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Condensed Materia Medica.

By Constantine Hering.
Presented by .

RUMEX CRISPUS.

[Rumex]
Yellow Dock. Joslin. Polygonaceæ.

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[1] Mind.

► Low-spirited : with serious expression of face ;
with suicidal mood.
► Irritable.
► Disinclined to mental exertion.

   
[3] Inner Head.

► Headache after waking in morning, preceded by a
disagreeable dream.
► Dull pains : on right side ; in occiput ; in
forehead.
► Darting pain, or sharp piercing in left side of head.

   
[5] Eyes.

► Pain in eyes, as from dryness ; lids inflamed,
worse in the evening.

   
[6] Ears.

► Ringing in the ears.
► Itching deep in ears.

   
[7] Nose.

► Epistaxis, violent sneezing and painful irritation of
nostrils.
► Nose obstructed ; dry sensation, even in posterior nares.
► Fluent coryza., with sneezing ; worse evening and night.
► Yellow mucus, discharged through posterior nares.

   
[8] Face.

► Heat of face, redness worse evenings ; dull
headache.

   
[11] Tongue, etc.

► Bitter taste (morning).
► Dry tongue and mouth : tongue feels as if burned.
► Tongue coated white, yellowish-brown or reddish-brown.
► Sudden change of voice at different times, or at same time on each
day ; or with the cough.

   
[13] Throat.

► Excoriated feeling in throat, with secretion of mucus
in upper part of throat.
► Sensation of a lump in throat, not relieved by hawking or
swallowing, it descends on deglutition, but immediately returns.
► Aching in larynx, with collection of tough mucus in fauces.

   
[15] Eating and Drinking.

► After meals : flatulency ; heaviness in
stomach or epigastrium ; aching in left breast ; pressure and
distention in stomach.

   
[16] Nausea and Vomiting.

► Nausea at night, before diarrhœa.

   
[17] Stomach.

► Shooting from pit of stomach to chest ; sharp in
left chest ; slight nausea ; dull aching in forehead.
► Aching and shooting in pit of stomach, and above it, on each side
of sternum.
► Sensation of fulness and pressure in pit of stomach, up into
throat.
► Tight, suffocative, heavy ache in epigastrium, through to back ;
clothes seem too tight ; weak feeling in epigastrium, all worse when
talking ; frequently task’s long breath.

   
[18] Hypochondria.

► Pain in hypochondrium from coughing., rapid walking or
deep inspiration.

   
[19] Abdomen.

► Griping near navel, partially relieved by discharge of
offensive flatus flatulent colic soon after a meal.
► Pain occurring, or worse during deep inspiration.
► Sensation of hardness and fullness in the abdomen, with rumbling.

   
[20] Stool, etc.

► Stools : painless, offensive, profuse ; brown
or black, thin or watery ; preceded by pain in abdomen ; before
stool, sudden urging, driving him out of bed in morning.
► Morning diarrhœa, with cough from tickling in throat-pit.
► Feces hard, tough, brown ; costive.
► Itching at anus, with discharge of offensive flatus.
► Sensation as from pressure of a stick in rectum.

   
[21] Urine.

► Sudden urging.
► Involuntary micturition, with cough.
► Copious, colorless urine, in afternoon.

   
[25] Larynx.

► Tenacious mucus in throat or larynx, constant desire to
hawk.
► Hoarseness, worse evenings ; voice uncertain.

   
[26] Breathing.

► Frequent feeling as if she could not get another
breath.
► Suffocating feeling even down to epigastrium, as if tough phlegm
must work up, with the cough ; despair, even to suicidal feeling ;
prostrate, tearful, after attack.

   
[27] Cough.

► Hoarse barking cough ; in attacks, every night at
11 P.M., and at 2 and 5 A.M.(children).
► Cough, with pain behind mid-sternum.
► Dry, incessant ; fatiguing cough, caused by tickling in the
throat-pit extending to behind sternum and to stomach.
► Soreness in larynx and behind sternum ; rawness under
clavicles ; pain in stomach ; stitches in left lung.
► Cough worse from changing rooms, evening after lying down ;
touching and pressing trachea or throat-pit, from the slightest inhalation
of cool air, he covers his head with bedclothes, to make the air warmer.
► Hawking with burning soreness in larynx ; later in left
bronchus, renewed by strong exhalation and scrapping.

   
[28] Lungs.

► Aching over anterior portion of both lungs.
► Burning-sticking or burning-stinging pain in left chest near heart ;
worse from deep breathing and lying down in bed at night. θ
Rheumatism.
► Burning, shooting pain in right chest.
► Sharp pain near left axilla.
► Soreness behind stomach when breathing.

   
[29] Heart and Pulse.

► Heart feels as if it suddenly stopped beating, followed
by a heavy throbbing through the chest.
► Burning in region of heart ; stinging ; worse when lying
down and breathing deeply.
► Aching in heart, with throbbing of carotids and through body,
shaking the bed ; dyspnœa ; worse when lying, had to sit up ;
face red, puffed, worse about eyes, which were red, lustreless.
► Pulse accelerated, mostly when going up stairs.

   
[31] Neck and Back.

► Pressing-aching in back, at lower border of scapula.
► Sore or burning pain near sacro-iliac symphysis.

   
[32] Upper Limbs.

► Pains in shoulder down to elbow ; arms feel
strained.
► Hands cold, when coughing.

   
[33] Lower limbs.

► Stitching in back of right hip ; limping walk.
► Legs ache.
► Stitch-like pain in knee-joint, when standing.
► Legs covered with small, red pimples.
► Feet cold.
► Feet sensitive.
► Stinging in corns.

   
[35] Position, etc.

► Walking : 18. Ascending stairs :
29. Lying down : 27, 28,
29. Standing : 33. Must sit up :
29.

   
[36] Nerves.

► Great debility ; averse to work ; indifferent
about his surroundings.

   
[37] Sleep.

► Unquiet sleep, dreams of danger and trouble.
► Wakes early, with headache.

   
[38] Time.

► Morning : 3, 11,
20. Afternoon : 21. Evening :
5, 7, 8, 25,
27. Night : 7, 16,
27, 28. 11 P.M. : 27.
2 and 5 A.M. : 27.

   
[39] Temperature and Weather.

► Generally worse : from cool change of weather ;
when riding in cold wind ; in cold, damp, raw weather.
► Covering head : 27. Uncovering : 46.
Cool air : 27, 46. Changing rooms :
27.

   
[40] Chill, Fever and Sweat.

► Chilly, worse on back ; colic, nausea, stitches
near middle of chest.
► Sensation of heat, followed by that of cold, without shivering.
► Flushes of heat worse on cheeks.
► Sweat on waking from a sound sleep.

   
[42] Sides.

► Right : 3, 28, 33.
Left : 3, 15, 17,
27, 28, 29.

   
[45] Contact, Injuries, etc.

► Touch or pressure : 17, 27.

   
[46] Skin.

► Itching in various parts., worse on lower limbs while
undressing.
► Stinging-itching, or prickling-itching of skin.
► Vesicular eruption, itching when uncovered and exposed to cool
air.


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