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Palate – Throat – Chapter 13 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 13.
THROAT.

Fauces
* Œsophagus * Palate
* Pharynx * Swallowing
* Throat * Tonsils
* Uvula

Palate.


Palate :-

Anæsthesia, of velum,
in alcoholism :-

Kali-br.

Aphthæ :-

Sars.

Soft, on, with
toothache :-

Nux-m.

Biting :-

Soft, in,
afternoon :-

Aphis.

In posterior
portion :-

Kali-c.

Roof, on :-

Cham.

Sticking, close to
roots of incisors :-

Zinc.


Bleeding, blood oozes,
in purpura hæmorrhagica :-

Crot-h.,
Lach., Phos., Ter.

Bluish :-

Phyt.

Dark :-

Merc-sul.


Boring, in syphilis,
and after abuse of mercury :-

Aur.

Burning

(See Heat,
Inflamed.) :-
Arund.

Dryness, with, and
roughness as if scraped by an acorn :-

Mag-c.

Feeling as if
burnt :-

Cimx.,
Podo.

Forepart shrivelled as
if burnt, pains especially on chewing :-

Bor.

Hard :-

Camph.,
Cocc., Mez.,
Squil.,
Ther.

Inflammatory :-

Ran-b.

Œsophagus, to :-

Camph.

Peppery feeling :-

Mez.

Roof, in :-

Sang.

Soft, in :-

Æsc.,
Manc.

Spot, in a, in soft,
following headache :-

Lycps.

Sore, as if, and raw
during menses :-

Nat-s.

Vesicles, bleed from
least contact :-

Mag-c.

Caries :-

Aur.,
Hippoz.

Syphilis, in, after
abuse of mercury :-

Aur.

Bony wall rapidly
destroyed by suddenly appearing or slowly creeping ulcers, after
abuse of mercury :-

Nit-ac.

Cold :-

Sensation rises :-

Camph.

Behind :-

All-c.

Congested

(See Heat,
Inflamed, Red.) :-
Bapt., Dulc.,
Phyt.,
Puls.,
Sul-ac.

Arch painful, with
injected vessels :-

Nit-ac.

Cutting,
scraping on moving to swallow

(See
Lancinating.) :-
Hell.

Drawing :-

Down, soft palate as
if, food and drink pass with difficulty under it and cause
scratching :-

Stram.

Drawn, as if, up,
soft :-

Glon.

Hard :-

Zinc.

Pressing soft :-

Sars.

Spasmodic, into
fauces :-

Cham.


Dry

(See
Burning, Heat,
Inflamed.) :-
Acon., All-c.,
Carb-an.,
Card-m.,
Mang., Nux-m.,
Ph-ac.

Air, worse in
open :-

Mang.

Burning,
mornings :-

Cann-s.

Coryza, in :-

Chlor.

Evenings, with thirst
and hunger :-

Cycl.

Feeling :-

Camph.

Feels parched, is
unable to eat a mouthful of bread :-

Stram.

Feeling as if it were
dried up :-

Viol-o.

Hard, of :-

Bry.,
Hyos.

Heat, as if caused by,
constantly obliged to swallow :-

Merc.

Roof, in :-

Bell.,
Zing.

Roof, in, as if
burnt :-

Lac-ac.

Soft, of :-

All-c.,
Atrop-s.,
Glon., Hyos.

Soft palate, felt like
dried leather, making deglutition painful

(influenza) :-
Stict.

Stinging, causing, when
swallowing :-

Meny.

Swallowing, worse
on :-

Ang.

Thirst, with :-

Coc-c.,
Sec., Verat.

Thirst, with, must
drink much :-

Sulph.

Velum, of :-

Nux-m.

Ulcers

(scarlatina) :-
APIS.


Eruption :-

(See Vesicles.)

Erythematous :-

Kali-bi.

Blotches over
soft :-

Elaps.

Blotches, red, size of
pea, bleeding easily :-

Fl-ac.

Herpetic, on soft

(sequelæ
to gonorrhœa) :-
Zinc.

Herpetic, on hard, in
secondary syphilis :-

Syph.

Pimples on arch

(variola) :-
Bapt.

Pimples, of minute red,
on soft :-

Rumx.

Pustules :-

Ant-t.

Red, of, points

(children) :-
Arund.

Spots, single
circumscribed, in forepart, size of a barley corn, colored red as if
little ulcers were about to form :-

Kali-bi.

Tetter :-

Zinc.


Exudate :-

(See Exudation,
and Throat
Diphtheria
.)

Diphtheritic on
velum :-

Merc-cy.

Diphtheritic, begins on
arches :-

Merc-i-r.

Fibrinous,
pearly :-

Sang.

Patches, well defined
dead white, varying in size, over pillars and velum :-

Mur-ac.

Roof, lined with
substance like smearkase

(post-scarlatinal
diphtheria) :- Lac-c.

Roof, white shreds on

(diphtheritis) :-
Lach.

Roof, on, grayish
yellow, lasting 1/2 an hour :-

Lac-c.

Thick masses on left
side of soft palate :-

Lac-c.

Thick grayish white on
velum

(diphtheritis) :-
Iod.

Thick gray or yellowish
white, on hard

(diphtheritis) :-
Sul-ac.

Thick, plastic,
whitish, nauseous, appears at 1st in form of small white or grayish
points on velum :-

Ip.

White, on velum, looks
like ulcers of mucous membrane with white edges

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

White, opaline, on
columns :-

Merc-cy.

Formication, in soft,
with vertigo :-

Tarent.

Fulness,
behind

(See
Pressing, Swollen.) :-
All-c.,
Dol.

Glazed :-

Shining :-

Lac-c.

Hard palate :-

Hyos.

Soft palate :-

Hyos.

Velum :-

Carb-ac.

Greasy feeling :-

Awaking, on :-

Ol-an.

Smooth, as though
covered with fat :-

Card-m.


Hair, sensation as of
a, on velum :-

Kali-bi.

Heat

(See Burning,
Congestive, Inflamed.) :-
Camph., Mez.

Indurated :-

Calc.,
Phyt.

Insensitive as if made
of wood

(prosopalgia) :-
Mez.

Inflamed

(See Congested,
Heat, Raw,
Red.) :-
Acon.,
Aphis,
Apis, Bell.,
Colch., Gels., Lach.,
Seneg.,
Zinc.

Catarrh, in :-

Bell.

Dryness, with, redness
and pain :-

Ferr-p.

Phlegmonous :-

Apis.

Roof :-

Nux-v.

Soft palate, worse on
right side :-

Ptel.

Suppurating
spots :-

Sars.

Syphilis, in :-

Phyt.

Throat, in
ulcerated :-

Kali-ma.

Velum :-

Lac-c.,
Lach.

Irritation

(See Rough,
Scraping, Scratching,
Tickling.) :-
Arund.

Cough, with :-

Iris.

Itching :-

Arund.

Soft, of :-

Glon.

Lancinating,
in laryngo-tracheitis

(See
Cutting, Stitches.) :-
Puls.

Mucus :-

(See Throat,
Hawking Mucus
.)

Painless sensation, as
if roof were covered with tenacious, or were swollen :-

Puls.

Adhesion of tough, to
posterior surface of soft, necessitating hawking :-

Psor.

Thick, viscous, sticks
to hard, causes scratching :-

Arg-m.

Nausea, head sinks
back :-

Spig.

Pain :-

Arches, in, and velum,
on chewing hard food, or yawning, worse in evening, in morning on
awaking, and on empty swallowing :-

Aloe.

Back part, in :-

Arum-m.

Roof, in :-

Par.

Steady, from side into
œsophagus :-

Coff.

Sneezing, with :-

Ictod.

Yawning, especially
in :-

Zinc.

Yawning, especially
when, in posterior part of hard :-

Zinc.

Pale :-

In chronic
laryngitis :-

Merc-cy.

In chronic follicular
pharyngitis :-

Phyt.


Paralysis :-

Of velum
pendulum :-

Sil.

Semi, of velum,
manifested by violent snoring

(apoplexy) :-
Plb.

Slight, in amaurosis,
after sore throat :-

Gels.

Pressing

(See Fulness.) :-
Arum-t.

Painful, on
posterior :-

Carb-v.

Painful, in hard, while
swallowing

(scarlatina
angina aphthosa) :-
Caps.

Upward, in
catarrh :-

Thuj.


Pricking :-

In back part

(coryza) :-
Calc.

To left ear :-

Cob.


Purple, dark :-

Phyt.

Raw

(See
Inflamed, Sore.) :-
Ant-c., Arum-t.,
Bell.

Feeling, with burning,
in velum :-

Ph-ac.

Loss, from, of
epithelium

(dysentery) :-
Canth.

Loss of epithelium

(dysentery) :-
Canth.

Membrane, as if mucous,
were peeling off roof :-

Lach.,
Par.

Side, at back of right,
extending to left :-

Lycps.

Upper and back :-

Chim.

Velum, in region
of :-

Ambr.

Velum, in, as if
desquamation were about to take place, with dryness of mouth and
throat

(hysteria) :-
Lach.

Red,
too

(See Congested,
Inflamed.) :-
ACON.,
Ant-t., Apis,
Bell.,
Berb.,
Cham.,
Colch., Cupr., Kali-bi.,
Lac-c.,
Mur-ac.,
Phyt.

Arches, in
dyspepsia :-

Kali-bi.

Arch, slightly :-

Coc-c.

Bright, or dark :-

Kali-bi.

Bright, roof

(angina
faucium) :- Lach.

Bluish :-

Sulph.

Bluish, of soft :-

Phos.

Bluish, of
velum :-

Puls.

Coppery :-

Kali-bi.,
Merc.

Crimson, deep, from
posterior 3rd as far down as could be seen :-

Bell.

Dark, soft :-

Merc.,
Phos.

Dark velum, in
diphtheria :-

Merc-cy.

Dark pillars :-

MERC-C.

Dark, right side of
velum, with pain, causing anxiety :-

Caps.

Deafness, in :-

Graph.

Deep, diffused :-

Mur-ac.

Intensely soft, much
tumefied

(secondary
syphilis) :- Fl-ac.

Painful, not,
soft :-

BAPT.

Pale, roof :-

Lach.

Parboiled
appearance :-

Ferr-m.

Pearly hue :-

Carb-ac.

Slight, velum :-

Petr.

Slight, with spasm of
œsophagus and difficult speech :-

Lyss.

Slight, velum

(stomatitis,
ascites) :- Apis.

Soft palate :-

Lyss.,
Merc.

Soft, edges of :-

Rumx.

Sore throat,
with :-

Ziz.

Velum :-

Alumn.,
Cedr.

Relaxed :-

(See
Uvula Elongated.)

Rough

(See Irritated,
Scraping, Scratching.) :-
CARD-M.

In back part

(coryza) :-
Calc.

Bone, in caries :-

Guare.

Scraping, causing cough

(laryngeal
phthisis) :- Dros.

Worse
swallowing :-

Ang.


Scraping

(See Rough,
Irritated, Scratching.) :-
Cact., Camph.,
Mez.

Inflammatory, of
roof :-

Ran-b.

Where cool sensation
had been, slight coughing does not reach spot, hemming and hawking
does occasionally :-

Lyss.


Scratching

(See Rough,
Scraping.) :-
Apis.

As from something rough
sticking in soft, worse during empty swallowing, forcing him to
swallow saliva :-

Arg-m.

Sensitive :-

To warm drink or
food :-

Chim.

Arches irritable, loud
speaking, or brushing teeth, causes cough or vomiting :-

Coc-c.

Smarting

(See Inflamed,
Raw, Scraping.) :-
All-c.,
Zinc.

Sore :-

Bell.,
# Chim., Nit-ac.,
Phyt., Sil.

Day, during :-

Med.

Feeling :-

Graph.

Part, on
posterior :-

All-c.,
Ant-t.

Roof :-

Phyt.

Roof, while
eating :-

Calc-s.

Roof, of, with
pulsation :-

Glon.

Side, worse right, of
soft :-

Ptel.

Spot behind soft,
better by eating :-

Am-m.

Spot, painful, on
hard :-

Caust.

Troublesome, of
soft :-

Ferr-s.


Stiffness of velum on
awaking :-

Crot-h.

Sticking :-

In posterior
portion :-

Kali-c.

To inner ear :-

Ign.


Stinging :-

Awaking, with violent
thirst after :-

Stram.

Back part, in

(coryza) :-
Calc.

Ear, to left, from
root :-

Cob.

Hard, in :-

Zinc.

Soft, in :-

Æsc.,
Nit-ac.

Stinging in velum, as
from beard of grain :-

Coloc.


Stitches

(See Lancinating.) :-
Aran.,
Calc.

Ear, to, from
soft :-

Ign.

Single, coarse :-

Camph.

Swollen

(See Congested,
Inflamed, Fulness,
Tumor.) :-
Aloe, Bar-c.,
Bar-m., Calc.,
Carb-an.,
Cimic.,
Phyt., Seneg.,
Staph., SULPH.

Angina, in,
soft :-

Merc.

Angina faucium, in,
roof :-

Lach.

Arch, with injected
vessels :-

Nit-ac.

Chronic :-

Calc.,
Phyt.

Chronic, in
coryza :-

Sil.

Diphtheria, in :-

Merc-cy.

Diphtheria, in,
soft :-

Bapt.

Diphtheria, in, looked
as if filled with water :-

Apis.

Edges of, soft :-

Rumx.

Erysipelatous, roof
after extraction of teeth :-

Sil.

Feeling :-

Camph.

Feeling, when
swallowing :-

Arum-t.

Incisors, just behind,
with pain on touch :-

Zinc.

Laryngitis, in
chronic :-

Merc-cy.

Red, soft :-

Æth.,
Bell., Spong.

Roof :-

Nux-v.,
Par.,
Sul-ac.

Roof, of, as if cavity
were closing up :-

Gels.

Roof, of, with
pulsation :-

Glon.

Soft, of :-

Arum-t.,
Bell., Lyss., Merc.,
Verat.

Soft, could not
swallow :-

Ant-t.

Soft, in ulcerated
throat :-

Kali-ma.

White spots, cannot be
removed :-

Sul-ac.

Velum pillars :-

MERC-C.

Taste :-

Bitter :-

Amyg.,
Carb-v.

Coppery :-

Carb-ac.


Tearing, to left
ear :-

Ambr.

Tickling :-

(See Irritation.)

In posterior portion,
after lying down, causing dry cough :-

Carbn-s.

Velum, of, causes
cough, with expectoration of white, tenacious mucus

(asthma) :-
Puls.

Soft, of, at night, as
from something cold :-

Anag.

Roof, in, with coryza

(relieved
by Phos.) :- Lyss.


Tensive pain :-

Ther.

Tumors,
irregular, dense, painful, elastic, disposed to bleed and discharge
offensive matter, climacteric

(cancer)
(See Swollen.) :-
Hydr.

Ulceration :-

Merl.,
Phyt.

Arch, on, with inverted
edges, uneven and callous

(chronic
laryngitis) :- Merc-cy.

Burning, on
soft :-

Ph-ac.

Chancroid, on posterior
surface of soft :-

Viol-t.

Chancrous, on velum,
extends across to left pillar of pharynx

(secondary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Deep diphtheritic, on
left side of velum, with sharp cut edges surrounded by ring of
exudate :-

Merc-cy.

Eaten, had, through
velum, matter oozing

(ulcerated
sore throat) :- Kali-bi.

Gray, small, on arch

(scarlatina
and eruption subsiding) :-
Apis.

Lardaceous, covered
with, coat on velum :-

Lyc.

Long, superficial, on
left side of soft palate

(syphilis) :-
Merc.

Left arch, on,
superficial :-

Nit-ac.

Mercury, after abuse
of, suddenly appearing or slowly creeping :-

Nit-ac.

Mercurial syphilis, in,
soft, on :-

Ph-ac.

Mercury, after larger
doses of

(syphilitic) :-
Phyt.

Mercurial syphilitic,
soft, with swelling of bones :-

Ph-ac.

Perforating

(stomacace) :-
Sil.

Roof, on :-

Sang.

Roof, on, small :-

Cinnb.

Roof, on, with
sloughing

(syphilis) :-
Kali-bi.

Scrofulous subjects,
in, on velum :-

Kali-i.

Syphilitic :-

AUR-M.,
Kali-i., Syph.

Syphilitic
phagedena :-

Kali-bi.,
Lach., Merc., Nit-ac., Syph.

Soft, nearly all eaten
away :-

Merc-c.

Soft, appears torn,
above uvula, about 1 1/2 inches in length :-

Phos.

Soft, full of
cicatrices with greenish yellow ulcers :-

Lach.

Soft, destructive,
thick yellow secretion :-

Ind.

Velum, on :-

Dros.,
Hippoz.


Vesicles,
painful :-

Calc.

Hard, on :-

Ant-t.

Hazelnut, size of
a :-

Manc.

Increased daily, became
so sensitive she could hardly eat, better taking anything cold into
mouth :-

Nat-s.

Roof, on

(scarlatina) :-
Sulph.

Soft :-

Ant-t.

Talking and eating
painful :-

Sulph.


White :-

(See Exudate.)

Creamy at back part of
roof :-

NAT-P.

Creamy look of
soft :-

NAT-P.

Roof :-

Ferr.

Roof, in
pneumonia :-

Ferr.

Shrivelled :-

Cycl.


Wrinkled, child cries
when nursing :-

Bor.

Yellow :-

(See Exudate.)

Pale :-

Sil.

At back part of
roof :-

NAT-P.

Soft, on :-

NAT-P.

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