SPIGELIA.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Great weakness in the lower extremities,
especially in the thighs, as far as below the knees, as after violent
running, even while sitting, [8]. [510.] ►
The lower extremities seem heavy, a tingling in them; could only slip
along with difficulty; walking was very difficult, [1]. ► Hip and
Thigh. ► Drawing pain in
right hip and muscles of right thigh, [2].
► Tension in muscles in anterior
surfaces of thighs, only when walking, [4].
► Tension in the right thigh, while
sitting (after thirty-six hours), [5].
► Tensive pain in the left gluteal
muscles, while walking (after five days), [5].
► Bruised pain in the anterior
muscles of the thighs, only when walking, [1].
► Pressive pain in the right thigh,
aggravated by pressure (after five hours and a half), [5]. ►
Pressive tearing in the left thigh, externally, extending from the knee
to the pelvis, as if in the periosteum; when pressing immediately upon
the bone the pain was aggravated (after eleven days), [7]. ► Drawing
tearing in the right thigh, while sitting (after twenty-nine
hours), [6]. ► Persistent tensive stitch in the left thigh,
while walking, that ceases on standing, and afterwards returns, on
sitting (after four days), [5].
[520.] ►
Intermittent burning sharp stitches in the muscles below the neck of the
left femur, externally and posteriorly, in a small spot, while sitting,
a little relieved by rising; but on sitting down again more violent than
before, [4]. ► Persistent itching stitch on the left thigh,
[5]. ►
Knee. ► Digging and great
uneasiness in the left knee, on account of which she could not sleep,
but was obliged at one time to bend it up, at another to stretch it out
and move it from place to place (after four hours), [1]. ► The
knee is painful to touch, as if beaten, [1].
► Bruised pain on the inner surface
of the knee-joint on bending the knee, [1].
► Boring pain above the right knee,
only during rest, [5]. ► Pressive pain above the right knee, while
sitting, that disappears on motion (after a quarter of an hour), [6]. ►
Compressive pain in the knees, mingled with drawing and sticking; the
longer he walks the worse the pain becomes, [1]. ► Some
jerks in the patella, [1]. ► A tearing tension on the outer side of
the left knee-joint on every step, on going upstairs (after seventy-six
hours), [4]. [530.] ►
Tearing pain, like a sprain, in the left knee, only when walking, so
that at times he limped, since he could not bend the knee as usual,
[7]. ►
Sharp deep needlelike stitch in the right patella, while sitting, [4]. ►
Tensive stitch in the left patella, during rest (after four days), [5]. ►
Sharp needlelike stitches pass through the middle of the knee on bending
it, interrupted only for a moment when walking (after five days), [6]. ►
Leg. ► A transient
sensation of heaviness in the right leg, while sitting (after nine
hours), [6]. ►
Drawing in the legs, extending downwards, with a sensation of warmth, or
a sensation as if warmth had penetrated them; then also the feet were
warmer, [1]. ►
Sneezing causes a movement from above downward through the leg, almost
like a tremulous chilliness, [4]. ► Itching digging in the left tibia below
the patella, during rest, [5]. ► Cramp in the left calf (after eleven
hours), [5]. ►
Digging pain in the right calf on the inner side, more violent when
walking, [5]. [540.] ►
Sensation as though the blood were dropping through a valve in the right
calf; a kind of bubbling (after a quarter of an hour), [14]. ►
Tensive drawing in the left calf, when walking, [5]. ► Stitches in
the calves, with jerking and pulsation in both patellæ if the knees are
held stiffly outstretched (after thirteen days), [2]. ►
Crawling in the calves, [1]. ► Ankle. ►
A hard pressure, as from a hard stone in the ankle, together with
drawing in it, while standing, [3].
► Acute pain in the left ankle when
stepping upon it, in the morning, [21a].
► Smarting drawing, associated with
soreness, in the ankles (after four hours), [3]. ► Burning
pain above the right inner malleolus (after thirty-seven hours), [5]. ►
Some sticking jerks above the ankle, [1].
► A fine boring stitch in the right
inner malleolus, during rest (after thirty-three hours), [5]. ► Foot.
[550.] ►
Pain on bending the foot up and down, as though the tendons about the
ankle were too short; a cramplike sensation (after ten hours), [6]. ►
Pressive digging in the right foot above the toes, only during rest, [5]. ►
Intermittent tearing in the left foot, just above the toes, [4]. ►
Intermittent tearing in the left metatarsal bone (after twelve hours), [4]. ►
Jerking tearing on the back of the foot (after forty-five hours), [6]. ►
Burning pain in the back of the left foot (after fifty-six hours), [5]. ►
Itching-boring stitch on the back of the right foot, during rest, so
that he cried aloud (after seventy-nine hours), [5]. ► Soles
of the feet painful, as if suppurating, in the morning on first stepping
upon them, [1]. ► When stepping, a sensation in the sole of
the left foot, as though the parts were too tense and short, causing a
sticking pain (after twenty-nine hours), [6].
► Violent stitches in the sole of the
left foot, while sitting (after four days), [6]. [560.] ► An itching stitch in the sole of the
right foot, persistent during motion, [5].
► Toes. ►
A crawling creeping in the tips of the right toes, only during rest
(after fifty-three hours), [5]. ► Fine tearing in the muscles of the left
toes (after ten days), [7]. ► Boring-itching stitching in the balls of
the second and third toes, [5]. ► Itching stitch in the second right toe, [5].
GENERALITIES.
►
Convulsions followed by death, [17].
[In two lusty children. -Hughes.] ►
*Weakness in the morning, on waking, [1]. ► *Great
weakness of the body, after walking, [2]. ►
Overpowered by great weakness, when hungry, [1]. ► When
walking in the open air, he was at first strong and vigorous, but soon
became weak and weary, especially in the muscles of the thigh, with
anxious pressure upon the chest, so that he would have been glad to
eructate but could not, followed by desire for stool and emission of
flatus, with relief in the abdomen (after five hours and a half), [3]. [570.]
► So weak and prostrated after slight
exertion that he thought he was near his end (after twenty-four hours), [2]. ►
Weakness while walking, standing, and lying, it is almost impossible to
take the least thing in the hands or even to dress himself, [11]. ►
Great weakness, in the morning; all the limbs so fatigued that he could
move them with difficulty (after seven days), [4]. ► Great
weakness, especially noticed on going upstairs (after two hours), [9]. ►
Great weakness of body and mind, especially after standing, [1]. ►
Weariness, in the morning; soon after rising from bed he could not
prevent falling asleep again, while sitting (after seven days), [14]. ►
Very sensitive to cold air, [2]. ► *Great sensitiveness of the whole body to touch;
if he knocks against any part there is a sudden painful crawling through
the whole body to the head, [11].
► *Painful sensitiveness of the whole
body to touch; the slightest knock in any part causes pain, and like a
shuddering about the place; even on stepping an unpleasant shattering in
the body (after three days), [14].
► He felt very sick and anxious, in
the evening, in the open air, with internal heat, and was obliged to
hurry to the house, but even there did not feel especially better (after
eleven hours), [3]. [580.] ►
The whole body does not feel well; heaviness and lassitude in the limbs,
with disinclination to work, though without a despondent mood (after six
days), [5]. ►
Everything hurt him as if he were bruised, and on rising for a seat he
was dizzy and unsteady on his feet as if reeling, [1]. ►
Needlelike stitches in many parts of the body on going upstairs (after a
moderate dose), [7]. ► All the symptoms are worse, in the
afternoon, [1].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Several small
pimples on the chin containing pus, almost without sensation, even when
touched (after four hours), [11]. ► Some red pimples on the neck painfully
sore to touch (after five days), [14].
► A red papular eruption on the neck
painfully sore to touch (after ten days), [7].
► A hard red papular eruption in a
spot where the day previous there had been burning itching in the palm
of the left hand, that continued several days, with a burning-itching
sensation, [14]. ► On the right middle finger, a pimple that
is painless by itself, but on pressure it exudes yellow pus, and
disappears the next day (after seventeen days), [2]. ► Small
elevations like hives on the lower extremities, after scratching, [5]. [590.]
► An elevated growth like a wart,
without sensation, on the second left toe, it disappeared after three
days and left a white scar (after three days), [2]. ► A
wartlike growth on the second left toe, with biting pain; pressure of
the shoe caused burning pain as in a corn; it left a thick white scar
(after seventeen days), [2]. ► Subjective. ►
Itching in the right concha (after thirty-six hours), [5]. ►
Itching in both ears externally at the same time (after five days), [5]. ►
Itching over the whole right side of the nose (after thirty-five hours),
[5]. ►
Itching on the right wing of the nose, [5].
► Itching on the back, left scapula,
not relieved by scratching, [5]. ► Itching in both axillæ, especially in
the left (after thirteen hours), [5].
► Itching on the right forearm (after
five days), [3]. ► Burning itching in the middle of the
palms (after twenty-four hours), [14].
[600.] ►
Itching in the palms of the hands and tips of the fingers, as if they
had been frozen, [3]. ► Constant biting itching in both thighs as
if an eruption would form, not relieved by scratching, not noticed at
night in bed, [5]. ► Crawling itching on the right thigh,
disappearing on scratching, [5]. ► Itching in the skin, more on the thigh than on
the leg, frequently returning after scratching (after eleven
hours), [3]. ►
Itching on the back of the left foot during rest, not relieved by
scratching, [5]. ► Itching crawling in the sole of the right
foot (after seventy-seven hours), [5].
SLEEP.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning,
without sleepiness, [11]. ► Almost incessant yawning, immediately, [1]. ►
Drowsiness, [17]. [Revised by
Hughes.] ► Irresistible sleepiness,
in the evening, so long as he was up, but after lying down he could not
sleep for a long time, [6]. [610.] ►
Frequent desire to sleep, which he could resist, [2]. ►
Irresistible desire to sleep all the forenoon, with yawning (after two
hours), [6]. ►
Sleepiness with yawning, as if he had not slept enough (after five
hours), [10]. ► Sleep, [16],
[20]. [Brown says, “as from
Opium.” -Hughes.] ► A very
unusually long midday nap, and on waking he could not persuade himself
to rise but kept falling asleep again, [12].
► Such great sleepiness in the
morning that his head fell forward, he was obliged to close his eyes
(after two hours and a half), [9].
► Heavy and stupid sleep, [15]. [From the smallest dose, as
stated. -Hahnemann.] ► Sleep at night
with many unremembered dreams, [3].
► Sleeplessness. ► Every night no sleep before midnight,
though without pain, [1]. ► After lying down he remained awake for into the
night; could not fall asleep, [4].
[620.] ►
Restless sleep, [11]. ► Sleep very restless, with frequent waking,
full of anxious frightful dreams, for example, that lightning had struck
off his shoulder, [1]. ► Sleep very uneasy, disturbed by vivid
unremembered dreams; the sleep was late on account of great mental
activity; after midnight he woke frequently, tossed about, and was in a
half waking condition, [12]. ► Sleep very restless, tossing from side to
side, with vivid dreams of fire and quarrels and about 1 o’clock he
thought it time to rise, [5]. ► Sleep unrefreshing; in the morning he was
more weary than in the evening on lying down, [1]. ► Dreams.
► Confused dreams in which he seemed so
busy that in the morning he felt weary; he could either indistinctly or
not at all remember his dreams, [7]. ► Vivid
dreams of well-known past occurrences; long dreams of one and the same
subject, [9]. ► Very vivid anxious dream of a great fire
and ghosts, [5]. ► Anxious dreams at night, [11]. ► Dreams
at night, which he only indistinctly remembers, [14]. [630.] ► Voluptuous dream, with emission, without
erection, [3]. ► Lascivious dreams, with emission (first
night), [5].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chilliness every
morning, after rising, [7].
► Chilliness in the morning when rising,
and at noon (five hours afterwards) heat, mostly on the trunk, though
greater on the face, with redness, without special thirst, five days in
succession at the same hours, [7].
► Chilliness every morning after rising,
coming and going for two hours, [7]. ► Shaking
chill in the morning without thirst, with considerable lightness of the
movements of the fingers and mental activity, [3]. ► Sudden
creeping chills every morning, at one time only in the feet,
at another only in the head and hands, at another on the back or chest
and abdomen, at another over the whole body, without thirst (after
seventy-two hours), [4]. ► Chilliness, immediately on going to bed
in the evening, afterwards violent sweat, of a bad odor, so that he
became wet all over, [11]. ► Chilliness of the whole body, without thirst,
only in the morning (after two hours); several mornings in succession, recurring at intervals
and extending from the feet upwards, [7]. ► Violent
chill and coldness, immediately after dinner, on account of which he was
obliged to lie in bed, [1]. [640.] ►
Shivering and chill, towards evening, in the open air, with tensive pain
in the left side of the neck below the ear; the next morning glandular
swelling in a small spot, hard and painful to touch, with sticking in
the left side of the throat on swallowing, with swelling of the gum and
difficulty in opening the jaws; the sticking pain on swallowing ceased
when the swollen glands pressed inward, with sweat, two mornings in
succession (after nine days), [6].
► *Very slight motion of the body causes
chilliness, [4]. ► Alternations of chill and heat,
chilliness especially on the back, heat in the hands and face, [11]. ►
In the afternoon, he was first attacked with a chill, then he became
very hot and thirsty (for beer), [1].
► On lying down, in the evening, he
had first a chill for half an hour, immediately followed by heat, then
sweat all over, lasting nearly all night, [1].
► Alternations of chills followed by
heat, all day, with redness of the face, [1].
► Febrile attack; in the evening,
chilliness with cold hands and distended abdomen, without thirst;
afterwards in the night, while lying quietly on the back, a bruised pain
in all the joints, vivid, fatiguing dreams, talking in sleep, dry heat
of the body, with dryness of the mouth, nose, and eyes, without thirst, [1]. ►
Cold sensation over the whole body, without coldness; he was warm to
touch all over, warmest on the chest, [7].
► Cold shivers creep over the whole
body except the arm, with a sensation as if the hair bristled, [6]. ►
Creeping shivering over the whole body, especially seeming to start from
the chest, at short intervals of two to ten minutes, [4]. [650.] ► Creeping shivering, with heat over the
whole body, without thirst (after seven hours), [10]. ►
Shivering creeps over the whole body, without heat and thirst (after one
hour), [10]. ►
Sensation of coldness and heat alternately, only on the left side of the
forehead, without any externally perceptible change of temperature, [11]. ►
At times chilliness spread from the pit of the stomach to the abdomen
and lower extremities, also at times to the back (after twenty-four
hours), [4]. ► Slight chilliness in the back, extending to the
abdomen, to the umbilical region (after two hours), [12]. ►
Severe chill, extending through all the limbs all day, without thirst,
two days in succession, [1]. ► Great chilliness over the arms and
shoulders, [1]. ► Chilly sensation and gooseflesh on the
arms, did not dare to bring the arms against the body on account of a
distressing shivering sensation (after four hours), [3]. ► Hands
cold, with cold clammy sweat, especially on the inner surfaces, [1]. ►
The hands when held against the face seemed cold, while to touch they
seemed warmer than usual, only somewhat clammy in the palms, [4]. [660.]
► Cold hands, with heat in the face,
without thirst (after five days), [14].
► The tips of the fingers were cold,
though the rest of the hand was moderately warm (after three hours), [10]. ►
Sensation of gooseflesh, without chilliness, on the right thigh, [3]. ►
Heat. ► Internal fever, in
the morning; creeping chilliness recurring at intervals of five to ten
minutes, with externally perceptibly increased warmth; the chilliness
seemed to star from the pit of the stomach and extend over the trunk and
upper extremities, without thirst (after twenty-four hours), [4]. ►
Heat and great thirst for beer, [11].
► Very great heat over the whole
body, after slight exertion, with sweat, especially of the head without
thirst (after one hour), [6]. ► Sensation of internal heat, at night,
with dryness of the mouth, without thirst, [1]. ► Though
there was a sensation of heat, equally over the whole body, and
especially on the face, yet he longed for the warmth of the bed, in the
evening (after seven days), [14]. ► Sensation of heat in the body, in the
forenoon, without externally perceptible heat, [1]. ► (While
eating cold food, he became hot), [12].
[670.] ►
Much heat in the head, [11]. ► Great, intolerable heat, especially in
the face, on moderate exertion; on more violent exertion, sweat over the
whole body (after fourteen days), [2].
► Flushing heat over the face,
without redness (after a quarter of an hour), [6]. ►
Sensation of heat in the face and hands, while the hands seemed cold
when held to the face, and also the face seems cold to the hands (after
eight hours), [10]. ► Flushes of heat over the back, after
supper, [11]. ► Sensation of heat over the whole spine, [3]. ►
Increased warmth in the back; the hands, abdomen, etc., seemed burning
hot, and so he became hot all over, [12].
► At night, heat only of the lower
extremities, without thirst or sweat, [1].
► Sweat. ►
He broke into sweat on the slightest covering, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), 3 to 4 A.M., pain in occiput and
nape of neck; sneezing; on rising, facial muscles seen distorted;
dryness of mouth; in bed, cutting in abdomen; palpitation; on stepping,
soles of feet painful; weakness; sleepiness; chilliness; internal fever.
► (Afternoon),
5 to 6 P.M., cutting colic; 3 P.M., griping in abdomen; pressure upon
chest. ► (Evening),
Dulness in head; tearing pain in brain; dulness in occiput; heat in
eyes; roaring and whizzing in ears; colic. ►
(Night), Toothache; cough and
catarrh; uneasiness in limbs; heat. ►
(Open air), Headache; dry cough. ► (Blowing nose),
Closure of ear and loss of hearing. ►
(Chewing), Pain in right lower jaw;
pain in tongue. ► (After eating), Eructations of gas. ► (Expiration),
Stitches in stomach; stitch in right side of abdomen; stitch in left
chest; stitch in right chest; stitch in back. ►
(Going upstairs), Tension on outer
side of left knee-joint; needlelike stitches in body. ► (Inspiration),
Stitches in pit of stomach; stitch to left of navel; stitch in right
side of chest; stitch in left chest; tearing pain beneath left nipple;
sticking pain beneath left nipple; stitch in back; stitch in margin of
left ilium. ► (Lying down), Headache; griping in abdomen. ► (Lying on left
side), Toothache. ► (Lying horizontally), Bubbling pain in
occiput. ► (Motion),
Shaking and swashing in forehead; pain in forehead; pain in occiput;
bubbling pain in occiput; stitch in sole of right foot; chilliness. ► (Moving index
finger), Cutting pain above left wrist. ►
(Noise), Pain in occiput. ► (Pressure),
Stitch in right true ribs; pain in left deltoid; pain in right thigh. ► (During rest),
Pain in left axilla; heaviness in right upper and forearm; twitching in
muscles of left forearm; pain above wrist; pain in right forearm; pain
above right knee; digging in left tibia; digging in right foot; stitch
on back of right foot; creeping in tips of right toes. ► (Rubbing),
Sensation before eyes. ► (Shaking head), Heaviness and pain in it. ► (Sitting),
Palpitation; tearing in right thigh; stitch in left thigh; pain above
right knee; stitch in right patella; stitch in sole of left foot. ► (Smoking),
Toothache. ► (Sneezing), Moving from above downward in
legs. ► (Standing),
Pressure in chest; contraction in pectoral muscles; pressure above
ensiform cartilage; pressure in ankle. ►
(During stool), Bruised sensation in
four first ribs of left side. ► (Stooping), Headache; pressure outward in
forehead; pressure in left side of occiput. ►
(Swallowing), Stitches in fauces;
sticking in parotid gland. ► (Talking), Ringing in ears. ► (Turning head
when walking), Vertigo. ►
(Turning eyes), Pain in eyeballs. ► (Walking),
Vertigo; swashing in brain; jerks in occiput; sticking in left side of
occiput; stitches in abdomen; stitches in hepatic region; stitch in
right groin; stitch in right side of chest; stitches in back; limbs
affected; tension in muscles in anterior surface of thigh; pain in left
gluteal muscles; bruised pain in anterior muscles of thigh; pain in
knees; tearing pain in left knee; pain in right calf; drawing in left
calf. ► (Walking
in open air), Weakness. ►
(Cold water), Toothache. ► Amelioration. ►
(Leaning backward), Bubbling pain in
occiput. ► (Lying
down), Toothache; stitches in pit of stomach. ► (Motion),
Pain above right knee. ► (Pressure with hand), Pressure in pit of
stomach. ► (Rubbing),
Itching in left eyeball. ► (Scratching), Itching in anus; crawling
itching on right thigh. ► (Walking), Headache.® 2000
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