BOENNINGHAUSEN’S CHARACTERISTICS MATERIA MADICA & REPERTORY – C.M. BOGER

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BŒNNINGHAUSEN’S
CHARACTERISTICS
MATERIA MEDICA
by
C. M. BOGER, M.D.

Mercurius vivus

[Merc.]

Mind.–

Great
mental (and bodily) restlessness, especially in evening and at night.
Effects of grief or fright with nightly anxiety and fear. Impatience and
willfulness. Inclination to contradict and quarrel. Dissatisfied and
complains about everything, his relations, surroundings, etc. Satiety of
life. Desire to escape. Homesickness.

Sensorium.–

Whirling
vertigo when lying on back, with headache, blackness before eyes, nausea
and heat. Sweetish rising in throat, followed by fainting, then sleep.

Head.–

Congestion
to. Tearing, burning pain in one (mostly the left) side and temple.
Bursting ache. Pains: Burning, sticking, festering, ascending
from naps. Feels as if a band lay around it, or it were screwed in.
Meningitis, with ebullition and throbbing in forehead. Painful soreness
of. Exostoses easily passing into caries. Open fontanelles. Eruption of
offensive yellowish crusts on. Tickling and crawling itching, bleeding
easily when scratched or passing into an erysipelatous inflammation.
Falling of hair. Worse: Evening, becoming insufferable in warmth
of bed at night, touch. Better: Sitting up, after rising from
bed, at rest, in a warm room, laying hand on part, dry weather, rubbing.

Eyes.–

Ulcerated
and scurfy tarsi, with scurfs around eyes. Inflamed, with intolerance of
firelight. Profuse, acrid lachrymation. Pain as of a cutting body under
lids. Pain as of a cutting body under lids. Biting and burning in,
especially in open air. Black points before. Progressive paralysis of
optic nerve. Aversion to light and firelight.

Ears.–

Earache,
tearing or sticking pains. Ulceration of concha. Discharge of blood and
foul – smelling pus from. Fungous growths in. Swelling of parotid gland.
Difficult bearing, after blowing nose. Roaring in.

Nose.–

Red,
glistening swelling of. Nose bleed, blood coagulates quickly. Violent,
fluent coryza, acrid watery discharge. Sneezing.

Face.–

Deathly
pallor. Dirty, earth – colored. Dirty yellow crusts on, which bleed
after scratching. Pimply eruption on chin. Swelling of one cheek. Sore,
cracked lips. Induration of submaxillary (parotid and cervical) glands.

Teeth.–

Ragged,
swollen gums, with nightly burning, smarting pains, especially when
touched and during eating. Ulcerated gums, with jagged prominences.
Teeth loose, falling out. Nightly tearing toothache, excited by cold
air, eating and cold as well as warm drinks. Stitches in.

Mouth.–

Fetid
odor from. Burning ulcers or aphthae in. Swelling of soft palate,
pharynx and tongue. Burning in throat. Inflammation and suppuration of
throat. Constant inclination to swallow. Sticking pain in throat and
tonsils when swallowing. Copious, fetid saliva. Swelling, induration and
suppuration of tongue. Inability to speak. Hoarse, husky voice.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger, with weak digestion. Aversion to all food.
Unconquerable, burning thirst. Violent thirst for cold drinks.

Taste:
Putrid (also salty or sweetish).

Nausea, etc. – Inclination to vomit, with a sweetish taste in
throat. Nightly vomiting of bile.

Stomach.–

Pressure
in, with sensation as though hanging down heavily. After every meal.

Hypochondria:
Inflammation and induration of liver, with sticking pains.

Abdomen.–

Inflammation
with distension of. Cutting and pinching in, after taking cold. Feeling
of something alive in. (following inflammation of the mesenteric
glands). Inflammatory swelling and suppuration of inguinal glands.
Erysipelas encircling abdomen.

Stool.–

Frequent,
ineffectual urging to, with tenesmus, especially at night, Dysenteric
diarrhea with tenesmus. Acrid, bloody, mucus. Sour – smelling, green,
excoriating anus. Involuntary.

Rectum.–

Prolapsus
of, during and after, urging to stool.

Urine.–

Frequent,
sudden urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Excessive urination.
dark red, very foul smelling u.

Sexual Organs.–

Gonorrhea
of glands (Jacaranda). Gonorrhea discharge from penis, especially at
night. Swelling of glands and foreskin. Ulcers on glands and foreskin,
with a cheesy lardaceous base and hard margin. Painful nightly
erections. Prolapsus uteri.

Female.–

Menses:
Too profuse, with abdominal pains and anxiety Purulent, corrosive
leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

–
Short, when ascending steps, and walking rapidly.

Cough.–

Dry,
hackling, as though head and chest would burst. Spasmodic, always in two
rapidly succeeding fits, excited by irritation in larynx and upper part
of chest. Dry at night, in daytime, expectoration of a thin, acrid,
purulent, yellow mucus often mixed with bright red, somewhat clotted
blood, and of a repulsive or saltish taste and offensive odor.
Haemoptysis.

Larynx.–

Hoarseness,
even to aphonia.

Chest.–

Spasms
of. Stitches extending to back, coughing. Burning pain in, Soreness. Dry
feeling in. Burning in. Inflammation of lungs Palpitation.
Deformed, suppurating nipples. Bad breast milk. it is repugnant to
infant.

Back.–

Bruised
pain in scapula, back and lumbar region.

Neck:
Swollen cervical glands, with sticking pains therein.

Upper Extremities.–

Nightly
tearing in shoulders, upper arm and legs. Hot, red swelling of forearm.
Cracks on fingers. Hang nails.

Lower Extremities.–

Nightly
tearing in. Dropsical swelling of thigh and leg. Painful swelling of
bones of feet.

Generalities.–

Acts
on the upper limbs first. Nightly tearing pains in extremities, with
continual sweating. Sticking pains in limbs and joints. Gouty arthritis,
with swelling and cold sensation in affected parts. Tremulous
restlessness of limbs in the evening. Great debility and weakness from
slight exertion. The symptoms are in the evening, at night they become
quite insupportable from the warmth of the bed.

Tissues.–

Inflammatory
swelling and induration of glands. Suppurating glands.

Bones.–

Painlessness
of all. Inflammation, with nightly pains. Suppurative osteitis.
Rachitis.

Skin.–

Increased
itching, from warmth of bed at night. So – called fatty itch. Dry,
miliary eruption bleeding when scratched. Eruptions burn after
scratching. Hot inflammations with tardy formation of pus. syphilitic
ulcerations. Liver spots.

Sleep.–

Late
falling to sleep on account of anxiousness and restlessness. Prevented
by frightful phantasies. Very light sleep. somnolency.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Irregular, mostly full and accelerated, with strong throbbing in blood
vessels, sometimes weak, slow and trembling, seldom intermittent.
Disappearing, with warmth of body. Ebullition of blood, with trembling
from slight exertion. Chill: In early morning while rising but
most in evening when lying down, as if dashed with cold water, not by
warmth of stove. Nocturnal, with frequent urination. Alternating with
heat, often on single parts only. Internal. with heat of face. Heat:
In bed, and chill out of it. After midnight, with violent thirst for
cold drinks. Anxious h, with compression of chest. Sweat: Toward
morning, with thirst and palpitation. Profuse, from least exertion, even
from eating. Evenings, in bed, before going to sleep. Copious night
sweats, very debilitating. Sour or offensive smelling, also cold, greasy
or sticky s., and burning of skin with almost all pains. On affected
parts.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Aco.,
Ag – c., Alo., ANT-C., Ap., Arg.,
Arn., Arn., ASAF., Aur., BELL. Bry.,
Calc-c., CARB-V., CHIN., Cic., Cina., Clem.,
Coff., Colch., Cupr., Dig.,
Dulc., EUPHORB., Guai., HEP., Iod.,
Kali bi., LACH., Laur., Lyc.,
MERC-C., Mez., NIT-AC., Nux – v.,
OP., Phos – ac., Phyt., Plat.,
Pod., Puls., Rhe., Rhod. Rhus – t.,
SARS., Selen., Sep., Sil., Spig.,
STAPH., Sul., Thuj., Valer.,
Verat – a., Zinc.

Complementary:
Bell., Sil., Hep. Sul., Intensified the action of Merc.

Mercurius corrosivus

[Merc-c.]

Mind.–

Great
agitation with anxiety, inquietude and continued jactitation. Anxiety,
during sleep. Low spirited. Ill humor. Weak intellect. Indecent
exposure. Delirium and stupor. disconnected speech.

Vertigo, – On lifting head.

Head.–

Confusion,
emission of flatus. Congestion to, and to face, with burning cheeks. Pains:
Violent, causing screaming, as if on fire, sticking, tearing in occiput,
aching, drawing in pericranium, undulating, in brain. Falling of hair.

Eyes.–

Protruding.
Glistening. Inflamed. Bloodshot. Burning in. Dry. As if forced out from
behind. Tearing in bones above. Squint seem smaller and more distant. Worse:
Light.

Ears.–

Violent
pulsation in. Whirring, rhythmical with the pulse.

Nose.–

Coryza.
Frequent nosebleed. Perforation of cartilage. Discharge like is in
glass. Dryness, in back of, in open air.

Face.–

Swollen,
worse lower part, tense shining cheeks, and red. Pale, anxious and
pinched. Frowning. Hippocratic, with sunken eyes. Convulsive motions of.
Tearing in malar bones. Necrosis of upper jaw. Painfully swollen glands.

Lips
black: excessively swollen and tender. Lips blue. Lips dry and cracked.
Convulsive motions at corners of lips.

Teeth.–

Loose,
and feel blunt. Sordes on. Prickling at roots of. Gums: Purple.
Swollen, spongy and tender, bleeding easily. Inflamed, with burning
pains. Ulcerated. Worse: Night.

Tongue.–

Inflamed,
swollen, preventing protrusion.

Mouth.–

Inflammation,
swelling, ulceration and burning heat, extending into stomach. Great
dryness of, and of throat, with intolerable thirst for cold water.
Rawness of and of throat. Fissured. False membrane in, and in throat.
Fetor. Salvation: Bloody, yellowish, difficult to expectorate.
Better cold water.

Taste:
Bitter, Salt, astringent, metallic,
fatty.

Throat.–

Excessively
violent burning pain in fauces, pharynx and oesophagus, Swelling:
Threatening suffocation, of pillars and tonsils, of uvula with
elongation, of glands, externally, with heat. Extremely painful soreness
of, and of mouth and tongue. Constriction with dysphagia. Spasm of
glottis, oesophagus and stomach. Dark, or fiery redness of. Scraping
roughness, causing hawking. Filled with a glairy, sticky or bloody
mucus. As if something stuck in lower oesophagus. Better: cold
water. Worse: Slightest external pressure.

Stomach.–

Painful
inflammation and contraction of gastro – intestinal tract. Hiccup, with
every motion of body. Regurgitation thro nose, Vomiting: Violent,
with constriction of throat, incessant, after least quantity of water,
with nausea, painful retching and insatiable thirst, spasmodic, profuse,
at night, with frightful pains in pit and umbilical regions, with
bilious diarrhoea, green, stringy, sticky, bloody, in streaks or like
coffee grounds, blue. Pains, Pricking, griping, pinching. Swelling of.
Ulcers and ecchymoses in. Worse: Slight pressure.

Abdomen.–

Swollen,
tympanitic and exquisitely sensitive. Pains: Cutting, griping,
pinching, sticking bruised, worse in caecal region and transverse colon,
colicky at umbilicus, in epigastrium, with cramps in pelvic and genital
organs. Coldness of skin all over. Apprehension in lower, and in bladder
region. Swollen sensation in inguinal and axillary glands. Worse:
Sensitive to touch, pressure and the air. Better: Passing flatus.
Bending double.

Stool.–

Bloody:
Frequent, at night, with great tenesmus and colic, scanty, of blood and
mucus, with constant desire, dysenteric, of scanty bloody mucus with
cutting in abdomen. excessively painful tenesmus and almost ineffectual
urging, dark green, blackish, streaked, bluish, grumous, pasty, of
membranous shreds, involuntary, of pure blood, very offensive, purulent.

Rectum.–

Oozing
corrosive ichor. violent burning in, and in anus. Distressing tenesmus,
getting worse and worse, passes nothing but blood – tinged mucus.
Inflammation and ulceration of.

Urinary Organs.–

Suppression
of urine and stool. Urination frequent, scanty, urine passed drop by
drop with great pain, burning and tenesmus. Urine: albuminous,
thick, blackish, bloody, containing mucus, scalding. Pyelitis. Bladder:
Feels full, even after micturition, inflamed, contracted. Gonorrhea.
discharge thick, with smarting urination and shooting pains along
urethra. Sticking, burning, itching, shooting and inflammation in
urethra and meatus.

Sexual Organs.–

Inflamed
and enormously swollen. Violent erections and sexual desire, burning in
urethra after coition. Shooting or painful griping in testicles.
Leucorrhoea of a nauseating sweetish odor. Suppressed menses, with
headache and trembling of hands, legs and neck. Menses excessive, like a
flooding. Pressive pain on touching on uteri during coition. Painful
swelling of glands around nipples.

Respiratory Organs.–

Paroxysmal
tickling in throat, with convulsive, suffocative cough and anxiety.
Coughs up blood tinged mucus. Dryness of larynx. Frequent stitches shoot
through thorax. Chronic pleuro – pneumonia, especially of left side.
Cramp from right breast to back, just below scapula. Milk suppressed.

Heart.–

Best, Tumultuous, intermittent. Pulse uneven.

Neck and Back.–

–
Tonic cramps during which respiration stops. Lumbar pains which spread
into hypogastrium and groins, alternating with convulsions and
contraction of muscles.

Extremities.–

Hands
and feet livid, shrunken and cold. Formication, numbness, heaviness,
weakness and trembling of. Cramps, convulsions or stiffness of. lax
feeling in deltoid, calf and thigh muscles, in joints.

Lower Extremities.–

Drawn
up. Sticking, tearing or shooting pains in hip joint. Feet icy cold.
Paralysis and complete insensibility of. Pricking in.

Generalities.–

Violence
characterizes its action. Intolerably violent pains. Osteocopic pains,
painful drawing in periosteum. Acrid or corrosive discharges. Spasms and
spasmodic motions. Tremblings. Lying on back with knees bent up. Great
debility and inclination to lie down. Extreme sensitiveness of whole
body. Paralytic stiffness and paralysis of extremities, with extreme
sensitiveness to the slightest motion, headache at the root of the nose,
eyes fixed and brilliant, and skin dry, sweating on forehead only.
Violent swelling and burning of affected parts. Pains in body with
general stiffness, more from movement. Worse: Walking in open air
aggravates many symptoms. Acids. Fat foods. Motion. Night. Better:
Rest.

Skin.–

Formication
in. Desquamative dermatitis. Shriveled. Dry, burning, hot and smarting.
Great coldness of. Pustules. Itching, prickling, sticking in. Rapid
ulcerations.

Sleep.–

Continual
insomnia. Somnolency, frequent yawning and stretching. Starting during
or on falling to sleep. Frightful dreams. Coma.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small, weak, often intermittent, sometimes tremulous. Chill: From
the least movement and in open air, cutting in abdomen is an almost
constant accompaniment. Chilliness in evening, especially on head. Chill
at night in bed. Hear: External, with yellow skin. Burning and
sticking heat in skin. Heat when stooping and coldness when raising up. Sweat:
Nightsweat: towards morning it becomes offensive. Cold sweat often upon
forehead only. Entire skin covered with a cold anxious sweat. Sticky
sweat.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ars., Aur., Bell., Cad-s.,
Canth., Kali – c., Kali – io, Kre.,
Lach., MERC., Nit-ac., Nux-v., Sul – ac.,
Verat-a.

Antidote:
Ars.

Mezereum

[Mez.]

Mind.–

Mental
dullness. Frequent vanishing of thought. He seems intoxicated.
Peevishness. Restlessness when alone, with desire for company.
Hypochondriacal disposition, with low spirits and weeping.

Vertigo.–

Dizzy,
as though drunken, with pressure in temples and over eyes, and dullness
in head, eating.

Head.–

Headache,
with shivering and chilliness in open air. Unilateral numbing, pressive
ache.

External Head.–

Burning,
biting, itching, most of vertex, and changing its position from
scratching, followed by smarting gatherings and a moist eruption. Bone
pains on both sides of crown, often ending in swelling and caries with
great sensitiveness to cold. Numbness of scalp, with drawing therein, in
one, seldom both sides. Worse: Evening, cold, undressing, after
lying down, touch, motion.

Eyes.–

Pressure
in, as though balls were too large. Twitchings of muscles about.

Nose.–

Excoriated
nostrils. Diminished sense of smell. Fluent coryza, with burning and
excoriation of nose and upper lip.

Face.–

Pale.
Squeezing, benumbing pressure in malar bones, extending into temples.
Swollen, cracked lower lip.

Teeth.–

Sticking
ache, extending into malar bones and temples. Rapidly become hollow.
Boring sticking in hollow t., extending up into zygoma. Dull.

Mouth.–

Dry
in back part, with saliva in anterior part. Salivation. Continuous
burning, also in throat. Narrowing and constriction of pharynx.
Difficult speech.

Appetite:
Beer tastes bitter and causes vomiting. Great hunger at noon and in
evening. Anorexia, with constant thirst.

Eructations:
Frequent, empty.

Qualmishness, etc. – With shivering and collection of water in
mouth. Vomits blood, bitter, watery mucus. Retching.

Stomach.–

Burning
in. Intense pressure in.

Abdomen.–

Burning
in. Tense and hard. Tearing bellyache. Pains in spleen.

Flatulence:
Flatulent colic, with shortness of breath and chill.

Stool.–

Frequent,
small, diarrhoeic, with unendurable pains in abdomen. Shaking chill
before and after.

Anus.–

Prolapsus
recti during stool, which is difficult to replace on account of
constriction of anus.

Urine.–

Diminished
discharge of. Bloody. Flocculent, with reddish sediment. pale.

Sexual Organs.–

Gonorrhea
of glans. Swelled testes.

Respiration.–

Tightness
of chest, as though it were too narrow, and with it a sensation as
though lungs had become adherent.

Cough.–

Dry,
with retching and vomiting, in evening and at night. Violent, spasmodic,
excited by irritation from larynx down into chest. In morning, with
expectoration of a yellow or albuminous, tenacious mucus, tasting salty,
or like an old catarrh. Intense c. when lying down. Haemoptysis.

Larynx and trachea.–

Hoarseness,
with burning and dryness in.

Chest.–

Stitches
in, worse during inspiration. Painful tension of pectoral muscles. Sore
pain and burning in bones of.

Lower Extremities.–

Sciatica,
with twitching pain and shortness of limbs.

Generalities.–

Paralytic
tension in limbs. Twitching and quivering in muscles. Burning of
internal, with chill of external parts. Heaviness of limbs. Sensitive to
cold air. The complaints are intensified by motion and touch. He feels
worst in evening. Usually one half of body only is entirely or partly
effected.

Bones.–

Exostoses.
Caries.

Skin.–

Nightly
itching, with swelling after scratching, which is quickly followed by
violent itching. Desquamation of, over entire body. Burning and sticking
in inflamed ulcers. Ulcerations terminating in suppuration.

Sleep.–

Great
day sleepiness. Awakened by nightmare after midnight.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Full and hard, sometimes intermittent, accelerated in evening. Chill:
Predominates, even in a warm room. With external coldness and thirst for
cold water, but without desire for warmth. Constant thirst during, with
dryness of back part of mouth and increased collection of saliva in
forepart, but without desire for drink. Chilliness and shivering with
most complaints. Great sensitiveness to cold air. Which runs from upper
arms down back to feet. Heat: In bed, most on head. Internal,
with external coldness. Sweat: With sleep, immediately after the
chill, without previous heat. Cold sweats.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Arg-n., Bry., Euphor.,
Kali – bi., Merc., Mur – ac.,
Nit-ac., Phyt., Rhus-t., sil., Verbas.

Complementary:
Merc.

Moschus

[Mosch.]

Mind.–

Stupefying
confusion of head. Hypochondriacal peevishness and anxiety. Anxiety and
dread of death.

Vertigo.–

From
slightest motion of head. With loss of speech, yet sees and hears
everything.

Head.–

Violent
congestion to. Stupefying compressive ache, especially in forehead, with
qualmishness. Heaviness of. Tension in occiput extending into nape. Worse:
Evening, moving head, in room, becoming cold. Better: Walking in
open air, becoming warm.

Nose.–

Crawling
in tip of. Nosebleed. Stuffed coryza.

Stomach.–

Fullness
and oppression in region. Pressure in pit extending thro’ to back.

Frequent, forcible eructation of air.

Abdomen.–

Anxious
fullness and oppression in, with restlessness. Tension and pressure in,
coming from stomach. Hysterical spasms in, and in uterus.

Flatulence:
Shifting, becomes incarcerated.

Stool.–

Constipated
for many days. Faint, sweetish smelling stools. Unconscious, diarrhoeic
stool, at night.

Urine.–

Pungent,
ammoniacal smelling.

Sexual organs.–

Sexual
desire violently excited.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early and too profuse.

Respiration.–

Oppression
of, from suffocative constriction of chest, as soon as he becomes cold.

Cough.–

Spasmodic,
as if from constriction of chest and trachea, excited by sulphur vapor.
Expectoration absent, or has absolutely ceased.

Larynx.–

Speechlessness.

Chest.–

Cramp
in. Spasmodic constriction of, without cough, especially when
becoming cold. Painful under arms when pressed upon. Anxious
palpitation.

Upper Extremities.–

One
hand is hot, the other cold.

Lower Extremities.–

Cold
feeling in shinbone. Restlessness in legs with sensation as though’
becoming stiff, necessitating moving limbs.

Generalities.–

Cramp
– like pains in limbs. Prickling in limbs, with heaviness therein.
Shaking and trembling throughout entire body. Weakness, which is more
evident during rest than motion. Fainting followed by pains in head.
Tetanic spasms. Tonic spasms of hypochondriacs. The part upon which he
lies pains as though’ it would be dislocated or broken. Symptoms,
especially those of respiration, are on becoming cold. Extreme
sensitiveness, the open air seems exquisitely cold to him. Pains causes
an in pulse to move. Pains cause an impulse to move. Buzzing, squeezing,
or plug like sensations. As if a cold wind blowing on part.

Skin.–

Herpes,
with unbearable burning.

Sleep.–

Comatose
sleepiness especially in forenoon. Sleeplessness of hysterical persons.
Somnolency.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Very full and accelerated, with strong ebullition of blood. Great anemia
with weak pulse and faintings. chill: With shuddering spreading
from scalp over entire body. Sensation as of cold air blowing on
uncovered parts. External coldness with internal heat. Shuddering
alternating with heat. One cheek hot without redness, the other red
without heat. Heat: Beating, in evening in bed, often only on
right side, with restlessness and inclination to uncover. One hand
burning hot (and pale), the other cold (and red). Sweat, Smelling like
musk. Clammy, in morning.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: BELL., Coccl.,
Coff., Nux-v., Op., Phos.

Muriaticum acidum

[Mur-ac.]

Mind.–

Introverted
and silent with anxious solicitude. Sadness. Inclined to anger.

Head.–

Heaviness
in occiput, with darkness before eyes. Aches, as though’ brain were torn
and shattered. Sticking ache. Headache from raising up in bed or moving
eyes.

Eyes.–

Swelling
and redness of lids. Vertical hemiopia.

Ears.–

Cramp
– like tearing in. Insensibility of inner auditory canal. difficult
hearing. Sensitive to noises.

Nose.–

Epistaxis.
Dry nasal catarrh.

Face.–

Glowing
red cheeks when walking in open air, without thirst. Scurfy,
pimply eruption, especially about mouth. Freckles. Thick, swollen lower
lip.

Teeth.–

Crawling
in)lower). Throbbing ache, cold drinks, warmth. Swollen ulcerated gums
which bleed easily.

Mouth.–

Great
dryness of entire buccal cavity. Burning, rawness and soreness in
fauces. Heaviness of tongue when speaking, as though’ it contained lead.
Deep ulcers on tongue, Difficult speech and paralysis of tongue.

Stomach.–

Empty
sensation, also in oesophagus. Disagreeably sick sensation in.

Hypochondriac. Tensive. Squeezing (or empty sensation) in.

Appetite:
Gluttony and constant desire to drink.

Eructations:
Putrid (or bitter).

Abdomen.–

Distension
of. Spasms in, with pinching in navicular region, which extends to
sides. Disagreeable sensation of emptiness and discomfort in.

Stool.–

Focal
diarrhoea. With smarting and burning in anus. Involuntary discharge of
watery s. when urinating. Too slender in form. With blood.

Anus.–

Moist
hemorrhoids. Inflamed, thickly swollen. External hemorrhoids with
excoriative, burning pain. Prolapsus recti when urinating.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging to urinate, with profuse discharge. Excessive discharge of watery
urine. Weakness of bladder and of neck thereof.

Sexual Organs.–

Impotency
and dormant sexual instinct.

Menses. – too early and too profuse.

Respiration.–

Deep,
groaning.

Cough.–

Violent,
panting c., followed by downward rumbling and gurgling in chest. Excited
by tickling in chest, dry in afternoon and evening, in morning, there is
a slight loosening of yellow or watery uncoagulated mucus, of a fatty
taste, which must be swallowed. Haemoptysis of dark blood.

Larynx.–

Persistent
hoarseness.

Chest.–

Dyspnoea,
and constriction of. Bursting pain in, also pain as if beaten, soreness
and stitches. Stitching in, and in cardiac region when breathing and
after violent exertion. Cutting thrusts in centre of, with a dull
pressure in posterior part of thorax. The heart beat is so violent at
night that it is felt in face.

Back.–

Violent,
pressing backache, as if from overlifting.

Upper Extremities.–

Heaviness
in arms, especially forearms. Drawing in upper arm. Scurfy eruption on
back of hands and fingers. Slightly numbness of fingers.

Lower Extremities.–

Spasmodic
tearing in thighs. Tottering gait from weakness of thighs. Fetid ulcers
on lower legs. Burning, swollen tips of toes.

Generalities.–

Drawing
tearing in extremities during rest, motion. Bruised pain in all joints.
Debility so extraordinary, that upon sitting down the eyes immediately
close. Great sensitiveness to wet weather.

Bones.–

Periosteum
of all bones is painful, as in intermittent fever.

Skin.–

Scurfy
eruptions, itching, particularly when getting warm in bed. Painful,
putrid ulcers which burn at their circumference. Boils, sticking when
touched. Black small – pox.

Sleep.–

Great
day sleepiness quickly disappearing during motion. Continual snoring,
groaning, tossing about and talking, with sliding down in bed,
especially before midnight. Frequently wakened by a chill early in
morning in bed.

Fever.–

False:
Weak and slow, intermit every third beat. Chill: Predominates. In
evening, with cold feeling in back, with external warmth and burning of
face. Shuddering over whole body with hot cheeks and cold hands. Shaking
chill without thirst, with stretching and yawning. Chill and heat
without thirst. Heat: Internal, with inclination to uncover and
general physical restlessness. Burning, especially on palms and soles. Sweat:
In first sleep until midnight, especially on head and back. Night and
early morning sweat. A cold sweat on feet, first on lying down in
evening.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ars. BRY., Lyc., Mez.

Natrum carbonicum

[Nat-c.]

Mind.–

Gloominess
of head, with incapacity for thinking or any mental exertion, especially
in room and when at rest. Great mental impressionability, everything
(for instance music) excites trembling. Restlessness with attacks of
anxiety, especially from the heavy air preceding a thunderstorm.
Aversion to making and society. Hypochondriacal mood.

Vertigo.–

From
small quantities of liquor or mental or physical exertion, in a room or
walking in the sun.

Head.–

Stupefying
pressure in forehead followed by heat in head. Sticking ache in forehead
and out thro’ eyes, with heat in forehead and anxious sweat. Tearing in
external forehead, recurring at certain hours of the day. Worse:
Rest, in the sun, mental exertion. Better: Motion, in open air.

External Head.–

Crampy
tearing in cranial muscles, especially of forehead, with trembling and
cold sweat. Worse: Rest, stormy weather. Better: Motion,
rubbing, pressure.

Eyes.–

Black
spots or dazzling flashes be fore. Inflammatory swelling of lids. Ulcers
on cornea. Inability to read small print. Photophobia.

Ears.–

Difficult
hearing. Sensitive to noises.

Nose.–

Sensitive.
Exfoliation of skin of. Stopped by hard, foul – smelling mucus. Coryza,
with hoarseness from the least draft or cold, from sweating only.

Face.–

Head
with redness of. Yellow spots on forehead and upper lip. Numerous
freckles. Humid, herpetic eruption on nose and about mouth.

Teeth.–

Excessive
sensitiveness of lower (incisors), Ache when eating fruit or sweet
things.

Mouth.–

Burning,
that ulcers or blisters n. Stuttering, from heaviness of tongue.

Taste:
Bitter or sour, in mouth.

Stomach.–

Extraordinary
weakness of digestion, which causes ill – humor and general discomfort
after the slightest dietetic errors or even after every meal. Pressure
in, after every meal. Sensitiveness of pit to touch.

Hypochondia:
Stitches in splenic or hepatic region.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger in forenoon. Inclined to nibble dainties. Violent,
continuous thirst. Effects of cold drinks.

Nausea:
Continuous, and sick stomach.

Abdomen.–

Distension
of. Colic, with retracted navel.

Flatulence:
Excessive generation of f., with painful movements in abdomen. Discharge
of sour or fetid smelling f.

Stool.–

Frequent,
ineffectual urging. Unsatisfactory. Bloody, soft, with tenesmus.

Urine.–

Stinking,
with mucus deposit. Frequent, violent urging to urinate with excessive
discharge. Burning in urethra during and after urination.

Sexual Organs.–

Greatly
intensified sexual desire, like a sort of priapism. Crushing pain in
testes. Excoriated scrotum. Pressure and urging toward female s. o., as
though’ everything would be forced out.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early with lumbar and abdominal pains. Profuse leucorrhoeal
discharge preceded by colicky pains.

Respiration.–

Short
and tight from tightness of chest.

Cough.–

With
purulent, salty expectoration. Violent dry c., when passing from a cold
into a warm place.

Back.–

Neck:
Swelling of glands of. Hard swelling of thyroid glands.

Chest.–

Constant
chilliness in left side. Nightly, anxious palpitation when lying upon
left side.

Upper Extremities.–

Tearing
in shoulder with weakness of arms Herpes or warts upon backs of hands.
Burning blisters on fingers.

Lower Extremities.–

Heaviness
in legs and feet. Uncertain gait. Shortened hamstrings. Herpes in
popliteal spaces. Easy turning (wrenching) and dislocation of ankle.
Cold feet. Chronic heel ulcers arising from spreading blisters.
Excoriation between and blisters on tips of toes.

Generalities.–

Involuntary
twitching in muscles and limbs. Parts are easily sprained and
dislocated. Relaxation and prostration of entire body. Great weakness
and debility in all limbs, especially early in morning. Exhausted and
ready to drop after a short walk. Easily takes cold. Aversion to open
air. Great physical restlessness in evening unless he exerts himself
mentally. Most complaints appear when sitting and disappear during
motion, from pressure or rubbing. Anxiety, trembling and cold sweat
during pain. The heavy air preceding a thunderstorm the symptoms.

Tissues.–

Glands
swollen and indurated.

Skin.–

Dry,
but on the slightest exertion it immediately sweats profusely. Herpes
which enlarge and suppurate, in yellow rings. Ulcers, with swelling and
inflammatory redness of affected parts.

Sleep.–

Irresistible
day sleepiness, but late falling to sleep in evening. Nightly
restlessness. Twitching and jerking during. Many vivid dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse,
Excited, mostly at night, with ebullition of blood in body. Chill:
And internal chilliness, with shuddering the whole day, most in
forenoon, with cold hands and feet and hot head, or the reverse, with
warm hands and cold cheeks. In evening, shivering, with dull confusion
of head then heat with sleep. Heat: With weariness and sleep
(without headache, which is very severe in Nat – m). Running from neck
down back, with great ill – humor. With concomitant sweat over entire
body. Sweat: Profuse, anxious, from least exertion. Burning on
forehead where the hat touches. Profuse at night. Nightsweat alternating
with a dry skin. Cold, anxious s., with trembling during pain.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: CALC-C., Caust.,
Graph., Kali – c., LYC, Nat-m.
Nat-s., PULS, SEP, Sil., Spig., Sul.,

Complementary:
Sep.

Natrum muriaticum

[Nat-m.]

Mind.–

Weakness
of understanding and memory. Distraction and absence of ideas.
Melancholiac sadness with aversion to exertion. Melancholy, with much
weeping, aggravated into violent outbursts of anger by consolation.
Awkwardness. Angry irritability, easily flies into a passion.
Anxiousness, frightened easily. Hatred towards those that have injured
him. Haste and impatience. Concern for the future.

Vertigo.–

With
jerks in head and want of recollection. Painful dizziness in head.

Head.–

Many
kinds of headache. Throbbing and hammering, most in forehead, with
nausea and vomiting. heaviness of, every day, especially in occiput, it
draws the eye shut. Violent ache, as though’ it would burst. Tearing
from root of nose into forehead, with darkness of vision. Attacks of
gout in, with nausea and vomiting. Painful stitches, which go through
head like a jerk. Pain, as if compressed in a vise. Headache, often of
an extraordinarily violent sort accompanies most other complaints. Worse:
Awaking from sleep: early in morning: motion, cold air, anger, reading,
writing, looking fixedly, mental exertion, talking. Better:
Sitting or lying quietly, especially with head high, open air, after
sweat.

External Head.–

Hair
falls out when merely grasped, most on bregma and temples, but also on
beard and genitals, especially frequent in child bed. Scalp smarts when
touched, especially at edges of hair, on temples and forehead. Scalp
feels contracted as if in a snare. Takes cold in. Worse: Night
and morning, warmth of bed. Better: Sitting up.

Eyes.–

Inflamed,
with ulcerated lids and glutinous mucus in (external) canthi. Acrid
tears. Spasmodic closure of lids in evening. Letters run together when
reading. Progressive paralysis of optic nerve. Weak vision.

Ears.–

Swelling
and heat of external. Purulent discharge from. Roaring in. Difficult
hearing.

Nose.–

Dryness
of internal. Numbness of one side. Painful swelling of one side. Lost
smell. Early in morning stuffed (or fluent) coryza, with loss of smell
and taste. Ineffectual attempts to sneeze. First right side is affected
then the left.

Face.–

Glistens
as if greasy. Yellowish, earthy complexion. Sweat on, when eating. Lips
are cracked and ulcerated. Herpetic eruption about mouth. Swelling of
the submaxillary glands.

Teeth.–

Very
sensitive to air and touch. Drawing ache extending into ears and throat.
Swollen gums, with sensitiveness to warmth or cold. Putrescent, easily
bleeding gums. Dental fistula.

Mouth.–

Burning
blisters in mouth and on tongue. Chronic sore throat, with sensation of
being compelled to swallow over a lump. Gurgling in throat. Inflamed
throat with sticking pains. Hawks up mucus, early in the morning.
Numbness of half of tongue. Dry tongue. Numbness of half of tongue. Dry
tongue, with constant thirst. Difficulty speech from heaviness of
tongue. Sense of a hair on tongue. Salivation

Taste:
Lost. Putrid or sour, in mouth. Persistent after taste of sour food.

Stomach.–

Pressure,
as of a stone in, with qualmishness. Contractive spasm in, with
qualmishness. Griping in pit. Sensitiveness of pit, which is swollen.
Red spots on pit. Jerks and thrusts in pit.

Hypochondria:
Chronic inflammation of liver, with sticking pains.

Appetite:
Extraordinary, at noon and in evening. Aversion to bread and fatty food.
Desire for bitter food. After effects of sour food or bread. Continuous
thirst. Complaints appear after drinking.

Eructations:
Sour, after eating. After eating, heartburn and many empty eructations.
Water collects in mouth.

Nausea:
Qualmishness early in morning. Vomiting, at first food, then bile.

Abdomen.–

Distension
of. Hypochondriacal discomfort in. Daily cutting and pinching in.
Pressure in. Jerks and thrusts in. Disagreeable feeling in.

Flatulence:
Incarcerated, with cutting and pinching. Loud grumbling and rumbling in
abdomen.

Stool.–

Ineffectual
urging to. Involuntary. Difficult, with stitches in rectum.
Constipation.

Anus.–

Burning
in, and in rectum during and after stool. Sticking anal hemorrhoids.
Herpes at.

Urine.–

Violent
urging to urinate (day and night), with profuse discharge of urine.
Involuntary discharge of, when coughing, sneezing and walking.

Sexual Organs.–

Gonorrhea
of glans. Gleet. Itching in pudendum. Excessive sexual desire with
impotency.

Female.–

Menses
too early and too profuse (or too late and too scanty) with sterility.
Irregular. Suppressed. Delayed appearance of first, in young woman.
Headache before, during and after menses. Acrid leucorrhoea with a
yellow face.

Respiration.–

Tightness
of chest when walking rapidly and during manual labor. Suffocative
attacks. His breath seems hot to himself.

Larynx.–

Soreness
and dry feeling in, and in trachea.

Cough.–

Long
continued, dry c., with rattling in chest. Early in morning. From
tickling in throat and epigastrium during day and night. Dry in evening,
in morning expectoration of yellow, often blood streaked mucus,
generally of a flat, sometimes sourish or more rarely a salty taste.
With retching up of bloody mucus. During cough sticking in chest and
headache which threatens to burst forehead.

Chest.–

Tension
and cutting in. Stitches in, and in sides thereof. Violent anxious
palpitation, most violent anxious palpitation, most violent when lying
upon left side. Snoring and rattling in. Heart beat irregular or
frequently intermittent. Fluttering feeling at heart.

Back.–

Neck:
Pains in cervical glands.

Back:
Lame, bruised feeling in and in sacral region. Drawing in.

Upper Extremities.–

Weakness
and paralytic heaviness of arms. Warts on palms of hands. Sweaty hands.
Asleep sensation and crawling in fingers. Numerous hangnails.

Lower Extremities.–

Dislocative
pain in hip joint. Drawing pain in legs. Painful shortening of
hamstrings. Heaviness of lower leg and foot. Stitches in corns.

Generalities.–

Great
relaxation of all mental and physical powers after exertion. Agg. on 5th
day. Every movement excites the circulation exceedingly. Early in
morning the limbs feel very weak and as if severely bruised.
Extraordinary emaciation. Easily takes cold. Complaints from too much
speaking. Bad effects of anger. Shortened tendons. Twitching of muscles
and limbs. Paralysis. Hysterical complaints. The nightly pains take away
the breath and cause a sort of unilateral paralysis. He is weakest early
in the morning when in bed. Symptoms recur at 10 – eleven AM

Skin.–

Hives
after violent exertion. Boils. Warts. Panaritia and hang – nails.

Sleep.–

Insufficient
and unrefreshing in morning. Full of vivid fancies. Day sleepiness.
Nightly sleeplessness, with ineffectual desire for. Anxious dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Extremely irregular, often intermittent, especially when lying on left
side, with throbbing and distension of blood vessels. Now quick and
weak, then full and slow. Pulse – beat shakes the entire body
perceptibly. Chill: At eleven AM. Predomination, mostly internal,
as if from want of natural vital heat, with icy – cold hands and feet,
most in evening. Long continued, from morning to noon. Heat:
Overrunning, with the most intolerably violent head pains, often with
shuddering over the back, and sweat in arm – pits and on soles of feet.
Long continued, in afternoon, with the most extraordinary head pains and
insensibility, which gradually disappear during the subsequent sweat.
Mostly with violent thirst. Intermittent fever with violent headache, m
especially during the heat. Sweat: Profuse, wherein the symptoms
cease which appeared during the fever. much during day, and great
inclination thereto from every movement. Night and early morning s.
Debilitating, somewhat sour smelling s.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ag-c.,
Alum, Anac., Ars., Bro., Conn., Carb-v.,
Chin., Gel., Kali-c., Kre., Nat-c., Nat-s.
Nux-v., Petr., PULS., Ruta. Spig.

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