Characteristics Sambucus – Spigelia

SAMBUCUS.

Mind.—Periodical delirium, with frightful visions and hallucinations. Unspeakable anxiety, with trembling and restlessness. Extraordinary tendency to start. Continuous peevishness. Crying and weeping. Terror. Fright followed by suffocative attacks.

Vertigo.—Early in morning when rising.

Head.—Pressive, stupefying ache, as from intoxication. Congestion to. The head is bent backwards.

Nose.—Stuffed coryza (especially in nurslings), it hinders breathing thro' nose.

Face.—Puffed, dark blue. Red, burning spots on cheeks. Violent heat and sweat on. Numb, tensive pain, as from swelling on cheeks and nose.

Teeth.—Tearing and sticking in, with a feeling as tho' cheeks were swollen.

Mouth.—Dryness in, and in fauces, without thirst. Pains in throat.

Vomiting.—First of food, then of bile. With suffocation and anxious trembling.

Stomach.—Dull pressure in gastric region.

Abdomen.—Pinching in, with discharge of much flatulence, after taking cold. Pressive pain in, with qualmishnes, when leaning it against a sharp edge.

Hypochondria.—Piercing pain in.

Urine.—Urging to urinate, with scanty discharge; with profuse discharge. Thin urinary stream.

Sexual Organs.—Swelling of scrotum (following injury).

Menses.—Increased, even amounting to hæmorrhage.

Respiration.—Rapid, whistling, crowing r. Violent suffocative attacks on awaking after midnight (from slumber, with half-open eyes and mouth), like laryngismus stridulus, with bloated, blue hands and face, crying, grasping about with hands, and heat, without thirst. Rattling, wheezing. Membranous croup. Oppression of chest, with pressure in stomach and nausea. Tightness of chest.

Cough.—Attacks of suffocative cough with crying, excited by spasm of chest. Rough, hollow cough, with great restlessness and blue face. Dry, at night; during day, scanty, tenacious, mucus expectoration of a sweetish, putrid, or somewhat salty taste.

Larynx, etc.—Inflammation of trachea. Much tenacious mucus in.

Chest.—Pressure, as of a heavy load on, with suffocative anxiety. Constriction of sides. Pulmonary consumption, with profuse, exhausting sweat.

Back.—Stitches from within outward under scapulæ. Pressive pain in spinal column.

Upper Extremities.—Dark blue puffiness of forearm and hands. Stitches in both wrists. Beating about with hands. Burning in palms of hands.

Lower Extremities.—Deep, sharp stitches in shinbones. Sense of deadness, going to sleep, and coldness in middle of (r.) shinbone. Icy-cold feet with warm body.

Generalities.—General trembling from anxiety and ebullition of blood. Dropsy. Consumption. Amelioration is felt when sitting up in bed. Most symptoms appear when resting the body and disappear during motion.

Skin.—Bloatedness and dark red swelling with tension after contusions.

Sleep.—Sleepless yet sleepy. Slumber, with half open eyes and mouth. Starting up in sleep, with anxiety, shortness of breath amounting even to suffocation, and with trembling.

Fever.—Pulse: Variable: Mostly small and very quick, sometimes accelerated, often also full and slow. Strong ebullitions throughout body. Chill: Running over whole body, with crawling here and there. Shuddering c., with cold hands and feet. Heat: Over whole body, as soon as he falls to sleep after lying down, with aversion to uncover, without thirst. Burning h. of face, with icy cold feet. Sweat: Extraordinarily profuse by day and night, even lasting thro' the apyrexia, but only when awake, it breaks out on face first. Extremely exhausting s. General night sweat, except on head, increasing toward morning. Constant while awake, which immediately passes into dry heat during sleep.

Allied Remedies.—Arn., Ars., Chin., Rhus-t.

SARSAPARILLA.

Mind.—Morose peevishness with inclination to work. Frequent alternations of mood. The pains greatly affect his spirits and cause great depression.

Vertigo.—When looking a long time at a single object.

Head.—Throbbing or sticking ache with nausea and sour vomiting. Vibrations, like the striking of a bell when talking. Sensitive scalp. Falling of hair.

Eyes.—Sticking in. Pain, in the daylight. Blue swelling in inner canthi. Dim-vision, as tho' in a fog. Paper has a red appearance in evening.

Face.—Eruption, like milk crust. Stiffness and tension in masseter muscles and maxillary joint. Herpes on upper lip.

Teeth.—Sensitive upper incisors. Tearing in, from cold air or cold drinks.

Throat.—Dryness and roughness in, early in morning. Spasmodic constriction of, with respiratory complaints.

Appetite.—Loss of; even the thought of food disgusts him.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth. Food is tasteless.

Eructation.—Bitter or sour, during and after eating.

Stomach.—Burning in, especially after eating bread. Loss of feeling in after eating, as tho' he had eaten nothing at all.

Abdomen.—Sensation of emptiness and rumbling in. Sticking in (left) side of. Burning or cold sensation in.

Stool.—Hard, scanty, retarded. Difficult, painful, nearly causing fainting.

Urine.—Frequent, ineffectual urging to urinate. Diminished discharge Ischuria with discharge of a white, acrid material and mucus. Profuse discharge of pale u. Painful constriction of bladder. Calculi of bladder and kidneys.

Sexual Organs.—Excessive stench about. Suppressed gonorrhœal discharge after abuse of mercury.

Respiration.—Great tightness of r., which necessitates loosening the neckband and vest in order to breathe. Oppression, as from spasm impeding the breathing. He frequently takes a deep breath.

Back.—Stitches, from the least motion.

Upper Extremities.—Stitches in arm, hand and finger joints, also in legs, especially from every motion. Deep cracks on fingers, with burning pains. Festering pain in finger tips.

Lower Extremities.—Weariness in thighs and in knee joints. Red herpes on calves. Extraordinarily cold feet.

Generalities.—Paralytic tearing in all limbs and joints. Chronic, gouty pains with diminished secretion of urine, after taking cold from getting wet (and stoppage of gonorrhœa). Trembling of hands and feet. Immobile limbs, as from paralysis. Emaciation so great that the skin shrivels and falls into folds.

Skin.—Dry, pimply eruption, which itches in warmth only. Miliary rash as soon as he goes from a warm room into cold air. Ulcers (from the abuse of mercury). Deep cracks in.

Sleep.—Nightly sleeplessness with frequent awaking. Frightful dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated, with violent ebullition, mostly toward evening. Chill: Predominates by day and night. Numerous shiverings running upward, mostly in forenoon. Coldness of whole body, with exception of face and chest, most on feet, even near a warm stove. He is always at his worst during the chill. Heat: In evening, with ebulltion and palpitation. Warm feeling in evening with increased sense of well being. Sweat: In evening during the heat, but only on forehead.

Allied Remedies.—Bell., CALC-C., Merc., Sul.

SCILLA.

Mind.—Great mental anxiety with fear of death. Angry over trifles. Aversion to all mental and physical activity.

Vertigo.—Beclouded dizziness in head.

Head.—Pressive heaviness in, early in morning when awaking. Drawing headache (from r. to l. side). Throbbing, when raising up. Sticking headache. Painful sensitiveness of upper part, early in morning.

Eyes.—Staring look with wide open eyes. Left eye is visibly smaller than right. Contracted pupils.

Nose.—Painful soreness at margin of nostrils. Early in morning, violent, acrid, corrosive, fluent coryza with sore nostrils.

Face.—Changes color and expression. Dark red. Red during the heat, then pale without chill. Distorted, tense features with red cheeks, without thirst. Humid, eating, spreading eruption upon upper lip. Cracked lips; black lips and teeth.

Mouth.—Dry, open. Much sticky mucus in. Rough and scratchy in upper part of palate. Burning in palate and throat.

Appetite, etc.—Complete loss of. Unappeasable hunger. Aversion to food. Desire for acids. Thirst for cold water. Constant thirst, but for want of breath she is able to take only a single swallow at a time.

Taste.—Bitter, of food, especially bread. Repulsive sweetish t., of all food, especially meats.

Eructations.—Many empty.

Nausea.—Inclination to vomit, in gastric region. Constant alternation between qualmishness in epigsatrium and a commotion as before diarrhœa in abdomen. Continuous qualmishness early in morning when coughing. Retching.

Stomach.—Pressure as of a stone in.

Abdomen.—Shattering in hypogastrium and feeling as if intestines were pressed out. Contractive pains in muscles of. Cutting, pinching, as from flatulence. Bellyache in, as from diarrhœa. Painfully sensitive in region of bladder. Distended. Thrusts in.

Flatulence.—Profuse discharge of very foul smelling flatus.

Stool.—Diarrhœic, very bad smelling. Black diarrhœa. Painless constipation.

Urine.—Great urging, with discharge of much watery urine. Constant urging, with discharge of red, burning urine. Polyuria. Frequent, but scanty micturition. Frequent urination at night. Constant pressure on bladder, which is very sensitive. Involuntary urination.

Respiration.—Panting, rattling. Groaning, with open mouth. Short, from every exertion, and from walking, especially from ascending. Oppression, which necessitates sitting in an upright position. Anxious tightness with stitches in chest.

Cough.—With copious expectoration of thin, frequently reddish colored mucus, in morning. With scanty expectoration of white mucus. Expectoration tasting repulsively sweetish or burnt, and of an offensive odor. Dry, in evening and at night. Expectoration of blood when coughing. Violent short paroxysms of spasmodic c., excited by mucus in trachea and crawling within chest. After cold drinks. From every exertion. With stitches in sides of chest, pains in abdomen, and a sense of internal heat. Headache and obstructed breathing during. Pressure upon bladder and involuntary spurting of urine, during. The patient is more exhausted in the morning when mucus is dislodged, altho' with difficulty, than during the dry evening cough.

Neck.—Eruption on. Sensitiveness, and painful soreness of skin of. Stiff nape. Stitches in thyroid gland.

Chest.—Stitches in sides, especially during inspiration and when coughing. Inflammatory pleurisy (inflammation of lungs and pleura). Chest pains are intensified early in morning. (Bad effects of blood-letting with inflammation of chest.) Congestion to. Pressure on.

Back.—Eruption on, with burning, sticking itching after scratching.

Upper Extremities.—Sweat in axillæ. Convulsive twitchings of arms.

Lower Extremities.—Convulsive twitches in legs. Icy cold hands and feet. Cold sweat on feet. Sweat on toes.

Generalities.—Tearing and restlessness in limbs. Dull, rheumatic pains which are diminished during rest and intensified by motion. Convulsive twitchings and movements of limbs. Bubbling gurgling in many parts of body, in scapulæ, back and arms. Most symptoms are worse in early morning and during motion.

Glands.—Swelled, indurated.

Skin.—So-called fatty itch with burning itching. Excoriated, in bends of limbs. Cold gangrene.

Sleep.—Restless, with much tossing about in bed. Much yawning and stretching without sleepiness Sleeplessness.

Fever.—Pulse: Small and slow, but somewhat hard. Chill: Nightly, internal, with external heat. Chilliness toward evening, when walking, not while sitting. Heat: Predominatingly dry, internal, burning h., of entire body, with cold hands and feet, and intolerance of uncovering. In afternoon and evening great sense of, in entire body, mostly with cold feet. When he uncovers himself during the heat, a chill and pains immediately ensue. Internal, without thirst. Sweat: Entirely wanting. Absence of all exhalation, even during the severest burning heat.

Allied Remedies.—Alo., Arn., Ars., Bry., Millef., Pod.

SECALE CORNUTUM.

Mind.—Weakened power of thinking. Illusions of fancy; of the senses. Unconscious or anxious, often passing into raving delirium. Melancholic sadness. Extraordinary anxiety. Madness with inclination to drown himself. Furious madness. Insanity with rage and mania to bite. Dejection with fear of death.

Sensorium.—Reeling vertigo, as from intoxication. Unconsciousness and stupefaction.

Head.—Crawling feeling in. Dull pain in occiput. Profuse falling of hair.

Eyes.—Wild, staring look. Distorted. They are forced deep within their orbits. Darkened vision.

Ears.—Transitory deafness.

Nose.—Nosebleed.

Face.—Discolored. Pale, yellowish color. Dark red. Blue rings about the deeply sunken eyes. Sunken, distorted. Spasmodic distortion of mouth. Formication on. Trismus.

Teeth.—Loosen and fall out. Gnashing.

Mouth.—Bloody or discolored foam before. Insufferable crawling in throat and on tongue. Swelling of tongue. Discolored, (brown or blackish) tongue. Mucus coat on tongue. Feeble, stammering speech, as from paralysis of tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Great desire for acids. Violent thirst.

Taste.—Pappy, in mouth.

Nausea, etc.—Constant qualmishness and inclination to vomit after every meal. Vomiting: Of bile; of mucus; painless, without any exertion.

Stomach.—Extraordinary pressure, as from a load, in. Great anxiety and burning in pit, but still greater sensitiveness thereof to touch. Gangrene of.

Hypochondria.—Inflammation and gangrene of liver.

Abdomen.—Burning or cold sensation in. Colic with convulsions. Pain in region of loins, as from false labor pains.

Flatulence.—Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen.

Stool.—Watery diarrhœa. Involuntary liquid stools Debilitating diarrhœa.

Urine.—Diminished or completely suppressed. Watery.

Sexual Organs.—Labor pains are replaced by twitchings and spasms. Labor pains too violent and painful. Congestion to uterus. Inflammation of uterus after suppression of lochia or menses.

Menses.—Too profuse and too long continued, with bright or black, thin, fluid blood. Discharge of blood during pregnancy. Uterine hemorrhage. Lochia remain bloody too long. Miscarriage, especially at third month.

Respiration.—Difficult, anxious r., with sighing and hiccough. Oppression of chest, as in suffocative catarrh.

Cough.—Expectoration of blood, with or without cough.

Larynx.—Hollow, hoarse voice.

Chest.—Spasmodic palpitation.

Back.—Coldness in (and in limbs). Insensibility and crawling extending from back to finger-tips.

Upper Extremities.—Numbness and deadness of hands. Burning in hands.

Lower Extremities.—Violent cramps in calves. Burning in swollen feet. Crawling in toes. Gangrenous deadness of fingers and toes.

Generalities.—Bruised feeling in limbs. Drawing and tearing, with crawling in limbs. Numbness of limbs. Burning in all parts of body, as if sparks were falling thereon. Indolence and great weariness. Convulsive twitching of limbs. Spasmodic distortion of limbs, only ameliorated by forcibly extending them. Tonic cramps and spasms. Pains in limbs < motion.

Skin.—Wrinkled, discolored, dry. Numb and insensible. Desquamation of entire cuticle. Gangrenous blisters.

Sleep.—Somnolency. Deep, stupefying.

Fever.—Pulse: Often quite unchanged, even with the most violent attacks. Mostly slow and contracted, sometimes intermittent or suppressed, somewhat accelerated during the heat only. Chill: Violent, but short, soon followed by internal burning heat, with great thirst. Disagreeable cold feeling in back, abdomen and limbs. Heat: Violent long-continued, dry heat, with great restlessness and violent thirst. Sweat: Principally on upper part of body. General cold, clammy sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Am-c., Ars., Bell., Coloc., Phos., Verat-a.,

SELENIUM.

Mind.—Great debility and relaxation caused by mental labor extended far into the night. Extraordinary forgetfulness when awake, but a clear recollection when half asleep. Extraordinary loquacity and talkativeness.

Head.—Violent sticking ache over left eye, excited by walking in the sun and strong odors. Headache every afternoon. Headache from lemonade, wine and tea. Hair falls out on combing (also from eyebrows, beard and genitals). Itching creeping on scalp in evening; it oozes when scratched and feels as if contracted.

Eyes.—Itching vesicles on margin of lids and brows.

Ears.—Increased ear-wax.

Nose.—Inclination to bore into. Fluent coryza in evening. Yellow, thick, gelatinous nasal mucus.

Face.—Greasy, shining skin. Extraordinary emaciation of.

Teeth.—Boring pain in molars with tearing in lower jaw. Teeth covered with mucus.

Appetite, etc.—Want of appetite, with white-coated tongue, early in morning. Aversion to strongly salted food. Great desire for brandy.

Taste.—Repulsively sweetish t., on lips after smoking.

Eructations.—Hiccough and eructations when smoking.

Hypochondriæ.—Pains in liver during inspiration. Miliary eruption in hepatic region. Stitches in spleen when walking.

Abdomen.—Sensible throbbing in arteries of, and entire body after eating.

Stool.—Hard. Constipation.

Urine.—Dark, diminished. Urination after every stool. Urinary sediment like coarse grained, red sand.

Sexual Organs.—Slow and insufficient erections, with too rapid emission of semen and long-continued voluptuous thrill. Impotency with lasciviousness. Discharge of prostatic fluid during sleep and stool.

Respiration.—Frequent, deep, sighing. Tightness of, from stitches in side.

Cough.—Early in morning, straining chest; with expectoration of bloody mucus.

Larynx.—Hawking of bloody mucus. Hoarse, husky voice.

Neck.—Stiff nape when turning head.

Back.—Paralytic pain in small of, early in morning.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly tearing in hands. Itch vesicles on margin of hands and between fingers. Biting in palms.

Lower Extremities.—Itching about ankles and feet in evening. Cramp in calves and soles of feet. Flat ulcers on legs.

Generalities.—Great emaciation, especially of face, hands and thighs. He is intolerant of drafts and easily takes cold, which is followed by tearing in limbs. All of the symptoms are < after sleep, whereunto he has a great inclination, especially on hot days. China intensifies the symptoms beyond endurance.

Skin.—Heat like a fiery glow in single spots on body. Spots which have been scratched open remain humid a long time. Flat ulcers.

Sleep.—Late falling to sleep in evening. Awakened by the least noise. He always awakes at the same hour.

Fever.—Pulse: Accelerated but little, even with strong ebullition. Chill: Constant, alternating with heat. Heat: External only, with burning in skin in single spots only. Sweat: Very profuse, especially on chest, axillæ and genitals. From the slightest motion. Every time he sleeps by day as well as night. Extraordinarily easy s., Causes yellow or white, stiff, salty spots on the linen.

Allied Remedies.—ALUM., Bov., Bry., Calc-c., Ign., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Sep., Sul., Thuj.

SENEGA.

Mind.—Vacancy and dull confusion in head, with pressure in eyes and cloudy vision. Great anxiety, with quick breathing. Melancholic mood, easily irritated by offenses. Cheerfulness, with great excitability, which turns to anger and rage. Hypochondriasis.

Head.—Dull outward pressure in forehead and orbits, as tho' brain and eyes would be forced out, with sensitive eyes. Jerkings and thrusts in forehead. Congestion, with throbbing therein, especially when stooping. Hollow, empty feeling, affecting eyes. The headache always extends to eyes, is intensified in a warm room and during rest and is better in the cold, open air. Shivering on scalp.

Eyes.—Out pressing pain in orbits, as tho' eyeballs were expanded, especially in evening by artificial light. Congestion of blood to eyes when stooping, with burning therein. Swelling of lids, with crawling therein. Hardened mucus crusts in lashes early in morning. Watering, when in open air and looking intently. Clouded cornea. Sensitive to light. Weak vision and flickering before.

Ears.—Painfully sensitive hearing.

Nose.—Odor: As of an ulcer in; as of pus before.

Face.—Heat of. Burning vesicles on upper lip and in angles of mouth.

Mouth.—Burning on palate, in throat and at tip of tongue. Inflammatory swelling of fauces and uvula. Dry buccal cavity, with tenacious mucus in throat. Increased saliva. Roughness in throat.

Appetite.—Total loss of. Increased thirst.

Taste.—Sweet, metallic or urinous, in mouth.

Qualmishness.—Starting in stomach, with gagging and inclination to vomit.

Stomach.—Burning. Spasmodic pressure.

Abdomen.—Warmth and oppression in upper, during inspiration. Boring, digging pain in upper. Drawing, as from a foreign body in walls of.

Stool.—Retarded, hard and too scanty.

Urine.—Diminished discharge of. Nocturnal enuresis. Urine mixed with mucus threads, becoming turbid and cloudy on cooling. Burning and sticking in urethra during and after urination.

Sexual Organs.—Increased sexual desire, with painful erections.

Respiration.—Difficult, as from stoppage of lungs. Tight, as tho' chest were too narrow, especially in open air and when stooping. Short, from accumulation of mucus in chest and air passages.

Cough.—Dry, shattering c., from burning and tickling in larynx, especially when in open air and in evening. With copious expectoration of tenacious albuminous mucus, of a somewhat offensive odor in morning, and when in the house.

Larynx, etc.—Extraordinary quantity of mucus in, and in trachea. Catarrhal croup. Tracheal phthisis. Hoarseness.

Chest.—Congestion to, with throbbing therein while sitting. Pressing pain in, worst during rest. Great sensitiveness internally, and to touch ex-

ternally. Stitches in, when coughing and during inspiration. Painful soreness of, increased by external pressure, sneezing, coughing, etc. Most chest symptoms are worse when at rest and have no influence on the breathing. Copious accumulation of mucus in. Phthisis mucosa. Hydrothorax. Violent, shaking palpitation.

Back.—Bursting pain under right scapula.

Lower Extremities.—Sense of great weariness, with trembling thereof. Paralytic weariness in joints of lower legs.

Generalities.—Extraordinary mental and physical relaxation. Relaxed, plethoric, phlegmatic constitutions ; old persons. Great weakness, especially when it seems to start from chest. Diseases of the mucous membranes. Dropsy of internal parts (especially after inflammations).

Skin.—Bites of poisonous animals. Anasarca.

Sleep.—Sound and at same time stupefying, in evening immediately upon lying down. Frequently awakened by chest difficulties, toward morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, mostly hard and accelerated, with strong ebullition of blood ; seldom soft. Chill: And shivering, almost exclusively in open air, with weariness in legs and difficult breathing. Shuddering over back, with heat of face, chest symptoms and other sufferings. Heat: Only in rapid flashes. Sweat: Wholly wanting and appears only during its secondary action.

Allied Remedies.—Arn., Bell., Bry., Stann.

SEPIA.

Mind.—Incapable of mental exertion. Distraction. Great weakness of memory. Anxiousness in evening in bed. Anxiety with flying heat. Easily startled. Crying out. Indifference to his family. Angry, sensitive, irritable. Very excitable when in company. Morose. Despondent about his health.

Vertigo.—As tho' all surrounding objects were moving, or he was being wafted in the air, with inability to collect his senses, especially in the open air.

Head.—Dulness in. Attacks of outward boring pains extort screams and cause vomiting. Unilateral outward sticking in forehead or one (mostly 1.) side with drawing together of eyes. Heaviness in temples and forehead with violent congestion, in evening after lying down it terminates in a one-sided tearing pain. Throbbing in : In occiput. Distensive pressing pain. Feeling: Of a ball rolling about in; as if brain were loose and shattered. Ulcerative pain in occiput. Worse: Forenoon; towards night; slightest moving or shaking of; turning eyes; striking foot against anything; stooping; lying on back; sitting. Better: Rest; external pressure; closing eyes; after sleep; warmth; continued vigorous motion; open air; in darkness; raising up; lying on painful side.

External Head.—Cold feeling on vertex. Foul dry eruption with sticking itching crawling, smarting when scratched; and cracks on vertex, occiput and behind ears. Swelling over one temple with coldness, tearing and itching therein. Crawling itching most on occiput and behind ears, worse from scratching which is followed by pimples, denuded spots, thickening of scalp and raw sensitiveness. Painfully sensitive roots of hair, burning after scratching. Involuntarily jerks it backward (and forward) mostly in A. M. and when sitting quietly. Open fontanelles. Takes cold in, from dry, cold winds or getting it wet. Worse : Touch; early in morning and toward evening; at rest; rising from bed; cold north wind; on side on which he is not lying. Better : Lying upon part.

Eyes.—Inflammation and sticking in, with sensitiveness to daylight. Gauze or black spots before. Sparks before. Inability to open them at night. Feeling as if they would fall out. Falling of one upper lid, as from paralysis. Inflammatory swelling of lids. Yellow, sclerotic. Farsight. Yellow halo about candle light in evening.

Ears.—Sticking in. Oversensitive to music.

Nose.—Cancer of. Dry, stopped. Inflam-

mation and swelling of tip. Ulcerated nostrils. Want of smell. Fluent coryza with hoarseness. Nosebleed. Sneezing.

Face.—Yellow, especially about mouth and transversely across nose and cheeks. Pale, puffy. Skin, red and rough. Milk crust. Scurfs on lips and about chin.

Teeth.—Become hollow. Sticking or drawing ache with great agitation. Swollen, bleeding gums.

Mouth.— Aphthæ. Sensation of a lump sticking in throat when swallowing. Sticking sore throat when swallowing. White coat on tongue. Offensive breath.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger and gluttony. Aversion to food, especially meat and milk. Thirstlessness.

Taste.—Sour or foul, in mouth. Food tastes too salt.

Eructations.—Sour. Painful.

Nausea. — In morning while fasting and when driving. Vomiting: Bile; during pregnancy; first bitter water, then food.

Stomach.—Sticking or throbbing in pit of. Spasmodic pressure in. Burning in. Severe pain in cardiac orifice when swallowing food. Empty sensation in, and in abdomen.

Hypochondria. — Pain (sticking) in liver from motion or when riding.

Abdomen.—Adherent and indurated sensation in. Burning and sticking in. Pot belly (in mothers). Tearing pains which spread from abdomen into chest and thigh. Excoriation in groins.

Flatulence.—Rumbling and grumbling in abdomen after eating.

Stool.—Violent urging, discharge of mucus only. Too soft. Constipation with delayed stool. Diarrhœa: Exhausting; after milk; green (of children).

Rectum.—Prolapsed, during stool. Protruding, bleeding hemorrhoids.

Urine.—Dark. Frequent urging with inability to urinate. Involuntary urination during first sleep. Smarting in urethra when urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Weak and sweating constantly. Increased sexual desire. Prolapsus uteri. Downward pressure in uterus, causing oppression of breathing. Violently itching rash inside of labia.

Menses.—Dark, too early and too profuse, with increased bodily complaints. Suppressed. Corrosive leucorrhœa.

Cough.— Paroxysms of spasmodic cough following each other in rapid succession, excited by tickling in chest from larynx to stomach. With salty expectoration early in morning and in evening. With copious, salty or foul tasting expectoration, dark bloody in early morning and evening, and a milky tenacious mucus during day. Expectoration: Yellow, green or gray pus; tasting bitter, putrid, flat, sour or repulsively sweet with an unpleasant odor; is loosened with difficulty and is swallowed. Dry stomach cough, in evening in bed, with nausea and bitter vomiting.

Larynx.—Roughness and soreness in and in throat.

Chest.—Oppression of, during profuse as well as stopped expectoration. Roughness and soreness in. Itching and tickling in. Tightness of, at night and when walking. Constriction of. Intense orgasm in, with violent palpitation. Shocks and stitches in. when breathing and during mental exertion. Empty feeling in. Pulmonary consumption following inflammation of. Heaviness and fulness in. Rattling in. Palpitation. Better : Pressure of hand.

Neck.—Drawing and sticking in nape.

Back.—Stiffness, extending up to nape. Burning tearing in lumbar region. Symptoms fly from other parts to back. Pressing and sticking in scapulæ. Feels as if something adhered in sacral region.

Upper Extremities.—Scurfs on hands. Burning of palms. Exfoliation of skin of palms. Painless ulcers upon knuckles and tips of fingers. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities.—Drawing in thighs. Paralysis of legs, especially after anger. Stiffness of legs after sitting a short

time. Coldness of legs and feet. Spreading blisters and painless ulcers upon heels and joints as well as tips of toes. Crippled toe nails. All the flexures of the joints become sore.

Generalities.—Want of flexibility in wrist, knee and ankle joints. Sticking pains in limbs. Painful sensitiveness of every part of entire body. Great sensitiveness to cold north wind. Easily takes cold. Getting wet is followed by a violent chill, then fainting attacks, then coryza. Intense nightly orgasm of blood with palpitation. Restlessness and throbbing in all limbs. Burning pain in many parts of body. Want of natural bodily heat. Excessively bad effects from anger. Weakness on awaking. Symptoms cease during violent motion (except riding) but appear in their greatest intensity when sitting quietly in morning and evening.

Skin. —Painless ulcers. Excoriation in bends of joints. Moist herpes with itching and burning. Hypersensitive.

Sleep.—Restless, from ebullition of blood. Late falling to. Great day sleepiness.

Fever.—Pulse: At night rapid and full, often intermittent; slow during day. Accelerated especially by anger and motion. Great ebullition of blood and throbbing in bloodvessels. Chill: Often first appears after the previous heat. Alternating with heat. Chilliness in evening in open air and from every movement. More thirst with chill than with the heat. Shivering during pains: Want of natural vital heat. Heat: Attacks of flying h., during day, especially in afternoon and evening, while sitting as well as when in open air, and from mental excitement, mostly with thirst and redness of face. Attacks of h., as tho' dashed with hot water. Sweat: Copious, more after, than during motion. Continued debilitating. Constant night and morning s. Only on upper part of body. Profuse, after slight exertion, with faint-like weakness, > motion. Anxious, offensive, sour or smelling like elder blossoms. Sour, on feet.

Allied Remedies.—ACO., Agar., Ag-c., Ant-c., Ant-t., Ap., Ars., Asaf., Bar-c., BELL., Bry., Calc-c., Carb-v., CAUST., CHIN , Clem., Cupr., Dros., Dulc., Euphor., Gel., Graph., Hep., Kre., Lyc., MAG-M., Men., Merc., Nat-c.., NIT-AC., Nux-v., Phos., PULS., Rhod., RHUS-T., Selen., SIL., SUL., Verat-a.

SILICEA.

Mind.—Enervation from mental exertion. Anxiousness. Dejection and despair with most intense satiety of life. Great obstinacy in children ; they cry even when kindly spoken to. Yielding, anxious mood.

Vertigo.—When driving. Vertiginous attacks seeming to ascend from nape into head. Great dizziness, as tho' drunken, in evening. When stooping, driving or looking up. As if to fall forward.

Head.—Congestion with burning heat in. Throbbing and pounding, most severe in forehead and vertex, with chilliness. Heaviness in, wanting to press out thro' forehead, daily from noon till evening. Tearing pains, often unilateral (r.) only, with stitches out thro' eyes and in facial bones, heat in forehead and great restlessness, > external cold. Outward sticking in forehead and temples, most in right. Painful jerks in middle of forehead when turning quickly. Bursting pressure in. Pains ascend from nape to vertex and are accompanied by weakness. Worse: Night ; noon till night ; evening ; stepping hard ; motion: Of eyes ; writing; mental exertion; talking ; becoming heated ; uncovering head and letting it get cold; drafts; stooping. Better: Wrapping head warmly ; tight bandage on ; in a warm room.

External Head : Enlarged head with open fontanelles, with emaciation of rest of body. Tearing externally especially on occiput and nape. Sensitive to pressure of hat, etc., and to touch. Burning, tickling itching most on occiput, worse from scratching, which causes festering pain and more violent burning. Foul dry crusty, burning (or sticking) itching

eruption on occiput and behind ears, when scratched it festers. Itching nodes and nodular elevations on, and in nape. Takes cold in it easily and is intolerant of uncovering. Worse : Night ; lying thereon ; pressure ; undressing ; becoming warm in bed ; touch ; changing weather ; at change of moon ; stormy weather. Better: Wrapping up warmly; warm room ; dry warm weather.

Eyes.—Suppurative agglutination of. Lachrymation in open air. Biting in canthi. Swollen lachrymal glands. Ulcers and fungus hematodes on cornea. Paralysis of optic nerve. Black spots float before vision. Far sight.

Ears.—Stopped, sometimes opening with a report. Difficult hearing, especially for the human voice and during full moon. Oversensitive to noise.

Nose.—Nosebleed of acrid, corrosive blood. Long continued sense of dryness in. Ulcers and gnawing pain high up in, with great sensitiveness of this spot, to touch. Fluent coryza. Acrid, excoriating discharge. Loss of smell. Violent or very frequent sneezing with discharge of thin, acrid mucus. Stuffed coryza and chronic stoppage, from lumps of hardened mucus.

Face.—Pale, earth colored or waxy. White, or burning red spots, especially on cheeks. The skin is cracked. Painful scurfs on lips. Herpes on chin. Swelling of lower jaw bone. Painful swelling of submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Tearing pain in, worse at night. Nightly, sticking toothache < by both warmth and cold.

Mouth.—Dryness in. Much mucus in throat.

Appetite.—Lost, with great thirst. Ravenous hunger with want of. Aversion to warm cooked food; he wishes to eat cold things only. Repugnance to meat and milk.

Taste.—Sense of, wanting. Bitterness in mouth early in morning.

Eructations.—Tasting of ingesta or sour. Waterbrash with shuddering.

Nausea, etc.—Continuous, with vomiting; < early in morning. Vomiting: After every drink; of food, then of bitter mucus; of water, then of food.

Stomach.—Pressure like a stone in. Pressure in, waterbrash and vomiting follow each other consecutively after every meal. Pit is painful to pressure.

Abdomen.—Tense, bloated, hard and hot, especially in children. Cutting in (without diarrhœa, much worse when constipated), > warm applications. Colic, wherein the hands turn yellow and the nails blue. Colic from worms, in children. Painful inguinal hernia.

Flatulence.—Incarcerated. Much noise in abdomen, with discharge of very offensive flatus.

Stool. — Difficult, hard, and constipated. Frequent, papescent, cadaverous or stinking. Discharge of worms.

Anus.—Itching and sticking in, and in rectum.

Urine.—Strangury.

Sexual Organs.—Itching and humid spots on, especially scrotum. Sweat on scrotum. Hydrocele. Excessive sexual desire.

Menses.—Too early, but too scanty (or too profuse). Menstrual discharge between the periods. Uterine hæmorrhage. Abortion. Acrid, biting, corrosive leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Whooping. Arrested. Deep, sighing. Short and panting, when walking rapidly and during manual labor. Tightness of chest when at rest.

Cough.—From cold drinks. Phthisical, with copious expectoration. Hollow, spasmodic, suffocative c., from tickling in trachea, especially in region of throat-pit; dry in evening and night; in morning and during day, with copious, yellow, somewhat greenish, purulent, tough, sometimes milk-white, acrid, mucus expectoration, or, more rarely, of bright, frothy blood; generally of a fatty taste and offensive odor.

Chest.—Rattling in. Bruised feeling in. Pressure and soreness on. Stitches extending thro' into back. Purulent pulmonary consumption. Suppurating mammæ of nursing women. Inflamed nipples. Mammary cancer.

Back.—Swelling and curvature of vertebræ. Spasmodic, drawing lumbar pains.

Upper Extremities.—Incipient paralysis of lower arm and hand. Burning in fingertips. Yellow, crippled, brittle fingernails. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities. — Boils on thighs. Swelling of knee. Swelling of feet, in morning. Cold feet. Footsweat with excoriation between toes. Stinking feet. Ulceration of big toe.

Generalities.—He easily takes cold, especially from uncovering head or feet. Nightly sticking in all joints. Worm complaints in scrofulous persons. Lameness of limbs in evening. Great weariness and sleepiness during storms. Ebullitions of blood and thirst from drinking a small quantity of wine. Restlessness after sitting a long time. Great nervous exhaustion. Great emaciation. The symptoms are intensified at night, at new and full moon and when the weather changes. Part on which he lies goes to sleep.

Glands.—Painlessly swollen, they develop a continued itching only. Suppurating.

Bones.—Swelling and curvature of. Inflammations of. Caries.

Skin.—Painful sensitiveness of. Suppurating ulcers of all kinds, with laudable as well as unhealthy pus especially in membranous parts. Ulcers, with proud flesh; stinking; spongy swelling and painfulness around; gangrenous. Ganglion. Unhealthy.

Sleep.—Frequent jerking and starting up in. Sleepiness early in evening. Sleepless: Altho' sleepy; from heat, restlessness and great ebullition of blood to head. Many anxious dreams. Somnambulism.

Fever.—Pulse: Small, but hard and quick; often irregular, and then sometimes also slow. The blood very readily begins to surge. Chill: Strong, in evening in bed, increased when uncovering. Great chilliness, especially during every exertion. Constant internal chilliness and want of natural vital heat. Heat: Predominant. Frequent short attacks of flying h., during day, most on face. Universal strong h., with thirst in afternoon, evening or thro' whole night. Nocturnal dry h. During day, typically recurring heat without previous chill, followed by slight sweat. Sweat: Debilitating, at night or only in morning. From moderate exercise, most profuse on head and face. Profuse on head only. Nocturnal sour or offensive s. Wholly absent.

Allied Remedies.—Agar., Ars., Bell., Bor., CALC-C., Caust., Cupr., Flu-ac., Gel., Graph., HEP., Iod., Kali-c., Lyc., Merc., Mez., Nat-c., Nux-v., Petr., Phos., Puls., Rhus-t., SEP., Staph., Sul.

SPIGELIA.

Mind.—Difficult thinking and disinclination for mental exertion. Very weak memory. Restlessness, anxiety, and solicitude for the future. Dejection even mounting to self-destruction.

Vertigo.—When looking downward.

Head.—Outward boring pain in forehead, vertex or occiput. Inward pressure generally in right temple, or as if brain were pressed out of forehead. Shocks of tearing pain in forehead, with staring eyes. Thrusts and jerks in head. Pressive squeezing pains, especially when stooping. Sore pain in forehead and vertex. Shaking in brain. Painfulness of occiput, with stiffness of nape. Worse: Evening. Motion: Slight; of head; of eyes; stepping hard. Mental exertion; noise; opening mouth; coughing; stooping; talking; sitting; standing; walking in open air. Better: Rest; lying with head high; closing eyes; uncovering head; in room; laying hand on part; external pressure.

External Head.—Painful sensitiveness of scalp and hair to motion, with a burning ulcerative pain when touched. Tearing in, a shivering runs all over h., when affected part is touched. Tension of scalp. Dull outward sticking in, alternating with a sore pain on vertex. Better: During, but worse after washing; uncovering. Worse: Touch.

Eyes.—Are painful in their sockets when moved. Sensation as tho' balls were too large. The lids hang down, seemingly hard and immovable. Difficult

opening of. Inflammation of margin of lids. Burning in, with redness of sclerotic and distended bloodvessels. Acrid tears. Dilated pupils. Presbyopia.

Ears.—Earache: Like a plug forcibly pressed into. Sense of stoppage. Deafness.

Nose.—Tickling itching on. Herpetic eruption on, with painful soreness. Catarrhal fever, with weeping mood and dry heat without thirst. Profuse discharge of mucus thro' posterior, with dryness and stoppage of anterior nares.

Face.—Pale, puffy, with distorted features, especially early in morning when awaking from sleep. Sweat on. Yellow circles about eyes. Red. Jerking, tearing pressure and burning in zygoma. Pressive pain in lower jaw.

Teeth. — Thumping tearing ache < by cold water and admission of cold air. Ache as tho' being torn out, immediately after eating and at night.

Mouth.—Bad odor from. Much white, foamy saliva in, and in fauces. Fissures, in tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of, with violent thirst. Ravenous hunger, with qualmishness.

Taste.—Putrid; fetid, in mouth.

Stomach.—Pit of, sensitive to touch. Pressure as of a hard lump in.

Abdomen.—Pressure as of a hard lump in navicular region. Stitches in. Worm colic.

Stool.—Frequent, ineffectual urging. Discharge of large pieces of mucus, without feces. Discharge of feces with worms.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge; also at night. White sediment.

Genitals.—Frequent erections, with voluptuous thoughts, but no sexual desire.

Respiration.—Short, especially when ascending. Suffocative attacks, with anxiety, violent palpitation and chest pains.

Cough.—Violent, with suffocative attacks. Dry, hollow, with obstructed respiration.

Neck.—Hard, painful swelling of cervical glands.

Chest.—Stitches. Contraction, with difficult breathing. Tearing pain. Sense of trembling in, < from slightest motion. Pinching stitches in diaphragm, with obstructed respiration. Extraordinarily violent, visible and audible, anxious palpitation, < bending chest forward.

Back.—Sticking pain in, especially when breathing.

Upper Extremities.—Stitches in joints of arms and hands. Hard, burning, itching nodules on palms.

Lower Extremities.—Stitches in joints of lower limbs and in upper thighs when walking. Wart-like excrescences on toes.

Generalities. —Sticking pain in limbs, especially in joints. Heaviness and bruised sensation in entire body when rising from sitting. General weariness, especially after the slightest motion in open air. Painful sensitiveness of entire body to contact, with shuddering of the parts touched, or with crawling running through whole body. The symptoms are intensified after washing and after satisfying the sexual desires.

Glands.—Painfully swollen.

Skin.—Pale and wrinkled on body.

Sleep. — Disturbed, at night, by physical restlessness. Unrefreshing, at night, followed by sleepiness early in morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, mostly strong, but slow. Tremulous. Quicker in evening, slower in morning. Chill: In morning, often recurring at same hour. Alternating with heat or sweat. Of single parts, with warmth of others. Universal, overrunning c., with concomitant heat. Proceeds from chest. Chilliness from the leat motion. Heat: Principally on back. Nocturnal flying h., with thirst, especially for beer. Of face and hands, with chill on back. Sweat: Nocturnal, offensive, with concomitant heat. Clammy on hands. Cold.

Allied Remedies.—Bism., Dig., Euphr., Gel., Laur., Merc., Nat-c., Nat-m., Puls., Verat-a.