Legs – Lower Limbs – Chapter 33 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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Tickling :-

Cutis, creeping feeling
under, of left, with numbness and stiffness :-

Stram.

Right, in :-

Anag.

Tingling :-

Arn., Calc-p.,
Kreos.

Blood, with discharge
of thin black

(metritis) :-
Sec.

Heat, worse in :-

Lachn.

Hot, peculiar :-

Ind.

Left, in :-

Crot-h.

Right, in

(rheumatism) :-
Sabad.

Tibiæ, in, at night,
while feet are crossed, must move legs back and forth, and therefore
cannot sleep :-

Rhus-t.

Walking at
night :-

Bar-c.

Walking, better
after :-

Sec.

Walking, occasional,
after :-

Asaf.

Tired
feeling

(See
Weakness.) :-
Æth.,
Ant-t., Brach., Bry.,
Calc-p., Calen.,
Chin-ar., Coc-c., Corn., Goss., Ham.,
Ind., Murx.,
Nat-s., Phos.,
Puls., Sec.,
Senec., Spong., Verb., Xan.

Abdominal, with,
pain :-

Calc-p.

Aching :-

Lyss.

Calves, particularly
in :-

Sep.

Calves, weary, in, as
after a long journey :-

Arg-n.

Calves, in, while
kneeling :-

Ars-i.

Calves, in,
painful :-

Aloe.

Diabetes, in :-

Uran-n.

Dull, with, pains and
tingling :-

Merc-i-f.

Evening, in :-

Merc.

Evening, worse toward

(albuminuria) :-
Uran-n.

Fatigue :-

Lyss.

Fatigue, sensation of,
in bones, as if they were too thick :-

Sarr.

Fatigue, especially
right hip, pains as from :-

Agar.

Fatigue, sensation of
great, even while sitting :-

Mag-m.

Feeling, indolent,
after eating :-

Arn.

Feeling, fatigued,
especially above knees :-

Chr-ac.

Journey, as after a
long :-

Nux-m.

Knees, worse in :-

Aphis,
Calc-ar.

Lameness with seminal
emissions :-

Kali-br.

Languid :-

Am-c.

Languid, with
dizziness :-

Am-m.

Languid and heavy, with
perspiration on walking :-

Ery-a.

Lassitude :-

All-s.,
Alumn., Arg-n.,
Arn., Cast.,
Dig.

Lassitude, in morning
after rising, not better walking in open air :-

Card-m.

Lassitude, painful, in
evening :-

Coloc.

Lassitude, in
post-partum hæmorrhage :-

Cham.

Lower, fatigue of,
after slight exertion :-

GELS.

Lower, in :-

Agar.,
Croc.

Menses, during :-

Nicc.

Noon, at, especially
about ankles :-

Calc.

Pain, weary, in calves,
at night in bed :-

Sulph.

Painful :-

Aster.

Painful :-

Calc.

Pains, with, in
rheumatism :-

Colch.

Paralyzed, almost,
worse in left :-

Cann-i.

Position, obliging one
to change, constantly, at end of chill :-

Cimx.

Power, felt as if she
had no, in them :-

Form.

Sitting, when :-

Alumn.

Steps, especially on
ascending :-

Phos.

Support body, weary,
can scarcely :-

Merc-i-f.

Swollen, fatigued and,
towards evening :-

Agn.

Trembling, with :-

Ptel.

Ulcer, with, on
leg :-

Merc.

Uterine, with,
polypus :-

Thuj.

Uterine, as after a
long walk :-

Chin.

Tossing, in spasmus
glottidis :-

Verat.

Trembling

(See Jerking,
Twitching.) :-
Æsc-g., Agar.,
Arg-n., Bell.,
Cimic., Cist.,
Crot-h., Cupr-ar.,
Goss., LACH.,
Manc., Merc.,
Nux-v., Phys.,
Phyt., Zinc.

Air, especially in
open, walks bent over, with hand applied to right side

(ovarian
tumor) :- Coloc.

Ascending, particularly
when :-

Corn.

Cardialgia, in :-

Cupr.

Coition, after :-

CALC.

Exercise, after :-

Iber.

Headache, with :-

Glon.

Hysteria, in :-

Sep.

Knees, from, down, left
most :-

Med.

Left, of :-

Cic.

Lower, of, when going
to sleep :-

Cham.

Masturbation,
after :-

Phos.

Menstruated, lower, has
never :-

Cycl.

Morning, especially in,
after rising

(palpitation) :-
Arg-m.

Nervousness, with
extreme :-

Sil.

Neuralgia, in remittent
of chest :-

Sulph.

Right :-

With pain in, hip and
leg

(parenchymatous
metritis) :-
Lac-c.

In pityriasis
versicolor :-

Mez.

Rhythmical, of entire
left, gradually involved both, after quarrel with husband, worse
sitting

(hysteria) :-
Ign.

Of, as if a galvanic
battery were attached :-

Dor.

Shaking, especially
when quiet

(gonorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Sitting, when, or
making attempt to walk or stand

(strumous
synovitis) :- Led.

Spells, in

(chorea) :-
Calc.

Trying, when moving or,
to walk

(typhoid) :-
Gels.

Walking, when :-

NUX-V.

Walking, and give way
when :-

Cur.

Weakness, from, on
rising from sitting, better on continual walking :-

Nat-m.

Tumor :-

Osteosarcoma on centre
of right tibia, size of half an ostrich egg, pains agonizing at
night, growth irregular, spongy, partly laminated, very hard

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Calf, suddenly formed,
red, inflamed, between, and bend of knee :-

Phos.

Varicose

(dysentery) :-
Arn.

Twinging pain, in outer
calf, when sitting :-

Valer.

Twitching

(See Chorea,
Jerking.) :-
Agar.,
Ars-s-r., Asaf., Chel.,
Cod., Goss.,
Hell., Lyss.,
Merc., Op.

Arms, alternately with,
she attempts to sit down and work during restlessness :-

Lyss.

Alive, as from
something :-

Berb.

Cholera infantum,
constant in :-

Verat.

Convulsive :-

Merc-c.,
Squil.

Convulsive, in
hæmorrhage :-

Ip.

Convulsive, in
pneumonia :-

Chel.

Convulsions, in
epileptic :-

Lach.

Drawing them
backward :-

Cupr.

Evening, in, in
bed :-

Carb-v.

Exertion, from
least :-

Mang.

Head, with neuralgia
in, in paroxysms, after profuse menses :-

Med.

Hip, in,
disease :-

Merc.

Hysteria, in :-

Ign.

Jactitation of one, in
chorea :-

Verat-v.

Jactitation, muscles,
in constant

(chorea) :-
Kali-br.

Quiet, especially when

(gonorrhœa) :-
Tarent.

Rest, when at

(hysteria) :-
Valer.

Right, of, lower
subsultus :-

Camph.

Right, tibia, in,
outside of, middle 3rd :-

Coch.

Right, one of,
usually :-

Mygal.

Sleep, even in :-

Verat.

Sleep, awaking from, at
night :-

Cinnb.

Spasmodic, when
stepping out :-

Rhus-t.

Spasms, in :-

Cupr.

Spasmodic, with sudden
contraction of larynx, as from fumes of sulphur

(asthma) :-
Mosch.

Spasmodic starting in
muscles :-

Ant-t.

Trembling, with of
whole body :-

Op.

Wave-like :-

Anac.

Wine, after a glass of,
with nutmeg

(diarrhœa) :-
Sulph.

Ulcerative pain :-

Kreos.

Calves, in, to heels

(leprosy) :-
Agar.

Muscles, as from
festering in :-

Puls.

Right, in :-

Benz-ac.

Wakes at 4 A.M., and
prevents sleep :-

Ars.

Ulcers

(See Ulcers,
Chapter 44 :
Tissues.) :-
Anan., Calen., Jac-c.,
Kali-i., LYC.,
Ph-ac., Phyt.,
Psor., Sin-a., Sin-n.

Acrid, with,
pus :-

Graph.

Ankle, anterior and
external surface from, to middle 3rd of thigh one mass :-

Merc.

Atonic, old :-

Hydr.

Atonic, with tearing
stitching, worse during increase of moon, better during
decrease :-

Pall.

Bleed easily, become
putrid, spongy bluish :-

MERC.

Bottoms uneven and
dirty, discharge thin, offensive :-

Lach.

Burning :-

Hydr.

Burn at night :-

CARB-V.

Burning, worse from
least touch :-

Merc.

Burning, worse from
warmth, not better from cold :-

Carb-v.

Calf, large deep, on,
centre black and hard :-

Ferr-m.

Carious, on tibia, skin
adheres to bone :-

Asaf.

Chilblains, stump of
amputated leg a mass of, many places being ulcerated, itching and
intense pain preventing rest at night :-

Ran-b.

Chronic, with
dyspepsia :-

Lyc.

Chronic, indolent, flat
with purple skin, small sores around main ulcer, which has an uneven
bottom, burning and bleeding even when lightly touched, ichorous
offensive discharge :-

LACH.

Chronic, probably
syphilitic

(phlebitis) :-
Lach.

Crust, covered with
gray, surrounded by inflamed border :-

Ars.

Deep, unhealthy :-

Com.

Depressions, with, and
elevations :-

Merc.

Discharge, constant
ichorous :-

Merc.

Discharge
profuse :-

Rhus-t.

Discharging serum, legs
dropsical :-

Rhus-t.

Dry superficial angry
looking, circular, with flat edges, covered by yellow scab, areolæ
inflamed and covered with pimples which degenerate into ulcers,
faint fetid odor, worse at night, from warmth of bed, on motion or
touch :-

Hydr.

Edges, callous :-

Kali-m.

Edges, high,
thick :-

Hydr.

Emaciation and
coldness, left side :-

Lyss.

Fetid discharge :-

CARB-V.

Fetid, horrid
stench :-

Calen.

Flat, chronic,
discolored areolæ :-

Lach.

Flat, with thin
offensive discharge and bluish areolæ :-

LACH.

Flat, open, on left,
with erysipelas :-

Lach.

Flat, in lower :-

Sel.

Gangrenous :-

Carb-v.,
LACH.

Gnawing pain, worse
from least touch :-

Merc.

Hand, size of :-

Anthraci.

Indolent :-

Hydr.,
Still.

Indolent, of 6 years’
standing, on lower 3rd of right, near external malleolus, irregular
shape, hard edges, deep, discharging sanious, fetid pus :-

Com.

Injuries, from :-

Hydr.

Irritable :-

Hydr.

Irritable, on lower,
with nightly pains in tibia

(syphilitic
and mercurial rheumatism) :-
Phyt.

Large, 2, below knee,
paroxysms of lancinating darting pain of 2 years’ duration, preceded
by others, similar, 2 or 3 times, healed by local treatment,
commenced by a pimple which being broken formed a deep foul ulcer,
gray slough, thin ichorous pus, inflamed, swollen, elevated edges,
varicose, worse by heat of bed, hot or cold applications, from
pressure, motion, evening until midnight

(after
abuse of mercury) :-
Merc.

Left, on, shin,
copper-colored :-

Cist.

Left, chronic on, with
secondary erysipelas :-

Kali-c.

Left, to knee, chronic,
different sizes, yellowish watery matter, eczematous eruption around

(dyspepsia) :-
Lyc.

Left, on, several, from
knee to instep, 2 of largest about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, the
lower ones 1/2 an inch to size of pea, sanious discharges tender to
touch

(chronic
phlebitis) :- Puls.

Left, on, of 2 years’
duration, above outer malleolus, as large as a quarter dollar,
areola swelled, hard, dull purplish red, stinging, scanty watery
discharge

(after
rheumatism) :- Sulph.

Lower, on, burning at
circumference :-

Mur-ac.

Lower covered :-

Nat-c.

Lower, in, pale
face :-

Sil.

Lower, in,
fistulous :-

Ruta.

Lower, in, itching over
whole body :-

Psor.

Mercurial syphilitic,
hard swelling, around :-

Cist.

Mottled :-

CARB-V.

Old :-

ARS.,
Grin., ¤ Hippoz.,
Nux-m., Still.

Old, checked, causes
angina :-

Am-c.

Old, nightly tearing
burning and itching :-

Lyc.

Pains, nightly :-

Sil.

Pain constant, worse
from least touch :-

Merc-sul.

Pain, unendurable in
warmth of bed :-

Merc-sul.

Phagedenic, syphilitic,
dark red, bluish :-

Rhus-v.

Phagedenic,
virulent :-

Lach.

Psoriasis,
general :-

Kali-ar.

Purple :-

CARB-V.,
LACH.

Putrid :-

Bry.,
CARB-V.,
LACH.

Putrid, burning around
them :-

Mur-ac.

Right, on, 3 inches
long, 1 inch wide, over upper end of fibula

(cancerous
tumor) :- Sil.

Right, on,
painful :-

Calen.

Right, on, with
varicose swelling, after a fall :-

Lach.

Scrofulous :-

Hydr.

Scrofulous, thickening
of periosteum and similar swelling on bone of forearm :-

Mez.

Serpiginous, on right,
of 10 years’ standing, crept slowly on, destroying a vast extent of
skin, a portion of this cicatrized and became covered with a thin,
violet, shining pellicle, whilst ulcer continued to spread, 4
centimeters in diameter, shooting pains, hindering walking by day
and rest by night :-

Pæon.

Small, irregular, leave
a depressed cicatrix on healing

(syphilis) :-
Kali-bi.

Spongy :-

Merc.

Spreading,
sloughing :-

Petr.

Stinging :-

Hydr.

Stinging, worse from
least touch :-

Merc.

Suppuration :-

Calen.

Superficial :-

Polyg.

Syphilitic :-

Still.

Syphilitic, bluish,
deep, old, in calf :-

Lith-c.

Syphilitic, 1/2 an inch
in size, irregular, ragged edges, surface studded with minute
granulations, bled readily :-

Phyt.

Syphilitic, moist,
offensive, with eruption over whole body, of 2 years’
duration :-

Merc-i-r.

Syphilitic, painful, in
front :-

Merc-i-r.

Syphilitic, large, on
left tibia, thickened throughout whole length, periosteum swollen,
in evening when much fatigued slight oozing of serum at edges of
ulcer, thick crust was removed from ulcer, latter appeared shallow
and secreted a sanguineous discharge, burning, worse from heat of
bed :-

Mez.

Tibia, usually about,
and ankles, or other points, slow to heal :-

Psor.

Tibia, of anterior
surface of right, caused by a violent blow she received 6 months
ago :-

Pæon.

Tibiæ, on, with bone
affection :-

Calc.

Tibia, on head of,
larger than a crown piece, dirty, fetid, sloughing, jagged, elevated
edges, 2 large pieces of bone came away

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Tibia, on, 2 large,
chronic, fetid, painful, can hardly get about :-

Grin.

Tibia, on, with
lardaceous base :-

Sabin.

Tibia, on left :-

Arg-n.

Tibia, on, periosteum
affected, profuse offensive discharge :-

Ph-ac.

Tibia, on, in a man
broken down by rheumatism and strong drink :-

Sulph.

Tibia, on right, 3
inches long, 2 wide, above internal malleolus, surrounding skin
coppery red, covered with pustules :-

Mez.

Tibia, right, indolent,
dirty granulations, dry sharp cut edges, brownish thin
discharge :-

Sang.

Tibia, on, shining red,
glazed

(syphilis) :-
Lac-c.

Tibia, the apparently
healthy portion of, lying beneath carious ulcer became sensitive to
slightest touch, at night almost unendurable :-

Asaf.

Varicose :-

Hydr-ac.

Varicose on right, just
above instep, after kick of a horse, 8 inches in circumference,
concave dark blue, fetid :-

Kali-s.

Varicose, 6 years’
standing, covering nearly entire surface of anterior and inner leg,
and extending on to foot, bottom of ulcer dirty greenish yellow,
covered more or less with yellow serum, itching at night, worse in
wet weather :-

Nat-m.

Uneasiness

(See Restlessness,
Tired feeling.) :-
Con., Lach.,
Phos., Ust.

Evening, in :-

Merc.

Legs, does not know
where to lay his :-

Ruta.

Morning, distressing,
in bed :-

Caust.

Moving, with necessity
of constantly, them :-

Tarent.

Must move them or draw
them up :-

Chin.

Night, at :-

Ars.,
Zinc.

Stretch, must, often,
evening in bed :-

Carb-v.

Walking, as if she were
tired by

(after
chill) :- Cimx.

Unsteadiness

(See Weakness ;
also Walking.) :-
Nux-v.

Varicose
veins

(See Veins
Varicose, Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation.) :-
FL-AC.,
HAM., Kali-ar.,
LYC.,
PULS.

Bleeding :-

Ham.,
Puls.

Calves, on :-

Plb.

Calf, on right, aching,
tingling, burning :-

Sulph.

Feet, with
fidgety :-

Zinc.

Hæmatemesis instead of
menses :-

Ham.

Hard knotty, intensely
painful to touch :-

Puls.

Left, on :-

Ambr.

Great pain, can
scarcely move about :-

Ham.

Painful :-

Calc.

Phlebitis,
chronic :-

Puls.

Pregnancy,
during :-

Acon.,
Apis, Arn., Ars.,
Carb-v.,
Caust., Ferr., FL-AC.,
Graph., HAM.,
Lyc., Mill.,
Nux-v., PULS.,
Sulph.,
Zinc.

Pregnancy, in, blue and
knotty, almost appearance of incipient gangrene :-

Lach.

Prosopalgia,
with :-

Mez.

Thigh, on, to
labiæ :-

Zinc.

Ulceration, tend
to :-

Fl-ac.

Veins :-

(See Phlegmasia
alba dolens, Varicose veins ;
also Veins
Inflammation, Chapter 29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation.)

Inflammation :-

Ham.,
Puls.

Streaks and spots,
reddish or bluish, thrombosis :-

Apis.

Vibration :-

Calf, in :-

Berb.

Tibia, in :-

Berb.

Wandering pains :-

Æsc.

Flying :-

Caul.

Flying, in left, from
spine to ankle :-

Ars-h.

Night, worse at :-

Sang.

Pains, tired to hips
and knees, with disinclination to move :-

Vib.

Weakness

(See Paralysis,
Paralytic feeling.) :-
Acet-ac., Agar.,
Am-c.,
Anan., Arg-n.,
Ars., Ars-h.,
Arund., Asaf., Benz-ac., Bor., Bry.,
Cact., Calc.,
Calc-p., Calc-s.,
Caust., Chlor.,
Coloc., Con., Cupr.,
Dig.,
Euphor., Ferr.,
Form., Glon.,
Guai., Hydr.,
Hyos., Kali-br.,
Kali-c., Lach., Merc., Murx.,
Nat-c., Nat-s.,
Op., Ox-ac.,
Petr., PH-AC.,
Phos., RHUS-T.,
Seneg., Sep.,
Sil., Sulph., Zinc.

Abortion, after :-

Kali-c.

Angina pectoris,
in :-

Ox-ac.

Ascending, when :-

Corn.

Awaking, on :-

Arg-m.

Back, pain in small
of :-

KALI-C.,
Nux-m.

Back, from one spot in,
between hips :-

Phys.

Brain, in softening
of :-

Bufo.

Calf, muscles of, feel
relaxed :-

Merc-c.

Calves, in :-

Kalm.,
Nat-m., Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Calves, in, walking or
going up stairs :-

Kali-bi.

Calves, in,
trembling :-

Calc-p.

Chilliness, with, and
chill in open air :-

Seneg.

Coition, after :-

CALC.

Dinner, after :-

Agar.

Drawing, with, tensive
pains in limbs from slightest exposure to cold

(rheumatism) :-
Phos.

Exertion, after
slight :-

Cic.

Falls easily from a
misstep or tripping :-

Ph-ac.

Feet, to points
of :-

Lyc.

Feet, not allowing, to
be placed squarely on ground when walking

(tabes
dorsalis) :- Tarent.

Give way :-

Med.,
NUX-V.

Give out ascending or
descending a hill :-

Ruta.

Give out on stooping or
descending stairs

(neuralgia
of ovaries) :- Zinc.

Giving away of right,
then left :-

Bar-c.

Give way, as if they
would, unless widely separated

(Duchenne’s
pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis) :-
Phos.

Give way when
walking :-

Nat-p.,
Stram.

Gradually increasing
until locomotion became extremely difficult, and he was compelled to
stay in bed :-

Phos.

Hollows, worse in, of
knees, in neuralgia :-

Aur.

Impotence, in :-

Cinnm.,
PH-AC.

Joints relaxed :-

Bar-c.

Joints, particularly
knees, as if they would give way, especially walking, worse going
down hill :-

Bell.

Knees,
especially :-

All-s.,
Olnd.

Knees, with pain in

(chlorosis) :-
Xan.

Lameness, as if too
short in right :-

Anag.

Lassitude, noon till
evening :-

Carb-v.

Left, of :-

Brom.,
Eup-pur.

Left, of, in nervous
affection :-

Mag-c.

Left, of, while
sitting, changing into cutting in muscles of calves when
walking :-

Thuj.

Left, especially,
trembles :-

Pic-ac.

Left, as if she would
fall to, side

(headache) :-
Merl.

Morning, especially in,
after rising :-

Arg-m.

Forenoon, in, when
walking :-

Ran-b.

At 11 A.M., better
after a little whiskey

(hypochondriasis) :-
Arg-n.

Move, can
hardly :-

RHUS-T.

Onanism, after :-

Dig.

Painful :-

Agar.,
Aloe.

Painful, especially
knees :-

Staph.

Paralytic :-

Anan.,
Arg-n.,
Arn., Cocc., Nat-p.,
Sars.

Paralysis, fear of,
after typhus :-

Sel.

Parturition,
after :-

Can hardly draw them
up :-

Rhus-t.

Faltering, vacillating
gait :-

Con.

Sudden, in morning

(spinal
irritation) :-
Nux-v.

Spinal meningitis,
in :-

ACON.

Pregnancy, during, of
lower :-

Ham.

Relaxed, sunstroke,
in :-

Glon.

Right, of :-

Aspar.

Rise, can scarcely,
from seat :-

Cocc.

Rise, on attempting to,
could not stand

(affection
of brain) :- Glon.

Sciatica, in :-

Lyc.,
Phyt.

Sclerosis, in
multiple :-

Phos.

Sexual, after,
excesses :-

STAPH.

Shaky, in
hypochondriasis :-

Arg-n.

Smoking tobacco,
from :-

Clem.

Soreness, with, of
muscles and joints :-

Pic-ac.

Spine, with burning
along, developed by study :-

Pic-ac.

Staggers, he :-

Phyt.

Stairs, when going
up :-

Lyss.,
Phos.

Stairs, as if they
would refuse to act before reaching top of :-

Sep.

Stand, cannot :-

Agar.,
Aster.,
Eug., Iod., Pic-ac.

Unsteadily, after
mental labor, especially when he thinks himself unobserved :-

Arg-n.

Steps, particularly
when descending :-

Sil.

Sudden, cannot walk
quickly :-

Ang.

Tabes, in,
dorsalis :-

Graph.

Temperature, after
change of :-

Act-sp.

Thigh, especially in,
and knee, must sit down :-

Stann.

Tottering :-

Nux-v.

Tottering, on rising

(catarrhal
ophthalmia) :- Sulph.

Tremulous :-

Zinc.

Typhoid, in :-

Verat-v.

Unsteady, in
cysto-blennorrhœa :-

Uva.

Unsteady, better by
walking, with persistent nausea and vomiting :-

Ptel.

Unwieldy :-

Cocc.

Uteri, in
prolapsus :-

Arg-n.

Vaccination, after
2nd :-

Thuj.

Vomiting, with :-

Am-m.,
Anan., PHOS.

Walk, cannot, much,
especially in open air, walks bent over, with hand applied to right
side

(ovarian
tumor) :- Coloc.

Walk, can
hardly :-

Æsc.,
Bry.

Walking, better :-

Hydr.

Walking, when :-

Bapt.,
Brach., Sulph.

Wind, feeling, as
though wind was blowing on them :-

Lil-t.

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