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Intestines – Abdomen – Chapter 19 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 19.
ABDOMEN.

Abdomen
* Colic * Flatulence
* Inguinal Region * Intestines
* Perineum * Pubes

Intestines.


Intestines :-

Appendicitis :-

(See Cæcum
Typhlitis
.)

Cæcum :-

(See Colon
Ascending
, Inflammation ;
also Abdomen
Distended
, Sensitive.)

Cutting :-

Hydr.

Distended, hard

(tumor
cæci) :- Plb.

Distended, gurgling, on
pressure

(typhus) :-
Chin-s.

Dull pain, worse
turning to right side :-

Ammc.

Gurgling, in
ileo-cæcal region, in typhoid pneumonia :-

Phos.

Gurgling, in
ileo-cæcal region, on pressure :-

Apis.

Gurgling, in iliac
region, on pressure, in ague :-

Puls.

Inflamed

(typhlitis) :-
BELL.,
Calad.,
Card-m., COLCH.,
Crot-h., Lach.,
Merc., Nat-s., OP.,
Plb., RHUS-T.,
Samb., THUJ.

With
peritonitis :-

Bell.,
LACH.,
Lyc.

Stercoralis :-

Card-m.

Swollen, painful, hard,
hot and red, painful to touch :-

Merc.

Deep circumscribed
swelling, lies on back with right knee drawn up :-

Hep.

Pain in appendix, with
frequent paroxysmal aggravations :-

Crot-h.

With pain, swelling,
tenderness, fecal accumulation and vomiting :-

Lac-d.

Ileo-cæcal region,
painful :-

Colch.

Jerking, worse turning
to right side :-

Ammc.

Pain :-

Chel.,
Jal., Stram.

Pain, intense, in
typhoid :-

Iod.,
Phos.

Pain, radiating to
chest, back and extremities :-

Kali-c.

Pain, cannot bear
pressure of bed cover :-

Bell.

Rumbling :-

Chel.,
Elat.

Sensitive, in chronic
intestinal catarrh :-

Lach.

Sensitive, in typhoid
pneumonia :-

Phos.

Sensitive, in
typhus :-

APIS.

Tenderness :-

Colch.

Tenderness, pain and
swelling :-

Lach.

Sharp pain :-

Hydr.

Soreness :-

Nit-ac.

Stitches, with
sneezing :-

Agar.

Swelling large, hard,
painful to touch and motion

(typhus) :-
Plb.

Turning, worse, to
right side, shooting :-

Ammc.

Ulcers, in :-

Nit-ac.

Catarrh :-

ARS.,
Arund., Bad.,
Bry., Calc., Cham., CHEL.,
Colch., Coloc.,
Cop., Dulc., Eucal.,
Ferr., Ferr-p.,
Ind., Ip.,
Mag-c.,
Senec.,
VERAT.

Blennorrhœa :-

Hydr.

Blennorrhœa, with
depression and disinclination to do anything :-

Grat.

Chronic :-

Ars.,
Hydr., Lach., Nat-m.,
Ptel.,
Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Chronic, worse in
morning :-

Nit-ac.

Chronic, after great
straining discharges a mass of croupous exudation :-

Lach.

Diseases, in
eruptive :-

Apis.

Liver, with affection
of, and bladder :-

Cham.

Nephritis, in :-

Ter.

Pneumonia,
before :-

Chel.

Subsidence, during, of
cholera epidemic :-

Rhus-t.

Ulceration, followed
by :-

Hydr.

Colon :-

(See Cæcum.)

Catarrh with
colic :-

Coloc.

Croup :-

Brom.

Cramp-like pain,
sigmoid flexure, to back, with vomiting :-

Dios.

Cutting :-

Calc.

Distension of ascending

(tumor
cæci) :- Plb.

Drawing :-

Calc.

Ecchymosis :-

Bar-m.

Gurgling, in
descending, worse after eating :-

Aloe.

Hardness of ascending

(tumor
cæci) :- PLB.

Heat, at lower
end :-

Calc.

Inflammation
of mucous coats :-

Erig.

Pain in
ascending :-

Rhus-t.

Pain in course
of :-

Crot-h.,
Dios., Lac-c.

Pain in
descending :-

Asar.,
Berb.,
Ipom.

Pains, severe, in
descending, in intussusception :-

Verat.

Pain in descending,
just below ribs :-

All-s.

Pain and distension,
especially of transverse

(chronic
dyspepsia) :- Merc-c.

Pain in region of left
superior flexure :-

Jal.

Pain, great, along
whole length, worse on pressure or movement :-

Ferr-i.

Pain in right and
left :-

Arund.

Pain, awakens, better
on rising :-

Chr-ac.

Pain, in sigmoid
flexure :-

Jal.

Pain, about sigmoid
flexure

(rheumatic
diarrhœa) :- Colch.

Pains in, with stool
looking like pea soup, and consisting of yellowish-greenish and
bloody mucus of disagreeable odor :-

Podo.

Pain in transverse, at
3 A.M., followed by diarrhœa :-

Podo.

Pain in transverse,
with deranged liver :-

Lept.

Paralyzed inactive
feeling, transverse :-

Acon.

Peristalsis
sluggish :-

Card-m.

Pressure, in
transverse, in forenoon :-

All-s.

Pressive pain, in
middle of ascending :-

Cahin.

Pricking :-

Arund.

Rumbling :-

Elat.

Rumbling in
ascending :-

Podo.

Rumbling, in ascending,
with palpitation from mental emotion or exertion :-

Podo.

Rumbling, in splenic
flexure :-

Agar.,
LYC.

Straining, almost
cutting, after eating :-

Calc.

Swelling, size of a
fist in transverse, with long continued diarrhœa :-

Merc.

Congestion

(See Inflammation.) :-
Podo.

Injection of
bloodvessels :-

Lyss.,
TER.


Dryness

(See Torpid.) :-
Op., Plb.

Of a portion, headache
with constipation, tongue clean or covered with bubbles of frothy
saliva :-

Nat-m.

Duodenum :-

Aching, with colic

(dysentery) :-
Caps.

Catarrh :-

Puls.

Catarrh from chill

(jaundice) :-
Kali-m.

Catarrh, in
jaundice :-

Hydr.,
MERC.

Catarrh, causing
jaundice :-

Nat-m.

Catarrh, with
yellow-coated tongue :-

Kali-s.

Congested :-

Bar-m.

Inflamed :-

Ars-s-f.,
Bar-m., Podo.,
Uran-n.

Inflammation,
chronic :-

Lyc.

Pain :-

Astac.

Pain, awoke at 1 A.M.,
into umbilical region :-

Merc-sul.

Pain, worse sitting
bent :-

Lyc.

Red, dark :-

Bar-m.

Sensitive, with colic

(dysentery) :-
Caps.

Ulceration :-

Arg-n.,
Kali-bi., Uran-n.

Fistula,
discharge of pus, gases, and pale matter :-

Sil.

Gangrene :-

Plb.

Hæmorrhage :-

Acon., Agar.,
Ambr., Anthraci.,
Ars., Bapt.,
Bar-m., Cact.,
Canth., CHIN.,
Colch., Coll.,
Crot-h., Erig., Eucal., Ferr-p., HAM.,
IP., Kali-bi.,
Kali-i., Kali-p., Merc., Nit-ac., Nux-v., PHOS.,
Psor.,
Sars.,
Sec.,
Senec., Sil., Tril.,
Tub.,
Urt-u., Verat.

Abdomen, after pain
in :-

Ham.

Blood, bright :-

Caust.

Bright red, in
streams :-

Acon.

Blood, black

(typhoid) :-
Rhus-t.

Catarrh, with
nasal :-

Calc.

Chronic, with
hæmorrhoids :-

Anac.,
Sulph.

Coagula

(typhus) :-
Alumn.

Clotted masses, large,
followed by shivering :-

Med.

Congestion, from
portal :-

HAM.

Dark, of, fluid, fetid,
or grumous :-

Ham.

Dark, offensive

(typhus) :-
Ars.

Dark, liquid

(typhoid) :-
MUR-AC.

Dark and tough,
enveloped in viscid mucus :-

Coll.

Dark, venous, about a
quart, better pain in abdomen

(dysentery) :-
Arn.

Decomposed :-

LACH.

Tar-like, in large
quantities :-

Ham.

Dropsy, in, following
intermittent :-

Cit-l.

Epithelial, with,
degeneration :-

TER.

Exertion, after much,
lifting or internal injuries :-

ARN.,
Ham., Mill.,
Rhus-t.

Exertion, especially
after physical, blood bright and clear, child æt. 3 :-

Cinnb.

Fever, in
bilious :-

Chel.

Typhus, in typhoid
or :-

Alumn.,
Arg-n., Ars., Bapt., Chlor.,
LACH.,
Mill., MUR-AC.,
NIT-AC., Nux-m.

Typhus, in, with
syncope :-

Nux-v.,
Ph-ac., Rhus-t.,
Ter.

Fever, in
yellow :-

CANTH.,
LACH.

Hypochondriasis,
with :-

Psor.

Infiltrations :-

Anthraci.

Involuntary, with,
spasmodic twitching of lower jaw :-

ALUMN.

Menses, during :-

Lyss.

Menstruation,
vicarious :-

Phos.,
Ust.

After checked
metrorrhagia :-

Acet-ac.

Painless, in large
quantities :-

Bism.

Passive :-

TER.

In cirrhosis of
liver :-

Sulph.

Passive, bright red,
after stool, with faintness when profuse :-

Ign.

Prolapsus, with,
ani :-

APIS.

Secondary, after
removal of hæmorrhoid :-

Nit-ac.

Standing, blood oozing
on, or walking, with dark fluid hæmorrhage during stool :-

Crot-h.

Stitching, with sharp,
pains in rectum

(fissures
of anus) :- Graph.

Stool, during :-

Nat-m.,
Puls.

Stool, during, in
purpura hæmorrhagica :-

Phos.

Stool, during soft

(See
Anus Bleeding, Hæmorrhoids
Bleeding
, Chapter 20 :
Stool and Rectum
.) :-
Hep.

Stool, with or
without :-

Rat.

Stool, during and
immediately after :-

Vib.

Ulceration,
with :-

Ham.,
TER.

Urine, with flow
of :-

ALUMN.

Urinating,
after :-

Merc.

Weather, in autumnal
cold damp :-

Colch.

Women, in old, large
quantities of blood discharged at once with constipation and
hypochondriasis :-

Psor.


Heat
(See Burning,
Inflammation.) :-
Canth.

Hernia :- (See
Intussusception ;
also Inguinal
region, Hernia
.)


Infarctions :-

Anthraci.

Ileum,
inflamed :-

Ars-s-f.,
Podo.

Infiltration :-

With chronic diarrhœa,
with formation of cavities and purulent exudation into cavity of
thorax

(hectic
fever) :- Phos.

Serous and
sero-hæmorrhagic :-

Anthraci.


Inflammation

(enteritis)
(See Cæcum,
Colon, Duodenum,
Ileum, Jejunum.) :-
ACET-AC.,
ACON., ANT-T., APIS, BELL., BRY.,
Cact., Cham.,
Colch.,
Cop.,
Cupr-s., Grat., Jal., Lach.,
Lycps., Merc.,
Ox-ac.,
Plb.,
Rhus-t., Sulph.,
TER.,
Verat-v.

Acute, catarrhal,
during damp weather, warm or cold :-

Gels.

Appendicitis :-

(See
Cæcum Typhlitis.)

Children, in, from milk
and farinaceous diet :-

Lyc.

Followed by
dysentery :-

Jug-c.


Chronic :-

Hydr.,
Ox-ac., Sulph.

Chronic,
catarrhal :-

Hydr.

Chronic, with
dyspepsia :-

Hydr-ac.

Chronic, of 5 years’
standing :-

Phyt.

Croupous :-

Hydr.,
Merc-c.

Diarrhœa, followed by
alternate, and constipation :-

Ign.

Distension, with, of
abdomen

(malignant
scarlet fever) :-
Sal-ac.

Distension, with, of in
ascites :-

Apis.

Eating, probably caused
by, baked beans :-

Tarent.

Enterocolitis :-

Nuph.,
Ter.

Enterocolitis, with
colicky pains in rectum and characteristic stools :-

Nuph.

Fever, with
high :-

Verat-v.

Typhoid, with,
symptoms :-

BRY.,
Hyos., RHUS-T.

Fever, with
worm :-

Merc.

Follicular :-

Podo.

Foreign, from a,
body :-

Calen.

Gastro-enteritis :-

BRY.,
CACT., Cupr.,
Phyt., RHUS-T.

Hiccough, with :-

HYOS.

Inflammation,
after :-

Ang.

Lancinating,
with :-

Merc.

Meteorism, with :-

Uran-n.

Mucous, acute :-

Iris.

Pseudo-membranous :-

Merc-c.

Nutrition, with faulty,
followed by affection of nervous centres :-

Lac-d.

Stools, with, of mucus
and blood :-

Urt-u.

Subacute,
mucous :-

Asc-t.

Typhlitis :-

(See
Cæcum.)


Impaction :-

(See
Obstruction.)

Intussusception

(See Gangrene,
Inflammation, Obstruction ;
also Inguinal
region, Hernia
.) :-
Acon., Arn., ARS.,
Bell., Bry.,
Coloc., Kali-bi.,
Kreos.,
Lach.,
Lob., Lyc., Merc., Nux-v., OP.,
PLB., Rhus-t.,
Sulph.,
Tab., Thuj., VERAT.

Colic, with
agonizing :-

Cupr.

Colic, with violent,
and convulsions :-

Op.

Colic, with, and fecal
vomiting :-

Plb.

Motion, worse from,
sensitive to pressure :-

Ars.

Rushes about, bent
double, pressing abdomen, great anguish :-

Verat.

Singultus, with :-

Cupr.

Threatening
sloughing :-

Lach.

Irritation :-

Podo.

Alternates to
chest :-

Seneg.

Brain, affecting, and
other organs :-

Cina.

Dentition,
during :-

Cypr.

Dysentery, followed
by :-

Jug-c.

Eczema, after
suppressed :-

Cupr-a.

Inflammatory, subacute,
from mouth to anus :-

Nat-c.

Mastitis, in :-

Phos.

Mental, after extreme,
exertion :-

Nux-m.

Phlegm, with constant
accumulation of, in bronchial tubes :-

Seneg.

Strabismus, with, in
helminthiasis :-

Nat-p.,
Spig.

Jejunum :-

Podo.

Pustular
eruption :-

ANT-T.

Pale hypertrophied
follicles :-

Ant-t.


Mucous membrane :-

Anthrax :-

Anthraci.

Ecchymoses :-

Sal-ac.

Epithelial
degeneration, with hæmorrhages :-

TER.

False membranous form
actions in small, produced by gradual exudations of plastic
lymph :-

Lept.

Œdematous, discolored,
cloudy red :-

Anthraci.

Pale :-

Ant-t.

Pustular foci :-

Anthraci.

Pustules, small
conical, filled with serum :-

Ant-t.

Reddish swollen,
œdematous, hæmorrhagic prominent infiltrations, grayish or
greenish yellow, discolored surface, sloughing centre :-

Anthraci.

Secretion, increased,
of :-

Mag-c.

Nerves,
affection of :-

(See
Catarrh, Inflammation.)

Causes cholera :-

Mag-p.

Causes cholera, 2nd
stage :-

Kali-p.


Obstructions :-

(See Intussusception,
Peristaltic motion, Torpid ;
also Constipation.)

Fecal impaction :-

Caust., Gels.,
Lac-d., Lach.,
OP.,
Plb.

Filled with hard feces,
convolutions could be distinctly felt and seen :-

Plb.


Peristaltic
motion :-

Decreased :-

Hep.

Lost contractility, in
constipation of infants :-

Lyc.

Feeling of
inertia :-

Cadm-s.

Inertia, congestive, of
lower :-

Coll.

Inertia, causing
constipation :-

Plat.

Inertia, of lower,
hæmorrhoids and constipation, especially during pregnancy :-

Coll.

Paralysis :-

Caps.,
Carb-v., Cocc., Op.,
Phos., Plb.

Paralyzed, action
almost, in spinal irritation :-

Rhus-t.

Paralyzed, inactive
feeling :-

Acon.

Paralytic, half, half
crampy condition :-

Plb.

Paralysis, from lead
poisoning :-

Op.

Paralysis, particularly
when lower portions

(colon
and rectum) are
affected :- Phos.

Reversed :-

Op.

Reversed, as if,
feeling :-

Asaf.

Stool, disposition to,
but peristaltic motion in upper is wanting :-

Cocc.


Phlegmasia :-

Kali-i.

Torpid

(See Constipation ;
also Rectum Torpid.) :-
All-s.,
Asim., Card-m.,
Chin.,
Cocc., Coloc.,
Kali-c., Nat-m., Nux-v., OP.,
Phos.,
Phys.,
Plat.,
Sep., Sin-a.,
Sin-n., Sumb.

Tuberculosis :-

Carbn-s.,
Chin-s., Tub.

Ulcers and
ulceration :-

Arg-n.,
ARS.,
Calc., CARB-V.,
Coloc.,
Kali-bi., Lyc., Nat-p.,
Plb.,
Sal-ac.,
Sin-a., Sin-n., Sulph., Ter.

Chronic, with hepatic
disorder :-

Lept.

Chronic, with vomiting
of ingesta, hectic and emaciation :-

Kali-bi.

Corroding, with,
stinging pain :-

Cupr.

Diarrhœa, causes :-

Sil.

Diarrhœa, with
chronic, hectic fever :-

Phos.

Diarrhœa, with, in
tuberculosis :-

Olnd.

Enterocolitis, with

(typhoid
diseases) :- Ter.

Fever, in infantile
remittent :-

Mur-ac.

Fever, in
typhoid :-

Agar.,
Bapt., NIT-AC.,
Ter.

Hæmorrhage,
with :-

TER.

Peyer’s, of, gland

(typhoid) :-
Ter.

Round, with blackish
fundus, in small intestines :-

Ars-s-r.

Tubercular, with rapid
suppuration of lungs, formation of cavities and purulent exudation
into cavity of thorax :-

Phos.

Upper, of, part, in
diphtheria :-

Phyt.

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