Hand Book of Materia Medica and
Homśopathic Therapeutics.By T. F. Allen.
Presented by .
Rumex Crispus.
A tincture is made of the fresh root of the yellow
Dock.
Allies :- ►
The cough as well as
the skin symptoms may be compared with the Kalis,
especially with Caust.
Generalities :- ►
Pains
intermittent ; and wandering ; neuralgic P. ►
Sensitiveness to open air. ► Pulsations through whole
body ; over body in evening, with flushing of face, pulse 80. ►
Restlessness in evening. ► Weakness ; in a warm
day ; on going to bed ; with heaviness and with fulness in head
and chest ; with somnolency, constant change of position and tired
feeling in legs.
Mind :- ►
Irritable ; and
restless. ► Depressed and indisposed to exertion ; D. as if
evil impended. ► Indifferent to surrounding persons and things.
► Stagnation of ideas in evening, with lassitude and uneasiness.
Head :- ►
►
Aching ; nearly all day, with
bruised feeling in forehead ; in forenoon ; after
retiring late at night ; till going to sleep towards midnight,
returned on waking an lasted till noon ; before breakfast ; agg.
motion ; with coryza. ► Bruised sensation in brain in morning
on waking, agg. moving, stooping or sudden movement of head, suddenly
amel. after dinner at noon. ► Heavy aching during the day ;
during the day, agg. forenoon, with deep-seated soreness of eyes ;
during the day, amel. afternoon ; in forenoon ; from 10 A.M.
till night, amel. after 2 P.M. ► Heaviness in
evening. ► Oppression in morning on rising. ► Fulness, with
deficiency of hilarity, giving a serious expression to face. ►
Vertigo ; with nausea.
Forehead :- ►
Shooting over left
brow. ► Sharp pain in open air. ► Aching ; over
brow ; in region of causality ; at right organ of
causality ; in morning on waking ; at 11 A.M. ;
in evening after singing, with heat and redness of face ; at 7.30 P.M.,
with shooting ; at 9 P.M. ; agg.
motion ; with indisposition to think ; with pungent tingling in
organ of philoprogenitiveness ; over left eye, with soreness to
touch ; over right brow, with stopped sensation in left ear ; in
F. and temples, with fulness ; burning, in left superciliary ridge,
then in right. ► Bruised feeling, agg. right side, agg. moving head,
when brain felt loose, agg. next morning ; B. sensation, amel. after
breakfast next morning, and on moving head sensation as if brain were
loose.►
Pain in temple ; right, then left ;
region of right and hemisphere of cerebellum ; right in
morning ; left in afternoon. ► Pain in vertex. ► Sharp.
► Piercing pain in left side of head. ► Darting pain in left
side at 11 A.M. and 8 P.M.
► Pain in occiput ; low down in O. ; intermittent, in O.
in afternoon.
Eyes :- ►
Shooting in left
running to right jaw and arm. ► Pain ; agg. right ; in
forenoon ; in or over either or both ; in both and over left,
with soreness to touch over left ; deep-seated in right ; heavy.
► Lids feel inflamed and dry in evening. ► Lachrymation.
► Shooting in right ball.
Ears :- ►
Boring behind base of
left. ► Pain ; in right in morning ; in left in
afternoon ; in right after rising from bed ; when walking ;
in left and running to shoulder. ► Throbbing synchronous with beats
of heart. ► Itching deep in left, then right ; in right meatus.
► Obstructed sensation, his own voice (as well as the voices of
others) has a ringing, a confusing sound, and causes a kind of titillation
in ear, yet hearing is an acute as ever. ► Ringing. ► Roaring
in left, with feeling of a tight thread around neck just below ears.
Nose :- ►
Inflammation at lower
edge of right side of septum, then a vesicle there. ► Pain ;
pungent drawing, in left nostril and side of occiput, with feeling as if
coryza would ensue. ► Sudden, sharp tingling in Schneiderian
membrane, then violent and rapid sneezing, with watery discharge. ►
Dryness. ► Desire to pick. ►
Obstruction of right nostril at night. ► Sneezing. ►
Coryza ; with headache ; with yellow expectoration
from posterior nares ; with obstruction of voice. ►
Bleeding ; from slightest picking of nose.
Face :- ►
Pallor when standing.
► Pain in left side ; in side, right temple and ear, and in
left side of upper lip ; in right jaw and molars ; in right jaw
in morning. ► Lip, eruption on vermilion border of lower ;
vesicle on inside of lower, near left angle ; sudden itching of right
side of upper ; sudden itching of upper, near left side of nose.
Mouth :- ►
Teeth :- ►
Lancinations at root
of left lower canine after retiring late at night. ► Grumbling
stinging in right upper molars when riding in a cold wind, with aching in
forehead. ► Aching ; in left lower ; in morning ; of
both sides in morning, in incisors in afternoon ; and pain in lower
jaw, in incisors, also on left side ; in right molars, amel.
dinner ; in right molars, amel. rinsing mouth with cold water ;
sharp ; running ; running, in upper.►
► Tongue
coated ; yellow ; reddish-brown and dry, with
bitterish taste. ► Stinging at side of tongue, near root. ►
Soreness of right edge of tongue ; S. on touch of teeth, with
excoriated feeling at edges and scalded feeling anteriorly. ► Tongue
anteriorly felt dry and hot ; T. and mouth dry at night. ► Flow
of saliva. ► Taste nasty ; bitter in morning on waking ;
bad in morning on rising ; flat in morning on rising ; like zinc
on upper surface of tongue and on roof of mouth.
Throat :- ►
Mucus in fauces and
upper part of larynx ; M. from posterior nares at night ; from
posterior nares at 7 A.M., soon after rising, fluent
coryza began after breakfast, agg. right nostril, agg. evening, with
sneezing, and in evening pain in right nostril ; thick, yellow, from
posterior nares ; tough, in fauces, difficult to eject ; tough,
in fauces in evening, with aching in pharynx and inclination to cough. ►
Scraping in evening, with symptoms of slight cold. ►
Excoriated feeling in velum palati. ► Rawness in upper part all the
morning, with secretion of phlegm. ► Burning smarting in fauces and
upper part of larynx. ► Sensation as if a lump were sticking in it.
► Soreness on left side on swallowing ; on left side during
empty swallowing ; S., with feeling of lumps in it on swallowing.
► Tickling, then soreness ; T. in pit and behind upper part of
sternum. ► Dryness ; in posterior nares ; and deglutition
difficult.
Clinical :- ►
Catarrh
of the pharynx.
Stomach :- ►
Appetite
increased ; decreased ; lost ; lost, with feeling of
emptiness. ► Thirst in evening ; at 7.30 P.M.
► Eructation. ► Empty eructations ; after dinner ;
with distention of pit to stomach ; sour, in morning on waking ;
forcible, in evening. ► Hiccough. ► Nausea ; in morning
on waking, with movements in abdomen as from a cathartic ; in morning
when dressing, with vertigo ; in evening, amel. eructations, with
fulness in abdomen as if diarrhśa were forming ; on going to bed,
with fulness of stomach and eructations tasting of the food ; with
pain in epigastrium, stomach and abdomen.►
Distended sensation, amel. motion of
wind in abdomen. ► Cutting in pit when riding in open air. ►
Acute pain in pit. ► Pain ; in gastric region ; on
waking ; in digestive organs in morning on waking, and
frequently ; heavy, towards cardiac orifice. ► Burning pain
during the day, and in abdomen ; in pit. ► Pyrosis after
dinner. ► Feeling of repletion
and as if one had eaten spice, with dry feeling in anterior part of
tongue. ► Weight in epigastrium ; in
pit ; in epigastrium after eating. ► Feeling two
hours after breakfast as if food had not digested ; sensation of
undigested food, amel. night ; with upward
pressure to throat-pit, every empty swallowing carried it downward, but it
immediately returned.
Clinical :- ►
Gastric
disorder, shooting from pit of the stomach into chest and throat, with
flatulence. ► Affections from excessive tea-drinking. ►
Gastralgia, aching extending through to the back, obliged to take a long
breath. ► Gastralgia, pains extend to the chest, agg. motion,
amel. quiet rest.
Abdomen :- ►
Distention and
hardness ; D. on going to bed. ► Movements as if stool would
occur. ► Rumbling ; in evening, with sharp pain, then dull
headache ; with yawning ; with relaxed sensation ; with
colic above hypogastrium, nausea, loss of appetite, copious diarrhśa four
or five times, in a stream, each discharge suddenly arrested, urging
renewed on rising and on returning to the cabinet a new stream poured
forth. ► Flatulence ; in morning on waking, with emission of
flatus and burnt sensation in tongue and mouth ; after meals ;
moving about at night. ► Fetid flatus at night.►
Cutting in evening, then diarrhśa.
► Sharp pain in morning after the fever, agg. deep inspiration,
amel. rising. ► Pain in morning
on waking, amel. emission of flatus ; in
morning, then brown diarrhśa ; in morning, then diarrhśa ;
in evening ; at night ; wandering. ► Sensation as before
diarrhśa, with pain in rectum ; sensation as before D., and in
rectum.►
Pain in left hypochondrium when lying on
left side ; left H. when walking rapidly after dinner ; right H.
during eructation ; right side about seventh rib, about 5 P.M.,
with weakness on each side of umbilicus ; right side, in region of
ascending colon when walking.
Umbilical Region :- ►
Griping
below umbilicus after breakfast, partially amel. emission of offensive
flatus. ► Pain ; above U. ; in right side towards
evening ; flatulent, in right side (ascending colon) ;
flatulent, in transverse colon, beginning during dinner, amel. emission of
flatus ; sudden, in bed before midnight, beginning on yawning or deep
inspiration.
Hypogastrium :- ►
Sharp pain in
morning before rising, then diarrhśa twice and pain in abdomen. ►
Aching at dorsum of left ilium ; in left side midway between
umbilicus and crest of ilium when riding, with full sensation as from
flatus.
Rectum :- ►
Hćmorrhoids, with
heat and irritation about anus and sensation of a foreign body there.
► Movement of flatus, then pain in pubes. ► Shooting to left
groin like an electric shock. ► Pressure as from one side of a stick
in afternoon. ► Feeling as if a rough stick were forced up in
evening, painful on walking. ► Itching in anus.
Stool :- ►
►
Watery, brown in morning (Sulph.) ;
W. at 4 A.M., the urging
waking him. ► Diarrhśa. ►
Constipation. ► Hard ; and small ; and brown,
tenacious, accumulating in rectum. ► Black. ► Scanty.
Clinical :- ►
Early
morning diarrhśa, hurrying the patient out of bed, characterized by a
dry cough from tickling in the throat, agg. night. ► Chronic
diarrhśa, of brown water from 5 till 9 A.M.
Urinary Organs :- ►
Constant
inclination to urinate. ► Urging ; at neck of bladder ;
frequent ; sudden, with sensation as if urine had entered urethra,
urine pale. ► Urine copious, colorless ; scanty, red, turbid,
with flocculent deposit and oily surface, next day brick-dust sediment.
Sexual Organs :- ►
Tendency to
phimosis. ► Redness at end of prepuce, with sore and excoriated
feeling ; redness of prepuce, agg. evening and morning, with
soreness. ► Itching of prepuce. ► Desire diminished ;
lost.
Respiratory Organs :- ►
►
Larynx, mucus removed by hawking ; tough mucus, agg. night, with
constant desire to raise it ; irritation to cough when eating ;
pain ; pain in top ; pain, agg. left side ;
burning smarting, also on expiration. ► Burning smarting in left
bronchus, with expectoration. ► Hoarseness ; in morning ;
in evening. ► Voice nasal at 11 A.M. ; V.
suddenly rose in pitch at 2 P.M., at 4 P.M.
it sounded as in coryza. ► Breathless
sensation as if air did not penetrate chest, or like what is felt when
passing rapidly through the air.►
► Cough
before breakfast, from tickling in chest ; at noon on
breathing cold air, with piercing in left lung ;
C. in evening on lying down in bed ; from 10 till 12 P.M.,
agg. lying ; at night on lying down ; at night in bed, from
tickling behind upper half of sternum ; on lying down after dinner ;
in bed on turning on to left side after lying on back ; when lying, from
tickling behind sternum ; from tickling in pit of throat ;
then behind sternum and in stomach ;
when riding, from tickling in left anterior side of chest ; when
riding in open air, from tickling in middle of sternum, then easy hawking
of mucus ; dry, spasmodic, like
early stage of whooping cough, preceded by tickling in pit of throat,
during the cough congestion and pain in head and
wrenching pain in right side of chest, C.
agg. a few minutes after lying down at night, then
sleep at night, after two weeks C. with difficult expectoration of scanty,
adhesive mucus ; hacking ; hacking, from irritation behind
sternum ; C. from 11 till 12 P.M.,
at first from tickling in pit of throat, then from tickling and irritation
in chest as if a feather in bronchus oscillated on respiration, and with
expectoration, which felt as if it came from near centre of chest, the C.
causes a sharp pain to extend downward several inches in a vertical line
from that spot ; causing shocks in stomach and pain over
left brow and in stomach, from tickling in trachea, bronchi and stomach,
with expectoration from bronchi ; causing
painful shocks in muscles in region of stomach and in place of muscular
attachment of left of stomach, where there is a spot sensitive to touch,
in evening on lying down, from tickling in pit of
throat.
Clinical :- ►
Aphonia. ► Incessant dry cough, with soreness of the chest, agg.
cold air, cough seems to come from the pit of the throat, amel. warm
air. ► Paroxysmal cough from taking a deep breath, agg. evening
after lying, must keep his mouth covered on account of aggravation from
cold air. ► Night-cough in phthisis. ► Sympathetic gastric
cough. ► Cough causes pain behind the sternum. ► Asthma,
with violent spasms of coughing, sense of suffocation, especially agg. 2
A.M.
Chest :- ►
►
Sticking to left of sternum and under breast ; in left
side, just below middle, at angle of a rib ; in
left in morning before rising, then pain in lungs ; around
waist at 7 A.M. on deep inspiration ; along
left margin of sternum in afternoon on deep inspiration when riding ;
in left anterior part on lying down at 3 P.M. ;
at xiphoid or ensiform cartilage and adjacent parts of epigastrium and
chest about 3 P.M., agg. movement ; in
substance of left lung at 3.30 P.M.,
when writing at a desk ; in various parts in
evening ; left side near lower edge of ribs during dinner ; to
left of epigastrium when lying on right side after dinner ; raw,
to left of longitudinal centre of sternum at night, obstructing deep
inspiration ; burning, near heart, after lying down, gradually moved
into pectoralis major, about two inches above and to left of nipple, agg.
deep inspiration and by lying on back on right side, amel. lying on left
side ; sudden burning in left at night on deep inspiration when lying
down ; almost itching pain below left nipple, followed and
accompanied by stinging-burning pain in back, with throbbing in
ears synchronous with beats of heart.►
Cutting in left breast at noon. ►
Sharp pain ; in right ; near anterior border of right
axilla ; running to right and left ; intermittent, at 11 P.M.
in bed. ► Pain ; left ; sides and in
lungs ; sternal region ; lower border of left
axilla ; below an anterior to nipple, agg. right ; anterior
part of lungs day and night, with headache, pain in stomach and belching
of wind ; region of heart at 2.15 A.M.,
on waking from a dream of an accident ; left side near back, about
last true rib, at night after lying down ; right side when lying, left
side with sense of depression in chest ; above middle of
left clavicle when riding in open air, with burning and sticking
pain ; upper part of breast, with sense of depression ;
intermittent, in anterior part of lungs in afternoon.►
► Burning
pain below left nipple, agg. deep inspiration. ►
Burning-tingling pain (similar to itching) below and to right to left
nipple. ► Raw pain under each clavicle when hawking mucus out of
throat. ► Soreness in left after turning to
that side. ► Bruised sensation in right, about a lower
rib. ► Pressure as with a finger between clavicle and axilla at 11 P.M.,
alternately in left and right sides, then aching under middle of left
clavicle. ► Dry heat in middle, with stinging burning pain in back.
Clinical :- ►
It has
been indicated in rheumatism of the muscles of left side of the chest,
agg. lying in bed at night.
Heart :- ►
Stinging in region in
afternoon, extending to apex of left scapula, with frequent desire to
inspire deeply, which increases the pain. ► Pain ; in region
with pain and heaviness in left upper arm and agg. elbow ; sharp and
deep, in left side ; heavy, in region on deep inspiration ;
burning, in region at times. ► Sensation as if it suddenly ceased to
beat, then throbbing through chest. ► Action increased by ascending
stairs. ► Palpitation after supper and after conversion.
Pulse :- ►
Rapid.
Neck :- ►
Pain in nape ;
cramplike, in left side of nape.
Back :- ►
Pain ; in
afternoon and evening ; running down ; in middle ; in
scapula ; under scapula ; under and below apex of left S. ;
near inferior angle of right S. ; between S. when standing ;
near dorsal spine ; in left side of dorsal spine, extending half way
to spine ; sharp, at left scapula. ► Shooting from dorsal spine
half way to left side ; midway between dorsal spine and left side on
beginning to walk in the room, then in a spot immediately below it, in
loin. ► Pain in loins ; at dorsum of left ilium ; with
fatigue ; burning, in a spot near top of right sacro-iliac
symphysis ; sore, at junction of sacrum with left ilium, agg.
stooping and rising, later pain in loins and lameness as if strained, agg.
sudden motion of body, the lameness amel. 2 P.M.,
then pulsation in muscles of nates.
Extremities :- ►
Twitching of
right arm and leg. ► Pain in right arm, thumb and knee ; right
arm and legs ; right arm, thumb and leg, and in left foot and
ankle ; left arm, thumb and leg ; left arm and foot ;
elbows, arms and left knee ; right arm, hand and knee in
afternoon ; rending, anteriorly in ligaments of ankles, running down
insteps, alternating with gnawing in internal condyle of left humerus,
then when riding aching, heaviness and crawling through lower limbs.
Upper Extremities :- ►
Pain in
shoulders and scapulć ; in right shoulder on waking, amel.
rest ; in left shoulder and along arm to elbow. ► Arm, pain at
inner side ; in left, and in hand and thumb ; in left, and in
left fingers ; remittent, near insertion of right deltoid ;
bruised feeling in left ; feeling in right as if muscles were glued
together and sore to touch ; numbness in left after lying down in
bed, with crawling. ► Upper arm, stinging on inner side of
right ; aching in left ; pain at inner side just above right
elbow ; strained sensation in left.►
Aching in elbows ; in left
wrist ; in ulnar half of right wrist ; rheumatic, above back of
wrist late in evening. ► Pain in left hand ; at ulnar side of
dorsum of hand ; in left fingers. ► Numbness of right hand.
Lower Extremities :- ►
Weariness
in afternoon, with aching in bones ; W. agg. moving, amel. lying,
with aching in calves as after long walking or standing. ►
Crawling-tingling. ► Aching in right hip-joint when walking, causing
lameness. ► Sticking at inner part of right knee on stepping.
► Rending pain in flexure of left knee when standing. ► Sharp
pain in knees, running down left leg, on rising from a seat.
Legs :- ►
Pain in right and in
toes ; at inner side of left at each step, then sharp pain at inner
side of right knee at every step ; muscular, agg. pressure and in
thighs ; drawing, almost a cramp, in right calf. ► Rheumatic
pains all day, with aching in them ; R. pains in afternoon, agg.
right ; anteriorly in tibia ; in anterior surface of tibić in
evening. ► Weakness through the day, agg. ascending and descending
stairs ; in evening on ascending and descending stairs. ►
Heaviness in right calf as if flesh would fall from bones.►
Pain in left foot, with insensibility of
leg ; P. in left instep, at upper anterior part of tarsus, at night.
► Tenderness of feet ; with sensitiveness and shooting in
corns. ► Pain in right little toe, agg. corn on outside of it.
Skin :- ►
Vesicles on neck near
jaw ; on right side of neck, near jaw.►
Itching ; in face and right
ear ; in whiskers on left side of face ; left upper eyelid,
groins and various parts of trunk, limbs, face and neck ; abdomen,
near left side ; between scapulć ; between spine and left
scapula ; anteriorly on left shoulder and anteriorly on left
loin ; at right of middle of sternum, then at left scapula, then on
right side of face ; bends of elbows and to left of sternum, over
fifth rib ; posteriorly below elbows ; back of hands ; legs
in evening ; lower limbs in evening, on undressing and
afterwards ; calves at night and in morning ; at night when
awake, amel. scratching, which produced burning ; buttocks before and
after getting into bed ; limbs, agg. night on retiring and in morning
after rising ; about knees, and agg. on calves, at
night on undressing, after scratching minute red pimples, later
pustules, afterwards almost the whole surface from thighs to feet covered
with this nettle-rash ; of legs when exposed
to air on undressing and on rising in morning, amel. warmth of bed,
after scratching redness and little sores which heal rapidly, on calves
and about knees, agg. posteriorly ; in a spot, suddenly changing to
another locality ; stinging ; stinging, in various parts ;
prickling, on buttocks when exposed to the air during stool.
Clinical :- ►
Prurigo, agg. cold, amel. warmth ; excessive itching on undressing.
► Chronic urticaria. ► (Compare Rhus
tox., Caust.).
Sleep :- ►
Yawning. ►
Sleepiness at 11 A.M. ; in afternoon and
evening after eating heartily ; with desire to lie down. ►
Sleep restless, disturbed, with short naps and unpleasant fancies even
when awake ; R., with many kinds of absurd dreams,
constant magnifying of trifles disturbed him ; R., broken and
unrefreshing or disturbed by vivid dreams, he jumps and tumbles in bed,
walks about the room and talks in sleep. ► Restlessness latter part
of night ; in bed at night, with discomfort. ► Woke about 2 A.M.
Dreams :- ►
Of being made angry.
► Of vexations conduct of a strange servant. ►
Disagreeable ; about 6 A.M. ; of burglars
after 4 A.M. ; and sleep unrefreshing. ►
Solicitous, in morning. ► Of danger from floods ; of D. and of
disagreeable and wicked persons. ► Of fear and of hostile conduct of
strangers towards each other. ► Horrid, of dead persons returning to
life. ► Terrific, of autopsies, murdered men running about naked,
falling, being drowned, etc., afterwards pleasant. ► Of murders at
5.30, just before waking. ► Of killing a small rabid dog and of
being in trouble and perplexity. ► Of stealing a horse, of crime and
trouble. ► Indistinctly remembered in latter part of night ;
indistinctly remembered, of being in a beautiful country, of being
disappointed. ► Of seeing Queen Victoria. ► Of seeing friends.
► Of living. ► Of hope and of friendly conduct of
acquaintances towards him.
Fever :- ►
►
Sensitive to cold during the day. ► Chilliness ;
down back on motion ; running up and down back and down calves in
afternoon on motion ; of lower limbs of forenoon ; feet during
the day, while face felt hot and pulsated.►
Heat ; towards morning ; in
morning on waking, with frontal headache, heat of skin, full and rapid
pulse, tongue coated white, then coldness ; in cheeks ; left
cheek ; right side of nose and adjacent part of cheek ; in
palms ; palms in evening ; back and face, with smarting in face,
then chilliness, agg. back, with pain in abdomen, nausea and shooting near
middle of chest anteriorly.►
Sweat in morning on waking ; on
lower limbs in latter part of night ; cold, clammy, on legs at night,
then symptoms of severe cold, as scraping in throat, with tenacious mucus,
cough, headache and obstruction of nose.
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