Hand Book of Materia Medica and
Homœopathic Therapeutics.By T. F. Allen.
Presented by .
Magnesia Carbonica.
Pure carbonate of Magnesium is triturated for use.
General Effects :- ►
In general
it produces gastric and intestinal catarrh, acid eructations,
sour-smelling stools and sour perspiration. ► Great flatulence (with
is said not to be caused by calcined magnesia). ► One of the most
interesting effects in connection with the acid most interesting effects
in connection with the acid dyspepsia is the great tendency to neuralgia,
marked in all the Magnesias,
especially about the face.
Allies :- ►
Hep.,
Puls., Alumina, Calcarea c., Puls.,
Coloc., Pod., etc.
Generalities :- ►
Twitching in
vessels of thighs, shoulders and face. ► Trembling in morning, amel.
rising, with weakness. ► Burning stitches here and there. ►
Wandering tearing in forenoon ; T. during menses, now in both sides
of head, now in vertex, now in nape, amel. night ; jerking T. now in
vertex, now in occiput, upper arms and thighs all day. ► Pains here
and there in all parts. ► Jerking pains on rising from bed. ►
Easily sprained, on bending arm backward shoulder pains as if dislocated
and on touch feels bruised, and inability to turn head to left without
pain. ► Soreness of whole body. ► Sensitiveness of skin of
head and body, especially to cold, cold creeping through skin and
chilliness through and through from every draught. ► Internal
restlessness, with distraction of mind and trembling of hands.►
Weakness ; all day, with
heaviness ; greater in morning after a good
night’s sleep than in evening on lying down ; in morning
in bed ; in morning, with discomfort and apathy ; in morning on
waking, amel. lying down again, with bruised feeling in hands and feet,
and trembling, and on getting out of bed coldness ; in afternoon,
when sitting and walking, amel. standing ; in evening ; when
walking ; when eating ; after eating, with pallor, nausea and
vomiting of dark food ; after an indigestible dinner, with sleepiness
so that he suddenly fell asleep when standing and talking, with confusion
of head, which made thought impossible ; during menses ; during
menses, with sweat ; after stool ; after diarrhœa ; after
vomiting ; with suffering expression and nausea ; with
heaviness ; with discomfort, anxious warmth and sweat ; sudden,
when walking in open air ; of mind and body.►
Dizzy faintness at 9 P.M.
in bed, with coldness, then nausea, afterwards frequent waking with
nausea, agg. slightest motion, agg. morning after rising, with taste and
eructations almost like bad eggs, pale face and coldness. ►
Stiffness of whole body in morning on rising. ► Symptoms which occur
when sitting are usually amel. walking (Puls.).
► Amelioration in open air (Alum., Puls.).
Clinical :- ►
General
tendency to neuralgic pains and general aggravation at night, when there
is a great deal of fever and restlessness (Sul.).
Mind :- ►
Talkative in afternoon,
everything prospers. ► Ill humor ; all day, amel.
evening ; in forenoon ; afternoon ; evening ; at 7 P.M. ;
when walking in evening ; so that she does not know what she shall
undertake, with constant sweat ; yet humming ; good humor on
first day of menses, the next three days ill humor. ► Anxiety all
day, agg. moving about, with sweat ; A. at night, the bed felt like
stones, with constant tossing about ; at night causing late falling
asleep, frequent necessity to uncover herself, which she could not endure
long on account of coldness ; at night, and she could not bear to
have her hands covered, but if she put them out they immediately became
too cold ; after rising, with prostration and with stitches in whole
body ; when eating soup, with warmth, agg. head ; tremulous A.
and fright as if she apprehended some misfortune, amel. evening in bed.
► Sadness ; and apprehension ; and unwillingness to talk.
► Apathy in afternoon, with apprehension and compressive headache.
► Confusion from mental labor, with stupefaction. ►
Forgetfulness.
Head :- ►
Sticking in morning
after rising, with pressure over eyes ; S. at 10.30 A.M.
when standing, then bruised pain in right and then in left side of head,
with feeling as if it would be amel. moving head, which was not the
case ; from 8 P.M. till sleep, making her
ill-humored ; here and there ; here and there from dinner till 3
P.M. ► Tearing in evening and night, with
sticking as from knives, so that she thought it would take away her
senses. ► Aching in morning in bed, lasting till towards 10 A.M. ;
in afternoon, agg. towards evening, with sensitiveness of head to
pressure, as from an ulcer ; during menses, with heaviness and
internal heat ; jerking, at 1 P.M. after
vexation, agg. constantly till amel. evening in bed, with heaviness ;
drawing ; as from stiffness of neck. ► Pressure across during
mental work ; P. over whole, in the house with many people. ►
Feeling as if screwed together from sides at 5 P.M.,
then also in occiput.►
Heaviness in morning, with yawning and
nausea ; H. in morning during menses, with agglutination of inner
canthi ; in afternoon, with pain ; when lying after midday nap,
with bloody saliva. ► Confusion in morning on rising, amel. washing
and moving about, with stupefaction, as from insufficient sleep. ►
Vibration internally on slight motion. ►
Rush of blood in forenoon ; R. agg. smoking. ►
Vertigo in morning on rising, amel. walking, with heaviness of head ;
V. in evening when sewing, with nausea, afterwards when lying
unconsciousness ; when kneeling, as if she would fall into a
heap ; frequent V. like loss of consciousness ; as if everything
turned around with her and as if she would fall forward ; as if
everything went round with her, in morning after rising ; with nausea
and frequent salivation ; objects seem to go around at 11 A.M.,
when standing, with intoxicated feeling and heaviness of head.
Forehead :- ►
Vibrating jerking
above left eye on motion, extending through head. ► Sticking at 6 P.M. ;
intermittent S. ; outward in right side, more externally at 3.30 P.M.,
preceded by tickling. ► Cutting as if skin would be cut through from
middle towards left eye. ► Tearing deep in centre in afternoon, with
beating ; T. in afternoon and evening, amel. in bed, with drawing
backward in nape ; deep in right side of brain at 4 P.M.,
then in left, at last in front of left ear ; in F. and top of head
after dinner, with heaviness ; in brain as if benumbed and heavy,
from 1 till 5 P.M. ► Pain ; in sinciput
and eyes ; from 8 A.M. till noon ; on
waking, amel. 4 P.M., stupefying, in left at 3 P.M.,
and at times in eyes. ► Drawing pain all the forenoon ; in
morning, with nausea. ► Painful drawing to occiput all day during
menses, with heaviness of brain. ► Heaviness at 5 P.M.,
with suppurative pain in left side of occiput ; H. when standing.
► She felt the beat of an artery.
Temples :- ►
Sticking in left ;
in right after dinner ; in left, then above right ear. ►
Tearing in left at 5 P.M., in left in afternoon,
amel. pressure ; in left in evening on lying down, amel. pressure,
but returning ; in right involving eye ; upward in left in
evening, with aching in last molar.
Vertex :- ►
Stitches at 2 P.M. ;
S. through brain to right side of occiput at 10.30 A.M. ;
in right side, then on moving head towards the left tearing in right side
of occiput. ► Jerking tearing, then sensitiveness to pressure.
► Bruised pain during and after menstruation, with sensitiveness to
touch towards evening. ► Pain as if the hair were pulled upward from
5 till 9 P.M.
Sides :- ►
Stitches in left at 3 P.M.
when standing ; here and there in left at 7 P.M. ;
in anterior angle of right parietal bone at 7 P.M. ;
outward in right at night when lying upon it, amel. turning upon other
side ; in right after dinner, with internal throbbing ; in right
when standing, extending forward ; in left parietal bone and in upper
and forepart of right, extending towards each other ; extending
inward at 5 P.M., with internal tearing ;
inward in right when sitting after dinner, with tearing ; boring, in
upper part of right through to right side occiput at 8.30 A.M.
► Boring in left in evening. ► Pain in left, agg. temple,
waking her at night, amel. raising head.
Occiput :- ►
Sticking, and even
over whole head ; S. in evening. ► Pain. ► Tension as if
something drew head backward during and after swallowing, agg. standing,
amel. sitting.
Scalp :- ►
►
Hair falls out profusely. ► Itching in morning after
rising, agg. scratching ; on right side in forenoon, amel.
scratching ; every evening ; on vertex during dinner ; on
left side, amel. scratching ; of scurf every morning ; of scurf
in evening, amel. scratching ; of scurf in
rainy weather.
Clinical :- ►
Preparations of Magnesia
(particularly Mag. phos.)
have been found valuable for neuralgias of the forehead, especially
supraorbital.
Eyes :- ►
Matter in them in
morning on waking, with burning and dim vision. ► Swollen in morning
after waking, and she could not open them for a long time ; seem
swollen in morning after waking, with dizziness. ► Sticking, with
burning and with red vessels in whites. ► Tearing in morning in bed,
then lachrymation, amel. washing. ► Pain. ► Pain in left as if
it would burst or were forced outward, with lachrymation, at times much
water runs from left nostril, with aggravation of the drawing sticking
above left eye on blowing nose. ► Burning ; all day ; in
bright daylight. ► Dryness ; in morning ; during menses,
with burning and dimness. ► Biting in left, with lachrymation.
► Itching in left at 4 P.M., amel. rubbing,
with biting ; I. in right at 10 P.M. with
burning ; in right after dinner ; voluptuous, of left at 4.30 P.M.,
amel. rubbing.►
Lachrymation all day ; in
morning ; of right ; of right, with burning in it and red
vessels in inner canthus. ► Swelling of ball as if “dropsy of
eye” would form. ► Agglutination of
lids in morning on waking ; A., with pressure in eyes.
► Inflammation and swelling of lower lids, with redness of one
canthus. ► Jerking tearing in lower lids, causing lachrymation.
► Jerking tearing in lower lids. ► Burning in right inner
canthus, with inflammation. ► Itching in canthi in evening, with
burning ; I. in left inner, amel. rubbing ; biting, of right
inner, amel. rubbing. ► Tearing on right
upper margin of orbit. ► Pressure about eyes towards
evening. ► Photophobia, with burning in eyes. ► Vision of
right eye vanishes when looking intently. ► Vision foggy ; in
afternoon, agg. right eye ; dim in the inflamed eye as if feathers
were before it.
Clinical :- ►
In some
cases the development of senile cataract has been arrested. ► It
has cured styes and chronic blepharitis. ► Warts on lids.
Ears :- ►
Inflammation of right
external meatus, with suppurative pain, then sensitiveness to pressure.
► Stitches in front of left at 5.30 P.M.,
behind right at 3 P.M., ending with tension,
temporarily amel. pressure. ► Tearing in right external concha at 10
A.M. ; in concha at 7.30 P.M.
► Boring in right ; in left in forenoon, with stitches. ►
Sore pain behind lobule of right on pressure. ► Burning smarting
below lobule of left during menses. ► Tickling in right at 6.30 P.M.
► Itching in right external meatus, amel. scratching.►
Sensitiveness to noise. ► Noise in
left in morning in bed, with pain on touch ; loud N. in right after
dinner. ► Ringing ; in left, or noises ; in right after
dinner. ► Roaring in right at 11 A.M., with
fluttering, whizzing and hardness of hearing ; R. in right at 3 P.M. ;
in left at 4.30 P.M., with noises like a storm of
wind and with diminished hearing ; in right, with diminished hearing,
with intoxicated feeling, agg. in the house ; in right as if near
rushing water at 7 P.M. ; before ears, so that
she could not stay in bed ; in front of ears, alternating with
whistling. ► Fluttering in right ; in evening.
Clinical :- ►
It has
been prescribed for deafness, especially with abscesses and swellings in
ears.
Nose :- ►
Redness in evening,
with swelling. ► Scab in nostril. ► Blisters in nostrils, with
dragging pain. ► Tearing near margin of left eye at 7 A.M.,
extending to left temple. ► Stoppage of nose, only at times
discharge of a few drops ; with a feeling of coryza in morning.
► Stoppage at 8 A.M. ; at 5.30 P.M. ;
alternating with fluent coryza. ► Dryness every morning on
waking ; in morning, with stoppage of left nostril. ► Tickling
at 10.30 A.M., with ineffectual attempts to
sneeze ; T. in evening, the sneezing ; in right nostril, amel.
scratching, but returning ; in left nostril, irritation to sneeze.
► Itching in left nostril ; in nostrils after dinner and at 3 P.M.,
amel. scratching.►
Sneezing in morning during menses ;
in morning from tickling in nose ; in morning, with stoppage of
nose ; violent, in morning, with tickling in nose. ► Coryza,
agg. morning and evening ; C. on appearance of menses, with stoppage
of nose ; C., with stoppage of right nostril. ► Stopped
coryza ; with stoppage of nose, walking her at night ; with
secretion of nasal mucus. ► Fluent coryza ; in morning, dry in
afternoon ; in morning on rising, then stoppage of nose all
day ; C., with discharge of thick mucus and feeling as if nose were
swollen from frequent blowing. ► Unnoticed dropping of water without
coryza. ► A clot of blood is blown out with mucus. ►
Bleeding ; in morning ; waking at 3 and 5 A.M.,
with violent sneezing and tickling in right nostril ; and from mouth.
Face :- ►
Pale during
menses ; P., with suffering and earthy look ; P. and of bad
color, with general discomfort. ► Redness from 5 till 7 P.M.,
with heat of it ; with heat of whole body. ► Fretful expression
in forenoon. ► Tearing in left side in
afternoon ; in zygoma at night, amel. sitting up in bed or driving
her out of bed, with burrowing and boring as with a red-hot iron, and with
anxiety. ► Pain, so that she must run from room to room all night,
hold the painful side and wag the head, agg. remaining quiet.
► Twinging in centre between chin and lip at 6 P.M.,
with burning. ► Tension as if the white of an egg had dried upon it.
► Throbbing in antrum of highmore, with swelling of right malar-bone
(Nat. m.). ► Suppurative pain in
right lower jaw and in cheek, agg. pressure, with redness and swelling and
with jerking on talking, sneezing and yawning.
Lips :- ►
Hard pimples in
corners. ► Vesicles on lower, near right corner ; clear V. in
left corner of upper, with tensive pain. ► Pustule on upper ;
on lower. ► Tearing in left lower. ► Soreness of upper.
► Dryness in morning, amel. noon, without thirst. ► Burning in
middle of upper and above it, with tension. ► Itching in upper in
forenoon, with feeling as if eruption would break out.
Clinical :- ►
Neuralgia of the face, with shooting, lightning like pains, agg. touch,
draught of air or change of temperature, cannot stay in bed, is obliged
to walk the floor.
Mouth :- ►
Teeth :- ►
Looseness, with
swelling of gums. ► (Lower wisdom come through.). ► Sticking
after eating ; S. in roots of three left upper at 3 P.M.,
with tearing, and in open air sensitiveness of teeth and tickling in them.
► Tearing in roots of left lower, then also in right lower ; T.
in right lower anterior molars at 4 P.M. ; in a
right lower molars at 8 P.M., with drawing ; in
last left molars without being able to distinguish whether in upper or
lower, in evening in bed till sleep and in morning on waking, amel.
rising ; T. rather than throbbing pain at night, with elongated
feeling ; in right lower hollow, after menstruation, amel. applying
cold water or lying upon that side, but returning till 4 A.M.,
agg. warm room, with drawing, gnawing uneasiness, ill humor and tensive
pain over right cheek ; in a right lower molar at 1 P.M.,
then in an upper, as if it would be twisted out ; in right lower
after dinner, extending into temples.►
Toothache in right in morning, amel.
prolonged moving beginning in evening in bed and
at night driving him out of bed, extending to temples ;
when riding in a carriage, agg. cold ; agg. night ; agg. getting
into bed, with salivation ; with swelling of cheek. ► Raging
pain in a right hollow. ► Jerking pain in morning after rising and
in night, with jerking in fingers and feet. ► Burning pain in
evening in bed, with pain as if teeth were loose ; B. pain, now in
one, now in another, amel. movement of body, agg. night in bed and during
the day by chewing, with throbbing, tearing and elongated feeling. ►
Beating and drawing pain all night ; D. pain in all, with swelling
and redness of gum. ► Elongated feeling ; in the back tooth,
with pain in morning if cold water touches it, as if it would be torn out,
and on chewing.
Gums :- ►
Painless swelling, even
in sockets of teeth. ► Burning blisters, and on lips, palate and
inside of cheeks. ► Pain internally to upper lip as if cut to pieces
in middle from morning till afternoon, and burning on touch of tongue.
► Sensitiveness on eating, with burning in it and sensation as if
teeth were too long and as if they would fall out, agg. lower front
incisors.
Tongue :- ►
Pimples, and on
inside of cheeks, bleeding on touch and burning when eating, agg. acids.
► On forepart of left margin of T. and on lower lip burning, painful
blisters, suppurating on third day. ► Tensive painful blisters on
anterior margin of T. and right corner of mouth.
General Mouth :- ►
Reddish-blue
spot on inside of left cheek, bleeding when rubbed. ► Blisters on
palate, with feeling as if skin were loosened on eating bread, next day
feeling as if the spot were denuded and sore, the blisters and raw
sensation amel. appearance of menses. ► Palate raw posteriorly in
morning. ► Heat all day ; burning in palate in morning as if
skin were loosened. ► Dryness ; in morning on waking, and in
throat ; all day without thirst ; at night, without thirst.
► Itching on inside of right cheek. ► Numbness in morning and
forenoon, agg. palate and anterior half of tongue. ► Slimy and mealy
in forenoon. ► Bloody saliva.
► Salivation during menstruation.
Taste :- ►
►
Sour ; suddenly in throat, then rawness. ►
Bitter ; even to morning broth ; in morning, and
pasty ; in morning, with white tongue and white mucus in mouth ;
in morning, and slimy, and mucus hangs from teeth and tongue. ►
Bitter sweetish, amel. eating bread, and mouth full of mucus. ► Flat
during menstruation, with little appetite. ► Not good at dinner.
► None to food ; and tongue coated white and mouth feeling
slimy.
Clinical :- ►
Neuralgic toothache, agg. warmth of the bed, amel. cold drinks (Coffee,
Puls.). ► The toothache of this drug,
like that of Merc,
seems to be worse at night, and from the heat of the bed.
Throat :- ►
Thyroid gland seems
larger. ► Pain in right submaxillary gland on pressure and on motion
of jaw. ► Expectoration of blood-streaked mucus. ► Mucus which
he must swallow, with rawness and dryness ; M., which she attempts to
hawk up ; ineffectual desire to hawk up something in afternoon.
► Spasmodic retching at 8 P.M. as if
distended. ► Sticking in right side in evening on empty
swallowing ; S. low down when talking. ► Sensation as if
stopped so that no air could pass, in morning after rising. ► Pain
in forenoon on swallowing as if a thick substance lay across it. ►
Sensation of a hard substance in it when not swallowing, with burning and
choking, rawness and inclination to hawk. ► Soreness in right side,
with stitches and burning in left side on talking, sneezing, yawning and
agg. swallowing ; prickling S. in right posterior nares, as in
coryza.►
Scraping ; and rancidity as from
old smoked meat. ► Rawness ; in forenoon, amel. dinner, with
hoarseness ; amel. a few paroxysms of cough, with hoarseness ;
on swallowing, as if a grain of barley were sticking in it ; with
burning ; with burning acidity. ► Dryness in morning, with
sticking in left side ; D. in afternoon on swallowing, with feeling
as if it would split ; D. on swallowing. ► Tickling causing
short cough. ► Irritation in region of thyroid gland in forenoon,
with frequent cough.
Stomach :- ►
Hunger, but no
appetite for bread ; ravenous H. in evening before menstruation, then
pain in stomach ; great for vegetables, but aversion to meat. ►
Inclined to eat fruit and acid things in general (Verat.).
► Little A. ► Satiated immediately at noon, with distention of
abdomen after eating. ► No A. ; at noon, it only comes while
eating. ► Does not relish warm food, has no inclination for bread
and butter. ► Aversion to food ; from 6 to 7 P.M.,
with nausea ; with nausea ; with shuddering ; with pain and
coldness in stomach ; to green food,
relish for meat.►
Thirst for water in forenoon, but in
afternoon dryness of mouth, without thirst ; for water after 1 P.M. ;
T. from 11 till 2 o’clock, with appetite for acids ; T. in
afternoon ; in evening ; towards
evening, she drinks much and is obliged rise at night to
urinate ; waking her at night, on appearance of menses ; on
waking from a dream that she was excessively thirsty ; after dinner,
then chilliness, in evening heat of face with coldness of feet and mental
excitement ; for cold drinks after diarrhœa ; much T., with
little appetite.►
Eructations ; in forenoon, with
pain in stomach ; at 2.30 P.M. ; towards
evening, with sneezing ; before menstruation, with nausea ;
after eating plums, with salivation, vertigo and nausea ;
ineffectual ; acid ; tasting of morning soup. ► Empty
E. ; in morning after soup ; with tearing or cutting from left
to right side above umbilicus ; of cold air. ► Rising of water
into mouth without eructations.►
Hiccough in morning after rising, then
eructations ; at 6.30 P.M. ; during and
after yawning ; incomplete, with spasmodic pain in stomach.►
Nausea ; in morning, with constant
spitting ; in forenoon, with salivation ; in forenoon during
menses ; at noon when eating soup, with vertigo, then retching, at
last vomiting of salt water, then of the soup, then again only water, with
anxiety, so that sweat stool on forehead, then white diarrhœa, then
cutting and distention in abdomen ; in afternoon, with
salivation ; in afternoon, agg. dinner, with general
discomfort ; from 6 to 7 P.M. ; all night,
with eructations of the odor of bad eggs ; in abdomen after supper,
with weakness and sleepiness ; with shaking, then eructations ;
with constipation ; with feeling as if stomach were full of water and
desire to eructate ; with pressure, as from a stone in stomach, and
after black coffee faint dizziness, with yellow and blue rings around
eyes, then two attacks of vomiting of food and bitter and sour mucus, then
relief of stomach, but headache and weakness at 7 P.M. ;
with vomiting and empty eructations ; without aversion to food, but
with heaviness of head and ill humor ; without qualmishness. ►
Efforts to vomit at noon when eating soup, but vomiting of only butter
water, and then bitter mouth for a long time.►
Distention amel. eructations. ►
Rumbling towards noon ; at 7 P.M., with
yawning, then R. in abdomen. ► Stitching in pit ; to right of
pit, extending into right chest ; sudden to right of pit, as with a
knife, at 2 P.M. ► Pain ; after dinner,
with contractive sensation ; in morning, causing nausea, without
qualmishness, amel. soup ; extending into chest, amel. empty
eructations ; constrictive ;
like soreness on touch, in S. and hypochondria, even at night in bed.
► Sensitiveness to pressure. ► Amel. coffee, with internal
feeling as if it would fall out, coldness and prostration. ► Pain
like an emptiness, waking her after midnight ; in forenoon, amel.
dinner, with qualmishness. ► Empty feeling in morning, with empty
eructations. ► Disordered feeling after dinner.
Clinical :- ►
Acid
dyspepsia, sour eructations. ► Dyspepsia from drinking milk, which
becomes sour in the stomach.
Abdomen :- ►
►
Distention (Lyc., Calc. c., Sul.) ;
in afternoon, in spite of three loose stools ; from 3 P.M.
till evening, with tension ; in evening, somewhat amel. emission of
flatus ; at night, amel. emission of flatus (Lyc.) ;
after dinner ; after eating, with colic. ►
Rumbling all day, with gurgling, movements and cutting ;
R. at 9 A.M. ; in forenoon on motion, with
gurgling ; at 1 P.M., with movements. ►
Motions before stool, with general heat ; M., amel. emission of
flatus, with griping, at last a soft stool. ► Rolling in evening and
morning on inspiration, amel. eating, with gurgling. ► Loud emission
of flatus ; in afternoon and at night. ► E. when walking before
the usual stool. ► Flatus of penetrating odor.►
Pain as if intestines would be torn out,
amel. smelling. ► Hepar sulph.
► Cutting in evening till sleep ; C.
before stool, with griping. ► Griping ; in morning
in bed ; at 10 A.M. ; at noon, with
profuse emission of offensive flatus, the G. agg. evening and preceded by
rumbling ; G., with rumbling, then thin,
green diarrhœa, without tenesmus ; intermittent, in
forenoon, agg. afternoon and evening, amel. emission of flatus, with
distention of abdomen ; intermittent, with the usual stool, with
movings. ► Pain in morning, agg. about umbilicus, amel. warm
soup ; P. in forenoon, during
menstruation ; in forenoon, then leucorrhœa like water ;
in bed, with dragging towards genitals, next morning menses appeared six
days too early, at first scanty. ► Feeling as if everything were
twisting about, with stitches beneath umbilicus. ► Cramplike
constriction at 8 P.M., amel. diarrhœa. ►
Empty feeling in morning after rising, intestines feel contracted and
painful, as if torn out. ► Heaviness.
Hypochondria :- ►
Sticking in
left ; right ; in left at 2 P.M., when
standing ; in right after dinner ; in right, as with a knife, at
7.30 P.M. on stooping, amel. rising. ► Griping
in right. ► Intermittent pinching towards umbilicus in forenoon,
with constriction ; P. externally beneath right lowest ribs,
extending into ribs, then burning, taking the same direction. ►
Pinching movings at 5.45 P.M. ► Paralytic pain
in left at 8.30 P.M., preventing lying on that side.
► Feeling as if there were something hard in hepatic region, with
griping in abdomen.►
Tearing in left side of A., agg.
walking. ► Cutting in left. ► Griping in sides. ►
Pinching in forepart of A. in morning. ► Pinching in middle of A. at
2 P.M., amel. emission of flatus, then stool, the
first part of which was scanty and hard, with great pressure, but the last
soft and easy, then burning in anus.
Umbilicus :- ►
Rumbling beneath
U. two hours after dinner. ► Cutting about U. in forenoon during
menses, amel. emission of flatus ; C. beneath U., with dragging.
► Griping in region in morning, with digging ; G. in region in
morning, with distention of abdomen, then stool, which at first was hard,
then soft ; in region at 5 P.M., then thin
stool, then burning in anus ; in region with thin, scanty leucorrhœa.
► Twinging beneath U. in open air after micturition, extending into
small of back and left hip, with sensation as if flatus would be emitted.
► Ulcerative pain in spots to left of U. ; on pressure. ►
Painful dragging beneath U. during menses, waking her frequently at night.
Hypogastrium :- ►
Fulness at 2.30
P.M., amel. walking. ► Cutting from small of
back to pubis ; C. in groins, waking her at night, with dragging.
► Pinching in right groin at 3.30 P.M. when
walking, amel. rubbing. ► Intermittent griping beneath umbilicus in
afternoon, afterwards the pain extended to stomach ; constrictive G.
in right groin at 11 A.M. ► Pain every morning
in bed, amel. eating ; P. at 9 A.M., agg. till
11 A.M., with griping and dragging towards genitals,
after 9 A.M. reappearance of menses, which
disappeared in afternoon. ► Dragging all night and in morning during
menstruation.
Clinical :- ►
Colic
amel. bending over (Coloc.).
Rectum :- ►
Sticking, with urging
to stool, amel. emission of flatus ; S.
waking her at 4 A.M.,
somewhat amel. emission of flatus, which was painful, S.
again next morning after waking, amel. emission of flatus.
► Tearing extending into abdomen, during stool. ► Pressure
when not at stool. ► Urging, amel. breakfast ; U. for diarrhœa,
waking at 11 P.M., and at 3 A.M.,
and about 4 and 6 P.M. stool of greenish slimy
liquid ; constant U. though but little passes, and it is only like a
fermentation. ► Frequent ineffectual urging in forenoon ; U.,
but only a little is passed, then ineffectual U., then burning in anus,
after five minutes desire again, but emission of only flatus, then desire
and burning ; U., but emission of only flatus, with cutting and
twinging in anus, then a hard stool with pressure, though if seemed as if
diarrhœa would occur ; U. as before diarrhœa, but only flatus
passed.
Anus :- ►
Painful hæmorrhoids.
► Passage of round worms when not at stool. ► Pain as if sore
and ulcerated between 2 and 3 P.M. when sitting and
walking. ► Burning after stool.
Clinical :- ►
Ascarides.
Stool :- ►
►
Of greenish water, with distention of abdomen (Pod.,
Puls., Grat.), without
other symptoms, eight times before 10 A.M. ; frequent
green, liquid, also always preceded by griping, agg. right side
(Podo.). ► Livid brown. ►
Liquid, then tenesmus and burning semi-liquid, without trouble. ►
Thin, then burning in anus ; almost daily three thin, without
trouble. ► Diarrhœa ; in two attacks before midnight ; green,
frothy ; of green mucus mixed with white thread-worms,
then burning in anus ; of green mucus
(Merc. dulc.) at 5 A.M.
► Frequent diarrhœa ; with cutting
and pressure ; without difficulty ; and green.
► Soft, at the end, with pressure ; S. always preceded by
twinging in abdomen, amel. loud emission of flatus ; S. and scanty.►
Constipation. ► Hard ; and
not till evening, with pressure and pain ; after dinner, and
difficult ; and scanty, with pressure ; with pressure ;
with pain in anus ; in first part, the past part thin, then burning
in rectum ; and crumbling, it troubled her a long time before it
passed. ► Yellow, with urging. ► Containing round worms.
► Difficult ; but not hard. ► Normal, twice daily. ►
Only every second day.
Clinical :- ►
Sometimes indicated when the stools have a sour odor (Calc.,
Rheum). ► Diarrhœa, stools of green
water ; the stools are frequently bloody, sometimes have a green
scum (Grat.),
with white lumps like grains of tallow, rarely of bloody mucus, almost
always sour, associated with more or less colic, with acid eructations
and sour odor of the body (its most similar remedies in this connection
seem to be Rheum
and Gratiola.
Urinary Organs :- ►
Discharge of
prostatic fluid during emission of flatus. ► Stitch in urethra in
region of glans. ► Smarting in urethra during micturition. ►
Burning in urethra in afternoon after micturition. ► B. during
micturition, like salt water, even stinging. ► Frequent
micturition ; and copious ; at night, and copious. ►
Involuntary micturition when walking ; on rising from a seat. ►
Urine diminished in evening, then burning. ► Urine green. ► U.
pale. ► White sediment.
Sexual Organs :- ►
Erections
slow, but coition natural. ► Emissions at night. ► Desire
diminished. ► Itching of pudenda. ► Leucorrhœa ; in
afternoon when walking and sitting ; scanty, after
menstruation ; like water ; and sitting ; scanty, after
menstruation ; like water ; biting ; of white mucus,
preceded by cramp in abdomen.►
►
Menstruation delayed, scanty and lasting but a short time ;
delayed, preceded by sore throat ; delayed, at first scanty, then
profuse, with large clots of blood ; D. and profuse. ► M. too
early ; with pain in small of back, agg. sitting, amel.
walking ; with tearing toothache and distention of abdomen, lasting
four weeks (it is usually very scanty) ; and thick and black ;
and scanty, lasting only two days ; and scanty, but lasting three
days longer than usual ; and scanty at first, then profuse and
dark ; after a foot bath, at first scanty, then profuse, dark, and
dragging in groins, during these draggings there was no discharge of
blood, but always a flow on emission of flatus, most profuse at noon and
in afternoon. ► Menses more profuse at
night than by day, with dragging
pains, amel. pressure, on abdomen and stooping. ► Profuse
menses, with cutting colic ; P. and lasting a day longer than
usual ; when walking and standing ; and dark ; on fourth
and fifth days, with headache, agg. evening. ►
M. came on in night, scanty at first, more profuse next forenoon, in
afternoon it ceased suddenly. ► M. that had disappeared
for several years in a woman past the menopause returned and flowed
profusely for four days. ► No discharge of
M. during the pains, only after them, and also at night in sleep. ►
M. glutinous, dark, almost like pitch, difficult to wash off (Crocus).
Clinical :- ►
In
pregnancy, nausea and vomiting of sour odor. ► Irregular
menstruation and dysmenorrhœa, menses frequently prolonged, but worse
during the night than during the day ; the discharge dark, like
pitch. ► Leucorrhœa, white, acid, preceded by colic, recurring
especially after menstruation (Alumina).
Respiratory Organs :- ►
Hoarseness ; towards evening. ► Soft, pea-yellow, offensive
nodules, which he is obliged to hawk up, get into larynx, as if he had
swallowed the wrong way. ► Contraction of trachea, with pain in pit
of throat. ► Cough ; in afternoon from tickling in
throat ; at night ; from becoming heated ; with scraping in
throat ; hollow, dull ; spasmodic, all night ; with
difficult, thin, salt expectoration. ► Expectoration of mucus and
clots of blood of sweetish taste 5 P.M. ►
Short breath when walking.
Clinical :- ►
It has
cured bronchial catarrh in children, with stringy expectoration and with
the peculiar greenish, sour stools (Kali
bi.).
Chest :- ►
Stitches on sternum,
above ensiform cartilage, at 1 P.M. ; beneath
left shoulder at 3.30 P.M. ; beneath left
breast at 7 P.M. when sitting ; on lower part
of sternum at 9 P.M. when walking, with short
breath ; beneath left breast at 9 P.M. when
sitting, then in sternum ; beneath left breast after dinner, not
affecting respiration ; deep in, from dinner till towards 5 P.M.,
with cutting, not affected by inspiration ; beneath right breast on
inspiration ; in left lowest ribs, agg. sitting ; beneath right
breast at 10 A.M., extending towards navel ; in
left breast at noon, extending to shoulders on breathing ; extending
beneath right breast and up through shoulder at 1.30 P.M.
when standing ; in left costal region at 5 P.M.
when standing, on inspiration, extending upward beneath left
scapula ; extending inward to right of ensiform cartilage. ►
Cutting stitches in ribs beneath right axilla, not affecting
breathing ; C. stitches beneath left breast at 1 P.M.
when yawning.►
Cutting in middle from 6.30 till 7 P.M.,
with sticking, not affecting respiration ; C. during cough, and in
morning yellowish purulent expectoration. ► Bruised pain in pectoral
muscles on motion and touch. ► Sudden painful pressure taking away
the breath. ► Tightness ; intermittent, in afternoon, as if
screwed in, with short breath. ► Heaviness in evening. ►
Oppression with at times deep respiration. ► Constriction at 3.30 P.M.
► When sitting and walking, with pinching and with difficult, short
breath ; C. about middle at 6 P.M., with short
breath. ► Heaviness in evening. ► Oppression, with at times
deep respiration. ► Constriction at 3.30 P.M.
when sitting and walking, with pinching and with difficult, short
breath ; C. about middle at 6 P.M., with short
breath ; at 6 P.M., amel. eructations, with
weariness in shoulders and pain as if dislocated in right middle finger.
► Throbbing in left in evening on falling asleep. ► Burning
internally beneath left breast at 10 A.M. when
sitting, with sweetish taste in throat, then cough and expectoration of
tenacious brown mucus.
Heart :- ►
Stitch in præcordial
region at 1 P.M. ► Sudden sore pain after a
meal, with creaking and with nausea. ► Palpitation.
Neck :- ►
Stitching in nape when
sneezing. ► Tearing, with jerking, afterwards extending down
back ; T. in tendons of right side at 6.30 P.M.,
with drawing.
Back :- ►
Stitching extending
inward at 2 P.M. ► Pain at night so that she
could not lie, and in small of B. ► Pain at night as if beaten to
pieces, agg. motion.
Lumbar Region :- ►
Stitches ; above right hip ; in right at 1.30 P.M.,
then jerking. ► Sticking-burning and bruised pain extending from
above left hip to beneath shoulder, agg. stooping to left, amel. pressure
and bending together, with dry cough and stitches in side. ► Tearing
in lower part of spine, causing shuddering, so that she bent backward,
then stitches at 5 P.M. ► Intermittent pain
during menses. ► Bruised pain from morning till 2 P.M. ;
from 4.30 till lying down at 9 P.M. ; in
afternoon and evening after menses. ► Drawing pain during
menses ; amel. stooping, agg. stretching. ► Dragging before
menstruation, agg. sitting, amel. walking, with cutting and pain as if
contracted and beaten the flow at first scanty, next day profuse and
brown, with relief of the pains, the third day scanty, ceased the fourth
day, flow more profuse at night. ► Tightness above hips. ►
Sudden piercing pain in coccyx.
Extremities :- ►
Soreness of all,
and she turned from side to side. ► Weariness. ► Crawling
uneasiness in evening so that she must move the feet constantly. ►
Paralysis of left leg, with pain in hips and knees, next day it occurred
in right leg and in arms, when walking he had constant pain and was
obliged to plant the feet far apart.
Upper Extremities :- ►
Shoulders :- ►
Tearing from left
to wrist ; in right, extending to right clavicle and chest ; in
left in forenoon, extending to middle of upper arm ; in right in
forenoon, extending into wrist, and on turning over the hand the pain
occurred in finger-joints ; in right at 8 A.M.,
gradually extending to lower part of scapula ; in left at 5 P.M.,
extending to elbow. ► Pain in right. ► Pain in right as if
dislocated in morning and afternoon during menstruation, so that it was
difficult to raise the arm ; in right as if D. in afternoon on moving
arm and in bed on some motions ; in right in evening, with feeling as
if arms should hang down. ► Paralytic bruised pain in left on moving
arm and trunk and on yawning. ► Pressure. ► Painful
contraction in morning, with tearing extending down back. ► Tension
extending to angle of lower jaw, so that he could not stoop nor close the
jaws.
Arm :- ►
Jerking. ►
Stitches under right, extending to axilla if she holds the arm elevated
and still, amel. moving arm. ► Tearing above right elbow, extending
into middle of outer part of upper arm. ► Paroxysmal cramp-like
grips above elbows, transiently amel. compression with other hand, with
hardness of muscles. ► Pain in right as if dislocated on raising it
carelessly. ► Drawing upward in A. ► Weakness.
Elbow :- ►
Stitches in right at 8
A.M. on moving arm. ► Tearing in right at 10 A.M.
when knitting ; T. in under surface of right extending to middle of
forearm, as if in periosteum, when standing. ► Gnawing in left at 7 P.M.
► Pain on flexing arm. ► Sharp drawings about right, as if in
bone, in evening in bed.►
Stitches in tendons on anterior surface
of right forearm above wrist in forenoon. ► Drawing in right
forearm, extending into hand, with difficulty in raising arm. ►
Wrist above thumb swollen and red, and bones painful to pressure. ►
Stitching in left palm, then itching, amel. scratching. ► Drawing
pain in hands. ► Left hand upon which she had lain at night was
asleep in morning.
Fingers :- ►
Inflamed swelling,
with sticking in first joint of index. ► Tearing on dorsal surface
on first phalanx of right little at 9 A.M. ; in
first joints of right at 5 P.M. ; in left thumb
and index evenings, then paralysis of both fingers ; in first joint
of right thumb, extending to nail ; in tips, extending to backs of
hands, in morning after rising. ► Boring gnawing in first phalanx of
left thumb, as if in marrow, in forenoon. ► Pain in first joint of
right middle as if dislocated at 6 P.M. ►
Cramplike sensation in joints. ► Throbbing pain as from an ulcer in
tip of left thumb after dinner, amel. pressure. ► Tension in middle
joint of left middle, mornings.
Lower Extremities :- ►
Sudden
jerking in left in evening after falling asleep, so that she started up in
fright and could not sleep again for a long time. ► Pain in
afternoon, agg. knees. ► Uneasiness after prolonged sitting. ►
Weakness when sitting and on rising from a seat, amel. moving about.
Thigh :- ►
Jerking posteriorly in
hip, then in right hypochondrium. ► Stitches in left
hip-joint ; in hip at outer surface of bone. ► Tearing on
anterior surface from centre to knee ; T. from middle down to middle
of leg, amel. rising from seat, with stitches ; in left hip-joint
from 4 P.M. till morning. ► Twinging in left
hip and sacral region when walking after dinner, then desire for stool
preceded and accompanied by cutting in rectum. ► Pain till
evening ; P. in hip, agg. motion. ► Bruised pain in left femur
from above knee to middle when walking. ► Weariness at 5.30 P.M.,
agg. walking.
Knee :- ►
Hard swelling in
hollow, with pain, preventing stretching of leg. ► Sticking. ►
Tearing in right when standing ; T. in right, agg. towards outer
surface ; from left to above middle of thigh, not in knee itself,
after dinner ; intermittent T. outward in bend of left, as if in
bone, at last it extends into thigh, and when walking tension as if
tendons were too short ; boring T. in left at 8 A.M.
► Intermittent boring in right. ► Bruised pain when walking
during menses. ► Pain as after a long walk. ► Weary pain when
sitting, agg. walking. ► Painful drawing jerking from right to
middle of thigh when standing and bending leg. ► Drawing pain
extending to soles like a burrowing in the marrow. ► Tension in
hollows ; hollow of left at 8 A.M., when
walking. ► Pain in bend of left as if tendons were too short on
entering house. ► Heaviness in afternoon when walking, with pain.
Leg :- ►
Cramp in calves in
evening in bed ; in left calf at night on turning over and rising in
bed. ► Tearing in right calf in afternoon. ► Cutting in tibia.
► Bruised pain in tibiæ. ► Burning painful spots on tibiæ.
► Drawing downward pain in evening. ► Painful tension in
tendo-achillis as far as calves when walking rapidly. ► Uneasiness
in right at night, he must constantly put it out of bed into a cool place.►
Bruised pain from left ankle to middle
of tibia in morning on stepping on it, amel. long walking. ► Cramp
in heels in morning in bed. ► Sticking downward deep in right heel
at 9 P.M. in bed. ► Jerking tearing in left
heel at 10 P.M. in bed. ► Pain in feet during
menses, even in bed. ► Drawing pain in soles. ► Weariness of
feet ; on ascending, with pain. ► Heaviness of feet from 5 till
8 P.M., agg. ascending steps, with weariness.
Toes :- ►
Stitching in bone of
right great extending to its dorsal surface at 7 P.M. ;
burning S. in great. ► Tearing in right great from first phalanx to
tip ; T. in left little at 3 P.M. when walking,
then in fourth toe.
Skin :- ►
Red spots on chest.
► Tetter below mouth ; red, smooth, elevated, on chest and
calves, then desquamation. ► Fine eruption on mouth. ►
Swelling of right middle finger on the days when he had no stools, with
redness, heat and itching pimples. ► Subcutaneous nodes in axillæ
and above elbows, with sticking. ► Pimples here and there ; P.
above knee ; on right side of chin, almost daily giving place to
fresh ones ; on left arm, disappearing after scratching, but they do
not itch ; red, above knee ; hard, red, deep in skin in front of
left shoulder, stinging on pressure, with one a red areola ; hard,
above right ear, painful to touch. ► Itching pimples beneath
ears ; on inner surface of left forearm ; between left
fingers ; on wrist, exuding clear water on pressure.►
Pustules in front of right ear ; on
tip of nose ; itching, beneath right nostril, leaving a burning scab.
► Boil on left side of forehead and one on right side of
throat ; on left side of chest ; posteriorly on lower part of
right thigh, with redness, afterwards roughness of skin. ► Vesicles
on sides of forehead and in right corner of mouth ; on back of
nose ; near nail of left index ; on first joint of left
index ; in the scar of an old burn ; clear, on left side of
nape ; clear, above right breast and on right shoulder ; on
hands, with stinging ; itching, on sides of nose before
menstruation ; itching, on left side of throat, waking her at night,
after scratching a red spot. ► Scab on left side of forehead as if a
vesicle had been scratched off.►
Itching stitch above right hip, amel.
scratching ; itching burning S. as from fleas, now in right, now in
left hip, left sacral and right hypochondriac region. ► Crawling
under first joints of right toes, then on dorsum of foot ; on various
parts, agg. shoulders, with itching, then after scratching clear vesicles.
► Itching burning above upper lip, towards left corner of mouth, at
1 P.M. ► Itching biting in nape and on throat
in evening, with burning after scratching.►
► Itching
on whole body ; on nose near left eye ; here and
there posteriorly on trunk ; in left axilla ; inner surface of
left wrist ; above hips ; between left fourth and fifth
toes ; on right shoulder in afternoon, then burning after
scratching ; on neck and shoulders in afternoon ; between
shoulders at 6 P.M., then burning after
scratching ; on left palm from 7 P.M. till
lying down ; of left hand at 10 P.M. ; her
and there from evening till 3 A.M. ; here and
there on scalp in evening, after scratching it appeared in other
places ; on back in evening on lying down, then burning after
scratching ; on shoulders, outer side of thigh and on throat in
evening before sleep and in morning on dressing, and after scratching
itching pimples in several places ; in evening when undressing, on
nates and inside of forearm, and after scratching itching pimples, the I.
agg. scratching, but amel. in bed ; here and there at night till 5 A.M.,
always appearing in a new spot after scratching ; on forehead during
dinner ; on chin after dinner ; on left toes after dinner ;
on right hip when standing, then after scratching burning on inside of
left forearm when washing with cold water and soap, and after scratching
red itching pimples, which soon disappeared after drying. ► I. not
amel. scratching, on right temple ; on nates.►
Itching amel. scratching, in various
places, agg. forehead, nose, throat and forearms ; sides of
forehead ; beneath right ear ; behind right ear ; in left
palm in morning after rising ; in places on face at 10 A.M. ;
on back at noon and in evening ; from first joint of right thumb up
radius at 1.15 P.M. ; on right calf at 4 P.M. ;
on nape at 6 P.M. ; I. in middle of back after
dinner, on scratching it appears on left shoulder, where it is amel.
scratching ; on back, but returning ; on shoulders, but
returning ; in right groin, with internal burning, and with
chilliness of body, the B. also amel. scratching ; anteriorly below
right elbow, then a red spot. ► Itching on right side of neck, then
burning after scratching ; I. on left palm, then after long
scratching clear vesicles ; I. between right third and fourth
fingers, then after scratching clear vesicles and on the scratched spots
long white streaks. ► Voluptuous I. externally about throat, amel.
scratching, but returning. ► Biting I. at night on whole body.
► Burning I. above nates.
Sleep :- ►
Yawning ; after
rising till 9 A.M. ; in forenoon, with
sneezing ; in forenoon, with sleepiness, indolence and
stretching ; in afternoon, without sleepiness ; at 1.15 P.M.,
with sleepiness and indolence ; after 6 P.M. ;
after dinner, with sleepiness, indolence and stretching ; violent and
frequent. ► Sleepiness ; in morning after a good night’s
sleep ; on second day of menses, with weakness.►
Sleepless all night ; for several
nights, and constant tossing about ; till midnight ; from
midnight till 2 A.M., then imperfect sleep till 5 A.M. ;
from 1 till 5 A.M. ; after
2 or 3 A.M. ; till 3
A.M. ; on account of anxiety and heaviness.
► Late falling asleep ; on account of uneasiness in blood, then
restless sleep ; on account of uneasiness in blood, then restless
sleep. ► Frequent waking during menses. ► Restless sleep, with
frequent waking. ► Tossing about at night, or if his body lay quiet
his arms and legs jerked all night, even when awake, on waking he knew
nothing of the occurrences of the night. ► Starting up from sleep in
afternoon ; S. up to about midnight, then sleepless for an
hour ; S. upon falling asleep, with uneasiness in limbs. ►
Talking in S. after midnight ; loud T. in morning, and she beat her
head against the wall and woke, but knew nothing of it. ► Little and
unrefreshing sleep, with restlessness ; little S. and many dreams.
Dreams :- ►
The symptomatology of
dreams is very full, anxious, fatiguing, frightening, vivid and obscure.
Fever :- ►
Chilliness from
morning till evening ; at 7 P.M. in bed, amel.
9 P.M. ; in evening on undressing, amel. in
bed ; in evening in bed, as if dashed with cold water ; at 9.30 P.M.,
amel. in bed ; all night after a long walk, and even in
morning ; during menses ; during menses, always on waking or
uncovering herself. ► Shaking chill at 9 P.M. ;
in evening and in bed ; at 10 P.M. in
bed ; at 8 P.M., beginning in feet, amel. in
bed, without external coldness, next morning sweat. ► Shivering down
back every day at 9 A.M., with nausea. ► Chill
down back from 4 P.M., till sleep. ► Cold feet
as if wading in cold water.►
Heat from 1 till 4 A.M.
during sleep, with sweat ; in morning after rising till towards
noon ; in forenoon ; from noon till 2 P.M.,
with sweat on head ; general with redness of face ; internal,
at night, so that he could scarcely remain covered, with dread of exposure ;
streaming through whole body ; dry at night ; dry, caused by
animal food. ► Burning in right ear ; in palms at 1 P.M. ;
of face and hands at noon, with redness and thirst. ► Heat in head,
with sweat on face in head and hands, with redness of face and external
heat ; in head in flushes, also at 6 P.M. ;
internally in head at 1 P.M., but not
externally ; internal in head and external in face, with redness
alternating with pallor.►
Sweat during the day on motion ;
towards morning ; in morning ; at night ;
(in a child) in evening on falling asleep ; offensive, at
night ; sour-smelling (Bry., Hep.),
oily, difficult to wash off, all night. ► Parched dryness of skin
towards morning in bed.
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