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

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

Thuja occidentalis

[Thuj.]

Mind.–

Fixed
ideas, that a stranger is always at his side, that mind and body are
separated. Vacancy in head, with inability to think. Slow speech, with
frequent interruption, because he is obliged to hunt for his words.
Restlessness. Great depression. He meditates over every tiff, with
anxious concern for the future. Dejection. Satiety of life. He imagines
his limbs are made of glasses or that they are brittle.

Vertigo.–

On
closing eyes, immediately better on opening them again. When rising from
sitting. As though’ he were rocked.

Head.–

Feeling
of numbness and emptiness and inverted. Violent congestion. Heaviness in
occiput early in morning, with peevishness and taciturnity. Numbness in
brain. Pair as if a nail were driven into vertex. Pressive ache, as of a
nail being driven into vertex. Worse: Early on awaking and toward
evening, motion. Better: Uncovering head, after sweat. Motion in
open air, looking upwards, bending head backwards.

External Head.–

Painfulness
of scalp, when touched, and of the parts of which he lies. He always
desire to have the head closely wrapped up. (Lach., Rhus-t.) Corrosive
eating or painfulness of side lain on. Violent burning or tearing
stitches on, mostly in region of temples (l.) Crawling, eating or
sticking itching, as of vermin on occiput and temples, scratching helps
but develops a moist burning or sticking eruption which covers itself
with crusts. Worse: Warmth of bed, lying on part, evening, night,
three PM. Better: Touch, pressure, rubbing.

Eyes.–

Suffused,
especially in the open air, the tears do not flow down, but remain in
the eyes. Inflammatory relaxation of the inner surface of the lid
Burning in. Tearing in, in open air. Red sclerotic. Inflammatory
swelling of lids. Short – sight. Vision: On one side, near they
eye, an appearance in darkness as of flashes of lightning or of sparks,
in day light as of dark drops. Objects always appear smaller. (Plat.,
Stram.)

Ears.–

Cramp
– like pain in external. Stitches extending from throat into. Noise in,
as of boiling water.

Nose.–

Warts
on. Eruptions in angles of. Swelling and hardness of alae. Odor in, as
of herring bring or fermenting beer. Nose bleed when overheated. Painful
bloody crusts in. Blowing blood from. In room stuffed coryza with
headache, in open air fluent coryza. Fluent coryza and sneezing give
immediate relief. Much mucus in choncha.

Face.–

Glowing
redness of whole f. with a fine network of blood vessels, as if it were
marbled. Eruption on, leaving bluish spots. Light brown spots (freckles)
on. The skin of, is oily. The skin of, scabs off. Distension of veins of
temples. Burning heat and redness of. Flushes of heat in. Pimples on.
Sweat on, especially on side on which he does not lie. Swelled temporal
arteries. Boring pain in zygoma, better from touch. Twitchings in lips.
Pimples on upper lip and chin. Lips, etc.: Flat whitish ulcers on
inner side of lips and in corners of mouth. Cracking in maxillary joint.

Teeth.–

Crumbling.
Decaying at roots. Become hollow on the side, while the crown is not
affected. Eating, gnawing pain in hollow t., worse cold. Biting gnawing
in, worse from cold food, drinks and chewing. Toothache from drinking
tea. Painful soreness and swelling of gums.

Mouth.–

Painful
soreness of throat when swallowing saliva. Vesicles and thrush in.
Swelled tongue. Ranula under tongue. Slow speech. Gelatinous ranula.
Swelling and feeling of obstruction in throat.

Throat.–

Painful
swallowing, worse empty swallowing or swallowing saliva only. Noisy
swallowing.

Stomach.–

Painful
pressure in pit. Cramps every evening. Indurated. Epigastrium is drawn
in.

Appetite:
Quickly satiated. Desire for cold food and drinks. Bad effects of fat
food and onions. Intense thirst, especially at night and early in
morning Aversion to potatoes. Bad effects of tea, sugar or onions.

Taste:
Flat. Food is tasteless, as though’ not salted. When chewed, food
becomes quite cry. Bread tastes dry and bitter. Like rotten eggs in
mouth in AM

Eructations:
While eating. Bitter. Rancid, after fat food. Tasting of ingesta. Vomiting:
Greasy.

Abdomen.–

Inflation
of Bellyache. Sense of something alive, or a child’s knee pushing
outward within. Agg. after midnight. Indurations in. Colic from intussusception
(Lyc.) and twisting of intestines. Painful swelling of
inguinal glands. Zona. Yellow, or brownish spots on. Soreness of navel.
Flatulence like the crying of an animal in.

Stool.–

Ineffectual
urging accompanied by erections. Diarrhoea recurring at the same hour in
AM Fat, oily stools, obstinate constipation, as from inactivity or
intussusception of bowels. Difficult passage of a hard, thick, nodular
stool.

Anus.–

Contraction
of. Fig. Warts about Rectal fistula. Offensive sweat at a and between
nates. Painful contraction of, at stool. Condylomata about. Soreness of perineum:
Sweat on. Knotty puffiness and excoriations on.

Urine.–

Profuse
discharge of With a cloudy sediment. Burning and itching in urethra
Dribbling after urination continued. Frothy urine. Saccharine urine.
Worse from 5 to nine PM, better lying.

Sexual Organs.–

Swelled
prepuce Figwarts (Merc-c.) on glans, prepuce, or female genitals, which
exude moisture and pus, especially during the increasing moon Sycotic
gonorrhea. Gonorrhea of glans. Copious watery discharge from penis
Stitches in penis, with urging to urinate Sensation, as through’ drop
trickled along urethra. Profuse sweat on scrotum. Painful nightly
erections. Swelling and excoriation of labia. Genitals: Copious
sweat on, of a sweet honey like odor, staining yellow. Abortion in 3rd
month.

Respiration.–

Anxious
oppression of, with violent thirst for cold water. Dyspnoea, From
accumulation of mucus in trachea, from fullness and constriction in
hypochondria and epigastrium, as if lungs adhered to thorax. Short and
difficult.

Cough.–

From
being over – heated. Cough, with yellowish mucous expectoration and
pains in epigastrium, in afternoon and at night, always toward three
o’clock. Only a day time, also after rising in AM and after lying down
in evening, but seldom at night. During evening cough, after lying down
the sputa are dislodged more easily when he turns from the left side of
the right Expectoration, tasting like old cheese.

Chest.–

Compression
of, with a sensation as though’ something were adherent therein.
Stitches in, after cold drinks. Strong ebullition of blood within, with
violent, audible palpitation. Blueness of skin audible palpitation.
Blueness of skin over clavicles. Sensation of a hot rising in of drops
falling in. Brownish spots on. Heart: Anxious palpitation in
morning on awaking.

Back.–

Boils.
Pressive pain in region of kidneys.
Crampy pain in lumbar region. Burning from sacrum up to scapula.
Throbbing and pulsation in.

Neck:
Blue distended veins on. Tension in skin of nape.

Upper Extremities.–

Sticking
pain in arms and their joints. Muscular twitches in arms. Distension of
blood vessels of arms. Cold sweat on hands. Painful swelling and redness
of finger tips Coldness and deadness of fingers and fingers tips.
Herpes: On elbow, white scabby on back of hands and on fingers. Brown
color on back of hands. Warts on hands. Erysipelatous swelling of finger
tips, with formication in them. Finger nails, distorted, crumbling and
discolored.

Lower Extremities.–

Stitches
in muscles and joints of legs. Weariness of legs when ascending steps.
Red, mottled spots on backs of feet. Painful, inflammatory swelling and
redness of backs of feet and tips of toes. Frost bites. Laxness in hip
joints. Legs feel as if made of wood when walking. Pain in the hip, the
limb becomes larger than before. The skin becomes brown, especially on
inner side of thigh The back of the foot looks mottled, with a network
of blood – vessels. Burning corns. Red swelling of ends of toes. The
toenails are brittle and distorted. Offensive sweating of toes.
Suppressed footsweat.

Generalities.–

Jerkings,
especially in upper part of body. Stitches in limbs and joints. Asleep
sensation in limbs. Averse to motion. Symptoms are often unilateral
especially on left side. Warmth of bed intensifies many symptoms Attacks
are usually worse in afternoon and at night, always toward three o’clock
and also in evening, and are better during rest. Sensation of water
tricking in many parts. Emaciation rapid and the affected parts look
dead. Frequent starting up of the trunk. Flesh feels beaten loose from
the bones. Light feeling of body when walking. Sense of tenderness and
fragility of body. Cracking of joints when they are extended. Abuse of
Sulph. and Mercury. Symptoms recur yearly. Pains in spots Great
prostration. Cold moisture worse warm moisture better. Eructations as
well as fluent coryza with sneezing afford instant relief. Many symptoms
are relieved by turning from left to right side while lying down. Bad
effects of the use of beer, fat, acids, sweets, tobacco, tea, wine and
onions.

Bones.–

Rachitis.

Skin.–

Dirty
brown color of Brownish spots on. Brown – red or brown – white spots on.
Fine network of blood vessels, like a mantling. Eruption on covered
parts only. Vesicles. Varicella. All eruptions burn violently after cold
washing. Condylomata, often smelling like old cheese or herring brine.
Large, jagged, often pediculated warts which become moist and bleed
easily. Itching scabby herpes. Dry pityriasis throwing off whitish
scabs. Herpes circinatus. Flat ulcers with a bluish white bottom.
Corrosive itching. Better scratching, but then followed by burning.
Luxuriant growth of hair on parts usually hairless. Sticking itching.
Painful sensitiveness. The skin symptoms especially (but also many
others) are better by touch. Fig – warts. Distend veins under.

Sleep.–

Continued
sleeplessness with painfulness of parts lain on. Sleeplessness visions
appear as soon as eyes close but leave on opening them. Zoster. Late
falling to, on account of restlessness and dry heat. Jerking during.
Unrefreshing. because of many anxious dreams. Anxious dreams when lying
on left side. Lascivious dreams, with painful erections.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Intermittent. Slow and weak in
morning, accelerated and full in evening. Violent ebullition of blood in
evening. Strong throbbing in arteries. Great distension of arteries. Chill:
Cold creeping often run through’ back, in evening and night. Chill as if
dashed in cold water. Attacks of c., at different times of day, mostly
toward evening. On left side of body which is cold to touch. Without
thirst after midnight and early in morning. Internal, with external heat
and great thirst. Heat: Dry, during sleep. In evening, especially
on face. Burning in face without redness thereof. Dry, of covered parts.
Sweat: Staining brownish yellow. On first going to sleep. Of
uncovered parts of body, with dry head of covered parts, but also the
reveres. Anxious, sometimes cold s. Immediately after the chill, without
heat. Often greasy, sometimes
offensive or smelling sweetish like honey. Copious, before menses.
Cadaverous odor of skin. General sweat, except on head. Most copious on
upper part of body: During sleep, ceasing at once on awaking. Copious,
chiefly on head, when walking in open air in morning.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Anac., Ant-c., AP., ARS.,
Bar-c., BELL., Calc-c. Cam., Carb-a., Carb-v. Caust., Chin., Euphr.
Ferr., GRAPH., Hep., Iod., Kali-c., Lach.,
Lyc., Merc., MEZ., Nat-s., Nit-ac., Petr., PHOS, Phos-ac.,
Plat., Plb., Puls., Rhus-t., SENEG.,
Sep., Sil., Spig., Staph.,
Sul.

Complementary:
Nat-m., Nit-ac., Puls., Sil., SUL.

Valeriana

[Valer.]

Mind.–

Excessive
mental excitement, with hallucinations of vision, hearing and the senses
in general, as in pyrexial fevers. Uncommonly rapid change of ideas.
Anxiousness. Fearfulness in evening in the dark. Hypochondriacal
restlessness or excitability with trembling. Despondent mood. Morbidly
excitable and irritable. Hysteria, with tremulous over – excitability of
the nerves and very changeable moods and ideas.

Vertigo.–

And
stupefaction, as from intoxication, ending in fore headache, especially
in the evening.

Head.–

Violent
congestion to. In the evening, unilateral, stupefying, drawing, pressive
ache extending into orbits, with heat in face. Hysterical headache,
sticking or pressing extending from fore head into orbits. From a draft
of air there immediately follows unilateral, drawing headache. Headache
in sunshine. Cold feeling in the whole upper part of head, from pressing
hat on tightly. Jerk – like, suddenly appearing head pains. Worse:
Evening, open air, during rest. Better: Motion change of
position, in the room.

Eyes.–

Inflamed,
with biting and sticking of edges of lids. Short sight. Dim vision.
Hallucinations of vision. Black points before. In the evening in the
dark, luminosity before eyes, as the one could see surrounding objects.

Face.–

Red
cheeks, with heat off., especially in open air. Cramp – like drawing in
the cheek bones.

Teeth.–

Sticking
or drawing ache.

Stomach.–

Great
weakness of digestion. Instantaneous pressure ascending from abdomen
into pit of.

Taste:
As of putrid fallow in mouth. Illusions of taste, smell and hearing.

Eructations:
Frequent, empty, Rancid, as from heartburn. Foul, early in morning. Like
rotten eggs.

Nausea, etc. Qualmishness, with inclination to vomit, as if a
string were drawn upward from umbilicus into fauces, with copious
accumulation of saliva. Qualmishness and vomiting of bile, with coldness
and chill.

Abdomen.–

Hard,
distended. Suppurative pain, in evening. Worm colic Bruised pain in.
Hysterical colic (also after suppressed menses). Pain, as from
over-lifting, in the left loin. Bloated feeling, with inclination to
draw it in.

Stools.–

Tendency to diarrhoea. Greenish, papescent, with blood. Passes
ascarides.

Urine.–

Frequent
and profuse discharge of.

Respiration.–

Oppressed
from pressure on lower part of chest.

Chest.–

Sudden
jerks and twitching stitches, with a feeling of outward pressure.

Upper Extremities.–

Trembling
hands.

Generalities.–

Rheumatic
tearing in limbs, less in joints, during rest, particularly after
previous exercise, better by motion however. Twitching, jerk – like,
suddenly – appearing, shattering pains which are abated by a change of
position. Violent up and down drawing in muscles of extremities.
Paralytic pain in joints Hyperaesthesia of all the senses and general
nervous excitability. Hysterical complaints. The symptoms are
intensified toward noon and during the first hours of the afternoon, as
well as toward evening until midnight. Many complaints reappear
periodically after two or three months.

Sleep.–

Sleeplessness,
with great restlessness and tossing about.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Very irregular and unequal, mostly very quick and somewhat tense, but
also sometimes small and weak. Chill: In short attacks which soon
pass into a protracted heat. The shivering usually starts from neck and
runs down back. Heat: Predominant, long continued, and universal,
often with sweat on face. Spreading over face. Increased in evening and
when eating. Predominating heat, with thirst. Sweat: Profuse,
especially at night and during motion, with continued great heat.
Frequent, instantaneous attacks of s., especially on face and forehead,
which disappear just as quickly.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Aco.,
Asar., Bell., Cham., Coff., Hyos., Ign.,
Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Stann., Sul.

Veratrum album

[Verat.]

Mind.–

Mental
confusion Deliria of insanities, mostly mute, religious or with pride:
With lasciviousness and obscene talk, with laughing, whistling and
spinning. Madness and raving mania, with shamelessness, impiety and
profanity. Howling and lamenting in a hoarse voice. Extraordinary mental
anxiety. Melancholy with anxious nightly inconsolable lamenting. Nightly
anguish and despair. Fear of death. Hypochondriacal mood. Reticence
Angriness followed by anxiety and palpitation. Transient attacks of
unconsciousness, alternating with insanity Transitory loss of memory.
Peevishness.

Vertigo.–

With
reeling, as from intoxication, when sitting erect or standing, better
lying on back and stooping.

Head.–

Pressive
ache in skull. Heaviness of entire head. Bruised or torn sensation in
brain. Headache: With stiffness of nape and profuse flow of
urine, throbbing, with qualmishness and vomiting. Great sensitiveness of
scalp and hair. Bruised soreness of Coldness in and upon vertex as
though’ ice lay there, with co – existent icy coldness of feet and
nausea. Worse: Rising from bed, motion. Better: External
pressure, bending head backward, at rest.

Eyes.–

Staring,
watery, distorted, sunken and lusterless. Balls are turned upward.
Pressure in. Trembling of upper lid. Paralysis of lids. Heat in. Tears,
with a sense of dryness therein. Night blindness.

Ears.–

Roaring
and humming in. Deaf.

Nose.–

Icy
coldness of. Odor, of dung, before.

Face.–

Swelled.
Red, while in bed, on rising it instantly becomes pale. Yellowish. Blue
or greenish circles about eyes. Bluish. Livid. Cold, disfigured,
cadaverous, hippocratic f. Spasm of masseter muscles. Look – jaw.
Shrivelled, bluish or blackish lips.

Mouth.–

Burning
in, fauces. Dry and sticky. Profuse salivation. Taste less saliva in.
Feeling of distension in pharynx. Constriction of throat. Sensation, as
of dust in throat. Tongue, Cold, shrivelled, blackish. Cold breath.
Hollow, hoarse voice.

Stomach.–

Great
sensitiveness of pit, as though’ ulcerated internally. Burning in.

Appetite:
Ravenous hunger. Gluttony. Craving for sour or cooling things. Violent
unquenchable thirst, especially for cold water.

Taste:
Bitter, in mouth. Cool, as from peppermint in mouth.

Eructations:
Forcible, empty. Bitter

Qualmishness, etc. – In stomach. With violent thirst, profuse flow
saliva and urine. Violent retching. Vomiting: OF ingesta, of
bile, of blood, or foamy sour mucus, nightly, copious,
excited by slightest movement or least thing ingested, especially
drinks.

Abdomen.–

Distension,
with pressing pains and anxiety. Diarrhoea with cutting as from knives
in. painful contraction when vomiting. Very sensitive to touch. Burning
and cutting in. Sticking in groins. Protrusion of hernia.

Flatulence:
Flatulent colic in abdomen with loud rumbling and grumbling.

Stool.–

Chronic
constipation as from inactivity of rectum. Ineffectual urging. Fainting
during. Painful lienteria. Diarrhoea: Greenish, watery, mixed
with flocks, blackish. Fright followed by involuntary c., and icy
coldness of body.

Urine.–

Suppressed
Greenish. Dark red, passed frequently but in small quantities. Constant
urging to urinate. Involuntary micturition.

Sexual Organs.–

Stitches
in spermatic cord.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early and too profuse. Suppressed. Headache before.

Respiration.–

Laborious
inspiration. Oppression of chest (with many complaints). Suffocative
attacks from spasmodic constriction of larynx or chest.

Cough.–

Deep,
hollow ringing c., from tickling in lowest bronchia, seemingly coming
from abdomen. Deep, dry c., with cutting bellyache. In evening with
salivation. In spring and autumn. With pain in sides, and respiratory
symptoms. With yellow expectoration, immediately on entering a warm room
from sold air, followed by bruised feeling in chest. Whooping cough with
vomiting. Dry at night, in daytime expectoration of yellow tenacious
mucus of a bitter, salty or sometimes a sour or putrid taste, worse
eating and drinking cold things, especially cold water.

Chest.–

Fullness
in. Bruised feeling in. Stitches in sides of. Violent, visible, anxious
palpitation with obstructed breathing.

Back.–

Paralytic
stiffness extending from back up into nape. Squeezing between scapulae.
Bruised sensation in, and in lumbar region.

Lower Extremities.–

Thrusts
in (r.) hip.

Generalities.–

Sudden
sinking of strength, even to fainting. Continued great weakness and
trembling. Extraordinary weariness and debility. Paralytic, bruised
feeling in limbs and bones. Numbness and crawling in extremities.
Violent tonic spasms whereby the palms and soles are drawn into hollows.
Tetanic rigidity of body. Fainting with stiffness of body but
flexibility of limbs. Attacks of pain which in a short time always
excite delirium or mania. Pains in limbs are worse from warmth of bed
and cold wet weather, and better rising and walking about.

Skin.–

Cold
and bluish or violent color of, Loss of elasticity of, it remains in the
position into which it has been drawn. Thickened, desquamating spots on.
Dry, m itch – like eruptions.

Sleep.–

Coma
vigil with partial consciousness. Stupefying somnolency. Nightly anxiety
and sleeplessness.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Irregular, most frequently small, thready, weak
and show, often almost extinct and entirely imperceptible.
Seldom hard and quick. The blood runs like cold water through’ the
veins. Chill: And coldness mostly external, with internal heat
and cold, clammy sweat Shaking chill with sweat, which together pass
into coldness. Predominating c., and coldness, running from above c.,
and coldness, running from above downward. Increased by drinking. Icy
coldness of entire body. Heat, Almost entirely internal, with thirst,
but without desire to drink. In evening, with sweat. Alternately, now
chill, now heat, here and there on single spots. Internal only, with
dark urine. Sweat: Profuse, in morning, evening or through’
entire night as well as during every stool. Cold, clammy, sour or
offensive sometimes smelling bitter, or staining yellow. Always with a
deathly pale face. Cold. Over entire body, most on forehead, worse least
motion and vomiting, better rising and going about. Easy during day from
every movement. Strong smelling. Intermittent fever with coldness
externally only, with internal heat and violent thirst for cold water.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Aco., Alum.,
Arn., Ars., Bry., Calc-c., Cam.,
Carb-v., CHIN., Cic.,
Cina., Coff., CUPR., Dros., Ferr., Hyos., Ip., Merc.,
phos., Phos-ac., Pod., Sec-c. Sep.,
Spig., Stram., Tabac., VERAT-V.

Complementary:
Ars, CARB-V.

Verbascum

[Verb.]

Mind.–

Great
distraction. Constant rush of thoughts, phantasies and voluptuous
imagery. Angry and peevish with desire for work and company. Unusual
cheerfulness. Great cowardice.

Vertigo.–

Attacks
of, when resting left cheek on hand. Stupefying.

Head.–

Pressive
ache be numbing on side of forehead and extending into temples and
zygoma. Stupefying stitches deep, in baring. Tension and pain as though’
temples were pinched together, generally confined to one side of head. Worse:
External pressure, going from a warm into cold place or the reverse.

Eyes.–

Burning
in. Sensation of contraction in orbits. Short sight.

Ears.–

Inward
tearing in. Deafness as though’ something had fallen before evening.
When reading aloud, sensation of stoppage of ears, nose or larynx.

Nose.–

Stuffed
coryza.

Face.–

Tension
and violent pressure on zygoma and articular eminences of temporal bone,
like prosopalgia. Face–ache: Burning pressure and tension
extending over entire cheek, from zygoma and maxillary joint, especially
worse or excited by a change of temperature. Tension in integuments of
chin, in masseter muscles and throat.

Teeth.–

Tearing
in lower molars.

Mouth.–

Foul
odor from. Tongue coated brown early in morning.

Stomach.–

Appetite:
Hunger without appetite. Much thirst.

Erucations:
Bitter, with nausea.

Abdomen.–

Pressing
pain on navel, worse bending forward. Constriction and piercing pain in
umbilical region. Sticking bellyache. Tearing loose pain in umbilical
region.

Stool.–

Retarded.
In small, hard balls, like sheep dung, passed with strong pressing.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging to urinate with profuse discharge.

Cough.–

Hoarse,
from tickling in trachea and chest, dry, hollow, in deep trumpet tones,
from catarrh of tracheas, especially of children, which does not awake
them from sleep in evening and at night.

Larynx, etc.–

Hoarseness with rough voice from reading aloud. Deep bass voice,
Roughness and dryness in and in tracheas.

Chest.–

Constriction
in. Pressure on. Benumbing, periodical stitches in. Tension over chest
with stitches in cardiac region, in evening after lying down Catarrhal
affections. Sticking or cutting pains at cartilages of ribs. Better:
Deep breathing.

Back.–

Stitches
in, also under scapulae.

Lower Extremities.–

Great
weariness of

Generalities.–

Sticking
pains in limbs. Cramp-like pressure in limbs. Pins are mostly associated
with a feeling of numbness. The symptoms are excited and intensified by
changes of temperature, namely, when going from open air into room and
vice versa.

Sleep.–

Great
sleepiness after eating. Early waking toward 4 o’clock.

Fever.–

Chill
and unilateral shivering, as though’ dashed with cold water. Internal
and external cold feeling of entire body. Chill and coldness
predominate.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ang.,
Mez., Phos., Puls., Ran-b.

Viola odorata

[Viol-o.]

Mind.–

The
intellect predominates over the emotions and mind. Increased activity of
intellect. Great rush of ideas. Weakness of memory. Sadness terminating
in gloomy despondency. Tearful mood without knowing why. Extraordinary
irritability and indisposition.

Vertigo.–

Reeling,
when sitting.

Head.–

Violent
congestion to head with pricking in forehead. Heaviness and sinking down
of head. Tension in scalp of forehead and occiput, which spreads over
upper part of face.

Eyes.–

Falling
of lids, as from a sleepy feeling in eyes. Burning in. Short sight.

Ears.–

Sticking
in and around. Aversion to noise, especially to the violin.

Nose.–

Numbness
of tip.

Face.–

Hot
forehead. Tension under eyes and over nose, extending into temples.
Pressive pain in zygoma.

Teeth.–

Tearing
toothache in lower jaw.

Mouth.–

Dry
and painfully sore palate.

Stool.–

Constipated.

Respiration.–

Extraordinary
oppression and tightness, as if a stone were lying on chest. Difficult
right, with painful expiration, anxiety and palpitation.

Generalities.–

Transient
burning, now here, now there on body, as though’ parts were drawn
together and burned with a small flame. Trembling limbs. Relaxation of
all muscles. Great nervous weakness. The symptoms are indeed mild, yet
they are much more distinctly felt than from other medicines. Position
and surroundings do not alter them.

Fever.–

Pulse
full and strong. Chill: By day, consisting of shuddering only.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Nux-v.,
Phos.

Viola tricolor

[Viol-t.]

Mind.–

Dulness
of. Indisposition for serious work. Taciturn and introverted. Will
fullness and obstinacy (of children). Peevishness and tearfulness.
Hastiness, as though’ driven by an internal anxiety, with a sensation of
great weakness and prostration internally.

Head.–

Heaviness
of, when raising up, which disappears when stooping. Outward pressing
pain in. Buzzing in forehead when sitting still. Burning sticking in
scalp, especially in forehead and temples.

Eyes.–

Biting
in. The lids sink down with sleepiness.

Face.–

Thickening
of skin of. Tension in skin of. Burning itching milk crust. Heat and
sweat of face after eating. Heat of side on which he does not lie, in
evening in bed.

Abdomen.–

Sticking
and cutting in, with urging to stool, howling and screaming. Sticking in
walls of, and in public region.

Stool.–

Soft,
hacked.

Urine.–

Frequent
urging to urinate with profuse discharge. Foul smelling, like cat’s
urine.

Sexual Organs.–

Swollen
prepuce. Itching stitches in scrotum. Pollutions with voluptuous dreams.

Chest.–

Stitches
about ribs, sternum and intercostal muscles. Anxiety about heart, with
pounding like the striking of waves, when lying down.

Back.–

Cramp
like pain between scapulae, with cutting and crawling in skin.

Generalities.–

Sticking
pains in limbs and joints. Sleepy relaxation of entire body.

Skin.–

Sticking
biting miliary eruption. Dry scurfs over entire body, exuding a yellow
wear when scratched.

Sleep.–

Late
falling to sleep on account of rush of ideas. Frequent awaking, as from
activity. The child’s hands twitch during sleep, wit flexed thumbs,
general dry heat and a red face.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Accelerated. Chill: And chilliness in forenoon and in open air. Heat:
Dry, anxious heat, at night in bed, with a very red face. General,
anxious heat, immediately after eating. Night sweat.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bar-c.,
Nit-ac., Rhus-t.

Zincum metallicum

[Zinc.]

Mind.–

Moroseness especially in evening. Very sensitive to noise. Easily
frightened, and long continued trembling after every emotion.
Inclination to vehemence which greatly affects him. Extraordinarily
changeable mood, in the morning buoyant, in evening sad.

Vertigo.–

Especially
in occiput.

Head.–

Tearing
and drawing worse in sides and occiput. Stupefying ache with blackness
before vision. Pressive pain in forehead, temples, and occiput,
with confused dulness. Sore pain in. Dull cramp – like inward pressure
in temples. Worse: In early morning, after eating after dinner,
becoming heated, indoors, after walking in open air, laughing, towards
evening, lying down, after wine. Better: Walking in open air,
from cold water.

External Head.–

Painful
soreness of. Falling of hair from vertex, even to baldness Sore smarting
in integuments of, strongest in vertex and sides not affected by touch
or suddenly better thereby. Violent sticking tearing as if between skin
and flesh in both sides of. Worse: Physical exertion. Better:
Fasting, when eating, rubbing, scratching, often suddenly ceases when
touched.

Eyes.–

Inward
pressure on. Fiery flakes before, on looking upward. Painful soreness on
canthi Paralysis of upper lid.

Ears.–

Earache
with tearing stitches and external swelling, especially in children.
Purulent, stinking discharge.

Nose.–

Swollen,
with loss of smell. Fluent coryza.

Face.–

Earthy
pale. Tearing in bones of. Lips and angles of mouth are cracked and
ulcerated. Lips are coated with a thick clammy moisture.

Teeth.–

Painful
soreness of. Tearing in molars. Gums whitish, swollen and ulcerated.

Mouth.–

Small
yellow ulcers inside of cheeks and on fauces, much mucus in throat,
which also extends through’ choanae into mouth. Bloody saliva. Sensation
of spasm of oesophagus in region of throat – pit. Painful soreness and
dryness of throat. Hoarseness.

Stomach.–

Burning
and soreness in. Disagreeable warmth at cardiac orifice orifice and up
oesophagus.

Hypochondria:
Spasmodic pains, alternating with oppression in chest. Pressure under
short ribs with hypochondriacal mood, after eating. Stitches in spleen.

Appetite:
Excessive hunger. Aversion to meat, fish and eceked, warm or sweet
foods.

Taste:
Salty in mouth.

Eructations:
Sour, especially after milk. Heartburn after sweet foods. Water brash.

Abdomen.–

Spasmodic
colic about navel. Tension in distended abdomen, with rumbling. Inguinal
hernia.

Stool.–

Soft,
papescent, diarrhoeic. Hard, dry and unsatisfactory.

Anus.–

Itching,
crawling and painful soreness in.

Urine.–

Presses
heavily within bladder. Involuntary spurting or, when walking, coughing
etc., Discharge of blood from urethra after painful micturition.
Nephritic and vesical calculi.

Sexual Organs.–

Painfully
swollen testes. Painful soreness of scrotum. Great incitation to coition
with seminal discharge. Nymphomania in lying in women, with great
sensitiveness of sexual organs. Grasping at the genitals.

Female.–

Menses:
Too late. Suppressed with painful mammae and genitals.

Respiration.–

Spasmodic
tightness of chest. Shortness of, from flatulence, after every meal.
Oppressed from a sense of pressure on chest. Suffocative paroxysms.

Cough.–

Dry,
spasmodic c., with chest pains in evening and night. Exhausting c.,
excited by tickling in larynx and trachea as far down as the middle of
the chest. In morning and during day with expectoration of yellow, blood
– streaked, tenacious mucus of a repulsive, sweetish, putrid of metallic
taste. Hemoptysis.

Larynx and trachea.–

Burning
and soreness in. Spasm in throat pit.

Chest.–

Burning
and soreness in Accumulation of mucus in. Stitches in left side of Spasm
of. Roughness and dryness in. Feeling of coldness in. Emptiness in.
Heaviness and bursting pain in. Suppressed secretion of milk in lying –
in women. Palpitation.

Back.–

Sticking,
pressing, painful soreness in region of kidneys. Pain in sacrum.

Upper Extremities.–

Tearing
in muscles of arm. Deadness of hands with paralysis thereof. Numbness
and trembling of hands. Cracks on hands.

Lower Extremities.–

Tearing
in. Large varicose veins on legs, which sometimes burst and bleed. Cold
feet at night. Trembling of.

Generalities.–

Tearing
rheumatic pains in extremities. Worse from physical exertion or when
becoming heated. Violent, tremulous jerking of entire body in evening.
Violent throbbing throughout whole body. Painful soreness externally as
well as internally. Spasms after fright. Chorea Twitchings, in children.
The pains of Zincum often seem between the skin and flesh. Wine, Nux-v.
and Cham. greatly intensify nearly all symptoms, especially the
restlessness at night and constipation. Most symptoms appear after
dinner and toward evening.

Skin.–

Violent,
sticking itching, especially in evening in bed disappearing instantly
from touch. Suppurating herpes. Cracked. Bony exostoses. Varicose veins.

Sleep.–

Continuous
desire to. Broken, at night, disturbed by fanciful dreams. Sleepiness
with constant yawning.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small and quick in evening, slower in morning and during day. Sometimes
intermittent. Great throbbing of blood vessels during day. Sometimes
intermittent. Great throbbing of blood vessels during the heat. Chill:
Mostly beginning after eating and continuing till late in the evening
even in bed. Shuddering in open air and from touching a cold objects.
Alternating with heat, frequently during day. Cold shivers which run
down the back. Shuddering c., before the approach of stormy weather.
Constant external chilliness with increased internal warmth. Febrile
shivering with flying heat, violent trembling of limbs short, hot breath
and throbbing through out on-line body. Heat: Internal, with cold
feeling in abdomen and feet. Anxious sensation of heat, without external
heat, throughout entire night. Of face, with cool body in forenoon. Over
– running, flying heat with great trembling and short, hot breath. Sweat:
Copious, throughout entire night, with inclination to uncover. He sweats
very easily from any motion during the day. Offensive.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Arg-n.,
ARN., BAR-C., Carb-v., Gel.,
Euphor., HEP., IGN., Lach., Mgs.,
M-art., M-aust., MERC., Phos-ac.

Complementary:
Pul., Sep., Sul.

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