Headache – Inner Head – Chapter 3 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Fever, in
septic :-

Ter.

Forehead, especially
in :-

Bell.,
Cham., Viol-t.

Forehead, in, in
chlorosis :-

Ferr.

Forehead, in, in
epidemic influenza :-

Sabad.

Forehead, especially
lower part of, directly above nose, worse stooping or
reading :-

Bell.

Forehead, in lower
part of, just over eye, worse motion, in house, better walking in
open air :-

Sep.

Forehead, in, and
root of nose, when stooping :-

Zing.

Forehead, out at,
better only in getting head down and remaining perfectly
quiet :-

Hell.

Forehead, mostly
involving, during rest and motion :-

Meny.

Forehead, worse in,
only during day

(chronic
cephalalgia) :-
Merc.

Forehead, in, and
temples

(hysteria) :-
Sabad.

From 3 to 8
P.M. :-

Arn.

Fulness were pressing
upward, as if a :-

Meph.

Fulness, with, of
veins :-

Xan.

Region of right
temporal bone, in :-

Staph.

Hat, worse
from :-

Calc-p.

Head, with heat all
over, in morning :-

Zing.

Head, better
pillowing :-

Aran.

Heavy, as if from a,
weight :-

Mosch.

Heavy, dull, like a
board pressing through at 11 A.M. :-

Zing.

Heavy, as if
something, were sinking down :-

Nux-v.

Heavy, pressing
downward

(hysteria) :-
Ther.

Heavy weight were
pressing it down on pillow, as if a :-

Merc-i-f.

Heaviness

(amenorrhœa) :-
Glon.

Heaviness, with,
worse in occiput on waking :-

Hell.

Heaviness, with, and
vertigo, dull sight, photophobia and fiery circles before
eyes :-

Puls.

Hereditary :-

Calc.,
Lach.

Hydrocephalus,
in :-

Art.

Hystero-mania,
in :-

Tarent.

Intermitting, as from
heavy weight pressed down on middle of vertex, pressure aggravates
and renews pain :-

Cina.

Inward,
pressing :-

Bov.,
Cocc.

Inward, from without,
when walking in cold, damp air :-

Zing.

Lachrymation, with,
and heaviness of lids :-

Tarent.

Left ear, by jerks
over :-

Camph.

Left side, in :-

Calc-ar.,
Sars., Verb.

Left, in, side, like
during a coryza, better walking :-

Merc-i-f.

Left, in, side, with
cough :-

Agar.

Left side, after
dinner :-

Zinc.

Left side, 10 P.M.,
later extends to orbit :-

Lyss.

Left side, in, from
within outward :-

Asaf.

Left side, in, with
vertigo at noon :-

Stront-c.

Left side, with
stitches in :-

Sars.

Liver complaint,
in :-

Chel.

Load, like from a,
during night, better toward morning :-

Ars-h.

Lower part, in, while
sitting as if pressed like an elastic body :-

Benz.

Menses,
before :-

Nat-m.

Menses,
during :-

Graph.,
Polyg.

Mental, from,
labor :-

Arg-n.,
Colch., Mag-c.,
Nux-v.

Morning, in :-

Bry.,
Nux-v.

Morning, in, extends
into eyes, with chill in afternoon :-

Sil.

Nail, right side, as
if a, were thrust in, worse sitting quietly, better moving about
slowly :-

Agar.

Nausea, with :-

Caps.,
Dros., Lach.

Neck, and throbbing
to back of :-

Glon.

Neck, extends from
nape of, over side of head, and settling over left eye, with
nausea and vomiting of food, bile and mucus :-

Sang.

Neck, down nape of,
over whole skull, worse on contact, increasing in paroxysms, with
nausea and vomiting of bile :-

Kali-c.

Neck, extending to,
and teeth, worse at night :-

Chin.

Night, at :-

Anthro.,
Sil.

Noon, at :-

Cedr.

Nose, especially over
root of :-

Mosch.

Now here, now
there :-

Bism.

Now here, now there,
each time occupies larger areas :-

Bell.

Occiput, especially
in, from mental exertion or night watching :-

Colch.

Occiput, especially
in muscles of :-

Carb-v.

Occiput, right of,
externally, extending to nape, throat, and shoulder-blades :-

Hep.

Occiput, especially
in

(smallpox) :-
Vario.

Occiput, extends to,
but worse in right temple and above ear :-

Astac.

Otalgia, with :-

Ran-s.

Outward, from
within :-

All-s.,
Ars-i., Bov., Camph., Cupr., Hell.,
Lycps., Nux-m., Ptel.,
Sep.

Outward, from within,
in only one part of head at a time :-

Calc.

Outward, pressing,
during menses :-

Kreos.

Part, now over whole
head, now on one :-

Cit-v.

Parts, in various,
with sensation as if brain would force through forehead :-

Kreos.

Peculiar, with
tremulousness and increased micturition :-

Lil-t.

Periodical, short,
attacks, from within outward, better lying

(tertian
ague) :- Ign.

Periosteum,
in :-

Staph.

Pneumonia, in :-

Ant-t.

Position, worse while
being put in erect :-

Mur-ac.

Pressure, with, on
upper lids, better by washing face with cold water and in open
air :-

Phos.

Pulsating, right
side :-

Zinc.

Pupils, with dilated,
later contracted :-

Rheum.

Quiet, better by

(brain
fag) :- Pic-ac.

Rheumatic ophthalmia,
in :-

Led.

Rhythmical :-

Ruta.

Right-sided :-

Arn.,
Arum-t.,
Sars.,
Spig., Zinc.

Right, from, to
left :-

Eup-pur.

Rising, especially,
from sitting or lying :-

Apis.

Rising, after, from
bed :-

Calc.

Screw, as from a,
behind each ear :-

Ox-ac.

Semilateral, as from
a plug, or dull nail, at night and when awaking in morning, worse
moving eyes and stooping, better rising and binding head up
tight :-

Hep.

Sides, pain from
both :-

Gamb.

Side, in, like from a
dull stick, better from touch :-

Asaf.

Sides, from both,
with a hot sensation and with beating in forehead when pressing
upon it :-

Mag-m.

Side leaned upon,
in :-

Chin.

Side, especially on,
on which one lies :-

Ph-ac.

Side, on one :-

Psor.

Side, one, commencing
early in morning, increasing until unconscious or half
delirious :-

Nux-v.

Sides as if pressed
together :-

Glon.

Siesta, after :-

Calad.

Sinciput, especially
in, chiefly in morning, worse stooping, better in open air :-

Berb.

Sitting or standing,
better in open air :-

Alumn.

Skull, as if, were
pressed asunder :-

NUX-V.

Skull, as if, would
split :-

Mez.

Skull, hard substance
were pressing on, as if a

(neuralgia
of scalp) :- Staph.

Spots, on
small :-

Ox-ac.

Spot, on a small, on
right side :-

Kalm.

Spots, on small,
particularly in right temple :-

Astac.

Stomach, with
weak :-

Meny.

Stool, after :-

Lyc.

Stooping, on :-

Puls.

Stupefying :-

Dros.,
Ruta.

Sudden now in one
place, now in another :-

Ign.

Sun, worse and better
with :-

Kalm.

Supraorbital,
principally left, ridge :-

NUX-M.

Tea, as after :-

Chlf.

Temporal, principally
in, bones, worse from pressure, touch, better in open air :-

Arg-m.

Temple, from one, to
the other :-

Sulph.

Temple, mostly in
right, worse stooping, motion, noise, better at rest, and lying
with head high :-

Spig.

Temple, worse in left

(glaucoma) :-
PHOS.

Tensive :-

Cocc-s.

Tensive, as if
constricted around skull :-

Card-m.

Tense from occiput to
forehead, beginning in morning after restless sleep, full of
dreams, continuing during day, with congestion to head

(cardialgia
and headache) :-
Kali-c.

Tensive, especially
forehead and cervical muscles :-

Euphor.

Urticaria,
precedes :-

Sep.

Vertex, at a spot
between, and occiput, inwardly :-

Ox-ac.

Vertigo, with, and
impairment of vision :-

Phyt.

Vise, a, as if
in :-

Bar-c.,
Nat-m., Rat.

Vomiting,
with :-

Caps.

Vomiturition, with,
coming and going :-

Ter.

Walking in open
air :-

Arn.

Weight, from a, from
above downward :-

Ph-ac.

Weight, great, as of
a, which is inclined to sink forward :-

Sars.

Weight, as if caused
by congestion to head :-

Dig.

Writing, worse

(apoplexy) :-
Anac.

Pressure :-

(See Touch,
Wrapping.)

Better from :-

Apis,
Arg-n.,
Bell., Calc., Camph.,
Carb-ac., Carb-an.,
Carb-v.,
Chim-m., Cimic., Glon.,
Guai., Indg.,
Kali-bi., LACH.,
Lyc., Meny.,
Nux-v., PULS.,
Sang., Sil.,
Spig.

Better pressing back
up against something hard, or pressing back of head :-

Sang.

Hat, worse
from :-

Carb-v.

Scalp sensitive to
pressure of pillow, better if rubbed :-

Thuj.

Touch, worse from, of
hat :-

Caust.,
Crot-t., Glon.

Worse from :-

Arg-m.,
Bov.,
Cimx., Cina,
Cupr-a., Sulph.

Wrapping, worse
pressure or tight, caused by hard dry cough from lower part of
chest :-

Samb.

Pricking :-

(See Sticking,
Stinging.)

Cough, during :-

Arn.

Dull, in left side,
to waist :-

Lyss.

Evening, in :-

Lachn.

Hair, along edge
of :-

Berb.

Left side, in, with
vertigo :-

Calc.

Nails, as with, at
same time in other parts :-

Asc-t.

Needles, thousands
of, into brain, as of :-

Tarent.

Parts, various,
in :-

Hydr-ac.

Under skin :-

Bar-c.

Pins, as from :-

All-c.

Side, in left :-

Bapt.

Stove, near
warm :-

Bar-c.

Puerperal :-

(See
Confinement.)

Pulsating :-

(See
Hammering, Throbbing.)

Racking,
with hurried manner and red face 

(See
Intolerable,
Terrible.)
:- Ptel.

Raving, with, heat in
head, red face, red, protruding eyes, wiry pulse of 92 :-

Glon.

Raising :-

(See
Motion, Position,
Rising.)

Reading,
when

(See
Eyes, Mental
exertion, Writing.) :-
Cimic.,
Lyss., Ptel.

Evening, in :-

Agn.

Made him feel hot and
sweat :-

Nat-s.

Worse by
reading :-

Apis,
Aran.,
Bov., Calc.,
Glon.,
Ign., Lyss.,
NAT-M.,
Phys.

Rending :-

(See Lacerating,
Neuralgic, Tearing.)

Respiratory, with
affections of, organs :-

Lact.

Rest :-

Better :-

Con.,
Hell.,
Ign., Nux-m., Pic-ac.,
Spig.

Worse :-

Ant-t.,
Asaf., Benz-ac.,
Indg., Merc-i-f.,
Rhod.,
Sulph.

Restless :-

Compelling to move
from place to place :-

Tarent.

Pain makes :-

Ars.,
Bell., Syph.

Stinging
worse :-

Cycl.

Stitches
worse :-

Caps.

Throw themselves
about :-

Coff.

Rheumatic

(See Gouty.) :-
Am-m.,
Asc-s., Benz-ac., Berb., Cact.,
Calc-p., Chin-ar., Cycl.,
Kali-bi., Kalm.,
Lach., MERC.,
Nit-ac.,
Phyt., Ran-b., Sang., Sil., Stict.,
Sulph.

Children, in :-

Calc.

Dulness, with, worse
in vertex or forehead, worse evening and night :-

Stram.

Dysentery, in :-

Cham.

Hypochondriasis, with
disturbance of vision or :-

Merl.

Limbs, with stiffness
in, and neck :-

Sang.

Liver, based upon
torpidity of :-

Podo.

Motion,
preventing :-

Colch.

Motion, from, of
cars :-

Cocc.,
Med.

Nausea,
causes :-

CAUST.

Nausea, with, and
acid vomiting :-

Nux-v.

Night, worse
at :-

Calc.

Running up posterior
auricular region :-

Sang.

Side, on one, to
face :-

Guai.

Side, worse on one,
and from 5 to 10 P.M., crazing pains into face and teeth :-

Puls.

Spinal, from,
troubles :-

Caul.

Uterine troubles,
in :-

Caul.

Warmth, better from
external, excruciating, in young and strong persons :-

MAG-P.

Warm, worse in, room
and evening, better in open air :-

Kali-s.

Weather, worse in
damp, cold :-

DULC.

Wet seasons, cold,
in, raw :-

BRY.

Women, delicate, in,
sensitive :-

Sep.

Riding,
from :-

(See
Motion, Nausea,
Sick headache, Vertigo,
Vomiting.)

Carriage, in
a :-

COCC.,
Kali-c., Meph.,
Nux-m.,
Sep.

Carriage, worse
riding a long time in :-

Iod.

Carriage, better
riding in a :-

Nit-ac.

Railroad, by, or
water :-

COCC.

Riding, worse :-

Zinc.

Rising,
on

(See Morning,
Motion, Position.) :-
Aml-ns.,
Arn., Ham.

Rising, better
when :-

Asaf.

Rising, on, and in
evening, worse left side, increases till patient vomits, then
better, worse motion and open air

(climaxis) :-
Cycl.

Rising, better after,
in morning, except sick headache :-

Nux-v.

Rising, especially,
from, sitting or lying, worse in warm room, better from pressure
of hands :-

Apis.

Rises, when he,
staggers backward :-

Lach.

Rising, on, better
after washing and breakfast :-

Spong.

Rising, worse
on :-

Calc-s.,
Mur-ac.

Rising, worse on, up
in bed :-

Mur-ac.

Sitting, when getting
up from :-

Cob.

Rocket had passed
through head, as if a :-

Kali-p.

Rolling in head, as
if something were, with burning heat coming out at eyes, with
lachrymation, evening, lasts into night :-

Eug.

Room :-

(See Air,
Cold, Heat,
Sedentary.)

Begins in, and is
better in open air, or vice versa :-

Mang.

Better :-

Zing.

Soreness
better :-

Eup-per.

Staying, as from, in
a close room, better looking at one point :-

Agn.

Vise-like pain
better :-

MERC.

Worse :-

Asaf.,
Nicc., Tab.

Walking, after, in
open air :-

Nicc.

Rooting :-

(See
Burrowing, Digging.)

Rubbing, better by

(See
Pressure, Touch.) :-
Indg.

Against pillow,
termini of nerves become so irritated that some kind of friction
is resorted to do obtain relief

(irritated
spine) :- Tarent.

Running, worse

(See
Motion, Walking.) :-
Ign.

Rushing, almost
crazed feeling, like come fluid through head, generally from right
to left :-

Lil-t.

>>>>>

® 2005

Main