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

Main

Ears, pain shooting
into :-

Iris.

Deafness and other
affections, depending on swelling :-

Bar-c.,
Bar-m., HEP.,
NIT-AC., Sil.,
Sulph.

Inflammation
extends :-

Lach.,
Merc., Ust.

Effusion of fluid in
scarlatina :-

Apis.

Eruption, herpetic,
sequel to gonorrhœa :-

Zinc.

Herpetic, in secondary
syphilis :-

Syph.

Pimples in
variola :-

Bapt.

Erysipelatous :-

APIS,
Bell., Lach.

Exudate

(See Throat
Diphtheria, Exudate.) :-
Lac-c.

Alternate, on, sides

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Alternation, in,
with :-

Bell.

Ash-colored

(diphtheria) :-
PHYT.

Bloody surface left
after

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Both, on

(diphtheria) :-
Kali-i.

Catarrh, in,
golden-yellow :-

Nat-p.

Catarrh, in,
white :-

Kali-m.

Cheesy, with painful
inflammation :-

Chen-a.

Diphtheritic, with
difficult deglutition :-

Lac-c.

Diphtheritic

(complementary
to Hepar and Phosphorus) :-
Kali-i.,
Kali-m., Lac-c., Lach., Merc-c., Merc-cy., Phyt., Tarent.

Diphtheritic,
white :-

Kali-m.

Dirty :-

Lac-c.

Grayish spot, size of a
dime, angry looking on left

(diphtheria) :-
Lyc.

Gray, ash, on right,
extending along free palatine border to uvula, which it involved,
involves also whole arch of palate and left tonsil

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Gray

(diphtheria) :-
Chin-ar.

Grayish patches :-

Phyt.

Gray patches, dark, on
right

(diphtheria) :-
Nux-v.

Grayish excrescences,
on edges of pillars, soft, like sloughs or false membranes :-

Merc-c.

Grayish, ulcerative
crust, spread over arch of amygdalæ into posterior nares, downward
into larynx, causing strangulation

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Gray, whitish :-

Kali-m.

Hæmorrhage if forcibly
removed, covers entire surface

(diphtheria
after failure of Lach.) :-
Lac-c.

Left, 1st upon, 3 or 4
patches

(diphtheria) :-
Phyt.

Nose, extending
to :-

Nit-ac.

Patches, easily
detached on right :-

Merc-i-f.

Patches, 1/2 an inch
wide, dirty gray, extend down out of sight

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Patch on right

(diphtheritic
croup) :- Kali-bi.

Patches on right,
extend over palate and cover left tonsil :-

Lac-c.

Patches, white :-

NIT-AC.

Patches, white, like
eggs of flies, extend to throat :-

Lac-c.

Patches, large
white :-

Lac-c.

Patch, depression
covered with a white, on left :-

Lac-c.

Patches, white,
diphtheritic :-

Lyc.

Patches, well-defined
dead white, varying in size, similar to false membrane in
diphtheritic angina :-

Mur-ac.

Patched with yellow
mucus

(diphtheria) :-
Nat-ar.

Patches, small,
yellowish white, difficulty of swallowing and sharp pains moving up
into ears :-

Lac-c.

Patches, small yellow,
on both

(tonsillitis) :-
Lach.

Patches, yellowish or
whitish, small

(ozæna) :-
Merc-i-f.

Pearly, firm, both
sides equally affected

(diphtheria) :-
Tarent.

Pearly, worse on right
side

(diphtheritis) :-
Sang.

Pearly, extends to
larynx, worse on right side

(membranous
croup) :- Kali-bi.

Right, membrane on part
of :-

Ferr-p.

Right covered with
yellow membrane :-

Rhus-t.

Scarlatina, in, on 3rd
day :-

Mur-ac.

Small spot on right, as
large as a pea, covered with a coating looking like a small ulcer,
giving tonsil an appearance as if about to suppurate, as in an
ordinary case of tonsillitis

(diphtheria) :-
Merc-cy.

Speckled coating,
covered with a slimy :-

Merc-i-r.

Spots, whitish on
right, and 1 or 2 on left

(follicular
tonsillitis) :- Merc-cy.

Spot, yellowish gray,
on inner surface of right :-

Lac-c.

Spots like mould on
preserves :-

Lac-c.

Spots, small white or
yellow, coalesce :-

PHYT.

Starch, looking like
dried :-

Merc-i-r.

Surrounded by a red
areola, coated white at margin, yellowish in thicker portions, and
turning black at some points :-

Nit-ac.

Thick :-

Lac-c.

Thick, tenacious, ashy
gray, tough, glutinous

(diphtheria) :-
Kali-bi.

Tough, cheesy looking

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Tough, yellowish white,
in left

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Wash leather,
like :-

Kali-br.

White :-

Kali-m.,
Merc-cy., Sal-ac.

White, dirty

(diphtheria) :-
PHYT.

White, grayish, on
right :-

Lac-c.

White, opaline :-

Merc-cy.

Whitish, smeary
concretions :-

Merc.

White, grayish, thick

(diphtheritis) :-
Iod.

Whitish, thick,
plastic, nauseous humor, appears at 1st in form of small white or
grayish points :-

Ip.

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

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Yellowish

(diphtheria) :-
Tarent.

Yellowish white :-

Zinc.

Yellowish white, heavy

(diphtheria) :-
Kaol.

Yellow, grayish, on
right, after scarlatina :-

Lyc.

Yellow, thick

(diphtheria) :-
Sul-ac.

Follicles :-

(See
Inflamed.)

Catarrh, with
ulceration :-

Iod.

Inflammation :-

Guai.,
Hep., IGN.,
Lac-c., Merc., Merc-cy.,
Merc-i-r.,
Phyt.

Foreign
body, pain in left, as if husk were sticking there, particularly
speaking and swallowing

(See
Throat, Foreign
body.) :- Berb.

Gangrene :-

(See Throat,
Gangrene.)

Diphtheria, in :-

Crot-h.

Left one complete black
slough, passes to right

(diphtheria) :-
Lach.

Gnawing, in right,
worse at night :-

Lac-c.

Hypertrophy :-

(See
Swollen.)

Indurated :-

Agar.,
Arg-n., BAR-C.,
BAR-M., Ign.,
Nit-ac., Petr.,
Staph.

Right, of :-

Sabad.

Scarlatina, in :-

Apis,
Merc-i-f.

Inflamed

(quinsy,
tonsillitis) (See
Congested, Red,
Swollen.) :-
Acon., Anan.,
Apis, Ars., BAR-C.,
Bar-m., BELL.,
Berb.,
Canth., Caps.,
Cham., Coch.,
Colch.,
Crot-h., Cupr., Cupr-a., Ferr-m.,
Ferr-p., Gels.,
Guai., LAC-C.,
LACH., Lyc.,
MERC.,
Merc-i-f.,
Phyt., Plb., Psor.,
Sang., Sep.,
Sil., Tarent.,
Ust.

Abscess, after bursting
of, parts remain irritated and patient is slow of recovery :-

Sulph.

Commences to get worse
at 4 P.M. :-

Lach.

Angina, in :-

Ign.

Anthrax :-

Anthraci.

Aphthous :-

Myric.

Asthma, in,
left :-

Caps.

Burning, with :-

Ars.,
CAPS.

Chronic, with acute
paroxysms :-

Ign.

Chronic, especially
when accompanied by deafness :-

HEP.,
NIT-AC.

Chronic, tonsils not
large, but hard :-

Staph.

Cold, from every,
change :-

Dulc.

Cold, after every, or
from suppressed foot sweat :-

BAR-C.

Congestion, with
venous, dark, bluish color of surrounding parts, much œdema,
tonsils bulge and are tender to pressure, pain worse from empty
deglutition, especially with scarlatina or diphtheria :-

Crot-h.

Coryza, with :-

Ars-i.,
MERC.

Coryza, after :-

Sabad.

Cynanche :-

Kali-m.

Cynanche, ushered in by
shivering fit :-

Apis.

Dryness, with, redness
and pain :-

Ferr-p.

Eruptions, with
cutaneous :-

Apis.

Follicular :-

Guai.,
Hep., IGN.,
Lac-c., Merc.,
Merc-cy., Merc-i-r., Phyt.

Gland, suppurating,
will not heal, pus flows but gets thinner, less laudable, darker and
more fetid :-

SIL.

Herpetic :-

Kali-bi.

Left side :-

Aml-ns.,
Merc-i-r., Still.

Left, extends to, ear,
causing constant dull pain :-

Ust.

Left side, worse
afternoon, after sleep, from touch :-

Lach.

Left side, begins, and
extends to right, worse when swallowing empty

(influenza) :-
Sabad.

Left, in
scarlatina :-

Apis.

Left, from, to right,
with yellow granuloses or follicular ulcers, small and painful, with
burning, stinging pains :-

Plb.

Measles, after :-

Brom.

Pains, after, subside

(headache) :-
Lac-d.

Predisposition :-

Alumn.,
BAR-M.,
Sep.

Pus, only after, has
formed, to hasten maturing :-

Merc.

Recurring :-

Bar-c.,
Bar-m., Bell., Hep., Sang., Sil., Vesp.

Right :-

BELL.,
GELS., Merc.,
Sang.

Right, worse swallowing
liquids :-

BELL.

Right, purple :-

Gymno.

Right, with a patch
like chamois leather, yellowish white, thick

(diphtheria) :-
Rhus-t.

Ready to discharge,
disappears without discharging, trouble changes from one side to the
other :-

Lac-c.

Smarting, with,
burning :-

CAPS.

Subacute :-

Chen-a.

Subacute, with tendency
to formation of small ulcers :-

Kali-bi.

Suppuration, to
promote :-

HEP.,
Sang.

Suppurating,
nearly :-

Sabad.

Swallowing, with
difficulty in

(scarlatina
miliaria) :- Nit-ac.

Swallowing, with
painful, and urging to swallow saliva :-

Nat-s.

Swallowing, worse on,
solids :-

Bad.

Sweat, from suppressed
foot :-

Bar-c.

Syphilis, in :-

Kali-i.,
Merc., Nit-ac., Phyt.,
Syph.

Ulcerated throat,
with :-

Kali-ma.

Urine, with
high-colored :-

BENZ-AC.

Variola, in, or
varioloid :-

BAR-M.

Itching, of left, with
inclination to cough :-

Dios.

Mucus :-

Yellow, creamy :-

Nat-p.

Offensive, in
scarlatina :-

Am-c.

Whitish, tough in
spots, simulating diphtheria :-

Ign.

Transparent, with sore
throat :-

Nat-m.

Thick, white :-

Pic-ac.

Pain

(undefined) :-
Chin-b., Crot-t.

Hemiplegia of
fauces :-

Caust.

Left, in :-

Bry.,
Hipp., Ipom.

Sharp in left,
extending to ear, better by swallowing :-

Kali-bi.

Right, in :-

Merc-i-f.

Right, in
asthma :-

Caps.

Right, in, with
carbuncle or erysipelas :-

Anthraci.

Speaking, when, or
swallowing :-

Berb.

Swelling, with :-

Merc-i-r.

Vessels, with
injected :-

Nit-ac.

Pale :-

Bar-c.

In chronic
laryngitis :-

Merc-cy.

Pitted, at bottom of
pits portions of diphtheritic formation

(diphtheria) :-
Nat-ar.

Pressing
pain :-

Region, in, of
tonsils :-

Ars-h.

Right, in :-

Bry.

Right, in, on
swallowing and yawning, with fluent coryza :-

Zinc.

Swallowing, on, in
evening and through night :-

Zinc.

Swallowing, worse when,
saliva :-

Cocc.

Pricking :-

(See Stinging,
Stitches.)

Diphtheria, in :-

Kali-bi.

Shooting when
swallowing :-

Lac-c.

Swallowing, on, extends
to ears

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Purple :-

(See Bluish.)

Dark :-

Phyt.

Diphtheria, in :-

Nat-ar.

Rawness
of right

(diphtheria)
(See Inflamed.) :-
Lac-c.

After exudation
disappeared

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Red,
too

(See Congested,
Inflamed.) :-
Acon., Apis,
Aur., Bell., Ferr-p., Gymno., Kali-bi., Lach., Merc., Merc-i-f.,
Phyt., Puls., Sal-ac.

Bright :-

BELL.

Bright, in
diphtheria :-

Sul-ac.

Dark :-

Ip.,
Lach.,
Merc., Merc-cy.

Fiery :-

Æsc.,
Berb.

Hypertrophy, in
chronic :-

Bar-m.

Painful, not :-

BAPT.

Pale :-

Lach.

Purple, deep :-

Lac-c.

Right, dark :-

Phyt.

Right worse, in
follicular tonsillitis :-

Merc-cy.

Scarlet :-

Bell.

Swollen, and
greatly :-

Fl-ac.

Swollen, and,
especially right, on which was a tuft like exudation about its
centre, 1/4 of an inch in diameter, hanging, upper attachment
looking blackest next to tonsils :-

Ferr-p.

Swallowing, worse on,
solids :-

Bad.

Throat, with soreness
of :-

Sulph.,
Ziz.

Tonsillitis, in :-

LAC-C.,
Merc-i-f.

Ulcers, with
small :-

NIT-AC.

Relaxed :-

Mill.

Right, 1st affected,
then left

(See
Throat Right.) :-
LACH.

Sensitive,
to pressure, at angles of lower jaw

(See
Throat Sensitive.) :-
Crot-h.

Particularly
left :-

Lach.

Shining :-

Bell.,
Lac-c.

Shooting :-

Chel.

Ear, to, better
swallowing :-

Kali-bi.

Shrivelled and
white :-

Cycl.

Smarting

(See Burning.) :-
Apis.

Left :-

Dios.

Sore :-

(See Inflamed,
Raw.)

Hepatitis, in :-

Chel.,
LAC-C.,
Merc-i-f.,
Phyt.

Swallowing, on, with
nosebleed :-

LACH.

Stinging :-

(See Pricking,
Stitches.)

In beginning to
swallow :-

Rhus-t.

When swallowing :-

Apis.

Stitches :-

Nit-ac.

Dull, piercing in left,
worse by external touch :-

Cupr.

Ear, seemingly up
to :-

Dios.

Right, in :-

Bar-c.

Right, in :-

Bapt.

Swallowing,
when :-

Merc.

Shooting, in
swelling :-

Ran-s.

Swollen

(See Abscess.) :-
Æsc.,
Anan., Apis, Aur.,
BAPT.,
BAR-C., Bell.,
Berb., Calc.,
Carb-ac., Cedr., CHAM.,
Chel., Chim-m.,
Chin., Colch.,
Crot-t., Dulc., Gels., Hep., Kali-bi., Kali-i., Kali-m., Lac-c.,
Lyss., Merc.,
Merc-c., Merc-i-f., Merc-i-r., Mur-ac., Nit-ac., Nux-v.,
Phos.,
Phyt., Plb., Sabad., Sal-ac., Sil., SULPH.,
Thlas.,
Zinc.

Angina, in :-

Ars.,
Ign., Merc.

Back part œdematous,
rising like a barrier

(quinsy) :-
Lac-c.

Breathes with mouth
open :-

Merc-i-r.

Catarrh, in :-

Hippoz.

Children, enlarged,
scrofulous, worse after slight cold :-

BAR-C.

Chronic, in strumous
subjects :-

Calc-p.

Closing posterior
channels

(scarlatina) :-
¤ Hippoz.

Closed, throat almost

(tonsillitis) :-
LAC-C.

Cold, after
least :-

BAR-C.

Congested, with yellow
small patches on each

(tonsillitis
and pemphigus) :-
Lyc.

Croup, in :-

Phos.

Deafness,
causing :-

NIT-AC.

Deafness, with, of
children :-

Kali-bi.

Deafness, with,
especially after abuse of mercury :-

Staph.

Diphtheria, in :-

Crot-h.,
Gels., Iod., Lac-c., Lach., Lyc., Merc-cy., Nat-ar.

Dry, with, and burning
sensation :-

PHOS.

Dryness, with, of
throat :-

PHYT.

Ears, extending into,
causing transient deafness

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Med.

Enlargement
(coryza) :-
Ars-i.

Enlarged, feeling as if
both were :- Iber.

Enlargement (chronic
hypertrophy) :- BAR-C.,
Bar-m., Ferr., LACH.,
LYC., Nat-m.,
Nit-ac., Petr.,
Phyt.,
Sil.

Enlargement chronic in
pale scrofulous children :-

Chen-a.

Enlarged, with croupy
cough :-

Phyt.

Eustachian tubes, with
occlusion of, and deafness :-

Merc.

Externally, noticeable,
with sensitiveness to touch, and increased temperature in
vicinity :-

Sal-ac.

Faucium, in
angina :-

Lach.

Forward, pressed

(angina) :-
Merc.

Hyperplasia :-

Lyss.

Hypertrophy, chronic

(hereditary
syphilis) :- Syph.

Hypertrophied, with
excessive catarrh, after scarlet fever :-

Kali-i.

Hypertrophied, secrete
a cheesy matter :-

Vesp.

Hypertrophy, with nasal
voice :-

Staph.

Induration, chronic,
worse on swallowing solids :-

BAR-C.

Indolent enlargement,
with inflammation :-

BAR-C.,
Kali-bi.

Inflammatory :-

Calc.

Large and tense, mouth
could not be closed :-

Lac-c.

Laryngitis, in
chronic :-

Merc-cy.

Left :-

Aml-ns.,
Ind., Lach.,
Merc-i-r., Sulph.

Left, after
diphtheria :-

Lac-c.

Left, with a tendency
to right :-

Lach.

Left, with a few
whitish spots

(follicular
tonsillitis) :- Merc-cy.

Measles, after :-

Brom.

Otitis, with :-

Ter.

Ozæna, in :-

Merc-i-f.

Pain, with, when
swallowing :-

Graph.

Pale :-

Hep.

Passage, no,
visible :-

Elaps.,
Hep.

Pharyngo-laryngitis, in
acute :-

Naja.

Rapid :-

Ant-t.

Red, and :-

Ham.,
Spong.

Red, veins enlarged
varicose :-

Ham.

Redness, with
dirty :-

Kali-bi.

Right :-

Ars-s-r.,
Bell., Goss.,
Merc.,
Merc-i-f., Nicc.,
Phyt.

Right, in
diphtheria :-

Lac-c.,
Merc-cy.

Right, for 18
months :-

Phos.

Right, with whitish
gray soft exudate

(diphtheria) :-
Merc.

Right, with scrofulous
ophthalmia :-

Apis.

Right worse

(follicular
tonsillitis) :- Merc-cy.

Right, with sharp pain,
as from needles

(acute
pharyngo-laryngitis) :-
Naja.

Rosy red, with tension
and pressure :-

Brom.

Scarlatina, in :-

APIS.

Scarlatina, in :-

Ail.,
Am-c., Apis, ARUM-T.,
Bapt., Bar-c.,
BELL.,
Gels., Hep.,
Merc., Merc-i-f., Phyt., STRAM.

Shooting stitches,
with :-

Ran-s.

Scrofulous,
chronic :-

Bar-m.

Suffocation is feared

(tonsillitis
diphtheria) :- Tarent.

Suppuration :-

Anac.,
Anan., Apis,
BAR-C.,
Bell., Calc.,
Calc-s., Canth.,
Daph., Guai.,
HEP.,
Ign., Kali-bi.,
Lac-c., Lach., Lyc., Manc.,
MERC.,
Merc-i-f.,
Merc-i-r., Sabad., Sang., SIL.

Suppuration, favors,
and causes rapid healing :-

Cupr-a.

Suppurating, going from
right to left :-

Lyc.

Swallowing
difficult :-

Guare.,
LAC-C.,
Nit-ac.

Swollen, large and
tense mouth could not be closed

(quinsy) :-
Lac-c.

Throat, in sore :-

Merc-i-f.

Ulcerated throat,
in :-

Kali-perm.

Ulcers, with
small :-

NIT-AC.

Tuberculosis, in
incipient :-

Tub.

Tonsillitis,
after :-

Nat-ar.

Tonsillaris, in
angina :-

Apis.

Vessels, with
injected :-

Nit-ac.

Throbbing

(See Abscess,
Inflamed.) :-
Am-m.

Left, in :-

Nat-p.

In angina
tonsillaris :-

Apis.

Ulcers

(See Inflamed,
Swollen.) :-
Aur., Calc.,
Kali-bi., Lyc., Merc., Merc-c., Merl., Nat-s.,
Phyt., Zinc.

Aphthous, rapidly
forming :-

Bell.

Aphthous, on
right :-

Canth.

Bloody, on right, with
uneven edges, which correspond to size of membrane just retched
out :-

Chin-ar.

Coalesce,
gradually :-

Zinc.

Deep, studded with, and
oozing a fetid, scanty discharge

(scarlatina) :-
AIL.

Deep, erysipelatous and
œdematous :-

Apis.

Deep, after plica
polonica had been cut off, spread to soft palate on back wall of
pharynx, pale bluish edges, covered with cauliflower excrescences,
whitish, thin pus, smelling like rancid butter :-

Sars.

Deep, in
tonsillitis :-

Merc-i-f.

Defined,
sharply :-

Kali-bi.,
Zinc.

Delirium, with :-

Merc-i-r.

Destructive, with thick
yellow secretion :-

Ind.

Dry, in
scarlatina :-

APIS.

Extensive :-

Zinc.

Fetid, covered with
large, in scarlatina :-

Merc-i-r.

Flat, white or
grayish :-

Nit-ac.

Gangrenous, tendency to

(scarlatina) :-
Am-c.

Greenish, surrounded by
white exudation

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Lardaceous

(syphilis) :-
Lyc.

Left :-

Lac-c.,
LACH.,
Merc-i-r.

Patches,
yellowish :-

Kali-perm.

Point of a knitting
needle, as large as, upon inflamed surface

(angina) :-
Merc.

Red, everted
edges :-

Zinc.

Right, on, extended
over palate and covered left tonsil :-

Lac-c.

Round :-

Zinc.

Scarlatina, in :-

Mur-ac.

Scarlatina,
after :-

MERC-I-R.

Side, on inner, of each

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Sloughing abrasions

(scarlatina) :-
APIS.

Sloughed off, nearly,
pain on taking least nourishment

(syphilitic) :-
Nit-ac.

Small :-

Ign.,
NIT-AC.

Small, 2, ulcers on
right

(mercurio-syphilis) :-
Aur-m-n.

Small, round or
irregular gray white

(diphtheria) :-
Lac-c.

Studded with :-

Merc.

Suppurating, loss of
substance :-

Aur-m.

Syphilis, in :-

Phyt.

White :-

Lac-c.

Whitish on left, with
soreness :-

Lyc.

White spots, numerous,
on both :-

Phyt.

Whitish patches :-

Kali-ma.

White yellowish,
burning :-

Manc.

Yellow, grayish, as
large as a pea, on left, sensitive to touch :-

Merc-c.

Uneasiness :-

Am-m.

Yellow
streak

(See
Exudate.) :-
NIT-AC.

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