Characteristics Phytolacca – Pulsatilla

numbed feeling in brain. Empty feeling in, with vertigo. Stitches now here now there, or over either eye. Tearing in one temple or side, passing into vertigo. Thrusts and pressure. Worse : Early on awaking till noon; after dinner; in warm room; sitting; in evening in bed; at rest; after anger; chewing; motion; stooping; mental exertion; after motion in open air; eating warm soup; changes of weather; storms; music. Better: Walking in cool air; after sleep; lying; rubbing; during meals; temporarily > from pressure and after eating.

External Head.—Tension, as if skin of forehead and face were too tight, often one-sided only, when opening mouth. Falling of whole tufts of hair from bregma and above ears; dryness of hair roots, much dandruff and itching of scalp < scratching. Burning, itching, scale-covered head, quickly and decidedly > by scratching, but festering, burning pains follow. Dry, painful, burning heat of, with desire to uncover it.

Eyes.—Burning in, with profuse lachrymation in wind. Pressure as from a grain of sand in, with inflammation. Swelling of upper lid, with difficult moving of same. Myopia. Black, floating spots before vision. Day blindness wherein everything seems covered with gray.

Ears.—Violent tearing and sticking in. Throbbing, pounding and roaring in. Difficult hearing, especially, for the the human voice. Words sound too loud and re-echo in ears.

Nose. — Swelling and redness of. Nosebleed and blowing of blood from. Disagreeable dryness in. Fetid smell from. Numerous freckles on. Constant, greenish yellow discharge. Stuffed coryza.

Face.—Dirty, pale countenance. Puffy under eyes; they are deeply sunken and surrounded by blue rings. Tearing in bones of. Ulceration of angles of mouth.

Teeth.—Tearing or sticking ache < in open air and from warm foods. Painful as if suppurating, early in morning when chewing. The gums are swollen and bleed easily.

Mouth.—Dryness of throat during day and night. Scratching and burning in throat. Increased, sweetish, salty saliva. Blood-spitting. Hawking of mucus early in morning. Appearance like white fur or velvet in fauces.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of, with a full feeling in upper part of throat. Hunger after eating. Craves something refreshing. Thirst, with loss of appetite.

Taste.—Sour after eating.

Eructations.—Sour. Spasmodic, with pain as tho' something would be torn loose at the cardiac orifice of stomach.

Nausea, etc.—With hunger, early in morning. Vomiting, with violent pains in stomach. Nightly vomiting of bile. Vomits soured food. Vomits cold drinks after they become warm in stomach.

Stomach.—Fulness and pressure in. Burning in, and in pit. Painful to touch. Narrowing of the cardiac orifice. Piercing in, and in hypochondriæ.

Hypochondriæ.—Stitches in.

Abdomen. — Distension of, after dinner. Burning in. Yellow spots on. Tearing bellyache early in morning in bed.

Flatulence.—Causing tormenting pains in abdomen, arising in region of short ribs, especially after dinner. Flatulent colic deep in abdomen. Obstructed flatus.

Stool.—Chronic darrhœa, as from paralysis of intestinal canal, stools preceded by rumbling in belly. Involuntary soft s. Watery, frequently greenish, mucus diarrhœa. Undigested, diarrhœic s. Watery diarrhœa containing flocks. Discharge of blood with stool. Discharge of mucus from the constantly open anus.

Anus and Rectum. — Hemorrhage from. External and internal hæmorrhoids bleeding easily. Paralysis of sphincter.

Urine.—Increased, watery. Iridescent, fatty pellicle on. Urinates often and a little at a time. Hæmaturia. Burning twitching in urethra when not urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Greatly increased sexual desire. Excessive pollutions. Stitches in vagina, extend into uterus. Sterility caused by excessive venery.

Menses.—Too early, too profuse and long lasting. Discharge of blood during pregnancy. Biting, blistering leucorrhœa.

Respiration. — Difficult, with anxiety in chest. Spasmodic tightness of chest. Nightly suffocative attacks.

Cough.—Hollow, hacking c., excited by tickling or itching in chest. With rawness and hoarseness in chest or with sticking in throat. Spasmodic. Dry, straining c., with bursting headache, excited by cold air or reading aloud. Dry in evening and night; in morning and by day expectoration of a tough, whitish mucus apparently mixed with dust, or of a yellow pus-like or rust-colored, often cold mucus, of a sour, salty, or sweetish taste, or else of bright red, frothy blood. When whooping cough threatens to take an unfavorable course.

Larynx.—Chronic hoarseness and roughness in. Complete aphonia, with dryness in trachea. Stitches in. Sense of a piece of skin or flesh hanging loose in. Laryngeal phthisis. Membranous croup.

Neck.—Goitre. Swelling of cervical and axillary glands. Painful stiffness of nape.

Chest.—Anxiety in. Constriction. Spasm of. Burning, piercing, soreness and tension in. Congestion to, and violent palpitation, from every emotion, especially vexation. Inflammation of lungs, with stitches in sides. Heaviness, fulness and tension on. Suppuration of lungs. Phthisis mucosa. Erysipelas, with sticking and burning in female mammæ. Suppurating ulcers on mammæ, or festering pains therein after erysipelas.

Back.—Sticking in scapulæ. Pains in back and lumbar region, as tho' broken, hindering every motion. Burning in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities. — Arms and hands tremble when holding anything. Burning of hands with swollen blood vessels. Stiff arms. Paralysis of fingers. Frost-bites on fingers. Numb finger tips.

Lower Extremities.—Dislocative pain in hip joint. Drawing and tearing in knee. Weariness in limbs, especially in lower leg. Bony swelling on tibia. Painful swelling of feet in evening or after walking. Numbness of tips of toes. Frost-bites and corns on toes.

Generalities.—Great emaciation. Easily takes cold, which results especially in nightly tearing and sticking in limbs: So-called human barometer. Trembling of limbs from slightest exertion. Violent trembling of whole body. Burning in all parts of body and limbs. Violent congestions and ebullitions of blood. Hæmorrhages from various organs. General nervous weakness. Heaviness and paralytic weakness of limbs. Very sensitive to cold weather. Complaints are intensified during storms and changes of weather. Most symptoms appear early in morning and in evening in bed, as well as after eating. Many complaints appear while, and cease after eating. After effects of passion.

Glands.—Affected, especially after bruises.

Bones.—Swelling of (periostitis). Rachitis.

Skin.—Yellow or brownish spots on, especially on chest and lower abdomen. Small wounds bleed profusely. Dry, scaling herpes. Boils. Fungus hæmatodes. Bony exostoses.

Sleep. — Insufficient and unrefreshing in morning. Sopor-like day sleepiness. Late falling to sleep in evening and nightly sleeplessness from anxiety and restlessness. Great sleepiness and indolence after meals. Somnambulism. Hideous, frightful dreams. Yawning.

Fever.—Pulse: Various; ordinarily quickened, at same time full and hard, but sometimes weak and small; more seldom slow or intermittent. Strong ebullition of blood and throbbing of carotids. Chill: Almost only in evening, without thirst, and with aversion to least uncovering, with greatly swollen veins of hands. Internal, with shuddering, not relieved by warmth of stove. And heat alternating at night. Nocturnal, with diarrhœa. Running down back. Chilliness in evening till midnight, with great weakness and sleep. Heat: Flying, over the whole body, but first on hands.

Universal, anxious h., afternoons and evenings, with burning on hands and face. Nocturnal h., isturbing sleep, mostly after midnight. Ascending back, with somnolency. Sweat: Most on head, hands and feet, with copious urine. Only on forepart of body. After midnight and in morning copious s., followed by great weakness. Sticky. The transpiration often smells like sulphur.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Agar., Alum., Am-c., Ars., Aur., Bro., Calc-c., CALC-P., Caust., Chin., Cina, Dig., Graph., Hell., Iod., Ip., Kali-c., Lyc., Mos., Nat-s., NUX-V., Op., Par., Petr., PULS., Sec-c., Sep., Sil., Stront., Verat-a., Verbas.

PHYTOLACCA.

Mind.—Loss of personal delicacy. Indisposition to mental exertion. Indifference. Half stupor.

Vertigo.—As if intoxicated; with nausea and dim vision. Faintness on raising up.

Head.—Thrown back. Aching, which moves about; above one brow; with nausea, cool sweat on forehead and weakness; in temples, with a sense of suffocation; in forehead, extending backward (Bry.); with acute hearing. Pressure: Bursting; painful in forehead and upper part of eyes, with gaping; in vertex, with dryness. Bruised soreness in, more in occiput or right side. Heaviness extending thro' shoulders, chest and legs, with vertigo. Shooting in, when leucorrhœa begins. Worse: Stepping down; looking down; stooping. Better: Eating, open air.

Eyes.—Sunken. Inflamed, flowing hot tears. Smarting. Balls painful, feel too large. Lids reddish blue, swollen, œdematous, agglutinated; as of coals of fire on. Sandy feeling in. Shooting from left to top of head. Worse: From gaslight.

Nose.—Drawing about root. Sore, with profuse, acrid, watery coryza. Stoppage of one nostril, flow of mucus from the other. Tickling in. Burning in.

Face.—Dark yellowness of, and of sclerotic. Purple-red; bluish; sickly pallor of; suffering expression. Pain in bones of, and in all joints. Feeling of mumps coming on. Jaws ache.

Mouth.—Inclination to bite teeth together; they feel sore and elongated. Tongue: Red at tip, blisters on sides; pain at root on swallowing; burnt feeling at base, and in throat. Heat, swelling and tenderness of tongue, tonsils and palate. Saliva: Thick, ropy and tenacious, flowing from mouth; yellow; metallic-tasting; cold.

Taste.—Like nuts; bitter, then smarting and cool towards tip of tongue.

Throat.—Congested and dark red. Sore: Rough and dry, with aching in neck, back and limbs. Choking as from a lump, hot ball or apple-core lodged therein. Smarting or raw, scraped feeling in. Much hawking to clear it of increased mucus, with no relief. Excruciating pains shoot through ears on attempting to swallow. Eruption in. Worse: Hot drinks. Better: Liquids.

Stomach.—Intense thirst. Violent retching and vomiting; distress so intense, he desired death. Vomiting: With purging; with eructations (Arg-n.); painless. Vomit: Bloody; dark bilious; acrid, causing scraping and excoriation in throat. Empty retching. Agonizing cramps and coldness, with cutting, tearing, straining pain in, then soreness on pressure, diarrhœa and prostration. Bruised soreness in pit. Burning in. Sickly feeling in. Worse: Morning; eating.

Abdomen.—Much flatus. Boring or burning griping about navel. Weakness in.

Rectum.—Pain shooting from r., along perineum into penis.

Stool.—Diarrhœa, with sickly feeling in bowels; preceded by cramping about navel, followed by faintness. Continual inclination to, with much straining. Involuntary, from much straining, which continues even in sleep. Copious, of blood, mucus and like scrapings of intestines. Dark brown. Painless. With fearful tenesmus, vomiting and purging.

Urinary Organs.—Weakness, pain and soreness in kidney region. Straining to urinate. Kidneys inflamed. Urine : Diminished, with pain in loins; retained; albuminous; chalky sediment.

Genitals.—Sharp or hard grinding pains

run up spermatic cords, followed by soreness. Gurgling in prostate gland. Bearing down pains, involuntary straining and hemorrhage from vagina. Intermittent, contractive, uterine pains. Menses suppressed. Profuse, ropy leucorrhœa. Loss of sexual appetite, relaxed genitals. Mammæ full, containing lumps.

Respiratory Organs.—Dry, croupy cough, with burning in larynx and trachea. Cough with nausea, excited by scraping and tickling in throat, worse in cold air. Expectoration tough. Hoarse. Dryness in. Feels as if breathing thro' a sponge.

Chest.—Painful muscles. Pain in region of right nipple through to back. Worse: After midnight. Better: Afternoon.

Heart.—Shocks of pain in region of, then in right arm, worse walking. Constrictive feeling in præcordia, with pressure in temples. Pulse slow.

Neck.—Stiffness of, and of back at night. Pain in back of, running down spine, also in upper jaw and teeth.

Back.—Backache. Aching weight and pressure on scapulæ. Intense griping in small of, with cramps in lower extremities, which come and go suddenly, the muscles gather in knots, then become flaccid and sore, followed by drowsiness and stupor. Shooting pains in sacrum, down outer side of both thighs to feet.

Extremities. — Rheumatic and neuralgic pains affect the outer side and seem near surface of skin or bones. Corpse-like coldness, they look withered. Rheumatism of shoulders, < r. Throbbing, aching or pricking needle-like pains as if suppurating, in finger-tips. Pains below knees and elbows. Hamstrings seem too short. Heavy. Stiff. Spasmodic jerking of. Rheumatic feeling in all joints. Worse: Sitting. Better: Elevating feet.

Generalities. — General soreness, with tired aching and restlessness. Great muscular debility, lassitude and desire to lie down. Dark or purple redness of affected parts. Affects the right side especially the shoulder and thigh. Pains appear and disappear suddenly and are often followed by itching, burning or soreness. Universal throbbing. Smarting sensations. Convulsions, hands clenched, toes flexed, eyes bleared and dancing, with alternate spasm and relaxation of facial muscles. Many symptoms are accompanied by heat. All the secretions are greatly increased, tears, saliva, etc. Worse: Motion; raising up; wet weather; at night; open air; pressure; at 11 A. M. Better: Eating; warm, dry weather.

Skin.—Aching and hardness in glands. Itching rash with a dry, hot, red skin; desire for cold bathing, which relieves momentarily, but is worse afterwards; worse from scratching and heat of bed. Elevated erythematous eruption, painfully sore itching, terminating in a dark purple node. Causes suppuration of tumors, boils, etc. Cold and blue; lead-colored.

Fever.—Chill: Chilliness < uncovering; internally during pains. Heat: Burning h., especially on soles of feet, which seem bloated like puff-balls. In throat, stomach and rectum. With fulness of head, red face and cold feet. Sweat: Cool, mostly on forehead. Free on feet, most under toes. Profuse with the vomiting and purging.

Allied Remedies.—Bell., Bry., Dulc., Hell., Ign., Kali-bi., Kali-iod., Merc., Nux-v., Rhus-t.,

Antidotes.—Dig., Ign., Nit-ac., Op.

PLATINA.

Mind.—Unconsciousness. Delirium. Mental disturbances from fright, or anger caused by vexation, i. e., alternate laughing and crying, etc. Hysteria, with excessive sexual desire, hauteur and involuntary weeping. Sadness and weeping in evening. Premonition and great fear of imminent death, with extraordinary anguish. Insanity, with fault-finding, pride, obscene talk, trembling and tonic spasms. Great peevishness. Pride and self-conceit, with contempt for everything else, even the most beloved and sacred things. Symptoms of mind and mood frequently alternate with those of body. Great indifference.

Head.—Crampy pain, like an inward pressure in temples and forehead. Compressive cramping, as of a constricting band. Sensation of a plug in parietal bone. Pains increase gradually and leave in the same manner. Crawling, like ants, and cold feeling from temple down over lower jaw. Numbness within as well as on skull. Brain feels stiff. The scalp seems to gradually contract tightly over the skull then slowly relax again. Worse: Evening; stooping; sitting or lying at rest; in room. Better: Gentle motion in open air; rubbing.

Eyes.—Cramp-like pain in edge of orbit. Quivering or spasmodic trembling of lids. Cold sensation in. Crawling in angles of. Smarting in. Objects appear smaller than they really are.

Ears.—Crampy pain like an earache. Numb sensation in, which extends to cheeks and lips. Reverberation and rolling like the noise of a wagon in.

Nose.—Crampy pain, with numb sensation.

Face.—Redness and burning heat of, with violent thirst, especially toward evening. Pale, sunken and numb. Crampy pain, with numb feeling in malar bone. Benumbing, dull pressure in malar bone. Lock-jaw. Sense of coldness, mostly about mouth. Bluish-red varicosity on chin.

Teeth.—Crampy, jerky drawing in. Fissured gums.

Mouth.—Cramp-like drawing in throat, as though it were constricted. Hawking of mucus. Burnt feeling on tongue.

Appetite, etc. — Ravenous hunger and hasty eating, with contemptuous mood. Low spirits causing aversion to food. Thirstless.

Taste.—Sweetish on tip of tongue.

Eructation.—Ineffectual desire to eructate. Rising of a disagreeable, bitter sweet fluid, during which he easily swallows the wrong way.

Nausea, etc. — Continued qualmishness, with anxious weakness and trembling.

Stomach. — Pressure, after eating. Contractive pain in pit, as tho' too tightly laced. Thrusts in pit.

Abdomen. — Contractive pain in. Dull, thrusting pressure in. Burning extending from throat-pit down into a. Pressure, extending downward into inguinal region and sexual organs. Pinching in umbilical region. Drawing downward from lumbar region into both groins. Lead colic.

Stool.—Sense of weakness in abdomen or shivering after stool. Constipation.

Anus.—Itching, crawling and tenesmus at, every evening.

Urine.—Frequent urination in a weak stream.

Sexual Organs.—Painfully sensitive, internally and externally. Voluptuous crawling in, and in abdomen. Pressing and urging toward. Nymphomania and unnaturally excited sexual desire, especially in lying-in women.

Menses.—Of dark, thick blood, too early and too profuse (of too short duration). Spasms at appearance of. Uterine hemorrhage, with greatly excited sexual desire; after miscarriage.

Respiration.—Deep, anxious inspiration. Shortness of breath, as tho' chest were too tightly laced, with anxious, warm risings. Desire to take a deep breath, hindered by a weak feeling in chest.

Larynx, etc.—Loss of voice.

Neck.—Tensive, crampy feeling in. Stiffness of nape.

Chest.—Dull, thrusting pressure in. Tensive, crampy pain seemingly in external chest, increasing and decreasing gradually. Anxious palpitation.

Back.—Tensive, cramp-like, numb feeling in, and in lumbar region. Bruised pain in, and in lumbar region, especially when pressed upon or bending backward.

Upper Extremities.—Paralytic drawing and sense of weakness in arms. Cramping pain in arms and hands Stiff sensation in forearms. Ulcers on fingers and toes.

Lower Extremities.—Cramping pain in legs. Stiff feeling in legs. Swelling of balls of toes, with nightly tearing.

Generalities.—Cramp-like pains in many parts, especially in extremities and joints. Dull, thrust-like or inward pressing pains like the driving in of a

plug. Tension in limbs, as tho' tightly bound. Paralytic, numb and stiff sensation in various parts, generally accompanied by a feeling of coldness. Paralytic weakness and weariness in limbs, especially during rest. Hysterical, tetanic spasms, with full consciousness. Bad effects of fright and mortification, or of anger excited by vexation. The pains begin feebly, increase gradually and again disappear just as slowly. Most complaints are intensified in the evening and during rest. Especially suited to the female sex.

Skin.—Excoriative painful biting, or prickling burning here and there.

Sleep.—Spasmodic yawning; in afternoon. Lascivious dreams.

Fever. — Pulse: Small, weak and often tremulous. Chill: In evening, with trembling and tremulous sensation thro' whole body. Shaking c , when passing from a room into open (even warm) air. And chilliness predominate, with peevishness, which passes off later during the heat. Alternating with symptoms of the intellect and disposition. Heat: With a sense of burning redness of face, when it is neither noticeable nor present Flying h., inter-mingled with shivering. Gradually increasing and diminishing in a like manner. Sweat: Only during sleep, disappearing immediately on waking.

Allied Remedies. — Ag-c., Asaf., Bell., Caust., Croc., Dig., Ign., LACH., Men., Merc., PLB., PULS., Saba., Sabi., Stront.

PLUMBUM.

Mind.—Weakness of mind and memory. Delirium, with rage and wild looks. Insanity. Great anxiety and restlessness, with frequent sighing. Dejection and melancholy. Ennui.

Sensorium. — Vertigo when stooping or looking upward. Stupefaction; he falls down unconscious.

Head.—Congestion, with heat ascending into head. Heaviness, especially in occiput. Sticking ache. Hair very dry; it falls from beard and eyebrows.

Eyes.—Inflamed and congested. Pressure in, as tho' the ball were too large. Paralysis of upper lid. Yellow sclerotic. Contracted pupils. Myopia. Misty, foggy vision. Paralysis of optic nerve.

Ears.—Tearing in. Difficult hearing.

Nose.—Erysipelatous inflammation. Diminished sense of smell. Nasty odor in.

Face.—Cadaverous paleness. Puffed. Greasy, glistening skin. Confused look. Painless desquamation of lips. Tearing in maxillæ.

Teeth. — Soften and turn black. Pale, swollen gums. Painful nodes on gums.

Mouth.—Dry. Aphthæ, dirty ulcers and bluish-black blotches in, also on tip of tongue (as after abuse of Mercury). Sense of a foreign body or of swelling in throat. Rising, as of a ball in throat. Constriction of throat. Paralysis of throat, with inability to swallow. Much sweetish saliva in. Paralysis of tongue, with difficult speech.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of. Increased. Desire for bread and baked food. Violent thirst, especially for cold water.

Taste.—Sweetish, in mouth.

Eructations. — Sweetish. Gulping up of sweetish water.

Nausea, etc.—Frequent retching. Excessive vomiting of ingesta or discolored substances, with violent pains in stomach and abdomen. Fecal vomit, with colic and constipation.

Stomach.—Violent, constrictive spasm of. Violent pressure in. Sticking extending from pit into back.

Hypochondriæ.—Stitches in liver. Pains in kidneys.

Abdomen.—Violent colic with strong retraction of, especially of navel. Constriction of intestines, with strong retraction of navel and anus. Inflammation of viscera. Hard nodes in.

Flatulence.—Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen. Exceedingly offensive flatus, especially after eating fish.

Stool. — Obstinate constipation. Hard, nodular stool passed with difficulty.

Anus.—Constriction and retraction of.

Urine.—Retained. Tenesmus vesicæ. Difficult discharge of, passed drop by drop (strangury).

Sexual Organs.—Inflammatory swelling of. Constriction in testicles. Greatly intensified sexual desire.

Respiration.—Difficult, panting. Spasmodic tightness of chest.

Cough.—Dry, convulsive. With expectoration of blood or pus.

Larynx.—Hoarseness and roughness in. Constriction of.

Chest.—Constriction. Stitches; in female mammæ. Anxious palpitation.

Back.—Stitches in, and in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Twitching tearing in arms. Bony exostoses on back of hand.

Lower Extremities.—Paralytic sensation in hip, knee and ankle joints. Paralysis of lower limbs. Stinking foot-sweat.

Generalities.—Sticking and tearing in limbs. Twitching in limbs. Paralysis of limbs. Constrictive sensations in internal organs. Epileptic attacks. Great weakness and emaciation. Dropsical swellings. The pains in limbs are intensified at night and are > by rubbing. Symptoms intermit every third day.

Bones.—Crawling pain, seemingly inside of.

Skin.—Sensitive to open air. Yellowish or pale bluish color. Dark brown spots on body. Denuded spots. Acute decubitus. Burning ulcers. Cold gangrene.

Sleep.—Great drowsiness. Stupefying somnolency. Extraordinary day sleepiness. Nightly sleeplessness on account of spasmodic colic.

Fever.—Pluse: Very variable and irregular, mostly small, contracted and slow, sometimes hard and slow, also occasionally small and accelerated, seldom full, feverish or intermittent. Chill: Predominating, increasing toward evening with violent thirst and redness of face. Internal, with external heat, towards evening. Chilliness in all members. Coldness in open air and during motion. Heat: With thirst, anxiety, a red face and sleepiness. Internal, in evening and night with yellowness of whole buccal cavity. Sweat: Anxious, cold or sticky and clammy.

Allied Remedies.—Alum,. Ars., Bell., (CAUST.), Chin., Hyos., Nat-m., Nux-v., OP , PLAT., Stram., Sul., Sul-ac.

PODOPHYLLUM.

Mind.—Depressed. Hypochondriac mood.

Vertigo.—With fulness over eyes.

Head.—Splitting, dull throbbing or heaviness in occiput. Headache, with heat in vertex; alternating with diarrhœa; sharp pain; soreness over seat of pain; stunning. Worse: Lying down; after eating; rising. Better: Open air; cold bathing.

Eyes.—Sunken. Half open, during sleep. Heavy lids. Drawing, as if squint would follow. Inflamed. Photophobia. Ulcers and opacities of cornea. Occluded pupil.

Nose.—Pinched. Soreness and little pustules in. Inflamed, with itching and burning.

Face.—Pale. Fallen jaw. Cheeks red, swelled.

Mouth.—Lips sore. Teeth covered with dried mucus in the morning. Much viscid mucus in. Sour or offensive odor from. Salivation. Tongue: Coated white; yellow; taking imprint of teeth; swelling of and of adjacent glands.

Taste.—Sour; putrid; of fried liver; sweet, to everything.

Throat.—Soreness of, extending into ears. Rough, dry and burning. Sense of a lump in. Rattling of mucus in. Worse: Swallowing liquids.

Appetite.—Voracious; craves acids.

Thirst.—For cold water.

Nausea.—After rising; with acidity. Vomiting: Of hot, frothy mucus, burning the œsophagus; bitter; dark green; bloody; forcible; exhausting. Regurgitations, with heat in throat..

Epigastrium.—Throbbing, then diarrhœa. Hollow feeling. Weakness, < after stool.

Stomach.—Burning like hot steam in. Spasmodic, wrenching pains, which extort screams with efforts to vomit; he constantly rubs it. Cold water causes oppression and uneasiness in. Heaviness in. Sickly feeling in. Worse: Motion.

Hypochondriæ.—Fulness, twisting, stitches or heat in right. Weight or dragging in left. Worse: Eating.

Abdomen.—Faintness, with a sense of emptiness in a., after stool. Heat and pain in, with inclination to stool. Cramp-like colic, with retracted muscles. Griping. Cutting in sides of. Rumbling, < in ascending colon. Pain in ascending and transverse colon. Sharp pain above right groin. Distension. Tenderness. Inflammation and ulceration of duodenum. Worse: Lying on back; pressure of clothes; touch; motion; eating. Better: Doubling up. Hard pressure. Warmth. After passing stool or flatus. Lying on side.

Rectum.—Prolapse of, with swelling and congestion. Fulness and dragging in, before stool; sense of weakness in and in abdomen after stool. Anus: Soreness in. Discharge of mucus from.

Stool.—Liquid; profuse; painless; offensive; hurried; gushing out; undigested; frothy; yellow, green, chalk-like or blood streaked; albuminous; acrid; burning hot; coated with tough yellow mucus; painful with screaming and grinding of teeth; ineffectual urging to; preceded by retching and vomiting. Alternate diarrhœa and constipation. Worse: After eating or drinking; in hot weather; during dentition; in the morning; from acid fruit with milk.

Urine.—Incontinence of.

Sexual Organs.—Inflamed scrotum or eyes; pustules on scrotum (Crot-t.). Sticking above pubes and in spermatic cord. Inflammation and soreness in right ovary and uterus; pains in ovary extend up and down. Numbness in left ovary. Falling out feeling during stool, with pains in sacrum. Prolapsus uteri and recti.

Chest.—Oppression, with desire to breathe deeply, hindered by a sense of constriction. Sense of suffocation on first lying down. Snapping like a thread breaking in right lung on deep inspiration.

Heart.—Palpitation. Feeling as if it were mounting into throat.

Neck.—Stiff nape with soreness of muscles of neck and shoulder.

Back.—Pains; under right scapula; in loins worse from a misstep.

Extremities.—Tingling in. Weakness in joints; knees, wrists, left hip, etc. Pain with cramp in right leg.

Generalities.—Choleraic symptoms, with cramps and drowsiness. Prostration. Constant rolling and tossing about. Stiff on beginning to move. Sense of soreness, the bed being too hard. Headache accompanies many symptoms. Affects the right throat, right hypochondrium and right ovary.

Aggravation.—In the morning; from 2 to 4 A. M.; abuse of calomel; during dentition.

Amelioration.—Evening.

Sleep.—Moaning in. Sleepy: In day time; in morning, with rumbling in bowels.

Skin.—Intolerable itching, scratching causes urticarious blotches. Rawness. Scabs on arms and legs.

Fever.—Coldness: With the pain in bowels. Heat: In flushes; up back after stool; over face and head. Cough during. Sweat: So profuse it drops from fingers; cold; on feet in evening. Feeling as if body were bathed in.

Allied Remedies.—Alo., Chel., Colch., Crot-t., Gamb., Ign., Iris-v , Jat., Lyc., Merc., Nat-s., Nux-v., Sul., Sul-ac., Verat-a.

PSORINUM.

Mind.—Anxious; full of fear; very depressed; despairing; always thinking of dying. Irritable, easily angered. Every moral impression causes trembling. Persistence of one idea. Memory lost.

Head.—Aching, spasmodically contractive a. Pain: In center, with weakness of; like a hammer beating; as of a piece of

wood lying across occiput; pushing out, as if brain had not space enough; one-sided pressure. Pulsation. Boring or cramp in temples. Drawing in frontal sinuses. Pinching and heaviness in forehead; temples feel pressed in, alternating with pain in teeth. Burning. Stitches extending to nose or eyes. Dull pressing in vertex. As of a cord tied about. Hair feels pulled. Worse: Mental labor. Better: Wrapping up; nosebleed; sweat; washing face.

Eyes.—Glassy. Gummy. Agglutinated. Deep broad, blue rings about. Feel swelled, like a foreign body in; tired; burning. Vision: Of fiery sparks; tremulous; suddenly blurred. Pimples like styes on upper lid. Worse: Looking intently.

Ears.—Discharging fetid pus, with headache. Reddish earwax. Feeling as if: Stuffed; something bursting in, when swallowing; breath came from; hearing with another's ears. Pain, ulcerative; stitching, preceded by coldness, better boring in with finger. Burning heat in, extending to vertex. Roaring in, with stupefaction. Worse: Evening.

Nose.—Tough mucus in. Sense of a plug high up in, causing nausea, better stooping. Boring in, then sneezing. Pustules on septum. Clear fluid escapes on stooping. Sensitive to inhaled air. Drawing in, then fluent coryza. Burning in, better by a fluent discharge. Scratching crawling at root. Itching on tip.

Face.—Greasy. Pale, sickly look. Zygoma painful to touch.

Lips.—Swelling of upper. Brown, black and dry. Painful and itching. Burn. Feel swelled. Vesicles around corners of, with humid sore spots.

Teeth.—Gnashing of, at night; feel on edge when smoking; loose; stitches in; hammering in; feel pulled. Toothache, alternating with headache. Worse: Touch. Better: Fresh air.

Gums.—Inflamed, with crawling pain; and tongue ulcerated, with sore throat.

Tongue.—Dry; painful. Tip feels burnt.

Mouth.—Tough mucus in and in throat; it glues the teeth together, tastes like old cheese, is offensive and adheres to palate causing hawking. Scratching in back part and asthmatic feeling on leaning backward. Swelled feeling in fauces.

Taste.—Foul; bitter or coppery; sticky. Of food is oily, or like cat's urine. Nauseous. Better: Eating.

Throat.—Pink spots with cheesy tips, which turn black. Sore, everything burns it, with difficult swallowing, can take cold food only. Tough, adherent mucus in, causing hawking. Scratching, with suffocation, causing cough. Tickling causing cough; tickling in, then eructations. Burnt feeling in; burning in palate. Dry. Swollen feeling in left tonsil. Submaxillary glands swelled.

Appetite.—Great hunger; without appetite. Easily satiated. Disgust for pork. Great thirst; with dryness and burning in mouth; for beer after the chill.

Eructations.—Tasting like rotten eggs; rancid; with headache. Waterbrash, after drinkin gwater; on lying down, with colic. Better: Eating roasted things.

Nausea.—Constant. Vomits sweet mucus, or sour, which sets teeth on edge.

Stomach.—Bloated; oppressed. Crampy stitch, cutting or contracting pain in pit.

Abdomen.—Stitches in hypochondria and sides of, < motion and lying on r. side. Swollen feeling below short ribs (Sul.). Bloated. Gurgling, griping, cutting or twisting in. Twitching or sticking in inguinal region. Worse: Eating frozen things; driving. Better: Stool.

Rectum.—Burning in. Chafed feeling.

Anus.—Burning nodes at. Itching. Hæmorrhoids worse during stormy weather.

Stool.—Of a dark brown, very foul smelling fluid. Shooting out, preceded by colic. Green, bilious, mixed with mucus. Involuntary, with much flatus. Soft, but difficult. Mushy.

Urinary Organs.—Urination: Prostatic discharge before; burning in tip of penis at start of; burning with cutting during; dribbling after. Inward stitches in urethra. Red sediment in, fatty pellicle on urine.

Sexual Organs.—Male: Relaxed. Impotence, with aversion to coition. Tightness and drawing in. Testes swelled and heavy, with ulcer on glans. Drawing in testes and small of back. Spermatic cords as if full of blood. Painful suppurating vesicle on scrotum.

Respiratory Organs.—Cough: Paroxysmal, hacking, excited by suffocation and crawling in larynx, or talking, > quiet; with weakness or heaviness in chest; with dizziness; with vomiting acid mucus; with soreness under sternum; in morning on rising and evening on lying down (Phos.). Expectoration: Blood-streaked; of saliva; of green mucus; difficult; sticking firmly. Hoarseness. Short of breath in fresh air; with whistling in chest. Suffocation in larynx when sitting bent backward; > gentle exercise, riding or lying down; <, sitting.

Chest.—Pains: Cutting, as with knives; as if tearing loose; pressing in small spots; ulcerative under sternum; excoriating; boring. Oppression as of a load, on inclining head forward when stooping. Worse: Coughing. Better: Holding arms away from chest.

Neck.—Glands swelled, on touch bruised pain extends to head. Tearing, boring or stiffness in nape. Drawing extending to shoulders. Tensive pain as from lying uncomfortably. Pustules on.

Back.—Boil-like indurations in axillæ. Sticking extending towards chest on coughing. Pains: Boring, or as if broken in vertebræ; bruised; cutting; stitches; pressure in. Tightness in ischii, extending to knees. Weakness. Worse: Straightening out; motion.

Extremities.—Stretching. Weakness, as if joints would not hold together. Tearing, wandering pains. Trembling of hands and feet. Upper: Asleep feeling in left arm and fingers. Crawling in fingers. Spasmodic pain in bones of left arm. Better: Motion.

Lower Extremities.—One leg feels too weak to endure pressure of other when lying. Bruised pains in legs and soles, as after too much walking, with restlessness in them. Stitching as of a strained sinew in ankle. Inclination to turn left foot inward when walking. Gouty pains in left foot. Cramps in single toes when stretching them out. Itching feet and soles. Worse: Rest.

Generalities.—Filthy smell of body. Offensive discharges. Pale, exhausted and thin, his clothing is too large for him. Malaise, easily tired out; riding exhausts him. The sun shining upon her seems to press her down. Great bodily heaviness. Affected by stormy weather. Hot tremblings over body. Worse: Riding. Morning and evening. Better: Lying down; in morning; in fresh air; wrapping up.

Skin.—Yellow, dirty and greasy. Roughness of knuckles. Small warts, like pinheads on fingers. Pimples with black points in center (Kali-bi.). Eruptions: Miliary; vesicular; pustular; itch-like; unhealthy. Itching, after scratching vesicles arise; when touched.

Sleep.—Very sleepy in daytime. Gnashes teeth, which wakes her. Unrefreshing. Dreams of business; anxious.

Fever.—Chilliness, in the evening, with hot flashes, debility and sleepiness. Creeping chills. Feet cold all night. Heat: Sudden, general, with trickling sweat over face. As if about to lose senses. With thirst, dryness and burning in mouth, burning in head and face, better fluent coryza. Thirst during chill and heat. Sweat: Profuse, when walking, with consequent debility and taking cold easily. Offensive. On perineum. On palms at night. During night, then feels better.

Allied Remedies.—Carb-v., Chin., Graph., Kali-bi., Sul.

PULSATILLA.

Mind.—Distraction. Unconsciousness. Full of numerous, but very changeable ideas. Delirium. Anxiousness, restlessness and fear of death. Secret anguish, even to self-destruction, by drowning. Melancholy and sadness. Anthropophobia. Mild, timid, yielding disposition. Tearful mood. Inclination to inward grief and

silent vexation. Full of care concerning his domestic affairs. Covetous and dissatisfied. Mistrust.

Sensorium.—Vertigo as tho' intoxicated; with nausea, headache and vanishing of sight and hearing in evening when looking up or stooping. Stupefying confusion of head. Mental obtusion and chaotic condition of head, as after a debauch or night watching, worst in a warm room. Mental fatigue from exertion of mind. Fainting attacks with a deathly pale face, on entering a warm room.

Head.—Congestion to. Twitching tearing pain, going to temple upon which he turns and lies. Crackling in, after each impact of the pulse. One-sided stitches in one temple or in occiput, with vertigo, roaring in ears and vanishing of sight. Aching as tho' brain were torn. Empty feeling in. Sore pain in one or both temples. Bursting pressure in forehead, with pressure on eyes and nausea. Great heaviness of. Throbbing in. Cutting in. Tension in forehead as tho' screwed together. Twitching jerks in one side, like a tight drawing which suddenly lets go. Worse: Evening; lying on painless side; at rest; in a warm room; hot air; mental exertion. Motion: Of eyes; raising eyes; stooping. Better: Walking in cool open air; tight bandaging; external pressure; raising up.

External Head.—Exostoses, tending to suppurate and ending in necrosis of bones. Feeling as if frontal bones were too thin. Twitching tearing or crawling biting, sticking and itching on, most on temples and behind ears, unchanged or worse from scratching, followed by swelling and eruptions which pain as if ulcerated. Drawing pain in when brushing hair back. Takes cold in, from getting it wet. Worse: Undressing; getting warm in bed; touching hair. Better: Open air; gentle motion; washing head.

Eyes.—Inflammation with nightly agglutination. Lachrymation. Redness of conjunctiva, without swelling of lids. Sticking in, especially from light and sunshine. Dryness of, and of lids. Lachrymal fistula which discharges pus when pressed upon. Styes, especially on upper lids. Dim vision, when becoming heated. Like gauze before, > by wiping. Incipient paralysis of optic nerve and gray cataract. Obscuration of cornea.

Ears.—Twitching tearing or sticking in. Inflammation of. Hardened, black cerumen. Discharging pus. Pain in, as tho' something were forced out. Deafness, as from stoppage, after taking cold. Nightly earache and toothache.

Nose.—Nosebleed of dark blood. Ulceration and moisture on wings. Green, stinking or purulent discharge. Coryza with constant chilliness and loss of smell and taste; dry in evening, fluent in morning.

Face.—Pale yellow complexion with deeply sunken eyes. Erysipelas, with sticking pains then desquamation of skin. Shivering on one side. Painful sensitiveness of skin. Biting and gnawing about mouth. Swelling of under lip; of submaxillary. glands. Tearing in lower jaw.

Teeth.—Ache in evening. Jerking, tearing ache, < warmth of bed or room and > by cool air or cold water. Jerking from teeth into ear. Throbbing and sticking in gum, < heat of stove. Toothache from taking cold (when the weather first turns warm in spring), with tearing in ears, pale face and chill. Looseness of painful teeth.

Mouth.—Putrid odor from, especially in morning. Dark redness or varicose swelling of throat. Sore throat, as tho' it were raw. Sticking sore throat when swallowing. Pressure and tension in throat during empty swallowing. Tenacious mucus in throat early in morning. Increased flow of sweetish saliva. Tongue covered with mucus.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger. Constant hunger, but knows not for what. Entire loss of. Aversion to bread and butter. Thirstless. Craving for refreshing, alcoholic drinks. Thirst, with foul eructations.

Taste.—Diminished, to food and drink. Bitter, after eating, drinking, chewing and vomiting. Like putrid meat, in mouth, early in morning. Bread tastes bitter, sour or too dry. Meat gravy tastes putrid.

Eructation.—Tasting of ingesta. Tasting like spoiled food. Putrid or bitter.

Nausea, etc.—Inclination to vomit, seeming to come from upper abdomen. Chronic vomiting of ingesta after every meal. Vomiting of food every evening and night. Bitter vomit early in morning. Vomits ingesta, then bitter mucus.

Stomach.—Disordered by fat food or pork. Pressure, especially after bread. Chilled by frozen things, fruit, etc. Cramp, with nausea which ceases after vomiting. Sensible pulsation in pit.

Hypochondriæ.—Sticking in hepatic region when walking. Sense of lassitude in. Pressure in spleen.

Abdomen.—Sticking and cutting in, in evening, especially when sitting still. Thrusts in. Painless gurgling in upper. Inflammation of. Sensitiveness and swelling of walls. Spasmodic colic and labor-like abdominal pains during pregnancy. Pains in belly, with chilliness at time menses should appear.

Flatulence.—Flatulent colic every evening. Rumbling in abdomen.

Stool.—Diarrhœic, with much mucus. Diarrhœa from fright. White. Difficult, altho' soft, with urging and backache. Nightly, greenish, watery diarrhœa. Foul smelling diarrhœa. Constipation alternating with diarrhœa.

Anus.—Violent bleeding from, during stool. Anal hemorrhoids with smarting pain.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate; with scanty discharge; during pregnancy, with drawing in abdomen. Ischuria, tenesmus vesicæ. Nocturnal enuresis. Hæmaturia, with burning at meatus and contraction in umbilical region. Dark urine, with a ring of violet froth.

Sexual Organs.—Painful swelling of testes and spermatic cords, with prostatic discharge. Burning in testes, without swelling. Inflamed testes, especially after contusions. Hydrocele. Inflammation of prostatic gland. Greatly excited sexual desire. Labor-pains: Too feeble; wanting, with violent pains in lumbar region. After-birth delayed. After pains.

Menses.—Of thick, black, lumpy or thin, watery blood, too late and too scanty. Suppressed, especially after taking cold. Appear with difficulty and are delayed at puberty. Non-appearing lochia. Uterine hemorrhage, with false labor-pains. Thin burning or thick painless leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Groaning or rattling. Constriction and tightness of chest, especially when lying on back. Difficult, when walking. Nightly asthma, as from sulphur vapor. Tightness from spasmodic tension in lower part of chest, under false ribs.

Cough.—Short, dry c., on becoming warm. Dry, after every nap. Early in morning and during day with, but in evening and night without expectoration. With copious, yellow or greenish, variously tasting mucus expectoration; or e., of dark clotted blood. Excited by dryness, as of sulphur vapor and itching, scratching in trachea and chest, with retching and inclination to vomit. Paroxysms of dry, short, c., with pains in chest. Headache, thrusts in abdomen and pains in lumbar region during. Hemoptysis of black, coagulated blood with suppressed menses.

Larynx.—Hoarseness, inability to utter a loud word. Tickling in thyroid cartilage.

Neck.—Drawing, tensive pain in nape. Swelling and pain in neck and nape, as from an ulcer.

Chest.—Spasmodic constriction and tension. Stitches, especially when coughing and taking a deep breath. Pains in, or upon sternum, as from an ulcer. Painful, as if bruised. Attacks of burning and piercing in. Anxious palpitation. Disappearance of milk from breasts of nursing mothers. Painful, sticking swelling in the nippleless breasts, with discharge of thin, acrid milk, in girls before puberty.

Back.—Prominence and curvature of upper spinal and cervical vertebræ. Backache when pressing hand on chest. Lumbar pains after sitting. Ache in lumbar region when labor-pains cease. Lumbar pains with chilliness at time menses should appear. Stitches in, and in sides.

Upper Extremities.—Paralytic sensation in shoulder joints when raising arms.