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

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

Ferrum metallicum

[Ferr.]

Mind.–

Changeable
mood. Anxiety as though’ he had committed a crime. Quarrelsome, vehement
and dogmatic. Excessively merry one evening, alternating with sadness
and melancholy the next.

Vertigo.–

When
descending, or looking at water, with nausea and blindness.

Head.–

Congestion
so violent the veins swell up. Hammering, throbbing ache, recurring
periodically. Headache in occiput when coughing. Painfulness of scalp to
touch, with falling of hair. Worse: After midnight and toward
morning.

Eyes.–

Puffiness
around. Weak, dim, encircled by blue rings. Inflamed, with burning
therein. Obscured vision in evening.

Nose.–

Nosebleed
in evening. Nose constantly filled with clotted blood.

Face.–

Earthy,
jaundiced complexion. Pale, with red spots on the pallid cheeks. Pale,
puffy face, especially about eyes. Head and fiery redness of, with
distended blood vessels. Pale, dry lips.

Throat.–

Pressive
pain in, when swallowing.

Taste:
Solid foods become dry and insipid when chewed. He can neither eat nor
drink hot things.

Stomach.–

Spasmodic
pressure in, after eating, especially after meat. Oppression of, each
time after eating and drinking. Contraction in pit.

Hypochondria:
Tension in right.

Appetite:
Loss of, especially in forenoon. No appetite for anything but bread and
butter. Aversion to meat and sour foods. Bad effects from beer, meat and
sour things. Unquenchable thirst (or thirstlessness).

Eructations:
Sour. Bitter, after fat food.

Vomiting:
Of food, immediately after eating. Of the soured ingesta, at night or
early in morning. After eating eggs. Sour, of food, relieved at once by
eating. About midnight. Everything vomited is sour and acid.

Abdomen.–

Hard,
distended. Spasms in muscles of, as thought a. were contracted
especially from the exertion of stooping, compelling him to straighten
up slowly. Flatulent colic at night.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea:
Watery, with burning in anus, of undigested food. Mucus, with ascarides.

Sexual Organs.–

Painful
soreness and smarting in vagina, and want of pleasurable sensation
during coition. Swellings and indurations in vagina. Barrenness.
Miscarriage. Impotency in the male.

Female.–

Menses:
Too early, and too profuse. Suppressed. uterine hemorrhage, with labor –
like pains in abdomen and a glowing red face. Labor – like pains and
stitching headache, during. Persistent, milky, acrid (or painless)
leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

Hot
breath. Want of breath, mostly when at rest. Tightness of chest,
especially when sitting and after midnight. Anxious oppression of chest
Loud breathing, as if asleep, when sitting still.

Cough.–

Spasmodic,
excited by tickling in trachea, with expectoration of transparent
tenacious mucus, early in morning, ceasing immediately after eating a
little. Spasmodic, after the noon meal, with vomiting of ingesta. With
frothy or greenish, finely blood – streaked expectoration during day, of
a sweetish, putrid or sourish taste. Inability to breathe when coughing,
better after eating. Copious, purulent expectoration early in morning,
in evening, after lying down, the cough becomes dry. Haemoptysis at
night and early in morning.

Larynx.–

Roughness
of. Hoarseness.

Chest.–

Constricting
spasm of. Feeling of dryness in. (Lach.) Stitches in, when coughing.
Pains, as though bruised, when coughing. Pressure superiorly on sternum.

Back.–

Tearing
between scapulae.

Upper Extremities.

Nightly sticking and tearing in arms. Paralytic tearing pain,
extending from shoulder – joint into muscles of upper arm and clavicle,
rendering raising of arm impossible. gradually disappearing from slow
motion. Numb, distorted fingers. Swollen hands and feet.

Lower Extremities.–

Nightly
sticking and tearing, extending from hip – joint into thighs, gradually
disappearing from slow motion. Numb thighs. Cramp in calves during rest,
especially at night. Swelling of feet to ankles. Distorted toes. Cold
feet.

Generalities.–

Rapid
emaciation. Weakness of body, almost amounting to paralysis. Restless
limbs. Cracking in joints. Sudden cramps in limbs, frequently during
day. Distorted limbs. Inclination to lie down, from a sense of weakness
internally. Indisposition from walking in open air. After effects of
misuse of China and tea. Most complaints appear at night and toward
morning. Attacks are worse during rest, especially when sitting still,
and better from slow motion.

Skin.–

Dirty,
earth – colored. Anasarca.

Sleep.–

Restless,
with anxious tossing. Great drowsiness and fatigue, with inability to
sleep at night. Falls to sleep late in evening. Can lie on back only.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Full and hard. Violent ebullitions. Chill: Shuddering in
frequent, short attacks. With a glowing face and thirst. General
coldness in evening in bed, often lasting all night. Chilliness and want
of natural vital heat. Heat: Dry, over the whole body, especially
towards evening, with a very red face and inclination to uncover. Sweat:
Very profuse and long continued, form every movement, during day as well
as at night, and while in bed in the early morning. Clammy and mostly
very exhausting. From morning till noon, every other day. Strong –
smelling night s. Sometimes a cold, anxious s. (during spasms).

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Ap.,
Arn., ARS., Bor., Carb-v.,
Chin., Glo., HEP., Ip., Puls., Sul.,
Sul-ac., Verat-a.

Complementary:
China.

Fluoricum acidum

[Fl-ac.]

Mind.–

Gay
and cheerful. Aversion to business, to his own family. Hatred of people.
Anxiety, causing sweat to break out. Irritable. Forgetful. Feeling as if
menaced by danger.

Head.–

Determination
of blood to, and unconsciousness, could not remember where he was.
Pains: Compressive, undulative, or shooting like lightning. A dull
pressure proceeds from nape thro’ center toward forehead. Cramp – like
pain in occiput. Better: Bending head back.

Hair
tangled. Great falling out of hair.

Eyes.–

Feeling
of a fresh wind blowing on. Quivering above outer canthus. Violent
itching of inner canthus. Photopsies, like lightnings, etc. Vision
clearer.

Ears.–

Sensitive
hearing, in morning.

Nose.–

Sudden
attacks of coryza, suddenly disappearing again. Suddenly filled with
mucus on rising mouth with cold water. Worse: Alcoholic drinks.

Face.–

Seems
old and wrinkled. Puffy folds under eyes. Constant motion of facial
muscles. Compression in zygoma. Heat, with desire to bathe it in cold
water.

Teeth.–

–
Warmth in. Feel sharp, rough or dull. Sensitive, especially to cold.

Mouth.–

Prickling
in, and on tongue. Mucous membrane peels off. Greasy feeling in. Dryness
of left half of palate and roof of mouth. Flow of saliva precedes
headache, diarrhoea, etc. Tenacious saliva. Pain, as from hot water in.

Taste:
Acrid, putrid, coming from roots of teeth. Like ink. Sweetish in throat.

Throat.–

Constriction.
Posterior nares feel wide open. Hawks up bloody mucus.

Stomach.–

Excessive
hunger, desire for something piquant. Speedy satiety. Aversion to
coffee. Pressure in. Stale, disgusting eructations. Nausea.

Abdomen.–

Faint
emptiness in region of navel with a desire to take a deep breath, better
bandaging. Frequent excessively offensive discharges of wind, which
better.

Anus.–

Itching
in and about.

Stool.–

Strong,
disagreeable smell of. Diarrhoea worse from warm drinks.

Urinary Organs.–

Burning
in urethra.

Urine.–

Copious,
with diarrhea. Smelling fragrant or strong, acrid, offensive, Free
discharge, relieving him. Purple sediment.

Sexual organs.–

Passion
increased. Fullness in spermatic cords. Menses early, profuse,
coagulated. Excoriating leucorrhoea.

Respiration.–

Oppression,
better bending head back.

Larynx.–

Itching
in, and on throat.

Chest.–

Mammae:
Itching nipples, areola darkens and crust forms on.

Heart.–

Soreness. Jerking in.

Back.–

Neck:
Stiffness and soreness in nape.

Back:
Contractive, burning or prickling pains in scapular region. Better:
Bending backward.

Extremities.–

Pains:
Burning, dislocative, like electric shocks, as if asleep, in bones of.

Upper Extremities.–

Weakness
and numbness in hands and head. prickling in. l Jerks in. Penetrating
pain. Feeling as if air were pressing down along arm in bones. Red or
mottled palms. Hands and fingers swelled, with throbbing pains, later
forming blisters discharging a dark, offensive, acrid fluid. Feeling of
a hair on back of fingers. Contusive pain in bones of ends of fingers.
Burning about bone. Feeling of something working out from beneath nails.
Acute prickling s, as with a needle, in fingers. Feeling of a splinter
under nail, worse touch.

Lower Extremities.–

Heaviness.
Trembling. Burning shooting. Burning in toes, soles, etc. Back of foot
feels like a cushion. Soreness in corns. Worse: Walking. Better:
Rest.

Generalities.–

Feeling
of heat, with desire for cool air or cold bathing. Deep seated pains in
bones, sutures, etc. Localized congestions. Symptoms in spots. Acrid,
excoriating discharges, sweat, etc. Numbing weakness. Feeling of warmth
in internal organs. prickling, burning, itching sensations, or pains
shooting like lightning. Symptoms often ascend or are right – sided. Impulse
to walk rapidly, which relieves. Better: From cold or
cold washing, open air. etc., motion and walking. Worse:
Standing, sitting, spirituous drinks.

Skin.–

Crawling
in. Tormenting itching. Itching pustules. Cicatrices turn red around
edges, itch and are covered with vesicles. Sensation as if a burning
vapor were emitted from the pores of whole body. Excoriation. Roughness
and desquamation, especially in spots, Red blotches. Naevi materni.
Thrombi. Varicose veins. Flesh warts. Enlarged capillaries.

Sleep.–

Sleepiness:
Sudden, periodical, unconquerable. Wakefulness in evening.

Dreams., – Vivid, towards morning.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Somewhat accelerated, by motion only. Chill: Entirely wanting. Heat:
Universal with qualmishness from the slightest motion, with inclination
to uncover, but more to wash with cold water. Sweat: Clammy
(glutinous), sour, unpleasantly – smelling, mostly on upper part of
body, especially from motion and during the afternoon and evening. The
sweat greatly favors the formation of excoriation and bedsores. Sweat
with itching.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies. Am-c.,
Bor., Calc-c., Chin., Coloc.,
GRAPH., Hep., Mer-c., Nit-ac., Sep., SIL., Sul-ac.,

Complementary:
Sil.

Gelsemium sempervirens

[Gels.]

Mind.–

Dull,
listless and languid. Misty. Incapacity to think or fix the attention.
Stupid, intoxicated feeling. Impatient and irritable (Ing.) Feeling as
if in danger of stumbling or falling. Feels as if someone else were
sick. Dread of liquids. Inclination to throw herself from a height.
Feels as if the world lose her senses. Dread of being alone.

Vertigo.–

(Coccl.)
Accompanies many symptoms. As if intoxicated, with blurred vision, in
brows. Worse: Sudden motion.

Head.–

Bruised
feeling in, especially behind orbits. Dull, stupefying pain ascending
from nape into forehead, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision and
heavy eyelids. Sensations of heaviness, tightness, a band about, or as
if enlarged. Worse: From smoking, heat, or moving eyes. Better:
Reclining head on high pillow, or from profuse urinations.

Scalp:
Feels contracted at centre of forehead.

Eyes.–

Twitching
of eyeballs. Sore aching in balls, worse motion Strabismus. Pupils
dilated, or alternately dilate and contract. Distended. Right – sided
supraorbital pain. Heavy, drooping lids. Puffy lids. Vision: Dim,
smoky or lost, double on raising head, looking sidewise or inclining
head on one side, better by an effort of the will.

Ears.–

Sudden
temporary loss of hearing. The pains which ascend form back to occiput
affect them.

Nose.–

Fullness
and tingling in, with sneezing and headache. Fluent coryza.

Face.–

Heavy,
besotted appearance, flushed and hot, dark, swelled. Lower jaw dropped
or wagging sidewise. Overflow of saliva from mouth. Contraction of
muscles, especially about mouth Burning in zygoma.

Mouth.–

Foaming
at. Tongue, So thick can hardly speak, numbness of, burning on extending
over mouth, throat, stomach and into abdomen. Dry, also throat.
Yellowish saliva. Foul, spoiled taste.

Throat.–

Hawks
up bloody matter. Spasmodic sensations, with cramp – like pains in.
Feeling as if something had lodged in. Swallowing painful, difficult.

Stomach.–

Pain
from pylorus to axilla. under scapula and down right cramping like in
pit. Empty, weak feeling in, and in bowels. Hiccough, worse in evening.

Hypochondria:
Cramp at last short rib in right side. Thrusting
pain in left floating rib, changing to left temple.

Abdomen.–

Sharp
pains to, with pappy, cream – colored stools. Burning pains moving
around in intestines. Gnawing in region of transverse colon. Colicky
pains below navel extending to testes, better expelling flatus.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea.
Urging to from exciting news, emotions, etc. Loose, but difficult.
Feeling as if more remained behind after stool and after urinating.

Urine.–

Copious,
watery, with chill and trembling, alleviating heaviness of head,
dullness of mind and dimness of vision. Intermittent stream.

Male.–

Flaccidity and coldness of. Emission of semen with out erection.

Female.–

Severe, labor like pains in uterine region, which extend to back and
hips, alternating with heavy headache.

Respiratory Organs.–

Voice
weak, thick. Paralysis of glottis. Inability to expectorate. Suffocative
sensation. respiration slow, heavy superficial. Desire for fresh air. Worse:
Moving head.

Chest.–

Stinging
along lactiferous ducts. Shuddering in right breasts. Sore, when
coughing. Constriction around lower. Suffocative sensation, as in
hysteria. Heaviness. Weakness or burning in. Heart: Feels as if
it would stop beating if he did not move. Palpitation. Irregular beat.

Back.–

Neck:
Aching soreness in muscles of, and of shoulders. Contractive sensation
in. Pains extend into head.

Back:
Rheumatic pains in bones and joints of, and of limbs. Soreness of
muscles.

Extremities.–

Trembling.
Paralytic weakness and heaviness of. Sensation blunted.

Lower Extremities.–

Staggering.
Fatigue after slight exertion. Drawing or cramping pains in muscles or
single fasciculi thereof.

Generalities.–

Numbness
or trembling of single parts of whole body. Great relaxation and loss of
muscular power, causing sensation of heaviness and weakness,
particularly of upper eyelids and lower extremities, as well as
involuntary evacuations (Stool, urine, semen, etc.) from emotional
excitement, fear, etc. Sudden darting pains making one start, they leave
a tenderness behind. Paralysis. Feeling of illness, as in a fever. knew
everything going on, but was unable to move. Paralytic pains. Periodical
symptoms. Worse: 11 AM. Emotions, exciting news, fright etc. Heat
of sun of summer. Dampness. After midnight. Before a storm. Better:
Open air, Profuse urinations.

Skin.–

Yellow.
sudden stinging. Measles like eruption, with fever and itching.

Sleep.–

Yawning,
with stupor and inability to keep eyes open. Languor and drowsiness
before storm. Stupefying. With general numbness. Late falling to sleep,
the nightmare.

Fever.–

Pulse.
Variable. Throbbing thro, whole body. Chill: With cold
extremities, especially feet, extending upward up and down along spine,
with profuse urination, pain in back, heat of face and head, and
headache, worse from mental excitement. Heat: Burning, in
afternoon, without thirst. Sweat: With thirst, easy, cold,
profuse or scanty. Relieving all the symptoms. Accompanied by languor
and prostration.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Anac., Arg-n., Bap.,
Bell., Bor., Caust., Con., Kalm.,
Op., Phos., Physos., Pic-ac., SEP.,
Tabac., Verat-a., Mur-ac.

Glonoin

[Glon.]

Mind.–

Familiar
things seem strange. Confusion, he could not tell where he
was. Difficult memory. Unconsciousness.

Head.–

Throbbing:
With fullness, gradually increasing and gradually decreasing, with
shocks at every heat beat, heart – beat felt like a hammer beating in
head. Aching in and pulse increase and diminish together. Congestion to:
It seems as if he must lose his reason, alternating with congestion to
heart, causing a sensation of coldness. Sensation: As if hanging with
head downward, of bursting, the skull seems too small, with violent
heart action and pulsation over whole body, of
enormous enlargement, as if brain were loose, as if sore, bruised, of undulation
in, of cracking in brain, as
if a cold cloth were spread over brain, of constriction around forehead,
of aching deep in brain. Sudden, piercing pain in. Burning pain in.
Excessive heat in. Brain fever. Numbness of scalp. Worse: Shaking
head. Heat, external, of sun,
of gas, etc. Stepping. Sitting erect. Stooping. Rising.
Exertion. Blows or jars to head. Better: Open air. Cold
applications. Pressure. Lying down. Throwing head back. After stool.
Must have head uncovered.

Eyes.–

Staring
and wild, protruding. Redness of. Burning and aching in balls. Sensation
of water running out of. Lightnings before. Lids heavy.

Ears.–

Audible
pulse in. Redness of.

Nose.–

Twitchings
in wings of.

Face.–

Red
during headache. Burning twitching or simple pain in malar bone.
Sensation: As if swelled, as if chin were elongated, as if lower lip
were hanging down, of gnawing in masseter muscles. contraction of
temporal and masseter muscles.

Teeth.–

Throbbing
in all.

Mouth.–

Dry,
parched feeling in. Saliva increased. Swelled sensation of tongue, hard
palate, fauces and throat. Tongue numb, twitching.

Taste:
Sweetish, fatty, like pine wood.

Throat.–

Itching
in, and in soft palate. Tingling in. Tight, chocky feeling about.

Stomach.–

Gnawing,
pain or faintness in pit. Emptiness in.

Hypochondria:
Sensation as if blood rushed thro’ chest to head from.

Nausea:
With pain in stomach, with sinking in epigastrium.

Abdomen.–

Rumbling
in.

Stool.–

Diarrhoea,
with sudden cessation of menses. Copious. Blackish. Lumpy. Foamy, like
soapsuds.

Urine.–

Albuminous.

Sexual Organs.–

Sensation
as after repeated coition. Menses ceased and the headache increased in
violence.

Respiration.–

Inclination
to deep breathing, to sigh.

Back.–

Neck:
Weakness of muscles of. Cramp in. Constriction, as of a band around. As
if something moved from nape to head, stiffness of.

Chest.–

Constriction.
Oppression with palpitation. Sudden throbbing in way as from left chest
to head, worse motion. Fullness or heat rising into head. Heart:
Lancinations extending to between shoulders, to scapula. Anxiety at,
worse lying on left side, must lie with head high. Heaviness. Fullness.
Alternation of palpitation and congestion to head. Shocks at, with
pricking in arms and hands.

Extremities.–

Sensation
of picking, tingling, being bloated, weariness, heaviness, or numbness.
Falling asleep of part, lain on.

Upper Extremities.–

Arms
droop. Pains in bones of. Feeling in right wrist as if tied up or
contracted. Pulsation in finger – tips.

Lower Extremities.–

Great
weakness, even to giving way.

Generalities.–

Sudden
and violent irregularities of the circulation. Sensations of throbbing
expansion or fullness predominate. Inability to bear any heat about
head, bad effects of heat of sun, body seems
asleep. Trickling sensations over face, inside of forehead,
down throat, etc. Gnawing in stomach, occiput and masseter muscles. Worse:
Injury. Jar, Heat, wine. Better:
Coffee, sweat, after stool.

Skin.–

Dark
blue. Rash on, after washing.

Sleep.–

Sleepiness,
with hot face and pallor. Dreams, causing weeping, ludicrous.

Fever.–

Pulse.
Sudden great variableness, m now quick, now slow. Failing. Chill:
After getting heated. Coldness of single parts, head, feet, etc. Cold
shudders down back. Heat:Stinging, burning, sudden glowing, in
flushes. With pulsation in head: Of single parts. Burning between
shoulders. Going upward. Sweat: During headache. Sweat
ameliorates the symptoms.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: AMYL-N., AP., Bell., Cact., Ferr.
Gels. Melil., Nat-c., Nat-m., Op.,
Phos., Sang., Stram., Sul.

Complementary:
Bell.

Graphites

[Graph.]

Mind.–

Extreme
irritability and anger. Silent grief and despair, with much weeping.
Anxious restlessness, driving him out of bed at night. Concern for the
future. Anxious fear of misfortune. Apprehensive, early in morning.
Irresolution and fastidiousness. Hysteria.

Vertigo.–

As
though’ intoxicated, when rising from bed in morning.

Head.–

Violent
headache every morning, ending in fainting and cold sweat. Contraction
in forehead. Feeling of tensive pressure like a constriction. Worse in
occiput, with stiff neck. Numb feeling in. Scald head. Worse:
Early, on awaking and rising from bed, moving head, riding, eating. Better:
Walking in open air, external pressure, at rest, in warmth.

External Head.–

Moist,
crusty, foul, smarting eruption, spreading by eating at its edges from
vertex down sides of head, scratching causes excoriation and more
moisture, which dries into white crusts. Violent sticking itching on,
most on vertex and behind ears. leaving moist bald spots when scratched,
which develop erysipelas and pain like boils. Bald swellings, follicular
tumors and scales on, with great heat of. Paralytic tearing in cranial
muscles, especially on sides and behind ears. Hair of vertex,
sides and beard turns gray early and falls out. Worse:
By day than by night, becoming cold, walking in open air. Better:
Warmth, after being in open air.

Eyes.–

Pressure
and sticking in with lachrymation. Inflamed, with red, swollen lids and
photophobia. Intolerance of daylight. Myopia.

Ears.–

Dryness
of internal. Eruption and excoriation behind. Difficult hearing.

Nose.–

Chronic
dryness of. Black pores on. Discharge of fetid pus from. Ulcerating,
scurfy nostrils. Extremely sensitive smell. Coryza on becoming cold,
during day. Stuffed coryza, with headache and nausea, Discharge of foul
– smelling mucus from.

Face.–

Pale
yellow color. Flying heat. Erysipelatous inflammation and swelling of.
Follicular tumors on. Unilateral distortion and paralysis of facial
muscles, rendering speech difficult. Ulcers on inside of lips. Scurfy
eruption on chin, and about mouth. Hard, swollen submaxillary glands.

Teeth.–

Sticking
ache from cold drinks, worse warmth. Gums swell and bleed easily.

Mouth.–

Offensive,
urinous odor from. Sore throat, with a feeling of a lump or plug
therein, especially at night. Spasms in throat causing retching.

Taste:
Bitter, in mouth.

Stomach.–

Great
weakness of digestion. Spasms and pressure in, with nausea, better from
warmth of bed. Burning in, necessitates eating.

Hypochondria:
Induration in region of liver.

Appetite:
Excessive hunger. Aversion to warm, cooked food. Great thirst early in
morning and after eating.

Eructations:
Copious. Sour, with bitter taste in mouth

Nausea:
Early in morning. And vomiting after every meal. Sour vomiting.

Abdomen.–

Fullness
and heaviness in. Indurations in. (Plb.) Painfulness in inguinal region,
with swelling of glands. Distended after eating.

Flatulence:
Extraordinary accumulation of gas in abdomen, which is tense and
inflated. Excessive discharge of fetid f.

Stool.–

Chronic
constipation. Hard and too large in form. (Chronic soft, too small in
size.) Mucus.

Anus.–

Painful
varicosities of, with fissures between them.

Urine.–

Sour
smelling. Anxious, painful urging to urinate, with discharge of dark,
scanty urine, drop by drop. Nocturnal enuresis. Pain in coccyx when
urinating.

Sexual Organs.–

Tension
in, with voluptuous thoughts. Uncontrollable sexual desire. Edematous
swelling of foreskin and scrotum. Excoriation of female pudendum.
Painful swelling of ovaries.

Female.–

Menses:
Too late, too scanty and too pale. Appear with difficulty in young
women. Cramp in abdomen during. Thin, white leucorrhoea.

Cough.–

In
evening or at night, excited by deep breathing.

Larynx.–

Sensitive,
with scratching therein and hoarseness. Husky voice.

Chest.–

Stitches
in and palpitation from the least motion. Inflamed and swelled mammae.
Excoriated nipples with humid vesicles on.

Back.–

Formication
on. Bruised feeling in lumbar region.

Neck:
Painful stiffness of nape when nodding head and raising arms.

Upper Extremities.–

Emaciation
of hands. Distorted fingers. Gouty nodes on fingers. Excoriation between
fingers. Thick, distorted nails.

Lower Extremities.–

Excoriation
between legs. Numb thighs. Stiffness and muscular contraction in
popliteal spaces. Stiff knees. Cold feet in evening in bed. Sticking
pains in heels. Distortion and stiffness of toes. Spreading vesicles and
ulcers on, and excoriation between toes. Thick, crippled toe – nails.

Generalities.–

Great
emaciation Complaints are intensified when becoming cold, he takes cold
easily. Drawing through entire body, with inclination to stretch. Asleep
sensation in limbs, of part wherein he lies. Contracted tendons.
Distortion of single parts. Violent pulsation throughout entire body
with every movement. Great general debility without pain, compelling him
to groan. After walking in open air many complaints disappear.

Tissues.–

Glands
swollen and indurated.

Skin.–

Sense
of dryness, and want of transpiration. Erysipelatous inflammations.
Eruptions and humid herpes. Encysted tumors. Denuded, raw spots in
children. Unhealthy. Ulcers with offensive pus and proud flesh. Thick,
crippled nails.

Sleep.–

Difficult
falling to s., in evening Dizzy, fatiguing morning sleep. Disturbed by
anxious, fearful dreams at night.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Full and hard, but not noticeably accelerated. Chill: And
chilliness, mostly in evening. Chilliness day and night, especially in
evening after four o’clock. Heat: General, dry, in evening and
during night, after previous chill. When riding in a carriage. Sweat:
From slightest motion. profuse night sweat. Sour, offensive smelling,
from cold, staining linen yellow. Utter inability to. Is aggravated by
talking and ameliorated by walking open air.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Aco.,
Ag-c., Ap., Ars., Bell., Calc-c., Caust.,
FLU-AC., Guai., Kali-c., Lyc., Mag-c.,
NAT-C., nit-ac., Nux-v.,
Phos., PULS., Sep., Sil., Sul., Thuj.

Complementary:
Sul.

Guaiacum

[Guai.]

Mind.–

Great
forgetfulness, especially for names. Early in morning he frequently
stares absently before him. Sadness and depression. Peevishness and
perverseness. Inclination to find fault with and disparage everything.

Head.–

Intensely
violent stitches in brain. Tearing in side of, extending into cheek.
Sensation as though’ external head were swollen and blood vessels were
overfilled.

Eyes.–

Sensation
in, as though’ balls were swelled and the lids were too short to cover
them. Pimples with white tips in eyebrows. Dilated pupils. Paralysis in
optic nerve

Ears.–

Intense
earache with tearing pains.

Nose.–

Profuse,
watery discharge from.

Face.–

Face
ache, painful stitches in zygoma and in cheek muscles.

Teeth.–

Drawing,
tearing pain in, terminating in a single stitch. Pressure pain when
biting them together.

Throat.–

Violent
burning in. Rheumatic tonsillitis.

Appetite:
Intense hunger, early in morning and in forenoon loathing of all food.
Intense thirst.

Eructations:
Much, empty e.

Vomiting:
Pinching pain, as from incarcerated flatus which constantly settles
backwards and downwards. Quivering in muscles of. Inguinal hernia.

Stool.–

Constipation.
Hard, crumbling. very offensive.

Urine.–

Continuous
urging to urinate, with profuse discharge of foul smelling urine.
Cutting when urinating. stitches in neck of bladder after ineffectual
urging to urinate.

Cough.–

Dry.
excited by irritation in epigastrium, with shortness of breath until
relieved by expectoration. Cough, with copious, offensive – smelling
purulent expectoration.

Chest.–

Stitches
in left, worse inspiration. Pleurodynia of tuberculosis.

Back.–

Intolerable
stiffness thro’ one side of, extending from nape to lumbar region,
during motion. Tearing from axilla down along side of. Contractive pain
between scapulae.

Lower Extremities.–

Crawling,
pressive bone pains in thighs.

Generalities.–

Tearing
and sticking pains in muscles of
upper and lower limbs, with heat of parts. Immobile
stiffness of the distorted limbs. Asleep sensation in limbs.
Great sluggishness and weariness, especially in thighs, with aversion to
motion. Extraordinary emaciation. Discomfort in body, better yawning and
stretching limbs. Most complaints appear when sitting early in morning
and during forenoon. Affected parts are very sensitive to touch.
Suppurations and fetid discharge.

Bones.–

Swelling
and softening of. Caries

Sleep.–

–
Nightly restlessness and sleeplessness. Insufficient, weak and soft, but
accelerated. Chill: Internal, over whose body, even near a warm
stove, most in afternoon and evening. On back. Heat: Evening
especially on face. Sweat: Likewise, mostly on head and face.
Also when walking in open air. Very offensive night sweats.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: Bry.,
Graph. Kre., Mer., Phyt.

Helleborus niger

[Hell.]

Mind.–

Blank
despair. Stupefaction. Blunting of internal senses, like a sort of
stupor. Mental obfuscation, with somnolency. Frequently he stares at one
point as though’ absorbed in though. A kind of diminished power of mind
over body, just as soon as she ceases to exert her will power and
attention, the muscles refuse to do their duty, i. e., if spoken to when
drinking, she unconsciously drops the glass. Extraordinary anguish.
Woeful melancholia mood. Hypochondriasis. Involuntary sighing.
Homesickness.

Head.–

Stupefying
ache, with fluent coryza. Feels heavy and thick – headed. Dull ache and
confusion in. Burning heat in, with a pale face. Inward pressure ache.
Bruised pain of the internal and external vertex and occiput, with
chaotic obfuscation therein. He bores the back of his head into the
pillow or rolls it from side to side. Meningitis. Hydrocephalus. Worse:
Thinking of the pain, steeping hard, stooping, waling, touch, motion,
afternoon from 4 to 8. Better: open air, lying at rest, diverting
attention.

External Head.–

The
occipital scalp feels drawn tightly downward. Painful external occiput.
Falling of hair, not from head only, but also whole body, with sticking,
boring pains in scalp, more in occiput. Humid scurfs on.

Eyes.–

Sensation
as though’ lids were pressed downward. Dilated pupils. Inclination to
stare. Photophobia without perceptible inflammation of.

Face.–

Pale,
yellowish color. Pale, dropsical swelling of, and of rest of body.
Wrinkled forehead. Upper lip cracked. White vesicle on the swelled lips.
Excoriation of angles of mouth, from constant flow of saliva.

Teeth.–

Sticking,
tearing ache in molars in evening and at night in bed, which tolerates
neither cold nor heat.

Mouth.–

Vesicles
and aphthae in, and on tongue. Dry palate. Extraordinarily profuse
salivation. Swelling and numbness of tongue.

Stomach.–

Fullness
and distension of pit of. Burning and biting in. Painfulness within,
when stepping hard or coughing.

Appetite:
Great voraciousness. Loathing of fats and vegetables. Thirstlessness.
Intense thirst.

Eructations:
Empty.

Nausea:
In stomach, with great ravenousness, but repugnance to food.

Abdomen.–

Distended.
Pinching in navicular region. Ascites. Sense of coldness in.

Flatulence:
Discharge of foul – smelling.

Stool.–

Frequent,
watery. Gelatinous, mucous diarrhoea, with tenesmus.

Urine.–

Dark.
Frequent urging, with scanty discharge. Feeble urinary stream.

Sexual Organs.–

Suppressed
sexual desire

Respiration.–

Difficult,
as from hydrothorax. Suffocative attacks as from constriction of nose.
Larynx and chest.

Cough.–

Dry,
hacking, when smoking.

Upper Extremities.–

Boring,
sticking in wrist and finger – joints. Vesicular eruption between
fingers and toes. Panaritia

Lower Extremities.–

Stiffness
of lip (hip and) knee joints. Boring sticking in knee and ankle joints.
Humid eruption on feet.

Generalities.–

Sudden
relaxation of every muscle. the muscles refuse their service when not
governed by strong attention, unconsciously he staggers when walking,
lets his food fall when eating, etc. Sticking, boring pains in the
periosteal, coverings worse in cool air. Convulsive twitchings in the
muscles, especially during sleep. The pains (sticking, tearing and
pressure) frequently move transversely across the parts. Symptoms are
intensified in the house and toward evening. In the open air he feels
better, with a sensation as though’ he had been sick a long time, and
were just recovering, especially after the fever. Restlessness. A dark
remedy, there is a dark, duskiness about the face and the nostrils seem
filled with dust or soot, the upper lip looks dusky, the hands look dark
and evidences of imperfect oxidation of the blood are uppermost. On arm
and hand are move up and down while the other lies motionless. Somber
despair, mental stupefaction and ailments, accompanied by it. Stupid
headaches, coryza etc.

Tissues.–

Cervical
glands swollen.

Skin.–

Pale
color of. Sudden, dropsical swelling of, (anasarcatous). Hair and nails
fall out. Desquamation of epidermis of entire body. Painful where it
lies in close proximity to bones.

Sleep.–

He
lies in deep slumber. Great day sleepiness. Somnolency, eyes half open
and turned upward.

Fever.–

Pulse:
Generally small, slow and hardly perceptible. Chill: Predominates
during day, as long as he is up, with heat of face. Alternating with
pains in joints. Shaking, with goose flesh and pains in joints. And
coldness of entire body, but with heat of head and not thirst. The
shuddering proceeds from the arms. Heat: In evening and during
day, as soon as he lies down generally accompanied by sweat. Burning
over the whole body, in evening in bed, with internal shivering and
aversion to drink. First heat than chill, with pains in abdomen, in
repeated attacks. Sweat: In bed, during heat, increased toward
morning. Cold, sometimes sticky.

Relationship.–

Allied
Remedies: AP., Bell.,
Chin., Gel.
Phos. Phos.

Complementary:
Zinc.

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