Text Book of Materia Medica.
By Adolph Lippe, M. D.
Professor of Materia Medica at the Homœopathic
College of Pennsylvania.
Presented by Médi-T.
Chamomilla vulgaris.
Mind and Disposition.
Anger, with rage, violence and heat.
Great anguish and restlessness.
Crying and howling.
Weeping uneasiness ; the child wants different things, and repels
them when given to him.
[5] The child cries and wants to be
carried on the arm.
Seeks a cause for quarrel.
Peevishness and ill humor ; taciturn absence of mind.
Head.
Vertigo, when rising from bed ; from drinking coffee.
Pulsating headache, generally in one side of the head, with one red
cheek ; worse at night ; in the open air ; in the
wind ; better from warm coverings and when walking about.
[10] Lancinating pain in one side of
the head, with thirst ; better from walking about.
Headache, which is felt even during sleep.
Hot, clammy perspiration on the scalp and forehead.
Eyes.
Burning heat in the eyes.
Inflammation of the eyes, especially the edges of the lower eyelids,
which are swollen.
[15] Distortion of the eyes.
Yellowness of the whites.
Hæmorrhage from the eyes.
Spasmodically closed eyelids.
Twitching of the eyelids.
[20] Aversion to bright light.
Ears.
Otalgia, with stitches and tearing.
Discharge of thin pus from the ears.
Inflammatory swelling of the paratid gland.
Sensitive hearing.
Nose.
[25] Wrinkled skin of the nose.
Ulcerated nostrils.
Sensitive smell.
Face.
Bloatedness of the face.
Redness and burning heat, particularly of the cheeks ; sometimes of
one cheek only, with paleness and coldness of the other.
[30] Swelling, with hardness and
blueness of one cheek.
Red rash on the cheeks.
Convulsive movements and twitchings of the facial muscles and lips.
Rhagades in the middle of the lower lip.
Heat of the face, while the rest of the body is cold.
[35] Wrinkles on the forehead.
Mouth and Throat.
Putrid smell from the mouth.
Dry mouth and tongue, with thirst.
Red tongue, cracked.
Tongue coated thick, yellow or white.
[40] Convulsive movements of the
tongue.
Inflammation of the soft palate and the tonsils, with dark redness.
Sensation of a plug in the throat.
Inability to swallow while lying.
Inability to swallow solid food.
[45] Sore throat, with swelling of the
parotid or submaxillary glands.
Teeth.
Insupportable (drawing) toothache (at night) with swelling of the hot,
red cheek, and thirst.
The toothache recommences when entering the warm room.
Toothache, aggravated from drinking any thing warm, especially coffee.
Toothache, after a cold and suppressed perspiration.
[50] Toothache, with redness and
swelling of the gums.
Dentition, with convulsions.
Appetite and Taste.
Aversion to food ; loathing of food.
Great thirst ; longing for cold water.
Bitter taste in the mouth early in the morning.
[55] Desire for coffee.
Stomach and Abdomen.
Sour eructations (the existing pain is aggravated by eructations).
Vomiting, of food ; sour ; of bile.
After eating or drinking, heat and perspiration of the face.
Distention of the abdomen after a meal.
[60] Painful bloatedness of the
epigastrium (in the morning).
Nausea (after drinking coffee).
Colic, after anger.
Oppression of the stomach, as if a stone were pressing downwards.
Burning in the pit of the stomach.
[65] Pressing towards the abdominal
ring, as if hernia would protrude.
Stool and Anus.
Nightly diarrhœa, with frequent small discharges and colic.
Hot, diarrhœic stools, smelling like rotten eggs.
Stools green, chopped.
Stools consisting of white mucus, with colic.
[70] Diarrhœa during dentition (green
mucus).
Diarrhœa from cold, from anger, from chagrin.
Stools corroding the anus.
Urinary Organs.
Ineffectual urging, with anguish during micturition.
The urine is hot, with flocculent sediment ; turbid.
[75] Smarting pain in the urethra
during micturition.
Genital Organs.
Men. Itching, stinging pain in the
margin of the prepuce.
Soreness of the border of the prepuce. (Sycosis).
Excited sexual desire.
Women. Pressure towards the uterus,
like labor-pain.
[80] Metrorrhagia ; the blood is
passed in clots, and smells putrid.
Discharge of blood between the regular catamenia.
Abdominal spasms, before the catamenia ; of pregnant women ;
or while nursing.
The labor-pains are not sufficient, but cause great restlessness and
anguish (over-sensitive to the pains).
Violent after-pains.
[85] Suppression of milk (milk is
cheesy, or mixed with pus ; (milk fever).
Puerperal fever.
Erysipelas of the mammæ and soreness of the nipples.
Induration and swelling of the mammæ ; they are painful to the
touch.
Larynx and Trachea.
Wheezing and rattling in the trachea.
[90] Hoarseness, from tenacious mucus
in the trachea.
Catarrhal hoarseness.
Stitches and burning in the larynx, with hoarseness.
Hoarseness and cough, from rattling mucus in the trachea.
Chest.
Burning of the chest.
[95] Oppression of the chest, as from
flatulence.
Constriction of the upper part of the chest.
Sudden stoppage of the chest, in children.
Stitches in the sides of the chest.
Burning pain under the sternum.
[100] Rattling of mucus in the chest.
Cough from irritation in the chest ; from tickling in the pharynx
and larynx, daring the day, with expectoration of small quantities of
tough mucus, tasting bitter or putrid.
Dry nightly cough of children, from tickling in the throat-pit.
Nightly dry cough during sleep.
Cough worse at night ; aggravated from crying ; from cold
air ; dry winds ; open air ; during sleep.
[105] Amelioration of the cough when
getting warm in bed.
Back.
Pain in the small of the back, especially at night.
Stinging pain in the back.
Extremities.
Upper. The arms go to sleep, especially
when taking hold of any thing.
Convulsions of the arms, with clasping in of the thumb.
[110] Convulsive twitchings of the
fingers.
Cold hands, with cold perspiration in the palms of the hands.
Swelling of the palms of the hands.
Lower. Cracking of the knee during
motion.
Burning of the soles of the feet, (at night, he puts his feet out of
bed).
[115] Sensation of numbness in the
toes.
Generalities.
Over-sensitiveness of the nerves ; (pain is insupportable, drives
to despair).
Over-sensitiveness of the senses, (especially from coffee narcotics).
Great, prostrating debility as soon as the pain begins.
Convulsive twitchings in the limbs.
Convulsions, (during dentition).
[120] Sensation of numbness,
(extremities).
Sleep.
Yawning and stretching.
Drowsiness, with short breathing ; groaning ; starts.
Nightly sleeplessness from anxiety and visions.
Restless sleep, with weeping and howling, groaning and tossing about.
[125] Snoring breathing when asleep.
Sleep, full of vivid, fanciful dreams.
Fever.
Pulse small, tense, and accelerated.
Chilliness ; frequently on some parts, while others are hot.
Chilliness, with internal heat.
[130] Chill and coldness of the whole
body, with burning hot face and hot breath.
Chilliness and coldness of the fore part of the body, while the back
part is hot, or vice versa.
Chilliness from exposure to the air, (undressing), or in the cold air.
Heat, with occasional chills, and one hot, red cheek, while the other is
pale.
Heat, with anxiety and perspiration of the face and scalp.
[135] Continuous burning heat, with
violent thirst, and starts during sleep, and furious delirium.
Perspiration during sleep, mostly on the head, smelling sour, and with
biting sensation of the skin.
Suppressed perspiration.
Skin.
Yellow skin, (over the whole body).
The skin becomes unhealthy, and every injury ulcerates.
[140] Rash of infants, and during
nursing.
Red rash on the cheeks, on the forehead.
Ulcers, with darting and lancinating in the night, and excessive
sensitiveness to the touch.
Itching pimples form around the ulcer, covered with scurf, and
suppurating.
[145] Inflammatory swelling of the
glands.
Conditions.
Extreme sensitiveness to pain, with great irritability.
Over-sensitiveness to the open air, and aversion to being in the wind.
At night, tearing (rheumatic) pains in the limbs, with sensation of
numbness.
The pains are worse at night, and are accompanied by thirst and heat.
[150] Aggravation
at night ; from anger, (colic) ; after taking cold ;
while lying down ; during perspiration ; during sleep.
Amelioration while fasting ; from
bending the head backward ; after perspiration ; on rising.
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