The Concordance Repertory – of the more characteristic symptoms of the Materia Medica – By William D. Gentry, M. D.

The
Concordance Repertory
of the more characteristic symptoms of the Materia Medica
By William D. Gentry, M. D.
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CHAPTER : GENERALITIES AND KEY NOTES *****

Daily :-

Attacks of indescribable, sudden debility, commencing
with chilly, creeping sensations under right leg :-

Hep.

Damp :-

Catarrhal, rheumatic and other complaints, caused by
exposure to damp cold weather :-

Dulc.

Damp air :-

Aversion to open air, lest cold, damp air goes right
through, and patient is constantly taking cold :-

Calc.

Worse from damp air :-

Sil.

Dampness :-

Worse from dampness :-

Nat-s.

Damp weather :-

Great sensitiveness to damp weather :-

Mur-ac.

Worse during hot damp weather :-

Aloe.

Worse from cold damp weather :-

Nux-m.,
Ruta.

Worse in cold damp weather :-

Rhod.

Worse in damp weather :-

Gels.

Worse in warm damp weather :-

Carb-v.

Dancing :-

Better from dancing :-

Sep.

Dark :-

Better in dark :-

Calc.,
Euphr., Graph., Phos.

Better in dark room :-

Sang.

Eyes fixed upon dark side of room away from
light :-

Stram.

Worse as soon as it gets dark :-

Camph.

Worse in dark :-

Am-m.,
Carb-an., Caust., Stram., Valer.

Darting :-

And lacerating in whole body, afternoon and
evening :-

Ind.

Lacerating pains or lacerating with pressure :-

Chin.

Pains in various parts :-

Abrot.

Stinging pain in different parts of body at same
time :-

Canth.

Jerking rending darting pains :-

Am-m.,
Chin.

Lacerating, lancinating or darting pains :-

Berb.

Sticking, stitching darting pains :-

Kali-c.

Day :-

Better during day :-

Merc.

Desire to lie down during day :-

Cann-i.

Tired and weary all day :-

Am-c.

Worse after midnight and during day :-

Anac.

Days :-

Periodical return of symptoms on alternate days or they
antepone :-

Chin-s.

Dead :-

Patient conscious yet lies as if dead :-

Carb-v.

Deadness (See section on Ears.) :-

Emaciation and deadness of affected parts :-

Thuj.

Sensation of deadness in injured parts :-

Arn.

Deafness :-

Asthenopia ; nervous deafness loss of
appetite ; flatulence, and nervous hacking cough, with irritable
nerves in anæmic, nervous persons :-

Asar.

Death :-

Burning pains, with great anguish and fear of
death :-

Ars.

Very anxious ; restless with forebodings ;
sometimes definite anticipations of time of death drawing, tearing or
tingling pains ; symptoms aggravated at night also by warmth and
motion :-

Acon.

Death like :-

Œdema, or swelling of whole body, with pallid,
death-like appearance :-

Apis.

Debilitating :-

Tardy reaction after debilitating illness or
sickness :-

Caps.

Debility :-

Anæmia and debility from loss of fluids :-

Carb-v.,
(Chin.).

Daily attacks of indescribable, sudden debility,
commencing with chilly, creeping, sensations under right leg :-

Hep.

After gastric, bilious and typhoid fevers :-

Hydr.

After pain compelling patient to groan :-

Graph.

And great exhaustion :-

Sul-ac.

And weakness ; must lie down :-

Am-c.

Exhaustion :-

Kali-i.

Of whole body :-

Especially arms and hands :-

Verat.

With listlessness and heavy head :-

Anthro.

Patients want to be mesmerized ; they are
starving, without vital energy :-

Calc-p.

With heaviness and relaxation of body :-

Sabad.

With sleepiness, from least exertion :-

Nux-m.

Emaciation and debility after loss of fluids :-

Lyc.

Emaciation, lassitude, debility :-

Gamb.

Fainting and debility with perspiration, :-

Dig.

Extreme debility, prostration and restlessness :-

(Ars.),
Sec.

Fainting fits, with hysterical debility :-

Ign.,
(Nux-m.)

Frequent exhaustion ; debility must lie
down :-

Kali-c.

General :-

And impaired mental energy, with great
drowsiness :-

Corn.

Great prostration :-

Plb.

With sensation of heaviness in legs :-

Petr.

With nervousness and irritability :-

Kali-p.

Great :-

Arg-n.,
Clem., Croto-t., Iris, Mur-ac., Ph-ac., Rhus-t., Rumx.

After any exertion :-

(Ars.),
Nat-c.

After loss of fluids or severe illness, especially
typhus, if patient is hopeless or despairs of recovery :-

Psor.

And emaciation :-

Acet-ac.

And lassitude :-

Languor and faintness, weariness and
indolence :-

Chel.

When walking in morning :-

Chel.

And prostration :-

(Ars.),
(Bry.), (Graph.), Iod., (Nat-c.), (Phos.), Spong.

And trembling :-

(Alum.),
(Chin.), Sulph.

And weakness :-

Sang.

On making least exertion :-

(Ars.),
Carb-v.

Especially of females after protracted illness or
defective nutrition :-

Alet.

Languor, with painful feeling of weight and
sensitiveness in all limbs :-

Agar.

Lassitude and trembling while standing up and without
moving :-

Merc-c.

With stitching of limbs and confusion of head :-

Senec.

Great exhaustion and debility :-

Kali-n.

Great internal debility :-

Lyc.

Great lassitude and debility after eating, talking, or
walking in open air :-

Act-sp.

Great nervous debility and sensibility :-

Nux-v.

Great weakness and debility :-

Tab.

Great weakness and debility with heaviness and
trembling :-

Nit-ac.

Languor, lassitude and debility :-

Bov.

Lassitude, exhaustion and debility after severe
illness :-

Ant-c.

Low cachectic condition, with profound debility and
great emaciation ; almost like a skeleton :-

Iod.

Numbness, debility languor fainting :-

Cedr.

Profound debility as after severe, acute
diseases :-

Helon.

Rapid emaciation with great loss of flesh, cold sweat
and debility :-

Ars.

Restlessness and debility :-

Apoc.

Rheumatic and gouty affections of joints and nerves
accompanied by slight fever and great debility :-

Ind.

Straining and over-lifting produces great
debility :-

Carb-an.

Trembling and tremulous sensation, with general
debility :-

Arg-n.,
(Cupr.), (Gels.), (Merc.).

Trembling debility :-

Chin.

Tremulousness, languor and debility :-

Brom.

Weakness and debility after loss of animal
fluids :-

Chin-s.

Weakness debility, languor, lassitude :-

Alum.,
Am-c., Anac., Ars., Bar-c., Calc., Carb-v., Caust., Chin., Con., Cupr.,
Dig., Ferr., Hyos., Iod., Kali-c., Laur., Lyc., Mag-c., Mur-ac., Nit-ac.,
Nux-m., Nux-v., Olnd., Petr., Ph-ac., Phos., Rhus-t., Ruta, Sec., Sep.,
Stann., Ther., Verat.

Deceptive :-

Senses are deceptive :-

Bell.

Declining :-

Worse when moon is declining :-

Dulc.

Decrease :-

Erectile tumors, which have now an increase and then a
decrease blood :-

Lyc.

Decreasing :-

Worse when moon is decreasing :-

Alum.,
Thuj.

Deep :-

Ulcers corrode and become deep without spreading in
circumference :-

Kali-bi.

Dejection :-

Lethargy and listlessness, with utter dejection of
mind :-

Am-c.

Dentition :-

Reflex irritation during dentition :-

Podo.

Depressed :-

Condition of mind and body with great appetite :-

Nat-m.

Depression :-

Of both mental and physical powers :-

Naja.

Excessive depression and exhaustion :-

Ant-c.

Great depression and prostration of strength :-

Cic.

Great weakness depression perspiration and
sleeplessness :-

Cact.

Lassitude and depression :-

Apis,
Cist.

Mental dullness and physical depression :-

Am-br.

Physical and mental depression :-

Grat.

Weakness inactivity and general depression :-

Am-m.

Weariness, depression heaviness and dull
feeling :-

Hydrc.

Descending :-

Faintness when descending can ascend without
difficulty :-

Stann.

Worse when descending :-

Stann.

Desire :-

For open air :-

Lyc.,
(Puls.).

To lie down during day :-

Cann-i.

To stretch and yawn ; faint, weak and weary ;
fullness, with throbbing in various organs, as if they contained too much
blood :-

Æsc.

Irresistible desire to lie down and sleep the strength
suddenly fails :-

Sel.

Despair :-

Pains unendurable, driving patient to despair :-

Coff.

Despairs :-

Of being cured and is very restless and exhausted, and
very weak on attempting to move :-

Ars.

Great debility after loss of fluids, or severe illness,
especially typhus, if patient is hopeless or despairs of recovery :-

Psor.

Destructive :-

Violent destructive inflammations, with burning
pains :-

Canth.

Deterioration :-

Inflammation deterioration and sometimes gangrene of
mucous surfaces :-

Agar.

Develop :-

Exhaustion ; not able to develop
exanthemata :-

Zinc.

Development :-

Tardy development of bones, with lymphatic
enlargements :-

Calc.

Digestion :-

Better when eating and during digestion :-

Anac.

Laxness and weakness of whole muscular system, with
emaciation, weakness of digestion and coldness of extremities :-

Ferr.

Mucous membranes loaded with mucus, causing defective
digestion :-

Ant-c.

Diminished :-

Excretions especially urine and sweat,
diminished :-

Apoc.

Diminution :-

Of senses of smell, sight and hearing :-

Anac.

Dinner :-

Better after dinner :-

Cinnb.,
Coca.

Dirty :-

Discharge thin, offensive and excoriating and if
purulent are of a dirty yellowish-green color and very offensive :-

Nit-ac.

Disappear :-

Pains appear and disappear suddenly, rapidly
quickly :-

(Bell.),
Kali-bi.

Pains disappear when thinking of them :-

(Bar-c.),
Camph., (Ox-ac.).

Pains disappear when walking and return immediately
when at rest :-

Stann.

Pains increase gradually disappear suddenly :-

Arg-m.

Pains suddenly appear and gradually disappear :-

Puls.

Disappearing :-

Frequent, drawing pains constantly appearing and
disappearing in almost all parts of body :-

Nit-ac.

Discharge :-

Glands suppurate and discharge thin corrosive or curdy
substance :-

Kali-i.

Discharges :-

Burning, corroding discharges, often extremely
offensive :-

Ars.

Carrion-like odor with discharges :-

Psor.

And excretions offensiveness :-

Sil.

From mucous membranes of tough, stringy mucus :-

Kali-bi.

Thin offensive and excoriating and if purulent are of a
dirty, yellowish-green color, and very offensive :-

Nit-ac.

Fetid discharges and exhalations breath, stools, urine,
sweat ulcers :-

Bapt.

Putrid discharges from all orifices :-

Carb-ac.

Discharging :-

Ulcers, burning like fire and painting often during
sleep, discharging copious, bloody pus, or ichor, with blue, black
lardaceous bases :-

Ars.

Discomfort :-

Feeling of discomfort in whole body in morning after
rising, disappearing on moving about :-

Puls.

General feeling of discomfort lassitude and
malaise :-

Card-m.

Discouraged :-

Great indifference and apathy, discouraged irritable
and fidgety :-

Apis.

Diseases :-

Profound debility, as after severe, acute
diseases :-

Helon.

Subject to fainting after debilitating diseases :-

Carb-v.

Disinclination :-

Great languor and disinclination to physical and mental
exertion :-

Aspar.

Indifference and disinclination for any mental or
physical work :-

Pic-ac.

Dislocated :-

Feeling as if all joints were broken, swelled or
dislocated at every motion :-

Par.

Feeling in joints as if dislocated :-

Agar.

Dislocation :-

Sensation as of dislocation in joints :-

Ign.

Dissipation :-

Paralysis, with numbness and coldness of paralyzed
parts after apoplexy, sexual excesses dissipation :-

Nux-v.

Distance :-

Exaggeration of duration of time and extent of
space ; seconds seem ages, a few rods an immense distance :-

Cann-i.

Tired all over as if had walked a great distance with
aching in limbs ; can stand only with difficulty :-

Lac-ac.

Distended :-

Bloodvessels distended especially those of head face
and feet :-

Ferr.

Distention :-

Feeling of distention in body :-

Cinnb.

Œdematous distention of all tissues by interstitial
infiltration :-

Kali-i.

Distortions :-

Calc.,
Ign., Lyc., Nat-c., Nat-m., Petr., Phos., Rhus-t.

Distress :-

Malaise, drowsiness general feeling of distress :-

Still.

Divided :-

Feeling as if divided into halves, as if left side did
not belong to patient :-

Sil.

Dizziness :-

Cannot bear a downward motion, as in swing, rocking
chair or running down stairs ; even seeing water running or pendulum
of clock moving causes dizziness :-

Bor.

With feeling of intoxication :-

(Hydr.),
Hydr-ac.

With yawning :-

Kali-c.

Doctor :-

Goes into violent rage on seeing doctor says “Go
home, I am not sick ; I did not send for you.” :-

Apis,
Arn.

Down :-

Physical and mental exhaustion and trembling in whole
body ; thinks will faint or sink down from weakness :-

Lach.

Slides down in bed :-

Hell.

Downstairs :-

Faintness when going downstairs ascend without
difficulty :-

Stann.

Downward :-

Cannot bear a downward motion as in swing, rocking
chair or running down stairs ; even seeing water running or pendulum
of clock moving causes dizziness :-

Bor.

Draft :-

Sensitiveness to draft of air :-

Acon.,
Calc., Caust., Cham., Hep., Ign., Lach., Lyc., Nux-m., Nux-v., Sil.,
Stram.

Very sensitive to least draft of air :-

Acon.,
(Cocc.), (Nux-m.)

Worse in draft of air :-

(Chin.),
Graph., (Nux-v.), (Sel.)

Dragging :-

Cramp-like dragging in all joints :-

Par.

Draw :-

Feeling as if wanted to creep into self and could not
sufficiently draw contract or crouch :-

Cimx.

Drawn :-

Lies on back with limbs drawn up :-

Hell.,
(Merc-c.).

Drawing :-

Contractive drawing sensation from below
upwards :-

Ind.

In many places, like transient jerks :-

Valer.

Lacerating pains here and there in muscles of whole
body, when sitting :-

Staph.

Pains :-

Ant-c.,
Ant-t., Bry., Carb-v., Caust., Cham., Cina, Hell., Hep., Kali-c., Kali-m.,
Lyc., Mang., Merc., Mur-ac., Nux-v., Plat., Plb., Puls., Rhod., Rhus-t.,
Sabad., Stann., Staph., Stram., Ter.

After a cold :-

Nit-ac.

In various portions of body, while sitting :-

Staph.

In periosteum, or where skin covers bones :-

Cycl.

In relieved when at rest :-

Bry.,
Sabad.

When at rest :-

Mur-ac.,
Rhod., Rhus-t.

Rheumatic pains in different parts of body :-

Bry.

Sensation :-

As before intermittents :-

Puls.

Through whole body :-

Bry.,
Graph., Merc-c., Rhus-t.

Tearing pains :-

Act-sp.

Frequent drawing pains constantly appearing and
disappearing in almost all parts of body :-

Nit-ac.

Painful drawing tension of whole body :-

Graph.

Pains especially drawing with pressure, commence
slowly, increase gradually to a very high degree and decrease as
slowly :-

Stann.

Paralytic sensations, accompanied by drawing tearing
pains and numbness :-

Cham.

Pressive drawing tearing pains often ending in a
stitch :-

Guai.

Tearing drawing pains in various parts of body :-

Carb-v.

Tearing drawing pains, quickly changing
location :-

Colch.,
(Puls.).

Tearing drawing tensive pains excited by slightest
chill :-

Phos.

Tenderness and cramp-like drying and tearing in various
parts :-

Mang.

Very anxious ; restless, with forebodings ;
sometimes definite anticipations of time of death ; drawing tearing
or tingling pains ; symptoms aggravated at night, also by warmth and
motion :-

Acon.

Dread :-

Of exertion :-

Nat-m.

Great dread of open air :-

Kali-c.

Laziness and dread of motion :-

Nux-v.

Dreads :-

Shuns all motion and dreads exercise :-

Caps.

Dried up :-

Marasmus ; child wrinkles and looks like little,
dried up old man :-

(Arg-n.),
Op.

Drinking :-

Better after drinking :-

Acon.,
Cedr., Cocc., Graph., Hyos., Verat.

Better from drinking :-

Cupr.

Worse after drinking cold water :-

Rhus-r.

Worse after eating and drinking :-

Ars.,
Caps., Chin., Coloc., Ferr., Nux-m.

Worse from drinking :-

Cina,
Plb.

Worse from eating and drinking :-

Cist.

Drops :-

Sensation as if drops of cold water were falling on
head or from heart or anus :-

Cann-s.

Dropsical :-

Anasarca and dropsical affections :-

Acet-ac.,
(Ars.).

Effusion to serous membranes, especially brain, thorax
and peritoneum :-

Hell.

Swellings :-

Calad.

Of body :-

Dulc.

General inclination to dropsical effusions and
anasarca, with stinging pains :-

Apis.

Œdema or dropsical swelling of body :-

Samb.

Sudden dropsical swelling :-

Hell.

Dropsy :-

Emaciation and dropsy :-

Chin-s.

Of internal and external parts :-

Dig.

Of internal organs :-

(Apis),
Senec.

Drowsiness :-

Torpor, lethargy :-

Nux-m.

Exhilaration as after morphine, followed by
drowsiness :-

Am-br.

General debility and impaired mental energy, with great
drowsiness :-

Corn.

Great languor, with weakness of knees and
drowsiness :-

Nux-m.

Great prostration languor and drowsiness :-

Æth.

Malaise drowsiness general feeling of distress :-

Still.

Weakness and prostration, with irresistible
drowsiness :-

Laur.

Drowsy :-

And exhausted :-

Anag.

Tired and drowsy feeling of constriction in internal
organs :-

Alum.

Weary, drowsy malaise :-

Helon.

Drugs :-

Want of susceptibility to drugs. :-

Op.

Drunk :-

Giddy as if drunk as if balancing to and fro :-

Ferr.

Dry :-

Ailments from west or northwest wind or dry cold wind
or soon after :-

Hep.

Anthrax, burning like fire, with cold blue skin, dry as
parchment peeling off in large scales :-

Ars.

Better in dry weather :-

Calc.,
Chin.

And warmth :-

Am-c.

Mucous membranes dry swollen, burning and raw :-

Æsc.

Worse during dry weather :-

(Caust.),
Sep.

Worse from dry weather :-

Caust.

Worse in dry cold air :-

Asar.,
Caust., Hep., Nux-v.

Dryness :-

And inflammation of mucous membranes :-

Calad.

And erosions of mucous membranes :-

Nat-m.

Of eyes, nose, lips, mouth tongue and throat :-

Nux-m.

Of inner parts :-

Bell.,
Calad., Calc., Phos., Seneg., Sulph.

With burning of mucous membranes :-

Ter.

Sensation of :-

Nux-m.,
Rhus-t.

Dull :-

Weariness, depression heaviness and dull
feeling :-

Hydrc.

Dullness :-

And languor, with sensation of heaviness through whole
body :-

Chen-v.

Mental dullness and physical depression :-

Am-br.

Duration :-

Exaggeration of duration of time and extent of
space ; seconds seem ages a few rods an immense distance :-

Cann-i.

Dwarfish :-

Defective mental and physical growth :-

Bar-c.

Dwarfishness :-

Bar-c.

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