Sternum – Inner Chest and Lungs – Chapter 28 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

Main

Cramps, from middle to
epigastrium, with vomiting :-

Iris.

Crawling, downward
beneath, with dry cough :-

Sang.

Cutting

(See Lancinating,
Shooting.) :-
Ang.

Body, worse on
inhalation and moving :-

Ang.

Intermittent,
benumbing, frightful, near left side of ensiform cartilage :-

Verb.

Lying down at night,
after, ceases when wind passes but returns :-

Stram.

Middle to right
scapula, from, worse during inspiration, better during
motion :-

Phos.

Pain near 4th and 5th
ribs :-

Psor.

Under

(catarrhal
complaints) :- Petr.

Darting, in middle to
between shoulders :-

Kali-bi.

Deathly feeling, behind
ensiform cartilage

(cholera) :-
Cupr-a.

Digging, beneath
upper :-

Cann-s.

Drawing :-

Tearing in left border
to nape of neck and shoulder

(angina) :-
Dig.

Towards back :-

Ind.

Towards, from lower,
right side to spine :-

Chel.

Towards, gradually
drawn, dorsal vertebræ, causing asthma :-

Syph.

Dulness, about middle
and deep in, better by pressing and rubbing with hand, cannot keep
still, constantly tossing from side to side

(nausea
of pregnancy) :-
Colch.

Dull pain, in right
side

(diarrhœa
during climaxis) :-
Rumx.

Excoriation, behind, on
coughing or inspiring :-

Rumx.

Exostoses :-

Merc-c.

Fulness, under :-

Iber.

Soreness under upper
3rd :-

Gamb.

Gnawing :-

Behind, causes dyspnœa :-

Ran-s.

About midway and deep,
better pressing and rubbing with hand, cannot keep still, constantly
tossing from side to side

(nausea
of pregnancy) :-
Colch.

Grasped, sensation as
if

(hepatic
disorder) :- Sil.

Griping, behind :-

Cact.

Heat

(See Burning.) :-
Bell.,
Caust., Phos.

Under :-

Cast.

Heaviness, as though
something heavy lay under, on taking deep breath :-

Cast.

Dull headache,
with :-

Ail.

Motion, worse on, or
turning body :-

Eup-per.

Night, at :-

Am-c.

Shoulders, towards,
beneath, impeding respiration :-

Bry.

Under

(catarrh
of lungs) :- Hep.

Weight :-

Aml-ns.

Weight, in angina
pectoris :-

AUR.

Weight above ensiform
cartilage, with empty gone feeling in stomach :-

Nat-p.

Weight in centre of,
constant sensation of, with heavy dull aching :-

Sulph.

Weight under :-

Acon.

Irritation :-

Back, from behind
sternum felt through to, as if whole right side of chest and belly
were pressed together, worse on inhalation and on moving
body :-

Ang.

Cough, causes :-

Ang.,
Arg-n., Cham.,
Rumx.

Cough, beneath causes
dry :-

Phos.

Middle, at, causes dry
incessant cough :-

Mang.

Itching :-

Under, causing dry
periodic cough :-

Con.

Behind, causes violent
racking paroxysmal cough :-

Kali-bi.

Under ensiform
cartilage :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Jerking, through lower
to back :-

Chel.

Lancinating,
from middle to dorsal spine when sitting, goes off when
rising :-

Dulc.

Lump, sensation of a
lump or bunch behind :-

Rumx.

Mucus, hawking much,
seemingly from middle :-

Lith-c.

Murmur, upward from
each side

(aneurism) :-
Spig.

Nausea, squeamish, in
region of :-

Arg-m.

Oppression :-

Eup-per.

Behind :-

Agar.

Behind 2 borders, along
whole length :-

Agar.

Beneath, with nausea
and sensation of weakness :-

Samb.

Night, at :-

Am-c.

Region, in, of :-

Anac.

Pain

(undefined) :-
Bor.,
Carb-an., Kreos.,
Mur-ac.

Back, from upper to,
and crosswise between shoulders, tenderness on pressure :-

Sulph.

Behind :-

Chel.,
Eup-per., Lob.,
Syph.

Below :-

All-c.,
Aster., Sang.

Breathing,
impedes :-

Bry.

Cardiac region,
directly over, while yawning :-

Chel.

Centre, in, worse from
pressure and breathing :-

Manc.

Cough, caused
by :-

Bell.

Cough, during :-

Bell.,
Sulph.

Cough, with :-

Chin.,
Cor-r.

Cough, caused by
hoarse, awaking at midnight

(catarrhal
fever) :- Ruta.

Day, all :-

Zing.

Double up, must :-

Calc-s.

Dull, on raising head
and drawing breath :-

Jac-c.

Ensiform cartilage,
behind, in cholera :-

Cupr.

Ensiform cartilage,
behind, with deathly feeling :-

Cupr.

Ensiform cartilage,
running over, from 7th rib on right side diagonally through chest to
back :-

Cinnb.

Hand on, compelling to
press, with cough :-

BRY.,
Kreos.

Heavy beneath :-

Ter.

Inspiration, on deep,
in middle, child disposed to convulsions :-

Bell.

Internally, especially
on inspiration :-

Chel.

Lower end, in :-

Ferr-i.

Manubrium, under

(pharyngitis) :-
Arg-n.

Middle, behind, with
cough :-

Rumx.

Middle, in, sudden to
both arms and hands, in angina pectoris :-

Dios.

Middle, in, on or
behind :-

Tell.

Middle, in, worse from
pressure during respiration :-

Manc.

Middle, in, worse
walking about :-

Ars-h.

Middle, through, with
cough :-

Phyt.

Middle to back,
through, with cough :-

KALI-BI.

Middle, under,
dull :-

Chim.

Pit of, to around under
heart, corresponding to situation of stomach, after eating

(gastric
ulcer) :- Arg-n.

Retching, when, in
middle

(child
disposed to convulsions) :-
Bell.

Retrosternal, worse or
only felt out of doors, after meals, when hurried or going up
hill :-

Jug-c.

Right, below to, in
region of pylorus :-

All-c.

Severe, behind lower
portion of right :-

Ind.

Short, painful to
pressure :-

Ruta.

Slight, under, at
articulation of 3rd rib :-

Iber.

Small spot in region
of :-

Puls.

Spinal column, to,
severe :-

Stict.

Spinal column, reaches
through chest to, sudden, constant, worse by movement :-

Stict.

Spot in 2nd right
rib :-

Bry.

Stomach, caused by
bloating of, behind :-

Nux-m.

Sweat, with, while
walking :-

Caps.

Under :-

Sil.

Under, in angina
pectoris, gastralgic form :-

Agar.

Upper, beneath, causes
cough :-

Sang.

Piercing, midway
between, and nipple, myalgic surface tender on pressure :-

Sang.

Pinching, nipping, from
hypochondrium :-

Calc.

Pressing
sensation :-

ARS.,
Ars-h.,
Astac., Brom., Calc-p.,
Cop.,
Gymno., Ictod., Kreos.

Above and
across :-

Ars-h.

Behind :-

Nit-s-d.,
Rumx., Syph.

Beneath :-

Coc-c.,
Ferr-i.

Beneath, with nausea
and sensation of weakness :-

Samb.

Breathing deeply,
worse, in region of :-

Agn.

Burning :-

Ang.

Burning, more on
exhalation than inhalation :-

Tarax.

Burning, under ensiform
cartilage :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Catarrh and cough,
with :-

Ferr.

Catarrh of lungs, in,
under :-

Hep.

Close, seems to lie
too, breathing oppressed :-

Cina.

Compressed, as if,
difficult breathing :-

All-s.

Constrictive, near 4th
and 5th ribs :-

Psor.

Cough, during, into os
hyoides :-

Kali-bi.

Drinking, after :-

Verat.

Eating, after :-

Verat.

Eating, after, in
upper :-

Zinc.

Emptiness in chest,
with feeling of :-

Vinc.

Erect, better sitting,
behind :-

Kalm.

Expiration, especially
on, on sides :-

Cast.

Food lodged under upper
end, as if all, oppressing and distressing for hours :-

Lac-ac.

Heavy, in
bronchitis :-

Kreos.

Heavy, when turning
over in morning :-

Kreos.

Herpetic dyscrasia,
with, under :-

Carbn-s.

Inward, at left
edge :-

Led.

Lower left side,
on :-

Lob.

Lower, at, to spine and
lower angle of right shoulder-blade :-

Elat.

Mammæ, between :-

Lyss.

Middle, in :-

Cycl.,
Phos., Zinc.

Middle, on, increasing
during inspiration :-

Agar.

Middle, behind, worse
morning, evening, and when stooping :-

Kalm.

Painful behind :-

Ter.

Painful,
beneath :-

Aloe,
Ph-ac.

Painful, beneath,
impedes breathing :-

Cham.

Painful, beneath,
especially in forenoon, with transient sticking here and
there :-

Euphr.

Painful, beneath

(hæmoptysis) :-
Sulph.

Painful, towards
epigastrium :-

Sil.

Painful, as though food
had lodged behind :-

All-c.

Painful, in
middle :-

Cann-s.

Painful, in middle,
worse inhaling

(incipient
tuberculosis) :-
¤ Agar.

Painful, worse when
touched :-

Sars.

Painful, worse under

(angina
pectoris) :- Phos.

Painful in upper part,
with short breathing :-

PHOS.

Rib, in region of
6th :-

Carb-ac.

Sides, on both :-

Agar.

Spasmodic, behind
middle of, awoke him at night, extending into bronchi :-

Chel.

Spine to sternum, with
a counter pressure from :-

Samb.

Stitch-like, while
sitting or standing :-

Euphor.

Stone, as from a, in
lower :-

Sil.

Stooping, when, better
by deep breathing :-

Asaf.

Under :-

Acon.,
Asaf.

Under

(hyperæmia
from stenocardia) :-
Aur-m.

Under, in phthisis
pulmonalis :-

Carb-v.

Under, as if something
were being pressed away from :-

Kalm.

Upper, in, as from a
load :-

Camph.

Upper, under :-

Syph.

Weight, as of a great,
lying on middle of

(cardiac
rheumatism) :- Phos.

Writing, when, better
by deep breathing :-

Asaf.

Xiphoid cartilage,
in :-

Agn.,
Tarax.

Xiphoid cartilage, in,
as if finger pressed, when swallowing :-

Asaf.

Pricking :-

Like pins and needles,
with cough with blackish sputa :-

Kali-bi.

Under :-

Viol-t.

Quivering :-

Above :-

Lyss.

Around, with a die-away
feeling, seems to extend through heart to back :-

Lyss.

Rawness, painful, in
acute bronchial catarrh :-

Kali-bi.

Rheumatic pains, better
by sweat :-

Ars-h.

Roughness :-

Iod.

Under, worse at night

(bronchitis) :-
Merc.

Scraping :-

Behind, with short
cough :-

Cimx.

Under, causing dry,
periodic cough :-

Con.

Scratching, under
manubrium, causes dry, short cough

(pneumonia) :-
Merc.

Middle, in

(whooping
cough) :- Alumn.

Behind upper part,
causes a continued short cough :-

Cimx.

Sensitive :-

Painful, when pressing
it, as from festering under skin :-

Dros.

Painful on pressure
beneath clavicle :-

Cina.

Pressure, lower end
sore on :-

Asim.

Touch, to :-

Benz-ac.,
Osm., Sars.

Touch, painful
to :-

Cast.,
Cimx., Ran-s.,
Stront-c.

Touch, painful to, with
cough :-

Cimx.

Touch, sore to :-

Cann-s.

Xiphoid cartilage,
painful to touch, also at circumscribed spots on each side, about
size of a fifty-cent piece, 2 inches below :-

Ziz.

Sharp pain :-

Behind :-

Merc-i-f.

Centre, in :-

Bapt.

Left, on, side

(diarrhœa
during climaxis) :-
Rumx.

Right, along, edge of,
changing to left edge :-

Med.

Shooting

(See Cutting,
Lancinating.) :-
Calc-p., Sulph.

Armpit, from centre to,
and sides of chest below

(suppressed
syphilis) :- Kali-n.

Back, around to :-

Sil.

Centre, from, around
chest, on coughing

(pleurisy) :-
Nux-v.

Lower to back,
from :-

Chel.

Jerking, left side,
sneezing :-

Calc-ar.

Sharp pain through to
left shoulder-blade

(heart
disease) :- Lycps.

Upward and
downward :-

Osm.

Soreness

(See Aching,
Bruised.) :-
Osm.

Behind :-

Eup-per.,
RUMX.

Beneath :-

Coc-c.,
Led.

Beneath, worse at night

(bronchitis) :-
Merc.

Bruised, as if, at
lower end, walking :-

Cic.

Cough, with :-

Ox-ac.

Headache, with
catarrhal, behind :-

Rumx.

Inspiration, cannot
take natural, behind, or twist body to right or left :-

Eup-per.

Lower end, at :-

Nit-ac.

Middle to end :-

Bor.

Painful :-

Calc-p.

Painful, behind
lower :-

Lac-ac.

Respiration, caused by,
behind :-

Rumx.

Spreads to each side,
worse during cough

(asthma) :-
Rumx.

Under upper
part :-

Cann-s.

Under upper part

(catarrh) :-
Apis.

Spasmodic pain, in
heart trouble :-

Dig.

Spasms, from middle to
epigastrium, with vomiting :-

Iris.

Sprained
feeling :-

Rumx.

Sticking :-

Dull, in middle :-

Zinc.

Behind, with anxiety,
and pressure in chest, amounting to real suffocation, so that deep
inspiration was difficult :-

Phos.

Under, with inability
to take a deep breath :-

Tab.

Stinging :-

On taking deep
breath :-

Bor.

Cough, with :-

Ox-ac.

Stitches

(See Cutting,
Lancinating, Shooting.) :-
Ang., ARS.,
Canth., Sulph.,
Vinc.,
Viol-t.

Along single :-

Nat-m.

Backache when walking,
with :-

Psor.

Behind :-

Inul.

Behind, worse end of
expiration :-

Agar.

Breathing, from
deep :-

CAUST.

Centre, in,
fine :-

Bism.

Clavicle, in quick
succession beneath, 2 dull piercing, near sternum, during deep
inspiration :-

Cina.

Cough, with :-

Bry.,
Petr.,
Psor.

Cough, with
night :-

Bell.

Coughing, on, must hold
with hands :-

Bry.

Downward, extends,
severe, could with difficulty get his breath :-

Squil.

Dull continuous :-

Olnd.

Dull, beneath, while
eating :-

Zinc.

Ensiform cartilage,
below :-

Stront-c.

Ensiform cartilage,
near left side of, intermittent, dull, needle-like :-

Verb.

Fine :-

Ph-ac.

Inhalation, on :-

Bapt.

Instrument going
through end, as of a sharp, during day :-

Calc-p.

Itching, with fine,
sharp, in upper part, beneath pit of throat, provoke
scratching :-

Staph.

Left margin on
inspiring, along, acute, afternoon, while riding :-

Rumx.

Lifting, from :-

CAUST.

Middle, in :-

Manc.

Middle, in, at times,
on stooping, so severe that he cried out at times, followed by
painful pressure, deep internally, extends up into throat :-

Zinc.

Middle, in, severe,
sharp, passing through chest when sitting :-

Ind.

Middle, in, violent,
extending to shoulders :-

Kali-i.

Nipple, between sternum
and :-

Agar.

Outward, from within,
continual, worse motion :-

Hyper.

Pleuritic, from middle
towards right side :-

Lact.

Repeated :-

Gamb.

Sudden movement, worse
during deep breathing and on, under :-

Chin.

Through to back :-

Kali-i.

Up and down,
running :-

Mang.

Upper, in violent, from
within outward, left side :-

Kali-n.

Upward, from below,
when coughing :-

Ars.

Xiphoid cartilage,
behind, long, frequent, in a space as large as palm :-

Ran-s.

Suffocative
feeling :-

And glottis :-

Lach.

Says she cannot get her
breath below upper 3rd :-

Lach.

Stifling beneath upper
4th of, causes hysterical, dry cough :-

Plat.

Upper, in, part, as
if :-

Cit-v.

Sweat, every
morning :-

Graph.

Tearing :-

Calc-p.

Cough, with :-

Chin.,
Osm.

Cough, behind,
extending over several parts of :-

Cupr-s.

Cough, with :-

Ox-ac.

Cough, with, as if
something were being torn loose under

(bronchitis) :-
Phos.

Ensiform cartilage,
starts from, with deep, hollow cough :-

Kali-i.

Pains along, rending,
sharp

(pericarditis) :-
Colch.

Ribs, near 4th and
5th :-

Psor.

3rd, in lower :-

Nat-p.

Torn out, as if a piece
were :-

Æsc.

Torn to pieces, as if

(asthma) :-
Dig.

Tension :-

Mur-ac.,
Zinc.

Painful, in
middle :-

Cann-s.

Painful, with pressure
in middle of :-

Sabin.

Throbbing :-

Brach.

Beating in and
about :-

Iris.

Fever, in :-

Ars-met.

Glottis, and :-

Lach.

In and about :-

Iris.

Painless :-

Sil.

Pulsation from right
side down to abdomen

(severe
cold) :- Stict.

Pulsation under :-

Ars-met.

Strumming, every
heartbeat has a, as if it would burst along to throat :-

Kalm.

Tickling :-

Puls.

Behind :-

Con.

Constant, under :-

Iod.

Cough, causes,
behind :-

Rumx.

Cough, causes short,
behind upper half, followed by discouragement and
apprehension :-

Rhus-t.

Cough, causes :-

Lach.

Cough, causes constant,
behind, seemingly at bifurcation of trachea

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Lach.

Cough, with periodic
dry, behind, coming on in spells, especially while lying down,
talking or laughing :-

Con.

Cough, causing hacking,
under middle, worse talking and moving

(onset
of typhus) :- Calc.

Top, at :-

Rumx.

Top, behind, beginning
of cough :-

Rumx.

Under upper, causes
cough :-

Med.

Ulcerative feeling,
under

(phthisis
pulmonalis) :- Psor.

Uneasiness, below,
sometimes extending to navel, worse rising in morning, better after
a meal

(tapeworm) :-
Cina.

Weakness :-

Feeling of :-

Zinc.

Sinking sensation
under, with dry, hacking cough :-

Med.

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