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Weakness – Nerves – Chapter 36 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 36.
NERVES.

Activity
(strength)
* Catalepsy * Chorea
* Convulsions * Fainting
* Faintness * Hysteria
* Lassitude
(Fatigue)
* Malaise * Nerves
* Nervousness * Neuralgia
* Paralysis * Restlessness
* Sensations
(See
Chapter 43 :
Sensations in General
)
* Starting * Trembling
* Twitching *

Weakness

Weakness.

A-C
* D-G * H-O
* P-Z
* Full text (263
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Weakness :-


Pains :-

After, pains :-

Ferr.

After,
toothache :-

Cocc-s.,
RHOD.

Between 2 and 3
A.M. :-

Cahin.

Cease during
weakness :-

Ars-h.

Neuralgia, in :-

Carb-v., KALM.

Neuralgia, begins as
soon as :-

Cham.

Neuralgia,
intermittent :-

Polyp.

Paroxysms,
after :-

Kali-p.

Pelvis, after pain
in :-

Calc-s.

Sleep, and loss
of :-

Hydr.

Stitches :-

Calad.

Wounds,
lacerated :-

Calen.

Palpitation,
with :-

Anis.,
Crot-h.,
Olnd., Verat.

On going up
stairs :-

Iber.

Vomiting,
before :-

Sang.


Paralysis, in :-

GRAPH.

Causing palsy :-

Lach.

Paralytic :-

Art.,
Caust., Ferr., GELS.,
Ph-ac.,
Phos., Sabad.

Affected part,
of :-

Chin.

Arm, coldness and
numbness of left, and foot

(during
6th month of pregnancy) :-
Rhus-t.

Back, with pain
in :-

COCC.

Ebullitions,
with :-

Am-m.

Intermittent,
in :-

Ferr.

Legs, of, especially
after short walk, or ascending steps, legs give way :-

Nat-p.

Limbs, with weakness
of :-

Sarr.

Motion, on :-

Arg-m.

Myelitis, in :-

Phys.

Pains, with
all :-

Arg-m.

Palsy,
approaching :-

Merc.

Quickly
developed :-

Hydr-ac.

Rest, during :-

Rhod.

Rest, worse
at :-

Plat.

Spinal
irritation :-

Cocc.

Paroxysms, in :-

Con.

Short attacks,
especially in legs :-

Cham.


Periodic, daily
attacks, indescribable, sudden :-

Hep.

Hunger, with :-

Ign.

Pregnancy, in :-

Goss.,
Helon., Tarent.

Progressive :-

Acon.,
Cupr-ar., Dig.,
Ol-j.,
Phos., Plb.

Diarrhœa, in :-

PHOS.

Worms, with :-

Merc.

Pulse :-

Irregular :-

Sang.

Irregular,
intermitting, on going to bed :-

Ter.

Small :-

Ter.

Small, frequent

(metritis
and peritonitis puerperalis) :-
Ter.

Thready :-

Ter.

Rapid :-

ARS.,
Laur., Sep.

Effects of over
study :-

Cupr-a.

Hæmorrhagica, in
purpura :-

Ter.

Reduced from vigor to
prostration within 24 hours

(epidemic
malignant pustule) :-
Lach.

Sclerosis, in
posterior spinal :-

Pic-ac.


Reaction, want
of :-

Am-c.,
Laur., OP.,
Sulph.,
Valer.

Especially in fat
people :-

CAPS.

Relaxed state :-

Ant-t., Cycl.,
Euphor., Ip.,
Lob., Phos.,
Plat.,
Tab.

Ani, in
prolapsus :-

Arn.

Climacteric period,
during :-

Tab.

Do anything, not
inclined to :-

Berb.

Excitation, after
which might be taken for exuberance of life :-

Ferr.

Emaciation,
with :-

Lach.

Forenoon,
during :-

Arn.

Hands, especially,
and feet, with indisposition to move :-

Gels.

Menses,
during :-

Tab.

Mind, of body
and :-

Calc-ar.

Muscular system
flabby :-

Sulph.

Paralysis, with
motor :-

GELS.

Paralysis,
resembling :-

Art.

Tonic, follows
alternate, and clonic spasms :-

Tab.

Trunk, of posterior
muscles of :-

Bar-c.

Worm affections,
in :-

Cic.

Rest, in, felt
most :-

Lyc.

Restlessness :-

ARS.,
Bism.,
Colch., Lycps.,
Lyss., Ph-ac.,
RHUS-T.

Rheumatism :-

Merc.,
Stict.

Affections of nerves
and joints :-

Indg.


Riding, after, in a
wagon :-

Psor.

Scarlatina,
in :-

Apis,
Carb-v., LACH.,
Phyt.

Malignant :-

Mur-ac.

Sciatica, in :-

Ph-ac.,
Staph.

Follows
attack :-

Staph.


Septicæmia, result
of dissecting wound, disease at 1st mistaken for typhus :-

Lach.

Sexual
condition :-

Abuse, and loss of
semen :-

Ust.

Coition,
after :-

CALC.,
Con., Dig.,
Graph., PHOS.,
Sel., Sep., Ziz.

Coition, after,
especially eyes :-

Kali-c.

Coition, after, and
pollutions :-

Ph-ac.

Emissions,
follows :-

Calc.,
CHIN.,
Cypr., Dig.,
Hydr., KALI-BR.,
Kali-c., Med.,
Nat-m.,
Nuph., NUX-V.,
Ph-ac.,
Phos., Sars., Sep., Sil., Stann., STAPH.,
Ust.

Emission, as after,
early in bed :-

Arn.

Emissions, after,
without erections :-

Op.

Emissions, with,
nearly every night :-

Phos.

Excesses,
after :-

Ars.,
Coca, Nat-m., Phos.

Excitability, with
sexual :-

Cocc.

Genitals, irritation
in :-

Stann.

Sides, of, left
side :-

Lach.

Sinking

(collapse)
(See Cholera,
Hæmorrhage,
Loss of fluids,
etc. ; also Fainting.) :-
Apis, Ars.,
CAMPH.,
Canth., CARB-AC.,
Carb-an.,
CARB-V.,
CHIN.,
Cit-l.,
Dor., Hyos.,
Med., Mosch.,
Seneg.,
VERAT.

Angina, in,
threatened :-

Mosch.

Asphyxia and
cyanosis :-

Anthraci.

Asphyxia, speedy,
with :-

Tab.

Bed, feels as if
sinking through :-

Rhus-t.

Chill, during

(pernicious
intermittent) :-
Verat.

Cholera, in :-

Acon.,
CAMPH.,
Carb-v., VERAT.

Cholera,
sporadic :-

Tab.

Complaint, in
summer :-

Ant-t.,
Verat.

Congestive collapse

(bilious
intermittent) :-
Puls.

Consciousness, with
loss of :-

Anthraci.

Consciousness, with
loss of, worse in morning :-

LACH.

Croup, in laryngeal,
rapid :-

Phos.

Cough, in whooping,
rapid :-

Laur.

Death, appearance of
impending, limbs extended, head low :-

Chlol.

Delirium,
with :-

Cupr.

Diarrhœa, in :-

Ant-c.

Diarrhœa, from, at 3
A.M. :-

Sec.

Diarrhœa, after,
cholera like :-

Anthraci.

Diphtheria,
in :-

Canth.,
Sulph.

Disintegrating
tendency, as if body were overwhelmed by a :-

Lach.

Dying, as if he
were :-

Hep.

Fainting, to :-

Verat.

Feeling :-

Sulph.

Felt as if she were
going to sink away :-

Lyss.

Fever, in
intermittent :-

Sulph.

Fever, in
yellow :-

Carb-v.

Gastric catarrh, in
sudden :-

VERAT.

Gonorrhœa, after
injecting nitrate of silver for :-

Tarent.

Heart, feels beating
of :-

Lach.

Heart disease,
in :-

Hydr.

Heart, in, and kidney
affections :-

Calc-ar.

Intestinal spasms,
after attack of :-

Op.

Livid countenance,
with, and low pulse :-

Kali-p.

Morning, every, with
nervousness

(parenchymatous
metritis) :- Lac-c.

Pulse,
imperceptible :-

Kali-br.

Pulse, with
intermitting, and great thirst

(shock
of injury) :- Nat-m.

Pupils, with
dilated :-

Hippoz.

Rapid :-

Hyos.,
Sal-ac.,
Verat.

Reaction, want of
energy and, especially in chest and heart affections :-

Laur.

Respiration, with
difficult :-

Anthraci.

Respiration, with
irregular short :-

Hippoz.

Scarlatina,
in :-

Crot-h.,
Zinc.

Sit down, has to, a
kind of :-

Fl-ac.

Skin cool :-

Hippoz.

Sleeplessness,
follows, for 48 hours :-

Tub.

Spotted fever,
in :-

Dig.

Stools, with
involuntary :-

Hippoz.

Straits, last seem to
have been reached

(melæna) :-
Ip.

Sudden :-

Colch.

Sudden, in
peritonitis :-

Ars.

Sudden and
rapid :-

ARS.

Threatened
collapse :-

Cina.

Typhoid, in :-

Lach.,
Mur-ac.

Typhus, in :-

ARN.

Typhus putridus, in,
rapid :-

Sulph.

Vomiting,
with :-

Verat.

Sitting :-

Plat.

Can hardly sit up

(vomiting
during pregnancy) :-
Cupr-ar.

Inclined to :-

Tarax.

Cannot sit up,
without assistance, and must be held during examination :-

Kali-i.

Cannot sit up,
despite pain caused by lying down

(abscess
of head) :- Merc.

Has not power to sit
down slowly :-

Stann.


Sleep :-

(See Morning.)

After, sleep :-

Ambr.,
Dor.

Awaking, on :-

Clem.,
Dulc.

Awaking, on, dread of
night

(spring
cough) :- Syph.

Awaking, on, in
morning from deep sleep, confused and sleepy condition, continued
even after rising :-

Calc.

Day, during :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Deprived, as if,
of :-

Rhus-t.

Disturbed, from

(pneumonia) :-
Nux-v.

Dream, after :-

Calc-s.

Dreams, amorous, in
both sexes :-

Plat.

Drowsiness :-

Æth.,
Chen-v.,
Merc-sul.

Drowsiness, in heat
of summer :-

Corn.

Great
inclination :-

Mez.

Insomnia :-

Mag-p.

Interruption,
following least :-

Cocc.

Sleep, from loss
of :-

Nat-m.

Sleep, as from loss
of :-

Glon.

Sleep, from loss of,
and pain

(herpes
zoster, from external application of Rhus) :-
Lach.

Sleep, from loss of,
night-watching, from, cannot walk on account of giving out of
lower extremities, knees knock together :-

NUX-V.

Sleeplessness :-

Kreos.

Sleeplessness,
nervous bilious temperament :-

Cypr.

Sleeplessness, from

(acute
rheumatism) :-
Chlol.

Spinal sclerosis, in
posterior :-

Pic-ac.

Sopor, after, with
delirium, after attack of vertigo :-

Kali-c.

Waking, as if, from a
heavy sleep :-

Rheum.

Want of sleep

(pleurodynia) :-
Ran-b.


Spring, in :-

Apis,
BRY.

Standing :-

Asaf.,
Aster.

Cannot stand alone

(morbus
coxarius) :- Kali-c.

Especially in knees
and in muscles of back, after standing only a short time :-

Cic.

Cannot stand :-

Acon.,
Cur., Merc.,
MERC-CY.,
Sulph.

Cannot stand, in
hæmaturia :-

Ip.

Could scarcely

(ovarian
dropsy) :- Apis.

Stomach :-

Across :-

Calc-s.

Burning, or icy
coldness, great pain :-

Colch.

Cardialgia :-

Cupr.,
Phos.

Coming from
stomach :-

Anan.

Digestion, of :-

Ferr.

Digestion, slow and
imperfect :-

Nux-v.

Digestive, with
persistent troubles of, functions in susceptible hysterical
subjects :-

Mosch.

Dyspepsia,
with :-

Iod.

Dyspepsia, with
amenorrhœa :-

Puls.

Fasting, with feeling
as from :-

Ign.

Gastralgia :-

Nux-v.

Gastritis, in :-

Ars.

Indigestion :-

Sul-ac.

Indigestion, from
atonic state :-

Calc-p.,
HYDR.,
Podo.

Sinking :-

Crot-t.

Stool :-

(See
Constipation, Diarrhœa
and Dysentery
Weakness
, Chapter 20 :
Stool and Rectum
 ; also During
and After Stool
Weakness
.)

Sudden :-

Apis,
Ars., Bell.,
CROT-H.,
Graph., Ip.,
Nux-v., Phos., Sel., SEP.,
Stann.

Break, as if he
should, down

(palpitation
of heart) :- Arg-m.

Cholera, in :-

Camph.,
Colch., Hydr-ac.

Diarrhœa, with :-

Crot-t.

Fainting,
with :-

Ran-b.

Heart, with pain
at :-

Cupr-ar.

Indescribable :-

Ars-h.

Lie down, compelling
him to :-

Apis.

Motion, after, out
doors :-

Spong.

Motion,
shunning :-

Bry.

Phlebitis, in :-

Lach.

Sitting, coming on
even when

(labor) :-
Lyc.

Vaso-motor nerves, in
affection of :-

Kali-br.

Walking in open air,
after dinner :-

Am-m.

Walking, when :-

Con.

At 5 P.M.

(headache) :-
Lac-d.

Sunstroke :-

Glon.,
Verat-v.

Epilepsy, in :-

Bell.

Sweat, with :-

ALOE,
Calc., Chin.,
Chin-m.,
Dig., Jab.,
Lyc., Ph-ac.,
Sal-ac.,
Sul-ac., Tarent.

Clammy :-

Ox-ac.,
Ph-ac.

Cold :-

Camph.,
Carb-v., Cupr.,
Merc.,
Ph-ac., Ter., VERAT.

Cold, especially in
feet and legs, worse on exposure to air :-

Tab.

Night, worse by,
sweats

(chronic
bronchitis) :-
Phos.

Suppressed foot
sweat :-

Sil.


Syphilis, in :-

Kali-i.,
Lyc., Staph.

Talking, from :-

Calc., Ferr.,
Hyos., NAT-M.,
Ph-ac., STANN.

Able, scarcely, to
speak :-

Ust.

Aphonia :-

CAUST.,
Phos.

Brain, with,
fag :-

Nat-m.

Difficult :-

Carb-v.,
Lyss., Zinc.

Difficult, after
cough, with expectoration of pus

(consumption) :-
Kreos.

Difficult, in
phthisis :-

Sil.

Difficult, fell into
a deep sleep :-

Cann-i.

Impossible :-

Sulph.

Loud, cannot
talk :-

Cocc.

Miscarriage, in,
could hardly speak, in 6th month of pregnancy :-

Ip.

Morning, can hardly
speak in

(intermittent) :-
Bry.

Preaching, after,
must rest a long time to recuperate

(phthisis) :-
Psor.

Reading, or,
aloud :-

STANN.

Sensation of,
impeding speech with constriction in throat, ascending from
stomach, caused by accumulation of air :-

Manc.

Talking, worse
from :-

Dor.


Taste, acid, raw,
slimy, particularly after breakfast :-

Sars.

Thirst :-

ARS.,
Ter.

Throat :-

Chronic
inflammation :-

Jug-c.

Sore :-

Lyss.


Thunderstorm, during
a :-

Sil.

Tingling,
with :-

Act-sp.

Tobacco, after
smoking, particularly in legs :-

Asc-t.

Trembling,
with :-

Anag.,
Arg-n., Carb-v.,
Chin.,
Cocc., Crot-h.,
Lycps.,
Nit-ac.,
Phos., Puls.

Hands, of :-

MERC.,
Stront-c.,
Ter.

Knees, and knocking
together of :-

Berb.

Limbs, of :-

Sulph.

Smoking, after
tobacco :-

Hep.

Uterine hæmorrhage,
in :-

Caul.

Stool, after :-

ARS.

Stool, after, better
in open air :-

CON.

Uræmia, in :-

Arum-t.

Urinary, with,
symptoms :-

Eup-pur.

Urination :-

After,
urination :-

Pic-ac.

After, in abscess of
liver :-

Med.

Enuresis, in :-

Vesp.

Passed, as if he had,
his strength away :-

Lyss.

Prolonged, after, or
complete urination :-

Med.


Uterus :-

Affection :-

Anan.

Cancer :-

Carb-an.

Dropsy :-

Ferr.

Induration :-

Carb-an.

Metritis, in
parenchymatous :-

Lac-c.

Neuralgia :-

Nux-v.

Pressing :-

Calc-p.

Prolapsus :-

Agar.,
Alet., Aloe, Arg-n., Ham., HELON.,
LIL-T.

Uvula,
elongated :-

Lac-c.

Veins,
phlebitis :-

Crot-h.,
Ham.

Vertigo, with :-

Acet-ac.,
Cupr-s., Sil.,
Uran-n.

Afternoon, in :-

Hyper.

Attacks,
after :-

Sabad.

Long
continued :-

Sang.

Vomiting :-

With :-

Calc.,
SANG.

After :-

Ant-c.,
Bar-c., Cadm-s., Verat.

2 to 3 P.M. :-

Cinnm.

Bile, of

(migraine) :-
Rhus-t.

Brown, of dark,
coffee-colored fluid :-

Sec.

Cholera, purging as
in :-

Phyt.

Chronic :-

LOB.

Dropsy, in,
after :-

Colch.

Followed by
vomiting :-

Ant-m.

Food, with vomiting
1st of, then pure bile, occasionally acid mucus after nausea

(sick
headache) :- Sang.

Green, of, offensive,
watery fluid :-

Sec.


Walking :-

(See Exertion.)

During :-

Coca.

After :-

Calc.,
Spig.

Air, in open, worse
after :-

Act-sp.,
Alumn., Rhus-t.

Breath, has to stop
to get, when outdoors

(phthisis) :-
Cetr.

Cannot walk,
gastralgia, probably due to metallic poisoning :-

Sul-ac.

Chilliness, often,
with :-

Meny.

Difficult :-

Carb-v.,
Phys.

Difficult, often
impossible, during menses

(uterine
disease) :- Murx.

Drop, ready to, after
a short walk :-

Nat-c.

Evening, in,
after :-

Sil.

Fatigue, in
masturbation :-

Phos.

Floor, can scarcely
walk across

(mental
disturbance in climacteric period) :-
Cycl.

Least walk,
after :-

Con.

Limbs, especially in,
with exhausting sweat :-

CALC.

Paralyzed, as
if :-

Phos.

Rest, must, soon,
though pains are better by walking

(anæmia) :-
Stann.

Rods, further than a
few, impossible

(diabetes
mellitus) :- Lac-ac.

Room, across,
difficult

(affection
of liver with dropsy) :-
Fl-ac.

Room, across,
difficult :-

Arg-n.

Short walk,
from :-

Calc.,
Cann-i., Con.

Short walk, after
a :-

Ruta,
Sulph.

Short walk, after a

(chronic
passive hæmorrhage from kidneys) :-
Ter.

Smallpox, in :-

Vario.

Staggers, unless his
mind is on it :-

Asar.

Tottering, sudden,
with dyspnœa :-

Spong.

Weather :-

(See
Heat.)

Yawning, with desire
to, and stretch :-

Plan.

Worms,
with

(See
Worms, Chapter 20 :
Stool and Rectum
.) :-
Cic., Cina,
Merc.

Tapeworm :-

Cina.

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