BOENNINGHAUSEN’S CHARACTERISTICS MATERIA MADICA & REPERTORY – C.M. BOGER

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BŒNNINGHAUSEN’S
CHARACTERISTICS
MATERIA MEDICA
by
C. M. BOGER, M.D.

Carbo vegetabilis

[Carb-v.]

Mind.–

Slow
flow of ideas. Periodical weakness of memory. Full of unnatural
voluptuous fancies. Easily aroused to anger and vehemence. Anxiety and
restlessness in evening. Attacks of anxious despondency, amounting to
despair, in evening. Fear of ghosts at night.

Vertigo.–

Vertigo
when moving head.

Head.–

Pressive
ache now here now there, with lachrymation and painful eyes when moved.
Violent congestion to. Headache from overheating. Heavy Tight, crampy
feeling in brain. Drawing pain extending from nape forwards, with
qualmishness. Thrusts and stitches in. Worse: Afternoon, after
eating.

External Head.–

Tearing,
especially on occiput and forehead.
Very painfully sensitive to pressure, i. e. of hat, etc. Pressive
burning, tearing, especially in muscles of occiput,
nape and forehead. Sense of contraction in integuments. Hair
falls (after severe illness or abuse of Mercury), with violent itching.
Takes cold in, especially after it has been hot
and sweating. Worse: Early on awaking, evening,
becoming warm in bed, every chilling of, becoming heated: touch. Better:
Uncovering, sitting quietly in a warm room.

Eyes.–

Pain
from eye strain. Pressure and burning in. Hemorrhage from. Nightly
purulent agglutination of. Myopia. Lachrymation.

Ears.–

Heat
and redness and concha every evening. Offensive discharge from.
Deficient wax.

Nose.–

Scurfy
red tip. Continuous, violent nosebleed, especially early in evening
preceded and followed by a pale face. Crawling in, with coryza and
hoarseness. Stopped in evening. Fluent coryza in evening. Sneezing.

Face.–

Pale.
Greenish – yellow. Swelled face and lips. Cracked lips. Drawing in
cheeks.

Teeth.–

Contractive
or tearing ache excited by salty food. Persistently loose. Gums are
detached and retracted from about incisors. Gums bleed easily and
frequently, scorbutus.

Mouth.–

Aphthae.

Throat.–

Scraping
and burning in. Sense of constriction in, impending swallowing. Much
mucus in, easily dislodged by hawking. Sore, on swallowing. Redness in,
and in fauces.

Taste:
Bitter, in mouth. Salty. Sour, in mouth after eating. Foods taste too
salt.

Stomach.–

Spasm
in, with a sense of burning pressure, much flatulence and great
sensitiveness of pit. Cramps in, after loss of vital fluids, i. e. in
childbed.

Hypochondriac:
Sticking in ribs, especially in hepatic region. Bruised pain in,
especially in hepatic region. Jaundice. Intolerance of tight clothes
around.

Appetite:
Either excessive hunger or thirst. Long – continued repugnance to fat
food and meat. Craves coffee.

Eructations:
Prolonged, of ingesta, especially of fat food. Retching.

Nausea:
In early morning. vomits: Blood and bile, ingesta, in evening,
mucus.

Abdomen.–

Heat,
with great inflation and tenseness of, from flatus. Pinching below
navel, moving from left to right side, with paralytic sensation in right
thigh. Bellyache from riding. Sticking in.

Flatulence:
Extraordinary generation of flatus. Excessive discharge of foul smelling
flatus. Flatulent colic. (Arg-n., Lyc.)

Stool.–

Thin,
pale, mucus. Difficult, although soft, with violent urging and burning
in anus. (Hep.) Constipation.

Anus.–

Itching
and burning in. Hemorrhoids which burn and bleed with each stool.
Excoriation and moisture on perineum.

Urine.–

Red,
dark. Frequent, anxious urging to urinate, day and night. Polyuria.
Nocturnal enuresis.

Sexual Organs.–

Too
frequent pollutions. Itching, burning and soreness of pudendum. Varicose
veins on pudendum.

Female.–

Menses:
Of pale blood, too early and too profuse, preceded by spasmodic
abdominal colic. Acrid leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

Short
when walking. Oppression of chest with hydrothorax.

Cough.–

In
short fits and frequent (4 to 5) daily attacks, as if excited by sulphur
fumes or a crawling irritation in throat or larynx, dry in evening, in
morning, with yellow – greenish or purulent, sometimes brownish bloody,
rarely tenacious white mucus or watery expectoration, of a foul, sour or
salty taste and bad odor. Persistent in evening. Hemoptysis with burning
in chest.

Larynx, etc.–

Hoarseness, especially in early morning or evening, worse by continued
talking. Phthisis of larynx and trachea. Soreness and ulcerative pain
in, and in trachea. Voice fails when talking. Aphonia at night.

Chest.–

Constriction.
rawness in. Whistling rattling of mucus in. Pressure. Burning and
painful soreness in. Brownish spots on. Hydrothorax. Pulmonary phthisis.
Inflammation of female mammae. Palpitation.

Back.–

Rheumatic
tearing in. Stitches in.

Neck:
Tearing in muscles of, and in nape. Ulcerative pain in thyroid gland.

Upper Extremities.–

Tearing
in. forearms and wrists. Burning heat in hand. Paralytic weakness of
fingers when grasping anything.

Lower Extremities.–

Paralytic
tearing in legs. Sweaty feet. Red, swollen toes with sticking pains as
though’ frozen.

Generalities.–

Asleep
sensation in limbs. Bruised pain in limbs, in early morning after rising
from bed. Paralytic tearing in limbs with flatulent symptoms. Burning
pains in limbs, bones and ulcers. After effects of over – lifting or
taking cold. Consequences of loss of vital fluids or abuse of China.
Sense of great general physical relaxation, towards noon. Weariness on
beginning to move. Worse: Motion, walking in open air. Damp cold
or cold frosty weather. Better: In a warm room. Want off
irritability and reaction, especially in old people.

Skin.–

General
itching on becoming warm in bed in evening. Burning in many spots on.
Easily bleeding and offensive ulcers with burning pain and biting,
ichorous pus.

Sleep.–

Day
sleepiness, especially in AM, disappearing during motion. Late falling
to sleep and nightly sleeplessness on account of physical restlessness.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Weak and languid, often imperceptible. Intermittent. Irregular, at times
greatly accelerated, then again, as if entirely suppressed. Chill:
And shivering, mostly in evening, usually with thirst, sometimes on left
side only. Extraordinary weariness during. With joy coldness of body. Heat:
After the chill but also in evening or at night in bed, with many
concomitants Attacks of flying, burning heat in evening, usually without
thirst. Sweat: Profuse, mostly offensive or sour smelling. Great
inclination, to, even while eating. Night – sweat. Sour smelling in
early morning. Cold, on face.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Arg-n., Ars., Bry., Carb-a.,
CHIN., Dulc., Ferr.,
Ign., Ip., Kali-c., Lach., MERC.,
Nat-m., Nat-s., Nat-ac., Nux-v., Op.,
Petr., Puls., Rhod., Sept., Sul.,
Verat-a.

Complementary:
Chin., Kali-c.

Causticum

[Caust.]

Mind.–

Sorrowful
thoughts with weeping, day and night. Timorous anxiety and apprehension.
Fear at night. Peevish, quarrelsome and self – opinionated.

Vertigo.–

Dizzy,
with weak feeling in head.

Head.–

Congestion
to, with roaring in head and ears. Loose feeling in brain. Feeling of an
empty space between frontal bone and brain. Stitches in vertex and both
temples. Tensive ache externally as well as internally, most in forehead
and temples. Worse: Evening, early on awaking, walking in cold,
open air, lying on back, sitting upright, reading. Better: Lying
in bed, warmth, opening eyes.

External Head.–

Itching
sticking in many parts of. Numbness on occiput. Tensive tearing in
muscles especially of sides and behind ears. Tension and tightness of
skin of. Worse: Drafts, dry or open air, cold wind, scratching,
rubbing. Better: in warm bed or room, moist
weather, washing.

Eyes.–

Inflamed
eyes and lids. Ulceration of. pressure, as of sand in. Warts in brows.
Sees a dark web suspended before. Incipient cataract and amaurosis.

Ears.–

Earache
as though everything would be forced out. Painful swelling of external.
Roaring and humming in head, and before ears.

Nose.–

Eruption
on tip. Warts on. Continued, stuffed coryza and obstruction of both
nostrils. Coryza, dry at night, fluent in daytime.

Face.–

Yellow,
especially on temples Eruption on, and on cheeks. Unilateral facial
paralysis. Convulsive sensations in lips. Tension and tearing in lower
jaw and chin. Trismus.

Teeth.–

Tearing
in, and through upper and lower jaw. Elevated in their sockets, and very
painful. Sticking in. Suppurating gums and dental fistula. Throbbing
ache with painful easily bleeding gums and rending pains in eyes, ears
and facial muscles.

Mouth.–

Dry.
Much mucus in, and in pharynx. Inclination to swallow, with a swollen
feeling in throat. A sense of coldness rising in throat. Roughness of
throat. Soreness and burning in fauces. Voiceless, from paralysis of
vocal organs. Difficult speech.

Appetite:
Averse to sweet things. Thirst: For cold drinks, intense, with a
small appetite.

Taste:
Unctuous, greasy, in mouth.

Eructations:
Empty. Abortive, with retching.

Nausea, etc. – Qualmishness during and after eating. vomits sour
water followed by sour eructations.

Stomach.–

Pain,
with heat of head and shivering over entire body, better lying. Spasm
of. Pressure, after eating bread.

Hypochondria:
Stitches in liver. Clothes are oppressive about.

Abdomen.–

Painful
distension of. Protuberant, hard belly in children. Painfully swollen
navel.

Stool.–

Too
slender in from. Painful, ineffectual urging to, with anxiety and a red
face. Anxiety after. Chronic constipation.

Anus.–

Itching.
Hemorrhoids. Rectal fistula.

Urine.–

Thirst
with frequent scanty micturition. Involuntary urination: When coughing,
sneezing and walking, day and night.

Sexual Organs.–

Aversion
to coitus in women.

Female.–

Menses:
Too late, but profuse, during which the blood passes in coagula. First
menses are delayed at puberty. Profuse leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

Spasmodic
tightness of chest, Intolerance of tight clothes about chest, they
obstruct the breath.

Cough.–

Incessant,
short, hollow, from crawling, tickling and much mucus in throat, mostly
dry by day, loosening an acrid, greasy tasting mucus by night, which
must be swallowed, better by cold drinks. Pain in hip while coughing.
With sore pain in chest.

Larynx, etc.–

Chronic hoarseness with a low, muffed voice. Aphonia from weakness of
laryngeal muscles. Painful soreness in, and in trachea when not
swallowing. Laryngeal phthisis.

Chest.–

Rattling.
Burning, sticking and soreness in. Pressure in. Oppression at heart with
low spirits. Stitches about heart. Palpitation.

Back.–

Painful
stiffness of, especially when rising from sitting.

Neck:
Goitre – like, swelling of glands of. Moist herpes on. Stiffness and
tension in nape, and down the back.

Upper Extremities.–

Drawing
and tearing in arms and hands. Sense of fullness in hand when grasping
anything tightly. Shortening and induration of tendons of fingers.

Lower Extremities.–

Pain
in the hips as if luxated. Dislocative pain in the hip joint when
stepping. Tension in knee and ankle joints. Marbled skin on legs.
Children have an unsteady gait and fall easily Shortening of muscles of
and tension in instep. Swollen feet.

Generalities.–

Gouty
and rheumatic tearing in limbs, better in bed and from warmth.
Contraction of flexor muscles. Distortion and paralysis of limbs.
Paralytic, tremulous weakness of limbs when not in bed. Insufferable
restlessness thro’ entire body in evening. Epileptic spasms. Chorea.
Sensitive to drafts and cold. The symptoms are intensified in evening,
in open air and after drinking coffee. The primary action appears later,
and the secondary symptoms continue relatively longer, then in other
antipsoric remedies. Acts long.

Skin.–

True
itch. Moist tetter. Excoriated in children. Painful varicosities

Sleep.–

Somnolency
in daytime. Nightly sleeplessness with anxiety, dry heat and frequent
starting up. Frequent walking on account of cough. Anxious dreams.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat excited toward evening only, from ebullition of blood Chill:
And chilliness predominate, often with coldness of entire left side of
body. Great internal, quickly followed by sweat, without previous heat.
Strong, internal, about midnight, Shuddering, spreading from face. Heat:
In evening from six to eight o’clock. Overrunning body, then chill. Sweat:
Profuse, when walking in open air. Sour smelling nightsweat. In early
morning, about four o’clock.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Asaf., Bell., Bry., Calc-c.,
Clem., Coccl., Coloc., Cupr.,
Gel., Graph., Hep.,
Ign., Kali-bi., Kre., LACH.,
Lyc., NAT C., (NIT-AC.), Nux-v.,
Phos., Plat., (PLB.), Puls., Rhod., Rhus-t., SEP., Sil., SUL.,
(SUL-AC.).

Chamomilla

[Cham.]

Mind.–

Stupidity.
Day dreams. Mental obtuseness. Great, anxious excitability weeping,
howling and tossing shout, Great anxiety at heart. Impatience.
Peevishness, with incessant scraping and howling. Bad effects of anger,
with vehemence and wrath: Glowing heat of face, hot sweat on head,
spasms, fainting attacks with vertigo, qualmishness, or paralysis of
legs. Aversion to music.

Vertigo.–

On
raising up.

Head.–

Tearing
in one side, or in forehead and temple, extending into jaws, waking one
from sleep about midnight Congestion to, with throbbing therein, more on
one side. Heavy. Aches from suppressed sweat. Hot, sticky sweat on scalp
and over forehead. Worse: Night: open air, especially in the
wind. Better: Warm applications, walking about in room, after
rising.

External Head.–

Wags
it to and fro. Very sensitive to fresh air, wind and touch.
Erysipelatous swelling, mostly one – sided, of face, temples and head,
with unbearable pain. Takes cold in, especially when sweating. Worse:
Night, open air, wind, scratching. Better: Warm wraps, gentle
motion in a warm room.

Eyes.–

Burning
beat in. Inflammation of, until they bleed, and of lower lids, with
swelling of latter. Distorted, with twitching lids. Spasmodic closure of
lids. Aversion to bright light.

Ears.–

Earache,
with sticking and tearing pains. Sensitive bearing.

Nose.–

Nose
bleed. Ulcerated nostrils. Most extreme acuteness of smell. Fluent
coryza.

Face.–

Red,
puffy. Heat of, also with coldness of body. Swelling of one cheek.
Redness of one cheek, paleness of the other. Twitching facial muscles
and lips. Wrinkling of forehead. Deep cracks in lower lip.

Teeth.–

Unendurable,
drawing ache at night, with thirst and hot, red, swollen cheeks.
Toothache worse from warm drinks, especially coffee. Burning and
swelling of gums during toothache. Spasms in children suffering with
symptoms of the teeth.

Mouth.–

Foul
breath. Sore throat with swollen parotids. frothing at. Inflammation of
soft palate and tonsils. Inability to swallow solid food when lying,
also in general. Food lodges in throat pit. Dryness in throat Red,
figured tongue. Convulsive motions of tongue.

Taste:
Putrid or bitter, in mouth.

Stomach.–

Violent
pressure, as from a stone in, after every meal. Spasm of, after anger.
Fullness in pit of, with anxiety.

Hypochondria:
Inflation of. Inflammation of liver.

Appetite:
Anorexia and repugnance to food. Great thirst for cold water.

Eructations:
Sour, which intensify the symptoms. Bitter.

Nausea, etc. – Great qualmishness. Inclination to vomit after
drinking coffee. Vomiting: Of bile, sour, of mucus or drink.

Abdomen.–

Cutting,
burning and tearing in upper, with shortness of breath, Cramps in.
Painful distension of, with inflamed intestines.

Flatulence:
Colic from, especially at night.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea:
At night, with frequent but small stools, greenish, hacked, or curdled,
undigested, mucus, with bellyache and inflation of abdomen.

Urine.–

Hot.
Anxious urging to urinate.

Sexual Organs.–

Labor
– like pains in uterus. Anxiety and restlessness, with feeble labor
pains during parturition.

Female.–

Menses:
Uterine hemorrhage, of bad smelling clots. Discharge of blood between
menses. Acrid leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

Rapid,
rattling. Short. Tightness of chest in region of throat pit.

Cough.–

Dry,
after catching cold (in children in winter). Dull, suffocative, from,
tickling in chest, throat, larynx and throat – pit, dry at night, during
sleep during day, with expectoration of a scanty, tenacious mucus of a
bitter or foul taste.

Larynx.–

Sticking
burning in. Whistling and wheezing in trachea. Hoarseness.

Back.–

Neck:
Inflammatory swelling and induration of cervical glands.

Chest.–

Burning
stinging pain and bursting feeling in. Spasm of. Excoriated nipples.
Scirrhous induration and swelling of mammae. Pus and cheesy milk in
mammae. Tickling and stinging pain in throat pit. Palpitation.

Upper Extremities.–

Arms
go to sleep easily when grasping anything tightly. Convulsion of arms
with clenched thumbs. Cold sweat on palms.

Generalities.–

Nightly
paralytic, tearing pains with numb feeling in limbs. Convulsive twitches
in limbs. Convulsive twitches in limbs. Extremely sensitive to cool air
and great aversion to wind. Oversensitive to pain, it seems unendurable
and drives him in despair from place to place. Hyperesthesia of all the
senses (especially also after coffee or narcotic palliatives). Pains are
most intense at night and ear accompanied by heat and thirst. When the
pain begins he quickly sinks down from prostration. Violent effects of
anger, particularly if he eats or drinks at that time. Opisthotonos.
Emaciation. The child always desires be carried.

Tissues.–

Glands
inflamed, swollen.

Skin.–

Yellow,
over entire body. Unhealthy. Excoriated, in children. Eruption with
itching at night.

Sleep.–

Somnolency
with short breath, starting and groaning. Nightly sleeplessness with
visions and anxiety. Crying out, starting up, tossing about and weeping
during sleep. Yawning and stretching.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small, but tense and accelerated, often very irregular and for a time
weak. Chill: And shuddering usually only of single parts, with
heat of others. Shivering with internal heat. And coldness of entire
body, with burning heat of face and hot breath. Alternate shivering and
coldness of some, with heat of other parts. Of posterior half, with heat
of the other half of the body or the reverse. Shivering whenever he
uncovers, and in cold air. Heat: Mingled with shuddering, mostly
with one red and one pale cheek. Anxious, with sweat on face and hairy
scalp. Long – continued, with intense thirst and frequent starting up in
sleep. Burning, with sour sweat and furious delirium, most intense at
night. Sweat: In sleep, most profuse on head, mostly sour, and
smarting the skin. Recession of, consequently entirely wanting. Clammy.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: ACO., Alum.,
Ap., Ars., Bell., Bor., Caps., Chin.,
Cina., COCCL., Coff., Coloc., HEP.,
IGN., Ip., Kre., Lyc.,
MAG-C., NUX-V., Petr., PULS., Rhe., Rhus-t.,
Stram., Sul., Valer.

Chelidonium majus

[Chel.]

Mind.–

Depression
and sadness, even to weeping. Restlessness and solicitude concerning the
present and future.

Head.–

Coldness
in occiput, rising from neck. Headache as if pressed asunder. Crawling
in, and upon. Milk crust on. Right – sided pain with icteroid symptoms. Worse:
Motion. Better: Rest.

Eyes.–

Downward
pressure on upper lids. Inflammatory redness and nightly purulent
agglutination of. Contracted pupils. Albugo. Opacity of cornea.
Lachrymal fistula.

Ears.–

Sensation
of wind streaming from. Hearing vanishes when coughing.

Nose.–

Stuffed
coryza with stoppage of one nostril.

Face.–

Red,
without heat. Tension and drawing in zygoma. Itching over entire face
and forehead. Herpes, especially on chin.

Throat.–

Chocking
in, as after swallowing too large morsel, worse breathing. Difficult
swallowing, as from pressure of larynx on oesophagus.

Stomach.–

Cutting
in when yawning. Gnawing pain, disappearing after eating. Burning in.

Appetite:
Much thirst for milk, which is especially beneficial. Bad effects of
clabber.

Eructations:
Tasting of juniper berries.

Nausea:
Rising from stomach, with a sensation of warmth therein, and over entire
body.

Abdomen.–

Persistent
cutting in intestines, immediately after eating. Spasmodic bellyache,
with qualmishness and retraction of navel.

Stool.–

Hard,
knotty. Nightly mucus diarrhoea.

Urine.–

Pale.
Burning, sticking and cutting in urethra.

Female.–

Menses:
Too late, but continuing too long, and increasing during three days.

Respiration.–

Difficult,
with short fits of coughing, preceded by pain in right, then left side
of chest. Oppression of chest on expiration. Short and quick, from
oppression which is relieved by a few deep inspiration.

Cough.–

Frequent,
dry, violent, hollow or short, exhausting paroxysms of, excited by a
tickling of larynx, so severe that it brings tears to the eyes, or by
heat in trachea or a sensation of dust in trachea, throat and behind
sternum, not better coughing, generally dry, sometimes its force expels
lumps of mucus, sometime the exhausting morning cough is attended by
much expectoration from deep in lungs.

Larynx, etc.–

Pressure on, also in trachea. Feeling as if air could not pass thro, ‘
from a swelling there, especially on right side Shooting and burning
pains in region of, and in throat. Congestion to, with dull throbbing.
Sense of constriction in trachea with deadly anguish and a vain wish for
eructation. Heat in trachea. Spasms of glottis on expiration accompany
the slight fits of coughing. Slight hoarseness.

Chest.–

Throbbing
in lungs. Stitches and soreness in lungs, worse deep inspiration, cough,
and sneezing. Violent stitches in cardiac region. Sudden anxiety, with
strong palpitation. Stitches under left clavicle and in right mammary
region. Milk disappears from mammae. Chest pains worse motion, and tight
clothing.

Back.–

Pains,
(sticking), in or beneath right, scapula. Tearing, pressive pain in as
though’ lumbar vertebrae were broken, when bending backward and forward.

Neck:
Stiffness of both sides. Feels as if a napkin were tied around it, at
larynx.

Upper Extremities.–

Paralytic
pressure in upper arm. Stiff wrist joints. The distal phalanges of
fingers become yellow, cold, as if dead, with blue nails.

Lower Extremities.–

Paralysis
of thighs and knees. Stiff ankle joints. Toes insensible, dead.

Generalities.–

Paralysis
of limbs. Cramplike pains here and there. Early in morning, on awaking
and after eating, great weariness and laziness. Aversion to motion which
becomes intolerable. Inclination to lie down after eating. A right sided
remedy.

Skin.–

Old,
putrid, spreading ulcers.

Sleep.–

Late
falling to. Sleepiness with inability to sleep.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small and quick. Fuller and harder, but barely accelerated a little
toward evening. Chill: And chilliness exclusively internal, with
violent shaking in evening in bed. internal while walking in open air,
it disappears in room. And coldness of whole body, most on hands and
feet with greatly distended blood vessels. On one (r.) leg. Shuddering:
Without external coldness, running down back. Heat: Internal,
without thirst, in evening after lying down. Sweat: During sleep,
after midnight and in the morning hours, quickly ceasing on awaking.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Calc-c.,
Lyc., Puls., Sul., merc.

Complementary. – Lyc., Merc-d.

China

[Chin.]

Mind.–

Exalted
fancy, with slow flow of ideas. Full of projects. Scheming Great anxiety
and despondency. Aversion to work. Quiet peevishness with sighing and
weeping. Extreme irritability with pusillanimity and intolerance of
noise. Contempt of everything about him. Disposition quarrelsome and
inclined to anger. over – excitability. Apathy and indifference.

Sensorium.–

Fainting
with great nervous exhaustion, after loss of blood or vital fluids.

Head.–

Bursting
ache. Pressive pains in forehead and occiput, going to temples on
bending backward. Sense of looseness and bruised soreness of brain, it
swashes and strikes against the skull, with necessity to move head up
and down. Twitching in, extending down ward to upper jaw and throat.
Cutting pains from occiput into temples and eyes. Outward stitches in
frontal eminences and sides, gradually increasing to great violence. It
sinks backward when sitting upright. Throbbing in temples which can be
felt with hands. Worse: Light touch, drafts, motion shaking head,
moving eyes, steeping herd, walking in open air, night, stooping,
talking, mental exertion, reflection. Better: Head pressure,
opening eyes, resting, lying, in room, rising.

External Head.–

Painfully
sensitive to slight touch, especially at roots of hair. Laming twitching
tearing on, especially in temples and occiput. Contractive pain as if
skin were drawn together on occiput and vertex. Profuse, exhausting,
fatty, often cold sweat on, and on forehead, or on side lain on
especially when walking in open air, with violent thirst, increases
progressively during the sweat.

Eyes.–

Inflammation
of, with red conjunctive and pain as of sand therein, on moving them,
worse in evening. Yellow sclerotic. Sensitive to strong sunlight.
Paralysis of optic nerve.

Nose.–

Nosebleed
from relaxed blood vessels. Suppressed coryza, with headache. Dry
coryza, with much sneezing.

Face.–

Pale,
sunken, hippocratic. Yellow, earth – colored. Fothergill’s prosopalgia,
excited by slight touch. Dry, blackish coated, cracked lips.

Teeth.–

Twitching
tearing in upper molars, after taking cold in a strong wind. Painful
numbness in hollow t. Throbbing ache after eating and at night better
clenching teeth tightly but worse gentle touch.

Mouth.–

Offensive
odor from, in early morning. Much mucus in. Tongue coated dirty white or
yellow.

Taste:
Bitter: Food and drink.

Stomach.–

Great
pressure in, after eating or drinking. Spasms of, from weakness, after
loss of vital fluids. Food eaten late at night is not digested at all.
Milk easily disorders it. Throbbing or stitches in pit. Retching.

Hypochondria:
Painful hepatic region, especially when touched lightly. Swelling and
induration of liver. Stitches in spleen.

Appetite:
No desire for either food or drink. Appetite for various, things, but
knows not what. Desire for sour fruit. Intense thirst, drinks often, but
only a little each time.

Eructations:
Persistent, tasting of ingesta.

Abdomen.–

Great
distension of, like tympanitis, better walking. Flatulent colic with
tension and anxiety in upper, and with sensation as though’ lowest
intestines were constricted. Fullness in. Ascites.

Flatulence:
Discharge of much excessively offensive, inability to discharge, f.
either upward or downward.

Stool.–

Involuntary.
Difficult, although soft. Diarrhoea: Painless, but very
exhausting, after fruit, nightly, of undigested feces, yellow watery.

Urine.–

Scanty,
dark, turbid. Burning pain in meatus.

Sexual Organs.–

Full
of unnatural voluptuous thoughts, with excited sexual desire. Great
weakness following too easy and frequent seminal emissions. Congestion
to uterus, with painful heaviness therein. Bearing down pains from
excessive sexual indulgence. Painful induration of vagina alternating
with purulent substance. Hemorrhage from atony of uterus.

Female.–

Menses:
Increased, passed in back cloths. Bloody, serous, discharge from vagina.

Respiration.–

Wheezing,
whistling, crowing and snoring, right Difficult in – and rapid
expirations. Suffocative attacks in evening and night, with whistling
and panting breathing, as from mucus in larynx. Oppression of chest, as
from fullness stomach, excited by prolonged talking.

Cough.–

Hoarse,
excited by tickling as of sulphur fumes in trachea, dry at night and in
morning, by day and in evening, expectoration of pus mixed with dark
coagulated blood, or of tenacious mucus of a flat, salty or sour taste,
rarely repulsively sweet. Suffocative, at night with stitches in chest.
Haemoptysis.

Larynx.–

Soreness
in, and in trachea. Hoarseness. Husky, deep voice when talking and
singing. Weak voice.

Chest.–

Stitches
in, also in diaphragm and sternum. Pressure in. Threatening paralysis of
lungs. Suppuration of lungs following hemorrhage, (and profuse blood
letting), with stitches with in, increased by pressure. Congestion of
blood to, and violent palpitation.

Back.–

Sweat
on. Pressure, as of a stone, between scapulae. Shattering pains in
scapulae. Nightly lumbar pains when lying thereon.

Neck:
Tension in muscles of, and of throat.

Lower Extremities.–

Weariness
in legs especially thighs. Weakness in knees. Hot swelling of knee,
painful to touch. Swollen feet.

Generalities.–

Paralytic,
twitching tearing in body, especially in extremities. Painful attacks
which are only excited by lightly touching the part, but then they
gradually increase to a fearful height, but are better by
hard pressure. Numbness of parts lain on. Weakness from loss
of vital fluids, with over sensitive senses and nerves, and great
tendency to sweat. Great weakness with trembling. Extraordinary
emaciation. The slightest dart excites the symptoms. Conditions are
worse at night.

Skin.–

Yellow.
Relaxed, dry. Moist gangrene of external parts.

Sleep.–

Unconquerable
day sleepiness when sitting, and after eating. Restless night s., with
anxious dreams. Late falling to, on account of excitement and rush of
thoughts. Reveries, as soon as he falls to, snoring or blowing
expirations during. Unrefreshing.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small, but hard and quick, more quiet after eating. Irregular and
sometimes intermittent. Extraordinary swelling of blood vessels. Chill:
Over whole body, increased by drinking and yet compelled to drink
constantly, with thirst before and after, not during c. severe internal,
with icy – cold hands and feet, and rush of blood to head. Alternating
with heat, in afternoon. Inability to get warm in bed in evening. Cold
body, with heat of face. Heat: Over whole body, with distended
blood vessels. During heat (as well as during chill) thirstlessness or
thirst for cold drinks only. Violent thirst reappears after the hour.
Long – continued, often appears long after the chill, with delirium.
Inclination to uncover, during. Intermittent fever, but mostly those
without especially thirst during chill and heat. Ordinarily the thirst
is more pronounced before and after the chill and during the sweat. Sweat:
Profuse, debilitating. Easy during, sleep and motion in open air. Very
debilitating, night or early morning sweat. Often fatty or cold.
Increased thirst during. Recession for, hence absent. On side lain on.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Am-c.,
Ant-t., Ap., ARN., ARS., ASAF., BELL., Bry., Calc-c., Caps.,
CARB-V., Cham., Cina. Cupr., Cycl.,
Dig., FERR., Flu-ac.,
Hell., Iod., IP., LACH., MANG., MERC., Millef.,
Nat-m., Nux-v., Phos., Phos-ac.,
Plb., PULS., Samb.,
Sep., Stann, Sul., Sul-ac.,
VERAT-A.

Cicuta virosa

[Cic.]

Mind.–

Childish
insanity, she does all kinds of foolish things, with heat of body and
thirst for wine. Confuses the past with the present. Uneasy concerning
the future. Sadness, with whining and howling. Timidity, tendency to be
startled. Suspicion and mistrust, what anthropophobia. He is violently
affected by sad stories.

Vertigo.–

Causing
him to fall down. Reeling, it seems as though surrounding objects moved
and whirled about.

Head.–

Unilateral,
stupefying ache, as from congestion of blood, disappearing when sitting
erect. Consequences of concussion of brain.

External Head.–

Jerky
trembling of (and of legs) from every movement of, interrupted by single
jerks like electric shocks. Retracted or frequently repeated backward
bending of. Sunken forward, eyes seem fixed on an object. Burning,
suppurating eruption on. Worse: Motion and cold. Better:
Rest, warmth.

Eyes.–

Contracted
pupils. Staring fixedly at a single object, which, nevertheless, is not
seen distinctly. When staring fixedly at a single point the head
gradually sinks down so that finally the pupils are turned in an upward
direction. Objects appear double and black.

Ears.–

Burning,
suppurating eruption on, and around.

Nose.–

Ulcerated
nostrils with discharge of yellow pus.

Face.–

Burning,
purulent, confluent eruption on. Milk – crust. Painful, burning ulcers
on lips. Lockjaw. Gnashing teeth.

Mouth.–

Foam
in, and about. Inability to swallow, as though’ throat were grown
together internally. Swollen tongue, with white, painful, burning ulcers
on its edge. Difficult speech, when talking his head jerks, whereby he
seems to swallow a syllable.

Appetite:
Quickly satiated. Great longing for charcoal. Violent thirst during
spasms.

Qualmishness, etc. – Early in morning and when eating. Vomiting
blood.

Stomach.–

Burning
pressure in. Anxiety in pit.

Abdomen.–

Heat
and burning in. Bellyache with convulsions, (from worms in children).

Stool.–

Profuse,
thin. Retained.

Urine.–

Profuse,
in a large stream, with frequent urging. Involuntary, from paralysis of
bladder. Suppressed urination.

Respiration.–

Shortness
of, from tonic spasm of chest muscles.

Chest.–

Burning
in. Thrusting or sore pain on lower end of sternum.

Back.–

Opisthotonos.

Neck:
Cramp like tension in cervical muscles, when he turns his head he cannot
get it back again. Tonic spasms.

Upper Extremities.–

Veins
of hands are enlarged. When walking the feet tilt inwards.

Lower Extremities.–

Painful
sensation of stiffness in legs. When walking the feet tilt inwards.

Generalities.–

Twitchings,
especially in upper and lower limbs. Epileptiform convulsions and
epileptic attacks. Tonic spasms. Convulsions in children with warm
complaints. General weariness and exhaustion. Pains as from a thrust or
blow in many parts of the body.

Skin.–

Burning,
itching. Moist, purulent eruptions, with yellow, honey – colored crusts
and burning pains only.

Sleep.–

Day
sleepiness. Nightly sleeplessness, sometimes entirely imperceptible. Chill:
And chilliness, with desire for heat of stove and warmth. Spreads from
the chest to arms and down thighs, with staring. Heat: Slight and
internal only, Sweat: At night, and in early morning, mostly on
abdomen.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Arn., Bell.,
Dulc., Lyc., Merc., Op., Rhus-t., Stram., Verat-a.

Complementary:
Carb-v., Ferr., Kali-c.

Cina

[Cina]

Mind.–

Piteous
complaining and howling. Peevishness: The child is insensible to
caresses and rejects everything that is offered. Dread. Children resist
being held. Whimpering and crying, especially when touched.

Head.–

Pressive,
numbing headache, first in forehead then in occiput, with profuse,
fluent coryza. Pressure as of a load or stone on, with painful pressing
on upper eyelids. Headache before and after attacks of epilepsy or
intermittent fever. Sinks sideways, or is jerked backward. Worse:
Walking in open air, mental exertion. Better: Stooping, moving
the head, sitting, lying.

Eyes.–

Pain
in evening, from straining them by artificial light. Dim vision when
reading, disappears from wiping. Dilated pupils. Photophobia. Blue rings
around. Lachrymation.

Nose.–

Bleeding
from, and from mouth. Epistaxis, with burning in. Children continually
rub and bore into, even until it bleeds. Fluent coryza, with burning in,
with purulent mucus. Violent sneezing with continuous bursting pain in
head and chest or piercing pain in temples.

Face.–

Pale,
cold, with cold sweat. Pale, sickly color of. Puffed, with bluish white
color about mouth. Faceache, tearing in zygoma worse by touch and
pressure.

Teeth.–

Gnashing
of. Sensitive to both cold air and drinks.

Mouth.–

Dryness
and rawness in. Inability to swallow. Audible gurgling from throat down
into abdomen.

Appetite:
Hunger, immediately after meals, incessant. Increased thirst.

Vomiting:
With the fever. Of worms. OF mucus and ingesta. Of bile.

Abdomen.–

Pinching
bellyache from worms. Painful twisting about navel. Distension of
especially in children. Gurgling in.

Stool.–

Constipation.
Discharge of ascarides and round worms, with pappy diarrhoea. Diarrhoea
after drinking. Whitish diarrhoea, passed involuntarily.

Anus.–

Itching
of.

Urine.–

Involuntary
urination, particularly at night in bed.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early, and too profuse. Uterine hemorrhage.

Respiration.–

Short
interrupted, crowing. Anxious oppression of, as from spasms of chest.
Wheezing, whistling.

Cough.–

In
violent, periodically recurring paroxysms, excited by a feeling as of
feather down in throat, and by a quantity of mucus therein, dry in
morning, in evening, expectoration of a whitish slimy, rarely bloody,
almost tasteless substance, detached with difficulty. Dry, spasmodic,
with shortness of breath and twitching in limbs. Spasmodic, with
stiffness and a pale face.

Larynx and trachea.–

Much
mucus in, with hoarseness. Thrusts in.

Chest.–

Spasms
of. Gurgling in. Seems too narrow. Burning, piercing and soreness in.

Back.–

Bruised
pain in lumbar region. Sense of constriction about loins.

Upper Extremities.–

Cramp
– like tearing in arms and hands. Spasmodic closure of hands. Twitching
of fingers. Weakness of hands, with inability to grasp objects tightly.

Lower Extremities.–

Spasmodic
twitching and stretching out of feet.

Generalities.–

Dull
stitches here and there over body. Jerkings and distortions of limbs.
Rigid. Extension of body Paralytic pain in arms and legs. Worm
affections of children. Epileptic attacks with or without consciousness.
Nightly epileptiform convulsions. Epilepsy, lies upon his back, with
violent shrieking and bearing about with hands and feet. Intolerance of
touch and motion. External pressure renews or intensifies the symptoms.
After effects of loss of vital fluids. Twitching of limbs, and sleep
(after paroxysms of epilepsy or whooping cough.)

Sleep.–

Nightly
restlessness and sleeplessness. Yawning and shivering and trembling.
Restless tossing about and sore at night in bed. Starting in.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Small, but hard and accelerated. Chill: With shuddering and
shaking, it runs from upper part of body to head, even when near a warm
stove. With a cold, pale face, and warm hands. With thirst. Not relived
by external warmth, mostly in evening, with great paleness of face. Heat:
Greatest on head and face, but also with a pale face. Nightly, with
thirst and anxiety. Sweat: Generally cold on forehead, nose, face
and hands. Vomiting of ingesta, with ravenous hunger after the sweat
(often also before the chill sets in).

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bell.,
CAPS., Chin., Dros., Hyos.,
Merc., Phos.,
Verat-a.

Complementary:
Dros., Calc. Sul.

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