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Post-partum – Pregnancy, Parturition, Lactation – Chapter 24 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 24.
PREGNANCY, PARTURITION, LACTATION.

Abortion
* Infants * Lactation
* Lochia * Mammæ
* Nipples * Parturition
* Placenta *

Post-partum
* Pregnancy * Puerperal

Post-partum.

Post-partum :-

Abdomen :-

Contracted into little
knots or bunches about size of walnut :-

Cham.

Pain, in a
primipara :-

Nux-v.

Pressing pain in left
lower, towards back, worse from motion :-

Agar.

Sensitiveness :-

Bell.

After-pains :-

Acon., ARN.,
BELL., Bry.,
Caul., CHAM.,
Cimic., Cinnm.,
Cycl., DIOS.,
Ferr., Gels.,
Hyos.,
Hyper., Ign.,
Kali-c., Lac-c.,
Lil-t., Mill.,
Nux-v.,
Par., Podo., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Ust., Vib., Xan.

Abdomen, with
sensitiveness of :-

Sabin.

Bearing down,
strong :-

Podo.

Blood, discharge of
fluid, and clots in equal proportions with every pain :-

Sabin.

Cramps in limbs :-

Cupr.

Day, on 2nd, after
delivery of 4th child, unbearable when child nurses :-

Cham.

Distant, in parts, from
pelvis :-

Carb-v.

Distressing,
particularly in women who have borne many children :-

CUPR.

Exhausting, after,
lengthy labor :-

Caul.

Fear, with, of
death :-

COFF.

Groins, into :-

Caul.

Groins, worse
in :-

Cimic.

Heat, with, and
flatulency :-

Podo.

Hæmorrhage, with, from
irregular contractions :-

Sec.

Intense, but very
imperfect contractions :-

PAR.

Instrumental, after,
delivery :-

Arn.,
Hyper., Rhus-t.

Insupportably
intense :-

Coff.

Irritable, in,
women :-

Nux-v.

Long, last too :-

Acon.,
Cham., Coff., Gels., SEC.

Long, too, and too
violent, worse towards evening :-

Puls.

Long, too, after severe
labor with much and excessive straining :-

Rhus-t.

Menses, with
offensive :-

Crot-h.

Motion, worse from
least, or deep inspiration :-

Bry.

Nausea, with, and
vomiting :-

Cimic.

Nursing, excited by,
pains left to right :-

Con.

Nursing, return
while :-

Arn.

Nursing, worse
when :-

SEC.

Over
sensitiveness :-

Cimic.

Primipara, in a :-

Atrop.

Sacrum, in :-

Phos.

Sacrum, in and hips,
violent, with headache, after instrumental delivery :-

Hyper.

Sensitive, in,
women :-

Op.

Sensitive, in, women
who cannot compose themselves to sleep :-

Gels.

Spasmodic :-

Caul.

Shoot into
thighs :-

Lac-c.

Anus, prolapsus :-

Podo.

Atony of
bladder :-

ARS.

Back :-

Aching :-

Hyper.

Nettle-like pains over
back where it touched bed, 60 hours after labor :-

Kali-c.

Pain in sacral
region :-

Phos.

Bruised, parts
feel :-

ARN.

Chill :-

(See Puerperal
fever.)

Chilliness :-

Mez.

Followed by heat
intermingled with chilliness, particularly when turning in
bed :-

Puls.

Within 60 hours :-

Kali-c.

Convulsions :-

(See
Convulsions.)

Cough, as if something
would be torn out of chest :-

Rhus-t.

Diarrhœa, stools
offensive :-

Sulph.

Dysentery, with
faintness after effort at stool :-

Aloe.

Epilepsy, brought on by
a fall immediately before delivery :-

Rhus-t.

Face :-

Pale :-

Mez.,
Sec.

Yellow spots :-

Crot-h.

Flatulence, with
labor-like pains :-

Nux-m.

Hæmorrhage

(See Uterus
Hæmorrhage, Chapter 23 :
Female Sexual Organs.) :-
Acet-ac.,
Alet., Alumn.,
Arn., BELL.,
Bry., Cann-i.,
Cann-s., Caul.,
CHAM.,
Chin., Cinnm.,
Cocc., Croc.,
Erig., FERR.,
Ham., Hydr.,
Hyos., IP.,
Kalm.,
Lyc., Merc., NIT-AC.,
Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Op., Ph-ac., PLAT.,
Plb.,
Puls., Rhus-t.,
SABIN.,
Sec., Sep.,
Thlas., Tril.,
Ust.

Atony, from, of
bloodvessels :-

Kali-c.

Atony, from, 1 week
after labor :-

Kali-c.

Bright red, more blood
comes with every start :-

Hyos.

Bright red, flowing
steadily :-

Hyos.

Clots, in large :-

Croc.

Coffee-ground,
offensive discharge :-

Nit-ac.

Constant, every few
minutes, a large clot of bright red blood, with bearing-down
pains :-

Ust.

Continued and
obstinate :-

NUX-M.

Contractions, from
irregular, with violent after-pains :-

Sec.

Days, some, after
delivery :-

CINNM.

Day, 8th, reappearance
of blood :-

Sabin.

Fluid and gushing,
severe :-

Ip.

Hard delivery,
following a :-

Mill.

Hasty labor,
after :-

Caul.

Malaise :-

Mez.

Motion, worse from
slightest :-

CROC.

Painless, dark
red :-

Sabin.

Passive :-

Caul.,
Gels.

Passive, or lumpy for
days and weeks, after miscarriage :-

Ust.

Placenta
adhering :-

Ip.,
Kali-c.

Prevents :-

ARN.

Primipara, in a, after
1st few pains, when the os has dilated about an inch :-

Cinnm.

Profuse :-

APIS,
Plat.

Profuse, containing
large number of clots, worse on rising, causing loss of
consciousness :-

Sabin.

Puerperal peritonitis,
with, constant, putrid

(abortion) :-
Ust.

Relaxation of uterus
temporarily better by compression :-

Sec.

Repeated, small :-

CINNM.

Septicæmia, in :-

Sal-ac.

Secondary, from
retained placenta in coagula :-

Puls.

Steady flow, bright
red :-

Ip.

Tampon, relieved by a,
constant, but when removed hæmorrhage returned, occasional
labor-like pains, cause some strings and shreds to pass :-

Sabin.

Uterus, flabby from,
atonic condition of :-

Ust.

Week, 1, after
confinement, with adherent placenta :-

Kali-c.

Weeks, 2, after labor,
large bright red clots, no pain :-

Ust.

Hæmorrhoids

(See Rectum
Hæmorrhoids, Chapter
20 :
Stool and Rectum.) :-
Ham., Ign.,
Kali-c., Lil-t., NUX-V.,
Phys., Podo.,
Puls., Sulph.

Hands, fingers
spasmodically flexed :- Rhod.

Hiccough, for 14 days
constant, preventing eating, drinking and sleeping, in
primipara :- Nux-v.

Hips :-

Coxalgia :-

Hyper.

Coxarthrocace :-

Calc.

Legs :-

(See Phlegmasia.)

Pain in right, with
numbness from hips to feet :-

Rhus-t.

Paralysis, with
atrophy :-

Plb.

Leucorrhœa :-

Sars.

Mammæ :-

Left inflamed and hard,
with fever and prostration :-

Crot-h.

Stitching in a hard
lump which formed in lower outer part of breast :-

Crot-h.

Membranes,
retained :-

Canth.,
Caul.

Paralysis :-

PHOS.,
RHUS-T.

Of right side, apparent
total abolition of functions of voluntary motion and special
sensation :-

Rhus-t.

Paraplegia :-

Caul.

Perineum,
ruptured :-

Arn.,
CALEN.

Phlegmasia
alba dolens

(milk
leg) (See
Legs Phlegmasia, Chapter
33 : Lower
Limbs.) :- Acon.,
Apis, Arn., Ars., Bell.,
Bry., Calc., Cham., Ham., Kali-c., Led., Lyc.,
Nux-v., Puls.,
Sep., Stram.,
Sulph.

After forceps delivery,
swelling of whole lower limb, painful, worse in thigh :-

All-c.

Left leg :-

Crot-h.

With typhoid
symptoms :-

RHUS-T.

Pulse :-

Small :-

Lyc.

Small and rapid :-

Crot-h.

Recovery, slow :-

Graph.

Rectum :-

(See Hæmorrhoids.)

During stool, painful,
burning, passing over into a kind of sore :-

Mez.

Protrusion :-

Ruta.

Soreness :-

ARN.

Sweat :-

Debilitating, retarding
convalescence :-

Samb.

Excessive :-

Cham.

Tongue,
trembling :-

Crot-h.

Unconsciousness :-

Chin-s.

Urine :-

Constant
dribbling :-

Arn.

Retention :-

ARS.,
Op., Puls.

Kidneys secrete less or
none at all :-

Stram.

No will to
urinate :-

HYOS.

Uterus :-

Anteversion :-

Nux-m.

Burning, alternates
with pain in limbs :-

Rhod.

Dilated

(hæmorrhage) :-
Croc.

Metritis :-

Nux-v.,
Sabin.

Metritis, threatened,
in consequence of catching cold :-

Puls.

Metritis with typhoid
symptoms :-

RHUS-T.

Prolapsus :-

Podo.,
Rhus-t.

Relaxed, difficult
contraction, after abortion :-

Sec.

Relaxed, with
hæmorrhage :-

Sec.

Rupture of
cervix :-

Calen.

Soft,
hæmorrhage :-

Croc.

Uncontracted :-

Nux-m.

Vagina, lesions :-

Calen.

With septic
fever :-

Sul-ac.

Vulva, sensitive,
cannot bear touch of napkin :-

Plat.

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