Habit – Stage of Life and Constitution – Chapter 47 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 47.
STAGES OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTION.

Age
* Complexion * Constitution
* Habit
* Occupation * Size
* Temperament

Habit.

Habit :-

Drunkards

(See Drinking
Alcoholic liquors, Chapter 15 :
Eating and Drinking.) :-
Absin., Agar., Anis.,
Ant-c., Ant-t.,
ARS.,
Asar., Bar-c.,
Bell., Cadm-s., Calc.,
Cann-i., Carb-v.,
Card-m.,
Chim., CHIN.,
Cimic., Cocc.,
Coff., CROT-H.,
Dig., Eup-per.,
Gels.,
Hyos., Kali-br.,
Lac-c., LACH.,
Led., Meph.,
Nat-c., Nat-m., Nat-s., Nux-m.,
NUX-V.,
OP., Phos.,
RAN-B.,
SEL., Sep.,
Stram., Sul-ac., Sulph., Zinc.

Acne :-

(See
Eruption Acne,
Chapter 8 :
Upper Face.)

Amblyopia :-

Chin.

Apoplexy :-

Crot-h.

Bladder, catarrh
of :-

Coff-t.

Brain troubles :-

Merc.

Brandy-drinkers :-

Ferr.

Cholera

(a
teaspoonful of salt in a glass of water) :-
Nat-m.

Coffee should be used
by wine-drinkers, cold after overheating, apoplectic :-

Bar-c.

Congestion to head and
heart :-

Dig.

Cough :-

Stram.

Deafness :-

Petr.

Delirium and mental
derangement :-

Merc.

Diarrhœa :-

LACH.

Dropsy :-

Sulph.

Dyspepsia,
atonic :-

Op.

Dyspepsia and
debility :-

Nat-s.

Dyspeptics,
beer-drinkers :-

Kali-bi.

Easily
intoxicated :-

Con.

Eczema :-

Led.

Fever, yellow :-

Cadm-s.

Glossitis, with
paralysis :-

Nux-v.

Gonorrhœal rheumatism :-

Crot-h.

Gout :-

Astac.

Hæmoptysis :-

Nux-v.,
Op.

Hair, light, blue or
gray eyes, florid complexion, fat or corpulent

(opposite
of Nux-v.) :- Lob.

Hands trembling :-

NUX-V.

Headaches :-

AGAR.,
Nux-m., Sel.

Headache, hæmorrhoids,
erysipelatoid inflammation :-

Lach.

Heartburn :-

Nux-v.

Hæmorrhoids :-

Crot-h.,
Sul-ac.

Hypochondriasis, from
gastric or liver troubles :-

NUX-V.

Insensibility, after
apoplexy :-

OP.

Irritation of stomach,
cures longing by removing :-

Phos.

Liver, enlarged :-

NUX-V.

Lungs, œdema pulmonum,
gangrene pulmonum :-

Crot-h.

Lungs, suppuration
of :-

Op.

Nervous disposition,
thin, irritable :-

Nux-v.

Nervous trembling,
shaking of hands :-

Mag-p.

Nosebleed :-

SEC.

Nose, red :-

Lach.

Old inebriates :-

Anis.,
Crot-h.

Paralysis :-

OP.

Phthisis :-

Chin.

Pneumonia :-

Nux-v.

Rakes :-

Cocc.

Russia, popular
in :-

ASAR.

Sensitiveness of
stomach to contact, especially of clothes

(cancer
of stomach) :- Lach.

Spasmodic
stricture :-

Op.

Syncope, tendency to,
hæmorrhage, epistaxis, menorrhagia, petechial eruption, or œdema
of lungs or legs, effusion into joints, ophthalmia, diarrhœa,
dysentery :-

Crot-h.

Tea-drinkers :-

Ferr.

Vomiting :-

Sul-ac.

Vomiting of
mucus :-

Zing.

Vomiturition,
unsuccessful :-

Op.

Dirty persons :-

Dread the air :-

Caps.

Prone to skin
affections :-

SULPH.

Filthy smell :-

PSOR.

High living :-

Gluttony :-

All-s.

Addicted to use of much
wine or coffee, sedentary habits combined with considerable mental
exertion :-

NUX-V.