Text Book of Materia Medica.
By Adolph Lippe, M. D.
Professor of Materia Medica at the Homœopathic
College of Pennsylvania.
Presented by Médi-T.
Cimex lectularius.
Head.
Violent headache, which almost deprives him of the power of thinking
during the chill ; worse when he drinks.
Nose.
Dryness of the nostrils.
Constant sneezing in the forenoon.
Fluent coryza, with pressure in the frontal sinuses.
Mouth and Throat.
[5] Tongue coated white.
Swollen feeling of the tongue.
Feeling as if burnt on the tongue, in the region of the palate and the
upper anterior gums.
Dryness of the throat, causing him to drink all day.
Stomach and Abdomen.
Sour eructations.
[10] Pain in the liver, as if it had
been strained by bending the right side inward ; the spot is
painful when touching it and when coughing.
Colic, followed by emissions of flatulence or liquid stools.
Stool and Anus.
Stools hard, in small balls.
After the discharge of a small piece of white stool the rectum closes
firmly.
Stools with hæmorrhoidal sufferings.
Urinary Organs.
[15] Urine brown, with a deposit of
sediment (during the fever, when he drinks).
Respiratory Organs.
Dry cough, with gagging, us if he would vomit, with perspiration.
Back.
Pain in the small of the back, extending over the abdomen, with
distention of the abdomen.
Pain in the small of the back ; worse when sitting.
Extremities.
Upper. Pain in the right shoulder and
the anterior muscles of the chest, extending through the whole aim down
the nails ; the fingers feel as if they had gone to sleep.
Fever.
[20] Pulse feeble ; intermitting.
Before the cold stage, thirst ; heaviness in the lower extremities.
At the beginning of the chill, clenching of the hands and violent rage.
Chilliness over the whole body, followed by dry boat which is succeeded
by some moisture over the skin.
During the chill painfulness in all the joints ; sensation as if
the tendons were too short ; the knee joints are most
contracted ; the legs cannot be extended ; the chest feels
oppressed, obliging one to take a long breath frequently ;
irresistible sleepiness.
[25] At the end of the chill the legs
feel tired ; the position of the legs has to he changed
constantly ; this ceases during the hot stage.
After the chill thirst, and when he drinks he is attacked with violent
headache, which almost deprives him of the power of thinking ;
tickling in the larynx, causing a continuous dry cough ; oppression
of breathing ; heaviness in the middle of the chest ; anxiety.
Amelioration if he does not drink.
During the hot stage gagging in the œsophagus, which impedes
inspiration ; thirstlessness, the water drank to allay the gag
gagging goes down at intervals only ; the œsophagus feeble
constricted.
If he drinks during the fever he passes soon after very hot brown urine,
depositing a good deal of sediment.
The perspiration, after the hot stage, is accompanied by hunger.
[30] Perspiration mostly on the head
and chest.
During the intermittent fever, constipation ; stools dry.
Sleep.
Great drowsiness ; falls asleep when sitting in the morning.
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