Characteristics Thuja – Zincum

Eyes.—Sticking burning in. Photophobia.

Ears.—Sticking and tearing in, and behind.

Face.—Red, with sensation of heat. Pustules on cheeks, wings of nose and angles of mouth. Upper lip cracked.

Teeth.—Sour blood exudes from hollow teeth. Dullness of. Drawing in hollow teeth, it extends into eyebrows.

Mouth.—Accumulation of sour water in. Dry feeling in throat. Larynx feels pressed shut. Hawking of sour mucus which dulls the teeth. Thick, white coat on tongue, peeling off in patches which afterward become very sensitive.

Appetite, etc.—Aversion to tobacco smoke.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth, before eating. Saltish sour, of food, especially of butter and meat.

Nausea.—With anxiety and headache. And inclination to vomit after fat foods.

Abdomen.—Sticking bellyache, especially in sides of. Sensation of bubbles bursting within.

Stool.—Ineffectual urging Is passed with difficulty even when not hard.

Perineum.—Voluptuous itching on, compelling him to scratch.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge. Polyuria.

Neck.—Twitching and sticking in muscles of, and of nape. Tearing from ear downward along sides of.

Chest.—Pressive pain in. Sticking in. Twitching in intercostal muscles.

Back.—Bubbling and rumbling in scapulæ, with chill over entire body. Pressive sticking in spine and small of back, with oppression of breathing.

Upper Extremities.—Twitching in muscles of arm. Icy cold finger tips.

Lower Extremities.—Sticking in thighs, calves and soles of feet. Burning in knees, lower legs and toes.

Generalities.—The limbs are movable enough, but it seems as tho' power of motion were impeded. Painfulness of all limbs to touch, and when in a false position. Sense of weariness thro' entire body, with inclination to sit or lie, with impaired consciousness. Most symptom appear when sitting or standing and cease when walking.

Sleep.—Sleepiness and falling to sleep when listening to scientific discourses. Day sleepiness and yawning when sitting.

Fever.—Chill: And chilliness, especially after eating and drinking. General c., with headache. Shivering c., in open air. Heat: At night when awaking, especially on face and hands. Sweat: Very profuse throughout whole night, but most in first sleep before midnight. Very exhausting, biting s., on skin.

Allied Remedies.—Con., Kali-c., Puls. Valer.

THUJA.

Mind.—Vacancy in head, with inability to think. Slow speech, with frequent interruption, because he is obliged to hunt for his words. Restlessness. Great depression. He meditates over every trifle, with anxious concern for the future. Dejection. Satiety of life. He imagines his limbs are made of glass or that they are brittle.

Vertigo.—When rising from sitting. As tho' he were rocked.

Head.—Violent congestion. Heaviness in occiput early in morning, with peevishness and taciturnity. Numbness in brain. Pressive ache, as of a nail being driven into vertex. Worse: Early on awaking and toward evening; motion. Better: Uncovering head; after sweat.

External Head.—Corrosive eating or painfulness of side lain on. Violent burning or tearing stitches on, mostly in region of temples (1.). Crawling, eating or sticking itching, as of vermin on occiput and temples, scratching helps but develops a moist burning or sticking eruption which covers itself with crusts. Worse: Warmth of bed; lying on part; evening; night; 3 P. M. Better: Touch; pressure; rubbing.

Eyes.—Burning in. Tearing in, in open air. Red sclerotic. Inflammatory swelling of lids. Short sight.

Ears.—Cramp-like pain in external. Stitches extending from throat into.

Nose.—Nose-bleed when overheated. Painful bloody crusts in. Blowing blood from. In room stuffed coryza with headache; in open air fluent coryza.

Face.—Burning heat and redness of. Flushes of heat in. Pimples on. Sweat on, especially on side on which he does not lie. Swelled temporal arteries. Boring pain in zygoma, > from touch. Twitchings in lips. Pimples on upper lip and chin.

Teeth.—Biting gnawing in, < from cold food, drinks and chewing. Toothache from drinking tea. Painful soreness and swelling of gums.

Mouth.—Painful soreness of throat when swallowing saliva. Vesicles and thrush in. Swelled tongue. Ranula under tongue. Slow speech.

Appetite, etc.—Quickly satiated. Desire for cold food and drinks. Bad effects of fat food and onions. Intense thirst, especially at night and early in morning.

Taste.—Flat. Food is tasteless, as tho' not salted. When chewed, food becomes quite dry.

Eructation.—Bitter. Rancid, after fat food. Tasting of ingesta.

Stomach.—Painful pressure in pit. Cramps every evening.

Abdomen.—Inflation of. Bellyache. Sense of something alive, or a child's knee pushing outward within. Indurations in. Colic from intussusception and twisting of intestines. Painful swelling of inguinal glands.

Stool.—Ineffectual urging. Obstinate constipation, as from inactivity or intussusception of bowels. Difficult passage of a hard, thick, nodular stool.

Anus.—Contraction of. Fig-warts about. Rectal fistula.

Urine.—Profuse discharge of. With a cloudy sediment. Burning and itching in urethra.

Sexual Organs.—Swelled prepuce. Figwarts (Merc-c.) on glans, prepuce, or female genitals, which exude moisture and pus, especially during the increasing moon. Sycotic gonorrhœa. Gonorrhœa of glans. Copious watery discharge from penis. Stitches in penis, with urging to urinate. Sensation, as tho' a drop-trickled along urethra. Profuse sweat on scrotum. Painful nightly erections. Swelling and excoriation of labia.

Respiration.—Anxious oppression of, with violent thirst for cold water.

Cough.—From being over-heated. Cough, with yellowish mucous expectoration and pains in epigastrium, in afternoon and at night, always toward three o'clock.

Neck.—Distension of arteries of. Tension in skin of nape.

Chest.—Compression of, with a sensation as tho' something were adherent therein. Stitches in, after cold drinks. Strong ebullition of blood within, with violent, audible palpitation. Blueness of skin over clavicles.

Back.—Boils. Pressive pain in region of kidneys. Crampy pain in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Sticking pain in arms and their joints. Muscular twitches in arms. Distension of blood vessels of arms. Sweat on hands. Painful swelling and redness of finger tips. Coldness and deadness of fingers and finger tips.

Lower Extremities.—Stitches in muscles and joints of legs. Weariness of legs when ascending steps. Red, mottled spots on backs of feet. Painful, inflammatory swelling and redness of backs of feet and tips of toes. Frost bites.

Generalities.—Jerkings, especially in upper part of body. Stitches in limbs and joints. Asleep sensation in limbs. Averse to motion. Symptoms are often unilateral, especially on left side. Warmth of bed intensifies many symptoms. Attacks are usually < in afternoon and at night, always toward three o'clock and also in evening, and are > during rest. Sensation of water trickling in many parts.

Skin.—Sticking itching. Painful sensitiveness. The skin symptoms especially (but also many others) are > by touch. Fig-warts. Distended veins under.

Sleep.—Late falling to, on account of restlessness and dry heat. Jerking during. Unrefreshing, because of many anxious dreams. Anxious dreams when lying on left side. Lascivious dreams, with painful erections.

Fever.—Pulse: Slow and weak in morning, accelerated and full in evening. Violent ebullition of blood in evening. Strong throbbing in arteries. Great distension of arteries. Chill: Attacks of c., at different times of day, mostly toward evening. On left side of body which is cold to touch. Without thirst after midnight and early in morning. Internal, with external heat and great thirst. Heat: In evening, especially on face. Burning in face without redness thereof. Dry, of covered parts. Sweat: On first going to sleep. Of uncovered parts of body, with dry heat of covered parts, but also the reverse. Anxious, sometimes cold s. Immediately after the chill, without heat. Often greasy, sometimes offensive or smelling sweetish like honey.

Allied Remedies.—Cam., Carb-a., Graph., Hep., Merc., Nat-s., Nit-ac., Petr., Puls., Selen., Staph., Sul.

VALERIANA.

Mind.—Excessive mental excitement, with hallucinations of vision, hearing and the senses in general, as in pyrexial fevers. Uncommonly rapid change of ideas. Anxiousness. Fearfulness in evening in the dark. Hypochondriacal restlessness or excitability with trembling. Despondent mood. Morbidly excitable and irritable. Hysteria, with tremulous over-excitability of the nerves and very changeable moods and ideas.

Vertigo.—And stupefaction, as from intoxication, ending in foreheadache, especially in the evening.

Head.—Violent congestion to. In the evening, unilateral, stupefying, drawing, pressive ache extending into orbits, with heat in face. Hysterical headache; sticking or pressing extending from forehead into orbits. From a draft of air there immediately follows unilateral, drawing headache. Headache in sunshine. Cold feeling in the whole upper part of h., from pressing hat on tightly. Jerk-like, suddenly appearing head pains. Worse: Evening; open air; during rest. Better: Motion; change of position; in the room.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with biting and sticking of edges of lids. Short sight. Dim vision. Hallucinations of vision. Black points before. In the evening in the dark, luminosity before eyes, as tho' one could see surrounding objects.

Face.—Red cheeks, with heat of f., especially in open air. Cramp-like drawing in cheek bones.

Teeth.—Sticking or drawing ache.

Taste.—As of putrid tallow in mouth. Illusions of taste, smell and hearing.

Eructation.—Frequent, empty. Rancid, as from heartburn. Foul, early in morning. Like rotten eggs.

Nausea, etc.—Qualmishness, with inclination to vomit, as if a string were drawn upward from umbilicus into fauces, with copious accumulation of saliva. Qualmishness and vomiting of bile, with coldness and chill.

Stomach.—Great weakness of digestion. Instantaneous pressure ascending from abdomen into pit of.

Abdomen.—Hard, distended. Suppurative pain, in evening. Worm colic. Bruised pain in. Hysterical colic (also after suppressed menses). Pain, as from over-lifting, in the left loin. Bloated feeling, with inclination to draw it in.

Stool.—Tendency to diarrhœa. Greenish, papescent, with blood. Passes ascarides.

Urine.—Frequent and profuse discharge of.

Respiration.—Oppressed from pressure on lower part of chest.

Chest.—Sudden jerks and twitching stitches, with a feeling of outward pressure.

Upper Extremities.—Trembling hands.

Generalities.—Rheumatic tearing in limbs, less in joints, during rest, particularly after previous exercise, > by motion however. Twitching, jerk-like, suddenly-appearing, shattering pains which are abated by a change of position. Violent up and down drawing in muscles of extremities. Paralytic pain in joints. Hyperæsthesia of all the senses and general nervous excitability. Hysterical complaints. The symptoms are intensified toward noon and during the first hours of the afternoon, as well as toward evening until midnight. Many complaints reappear periodically after two or three months.

Sleep.—Sleeplessness, with great restlessness and tossing about.

Fever.—Pulse: Very irregular and unequal; mostly very quick and somewhat tense, but also sometimes small and weak. Chill: In short attacks which soon pass into a protracted heat. The shivering usually starts from neck and runs down back. Heat: Predominant, long-continued, and universal, often with sweat on face. Spreading over face. Increased in evening and when eating. Predominating h., with thirst. Sweat: Profuse, especially at night and during motion, with continued great heat. Frequent, instantaneous attacks of s., especially on face and forehead, which disappear just as quickly.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Asar'., Bell., Cham., Coff., Hyos., Ign., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Stann., Sul.

VERATRUM ALBUM.

Mind.—Mental confusion. Deliria or insanities, mostly mute, religious or with pride: With lasciviousness and obscene talk; with laughing, whistling and singing. Madness and raving mania, with shamelessness, impiety and profanity. Howling and lamenting in a hoarse voice. Extraordinary mental anxiety. Melancholy with anxious nightly inconsolable lamenting. Nightly anguish and despair. Fear of death. Hypochondriacal mood. Reticence. Angriness followed by anxiety and palpitation. Transient attacks of unconsciousness, alternating with insanity. Transitory loss of memory. Peevishness.

Vertigo.—With reeling, as from intoxication, when sitting erect or standing, > lying on back and stooping.

Head.—Pressive ache in skull. Heaviness of entire h. Bruised or torn sensation in brain. Headache: With stiffness of nape and profuse flow of urine; throbbing, with qualmishness and vomiting. Great sensitiveness of scalp and hair. Bruised soreness of. Coldness in and upon vertex, as tho' ice lay there, with co-existent icy coldness of feet and nausea. Worse: Rising from bed; motion. Better: External pressure; bending head backward; at rest.

Eyes.—Staring, watery, distorted, sunken and lustreless. Balls are turned upward. Pressure in. Trembling of upper lid. Paralysis of lids. Heat in. Tears, with a sense of dryness therein. Night blindness.

Ears.—Roaring and humming in. Deaf.

Nose.—Icy coldness of. Odor, of dung, before.

Face.—Yellowish, pale, on raising up. Red, while in bed, on rising it instantly becomes pale. Blue or greenish circles about eyes Bluish. Livid. Cold, disfigured, cadaverous, hippocratic f. Spasm of masseter muscles. Lock-jaw. Shriveled, bluish or blackish lips.

Mouth.—Burning in, and in fauces. Dry and sticky. Profuse salivation. Tasteless saliva in. Feeling of distension in pharynx. Constriction of throat. Sensation, as of dust in throat. Tongue: Cold, shriveled; blackish. Cold breath. Hollow, hoarse voice.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger. Gluttony. Craving for sour or cooling things. Violent, unquenchable thirst, especially for cold water.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth. Cool, as from peppermint in mouth.

Eructation.—Forcible, empty. Bitter.

Qualmishness, etc.—In stomach. With violent thirst, profuse flow of saliva and urine. Violent retching. Vomiting: Of ingesta; of bile; of blood, or foamy sour mucus; nightly; copious, excited by slightest movement or least thing ingested, especially drinks.

Stomach.—Great sensitiveness of pit, as tho' ulcerated internally. Burning in.

Abdomen.—Distension, with pressing pains and anxiety. Diarrhœa with cutting as from knives in. Painful contraction when vomiting. Very sensitive to touch. Burning and cutting in. Sticking in groins. Protrusion of hernia

Flatulence.—Flatulent colic in abdomen with loud rumbling and grumbling.

Stool.—Chronic constipation as from inactivity of rectum. Ineffectual urging Fainting during. Painful lienteria. Diarrhœa: Greenish, watery, mixed with flocks; blackish. Fright followed by involuntary c., and icy coldness of body.

Urine.—Suppressed. Greenish. Dark red, passed frequently but in small quantities. Constant urging to urinate. Involuntary micturition.

Sexual Organs.—Stitches in spermatic cord.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse. Suppressed. Headache before.

Respiration.—Laborious inspiration. Oppression of chest (with many complaints). Suffocative attacks from spasmodic constriction of larynx or chest.

Cough.—Deep, hollow ringing c., from tickling in lowest bronchia, seemingly coming from abdomen. Deep, dry c., with cutting bellyache. In evening, with salivation. In spring and autumn. With pain in sides, and respiratory symptoms. With yellow expectoration, immediately on entering a warm room from cold air, followed by bruised feeling in chest. Whooping cough with vomiting. Dry at night, in daytime expectoration of yellow tenacious mucus of a bitter, salty or sometimes a sour or putrid taste, < eating and drinking cold things, especially cold water.

Chest.—Fulness in. Bruised feeling in. Stitches in sides of. Violent, visible, anxious palpitation with obstructed breathing.

Back.—Paralytic stiffness extending from back up into nape. Squeezing between scapulæ. Bruised sensation in, and in lumbar region.

Lower Extremities.—Thrusts in (r.) hip.

Generalities.—Sudden sinking of strength. Continued great weakness and trembling. Extraordinary weariness and debility. Paralytic, bruised feeling in limbs and bones. Numbness and crawling in extremities. Violent tonic spasms whereby the palms and soles are drawn into hollows. Tetanic rigidity of body. Fainting with stiffness of body but flexibility of limbs. Attacks of pain which in a short time always excite delirium or mania. Pains in limbs are < from warmth of bed and cold wet weather, and > rising and walking about.

Skin.—Cold and bluish or violet color of. Loss of elasticity of, it remains in the position into which it has been drawn. Thickened, desquamating spots on. Dry, itch-like eruptions.

Sleep.—Coma vigil with partial consciousness. Stupefying somnolency. Nightly anxiety and sleeplessness.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, most frequently small, thready, weak and slow; often almost extinct and entirely imperceptible; seldom hard and quick. The blood runs like cold water thro' the veins. Chill: And coldness mostly external, with internal heat and cold, clammy sweat. Shaking chill with sweat, which together pass into coldness. Predominating c., and coldness, running from above downward. Increased by drinking. Icy coldness of entire body. Heat: Almost entirely internal, with thirst, but without desire to drink. In evening, with sweat. Alternating quickly with chill. Alternately, now chill, now heat, here and there on single spots. Internal, only, with dark urine. Sweat: Profuse, in morning, evening or thro' entire night as well as during every stool. Cold, clammy, sour or of-

fensive, sometimes smelling bitter, or staining yellow, always with a deathly pale face. Cold: Over entire body, most on forehead, < least motion and vomiting, > rising and going about. Easy during day from every movement. Strong smelling. Intermittent fever with coldness externally only, with internal heat and violent thirst for cold water.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Alum., Arn., Ars., Bry., Calc-c., Cam., Carb-v., CHIN., Cic., Cina, Coff., CUPR., Dros., Ferr., Hyos., Ip., Merc., Phos., Phos-ac., Pod., Sec-c., Sep., Spig., Stram., Tabac., VERAT-V.

VERBASCUM.

Mind.—Great distraction. Constant rush of thoughts, phantasies and voluptuous imagery. Angry and peevish with desire for work and company. Unusual cheerfulness. Great cowardice.

Vertigo.—Attacks of, when resting left cheek on hand. Stupefying.

Head.—Pressive ache benumbing one side of forehead and extending into temples and zygoma. Stupefying stitches deep in brain. Tension and pain as tho' temples were pinched together, generally confined to one side of head. Worse: External pressure; going from a warm into cold place or the reverse.

Eyes.—Burning in. Sensation of contraction in orbits. Short sight.

Ears.—Inward tearing in. Deafness, as tho' something had fallen before e. When reading aloud, sensation of stoppage of ears, nose or larynx.

Nose.—Stuffed coryza.

Face.—Tension and violent pressure on zygoma and articular eminences of temporal bone, like prosoplagia. Faceache: Benumbing pressure and tension extending over entire cheek, from zygoma and maxillary joint, especially < or excited by a change of temperature. Tension in integuments of chin, in masseter muscles and throat.

Teeth.—Tearing in lower molars.

Mouth.—Foul odor from. Tongue coated brown early in morning.

Appetite, etc.—Hunger without appetite. Much thirst.

Eructations.—Bitter, with nausea.

Abdomen.—Pressing pain on navel, < bending forward. Constriction and piercing pain in umbilical region. Sticking bellyache. Tearing loose pain in umbilical region.

Stool.—Retarded. In small, hard balls, like sheep dung, passed with strong pressing.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate with profuse discharge.

Cough.—Hoarse, from tickling in trachea and chest; dry, hollow, in deep trumpet tones, from catarrh of trachea, especially of children, which does not awake them from sleep in evening and at night.

Larynx, etc.—Hoarseness with rough voice from reading aloud. Deep bass voice. Roughness and dryness in and in trachea,

Chest.—Constriction in. Pressure on. Benumbing, periodical stitches in. Tension over chest with stitches in cardiac region, in evening after lying down. Catarrhal affections. †Sticking or cutting pains at cartilages of ribs. †Better: Deep breathing.

Back.—Stitches in, also under scapulæ.

Lower Extremities.—Great weariness of.

Generalities.—Sticking pains in limbs. Cramplike pressure in limbs. Pains are mostly associated with a feeling of numbness. The symptoms are excited and intensified by changes of temperature, namely, when going from open air into room and vice versa.

Sleep.—Great sleepiness after eating. Early waking, toward 4 o'clock.

Fever.—Chill and unilateral shivering, as tho' dashed with cold water. Internal and external cold feeling of entire body. Chill and coldness predominate.

Allied Remedies.—Ang., Mez., Phos., Puls., Ran-b.

VIOLA ODORATA.

Mind.—The intellect predominates over the emotions and mind. Increased activity of intellect. Great rush of ideas. Weakness of memory. Sadness terminating in gloomy despondency. Tearful mood without knowing why. Extraordinary irritability and indisposition.

Vertigo.—Reeling, when sitting.

Head.—Violent congestion to, with prickling in forehead. Heaviness and sinking down of. Tension in scalp of forehead and occiput, which spreads over upper part of face.

Eyes.—Falling of lids, as from a sleepy feeling in eyes. Burning in. Short sight.

Ears.—Sticking in and around. Aversion to noise, especially to the violin.

Nose.—Numbness of tip.

Face.—Hot forehead. Tension under eyes and over nose, extending into temples. Pressive pain in zygoma.

Teeth.—Tearing toothache in lower jaw.

Mouth.—Dry and painfully sore palate.

Stool.—Constipated.

Respiration.—Extraordinary oppression and tightness, as if a stone were lying on chest. Difficult r., with painful expiration, anxiety and palpitation.

Generalities.—Transient burning, now here, now there on body, as tho' parts were drawn together and burned with a small flame. Trembling limbs. Relaxation of all muscles. Great nervous weakness. The symptoms are indeed mild, yet they are much more distinctly felt than from other medicines. Position and surroundings do not alter them.

Fever.—Pulse full and strong. Chill: By day, consisting of shuddering only.

Allied Remedies.—Nux-v., Phos.

VIOLA TRICOLOR.

Mind.—Dulness of. Indisposition for serious work. Taciturn and introverted. Willfulness and obstinacy (of children). Peevishness and tearfulness. Hastiness, as tho' driven by an internal anxiety, with a sensation of great weakness and prostration internally.

Head.—Heaviness of, when raising up, which disappears when stooping. Outward pressing pain in. Buzzing in forehead when sitting still. Burning sticking in scalp, especially in forehead and temples.

Eyes.—Biting in. The lids sink down with sleepiness.

Face.—Thickening of skin of. Tension in skin of. Burning itching milkcrust. Heat and sweat of face after eating. Heat of side on which he does not lie, in evening in bed.

Abdomen.—Sticking and cutting in, with urging to stool, howling and screaming. Sticking in walls of, and in pubic region.

Stool.—Soft, hacked.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate with profuse discharge. Foul smelling, like cat's urine.

Sexual Organs.—Swollen prepuce. Itching stitches in scrotum. Pollutions with voluptuous dreams.

Chest.—Stitches about ribs, sternum and intercostal muscles. Anxiety about heart, with pounding like the striking of waves, when lying down.

Back.—Cramplike pain between scapulæ, with cutting and crawling in skin.

Generalities.—Sticking pains in limbs and joints. Sleepy relaxation of entire body.

Skin.—Sticking biting miliary eruption. Dry scurfs over entire body, exuding a yellow water when scratched.

Sleep.—Late falling to sleep on account of rush of ideas. Frequent awaking, as from activity. The child's hands twitch during sleep, with flexed thumbs, general dry heat and a red face.

Fever.—Pulse: Accelerated. Chill: And chilliness in forenoon and in open air. Heat: Dry, anxious h., at night in bed, with a very red face. General, anxious h., immediately after eating. Sweat: Hot, after eating. Night sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Bar-c., Nit-ac., Rhus-t.

ZINCUM.

Mind.—Moroseness especially in evening. Very sensitive to noise. Easily frightened, and long continued trembling after every emotion. Inclination to vehemence which greatly affects him. Extraordinarily changeable mood, in the morning buoyant, in evening sad.

Vertigo.—Especially in occiput.

Head.—Tearing and drawing < in sides and occiput. Stupefying ache with blackness before vision. Pressive pain in forehead, temples and occiput, with confused dulness. Sore pain in. Dull cramp-like inward pressure in temples. Worse: In early morn; after eating; after dinner; becoming heated, indoors; after walking in open air; laughing; toward evening; lying down; after wine. Better: Walking in open air; from cold water.

External Head.—Painful soreness of. Falling of hair from vertex, even to baldness. Sore smarting in integuments of, strongest in vertex and sides, not affected by touch or suddenly > thereby. Violent sticking tearing as if between skin and flesh in both sides of. Worse: Physical exertion. Better: Fasting; when eating; rubbing; scratching; often suddenly ceases when touched.

Eyes.—Inward pressure on. Fiery flakes before, on looking upward. Painful soreness of canthi. Paralysis of upper lid.

Ears.—Earache with tearing stitches and external swelling, especially in children. Purulent, stinking discharge.

Nose.—Swollen, with loss of smell. Fluent coryza.

Face.—Earthy pale. Tearing in bones of. Lips and angles of mouth are cracked and ulcerated. Lips are coated with a thick clammy moisture.

Teeth.—Painful soreness of. Tearing in molars. Gums whitish, swollen and ulcerated.

Mouth.—Small yellow ulcers inside of cheeks and on fauces. Much mucus in throat, which also extends thro' choanæ into mouth. Bloody saliva. Sensation of spasm of œsophagus in region of throat-pit. Painful soreness and dryness of throat. Hoarseness.

Appetite, etc.—Excessive hunger. Aversion to meat, fish and cooked, warm or sweet foods.

Taste.—Salty, in mouth.

Eructation.—Sour, especially after milk. Heartburn after sweet foods. Water-brash.

Stomach.—Burning and soreness in. Disagreeable warmth at cardiac orifice and up œsophagus.

Hypochondriæ.—Spasmodic pains, alternating with oppression in chest. Pressure under short ribs with hypochondriacal mood, after eating. Stitches in spleen.

Abdomen.—Spasmodic colic about navel. Tension in distended abdomen, with rumbling. Inguinal hernia.

Stool.—Soft, papescent, diarrhœic. Hard, dry and unsatisfactory.

Anus.—Itching, crawling and painful soreness in.

Urine.—Presses heavily within bladder. Involuntary spurting of, when walking, coughing, etc. Discharge of blood from urethra after painful micturition. Nephritic and vesical calculi.

Sexual Organs.—Painfully swollen testes. Painful soreness of scrotum. Great incitation to coition with seminal discharge. Nymphomania in lying in women, with great sensitiveness of sexual organs. Grasping at the genitals.

Menses.—Too late. Suppressed with painful mammæ and genitals.

Respiration.—Spasmodic tightness of chest. Shortness of, from flatulence, after every meal. Oppressed from a sense of pressure on chest. Suffocative paroxysms.

Cough.—Dry, spasmodic c., with chest pains in evening and night. Exhausting c., excited by tickling in larynx and trachea as far down as the middle of the chest. In morning and during day with expectoration of yellow, blood-streaked, tenacious mucus of a repulsive, sweetish, putrid or metallic taste. Hæmoptysis.

Trachea.—Burning and soreness in. Spasm in throat pit.

Chest.—Burning and soreness in. Accumulation of mucus in. Stitches in left side of. Spasm of. Roughness and dryness

in. Feeling of coldness in. Emptiness in. Heaviness and bursting pain in. Suppressed secretion of milk in lying-in women. Palpitation.

Back.—Sticking, pressing, painful soreness in region of kidneys. Pain in sacrum.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing in muscles of arm. Deadness of hands with paralysis thereof. Numbness and trembling of hands. Cracks on hands.

Lower Extremities.—Tearing in. Large varicose veins on legs, which sometimes burst and bleed. Cold feet at night. Trembling of.

Generalities.—Tearing rheumatic pains in extremities, < from physical exertion or when becoming heated. Violent, tremulous jerking of entire body in evening. Violent throbbing throughout whole body. Painful soreness externally as well as internally. Spasms after fright. Chorea. Twitchings, in children. The pains of Zincum often seem between the skin and flesh. Wine, Nux-v. and Cham. greatly intensify nearly all symptoms, especially the restlessness at night and constipation. Most symptoms appear after dinner and toward evening.

Skin.—Violent, sticking itching, especially in evening in bed, disappearing instantly from touch. Suppurating herpes. Cracked. Bony exostoses. Varicose veins.

Sleep.—Continuous desire to. Broken, at night, disturbed by fanciful dreams. Sleepiness with constant yawning.

Fever.—Pulse: Small and quick in evening; slower in morning and during day. Sometimes intermittent. Great throbbing of bloodvessels during the heat. Chill: Mostly beginning after eating and continuing till late in the evening, even in bed. Shuddering in open air and from touching a cold object. Alternating with heat, frequently during day. Cold shivers which run down the back. Shuddering c., before the approach of stormy weather. Constant external chilliness with increased internal warmth. Febrile shivering with flying heat, violent trembling of limbs, short, hot breath and throbbing throughout entire body. Heat: Internal, with cold feeling in abdomen and feet. Anxious sensation of h., without external heat, throughout entire night. Of face, with cool body in forenoon. Over-running, flying heat with great trembling and short, hot breath. Sweat: Copious, throughout entire night, with inclination to uncover. He sweats very easily from any motion during the day. Offensive.

Allied Remedies.—Arg-n., ARN., BAR-C., Carb-v., Gel., Euphor., HEP., IGN., Lach., Mgs., M-arct., M-aust., MERC., Phos-ac.