RHEUM
General action :
An active cathartic, stimulating persistaltic action.
Catharsis followed by constipation.
Stomach :
Aversion to ordinary food, yet with certain desire to eat, but food is
repulsive.
Fullness, as if he had eaten to satiety.
Nausea, with colic.
Abdomen :
Griping pain, particularly in the umbilical region, with ineffectual
desire for stool, > bending over after the stool.
Rectum and Anus :
Frequent urging and ineffectual straining, < motion.
Stool :
Stool pasty or brown, frothy, always of a very sour, fermented odor,
preceded by colic and chilliness ; constriction in the bowels,
accompanied by shivering, often followed by tenesmus.
Diarrhśa of varying color and consistency, usually frothy and of a sour
odor.
Back :
Cutting pain in the lumbar region, with digging pain in the bowels.
Fever :
Easy perspiration, particularly of the forehead and scalp.
Cold sweat on the face, particularly about the mouth and nose, with the
abdominal symptoms.
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