Characteristics Ranunculus Bulbosus – Sabina

Jerking tearing thro' arms. Heaviness of arms, with numb hands. Swelling of elbow after contusions. Swelling of blood vessels of forearms and hands. Stiff wrist. Itching frost bites on fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Jerking tearing in legs. Trembling of legs, especially during pains. Hot, inflammatory swelling of knee, with sticking pains, especially over patella. Heaviness of lower legs. Drawing in fibulæ. Varicose veins on lower legs. Red, hot swelling of feet, extending up to calf, with sticking pains. When walking there is a sticking, when sitting a jerking in ankles. Swelling of dorsum of foot. Ulcerative pain in soles of feet.

Generalities.—Emaciation. Jerking tearing in muscles, as tho' they were suddenly pulled, especially at night and during rest. Swollen limbs, with numb sensations or sticking pains. Pains which rapidly shift to other parts, with swelling of affected region. Tearing in limbs, like a slight tension, which always lets go with a tearing jerk. Pain, as of something sore or an internal ulceration. Inflammation of internal parts, with inclination to ulceration. After effects of blows, falls or contusions. Fainting attacks, with cadaverous paleness of face. Epileptic attacks after suppressed menses, with violent beating about of limbs, then relaxation of same, eructations and inclination to vomit. Pains are generally accompanied by thirstlessness and chilliness, as tho' affected parts were dashed with cold water, (but no shaking). The symptoms are intensified in the evening and in the hours before midnight, also when resting and from warmth, especially in warm air of a room; they are >in the open air, when lying on back and during gentle motion.

Glands.—Inflammations of the mucous membranes.

Bones.—Bruised pain in cylindrical bones. Curvature of. Caries.

Skin.—Biting itching, like the biting of ants. Itching in evening (and at night) from warmth of bed, < by scratching. Eruption (like chicken-pox) after bacon and fat pork. Painful soreness when grasping affected parts. Chapped, from moistening it. Dropsical swelling. Ulcers; flat, foul; bleed easily; sticking. Frost bites on hands and feet.

Sleep.—Late falling asleep in evening. Somnolency. Nightly sleeplessness before midnight, on account of anxiety, restlessness and heat.

Fever.—Pulse: Weak and small, often hardly perceptible, but quickened; seldom slow. Throbbing in blood vessels, in evening. Swollen blood vessels during the evening heat. Chill: Increased toward evening. With the pains. Coldness, and shuddering predominate. Thirst before c., and before heat, seldom with either. Constant chilliness, as if dashed with water, even in a warm room. Chilliness, with overrunning heat. One-sided coldness, with sensation of numbness. Cold drawings thro' back in evening. After anger. In evening and before midnight, constant chilliness overrunning the body, without shivering. The stronger the pains, the more violent the chill. Heat: After the chill, with anxiety and red face. General internal, dry, without external heat, in evening and at night. Of face, or one hand with coldness of the other. Of body, with cold extremities. Attacks of anxious h., as if dashed with hot water. Sweat: Copious, at night and in morning. During sleep, disappears on awaking. Easy, during day. One-sided, sometimes only on face and hairy scalp. At night, with stupefying slumber. Often smells sweetish, sour, mouldy or like musk, and is sometimes cold.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Agar., Ag-c., Alum., Ambr., Am-m., Ant-c., Ant-t., AP., Arn., Asaf., Aur., BELL., BRY., Calc-c., Cann., CANTH., Caps., Carb-v., Caust., CHAM., Chel., Chin., Coff., Colch., Con., CUPR., Cycl., Dig., Dulc., Euphor., Ferr., Gel., GRAPH., Ign., Ip., KALI-BI., KALI-C., LACH., Led., LYC., M-arct., Mag-c., Mang., Merc., MILLEF., NAT-C., NAT-M., Nat-s., NIT-AC., Nux-v., Petr., Phos., PLAT., Ran-b., Rhe., Rhus-t., Saba., SEP., Sil., Spig., STANN., Sul., SUL-AC., Valer., Verbas.

RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS.

Mind.—When reflecting his thoughts vanish. Dull senses. Irritable and quarrelsome. Fear of ghosts in evening.

Vertigo.—From congestion of blood to head.

Head.—Congestion to. Sense of enlargement and distension of entire h. Distensive or bursting pressure, more in forehead and vertex, with pressure on eyeballs. Headache: With qualmishness and sleepiness; as tho' the brain were bruised, with faint-like weakness. The pains are especially excited and intensified by changes of temperature. Worse: Toward evening; going from a warm room into the cold, or the reverse. Better: Rising from bed; in an even temperature.

Eyes.—Excoriative biting in and in canthi. Pressure in.

Ears.—Stitches in. Spasmodic earache.

Nose.—Red, tensive, inflammatory swelling. Scurfy nostrils.

Face.—Dry heat of, with red cheeks. Crawling, especially about chin and nose. Spasms of lips.

Teeth.—Sensation in molars, as tho' they were forced asunder.

Mouth.—Scratching burning on palate and in throat. Increased secretion of tenacious mucus in throat in evening. Accumulation of much coppery-tasting saliva. Salivation.

Thirst.—Increased in afternoon.

Eructation.—Spasmodic hiccough.

Nausea.—Mostly in afternoon and evening.

Stomach.—Burning in cardiac orifice. Pressure and excoriative pain in pit when touched.

Hypochondriæ.—Excoriative or bruised pain in. Sticking pains in liver, extending into right chest.

Abdomen.—Pinching bellyache alternating with pains in chest. Burning, excoriative pain in. Festering pain in intestines.

Stool.—Soft, light, without pain.

Leucorrhœa.—Acrid, corrosive.

Respiration.—Shortness of, with oppression of chest in evening. Violent oppression, as after deep mortification; he seems unable to inhale sufficient air and must frequently take a deep breath.

Chest.—Suppurative pain in entire c., from least motion of upper part of body and when touched. Festering pain with stitches, extending downward into sides of abdomen. Violent stitches in right c , extending downward into hepatic region. The chest pains are mostly external and are intensified by motion and touch.

Back.—Stitches in, and between scapulæ.

Upper Extremities.—Stitches in arms and hands. Herpes on palms of hands. Herpes or blue vesicles on fingers. Ulcerated fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Drawing extending from thighs downward. Podagra and sticking in feet and toes.

Generalities.—Bruised sensation in entire body. Trembling of limbs, with oppression of breathing after vexation. Epileptic attacks. Symptoms are intensified in evening, (in morning); in certain cases also after eating. Changes of temperature and alternations of heat or cold, as well as touch, motion and stretching of body, < many symptoms, especially those of trunk. Effects of taking cold.

Skin.—Blistery eruption like that of a burn. Burning, itching, dark blue vesicles in closely aggregated groups Flat, burning, sticking ulcers, with corrosive ichor. Horny growths. Herpes.

Sleep.—Late falling to, in evening. Sleeplessness, as if from too great activity. Frequent awaking at night and difficult falling to sleep again.

Fever.—Pulse: Hard, full and accelerated in evening, slower in morning. Chill: Predominating, with heat of face, mostly in afternoon and evening. Chilliness with heat of face after dinner. In open air he chills mostly on the outside of

(covered) chest. The fever often consists of chill only. Heat: In evening, especially on face, often on r. side only, with cold hands (and feet). With concomitant internal chill. Sweats very little, and only in morning on awaking.

Allied Remedies.—Bry., Puls., RHUS-T., Staph., Sul., Verbas.

RANUNCULUS SCELERATUS.

Mind.—Indolence and aversion to mental exertion, early in morning. Low-spirited and depressed mood in evening.

Head.—Gnawing ache in region of vertex or temples. The head feels distended and thick. Contraction of scalp. Biting itching on scalp.

Eyes.—Biting gnawing in, and in canthi. Painful pressure in balls.

Ears.—Earache, with pressive or gnawing headache and drawing in teeth.

Nose.—Biting and crawling in.

Face.—Slight drawing in, with cold sensation down the cheek. Sensation as tho' covered with a spider web. Trembling about mouth (before vomiting). Sardonic laughter.

Teeth.—In afternoon and evening painful, jerking drawing in upper molars. Sticking drawing in.

Mouth.—Burning in throat. Scraping in throat. Salivation. Swelling of tonsils, with fleeting stitches therein.

Eructations.—Tasting of ingesta, after eating.

Qualmishness.—Especially after midnight.

Stomach.—Sore burning immediately over pit. Pressing and sensation of fulness in pit, < external pressure.

Hypochondriæ.—Sticking and pressing in region of liver, spleen or kidneys.

Abdomen.—Sense of a plug behind navel in morning. Nightly, screwing pressure behind navel. Twitching in walls.

Stool.—Frequent, foul smelling, diarrhœic s.

Respiration.—Obstructed by gnawing behind sternum.

Chest.—Periodically recurring bruised feeling in entire chest in evening. Stitches in, and in pectoral muscles. Gnawing. Sensitive, externally and sternum.

Back.—Paralytic bruised felling in small of.

Upper Extremities.—Sticking, boring and gnawing in arms, most intense in fingers (chiragra). Swelling of fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Sticking, boring and gnawing in legs, most intense in great toe (podagra).

Generalities.—Boring and gnawing in various parts, especially in evening and before midnight. Convulsive twitchings of limbs. Fainting during the pains. Pains are < toward evening; > after midnight and then are replaced by sleeplessness.

Skin.—Eruption of blisters containing an acrid, watery ichor.

Sleep.—Sleepless after midnight, with anxiety, heat and thirst; on account of activity and great physical restlessness. Half slumber after midnight.

Fever.—Pulse: Quick and full but soft, with nightly heat. Chill: And chilliness while eating. Heat: In room in evening, after walking in open air. Nightly dry h., with violent thirst and strong ebullitions, most after midnight. Predominating. Sweat: After heat, towards morning, most profuse on forehead.

Allied Remedies.—Ars., Aru-tri'., Flu-ac., Puls., Verat-a.

RHEUM.

Mind.—Morose, sluggishness and silent brooding. The child desires various things with weeping and vehemence. Restless and tearful. Fear of death.

Head.—Heaviness of, with heat rising therein. Beclouding, stupefying ache with puffed eyes. Throbbing ache.

Eyes.—Painful throbbing in. Suffused. Contracted pupils. Weak, with dim vision.

Ears.—Bubbling in, and in muscles of throat. Throbbing in.

Nose.—Crawling in tip.

Face.—Tension in skin of. Inclination to wrinkle forehead. Drawing, welling up, almost a bubbling sensation in lower jaw, extending into temples.

Teeth.—Difficult teething in children. Cold feeling in, with great accumulation of saliva.

Appetite.—Hunger without appetite. Appetite for various things, but after the first bite they become repulsive. Aversion to fatty, insipid foods. Coffee is repugnant unless very sweet. Violent thirst.

Taste.—Flat, slimy. Food tastes bitter while it is in the mouth.

Qualmishness.—Seeming to arise from stomach and abdomen.

Stomach.—Tension in region of. Fulness, as from overloading.

Abdomen.—Tense and bloated. Violent cutting pains in, especially in loins, they compel him to double up. Cutting in, before and during stool. Welling up, gurgling sensation in abdominal muscles.

Flatulence.—Rumbling and cutting from flatus in abdomen.

Stool.—Frequent, ineffectual urging. Forcible, colicky stool < motion. Papescent, sour-smelling s., with shivering. Diarrhœa: Mucus; debilitating; with cutting in the abdomen, then tenesmus.

Urine.—Increased discharge. Reddish-yellow or greenish. Feeble discharge, as from paralysis of bladder.

Respiration.—Oppressed, as from a load upon upper part of chest.

Chest.—Crackling or gurgling, bubbling up as from small bubbles in chest muscles. Stitches in nipples. Yellow, bitter milk of nursing women.

Back.—Stiffness in small of back and hips.

Upper Extremities.—Twitching in arms and hands. Gurgling bubbling sensation, especially in elbows. Distended blood-vessels on hands. Cold sweat on palms.

Lower Extremities.—Weariness in thighs, as after overexertion. Bubbling gurgling sensation extending from popliteal spaces to heels.

Generalities.—Bubbling gurgling sensation, as from small bubbles in muscles and joints. All joints pain when moved. Asleep sensation in parts whereon he lies. Weakness and heaviness of entire body, as after waking from a deep sleep.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness. Nightly sleeplessness and restlessness, with tossing about and crying out (in children). After sleep, want of recollection, headache, bad odor from mouth, etc. Many anxious, sorrowful dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Only slightly quickened. Chill: Alternating with heat. One cheek red, the other pale. Internal shivering with external warmth. Heat: Over whole body, most on hands and feet, with a cold face. Predominating. Sweat: From the least exertion. Cold, about mouth and nose. On forehead and scalp. Stains yellow, and smells like rhubarb.

Allied Remedies.—Bell, Cham., Coloc., Mag-c., Merc., NUX-V., Phos-ac., Puls.

RHODODENDRON.

Mind.—Morose, gloomy disposition. Great indifference. Great forgetfulness.

Vertigo.—Dull confusion of head and sleepiness, early in morning after rising.

Head.—Pressive pain in forehead and temples, as tho' in bones. Tearing, seemingly in bones. Burrowing in forehead and temples. Tension in forehead. Worse: Early in morning while lying quietly in bed; wine; cold wet weather. Better: rising; during motion.

External Head.—Violent drawing and tearing in bones and periosteum of skull. Festering or bruised pain. Biting itching on, in evening. Worse: Before storms; stormy weather; during rest. Better: Dry warmth; warm wraps.

Eyes.—Periodically recurring dry burning in, especially from bright daylight and when looking intently at an object. Spasmodic contraction of lids. Dim vision when reading and writing.

Ears.—Violent, jerking, tearing ache. Sensation of a worm in. Whizzing and buzzing in, increased by swallowing.

Nose.—Frequent nosebleed. Diminished sense of smell and taste. Fluent coryza with onesided obstruction at root, accompanied by loss of smell and taste. Increased flow of mucus, in open air.

Face.—Shivering on. Burning dryness of lips. Vesicles on inner side of lower lip, with excoriative pain when eating.

Teeth.—Nightly toothache with earache. Drawing tearing pain in molars, before or during storms and in cold wet weather, < touch. Swelling and excoriative pain between lower gums and cheek.

Mouth.—Constriction and burning in throat. Much accumulation of mucus in, with a dry palate.

Appetite, etc.—Rapid satiation with subsequent discomfort. Increased thirst.

Taste.—Tastelessness of food.

Nausea.—Sickening n., with pressure in stomach and accumulation of water in mouth, > by eructations.

Stomach.—Nightly pressure in. Pressure, after drinking cold water. Pressure in pit, with oppressed breathing.

Hypochondriæ.—Crampy pain under short ribs. Stitches in spleen from walking rapidly. Tension in splenic region when stooping.

Abdomen.—Distension of upper, with oppressed breathing.

Flatulence.—Painfully, obstructed flatus in hypochondriac and lumbar regions. Much rumbling and grumbling in abdomen.

Stool.—Soft, papescent s., but passed with difficulty, after previous violent urging. Diarrhœa: after fruit or during cold, wet weather; tendency to.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate with drawing in region of bladder. Increased discharge of very foul smelling urine.

Genitals.—Drawing from rectum into g. Retraction and swelling of testes. Indurated testes. Crushing pain in testes. Wrinkling up (or hydrocele) of scrotum. Aversion to coition.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse. Suppressed.

Respiration.—Tightness of: From constriction of chest; from pressure in hypochondriæ.

Cough.—At night and early in the morning, exhausting, dry cough, with oppression of chest and roughness in throat.

Neck.—Rheumatic tension in muscles of throat, with stiff nape.

Chest.—Pressive pain in, with tight breathing. Strong congestion of blood to. Bruised pain in external.

Back.—Bruised sensation and tearing in, and in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing in forearm, as tho' in periosteum, during cold, wet weather. Sensation as tho' the blood stagnated in arm. Increased warmth in hands.

Lower Extremities.—Excoriative pain in thighs near genitals Cold sensation and wrinkling of skin of lower legs. Dropsical swelling of legs and feet. Tearing in legs and feet, as tho' in periosteum, worst when at rest and during cold wet weather. Extraordinarily cold feet.

Generalities.—Violent, rheumatic tearing in limbs, as tho' in periosteum, mostly in forearm and leg, worse when parts are at rest and during cold, wet weather. Sense of formication in limbs. Paralytic weakness of limbs when at rest Digging, drawing in joints, as tho' they would be dislocated, with gouty nodes and swelling thereof. Most complaints appear early in morning. Pains are excited and intensified by cold, wet weather and storms. Pains are most intense during rest. Attacks often cease for several days and then reappear again.

Bones.—Drawing and tearing in periosteum.

Skin.—Dropsical swellings.

Sleep.—Great day sleepiness, with burning in eyes. Before midnight, good, sound sleep ; but after, sleeplessness with dry heat. Restlessness and frequent awaking toward morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Weak and slow. Chill: Over entire body in morning in bed and during day when cold air blows on him. Alternating with heat. Icy cold feet for a long time after lying down in bed in

evening. Heat: In evening, with cold feet. Sensation of warmth, especially on hands, although they are cold to touch. Feverish h., in evening, with burning of face. Sweat: Very profuse and debilitating, especially during motion in open air. Offensive smelling s., in axillæ. Aromatic smelling. During sweats itching and formication in skin.

Allied Remedies.—BRY., Calc-c., Carb-a., Carb-v., Caust., CLEM., Merc., Nux-v., RHUS-T., Sep.

RHUS TOXICODENDRON.

Mind.—Want of recollection. Quiet delirium. Sad, anxious and tearful. Anxiety, with fear of death or of being poisoned. Anxious desire to commit suicide. Great restlessness keeps him in constant motion. Stupidity. Unconsciousness. Desires to be alone. Easily startled.

Vertigo.—As though intoxicated ; he is inclined to fall forward or backward, when rising from bed. Stupefying confusion of head, with mental obtusion and gloominess.

Head.—Congestion, with burning and throbbing therein and great physical restlessness. Pressure: As if brain would be forced out of forehead ; in temples. Stupefying pains, with buzzing therein. Sticking, going outward as far as eyes and zygoma. Aching in occiput, especially in protuberances. Feeling: Of painful crawling in brain, most in occiput ; of flapping or fluctuating with each step, as if brain were loose ; as if rent or shattered; of thrusts in ; of a weight falling forward within, on stooping ; as if brain were torn, more behind ears and in occiput. Tearing pains externally especially from forehead and temples down to ears. Heaviness. Heat in, especially after beer. Worse: Cold, on becoming; bathing ; air ; wet weather. Uncovering. Moving eyes. Shaking head. After walking. Ascending. Sitting or lying still. Touch. Early morning ; on awaking. Stooping. Better: Motion; gentle motion. Wrapping up head ; warmth. After sweat. Dry weather.

Scalp.—Swelling of head and face, with tensive pain or crawling and numbness. As painfully sensitive as a boil. Feels contracted as from clutching the hair. Erosive crawling and unendurable sticking itching, more on temples and behind ears, > as he begins to scratch, but it soon exudes moisture, burns, inflames and thickens, forming thick offensive painful scabs which eat the hair off. Dry herpes on. Small soft growth on. Worse: Night ; warmth of bed ; during sweat ; brushing hair back; touch ; on side lain on ; cold air.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with red sclerotic. Lachrymation. Œdematous swelling of, and of surrounding parts. Agglutinated, at night. Paralytic stiffness of lids, mostly in evening. Pale vision. Progressive paralysis of optic nerve.

Ears.—Bloody, purulent discharge from, with difficult hearing. Inflammatory swelling of parotid glands

Nose.—Nosebleed at night and when stooping. Ulcerated nostrils discharging stinking pus. Erysipelatous swelling of, which spreads sidewise beneath eyes.

Face.—Sickly, pale, with pointed nose and blue rings under eyes. Distorted, drawn awry. Yellow, after every attack. Swelling, with glistening redness. Vesicular erysipelas; the vesicles are full of yellow moisture, with burning crawling, they dry into burning itching crusts. Acne rosacea with a clean skin. Eruptions with ichorous exudates. Cramp-like pain in the maxillary joint, or as though it would be dislocated, especially when yawning. Inflammatory swelling of submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Sticking, jerking ache in evening and at night. Crawling in. Toothache, > from warmth or cold; after bathing. Loose, especially lower incisors.

Mouth.—Salty mucus in. Hawking of mucus. Salivation. Sensation of fur on tongue.

Throat.—Sensation as tho' something were torn off. Painful swallowing of solids. Narrowing of and of œsophagus, he is able to swallow fluids only. Sticking and pressure during empty swallowing. Violent burning, when drinking brandy.

Appetite.—Complete loss of, with aversion to all food, especially bread and meat. Unquenchable thirst from dryness of mouth or throat. Nightly feverish thirst.

Taste.—Putrid in mouth, with proper taste to food. Sweetish, in mouth. Bitter: Also of food, especially bread. Bloody.

Eructation.—Crawling in stomach, with violent eructations when raising up. Accumulation of water in mouth.

Nausea, etc.—Qualmishness, with ravenous hunger, disappearing after eating. Gastric symptoms every night. Sudden vomiting when eating. Vomiting of ingesta whenever he talks, especially when lying on back.

Stomach.—Throbbing and ulcerative pain when touching pit, like that of a ripe boil. Cold sensation in, with a feeling as if full of stones. Fulness of after eating. Pressure after eating bread. Sensation as tho' something were torn loose, when stooping or making a misstep.

Abdomen.—Painful distension after eating. Sensation of tearing loose in, or as tho' it would fall off. Contractive spasm in, especially in umbilical region. Inflammation of. Sensation of a heavy lump lying in. Scarlet redness of lower a., extending to navel. Ulcerative pain in walls of when stretching.

Stool.—Nightly, watery diarrhœa; with abdominal pains. Hacked or foaming. Dysenteric diarrhœa with tenesmus. Diarrhœa alternating with constipation. Hard, retarded. Ineffectual urging.

Urine. — Diminished discharge, while he drinks much. Frequent and profuse passage of watery u. Hot. Involuntary urination during rest.

Genitals.—Horrid eruption on. Thickened scrotum. Moist eruption on scrotum. Swelling of foreskin and glans. Swollen urethra. Intensified sexual desire.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse. Continuing too long, with scarcely a day's intermission. Discharge of blood during pregnancy; of lumps of coagulated blood from uterus with labor-like pains.

Respiration.—Anxious oppression arising from epigastrium. Oppression of, from pressure and painfulness in epigastrium. Short, before stool. Hot breath.

Cough.—Spasmodic, shattering c., excited by tickling, creeping in larynx, trachea and chest. Tickling, in evening, causing dryness of throat. Dry, in evening, until midnight. Dry, when awaking, early in morning. Hemoptysis, with expectoration of bright red, lumpy, or sometimes brownish, blood During cough, stitches in chest, general sweat and pain in stomach. Expectoration of acrid pus or grayish-green, cool mucus, of a putrid, flat, metallic, sour or salty taste.

Trachea.—Dryness in.

Neck.—Stiff nape. Sprained pain extending from nape down between scapulæ.

Chest.—Tension and constriction in region of throat-pit. Stitches in, < during rest as well as when sneezing and breathing. Shattering in. Bursting pain in. Sensation of tenderness in lower part of. Anxious palpitation when sitting. Trembling at heart. Disappearance of milk from breasts, with burning heat of body. Milk flows from mammæ.

Back.—Painful tension and squeezing between scapulæ. Sprained pain in shoulders, back and limbs. Cold sensation spreading over. Bruised pain in lumbar region, when sitting still or lying thereon; > lying on something hard.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing and burning in shoulders, with lameness of arms, < during rest. Sprained shoulder. Paralysis, with coldness and insensibility of arms. Trembling of arms after moderate exertion. Swelled axillary glands. Erysipelatous swelling of arms. Hot swelling of hands in evening. Distended bloodvessels on hands. Cracked skin on backs of hands. Warts. Hang-nails.

Lower Extremities.—Pain in hips when rising from sitting or ascending steps. Sciatica, after excessive exertion. Painful jerks in upper thigh, like a kind of cramp, when extending limb while walking. Dislocative pain in hip, knee and ankle joint. Painful swelling of upper half of knee. Swelling of feet in evening.

Generalities.—Whole body feels shattered. Great weakness, weariness and bruised sensation, especially when sitting and more particularly when at rest. Constant tossing about in bed, during which certain limbs seem paralyzed. Bruised sensation in limbs upon which he does not lie, in the morning in bed. Tension, drawing and tearing in limbs, mostly with a numb sensation, especially during rest. Sensation, as tho' something were torn loose in inner parts. Intolerance of cold (open) air, it excites stitches in joints. Effects of excessive muscular exertion and overlifting, or contusions combined with over-exertion. Dislocation and dislocative pains in joints. Numbness of extremities, after preceding twitching and crawling therein. Convulsive twitchings and other symptoms after cold baths. The symptoms are intensified in the evening and at night, after midnight,† during rest, from cold or becoming cold and from getting wet while sweating.

Glands.—Inflamed, swelled or indurated.

Bones.—Pain in limbs, as tho' the flesh were beaten from bones or the bones were being scraped. Inflammation and swelling of the cylindrical bones.

Skin.—Painfully sensitive to cold open air. Burning itching, especially on hairy parts. Burning vesicular eruptions. Nettlerash with burning itching. Burning ulcers. Herpetic eruptions alternating with dysenteric stools and chest symptoms. Thickening and induration of. Warts. Fissures. Frost-bites.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, generally accelerated, but weak, languid and soft; sometimes imperceptible and intermittent. Chill: Most frequently in evening, often starting from feet or shoulder blades. As if dashed with cold water, or as if blood ran cold thro' veins. Cold sensation from every movement. With increased pains, especially in limbs. With heat and redness of face. Rapidly alternating with heat. One-sided: Coldness of right side with heat of left side. Coldness of head and back part of body, with heat of forepart. Coldness and paleness, alternating with heat and redness of face. Heat: After the chill, often with concomitant sweating, with relief of accompanying symptoms and the pains in limbs. Universal, as from pouring hot water over one, or as if the blood ran hot thro' the veins. Flying h., with sweat, spreading from umbilicus, often alternating with chill. With nettlerash. Sweat: Universal, mostly during the heat, often excepting the face. Copious, night and morning s. Musty, offensive or sour smelling. With the pains, while sitting. Severe itching of the eruption during. And trembling with the pains. On head and face only or on body only.

Allied Remedies.—ACO., Am-m., Ang., Arn., ARS., Bell., BRY., Calc-c., Caust., Cham., Cic., Clem., Coff., Dulc., Euphor., Hep., Lyc., Merc., Mez., Nit-ac., NUX-V., Phos., Phos-ac., Phyt., Puls., RHOD., Samb., SEP., Sil., Sul., Verat-a.

RUTA GRAVEOLENS.

Mind.—Apprehensive anxiety. Dejected and melancholy in afternoon and evening. Low spirits and mental relaxation.

Head.—Great heat in, with anxious restlessness. Throbbing (or tearing) pain in forehead. Ache, as of a nail being driven in. Headache after excessive indulgence in spirituous liquors.

External Head.—Tensive drawing in periosteum as after a fall or blow with gatherings on scalp, paining as if festering when touched. Benumbed or bruised feeling of side lain on. Eating, itching ulcers on. Humid scurfs like scaldhead. Worse: Rest; lying on painful part; cold, wet weather. Better: Motion.

Eyes.—Spasms of lower lids, drawing tarsal cartilages back and forth. Tears and watering of, in open air, not when in room. Heat, in evening when reading by artificial light. Spots on cornea. Pain, as if strained. Short sight. Obscured vision, like a gauze or fog before e., from reading too much. A green halo encircles the light in evening.

Ears.—Crushed pain in cartilages. Pain, like a thrust or fall, below mastoid process.

Nose.—Nosebleed with pressure in root of. Sweat on dorsum.

Face.—Swelling and erysipelas on forehead. Faceache as from a thrust or contusion in periosteum of zygoma.

Teeth.—Burning in lower. Gums bleed easily.

Mouth.—Sticky dryness of. Sense of a lump in throat during empty swallowing. Spasm of tongue with difficult speech.

Appetite.—Vanishes on beginning to eat, with repugnance to all food. Unquenchable thirst for cold water, in afternoon.

Taste.—Tastelessness of food.

Eructation.—Foul, after eating meat. Hysterical.

Nausea.—In pit of stomach. Sudden nausea and vomiting of food when eating. Vomiting of worms in children.

Stomach.—Gnawing sensation, from emptiness thereof, as if from hunger. Weak from vomiting. Pinching, after eating bread. Stomach ache from uncooked or indigestible foods.

Hypochondriæ.—Pressive gnawing in hepatic region. Painful swelling of spleen.

Abdomen.—Eating and gnawing in navicular region. Bruised pain in loins when sitting after walking. Bellyache of children, caused by worms.

Stool.—Soft, difficult, from inactivity of rectum. Frothy, mucous diarrhœa alternating with constipation. Frequent urging, with small, soft discharges. Ineffectual urging, with prolapsus.

Rectum.—Tearing and stitching. Prolapsed, with every stool either hard or soft.

Urine.—Frequent urging with a scanty, greenish discharge. Violent pressure on bladder, as tho' it were constantly full. Even after every passage of urine there is a constant urging. Retained. Involuntary discharge, at night when in bed and during day when moving about. Frequent urination at night. Kidney gravel.

Menses.—Very irregular. Too early and too profuse. Scanty, discharge of blood lasting only two days; preceded and followed by mild leucorrhœa. Corroding leucorrhœa after cessation of menses.

Respiration.—Short. Anxious obstruction of, from stitches in chest.

Cough.—Forcible, with expectoration of tenacious mucus and inclination to vomit. With copious, purulent expectoration. Expectoration of thick, yellow mucus, almost without cough, with a sense of weakness in chest.

Larynx.—Pain as from a blow or contusion.

Chest.—Erosive eating and gnawing in. Stitches in. Ulcerative phthisis following injuries. Anxious palpitation. A painful spot on sternum, which is sore when pressed.

Back.—Bruised pain in, and in lumbar region. Pain in lumbar region and coccyx, as after a blow or having been struck. Stitches in lumbar region when sitting, but when pressed upon or when lying on back there is no pain.

Upper Extremities.—Pain as from a blow, in elbow joint and fingers. Bruised pain and tearing in radius and bones of hand when pressed upon. Lameness and stiffness of wrist after a sprain, most violent during cold, wet weather. Sprained pain or stitches in wrist. Painfulness of wrist, when lifting a weight. Numbness and crawling in hands after exertion. Distorted fingers. Distended bloodvessels on hands.

Lower Extremities.—Pain in hip, as tho' bones were beaten, or as from a blow or fall, especially during motion. Bruised pain in thighs, as tho' middle of femur were beaten or broken. Restlessness and heaviness of legs. Weariness and weakness in legs after walking. Sense of shortening and weakness in ham strings, especially when descending. Lame ankle following sprains. Fistulous ulcers on lower leg. When stepping there is an eroding burning in bones of feet.

Generalities.—Bruised pains, or as from a blow, fall or contusion, in limbs and joints. Bruised sensation in parts whereon he lies. Painful weariness, like a

bruised feeling, after moderate exertion. Paralyses after sprains, especially of wrists and ankles. Worm complaints of children. Rest < and motion > pains in limbs. Worse: In cold, wet weather.

Bones.—Pain in cylindrical bones, as tho' they were broken. Contusions and injuries of, and of periosteum.

Skin—Eating itching on. Easy excoriation from walking or riding, also in children. Inflamed ulcers. Anasarca. Warts.

Sleep.—Sleepiness, especially after eating.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated during the heat only. Chill: Internal, with shuddering and shaking, even near a warm stove. Coldness running over one side of head. Mostly in back, running upward and downward. With violent thirst, heat of face and dulness in head. With much yawning and stretching. Heat: Over entire body, mostly in afternoon, without thirst, but with anxiety, restlessness and obstructed breathing. External and internal h., of face, with red cheeks and cold hands and feet. Frequent, sudden flushes running over him. Sweat: Cold, on face, early in morning in bed. General, after walking in open air.

Allied Remedies.—Ign., Kali-bi., Nat-m.

SABADILLA.

Mind.—Good humor and dullness of intellect, alternating with mental excitement and insensitive disposition. Sensory illusions over body. Anxious restlessness. Easily terrified by the least noise. Peevishness. Imaginary diseases.

Vertigo.—Faint-like; blackness comes before the eyes.

Head.—Painful pressure in forehead and temples, with dizziness. Outward pressure in temples (r.). Headache radiating from the right side. Stupefying ache with fluent coryza, burning and itching crawling like vermin on scalp. Worse: Morning; mental exertion; sitting in room after walking in open air. Better: Pressure; lying; after eating.

Scalp.—Burning itching mostly on forehead and behind ears, from whence a hot feeling spreads over entire body; scratching causes violent tickling and sticking with red spots, which later cover themselves with scurfs; < becoming heated and when sweating.

Eyes.—Pressure on eyeball when looking up. Lachrymaiion from almost any cause and from pains in other parts of body.

Ears.—Tickling in. Cracking before, which re-echoes a long time therein.

Nose.—Pleasant tickling in wings. Dry sensitiveness in upper part. Nosebleed of bright red blood. Intolerance of odor of garlic. Fluent coryza. Short, concussive sneezing, with headache. Alternate stoppage of one, then the other nostril.

Face.—Burning heat and redness of. Hot, after drinking wine. Skin spotted, resembling tetter. Cracking in both maxillary joints when opening mouth wide.

Teeth.—Drawing in, especially when walking in open air. Sticking pain in lower molars. Bluish gums.

Mouth.—Dry, without thirst. Much sweetish saliva in. Burning dryness in throat. Roughness and scraping in throat, with constant inclination to swallow. Sense as of a lump in throat, which necessitates swallowing. Difficult swallowing. Thick yellowish-coated tongue. Excoriative (sore) pain on tip of tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of. Intense craving with ravenous desire for sweet things, honey or pastry. Aversion to coffee, wine, meat and acids. Thirst, especially for cold water, in evening.

Taste.—Bitter or disgustingly sweet.

Eructation, etc.—Heartburn. Waterbrash.

Nausea, etc.—Weakness in stomach with shivering. The inclination to vomit before eating, is > afterward. Vomiting of lumbrici.

Stomach.—Burning or cold sensation in. Sore pain under pit when pressed.

Hypochondriæ.—Burning and digging in hepatic region. Stitches in.

Abdomen.—Burning or cold sensation in. Turning and twisting in (from worms). Sticking in. Cutting, like a knife, then bright yellow diarrhœa, in forenoon. Bellyache from lumbrici or tape worm. Red spots on.

Flatulence.—Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen, as from emptiness.

Stool.—Hard, retarded. Violent urging, with scanty discharge. Fluid diarrhœa mixed with mucus and blood; it floats on the water. Passage of tape and round worms.

Rectum.—Violent itching and crawling in.

Urine.—Thick, hot, turbid. Urging, with scanty discharge and burning in urethra.

Sexual Organs.—Diminished sexual desire.

Menses.—Diminished and interrupted.

Respiration.—Whistling. Hot wheezing breath. Short.

Cough.—Short, tickling c., excited by roughness and scraping in throat, dry at night, during day, expectoration of tenacious yellowish mucus of a repulsively sweet taste, or else of bright red blood. Immediately upon lying down. Dry, causing heat, sweat and watering of eyes. Asthmatic, with stitches in vertex, vomiting and pains in the stomach.

Larynx, etc.—Scratching in. Hawking of bright red blood which comes from posterior nares. Hoarse husky voice.

Chest.—Burning in. Sticking in. < coughing and taking a deep breath; without fever or thirst. Pain from right shoulder into chest, as tho' a band arrested the circulation. Wheezing in.

Back.—Bruised pain in lumbar region and back, especially when sitting.

Upper Extremities.—Stitches in muscles of arms. Convulsive upward tossing of arms. Red spots on arms and hands. Desquamation along side of finger nails. Thick, ribbed nails.

Lower Extremities.—Stitches in muscles of thighs. Lameness, especially in knees. Tension in calves. Swollen feet, with sensitive soles when stepping. Toe nails thick, crumpled, inflamed.

Generalities.—Great weariness, heaviness and relaxation of body. Awkward, reeling manner in gait and action. Sensitiveness to cold, which also intensifies the symptoms. Many pains move from right to left. Renewal or intensification of symptoms in forenoon or in hours before midnight, as well as during rest and in the cold. Many symptoms appear especially during new and full moon. Persons who suffer from worms.

Bones.—Painful drawing in limbs, seemingly in bones. Pains, especially in joints, as tho' one were scraping about or cutting them inside with a knife.

Skin.—Parchment like dryness of. Violent, needle-like stitches under. Red spots and stripes which are more pronounced during the cold stage.

Sleep.—Great day sleepiness, especially in forenoon.

Fever.—Pulse: Small but somewhat jerky. Great ebullition and throbbing in blood vessels. Feeling as if the blood stagnated. Chill: Afternoon and evening, recurring at exactly the same hour, often without subsequent heat. Predominating, especially on extremities, with heat of face. Shivering running upward, mostly along back. Chilliness and shivering with heat of face, without thirst. Relieved by warmth of stove. Consisting of chill only, with anorexia. Heat: Most on head and face, often interrupted by shuddering, recurring at the same hour. Thirst occurs between chill and heat only. Often sweats during h. Internal dry h., at night and early in morning, with moderate thirst. Sweat: In morning. During sleep hot s., on face with coldness of rest of body.

Allied Remedies.—Gel., Plat., Puls.

SABINA.

Mind.—Hypochondriacal dejection. Low spirited and joyless, with a feeling of general exhaustion.

Sensorium.—Dizziness with ebullition of blood to, and heat in head.

Head.—Distensive, pressing ache, especially in frontal eminences and right temple, appearing suddenly and decreasing slowly. Sticking ache.

Eyes.—Weak, lustreless. Biting tears. Illusion of clouds rising before.

Nose.—Small, grain-like vesicles about root.

Face.—Pale, with lustreless eyes encircled by blue rings. A red areola on cheeks near wings of nose. Black pores on nose and face.

Teeth.—Drawing ache, excited almost exclusively by chewing. Nightly ache, as if to burst, < warmth of bed. Gums swollen around the hollow, broken teeth.

Mouth.—Excoriative soreness in throat when swallowing. Strangling pressure in throat, as from an internal swelling. White saliva, becoming frothy when talking. Bloody saliva. Every morning there is a thick yellow coat on posterior part of tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Desire for acids, especially lemonade.

Taste.—Greasy, in mouth. Bitter, of food, milk and coffee.

Eructations.—Copious, empty.

Vomiting.—Bile. The ingesta of the previous day, which is still undigested.

Stomach.—Pressure in. Stitches extending from pit into back.

Abdomen. — Extraordinary distension of. Bellyache, as from taking cold, with sensation as tho' diarrhœa would ensue. Labor-like abdominal pains. Contractive pain in region of uterus. Urging toward genitals. Bruised pain in muscles.

Stool.—Diarrhœa with much flatulence. Discharge of blood with mucus.

Anus.—Bleeding anal hemorrhoids. Crawling in.

Urine.—Frequent, violent urging to urinate with profuse discharge. Retention of urine with burning discharge, passed drop by drop.

Sexual Organs.—Inflammatory gonorrhœa with a purulent discharge. Gristle-like swelling on (dorsum of) penis. Fig-warts with burning, excoriative pain. Stitches deep in vagina. Inflammation of uterus after childbirth. Sexual desire greatly intensified, even unto nymphomania.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse. Uterine hæmorrhage of partly bright red and partly lumpy, or of thin, fluid, foul-smelling blood. Abortion, especially during third month of pregnancy. Foul-smelling leucorrhœa following suppressed menses.

Cough.—Dry hacking c., from tickling in trachea. Blood spitting, with or without cough.

Chest.—Painless trembling and creaking sensation under sternum. Sensible swelling of mammæ. Crawling in nipples.

Back.—Backache, which necessitates drawing in and bending backward of parts. Labor-like pain extending from lumbar into pubic region. Paralytic pains in small of.

Upper Extremities. — Sprained pain in shoulder joint. Stiff wrist, with swelling and stitches, unbearably intensified on allowing hands to hang down.

Lower Extremities.—Sticking pain in hip joint, early in morning and during palpitation. Lardaceous ulcers on shin bones. Podagra: Swelling, redness and stitches in great toe.

Generalities.—Paralytic pain in joints after exertion. Tearing sticking in joints, with swelling thereof. Red, glistening swelling of affected parts. Jerking throbbing in arteries.

Bones.—Drawing pain thro' cylindrical b.

Sleep.—Sleeplessness with great restlessness, heat and profuse sweat after midnight.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular; mostly rapid, strong and tense. Violent throbbing of arteries of entire head. Chill: In evening, with repeated shivering. Great chilliness during day. Shuddering with darkness before eyes, then sleepiness. Cold feeling in entire (r.) leg. Heat: Intolerable burning h., in whole body, with great restlessness. Flying heat on face, with chill of all the rest of body and cold hands and feet. Sweat: Every night.

Allied Remedies.—Arm., Calc-c., Plat.