
► *Stitches in the left chest,
[3]. ►
*Stitches at times in the right chest
, [1]. ►
Sticking in the left chest, at times during the cough, [1]. ►
Stitches beneath the last right ribs, without affecting respiration,
lasting four days, [1]. ► Stitches beneath the last right ribs, on
inspiration (first day), [1]. ► Dull, painful stitches extending into the
chest, below the left clavicle, only transiently removed by pressing
upon it, in the evening, [5]. ► Burning stitches in both costal regions,
frequently returning, in the afternoon (after twelve days), [5]. ►
Some cutting stitches beneath the right clavicle, with pain as if a
thorn were sticking in it, [5]. ► Tearing stitches in the left costal
region, taking away the breath, [5].
[1030.] ►
Tearing in the bones of the chest, above the left side of the pit of the
stomach, in the evening, [2]. ► *The chest becomes very sore, especially on
talking
, [1]. ► *Sore pain in the upper part of the chest, on
breathing, touching, and lifting anything heavy
, [1]. ►
Bruised pain in the chest, [1]. ► Scraping in the chest from the wind, [1]. ►
Tearing scraping in the chest, during the cough, [1]. ► The
chest is affected by loud talking, [1].
► Front. ►
Trembling or twitching in the forepart of the chest, [5]. ►
Pressure in the forepart of the chest, especially in the right side, at
intervals, aggravated by inspiration, relieved by eructations, [2]. ►
Pressure in the ensiform cartilage, on coughing, and also on deep
inspiration (after sixteen hours), [1].
[1040.] ►
Pressive pain in the morning on rising, in the right margin of the
sternum, where it is also painful to touch, [1]. ► Sharp
pressive pain behind the sternum, on breathing, as also on swallowing
liquids and on eructating, for several days, [1]. ►
Stitches in the sternum, in front of the right breast, also on
inspiration, in the evening (first day), [5].
► Dull stitches suddenly in the
sternum, during eructations and on swallowing liquids, [1]. ► Sides.
► Tension in the right or left side,
at night, [1]. ► *Pressure in the whole left side of the chest,
[3]. ►
Frequent pressure in the left side of the chest and region of the heart
(eighth day), [2]. ► Pinching pressure in the right side of
the chest (twenty-sixth day), [2].
► *Sticking pressure in the right side of
the chest
, at times, for several days, [1]. ►►
*Sticking pressure in the left side of the chest, on deep breathing
,
[1]. [1050.]
► Burning-sticking in the left side
of the chest, while sitting, disappearing after rising (seventh day), [5]. ►
Stitches in the right or left side, at night, [1]. ► *Stitches
in the sides on inspiration
, [1].
►► *Stitches in the right side of
the chest, on inspiration
, [1].
► Stitches between the middle ribs of
the right side, while sitting (first day), [5]. ► Dull,
pinching stitches in the right side of the chest, [2]. ► Dull
stitches low down in the left side of the chest, beneath the short ribs,
[2]. ►
Dull stitches in the right side, beneath the ribs, in the morning, [2]. ►
Tearing in the left side of the chest, on the last short ribs, [2]. ►
Throbbing in the left side, near the pit of the stomach
, [1]. [1060.]
► Sticking throbbing in one rib of
the right side, opposite the pit of the stomach, [5]. ► Mammæ.
► When sitting still, a sudden very
sharp shoot from a spot close to inner side of right breast, about the
centre, from above downwards, going straight through to back, making her
feel faint, and leaving a feeling of tenderness to touch at two spots
about the size of a shilling, one where the pain began, and the other
where it left off, [8]. ► Violent sticking in the left breast, the
region of the heart, and at times extending into the back, after
midnight, endurable only when lying on the right side, intolerable on
every attempt to lie on the left side; the second night, very early
waking, most violent sticking in the chest, shortness of breath when
lying on the left side, intolerable except when resting in the highest
possible position, and disappearing when lying on the right side;
reappearing the third night when lying on the back, [6]. ► *Stitches
beneath the left mamma, at times extending upward from low down in the
chest, also in the evening
, [5].
► Violent stitch beneath both
breasts, after lifting a heavy weight; afterwards griping in both sides
of the upper abdomen, extending forward, in the afternoon, [5]. ►
Tearing stitches in the breasts, [1].
► Tearing in the left breast
(seventeenth day), [2]. ► Tearing pain in the right breast (ninth
day), [2]. ►
Jerking pain externally in the left lowest ribs, [1]. ►
Bubbling-like muscular twitches in the upper part of the right breast
(twenty-second day), [2]. [1070.] ►
Tickling in the right breast (sixteenth day), [1].
   

HEART AND PULSE.

►
Præcordium.
► She awoke
about 2 A.M., with anxiety about the heart, and was unable to fall
asleep again, [1]. ► Burning in the region of the heart (after
two days), [1]. ► Pinching pain in or by the heart, as if
the heart were hanging by tightly drawn bands; mostly noticed on deep
inspiration or coughing, not on motion of the body (after a few hours), [1]. ►
Stitches in the præcordial region, [1].
► Heart’s Action. ► Palpitation when he becomes hungry (after
ten days), [1]. ► *Frequent and violent palpitation,
with anxiety, [1]. ► Violent palpitation in the forenoon, with
confusion of the head and nausea (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Violent throbbing and palpitation of the heart
on the least exertion
(after five or six days), [7]. ►
Frequent intermissions of the beats of the heart, [1]. ► Pulse.
[1080.] ►
He feels the pulse over the whole body, even to the tips of the toes, [1]. ►
Pulse slower than usual (twenty-ninth day), [2].
   

NECK AND BACK.

►
Neck.
► Stiff neck, [8]. ►
Stiffness in the nape of the neck, in the morning in bed

(also after three days), [1]. ► Stiffness in the nape of the neck, in the
morning, disappearing during the day; lasting several weeks, [1]. ►
Stiffness in the nape of the neck, at night, [1]. ► Stiffness
in the nape of the neck
, with elongation of the uvula, [3]. ►
Increased stiffness of neck, with pain in sides of neck and back of
neck, compelling her to move it, though movement increased the pain, [8]. ►
On waking in night or morning, feels the neck stiff, which goes off
after moving about, [8]. ► If she wakes at night the neck, arms, and
shoulders feel more stiff than at any other time, [8]. [1090.] ► Neck quite stiff, unable to move it any
way or to lie down from it; stiffness extends down back; shoulders feel
heavy; at the same time tonsils feels swollen as if touching, causing
feeling of suffocation; worse on lying down; the stiffness and swollen
feeling of tonsils always come on together, [8]. ► Pain in
the nape of the neck, on bending the head backward, [1]. ►
Cervical muscles painful on motion, [1].
► Violent tension in the nape of the
neck, which is still more painful on moving the head, [5]. ► Drawing
pain in the nape of the neck (after two hours), [5]. ►
Pressive drawing in the right side of the neck, [1]. ► Tearing
in the nape of the neck, at times, only transient, [5]. ► Tearing
in the right side of the nape of the neck, in the morning, [1]. ►
Tearing in the lower portion of the right side of the neck (after
twenty-four days), [2]. ► Jerking pain in the left side of the neck
(after two days), [6]. ► Back. [1100.] ►
Stiffness in the back, she is unable to stoop, [1]. ►
Stiffness and lameness in the back and small of the back, [1]. ►
Rheumatic pains in back, chest, shoulders, and arms, worse on moving
them, [8]. ►
Attack of constrictive pain in the back, during rest, after physical
effort; he was obliged to lie down, followed by profuse perspiration,
lasting through the night, and in the morning stool consisting of blood,
and mucus, though without pain, [1].
► Contractive pain in the back,
during rest, after physical exertion, [1].
► Some sharp biting, pinchings on the
posterior parts of the ribs on both sides of the back, [1]. ► Violent
backache, [1]. ► Pressure in the spine when swallowing, [1]. ►
Burning pressure in the back, worse when walking in the open air (after
nineteen days), [1]. ► Tensive pressure like excessive fatigue
extending from the right scapula along the side of the back into the
small of the back, recurring without cause, and also in the morning in
bed, but especially when riding in a carriage, [2]. [1110.] ► Drawing pressure in the back, [1]. ►
Pain in the back as from a sprain, [1].
► Stitches in the right side of the
back, extending through the chest (twenty-fifth day), [2]. ►
*Burning tearing near the right side of the spine, above the small of
the back (eighteenth day), [2]. ► Bruised pain in the back, during rest,
not during motion, [1]. ► Dorsal. ►
Tensive pain behind the left scapula, on breathing, [1]. ►
Cramplike attack, like a tearing, between the shoulders, followed by
stiffness in the nape of the neck, and on attempting to move the head it
several times jerks backwards, [1].
► Pressure in the left scapula, [1]. ►
A pressure at first between the scapulæ, afterwards a burning extending
thence to the crest of the pelvis, alike during rest and motion; the
burning is perceptible when touched by the hand, [1]. ► A sharp
pressure on the upper part of the back (thirty-fourth day), [2]. [1120.]
► Drawing pressure in the scapulæ, [1]. ►
Pain as from a sprain in the left scapula, [1]. ►
Sticking and pressive tearing in the back near the right scapula (tenth
and thirty-eighth days), [2]. ► Sticking pain between the scapulæ, with
oppression and anxiety in the chest, almost only when sitting, so that
she is obliged to rise and walk about, [1].
► Violent sticking pain as from a
sprain in the left scapula, extending into the chest, [1]. ► Dull
sticking in the left scapula, [2].
► Pinching sticking in both scapulæ,
[2]. ►
A stitch extending from the tip of the left scapula to the pit of the
stomach, during hard work (after seven days), [2]. ► *Stitches
in the right scapula, on breathing
, [1]. ► Sharp
tearing stitch under the right scapula, [2].
[1130.] ►
*Tearing in the right scapula, in the morning
(fourth day), [2]. ►
Bruised pain between the shoulders and on the left shoulder,
disappearing on motion, [5]. ► Sticking bruised pain in the right
scapula, on motion, perceptible as far as into the chest, [1]. ►
Pulsating throbbing on the upper margin of the left scapula, [5]. ►
Lumbar.
► Stiffness in the
small of the back, [1]. ► Pain in the small of the back, only on
bending backward, not during rest, [1].
► Pain in the small of the back,
after standing or walking awhile, [1].
► Frequent pain just above the small
of the back, while sitting, [2]. ► Violent pain in the small of the back,
with pains in the abdomen like labor pains and discharge from the
vagina, [1]. ►
Pain like a heaviness in the small of the back, [5]. [1140.] ► During the menses, pain in the small of
the back, like a heaviness, [5]. ► Pain in the small of the back as from
flatulent distension, in the morning in bed, with a feeling as if
bubbles accumulated at the small of the back, associated with urgent
desire for stool, all of which disappeared after passing wind, [5]. ►
Violent pain in the small of the back, as if broken, on moving about, [5]. ►
*Drawing pain in the small of the back
, [1]. ►
Violent, constant drawing in the small of the back, alternating with
pulsation in it, only relieved when lying, [1]. ► Pressure in
the region of both kidneys
(seventh, eighth, fifteenth, and
nineteenth days), [2]. ► Pressure in the back above the region of
the right kidney, in the morning (twentieth day), [2]. ► *During the
menses, severe pressure in the small of the back and forepart of the
lower abdomen, as if everything would push out at the genitals
,
[1]. ►
Sore pressure in the region of the right kidney (sixth day), [2]. ►
*Feeling in the morning as if the small of the back were pressed inward
from both sides
, [5]. [1150.] ►
Stitching ascending at times from the small of the back through the left
side of the abdomen to the chest, [1].
► Stitches in the region of both kidneys
(eleventh and twenty-ninth days), [2].
► Dull stitches in the region of the
left kidney, at first on expiration, afterwards several in succession,
disappearing on rubbing, [5]. ► Tearing in the region of the right kidney
(thirteenth day), [2]. ► *Tearing in the lumbar muscles, impeding
respiration
, [1]. ► Tearing back and forth in the left lumbar
region, while sitting, disappearing on motion, [5]. ► Pain as
if the flesh were torn from the loins, when walking, but especially when
touched, [1]. ► Pain as if bruised in the regions of both
kidneys, continuing a long time in the afternoon, while sitting (first
day), [5]. ►
Severe bruised feeling in the small of the back, especially in the
morning on rising, [1]. ► Throbbing in the small of the back, [1]. [1160.]
► Jerking pain in the small of the
back on stooping, so that for a long time he is unable to stand erect, [1]. ►
Sacral.
► Tickling weary
pain above the sacrum, [1]. ► Severe gnawing in the coccyx, during rest
and motion, [5].
   

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

► Objective. ►
Trembling of the hands and legs, and easily fatigued from walking, [1]. ►
Stiffness of the limbs (after ten days), [1].
► Laxity and weakness of the limbs, [1]. ►
Loss of power in the limbs, they give way, [1]. ►
Tickling weakness in all the limbs, [1].
► *So great uneasiness in the limbs, in
the evening in bed, that she could find no place where she could lie
easily
, [1]. ► Subjective. ►
The parts upon which she lies fall asleep (the arms and legs), [1]. [1170.]
► The left leg and right arm go to
sleep, at night, [1]. ► *Such heaviness in the limbs that she is
scarcely able to lift the feet
, [1]. ► Limbs
feel heavy, especially legs, [8]. ► Uneasiness in the limbs, in the evening;
she is obliged to move them about, [1].
► Uneasiness in the limbs, in the
evening; is frequently obliged to stretch them out, [1]. ► Burning
pain in the limbs, at night in bed, [1].
► Drawing pain in all the limbs, with
a feeling as if he had been long sick, with great paleness of the face
and emaciation, [1]. ► Pressure in the limbs as if in the bones,
now here, now there, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the joints, with drawing
pain in the long bones, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the joints of the
knees, feet, and hands, only during rest, [1].
[1180.] ►
Sticking in the joints and tendons
, [1]. ►
Transient tearing in the fingers and at the same time in the toes, [2]. ►
The limbs pain when he rests them upon any object
(after four
days), [6]. ►
Jerkings in the limbs (eighth day), [1].
► Crawling in the limbs, especially
in the legs, while sitting, with drawing in the lower legs, which makes
him restless, [2].

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